Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-25 00:00:00

IMPERIAL P.-UILIAMENT. novsE OF LORDS. ---THURSDAY JOINT STOCK COMPANIES' WINDING-UP BILL The Joint Stock Companies' Winding -up Bill passedthrough eolamittee, after a preliminary discussion, in which the prin iple of limited liability, and the commercial results which t°ll°lved) W ere discussed b y Earl Grey, the Earl of b °n°ll gilluore, Lord O verstone, and other Peers. Several bills were advanced a stage, after which the h:;,use adjourned at seven o'clock. ROUSE OF COMMONS.- fir• Grog an App gave notice, th a t on Th urs d ay t h e 7 t h of he should call attention to the case of the Caffe '4l'4 Savings Bank,. - T n U RSDAY - `lr. J ames having asked whether acneynrat,ddiintiocnensalegjuudeugeese we re obe appointed to the Di vor c e of the large amount of business now waiting The Attorney -General said that the natter was, owing to for 'decision ? the terms of the act, involved in great ' m il e. the result directed he to be made, and should cl•fficulty. He had Lord of the tf those inquiries under the notice of the Government. 4114n'Mr. Sergeant Deasy asked the Firstcommunications liraltY, whether he has received any interference with the °s4lPlainiag of any alleged undue on board her Majesty's r aj . gion of any of the sailors:sailin a ce complaints. 811'11 Ajax, at Queenstown, and whether he had caused any. Inquiry to be made into the truth of such t there was very , Sir J. Pakington said that he had directed enquiries to be Made, and that it did not appear that jtiSt cease for complaint. ould refuse to r. Ntitchell, after referriiter, to the alleged declaration til°f Lord Stenley, that the Gove . rnine f n f t ra w nchise, asked the `klifY those principles of uniformity o the government ehaneeller of the Exchequer whether . town and :°llld persist in maintaining the uniformity of -011ntY franchise as the principle of its °` the representation of the people ? that -it was ;21e Chancellor of the Exchequer said to the at such a time, to statement 1. 0 tbte question which would demand a give a categorical' answer . eeth t of argument and detail ; but 'aY, that When . 1 - " Majesty's Government introduced . this he would that • h ill it was the opinion of himself ' it comained no • 'on, which might not in committee b e __,_ . provisi . the' • en her • If and of his . colleagues t, equinitted to that calm and impartial co give, and " house had pledged itself to her Majesty to circumstances under consideration which vvithout which pledge, considering, the that bill which the present llinietr acceded to power; wonid never have been.n't Yd ed. The Alaeters and C . ourt s second and Registries of Ireland Bill were read Operativestllll, and the Ecclesiastical ti me; as was also the Patents for Inventions of GOVERNATENT REFORM Wa a r Bill. 13ILL. The adjourned debate on the Government Reform Bill Was resumed by ru 5 Z Gibson, who of-the bill were ho said that the declarations of the t i cho fibers. . Rho had hitherto spoke in defence not point out 'eat in. oue great particular—they What it Teee not propose e s effects would be on parliamentary elections. The Go -.Mem pleaded that as Conservatives they could More ' etoxe,as. e but admitted theforce of the 11°Ieat Measure. He as the country. He did Lae consequences it would entail upon it was his duty to consider the measure simply to not feel the force of the demand which required them Pass the for, his present bill rather quality of le " Part he was not disposed to sacrifice . the Measure the ques than delay t r i eform ; but, 0, settling tio a. to its time. They talked I dtridannqoutileit„of to take the wi Ile could not consent to settle the reform question titulit reform. II rued the House n o t H e the cou e nt w ry a on this . subject for apathy. . bill for operating • au the bill a reform bill ;it was a in a call of the -- aaa peculiar manner on the constituency would eo,ett.ritry, ee lie wished to know what good the country count ti riVe from the operation if the adopted the £lO there occupation franchise but 'o y conditions, that sh e only on two . that a aid be no reduction in the borough franchise, and Porti, to th e b_ eu of the county constituency should be transferred let the erough Before they adopted the £lO franchise, If not, it at see if they were satisfied with the conditions. , t a prov- Zi . be useless to g•cl on with the project withoe. resolution,P he l e _ .14 all cases the mode of proceeding by of Lord i'oasiildtteed that in the present case, the resolution to Russell exactly met the case. He then e3alleet at 1 proceeded from th e co length the transfer of the borough voters voter sho, ieellties, de• that not a single independent . _ ` I N be so Ni• ' that the main tee eiice _. wthdravrn He considered borough. con stitticoo:l_ the distinctive character of the borough the constitution, a ppr ov % . `' . as an important element in electoral districts. li ck I , o e it as superior to the system of class of ttoefta. er thought that the establishment of alarge boroughs .tiZ reeideat voters would be injurious to the of creating ActitilloWer thus placed in the hands of the club, t he e e , r is l'ete9, might be put to the worst use. He reprobated be the Nap in favou r of the middle class ;he would any reea:silltavocate of no class, and protested against., A. bill for rtfre which 'should exclude the working classes. o i aspect of ti,c°lll Mast be considered as a whole in the f for 4441,711041 e, and he protested against the proposal and N ari z with it in committee, as a course most puerile demanded trek Cliacatary. lle denied that it ought to be at that t i ltit t 0 state his own plans; it was their business hem .... the Le ttl , e t° confine themselves to the subject before t et, and ~ t At ttie resolation. ,h • Aelderl ' principles in e•esti„ii eY said that there were two franchise bY 4 ,, , ,' ( Me of which was the extension of thecii.of thesc '.UerS, and the other that of property ; i 1711 John litaktrilleiPles was, he asked, that adopted by Lord oft he Let those who advocated the claims of the mass them before Pe°Ple bware. The noble lord had deceived them Itcitv ' to Ettl e ci he d deceive them again. He appearedwould th row th be sailing, in the same boat, but he complained that j.,04111 Over when the occasion arose. He h.asif the Y Are,„ 4114 Russell objected to details of the 1 1 to the ."'e its prin. • -•' I M. Gibson objected cordDrlncipici p eiPles, while 11 r. - The noble ~,otti 0 . .. the bill as if •they were details. 4 6- en a n 0 and 46 frear.h.all the difference of degree between was only olie '''se w principle, while it w °f det . 1 -ere a matter of elehe 41 . it at length against the pro - 48 or tb, ..03 proceeded to argue those. of ,Perte acid equality, as compared with .. s of the Dill , ' Et4a edacatio He ' defended the provision eli;tin°4te°4ing that t the nhe ould add fifty per cent to ebj e t-ob coastituencies they f w the kingdom. It had been the e 'eat• ci t° the detail bill, that they furthered , e el 0 , , s of the be produced 1 eo teri t fad ails votes, but this result would de 4 , ee ng the f,... . . still encnise of £6 pver to a 0 wreater darter Ni t e e to ' ".Leadla, • • government wi th 41 dewed the right of the g Bill, by 11(leri. the people as to the pride 'of the Reform . te afe it only • .. • • • impossible h it was ,1 kee pt Y upon conditions which . settled 44riee. /le had hoped to have seen the question . e th e ` had failed tq b . Present Session ; but as the govenmene rin g . fo had no 'altar wand a satisfactory measure, the house It 4tiVe hilt, t • • ' upon the subject. e weiii(l 0 declare its own views . a hostile , 41)1 rit i f 41,110 t act towards the government 1.. n f the 'ill, 4 , `4eY would at once abandon the principles o te ewit: iatroduce another ; but it was necessary themfor ßench, 444 therde that they were not juggl e d by the Treasur y Pro • eu ate, so 1 •'''' had satisfied him of the pritt. 0,, ar as it went, the noble lord. It eve rti ,' 1 the resolution proposed by de e i at _ Nto the clause affecting the borough franchise, he in the cel,4ti'a that the influence of the borough freeholders it it e 4 h a d 1 good effect. The req 4 . always been used to b , (4011 of 4.1_ into the , ° •eu es eb, he non-resident • voters the "qtrti-et. was a still greater evil than the eatitio3l°ll of the borough's influence upon the dan ereiti ~,, This principle would have the me hli, e"ect upen the small boroughs. On the other mould Neei, he asked, what were the advantages w int, e 1.11 return f th . 'fi He t h e y reretted the ° 'lecei or "e sacri advantages re g retted country I . °4 of this bill, whieh had placed the eereat ~,,.; . 1., ~. party in a false position. lie trusted that the bill, in its present form, would be got rid of as soon as possible: Mr. Bentinek said- that he had listened in vain to the speech of Mr. Milner Gibson for any information as ,to his own intentions on the subject of reform. Those who had been most active in holding meetings were the advocates of annual parliament, universal suffrage, and vote by ballot.' With regard to the bill, though he objected to many of its details, he was prepared to support the second 'reading, and then to have endeavoured, as far as possible, to amend it in committee. His chief objection to the bill was that it did not provide sufficiently for the claims of the counties. He could not vote for the resolution on account of the confusion into which it would throw both the House and—the country, and protested against such a question being made the battle field of party in the face of the present alarming state of the Continent, at the very moment when, as he saw in the daily papers, Atisria-had already crossed the Ticino. The real question at issue. was, whether they would transfer the whole power from the other classes of the community to hand it over to the working classes. The agitation attempted to be got up was simply to tran3fer political poWers from one set of men to another. He protested against the opposition .to the measure by persons who refused to state or who did not know by what measure it was to be replaced. If they bandied about this question from one party to another they would 440 vital injury on, 013 coastitution of the , country. Mr. W. H. F. Dennison said, that the bill in no respect fulfilled the objects of Iteforin, it simply enfranchised in one direction and disfranchised in another, and would not allay the agitation on the subject. It appeared to him that all those who were not hostile to it were but lukewarm. There was no feeling in any part, of the country in its favour. Mr. Locke King said, that after the concession made by the Government to the principle of the £lO occupiers in the oatinties, for which 'he ha.d. so long contended, - he might have been expected to have supported the bill, but that principle had been altogether spoilt and mutilated by the mode in which it was dealt with. He entered into the history of the various bills which he had introduced on the subject of the £lO county franchise. Owing to that, the feeling of the' ouse had become gradually so strong hilts favour that the Government was compelled to adopt it, and he had supported the present administration while he con% fairly do so, but he considered them, under the circumstance of the parties in that House, to be but a provisional Government. It was not, he contended, the , duty, either of a provisional or a Tory Government, to bring forward a reform bill. Such a bill would be regarded by, the. Liberals with suspicion, as the offspring of unhallowed hands. The more he looked at the measure, the more he felt that it Was not a reform bill at all, but simply one" admirably calculated for keeping the present ministers in power. It was said that Schedule A :was one of the : pillars , of the old reform bill; but ',any effective bill which should new he introduced ought to have another. schedule A for one of its pillars. He could not help suspecting that the proposed disfranchisement of the borough freeholders was a measure of revenge, for the part taken by those freeholders on the question of free trade. The proper, mode of dealing with the boroughs would be to ascertain those in which political capacity really existed, and where it did not: The four great points were the enfranchisement of great towns and the disfranchisement of small boroue. b Vs . and * the extension of the suffrage in town and country were all neglected by the bill, which he declared to be unworthy of further consideration. Mr. Batton would vote, though with great regret, against the resolution, believing that the suffrage ought to be further extended, bat that the bill might be so recast in committee as to attain that object. Mr. W. J. Fox mkei on what grounds the objections were founded wl The Tories having passed the had been urged against the working gave credit to the middle classes, for Teat measure of Reform, Free Trade and other 3, which mea3ure3 they (the Tories had uniformly opposed. It WAS objected to the working classes that they would swamp the rest, and that power ought not to be thrown into the hands of any particular class. Now, at present the middle elasies were more nam3rous than those above them, aul tit ars,am3iit rroalj eprilly apply to them The ernancip3,tion of the working classes was one of the conditions of the cxn?a , ..,t mile with then by the middle urn for their support, and now the as a bribe to the: middle classes to viola He khaw by experience the bitterness of feeling :omit of their classes in re held oat compact expressed by the working cla3ses OA ac exclusion, !and the political machine. Would never work harmoniously till it was removed. 'He claimed .for the middle classes tint they shied be trusted ; they had shown themselves on ere occasion wor of tra3t, and of late lie denied that they years they had ;reatly improved wouldiuterfere with the other . elasies, which they•haJ disposition to do, and moreover, they were divided like. all the other classes. He pa33ed a warn etilogium on the working classes for their patience and deserts. Mr. A. B. Hope supported the bill, which was a plain and practicable one, whether sufficient or insufficient. Ire considered that the practice of proposing abstract resolu tions in amendment to bills is playing with the dignity of legislation, and he should vote against them one and all. ,Mr. B. Osborne said that the question of reform was in a most anomalous state. They were told by the Treasury Bench that no one in the country cared about reform, and yet every one was anxious to bring about a reform bill. finless they could pass a bill on a large and permanent basis, they had better have no bill at all. Why did they interfere with the Reform Bill of 1832? That bill recoe.- nised the claims of the middle classes,, but it ignored alto gether those of the working classes, and it was to remedy that defect that a future bill ought to be introduced. If there was any doubt as to the intentions of the framers of this bill to continue to ignore those claims, they were dis pelled by the splendid adoration of the. Secretary for the Colonies, who had once spoken and vo t e d f or th e b a ll o t, b u t who had now deserted the creed of his earlier years, and inscribed no surrender on a conservative flag. That right hon. gentleman had referred to the French revolution, but it was by adopting the principle of uniformity of suffrage that that revolution was caused. The ministers of that day called on the middle classes to stand by him, they refused, and the minister had a fate, which he hoped would not be shared by the British ministry of the present time. He alluded to the speech of Lord Derby in 1854, who had declared that uniformity of suffrage would destroy the balance of the Constitution. Lord Derby had changed his opinion, but what had become of the balance of the Constitution ? Let the Ministry abandon this mischievous principle, and take back those excel lent colleagues who had left them on its account, and who themselves might bring in a Reform Bill, which he believed would meet with general support ; the bill only recognised the working classes to disfranchise them---it alluded to none among them except to disqualify them. He agreed with Mr. Bright in objecting to the fancy franchises of the bill; they were the political millinery of Downing-street. He demanded a broad and simple test. He admitted that such test ought to be property, which supposed education when inherited, and intelligence when acquainted. He ridiculed the lodging-house test, which he said was at the mercy of a scolding landlady or a smoky chimney. He challenged any one to show that the working classes would derive any benefit from these fancy franchises. It was because the 40s freeholders were independent, that they were virtually disfranchised—that they were submitted to the bed of Procustas cut down in the counties, and stretched on' the town. Let not the house thus deal with a noble body of men.. Referring to the borough question, he declared that he objected to small boroughs, not because they were small, but because they were under the influence of patrons. The borough of Arundel had been cited to show that its members represented the 900,000 Roman Catholics of England; yet on the Ecclesiastical Title Bill the representative of the Roman Catholics, for supporting their cause, was obliged to resign his seat. Could anything more effectually show the rottenness of the system. He protested against the imputation made by the Solicitor -General against Lord J. Russell, of being actuated by selfish and personal motives, retorting that charge against the hon. ge n tl eman himself. As for the bill, it was one of change without progress, and innovation without improve ment. He should therefore give his cordial support to the resolution. Mr. Walpole said that the progress of debate proved more clearly in what difficulty they had placed themselves. The bill itself contained provisions not acceptable either to the House or the country; but he felt that the question ought to to be settled, arid not hung up for another year, if only they could obtain a measure containing provisions not fatal to the interests, of the country.- It was their duty to THE NORTHERN TINES, FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1859 examine both the bill and the resolution, and calmly con sider how- they could best extricate-themselves-- from their actual embarrassment. Let them first establish what were the actual grievances they had to remedy, and then to see what remedy they could apply that would injure no existing int:r:sts, and elevate, rather than depress, the various classes of the country. The reform bill of 1832 had acted in this spirit, and had adapted itself in every respect to the constitu tion-while dealing with its admitted defects. Ile enumerated the grievances which had been then revived, simply by look-, ing closely at their natiire ' and applying; to them a - PractiC a l . remedy: But the present bill was in some parts too inge nious, and in' ethers; - unless revived, involved an entire alteration and ultimate subversion of the constitution: What. were the practical defects they had to remedy ? The chief inconvenience was the exclusion from the franchise of those who - had a right to exercise it. The second inconve nience was smaller than certain places deserving to be represented. The third was a serious one —that the most efficient means were not given to the voter for recording his vote. With reference to the last, after alluding to the ballot, of which he said he was not afraid, 'he expressed his approbation of the principle of voting papers, which he was sure was an honest proposal, and believed it to be a good one . It c a rr i e d the poll to the'electors,instead of the electors to • the poll. It would diminish expense, remove many difficulties and diminish the chances of . riot and confusion. The character of the elector would be raised, and their numbers increased: He pointed out practical improvements in the proposals of the bill respecting these papers, by which personification and fraud would be obviated. The declarations in. respect of these papers ought to be made before a public officer. As to the representation of large towns not yet represented, he considered 'that 'the plan - of' the 'government officers a practical remedy to the inconvenience. He argued against the disfranchisenient of the small boroughs, because the greatness of a nation depended on its respect for prescrip tive rights. Let them beware of breaking, altogether 'with the 'fast; which would jeopardise the constitution of the country. He woald have any borough disfranchised where a tendency to , corruption could be proVed, but in every other instance let them be preserved to retain the great pcinciple of variety of representation. He, therefore, fully approved of the plans of the Government in this respect, and , cleclared' that they .deserved the thanks of the . country fOr not yielding to a theoretical cry. _lie then came 'to the most important question of all —the suffrage. There never was a time better adapted than the present for 4.l6terinining the direction in which the suf frage should go, and the Emits within which it should be confined. There' was one Class of refOrmers who would give influence to - numbers; there are others who would adopt the principle of-1852 to the England 'of 1859. How were they to find the proper balance between those two classes ? Per sonal suffrage, manhood suffrage, household suffrage were impossible. Upon this Subject, lie came to those propositions of the Government which were, he considered, so objectiona ble, that, unless all the provisions of the bill were to be considered as open, modification in coniniittee could not givelt support. He-argued at length against identity of suffrage, which would create vast discontent, 'would enable political associations 'to manufacture votes, and create a system which would altogether destroy theirifiuence of the resident voters. There. was - only' one. system under which the principle was defensible, and that was universal suffrage. Further than this, he objectedto: the total alter ation which would thus be caused in the county and borough constituency. The distinction between the two, from the very nature of the population of each, was right - and . pmpei.' Further, - the adoption of the principle would introduce a mass of voters who aid not contribute to direct taxation, and he be lieved would lead to electoral. districts. It was idle to say' that the consequence was impossible. How were they to Separate two franchises if :they reduced the borough. franchise to £6? How would - they apply' it to Ireland and Scotland ? Let them remember that if they adopted this principle they could not retrace their steps. For himself, he would not leave the franchise as it was : he would admit all. voters that they were independent, and 'believed that with 'this view two resting places could he foitnd -that in 'counties was a £2O occupancy, and • in boroughs a £6 rating, which was equivalent to an £8 occupancy. For - these reasons he could not vote for the second reading of - the bill, if he found 'that identity of franchise was to be considered by the government as essential to the bill. From what had been stated that night by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, it would seem that all these questions were to be open in totnmittee. Let the Government state this clearly and he would give the bill his support ; if they did not, he could not 'blame the noble Lord for enabling the 'House to make a declaration that it did not consider identity of franchise essential to the bill. They were told that the resignation of the ministry, or the dissolution of the House, would follow the adoption of the resolution ; he should regret if it did happen, but he did not believe that it 'would happen. The present adminis tration had won their places fairly, and they had acted well in them.. He should be a bold man who should recommend the dissolution of Parliament in the face of 'European complications in which this country held the high position of arbitrator of peace ; a position which could not be maintained unless the Ministry Was supported by Parliament. Lastly, he was told that the bill would be withdrawn. But - let them not, allow the question to remain any longer unsettled. Great would he their responsibility if they threw away the oppor tunity now within their -reach. Mr. Bright said that, with the exception of the members of the Ministry, who might be regarded as professional witnesses, no or ventured to express themselves directly in favour of the bill. With regard to the two principles especially brought before them by the resolu tions, what he asked was the meaning of real reform. It was to give to the country the extension of the franchise, and to create larger; freer, and more independent consti taencies. If the bill did not meet theSe cases t was not a reform bill, and does not deserve even these considerations. He explained the provisions, contending that it made the existing voters more dependent, and altered the boundaries of boroughs, so as to take away the influence of the boroughs or counties. He quoted several instances to prove this point. The whole effect of the bill was in one direction, to augment the territorial influence, which was so mischie vous ly used in that house, as well successive Ministries could testify. The bill itself was framed to satisfy the scruples and fears of the hundred and fifty gentlemen who represented the influence :of the land in Parliament. The "small boroughs were defended as refuges for the destitute. He could only hope that those whom they then relieved were deserving objects. He gave several instances of the abuses and corruptions of those boroughs, which would be indefinitely increased by the combined action of the 40s. freehold, and the system of voting papers. By this last system small constituencies might suddenly find themselves returning members with whom they had no sym pathy, and of whom perhaps the residents had :never heard. He vindicated warmly the claims of the working classes who had no right to be considered unworthy of trust. He repeated that there was not a uniform bill at all, it was what would be called, in election phrase, a case of personification. He detiied strongly that the population was lukewarm in the cause of Reform, that population had conquered everything it yet attempted, and it would conquer a larger share in the representation of the people. The great employers of labour were not afraid of trusting the working classes, who, if they were once satisfied by th e franchise, would be nobler, more orderly, and more elevated then ever. On the motion of Sir S. Northcote, the debate was adjourned. The Rouse adjourned at ten minutes to one. THE LIVERPOOL NEW EXCHANGE COMPANY. FROM OUR OWN REPORTER, HOUSE OF LORDS, THURSDAY. The select committee of the House of Lords on the Liver pool New Exchange Bill sat to-day, the Earl of Lucan in the chair. The other members of the committee were Viscount Effingham, Viscount Dungannon, Lord Dunferm line, and Lord Churston. Mr. Calvert and Mr. Denson appeared on behalf of the promoters of the bill. Petitions against the bill were pre sented by the Corporation of Liverpool, the proprietors of the Liverpool Exchange Buildings, the members of the Liverpool Stock Exchange, and the Electric Telegraph Company. Mr. Sergeant Bellasis, Mr. Hope Scott, Q.C., and Mr. Burke appeared on behalf of the proprietors of the Liverpool Exchange Buildings. None of the other peti tioners against the bill were represented by counsel. Mr. Calvert, Q.C., said the bill which he had the honour of opening to their lordships was one relating to a proposed company of proprietors of a Liverpool new Exchange, to incorporate within it the existing Liverpool Exchange, and for other purposes. The general character of the measure was this. For many years there had been an Exchange in Liverpool, but for some time it had been found in conven i en t, inadequate for mercantile purposes, and not in any respect large enough for the 'purposes required. Under these cir cumstances, a bill was passed last year for increasing the size of the Exchange, but it was provided that the company were not to proceed with the enlargement until the August of the present year, in order that time might be given for submitting to Parliament a more comprehensive scheme. In order to accomplish this, a new company had been formed, and he (the learned counsel) thought their lordships would say that the scheme which he was about to explain to them was one that was the best adapted for the purposes of an Exchange at Liverpool. The learned counsel detailed the circumstances under which, the existing Exchange Company was formed, and having shown that is wls altogether inadequate 'for the increased me .caiitile operations in Liverpool, hi adverted to the several meeting, which had been held in Liverpool for the purpose of incrcas ng the present accommodation, which had resulted in the foanation of the new company. He pointed out that the extensions which the existing company were empowered to make under their bill of last session, would not, meet the present requirements, - and having detailed the history of all the recent proceedings on the part of the mercantile body in Liverpool, with the object of securing the increased accom modation required, he said that the present scheme was the 'only practicnl one for effecting the . object in view. He referred to the rapidity with which the shares had been taken up, and dwelt upon the important fact that if the present opportunity for securing the site on which the sessions house now stood were not availed of, the proba bility was that the opportunity would not occur again, and that the chance of obtaining the site would be lost . for ever. Having explained the main features of the plan, he briefly alluded to the petition against the bill, which had been presented by the proprietors of the existing EXchange, and said it .was intended to give them adequate compensa tion, but it was strongly felt that the proprietary of an Exchange like 'Liverpool ought to be mainly in the hands of the subscribers, the ownership and management at present being vested in persons who have no business connection with Liverpool, and in many cases in the trustees of orphans and others interested ; whose trust rendered them incapable, however anxious they might be, to meet the requirements of the increasing commercial interests of Liverpool. Mr. Charles Stuart Parker, examined by Mr. Danson : I am chairman of the Liverpool New Exchange Company. Have resided in Liverpool for thirty-nine years. lam the strut:l,r partner in the house of Saudbach, Tinne, and Co. Our offices are on Vie present exchange buildings; they are • very inconvenient and dark, so much so that at - mid-day they are obliged to be lighted up with gas. The newsroom 'is also very inconvenient; it is badly ventilated, and there is not even room to write a letter ; the extension in the newsroom propesediast year would be very slight and not by any means meet what was required ; tho space around it being occupied by , streets,.would render the enlargement wanted impossible ; all that could be effected by the pro posed extension would be lengthening the TOOM., and making it between three and four times as broad, and we should be exposed to the noise and inconve nience arising from cares in Tithebarn-street. According to the plans of our own proposed company, there would be no noise. The room would also be well lighted and ventilated. lam a magistrate of the borough. In consequence of the new buildings now erecting in Liverpool for magisterial purposes, the existing sessions-house will soon be on sale, and I think it highly desirable to secure the site for the pur poses of an Exchange. .I consider the plans of the proposed company exceedingly well adapted for the purposes of the mercantile community. We propose to have spacious rooms in the buildings for the accommodation of the Chamber of Commerce, the Stock Exchange, the Electric Telegraph Company, and other bodies. long as .Eiamined by .Mr. Hope Scott : Our !present plan has never been exhibited in Liverpool. We propose to take possession of the whole of the property of the existing company. Originally we proposed to take only part of the property of the old company. We propose to take three years for the completion of the compulsory powers over the old company which we.seck by the . present bill. I cannot say that that course is likely to depreekte the shares of the old company. I believe they have oscillated -since the formation of the new company. Mr. Hope Scott: g. Mr. Parker : Yes, -I may say so believe you are a wealthy-company Mr. Hope Scott : Then- why not take possession of the property of the old company in one year ? Why expose the value of their property to fluctuate and depreciate for three yetrs ? Mr. Parker : When the scheme was started last year we were recovering frQrn a severe depression, and did not conceive ourselves in a position to take the property at once. Mr. Hope Scott: 'But trade is nourishing in Liverpool aciw, is it not ? Mr. Parkei: I beg your pardon. It is a little better ; but the state of uncertainty of things at home and abroad does not give much encouragement. At least that is niy indi vidual opinion. Mr. Hope - Scott i suppose you .would have no objection extinguish the old company at .once, if the Reform Bill should be carried within a short time. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) - Mr. Parker : I suppose the Liverpool merchants would not. (Renewed laughter.) By the Committee: The price of -shares by the old com par►y has varied very much during late years, In 1854 the maximum price was £307, and the minimum £270. In 1855, £2BO and £270 ;in 1856, £272 and £246; in. 1857, £3OO and £253 ; and last year, £275 and £260. At the close of Mr. Parker's examination, Mr. Calvert stated that he had several witnesses in attendance connected with the Chamber of , Comlnerce andt the other public bodies, to speak to the necessity of what was provided by the bill, but unless the committee wished it, he did not propose to call them. Mr. Burke said he thought he might perhaps save the time of the committee. Those whom he represented (the old • Exchange Company) did not come there to oppose the bill before the committee. All they wished for was that their property should be fairly dealt with. They desired that the proposed company should not take a part, but the whole of the property, and take it at once. The Chairman asked Mr. Calvert if the promoters could not take possession of the property in twelve months ? Mr. Sergeant Bcllasis said that as the Liverpool people were so notoriously rich, they might pay for the property in one year. Mr. Calvert said, they had no objection to let the transfer of the property commence in twelve months, and pay in terest upon it for three years. War, or any such cause, might prevent them going on with the works, or completing them in less than three years. . . Mr. Sergeant Bellasis replied that, war or no war, it was ridiculous to talk of postponing the payment of such a comparatively paltry sum for three years. If the com pulsory power of purchase were held over the existing com pany for three years, it might depreciate the value of the property. • The Chairman : Suppose you say that the amount of compensation shall be settled in twelve months, and pay a portion of the money on taking possession. Mr. Sergeant Bellasis said their lordships would see that this was the case of one joint-stock company seeking to take possession of the property of another, without proposing to pay for it at once—a principle most unheard of. The Chairman : But you wish them to take possession of it at once, and they say they cannot do so. Mr. Sergeant Bellasis : There can be no objection to their taking possession at once. The Chairman : I think you are very unreasonable. You first insist on an immediate arrangement, and then on an immediate payment. .I think you must consent either to receive a portion of the money, or to have the arrangement carried out in between two and three years. Mr. Sergeant Bellasis : I think it a most unreasonable thing for them to call upon us to give our property away without paying for it at once. It is useless to say that we shall have a lien upon it, and they commence their repairs. It would be in a delapidated condition, and useless to us Mr. Calvert : •Will this suit you ? We will pay for it whenever we ask possession. Will that do ? Mr. Sergeant Bellasis : Yes, provided that it be carried out within three years, and that you pay the money before you take possession. Mr. Calvert : Yes, we will pay the money before we take possession. Mr. Sergeant Bellasis having had a few moments conver sation with those who instructed him, said that before giving a final answer to the proposal, perhaps they would allow him to have a short consultation with his clients. He then retired along with Mr. John Stewart and Mr. Carson, and on returning, he said—What we say is this. Of course it is quite plain we cannot give up our property until we have the money. But considering the great desire there is in Liverpool for these works being carried out, my clients say that they cannot consent to let them stand • over for more than a year and a half. And the reason is this, that should they not go on with them, it will prevent us from making the alterations. Our bill has already been suspended for a year and a half. If our property is not to be given away until we are paid the money, we consent to a year and a half. Mr. Calvert said he could not help thinking that, as three years, was the common period for taking possession of property under such circumstances, the objection urged was exceedingly unreasonable. The old company were receiving their dividend of thirteen guineas, and he could not see, therefore, how they could be injured. If the committee would give the promoters the latitude of three years, they would complete the works as soon as possible. The Chairman (to Mr. Sergeant Bellasis) : Then I un derstand you to insist on one year and a-half, and they say they will not undertake to take possession in less than three years. Mr. Sergeant Bellasis : I really believe that when these gentlemen get back to Liverpool they will be blamed by their constituents for standing out on such a paltry sum.. Why do they stand out for three years ? It is obvious that there must be something. Lord Dungannon: It is very ebvious that they are anxious to complete the works. Mr. Sergeant Bellasis : Thenwhy do they stand out ? Mr. Calvert : Because we well know that we cannot con trol future events. The room was thou cleared, and ou the re-admission of the partiet, two T h y e e a C r h s a i Tr an they sa h i d o — p in the Commons. day for preamble to-morrow (this, e T thathe committeei t will ple she a n y t e any agr e o e p d p th o s i g t i j o v n e re th a v in c b o i ns e i o d f e t r h at e jo b n ill of w th as e c t l h a e u n ses d . eclared proved, and the. committee adjourned to eleven o'clock LAW INTELLIGENCE. EQUITY COURT.-YESTERDAY, BEFORE VICE-CHANCELLOR SIR R. T. KI.NDERSLEY NEW BRUNSWICK AND CANADA RAILWAY AND LAND COMPANY V. MUGOERIDGE. --- IMPORTANT TO SnAßE noLnEus..---TheVice-Chancellor delivered judgment in this case. He said the bill was filed by a joint-stock company against Mr. William Muggcridge, and it prayed for a specific performance- of an alleged agreement to take 250 shares in the company. The company was formed in July, 1856, for the 'purpose of taking a transfer of the rights, privileges, and liabilities of the St. Andrew's and Quebec Railway Company. The proposed capital of .the company was £BOO,OOO, in £2O shares. accord ing to the articles of association, the applicants for shares were required to pay . a dePOsit of £2 a share on m . aking the application. Defendant applied for 300 shares, ayplication being in the following terms : " Having paid into the Bank of London the sum of £6OO, I request you will allot me 100 shares of class A, and 200 shares of class B, in 'the said undertaking ; and I hereby a , ree to _ accept such shares, or any less number that may be allotted t me, and to pay the future calls thereon." The share time commanded a premium in the Stock Exchange, a] more were. applied for than the total number to be The nuMber allotted to the defendant was 50 of class A, an 200 of class B, and £lOO of the deposit money returne to him. On the 14th of August following, the secretary of the company sent to the defendant a copy of the me morandum of association, and requested . him to sign and to return it, but hp neglected to do so. Ate snbsequent meeting of the company, the seal of the company, was attached to the register of sharehold which Included the defendant's name for dividend was declared, and the secretary A again sent the 250 shares would sign and return them, and the diiidend warrants would then be sent 'to him. Defendant, hOwever, did not sign the articles. 'ln November; 1857, another call of £2 made. and s.s' Ain.qtreridoll did not nay*_ on ne-inn wa.s taken for the plaintiff, subject to a special cas, case was then argued before the full Court of Exchequer, and the court decided that the defendant had not accepted the shares, and consequently defendant was not liable. Thereupon the plaintiff filed the present bill, piaying for a specific performance of the agreement to accent shares, the alleged agreement being the application for shares above stated. By the Joint Stock Companies Act of 1856, it was provided that if there were no articles of association of a company, of regulation in schedule B of that a certain form act should stand in their place. This regulation stated " that no person shall be deemed to have accepted shares unless he has signified the acceptance thereof by writing under his hand." Nov the plea to this bill was that the defendant did not testify ,his acceptance of shares of the company by writing under his hand. He conceived that that was no answer to the bill. The bill asked for specific performance of an agreement, and the plea was that the defendant had not performed it. The argument, however, was not founded on the plea, but on the merits of the case and beweitld therefore state his opinion on the merits. Ir opinion, Mr. ion for an allotment by the terms of his applica v ao'reed to accept such shares. _ _ distiliotl The 'next question was—'-was this an agreement which that court ought to specifically` perform. It was agreed that this nartnership, and that the court would not a case o specific performance of an agreement to ,become a partner, inasmuch as if there was no term fixing the duration of the parnership, the defendant might the next moment, put an end to it, and the decree would there fore be nugatory. This, however, was not the case of an ordinary partnership. A shareholder in a joint stock company could not withdraw from the company in the way that a partner in an ordinary partnership could Withdraw from the partnership. All he could do was to transfer his shares to some other person, and a decree for a specific performance in this case, therefore, would not be nugatory, but would confer a substantial benefit on the company. He thought, therefore, that this was a case in Which the court should decree specific performance. If the value of the shares, Instead of falling in the market, had risen, and the company had chosen to say to Mr. Mug g eridge, " You shall not have the share s w,; had allotted to you," there was no doubt that Mr. Mup.,eridge would have had his remedy against them, and that %e could have enforced the allotment. He had now, however, merely to decide on the'sufficiency of the plea. It must be over-ruled and the defendant must pay the costs, and if after the opinion he had expressed, defendant chose to proceed with the suit, he would know what the decision of the court would be, Mr. Glasse : Your Honourwill allow us six weeks to put in an answer ? The Vice-Chancellor Yes. INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT.—MAncn 24 In re HENRY HOOMAN.—EXTENSIVE FAILURE OF A NEvr Youx. MERCRANT.—This insolvent, who had been a mer chant to an extensive way of business at New York, applied to be discharged on sureties till his adjourned hearing- in three months' time before M r . C omm i ssioner Murphy. Mr. Sargood appeared on the part of Messrs. Grinirod, and Mr. Nicholas supported the application for bail. The case was before the Court for hearing on Saturday, and on being adjourned, the present application was made. The case presented some remarkable features. The debts exceeded £30,000, and the insolvent stated on his proceedings that he has £B,OOO owing to him, but could give no account, having made no assignment to creditors, and by the Ame r ic an l aw , if heinterfered in getting an account, he should render the deed "null and void:" He said his failure arose in cense .quence of the panic in America. He unfortunately continued too long in business, and had to pay large interest for money. The consignment was to, pay two " preferential creditors," which was said to be a common practice in Amcriea. The insolvent had been arrested on a capias as about to leave England, and then petitioned the court. He declared that he had no intenton to leave the country, and was now a buyer for an American house, and was anxious to get out on bail. On the part of the creditor better accounts were required before the case could be fully heard. Mr. Sargood examined the proposed bail. They were nearly strangers to the insolvent, and came forward to serve him. By permission of Mr. Com misslitner Murphy, hail in £250 was considered to be suffi cient. The learned Commissioner was satisfied with the proposed bail, and the discharge was ordered till the ad journed hearing in three months. THE IVEnniNo RING AND GLOVES.—The truth of the old adage was fully verified in en amusing case of Peate v. Povey, tried at the Wens County -court, on the 14th inst. Isaac Peate; of Welshampton, sued Sarah Povey, of the same place, for 17s 11d, the items being 12s 6d for a wed ding ring, 3s lld for a 'pair of gloves, and is 6d for pub lishing the banns, of marriage between the parti es . Defendant paid is 6fl into court, and denied further lia- bility. It appeared, from that he 'had wooed and won the rather defendant, and had agreed to take her " As a preliminary to that happy event Iternent of plaintiff, -looking or " better or n the 21st of February the twain irent to Ellesthere; where, at the shop of Mt Grosvenor, the plaintiff purchased a pure gold wedding ring, and at another shop a capital pair of white kid gloves, wherewith to clothe the hands of his " ladye love." As he thought defendant a much better cus todian of these—to him—almost priceless gems, he entrusted them with her to keep against the anxiously expected wedding-day. Besides the ring and gloves he gave her .1s 6d "to put the axings up " at Shrewsbury, which she proniised faithfully to perform. Alas ! however, for woman's frailty, she never did to. But further than this, and worse by far—after all the arrangements had been made, the wedding guests invited, the happy morn arrived, and the fond bridegroom anxiously awaited the appearance of the blushing bride she came not. Great, of course, was the consternation at her non-appearance, and dire was the revenge he threa tened to take. He vowed he would not only have the is 6d., but likewise the ring and gloves, or else he'd see the reason why. Accordingly he tried to obtain theta by fair means ; but the girl was inexorable, and resource was had to the court. In answer to the case, defendant, who was accompanied by her mother, and who kept up a running fire of abuse against plaintiff, admitted that she had agreed to become plaintiff's wife, and had gone with him to buy the ring and gloves, which he gave her to keep, not merely, she assured his honour, for a "certain and particular occasion : but as her own. A few days after the purchase she was in chapel, and on feeling ill had gone out, when plaintiff followed her, and enquired as to the safety o f the ring. She assured • him it was all right, but that as to having any thing more to do with him she declared she. would not. She had heard of his being in bad company and consequently would not have anything . do . with . hin . i os o e r d the ring, and offered to return it. ..fhinking it might induce her to change her mind—which she vowed she would not -he requested her to keep the ring, and she di d so. Since then he had asked her for it, but laughter. in dignantly refused to give it . .As may be supposed there was a good deal of elimination and recrimination, i ti l o on n ugt during which the court was convulsed with His ;Honour asked defendant if she w as t h en to give the ring and gloves, upon which she took them of her pocket and declared with much emphasis, that she would not "keep 'em or the likes of 'em from such a feller," and threw them before his feet on the floor. This proceeding only served to excite further_ merriment, amid which the parties left the court, theplaintiffshowing the colours of victory, and the defendant's mother strongly deprecating the pusillanimous conduct of her daughter in up, the " articles." Each party had to pay their own •--Oswestry .ddcertiser. SWINDLING EXTRAORDINARY One of be most consimmatedire - cps has b iransacting? - citirinlgkite'iittsC*eekliii `Droeieda• f l lo a fellq, - whosa real name aj'ipetir be - Willi-3:M Charles Callen;W who, chose €or-the present to tratkact biiisne4sAindtr thie cognomen Of wOire l i s ,"' hdopthiir for his Chlislihirnagiiii " William The particulars -Of these ware 447 - follows : , Saturday the 12th irrstiint, an 4tklVerti4etieflet.' appeared in • Duldin paper,' settink . fOrth that 'the adtc-- ttser require:l three young men of bitsintA , habite-aull '1 acc,,unts to fill - resootsible sithatiots Stated, -would be suited, at acquainted The post, if the parties litmt our, salary of i 25. lications, pay' • postage; 'frere"td Post-office, Droghnd2 " tamed that no It ieda Posi been pout' or upwards. - he sent in anslieit sfnife'snclilet is a copy of one received from him my ndvatisement - catne to-.hand charactor,d'have no doubt of answer from y with siamps - • efielos'etlY wIIrYDR: 0,, On that nilitrit hay fiectil'AlCset= thaiffaurtedh tipirlieationsrieti6hed the .rice,: • kticFsiiice th n lnrge ntiirib6iAll.l*l .11 by eivit i - 6iichel seventy Uxan feddipt 76f t l lb 46, ittil)lidatiiiii3,lV,lfttiml t re. r es thoifoMii,cintr, Ly s; Icl.l think. handwriting The: situation is a permit and I require no security, but, - as etteralizule, , agreement on - stamps; tottavoid disappeintmetlt. any the forms myself; r for which•l require Bd. - Xrom!y the stamps. I.send.it instiratly.afterto you to get. si on return of whielryou , Will at once - ,proceed to buci.. You will please make. no delay,: and obliges yours, Wm. HENRY ()WINS. ljailleS'SAtteet, `Drogheda, March, 1859.. 1 ' Ai' rambee: of the: ‘'eandidatts. :preferred waiting personally him; . !for :which .-govetal:',came fools Dublin, Limerick;: arrivingifiif Droghado... \‘;i11: alsp d fliake procee lake ti ,ry napnrics as to tbs. rens •at bothf the 74..60e 'ost Offi known in Drogh, cions of themselN howes It' exci-tect-411, slirttim, with He was arrested 1n 'tlie el of "nb gottink two hal \s , here: on beim!. rn(!• whether h that he had cashi mediat mtl : zt ;U al464veMlde u Port-office, j*Od eby!ctii-et elerit ;on,thrtrtlauto rAns crated h 6 AraA (?Jr. Owens) had glNttt , tnUrningv He produced - a siip'W . po . er whioh ,,, Weee-'writtclit the names of the relnittt.fs cift•theibrders; . !Ptatircg' that; Owens had given it WhiM, 4n , 'Which -he was -fle* searching the prisoner a large number of testidterriatsUltiii many from the - lealing nobility aMI gentry of Ireland prisoner is of rather low stature; darkish in botririlo apparently not more th - ah ttretitt Lei ht yeatA•Of op; the informations are cona - pl'etecl the prisoner Wiltlielifoupekt for final examination, and committed to the corsifin a§siztr. r Why does !Idei'broth a~7: Ur honey ui t_ 441! e ;~ t.s .])CC pop - , aful 'IV hat lame comb in her heat An emim at American " spiritr le4 performed his " spiritual" , titoics by marls QUa_.wi 014 be floor under the tion. de, whiei.s..Axas,eng e in the as §ur&-ag gift off' Coroitel ve& - for A BElelliX I:V ` ously asks sir," replied he, lo( whc you are there t u l em t ing him ftill inothe The rectory of Petworth the death of the Re is worth nearly Wyndham, ALP T. SOclett,,T.A. The I) ai ) ,ear,Ai in ti • A Mall cannot wait for his ditiner.;withe U t per, but see with 'what angeiiqsWeetnoss a woman bears thit trial. Has woman more patience?: not r. bit; only- she has lunched and the man has not. DIFFERENT MEANINGS 'T6 Tilt' . . 7T.1 f - 142;e lady, when she sees the eye orS,'"genticman'ficed upcinAg . , at the dinner table, says, Port, if you please." Another; in exactly the gams; position, says,,' YOU "Ma, has aunty g o t bees her mouth? you ask such a question ?" 'Qau'Seithat leefle man, Av_ a heap o' hair on his face, cotcli'd hotcl of her, and splarike was going to take the 'honey froth her slips • and 51,4 sied, Well, make h as t e .' " • - must ask papaj " " Lord John Russell was antoligs - "t: nierfil,irs iCho v‘gte4 last evening for the seco n d rea lilyof the EdinlitiTgli, Annuity Tax bill (the " Scotch.o44rCtt-rate Abolition .B1L" as it has been called): party voted'for the bill No riletii'der 'of the .consor • Au old lady was highly delighted'4o" edified ly a vies , * the vessels on Long Island Sound, tOgng their boa " Isn't wonderful exclnimed b — cent ghlsouli " perfect is all the works o f nature !` tlie.grezif 11 got their little on pg slur& 'with 'ern playful as lamb, - Sir William Armstrong is repoKted to hav,e_spent no Ii eo than £7,000 on the initiatory experimenth'iiiial I - successful gun. The mouldeianeforger:rrhoAts4sle in his earliest labours have taken . :thanselyos off, it slimed; to transfer the processes of the Manufactu foreign Ordinance Department. ACCIDENT TO Mac. W. H. HouNnv: Satx.r day Mr. W. H. Hornbv, M.P. for 'Blackburn, was. Ani hunting at Shrewsbury- Hall, neat'' .C44.7*; when he was ac c id enta l ly pitched from his hose,',lhe remelt being that he had t wo r ib s f ractured. ; This ace.l44 will most likely prevent his attendluioe in par4alnent firs short time—Blackburn Standard. . . EVIDENCE or CIVILISATION. - Thy .pa.per4!zy that the Indians in th a t p ar t o f the c'ounfry are lienig rap 4- ly civilised, all tho se i n th e neighbottilioftof the settler - drinking whisky, chewing tobacco, lying, .stetlin swearin atis via • 71 -- equal to white men ; and the . oth er ,day a Fcif,vr committed suicide by h ang i ng herself On, a tree, on aceou4 of a disappointment in love. ; A story is told of an Irish K m ing-at-Ars Whh;.waibpa; upon the Bi s h o p o f Kil a l oc t o summo n him 4 Parliament; and being dressed as the ceremony required, in . his, hera4c. attire, so mystified the Bishop's servant with hisUppe,rtrance r , that, not knowing what to make of it,, and carrying, 7)6 bat a confused notion of his title, he announced, bim tbas,: :7 - 7 "My Lord, here is the King of Trumps.", SHARP PnAcrict —A client, while bathing at ; , saw his agent rise up, a ft er a long div there, Mr _ „,.alusgt replied the agent, and iimtautly . his heels as a partin.----; Burt ? you taken out a fUgk*arrant a dived again, shor view to client; nor did the latter heg note of the iuteryiev the shark until he got his accoun, end, y„ "To consultation at Trinity anent the ineart B..rt, s x and eightpenee." •.. A QUICK THOUGIIT.-4. , dny_pass ing throu g h Brokers'-row, Moorfields was seized upon byg . barker of a f urn it ure warehouse, with, witheUt cerc.einny s , pulled him into the shop, and Egan puffing off his lab , and chairs. Q u ick, b e i ng o ld and infirm, made little resit • ante, but asked the man if he were the master, of the shop.. "No, sir," said the barker ; " but I will fetch diately." The man returned with his master ; Quick put the question, " A re y ou th e ma stcr , :)f , t sir ?" " Y es , s i r ; w h a t can Id o for you ? • , repliedl ~ Quick . , "just hold your man a minute , g 4; , contaiuing, the corned v THE • WAY PAT SOLVED THE DIFFICDLTY...--)Deary O'Shaughnessey, six weeks in "Anieriky," thus w r it es tca his sweetheart in Ireland :—‘, Bridget, darling, come across to me; its meself is doing a nate hisness here with a son of Father Malone's; sure it's with his brotherea.n. keeps a whisky store, and I does the waiter. rn the other morning iat he had no money, and.l.to . uld biat that I would take part of the shtock every Saturday is wages. Bat,' says he, sure, Pat if I pay yo4.onA way.. I will soon have no shtock at. all left, and you,mill have it all.' Says Ito him, says I, ' Sure you can Weil for Tete, then alanna, and earn it back agin, and so we can lizs,ep it up, and be masters month in and month out, and.wagei wi come aisey to both of us.',." _ _ - , coofndtihteiourtcilsiowseoonrito:nnyoeeuo.tpfislthworthily T y 4 5 41 ( 14 , -- el . — We real in a letter from the special correspondent (i f tue ":. coolieweisrheinlainswhichY: Times, in India, dated Luck w no h w en : cock was hurriedly interred in as the people of England, who lamented Havelock • s e a oil t that t t it t s h . e pr z es r e a i N; t e countryt gei li tan e arwrdlylaedHns air.o mid march of the relieved garriso,n visited the Alumbagia, a t wt l i g l e et r er u v e n e c o_S l r e i a a ro i n i fir d o cattle s S 1 il , a n ii e d n d r o y g u s, Tn V E tni S h i?sn the letter 4 H! i h o a c l k. lo l, , w sinking in o athc f ee l : u op ek e n n oW to , , ,l l j ' a sa 4 w vac is. T n_ _a i_ t A.L ei t y t, aayseground tha. size 4 by a soldier's h o a a grave and just over it, rudely G aria the trunk of a tree, could be :traced. And this is the grave and the insejptiat LOST BY THE UPSETTING OF A BOAT, — w hi c h ten Saturday.. --On St. Patrick's night, a ',O l d,' i n lorglin, were crossing over the bay, from countyUk (Kerry), was upset, and luit'orta... six were drowned, among whom were a fatie i. aid. 'l. It appears they were fishermen engaged in the slim - °a fishery, which is rather extensive in the neighbourhood, an 4.„ came into Killorglin to indulge, it is presumed, in the Mak, tions without which St. Patnek's Day in Kerry, at least. it is thought, cannot be honoured; and havily , got the means of obtaining a " Pat r i c k' s p o t" from ' their generous employer, they finishedit at a shebcenhouse wi:,hn a e :ved ulit t7 il teir mile of the town. Being, to all appeaxance , senslblY affected by the quality of the article—an article, in poial meaningless discussions, and had, a r e, t o h f e s it tr b e o n a g t tl: t , fte o r nl n y ian to y beobtaine w d h in en she t l: i e e e y ns — ren th e moved far from the shore squabbles, and coining to holds or blows, they upsetboat, and only four escaped. T he in q uest will likely di;wi" how it happened that a de n of this character has been pa , 4, 4 I nutted to "carry on business" so near - ' the gat It Lia• t ° ao 'lvor of :e 40 ' c ow ) 11 3 ' 0 04 ' for ro` iv te v o o ,g i 4 e t , .01 JeJ .! W ere , r IC , Li t: 'JO' baqi „,,o FO,v" ,be t to e ;bios Y ai r• roc ' t eV: er lU'A. eat lt bu t er form