The Express.
London, England, 1863-04-28 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY 1, %/ENING, APRIL 28, 1863.

the restoration of the trade to its former but I were withdrawn, Mr. Ferthell,- In sezeral terms, stemming
there would be another iosurrectioo in that colnlaPailliruntry. hat, hie satefaction with the assurance and undertaking of the
In these circunutances, ought thehmeozufactforurene
loanto doe: government.
Certainly not to come to thisCLUB LICENSES.
„gifts ittsm from than difficulties. Let thetnf adoptaialu
oadThe house baring resolved itself into cosemittee of ways
daaeighat'baZilebille ParlianwadnultswmaodpPllyatobwfi'methm thbwinthimitlewl2lll3llsboef reaTortiCooll"requlratiELWthaßtc4a llectlihesslXheageoEgoatriat Egarmlyorde aspa
carrying their thec9eirn.labou'vel; else"derbere."- A royal commission sent club or association occupying a house of the rent or value
down to the cotton districts to lemurs into the cause of We
feoftionlool. aniyuearoeottoteeeauothf ormeeoch tuthueheallingof
heet,sed sup4sLyintzeby
distress was useless. The red cause was that the m
of
other liquors,
for
the
selling
whereof
ee.euefou iss
fa
sow
weir locked up and the adoption of the amendment
which notice had been given would omit haveutitit thee effect required to be taken out, the excise duty of 171. la. and
Dent. thereon, and for selling and supplyieg beer
k"pplidiagy dthoote "°tontdidlbeee nrofuoandodintOl solithem to worst. oat; tobacco only 3/. Itia. sad five per cent. thereon.
"'Mr. POTTER rose to move the following amendment ; Sir W. JOLLIFFE maul it seemed to
nosehimeethat
this pro-
" That, as an amendment to Mr. Ferrend's motion on cotton politico was a mistake altogether: Th
manufecturies districts, to move to leave out from the first respect. of the profits obtained by the Trail dealer from
word • that 'to the end of the question, in order to add the the selling of wines, Nitrite, end. beer ; but in a club there
words 'an humble addrem be presented to her Majesty, were no prod.', and the articles were the property of the
praying that she will be sracnusly pleased to appoints members from t • moment they were bought to the
royal commission to noon into the present state of the time they were consumed. He asked how the right hon.
corm manufacturing dinner, and to report on the best gentleman wasr to distinguish between • club and a regi -
mode of relieving the distress existing therein." He mental
said that, in May last, he ventured to express an The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER mid the
opinion • • that we should not have in the oottoa districts more principle on which this proposal was made was that it was
than half work during the year, and on that occasion be an sot of justice and equity between class and class. The
asked for • royal commission to inquire into the state of cooper Live principle
them eall. oe=tb.:ittte upper
the manufacturing district* The right hon. gentleman, classes, and applied by strong
however, refused • toinraiesiou, owing that the distress was liquors ; and he was sure that if that principle, which had
merely temporary and that the poor laws were sufficient received a remarkable development by the working chases
to meet the difficulty. What was the fact? The in some parts of the country, were applied by them
poor laws had sot been able to cope with the to supply themselves with strong liquors, and the
distress, and the operatives had been saved b charity alone. revenue suffered thereby to the a tof hundreds of
Upon the ground that the public could not be expected to thousands of pounds • year. the house would soon lad
repeat that enormous charity for another year, he now yen- means to prevent that loan. This had been done already by
tuned to ask for a royal commission.. Be might observe that the upper cheese, and it would be ea injurious ad If they
the beat property in Lancashire—land—which was worth were to decline to apply the same madrisezeonwhaelow they
from 30 to 100 years' paeans, paid only one-fifth of the now taxed the lower classes to tax the upper ohs. The
rata ; while other property, not worth more than 20 year bon. baronet said, and said truly, that there muse profit in
purchase, paid four-fifths ; end he believed this was • oom- the duke, but that was only a mode of working ; for though'
-plate trast with the rating in other parts of the country. there wee no profit made by the club, there was • profit to
He thought they ought set to press upon the ratepayers the members ; and as the system worked. at present
who were not property owners, but poem more heavily sem the lower in respect of their consunip-
ProPerty owners. The year had pared most mercifully as non of rtrotigniquors, were subject to taxation
regerded the working chose, and the question which the richer clams who belonged to dubs
Bow was, what was the prospect for another yeariere on subject to. He wee asked why he should fix the
They could not exist longer upon charity, and value of the premises of the dub at 1001. a-year. He did
they ought not ; and he therefore thought that borrowing so because there were certain oases of dote coneiselng of •
pewee should be mesa for a long term. At the present very small number of members, end it would not be well to
time there were 420,000 people subsisting ea the rates and institute an inqueition, so ea to be able to prove that •
charity, 80,000 of whom were able-bodied men. He, for dozen gentleman who met is a room, and had a stook of
one,had no fear of any disturbance, although he admitted wine, were aclub. That would be carrying the thing to an
the seeds of demoralisation bad been sown, and he now extreme which would not be well. But whenever theme
salted upon parliament to destroy them. The central coin- was an establishment of • club occupying prir
mitre had reported that unless parliament gave power to mime to the value of 1001. • year, an inquisition
raise morn for long periods of years, it was Namely to would be noneccesuy. In Scotland there had been some
be e hid that the town councils
.would consider them- remarkable indications of • diapositito to apply the oo- I
selves justified any loop' in ch their boroughs, and operative
principle to the supply of throng liquors to the
that they would probably mend the bodied mash to the lower damn, and it was very likely indeed that that quer
workhouse. With regard to emMratioo, they did not be. lion might come before the house before many years
lieve the colonies were prepared for the reception of so elapsed for legislation ; sad when it did wens before them,
large an amount of labour ; and lastly, they recommended it would not only be in the fiscal but in the police aspect.
that public works should be undertaken by the tows He thought that the 100/. a year Wet would separate the
womb. He (Mr. Potter) was afraid, however there was Lod from the police question.
no adhesion among the tows councils to undertake: snob a After some diecumnoo,
teak, and be arrived at the conclusion that • power must Mr. LIDDLLL moved the negation of this resolution.
be hoed by the legislature, and could only be so found. (Hear, bear.)
He therefore asked for a royal orneaketaa to inquire into Mr. WALTER felt great pleasure in ascending the
the best mode of exercising that parer. motion. This was an attempt to impose an obnoxious tar,
Mr. OOBDEN moooded the amendment. for which the reign of his right hon. friend had been so
Mr. BAILLIE agreed that it was time for the house to remarkable. They might just as well tax any private gentle-
consider whether some measures might sot be adopted to man for drinking his own wine in his ova hoses as tax
relieve the distress is the enlace districts, other than those these clubs.
hitherto employed. He suggested • scheme of emigration, The committee divided
with the and of the government, or the employment of such For the resolution
of the operatives as were fitted for the week upon the pro- Against lll-32
posed fortifications. His only objection to the amendment
ott
the
reenotteePUßLlCANZt,BUltheteemeLlCKter.
the
was that it would create delay, and time should not be
wined.
Mr. vivalas did not oppose emigration •on the Ira, upon t° hverryHazroftetratY,lketheare shall hebatateothartloat andhy tar
tostrary, he etheidered that the freest doze's ahoeuld. 'TOL oasehall be duly authorised by justices of the peace
int gives "P.m" dadraaa to°oiftlitti° the colonies. "" to keep • common Inn, alehouse, or victualling Deena, and
it would be a bed sign of the on of this country
who shall sell beer, cyder, or perry by retail, to be drunk
when the government should be called epos to amulet or aftsift"'ed in his, her, or their home or p.a., and
antilltat, inn.16,.11° hottthia,tiaanatry,....wmid, ,ftever link into who shall not take out • Losses to retail spirits, the duty
am° a aa (Hear, """ "A" waa a of 31. 3s. and 6 per cent. thereto, in lieu of the duty now
great demand for labour ia this country a few
nth on such liaise to retail beer.
years ago, and it might ehortly DA pee
MOM and FFIT_i
Hteovre the to
pwiot satisfactoryknowfwhy stabtlieadditional
therefore he did not think the goverommot e our
set wisely in supporting any schema of anusratios.
nue.
But when the hon. member for Northport called upon the "
government to assist the operatives and the hon. member ,:re,e re,:_:C,HAN,, _of th2_ll:l,al33,uEß the
_
for Carlisle asked for • commission to inquire into the cause addition "pir7poi•X iirzwas ,„:,—.7,7,-;,-„z are
of the distress, had thous hoe. gentlemen told the house """
substitution of 01/o....du,_ty for another :,.._
edihneedied it
dutywas mologilperia
that the authorities in the counties had exhausted all the
remoras of the etauttiee—(bear, bear)—ad that they bad "'"? "'";°"'"'"'"' Impose
now no means of employing the people ? (Hear, bear.) east
now hisolatiworas thee
egad to.
When they saw these notices of motions on the paper the go-
vernment naturally inquired what were the TOICALICetof the BEER DEALERS' ADDITIONAL LICENSE.
counties. ( Haar hear.) Ems the first women of the die- The following 'Notations were agreed to :
tram he had code it his duty to procure report on the " That, towards raisin the supply granted to her Ma-
, means of employment, and he had obtained ioforma- heti, where any pence shall be duly hothead to sell
non from gentlemen in Lancashire, engineers and others, strong beer in saga coutaining not less than four-and-a-
who were able to give nand opinions, and one gentleman half Ballast, or in not less than two dozen reputed
I stated that on the lends in Lancashire and Cheshire the bottles at one time, there shall be charged and ' for
proprietors might employ 100,000 able-bodied men during every additional excise license which may be out
two winters in drainage and other useful worth, there being to authorise such person to sell beer in an him quantity
8110,000 acres of wet hods in theme counties capable of boas sad in any other manner than as aforesaid,tht not to be
&deed, reformed, and levelled. (Hear, hear.) He had drunk or consumed on the prates where add, the duty
bees informed that Mr. Tollemeshe, • masher of that of 11. la, and 5 per centthereon.
house, was employiog • large number of noon in the drelsap SUGAR—EXCISE DUTY.
Mof his leads at ottram—llsear, hear)-sandhe was she Tut, towards Thiiing the supply pasta to her meisety,
informed that the previous occupation of the operatives did the duties of excise co sugar made in the United Kingdom,
sot disqualify them for employinest in the fields specified in schedule Bof the act posed In the 20t
(Haar. hear.) Another gentleman well knows bi 21st years of her Majesty's reign, chanter 61, shall be we-
adze recommended that public roads should be made acme tinned ead he levied and cherg-sa-ato the lit day a
Chat Moss, and he pointed out that forty years ago • mad August, 1864."
was made across that moss by the unemployed operatives ofSTAGE CARRIAGES.
that time. He (Mr. Villien) would tiler hon. gentlemen On the resolution that there shall be chord and paid in
In the last report °I the °sutra relief committee in Man- Great Britain for sid in respect of Nov original limos to
cheerer, which was composed of all classes of perste% and fie taken oat yearly to keep use, or employ a stage
carriage
they also recommended the employment of the an
which shall he constructed and linseed to carry sot more
the improvement of the wet lands in that pert of glo:in in -
than eight at the time, the duty of U. lie.6d. ;
try, andalso is the improvement of the town& (Hear.) ad for in respect of every supplementary ham for
From the reports of impeders in the towns be food that the man carriage which shall be taken out in any ease
there Wtrmgabegs„°l Plarte_,__whith tar reported allowed allowed by law during the period for which such original
Ur have takes authority t° "`" some c‘ water, "" Hosea was granted, the duty of 3d. ; and for aad in respect
where they bad sot been need, or if raised, had not been of every mile which any inch& in.,. canine as aforesaid oat
laid out. If inquiries had been made years ago why these he linseed to travel, the duty of id. ; the mid duties to
works had not bon completed, the gePIY would have been be in lieu of the duties sow payable by law in re-
that it was owing to the dandier labour ; Ninth then, labour slat of such carriage. respectively.
had now become cheap, it was plain that this was the That, tower& rasing the supply pima to her moody,
time far their construction. (Hear, hear') It had there shall be charged and paid for sod upoe every occe.
been ascertained that oat of the Place' wsgss ss's nonsil license to be taken out undo this act by any person
takes antharity t° rat" mon°, under *see ante, to um • carriage for the coovenace of passengers at sera-
-26 had mimed only very small sums, and 18 Widow nothing rate fares, the duties of cache following :—For • licence for
Lt H. /maid ant enter furt'her into arta.' ll° show any carriage drawn by one bane, for one day, 3a. ; for any
at there was ample opportunity of extesding them opera- carriage drawn by two horses, for one day, sa. ; for any
dons. In the ally other instance to which he would refer, drawn by more than two hones, for the day, 10a. -
that of Leneaster, where Negatives had hoe?, employed le :audriasere such lianas shall be required for • longer period
repairing the roads at b. • day, soaps and returning every than one day, the further duty of one-half the above-men-
", by des toad that th,;__,ey had_, ant_,__talt°d a°, Mooed rates for each day after the ern day.
of "Y kid """ the new ``"" erng""g meg"' The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER mid that the
(Hear. hear.) Under these circumstances it appeared hon. member for the Tower Herniate had an amendment
that great lam ef time and delay,_ld oe the resoultlon he meant to Norm on this subject. But
from aPPal•tiallh • Mal cammiedm "*" he had given adios that he intended to introduce the eoli-
ths cause of t unemployed labour. (Hear, Dear.)ee Not in • hill. and that would be the proper time for him to
or Why these public wks had not been already 00610100 1111/001.
o.l6.ldiaffluslios....ioa. The presser resolution merely referred
was not so certain, hut there was good roam to believe
they °light he mt te foot immediately* The Ermernment Mr. AY ETON add be could not understand on what
had, therefore, determined to request the same gentleman principle occasional liners, which were only sought for on
slushed bees so long employed under the Health of Towns days when a urge amount of profit efte he
made
were
Act and the Load Improvement Act as civil easineer_....,., tochimed only thelnlf the amount required for the heeds
Probed at once, attaadad by Dena mare professional "1' of • carriage which plied donor the entire year. He should
new, to then districts, to make inquiries when these
not press his amendment, as there would be • father oppor-
wort° might,, earoinewed,,_ when they Inna Italy t° trinity of briefing the subject before the committee.
aae°mlnlstoo, to onterthm on the spot what ware The resolutions were then agreed to, and the house re.
the difficulties in the way of carrying them not, sesta
and be they tatted, or be they phylu SAVINGS BANKS BILL
what wen the maws° why they should not be Pmeerald The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the
with at race! (Hear, hear.) He could sot onnoe,ye that timed adios, a this
the laclairY °maid tut mere than three wean, frc the.ltra* Mr. HUBBARD said he would not oppose the second
°eras° whom he had referred wee r't with Ina" reading of the bill, but should in committee move the
district*. and koew precisely either what circumstances they omission We clase relating to wafter" annuities.
were. They would thus be brought into reedy assent to
carry out these works, and he did not doubt that at lean The bill was then read a wooed time.
The house went into committee on the Salmon Fisheries
70,°°° Pea"' would ham less he in end°, m•nt He (Ireland) Bill; but, after, an hour spent in debating whether
thought the Prernateat had Prmaeded i'minimtal, ant the chums should be proceeded with, the chairman was
appoenting a royal commission ; and as the reports of these ordered
gentlemen must be received before loog, he bad DO reason to report pogrom.
to suppose there would say longer be any serious want of ELECTIONS DURING THE RECESS BILL
'- - it is Lancathire. 'Aria bill posed through committee.

W. PATTEN said It might be istemirtiag to the
home he low what au ne of maim bad been
received for the relief of Lancashire from the outset of this
distress (Hear, beer.) He (Colonel W. Patten) had taken
some pales to 1NC41141111 the correct state of the case, aided
by Mr. Pariah and Mr. Machin, the honorary secretary to
the Oustral Relief Committee. He might my (not wishing
to ovieutate anything) that is the Central Relief Coatroittes
they bad remind in cash 259,000/. ; in clothing sad provi-
Mons, 108,000 i. ; in leaser subscriptions received, 306,0001.:1
and in private charity they estimated they bed received;
200,000/. ; making al then • ram of L57R0001. To this ' Mr. Joshua Vernal writes, in the Birmingham
rum had to be added 482,0001. from the Measion.boaae Daily Post :—" There is one view of the Chancellor of the
Food, and 660,0001. from the pear-law guardians. Exchequer's wheals which, es far as I know, has not been
This mods • total of 2,735.0001. (Hear, bear.) soused. It is this—why did be introduce the abatement of
The Central Relief Committee, and the onnirnitteas in 601.5 Ido not suppose he did it arbitrarily, but in oonse-
other Pule of liainenellimi bed expended in relief 920,3191.; queens of something incidental to that 60/. Is it because
is clothing, 1060001.; the guardians had expended 604 being • coestant quantity working among variable
625,0001., and private charity 200,0001.—tata1. 1,853,3191. quaat'tiss produces • sort of sliding Beale? To Mow this I
The total amount received had /WM 2,735,000/., out have constructed the following table. The first column is
of which Lancashire itself gave 1,400,C001. They had the income advancing in decades; the semod the tax at 6d.
manikin on land—central fued,486,0001.; the Bridgewater- in the pound, the third at 4d., being an abatement of 2d.,
house end Liverpool committees, 123,0001.; relief corn- which, I presume, was before him, and rejected ; for she
mutes. 90.0001.; guardians, 56,000/.; total, 753,0001. Such third at 7d.„ with the abatement of 601. If this conjecture
bang the ansomet they bad to depend oat sad their expendi- be tries, yea will at oasis see it is a scheme worthy of the
tare been 37,5001. • week, it might easily be seen that they Chancellor's subtle intellect :
had pet the means of carrying on much longer. For this At ed. At 4d. At 7d.
reason the central encamittee had Iron, the commencement d in the 2. la the d. in C., £6O off.
felt that at some time employment must be provided for • 70 ... 115 0 ... 13 4 ... 05 10
the people, whir without it were sure to become demons- 80 ... 11 0 0 ... 1 6 8 ... 011 8
had. The austral committee had not, however, sal. 90 2 5 0 ... 110 0 ... 017 6
cient control I. carry out their views, wed they walla ; 100 ... 210 0 ... 113 4 ... 1 3 4
through the neon of 165 sub-committee!, the members ; 110 ... 215 0 ... 116 8 ... 1 9 2
which could not be expected to nadertake more work then ! 190 ... S 0 0 ... 9 0 0 ... 115 0
they did at present. His right bon. friend ; 130 ... S 6 0 ... 2 3 4 ... 2 010
therefore bad king done +het the mistral oomo 140 ... SlO 0 ... 2 6 8 ... 3 6 8
mates wished, namely, determined to seed down • penes' ; 1110 ... Sl5 0 . 210 0 ... 2lf 7
to ascertain • way is which the people could be employed.. 160 .- 4 0 0 ... 213 4 ... 216 4
Colonel EDWARDS said that Mr. Formed was retitled • 115 45 0 ..• 216 8 ... S 4 2
to the thanks of the house sad the countey, sad especially ; 180 410 0 ... S 0 0 ... 310 0
of the manufacturing districts, for the able matinee in whisk • 190 411 ... 3 3 4 ... 315 10
be bad brought the question before the Mum i without colour ate the led per
The detente was coutimed by Hr. Hildiart, Hr. A. mails OM AWN, cC 141.71(4. taws leave. al ia the
toe, Lord E. Howard, Er. Gareets, Niv, Nominate, sad eindiseis. lmmkpsiY Tea Is op likeirelere always
Mr. Naguire. Ultimately both motion and ameadment BsMir .1611810106•1112.1110/54mlfeemen61

JUDGMENTS LAW AMENDMENT (IRELAND) BILL.
Mr. WHI TESIDE moved the second reading of this bill.
Mr. BUTT opposed the bill.
The bill was then read a mooed time and ordered to be
committed.
ANCHORS AND CHAIN CABLES.
Mr. LAIRD obtained leave to bring in a bill for regu-
lating the proviog and sale of anchors ad chain cables.
The home adjourned at halflast one o'clock.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE•

TATTIREIALLI3.--MoNDAT.
Notwithstanding the severe bear which the fintlemen,
and beams of horses generally, excerimeed at Newmarket
by the defeat of the favourite for the Two Thousand, the
writhes appeared to be of a very eatlefectory character.
Mr. Naylor and Lord Stamford enerenelied largely upon
the pocket. of the bookmakers by the success of their
in the two principal events, the latter
be▪
vies Betted, miecallng to repcet, about 20,000/.
in bets alone by the victory of his ally, while
Ms. Naylor ea been afforded such ours hedging
shoat llecearooi for the Derby that he steeds
nearly 50,0004 to nothing. The room was very full, and
the streogth of the " lawn meet," including es it did the
Elite of the reee•loviog aristocracy, dearly indicated the
near approach of the Derby sod other great events of
the tort swum The early part of the liftolllooa wee
entirely devoted to the settling. of the previous week's
accounts ; sad although this portion of the business of the
day MA hem commenced in the Cits, mach remained to be
got through at Hyde-pack-comer. The early hour at which
the majority of the members wished to leave town for
York led to ninth extra bustle, thus the task of
compiling a lief of quotations was no meanelfacilikated.
For the Great Northern liandimp h Fantail end Oaths-
neer 'mein strong demand, the shave" so isclustrloasly
circulated shoat Lord &Sands hone bevies no foundation
whatever in truth. sto 3 was taken about Fantallood 100
to 30 about Carbine's The Plimalis eat and tied were
in fathozat 7 and 10 to 1 respectively. The Derby
presorted no noteworthy cheap, lord Chides,
and. Sacchareineter, the three leadiag favourites, being ffrin at
their quoted priers. 15 to 1 was taken about the
Ghillie (Ist the colt by Tadlinor out of Gleireohty),
but at the close 100 Ito 6 was the peke at which
he "settled dose," the mune odds being booked about
Automaton and National Osard. Among the outsiders a
disposition was displayed calculated to lead to considerable
business. Carnival nosing hie quietus, as be receded to
1030 to 15 (taken end offered), Jandoothe becieliting by the
retirement of his disgraced stable ; H
was supported at 40 to 1 while 1000 to take: Tot;
about Gelds° Pledge, whose principal supporter was • noble
lord. Safeguard, cue of the latest annals in the quota-
tions, was she backed, °ammonite( at the extreme loog
Just of 1000 to 10, sod leaving of at 1000 to 15 (taken
freely). Offers of 1000 to 10 aping Dunkeld met with no
response. Closing pries@ :

lab Intellignce.

00IIRT OP COMMON PLEAS.—Aran. 27.
Satiap sa Nisi Pries is Lairloa.—(Baton Mr. Jastion
William sad a Oarsman Jary.)
GAMBLE! R. IILYNR.—ARTISTIC COPYRIGHT.

This ;Wan action by Mr. Gambart, the picture publisher,
to recover damages from the defendant, a stationer at Exeter,
in eoessquence of his having sold a photographic copy of the
plaintiff 'a engraving of the well-known picture, "The Light
of the World."
Mr. Collier and Mr. Brandt appeared for the plaintiff ;
and Mr. DUMDUM, Q.C., for the defendant.
Mr. May, the son of the solicitor for the plaintiff, 'trod
that being at Exeter and seeing mine photographs in the
defendants window, he went in and selected two at le. each.
He asked the
_young lady in the shop if she had a copy of
" The Light a the World," and the said she thought she
bad one left, He asked her the price, and the said 6d., and
he paid her 21. 6d. for the three.
For the defence the young lady was called, and her
widow» was that upon being asked if she had a copy of
" The Light of the World," she replied that she had not
one for sae, the only or she had was one that bad been
gives to her. The geetleinan, hewer, was so pressing
that at length A . ward, 'U you Ilk, to take the one I hart
got, you are welcome to it." Thereupon she brought it out,
he biked her how much it was, and she said nothiog. He,
however, would not have it for nothing, and upon that she
said, " Well, I will take 6d. for it," and she took the 6d.,
and put it into her pocket. fibs farther stated that she was
making a collection of photograph; and she had had the
one in question given to her
A gentleman proved that be had given her the photo-
her and another gentleman gave evidence to corroborate
her as to what had taken place in the shop.
Mr. Justice Williams irked the plaintiff's conceal whether
be could carry on the case against this evidence.
After a few observations a verdict was entered for the
defendant, a result which elicited some applitur.

COURT OF EXOBEQUICR.—Aram 27.
Sittings in Banco.:7(Bnlare Lnrsi ChM( Boan_Pollsck and

Berens &Mein, Bramwell, wed W ilde. )

-
onentreirrAt PHOTOGDAPIDO WOOD WORE COXPAPT
(untrem) o. issower—uarra.rrr or minnows:Rs.
This was a special ems, miming • question upon a &NMI!
to • plea as to the power of the directors of a limited lia-
bility oompsay is whiek lees thee belt the shares bad bee.
subscribed foe to make and &one calla. Th. 00131p•ai
was to have a capital of 30,0001. in 6,000 shares. and the
action was brought to recover calla upon 100 shams for
which the defendant bad subscribed. The defendant
pleaded that the capital never was or could be raised, that
gan insignificant portion, or lees than orierhalf thereof,
been subscribed for, and that the company
_was there-
new legally formed. He also *add that be
serer agreed that the company should commence business
With each a small number of shares, and that be never de-
rived any benefit from the shares for which he had rab-
ic:be& This mimed the trusties whether by the Joint
Stock Compels, Act, 19 end 20 Vie., cap. 47, the defendant
was liable for calls made under such circumstances.
Mr. filerjeant Hayes, on the part of the company, said
that the power of the discus to make calls was not
affected by the feet of ord7 • email poetion of the capital
bslag subseribed. The third minion provided that seven or
more paean associated for any lawful purpose might by
sabseribirig their Dames to a memorandum of saeocation,
and otherwise complying with the requisitions of the act
with respect to registrstion, form themselves into an inece-
porde& company. The fifth section said that the memo-
randum should state, among other things, the name and
object of the company, whether the shareholders'
liability was limited or unlimited, the amount of capital,
end the number of shame. Then, the seventh section made
the memorandum binding on the shareholders to the same
extent as if each had duly executed the same ; and accord-
ing to the seventh section, each shareholder was required to
take at heat one share in the company. The 13th section
provided also that on the registration of the memorandum
of association the subscribers to it and the other share-
holders should thereupon become a body corporate. Aside,
the ninth section provided that where the memorandum was
sot accompanied by articles of association prescribing regu-
lation for the mammy, the regulations in schedule B
should apply ; and that section empowered the company to
make calls after 21 days' cones. The learned counsel con-
tended that as the company had started with seven share-
holders, as all the other requirements of the act had been
complied with, and se there were no articles of association
limiting the power of the directors as to calls, the defendant
was liable under schedule B.
Mr. Garth, on the other side, submitted that the inten-
tion of the legislature was that unless sufficient capital was
subscribed for carrying on the Wainer of the company the
directors should not be capable of making calls on the
shareholders. Hs pointed out the iejustice which would be
inflicted upon shareholders if the act were carried out to
its full extent, because neves persons subscribing to a
memorandum of association, end only taking Mashers each,
would be • corporathra.endif they were to have power to
make calls they might without the moat remote chance of
getting a quarter 6/ this mieessary capital subscribed es-
force calls upon one or tdisehareholden, and pay the mow
to themselves in the shape of directors' fees.
Mr. Baron Wilde said a shareholder bad • remedy in
his own bands. It was entirely • voluntary act to take
shares, and be should see that the articles of armistice
contained restriction se to tasking calls. If they did not,
he knew that under schedule B the direeters lied power to
make calls without limit, and be must take the 'COW

quenoes.
The Lord Chief Baron wu of opinion that the aosopany
was entitled to recover upon an action for calls. no eel
did not put any restriction upon the directors not to make
calls until the whole capital was subscribed. The oompaey
hav ac bus regularly formed sod registered, a shareholder
was luWe, unless he had guarded against his liability in
the articles of association, to pay any calla the directors
might make.
Mr. Bann Martin, in upcoming a similar opinion, said it
was the duty of the court to construe acts of parliament
according to their ordinary meaniog, and not to tamper with
them and give them a construction consistent with what
they cionoenved to be justice. Great mischief had arisen
(ran takiDg the latter course ; and if they found an act
bore harshly or improperly on shareholders, they should
carry its provisions out to the full extent and leave the
legislature to interfere and set the matter right.
Mr. Baron %unwell agreed with Baron Martin, that the
court should not attempt to amend iota of parliament by
judicial exposition. He wee of opinion that the wonla at
this statute were in favour of the plaintiffs.
Mr. Baron Wilde, while concurring with the rest of the
rout in giving judgment for the plaintiffs, did not think
that the sot inflicted any practical injustice on parties. The
dereadent must be usumed to have subscribed for shares
with a full knowledge of what the coosequeocise would be.
The legislature bad acted on the sound principle of per
mitting companies to make their own regulations for their
government, and leaving shareholders to take care of thaw.
selves rather than placing round them safeguards which
of ten merely operated as traps, and gave rise to all kinds al
difhaidty. —Judgunot for the plaintiffs.