The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-06-14 00:00:00

dvertisement conven-

....irman made an explana-
course of which he said that the first line mentioned on
the notice, viz., the Exeter and Yeovil, was the only one
;,, wh;nh thn coannanv was interested, either by subscrip-

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1r capita

Great Western had, as the shareholders were no Gout
-Pare, attempted to compel them to accept a claw
•ng it incumbent upon them to lay down a double lir
co as to hare a broad as well as a narrow -

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but that attempt had been defeated, and the linethere-
fore would be upon the narrow guage only. • -
Of the other four their names had been' withdrawn
from the Crystal Palace line, and they had no connection
by shares or capital with the other three, nor did they
promote them ; but as they might have junctions with
them, or be required to work them, it was better to give
their sanction to the bills at once.
The various clauses having been read. pro forma, of the
Exeter and Yeovil Bill, a discussion arose, in which it
was stated by the company's solicitor, that if the Exeter
and Yeovil Company should make the demand, the South
Western would be bound by the bill either to advance
£lOO,OOO upon loan to the former, or take that amount in
shares at their own option.
The Chairman then moved that the sanction of the
meeting should be given to the Exeter and Yeovil Bill.

Mr. Snow seconded the motion.
Mr. Helps protested against the bill, as being a conse-
quence of the penal measure forced upon the company by
the legislature last year, in defiance of all principles of
free action and equity. There was, however, no escape
from the bill, and therefore he should not vote against it.
Mr. Pitcher expressed himself to a similar effect.
Mr. Wood energetically opposed the bill, upon the
ground that the line would never pay, and made a statis-
tical statement with a view to support his opinion.
Mr. Serjeant Gazelee enquired how Mr. Wood proposed
to stop parliament ? became if he could show a way to do
that, he (Mr. Serjeant Gazelee) would vote with him in
opposition to the bill.
Mr. Wood said parliament would no more dare to stop
their dividends than to stop the dividends on the national
debt. (Laughter.)
Mr. berjeaut Gazelee intimated his opinion that parlia-
ment would not be very nice upon the point.
A Shareholder said that tbere was one serious defect
in the bill—viz., that it gave them no power to form a
junction with the Great Western at Exeter.
After some further discussion the motion was adopted ;
and the other bills having been formally sanctioned, the
proceedings terminated.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JUNE 12

(Sittings in Banco, before Chief Justice Jervis, and

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Justices Cresswell, Williams, and Writes.)
STAMMERS v. HUG 'IRS AND ANOTHER.—APPLICATION
FOR THE RETURN OF MONEY PAID TO THE SHERIFF.—This
was an action against Mr. Hughes and Miss Emma Stanley
to recover £6l, for work done in connection with the
entertainment, " The Seven Ages of Woman," and Miss
Stanley having been arrested as she was about leaving
England for America, was obliged to pay the amount to
the sheriff of Lancashire, ire order to be released from
custody. A rule, however, was subsequently obtained
for the return of the money, upon the ground that
there was no debt in existence. Mr. Watson and
Mr. Pearce now
this rule being MP

. appeared to show cause
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ment Stammers having made some necessary preparations,
and they having advanced to a certain stage, he entered
into an agreement with Miss Stanley, by which he was to
r a year, and to pay her a third of the gross
receipts, and also £3 103. for each performance, and he was
to provide a stage and every thing necessary for the enter—
tainment ; but the affair having gone off, and because some of
the matters were before the agreement, he had the boldness
, swear tha► —ere was a debt due. There was clearly no
debt due. Rule absolute.

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AMERICA. AND FRANCE

The Paris correspondent of the Times, in his letter dated

;y, says

A p:

,ce letter from Washington mentions, among
igs, that the American government are anxious
tin the disposition of the French government,

ur raimka of the French Emperor, under these circumstances,
and what part, if any, they will be likely to take
in our quarrel. The Washington Cabinet is inclined
to believe that France will maintain strict neutrality
in the event of war breaking oat; and, in fact,
that she will n,_it draw the sword so long as the honour of
Franca remains untouched. In truth, I believe the opinion
of that cabinet to be, that, even were France disposed to do
otherwise, she cannot do so. The eagerness with which she
accented peace with Russia is well known and appreciated
at Washington, and the explanation of that desire is in her
comparative exhaustion from offensive warfare. The terrible
catastrophe of the inundations, which have laid waste more
than 15 departments ; the probability of scarcity occurring ,
for the third year consecutively ; the mania of speculation
which is so enormously developed in the country ; and the
gigantic hut unsafe projects of the Credit Mobilier, which
must inevitably lead to a fearful commercial crisis; even
the fact of the great outlay necessary to keep down the
price of bread in Paris at the cost of the rest of France ;
the pos4ble exigencies of other great towns should the
apprehended scarcity and consequent dearness of fool be
realised, and the general discontent produced by those con-
curring circumstances, are, I have reason to believe,
duly weighed by the Cabinet of Washington in the con-
clusion it may draw of the impossibility of France taking
an active part with England. What weight ought to be
attached to these considerations, and how they may be
justified by events, iit is not for me to say; but, for one
reason or the other, it is believed at the other side of the
Atlantic, that, if battle there be, we shall have to fight it
by ourselves."

A letter from Constantinople of June 2nd, states that the
fferenees between England and Persia are likely to be set-
;d by the intervention of the Porte. Two conferences
Lye already been held. Lord Stratford conducts the

affair.
AREIVAL OF THE 54TH REGIMENT FROM THE CRIMEA.
SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING.—The iron screw steam-
ship Perseverance, Commander John W. D. Macdonald,
from Gibralt ir, 7th instant, arrived in Plymouth Sound
this (Friday) morning, having on board 900 men of the 54th

Regiment.
ARRIVAL CF THE KING OF DUDE IN ENGLAND. —His
late majesty the King of Oude landed at Folkestone on
Thursday evening, accompanied by his suite, and E. L.
C iffey, Esq. The king had arranged to sleep at the Pavilion
hotel, but having had a most beautiful passage from Bou-
logne, his majesty left for London by the express train of
thu South Eastern Railway
FURTHER REINFORCEMENTS FOR CANADA corres-
pondent writes, In addition to the troops on their passage,
or under orders for Canada, it is intended by the govern-
ment to augment the army in that province by 5,000. This
number will include two regiments of cavalry, each 350
strong, 4 batteries of field artillery, and the remainder
infantry regiments, and a battalion of the 60th
.Rifles, a
detachment of the Land Transport Corps, numbering 400
drivers and 120 artificers, are held in readiness to embark
for the same destination."
On Wednesday Mr. John Ilaseman, a stevedore, residing.
in Alfred-street, Stepney, was stowing the cargo. of the ship
Alla, in the Victoria (London) Docks, Plaistow, and. had
occasion to go on shore to see the captain. Ho got into a
boat, and a'boy rowed the boat to a timber. raft, where Mr.
Haseman landed. A clerk employed in the dock got into
the boat when Mr. Haseman left it, and while the boy was
rowing him past a barge, a stupid, half drunken Dutch
seaman, named Reynard Laummars, jumped from the barge
into the boat, and cansised it. The clerk and the boy sank
and were drowned before any assistance could be rendered,
but the Dutchman, the author of the mischief, was saved.
He is in custody.
A MOTHER'S CRUELTY TO HER CHILD. —CANTERBURY'
LaISDAY. —The county magistrates here adjudicated on a
shocking case to-day. William Jarman, of 'Whitstable'
and his wife, Lucy Jarman, were sentenced, the woman to
eight months' hard labour, and her husband to six months,
for cruelly ill-treating Lucy Fill, the illegitimate child of
the female defendant, and only eight years of age. They
had tied up the child naked, so that she stood on one leg,
the other leg being fastened to the bed-post, in which
posture she was kept many hours. They bad also beaten
her with a rope an inch thick, until her back was " like
a piece of raw beef." The poor little creature was bruised
and lacerated all over in a frightful manner.