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FAIR-DAY IN AN IRISH MARKET-TOWN.
On every road, pour in flocks of sheep, droves of
cattle (many of them of the old country breed, small
and rough), and pigs; the latter for the most part
coming singly, with hay-rope to jerking hind leg. At
every convenient brook or hedge side, country girls
don the shoes and stockings they have been carrying
so far in a bundle : partly for economy's sake, partly
because they can walk with more ease barefoot ;
mainly, in order that they may enter the fair with
undimmed lustre of black, and spotless white or blue.
At an outskirt of the town spreads the "Fair Green,"
bordered with hovels; its expanse of mire thickly
trodden with hoof and brogue—men shouting,
swearing, bargaining, where the moistened penny
smites and resmites the rugged palm ; beasts lowing,
bleating, bellowing, braying, neighing, and squeaking.
Horses with ribbon on neck dash recklessly to and fro;
multitudinous horns threaten, parried and punished
by innumerable sticks. AVID° keep all those asses ?
Are they never curried ? In good sooth they are
ill-used. There are few whiskey-tents, but this is
because people prefer to drink elsewhere ; for many
have " broke their medal"—in other words, forgotten
Father Mathew long ago. Down the street, it is
all a moving crush of carts, beasts, potatoes (not
quite extinct yet), corn-sacke, and human beings.
Thera are men in blue coats, flat cloth caps, old
brown hats: matrons in blue cloak:, red shawls, a
cloak or two of the old-fashioned red-cloth, white
caps, white kerchiefs on head, red kerchiefs ; maidens
with hair of brown or sable Spanish gloss, or, more
ambitious, in bonnets with fluttering ribbons and
flowered shawls. Yet these, too, found their last
mirror, perhaps in Pie's Pool there above; coming
thence no longer barefoot. At all corners and points
of vantage, apples are offered energetically to the
public ; at a few, cakes and " sweet-rock." Elevated
on carts without horses, the auctioneers of old clothes,
and the Cheap Johns of new apparel, make their ap-
peals to the crowd, and their apparently ferocious ver-
bal attacks upon each other. . . . A more quiet
company of merchants—amongst whom, years ago,
Cheap John the First arose like a red revolutionist—
continue to pitch their tents hard by. The Stannens
(standings) are conveniently ranged over the gutter
on each side of the street, with roofs of patched
canvas, sack-cloth, or motley counterpane, stretched
on rickety poles, or rounded with osiers; wbereunder
are spread the dazzling treasures of cheap cutlery and
jewellery ; distorting mirrors in red frames; round
pewter-cased ditto, capable of being propped up and
folded artfully ; gallowses (i. e. suspenders), and
broad belts of coloured web—deemed wholesome wear
by country youths ; little blue and yellow covered
song-books; Lives of Saints, mixed with spelling-
books and Reed-a-ma-daisies (Reading-made-easys);
and in a corner, three or four second-hand volumes—
perhaps one of Urquhart's " Rabelais," Dublin edition,
and two of " The Justice of the Peace," published in
1823; which latter the stannen'-keeper recommends
to your attention as " an entertaining romance ;" and,
on being, with some trouble, undeceived on the
point, says he's no scholar (meaning that he can't
read), but that's what he bought it for.—Dickens's
Household Words.

CENTRAL
their trial for misde
(Before A. C
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Learned underla' the false colour and pretence that
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they required thews
teftohro tbpeeriopdurPoofsetsheiorfbetihnegir
adjudi-
cated bankrupts.
Mr. Ballantine and
prosecution; mr. ClarksonMr. Bagley were counsel for the
peered for the dq leinstoanebraipef-
The Le ' "ants
COUNSEL
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prosecution,udd
statement of the facts of the case to the jury, explained
that the charge a
one of the sections of
the defendants was framed under
Act, which of
the Bankrupt LawarConsolidation
within three months declared that any bankrupt who should
of h'
from an a. • is bankruptcy obtain property
Person on eredi
such property was t, under the false pretence that
his trade, should be deemed
for the bond fide purposes of
and be liable to be eemed guilty of misdemeanour,
hour, at the ducretio imprisoned, with or without hard la-
exceeding two yearsitl. of
the
Court, for any period not
defendants had He should show them that the
goods from Messrs. obtained
a large quantity of silk
Paul's Churchyard, Ellis and Everington, of St.
very short period of ontihe 27th of September, within a
of the whole of r bankruptcy, and that they dis-
posedco a person named that prorty two days afterwards
the price at which Hart, at ac onsiderable reduction in
they had purchased it. The defen-
dants were partners in carrying on the business of pa-
rasol and umbrella-makers,commenced business in o and it appeared that they
October, 1850, having at that
time a capital between them then not exceeding 230/.,
and upon their being adjudit
1851, it was found thatahei e 4, bankrupts in. November,
and 5,000/, and 3,00 1. 0t
ebo amounted to between.
4,000
of that amount appeared
to be wholly unaccounted f
facts, and also the manner inor'Having proved these which the defendants had
dealt with other portions oft:h roperty which had come
into their possession, be said
e only Tiestion the jury
would eventually have to decide would be, whether at
the time the defendants obtained
Messrs.
Ellis
and Everington, they
this property from
they really intended to
of use it in the honest exercise their trade, or whether
they were not actuated by the fraudulent intention to
make use of it in quite a different manner, for their own
purpose, and to defraud the prosecutors of the value of
the property?
The formal evidence with regard to the bankruptcy of
the defendants having been gone into,
Mr. Parington, an accountant, deposed that on the
sth of November he was engaged by the creditors to
examine the books of the defendants. They appeared
to have been carrying on business as umbrella and pa-
rasol makers for a period of thirteen months, and he
found by the books that there was a
deficiency of 3,0001.
He made inquiries of the bankrupts upon the subject of
this deficiency, and they told him that
the only way
they could account for it was by the heavy losses they
had made in sacrificing their goods by
selling them at
less than they cost. They also gave him an account of
property they had pledged with Messrs. Muncaster and
Warre, pawnbrokers, to the amount of
1,2001,, and upon
which 530/. or 540/. had been advanced.
Mr. CLARKSON—The defendants ad •
mated they were
insolvent, and readily signed a declaration to that effect
when they were required to do so. They said that their
difficulties had compelled them to pledge
a great deal of
their property, but they had redeemed a great portion
the
of it, and they handed him over deposit notes
for the remainder. The pledgings were referred
to in the books of the bankrupts,t and the
redemptions of the property alsoa consi-
derable extent. The whole amount of the° debts was
5,4001., and the assets, including furniture,
Property of every description belonging to
stock,e
thedeend.
and
ants, he estimated at 2,4001. It appeared by the books
that there had been a great many business transactionsl
between Messrs. Ellis and Everington and the bankrupts,
and that the latter had supplied manufactured goods in
their trade to Messrs. Ellis and Co. to a large amount.
The bankrupts made a statement of expenses and other
matters to account for the deficiency of 3,0001, but
stillac-
cording to their own showing a sum of 1,000/. wa
unaccounted for. The bankrupts' stock was
sslsd
public tender, and the proceeds it realised he
believed
was 47 per cent. under the invoice price of the goods.
Re-examined—The stock of the bankrupts fetched
1,0001. or 1,100/.
By the COURT—The stock was parcelled out into small
lots, with an option to any party to purchase the whole
amount;
ble
offer was made for the goods, they sold the whole of
th
e stock by private arrangement to a person named
Myers, at a discount of 47r cent.pe the ' upon invoice
price.

Mr. H. A. Stansfeld, the official assignee, gave similar
evidence with regard to the state of the bankrupt's
book. He also said, that upon his asking the bankrupts
the meaning of the term "silkman" that was placed
against some of the items, they explained to him that all
the cheques that were drawn for the purpose of redeem-
ing the silk that had been pawned were made payable to
that name, in order that the real nature of the transaction
might not bo known.
Cross-examined—The whole amount of such cheques
between January and October, 1851,
and every transaction of reeding appeared in the books.
the books also showed that Messrs. Ellis and Everingten
and in August, 1851 was about 800/.,
and the bankrupts were for a considerable time both in
the relative position of debtor and creditor to each other,
the defendants almost' dtahiely"slivapsliaed
favour of the defendants, and at other periods they were
creditors to a very much larger amount. It also ap-
peared that during the whole of the month of October,
0: out: cai'w h Ole
pouf
Co. with their goods, and they also made a cash pay-
ment of 501., and the actual balance due to the firm from
the bankrupts at the time of the baukruPtcy was 5111 ls. 5d., it being reduced from a much larger sum to that
balance
lsliosLanincl
amount by the goods furnished by the bankrupts.
Mr. John Allen, a clerk in the warehouse of Messrs.
m es s
Ellis and Co., deposed that on the 25th of September
the defendant Lyons came to the establishment, and he
He purcha one
showed him some figured silk and also some glaL6 silk.
consult hissedpartner as to whether it was suitable for
making parasols. IT
—e afterwards purchased a number
of pieces of both descriptions of silks, containing alto-
gether 6,316 yards, the total value of which was
the receipt of the goods by
680/. 14s.
Fry, a clerk in the service of the bankrupt, proved
piece as a sample, and said he would
fore the goods were sent
would
tember.
pweaescrye ql eusess ted lin in ed i a wouldlY,
Sep-
By Mr. CltniesoaT---11e wrote a letter to Messrs. El-
lis and Evringtou at the request of the defendants be-
vbeaerliestiht
times a d
about
Mr. Lyons could not give the price that was asked for
Per Yard, he
Manchester in the eening.
the goods, but if they tae a farthing or a half-
thietmwaosn
to
ohe
th2o7theffeooftthatMr. Solomon Abraham Hart, who described himself
as a merchant and warehouseman, carrying on business
in Bury-street, St. Mary.exo, deposed that he knew the
as take
mr. them,
Lyons and
was ang
aing answertto
defendants while they
Cripplegate, and e wet®l.,_,
b —see had different transactions in
trade with theirs. on ~
-- 'le 29th September he was at
their warehouse, when u they showed him several boxes of
figured silk, and asked hina if they would suit him; and
carrying on their business in
&tr. Warre, of the
gafimedromuant
"at a rice." Oa this occasion
he purchased 35 pieces of the silk at the rate of Is. 7d.
per yard. On the followince da he again to the
defendants' warehouse, Elbe'
purchased sandther lot of
shiel
ks.aidTthheatptrhioeey
was 543/. 3s. Ild., and h
--a paid the amount at different
times.
By Mr. CLARKSON
0 gave 2s. 3d. a yard for one
the silk ho purchased
portion of the glace silk,and 2s. 4d. for another. The
defendant Lyons told hi and
that the reason he sold the
silk was, that it was not suitable for the manufacture of
parasols, for which they ad
Purchased it. The silk
was certainly not suitable for that purpose.
Mr. Allen was re-called, and he stated that the prices
they charged for the glace sok
were 2s. 2d,, 21. Bd.,
2s. lid., and 2s. 6d. per yard.
Mr. BALLANTINE asked the witness
kfuncaster and Warre,
was a loser by the bankruptcy of the
replied that he did no lose anything by them.
Idtothgeetdhieffrerinenvtaluatodile
faernt
dan ts whether
Hh he
dint by a person
pawn-
namedMoss, who acted as the agent of the defendants,
pawnbrokers,ia a f
thep r 0
errpSkinyn ea rte st threeiert ,
te:pdnisritgoffa
who did not appear at all in the transaction. It ap-
apbeaortietdit,4homoti. pwroapserptlyed
800/. worth was redeemed. The amount of
n.
ount of interest
charged was 15 per cent.
This was the case for the prosecution.
Mr. CLARKSON said he should like t 0 take the opinion
of the Court as to whether any offence had been made
out within the terms of the section upon which the in-
dictment was framed. The slection i
-n question said,
that if any " bankrut" should d certain acts three
months before his bankruptcy .
he should be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanour; and it appeared to him that
• at all It me
if this meant anything , ant the person must
be a bankrupt at the time he committed the which
act
formed the subject of complaint. The section, in fact,
ense
appeared to be, almost p
nos Of andi he felt himself
justified in asking the opinion Lordship whether
the clef sd
the charge made against en ants could be sus-
tained.
'n answer to the obje t'
Mr. BALLANTINE, 1 .
was w e tons, said he
admit that the sectionworded very absurdly,
must a
the word " bankru t " •
and that instead of I) , it should
" committed
have been if any "person
at which h certain acts three
months before the period should be ad-
then no difficultybankrupt,and
that could have
submitted,however,the meanin in-
arisen. He
was perfectly clear, and that tended to be conveyed 9 on a
common-sense
view of the matter, the expression
be taken to mean " person."
"bankrupt" should . .
LL, in overruling
Mr. Justice CRESSWE the objection,
h the clause might certainly observed that althou have
clearly, yet the intention was
been worded much more
justify the -
t to
sufficiently apparent
it. The offence itself was of rather a curious character.
and he apprehended that the meaning of the word
in question, was to
" bankrupt," in the clause
of a intended
The
be a person filling the character
facto bankrupt.
statute created a sort of es post misdemeanour,_ for
offsuceat
the party did not commit any the time he ob-
tained the goods, but the offence was only created by

his filling the character of a bankrupt three months
of terwards.

I Mr. CLARKSON then addressed the jury for the de-
fence, and in the course of a very e.ble speech ho con-
tended with great earnestness that the defendants had
not done any act that brought them within the sco`po of
the very highly penal statute under which the indict-
ment against them had been framed. He contended
that so far from there being any proof that they obtained
the goods by the false pretence that they required them
for the purposes of their trade, that the evidence proved
the direct contrary; and he submitted that the proba-
bility was, that finding the articles were not suited for
the purpose for which they were intended they had dis-
posed of them to the witness Hart, being at the time
under pressure of a pecuniary character. As to the
price at which the goods were sold he said it was ad-
mitted that they had fetched within 30/. or 40/. of the
sum at which they were originally sold to the de-
fendants, and he called the attention of the jury to the
fact that the assignees had been proved to have sold the
bankrupts' stock at a discount of 47 per cent. under the
invoice price, which was a much more ruinous sacrifice.
The Learned Counsel then adverted to the stagna-
tion that existed in trades such at that carried on by the
bankrupts last year, owing to the Exhibition, and said
that no doubt they, like many others, were very much
under pressure, and he would admit that they had acted
recklessly in endeavouring to relieve themselves from it;
but he observed that he was very much afraid that some
of the first houses in the city of Landon had under some
circumstances been compelled to act in a similar manner.
The bankrupts had not yet obtained their certificate, and
they were still liable to be dealt with and punished in the
Bankruptcy Court, which he submitted was the proper
tribunal to dispose of such a case; and he concluded by
expressing his opinion that it would be very great injus-
tice to renlet the defendants criminally responsible upon
such facts as now appeared before the Court, and he,
therefore, called upon the jury to acquit them of the
charge.

Vie Learned JUDGE having summed up the case, and
explained to the jury with great clearness the points
upon which they were required to give an opinion, they
almost immediately returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
There were some other indictments against the de-
fendants, but it was arranged that they should stand
over to the next session, the defendants being in the
meantime admitted to bail.

James Solomon Davis, who pleaded guilty on Wed-
nesday to a charge of the same character, and Jonas
Heilbronne, who was convicted of perjury in connexion
with the same transaction, were brought up for judg-
ment, and sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard
labour for 12 months.

Upon the application of Mr. Clarkson, the trial of
Gerber, Wagner, Kessler, and Krachcoer, for perjury,
was postponed to the next session.

IVEW COURT.
(Before the CO➢TMION SERGEANT.)
George Parker, alias James Priest Borritt, 36, sailor, a
respectable•looking man, pleaded guilty to returning
from transportation.
The COMMON' SERGEANT, after reading a petition
handed in by the prisoner, the contents of which did not
transpire, sentenced him to be imprisoned for six
months, and then transported for life.
It appeared from the certificate sent with the pri.
Boner, that he had been transported from this court in
July, 1839, for 15 years, and being found at large in
1844 at Liverpool was tried and transported for life.
Thomas Johnson, 25, painter, was indicted upon two
indictments for forging and uttering requests for the
delivery of goods.
The prisoner, who pleaded guilty of the uttering,
was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment and hard
labour.
This court was adjourned for several hours. In the
after part of the day Mr. Russell Gurney presided, and
disposed of several petty cases.
THIRD COURT.

(Before the RECORDER.)
John Gerrard, 32, a very gentlomanlylooking well-
dressed man, described in the calendar as an agent,
was indicted for attempting to steal certain monies from
the person of a lady named Mason. There were also
several other counts in the indictment, charging him
with conspiring with others to steal monies from the
persons of several other persons.
Mr. Platt prosecuted, and Mr. Parry defended.
The jury found him Guilty.
The RECORDER said be should pass the same sentence
upon the prisoner that had been passed upon his com-
panions—namely, three months 'imprisonment.
George Norris, 34, smith, pleaded guilty to feloniously
marrying Emma Palmer, his wife being alive.
The Court sentenced him to nine months' imprison-
ment.

THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY.
The proceedings in this extraordinary case were yes-
erday morning resumed before J. Hurophry, Esq., in
Vice-Chancellor Kindersley' Court, Lincoln's Inn.
Mr. O'Connor was in attendance precisely at the ap-
pointed:hour, but some delay was occasioned in conse-
quence of the non-arrival of Mr. Wheeler, a barrister,
who had been announced to be retained on the part of
Mr. O'Connor.
Mr. O'Connor's examination was then resumed by
Mr. Roxburgh, the counsel for the official manager. He
said he placed certain deeds in the hands of Mr. Roberts
the solicitor, as a security for monies borrowed, as money
did not come in sufficiently quick to cover the expenses
of the Land Company; but that it was all accounted for
in the Daily News of the 16th of May, but it did not
contain an account of all the monies received up to that
time. It did not contain an account of Mr. Roherts's
loan. The other directors were not aware that he bad
borrowed mousy. He had the privilege of making trans-
actions of his own, as the money was not coming in fast
enough. The money was paid to labourers and brick-
layers. He had said before that he had not a letter or
word written upon the subject. He had no papers to
show the expenditure of the money. It was " lumped"
with the other money received from the shareholders.
He dare say that he might have received 106,5131. 17s.
from the Land Company.
Mr. Roxburgh thought it would be impossible to ar-
rive at any satisfactory account of the expenditure of the
money from Mr. O'Connor, and therefore he proposed
an arrangement that two surveyors should bo appointed
to go over the estates and value all the works that had
been done by Mr. O'Connor, and that he should be al-
lowed to discharge the amount of the valuation in addi-
tion to the sums which might be found to be properly
applied, and if any balance was found to be due to him
the Act provided that such sum should be paid; but, on
the other hand, if it should be found after the survey
and valuation that there was a sum of money due by Mr.
O'Connor to the company, then such sum should be paid
by him to the offieial manager.
Mr. Wheeler, being only just instructed, could not at
once fall into the suggestion, as objections appeared on
the face of it.
Mr. O'Connor then wished certain sums which he read
to be taken down. Over 300 houses, he said, had been
built, and those houses cost over 1501. a piece,
which made altogether 45,0001.; four school-houses,
3,0001.; Snig's-end estates, 12,6001.; 8,0001. for Low-
bands estate; and 10,0001. for Minster Love!. Mr.
O'Connor then entered into a long statemsnt of other
sums he had paid for well-boring, placing pillars, plant-
ing hedges, making roads, and otherwise improving the
property.
Mr. Roxburgh—Yon originated this land scheme, I
believe ? Mr. O'Connor—l did. The principle upon
which it wes founded was to elevate the working
classes—to put them in the possession of land—to make
the manufacturers give more wages to the operatives,
The free-traders now charge 13i per cent. interest on
money paid on land, and I only charge 4 per cent. Will
you allow me to repeat a speech I made at the London
Tavern on—
The Master—l will do no such thing. We do not
come here for amusement.
Mr. O'Connor—Or for instruction.—(Laughter.) The
company was formed for the purpose of elevating the
poor, and I hoped and trusted if it had not been opposedan
_
by Government to have had 50,000 houses built, d
as I have said before, if Prince Albert had built these
houses there would have been an office in every street
in London for the sale of shares, and
The Master—Mr. O'Connor, do you wish me to dis-
solve the court ? Mr. O'Connor (carelessly)_Ob, do
just as you please.
In answer to further questions from Mr.
. Roxburgh.and
he described the process of the ballot for allotment,old you be-
then suddenly bursting out said, "I think t I
fore that at Great Dodsworth you could plough a sod"—
yon cannot
• • Wheeler, if y
( The Master rising)— Mr.
control Mr. O'Connor I shall adjourn the court, and re-
port his conduct to a higher power. I
honour to feel it to be a
duty to the court over which I have the
pre-
side, and one that I shall not neglect if necessity should
call upon me to exercise it.
d os o.
books ""„,1
0 f
Mr. Wheeler entreated Mr. O'Connor to answer the
questions that were put to him.
Mr. O'Connor—Very well; I'lldo o
Mr. O'Connor was then questionedso—l'lle
the company, and whether
they
were balanced; when
y cewere, but he knew no-
thing personally bow
he stated that he supposed
ion bou the books of
they wereteeAp
Mr. Wheeler—ls
your ree
ect abort (:),C
. onnor—
the company perfect or
follect? a
Imperfect.
He was then about to resume his observations on Lord
and Lady NincompooP, when.
witnessed what has occurred in this
The Master rose indignantly and said,—Mr. O'Con.
nor, no one who has
court for the last three or four days but must, I think,
come to the conclusion, that the Court has shown to you
thegreatest indulgence and the greatest forbearance.--
(Loud applause throughout the court.) As far as lam
personally and individually concerned, Mr. O'Connor's
conduct does not affect mo in the least degree, for I can
treat it with the most perfect indifference; but I cannot
forget that I sit here, presiding in a court of justice, and
I feel myself called upon to see that its proceedings
are not insulted. If, from any want of decision on
my part,
I allowed such proceedings to pass un-
noticed, uncontrolled, or unpunished, it would be a re-
flection on my own conduct, and would tend to bring
the courts of justice into disrepute, if not into con-
tempt. Whilst lam here to administer any portion
of the law, however humble my position may be, it
is not because I stn iu a humbler position tnaP

________.....
i other, udges, that I shall shrink from the discharge of
my duty, however painful it may be, or whoever may be
the perso❑ offrliding. I now warn you for the last time;
but the next time I have to speak I will take the course
I have before intimated. As to what has passed, let it
be forgotten, and nothing but the repetition of such con-
duct snail revive it in my mind.
Mr. O'Connor—Thank your Honour; I will give it up
now.—(Roars of laughter.)
Mr. Roxburgh then finally applied to Mr. Rob3rte to
deliver over to the official manager the books and pa.
pors of the company now in his possession
This application led to a long discussion, and the
question as to the lieu was deferred until to-morrow for
Mr. Roberts to come to a final decision as to delivering
over to the official manager all the deeds and papers
having reference to the National Land Company.
Mr. Macgowan and Mr. Wheeler were subsequently
examined touching the affairs of the company; but the
substance of their evidence has already appeared in the
evidence of other witnesses. ,

(From
jit:tlnlultah,
H.EALTII
HE WEEK.
)
Januarys
y a
oe
9g
6tie,s
lae
,rno-06:1
tnoe Registrar-General's s
decline, Ri
ne p ottrhhtee.
oND
are D
uRING
The deaths from all causes registered in the me-
tropolitan districts have shown throughout the four
follow: weeks o_f
weenum-
bersk returned for these periods having been as
which ended last Saturday, 1,002. In the ten
weeks corresponding to last week of the years 1842-51,
the average number was 1,071, and if thisJni raised in
proportion to the increased amount of poPulation now
in London it will become 1,178, compared with which
the mortality of last week shows a decrease of 176.
On reference to the ~able of fatal diseases it will be
seen that convjaints whieh affect the respiratory organs.
are less fatal than usual at this season; and to this
circumstance the decrease now remarked must to a
great extent be attributed. Under this class, compris-
ing lryngitis, broncbitis, pleurisy, pneumonia, and
asthma, 176 cases are enumerated, whereas in the five
corresponding weeks of 1847-51, they ranged from
203 to 362. But the difference is chiefly remarkable in
pneumonia (or inflammation of the lungs), for in
the present return it numbers only 45, while
in five corresponding weeks it ranged from 75 to
137. Last week larygitis and laryngismus stridulus
were fatal to five children, bronchitis to 101 persons,
pleurisy to 1, asthma to 14. Phthisis or consumption
carried off 131 pereons, which differs little from the or-
dinary amount. Three died of influenza.
The deaths referred to epidemic diseases amount to
215, whilst the corrected average of the corresponding
weeks is 229.

STATE OF THE WEATHER DURING THE PAST WEEK
SUNDAY.—The sky was for the most part free from
cloud till the evening. A heavy shower of hail and rain fell
between 7h. and Bh. P.M. Electricity—Nothing was shown
during the first three days of the week.
MONDAY.—The sky was free from cloud till near noon,
one-third part was covered at 7h. P.M., and it was generally
overcast afterwards.

TUESDAY.IThesky was one-half covered till 10h. A.M.,
and overcast afterwards. Heavy rain fell generally through..
out the afternoon and evening.
WEDNESDAY.—The sky was overcast till near noon, and
three-fourths covered during the remainder of the day.
Dense fog prevailed during the morning. Electricity—Posi-
tive, and tension moderate during the afterncon.
THURSDAY.—The sky was clear during the morning, three-
fourths were covered during the afternoon, and it was clear
at night. Electricity—Positive, and tension moderate during
the morning and afternoon.
FRIDAY.—The sky was generally covered during the
morning and afternoon, and clear at night. Electricity—
Nothing was shown throughout the day.
SATURDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day.
Rain fell frequently. Electricity—Nothing was shown
throughout the day.
The mean reading of a thermometer placed on the main-
mast, and read each day at 9h. A.M. was 40.7° ; and the mean
reading at 9h. P.M. was 42.5° • the mean readings at the
Royal Observatory for the same 'times were 38.6 Q and 41.6 Q
respectively.
The reading of the barometer increased from 2947 in.
at the beginning of the week to 29.95 in. by 9h. A.M. on
the 26th ; decreased to 29.37 in. by 3h. P.m. on the 29th ;
increased to 29.98' in. by 9h. A.M. on the 29th ; decreased
to 29 50 in. by 9h. A.M. on the 30th ; began to increase
after noon to 29.80 in. by 9h. P.M. on the 31st; decreased to
29.59 in. by 3h. P.M. ; and increased to 23'60 in. by midnight.

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE -LI-
VERPOOL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
The annual meeting of this association was held on
Monday, in their Council Room. The assemblage was
most numerous, and many gentlemen were unable to
effect an entrance, so crowded was the place of meeting.
In the absence of the president, Mr. T. B. Horsfall, the
chair was taken by Mr. Hugh Hornby, vice-president,
The CHAIRMAN, on rising to open the business of the
meeting, expressed his regret and that of the Council of
the Chamber at the cause which deprived them of
the presence of their esteemed president, Mr. Hors-
fall ; but he hoped they would soon have him
again amongst them.--(Loud cheers.) The deep
interest which Mr. Horsfall had taken in the sub-
ject of cu,toms reform, and his intimate acquaintance
with details, bad rendered his absence from the depu-
tation which had recently waited upon the Premier a
matter of regret to the council, who felt that
the statements which Mr. Horsfall could have
laid before the Nuble Lord would have made more
impression than the observations of the gentlemen
composing the deputation.—(Hear. hear) Although be
could not at present announce anything definite as re-
sulting from that interview, still it was satisfactory to
the Chamber that one at least had been obtained, and
that the request of the deputation for further in-
quiry would be answered by the re-appointment of
the Customs Committee early in the present session.—
(Cheers.) It would be the duty of the association to
furnish that committee with ample proofs of the
grievuus evils resulting from the present Custom-
house system, and to show that those evils could
be remedied without the least injury or ob-
struction to the collection of the revenue.—(Loud
cheers.) The diligence and discretion with which the
Chamber had devoted itself to the promotion of objects
of general mercantile utility, and the careful abstinence
fromdde
dall to
political subjects, had greatly
and he trusted this progression
a their numbers; controversial and
would continue until the Liverpool Chamber of Com-
msrce included the whole of the respectable commercial
classes of the town.—(Great applause.)
The SECRETARY read the annual report, by the coun-
cil, of the transactions of the past year, which em-
braced the following subjects:—The reform of the pre-
sent Custom-house system and regulations, and the
formation of local boards, by extending the authority of
the head local officers; the establishment of tribunals of
commerce; an amendment of the patent laws; the suc-
cess of the Act for the arrest of absconding debtors;
the introduction of ocean penny postage and of interna-
tional post money orders for sums not exceeding 10?.
the abolition of the Russian Company's monopoly oft
the Sound dues and of the soap duties. The report
concluded with the announcement that Mr. Gilbert had
presented the Chamber with a valuable portrait of the
._
room, and was much admired.
report,
Mr. C. HOLLAND moved the adoption of the
advantages pos-
showing, in the remarks he made, the
carrying out their
late Mr. Canning, which had been placed in the counci!-
the subject of
undertakings. He then entered into
that would
Customs' reform, and showed the advantages
country by the adoption
result to the commerce of the co
pos-
sess' by Chambers of Commerce in
of the principle of local boards.
showedt
Os tookth asix
members in 1850
to 413 in 1851. At the present time, when only a
month of 1852 had elapsed, a further accession of be-
tween fifty and sixty members had been obtained.
Both reports having been adopted, the election of si
the T
gentlemenassociation ociattoi treasurer'so
fin lfill
hadthe r e
increasedpp
loar
ct
ewa a
os f
fromtth
the
i read,r3:ttsir ina ng dd
i.re c
p, lace and the meeting separated.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.
BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY. _,Traffic for the week
ending Jan. 25:
Passengers
Goods
Parcels ...
Mails

N• •••

Total

••• ••• £2,185 13 10

••• O. 1,153 11 1
•••
•••
... 126 9 11
•••
••• ••• 223 4 2

SHREWSB £3,688 19 0
URY AND CHESTER RAiL ffi
wAY.—Trac receipts
Passengers
for the week ending Feb. 1 ;
Parcels, horses, &c. .£503 2
29 2 11
Merchandise, mineral 2, &c.••• 899 711

pToontailn
g 3
Corresd week last year 7...
MANCHESTER BUXTON, MATLOCK, AND MIDLANDS JUNC-
TIONRAILWAY.--Retarn of traffic for the week ending
Feb. 1: £11:343181 163 8

Passengers, &c.... ...
Merchandise „. ”I