The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-03 00:00:00

The accounts from Australia by the Overland
Mail reach to the 6th December, being about 10
days later than those received on Monday vied the
Cape .of Good Hope. It appears that the amount
of gold brought down to Melbourne from the
Mount Alexander mines during the last week or
two had very much diminished, but this seems
partly attributable to the circumstance of a number I
of persons having been attracted to a new and ex-
ceedinAgly rich gold field discovered at the Pyre-
nees "not far from the celebrated Daisy Hill,"
while; other large parties had left for the purpose
of exploring fresh districts where there would be
less competition. The newspapers also attribute
the falling off to an indulgence by the miners in
unsuccessful speculations, stimulated probably by
the large influx of inexperienced people which was
daily taking place. Mr. Latrobe, the Governor of
the colony of Victoria, had started on a tour of in-
spection of the mines, and a dinner had been given
to Mr. Hargreaves, who arrived on a visit from
New South Wales, at which he stated that, "in his
opinion the Australian gold fields will last long
after the present generation." There was more
facility in getting crews, owing to the sailors at the
diggings having become tired of the work. The
question of an export duty on gold had been set
aside by the Legislature, who had also rejected,
but by a majority of only 15 to 13, a motion of
want of confidence in Mr. Latrobe's Government.
A bill which had been passed with the View of
establishing a surveillance over the escaped convicts
constantly arriving from Van Diemen's Land had
been met by the strongst denunciations from the
convict interest in that island. Provisions of all
kinds, although still very dear, had fallen conside-
rably. The present news was brought by sailing
vessels to Ceylon and Madras, and the subjoined
paragraph is from the Ceylon Examiner :
"The Great Britain, with her 650 passengers, had ar-
rived safely. One death only, that of a Chinaman, had
occurred on the passage.. The yield of gold in several
districts, Ovens, Mount Alexander, and Bendigo, had
fallen off considerably, and the price of a great many
articles had fallen in the same ratio. The local journals,
however, appear to consider the depression attributable
to unsuccessful speculations, and that there is no real
cause to believe the gold is come to an end. In the
meantime the gold returns by escort have decreased very
much, varying from 5,000 to 6,000 ounces per diem—
little enough as representing the earnings of a popula-
tion of 80,000 people."
We extract the Gold Circular, of Messrs. Probert
and Co.:—
" The present unsettled state of the Victoria diggings,
some of which appear to be almost exhausted, and others
to be partially deserted by their former occupants, who
are now scattered over the face of the country searching
new fields for their labours, has caused a small panic
among those who imagine that the gold fields yet ex-
plored are all that exist. From those observations we
are able to make, we do not participate in such a de-
sponding view of things ; and, while each succeeding
escort brings down a less quantity of gold than might be
expected from the number of the floating population at
the diggings, we hear that thousands are occupied in
prospecting, and that vast numbers have wasted time by
journeying unsuccessfully to reported new fields.
"The price of gold was 31. 9s. 9d. the ounce •at the
latest dates. Its lowest was 21. 15s. four months since."
The following further particulars are from the
Columbo Observer:—
"'lo Captain Scowcroft, of the ship Severn, we are
indebted for Melbourne papers to the 30th November.
Some of the older gold fields appear to have worked out,
but others equally prolific had been discovered. The
Legislature had been busy debating the gold duty ques-
tion, and had managed to shelve the project for six
months. A motion of want of confidence in Mr. La-
trobe's Government had been keenly debated, and was
ultimately lost by 13 to 15. It is very plain that Mr.
Latrobe had had a most difficult part to perform, and,
as far as we can see, he has met such an emergency as
never befell a colonial governor with prudence and
promptitude. He has directed dignified but conciliatory
replies to be returned to the committee of diggers ap-
pointed by a great meeting to represent their grievances,
especially their want of protection for life and property,
and the monopoly of food attempted to be set up by
certain parties. Even on this latter point he promised
to meet their wishes, by reserving from occupation
under pastoral licence such portions of pasture land as
may be considered necessary for the gold fields.' His
Excellency acknowledges with regret the existence of
bad characters at the mines, and the numerical ineffi-
ciency of the police, traceable to circurrstances as unfore-
seen as they were beyond control. He promises to
apply the remedy immediately.
" The influx of escaped convicts from Van Diemen's
Land had induced the Victoria Legislature to pass a bill
called the Convicts Prevention Bill. The object seems
to be to subject suspicious characters to a strict exami-
nation. This measure had excited the indignation of
the convict interest in Van Diemen's Land. At a great
and most uproarious meeting there the bill had been
fiercely denounced as an unwarrantable interference
with her Majesty's prerogative of mercy. At Mel-
bourne flour, bread, potatoes, and other great neces-
saries of life were selling at, prices more moderate than
those lately quoted. The 41b. loaf had fallen from 2s. 6d.
to is. 6d. An American paddle steamer of 1,000 tons
was to be diverted from California to Australia ; and the
Magnolia, 700 tons, had arrived from New York with
100 first-cabin passengers, and 138 in the steerage.
Many of the newly arrived military, we observe, had
bolted.'"

Among the Sydney papers just received is a
copy of the Herald of the 26th October, which
was missing from the last files, and was known
to contain a more specific account of the Aus-
tralian Agricultural Company's gold deposits
on the Peel river than had previously been pub-
lished. It confirms the statement, that, on the
side of the river belonging to the Crown, the
gold found thus far had been scanty, but that,
on the opposite land of the company, the exist-
ence of a very rich and valuable gold field had been
established beyond all doubt. It was supposed,
also, to be very extensive, but this had not yet
been accurately ascertained. The alluvial diggings
on the banks of the river consist principally of a
thick feruginous clay, and the gold is obtained very
near the surface. "In some instances," it is
added, " nuggets are found clinging to the roots of
the grass." " But," the report continues—
" It is supposed_that the greatest wealth of this field
consists in its quartz ridges, of which two had been dis-
covered. One of these had been traced a considerable
distance, and the quartz is about nine inches wide. It
appeared to bear gold very largely, and where it was
opened on the summit of one of the ranges 16 ounces of
gold were taken out, and a number of very rich speci-
mens, which have been sent home to the Court of Di-
rectors in London. Over these ridges, on the surface,
large blocks of quartz are found, and you can scarcely
pick up a lump in which specks of gold may not be seen
with the naked eye. There is not near so much quartz
as at Louisa Creek, but it seems to bear gold much more
universally, and consequently it is anticipated it will pay
better for working. It is intended to keep these ridges
closed until instructions are received from the Court of
Directors at home."

The Peel River Mining Company have just is-
sued a notice inviting tenders from individuals or
companies who may desire to enter into arrange-
ments for gold mining on the Peel on terms of
mutual advantage.

DEPARTURE OF FEMALE EMIGRANTS FOR AUSTRALIA.
—Yesterday morning a very interesting scene was wit-
nessed at the London station of the Blackwall Railway,
a large number of young women having arrived there for
the purpose of proceeding to Gravesend, there to embark
on a vessel which was lying off and waiting to convey
them to the Australian colonies. The young women,
who formed the 30th party of emigrants sent out under
the auspices of the Female Emigration Society in Trafal-
gar-square, of which the Right Hon. Sydney Herbert,
M.P., is chairman, attended St. Peter's Church, Saffron-
hill, on Tuesday evening, where a sermon was preached
to them by the Rev. George Mansfield, M.A. ; and it
was arranged that they should meet, in company with
their friends, on the following (yesterday) morning at
Fenchurch-street, from which station they were conveyed
to Bla,ckwall. On reaching Gravesend they went on
board the Madagascar, a fine vessel, belonging to Mr.
Green, which has been fitted out in such a manner as to
conduce to their comfort during their long voyage. A
large number of visitors attended, including several
clergymen and gentleman who take an interest in pro-
moting emigration upon proper principles. In the after-
noon the emigrants took leave of their friends, who re-
turned to town, and the scene was of a most affecting
and touching character. Arrangements will be made
for sending out another party of young women under
the same uspices as soon as circumstances will admit.
ST. PAUL'S, COVENT-GARDEN.—Yesterday, in conse-
quence of the late severe and inclement weather, a very
liberal supply of tickets for coals, bread, meat, and pota-
toes was distributed among the necessitous poor of the
above parish by the rector, the Rev. Henry Hutton, and
the churchwardens. A similar charitable manifestation
was evidenced on St. Thomas's-day last, to the poorinhabi-
tants of this parish, whose circumstances are sensibly
benefited by these considerate acts of parochial benevo-
lence.

FRIGHTFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—This morning the
4 o'clock passenger-train from Tynemouth, on the York,
Newcastle, and Berwick Railway, got partially off the
line, after clearing the Willington viaduct, on its way to
Newcastle. The engine, tender, and van were thrown
over the embankment, killing the engine-man, and seri-
ously injuring the stoker, who has been taken to the in-
firmary. The guard is hurt. Fortunately the coupling-
chain broke, or the entire train would have been thrown
over, and mapy passengers killed ; several are bruised.

( From the Times. )
There is, it has been remarked by an ancient
philosopher, a certain power of long life dependent
neither on strength nor health. As in the physical,
so in the moral world, there are abuses which
seem to draw fresh strength from weakness, fresh
vitality from corruption, and fresh longevity from
imminent annihilation. Evils far less gross and
crying are eradicated by their side—things which
flourished when they were already rotten and
decayed are swept away, but they continue and
endure condemned by every one, yet stricken by
no one, with the mark of Cain on their forehead,
but also with Cain's impuni'y.
This has been the fate, the singular destiny, of
our Ecclesiastical Courts. They were emphati-
cally condemned by grave and learned commissions
at. a time when common law was regarded as the
perfection of reason, equity as a refinement of
enlightened justice, and the feudal law of real pro-
perty as the noblest monument of the wisdom of
our ancestors. Yet these have all had in their
turn to bow to the amending hand. Common law
pleading is but the shadow of what it was, and the
rules of evidence themselves are no longer always
constructed for the purpose of shutting out the
truth. Equity herself has lost some of her terrors ;
suits do not abate with the precision and frequency
of the glorious days of old; and accounts are taken
on principles more nearly approximating to common
sense, and less vividly repugnant to the intention
of the parties. Uses are not what they were, nor
contingent remainders either, and even the con-
struction of wills has not been saved from arbi-
trary innovation. But amid this sudden, terrible
wreck and ruin of the elements of our judicial sys-
tem—amid prostrate columns and fallen porticoes,
shattered pavements and choked-up fountains—one
sacred edifice still rears its head unscathed and un-
shaken, complete to its minutest proportions—that
edifice is the jurisdiction and procedure of the Ec-
clesiastical Courts. While everything around them
has bowed to the law of change, it may well be the
boast of these venerable tribunals that they have
come down to us such as the wisdom of our ances-
tors made them, without the correction of a single
abuse or the softening of a single absurdity. Their
imposing number, 372, their confined and intricate
jurisdiction, their long and tedious written plead-
ings, their wearisome depositions, in which the
examination-in-chief is carefully concealed from the
cross-examiner, and the eliciting of truth is con-
fided to chance instead of design, all mark them out
as judicial curiosities more worthy of note to an anti-
quary than conceivable in an age where everything
else has yielded to the desire of progress and im-
provement. Yet this has been the fate of the Ec-
clesiastical Courts. The ravages of time have had
no effect on their constitution, and they stand be-
fore us a full and perfect specimen of the sort of
thing which our ancestors were in the habit of en-
during under the prostituted name of " justice."
They had been so long condemned that they eluded
inquiry. Their defects were so manifest, that no
one thought it necessary to devote himself to their
exposure; and thus they have lived on, till their exis-
tence must seem as marvellous in the eyes of the pub-
lic whose indignation they have attracted, mocked,
and survived. The strangest part of the matte r is, that
to a procedure the most absurd, and a jurisdiction
the most intricate and oppressive, thes• courts
have added sinecures enough to excite the indigna-
tion of the least sensitive among the advocates of
corruption and negligence of the trust confided in
them, such as we should seek for in vain elsewhere.
Mr. oore, with ten thousand a-year for doing
nothing, and three clerks with eighty pounds a-year
for doing everything, arranging our wills in pre-
mises the reverse of fire-proof, and giving us in ex-
change for enormous fees nothing but neglect and
insecurity, form a picture at once edifying and
astonishing. This is the den of monstrous abuses
which the Chancellor cannot prevail upon himself
to touch—the sanctum sanctorum of iniquity and
injustice into which he is not bold enough to enter.
Commission has succeeded commission, committee
has followed on committee, speech on speech, and
bill on bill, yet there stand the Ecclesiastical
Courts, unalterable, unchangeable, steadfast where
all is mutability, and unimproved where all else is

progress.
They received, however, a rude shake on Tues•
day evening. Mr. Collier's speech, clear and com.
prehensive in its statements, and bold and sweep-
ing in its propositions of amendment, was well cal-
culated to show even the most dilatory that the
tune for action has arrived ; and, if we rightly un-
derstand the remarks of -the Solicitor-General, we
may, perhaps, have no reason to regret that reform
has not overtaken the Ecclesiastical Courts at an
earlier time, when the true principles of jurispru-
dence were less thoroughly understood, and the
habit had not yet been acquired of viewing the ad-
ministration of justice as one grand and connected
whole. Had the Ecclesiastical Courts been reformed
twenty years ago, it is probable that their existing
jurisdiction would have been preserved, and nothing
altered except the glaring defects of their procedure,
the enormous amount of their fees, the scandalous
nuisance of their sinecures, and the negligence with.
which they perform their duty of custodiers of im-
portant and valuable documents. But all this,
though good, is no longer sufficient. It cannot be
endured that a man should be driven into the Eccle-
siastical Court to obtain probate of a will consti-
tuting him executor, then into a court of equity to
have the will administered according to law, and
then into a court of common law to obtain a deci-
sion as to the rights conferred by this self-same in-
strument over the real estate. This, we say, might
have been tolerated once, but will not be submitted
to now. The controversy which has arisen with
regard to the union of law and equity has at any
rate decided this, and no system of amendment will
be accepted by the public which does not give to
the tribunal before which the bill is first brought
the power of dealing fully, effectually, and com-
pletely with all the rights and interests arising
under it. Providing this be done, it is compara-
tively of minor importance whether the granting of
probate be handed over to any one of the existing
forms of tribunal, and we trust that if we have
waited long we are about to receive from the ame-
lioration to be effected a system more complete and
scientific than could have been hoped for under any
previous system. It would be a triumph to reduce
the Ecclesiastical Courts to common sense, but a
still greater one to make their reform the means of
establishing a court which shall admigister to every
suitor not law, equity, or ecclesiastical custom, but
full, adequate, and complete justice.

THE WoukiNa MEN'S TESTIMONIAL TO SIR ROBERT
PEEL.—A deputation from the acting committee, con-
sisting of Mr. Hume, Mr. Wyld, Mr. Macphail, Mr.
Yates, Mr. John Sharpe, and Mr. Dean, had an inter-
view on Tuesday last, at the Admiralty, with Sir James
Graham, Sir Edward Ryan, the Right Hon. Edward
Strutt, and Mr. Groat, to consider and discuss the
clauses of the draft deed, whereby the fund subscribed
by upwards of 400,000 working men of the United
Kingdom, is to be vested in the London University Col-
lege for educational purposes. When this interesting
testimonial is completed, it is intended to present a copy,
framed and glazed, to her Majesty, to the houses of Par-
liament, the British Museum, the corporation, of Loa-
don, and certain literary and scientific institutions. The
object is to apply the
.interest of the fund subscribed,
under the direction of the college in the purchase of
useful literature for the working classes, which is to be
presented annually to various mechanics' and literary
institutions thrpughout the United Kingdom.
ABSCONDING OF THE GOVERNOR OF CHESTER GAOL.—
Yesterday information was received at the various me-
tropolitan and City police stations from the magistrates
acting for the City of Chester, offering a reward for the
apprehension of Mr. Horatio Nelson Tivy, late governor
of Chester city gaol, who had absconded in the course
of last week with several sums of money he had em-
bezzled, the property of the town council. He is de-
scribed as forty-eight years of age, rather slender in per-
son, and of dark complexion. He is supposed to be a '
native of Cork, having formerly been an officer at Tran-
mere. He is also accused of having purloined a quan-
tity of property belonging to the
gaol,prisonersisincahttilhrderneidieras which had been deposited in his hands for security,
is suspected to be concealed in the metropolis, preparing
for a trip to Australia. It is stated that ;ehxamination
of his accounts disclosed serious frauds.
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his case more painful is
FthaAtiAlaneishc
ChesterioitD .ußnEperToovßi dseßdi
pfor.
DEEL—The election of Lord-Rector of Marischal Col-
lege took place within that University on Tuesday, when
Lord Carlisle was elected by large majority. We are
strialeeli refused to be put in
nomination, enabled to statehav
having
gat Alr .
declined
honour• on the ground
that he could not comply
requiring that he visitshould'
th the condition of election
deliver an inaugural address. Mr. Aberdeen
a sin'.l
viously refused
Edinburgh, for simil ri
insreaxetlimohnatdh
parned_
been no opposition to offer from the University of
arlhliia:
esaesioenestiotnh(!_ugrhinttbeser.e would have
eLoEfßaGcrlesßoErsi '
RESERVES (CANADA).—From a ParliaiienrY paper published on Wednesday it appears that the num-
ber
reserves in
11
ma y appropriated as clergy
unsold was 1,574,600, and the probable value of clergy
a was 3,346,252. The number of acregrreryin
reserves remaining unsold, 43,0481. 108-
undertaker ill
THE BEST PERSONS TO KNOW.—An , _
says, it is
advertising a new kind of coffin,
_wth'„ he
strongly recommended by the facia Y.

The general half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway was held at the Pa-
latine Hotel, Manchester, yesterday afternoon. There
was not a very numerous attendance. Mr. T. Barnes,
M.P. for Bolton, presided. The report of the directors
and the statement of the accounts, which had been pre-
viously issued, were taken as read.
The CHAIRMAN observed that there was an item in the
accounts which might call for a remark. The amount
of outstanding accounts due to the company appeased
very large, being 397,0001., andthe proprietors might
inclined to ask were all these good debts ? The auditor
assured him that there was no reason to doubt any of
them. More than 250,0001. of that sum was owing to
them by other railway companies, including the balance
owing from the East Lancashire, the Great Northern,
the Leeds Central, and some others. The remainder of
the 370,000/. were what might be called current ac-
counts, respecting the validity of which the directors had
no manner of doupt. There was another item, which
the directors had`purposely placed in a prominent posi-
tion in order that some explanation might be given. It
was the extra fortnight's expenses for wages and stores
up to July Ist. This had been the accumulation of the
last ten years. The revenue had always been debited
with the amount paid each half-year for working thirteen
fortnights ; but as there was one day and six hours
additional in each year, and two days in leap year, it
must of course happen that in some half-year fourteen
fortnights would have to be paid for. Had he (the
chairman) been aware at the last half-yearly meeting
that they were within one day of an extra fortnight's
expenses, which would sweep away nearly the whole of
their balance, he should have deemed it his duty to
inform the shareholders of the fact. The auditors had
received instructions to make provisions against the
recurrence of such a circumstance. The next item in
the report was the loans. The directors had availed
themselves of opportunities, as they had been presented,
of reducing the amount of interest, and the average rate
had been reduced, during the past half-year, from
41. Bs. 114 d. to 4/. ss. 6d. Being spread over so large
an area as three millions of course the reduction of the
average rate of interest could not be very rapid; but a
considerable - amount would fall in during.the current
half-year, and they would have no difficulty in
getting money at the rate they had been doing
lately, 3i per cent., and in some cases very probably
at 31 per cent. The receipts of the line had been
going on steadily increasing during the whole year, and
were still doing so ; and he had no doubt whatever that
the vitality there was in the line would cause a gradual
and constant increase of the receipts. They were, to
some extent, checked by the limited amount of their
accommodation, and the directors had under their con-
sideration the subject of increasing it. The disburse-
mehts on the line were heavy in appearance, but, if
measured by the number of miles run, and by the amount
which had been expended oh the working stock, they
would not be found to be unduly large. During the
year 1852, 14,8201. more had been expended than during
the previous year, on railway carriages, engines, and
tenders ; and in the half-year, ending Dec. 31st, 1852,
they had expended 8,7001. more than in the correspond-
ing half of 1851. The report explained the nature of
the renewals and repairs, and this expenditure was, in
the judgment of the directors, well and wisely made, and
the money had been employed much more beneficially
for the proprietors than if it had remained in the hands
of the bankers as balance. They held that it was true
economy for railway companies to maintain their work-
ing stock in the highest possible state of efficiency. The
work had been done cheaply and effectively, and they
had been increasing the capacity, power, and dura-
bility of the stock which had been replaced. The half-
year just closed had had to bear more than its due pro-
portion of the repairs, as 24 out of the 33 carriages re-
placed had been broken up in former half-years. They
also had to make good the damages sustained in the un-
fortunate accidents during last year. In the inquiry
into the circumstances of the Burnley accident, the coro-
ner and jury had made some remarks about the carriages
not being made of a height, and it was supposed that
might have had some influence on that lamentable acci-
dent. During the past half-year considerable alterations
had been made in the carriages in order to remedy this.
Although there would not be the same extent of repairs
during the current half-year, yet the increased rate of
wages and cost of materials would prevent any great re-
(ligation of expense on this head. The committee which
had been appointed by the directors, as he stated at the
last meeting, to inquire into the working expenses, was
still sitting, and when their investigation was finished,
prudent and effectual means would be taken to reduce
the working expenses where it was possible to do so. He
believed it was possible to reduce the locomotive mileage,
and if they could succeed in that, they would be able to
reduce the expenses in that department. He was happy to
state that this company was on the most peaceable and
friendly terms, and working most cordially with every other
railway company. He hoped that the day of fighting and
contests had gone past, and that all railway boards
would be advised it was for their interest to work
amicably and cordially together. The allowance of ,
20,000/. for the renewal of the permanent way had been
exceeded by 4071. during the past half-year, but the re-
laying bad gone on to such an extent that less than half
that sum would probably suffice for the next two or three
years. Nearly the whole of the Leeds double line had
been re-laid with heavy rails. The East Lancashire
Company had projected a duplicate line from Clifton to
to Salford, but he was in hopes that this useless ex-
penditure would be avoided, by some mutual arrange-
ment being come to between it and this company.
Speaking of an individual proprietor on the Lancashire
and Yorkshire Railway, he was quite advised that the
day would come when there would lie, to use an expres-
sion of Mr. Dugdale, the chairman of the fast Lanca-
shire Company, "sensible men at both boards," who
would resolve that there should be an amalgamation be-
tween the two companies. That portion of the South-
port line between Wigan and Southport had been let on
very satisfactory terms, and was expected to be com-
pleted by next spring. The other part, between
Wigan and Manchester, had been re-surveyed by the
engineer, and the Southport board had resolved to apply
to Parliament for power to deviate from the original line,
whereby there would be a saving of several miles in
length, and of a considerable amount of the cost,
whilst the line would - accommodate the district it was
intended to pass through quite as well as the original
line. The directors recommend a dividend of 3 per cent.,
and although not so much as they would have liked it
was a clear dividend, and obtained after fetching up the
arrears of wages and stores, and the heavy extra charges,
and after doing more work to the stock than had been
done in any previous half-year. He concluded by mov-
ing the adoption of the report and the accounts.
Mr. STBWART (director) seconded the motion, which,
after some conversation, was carried.
The CHAIRMAN then moved a dividend of 1/. 10s. per
share on the 1001. stock, and so in proportion on such
of the Manchester and Leeds 1091., 50/., 251., and 121.
shares, on the Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole 501.
and 251. shares, and on the Liverpool and Bury and
Huddersfield and Sheffield 501. shares, as have not yet
been paid up and converted into stock ; of 4s. 3&d. per
share on the 191. 10s. shares; of 2s. 84d. per share on
the 161. F Extension shares; and of 3s. 40. per share
on the West Riding 141. shares, deducting income tax,
such dividends to be payable on the 15th inst.
Mr. RILEY seconded the motion, and it was adopted,
after which the meeting separated.

WEST CORNWALL—The half-yearly meeting of the
proprietors was held at the company's office at Penzance,
on Monday—Mr. H. 0. Wills in the chair—when a di-
vidend was declared of 3s. 3d. per share, being at the
rate of 24 per cent. per annum on the 131. called up,
leaving a balance in favour of revenue of 6001.
GLOUCESTER, ABERTSTWITH, AND CENTRAL WALES.--
A preliminary call of ls. 4d. per share has just been
made by the Master in Chancery winding up this com-
pany.

- CAMERON'S COALBROOS AND SWANSEA.—The Master
has ordered that the action in respect of a claim of 1,4001.
of Mr. Douglas in this matter, be no further defended.
BARBADOES.—A compromise of the affairs of this corn-
lia-
pa,ny has been sanctioned by the Master, whereby the
trustees are to pay to the official manager 300/. on con-
dition of having the plans and sections of the line de-
tote company,hem, and fromotbheeirntghadnistchhaatrgoefdthei;
liability all
bliivlietred up th
y as to
as contributories.
PORTSMOUTH.—Yesterday, before Mr. Examiner
M
the standing orders in the case of this bill were
ay,
not complied with, and the bill will referreddeclared
be to the
select committee on standing orders.
EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW.__
yearly thirteenth
half-
yearly meeting of this company was held the Queen's Hotel, George-squar on Tuesday, in
Blackburn, Esq., chairman of e, Glasgow ; Peter
chair. The following is an abst the directors, in the
was held as read :—" In lai abstract of the report which
the balance-sheet for theyN before the proprietors
January, 1853, the directors .1 f--year ending on 31st of
on an increase in receipts ave to congratulate them
goods, as compared with, from both passengers and
1852, amounting to
8,810 the corresponding half-year
ef
penses amount to 34i 1. 6s. td. The working
stock are ian rolling
stock 2 per cent. ; the ennes d n excellent order. It will be observed that a
er.
debit
sum of 4,055/. 18s. lld. has been placed to the of a revenue account, under the heading
balancerevenue: After deduction of this sum, there remains a
of 40,1691. 4s. 2d., from which the directors
o_
re-
commend that a dividend b e declared at the usual rate _ f
33 350/. 12s. 6d.,
3 per cent, per annum, amounting to
the reserve fund."
leaving 6,818/. lls. Bd. to be added to
was
adopted una-
nimously, report, after a short conversation,are
..
and the proceedings ternun d

DEATH OF DR. OVERWEG.—Through intelligence re-
ceived at the Foreign office from Tripoli, and communi-
cated to 114 by the Chevalier Bunsen, it is our melan-
choly duty to announce the sudden death of Dr. Over-
weg, one of tho travellers employed in determining the
uninformed of
the instrumentsevent
boundaries of Lake Tsad. Dr. Vogel, a gentleman well
known for his astronomical labours in connexion with
Mr. Bishop's observatory in Regent's-park, volunteered
to join them, and on Sunday last he left Southampton
ghnaevti e c t
hobservations,
clay
to
record. Thus, at
the early age of 30, sharing the fate of Dr. Richardson with two sappers and miners, and a supply of the best
whichfor m
w magnetic
fell another hearty traveller of vigoro
victim in this particular service of Africans u
oxploration.—
entetprise at
(
Literary Gazette.
"WRECK or THE IRENE.—LIV
was commenced on Tuesday ERPOOL.--A. '
n ln nes
the men who perished
the on the two bodies found"
posite Coburg-dock, in melsising of the Irene,4l
op-
After an investigation of ---ey, on Sat
journed until Thursday some length, the urday last.
mates of the Uncle ,_,, next, to afford th case was ad-
making their statements °alll and to
e captains and
to th en
an
opportunity of
e jury.