The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-16 00:00:00

DONIAN RAILWAYS.

The competition between the Edinburgh and Glasgow
and the Caledonian for the possession of the Scottish
Central to form an extension ;and conjoined portion of
their respective systems of communication, which was so
energetically pursued last summer, at length brought the
parties into the Court of Session. The Scottish Central
shareholders having, in the course of last summer, con-
sulted the Lord Advocate and the Hon. J. C. Talbot, of
the English bar, obtained a clear opinion from those
eminent counsel that the agreement entered into by the
Caledonian to lease the Central was to all intents null
and void, as there was no statutory power to that effect.
In those circumstances, and on the farther ground, that
they had never been rightly apprised of the nature of the
agreement under which their property was to be delivered
over to the Caledonian and the English companies, they
passed, by a large majority, resolutions holding the same
at an end. The Caledonian, on the other hand, main-
tained that the agreement was valid and effectual, and that,
according to its tenor, it bound both parties to unite in ap-
plying year after year to Parliament to sanction the amal-
gamation until success crowned their efforts, and that tintu
such sanction was obtained the parties were bound to enter
into a working agreement to accomplish as far as Possible)
the objects of their union. Acting on this view the Cale-
donian applied to the Court of Session to interdict the
Scottish Central Company from departing from ththat
agreement and relative stipulations by entering illt°,6 •
new agreement with the Edinburgh and Glasgow or
other company. After various proceedings in the
the first division of the Court of Session, en SaturueY.,
last, confirmed the view held by the Caledonian and
London and North Western Companies, and continued
the interdict.
This decision, which has caused a considerable sense.
tion among railway companies, will, we understand, he
appealed, as grave doubts are entertained by some of the
gentlemen of the bar as to its soundness, when viewed in
connexion with the railway statutes. It is contende"
that the Court have here given a sanction to an agree
ment, which a railway company had no power under the
statute to contract, and that, therefore, if this decision
was to be the rule, railway companies may now walk
of the statute to which alone they owe their being, 11. n„.
at their own pleasure enter into agreements involving
great public interests.—Caledonian Mercury.

ARREST OP A FATHER rOR ROASTING HIS CHILDf
—.This man was arrested by head-constable Wright, °
Bandon, on board the American packet-ship Cambridg;
in Liverpool, on Monday last. It appears that sfte,
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committing the fatal deed he fled from justice to Live'ci
pool, where he took a passage on board a vessel ee"eed
the Constitution, for America, but having ascertale t
that the Cambridge would sail at an earlier date, be g?„
himself transported to her, and paid 12s. difference
the passage. This vessel was to have taken her dePsr
tare from Liverpool on Tuesday week, but from
prevalence of bad weather was unable to put to sea; 11,°b
the head•constable having obtained information willed
led him to suspect that he was in Liverpool, he follove
him there and found him on board the Cambride;
When he was arrested he expressed great contrition for
the act he had perpetrated, and said it was caused bid
drunkenness, and that if he was executed he deserve.,
his fate. He has been committed to the gaol to take Is
trial at the assizes.—Cork Reporter.
1,,,f Of
TILE THREE CONJURORS.—At the bottom 5..--.0-t„
the Dolcoath mine (one of the deepest known), lA."'
fessors Airey, Whewell, and Sedgwick were utijci
sirous to try some experiments where they e°l/14c,
swing the pendulum at a great depth, and s'"„
at a considerable elevation, and had their apps;
ratus lowered to the bottom of the shaft, and as,
spending a portion of two or three days there, it °-6
packed up in an iron bucket or kibble, with shavieb,„;
into which a spark from a miner's candle must hack
fallen; for, when midway up the shaft, the shavings t°„u-
fire, the rope was burned, the bucket fell to the bett°;:i
and the apparatus was destroyed. The miners deelerii,
that Nothing could have burned the rope but the U;10
and that the three professors must be magicians. 40
day after there was a violent storm, and these reillfas
were overheard saying they were quite sure it,wone
owing to those men that had been underground; and 050
said it must be the little 'un (Professor Airey), beef' h.
he see'd him standing with his back against the chart
yard!—Mining Journa.

BIRTHS.
On the 29th of October, at Poona, the wife of CaPtaill
Hinde, of the Bth (King's) Regiment, of a son.
On the sth inst., at York House, Thornton-heath, Croyd°ll'
the wife of J. G. Maud, Esq., of a daughter. are,
On the 12th inst., in Winipole• street, Carendish-glu
the lady of Thomas Land, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 13th inst., at the Vicarage, Chattoris, the lady of
the Rev. Mr. Gathercole, of a son.
On the Gth inst., in Harley-street, Mrs. W. J. Jarvis, of
daughter.
On the 10th inst., at Brixton-hill, Surrey, Mrs. gen/
Henderson, of a daughter.

DIEB.
Lost at sea, in April last, in the Hon. East India Company S"
steam-ship Cleopatra, of which he wa.s acting master, Thorno,
third son of Mr. Serjeant Lawes, aged 27. ISII-5•
On the 9th inst., in Baker-street, Portman-square,
Corrie, aged 54.
On the 10th inst., in South- street, Greenwicb;Mrs. Frances
S. Clare Dixon, relict of the late Captain Dixon.
On the 7th inst., at Birmingham, Abraham Booth, eldest
son of the late Mr. Isaac Booth, of Hackney, aged 40.
On the 9th inst., Miss Amelia Huson, of Soutliatnrt"
place, Easton-square, aged 81.

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