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London, England, 1846-06-12 00:00:00

STANDING ORDERS.

Standing Order, No. 135 (3d April), read, and repealed.
Resolved—That seven clear days' notice be given by the clerk to
the Committee of Selection to the clerks in the Private Bill-office. of
the day and hour appointed for the meeting of the Committee on
every private Bill that shall have been referred to such Committee :
—That, in the case of Bills not referred is the Committee of Selec-
tion, seven clear days' notice, and, in the case of a re-committed
Bill, three clear days' notice, be given by the agents for the Bl'l to the
clerks of the Private Bill-office, of the day and hour appointed for the
meeting of the Committee OR every private Bill; and that all the
proceedings of any Committee, of which such notice slull not have
been given, be void.

Ordered-That the said resolution be a standing order of the House.
Standing Order, No. 137, read, and repealed.

Resolved—That notice in writing be given by the clerk to the
Committee of Selection to the clerks in the Private Bill-office, cf the
Postponement of the first meeting of any Committee on a private
Bill, which shall have been referred to such Committee, on the day
on which such postponement is made; arid that hi the case .if Bills
not referred to the Committee of Selection, one clear daps notice be
given by the agents for the Bill to the clerks In the Private Bill-
offiee, of the postponement of the first meeting of any Committee on
a private Bill.

Ordered—That the said resolution be a standing order of the House.

RAILWAY COMPANIES DISSOLUTION BILL.

Oa the third reading of the above Bill, on Friday, Mr. Hudson to
mbve the following clauses :

And lee it enacted, That where the dissolution of a company shall
have been resolved under this Act, if judgment shall have been re-
covered, or shall afterwards be recovered, in any action against any
member of the committee for any debt due from such company or
from such committee, in 'respect of the undertaking, the member
against whom such judgment shall have been recovered shall be en-
titled at law to a contribution from each of the other members of
such committee towards the payment of the moneys recovered by
such judgment, and of all costs and expenses in relation thereto, of
such a share of the whole amount of such moneys, costs, and ex-
penses, as would have been borne by such respective member, u. on
an equal contribution by all the members of such committee, and
may recover the contributions to which he may be so entitled, or any
of them, by action or actions of debt, or on the case, against all or
any of such other members of such committee, but so that no such
member shall be liable in any such action as aforesaid for more than
the share to which he shall respectively be liable to contribute under
this provision.
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And be it enacted, That after the dissolution of any company shall
have been resolved under this Act, no action or suit shall be brought
tor the recovery of any fees, charges, or disbursements for any busi-
ness done for such company by any attorney or solicitor, whether in
his character of attorney or solicitor or as agent or otherwise, until
the expiration of one calendar month after a bill of such fees, charges,
anti disbursements, signed by the claimant, shall have been deliN ered
to the committee or official assignee authorised to wind up the affairs
of snch company, or left at their or his place. of business ; and it
shall be lawitd for the Court of Queen's Bench, Common_ I'leas, for
Exchequer, or any judge of either such courts, and the7"-are re-
gluitively hereby required, on the application of such committee, or
of such official assignee, to refer such bill to be taxed and settled by
any taxing tffiker of the court in which such reference shall be made,
and the court or judge making such reference FI.OII restrain the
claimant front commencing any action or suit touching his demand
pending /inch reference ; and such taxing officer may take such evi-
dence in relation to such bill as he may think fit, and the costs of
such re/brence shall be paid according to the event of such taxation,
that is to say, if such bill, when taxed, be less by a sixth part than
the bill delivered, then the claimant shall pay such costs, and if the
bill, when taxed, shall not be leas by a sixth part than the bill de-
livered, then the party on whose application the reference shall have
been made shall pay such costs, to be considered and allowed, never-

theless, as part of the costs, charges, and expenses of executing the
trusts and powers of this Act ; and every order to be made for such
reference shall direct the officer to whom such reference shall be
made to tax such costs of such reference to be so paid as aforesaid,
and to certify what, upon such reference, shall be found to be due to
or from such claimant in respect of such bill and of the costs of such
reference; and after such reference as aforesaid no further or other
sum than shall be so found due shall be recoverable in respect of
such bill.

Viscount Palmerston has issued cards for assemblies
on Saturday next and the following Saturday.
We very much regret to announce the death of Lady
WlTab. the wife of the lion. Sir Allen M`Nab, Speaker of the House
of Assembly. This lady, after a long and painful illness, died at
Dundurn Castle on Friday last.—Nett York Ezpreu, May IS.
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY
To Avaxsas.—Wednesday the twentieth annual meeting of the mem-
bers and friends of this society was held at the Queen's Concert
Room, Hanover-square--the Lerd Bishop of St. David's, in the ab-
sence of the Marquis of Westminster, presided. There were prevent
—Lord Dudley Stuart, W. A. Mackinnon, Esq., MP , Hon. W.
Cowper, M.P., Rev. it. Burgess, 8.D., Rector of Upper Chelsea;
Rev, J. Jackson, Rev. Dr. Sprenger, John Wilts, Esq., J. S.
Buckingham, Esq.' and other gentlemen. The Right Bev. Chair-
man having opened the proceedings by some remarks eulogistic of
the society, Mr. Thomas, the secretary, read the report, from which
it appeared that during the past year the operations of the society
have been materially extended, and that numerous anxriary associa-
tions have been formed with every prospect of sucee,s. The National
Schools of the metropolis had been visited, with a view to instil into
the minds of the pupils the duty of gentleness towards the dumb
creation. Two hundred and fifty prosecutions had taken place, two
dog pits had been suppressed, and the towns of Ramsgate, Margate,
Dover, Gravesend, and other places of general resort, had been
placed under the immediate inspection of the officers
of the society. The usual prizes of 61., 41., and 21. were
offered to the scholars of the National Society's Training College,
for the best essays on the means of preventing cruelty to animals.
The receipts of the year had been 1,2171., the expenditure less by
2301. A legacy of 1,0001. by John Orr, Esq. of Madras, was acknow-
ledged. On the motion of Mr. Buckingham, seconded by the Hon.
W. Cowper, M.P., the report was adopted, and several resolutions
were carried expressive of confidence in the result of the soelety's
operations.
A RARE PLEASURE.—The last person Joseph
,Ad/
wrote to was Lord Stanley, for he made sure that his Lordship
send him twenty shillings if only for the novelty of " hearing soma
thing to his advantage."—Punch.
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of seeing the statue, and eelpiseticaeinvdePi)ehati liWttlee hreagains forth ethpel
What is chiefly wanting is the finishing polish of the pure and
to do. W
striking. Si e understand that the
Walter's favourite deer hound as he has been with that of his
natal day of the great novelist
beautiful stone. Mr. Steel! has been as successful with his figure of St/4
round the monument has been con-
tractedised to be ready, as well as the promenade
for, and prom
grounds, by the 15th of August ; on which day there will be a grand
o r are
pe t
andrailing eminently
p
inauguration of the statue, at which public bodies
processiono r a master.m e t all n d
here, and the masonic lodges here and from many parts in Scotland,
will give their attendance and assistance. The procession altogether
surprise,
is expected to exceed in numbers and external show that which took
place at laying the foundation of the monument six years
Caledonian Mercury.
considerableprev" a urp smell o
ef turf smoke,
because the,
a RATHER REMARKABLE.—AII along the east coast,
ducriirnegunithsetalnastte fwewhiedhayos,ctchueiroenhecias
neighbourhood round us producecs but a comparatively small
sill
quan-
tity, and certainly not enough to produce such an effect. For
days the phenomenon was regarded as unaccountable, until it was
e
suggested that tt time over from Holland, the wind lying in the
right direction, and the state of the atmosphere being peculiarly
favourable to the floating of the smoky vapour across the German
Ocean.—Carnbridge Advertiser.

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A CARRIER PIGEON FROM PAtislt:l:Stth.—amOpritonS,aantudrdhiasyre,
resig-
nation lath ultimo, a carrier pigeon was found by a labouring man in the
parish of Great Cornard, near Sudbury, quite exhausted with its
flight. Attached to it was a paper, dated " Paris, May 29," And
containing the prices of the various French railway Oar..—
.Suffolk Herald.
the Champ plNdeGlltiAarsTl,TialTDh
ii
ttah,,wienrieygiwitrrneereilla
girenaet.
On.
petted cries of " A bas les Anglais." The re
—At
we invariably destroyed
tyre rent to Louis Philippe's. Ile
forgetfulness, for our rule was very anrdeFyet we wonder at their
that the English still rule in France,;
Fullerton, sister to Lord Grenville,
Lady Georgians
themis .
Tien Middleton," has been received into the
II and authore. of -1.--- The ReV. Edward Ho
continuallypunch .build:cfaoratinfidcastio
jneo—hil
rne has resigned the
11 Roman Catholic eh
rectories of St. Lawren
the Bishop
been acceptedby
nation has
d in our iast week's impression as about to embrace the
was mentioned
in n Catholic rengion.—Cambridge Advertiser.
ill
°SduaalcirrußlZ JUMPING FROM RAMSGATE CLIFF.—On
Tw y , about a quarter before seven, a man, named Mil-
ler, who has resided many years at Ramsgate, jumped off the cliff,
opposite the flag-staff at Liverpool-terrace, which is near the top of
the steps. He must have got over the rails, for an accident of the
kind at this spot could not have happened. His age is said to be
about 70. He was reduced in circumstances, end had been in the
Union. It is stated that intemperance has caused his misfortune.
He formerly was possessed of considerable property, and had three
brothers, who are all in good circumstance..
A FAMILY POISONED BY A GLAZED DISH.—On
Saturday last a family in Berwick were exposed to an alarming ac-
cident from a simple cause. The mother of three children bought
in the market-place a large earthen dish, which she immediately
put to use by sending it to the bakehouse with a quantity of fish to
bake. After tile meal had been prepared, the entire family (Consist-
ing of the mother, two sons, and a daughter), partook of it, and
shortly afterwards they became seriously ill, and exhibited signs o f
being poisoned. Mr. Lilly, snrgeou, being sent ior, applied proper
antidotes, and they are now recovering. The cause is supposed to
have consisted in the material used for coating the ware not being
properly mite. and too great a quantity of White lead being used In
the compound.- . lasg?re Courier.

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TEMPERANCE EXHIBITION.—In the temperance pro-
clinging between them, of the following description:—he was
'cession yesterday, two of the last individuals had a, drunken man
With-
out hat .or cap, had on a dirty check shirt, a black face, and old
breechee, the tail—stay, the lower department—of hiss. irt hangiog
out, a thumping pair of clogs trailing on the ground, but no stock.
ings. He went contentedly along with his sober companions, and
was pointed at by them as he proceeded, more particularly when
passing a public-hOuge; to the great amusement of the " boys," and
as
the sorrow of the men. One of his supporters attracted nearly
„... did
much attention from his bulk and solidity as the " between
from his silliness.—Bolton Free Press.
parson who recently
went Ms "capital" consisted
The New York Spirit tells of a
went to the south to open a jewellery store.
of a " erow-bar."—
agrkic of Richmond and the Protect
agricultural dinner there wit
tionista. It was followed by therecAenNtlyAgiPveOnLothoeYto.--1:FiP::::e
song—" A man's a man for a
that."—Punah