The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-22 00:00:00

THE ABYSSINIAN C,IPIIVES.

- The lndependance Beige of Tuesday publishes the
following letter, received by a clergyman of Lau-
sanne (Pastor Panchaud) from his son-in-law, one
of the captives in Abyssinia :
" Magdala, Abyssinia, 30th April, 1867.
" My dear Father-in-law, —We are obliged to
take such precautions in our correspondence, and the
route from here to the coast is so infested with thieves,
that the messengers, iu order to pass in safety, are
often obliged to sew up in their clothes any letters
'or other small articles which they may wish to take
away with them.
" You have been able to follow the different
phases of our career, our successes and our reverses,
but most likely you are labouring under the same
illusion as so many others as to the fate which awaits
us ; and the portrait of King Theodore has been so
badly painted by his biographers that you are pro-
bably entirely unacquainted with this strange cha-
racter. I will, therefore, give you a summary of
everything that has happened to the Europeans dur-
ing the reign of the present Emperor, as far as the
paper of which I can dispose will permit.
" In reading the accounts of travellers since the
time of Father Lobo, who visited Abyssinia in the
15th century, or the more recent voyages of Bruce,
Salt, Gobat, Jamisier, Parkins, &c., we find every-
where the same civil wars, the same feudal chiefs
arrogating to themselves the ruling power, the same
devastated provinces, the same great battles, which,
by deciding the fate of a few months or a few years,
allow the country at intervals to taste the blessings of
peace. At the end of every brief period new rivals
start up, and anarchy and disorder succeed the tem-
porary calm. It is therefore not at all surprising
that during the reign of King John, or rather that
of his all-powerful Minister, Ras-Ali, a young man
of good family, though poor, named Li-Kassa,
should have rejected the Imperial authority and de-
fied the cowardly but powerful Ras, and proclaimed
his independence. About 32 or 33 years of age,
possessed of courage for au Abyssinian, sober, pious,
and endowed with a superior intelligence, it is not
strange he should have rallied to his banners a troop
of brave and hardy soldiers. Ras-Ali, beginning to
be alarmed, gave him his daughter in marriage and
named him governor of the country he had taken
possession of. Kassa agreed to these terms, and
from that time directed his attention to the Soudan,
the cradle of the Abyssinian empire. At the head
of sixteen or twenty thousand men, he descended
the heights of lichelsa into the plains of Gala-
bar, which are extremely fertile in grain and
cattle. At Gadarof his army was cut off by a
handful of irregular Turkish troops, who, entrenched
behind some earthworks, repulsed all the assaults.
Far from having accomplished the easy conquest
which he had expected, he returned to his own terri-
tory, deceived, humiliated, and wounded, and his
army decimated and mutinous. To add to his dis-
comfiture, the mother-iu-law of Ras-Ali even refused
to give him a cow which he had asked for to give to
his doctor, who refused to extract a bullet by which
he had been struck without payment in advance.
" At this juncture Kassa resolved on two things,
namely, to avenge the insult which had been offered
him by the grandmother of his wife, and one day to
conquer this beautiful province, so long the object
of his ambition ; but it was here that he was to re-
ceive a serious lesson for his future guidance.
" Scarcely was he restored to health when be raised
a new army, and commenced pillaging the provinces
of the Government of Rasi-Ali. The youthful insur-
gent was summoned to Court, but he refused to go.
"Several generals were sent out againsthim ; these
he vanquished with ease, and increased his army by
means of their soldiers. At last, fancying himself
strong enough to attack Ras-Ali at Amba, he did
so, and without difficulty obtained possession of the
territory of this libertine, who only managed to save
his life by flight, leaving to the fortunate conqueror
his army, his country, and his power. Kassa, hay-
ing once obtained this point, well understood the
value of his prestige, and successively attacked all his
rivals, the independent chiefs of Goddam, Choa,
and Tigre. In the meanwhile, sustained by courage
and cunning, a year scarcely elapsed from the flight
of Ras-Ali before Kassa was hailed by the whole of
Abyssinia as the Emperor Theodore, under which
name he was crowned in 1655 by the Bishop of
Salarda at the church Aaum.
" For several years everything went on smoothly ;
all Abyssinia was subject to him. His army of
150,000 men looked upon him as more than human,
and was ready to follow him everywhere and any-
where. The idea of re-establishing the ancient
'Ethiopian Empire became his predominating
thought, and he made ready to invade Soudan
and the territory of Gallas. Here, unfortunately,
he lost much time, and calling to mind the check he
.bad sustained at Gadarof, he feared to again lose
all by a like mishap. It is probable that if he had
invaded Egypt at this period he would have caused
great ravages in the Egyptian provinces near the
Nile and the. Atbara.
" But reverting to the Emperor Theodore's pro-
ject to insure his success he wrote to the Sovereigns
' of England and France, proposing a new crusade
against the Mussulinan race, a war in which he
could have nothing to lose and had much to gain.
In the meanwhile the army had swelled to the enor-
mous force of almost 700,000 men. This mass of
men had to be fed and clothed by the rest of the
population, particularly by the peasants. The latter
worn out at last by their miserable existence, being
naked and badly fed, whilst the soldiers were pro-
vided with everything, refused in several places to
continue to submit to a yoke that had already be-
come so odious. Instead of subduing them, the
Emperor failed to re establish order ; and, indeed,
when once authority is set at defiance in Abyssinia,
it is difficult to make the peasants return to their
allegiance. In all parts of the distant provinces,
and in Choa and Tigre, the peasants took refuge
in the mountains, and under the conduct of regular
leaders offered a successful resistance to the troops
of Theodore. The latter took the field in person,
and such was the terror of his name that he no-
where encountered any resistance. The rebel pro-
vinces he laid waste ; but as the peasants no longer
cultivated the ground, the booty, consisting of grain,
money, and stuffs, was no longer so abundant in the
camp as formerly. The soldiers murmured, and
" desertions began to occur. King Theodore made
vain efforts ; he went about in all directions, but
no enemies, nor even living beings, were to be seen.
It was a passive war. Theodore's soldiers, who had
been always conquerors on the field of battle, were
in their turn conquered by famine and desertion.
" Little by little his empire, as well as his army,
• dwindled away ; new independent States became
established. At present, at the head of scarcely
6,000 men, it may be said that, with the exception
of a few small provinces and ambas (territories), his
kingdom no longer exists. At the beginning of his
career he proved himself, as we have shown, gene-
rous, sober, and brave ; but on arriving at power he
gave himself up to debauchery, and became cruel
and treacherous, and gradually even his courage
forsook him.
" He promised the chief of Goddam his liberty,
if his wife, who was mistress of the fort which com-
mands the country, would deliver it up to him. No
sooner, however,w,was he placed in possession of it
then he sent the too credulous couple in chains to
one of his forts.

The New York Bench and Bar.

~ In order to induce the sons of Pas-Oubie to

- deliver up to him the fort of Simien, he espoused
their'ister, and when they, relying on their family
connection with the Emperor, came to meet him lie
hail them imprisoned, and repudiated his wife, their

sister.
" The Qaeen of the Gallas gave him her son as a
hostage and sent him, accompanied by the chiefs
of the Galtas, to Magdala. The Prince was made
governor, but shortly afterwards, as King Theodore
exacted too much from Gallas, they refused com-
pliance with his unreasonable demands, whereupon
the Prince and his companions were thrown into
prison ; and at the -time of the flight of the Prince
Menilek, son of the late Lakale-Selasai, King of
Choa, who was received by the Qieen of the Gallas
with the honours dac to his rank, King Theodore
immediately executed7the Prince of the Gallas, and
his companions-had their mutilated- but. Stilliiving
bodies.thro\r. n down-ayiedipice.
I could fill the two pages which I have still left in

the recital of his cruelties and perfidy towards his ill-disposed to the paths of honesty. At the same
chiefs, his people, and his neighbours ; but the little time that the leaders of the profession and those
I have narrated being, as I think, sufficient, I shall on the judicial bench are unable to exercise any
confine myself to a sketch of his conduct towards the moral authority owing to the notoriety of the fact
Europeans who have had the misfortude to become that some of them are guilty of the grossest cor-
his guests. ruption, the younger members see these judges
" The first in orderof date isthe Copticratriarch maintaining their places both on the bench and in
David. The Viceroy of Egypt, wishing to save his society, though known not only to take, but to
provinces and the Soudan, endeavoured to appease extort money for selling what they call " justice."
his savage neighbour, and thought that no one We may easily imagine the effect of such an
would be better received by the Emperor than the example. The New York Press does not hesitate
David Chief of the Abyssinian Church. He was to write in the strongest terms in condemnation of
mistaken. Proud of being able to throw contempt conduct of which they openly accuse the profession.
upon the power of the Church, of which he had These are the words of the Nation :--" There are
always been jealous, the King imprisoned his spiri- I many lawyers in practice i
ometimesn this city
by who habi-
tual father for three days. Suspecting, however, I tually plunder their clients, s retaining
that in doing so he had gone too far, he after wards I the moneys collected by them, sometimes by selling
begged his pardon, and allowed the poor priest, who their clients' interests outright to the adverse party.
was half dead with fear, to quit his den. Annoyed One of the most reputable firms in the city not
at the first repulse, the Viceroy sent the Bey Abd- j long ago offered a bribe to a young lawyer opposed
ul-Rahmau with numerous presents as soon as the to them, to allow judgment to go against his client
Patriarch had returned. But he was even more un- by default. The offer was refused ; but it would
fortunate than his predecessors, being prevented never have been made by lawyers of so much re-
from returning home for nearly three years. Dur- spectability if it had not been true, as they said,
ing most part of the time they were closely impri- that such offers had been accepted in other cases."
soned, and when upon the reiterated representations The Round Table contends that the New York city
of the Viceroy the Ambassador obtained the permis- I judges are on an average superior to those of other
sion to depart, he was robbed on the way of all his parts of the country, maintaining that corruption
property, and arrived at Meteuna almost naked and and worthlessness are seen more clearly in a metro-
famished. King Theodore wrote, however, to the polis where a thousand eyes are watching with a
Viceroy to say that this had not occurred with- concentrated gaze, than in other parts where no two
out just cause—that the chief who had robbed persons can be got together to look into such things.
Abd-uleßahmau had told him that the Bey had The very reverse of this is the view taken by the
himself endeavoured to pillage the village, and Nation, at least as regards the Bar, where mem-
accused him of several crimes of so odious a nature bers are sheltered among the crowd by their ob-
that the Bey, fearing the anger of his King, poi- scurity, while in the villages and small towns
soned himself at Berker. the character of the individual becomes known.
"On another occasion the Naib of Arkiko paid a Although the Round Table does not dispute the
visit to King Theodore, at the latter's request, to corruption, it contends that it is only part of
consult him on the subject of the territory which he I a general system, and suggests that the North
governed, and brought with him rich presents. American Reviewer should next take in hand the
Upon some paltry pretext the King imprisoned the corruption of the daily press. Every one allows
Naib for 45 days, and only let him go on condition that the Elective Judiciary is radically bad,
that his tribute should be doubled—a promise which and that the first step in the path of reform
the Naib did not inconvenience himself to fulfil. is to abolish the system so as to secure greater
"M. Lejean, who arrived in Abyssinia with some independence. For the improvement of the Bar
presents and a letter from the Emperor Napoleon, more stringent examination of candidates is urged,
accompanied King Theodore into Goddam, a pro- together with a rigid watchfulness over the conduct
vince against which he was leading his army. Hap- of lawyers after their admission. The Nation says
pening to receive letters which required his imme- that there is abundant material in the Bar even as
diate presence in Europe, the French traveller asked it now exists, for an organisation which should make
an audience of the King t 4 obtain permission it a business to expose fraud and trickery, and secure
to depart ; but he received the reply that King their punishment. The public are in fault for per-
Theodore could not see him. He again sent a mes- miffing so impure a system to secure so great a hold.
senger, to say that every day's delay would render Itis said to be impossible to find ten lawyers, no mat-
his voyage the more difficult, seeing that the troops ter how high their standing, with sufficient courage
were advancing into the enemy's territory. This or public spirit to have a judicial offender removed
time the answer was—' Put him in irons ;' and the from the bench. The North American Review
Abyssinian army had the glory of seeing a French deserves much credit for so fearlessly exposing
Consul in uniform taken prisoner and chained. At wickedness in high places, and however painful such
the end of 24 hours he was released from his chains an exposé may be to a large body of honourable
and sent to Gaffat, the Europeans in the service of members of a profession of which they ought to be
King Theodore being ret _tined as bail for his good proud, the open discussion cannot fail to alarm the
conduct, and in order that M. Lejean should not guilty and strengthen the hands of those who wish
endeavour to escape. Some months afterwards, on Ito purge both bench and bar of these impurities.—
the arrival of M. Bardel, who had been sent to France Anglo-American Times.
as the bearer of a letter from King Theodore to the I
Emperor Napoleon, and who brought back an
answer, M. Lejean obtained permission to leave,
only 24 hours, however, being allowed him to make
the necessary preparations for his departure.
" We have therefore the Patriarch imprisoned,
the Egyptian Ambassador imprisoned, and the
French Consul put in irons and driven out of the
country. What will happen for all these outrages?
Nothing. King Theodore can with reason boast of
being master in his own country. He was persuaded
that Europe could do nothing against him. Thus
on the first occasion which presented itself for show-
ing his hatred towards the white man he no longer
showed any timidity; and, not fearing chastisement,
he became more and more hardened. The good and
learned missionary Stern was about to return to
Europe, after having formed a mission in this
coun-
try for the conversion of the Jews, when he fell in
with the King's army on his way. Although the
bearer of a passport he deemed it necessary, as an
act of politeness, to pay his respects to the King.
The result of so doing is known. At sight of him
King Theodore suddenly became furiously enraged,
had the two servants who accompanied him beaten
to death, and not content with this double murder,
he ordered M. Stern to be beaten, and he would
probably have perished unless Providence had pro-
tected him.
" M. Rosenthal, another missionary, was some time
afterwards chained and imprisoned with his com-
panions. Subsequently Consul Cameron and all the
Europeans in Abyssiania submitted to the same fate,
with the exception of some missionaries from Basle
who worked for him. Nearly four years have elapsed
since then, and during this long period these
unfortunates have had to submit to such privations
and cruelties —even amounting to torture—that it is
difficult to conceive how they can have lived so long.
" Our mission, after being first well received, was
degraded and humiliated at Gages before all the im-
perial officers, and subsequently conducted to this
amba (fortress), where, for nearly ten months past,
we vegetate in chains, having before us one of the
most dismal prospects, one of the darkest horizons.
The English Government has made numerous and
noble efforts to procure our liberation, but nothing
has succeeded, and nothing will succeed. Nothing
short of an armed force will vanquish the stubborn.
ness of King Theodore ; it is only when he is con-
vinced that he will no longer be permitted to mal-
treat the whites, and that vengeance awaits him,
that he will open his eyes to the necessity of pro-
tecting and liberating us.
"It is true that, with a character like his, one
cannot tell what he may do iu a moment of rage, but
our trust is in him who never forsaketh the inno-
cent, and who accords His gracious protection amid
all dangers. In either case there is no other issue ;
therefore the sooner the better. If it is necessary we
should undergo such ordeal, it is better to do so
when it is still time, and when our strength is not
too far gone ; to expect more would be doubtless
fatal to our cause.—With every kind wish to your-
self and my dear mother, I remain yours affection-
ately, " HENRI BLANC."

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

NonTII LONDON.
The half-yearly general meeting of this company
was held yesterday at the office, Euston-station—
Mr. J. Bancroft in the chair.

The New York press, following in the wake of
the July number of the North American Review, is
engaged in discussing the corruption of the Metro-
politan bench and bar. In this the Tribune has
thrown the weight of its influence, as it formerly did
when the Review (in a number issued some months
ago) discussed the corruption of the Legislature at
Albany. The Nation of July 25, handles the sub-
ject is a powerful article, in which it comments with
great severity on the whole system of legal adminis-
tration. The Review declares that many of the
judicial officers of New York are in the habit of
using their position for purposes of indirect and un-
warrantable profit—that some of them take, and
indeed extort direct bribes, and that most are incom-
petent to fill properly the stations which they hold.
The Nation says, " We are in possession of informa-
tion of the most explicit kind, and upon the best
authority, which confirms some of the gravest
charges thus made, and demonstrates to our satis-
faction, as it would to the satisfaction of the public,
the personal corruption of some of the judges; but
the
_details having been given to us in confidence,
we are not at present free to publish them."
If the fountain be impure, it is vain to look for
purity in the stream. If the bench be corrupt, it
would be folly to expect rectitude in the bar. It
appears that young men are admitted in America to
the bar after a merely nominal examination, and
the certificate of good moral character is such that

any person can procure it who has not been con-

victed of a crime and served a term in prison.
After the candidate's admission there is no
organised body within the profession responsible for
preserving the reputation of the bar, and he is
therefore left untrammelled. In the large cities,
where every man looks out for himself, there is no
check on knavish lawyers, as it is no one's business
to expose malpractices. In the smaller country
towns the check of public opinion does exist, as the
character of the individual becomes known to his
-clients-and neighbours. In a great city lil[e Nc
York; where thousands are competing for the means
of living, and prey on the ignorant and unwary,
there are no means of confining the careers of the

receipts £1,536,146, at June 30, as compared with
£4,517,725 on Dec. 31, 1866. The expenditure on
capital account amounted to £136,633 during the
past half-year, and the total capital expenditure
was £4,482,515, leaving a balance of £197,854 un-
issued out of the present available borrowing power
of £970,911, exclusive of £51,500 to become here-
'' after available. The average rate of interest on the
debentures outstanding at the end of the half-year
was £4 7s. 4d. per cent., as against £4 ss. 9d. per
cent. at December 31, 1866. The directors did not
contemplate any bill for next session involving new
works or fresh capital.

SOUTH DEVON.
The report of the directors state sthat the revenue
of the half-year ended 30th June last amounted to
£109,129, as compared with £109,172 earnedduring
the corresponding half of 1866. The past six months
had been a period of great commercial stagnation,
and the causes which had depressed railway traffic
generally throughout the kingdom had been aggra-
vated by the unfortunate condition of mining indus-
try in Cornwall and Devonshire. The result had
been that the traffic of the mainline had considerably
decreased, although that on the branches had im-
proved. The revenue account was for the first time
debited with this company's proportion of the deficit
arising under the lease of the Cornwall Railway, for-
mer losses having been met by the Cornwall Com-
pany. Under that lease the associated companies
were to have their losses refunded prior to pay-
ment of ordinary dividend on Cornwall stock, but
until there was some nearer prospect of such a re-
sult, it was proposed to charge the company's pro-
portion against revenue. The working expenses of
the past half-year amounted to 47.46 per cent., while
those of the corresponding period of 1866 absorbed
5F83 per cent of the receipts, showing the gratify-
ing reduction of 7.37 per cent. in these expenses.
The revenue account presented a disposable balance
of £27,102, and after making provision for all pre-
' ference and other claims, the directors recommended
' the declaration of a dividend on the ordinary stock

at the rate of ss. per cent. per annum, carrying
forward a balance of £552. The Plymouth Great
Western Dock Company had recently, by the sale
of surplus land to the Admiralty, been able to pay
off several capital liabilities, including £4,000 owing
to this company. The company still held overdue
debentures to the amount of £31,500, on which a
debt of £19,950 had accumulated for interest. The
expediency
of removing the West India mail packet
station from Southampton to a Western port had at
various times been strongly urged upon the ix'overn-
ment, and the claims of Falmouth (the original
packet station), Plymouth, and Dartmouth having
had consideration, a decision had recently been come
to in favour of Plymouth, at which port the mails
were in future to be landed. The public advantage
consequent on this change might ultimately lead to
an important and valuable accession of traffic. The
directors reminded the proprietors that they had no
costly and unprofitable branches or extensions to
make ; that the capital liabilities were ascertained
and defined, and had been incurred for the most
legitimate objects ; and that the credit of the com-
pany had remained unimpaired during the anxious
and trying events of the past 12 months, and should
be jealously maintained. The capital account
showed that £2,913,129 had been expended, leav-
ing a balance against the account of £138,145.
The revenue account showed that £109,129 had
been received for the half year, and £51,791 ex-
pended, leaving a balance of £57,338.

The report, an abstract of which has appeared in
The Sun, was taken as read.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the
report, said the receipts had been very satisfactory ;
the dividend was not so large as some might have
expected, but, looking to the company being in a
transition state for about a year or a year and a
half, and considering other matters he need not re-
fer to the dividend on the whole was, he thought,
a satisfactory one. The aggregate traffic was very
large, and the working expenses were not greater
in proportion than when wages were not so high or
materials so dear as they were at present. The
percentage of working expenses on the whole had
not increased. The number of passengers conveyed
over the line in the corresponding half of 1866 was
6,993,860, and for the past half year ending the
3)th of June last 8,120,593, showing an increase
of 1,126,738 passengers, which he thought was a
wonderful increase. They had carried 300,000 tons
of merchandise, 412,000 tons of minerals, and
164,968 sheep and cattle. They had been renewing
the permanent way -with steel rails. In the first half
of 1866 they 'shad expended £2,000 on those re-
newals; in the second half, £3,500 ; and in the first
half of this year they had appropriated £2,500 to
the renewal of way. The balance brought into the
past half-year's account was £557, and after paying
everything they would carry over to the next ac-
count a balance of 11,188 ; that showed they had
paid everything out of the net revenue of the half
year. They had also paid during the half year in-
terest on £135,000 of unproductive capital. The
uet revenue had not only been burdened with in-
terest on that capital, but, beyond it, there was
upwards of £lOO,OOO expended on surplus lands,
capital upon r
o
making together about £240,000 of unproductive p
stock, and
paying interest. They
had expended during the half year £19,475 for
additional
o n whichl
rolling
g
and £52,976 on the City
Extension and widening, which was so much added
to the value of their property. The bill had re-
ceived the Royal assent for authorising a junction
of their line with the London, Tilbury, and Southend
Railway, Ile considered that it would enable them
to open
proposed
amost important and undeveloped district.
The
junction curve would make them in-
! dependent of the Great Eastern lin', and give them
direct communication with the Tilbury line, over
which they had running powers. Ile believed that
arrangements with the Tilbury Company could not
fail to be mutually beneficial to both companies. It
was expected that the junction line would be com-
-1 pleted early next year.
Mr. R. R. DEAN, a director, seconded the motion
for the adoption of the report.
A SHAREHOLDER thought it strange that they
could pay 6 per cent, dividends in 1865 and for the
first half of 1866, when they had less traffic, the
gross receipts being £99,036 in the first half of
1865 and £118,780 in theseconcl half ; and £146,364
in the first half of 1866 ; but in the second half of
1866 the gross receipts were £154,711, and in the
past half year £157,152, and the dividend had been
reduced from 6 per cent. to 5i per cent. It wag
true that during that time the capital had increased
by £700,000, upon which they had to pay interest,
the total expenditure being £2,976,000.
The CHAIRMAN explained that every attention
had been paid by the directors and manager to the
interests of the company ; they had been deprived
of part of their goods traffic since the burning of the
Ilaydon-square goods station, but when the works
were completed the goods traffic would add to their
resources. He thought there was not much to com-
plain of ; the directors obtained the stores from the
London and North Western Company cat the best
terms, and everything was being done to develope the
resources and to increase the value of the property.
The report was unanimously adopted, and a divi-
dend of £2 ss. per cent. on the preference stock, and
of £2 15s. per cent. on the ordinary stock and
shares of the company for the past half year was
declared payable on the 28th inst.
The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks
to the chairman and directors.

NORTII-WESTERN.
The directors of this company in their report state
that the traffic receipts for the year 1866 amounted
to £78,180 ; and, deducting working expenses, &c.,
there was left £38,645, to which was added rents,
£366, leaving a balance of £39,011. The sums paid''
by the Midland Company for guaranteed interest
and dividends, including income tax, were on de-
benture debt £13,153, ditto on preference shares
£6,314; ditto uncompleted land purchases £l2, divi-
dend at 31 per cent. £27,495—t0ta1, £46,974. The
usual dividend warrants, at the rate of 5 per cent.
on the amount of A, and 11- per cent. on the amount
of B Stock, would be issued on Sept. 1 next. As
regarded the working of the railway last year, the
Midland Company furnished in April the above
statement of its results, and the directors were gra-
tified to find a steady increase of revenue amount-
ing to nearly £4,000 gross, but much of this had
been absorbed by the increased rate of working
expenses on the Midland system (viz., 150 lls. sd.
per cent.), but the directors hoped this might prove
an exceptional rate, to be reduced. The Wenniug-
ton and Furness line, connecting the North Western
Railway with the Lake and Furness districts, was
opened for traffic in June last. The directors had
looked with confidence to this junction, uniting as it
did the Midland and Furness systems. If the Settle
and Carlisle Railway was to be made, it was all im-
portant to the interests of the company that the
best arrangement should promptly be made to
secure for the Midland and North Western route a
air and just proportion of the English and Scotch
,raffic, now estimated to amount to nearly £1,500,000

IIIRT-Aug. 21.