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LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commiegioner Holroyd.)

IN YE CHARLES JAMES MARL-IMPORTANT QUESTION

AS TO THE RIGHTS OF CREDITORS.

This was an application that Mr. Peter Rolt should re-
tain two sums, one of 16,0031., and another of 11,0001., as
mortgagee of the bankrupt's shipbuilding-yard, plant, &c.,
at Orchard-yard, Blackwall, he holding a mortgage to
secure the sum of 30,000/. The application was opposed
by the Commercial Bank, who are the second mortgagees
—they did not object to Mr. Rout having the 16,0001., but
did oppose his receiving the 11,0001. The assignees consi-
dared Mr. Rolt entitled to the whole 27,0001. balance of
the purchase-money paid by Mr. Rolt for the yard.
Without going into the merits of the case, it was agreed
that Mr. Rolt should be allowed to retain 16,0001., and
the balance of 11,0001. should be deposited in the Bank in
the names of Mr. Lee, official assignee, and Mr. Mark
Hunter, one of the trade assignees, witbout prejudice to
the rights of any of the parties.
Mr, Lawrance stated that the assets would be about
50,0001. They had had many adverse circumstances to
deal with, among others the high price of labour. The
assignees had bean compelled to send to the outports for
artisans, who made their Cl. per week instead of their 30e.
per week as heretofore. The assignees were memorialising
the Government that some allowance should be made to
them, as some of their losses had arisen from the abrupt
termination of the war, and they submitted they should
not suffer from losses which had arisen solely by the acts
of the Government.

Mr. Lawrance further applied that there should be a
private sittting to examine Captain White, and the appli-
cation was granted.

An application that Mr. Dyer, a creditor, should be paid
in full for goods supplied the evening before the Sling the
petition for private arrangement was refused.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

SEDUCTION AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—Emma Hart,
a good-looking, respectably attired young woman, a
native of Folborn, a village near Cambridge, was brought
before Mr. Beadon, charged with attempting to commit
suicide by drowning herself in the Serpentine, Hyde
Park.

The accused, who betrayed considerable distress of
manner, and was evidently suffering from a mind ill at
ease, was accommodated with a seat in the dock, during
the investigation into the circumstances attending her
case.

Police constable 619, A, stated that about 11 o'clock
•n the previous day he was on duty near the Serpentine,
in Hyde Park, when his attention was attracted to the
defendant and another female, now in court, both of
whom appeared to be in the greatest grief and distress of
mind. The defendant was crying very much, and on
his going up and inqu;ring the cause of their trauble,
the prisoner's friend informed him that the defendant,
who was her niece, intended to drown herself, and
begged of him to prevent her. The accused, as soon as
she heard this, made a rush towards the water. He
caught hold of her, and told her he would prevent her
from drowning herself, at least for that day, by taking
her to the station-house, which he did.

Mr. Beadon (to the prisoner)—What made you at
tempt this dreadful rash act ?

Prisoner—That is my business. I shall not tell any
one.

Mr. Beadon—ls her aunt in court ?

The defendant's aunt, a decent young woman, here
stepped forward, and in reply to Mr. Beadon said her
unfortunate niece had been seduced, under a promise of
marriage, by a soldier belonging to the Royal Horse
Guards Blue. The consequences were the loss of her
situation, and the subsequent birth of a child. The sol-
dier deserted her, and left both her and her child in the
greatest distress. He had since refused to see either her
or the child, or to render them the least assistance.
The child was now at home with her parents, and this,
together with the soldier's base conduct, and her being
out of a situation, no doubt preyed upon her mind.
Mr. Beadon, to defendant—Do you not think that it
would be much better to go home at once to your
parents, where your child is ? It would be much better
than giving way to despondency. Has the soldier
ever given you money for the child ?

Defendant—Yes, sir ; but I never told any one of
it. He gave me a sovereign, and that was all. I will
not go home. My parents cannot keep my child,
much more myself, who am out of place (she here
burst into a flood of tears, and refused to answer any
more questions for some time), At last she told Mr.
Beadon that she had contemplated suicide for more than
a week, and was fully determined to carry it into effect
the first opportunity.
Mr. Beadon said at present it appeared to him that
it was useless to remonstrate with her in her present
state of mind, and having kindly admonished her on the
sinfulness of such an act, he directed her to be taken
to Saint George's Workhouse, to be taken proper care
of till her parents could be communicated with.

THE THROUGH BOOKING SYSTEM BE-
TWEEN EUROPE AND AMERICA.

In our last number we anuounctd that a sys-
tem had been organised, by which passengers,
whether first, second, or third classes, can be con-
veyed from most of the principal ports of Europe
to any part of Canada, or to the leading cities of
the United States. We are now in a condition to
state the exact arrangements which have been
made for effecting this purpose. They seem
to be of the simplest, yet of the most complete,
character. We will take the case of an emigrant,
who, having arrived at his port of embarkation,
has decided upon taking his passage to Quebec,
and thence proceeding
by the Grand Trunk Rail-
way to his destination in the Far West, which for
the present we will assume to be Chicago. The
agent of the ship will, for ono payment, issue him
a ticket, in which will be included the passage-
money across the Atlantic and the railway fare to
his destination. One-half of the ticket will be given
up to the captain or purser of the ship
before he lands, and on presenting the other to the
passenger and emigration agent of the Grand Trunk
Railway at Quebec, who will be waiting on his
arrival, it will be exchanged for a railway ticket.
By arrangements made with about 30 railway com-
panies, that ticket will pass the holder to any place
on the American continent to which ho has paid
his fare.
To enable the passenger and emigration agent at
Quebec to know what passengers lie may expect,
the agents at the different European outports are,
as soon as each vessel sails, to advise the central
office of the Grand Trunk Railway Company in
London of the names of the passengers in her who
have through tickets, their class, and the destina-
tion of eachpernew. These particulars having been
registered in the London office will be despatched
to Quebec by the weekly steamer, so that the agent
will not only know, much in advance of the ship's
arrival, the exact number of passengers he may
expect by her, but will have also bad ample time
to prepare their railway tickets. He and his staff
will personally superintend their landing and the
clearing of their luggage at the Custom House.
This accomplished, they will be conducted to the
railway station which is alongside the landing jetty
at Quebec. There the passengers will find refresh-
ment rooms provided, with every accommodation
and description of food suited for each class, and
those of the emigrant class will be protected from
the extortion and villanies to which they are now
subjected at every landing port on the American
continent.

The railway distance between Quebec and Mon-
treal is 168 miles. There will be one intermediate
stoppage of an hour's duration, for refreshment, a
similar one at Montreal, and the same at distances
varying from 100 to 120 miles throughout the
entire journey. Including these stoppages, the
running time of the emigrant trains is fixed
at 20 miles an hour, and as the distance between
Quebec and Chicago is about 1,007 miles, the time
occupied in the journey will be less than 2i days.
Last year emigrants could not have completed one-
fourth of that journey in the same time by the St.
Lawrence steam-boats.

The Canadian system of railways ceases at De-
troit, 730 miles from Quebec. When the Victoria
Bridge is completed the same cars (each capable of
comfortably accommodating 80 passengers, and
each fitted with a female waiting-room) will unin-
terruptedly traverse that distance. Until that
period arrives, the connection between the opposite
banks of the St. Lawrence at Montreal will be
maintained by powerful steam ferry boats.
On reaching Detroit the passengers will be con-
signed by the emigration officer of the Grand Trunk
Company (who will have had previous intimation
of their coming, by telegraph) to the Central Mi-
chigan Railway Company, which leads direct from
Detroit to Chicago, through the state of Michigan
in the United States. At Chicago they will be met
by another agent of the Grand Trunk Company,
specially appointed for the purpose, who will for-
ward all those persons whose tickets entitle them
to go to St. Louis or to the other important towns
on the Mississippi.
It must be remembered that all these arrange-
ments are carried out on the responsibility of the
Grand Trunk Company, which affords a protection
that emigrants have never had a chance of obtain-
ing up to the present time.
The fare of the emigrant passenger between
Quebec and Chicago will be 11. 17s. sterling. Each
adult is allowed 1501 b. of luggage free, and for all
surplus there is a very reduced scale of charge.
Children under twelve pay half fares, and have an
allowance of 751bs of luggage free. hildren under
three, in company with their parents, travel free.
Precisely the same arrangements have been estab-
lished for emigrants and others who make the sea
passage to Portland or to Boston. The former city
is one of the termini of the Grand Trunk Railway.
It is 292 miles from Montreal, and is consequently
124 miles further from Chicago 'than Quebec.
Boston is 105 miles from Portland, with which it is
connected by railway and an extremely well con-
ducted line of steam ships. As both these ports
are open during the winter emigration can be as
actively carried on, if desired, at that period of the
year, by means of these ports and by the Grand
Trunk Railway, as during the open navigation of
the St. Lawrence.

It may be as well to state that Mr. Webster is
the emigration agent of the Graud Trunk Railway
Company at Quebec, Mr. Miller of Portland, and
Mr. Brooks, at Boston.—Canadian Ncws, Jan. 1.