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BANKRUPTCY-WEDNESDAY.
THE TALLOW TRADE..-EX PARTE HUBBARD IN RE BEAU

MONT MARSHALL, A BANKRUPT.
Mr. Commissioner EVANS gave judgment in this case to-
day, and said that the facts of the case appeared to be as fol-
low :—By a contract note, dated the 6th of August, 1841, the
creditor sold to the bankrupt certain casks of tallow. The
bankrupt stopped payment on the 9th of October following,
and a meeting of some of his creditors was held, but the
creditors generally were not summoned, and only a compara-
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arrangement Messrs. Hubbard and Co. were entitled
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swore that at this time he contemplated bankruptcy, and
was hopelessly insolvent. This proof was resisted, on the
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preference, and could not be made the subject of proof.

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Both Courts proceeded to business this morning at ten
o'clock. There were twenty-one prisoners for trial, all of
whom were males. Of this number eight can neither read nor
write, and of the remainder only one can read and write well.

upon the present occasion had come from that postscript
(pointing to the last witness, who had remained in the box).
His Learned Friend had open his case as one calling for exem-
plary damages, that it was a case of unprovoked assault ; the
tlefiindant bad fired off a gun,the shots from which had wounded
him all over the left side of the face, and had very nearly gone
in'o his eye. He went on to state, that accidentally, or rather
providentially, a surgeon was on the spot, and that that surgeon
very shortly afterwards dressed the wound. The Learned
Counsel proceeded to comment farther upon the nature of the
evidence that had been adduced, declaring that the defendant
had been the party abused by the gross outrage that had been
perpetrated against him by the people carrying out the foolish
custom, as it had been called, of propping.
Mr. Justice WILL' wins told the jury, if they were satisfied
the defendant had discharged the gun, and had hit the plaintiff
in the face, he would be entitled to a verdict ; the question of
damages they would also have to estimate.
The jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict for
the defendant.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.

Sir CirAr st A N 'MARSHALL was, yesterday, for some time
occupied in hearing a case which displayed a great deal of vil-
lany upon one side, and a great deal of credulity upon the other.
Richard Hitchcock, a grave-looking person, abdut fifty
years ofage, was put to the bar, charged with having defrauded
Mr. Hinton, formerly of the house of Hinton and Taylor,
of Queen-street, Cheapside, of various sums of money, amount-
ing, in the aggregate, to upwards of 1,0001.
Mr. Pelham, the solicitor, attended for the prisoner.
Mr. Hinton stated that the prisoner at the latter end
of the' year 1839, called upon him, and stated to him that a
gentleman, named Joshua 'Wall, bad been left heir to an im-
mense property, which was subject to a suit in Chancery, and
that as Mr. Wall was not able to irArry it on satisfactorily, in
consequence of the want of ready money, Übe (witness) would
advance the funds for that purpose, and support the family of
the claimant, pending the suit, a portion of the property should
be given to him. Believing that the prisoner represented
facts, witness began to draw cheques upon his bankers to sup-
ply the means of proceeding; in equity in Mr. Wall's case ;
and between the end 'of 1'839 an the end of 1810, he
drew, to the best of his knowledge, 1,3001. from his btnker's
hands, all of which money was appropriated to the above-men-
tioned object, as he supposed, from the statement of the in-
dividual who had applied for his services upon the part of Mr.
Wall. The information given by the prisoner, from time to
time, relative to the proceedings in Chancery, was such as
completely deceived witness ; and at last the delightful intelli-
gence was communicated to him, in a letter from the prisoner,
that the whole was terminated in favour of Mr. Wall, and that
it was only necessary to have him in town to receive the
money, and to come to the necessary arrangements for the dis-
charge of the pecuniary obligations the heir was under to his
friends. The letter conveying this news, concluded with a re-
quest for an additional sum, to enable Mr. Wall to appear in
town in a proper condition, and a cheque was imMediatelygiven
for the amount required.
Sir C. MARSHALL—What was the amount of the property
which Hitchcock said had been left to Mr. Wall?—Mr. Hinton
replied that the prisoner assured him it exceeded 167,0001.
Sir C. MAnsuALL observed, that, of course, the com-
plainant must have some idea that, in a case of the kind, law-
yers must be employed, and that a person of ordinary prudence
would have soon learned whether there was any foundation for
the statement that such a suit was in Chancery.
Mr. Hinton said that there, had been, it was true, a case of
the kind in Chancery, in which Mr. Wall had been a suitor for
property to the amount of nearly 200,0001., but in consequence
of the circumstance that Mr. Wall had not made his claim in due
time, a decree had passed by which the money became the
property of persons of the name of Cox, and the whole business
was terminated at least two years before Mr. Wall came for-
ward with his claim. The prisoner well knew that the Lord
Chancellor had decided the case, and that the solicitors employed
upon the occasion on the part of Mr. Wal. (Messrs. Shaw and
Taylor, of Fenchurch-street,) had ascertained all about it, and
given it up as a hopless experiment. The villany of the pri-
soner all throu,gh the affair was extreme, for witness supported
and clothed him and his family, who were, previously to their
acquaintance with him, in a state of abject poverty, and witness
was now a completely ruined man merely through the prisoner's
instrumentality.
Sir CHAPMAN MARSHALL—I am very sorry for you. It
is a severe punishment for having put confidence in a person
whom you served.
Mr. Pelham—lf Mr. Wall succeeded in the suit, you were
to receive a ration of the property, you say? Mr. Hinton—
Certainly I was. That was the understanding upon the sub-
ject. I was convinced that the money I advanced was applied
in the prosecution of the suit. I sold a valuable business to
furnish the means of proceeding.
Mr. Pelham--There is a material difference in the accounts.

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You say you have lent money to Mr. Hitchcock 2—Mr.. Hin-
ton—l consider that I have lost upwards of 1,0001. in cash, and
upwards of NO/. in other whys by him.
Several gentlemen who seemed to know something of the
transactions, here declared that they really believed the losses
In various ways sustained by the unfortunate complainant,
through the base conduct of the prisoner, exceeded 3,0001.
t•ir CHAPMAN Al ARSIIALL asked whether Mr. Hinton was
in business in Queen-street ?—Mr. Hinton replied in the ne-
gative. He had dissolved partnership with Mr. Taylor in con-,
sequence of this disastrous affair, and Mr. Taylor had given him
1,1001. for his share.

lence, for which there did not appear to have been the shadow
of an excuse. As, however, he was wanted at the Northamp-
ton Assizes in several eases to be tried, he should allow him to
arrange matters with the complainant.

The result was, that the defendant agreed to pay the corn
plainant 21. ; and, at the request of the 31agistrate, also pi(
10s. into the poor-box.

TRADE IN THE MANUFACTURING
DISTRICTS.,

In that Report of Mr. Leonard lloniCr, which he held
in his hand, as he must at the time have been fully
aware, there were well-authenticated statements rela-
tive to the pressure of distress in the manufacturing
districts which far exceeded anything he himself had
witnessed or stated in 1827 ; yet the Honourable Ba-
ronet, to show that he was worthy-of being retained as
a Member of the Duke of Richmond's Government,
overlooked all those statements, and, by a few garbled
extracts, endeavoured to make the House of Commoni
believe that the main causes of distress were over-pro-
duction and improvements in machinery I As regards
the extent of the distress, Mr. Leonard Homer, in his
Report says:—
" I regret to say, that the distress, which I stated in my last
report to be so prevalent among the mill-occupiers and their
work-peopl•. has, in nu degree abated, but, on the contrary,
has, I fear, increased. Wherever I have been, 1 have heard
the same sad tale, with very few exceptions, that trade is in a
state of extreme depression, and without any distinct prospect
of improvement. Cotton-factories constitute three-fourths of
the number, and nearly nine-tenths of the working populatiOn
of the mills in my district (which e7mprehentis the whole of
Lancashire), and therefore I hear most of the distress that
prevails in that branch. But„from all 1 can learn, neither the
woollen northe flax aredn-a better state."
I fere we have the tes:imony of Mr. Horner, whose
evidence no man will call in question, that, severe as is
the distress in the cotton trade, it is equally severe in
the woollen and liax departments. What becomes, then,
of Sir James Graham's evidence in support of Mr. Fer-
rand's statements ?-111unchester Guardian.

[Mr. florner's Report was noton Saturday presented to
the House of Commons, though Sir J Graham so freely
quoted from it. Complaints are made of keeping
it back, but we begin to understand why it has been
withheld.]

CORN AVERA GEN.
GENERAL AVERAGE I'RICES OF BRITISH CORN,
For the Week ended Feb. 23. 1842. made up from the Returns c
the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and
Wales, per Imperial Quarter.
Wheat Ws 10d gats
I Barley 2Bs. 6d. Eye ..... 318. 100 rea5e.........335. Id.

.AVERAOES OF THE LAST SIX WEFTS.
W"ek ending WYEAT..BABLEV.I OATS. 1 RYE. I BEANS. I PZISEt

Jan 21
28 6O 7 28 3 20 1 37 4 33 4 33 2
Feb. 4 ...
H 59 11 28 2 ‘.'o 4 36 0, 3* 9 33 0
18 6O 0 28 5 19 8 37 1 1 ~2 5 33 11
23 6O 10 23 6 19 8 31 10 ,31 10 33 1
IMPIRIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEEKS
Wheat ..... .... 60i. 7J.
..
Oata ........ 203. 01.1 Brans 32, Id.
I Barley,. 2Ba. 51. Rye ...... 38s. 1 Id.l Pease 13,. 9d
DUTIES OX FOREIGN CORN.
Wheat........ 265. 88. I Oats
Barley l9s. 101. Rye ... ..... Iss. 68.1 Pease .........19 9d.

THE MA
COAL M
Shlps arrived since la
r. d.
Adair's
Huddle's West Hartley lB 6
Can's Hartley IS 6
Holywell Main l9 0
Old Tanfield .... ......... ......
Ord's Redheugh lt
Ravcnsworth West Hartley 11
Tanfleld Moor •:0
Tanfield Moor Bute's l5
Townley .... 17
Walls End Bell and Brown 19
Walls E el liewiekeand Co l9
Walls EndClennell l7
Walls End Gibson l9
Walls End Oosforth
Walls End Heaton l9
Walls End Killingworth
Walls End Perkins ..... —..., 17
Walls End S. Killingworth 15

Sir CHA PMAN 111AasnaLL—And all that is gone ?—.211r.
Frint3n—Every shilling. Consider that I supported the man
at the bar and all his family. I fed, and clothed, and lodged
them all.

Mr. Pelham—Did you not pay 400/. of that money t,) a
clerk in the bank to whom you owed it? Mr. Hinton—No; I
owed no clerk in the bank any money, and I never paid away a
shilling of the money in that way.
Mr. Pelham—Did not the prisoner sell a farm of his, and
give yon some of the proceeds? Mr. Hinton—He sold a farm
lam told, but not one farthing did he give to me. He never
handed see one farthing. The complainant here put in the
last letter he had received from the prisoner, which was dated
January 22, I 841,.and began thus :
" Sly dear Sir,—l right merely to say that our business is
concluded, with the exception of fetching up Wall, which I
intend doing to-morrow
to do so, &c. &c." , and must beg a little of the needful
The friends of Mr. Hinton manifested the greatest anxiety
lest the prisoner should escape through the meshes of the
law, but
Sir CHAPMAN MAnstiALL said he had every reason to be-
lieve, and Mr. Hobler confirmed him in the opinion, that a
strong case was likely to be made out against Mr. Hitchcock
as ()u asSalse stsors. theconclusion coion of the Chancery suit.
Lacy, Hare, and Taylor, should make their
statements soon
Dr. Alexander Lee, of Three Crown-square, Borough, stated
that he knew Mr. Hinton and the prisoner. It was commu-
nicated to him as a very great secret by Mr. Hinton that the
prisoner was a person of enormous wealth in America. The
prisoner himself confirmed the description by stating that
he had not only 140,000/. in the Bank of England, but that the
whole site of Philadelphia belonged to him.—(Laughter.)
Witness having a brother who resided in America forty years,.l
was induced to write to him for information on the subject.
Previously, however, the prisoner having stated that he was
about to receive 3,000/. from Lord Bruce, together with the
necessary means for taking possession, witness wrote to that
nAleman for information. The answer to that communi-
cation denied any knowledge of the prisoner, or the , sub-
ject, connected with his name. Still witness was will-
ing that the prisoner should have the benefit of
whatever information might arrive from America.—(A laugh.)
In due time witness received an answer from his brother, in-
forming him that the statement was a mere fabrication, that
the prisoner was wholly unknown as a man of property in
America, and that as Philadelphia was the property of the
State, it could not be the property of any individual.—
(Laughter.) This was about the Christmas of 1840. There
being not the slightest doubt that the prisoner was an impos-
tor, witness endeavoured to induce Mr. Hinton to indict him,
and act upon the same opinion, but without effect. Mr. Hin-
ton, who did not suppose it possible that a person, to whom and
to whose family he had acted with -so much kindness and libe-
rality, could act with ingratitude, continued to place confidence
in the statements made to him, and plunged himself at length
beyond recovery.
Sir C. MausitALL—Have you lost money yourself by the
prisoner? Dr. Lee—Certainly I have.
Sir C. M.s. asuaLL —Have you seen money pass from
Mr. Hinton to the prisoner?-1 have not ; but 1 have net the
least doubt that Mr. Hinton has been ruined by the prisoner.
Mr. Joshua Wall, of Ingatstoue, stated that lie was formerly
a farmer. He believed that he was entitled to a fortune of great
magnitude. He had, however, applied too late. A gentleman
of the name of Clayton had taken it in hand for him, and em-
ployed solicitors, and the case had gone through the courts. A
family of the name of Cox had conic in for the property under
a decree of the Court of Chancery. The prisoner, however,
had assured him, 9tlling God to witness it, that all was right,
and that he had succeeded, and that the property would be his
own. The prisoner had told him to gut his clottes, and every
thing also ready, as he was to take possession immediately.
S:r C. MARSHALL—What do you constder the amount of
the property to be? Mr. Wall— Upwards of 168,0001.
Mr. Thomas Pullen, of Stoke, in Essex, deposed that he
had got the property from Antigua
heard the prisoner say he
for Mr. Wall; that the chequeswere all ready, and that Mr.
Wall must be in readiness. Witness certainly was an in-
terested did not know what he was to receive.—
(A party, but he
who left. the fortune was Mr. Charles
( A laugh.) The man
I nt, who was own brother to wit-
Crouch, an Antigua mere ia

is neTsarly. the complainant
assist in
.t Its serious business, and
ness's mo her's f,i;her.
should Si
r C.
that the solicitors who proceeded in the Court
ooff Chancery
should be presnit to give evidence. I shall therefore postpone
haying assaulted and
it for a week.
have A laansseniteti.tte—r Itte
Mr. Pelham offered no objection to. the adjournment, and
tt
ihoelin cabbseeefrot ar:
before
;A:
inrrdr.si n,gulsyoostis
Broughton, sll
charged
_pso
with
lh
12 of the R ural Police
Northamptonshire,
was placed at the bar, for final examina-
tion,
appeared to take a warm in-
_wounded Joseph Phillips, a canal boatman, lately in the ser-
vie. of Messrs. Pickford and Co., the carriers; ,
Mr. Young, the snperintendent of the Weedon police, who
had coma to town expressly to watch the ease, was in attend-
ance, as were also' several of the prisoner's relations, persons of
very respectable appearance,

. ..
morning Ist, he was standing on the
terest in his behalf.
The complainant (who had been in the hospital since the oc-
rence took place, and who still appeared in a very weak and
in corn-
languid state) gave evidence to the following effect :—At about
one o'clock on Sunday
Wisdom,
Pam, up
ic,aannayl
mbriildhgae,bCoaittym-arnoa, City-road,,
and as he was
passing him, the pris;ner, without the slightest pro-
vocation, pushed him thecha rpdr
ofr tlic
he pavement. He asked
the prisoner by what right d treated him in that
manner, and the prisoner :answere , " i will show you
my authority," and immediately pulled out his truncheon, with
which he struck him a violent blow on the head, and knocked
him down. He was deprive:l of consciousness for mine time ;
Idienßi
but, on met:firedog his senses, he fourd that a young woinan,
named Caroline Harrison, had seized hold of the prisoner, and
was endeavouring to detain hi., • He
got •
up for ~the purpose
of assisting, blithe was so weak and giddy' throuit the loss of
blood, that he again fell to the ground. A 1
- Pu'i.ceotin'of• tile .G
division soon afterwards came up, and the prisoner was given
into custody.
Mr. BROUGHTON said, that according to the evidence before
him, the prisoner had acted with degree of most wanton vio-

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MEETING AT MANCHESTER
EXCHANGE.
(Ahrid,4ed from the Manchester Guardian.) _

The numerous merchants, manufacturers, andothers
Crequenting our 'Change on Tuesday repaired to Ducie-
idace,.lea wing the room very thinly attended.
Mr. John Bright, of Rochdale, was called to the chair.
—He said I have come forward from a firm and a solemn
conviction, that unless you do something, and that soon,
yon will see your prosperity swept away to such an ex-
tent, that no alteration of the Corn laws, or any other
law, can base it upon such a footing as to make it at all
permanent.—(lf ear.) lam persuaded, from What I have
seen of late in the House of Commons, and what you
have all witnessed, that there is a regular conspiracy on
the part of a very large and powerful class in this coun-
try—(Hear and .cheers)—to destroy the commerce of
England, if it should in any way grow so large as to op-.
pose itself to the aristocratic power in this country.
—(Hear, hear.) If the principles and feelings
thus manifested be carried out, farewell to the
prosperity of this country for erer.—(Hear, hear.)
The present Corn-laws are about to be abrogated ;
but the monopolists are about to forge in their stead
new fetters for our industry ; and it rests much with the
men I see before me, whether those fetters shall he
forged and riveted on us. You get the odium of re-
ducing wages ; but hive you not kept up wages for the
last five years, with your profits every year becothing
less and less? I have attended 'Change for the last two
years ; and I have asked myself what kind of men are
these that I see week after week on the Manchester Ex-
' change, crawling about, grumbling at had trade, and yet
not daring to liftnp their hands aginst the cause. At
this moment, seethe population aromta you starving by
thousands ; with a capital and an amount of labour
which, well employed, might make England greater
than ever !—(Hear, hear.) Let me intreat you to sink
the stupid distinctions of Whig and Tory, and to stand
up foryour commerce,your homes, for the people amongst.
whom you five, and for everything you hold dear and
sacred in this world.—(Cheers.) .
Mr. Wm. HAnvEv moved a resolution as follows :

"That this meeting of merchants, spinners, manufac
turers, and others, assembled on the Manchester Ex,
el-inge, do declare our solemn and unalterable convic•
tion, that the Corn-laws are the great cause of the corn.
mercial distress now existing throughout the country
that they are fast destroying the cotton-trade, depre,
ciating to an enormous extent the value of property in.
vested in that trade ; and that, whilst they threa ter
speedy ruin to the capitalist, they have already im
poverished multitudes of industrious and honest work

men, and are driving almost an entire population into a
state of suffering and destitution, which it is fearful to
contemplate. That this meeting, in pronouncing an
emphatic condemnation of the Corn-laws, declares that
the measure introduced by the Government is a bitter
mockery and insult unworthy of any statesman to pro-
pose, and of the people to accept. That no alteration
of the Corn-law, which does not contemplate-a total re-
peal, at a very earlyperiod, can be acceptable, or can
save the commerce of our country from the disasters
which threaten it with utter ruin."—(There were loud
cries of " Hear, hear," at the words " mockery and in-
sult," and at the concluding part of the sentence in which.
they occur.)
Mr. Alderman BROOKS seconded the resolution.
The CHAIRMAN then read and put the resolution, in-
viting all in favour of it to say, " Ay," and hold up their
hands.—There was one general shout of " Ay, and
almost every one present appeared to hold up a hand.
The CHAIRMAN next asked if there were any of a
contrary opinion, and called on them to hold up their
hands. (Not a hand was raised.) Upon the best estimate
he could make of the numbers at this moment, there
could not be fewer than 1,200 merchants, manufacturers,
and others present.
Mr. HENRY ASIIWORTII then proposed a petition,
which was an echo of the resolution just adopted, with
the following as its concluding clause
" Your petitioners, therefore, warn your Honourable
House against the course of legislation you are now
pursuing, and implore you to pause ere you consign to
utter ruin the commerce and the industry of this great
empire ; and they pray your Honourable Mouse, that all
laws which prevent the free importation of grain may be
forthwith abolished."

... 17 6
... 16 6

Pease.

S. A.
34 44

42 41
39 -
40 • -

Sir TnomAs POTTER, who was loudly cheered, said
he did not know of what use this petition would be ;
but he had been requested to second it, and he would
now do so.

tJaventry
Derby
Howden
Hungerford
Malton
Mai 4 en head
Nottingham
Wantage
War wick
Winchester
York

63 72
CO 68

30 44
1,3 43

46 19
I 4 76
52 35.
58 .4
65 75

29 37
27 32
32 35
V 3 39
36 31
.8 33
- 36
39 36

25 ZO
22 34
25 3)
.29 27
30 32
26 30
- 29
19 24

31 -
38 42

The CHAIRMAN, in putting the petition, read the last
clause again, and said if it. produced no effect, he was
determined individually not to petition the Muse of
Commons again, at all events until after another election.

40 45

36 44
Z 8 40
36 46

40 43

It was agreed that the petition, signed by the Chair-
, man, should be forwarded by that night's mail to Mark
Philips, Esq., M.P., for presentation to the House of
Commons, with a statement of the circumstances under
which it was adopted.
Mr.. BELL, of Bolton, expressed the indignation he
felt at finding the way in which Ministers and aristo•
crats received the speech of Mr. Ferrand, in his foul
libel upon the manufacturers. He hoped all would be
more awake to their own interests, and do their utmost
towards relieving themselves.
The Rev. J. W. AlAssiE said he hoped some measure
would be taken by which the occupants of the Exchange
would be called upon to say whether they believed Mr.
Ferrand, when he denounced the mercantile and mann-

Per Bushel
Birmingham

76

55 67

s. d. e. d.
7U 86

R. A. a. d.
36 46

35 4f
s. 4, s. d.
50 70

s. s. d.
35 4 0 ,

S. d. P. d
60 6 6

factoring (lasses of this country.
11Ir. fouN Macau had only one thing more to say—
if they had made up their minds, he hoped they would
act as he and many others were doing ; and if his very
existence were staked upon it, he could not do more.
_ _

lie believed, if all
,befort; him had the same mind am.

would do theft best, the Corn-laws would be repealed in
three months. He believed he might state, that some
project, of a very comprehensive nature, would be sub-
mitted to the manufitcturing classes of Lancashire and
the adjoining counties before long ; such a plan as, if
fully carried out, would at any rate strike terror into
the hearts of those who had lived and tvcore living upon
the plunder of the people.—(Applause.) lie then de-

clarjd the meeting liss4olved; anul, before separating,
the assemblage gave three hearty cheers.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL WATERLOO COURSING MEETING

TUESDAY.
THE WARIERLtO CUP.—Lord Eglintoun's Lapwing beat.
Mr. N. Blundell's Berry—Mr. Hutelunson's Grasper beat Mr.
Sco't's Fly—Dr. Brown's Bella beat Sir W. Stanley's Stiletto
Mr. Bradley's Barrier beat Dr. Brown's na Queen Bee--Nlr.
Eden's Edham Il►y beat Mr. Slater's SWeetbriar--Mr. Eas •
terby's Holdfast beat Mr. Ilevford's Carmelite—Mr. Swan's
Stork beat Mr. T. Spcad's na The Abbess—Mr. B. Robinson's
Fly beat Mr. Armstrong's na Billy—Mr. Garvar's Gl:de beat
Mr. A. Graham's His Royal Highness—Mr. Beetle's Rufus
beat Mr. Vicker's Velocipede-31r. P. Hoghton's Tyrant beat
Lord Stradbroke's Minerva—Mr. J. Robinson's na Sultan heat.
Mr. W. Mather's na Maiden Queen—Mr. hunt's na Prium beat
Mr. Jefferson's Mary Captain Daintree's Knab beat Mr.
Kershaw's Kirkham—Mr. Jebb's Lady beat Mr. Gidde's
Queen of Hearts—Lord Eglintoun's Evergreen beat Mr. Scott's
Asleby.
First Ties—Lapwing beat. Grasper, Barrier beat Bella,
Holdfast beat Edham Bey, Stork beat Fly, Rufus beat Glide,
Tyrant beat Sultan, Priam beat Knat, Duly beat Evergreen.
WATERLOO PunsE. —Lord Stradbroke's Magna heat Mr.
Craven's Caldwell, Mr. Ridgway na Sharp beat Mr. Eden's na
Matchless. Mr. Slate►'s Sandy beat Mr. Swan's Sirius, Mr.
Jebb's Willey beat Mr. Garvan's Governor; Mr. Easterly's
na Busy beat Alr. Hunt's na Crafty. Mr. Graham's Mavour-
neen na Mr. Unsvrorth's Unknown. Mr. Hornby's Hong► beat.
Mr. King's Mat, Mr. Walter's na Lancet beat Mr. Bradly's
Byron.
LIVERPOOL STEEPLE AND HURDLE RACES.
LIVERPOOL, TuESnAT NIGHT.—The following horses have
arrived for the races to-morrow :

THE GREAT WESTERN STEEPLE CHASE—Sankey, Sam
Weller, Seventy-four, Peter Simple, Lottery, Columbine,
Bannathlath, Gay Lad,. Lady Langford, Bangalore, Anony-
mous, The Wild Irish Girl, Satirist, Nimrod, Luck's-all,
Honesty, and Consul.

TILE• PRINCE or WA t,Es' Cur—Columbine, Jim-along-
Josey, The Game Chicken, Forget-me-not., and Claude Duval.
TIIF. CIIAMPION HURDLE HACE—Usurper, 6 yrs—Peter
Swift, 6 yrs —Defence, aged—Bounceaway, 4 yrs— Now -or-
sever, aged— The Duenna, aged Lottery, aged— Sam
Yeller, aged.

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SUNDAY TRAVELLING;
EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.
[The following ha bes,n in type for some time, but owing to
the length of our Parliamentary proceedings we ba7e not been
enabled to find room for it. 1
The half-yearly meeting s.f the Shareholders of this Railway, took
place on the 22d ult., in the Company's Office, Glasgow. About
150 persons were present, a great number of them Balding proxies
for absent Shareholders from all parts of the kingdom.
Mr. Duman TER in the Chair.
The Report of the Directors having been read, a series of dis.
cussions took place upon various point= arising out of that docu-
ment, and attempts were made, on the part of Mr. Makgill
Crichton, and a few others—first, to move a vote of censure upon
those of the Directors who were known to be favourable to Sunday
travelling ; and next, to turn them nut of the Direction, in order
to make way for others holding different views on this subject; but
in both instances they were completely foiled, and the old Direc.
tors re-elected.
Thebusiness of the general meeting having been finished, the
Shareholders then constituted themselves into a special meeting,
for the consideration of the question of running trains on the Sunday.
The CHAIRMAN stated that several deputations were in waiting
with memorials on the subject, which they were snxious to present
to the Shareholders in person. This he thought might be per-
milted as a matter of courtesy, but wills the distinct understanding
that they should not occupy more than half an hour.—(Cries of
" Agreed, agreed.") The Chairman added that he had received
203 memorials on the same subject, all urging the Shareholders not
to permit any travelling on the line on Sunday, and six in favour
of Sunday travelling. He had also received a communication from
Dundee, which he had been requested to read, announcing that
the Shareholders of the Dundee anti Arbroath Railway had, at their
meeting on Monday, rejected the proposal to run a train for pas.
sengers on Sunday by a majority of 34.
The various deputations were then admitted, consisting chiefly
of about thirty or forty E,tablished and Dissenting clergymen,
connected with Edinburgh, Glasgow, Paisley, &c.
Mr. W. COLLINS, bookseller, who seemed to act as the Secre-
tary of the whole deputations, stated that the largest portion of
the memorials were already in the hands of the Secretary or the
Shareholders, and that only a few remained to be presented by the
deputations. The first memorial to be presented was from the
Commission of the General Assembly.
The Rev. Dr. Dictssosr, of Edinburgh, then came forward and
said—We feel indebted to your courtesy for admitting us to your
meeting this day. I appear here as the representative of the Com.
mittee of the Commission of the General Assembly of the
Church of Scotland appointed to watch over the progress of
your splendid operations, and particularly with reference
to the apprehensions we entertain that your Railway
might be employed to desecrate the Lord's Day. The memorial
from the Commission was some time ago printed and circulated
among the Shareholders, so that it is quite unnecessary for me to
do more than merely lay the document upon your table ; but I may
state generally that it contains to a certain extent an indication of
the anxiety with which the Church of Scotland wait for your deci-
sion this day. We apprehend the most dismal consequences from
any part of that day, which was consecrated from the beginning by
God himself, and sanctioned by the authority of our Divina Re-
deemer, being employed in secular purposes, and more espe-
cially for the purposes of traffic and trade. ViSe give full au-
thority—because we are authorised to do so by our Divine Re-
deemer—to works of necessity and mercy on that day; but
it appears to us that travelling on the railway can in no-
wise be considered as coining under the description either of neves.
city or mercy. We have not only looked with anxiety to the de-
cision of this day, but we have not been unmindful of the neces-
sity of lifting up our hearts in pr4er privately, and of calling upon
our congregations td join us in supplications publicly, that God
would put it into the hearts of our countrymen to abstain from
doing what you well know we consider as a great sin, and conse.
quently from bringing the judgments of God upon our beloved
country. I have only in conclusion to express my earnest hope
and prayer that God would direct your decision that day so as to
prevent the evils which we deprecate.—(Hear, hear.)
Memorials were then presented by the Rev. Mr. Macfarlane of
Renfrew, from the Synod of Glasgow and Ayr, and from all the
Kirk Sessions within its bounds ; by the Rev. Dr. Ileugh, from the
United Secession Presbytery of Glasgow ; by the Rev. Mr. Fowler,
from the Presbytery of Glasgow; by the Rev. Dr. Burns, from the
Presbytery of Paisley; and from the United Kirk Sessions of Pais..
less'; by the Rev. Mr. Storie, from the Presbytery of Dumbarton,
anti from nineteen nirk Sessions within its hounds; by the Rev.
Dr. Symhyron, from eight different bodies connected with the
Reformed Presbyterian Synod ; by the Rev. Mr. Simon, from the
Methodists of the Glasgow Circuit ; by Mr. Martin, from the lobo.
Wants of Greenock, &c.
Mr. COLLINS stated that the declaration threatening to withhold
support from the Railway, if opened on the Sabbath, had been signed
by 214,113 individuals, and that many of the memorialists would
have signed this declaratiun also, but for a feeling of delicacy. to-
wards the Shareholders, and a hope that it would be unnecessary.
Mr. Collins then proceeded to say—'This is an eventful day for our
beloved country. The eyes of the people of Scotland are turned
with deep and increasing interest ou your proceedings; and it de.
ponds on you to impress deep grief on their spirits, or to diftbse
gladness throughout the whole Christian community of Scot.
land. From our earliest infancy we have been taught to lisp
and to know upon the authority of God's worst, that the deco.
logue contained ten commandments, and is it Christian Scotland,
which has been so long distinguished among the nations for its ob.
servance of that holy day—is it, I say, in Christian Scotland that
we are to be told for the first time, that there are only nine corn.
mandments in God's holy decalogue f. I pray you to recollect also
the solemn circumstances connected with this event.' The com-
mandments were written with the finger of God upon tables of
stone, to indicate their enduring character and immutability. Will
you then seek to erase from these tables one of the commandments
which God has inscribed with his own finger. I pray you to ponder
steeply the step you arc now abut to take. My earnest prayer to
God is, that lie would inscribe this commandment upon the fleshly
tablets of your hearts now, that so you may be led to obey His
statutes, to do honour to His holy day, and to protect the inhabit.
ants of our beloved country in the peaceful and undisturbed enjoy.
ment of their holy Sabbaths.
The deputation on that side of the question then retired.
The only deputation on the other side, was Mr. Alexander,
Greenock, who presented a memorial from 1,806 inhabitants of that
town, setting forth the advantages that would accrue, both as re-
spects the observance of the Sabbath and the health of the work-
ing classes, by the opening of the Railway upon that day. Mr.
Alexander added that the signatures had been procured in the course
of eight days, and without any of the canvassing or concussion which
had been so extensively employed on the other side; so that the
memorial he had the honour to present might safely be takers as a
far more accurate indication of the opinion of the people of Gree-
nock than the other.
Sir ANDRUN% AGNEW, in his own name, and in the name of all
who should adhere to him, then gave in a protest against the
running of trains on Sunday, as opposed to the ancient statute, of
the realm ; and against the funds and stock of the Company being
liable for defending any action that might be raised against the
Company on that point.
The following gentleman adhered to the protest, and with Sir
Andrew, took instruments in the clerk's hands :—Mr. Makgill
Crichton, Mr. James Bridges, Rev. Mr. Dempster of Denny, Rev.
John Ferguson, of Monievaird ; Rev. Dr. Keith, of St. Cyrus ; Mr.
Charles Philip, Mr. Charles Cowan, Mr. W. Campbell, Dr. George
Smyttan, General Pittman, Mr. P. Dalmahoy, Mr. James Craig,
and Mr. W. G. Cassells.
The CHAIRMAN then expressed a hope that in the discussion
about to take place, the speakers would avoid asperity in their
remarks, and be as brief as possible.—( Hear, hear.)
Mr. APNEicr, said, as the person aho had given notice of the
motion for to-day, he was perfectly ready, if the meeting chose, to
go to a vote at once, without a single observation.

Mr. M&KGILI. Citionox objected to this proposal. It would be
a disgrace to permit this great national and religious question to be
raised over without a discussion.
Mr. M`Nciu.—Well, if the meeting will have a discussinn, I
am ready to proceed, but, for my part, I think the subject is en.
tirely Exhausted. I think you did right, in point of courtesy, in
healing those gentlemen to-day, who thought they could impress
considerations upo❑ us calculated to sway our minds ; but I appeal
to the judgment of every person within this room, whether,
after all the time that has been consumed, after all the
warmth that has been expressed, and all the eloquence
that has been exhibited, one scintillation of fresh light has
been thrown upon this vexed and much debated elites.
tion.—(Hear, hear, hear.) From the respect to the individuals who
sent them, I thought it my duty carefully to peruse every docu.
ment which has been submitted to me on the subject ; and I
must candidly say, that after the best consideration I have been
able to give them, after the best advice I have been able to procure,
I have not seen it my duty to depart one inch, either from the
position I took up before, or from the views which I previously
briefly submitted to the Board. As my views then remain un.
changed, I shall not di tain you by the repetition of them. In fact,
if the matter had been left to me, I should not have troubled
you with any remarks at all, because I have not the vanity or pre-
sumption to think that anything that I could say could alter your
minds either one way or the other ; for I have no doubt that
every man who entered the room this morning, came with
the determination to vote in a particular way. But
there are one or two considerations, which have been
pressed upon our attention to-day, which it may be
as well should not be left unnoticed or unanswered. I am willing
to deal with the considerations which they say ought. to be conchs.
siva with us, If I believed that public opinion was against us—
meaning thereby the opinion of the quiet, thinking, and I will add
the serious part of the community—l would not press such a me.

ion. We must all bow to the omnipotence of public opinion ;
ut I recognise in public opinion something very dillbrent from the

• •••
clamour mid declamation of public meetings or the signatures pro..

cured to the documents before us. I demur to the propOsition
that there Is anything like a general or universal opinion against

The memorialists are no doubt numerous;

hut If they arc as numerous as they say they are, how comes it that

so far as 1 know there is not a single organ of the the public press

—with the exception of that small portion of it which advocates a
particular system of church policy—which expresses this opinion
Upon the subject of these memorials, I confess I feel not a little

distressed ; 1 have never been in the habit of impugning the
motives of any man who takes a different view of the question
from me. But I cannot shut my eyes to the testimony of facts

which are staring me In the face, that of these memorials before
you, it is scarcely possible to look at one without being convinced
hat it is teeming with forgeries.—(Great sensation ; cries of
" Shame, shame," " hear, hear," " Chair, chair")
The CM \I'D! LN —That is a strong expression you have used, Xr.
M' Neill, and I hope you have not made it without being prepared

to prove it.—(Hoar, hear.)
Mr. M`linn.L—lt is a strong expression, Mr. Chairman;
but cannot call facts by any other than their right name.—

(" Hear, hear," " Proof, proof.") Here is the proof (holding up
a long list of names) Here is the proof in the very first petition
which I take up, which contains fifty or sixty names all in the

same bandwriting.—(Great cheering. Mr. AVNeill here handed

The CHAIRMAN—The names do appear to be all in the same
handwriting; but this must surely be a copy of the original petition.
Mr, M`NEILL—Sir, it is the original petition itself. It contains
one or two genuine signatures; but the rest are all forgeries..
Sir ANDREW Aexew then examined the petition, and read the
name of the clergyman from whom it came--Rev. Mr. Glass,
Carronshlre.

Mr. MA RCILL CRICHTON maintained that, even if Mr. M`Neill's
assertion were true, it did not prove forgery,—(Hear.)
On the motion of one of the Shareholders Mr. MiNeill's words
were taken down by theclork.

Mr. M‘Nnitt —Of course, I know nothing of the individuals in
this place; but it really looks as if the list had been taken out of
some Directory.—(l.aughter ) There are, for instance, tire or six
Marshalls, about a dozen of Jenkins, and about halfa.dosen of
\Vilsons. (Mr. Mackgill Cticlitoti—" Very natural.") Oh! very
natural.—(Laitgliter.) But I don't leave my charge upon this
vague statement. Mr. Hamilton has looked into the pititions

with more care than myself, and he informs me that

hardly one of them is different—(ilear, hear.) I must say
Ido not wonder at the number of signatures when I think of

the means that have been .. adopted-to procure them—when I
it)lei
ni think eiisenobotafinitnlgte
tinwoinn.ey tlbastawapapear
s to have
i been
document
thin; 1 ur j
in Edinburgh setting forth that if every one who 011
"fiSOCd
t rye:-
1,
the declaration would pay a shilling each there wattle' in
an ample fund to pay expenses. Now I belieee Al. said
that greatly upwards of 100,000 persons have signed flat docu-
ment ; so that the sum required would appear to be between tire
dgc)ocasn
anything
1 lengthi
and six thousand pounds.—(Hear, hear.) We all know also that
never in our memory has there been such coercion exercised;
such severe, and strenuous, and continued oppression, practised
upon servants, children, footmen, and dependents, to procure
thei' signatures, and whose noises, when procured, have been ea,
merchants and bankers of Edinburgh.—(Graat laughter.) lint
interrupted with cries of
tenlatiouily paraded as the free expression of the opinion of the
Gentleman
n actually
couli
that he bad got the names of all the paupers, in his
more than
as
iftha;
gthe minister and kirk-session connnanded them to de.
but
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.rsoonnes iniievt.haGt
Mr. FERGUSON rose to explain, but was
" Order, order," " Chair, chair."
Nr. DI'NEJLI., in connection With thin °
point, 450 read a letter