The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-06-28 00:00:00

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The Atlantic brings advices
of the amalgamation of the St. Lawrence and Atlantic and
'Grand Trunk Railway, and of the leasing of the Portland
ailway at six par cent. Thiszecures a terminus at the
noble harbour-of Portland, with 150 acres of land, and
deep water wharfs. The Quebec and Richmond will fol-
low, and then this magnificent-enterprise will be consoli-
dated. A great railway convention has also been held at
Buffalo, for the purpose of entering into working agree-
ments, so as to prevent any hostile rivalry. This is as it
should be, and when capitalists become better acquainted
with Canada they will find that.no safer or sounder invest-
ments can be entered into ; while, however good " intrin-
sically " continental investments may be, the chances of
war or revolution at any time breaking out makes thinking
men regard funds and foreign stocks and railways with the
Fort of feeling that, at best, it isdike reposing on a bed of
Lucifer matches,,thich may ignite suddenly and destroy
all within its reach. The half-yearly interest on the
Quebec and Richmond shares is advertised to be paid on
the sth July, at the agent's office, 2, Leadenhall-street, at
the rate of six per cent. per annum.—Herepath'e.lournal.

DJTCu RUE:XIS:I RAlLwe.ee.—On. Wednesday, Mr.
Charles Holland presided at the meeting of shareholders,
held in the Clarendon-rooms. .The accounts to he sub-
mitted to the general meeting of shareholders et ,Lmster-
dam, on the 29th instant, were submitted, and approved
unanimously. A hopeful and encouraging letter, from
Mr. Charles Wiliiam Itesieden, the managing director at
Utrecht, stated the increased receipts of the past book-
year had enabled the whole of the interest due .cn the
bonds to be discharged, and that the railway, in ite pre-
sent,cnfinished e.tate„ yielded 41 per cent. The new•works
were proceeding with that vigour and energy v.-hich cha-
racterised all the works undertaken by Mr. Brassey. -The
greatest of the weaks,•the great bridge over the Yesel; will
be commenced newt year. The line on the Prussian terri-
tory, which is to form the connecting link with the entire
railway system of Germany, has been surveyed and staked
out. :The chairman Teed a most favourable report :by
Messre.:Harrison and Tinne. the two English commis:4-
rice, who had been ever to Holland to audit and inspect
the accounts. It apvearad that 1,40.3 excellent navigators
were at work. The commissaries were of opinion that
Mr. Hesleden's estimate of 255. per share dividend, onz
paid-up capital of £l2 per share, would be very much
sander the mark. The retiring commissaries and directors,
Messrs. Holland, Hartison, Tinne, and Uzielli, were re-
elected.

Mocx Suas.—A magnificent appearance of parhelia,
or mock suns, occurred on Thuraday afternoon, and were
plainly visible from this neighbourhood. The day had
been warm and sunny, and the sky was slightly overcast
with thin light clouds, hard/3.a sufficient to :prevent the
sun's light from being painful to the naked eye. Shortly
after half-past five o'clock two mock suns became visible,
one on each side of the real sun, at the distance of about
twenty degrees on the right and left, while exactly over-
head was the portion of a circle towards the sae, similar
in fppearance ton rainbow, but much smaller in diameter,
and far more intense in brightness of colour. This ex-
tract:diniry.appea.rance continued for more than an hour.
artz,irdyitnhgeinniginhtrwsgiye,eofeellgehete,debtd wseteill dirsetingels,-, viausiubeTi;
warm, but the weather has since been eooler, with occa-
sional falls of rain. Astronomers describe this pheno-
menon as having occurred at rare intervals, in 1072 and
1692, in 1702, 1721, and 1783, but the cause is not clearly
defined, though it is attributed to refraction of the surfs
rays, caused by strata of varying density. In Parting-
ton's British •Cyclopredia occurs the following :—" Par-
nella are apparently of the same size with the sun, though
not always of the same brightness, nor even of the same
shape ; and when a number appear at once. there is some
difference in both these respects among them. Etternally
they are tinged with colours like the rainbow. •They differ
in number and size, but all agree in breadth, which is that
of the apparent diameter of the sun.
-CHARGE OF PERJURy.—In the Court of Queen's Bench
on -.Saturday, before Lord Campbell and a special jury,
the case of the Queen v. Seaton was brought on for trial.
This was an indictment against the defendant for having
committed wilful and corrupt perjury in an affidavit made
by him, and used in answer to an affidavit used in a pro- ,
ceeding taken before the Master of the Rolls, under the
following circumstances :—ln 1851, a Mr. Castle, who
kept the George Hotel, at Liverpool, died, leaving a
widow, who was about thirty years old, and two children.
He left considerable property in trust for the benefit of
his wife and children, amounting to about £B,OOO. Mrs.
, Castle kept en and managed the business of the hotel
! until February, 1852, when she eloped with a married
man. They went to Boulogne, and when she left
' she took a large sum of money, exceeding £2,000,
with her. She, however, returned in about a month.
The executor of Mr. Castle's will took proceedings in
Chancery to have the children made wards in Chancery,
and aiso praying that the business be sold, and that Mrs.
Castle be restrained from parting with certain shares
which she had purchased with a part of the money she
had taken away. In support of this the executor, Mr. Mor-
ton, put in an affidavit. This was opposed by an affidavit
of the defendant, who, it appeared, was putting himself
forward and wishing to be made one of the guardians of
the children ; and he gave an account of what took place
at an interview alleged to have taken place between him,
Mrs. Castle, and Mr. Morton, in which certain terms
were proposed, but which were eventually not agreed to;
and on this affidavit the perjury was assigned, and it was
imputed by the prosecution that the statement made in
that affidavit was untrue. Mr. Morton was called in sup_
port of the prosecution, but his memory seemed to be
very indistinct as to what really passed, though he swore
that it occurred on a day subsequent to that on which it
was alleged by the defendant. At the close of the cross-
examination of Mr. Morton, Lord Campbell said that as
the case must depend to a considerable extent upon the
memory of Mr. Morton, which it was evident was not to
be relied on, he thought the case ought not to Proceed
further. The jury expressed themselves to be of a similar
opinion, and a verdict of not guilty was returned.