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toreetings in Varliantent. while, however, the clubs issued a manifesto, convoking T aylor, succeeded in apprehending Thomas Brennan,
the populace,- who assembled in great numbers, and pro- d escribed as of Carroward, in the county of ;Roscommon,
..0. claimed a provisional government, choosing Montarrelli, labourer, .at the house of Mr. Spencer, called Wooderoft
HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MoNDAY• .• Guerazzi, and Mazzoni as its .chiefs. The multitude then Castle, near Peterboro' he being charged with the-murder
Mr. TuatiNELY presented a petition from Liverpool, proceeded to the chamber, and rushing into the galleries of Mator Mahon, in Ireland, on the 2d Nov., 1847. The
drawing attention to the alteration likely to take place in compelled the members assembled to acknowledge and major had been out on a charitable mission, and was re-
the value Of gold, owing to the recent discoveries in Cali- confirm the provisional government. The dubs pro- turning home in his carriage accompanied by his surgeon,
fornia. claimed the deposition of the Grand Duke, and declared when within a few miles of his residence at Strokestown,
Mr. Eames' presented a petition from a place in Lan- Tuscany to be part of the Italian Constituante, to be dis- Roscommon, two men with guns fired at them from behind
cashire, praying for an alteration of the law in reference posed of as the Roman Assembly shall hereafter decide. a hedge. One of the gUns misfired ; buethe shot and ball
toClergymen seceding from the Church of England. ' The Grand Duke has written to his Ministers to say that of the other struck the major on his right side. and some
•On the motion for going into committee on the Habeas he does not intend to abandon his country, but that he of the shot went through his heart. The major immedi-
Corpus Suspension (Ireland) Bill, thought it prudent to decamp for the present.—The same ately dropped the reins of the horse, and expired with a
Mr. J.-o'ooNueee moved that it be an instruction to communication also announces that the Sardinian Go- groan. The surgeon seized the reins and set off at a
the committee to introduce such provisions into the bill vernment has directed passports to begiven to the Roman gallop. Brennan is supposed to bethe man who fired the
as-shall'guard and save intact the right of the subject to refugees at Turin ; and that the Queen of Spain has given fatal shot. A true bill having been found against him by
bold meetings, to petition for the enactment, repeal, or two millions of francs by way of a present to,Narvaes. the grand jury at the last Roseommon assizes, a bench-
alteratien of acts of parliament, or for redress of grie- The Emperor of Russia has prohibited all charitable warrant was issued for his apprehension, and placed in the
vanees, or other constitutional objects, without other or institutions from increasing their funds by means of mas- hands of 'Taylor, who had received information that he
further restriction of that right than existed under the querades or other public amusements. was somewhere in this neighbourhood. Great praise is
operation of the common and 'statute law of the land, pre- On the 3d inst. a large public meeting was held in the due to Taylor for his exertions and ingenuity in this case.
vious to the passing of the Habeas Corpus Suspension Theatre Tortinono, Rome, when the Pope was denotinced He had been engaged fitr the4ast three weeks in devising
Act of last July. as a temporal prince, and loud cries were uttered for a re. meanslorapprehending the prisoner: It was a narrow
After some debate Mr. O'Connell withdrew hismotion, public. escape, for on searching the prisoner, a letter from His
and the House went into Committee on the Bill, and it Louis Napoleon Bonaparte surprised the Bourse on brother was found upon him, stating that his passage was
was ordered to be reported. Tuesday by a visit, which caused a suspension of business , paid to America by his sister, and that the vessel would
for half an hour, to the annoyance of the •" bears," who sail in a few days from Liverpool. Taylor ultimately
HOUSE OF COMMONS. TUESDAY. : ' growled at M. Feuld, who did the honours. The Presi- succeed in finding him in company with five other Irish-
'Mr. F. Peel took the oaths and his seat for Leominster. dent was very well received. . men, at Mr. Spencer's. He immediately went with two
The hon. member was introduced by Mr. Goulburn and MURDER ON BOARD THE " AmELiA."—A few days ago assistants well armed, and, after a struggle, succeeded in
Mr. W. Patten, and took his seat on the opposition was published a short account of the horrible catastrophe capturing him. He then lodged him safely in gaol at
benches. which took place in the midst of the Pacific Ocean, on Peterborough, where he will remain until orders are re-
Mr. ANSTEY obtained a Select Committee to inquire board the Amelia, bound from California to China, with ceived from Ireland. £BOO reward has been offered by
into the state of the inland Fisheries and Navigation of gold for the purchase of silks. A private communication the family of the major, and £2OO by government, for the
Ireland. , from Hanavoora Bay, in Wahooa, one of the Sandwich apprehension of Brennan and his accomplices.— Stamford
c;» T la. ~,,,,,,,-, ratfaintul icmvP fn hrino in " n Rill Islands. received by a mercantile house in Manchester, Mercury. • , .

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MURDER ON BOARD THE AMELIA.' ICW days ago
was published a short account of the horrible catastrophe
which took place in the midst of the Pacific Ocean, on
board the Amelia, bound from California to China, with
gold for the purchase of silks. A private communication
from Ilanavoora Bay, in Wahooa, one of the Sandwich
Islands, received by a mercantile house in Manchester,
corroborates every main fact :—On the night of the 3rd of
October, three of the crew—Jose Cabrero, Jose Torres,
and Andrew Boldevio, mutinied, attacked the mate and
killed him. Captain Alva, (a Spaniard,) and Mr. Francis
Cooke, passenger, hearing the noise,-came on deck. Two of
the ruffians came and attacked them, killed Mr. Cooke and
immediately threw him overboard, and badly wounded the
captain ; who, nevertheless, succeeded in getting down
into the cabin to arm himself, and came on deck again
with a-cutlass, but the murderers stabbed him in the neck
with a knife, and he fell a corpse.' Mrs. Cooke, her maid
servant, Mary Hudson, and the flag -fain '

Sir J. PAKINGTON obtained leave to bring in "a Bill
for the better prevention of bribery and corruption at,the
Election of Members to serve in Parliament." _ _

POLITICAL MISCELLANY.

Mr. C. LEWIS brought in a bill to consolidate and
amend the laws relating to public roads. He observed
that, owing to the unsatisfactory state of the law, it had
been deemed advisable to attempt to deal with the 'entire
subject, not confining the bill, as had been done by that
of last Session, to highways, but including all turnpike
roads. He then explained some of the principal details
of the bill, which would consolidate' rusts; and place the
management of roads under the immediate control of the
Poor Law IJ,-. I

The vacant Garter will be conferred upon Earl Spencer,

Mr. Bentley has announced for immediate
spubfication
a work by Mr. John O'Connell, M.P.,' entitl6d Recol-
lections and Experiences during a Parliamentary Career
from 1843 to 1848."

The Times-of Thursday has a congratulatory article on
the diminished " itch for speaking in the House of Com-
moni" this session, so far. as it has gone, compared with
last. After enumerating the important subjects intro=
duced on Tuesday night last, and sensible speeches deli-
vered, our contemporary exclaims, in an etdusable ecstasy,

nions; and he developec. ae plan by whit.
he proposed to extinguish the enormous debts of th
existing trusts out of the county-rate, aided by the tolls
fund;

NA wiJl4llll,
.native of Dublin,) who were below when the murderous
scene commenced, were confined to their staterooms ; and
the mutineers, who were all Peruvians, shaped, their
bourse for Peru. On the following morning, Captiin
M'Nalty offered, with the assistance of the 'carpenter, ,t 9
leave the ill-fated ship, with the females, provided -the
mutineers would give him one of the boats and the neces=
Coro nrnvicinna Thic thnv cuwnPrl fn acennt fn hilt nn hia

by means of a strm__
adopted grounded upon the principle of this bill, it would
be impossible to legislate generally upon the' subject,
which must be abandoned to all the evils of local legisla-
tion. _ _ _

ss a measure was

and after transacting all this real business the hoiise
adjourned Wore nine o'clock
Ma. BAINES AND THE. NAVIGATION LAws.—When
Lord J. Russell offered to Mr. Baines, M.P. for Hull, the
Presidency of the Poor Law Board, the latter gentleman
franigly avowed that he was pledged to his constituents to
vote for the navigation laws; but as that was the only
obstacle—Mr. Baines having been found to accord in
opinion with the cabinet upon all other important ques-
tions—hii lordship agreed to waive it, rather than.that
the country should be deprived of the benefit of the great
administrative abilities of the hon. gentleman.

'Mr. HENLEY, Sir J. PAKINGTON, Mr. BROTHERTON,
Mr. SLANEY, and other members, spoke more or less
approvingly of the general features of the plan. '
Mr. SPOONER doubted whether the proposal to take
away the security of theroads, and-transfer the'£8,000;000
of -debt, to the county rate, would not alarm the bond
creditors; and Capt. Pechell and Sir George Strickland
were averse to placing the management of roads in the
hands of Boards of Union Guardians.

going on deck he was seized, bound, and thrown over-
board. They then threw the papers and documents also
overboard, and gating out a large quantity of gold, 'di-
vided it amongst the remainder of the crew, compelling
each to take a part. On the night of the sth, the murder=
ers having drunk freely, two of them went to sleep, w.heu
the carpenter, in accordance with a plan arranged by some
of the crew, killed them with his axe, while others attacked
the third murderer, who resisted, but was likewise dis-
patched by Smith, and the vessel brought to those islands
(the Sandwich) by the apprentices, Thomas Gannon and
Charles M'Donald. The specie, about 300,000 dollars;
has been secured by her Majesty's consul-general. Mrs.
Cookeand her servant are living on shore, and it is expected
will return to the coast of Mexico when an opportunity
offers.

We are rejoiced to find that the West India proprietors
are at length arousing themselves to a consciousness of
their interests and a determination, to assert and enforce
their,rights through the medium of a Colonial Association,
which is now in process of formation, under the superifi-
tendence and presidency of a gentlemab in every way
pre-eminently adapted for such an office. Mr. Henry
Marshal is the gentleman who has, at the solicitation bf
many persons of influence connected with the colonial
interest, undertaken the important task of conducting this
movement.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY

The house went into committee, and
Mr. LABOUCHERE proceeded to bring under considera-
tion his resolution upon which to found a bill for the
alteration of the Navigation Laws. He proposed to repeal
those statutes, leaving, however, a power with the'Privy
Council to retain thetnin cases in which it might be bene-
ficial to British interests so to-do.. He also proposed to
break down the monopoly of ship-building in this coun-
try by an alteration of the law of registry. He proposed
to keep the coasting trade from, place to place as it now
stood, but he would allow either an English or foreign
-vessel bound for a foreign port, to touch at several Bri-
tish ports, taking cargo at each prior to proceeding on her
long voyage. This was the' only alteration of any conse-

THE COUNT OUT.—An irrefragable proof of his anxiety
to expedite the public business of the country was afforded
by Lord John Russell on Thursday last, when he got one
of his supporters to count the house out ten minutes after
the Speaker had taken the chair. There were not, it is
true, more than twenty-four members present ; but thero
was business enough, at all events, to make it worth while
to give the absent members time to flock in. There were
no fewer than twenty-six notices of motion on the papery
besides four government orders of the day, of which one
was the report of the suspension of the Habeas Corpus
Act in Ireland, another the report of the committee' of the
whole house on the grant of £50.000 for the relief of
distress in Ireland.

qUence which he proposed.
In reply to a question from Mr. Alderman THOMPSON,

Mr. LABoucnitam said that Mr. Bancrcift had informed
him that he was, on the part of America, ready to sign a
treaty to-morrow, conceding the right to participate in
the American coasting trade to • British shipping, if this
country gave a similar concession to the shipping of
America. He informed that gentleman that he could not
anticipate the decision of the House of Commons. He
hoped to be able in the 'present session to bring in a bill
with respect to the light dues, and also a bill with respect
to the Merchant Seaman's Fund, which latter would be
on a somewhat different principle from the bill of last
session. The right hon. gentleman concluded by moving
a resolution in accordance with the objects stated in his

Lord Stanley gave a grand Parliamentary entertain-
ment on Saturday last at his residence in St. James's-
square, when the following noblemen and gentlemen,
members of the House of Commons, dined with his lord=
ship—the Marquis of Granby, Viscount Mandeville, the
Right Hon. C. E. Law, Sir Lucius O'Brien, Sir Henry
Halford, Colonel Rolleston, Captain Jones, Mr. B. Dis,
raeli, Mr. G. Bankes, Mr. R. A. Christopher, Mr. R. S.
Bourke, Mr. C. L. Cumming Bruce, Mr. Geo. Hudson,
Mr. James Milnes Gaskell, Mr. R. Spooner Mr. John
Stuart, the Hon. F. Scott, Mr. C. W. Packe, Mr. J.
Napier, Mr. J. Neild, Mr. Milnes, and Mr. Waddington.
The noble Lord had large Parliamentary dinners on
Wednesday and Saturday.
DISSATISFIED FREE TRADERS.—SeCession is the order
of the day among the Free Traders. Mr. Muntz is asked
to join in the celebration of the triumph of Free Trade at
Manchester, and bluntly replies, that he sees no results
which deserve celebration. Mr. Baines is desired by
Lord John Russell to take the Chair of the Poor Law
Commission, and replies, " Not if I am expected to sup-
port the repeal of the Navigation Laws !" Yet does not
Lord John recal his offer with indignation ; nor do the
electors of Birmingham demand an explanation from
their plain-spoken representative. The truth is, that the
cheat is iwetty well understood; and in England, as in
rrance, Inc IPacwrs, ulzu. riuulU giauiy
replace themselves in the position they were in in 1845,
if they knew how to do so so as to escape ridicule.

slieech

Mr. Hansues said, if the right hon. gentleman had
thought proper to give them information as to the altera-
tion he now proposed in the bill of last session, he would
not have opposed the proposition in its present stage ;
nor did he think even now that, on a question of such
importance, it would be prudent to enter into the whole
question until the nature of the proposed alteration could
be fully considered. He thought it hard, that, when he
asked for this information for the benefit of the house,
the right hon. gentleman should have refused to accord it,
and yet have allowed it to be made public through the
columns of a public journal. If there was no injury in
communicating it through such a channel to the public,
he could not understand why it should be positively refu-
sed to hon. members of that house. It appeared to him
that we were abandoning all our exclusive privileges to all
foreign countries, rebervitlF, tu llutoclico vuly
if they will grant similar advantages, which most of them
cannot do, to us, to maintain those laws as against such
countries. Suppose France should refuse to us a share in
her carrying trade, and that we should, therefore, exclude
French shipping from the privileges we accorded to all
others, would not France have a right to say, " We do
not understand this. You have done away with your
navigation laws for your own benefit, and why retain
against us laws which you have abrogated against all
others ?" The right hon. gentleman (Mr. Labouchere)
Had dwelt upon the injury which these laws inflicted upon
Canada and other of our colonies, at which he was
surprised when he recollected that it was the pre-
sent government which, by its legislation, had pros-
trated and utterly ruined the greater number of those
colonies. The reason why Canada asked for the repeal of
the navigations laws was, that the Government had
deprived them of the protecting duties which they
Previously enjoyed ; and if they restored those
duties they would never hear a word again about repealing'
the navigation laws from that quarter. It was, however,
upon the fundamental principle of the navigation laws
that the opposition to the measure must be based. The
resolution professed to modify our navigation laws,
whereas the real proposition was to abrogate them. He
had no doubt that by admitting the competition of
foreigners they would diminish freight, and thus perhaps
confer an apparent benefit on the consumer, but that ad-
-vantage would be only apparent, for the difference of
freight on tons of goods could never find its way beyond
the retail dealer, if it could even find its way to hiin. The
consumer would not benefit one farthing. With respect
to the carrying on European trade he thought it right so
far to modify our navigation laws as to throw open that
trade upon a principle well understood and just in itself—
that of reciprocity. He wished that those who professed
such a respect for the principles of Mr. Huskisson would
adopt those principles in their measures, and adjust their
propositions to the concessions which might be made by
others. That gentleman in one of his speeches had said
that there was a spirit of rivalry with us prevalent in
America which should render every Englishman cautious
bow he adopted any measures which could give encourage-
ment to the commercial marine of that country. He
wished they would act upon this advice, instead of taking
a course which would invest a vast amount of British
capital in the promotion of foreign ship-building, to the
detriment of our own. Haying stated many of the grounds
upon which he should oppose the second reading of the
bill, the right hon. •gentleman sat down amidst general
cheers from the opposition benches.

RAILWAY

AFFAIRS.

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The directors of the North-western Railway Company
have notified that any of their servants who accept gra-
tuities from passengers will be immediately dismissed.
Mr. Burke, an Irish contractor, has been the successful
candidate for the construction of the Parkgate, Chester,
and Birkenhead Junction Railway. The first sod was
" turned" last week.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY .—Traffic for the
week ending the 11th instant :—Coaching traffic, £744
10s. 2d. ; parcels, £4B lls. 3d. ' • goods and cattle, £2BO
2s. 3d. ; steam-boats, £ll2 ss. 4d. ;—total, £llB5 9i.
Some miscreant placed an iron bar across:the railway
near Sudbury Station, with the intention of upsetting an
express train which did not stop at the' station. The
guarding iron in front of the wheels of the locomotive
pushed the bar forward till the train was stopped.
On Monday, an important branch of .the Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire line was opened for piAbfic
traffic. It is a short line of 7+ miles, by means of whiclia
junction with the Midland Railway will be formed, and
the distance between Derby and Manchester considerably
shortened, and the passengers will avoid going round•by
Masborough. The gradients are lin 150. There is one
tunnel on the line 374 yards long.
MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY. The half-yearly
meeting of this company was held at Derby, on Thursday,
Geo. Hudson, Esq., in the chair. The meeting was nu-
merously attended. The report was read by the secretary.
A dividend of five per cent. was recommended to be paid,
after which a balance of upwards of £16,000 would remain
to be carried to the account of the current half-year. It,
was moved and seconded by two proprietors from Liver-
pool, that a committee be appointed to investigate the
affairs of the company. This was negatived by a large
majority.
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.—The usual
half-yearly meeting was held on Thursday. Mr. Russell,
Ivi.P., chairman of the board of directors, presided. The
report stated that the company had maintained, and in
some degree increased their receipts during the last six
months, although the general business of railways had
fallen off, and this company had to contend against some
special disadvantages. The report was unanimously
adopted, after which several resolutions were passed,
among them one approving of the dividend of three per
cent. for the half-year.
SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.—The half-
yearly general meeting was held on Thursday, Mr. W.
Chaplin, M.P., in the chair. The report stated the reve-
nue of the current half-year would afford a dividend at
the rate of five per cent. per annum. An animated dis-
cussion arose on the proposition that the company should
take a fourteen years' lease of the packets and property
belonging to the South-Western Steam-packet Company.
On the motion that the directors be empowered to com-
plete this lease, a poll was ordered to be taken on Friday,
at the Waterloo Bridge Station. The meeting adjourned
to Saturday. Thr numbers who voted for the lease were
1,673, against 829. Colonel Henderson, Mr. Seymer,
M.P., and Col. Reid were elected directors by a large
Tuak.tualr; Sergeant Gagqei not having half the
try ac gcuti le I.

-.W0.-

HOUSE OF LORDS.-THURSDAN

The Bishop of OXFORD laid on the table a bill for the
Punishment of Fraudulent Seduction of Women, which
was read a first time, and ordered to be printed.

The Right Rev. Prelate then gave notice, that on
Thursday next he should move the appointment of a
select committee to consider the best means Great Bri-
tain can adopt for providing for the final extinction of the
slave trade.

On the motion of Lord BROUGHAM, the Criminal Law
Consolidation Bill, and the Bankrupt Law Consolidation
Bill, were read a second time, and .referred to a select
committee.

On the motion of Lord CAMPBELL, the Larceny Acts
tI.IIICLUILILGtav -mans% . -I ---1 A. CA.

sation, in which the Marquis of Salisbury, the Dukeof
Richmond, Lord Brougham, Lord Stanley, and several
other noble lords took part.

LONDON AND NORTH-`WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.
—The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at.
twelve o'clock on Friday, at the Euston Hotel, Euston-
square, London. The circulars calling the meeting an-'
nounced that it would be proposed to consolidate into
Stock the £lO shares (A. and B) of the late Manchester
and Birmingham Railway, and such of the £2O shares of
the late London and Birmingham Railway, and £4O shares
of the late Grand Junction Railway, as had been paid up
in full. The meeting was very numerously attended by
proprietors from all parts of the country.—Mr. G. C.
Glynn, M.P., the chairman of the company, presided.
He said the directors had, as promised, presented to the
shareholders a statement of the accounts two or three
days previous to the general meeting. The directors had
stated everything without the slightest concealment.
There had been some increase in the working charges, as
compared with the same period of 1847, from causes over
which the directors had no control. Lord Campbell's
Act had operated against the company, upwards of
£lO,OOO having been paid during the half-year, as com-
pensation for accidents. The directors, too, had thought
it their duty to take from the revenue account no less
than £22,000, which had been applied to the renewal of
stock. The increase was accounted for by additions to
the plant. There was a small diminution in the passen-
ger traffic, owing to the depressed state of trade. With
regard to the goods traffic, the change in their becoming
carriers had been pecuniarily beneficial to them. The
depreciation in railway property had he believed mainly
arisen from a conspiracy on the part of those who had
benefited by it. For instance, he knew cases where
stock had been sold in July, to be delivered in October,
the parties in the meantime doing all in their power to
depreciate its value for their own advantage. He entered
into a statement of the circumstances of the proposed
amalgamation with the Great Western and South West-
ern Railways, and said, that though the negotiations had
failed, the object in view, which was to save useless ex-
pense in contests and competition, had been practically
effected ; and that the greatest harmony prevailed between
the several companies upon all points. The chairman
concluded in these words, " Do not, gentlemen, let any
idea enter into your heads, that the stock of 'the London
and North-Western Railway is not a secure and a per-
manent, property."—(Cheers.)--The rgport was. read.
In this the directors -Amy* at the close : —" We

Earl GREY. in reply to a question by Lord Stanfey,,
relative to the intention of the Government with respect
to transportation, said that for the future every male
convict sentenced to transportation would; if his health
permitted, be sent to the colonies. In the first place,
however, he would be placed in separate confinement at
Pentonvilled or Wakefield for a period not exceeding 18
months, but rarely more than 12 ; after the lapse of that
confinement he would be sent to Gibraltar, Bermuda,
or the establishment now in course of formation at Port-
land, for a certain period, and then removed to the colo-
nies. The case with respect to females was one of much
greater difficulty, and on that subject no final decision
had been come to.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY.

After the presentation of ;eVeral petitions, Mr. H.
BERKELEY gave notice, for an early day, of a motion for
taking votes at elections of Parliament by way of ballot.
Lord J. RUSSELL gyve notice that he would, on Mon-
day, move that, on Ash-Wednesday, the house should
meet at two instead of twelve o'clock, to enable the Mem-
bers to attend Divine Service.

Mr. LABOIICHERE said he would take the second read-
ing of the Navigation Laws Repeal Bill on Monday, the
sth of March.

In reply"to a question from Mr. Bankes, Lord PALMER•
STUN said our differences with Spain had not been adjusted.
Lord J. RUSSELL moved that the report on the Habeas
"Carpus Suspension (Ireland) Bill be brought up.
Several &visions on this subject, and on the Irish Relief
Bill took place, but ultimately the reports on both bills
were brought up.

't E LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

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ongratulate the proprietors upon the ftivourible
auspices under which the present half-year has com-
menced. The returns of traffic for the first six weeks of
1849, show an increase over the corresponding period of
1848, of £14,400, which the directors trust may be re-
garded as the commencement of that enlarged traffic to be
anticipated ;min the returning prosperitynf the country."
The disposable balance of that revenue at'the termination
of the half,year was £630,320. The proposed dividend of
32 per cent., being at the rate of / percent. per annum,-
would absorb £551,922 9s. 10d. A balance was conse-
quently left, to he carried to the credit of the current half-
year, of .C 1,398 Os. 2d, The balance on the preceding
half-year's account was £44,368 Is.—The report and
accounts were unanimously adopted, as was the dividend
-672,341 per cent for the half-year.—The directors were em-
powered to take measures to relive the' company from its
heavy assessments to parochial and' local rates. These
amount to upwards of £58,000 per annum.—Mr. T. R.
Greig (of Manchester) urged the discontinuance of the
goods traffic on Sundays, and he hoped to see the time
when no trains whatever would be run on the Lord's day:
He moved " That no trains belonging to this company bi
permitted to run on the Lord's day, except required by
Act of Parliament, or in special cases of necessity." After
some remarks from the chairman, who thought the pre-
sent arrangements, granting some accommodation to the
public on Sundays, under proper regulations, which gave
their servants the time and opportunity to attend divine
service, ought to satisfy the scruples of all conscientious
Christians,—the motion was negatived. He added that
the dividend would be payable on the 26th instant.—The
meeting was then made special, for the, purpose of creating
new shares in connection with the Huddersfield and
Manchester Railway Company, and a resolution to that
effect was passed.

LAW

INTELLIGENCE.

VICE CHANCELLOR'S COURTS.—THURSDAY
(Before Sir L. Shadwell.)
SHARP V. ARBUTHNOT.

This was a motion for an injunction to restrain Messrs:
Gladstone and Serjeantson, brokers of Liverpool, from
proceeding with an action at law on two bills of exchange
for £2,736 and £Bl9, which had been accepted by the
plaintiff, and indorsed over to the defendants by Messrs::
Arbuthnot and Ewart, of Liverpool. The plaintiff em-
powered Messrs. Arbuthnot and Ewart, through their
agents at Bombay, to purchase cotton on their behalf.
Accordingly cotton was purchased, and shipped on board
the'ship Majestic. and at the same time the bills were
drawn on the cotton, and sent by the overland mail, and
arrived iri England, and were accepted, prior to the arrival
of the cotton.: They were subseqftently indorsed to
Messrs. Gladstone and Co. but when the cotton arrived
the plaintiff objected to the quality, and on an action
being commenced on the bills, filed a bill in this court to
restrain this and other actions.
The Vice Chancellor said he could not divest himelf of
the idea that something remained to be inquired into.
He did not mean to question the defendants' statement,
but the real facts of the case would come out hereafter.
He was not conversant with the dealings of merchants
and brokers; but it seemed a strange thing to say, "I have
a bill which the acceptor may not pay ; therefore take
these two of mine, and give me yours." Thiis might be
consistent with commercial prudence ; but he could not
believe it was the ordinary course of dealing. The case
was one for inquiry.
His Honour refused to direct the money to be paid into
court.