The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-03-02 00:00:00

THE BENCH AND THE BAR

The Judges arrived at Newcastle-upon-Tyne on
ThurAday.

The Court of Queen's Bench has decided that share-
holders in proprietary schools and colleges are liable for
the books ordered by_ the Principal.
-. ILLNESS OF MR. BARON PLATT.-7-During the recent
severe frost, Mr. Baron Platt had the misfortune .to slip
down, and hurt his hip so severely that an operation was
deemed necessary. Mr. Travers operated on Tuesday,
and the Learned Baron has since been going on favourably.
Mr. Henry Stephens, the inventor of the writing fluids,
has reeently:Obtained a final decision in the American
Courts in his favour (after the most protracted law pro.ceedings), establishing his right to the profits arising
from the use of his inventions An the United States. 'TII.
Icase is one of importance to English patentees.
On Wednesday, the Lord Chancellor affirmed the judg-,
ment of the Vice Chancellor, with costs, refusing the
injunction to restrain Messrs. Nott and Co., the patentees
'of the electro-magnetic teligraph, from an alleged in-
fringement of a patent granted to the Electric Telegraph
Company ; thereby establishing the perfect Yaliditt of the
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patent of the former entlemeii. .
Her Majesty has directed letters patent to be passed,
appointing Lord Langdale, Lord Beaumont, .Toseph
Humphry, Esq., Henry Bellenden Ker, Esq., Walter
Coulson, „Esq. (barristerii-at-law), George Frere,- Esq.,
and Francis Broderip, Esq., her Majesty's commissioners
for inquiring whether the burthens on land can be dimi-
nished by the establishMent of in effective system for the
registration of deeds and •the simplification of the forms
of conveyance..

A Pluvutogn LErrie.n.—A case v.as tried at ~the
Quken'F., Bench, ,the other day, in which 'a Mr. Green
sought' cotupensatiOn • from Mrs. Gillett for libel. Mr.
Green alleged that he had paid his addresses. to a Miss
Hook, who, With her family, received him faYourably till
Mrs. Gillett wrOtea letter maligning his character, When
he was dismissed. It appeared, on the other hand, that
the young lady and her. father had heard matters of
paragement relative to Mr. Green from other quarters,
and that Mrs. Gillett's letter :was in reply to a letter from
Miss 1164 A, requesting her opinion and advice. The Lord
Chief• Justice,: in leaYing.the case to the jury, said that he
considered thelerias of Mrs; Gillett's letter to be action-
able if the occasion did not justify, the use of them. The
jury *onld determine that point ! • and if they thought,the
occasion was a sufficient justitimtion,lhen the letter would
be consideretla privileged communication. The jury, with-
t out a moment's delay, returned aerdict for the ,defen-

RAILWAY AFFAIRS.

The Norfolk pays a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent
per annum.

- The Eastern Union is about' to amalgamate with the
I Norfolk.

The Manchester and Leeds have confirmed the amalga-
mation with the Preston and Wyre.
The Manchester and Lincoln Union and Chesterfield
and Gainsborough Canal have agreed to incorporate with
the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire.
At least 5} per cent. per annum certain has been gau-
ranteed by the South-Eastern to the Reading, Guildford
and Reigate, and accepted by the latter.
The Middlesborough and Redcar works having ex-
ceeded the contract, it was agreed to raise £15,000 addi-
tionally. The traffic thus far had equalled expectation.
At a meeting of shareholders in the North Wales Rail-
way Company, held in this town on Tuesday, Mr. J. L.
Butler was authorised to attend the half-yearly meeting,
and try to effect an entire change in the directors.
The Enfield and Edmonton have disposed of their cot-
poration to the Eastern Counties, on receipt of a bonus of
59. per share, and payment of all expenses up to time of
purchase. _ _

A perpetual lease of the South Wales to the Great
Western at 5 per cent. per annum for the first five years,
with half surplus profits afterwards, was reported as con-
cluded at the meeting of the South Wales. The calls had
been paid with unusual alacrity.

,The usual dividend of £2 2s. 6d. per share, subject to
income-tax, was declared at the meeting of the South-
Western, on Friday. It is now clear that the first effect
of lowering the fares, at first so discouraging, is passed,
and t6,t the receipts are again buoyant.
The line from Blackburn to Darwen is expected to be
opened in May or June next, and the entire line to Bolton
early next year. The company is likely to amalgamate
with the Blackburn, Clitheroe and North-Western Junc-
tion.

Better prospects at last are dawning on the Blackwall
shareholders. A half-yearly dividend of 4s. per share,
clear of income-tax, has been declared. In order to bring
the line int() successful co-operation with others, it has
been determined to reduce the guage, and to alter the
present system of motive power.

- The dividend declared at the meeting of the Norfolk
Railway shareholders, on Tuesday, was at the rate of 7
per cent. per annum, and the prospects of the under-
taking are regarded as encouraging. The report of the
directors met with the concurrence of the shareholders in
attendance. It recommended the acceptance of the offer
of the North Union to lease their line at 72 per cent.,
and they confirmed the agreement. The line already
pays 7 per cent.
A splendid candelabra and service of plate, consisting
of twenty pieces, and valued at £1,500 is about to be pre-
sented to Mr. James Locke, chief engineer of the Lon-
don and North Western Railway. The principal articles
are three candelabra, formed of stems and foliage of the
vine, the leaves and fruit the size of nature. The buttons

or knobs on the dish covers, which represent different
kinds of vegetables, such as the tomato, the artichoke,
cucumber, &c., are admirable.
EXTRAORDINARY WIRE ROPE.—On Thursday, there
was shipped at the Galvanised iron and Wire-Rope Works
of Mr. Andrew Smith, Millwall, Poplar, a wire-rope,
which was no less than 3,600 yards long, 3 inches circum-
ference, and weighed 7 tons 15 cwts., and ordered for an
incline plane in Lancashire, between Blackburn and Bol-
ton. This is, no doubt, the largest wire-rope ever yet
made; and it was only commenced last Monday, and
the wire was in bars of iron not more than ten days
before.

A half yearly dividend of 4s. per share, clear of income
tax, was declared at the meeting of the Blackwall Railway
shareholders on Tuesday, and the report presented was
received as satisfactory. The total receipts amounted to
£34,801 6s. 9d. It appears to be considered necessary,
in order to bring the line into successful co-operation
with the Epping and other routes, to alter the present
system of motive power, and the estimate of Mr. Locke
is, that the necessary arrangements will involve an expense
of £26,046.
EXTENSION OF THE SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY."

On Saturday week, the viaduct reached Glasshouse-street,
Lambeth, having completed one-half of the proposed
extension, and already crossed the Kennington and Vaux-
hall-bridge-roads. Since then the houses in Gloucester.
row, Princes-row, Moss-fields, Salamanca-place; street,
and row, together with several in Anderson's-walk, have
been demolished for the further progress ; as also, in the
course of a few days, the houses on either side of the
Westminster-bridge-road, where the railway crosses at
the Marsh-gate.—Globe.

The shareholders in the Northern Counties Union
Railway Company, at their half-yearly meeting held on
Wednesday in London, ratified the agreement entered
into for an amalgamation, on almost equal terms, with the
Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junc-
tion Company, and the opinion appeared to be entertained
that the arrangement will lead to the most beneficial re-
sults for the shareholders in both undertakings. With
the funds in hand, amounting to £55,510 7s. Bd. and the
proceeds of the call of £1 10s. per share, payable in April
next, the directors propose to commence active operations
in the spring on that portion of the route from Wath up
to Wensleydale, and from Tebay to the junction with the
main line.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT ON THE HULL AND SELBY
RAILWAY.--A most dreadful accident happened on this
line on Sunday week. The mail train left the Hull
station at six p.m. for London, being drawn by two
engines, the Kingston and York, and having Bight pas-
senger carriages and five carriages laden with fish attached.
The train had proceeded to within about a mile and a half
of Hessle, the first station, when, from some unexplained
cause, the second engine, the York, sprang off the rails,
and dashed into the passenger carriages attached to the
Kingston, forcing seven of them off the rails with terrific
violence, and smashing them to atoms. The greater
number of passengers were of course thrown out; one,
Mr. James Brown, of Hessle, tin plate worker, was killed
on the spot ; another, named James Waring, of Dews-
bury, was so dreadfully injured that he died at the Coburg
Hotel, Hessle, whither he was taken on the following
evening ; and eight others are now lying at various inns
in Hessle, suffering from the fearful injuries they have
sustained.

BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE JUNC-
TION RAILWAY.-The half-yearly meeting of the propri-
etors took place at the Town-hall, Birkenhead, on Satur-
day, Joseph Bailey, Esq., Jun., M.P., in the chair. The
secretary read the report. The works on the line between
Chester and Warrington, contracted for by Mr. Brassev,
a distance of 18 miles, and including a tunnel of 2,050
yords, and a.viaduct of 580 yards, were in rapid progress
towards completion. These were the only heavy works on
the whole line. The arrangements with landowners on
other parts were proceeding satisfactorily. Applications
were to be made this session of parliament for amalga-
mating the 'Chester and Birkenhead Railway with this
company ; also to deviate the line between. Chester and
Helsby, and to confirm the purchase of land on the mar-
gin of the Birkenhead Docks for a station. Arrange-
ments had been satisfactorily come to with other railway
Companies for the erection of a joint. station at Chester:
The committee, on application had decided to take an in-
terest to the amount of £20,000 in the Mold Railway. It
appeared by the accounts that the expenses of the Act of
Parliament had been £40,267, and that the general expen-
diture was £28,600. The deposit of £2 15s. per share, on
44,308 shares, was £122,094 ; and the balance to the cre-
dit of the company was £57,767. The Chairman made
some observations of a gratifying nature relative to the
progress of the line, and moved
Mr. John L
the confirnaiiria,, and tionof the
report. This was seconded by
car-
ried. There was no other business of importance, and
thanks being voted to the chairman, the meeting se-
narated.

POLITICAL 'MICELLANI

represention 0.

anehes'

Mr. William Brown, M.P., was presented to her Ma-
jesty, by Lord John Russell, at the levee on Wednesday.
Mr. Brown has the reputation of having been consulted
by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, before he made the
" financial statement."

TEN HOURS FACTORY BlLL.—This bill was read a
second time in the House of Commons on Friday. It is
understood that the motion for the bill going into com-
mittee will be made on Wednesday. There will be some
opposition, but there is not much doubt that the motion
will he carried. The opponents of the measure will try
in committee to transform " ten" into " eleven" hours,
but it is much hoped that the bill will be preserved in its
present form.
The House of Commons at present consists of 656
members, the two vacant seats at Sudbury being still in
abeyance, making the total number 658. Of these there
are 44 members between the ages of 21 and 30, 159 be.
tween 31 and 40, 213 between 41 and 50, 155 between 51
and 60, 67 between 60 and 70. and 15 above 70. The
oldest member in the house is Mr. Denison, the member
for West Surrey, aged 77—the youngest the Earl of Gros.
venor, member for Chester, aged 22. The average age of
the entire house is 50 years.

DIISERTION OF PROTESTANTISM.—The second reading
of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill was carried onn. Wed-
nesday by a majority of only three-104 members voting
for it, and 101 against it, Amongst the names in the
majority for the measure, we rind those of W. Brown,
W. Ewart, Lord G. Bentinek, J. Bright, J. Brotherton,
Sir J. Graham, Sir R. Peel, Lord J. Russell, and T.
Thornely. Agaln4 the measure we find the votes of Sir
Howard Douglas, W, Entwisle, Sir P. Egerton, W. T:
Egerton, J. rolleinache, J. I. Blackburne, G. Finch,
Capt. Gladstone, Sir R. Inglis, H. Goulburn, Col. Sib-
thorp,'Sie. Lord Sandon and Mr. Wilsou Patten were
absent.

THE EIGHT MILIAGNS LOAN.—On Monday, a num-
ber of the capitalists of the city assembled at the treasury
to offer their opinions as to the best mode of raising tin'
proposed loan. The Chancellor of the Exchequer took
the chair. There were present—Baron Rothschild and
his brother. Mr. Bates, of the firm of Baring Brothers,
Sir I. L. Goldsmid ; Messrs. W. B. Williams, Lawrence,
T. Baring, Wills, Thomson, A. Hankey, F. Ricardo, H.
St. J. Midway, J. G. Scott, James Capel, George Bar-
nard, and many other wealthy capitalists. The Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer stated the terms upon which the
contract for eight millions were to bid for. He said he
Must have the money in whole before the 15th of October
next. He therefore proposed to take tenders on Monday
for the loan; in one lot: The Government. desired to
make the loan in Consols' and the biddings would be
in a money payment, vo Consols, (at a minimwn price
to be fixed by. the Government; a sealed paper with respect
to which would be placed upon the table,) at a price above
the quotation in the sealed paper. The Chancellor of the
Exchequer would not on any account allow of discount
The payments to thiS loan are to' be by monthly instal-
ments, and if regularly paid up to July, to herinterest
from January last.

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS;

The Rev. Mr. Wellesley has been appointed Principal
of New Inn Hall, Oxford.

The Rev. Edward Cardwell, D.D. Principal of St. Al-
ban's Hall, is the new examiner in Theology at Oxford.
The Cambridge Chronicle, generally well informed on
church matters, says that the Rev. E. Blick, rector of
Rotherhithe, will be one of the new bishops.
The annual general meeting of the Manchester Church-
Education Society was held on Monday, in the Town-
hall, King-street. There was a numerous attendance,
including the Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean (Dr. Her,
bert), the Rev. Canon Wray, the Rev. Canon Sergeant,.
the Rev. Canon Clifton, the Revs. Ff. Stowell, H. W.
M'Grath.

A font for the baptism of grown-up persons by immer—
sion has been constructed m Trevethin Church, Ponty.--
pool. It is large enough to admit hoth minister and
candidate for baptism into the water, and yet there is a.
provision made for the minister to• administer it without
going into the water, by a flight of steps made almost as
low as the bottom of the cistern.

In the House of Commons, on Tuesday, Lord John
Russell, in reply to Mr. J. Collet, observed that it was
not intended to unite the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor ;
that a new bishopric was to be founded for Manchester,
and that three other new bishoprics were in contempla-
tion, to be endowed from the existing revenues of the,
church, but without giving eats in the House of Lords.
ST. SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, LEEDS.—Recently we pre-
sented to our readers a copy of a clerical address to the
Lord Bishop of Ripon in reference to this church, and
also his lordship's answer to that address. The laity have
also taken up the matter, and an address to the bishop is
now in the course of signature in Leeds, thanking• his
lordship for his seasonable interposition on that occasion.
CONVERSIONS TO ROMANISM.—Mr. Kingdon, of Tn.
nity College Cambridge, has made his profession of the
Roman Catholic faith. The Rev. John Gordon, M.A.,
whose registration "of the curacy of Christ Church, fit.
Pancras, has withdrawn from ministerial duty in the
Established Church, on grounds similar to those which
led to the resignation of his colleague.
WESTMINSTER ABBEY.—The Dean and Chapter of
Westminster have determined on restoring to the tombs
of Queen Eleanor and King Henry V., the rich old con-
temporary iron-work taken down on the recommendation
of Sir Francis Chantrey, sold at so much a' cwt. to ati
ironmonger in Westminster, and subsequently rebought
by the Dean and Chapter, and allowed to rust in -an ad-
joining vault.

CHANCELLORSIIIP OF CAMBRIDGE.—The election of s'
chancellor for the University of Cambridge, in the room
of the late Duke of Northumberland, commenced on
Thursday. At a quarter before ten, the doors of the se-
nate-house were opened, and shortly afterwards the gal-
leries were completely filled by the under-graduates, who
amused themselves by cheering and groaning in their
usual vociferous style. At ten o clock the vice-chancellor
entered the senate-house, and took his station at the ta-
ble, and, with the two proctors and the junior doctor in
divinity present, stood in scrutiny. The proceedings were
commenced by one of the beadles reading the 33d statute
of Elizabeth. The vice-chancellor then gave his vote (for
Prince Albert), next the senior proctor (for Earl Powis),
and then the junior proctor (for Prince Albert) ; after
which, the votes of the members of the senate generally
were received. The votes are written on a card, which
the voter delivers to the vice-chancellor, who, having read
it aloud, drops it into a box, which stands before him.
having divisions, two one labelled " For Prince Albert,"
the other " For Earl Powis " Amongst the earliest votes
for H.R.H. Prince Albert were the Bishops of Norwich,
Ely, and Hereford, the Marquis of Exeter, Lord Mon-
teagle, Sir J. Herschell, and the Right Hon. H. Goul-
burn. The Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl Grey, and the
Bishops of London and Norwich, also voted for Prince
Albert in the course of the morning. Amongst the vot-
ers for Lord Powis was Sir Lancelot Shadwell. The poll
for the first three hours was strongly in favour of Earl
Powis, but in the afternoon Prince Albert gained upon his
competitor. At the close of the poll in the evening, the
numbers stated by the two committees varied consider-
ably. The following are the two statements :—By Prince
Albert's committee, H.R.H. Prince Albert, 618 ; Earl
Powis, 601; majority for Prince Albert, 17.—8 y Earl
Powis's committee, Earl Powis, 610 ; H.R.H. Prince Al-
bert, 602 ; majority for Earl Powis, 8. On Friday, the
voting was renewed. At half-past ten Prince Albert was
25 a-head, which was reduced at half-past twelve to 10.
At this time, the excitement of the earl's friends was at
the highest pitch. The Prince, however, then began to
increase his majority, which wore steadily upwards until
the poll closed for the day, when the numbers were,—for
Prince Albert, 875 ; Earl Powis, 789 ;—majority for the
Prince 86. The Dean of Ely and Sir H. J. Fust voted
for Prince Albert, and among those who voted for Earl
Powis was the Duke of Buccleuch, Mr. Justice Patteson,
W. Entwisle, Esq., Rev. C. Wordsworth. and Mr. Jusl.
tice Cresswell. On Saturday, Prince Albert's majority
kept increasing until twelve o clock, when the Prince was
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excitement prevailed the whole of the time; the under
t
graduates filling the Senate-house with all sorts of noises,
and launching down peas, caps, &c., from the galleries as
thick as hailstones. It now remains to be seen whether
Prince Albert will accept the honour. At the contest in
1811, when the Duke of Gloucester was elected in oppo-
sition to the Duke of Rutland, the number polled was
819, and the majority 117. At the great struggle for the
high stewardship, when Lord Lyndhurst was elected, the
total number polled was 1,380, and the majority 446.
COURT AND FASHION.

On Wednesday, the Queen held her second levee for (1?"
season at St. James's Palace. It was very nuirr, usil
and brilliantly attended,---remarkably so, when the early
commencement of the season is taken into account. On
Thursday evening her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured
with their presence the performances at her Majesty's
Theatre, in aid of the fund for the distressed Irish and
Scotch ; and on Saturday, the Queen held a Privy Council
at Buckingham Palace.
The Duke of Cambridge attained his 73rd year on
Wednesday.

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FASHIOItS FOR MARCH

(From the "London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of Fashion.")
There is no great variety in the make of evening dresses
this season, as far as the corsages arc concerned: they
continue to he pointed and with draperie or berthe, and
the sleeves very short ; the skirts are very long, and, if of
thick materials, form trains ; they are still made very full.
Velvet, figured satins, moires, and damas, are mostly
used for evening dress, and accord well with the neck-
laces, bandeaux of diamonds, now so fashionable. Tunics
of point d'Angleterre, forming short upper skirt, over
satin dress, with deep berthe and flounce to correspond,
have a very rich effect. Very small tips of marabouts,
feathers, on damns or brocarts of gold or silver, in small
Moorish patterns, have a beautiful effect. Generally
speaking, all dresses of clear materials, as gauzes, crapes,
lcc., are made with several skirts, the upper one forming
corbeille or tunic ; for young ladies taffetas are still much
in favour, and form toilettes of elegant simplicity. Flowers.
are very much used in ornamenting dresses, and gimP
very fashionable, and made in great variety, both as to
style anti lightness. Mantauts of gimp en relief are
sometimes placed on each side the skirts of crape or gauze
dresses, raising the tucks so as to form draperie termi-
nating with a nceud of gimp
jour : this weed may be
replaced by a feuillage of velvet. Dresses of taffetas
bouton d'or, sea green or all white, with triple flounce.,
are pretty for demi toilette. Crape bonnets and, catmint
are being made ornamented with flowers, encircled-with,
blond ; some are intermixed with straw or gimp, and are
of a lightness and elegance suitable to the spring season.
Bonnets of paille guipure will be amongst the earliest in

runners ornamented with velvet, and have a narrow
blond put on full at each coulisse. The evening clnfures
offer many pretty novelties ; the newest are the gipsy, of
black lace or dentelle d' or, intermixed with roses and
leaves ; the Coiffures Luisa and Odette are also prettY;
one formed of a half square of lace is quite novel ; the
of which crosses the
head, and the sides
the fichu. Marine flowero
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forehead
rene
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fidr:iusdbeeyr rounded,
the
honeysuckle,
border
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elrbeolfiai behind
spray
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are very fashionable this season, and compose mane
pretty eoijrares ; wreathes are numeroup, and widen into
full bunches at the ears.