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THE MORNI1SG POST, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1859. LAW INTELLIGENCE. agreed that it should be referrwTT decide as to the actual lne, an, FIELD-LANE RAGGED SCHOOL. PROPOSED SETTLEMENT OF THE GAS QUESTION. mi.

its i- ptamtitf, and which, by tbe verii'r, COURT OF 21. stood by the defendants, so a. thai (Before the Lord Chance.lor and the Lords of position was Appeal.) A numerously attended meeting ef the subscribers and friends of the above admirable institution was held yesterday evening in the large school-roem, Field-lane, for tbe purpose of inaugurating the opening of tbe new Female Refuge for the Homeless Giris' Reformatory, Boys' new Infant Schools, ice, which the manager of the institution have been enabled, owing to the liberal contributions of the benevolent, to add ta tbeir first muet praiseworthy COURT OF COM i7oTPL (anting, at Kg) Priu. i London 7V aud i PEARSS V. LIND3AY.

Upon this case, which stocd in the paper to be mentioned, being called on, i Mr Roit said that it was bis duty to inform tbeir lord-shits that the respective partus to the cause had, in accordance with their lordships' suggestion, used tbeir best endeaveurs. according to tbeir views, to effect a compro- jUrv 3I7SF. AVn IVnTUnr. undertaking. FREDERIC BE CONINCKS LAST PAMPHLET on the SUEZ CANAL.

We have already given in the columns of this journal in part the results, in part the detailed calculations, of M. Frederic de Coninck's last pamphlet on the Isthmus of Suez Canal. The statements which we hire already reproduced referred, however, to the comparative length and cost of the voyage when undertaken from the Lizard Point to the Straits of Sunda, according as it should be made by the Cape of Good Hope or by the Suez Canal. M. Frederic de Coninck, however, writing with a view principally to the shipping and commercial interests of France, does not confine his calculations to voyages commencing from the Lizard Point, as was naturally done by the Dutch commission, which of course chiefly looked to the maritime commerce of Holland and of all the North of Europe.

He presents us likewise with the calculation as to the poreio.v This was an action assinat tfa 'r? exchange for 750 and 480 Hs 1 endorsed at a rate of exchar.ee Up" V'' ment. The d-fendauts pieadli 'O Among the friends and supporters of the institution pre- 1 mis. bn lb' anaU'e to 11 "I rr. on behalf of bis ients, to make some oaarinai sent were tbe Earl of Shaftesbury, Rev. Mr.

Blunt (rector JJiJSmUtk. had been banded up to their If it be true, as tbe Journal of the Jsthmvs of Suez pretends, tbat tbe English Government seeks to bold back the band which ought to ratify the concession, it mast also be admitted tbat, on bis side, tbe Hon. M. de Lesseps baa endeavoured to force tbat very band, because, without waiting for tbe authorisation of tbe Sultan, and in flagrant violation of the conditions of his grant, be went and gave, on the 25tb of last April, that first and far-echoing stroke of the pickaxe, of which the noise sounded so very ill in tbe ears of tbe authorities at Constantinople. lathe midst of these various recriminations the second troke of tbe pickaxe will perhaps not be made for a pretty considerable period, and it appears to me tbat the leisure of the company eoold not be more profitably employed than in verifying the calculations of the Dutch commission, and in fending a commission to tbe London Lloyd's, to inquire into the real facta ef tbe case as regards the insurance premium for the navigation of tbe Red Sea for it is demonstrated by-tbe plainest evidence that, if tbe calculations ef the Dutch commission be exact, sad if it be true that the insurance premiam woald be higher by the Saez route than by tbat of tbe Cape of Good Hope, there would not exist, in anything at all resembling tbe proportions represented, tbe commercial traffic on which so imprudent a reckoning has been made made only by wilfully shotting one's eyes to the light.

If tbe Sublime Porte, whether fiom a regard to the interests of the 95,517 shares subscribed by the Turks or by I "it eucu nyue-paraj, lordships Th. Lord Chancellor said that when the application was plaintiffs 952 12. Bit hob. a. a.innairu, m.r., air.

K. fclanbury, M.P., Mr. S. Cave, M.P., Rev. Dr.

Camming, Rev. Mr. Thoresby, Mr. J. Payne (deputy-assistant judge of the Middlesex Magis made to place the case in tbe paper for this morning he had payble ia respect of the tat hoped that the Court was to be Informed that a compromise of action dctjrj uj i He had coobioction ana 31r- Ueashv In the mnrvinal notes 10 auesttoa oeen uiuc.

auu jJr. noflvmi. Th nlin.iff Sir H. Cairns objected altogether to tbe application being granted, and obtained leave to reply to thauotes in question. in opening question involved was onf! "life COOX V.

8T0RGBS. did rs affecting, as it Condon in reieren 5 01 lh This petition, presented by tbe plaintiff in tbe above- lorei named suit. wa opened a few day since before the Lrda was bill, Justices, and by them referred to the full Court. Tbe wnetuer, in case of tba Ik Ifi the party liable ia this oj of the exchange htL? whether, in ca nf I hi oi me exchange having i petition prayed an order uireciog axr. omrc, t(ie pro- aveui visional assignee, or Mr.

Commissioner Law (Chief Com- pay only the value of the hill ed event miseioner of Ihe Court for Relief of Insolvent Debtors in time it was dishonoured or nnln.l tn trarwter a sum nt ahtlVA 4.IHHJ l.nnanU. reriIVfifl fnr Iho hill r-J iu .1 standing in the names of tbat gentleman and two other the plaiutift Messrs. SuSe end dereudaots, Messrs. Wilhelui it, commi-sioeers of that court, into tne court ot cnan cerv, to be dealt wiih under an order ot the same lower-street, had laree JM tbe Egyptians whether frem a regard to the interests of r.inrt ma. to r.n an anneal rfpcirteri hprp in the month ot dAWflrtanfo mora special benefits to be obtained in the case of vessels starting from Marseilles.

We can easily understand how extremely disagreable M. de Coninck's logic and his undeniable, incontrovertible facts must have proved to the Isthmus of Suez Canal Company when, even under the conditions most favourable to their views, he triumphantly establishes that the voyage by the canal would still be a loss Let ns suppose that the point chosen in tbe Mediterranean it Marseilles. A sailing vessel would probably employ 30 days less January last. The money in question came into the com- psol and Messrs. Bush and UJaiiCo uw.u "rougn whom tho il? the railway from Alexandria to Saez (which belongs to the Viceroy of Egypt, and with which the canal might come into competition) or, finally, from any other reasons which it is not bound to state, sbooid persist in refusing its ratification to the conditional concession made to M.

de Lesseps, it woald be necessary to abandon an un acts lor lue renei oi insolvent ueuiurs. ah ui ueuis uuuor lis. tor ine two hi bis first insolvency have been paid, leaving a surplus of tbe rate of exchange on Vienna 11 and shm p-mentinned sum. The ilecrew marie the Lords us- sterlincr. Knur mnmi ucci utfcmrcu tuat auruiua iu unujif ut Lurcnoac in uc uuc.

iuc i imian war nail hmk 1 dertaking become impossible, to liquidate tbe concerns of going and returning by Suez than by tbe Cape, instead of piaiiuin, nr. uouk, auu io me Jiessi. i and Rennison. When Mr. Dyson became a second insolvent tbe commissioner retused to part with toe employing 21 days more, as we have seen would be tbe case when the point ef departure and of arrival was the Lizard caicju )vu ivunuK ci.mm.ui, i.i.

v.iui mis amount trie derpr, i "ipia Cook and others in conjunction with the creditors under tbe tiff's when the bill was return ots'Jtfii A proposition has been made fer the arrangement of the metropolis gas supply which bids fair to settle tbe disputed question on a permanent basis, in a manner satisfactory to all parties interested. Tne proposal comes from an eminent consulting gas engineer, who is known to possess tbe confidence of tbe gas companies, and it offers such great advantages to tbe public tbat we caouot but suppose the delegates from the metropolitan parishes will accept it gladly. The districting arrangement of the companies, which has excited so much apprehension of future consequences, ia admitted on all hands to be beneficial per se bat the monopoly it has created by placing the consumers at tbe mercy of the companies is felt ta be a grievance sufficient to justify tbe interference of the Government to protect tbe public from the abuse of such a power. At the same time the mischiefs oi competition by public companies are sow generally recognised, for though competitioo may produce a temporary advantage by the reductioo of prices, yet in the course of time the competing companies either coalesce or make arrangements between themselves similar to tbe districting of tbe London gas companies, and tbe public are ultimately made to compensate, by increased charges, for the loss of capital squandered on useless works. The amount thus uselessly expended in London daring tbe competition of tbe gas companies is estimated to exceed 1,000,000 sterling, or about one-fourth of the whole capital invested in such works.

It may be assumed, therefore, that if tbat money had been saved, tbe dividends of the companies would have been much higher than tbey are, and tbe public woald have had a stronger claim for reduction in the price of gas. The plan now proposed for making tbe best of existing circumstances is to amalgamate all tbe petty existing monopolies into one great monopoly, to be placed under regulations for the protection of the public interests. An amalgamation of this kind has been adopted, and has worked most successfully in Liverpool, Bristol, Sheffield, and other towns ia tbis country, and it was adopted also in Paris in 1855, when the six companies tbat supplied thai city with gas amalgamated principally with a view to economy in tbe administrative expenditure. Tbe advantages of this system are especially manifested in Liverpool, wbicb town is supplied with gas that possesses nearly double tbe illuminatory power of the gas in London, at 3s. 9d.

per 1,000 cubic feet, and tbe shareholders of tbe compauy divide 10 per cent. There can be no doubt tbat a great saving weuld be effected by tbe amalgamation of tbe existing companies into an "united metropolitan gas company," not only in the expenses of management, but in the manufacture and distribution cf tbe gas. Iu the present districting arrangement, other considerations than tbe concentration of tbe supply within an area surrounding tbe works have had influence, and in several instances the mains ef one compauy pass througb tbe district of another for tbe purpose of supplying distant places. If the interests of the different companies were centered into one the distribution of the gas wonld be arranged on a better system, several gasworks new situated io crowded localities might be removed, to tbe great benefit of the neighbourhoods, and a more regular system might be adopted. Tne plan by which the proposed amalgamation is to be effected is that for each 1,000 of gross rental the companies shall receive 5,000 stock in the amalgamated company also stock at par for all tbeir available assets in book debts and stock-in-trade, each company liquidating its own engagements.

Such an amalgamation would ef course require to be submitted to Parliament, when provisions might be made limiting tbe maximum price, and fixing tbe standard quality of tbe gas. It is proposed that any increase in the amount of profits beyend the present average dividend of seven per cent, should be made dependent on a scale cf charges for gas, descending in an inverse ratio to the in second insolvency. A writ of urohihition has been issued by hot the piaiutitfj n-fused iu jjjj, ihe Lord Chaacellor, foi bidding the commissioner from were entitled to HQ dealinz with the fund, exceot uoon the footiaer of recnenis- th hill in i. amount trates Court), Mr. T.

Chambers (common sergeant), ke. Tbe Earl of Shaftesbury presided as chairman. Mr. S. Tawell, hon.

secretary, read tbe report, which stated tbat in the month of Jane, 1849, a commanicatieu was made to the noble earl ia the chair by the committee of this institution, to the effect tbat if he would pay a midnight visit to some dry arcbes opposite the school a scene of appalling human misery past all description would be presented to his notice. That visit was duly paid, and as one miserable creature after another was dragged by the police out of the boles in which they had burrowed for shelter, covered with filtb, vermin, and disease, all present felt shocked. At the expense of the noble ear! a night refuge on a small scale was opened in Fox-and-Knot-court but this place was soon found to be manifestly ill placed and inconvenient. In 1850 tbe constant heartrending appeals of the scholars after instruction was over, not to be turned out into the streets again, induced the committee to lay tbe facts before tbe noble earl, and plans for a male refuge to sleep 98 persons nightly was the result, together with an estimate of tbe expense uf adopting tbe large room under the school to tbat purpose, wbicb plans, upon being submitted for tbe consideration of the noble earl, were answered by him by a cheque for 050. Ia 1801 the increasing ncmber of applicants for shelter and the limited accommodation were sach as to induce the committee to enlarge the refuge so as to be capable of taking in 150 persons nightly, the expense of which was also defrayed through the instrumentality of the noble who informed the committee tbat in tbis as in other instances he was but tbe almoner of a lady of distinguished benevolence, whose name was always hidden by tbe modest veil of true charity, which vaunteth not itself." For a time the responsibility of bringing together such a mass of misery awakened tbe keenest anxiety of tbe committee but the great fear that they would encourage idleness aud vagrancy was soon scattered to the winds.

The whole number were sheltered from cold and exposure. No luxury was provided for them nothing beyond bare boards to lie upon, a warm rug, a small loaf of bread nigbt and morning, a thorough good wash, a bath, and clothing when situations were procured by any of them. A3 a proof of the beneficial effects of the refuge in a moral point of view, the report stated that not more than one-sixth of those who slept in the male refuge had been committed for crime. Since the opening of tbe first email refuge in 1849, 27,840 persons had availed themselves of its shelter, who had received 215,922 lodgings, and 589,523 loaves of bread. During the ssme period the institution had restored 304 respectable youths to their sorrowing friends and secured ing the claim of Mr.

Cook. A motion bad been made bv transaction in question Dv IS Mr. Dowse for a transfer of tbe fund, but the commissioner ticn to deliver a certain is loan iver a certain JT3 re taan, ouu lQe naoiiin -a ,7:." 'coi retused, and hence the present petition was filed. Mr. Malins and Mr.

Rogers supported the petition Mr ii me uuiiKaiion nail been rn.l.n.r 'ui mcon ana Mr. u-oorne soignee, Mr. Sturges, the fi lppeared tor tbe provisional In the case ef failure to drli- ret defendant in the suit Mr. that the man shn l.j it 2. Follett Mr.

G. L. Ruse II were for the chief commis- entitled to have bis ojouev bllJT- BliU Jll. ill llic CVCLl I P.P unmL the company, and to restore tbe money paid op but not yet made use of. Now why should net the shareholders do that at once, if, enlightened by the remarkable work of tbe Dutch commission, and by tbe recent and numerous shipwrecks in tbe Red Sea, tbey should acknowledge that tbey have been led seriously into error, not merely in what regards the probable return of 20 per cent, predicted from tbe undertaking, bat also in what regards its utility as the means of abridging by a-balf, and of rendering much more economical, tbe great commercial relations between Europe and India, or of contributing to the diffusion of tbe light of civiliwtion.

"The Suez Canal woald prove incontestably very useful to the English Government, when once every five or six years it should have occasion to send a fleet and an army to its Indian possessions in order to crush the revolted sepoys, or when it should have occasion to send its fleets and armies to a still greater distance in order to chastise the haughty and insolent Chinese, to oblige tbem to sell tea and to buy opium, and to receive ambassadors whom they do not want: but it was, doubtless, not for tbe purpose of promoting English interests that the French shareholders subscribed Oae is tempted to ask why the shareholders have not 1 auu tvsuuison. in Condon weuld then he 3IU. IB Tbe Lord Chancellor said that the first part of the prayer which be had paid but ta thn V'n 'vi ouuiuci aumuai urires, uui iuis ourt WOU1U not laving rh a.vi ne Point. Io calculating tbe value of tbe ship at and the value of tbe cargo at tbe saving effected would be one-balf per cent, interest on being raving of one month's food and pay saving in tbe value and working of tee vessel being in all a saving of expense in going by tbe Suez Canal of ll.OOOfr. Bat in order to effect this saving it would be necessary to pay 22fr.

of toll dues, on going and returning by Suez, on each ton in 800 tons, or and also an increased insurance premiam, which for sailing vessels would amount, going and returning, to at least 3 per cent, on tbe value of the ship and tbe cargo, or There is thus incurred an increased expense going by the Suez Canal of in order to secure a saving of ll.OOOfr. Increase as far as you pissibly can the saving, and diminish tbe expense of tbe Suez route, tbe first will never be able to cover the second the route by the canal will never be really cheaper, and, consequently, it will only be taken in very exceptional case, even by tbe sailing vessels starling from and returning to Marseilles. A cf 2,400 tons, with machines of 200 horse -J JJ wwiii.ui payment in raonev, nr.il it was hm it was iniDOssin tor him to obev. .4 tn th JWt thai it Commissioner of the Insolvent Court, be bad acted throughout log his contract a Dri ietJte! j. on what he considered tbe best wav tor Dvsol's creditors, and Rntrtiah i.n 1 llle'- as euiinl.

03 luc cuurl fcuru ii was ouc oi me queMion Mr. mide submitted that the q-etwn, ou miuw 'iium mat icarueu juaiai. us were entitled to "as one ol law 4tvn juurb persuuany tor an act aone oy mm in his juilicial cha- ment, and that no ient. ami that l. rauier, iae uisooey ing oi wnicn made, might render bim liable to be sent to gaol.

He (the Lord Chancellor) was therefore clearly of opinion tbat, without regard to tbe merits of the cae, the petition must be dismissed, but it would be so dismissed without cos's and without prejudice to any other proceedings. tne necessity ot having a new trial MWM! A great many icen ef eminent opened their eyes sooner, when, beside their enormous sub i in support of the plaintiffs' case On the other band, tbe euri a tbe custom was as stated. Thee bilk baS iw I at a particular rate o. e.xebaie TX was an obligation i- a eD'ct Bi' Mt scription of tbey see tbat tbe English, so eager for good investments, have subscribed only for VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURTS. Dec (Before Vice-Chancellor Stuart.) OGILVIB V.

JBAFFRB30N. hnhlara nt hi! 7 7 r-luc lere eutitifcii iu receive ih in duct of Mr. Hughes, occupied tbe Court all day, and is not paid iu that city he was to teeZ.tafc Mr. Bacon. Mr.

Greene. Mr. W. n. r.Afa.

nA I hill h. Curo tint has situatians aud appointments for 2,422 men and youths mi: me newer wa The average cost of these who slept in the refuge bad less than 2s. each. Essential as these refuges had been 1 Mr. Giffard, Mr.

Wickens. Mr. Martindale, Mr. Winkle, endorser of a bill was in tUe BJ ni and Mr. A.

Miller appeared for the defendant. acceptor and be could males, how infinitely moie valuable must they prove for (Before Vice-Chancellor Wood.) IS THE MATTER OF THE NEW ENGINE MINING CO was liable only to the etem cf 13 JTjIA, surety was liable to the larger um oi iw'fl gentlemen bie.li in His Honour E-ave iudement in this cup nhiVh ni an them htinir the homeless and defenceless young females! The committee aain applied to Lord Shaftesbury, and their application resulted in tbe fitting up of temporary premises in Hatton-yard, to sleep 50 young women nightly, towards which the noble earl contributed 150. So far as the limited room admitted, tbis operation proved a complete success. Tbe female refuge had been open two years and a-half, during which period it had admitted 1,952 homeless girls; had claim of Mr. Hart a member At the annuo im I in I nnt.hin i.v crease in the dividend, until tbe latter reaches 10 per and tbe Dutch, so ricb, and such good calculators, only for Are not these figures more eloquent than all reasonings You cannot both keep yoor cake and eat it and tbe hundred millions uselessly thrown away in the cutting of tbe Isthmus of Suez will be a hundred millions less, which France might have employed in her railways or her manufactures.

Do not the shareholders of the Suez Canal think that they would, for example, better serve tbe interests of France, and their owe, if, abandoning an undertaking in which tbey have only ruin in prospect, they were, with a capital of eighty to a hundred millions, to form a strong company of transatlantic steamers, under tbe direction of a man of such transcendent talent and such rare perseverance as M. Ferdinand de Lesseps has shown himself to possess. "Tbe loss of so vast a capital as that at stake in the scheme of tbe cutting of the Isthmus of Suez is not merely the concern cf the shareholders, who have given me no commission to protect their interests it is also the concern of the whole country for the public fortune is but the aggregate of all separate private fortunes, and each citizen ought to exert his vigilance in order that the public fortune be employed as usefully and as productively as possible." ucuiuiiv uuuer ms ioiiowiuk circiuiwances it aooeareil iue eastern re lea iu ftv tne niainmu after which that all further increase of profits should be a Luujui.ijgj wuu Mr. nooeri rage, an- ie juij cuMuereu me matter ir tri.t ju-sou' jr other member of the ci mgany, obtaiued an agreement for a gve a verdict for the plainnns fur fll.j. lease of tbe New Engine Mine and another mine, atagaleage His Lordship reserved leave torbedeleiiduHtown rent for a term of GO years, and tbe eompaoy, without auy foil Court upon the question oi law.

supplied 24,328 lodgings, and given away 14,755 loaves of bread. Of those girls 498 bad been provided for, 600 left of nH i.h i tbeir own accord, and, not returning to state the nature ii Engine Mine; and the contention of Mr Hart was 'that their success, the hope was encouraged that they succeeded SBCOSB Coi.HT. (Sittings at Nisi Priuf, in Lwlon, before 5Jt Keating and a C-jtomoa Jury.) Tbe cases tried in this court to-day were ti to the parties concerned. COURT Or EXCHEQUER. Dec.

it (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before (he Lord Chief Bant tbe company bad agreed to take the lease of the land from Mr. Page and himself for the whole terra of iJO years, and that be was therefore entitled, as against tbe other members of the company, to an indemnity against tbe rents and covenants reserved by the original lease. The minutes showed an agreement by the company to take the lease, but the question involved was, whether, upon the conflicting evidence iu the case, it could bs held to extend to the whole term, or only constituted a tenancy from vear to year. His Honour said that he had looked carefully at the evidence in this case, and that he was convinced of the fact that the company, if solveut, would have been bound to take Common Juries. HOMER V.

TAUNTON THE lti.NCKI.BY iTlllKb l.lilEL. power, starting trom and returning to Marseilles, would probably employ 60 days less going and returning by the Suez route than by that of the Cape of Good Hope, as results from tbe calculations of tbe Dutch commission. The diminution and increase of its expenses mast therefore be calculated as follows Diminution 1 percent, interest on a cargo of and on tbe value of tbe ship itself, as calculated at on a total of or Two months' saving io food and pBy, at most two months' saving in the working of tbe vessel and repairs, at most being a total diminution of expense by tbe Suez route of Iccrease First, 22fr. tbe ton of toll dues by tbe Suez Canal, going and returning, on 2,400 tons, being second, increased insurance premium, which, for going and returning, would be for a steamer at the rate at least of 2 per cent, on the the value of tbe ship and cargo, or The increase of expense in the latter case is therefore 102.800fr., as opposed to a diminished expense of giving in favour of the Cape of Good Hope route a saving ot But let us suppose, even taking a wholly impossible supposition, that there should be no increase of insurance premium by tbe Red Sea passage, the result obtained would be a diminution of expense of It would still, however, be necessary to pay the of toll dues for the canal, going and returning, thus reducing tbe entire saving to on 1,800 tons, being a saving of exactly 4fr. per ton.

But even were it three times as great, there would not on tbat account be more imported te Marseilles or to Trieste of tbe sugBr, the coffee, the cotton, intended for tbe consumption of England, of the North of France, of Belgium, of Holland, of Prussia, of Scandinavia, and of Northern Russia that is to say, of tbe countries which consume three-fourths of the whole consumption of Europe. Were such a fault committed, the price of those articles would scon be so much more remunerative at London, at Liverpool, at Havre, at Antwerp, at Rotterdam, at Amsterdam, at Hamburg, than at Marseilles or at Trieste tbat the ships would receive orders at Suez or at Plusium, as at present at Falmouth or at Cowes, to go into a harbour of the north of Europe, and having once got to the waters in the neighbourhood of the Lizard Point tbe calculations of the Dutch commission abundantly prove that they would return to tbe East Indies by tbe Cape of Good Hope and not by the Suez Canal and they would come back from India three tines out of four by the same route, because the telegraph would probably have informed tbem in India, when on the point of startiug in order to return, that tbe markets of the north would be more profitable than those of the Mediterranean. Tbe results of the Dutch commission, and the recent shipwrecks and strandings of steamers in tbe Red Sea re-examination of iiiibio naven, who iateu se i.au 'ieeo in Wisest an uuder lease ot tLe mines ia question for the term of GO year3, subj-ct, however, to the usual nominal reversionarv term. Under these circumstances be thought that Mr. imprisonment fur pawniin; some grueries which An appeal in the public press on behalf of tbe refuge last year had been the means of producing donations to tbe amount of nearly 8,000, and the committee bad invested 5,500 as a permanent fusd for the relief of the homeless, and after considerable difficulty tbey bad secured tbeir new premises in West-street, at a cost of about 1,400, wbicb at the close uf the present meeting it waa intended to throw open to the public.

The new refuge for homeless young women was intended to accommodate nightly 75 also a girls' home, to prepare them for service, 20: a boy's lodging-house, 20; infant school-room, 200; besides cellars for industrial operations, matron's rooms, working and committee-rooms, baths, The report was unanimously adopted. Rev. Mr. Thoresby moved a resoluiion to the following effect Tbat tbis meeting, having heard with much satisfaction the great good which has been effected by the Field-lane Female Refuge for the Homeless, unites with the committee in their fervent thanks to Almighty God for extending this work ef true charity by means of the new refuge ia the west." The resolution, which was seconded by Mr. R.

Hanbcry, M.P., and supported by the Hon. A. Kinnaird, M.P., was also cordially agreed to. Hart was entitled to make daim a-ainst the assets of the stolen from a cart. This happened tour years 3 since wrksd tor the plaintiff, but had let bis teflm company, in r-spect of the indemnity insisted upon by bim.

Sir H. M. Cairns and Mr. H. Stevens appeared tor the appellant Mr.

Roxburgh and Mr. Miiler tor the years ago. Mr. Taunton, the defendant, ws then c-TimiC7 stated that one the libels complaioe-l ot OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Dec.

21. order of tbe Trade," and the other wis 9 gtouB (Sittings Nisi Prius, in London, before the Lord Chief written by rfketchley. Justice and Special Juries.) This closed the case lor tbe deieadant. HEALTH of LONDON during the WEEK. (From the Official Report.) The total number of deaths registered in Loddon in the week tbat ended last Saturday was 1,289, being the same as that of the preceding week.

In the 10 years 1849-58 the average number of deaths io the weeks corresponding with last week was bat as the deaths returned for last week occurred in a population tbat has increased, they should be compared with the average raised in proportion to the increase, namely, with 1,339. It appears from tbis comparison that tbe deaths that occurred last week were less by 50 than tbe number that would have been shown if the average rate of mortality for the second week cf December had prevailed. Tbe births in last week exceeded the deaths ia the same time by 542. Small-pox, from which there were 45 deaths, shows a small increase on the previous week, when there were 40. Eight occurred in the Small-pox Hospital.

There were 83 deaths from scarlatina this complaint seems to be very prevalent iu the sub-district of St. John, Westminster, where it was fatBl in 7 cases. There were 8 in Islington, and 4 in Rother-hithe. Diphtheria carried off 6 persons. The most fatal disease in the list now is bronchitis, from which 164 persons Hecry ildman, recalled for the plain Itym REIO V.

BARCLAY AND OTHERS. This case, which occupied ihe Court the whole of Tuesday, was now concluded. Mr. Sergeant Parry, Mr. Joyce, aad Mr.

Gibbons appeared for tbe plaintiff Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., Mr. Ser applied to tbe diminution of tbe price of gas. It is also proposed tbat the affairs of the amalgamated compauy should be directed by a board consisting of 37 directors, including tbe chairman that 20 ef them should be cbosen by-tbe shareholders of tbe existing companies tbat six should be elected by the 24 directors appointed by the shareholders; tbat there should be six official directors, to be nominated by tbe Metropolitan Board of Works, and tbat the 30 directors should appoint a chairman.

Tbe main features of this proposition first appeared in the Journal of Gas Lighting upwards of ten years ago, and in that journal, wbicb is regarded as the organ of tbe gas companies, it has leca this week repeated with such alterations as existing circumstances seem te require. It is not offered as authorised by tbe metropolitan gas companies, some of whom are stated to object to it but there reason to believe that the majority of them would concur in such an arragement Some of the advantages that would be derived from tbe amalgamation are tbus stated It is oar firm belief that by this combination economies may be introduced in tbe production and distribution of gas which no other system can effect. In the direction, administration, inspection, and collection an immediate savin" is at once made. Such works as render the neighbourhood insalubrious, or from their locality cause unnecessary expense in the manufacture of gas, may be suppressed, and converted into gas-holder statiens, and tbe production transferred to more appropriate localities. Nearly every street having double series of main pipes laid through them need have only one charged with gas in the day-time tbe leakage on the other line is therefore materially reduced and calculating this saving at only 5 per cent, on tbe total quantity of gas made (which is a very moderate calculation), it would represent a money value of about 30,000 per annum." There are many details tbat would require to be arranged, which, however, could easily be agreed upon if the principle of amalgamation were admitted.

One of the most important of these arrangements, as regards the interests of the public, is the appointment by the Board of Trade of one or more chemical referees to test the quality of the gas, which it is proposed to fix at 12 sperm candles for the 5ft. common-gas burner and 3ft. cannel-gas burner. The appointment of official directors to attend to the interest of the gas consumers, which is an important feature of the proposed amalgamation, is not a novelty, for it has been acted upon at Sheffield very satisfactorily, the introduction of three ditectors nominated by tbe town council having beeu the means of putting an end to tbe disputes and bickerings that previously disturbed the relations between the consumers and the company. It appears at first view to be a paradoxical method oi removing the objections to several minor monopolies by concentrating tbem iuto one but it will be evident from tbe sketch we have given of tbe proposed pian that by proper regulations the conglomerated monster might be more effectually controlled twan the many.

By tbe saving thus effected, tbe price of gas would soon be reduced without injury te tbe shareholders, and as the public would be benefited by tbe prosperity uf the company, a bond of union would be established where there is iiow estrange- ue owcu a 1 me glutei 3 juv(i i-v geant reiersuorrt, and Mr. Malcolm tor the defendants wife. Rev. Dr. Ccmming proposed, and Mr.

S. Cave, M.P., Thi tuna an upm.iu naniiwr rh pminani It JOI1U uuiiuu om mil iui mik. seconded, vote of thanks to the editor and proprietor of Barclay and fer misrepresentations through their agent, Mr. Moore, as to the value of the lease and eood- the Times, for their able advocacy of the interests of the of his waizes, a ticket te take to the sbftp. Wildtuan positively denied ttiH.

will of a public-bouse, called TbeDake of Grafton, whereby iue piaiuiui was inuuceu 10 purcnase toe same. Mr. Henry James then summed up tie t'- institution, which was carried. Mr. J.

Payne proposed, and the Common Sergeant seconded, a vote of thanks to tbe noble chairman, amidst great applause. defendant, apd Mr. Tajluurd Mm It would seem tbat tbe plaintiff, before taking The Duke I of Grafton, had occupied The George, in St. Mary-axe, fer bebaI' of 8 about 12 months, and although new to tbe business he 'he whole had worked tbat house so as to realise a clear The ird Chief Baron then summed up the xvev. iur.

BLCST, Kector of St. Andrew's, Holborn, x. ror some cause ue tnen ste un the house: r. pruni 01 uroni 01 wrsQea to take that opportunity of advocating theclaimsof but shortly after be became anxious to aret into another. ir Dm mil' the refuge to public support.

He could conceive nothine 1 VVith that view, be alleges be consulted Mr. Moore, the tw0 H'Mi more distressing to look at than a homeless London boy it ler ot toe etendants plaintiff having been sup- regarded cs an appeal on me pari was only love which could tame the iih ik cH A 'cr. uarciay wnnst in tne eccupa- knitters, claiming the symi.atny anu the wild Arabs of our tion of Tue Georere as to informing him H.k, i- iw in nirppr.ii'iiis. ai.i streets, who were outcasts, desolate, degraded, and yet for i 10 int0- In return Mr. Moore strongly recommended letter signtd by Sketchley, which 11 s.

1 jtaruTUPMI 'jl C-- all tbat they were our Father's children. With regard to Urat'on as a house where tbe menihlv "takings" amounted te 250. Actios on tbe of 'Mr. Mnnre the women's refuge, the rev. gentleman said he had net Hoaier had aUo puoiisued a itttr i plaintiff agreed to give 2,950 for the lease and goodwill of The Duke of Grafton, which is in tbe New-road.

hertea ami no one could read tbat lei ter wuteuw long since visited a court in that neighbourhood, one 1 r.n ,.,..1 nM bv lite writer room in which be found occopied by three women, one of handing over to the Messrs. Barclay the sum of 440, the 1 .1,1 1 Dnieain" savings whilst at The Geonre7 pi. laal Z. whom was lying on the bare boards. She said she had been aouul 01 F'T plaoaiioo.ii should be stated that the house was mortiraired ..1...

nress wM previously lying in Farringdon-market upon the bare stones, and the woman who rented the room, seeine her miserable former SSSTS uZZZ ,3 l6 has existed as au institution has undated condition, said to her, I have nothing but boards, but they are better than stones if you like, come along with Junius, tue wrner 01 mose ut-ieuw "'jac mc jjiaiunu ue- came responsible. Tne difference between tbat and tbe sura of 2.950 above referred to was made up in cash, added to wbicb the plaintiff paid over a further sum of 440 to tbe defendants. Ou tbe 9tb of March, 1858, tbe plaintiff ea- blisbed tbe most despotic Uovernaent me and that poor woman supported her for a whole fort- iustnntly produce a certain amount ot nigh, out ot the little she herself possessed. (Hear, hear.) in' possession of the house, and fr3m the Tuesday to to tbe liberty of the press we oe er. ne asiceu me woman wao rented the roo how she lived 1 wees uisiamngs were ooty 2 a-day sav, as some consolation to vuu, manv hniir.

here, rbat the inr-tltution 1 mill was evioeutiy farsnort of xo0 a-m3u'h. Under these UCketS:" addin? pirenmatflnrea nlointirt- and she replied, "by working soldiers as discharging the whole k.ui-.iu iu niiuic cuuiiittiuiog 01 iae "she could not result. Moore, upon that, recommended him tn PtWt that 9be lay upon them at night, and tba see that creature starving without trvinsto hpln hr n. i 'aia repairs and alterations in tbe nreiBises. whinh wnniii IU liODC JfJi.

I Jul our 11 mav also found tbat those three poor women had but one skirt lhe flourishing. Accordingly plntitf for one of them, which cost him the large sura of 2s. Id. mained closed for two months, and during tbe first higher. 1 think the press is free be''3Uf Jeat'trU nenripnt.

I do nor. think lunes are inui. ne tnen turned to the third woman. She reopening tne taKinga certainly improved, improved, tbourh' ioub'. -hey died, while 134 died from phthisis.

In the corresponding weeks of 10 previous years the average number from bron- chitis (corrected for increase of population) was 153. The deaths from pneumonia, or inflammation of the lungs, were 70, the corrected average being 113. Eleven infants died by suffocation, 1 by murder. Tbe following are tbe ages of five nonagenarians, whose deaths are recorded, viz 92 93 95, 97, and 99 years. Of bricklayers 1 died in tbe week, of bricklayers' chil-dren, 12; of carpenters, 3 died, of carpenters' wives 1 of I carpenters' children, 19; of masons, 2 died, of masons' chil- I dren, of painters, 5 died, of painters' children, 2 of plasterers, 3 died, of plasterers' wives, 1, of plasterers' children, 4.

I Last week the births of 952 boys and 879 girls, in all 1,831 children, were registered in London. In tbe 10 correspond- ing weeks of the years 1849-58 the average number was 1,598. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, tbe mean height of the barometer in the week was 29-940 in. Oa the first three days the mean daily barometrical reading was above 30 in. Tbe barometer fell from 30-57 in.

on Sunday, the highest point in the week to 29-54 in. on Friday, tbe lowest point. The mean temperature of tbe air in the week was only 28-6 which is 11-3 deg. below tbe average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher).

The meBn daily temperature was below the average through- i out tbe week, and on tbe last four days the extent of this i depression was remarkable; on Saturday tbe mean temperature was 17-3 deg. below the average. The highest point attained in the week by the thermometer in the shade was 40-4 deg. on Monday the lowest point was 15.5 deg. on Saturday, or 16-5 deg.

below the freezing point of water. On tbe latter day tbe mercury never stood higher than 28 deg. The range of temperature in the week was 24-9 deg- I The mean daily range was 8-7 deg. Saturday was colder than any day Bince December 22, 1855, the mean tempera-ture of which day was 21-5 whilst that of last Saturday was 22-8 deg. Snow fell on Wednesday and Friday.

A dense fog prevailed on Sunday (the 11th), and great darkness in 1 the afternoon. On tbat day the air was calm, and while tbe temperature of tbe Thames was 41-2 the thermometer in tbe air never exceeded 32-5 deg. The difference between tbe mean dew-point temperature and air tempera- I ture was 4-9 deg. The mean degree of humidity of tbe air I was 82- The wind blew generally from tbe north Rain was measured in the week to only the one-hundredtb part of an inch. .1.

i- tn and ur.jt-.ciion to eacn ouier, vci Mn-' the foremost dace amongst our dem of tbe press tends to produce tin: enable us to say, once for all, that tbe calculations on which 1 have been based the 40 millions of revenue promised to the shareholders in the Suez Canal Company must be com- pletely altered, as tbis canal has not the power of creating for tbe commerce of the world a cheaper ronte between tbe two hemispheres, and is therefore without any commercial justification. I know that ia France great sacrifices are sometimes made for an idea but I knew, also, that even persons of the greatest genius prefer giving up their programme to the task of executing what they perceive is imprudent. I am not one of those frigid calculators who wish to weigh everything in the scales of debit and credit and I hink, on the contrary, tbat the glory of having created a great enterprise of public utility might not be too dearly purchased by tbe loss of money. But is there a great public utility iu the creation of the Suez Canal I do not believe it and I hold at present the profound conviction I that the enormous capital which this enterprise would swallow up might be much more usefully employed, both 1 for tbe country and for the shareholders. I Tbe railway from Alexandria to Suez allows one to carry, as the phrase runs, the light of the west towards the darkcess of the east just as quick, if not more quickly, than 1 could be done by the canal, which, consequently, would not in any way forward any moral progress and when I see M.

de Lessep3 now informing hit shareholders that his undertaking throws open to civilsation, to religion, and to tbe diffusion of light an almost unbounded I must be allowed to believe that he deceives himself, and that be leads tbem into error. If after having submitted to a commission composed of the most illustrious engineers the question of tbe possibility of tbe catting of the Isthmus of Suez, M. de Lesseps had submitted to another commission, composed of experienced seamen and underwriters, tbe question of tbe practical utility of the enterprise, and the probability ol the 40 millions of interest being ever obtained by tbe shareholders, might we not be permitted to believe that, at the present day, The Universal Company of the Maritime Canal of Suez' would not exist It would not exist, I believe, any more at present if during the subscriptions for shares the columns of almost all the French journals had not been kept hermetically sealed against all criticisms and contradictions. WMth8s not ben done' tben' may 8ti11 be done lWf' LesseP hin his portfolio a letter coached in tbe following terms iKSiSS friecd' of bih birtband exalted corded to tb Universal (wUf'T c' ratified by his mS tlSTBZ Suez Canal must be copvin order that von -1 transmit to you this IK "1 Wds "Ken 10 Ber wuen Mr- Kel(i' helQg utterly ruined, upon the advice of humble home by the same kind-bearted creature who had Mr- More made an assignment of his interest in tbe succoured the other woman, who, he should state waa a hon188 fr th8 beuefit ot bis creditors. Mr.

Reid, as just has great weight, and never-." Koman Catholic, and who said to her If tito in tbe nrst amu, raj uiLeiijr ruiueu day, io public affairs, asked wbat was the Tbat in which tbe wl asKeu wnat was me 1 nai in wnicri rne oesi i yuu use to come place the 440 which be bad saved out of The George was 1 gone tben be had incurred deht tn ihe k. to me you are welcome to the use of mv fire fire." wnoie id itevei injury done to tbe humblest;" i iue vote 01 manss to tne noble chairman was then put xow ana 1uuu at3U mriy, he waa liable to tbe Messrs carried unanimously. I Barclay tor the mortgage of 2,881. What tbe plaintif and id of this is undoubtedly to be atttibuted to a iue chairman, in returning thanks, said be felt great situation in which ZZ Z.fS WitStSS? learned iudge then went through tieev ut the jot owiiuiuu oi ineir meeting that even ni uii'srepreseutbliens ot 1 he detendant' no-pnr ir omK.i, 7 care, commeuuug uu mo n-'i. 1 iu iuua5uraie tne opening 01 tae new refuge.

He also felt enterprise, ine pistntitt clearly proved that tu" wu word very deep gratitude to the public press and all those who bJtD for SrKSSSffcS Then he -J. so nobly maintained tbis institution, more esneeiaiw h. V. II lMt hushI Vji iuvd bu e.j gcuerousiy contnouteo towards its oan lost as much as 1,900 by the house and 'hat oim 10 oe ine poisoueu arru. WJi suDnnrt.

Rut he naa nm onin tn such was (he character of The nuke nf not an English word, hut had ratnei LcMiNosrrr of the Solae Disc. For some time past French savants have beeu discussing tbe question whether the sun is more luminous in the centre than near the borders, and OBe of them, M. de Chaeornac, has addressed a letter to the French Academy on the subject, jn which be says that the interest takenin thisquestiou induced him to commence a series of photometrical observations in 1855, which he had continued iown to the present day. He used a telescope, having an opening of about 10 inches, and a focal length of 13 feet. The first attempts made were confined to inspecting separately tbe different portions of a zone of the orb that, for example, whose diameter is perpendicular to the diurnal movement.

To do this he reduced the field to an angular opening of three minutes, and endeavoured te ascertain at what distance from the edges the phenomenon of the diminution of their brilliancy began Thus, by moving tbe telescope from tbe upper to the lower part of the sun, the different portions of the zone succeeded each other in the field of view. He remarked tbat iu passing from tbe centre, where tbe light is white and unform for a space of about five-eighths cf its radius to the borders, it was easy to see tbat the brilliancv and colour of the orb changed. He practised this experi ment with a magnifying power of about 200 times. When he examined tbe surface of the orb with the aid of a low magnifying power, at the same time reducing the opening of tbe field of the" glass to two small discs of about 50 seconds of a diameter, and adjusted tbe instrument in such a wav as to make one of the openings of the field coincide with the centre of tbe orb, and ihe other with its edge, he directly perceived tbat a notable difference of luminous intensity-existed between these two regions, as also a difference of colouring when be used an absorbing neutral glass. In summing up his observations be arrived at tbe conclusion that at the centre of tbe disc there was a uniform brilliancy over an extent equal to three-tenths of its diameter; from the verge of this brilliant portion tbe light gradually' dimi-minished in such a proportion towards tbe edges tbat in the space between tbe edge and an angular distance cf 40 seconds, its intensity was less tban half tbat of tbe centre Photographic News Dr.

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Edgar Sheppard 0Dserve8 that he has made extensive use of it, and has great Pleasure in testifying to its superiority over every other preparation to oe met wiih in this country a pint of Dr. de Jongh'a oil being or more value than a quart or any other to be met with in London Jongh's oil is sold only In imperial half-pints, 2g. 6d. plate Lond quaru' 8016 ageats, Ansar, Harford, and 77, Strand the public at large, who never did what they ought ,0 do. babSar.tlgW WUneSS 'be bUSe wouid pialntiff's" conduct which would pflfrj Those who contributed tbe 8,000 were but a very small On tbe part of the defendants it was stated (bat the clain word' in 9ome 3ense fraction of the public and if tbe public at large did their tlffhad not been induced to take tbe house by Moore The tben tbe wouid bf duty there would be enough funds to support 10,000 of these fell? S'st Jhe.

house through the brokers, they gg tiieif 2L institutions all over the country. (Hear, hear.l Thennhle learning rii a.mPle oppwiuBiUea of S2'l5 Ol mini reuaru to it rrnm rn tho nu mi tenant, who took him over tbe house Aii'thnt of these questions, the general im leuant, who took him over tbe house can uwen lorciuiy upon me vast importance ot such insti- Frey'us luuons 10 nomeiesa ano friendless females, and concluded a 10 miorm piaintin, in answer to his im by saying that in one respect the report was slightly SB VP, if 7.n then ih nLi.iirt" wnnid be eotitieJ weie uiiiD jlou to vm oer month. i error, as it made it sDDear that he himself mr 't uiikui nave sain ihar nnjd. the TZ qf-on was ofWng feSSC 111 7, 'ui'uni, out ne had never stated the rctt v. and tLDffS "I16 2.50: AS f0r retnrB9 fronl Pilit8 ilti rhi' A letter trom Mr.

W. Ubarnuc, aT. -n uuu urauncuj reterred bim to the then BEd 10 his tillers, as upon that subject he tributed tbe large sums named for tbe purposes of the institution, whereas tbe truth was they were due to ladies who made him the channel of their charity. He felt bound to express bis warmest tbanks to tbe ladies on tbe committee of tbe institution, tbe teachers, and every one connected with its management, who bad all done tbeir parts mist admirably. (Applause.) The business of the meeting being then over, a large nro- ueienuant in ibis action, tried ri-c in your hands.

As cuuiu give uo inlormation. Moore bad Bever ad- vised 1 ho uu uHuay, apreareu in uui -y- -n ui-fupproveu nt us baviug been keDt closed during serves nUimi evidence y- a periud ot two munil.i tL.s Tbanspoet Service foe China. The Adelaide screw-steamer, 2,060 tons, the propertv of Mr. Steck' of London, arrived on Tuesday at Woolwich, having been chartered by tbe Government to take officers and stores to China. Tnis fine vessel is intended to sail on tbe 31st inst She is the first ship that has arrived at Woolwich out of the 1 six transports already taken up for tbis service by Govern- meat.

The manner in which tbis vessel has been got ready i is an instance of tbe most creditable despatch, and gives promise tbat the reign of routine is approaching to an end. The Adelaide was tendered just one week before she was delivered at Woolwieb, having within that time been taken out of the Victoria Dock, been two days in Wigram's Dry i Deck far repairs, passed tbe Government survey, and been made completely ready for sea. WHO, and tO that Plrri.mlanf. artrihnlorl in .1 hat le they will only be coaed SfM Sff authorisation of the Sublime i Porte tbe The third Ramadan, 1271. Seal of the Viceroy 'The above translation is conformable to the Turkish 1 The Secretary of the Orders of bis Hiirhneai the (Signed) Koem7 rv Alexandria, May 19, KEN1Z 01 iue lames anu geuuemen present repaired to the ine piainuit's ultimate want of success.

At had been suoDressed It would therein" tbeVameHme SSTSJSSTtM had heeQ suppressed. It would tt.ere.u- nn G.n.l. Tf C- I. tl I mc BBUIB lime, nail the. 1.

nl haor. in iuli nf if I t5 opened for the first lime last evening, and tbe comfor.ahie been 6 ak the.e!erPK,'8e the Practice our courts of law JWSSr UmSSSSXTt the practice of oor courts Uaw '-Kooiy appearance of the inmates which caused tbe liveliest defendant have had in ins.iga.in to his ruin one in whose mnXSJSSi satisfaction to all who witnessed the excellent arrangements they bad 8tronB an reporter. 'That the defendant of the establishment. re'''eent of about a quarter of an hour, the jury number of respectable witnesses who vt returned with was" a verdict for the plaintiff, and WmmP'.