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The Court of Kings Bench, for the District of Montreal, has decided that proprietors of steamboats are to be considered as common carriers, and legally responsible for the safe delivery of all goods entrusted to them, not withstanding any clause to the contrary in their advertisements, bills of lading, or other documents. TheChief Justise maintained in his charge, that as bills of lading could not contain any valid clause annulling the exist ing laws, allsuch stpulations are void. The law is the same as to stage proprietora