The Express. — London, England, 1849-03-01 00:00:00

obe alms Wag ea the docateed's Wt hand) we rod sr ro w. Titers were several marks uf desiesepe. sad streak of blood betwesa the fleet peel of blood sad the plass whore IN body lay. as also bloody ftesoonarhe ea the bar. Ma beam of the neer from the body Ueda to • = shepi dos, ass** with the at of the parse befog pd setWg being rani on ths pansy of the do: 1 23: rot In hos beat the Theis of some tool play. It mown that • mss. pal/beg is a hat withia the field y r ieho body was rod slabs his belief that daring the eight he had the beaks of a log, bat that be paid a* steentno to tad wool IS deep A pi a , Th. w on sae worse% be math doable had theme bon • whaler be eberald laws hued it. The body b th i nt was sherd Id yaws of Args. with pry heir, sad abut I hat 10 Wheels attire of lish‘ollairod elk h— ---4 waideme. amen, and body Mt, a dah pest nt, ad &alm. Os was ples big made esquialei whit tbe eisemose, the bay wea mowed to the mks of bantam Omsk ; sad it is stated that dumb. the afternoon it was ideotitiod ss the body of Dr. Chalk of IL Baybaso street. Camden Town, bat amiss his tesripired to show bow he ease to be I. toe piece where hie body woe discovered. Tito body awaits a ervoaer's NEW MONET-01D= °lncest. On and after hanky next, the killowlag dime will be corned for the knee efereonerorday Andereh, Anelesey; Blackpool, Lars eaddre ; Brighouse, Yorkshire Bristly Hill, BtaftMibir• Broadatairs, Kest ; Ceistor, Lincolnshire; Dowlak. Ola• morgenakire ; Iseingwold, Yorkshire ; Glom*, Derby. s ign; Manse Bar, Kent; Heilabam, Sees= ; Long Sedan, Lincoleshire; ftelkwowth, Olosentenkire ; Otter, St. Hazy. Dercieshire ; P•inswick, Olneceeteeddre; Pargston, Deveadeire ; Padatow, Cornwell; Bagemsy. Hontlegdea dare ; Svdburgh, Yorkshire ; Baton Coldfield, Warwick shire; St. Ives, Cornwell; Stratton, Cornwell; Thorn. bury, Oleuceeteratire ; Whittle..., Cambridgeshire ;• tonmaNaze, Essex; Wraeby, Lioadnshire; Wem, 'hire • Winaford, Cheshire; Walton Beret, Wiltshire; Kent—Seotland Bi'chory, Aberdeer shire ; Delbeattiel, Kirkendbrightshin ; Wiehaw, larh•hire. NORFOLK EvTL'ART COMPANY.—A general half yearly aseefng of the shareholden of the above company took place yesterday, at the British Hotel, Coekspeer-street, Sir W. B. Folk's, Baronet, in the chair. The secretary seed the report, In which the directors, after deploring the death of their late cha roan, Lord George Bentiack, stated that the draft of a b.ll which was introduced into parliament dada, the present make, for the purpose of extending the pewee of the eat already possessed by them, would be sub mitted to the mettle; for approval. During the last sea sloe of parliament, the Preliminary inquiry Amendment Act wee passed, under which the tidal commiisionen on behalf of the Admiralty have appointed Wednesday, the 28th of March nest, to hold an entiairy, at Lynn, into the ° Ness of the, cnmpany's bill before parliament, oe which 'session Captain Washington and Captain Yates, ter of the tidal harbour connabsioner., will preide. Mr. Stephenson,l one of the engineen of the company, it was stated, had bat I neatly returned from the Continent, sad was not yet able te make a report ; but promised to do so in es short a period es the impotence of the subject would enable him. They Fmutate d the shareholders on the quantity of calk up, and on the respectability of the persons who e y sit yct paid up. The improved state of the = market, and the prospect of obtaining 120,0001., from the corporation of Lynn, and 80,0001. from the &akar cionuniesioners, were aleo alluded to as matters of a magratalstory character, end justifying the suspension of penerediegs brretofore adopted, in conformity with the sa nt' of the late Oedemas. The report having been adopted, sad the retiring directors and auditors n-el•eted, the INantary reed the draft of the bill which it k it Isaied to awry through parliament this Denim It give power to the company to borrow 120,0001. sew the eurporatiou of Lynn sad the drainage commissioners, kr the a = of preemating the undertaking end improving the of the river Lynn. A resoluteapproving ef the woo carried unanimously. Mr. Cooke begged to my preview to the dose of the proceedings that there seemed to him to be a wait of faith, sot is the directors. bat kA the seems of the undertaking itself, as wee ',Minced by the large quantity of capital ant yet paid up. He wished to know if it woo intends.' to adopt 11.111MITIS to mime the payment of the calls. The Cleeirman believed that there was no ground for any want of faith in the nadertaking ; when they got the money whide *hay would be empowered m receive under the bill they had eanctiosed at that meetly they would be in a bed r positicn then they had yet been, and there would be no difficulty in obtaining the funds awe eery to enable them to proceed. At all events they were Oct. in a fit position to dieser the etkestion until theyrearived the report of their meginear, Mr. Stephenson. Thanks were then given to the chain's& sad directory, and the meeting separated. REPORT OF THE ROYAL MINT COMMISSION. This volume contains a large fund of curious and moral infsrmation. Our present extracts, however, are limited to those portions 40 the commissioners' report which are destined to ►e the basis of legislative measures : their ncommendatioos respecting the future organisation and mansgement of the Mint ; the system uncle r which Mint prosecutions are to be conducted in future ; and the custody of standard weights and measures, dtc: The alteratioas lathe constitudan and micacement of the Must recommended are ae follows : We are of opialon-1. That the constitution of the Mint, as it now *silts, le unsuited to the present state of the public administrative system, is 11l adapted to promote the efficient or economical management of the eetabashment, and ought therefore to he replayed by a sew organization. " 2. That deo enputinMedlesee of the estslashment'should be intrusted le • t officer, cumin from all other charge or duty,wreisald be personally responsible for the conduct of the beelnanci the Mint in all its branches. "3. That tho enmities by contract of any part of the work appertaining to coinage should cease in 'wiry fore est dime, cud that measurts should accordingly h• taken for replacing the ter rier; of the present conliseting parties by thou: of competent officers, acting wholly in the public interest, and unoondi. atonally subject to the controlling authority of the head of the establishment. " 4. That all persons belonging to the establishment, of whatever grade, should be remunerated solely by fired sala ries cr other definite allowacc, 1, proportionate in amount to their respective duties and revonaibility, and exempt from official fees ea their appointments; and that none should be allowed to have any kind of dealing is bullion, or to engage in any other employment of rob*, too way masteve, chief engraver, and the medalbst only excepted, under such regulations as will prevent their prints occupation from interfering with the performance of their public duties. " 6. That the appoistmeat to all offices and employments is the Mint should be made by the Lords Commissioners of poor Majesty's Treasury ; and that the impossible head of the establishment for the time bolo, should be empowered to su.pend, subject to their lordships' inquiry into the ems any officer or other person with whose conduct or OffiCilne; he may have cause to be dissatisfied. " G. That the dwelling-houses sad apartments in the Mint should be appropriated to those oMiers end other persona whose residence on the spot is deemed meet conducive to the public security sad convenience; and that constant resi dence, unless whoa specially exempted, should be a condi tion of this privilege. " 7. That all gold and Slyer bullies received into the:Mint, and the coin produced from it, should be secured (when in deposit in the strongholds) under them different keys, held by three different officers, sad be daily replaced in the strongholds, in their peewees, at the termination of work ; and that no officer or workems engaged in the operative promise of the (sissy &odd leave the plain of Ms em ployment during the hems is which the strongholds remain epee, without the ages e permission of the heed of the establishment. " 8. That no gold eft silver bullion should, in any Sato or feria, se on any pretest, be reeeived into or carried ont ot the Mist, without Mar midi* weighed, and resimied in tad Seaga OM.; sod that every Mt i le alms custody any belies may be sakeesed, should be held sesseeltbk for the whole weight &Moen' to him, subject seine sa anoweese it east ins es sap be skews lave steeel@dna hi its mem ef ra media the l at eke Levi odetisesn ef mo y kellee, ear Ilkjesty's 17 117 fiat the books of reseed and accounts of the Mint issessedese should be kept NA matted ea the same read imiLd et prime, hut with seek Whites sad monde tisel. Yet as may be found teedeshe to the Misoutane end i per a : a sie of detail; sad IV= shos s id be distinctly to a duly tuned emus tiet,e=derettb• &milks d the bead of " 10. That the document called the ' MSIWO lidesteres; hitherto serving as the chief autkoritrive regulation ter the government of the Mint, should be repleeed by' more resin and systematic code of regalatiems, mellowed by the Leads Commissioners of your Majesty's Treasury, nader the autho rity of an act of the legislature. " 11. flat the prweeedieg galled the ma of the Pys,' for determining die wediakway t hs Vst end fineness of the colas based trews the ilidak take glees at Wall such in every yew, sot sham whim the ealmise leer be et such amount 11/061111 Km the of the pre ivy should mIUM4 adore whither the essay *owes° enact wedersity with flee • Idol ghee, or only as to it within the bone albs bpi remedy ; *ad is the hater ea" it amid /Wei n mall, se Pew Well. the prelims extent of the dillialese, in the was ma w" es it et graleat states that of the weight." The veftwas reesiaseaded is the solicitors' department ere as hikes : " wkh moan to the fee* &whoa treat the seldom of Mr. lasolthe washer, of Mr. I. J. pal,the woad A_ wnwsr k iwi of Kr. Freehold. the While to the lab°Wm , . sad to other iadonmeioa whist we have wilel diesiald, we te *mall we of egiabia_ :-1. flat bah the willitter sad kb os be ifberely romesoroied lb* ow- Kew. tr eat ao ellowasee e user aag the soled outlay be mo leaveibg espouses. et kr rah atesee; sad that no pa ; yment shwa Is weds to may dike( of the Idiot far Iri vio " s The wheaten iadedgesee way, valor aiding Wrenn swam, be 'm wathreed tothe perfor proem sedlollor, with rowel to wisfismima god make mers of iKkentios t um ih g oold requbed he sloe *dr a M new ties le an hrs.& holtere a awgileate, mad their 'wisdoms la evert ea every iagierleat yewpwatica for Nary. although the premed awisteat, who has hose 47 yews in the ionise, maybe allowed to *alas ide Men tion to tries in the metropedia, if two wietaale ere hereafter regains!, there should be no UMW= as le the plow of 'hemline*, unlme the chief sneer el the Mint shall seaci tion the employment of a local spat; bus that sash an sewn should be employed only under akemianese of pow lar necessity. t " 4. That the mods, th alveuld fa NM et opti n e saiimisc umel who do act attend e trial " 4. That the smiler eheedil wheat amp oese.eher the lair has hos stied beim a toose. te the aid W*Meer of the MA to receive his imeher rope* to pragmatics. " 6. That ecasideria‘theireatimapartaace of pesteeing the Wilk, and particularly the poster douse, from ihesztossive esaantactur• of base cola, WO de oil sosseusead say Maw tin is the efforts of the saildhe of a. Was to dart and prosecute the patios espied la this egeretles bst Wm above stated warrant the belief that men would be t a at dismiss*. et =geese, sad ammo aided pranatw of the Wimp etuthring, Ytto Sena= maid he W a waremery seetviedeu et the petty seedeee, lanai et baths eat to be Wei at the cleaner eseisee is adzes; ter, although the esweity of the loathsome ho a first or semi anise might be thus Metie the mislay of demi= aid of leeillmeeewould be meth plater, sash poem email be sere efietaally edema Is.. the seembeie• ii the z!iser came, thee ender the puma swaths of the law. No allmadon of ezirticg arras Y slassirsisi with rekrenee to the third wad inquiry : "After fall coasideration of the preceding drsessotiosss u well as others of minor importance briseglit to aides in the evidence, we are of opinion that it weal not be *Km:H eat to transfer to the Mint either the charge of the Meeederd weights rad 11101111111.1, or of the duty of stamping Pig sai liver plate." SCOTLAND. ZDLWEICION, F2E. 27. Dr. Simpson, of Birknewten, is now mentioned as the probable moderator of next General Assembly. The long pending case of the property of the chapels of ease held by the free church congregations evtr since the disruption, has been decided in favour of the establishment. Some 18 chapels in Glasgow will, in consequence, fall to be vacated by the free church, and a similar result will follow in the case of a num ber of other chapels scattered over the country. This is the last question between the two parties that re quires legal interference. The statistics of the Aberdeen Prison, with regard to the ragged schools, show that thorn institu tions have done the state some service. The report for 1848 states that "one third of the decrease of committals during the year has taken place amongst juvenile prisoners not exceeding 12 years of age." The decrease of this class of criminals, namely, those aged 12 years and under. has been remarkable. PROVINCIAL. MUYI9LIL REPEAL of Tat MaLT-TAX.—A meeting of the canters and occupiers of land, and others interested in the welfare of agriculture in the eastern division of the conaty of Suffolk, was held at the Castle Hall, Framingham, on Friday, " to consider the propriety of petitioning parliament for the repeal of the malt-tax, and for the removal or equal isation of all hardens which press peculiarly upon the landed intend." Thme were upwards of 400 of the most influential farmers in the eastern division of tae county present. The chair was occupied by J. Moseley, Esq., who, in introducing the subject of the meeting, gave a history of the career of Mr. Cobden to show that he was justified in saying that no dependence was to be placed on the opinions of that gentlemen; but at the ume time be would not refuse anything that was likely to turn out ad vantegeous from the offer of Mr. Coblea. Ile had men within the last few days a statement from the Liverpool Fisencial Reform Association, which would, perhaps, be worthy their consideration. It wee that U the agriculturists refused to join them in carrying the repeal of the malt to they would act isolatedly, and proceed la their application to ministen to Moos other tease, leaving dos agriculturists out of the questions: and that they would be men likely to succeed in that request than if they demanded the repeal of the malt tax. He thought the to was weary of their consideratioa. Although he should decline joining Mr. Cobden, there was no reason why they should not assert his smistanos when it was offered to them. . —Mr. Cooper, of Blythburgh Lodge, said he would not trust Mr. Cobden or any other public man too much, but he would sang aid at the hands of Mr. Cobden. or any other man. They bad already looked too mash to party, not to MOS/OM ; but in (store they mast regard measures, not men. He concluded by moving the first reeolation " That all texts to he just should be im partial. That the tax on malt la most partial, inasmuch as it presses less imerously on the inhabitants of them coun ties where eider is the common beverage, than on those when beer is generally consumed; and that the duty on malt is higher on the industrial classes, than that on wine upon the richer, in pro r ortion to their re spective abilities tos pay them." Mr. Poppy se conded the resolution, which was carried unanimously.— Colonel Bence thought if they were to have a free trade in corn, they must be relived from rime of their beer dens; and the burdens they should be relieved from were the malt tax, the hop duties, and the restrictions upon the growth of tobacco. Why should they rot grow tobacco in this country as well as in Am ? If government took from them the means of supporting themselves, why should they not be allowed to make toe most of their land I He moved—" That the malt tax prompts and legalise ex ciwoofficen to invade the privacy ot the dwellings of those who exercise the manufacture of malt; that it cripples their ingenuity and Iciest fie application of improvements; and that this exorbitant impost prevents the use of inferior bit , ley in malting, whereas, if the duty should be repealed, that inferior barley would be converted into malt for fattening cattle, and become a substitute for linseed and oil-cake, an nually costing about two minims of gamey—the saving of which would enable agriculturists to expel t h at ism la ad ditional labour."—Kr. R. Oarram, Lentos, sessmad the re solution, whit* wee carried unaalmously. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL OXFORD, FRB 28.—Naw Paacroas.—This amnia, the respective societies et New (Were sad Wadhaaa, shosted the bee =rfur the mules year, ecesereedag on the lot day of Eames ota., the Ur. It T. May, M.A., sob-warden and fellow et New, sealer proctor ; sad the Rev. 3. Cooper, MA., fellow aed Junior bursar of Wedharo, Junior proctor. Yesterday Mr. F. *ever, of coil/be/der school, was elected scholar of hems. P mart The Rev. J. 0. Howitute, to the stipen diary aurae, of Legiaitca, SalTolk. do. More. NAVAL ADMIRALTY, Fee. 28.—AProurolzion.—Continander.- 11. Basses, to Remo Lieutesoats.—H. Rows, T. C. Reek T. D. Anuses, mad W. 0. era to Condone ; W. C. De Yee, to liatom. Meater.—T. Hee. to Omer. leer.-0. O. Ouse. to Rooter. ateend lisateh—W. H.Davoses. to Caledonia. thelleh—J. IL Iberia, to Caledonia; W. Z. L. Vests, to Bee. howurn. to Wends. Othlitdess.—W. karst W. Otasone, H. I. Caen; W. mi=n i z iaL_ lteis i to ; Meru" to Sea. Comma. to Saar. MO( Gammar.—W 0. Leans to Baer. to Raw. postero—L hvairerr, to lane. COURT MARTIAL ON TRR 07110111 AND CAIRN or TIM 1071112 roes Ina Loom—Os raise a mart mental wee Mid ce teed the Caledels. Or the perm of basked isto th lll4 e ease hos a oTtl: Oster, at Chlesc h el e r Yeah% es the flat Doe, let ire lawns Maar. enmeshes; Jair Owl% liesier llerenmaisrt Pad COM. grump end arm re doe ler ce deep. The yrs serperd et Os trailed ante' : —Len YEW re J. lawit. Bat,. Pm slink eiglin IC I. Ire" 11.31r iu resert; W MadeLMJI. Claidesis; Clortee Ea Wm. ars Ist i t= J r c ir keeeek The plasm wee Mir h a lm pismet lbe drip ssil adds blew rIS the ler ef Ilbedmi; •1•• vide. the emmeder sod lemeneat bones dated fled Ise sr eserldst Is mho seem em et re mar es re eirdes el re weir orl the oren tosead and es mono with wipe le Oen eismonder eller; they ewe asked to toe the Nw, sal Osemenee Pewee one rioreL It awned Sw re slerrest dr be sr set lithe skip et es One cd kaorbillt he sonienlel tee nest ellesteelth by draft re sinks as whir he vie erpleyed lie puma etredesse Tare ea the _I _&. sr he sr ardor Owe try rases et warm The abhor et L. J. Ores sad Ilkorke was Wm le • psi Wilk eat desorreetielly women did_ re mak e therm thst the reeled-li e uMVO o e r Ye b bl Is the dd. ; bat when Oat wee rose le be So. es he =We le perm ®red. the we. eirreed ether at the erre ese sew sae ont T ell reed the peeert eine Whin made le griere day. I The serrera et re amehmks re edam kr the reemorre. ✓ear set they left their ire adrely Y the heeded the art The Nw see drs thllll4 eat. roes re Mae Near rad the Warr err or:—The siert 1 i e herd re airsedre ram Ma here Perm aid Lwf. Aid " _ as sad saw rend Pit d gb. eM alla "Iv I sid ZjL asetr i sse sH.p Metr. end artarely rd WOW ▪ ainathso sad erldres Is el rat is dime to Imestable Islam J. rids Pamir. that A. J. Orr is my eke • I the dime sal seee. re re Sr st MIL Me rimy Malmo; Ned re art dire Is expos relr high sere et re air term sesher at Ire& A. J. Cards W Mr. Z. .lords, re anolez toil es Ont et the tine ens drift the rode et the doomilmos meris lard. es re as. der re re etre Ye dime alarm Leant die theedise M iser the WI reemerler rid Mare Parse, Mat. S. J. Omer soi s ß ise dereele ma sew d hie deep Moire. biro sew Noy Piedirt rig vienemet Ormi er Trim areseded yreere se o a graft is et Uwe. L Odra. wed Wir ~no aid l srelLSir Mar. Oars fa telinded le Ire year weir lime bees le dr by erred selevider by the erre( the root WEIR. awl yomelf aid doe aerie. Mr. O. Mier fens the dennes ereAsersies yes dims' Is premieres the are erre Mee seen thee hodiellie , eller brag boss =od arra the rode are day. SPORTING. LTITZIPOOL SPRING 1111111140.—Wituraszur. TAIAZ Saws .1 10 sow. oak h ft, sad 60 added by Lard Sohn; tar Sp.aida. est Mb ; bar. Ist es; ay% ash; II sui spy fit Mb; mom ha, allowed 411 s. Ids sad a quarter. (9 subs.) Mr. Dames Ada (Osbanwl 1 Mr. M.AMillirldent Mr bar eat it Ts M 2OW Mr. Cl Walls% Ihrilslerd (W. liaele,• 3 Lord Clelsellire Pavia Lily said Piebeibear rho Muted. 2to 1 ssub Naiads Mscriad Mr licirsd. Wes las ogler by ail Lrvaarooe. Bram C rrroD sm. added to a sweep deb. et 1111100116 wask bIL WI. arid Mr...quarters. (14 subs., I at 111•11 dwared.) Mr. Willie Magrlar (Mo t Mr. IlsinesTbs liipper ... (CbMionn 2 Mr. Ones (Mahar 3 Am as 11= 1 3 to 4 apt Yogadce, sad 3 to 1 apt The nipper. Min by a Med. XMOMSLIT &TAXIS of 10 ems sub, 1 ft, sad 30 added, kw Ayr -alas. Tit; three, 9st 41b; AA* ka.. Warred 116. T. T. C. (g lad tbasterSales Pertbadka (Nati 1 Mr. 0. Eirsca's Tremors (Marlow 2 Mr. 0. Waite Mr Riallard (Madam dis 2 totaa Peatheelipa—Was way by &With. THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1849. Sorrow WsLoss CCP, of 100 sow, &a 2 miles. (6 maw} Lord Waterford's Padilla& Walked over GRAND Norsowol. assorLi Coosa Hama ,tomp of 20 Asa oak 1 ft, sad 100 MAN. M Wm, MI M wham hairs . Mr. Mom, Jae.% Peter limpie Cert. ratforellie =Owyhee tal .. 1 9 • s l s l k Mr. T Mem% Mem ( rime 3 4to I opt Pilaw Clempe. II le 1 yft The Omele. hie eset t et Owyhee (t). tele 1 'witless* We I apt Melville= le 1 eipt Anne. NY Img MAIM Teoemm. 311 to 1 apt II Mtge* ram al" SIMI 01133 krrp, =di se lel sest Wider —Perm tempts took the Isol, mode ail Mee is mil men to a maim ETTLNO T MARCERITItaw. LIVIRPOOL B Ilvizr A zx Czasa.-4 i• 1 apt Primo Osorp (t), 7to 1 eget The Casale (t),, i• I opt Wdmlrmissa (t), le to 1 sot Naoa (t); all Am bathed troth, let sattlts doom woo may other. LIVERPOOL SPRING CCP.-7 to 2 at llopdar (t), 4to 1 w Primo Charlie (t), 9to apt Reality (t), 11 to I.j Fare wa 72nd et flepeumber, • as aimed Lieiseen presented the elms, prodneed fee 2881. 10a., *ad dated 21et September, and pea him with a nets for 2001., nembered 33,2D8, and dated the lltk Jasstary, and 361. 10a. in gold. I did not Wm particular nodes at the person then. An hoer or so oftotwordas he altdai sums and presented a &ellen for 1614. 17 81 , sated the Wad September, 1818. and I meg steed T iim uthe pampa to whom I bad paid the other elteque, and he aeksowledged emelt to be the fact. I was in the act of _paying Ma when I asked him the question, and my sesspie was suited and I detained him. The drawers lived In Lem sad m I bad received a cheque from the same parties en the same day, I had ground for PUPOViaI it. an thsatielty. He said he expected to meet the party from whom he received it at the poet office, and that he bad re ceived it from that party in Little Britain. I went with hint to the landlady of the house is Little Britain, and maw kw there, and I ascertained that the cheques were both fingsrlea. Mary Ana Thomas proved that the prisoner lodged at her house J and gave the name of Jenkinr. J. !Llamas mid : I advertised on the 18th of September for a situation as airman or human. A person much older than the prisoner called on the Thursday following, and in consequent°, of what he said to me I went to hlre. Thomas's, sad inquired for Mr. Jenkins, and was introduced to ,the prisoner. I had a note in my hand, telling me to inquire foe lir. Jenkins, and I showed it to him, and he said it was all right, and after some extenuation, he appointed me to call next day. I did so, and he gave me two SI. notes, payable at different banking house, to gat changed. He gave me the first cheque produced, which I believe was drawn by Messrs. Lennon and Co., upon Maim. Hank 's bank, and he gave me • bag and a pocket-book, end told me to get the cheque smelted. I did so, and handed it to him. The witness then detailed several particulars whieb took plans between him and the prisoner, all tending to show that the prisoner took ingenious methods of avoiding simple:ten and then pro ceeded. I afterwards met him by appoint ment, and he gave me the stand cheque to get changed for • 1001. note and the rest in gold. I went to the banking house and wa• detained, and I afterwards went with the cashier and the inspector of police to look for Mr. Jenkins, but I never saw him till tbis morning. Mr. F. W. Jameson, banker, at Brentwood, in Essex, said he had for many years been in the habit of drawing cheques upon Hanks'''. The cheques produced were fir es:ass. The signatures resembled his, and might pass for his. He never authorised any ens to sign for him, and he bid never to hie knowledge seen the prisoner before. Mr. Birch, solicitor to the Banker's Protection Committee, submitted that the evidence in the two cases was complete. He had, however, to request that as there was a third case of forgery upon the same day for 174/.10/.,en the same house, and as the prisoner was believed to be implicated in that transaction, the prisoner might not be fully committed until a future day, and that Mr. Lemnos might give his testi mony with respect to the last instrument. Mr. Ltmmon having pronounced the cheque to friE TY. te Lord Mayor said the prisoner stood committed the two first charges, and was remanded apses the last. WORSHIP STREET.—Aerserrin Ml/113131113.—Eliza WagAorn was charged with cutting and wounding C. Gib son, who is now lying in a dangerous state in the London Hospital. Between 3 and 4 o'clock oa the preceding morn ing, a pollee-mutable was attracted by cries of " Murder," proaeding from one of the low coons adjoining New Nichol street, Bethnal-green, chie fl y inhabited by persons of the most pro fl igate habits, and found several of the inmates en. mid outside their houses in a scene of indiscriminate riot and disorder. Hearing that an attempt had been made to murder a man, who had been taken into one of the houses, he proceeded there and found the man Gibson sitting with his neck uncovered, and bleeding pro fusely from an extensive wound across his throat. The policeman attempted to raise him, when he fell to the ground in a state of exhaustion, and was con veyed to the hospital. Wines* afterwards returned to the house and secured two women and a man, who were alleged to have been concerned in the affair, but the evidence at their exambetion the preceding day at this court went to exonerate them from the offence, and they were all ordered to be discharged, with directions from the magistrate to the officers to apprehend the prisoner. depilate Brown stated that she resided next door to the house inhabited by the prisoner Waghorn, and while in bed that morning she was aroused by the panel of her door being dashed in by the man Gibson, who then went out, and the prisoner Waythorn direc'ly afterwards ran upstairs to a room occupied by two young women named Jane and Sarah Morris, whom she accused of harbouring the men Gibson, and commenced a violent attack upon them. After a severe struggle between them, she was forcibly ejected, but pre vote to leaving the room ske snatched up a knife with which she proceeded down stairs, and having deliberately sshhasrrp~ecnned it upon a poker, rushed into the court, and ion mediately upsn encountering the man Gibson, who was partly intoxicated and standing between the two houses with his neck bare, and whom she evidently mistook in the dark for the girl Morrie, seized him by the hair, and fore lug his head back, exclaiming, I'll now have my revenge," drew the knife across his throat. She appeared to be instantly aware of the terrible mistake she had committed, and wiping the blood from the knife hastily upon her apron, burred back to the girlMor ries room, into which she threw the weapon and called out, " They have cut the man's dense!" The man Gibson was at this time lying in the court, underneath the window of Morris, who was looking down at him, when the prisoner again came out with a wash-hand Wain in her hand, and with an oath hurled it up at the girl. The Latin missed its object, and alighting upon Gibson's head, was smashed to pieces. Several constables shortly after arrived, and carried the injured man into an adjoining house. Several other women were examined, and gave evidence substantially the same as that given by the last witness, and • certifirete was produced from Mr. Edwards, the house surgeon of the hospital, stating that the man bad received a severe incised wound in the throat, and that a considerable time must elapse before he would be in a fit state to be re moved.—ln her defence, the prisoner denied the charge, and declared that the act had b ee n committed by one of the female witnesses. — She was ordered to be remanded. RAILWAY NB WS.-WEDNESDAY. Shares were generally depreseei with the funds, but not in the same proportion. Public feeling is decidedly more in favour of railways than Consols, although shares did not rise equally with the funds in the late extraordinary advance, nor have they now fallen with the funds in the same degree. MURK LIST.—LowDow, FasavAaT 26. Nifa,--Tho violations cf lan ti Roman obssootors denote Wail trarailions: laces of Maim In Italia Wane prim XL abwassi lif X Wades a 11.145Men.39i fle.d. A Do. Psoisronce I/ 411/ D 3.1413101. 1 12 lod ad 3 Aseiffirt ßota lift 14 De. Rio 408. -. 9 2d.0.d. WWe. w•a.D•ml. mils . , IC Do . COns. resins -0 rai d& ' t a! al De. in Tatar. ... Cp .: Li D Thirds V Ear Wil 19/ IA a I DLR. Pril.T pr.Ct 1 Drs. Oft . - looDapipeameall.si r ds d.ra ti LE. zi . s ilaa.. Dan. it Nal . 99/ iso Xosicis„ffAif.faine. i 9. ilp. tS At. ram No. 1, Wool lff irrunDr.. l 2s Zid. ,111 Da Awes No. 2 ........44,i. •0 0 St lip Do. :Aare, Ns. 3 ..1.141, :14 &Ltd [ i t 74. 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COMM OF BlCHEQUER—Tesrnanay. Nan Pam—Before Mr P. Polk*, CI., and a London flpeetal Jay. PILSCZ O. Tee 0111 AT WISTIAN HALLWAY CONIPAXY.— Tma Anemias at Snaivaranare. This was an action to recover oompneastios in damages fee a variety of dangerous personal injuries attained by the plaintiff in consequence of the alleged carelessness and no siest of the defendant's servants. Oa the 101 of May last it appesred that the plainti ff , who was valet to Mr. Beckwith, was returning by express train from Bath to Lond.m. On approaching tke Shrivenkass station, the signal indicating " all was eight" having been displayed, the engine -driver proceeded at the weal express rate of sixty miles an hour. There was however at the sidings of the Shrivenham elation a hone-box, to whisk a tattle-track had been attached, re moved inn before the train came up. A ponies of the hone-box or track win left by the porters, who had been employed to remove them, overhanging the line, sad to their earelesene a the accident which unlor-1 tanately ensued woe ascribed. The engine paned without much injury, but the next carriage came into collision with the por tion of the truck which was left overhanging, and the consequences were frightful. The truck, the :ton:-box, and two or three of the carriages were shivered th atoms. Thirty of the passengers were violently thrown out, four or five were killed, and all the remainder sustained various injuries. The plaintiff, who win within one carriage of the engine, was found after the accident in a state of imminent danger and totally insen- ' sible. For rme time it was supposed he was dead. He was taken to a publie-heuse, and examined by a surgeon who di.covered MA life wu not extinct. but tnat the mai serious injuries had been sustained. There were three or m ire large gashes on the head, and various contusions of the body. It was thought nectseary to *have off the hair, and to srply cold lotions, and it was not until the morning i after that the plaintiff recovered his senses. Such war the extent to which his fees and person had been chat tared and disfigured, that Mr. Beckwith, his mas ter, was unable to recognise him. One of his legs wee broken above the ankle, and the joint itself greatly braised and injured. The right elbow joint was Matured, and both kneel nearly shattered. A large piece of flesh was torn off one of the legs below the knee joint, and the sight of the right eye was completely destroyei. The other eye wee so much injured that one of the surgical wit. newel deposed it was extremely probable ho would ulti mately loess the use of it also. The sufferings be endured were of the most excruciating descriptios. One of the eye lids wee sewn up In several places; but afterwards it win dis covered that there were two splinters la the corner of the eye. The stitches were cut is order to remove the splinters, and it was necessary to have the eyelid sewn up again. The pain atteadir.g these operations was described as almost in • sufferable. It was necessary in setting the elbow to alter the position of the bone, which also greatly increased the pain, and rendered the limb nearly useless. The elbow was set on the 17th of May, and the leg next city ; after these operations the plsintiff gradually improved. His condition wee, how ever, very precarious, and he was unable to move from the Shrivenham station until the 6th June, when, at the instance of the company's medical officers, he returned to London. He afterwards went to Margate, where he remained f come time, and had considerably recovered. He had, however, completely lost the sight of one eye, was lamed fur life, and was rendered unable to use one of his arms freely, It was, therefore, tolerably clear that he bad been rendered totally unfit to perform the duties of a gentleman's valet during the remainder of his life. Under those circumstances the only question for the consideration of the _jury was the amount of comnensation to which the plaintiff was entitled. It was strenuously urged on his behalf that the accident had arisen et.tirely from the gross compound or double negligence of the defendants' servants. The porters were careless and neg ligent in not removing the hone-box and cattle-truck, so as to prevent any portion of them from overhanging the line, especially when they knew the express train was expected to arrive every moment, and the policeman (Pugerry) in charge of the signals had a'so been guilty of gross negligence by allowing the signal, denoting that "all was right" to be up, when he should have given the signal that there was " danger," which might have been seen at the du taco of a mile and a half from the station. If the proper signal indicating " danger" had been given by the policeman, the engine.driver would have been able to stop the train easily before its arrival at fihrivenham station, and the accident would have been avoided. It was also urged that the only security for the public mho , was to make the defendants, and all other railway companies, feel, that, in cases of this description they should suffer severely, in a pe cuniary sense, for injuries occasioned by the negligence of their servants. On behalf of the defendants it was not denied that the policeman to whom the control of the signals was intrusted, had been guilty of negligence. His conduct had been so muck disapproved of, that the company felt It their duty to prosecute him for his negligence on the occasion and he was found guilty of manslaughter. Up to that nufsirtu nate occurrence under consideration, he had acquired the character of • well-conducted, competent, and diligent servant, and the defendants could not be expected to do more than to provide the best servants in their otiose departments that could be had for money. That the company bad exerted every possible means to pre vent accidents, and it might be inferred their efforts bad been sueogeetal, from the tact that during the period the ex press train had been running, there had never before been a serious accident respecting it on the Great Western line. It was absolutely impossible, by the utmost diligence and lase malty of which man wee capable, to p accidents alto gether • and It wee therefore contended that, if the company W less everything in their power to prevent such uelortu mote esentomess—if they provided the bat and most diligent sad careful servants that could be had, they fulfilled their duty to the public. They bad dens all they could to alleviate the plaintiffs sufferings. A Leal surgeon wee first called in, and afterwards they caused Mr. Cesar Hawkins, an eminent ss to be brought down from London. Mr. Hawkins attended the plaintiff for a fortnight at Shriven ham, and subsequently in London. The plain tiff was lodged and &leaded to at the expense of the company, regardless of its amount. They regretted the accident meet steeply, but it could not be expected that they should compensate the plaintiff for the sufferings he bad sustained from an inevitable occurrence, which every one who travelled by a railway, and more specially by a train proceeding at the rate o f sixty miles an hoar, must centemplate as not an imrsaible contingency. Amongst the several wapitis.' called on behalf of the plaintiff were the medical gentlemen whs attended him on the part of the company, • surgeon who had afterwards attended him, Mr. Beckwith, the plaintiff's master, who was • passenger in the same train, and Roscoe, the driver. There were no wideness called on behalf of the defendants, their counsel relying on the facts elicited upon crow-exami nation, The Laid Chief Baron, la summing up, told the jury he wee dearly of apietea that the essapany was liable for the af tbat Neende. end that the only question for wee the amount al mispeneation to which the plaistilf was entitled. The jury, after deliberating for about an hour, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 760 L—With this case the sittings terminated. COURT OP BANKRUPTCY.—Yarraapay. Bobs* Yr. COMallosiomer FOetliMOS. BIISPINSION 01 CIRTIMATB.—FteIdar Lad Bradbury, lace merehants, of Thavise-inn,applied for their certificates, supported by Mr. LIIITSIM. There was no opposition on the part ef theankplikla.—His Honour, observing that the baakrupt Mier 101 l been insolvent before, that his even.~ dittos had eireadad b profit., and that there were link or No sinia,supowled his certificate for six months, with pralsiksa. That et the other bankrupt, who had only taloa a sabardiaata part in the business, was graated forthwith. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.—TirraRDAy. Detre Mr _ Cd-firma I. _ IN kV WILLIAM RIMY GLIFIFOOD:BLLL PAID. lx ui 14 Isa 13d* ~Nexww#rt NO, 6 sa. NO. be . 4346 be • e 6 6 sad. 1181 57 69e.d. Tiits le ! g If? Tl, 16161 LiP. la Al 14 18§ 1 2 1! 1 2p c.d. 1 1 /9 1 ,11.1.71 114. 0 awa, Ths insolvent, a 'hair sad sots saber, wu opred on the part of two persons who had discoun t ed two aeons btios bills," with white the insolvent and two persons in the Tower had been eaeassled. The insolvent had " lent his name "to about 1601 bilk with the other parties. Oas bad been dlarh fader the act, the mond now prostate& hiwartl, the third was 'spooled in a short time. In on. blew tea dialeastiag party took about " seventy" par NM, and the insinst gave an Maaaat~sh~owing that is the saw imam a farthw rata el Mane rd beta ?Mini. 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RAILWAY BILLS IN PARLIAMENT. Wilkinson was charred with having uttered two a twenties DISPOSIM 07 DT matutaas. cheques upon the banking house of Hanky and Co. ,R e s. Before Mr. May. church-eireet ; the one for 2361.105., the other for 1.541.17e.ed. Bkkiethead, Lenesehire, sad Cheshire Junction. Stand. idr. 0. Barseti, cashier la the above beak, said, as the big cam olgaPlisti with. Dade Mies. asa. &flaw Wis. Mam.lll3. W Twit. Nara. 4 Bea ire.kads Do. Ism. Its( Dwrar.=.lli .e 1,,. it was stated that " moron " wash aet.tnded to the cow sidemlisa of the mart If they way paid as. hill out of thap preassied themealem—Mr. Cenunissioner law said be should me &Whinge the insolvest, lest he sheald he lei es rumps* be mar an beam roam la his ophdos there bad been antler Iteasety are respectability in any of the parties.—The Modena was remanded kg four ealoadar maths under the disaratimary dom. Iron= Zan,TATI.I 112 103. • 22 Mad. P 23 23e.d. 1111V1e.d 41i •d. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT.—Yurnomoy. Mors Ms./swiss Cramp 1. Posr.orncn Itannnum—ii. Bream sad .T. Witham, two Post-eSse istarr.carrkru was Nuristan at robbing lat. ton containing asusy.—lirmtaass Ashen& G. Mks was slat Nadal he sloollag s NUN containing Chatt two tomparorpitass and wisp stamp. Viand Not y. Ii iil2 i 2 v al 0i 91 i 14 14 1 lit RAILWAY MEETINGS. EASTERN COUNTIES. Half-yearly Feb.2l3.—DAnD WAD• DINGTON, M P., Esq., an the chair. A very extraordinary sensation yes produced previous to the commencement of the preceedinp by the non-appear ance of Mr. Hudson, who had been expected to take the chair. At 1 o'clock Mr. Waddington unmed the post hitherto Sled by the chairman of the board, when he was greeted with the question, " Where's Hudson ?" and with loud marks of di...probe, ims at the absence of that gentleman. The CHAIRMAN, having with diffeulty obtained • bearing, mid he attended there that day se a matter of duty, end be hoped the proprietors would support him in the die. charge of his duty. (Hear, hear.) If he had not thought proper to appear before them they might then have said that he had not attended to his position as the'. deputy chairman in the absence of the chairman—(a my, "Where is the chairman ?")—and therefore be demanded from them that which they were bound to accord to every man in his own position, namely, that they would not "condemn him unheard. (Cheers.) He had been extremely desirous, and so also had been his colleagues, that Mr. Hudson should attend the meeting that day; and the first intim tion which he received from that gentleman that he would not be prompt was given on Monday morning last, when he received a letter from the chairman, on the receipt of which, he immediately convened • meeting of the directors resident ie London. He read to the directors the letter which had been forwarded to him, and • letter was agreed upon which he was to forward to Mr. Hudson. He requested Mr. Hudson to give him a reply to that letter, and he could not account for the circumstance of his not having received one. It might be that Mr. Hudson was rot at home. (Laughter, and cries of " No, no.") At all events, he (the chairman) was placed that morning in a very painful position, and in justification of his appearance, he should read Mr. Hudson's letter to him. sett mid his reply thereto. (Cheers.) Ho wished to say at the outset that, in conducting the proctedings that day, the directors by whom he was surrounded had only one derive, namely, that the meeting should know as much of the con cern as they them elves did. The letter of Mr. Hudson to himself was as follows : "Newby Park, 11iiisk, Feb. 26, 1849.—a1y dear Sir,—As I feel I cannot go strongly along with you in reference to the steam-boot question, I have made up my mind not to attend the meeting on Wednesday next. I sincerely wish you well through it. I hope If any attack is made on me you will, if you can, defend me with reference to your company. I un fortunately hold a lards stake, and bought at a very great price, and lose terribly by the concern ; they invited us, the were in a ruined condition both as to stock and cre dit. I shall resign whenever it may suit y.iu and the board. .4 B a attending I shill avoid the Norfolk question, which I could not but throw over.—l am yours, very truly (Signed), Ono. lit neon." He was very loth to read these letters, because there might be points in them which Mr. Hudson thought should not come before the public ; but he thought be had no al teraative, and the board thought so too. His answer to Mr. Hudson, written on the day on which he received that gentleman's letter, was as follows : London, Feb. 26,1849.—My dear sir,—Upon receipt of your letter, I convened a meeting of our director' residing in London, and read your letter to them. It leaves us all in considerable difficulty as to the best course to be pursued, but my impression is, that as the steam boat matter is ap proved of in the report of the board, and as no vote on the Norfolk Amalgamation wi'l have to be taken at the meeting, itis difficult to explain your absence from the meeting on any ground stated in yourletter. Besides which I read your letter, as not wishing your opiaion on these two matters to be brought forward: lest they should disturb the utioa of myself and the board at the meeting, as entertaining opposite op , nions. It appears therefore to us, that as you have determined on r esigning y our sea t, it would be bettor for you to do this previous to the meeting. Should you concur in this, and send me the resignation, to be at the board prior to the meeting, you can give such reasons for the step as you wish, and I will make them known. The feeling of all is one of regret that we shall lose the valuable services your experience and knowledge enable you to give to every company with which you are associated. I will not fail to notice the point named in your letter if_y_ou are attacked.—l am, dear air, yours very truly, DAVID WADDINOTON." Now, he had waited with great anxiety that morning for a reply to the letter which he had just read. Their secretary had been to the Telegraph-office, ciminunic sting or andel'. vouring to communicate with Mr. Hudson at York, in order to ascertain whether he had received the letter and had for warded a reply. He had taken the precaution to send one copy of hts own letter to Newby Park, Mr. Hudson's private residence, and another to York. The secre usury had not, however, been able to get an answer, having been informed at the Telegraph-office that the wires were out of order. (Great laughter.) He thought that state ment would satisfy the meeting that he was not in the chair by choice; he hoped they would feel that, if not otherwise entitled to it, at least the man who came forward on an emergency like that wee entitled toe fair and impartial hear ing. (Cheers.) It was his intention that day—and he hoped the meeting would support him in his object—that every proprietor should have a fair hearing, and should re ceive answers to any questions which he might put. Having made these prefatory remarks, he would take his seat, in order that the secretary might read the notice by which the meeting had been convened. A long discussion took place on the point that the common seal of the company be affixed to the register of shareholders, but it having been stated from the chair that only Eastern Counties proprietors wars present, the motion was agreed to, and the seal affixed. The SECRETARY then read the report, for which see Express of Feb. 26. The CHAIRMAN rue to address the meeting. He said the :financial statemeOt which had been put forward was, he had no hesitation in saying, an honest one ; and he would add, that he believed from the amount of 13,100,00 W. which had been put down, as including all existing liabilities, 139,0001. might be struck off, and that that amount was an excess rather than a minimum. Considering the branches of thi line which had to be opened,the directors thought that the revenue from the 4th of July, 1849, to the 4th of July, 1850, would be what had been stated. The work ing expenses, he had no doubt were overstated. He had been at considerable pains to enable the meeting to go beck to • time when the proprietors had a large dividend, and to show how it was that they had a small one that day. The revenue of the com pany for the past half year amounted to 397,6921. from the Norfolk and the Eastern Counties lines. Out of Mat amount the directors recommended the payment of the dividend which had been announced. The amount of the dividend was, in fact, open to discussion. Previously the directors had come before the proprietors under the act of parliament, with a resolution that a certain dividend should be de elated without leaving an option to the proprietors; but on that occasion, though they recommended a dividend of 59. 6d., they left it open to the proprietors to my what amount of dividend they would receive. (Laughter.) In the Norfolk case no comparison could be made with the previous half year, as this company only worked the line for two months previous to the commencement of the last half year. No doubt their revenue, as well as that of all other companies , had been greatly a ffected by the times. On referring to the working expenses he found that the rate of expenditure in the last half-year was 1,0841. per mile, while la the preceding half-year it was 1,2731.; and although the diminution was partly accounted for by the circumstance of the Norfolk section being worked much cheaper than the Eastern Counties list proper, yet, looking at the working expenses for four weeks alter the Norfolk line was worked conjointly with the Eastern Counties line, and comparing them with the expenses of the four weeks last past, it appeared that the directors had reduced the wages, in consequence of the continuous working, to 3701. per week ; and: this without at all impairing the efficiency of the line, or jeopardising the public by any unwise reduction. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the mainteaance of the line, it had been said that they were professing to work at a less cost than they possibly could •, but, having gone into that question, he had found that the line, in the order in which it then was, cost them, for labour only 761. per mile ; and for materiels only 231.; making the cost of maintenance, with materials, 991. per mile. In this respect, looking at the nature of the traffic, the heavy engines used, end the large amount of goods, as comppeerreed with the p7 l : traffic, their line might be oom with any in the . In the half-yearly statement of accounts the expens e the direction, formerly 4501., was put down as 900/. The proprietary had formerly voted 1,8001. per annum for the board ; but there being certain lines in course of cons'ruction, 4301. of that charge was put down te revenue, and the remaining 4604 to capital.• In like manner the Wary of the secretary was charged half and half. (Laughter.) But, having eat out on the principle of presenting to the pro- prietors a fair statement, showing all the liabilities of the undertaking, the direc tors had pat down this half year 1,3261., wMth had previously been put down in the capita account, for directors' allowances and salaries to chief al, cm. In the statement before the meeting it appeared that, for an additional mileage of 69 miles, an expense of 14,7321. bad been incurred beyond that of the previous half-year ; but, then, everything had been brought into the revenue account for this half-year, except indeed half the slimy of the engineer, who was still employed in laying oat lines and winding up contracts. Now, he did not believe that anything personal was meant by the proprietors, but they had evinced that day the feeling that they were not going to receive the dividend which they had a right to ex peel. That feeling was, in truth, 'hared by himself: (Hear, hear.) He was exceedingly sorry to appear in the chair that day to propose a dividend of 6s. 6d. But was it not far better to give that than an Bs. dividend not honestly earned ? Was it net better to lay the naked truth before the proprietors then, than to have to do so at a future time ? (Hear, hear.) He had, through con siderable labour, obtained tables which showed how they had been going on. He wished to take the meeting back to the time when he first appeared in that room at a haltysarly meeting. And here he must say that he thought he ought to go into a little personal history of his own in connexion with this railway. It was generally supposed that he was brought there by other parties than the real ones. He came there at the request of the directors of the Eastern Counties Railway, who solicited him to become the chairman before Mr. Hudson was invited. He had, in fact,agrissd to fill the office, but the shareholders went to Kr. Hudson, raid that gentleman having been prevailed upon to act as chairman, he (Mr. Wsddington) said to him, If you will give me the entire control of the traffic, you taking what may be called the political part of the management, I will come in as deputy-chairman, and work with you ; but not otherwise." Mr. Massa speeded to his proposal, and, in consequence of that, he _became the deputyschairman. He made this statement lest the proprietors should go away under the impression that he was a party to what he cc d not subscribe to. In justification of himself he must my that he was no party to believing at the time when he joined it that "the eoneern woe in a ruined matinee, both as to stock and credit." (" Hear, Inar," and cheers.) It was totally impassible for them iS obtain the rate of dividend which had been predicted white the traffi' of the line was only in the murals of development. At the time to which he alluded, as the 4th of January 1846, the period of the first hat-yearly meeting at which he had the honour of appearing a. the deputy-chairman, a dividend of 9s. was declared ; and he wished particularly to direct their atten tion to the following statement, for it wee a most startling one. That dividend was paid upon 143,267 shares of 141. 16,. per share, besides the loans and the pro portion of Northern and Eutern capital, making a total of 3,537,3151., which was then made chargeable to revenue ; there having been during that period revenue obtained for five months upon the line from Bishop Scortford to Brandon, or 56 miles on which there was to interest payable out of revenue, the line also being in the coteraos rs to' hands for twelve months after the opening, and there fore being maintained at the contractors' expense. That was the starting point. They had at that period 141 miles open, and the dividend was paid in the manner that he had stated. There was the great error. The error was that of paying 95., the dividend of the previous halt year having been only 31. This 91. dividend was the rock on wt ich they had split. (lien, htar.) The lines which had been opened during the preceding six months were not set down as a charge against revenue, on the ground that the traffic had not been fully developed; and this it was which enabled the directors to declare a 91. dividend. (Hear, hear.) lie ad mitted that that was a great mistake. If the capital ex pended had been brought forward as a revenue charge, the comp ay would not now have so large a fall in the amount of dividend. This system of keeping back large amounts until lines had had time to develop, the directors proposed now to put a stop t-. (Derisive laughter.) Then- was sow an addition of 83 miles, 12 of which had only been open during three months of the last half year ; while the capital had extended to 239,096 shares of 201. each, in cluding the bonus—(laughter)—making in all, with the Northern and Eastern and the other guaranteed neck, 10,312,7751. as compared with 3,587,3521., made chargeable to revenue on the 4th of January, 1846 ; or an exeeu of 6,725,423/., on which they had to ply dividend or interest Over the amount three years ago. His only object in being present that day was to answer questions, to put the meet ing in possession of the true state of the company's attain, and to account for the diminution of the dividend. (Hear, hear.) On looking at the tra ffi c acco un t s , they would find that during the six months ending Jan. 4, 1846, there was a gross traffic of only 173,1661., whereas in the half-year ending Jan. 4, 1849, deducting the receipts on the Norfolk line, and taking into account only those on the Eastern Coun ties line proper, the amount was 336,712/. Considering that only 83 additional miles had been ;opened, and that of those 83, 12 had been opened ocly torn months, and, further, that a great part of the 63 miles went through a barren district, which had been forced upon them, he main- I tabled that there woe strong evidence that the traffic I arrangements had been suoneeftuly attended to. (Hear, hear.) Comparing the last hall year with the corresponding one at the period to which he had referred, there was, he repeated, an increase from 173,0001. to 336,0001. Now he would ro doubt be asked, how it was that the proprietors had n.t been made acquainted with all this before ? (Hear, hear.) He admitted that it was very desirable that the whole of these explanations should have been riven pre viously, and it was on that principle that he app-ared before the proprietors that day to my that they should n have the charge to make against the directors again. (Laughter.) The board now came before the pro prieton with a certain mileage opened, a certain amount of money expended, and they recommended a dividend of 51. 6d. per share, carrying over 14,0001. The reason why they advised tho reserving of that amount was, the impossibility of telling what the dopes. Chinon world amount to. AU railway boards deel red that they could not arrive at any correct data on the subject. The directors had been endeavouring to do so ; and, know ing that a certain portion of the line between London and Stratford was being re-laid, and that the expense woul.i have to be met this halt-year, and with a view to meeting all con tingencies, they had determined on making an eft irt to give stability to the prJperty, and to arrest the line in what ap peared to be a downward Cotner. They had desired to give that day a fair statement. They pledged themselves to the honesty of that statement, so far as it could be ascertained by careful supervision. (Hear, hear.) Previous to going into one or two other matters, he would notice, as bearing on the question of dividend, the statement made by the chairman at the last half-yearly meeting, that the re mainder of the six per cent. stock would pot be issued until the pr. prieton were stumbled on that occasion. A certain number of the six per cent. shares are still in the coffers of the company ; and the directors having declined to borrow money at 5 per cent., and even at 41, though the stock might be reserved for an emergency, it was not the intention of the directors to inue any more of the 6 per cent. stock, even at a premium of 21. per chars. The number of shares kept back at present was 3,400. He now came to a matter on which there was great diversity of opinion ; he referred to the Norfolk line. By agreement they had to work the Norfolk line for seven years, giving to the pro prietors of it equal profits with themselves ;and in the mean time they were to apply to parliament for its sanction to an latiVmien of the two undertakings. iteatirroa—l hope not. The CHAIRMAN—The proprietor said " he hoped not," he thoucht he could show him, however, that the arrange ment .as for their own interest. The exact amount which had lesen earned by the Norfolk line proper, w., ac-ording to the statement of the Eastern Counties audit clink and the accountant, 60,8791., which upon 47,666 201. shares, gave a dividend of 50. 81d. per share, after deducting working ex pentes,and including a mileage proportion for the expenses of direction, m stagement, and head e flies., which had not been increased in consequence of the working of the Norfolk line, and without which the dividend would be 6s. ld. per share. Thus far, therefore, there was no loss ; and although there was an additional capital to be brought in on the cum pletion of the Fakenham line and the Lowestoft harbour. Yet he must observe that the line, at one end, was far from being prop erly supplied with trucks, and that it had not been open sufficiently long to enable them to judge as to the pro bable amount of traffic. There were two questions to be considered—first, whether the Norfolk Company was likely to pay the same dividend as their own ; and, secondly, it not, how much they were likely to lees by it. As he would probably be required to give evidence on the subject before parliament, he must be extremely guarded in what he stated then. Bapposing, however, it were said that they had nothing to do with the agreement, the question would then be whether the Norfolk line had made ss. 65. per share. Ac cording to their owe officers, it had made 51. Bd. fhe hon. gentleman then referred to a letter from one of the directors of the Norfolk Company com plaining that the development of the traffic was im peded by the want of • sufficient number of trucks, and further stating, with regard to the Lowestoft harbour, that at present many vessels were prevented from going to the harbour, by the want of such accommodation u was being provided. Even under these disadvantages the Nor folk line had been able to pay as good a dividend as their own. A Paoralirroa asked whether the amount which the company would have to pay for the Lowestoft harbour was clearly defined. The CHAIRMAN said the extreme liability was 30,0001. - but their own engineer estimated the out as under 25,0001. With regard to the Harwich line, he might have leR that question to be dealt with by the hon. member for that town, who was also a mem ber of their own board; but as the chairman of the meeting he was perhaps compelled to give some expla nation. The proprietors bad already recognised the im portance of the port of Harwich. He believed that the only reason why the Harwich line was not obtained before was a political one, The whip wanted influence, and so did the tones. Hence there was the Attwood line on the one side, and the Bagskaw line oa the other ; and the government having taken some interest in the matter, eventually a line was obtained by the Eastern Union Company, which was to be guaranteed 41 per cent on a capital of 163,0001. In the meantime, before the completion of the line, the Post office' authorities had asked for eminence in conveying letters between Harwich end the ports of Hamburg and Rotterdam. The directors had replied that they could not render any assistance as a railway board, but that they would introduce the question to the shareholders, leaving them to determine whether they would make an advance to a limited extent. The directors themselves did certainly think fa vourably of the matter. It was important in reference to general communication with the centuient. When the com munication to Harwich was complete, the distance from London to Harwich would be 68 miles, and from Harwich to Ostend 73, making a total of 141 miles ; and the distance by way of Dover being 153 miles, there would be a difference of 12 miles in favour of the Eastern Counties route. True it might be said that the latter route was eight miles more than the Dover one by sea ; but that was counterbalanced by the fact that Harwich was a tidal harbour. _ A PROPREBTOR thought Essoagata war the beet harbour. The CHAIRMAN said he believed the Bouth-Butern Company had tried Ramagate, and had found that it would not answer. Under these circumstances, the directors pro posed that a sum not exceeding 24,0001. should be advanced on a favourable report being made by a competent marine authority. (" No, no.") By this means they would be enabled to secure • considerable adds decal fruit traffic daring certain seasons of the year, besides which they had every reason to believe thatMarwich would become the main point of communication, not only with Hamburg, but also with Ostend and Rotterdam. An other question referred to in the report was that of rating. This question was a very serious one. During the last 12 months they had paid upward' of 20,0001. for rates, and he had some extraordinary statements to make on this subject. Ice 19 parishes through which the line ran, this company had paid nearly one-tifth of all the rates, over a distance of 21 miles and 64 chains; in roar other parishes they had paid surly one-third of the rates, the distance being 6 miles *ad 22 chains. It might be alba why they did not appeal ? Re wassorry to say that they had spent a great deal of money in appealing. A magtstrate of the county of Beau, who was a member of a rating committee, bad joined in belling • circular to several townahlps, calling upon them to consider the question of raising the assessment en the railway. The board afterwards appealed against the deci sion which was adopted ; and this very party sat in judg ment on the question whether or not the rating was a fair one. (Cries of " Name.") It would be of no use to name the party, but such was the fact. If they appealed Queen's Benet, that court referred the matter to the magistrates. The directors felt cons that if the proprietors would act with spirit this question they would obtain redress. The CHAIRMAN then resumed his seat, but roes diately after, to announce that he had just received graphic oommunication from Mr. !Indica. It was " York, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 1849, 1.16 p.m.; " and follows: " I had not an opportunity ofreplyiag yesterdal will write to-morrow. (Laughter.) 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