The Express. — London, England, 1849-04-28 00:00:00

to be do ibis for et the tuttl say dsoquor. I to him the quer wan ap , mud to Fretted es Ireland, en which , &quire. of mbiali m o tn the cal °Nee ' such an to to su shi Eli a, whisk t wwwq door Ida IN" ststsd tts.e oh.) Hi rod of tie* 0 1 laet 120 d the Cirsacemos of th e 1101111411713, r eap sealieles moss, wee *ea adopted, sad the W OO alsdaaliga PodFlatd. BIIIIINIIIB OF THY ROUSH. g arrat to Uf. CRANCRLLOR of Ulf ZXCHEQUER latisuded the third aswilai of the Rue is Aid Bill would be M o g wee as Meaday, and shed the envy asthma's. SIIITHFIIILD MARKET COMMITTEE p/s. MACKINNON moved thug Mr. Mks be OZIMIS wan star tease ea the swealbse, odd that Mr. r i `ms's sass be sabstlaited. sr. PRARSON objeeted. He seal pewee it say time Ad items tbe Wawa et the imposed= Nat the market Fial be resseved. He desired sha sad h a ir inquiry, bat & rredos Yoe aetropelltaa saealleises theeesissittee, ; V OWS WM we paid, swarepoliers. He 'moved as se seadsseet that the ease of Mr D. 1.. /Iva= be tubed opei fir thot el Mr. Ifiles. we. O.oollllsatiesesd that Kam ;lea Seem ribs adopted y i l ko beate tar adman thesseselesweef eswassiteres, Instead boas the smatter I. the beads of isdividual stemben. or a few weeds beta Sir E. num sat Mr. Macaw s. is Mal. pit PEAR was SON lied. w Ithdrew Ids usesdasist, mad 0, the dam . Oen al lll. SOMISKTILLI brought is the Poor Relief (Me mo pai, whirls wee reed • Met as*. subsea sajearsal et liell-past one Wank. Vie eviinoo. OUTOOING KULL liti. WIN of dest bile lsesele. Neeme. W. me prim sre trews embillZ theme i re w aletible elp de l i be tli. ind *I D 011 . 16 be Ma.. Maar. Cape 6 Vale Nei Loath ' M - Ee l p he earsee W lia ll Mbe WM& 4 w z e bill i ti l l= eel =AA 1111 86 riwritxr4, lei Seueseemee be Ilea ph= ja. Oar leeedle, Ohm Zama. eed Asesse. rlbreboob, het areepopee ellt he ma Ore. Al gee errespue trodel ie le sae lis Olds gore trese.red be writ elberel .117 ‘ =. .• irdle be UAW. the leuebh ebb beemm APO. vine rade ire e brag riorr i ga li te ma tbe Velleil erre tral le fibweedel eMbe M M% O= l. l M bbeh.libliblubt Omer. eset Obeelho. km & es , al re et the Ttb et es m p g . r im eimeratee. dr Iblitenerea. lesek Ads, imer. elediMeelaMe be be noir up es the mere et the pee co"irebiA iltim. &seek dr kora blerte. Wee. Sakdred. red nee yr beathenstssM m ei epee Ile meta et lbe 1.0 1 Mg. ODD WATIN. LT UDIDDIII =IDOL iniel, 4llll a. Alsiesses. nia. lad IL 04 .......ifi0nar. a Ma. 6 ; arm is ma pot T. I,OND 0 N, SATMAY,APRIL2B Arnut boar dubitation swathing at last seems Wei, to be done towards the rum of unfortunaos Cessight front the hereditary thraldom under ehlk its population have been degraded iota the eillbtel serf+, and then in time of femme deniel even belated right of serfs—to be fed by their masters. ite better half of Sir ROBERT PELL'S counsel has bin taken by the government. Let each receive, for loth deserve, popular praise for the good work about tabs tem ; be for daring to say plainly what ought Ihrttwit to be done, and they for the promptitude with which they have set about doing it. 'Tie well ; his very well ; " excellent well." We don't now k if details or particulars — extent tie limit of tforthcoming measure for the Bale of Land in Wad. On these, we shall have much to say; but at present to utter an anticipative word would bs Mb. The SOLICITOR-OENERAL wisely abstained hem entering into any of the numerous provi dem by which it is proposed to carry oat the scheme, whose aim and mode of operation in its Wirer features he confined himself to enucciat bg. On ail hands it is felt that upon the efficiency and stability of the means employed, the success of the pin mot depend. If these be ill-chosen, it will ne essily fail ; if, on the contrary, there be sound t trimmed in the adaptation of machinery to It aa we i rk, and in the selection of hands to guide and . ms it, then we hope much from the result, both of Mediate benefit and of lasting good. far JOBN ROIIII.LT prefaced the announcement of lis sew measure by a frank confession of the total have of his Ineumbered Estates Bill of last session. We have no desire to dwell upon that ungrateful lgic. But considering the confident tone with which Oat abortive project was introduced, the bland smiles of oval from the infallibilities of all parties with which it was received, the supercilious air with which all suggestions (mare from the landlords and their law ,* were spurned, the largeness of the majorities by tibial it was passed, sad the special words la the speech item the throne in which it sues puffed—considering all these incidents, not yet tine months old, we cannot help feeling that parliament and the public ought to approach the enannation and discuasion of the present attempt, to legislate on the same subject, in a spirit as different as ri es s i a ble me f ai rom that t a the i r: kpo h r ave c recalled.andcf2ful which Mild a peculiar abstinence from official obstinacy or ppahr towhees (and we hardly know which to depre sses most), it is that now brought under renewed lassoipt , on. We hope the example and the warn * of lest session may not be thrown away. Abandoning all hope of accomplishing what is Wetly requisite to be done through the instrumen tally either Court of Chancery, it is now proposed to 'bpi the idea of a temporary commission court of Milk This new tribunal is to consist of two paid smiseleners sad a secretary, who shall form a set disks for their own guidance, such rules to be Wi nkled to the Privy Council in Ireland—and when eurdeeed by them, and laid upon the table of the Mass of Commons, to have the same force as if em bodied in the set No fere are to be imrsed ou lam before the oommiesion, which is to be ap plated for a short period only. It is to deal silk all applications ooming within the scope of its baud jurisdiction which may be made to it within the next three years; but it may be necessary . to an ted its duration for two years longer. It is to be heisted with all the powers of the Court of Chan ey,; but it is not to have any function or duty to plane except where applications are expressly Nadi for its interposition either by a creditor or by the owner of an estate. The commiss'oners• shall lave full powers to sell the estate in such manner, sod in such portions, as they may deem beneficial. /the conveyance from them to the purchaser would ifte him an immediate and indefeasible title beyond istich it would not be nemeary to go at any future time. The commissiooore are Mutes have the power of fatting the purchaser at once in pomemion of the Mad. The purchase money is to be paid into the Wink of Inland, and distributed smog those entitled le it without delay. Such, in its main features, is Ike proposition of the government, somewhat oddly teemed an amendment—it should rather be teemed an abandonment—of the lumbered Estates Bill. Nothing could be more generous than the manner in which Sir ROBIRT PEEL acknowledged the merits et the plan. There was no resolve, no hesi tation about him on the occasion. He roes is a full perception of the true dignity of ]hie proposition, and forgot the somewhat unworthy Mission on the part of the propounders of the scheme ▪ the name of its author. But the world is not always unjust Men will say, because they thish, that to the timely pronunciamento of the member tar Tamworth we an indebted for the present bill; eel Ike thin veil of mystykation about suggestions of I Smiler kind from various quarters, will not hide the truth from anyone who wishes to see how the ease really stands. What does it signify how often some general notion of some sort of a commission to do something or other with regard to land in Connaught has beenput forth in unread pamphlets by cleverish young Men "on the evils of Ireland and their remedies In many of the multitudinous ' =tion of the productions we describe, with our "spare room" shelves are cewed , we have little doubt that the raw material o such a pro- I Jest might be found. But what then? Is it the 1 Mor slower, or bender, or broker of raw cotton,' em the admiring gratitude of mankisd is doe, or the inventor who first dares to based base and Wane already made apes the envied's that oat of this raw bulk of frail patiliss a amillows tllsr le woven capable of eiraime acadiet sad to thousands who never otherwise would have gimped feint the inheritance at squalid rags? Bating thismission, thestatement of the SoucTron- GENERAL was worthy of his station and his name. It was clear, vigorous, and unincumbered by the use of technical terms; a vice too frequently inhernt in the legislative rhetoric of members of the bar. Mr. tertran, on behalf of the protecioniets, asked for time to c , nsider whether he should demur generally specially; in other word., to ascertain what the neadetrong chief of the landlord party would say to the plan. If we might be permitted to offer a some time, we would strongly urge apes Lord STANLEY gad hie friends the propriety of opposing the bill with all their fords—that is, with, all their feebleness. Let them be inured that before all Clings it is necessary that a political party owes it to itself to be consistent. And our worthy friends the monopolists, having enlisted under the banner of "all in the wrong"' will hardly find it safe to be found without notice in the ranks of popular right. To maintain their indi vidualit , there is nothing for them but to object to that promises health or happiness to any section of the people. Monopoly is their shibboleth, and here is an open and undisguised attempt to in fringe upon the monopoly of land. Consistency . in folly and infatuation demands that they should resist it to the uttermost. The somewhat diplomatic speech of Sir Joint WALSH on Than day night furziohes grenrd of exprotation that his party will prove them selves upon this, as they have done on every former occasion, true to themselves. ANA, Arm 20. The last reports from the seat et war in Hungary confirm with mere and more distinetness thevictorions advance of the main army of the Magyars on all sides, and of the corps operating in the south and east. After the fearfully skunkings beetles at Man and Gyiiegyels, the details of which are pre sented in the 27th army-bulletin cf Dembinksi to the President of the National Defence oonnittee,Xessiith, the left wing, under Wiadischgrats, after two days of continued fishting, was driven back by the right wing of the Hungarian army under Gorgey from Belau, through Oyeingyek and Hatvan, to the walls of Pesth : so that two days after (ou the 7th and Bth) Gorgey's head-quarters were in Oodollo and Aszod. Meanwhile, the right wing of the Austrians, com manded by lellashith, was out off by the Hungarian left, under Vetter, from Peeth, and communication with the main army; and after a battle,in which six or seven thoniandA Grecians wire left dead on the field,and 3,200 were taken prisoners, so completely was this corps broken up and ailated that the Ban, whom the Magyars already supposed among their captives, with the greatest difficulty saved himself wit% the wreck of his followers on the other bank of the Danube. Twenty-six canna), innumerable ammu nition waggons, arms, and furniture dell sorts, were the trophies of this day ; while at Eden and Gyon pas 18 cannon and two stint of colours fell into the Gads of Gergey. Dembinski's bulletin, clear, de slake, and devoid of pretension as to style, wears the stamp of truth; and its report is confirmed by the re sult. For the test the Pesth news tells of the drop ping in of ekes soldiers from Jellachich's corps, dead beat with fatigue, wounded, without arms or kit; and how overjoyed the people were to see the Ban, whom they supposed lost, return through Ofea, and therefore from the right bank. Then the recall of Winclischgratz and a host of generals, as Nobili, Rousseau, AVibut, Deym, &c., kdicates a great de feat, and complete failure of operations. Lastly, the army-bulletin of the Prince Marshal, in which he gives 50,000 as the number of troops under his com mand at Path, is the most unmistakable proof of the immense looses of the Austrian army, which, accord ing to another of the same commander's own bul letins, issued at the end of the preceding month, counted 92,000 men strong, as it advanced from Perth in three directions eastward, forming a bread semicircle. Therefore the km in killed, wounded, prisoners, dispersed, deserters, sick, and generally bore-do-combat, must have amounted to 42,000; which rum, enormous as it look', is in all pro bability not above the mark of the troth, when the prodigious slaughter which marked the fights is taken into account, together with the fact of Jellachich's corps, which consisted of 28,500 men, being totally annihilated. The position of the two armies after these battles was as follows :—The left wing of the Hungarians, under General Vetter, was posted at Smokes, leaning against the Danube on its left, and to the right on the centre, under Dem binski, which lay immediately before Peath on the Rakosfeld, and extended to the vineyards on the hill slopes along the road to Giidollo. The right wing under Gorgey and Klapka stretched along the amphi theatre of hills from Gi3dollo and Assad to the Waitzen-road. Therefore, the plan of Dembinski, developed in a previous letter, to move the three main army-corps in converging directions upon Pox*, where they were to concentrate and unite, has been carried out with complete succese. The defeat, which is reported in the Vienna papers, of Penni by Kniczsnin at Zitel, seems about as pro bable as the recapture of Waitzen by the Austrians. But iron were it true, the main operations would be very slightly affected by such a reverse. The crow ing of " Lloyd" over the recovery of the whole Banks, in conse qu ence is perfectly ridiculous, while the forts of St. Thomas. Peterwardein, and Zombor, remain in the hands of the Hungarians. /Mt ecntrt. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Walee ana Prince Alfred, took an airing yesurday in an open carriage and four. Colonel: Buckley and Limit.- Colonel Seymour, the equerries in waiting, attended on horseback. Her Malady bad a dinner party yesterday at Buckingham passe. The company included the Duchess of Kent. the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, the Here ditary Grand Dabs and Grand Dashers of Meeklenhung Strelits, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Duke of Wel lington, Lady Aspens Brum, Lady Augusta Cadman, Its rousse de Speth, the MarTeis Breadalhans, the Earl sail Countess ef Yarborough. Lord George Lennox, Mr. G. B. and the Hen Mrs. Amon, Sir George Cooper, and Mr. B. 1 the Ifildmay. The Duke of Cambridge visited the Duchess of Glowsester yesterday at Glenceeter-house. Mr. Yates had an interview with Earl Grey yes terday at the Colonial-ofiLw. Sir Thomas Phillippe and Mr. Ormsby Gore bad interviews with air George Grey yesterday at the Hoes- Sir Ishii Lowther had an interview with the right hoe. baronet as Tbureday. IDlfollee were sent off yesterday evening from the Wealaaier for the pennon of the North American whales. Donahoe were alar seat of lot evening far the common of Yaa Diseases Lead sad Port Phillip. H. R. H. Panics Ammar having graciously ow- Csscsocsa to imens the invitation of then ommittee et Visi ton et the N. XidiUmn County Luna Asylum about to built at Casey Hateb, to lay the foundation Mame of the buildiag, has appointed Tuesday, the Bth of May, at twelve o'clock, ler Um aeronomy. DEATH 07 CAPTAIN SIR THOMAS BOrrltailEß, 1L.C,8 This gallant dhow, superintendent of Chatham dockyard, died at his aerial residence, on Thandaymoraing, at three Wok*. He was highly distinguished, and bad seen a gnat deal of .miss. Mk health and coastitatka wore broken in China dar lug the war, in which he eon maxrdwl the Blonde frigate. He married a daughter of Ad miral Sir E. Codrington, and was 69 years of age, (Frees lest sight's Gazette.) FOSZION-OIVICE, Aram 27.—The Queen ben been gradossly pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Sir Henry Lytton Balms., lite Her Majesty's Envoy Extra ordisery_end Minister Plenipotentiary to the Quin of Spain, to be Ka lielesty's Savoy Pstraortlinsry and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Vetted States of America. EAST INDIA HOUSE. An adjourned special court, for the purpose of con- sidering the quad= of the &attar& mosese, leas held yes- virility, at the Indl•-hoose; Sir Amid Wad Galloway is the chair Mr.. HOLT MACKENZIB seedraded thee the adopted sots ci the late BAjill at Seams englii, maw the treaty which existed, to be esmbissed as dm net ant sennssors that prises. The govemment had leen Entity ef bed faith in the course they lied mow& with roped to the Senate state. The treaty midi wee entered hoe in 1819 was not a treaty with as Individual. bin a treaty with a mate and with a people, and thseeloo the enemas ant habits of that people ought to be mesidsred in carrying such a treaty oat. lie contested the opinion of the clubmen, that minis wards in the original treaty, in the Ifahratts imeneneocwt ape (ideally heirs of the body. The weeds Ishii bed hem referred to by the sheen= as be*. web annming may expressed heirs and snow ; esstedien eo the Marotta inalsded Win by eitetka. Tim weaken reed a number of as bent deenmenie burin upon the subject., mil ewsidaded by impleeing the omit ad le depart from tho pa* et hamar owli pod MM. bat s ere Siam the eneseesese oldie Mak of Salters in the widen they were In ludo wielded to SU. Sir H. lILLLOCK (a direeke) said, he had always boss of *mks that the deposition of Pertanb Slag bad been forced spot the geoteemsat by the reJah's own gon duet, and he had weer bed modes to swerve from Oat opinion. The matter, beereete, wit& was now helms the court rested wen ihnodetlea. Althea& the DAM government night be jraiiisd in deposing Pernob that was so ream why the sovereignty of Seetsra wee to be anlated. He thought the British government were bowed to fulfil the expectations of the Satan He oblested to the course which a majority of the board had takes, b ► . oases he believed it would lead to the extirsdastion el the native printipalitla of India. Sir R. CAMPBELL (a director id that a great injust!ce had been done to the Rajah of Satter*, as he r looked upon the annexation of that state as a gross violation THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 28, 1849. of labile filth. Ile should vete kr the rewinding the me- i lefts GM' bawd et direelore. Mr. PAIIIOIIIII wet elms se spiels that the Rajah se Ilittera had boa fishy treated, sad had hem deposed beim Me ereerdgetty ifisess whisk aught only to have hien made the mead dm legalities. OIL SYKES tell the ealy question the court had to con sider wok net se nue\ the riot of adoption, for that could hardly he diouted, bet whether they weld not carry out the spirit, it not the letter ot the treaty of the Bajah of Satter.. (Hsu; hear.) That treaty mimed on the rajah the sovereignty el Blears daring his !Melee, and to hie heirs tad onsoftele sairwarda. No see weld would dispute with Na that holm ot bleed met Me precedents of tn.:sollettiel bele% smithies halts were to be found, thee& it they wen head their dame ought to be admitted. Mr. MILLS, another director, treated the resoletios es vote et erasers, sad deftaded that the quake involving auk a oseesqessseokieid be desided by Wilt Wire OLINIAIIT di het has that weabil ea the row lathe. It woe trite he a prootieter hp awns it lobbed imendieg to maw ow Mr se met of sealifte la the direeteve. After ewe further discosioa, Mr. SULLIVAN briefly maid, die sting that nothing was further trout hie intuition fa moving the resolutioa than is eating a vet of maw" on the directors. ' Mr. MILLS having descended a bsu The court adjthrned, having appointed Tuesday ant for taking the ballot, at twelve o'cloe h. LADIES' SOCIETY FOR NEGRO EDUCATION IN THE WEST INDIES. Yesterday a meeting Of the friends end promoters of this moiety took place at Willis's Booms, King-street, St. James's. The Marquis of Cholmesdeley In the chair. The secretary read the report he the het year, from which it appeared that the society commenced its operations in the West lodise in the o r in r2s, by the iatroduc lion of infant schools for mei as went too young to be employed on the odds. At that time, out of 150,000 tine ehe ce. under 10 years of age, sot one in 15 was re m:ivies the hiessing of even oral instrootion. On the memo eak lot 1111 4884, the society had he infant schools la &WPM IWillfMni Is the West ladies, sad from 1837 to 11148 moles& as anneal grant from her Nejesty's govern meat, whisk smalged it to e ta pseadoes. Ta 1840, with ma imam of 1,8001., the soc”mted 145 schools, iambi& kola 7 to 8,000 children and aalts were taught to wad lla Bible. Is 1841, in the Island of Justice alone, the smother of children under intro:don amounted to 2,571 in 38 achcols,27 of which were in connexion with the Ladies' Society. The funds of the society had always btes some what small, compared with its claims es well as with the geed which It had been enabled to effect. The largest ea sing increase was in the year 1840, when it amounted to 1,8001. From that time it had decreased till the year 1847, whea it was only 7201. By the great efforts made duds; the last year the receipts amounted to 9341. 4s. With this sum 106 schools were helped with grants, averaging from 51. to 151. The report concluded by stating that notwith standing they had no incumbrances in the shape of debts, yet stib:they were at thel lowest ebb, and that auks; the public came forward sod assisted them with subscriptions, now that the government grant bad been withdrawn, they would be forced to lessen their sphere of action—a course they would adopt with regret. The Bishop of OXFORD proposed the second nada ' tioo, whisk was to this effect : That while this iambic deplores the extensive withdrawal of the aid of varlwasmilgises sedsties from the West Latta schools', it m aiden ft to he Impeatthe ape the meths eseaby M sapper% the W eaned= et the alsain emir their peethst _lllthaties. sag that to +Masai& nth ail tea she ethahme tathrothea of the labourers at thepeesset wile well be elite a dealledia el duty sod a atethare of the stoma pail to thou eekthea The right reverend prelate observed that It was sometimes charged upon such meetings as the present that the proceed ings were eonducted in an exaggerated tone, ant that expeo• talons were held out which could not afterwards be fulfilled. Ile was quite sure that the resolution he now proposed would be cousidered entirely free from any such imputation. He thought the experiment which this society desired to carry oat was of the highest importance, both in a rn^ral sad spiritual point of view. tiniest the efforts of the society were supported by such eminence as was required at the present moment, the schools could not be maintained, and the negro population must grow up untaught. Even amongst our peasants at home, who loved labour for the sake of labour, how much degr adation was produced by the want of education 1 What, therefore, moat be the CMG with a population who naturally hated labour, and who would sink into absolute indolence from the want of the proper stimulants to mental exertion 2 The result must newsanly be a constant retrocession from that vantage ground which the country had hitherto helped th• m to make. What grim the state of St. Domingo at this moment, owing to the changes which had taken place in the I island and to the neglect which the unfortunate natives had experienced from this country ? It was a state of utter misery, degradation, and ruin—revolutions occurring as soon as any power began to declare itself as a governing bcdy. Commerce was gone— so entirely gone that if the whole island were submerged in the ocean which surrounded it, sot a single flag of a single ship would bear testimony to the I event. The free introduction of Cuban and Brazilian slicer bed caused the demand to be almost unlimited. There was a mot extent of ground in Braml adapted to the growth of sugar; and British capital might be bad in abundance to cul tints that virgin soil. The result would be, that recourse wnuld be bad to the oast of Africa for dams to supply the labour, amid this was the consequence of the changes which had be en' effected in the sugar trade by the government of this country. He had said them things elsewhere, and he new emphatically repeated them. He thought it was in the power of this society to prepare that unhappy people for that change in their condition which this country had brought upon them. Endeavours ought to be made to raise them to the condition of a christian peasantry, and th e only chance of attaining so desirable an end was by giving sup port to those schools which the present society were anxious to maintain. The resolution was seconded by Mr. C. 11. Cieuw, and was carried unanimously. Various rmobsions were then pissed in conformity with the objects of the meeting, and a vote of thanks having been passed to the noble chairman, the assembly broke up. TH6 NEW ZEALAND COMM Y.—Teeterday it meet ing of the shareholders ha this company was held at New Zealand-house, Broad-Mmet-buildings, to consider the adop tion of erasures to prevent the stigma likely to be east on New Zealand by making it a penal settlement. Mr. Aglionby, 11. P., presided, and expressed his opinion that the directors ought to offer no opinion at present, but to hear the views which bad led so many of the shareholders to request t that such a meeting au ghs be called. Mr. Watson moved a series of resolutions condemning the introduction of convict emigration into New Zealand, and urging the company im mediately to adopt steps for averthet such a calamity. He pointed out ae grounds for the conclusion that government Intended including New Zealand among the coloniesderined to receive convict emigrants: First, that the operation was to be canted into effect with such secrecy that no colony should know of c :evicts being sent to it till they had arrived. 2nd. That a pledge of Lord Nornemby's, that New Zealand should est be subject to this aspen, had already been broken or evaded. 3rd. That • dispetek had been re ceived by the scent from Berl OM. pelag out New Zealand as one oldie colonies to whisk new plan of sea vict mired= leinkt be properly applied; sad, lastly, that this immesh lei been withheld hem the mon relating to New Zeeland messily laid before Pediemlak while the di rectors of the company, notwithshmlieg their Intimate those wick with the Colealal-ethee, were mat& to bases the proprietors whether eaything of the kind was In sentempia doe. Mr. Walesa west M te thew that the expmfimeat already made in AGM*. of Lied MemeanWe pledge MI signally failed, the menists having diappeeeed mans the naive melatien, propagated vim mil DMA to dasesey the virtue end meaty saki had been panted with se mock are be New Zealand by the gamy Moen. The go vernante night attempt te saugele maviels into that colony, but se these wen sere to amedde with the aisselniess, it mild set eh* seek • sown whiesat dame** greatest chary to themes of shrilkatien. Mr. irsdria Teem, in Msessading the meelelisee, Oats& eat te the meeting that armee* w net beaselle mi ngest the way in which easikee Weid best be d for, but simply MMU OW that none she he sent to the adeny over the intimate Of whisk it had te midi. Colonise were either sinks for the admired pepelatica of the mother country, or outlets fee the mar esterprisiag and adventurous porticos of her people. It was apes the last plan that the colonies tioa of New Zealand was uadereskes, and se thousands had emigrated on the faith that this sane would be persevered in, a gram breath of public faith would be perpetrated if the system were now Maned. The tide of emigration meld then cease altogether and the company's land became valueless. Mr. Haswell , • j u dge In New Zealand, in sup cilia" the resolutions, stated that in his judicial capacity tried three at the bap mat out from Parkhurst, and that two of them had been leMilesd from the colony. Mr. J. A. Smith expressed Me 611 amsenenee in what bad been said. Ile did net Mak th at there sea any chance of lief hem preammea, sad Nisei what teems Mr. Bar nand eMaa te pussy& The War eimilethat ie la u rz suggested that petition should he preemesi tun, end dist the while psellemseesey Mamie ef the com pany skald he eat in motile. Gemmel Bebop sawed a re solution that the lest security soled tie Ma of sonvict emi g ration wee d& be to grant the edam a elesner d free 11=This resolution was reerl by Mr. J. A. O disweedea r . Earl Grey wee to mere anxious than any me obi te m *free Malted= Mewea Zland, and he hodismillal ma mfr lbai Wpm came in progress, and wield be Meld Me dMt ae seem as possible. The chairman, Mr. G.P. Gamey, eel eihme, espoused them selves in the ease some, let the ismielisa was eventually seeded enesierreasly. It wee that speed thee a petition be yeamelei mmt ; and atm the meal vote of Omit te Ore ehaleeaa la the =sties terminated. OMAN Wonsan; Sc RoOL.—Testeriey the ordi naq half yearly meeting of the governors of this charity man Yid et the London Bee TOM= ; John Remington Mills, . prefileatee the institution, in the choir. he Seat- INF NA t e repo m for the last half year, which stated, that the MleMithmeat during that period had been fees from anise. The childrea's school bad been well attended, and dm Mama themselves were well conducted. There were , IV/ children in the school, 115 boys, and 66 girls ; and after the boys present election and wod be 200 children in the lasethatims, Ltd 71 then girls. ul Ten children had left pmt as pmts, and three were retained in the as ser till they reached 15 years of age. The esemittee had hoped that they would have been able to sleet twenty-five children on the present occasion; but as there was a deficiency of 7341. 10s. on the ordinary ' receipts and expenditure, it WSJ found inexpedient to take more than 20 into the estehlithenect. The committee were ' not unmindful th it the public had kindly and generously re- spmda to the appal made for the sew building, and that i it wee mere than probable • large media of the 2,0211. lbs. meleibeted toast repose la 1818 would have goes Mae Ml=esesime br sash appeal ; sal it mast be resets. a amount had not been naive& to OMR the memo of the weeds& by seedy MN., ma thweihre k was usemeary to contiens it, is osier to NOM the Mask MI out kir that purpose. TheMaltore• uus Am w Illst Doe., 1847, Si the 31st Dee., 1848, showed that the let., and extramdisary, ensonnted to OM end the expenditure, ordinary sad emzesellaary„9oBl. Os. Bd., [mitts a balance at the Web" m the 31st of Dec., 1848, of 201. 2s. 9d. I& Nam mid that he had but a single obsertMlon to maks siNeemmo te the report—namely, that the ordinary upon. atm of the institution was more by 7341. than the ordi nal, wed" whisk fact furnhhed an answer to a statement to MN fatal Villoppers, that they were not doing as mush as tha t ' swag is with the funds in their hands. The m ain seed. mut be Wee& up to the ordinuy exposit- OW% *sy vela bale to enema upon tke hails etas ierillatioa, which would had te very unpleassat eon septum la the whole of the simarrations wads in the uswipsper there was not a stogie ems whisk could be tamed to the ailmatep as the 'aimed of this isatitatios. Now, he begged to state on the part of the committee that they were most 'mhos to maim say Isformatius which multi be gives to them at say Man Wahl& this 'mantles could be melds more perfect ; by whist he onstelams could bs susailedor the inPrests of the children la it is any way trod. Maar, hear ) They made so preesesteas to in ? bility, bat they claimed credit far honasty led integrity. They thweght a• media of time tee greet to devote to the interests of the charity; and if any gentleman could tell them how Ho prosperity amid be premeted, they would b happy to ress Mat iefwmaUes ea all emulous. (Hear.) —TM chairman said that it was not asesesary to say my th'," oe the amenity of keeping the 'Wilms expenditure ineb the ordinary income, for unless they did so they mew make essidlerable Inroads on the haled property of the IMINIMime, which would be • most unjust use of the beashotime of former governors. (Hear, bear.) — The smart gad the amounts were then received. A resiatha wee that pimei, approving of the fixing of the nal et the lerperaties le made documents relating to the adimbillealien et the property of the institution. 0 lase resiatime et a howl =tun were elm passed. The elu des et o beys and six girls late the charity was then Tax Eltlg tkrz.tsizit ha been a pp ointed to take out ehiplotter snails for Gibraltar, Malta, Dardanelles, CoestaMismam Samsonn, and Trebiand, instead of the Batten stammer ; and, in mum of the 29th happening as a Seaday, the Eris will not re Southampton befall two o'clock on Monday afternoon. CORONER'S INQUEST.—YESTERDAY. Tat LATE BOILER EXPLOSION IN ST. UEORGE-IN THE Easy.—Before Mr. Baker, at the Red Lion, Batty street, Commercial-road But, on the body of Ellubsth Ann Bailey, aged 67 years, who died from fright mossioned by the explosion of the boiler at Mr. Key's sawmills in Back church -laps. The particulars of the accident which calved V. unfortunate woman's death have already sppeared in the Express. Verdict " Natural death." It was stated that the other sufferers by the explosion were recovering from the effects et the injuries they had received. ENCUMBERED IRISH ESTATES BILL. This bill, which was partly explained by the Solicits-General in his speech on Thursday night, proposes, it is asid, the appointment of five comminionen (two to be a quorum, and two at least to be privy councillors) who are to be entitled, "the commissioners for the tale of imom. bend estates it Ireland." Their term of office together with that of their secretary and clerk is not, we hear, to ex. esedsennyeen. The amount of each Walvis not yet fixed, aa all exposes for earryiaagg out the mauve are to be voted by parliameat The eommlWonen only who are not members of thorny esumell an te be paid commissioners. All the rules he themerposes of the act to be framed by the commissions shiest to the approval of the privy coun cil, end the privy iseasell of Ireland, and to be enrolled in the Court of Cluintray. They may be altered from time t 3 time by the eesteeheiseere, soh alterations to be confirmed also by the privy teresdh. All such general rules to be laid be fore parliament widths one month from their eoefirtaatioa by the privy councils= or if parliament be not then sitting within one month after next meeting of the house. Mesa while they are to have all the force of en act of parliam-rat. The Important feature in the bill is, that It will supersede Chancery proceedings, Ass the commissioner en to have the power of summoning ands wearies witness*, end to have a Jurisdiction similar to that of a court of equity. After giving the power to owners of incumbered estates to apply to the commissioners for the pitries of sale, the bill defines when lands or leases shall not be deemed subject to incumbrann. I Having inquired into the state of the ineembranees, and having been satisfied that a sale of the estate, or any part of it, is proper, or whether, by reason of the incumbranose, effective cultivation is p ted or discouraged, the commis sioner* may et ones direct a sale. The purchue money to i be paid into the Bank of Ireland ; and, n order to nears to the purchaser en indisputable title, the conveyance executed by the 'malodour' in his favour shall be effectual to peas to him and his heirs the fee simple and inheritance of the land, discharged from all former rights and incum limns whatsoever, except such as may be specified in the conveyance, and such as do not affect the rights of lanes or oseupiers in possenion. The purchase money to be paid over to owners or locum brancen want delay, less the costs of ale and conveyanx ; but no payment in part to affect the right of iacumbrancer for the balsam Where a revenionary interest In any encum bered lease exist, the commissioners may, on the application of the owner of such reversion, sell it with the lease itself. Another function of the Court of Chancery is, it is said, to be conferred on the commissionees, by giving them the power to appoint guardians of infants and lunatics for the purposes of the act. Ia order to cut short chancery proceedings, the swamis "loners will have the power of ordering estates to to be sold, altsoullti proceeding' are pending in the Court of Equity ng them, and even although they have already berm . 0:7•71 to be sold b y . the laid court ; and when the order for eels has once been given, all law proceedings to be immedi ately stayed, and no new suit can be commenced without leave of the commissioners. The pretending , of the commissioners will, we fear, be so far arbitrary, that they will not be liable to restraint by in junction or removal to other tribunals by certiorari, but ap peals can be made to the privy council against these decisions, only, however, with their sanction. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY INVESTIGATION. THE EVIDENCE. We now proceed to publish the evidence taken 'adze the committee of investigation; pre mising, however, that in their preliminary state ment the committee set forth the following facts : The Eastern Counties Railway now includes the Northern atd &stern, which, with branch lines, ex tends over 228 miles. The Norfolk Railway, with its branches, including the extension from Dereham to Fakenham, is 94 miles long, acd is now worked, under lease, by the Eastern Counties ; the Newmarket and Chesterfard4 which gots over 18 miles, is also worked under an agreement; as is also the 5 mile branch of the East-Anglian Company from St. Ives to Huntingdon ; the total length of the railways under the direction of the Eastern Counties Board therefore is 343 miles. In oonnexion with it are the Eastern Union lines, about 92 miles, and the East-Anglian, about 64 mills in length. The whole system of rail way communication has an aggregate length of about 500 miles, as we mentioned yesterday. The committee believe that the capabilities of Har wich Harbour have not been over-rated, but will be fully developed when the Eastern Union Company . make the branch line to Harwich, with a pier or jet .y r for embarking and lacding passengers at the steam ' packetatation. The cost of the railway, which is ' about 11 miles in length, with a single line of rails, together with the pier, is not to exceed 200,0001. Tne Eastern Counties agree to take a lease in per petuity, paying the Eastern Union Company 41 per pewees the capital expended, and granting them to run trains upon the line, dividing the receipts after deducting 33 per cent. for working expenses. The Eastern Counties Company purchased the St. Ives and Wisbech line at a premium of 33,8201. ; the Stratford and Thames Junction at a premium of 7,0001.; the North Woolwich at a premium of 3,000/. ; the Malden, Witham, and Braintree, at a premium of 5,0001., plying the parliamentary ex penses, 6,3001. They purchased the Southend Pier for 17,0001., including 11 mile of shore rights. Had the amalgamation taken place with the Newmarket Company, tla: latter would Lave become entitled to 3 per cent. upon their capital for the first two years, and 31 per . cent. afterwards. The direeors have en tered into an agreement to work the Norfolk line with their own for seven years upon equal terms of profit, from the Bth of May, 1848. The mmittee unanimously recommend that the amalgamatio co n with the Norfolk Company should be completed, and think that an arrangement mutually satisfactory may here after be made with the Newmarket Company. Oa investigating the accounts of the Wisbech, St. Ives, and Cambridge Railway, and comparing the books with the scrip so paid, it was discovered that 2,0001. was paid to Mr. Hudson and 2,0001. to Mr. Wadding toll for which no scrip could be found, nor have the committee limn able to ascertain that any other as thority than that of those gentlemen themeless le Mr. Roney existed for these payments. Whether Mr. Hudson and Mr. Waddington ever paid the de posit upon the 1,000 shares is respect of which the sum of 4,0001. was paid the committee have endea voured to learn, and think it is probable they did so, because there stands at the credit of the Wisbech and Stives account in the books the sum of 2,0001. against which there is no explanaiion. Mr. N. DAVIS, the SOSOEIIWAL—I have bean sem.— to the company eleven years, and I rendered mosants to the directors always every half year. The halfic.rly printed 60001111 SS were made oat by order of the directors ' under my supsrinteedence ; bat I do net madder myself responsible for those mounts, because in some instances Gil , were al tared by the director, over which alterations I bad no control. The amounts Sr. kept tender my control, by two gentleness-- ' one of whom takes the construction mosant, the edam Mei traffic account; but the direeton may make, end have such 'herniae' as they think fit, Certain expenses traffic have net been charged against the revenue of the current half year, but they have been allowed to stand over . and ultimately such sums wers oharged to capital. By mei a course, the gums shown to be applicable to dividend were greater than they might to have been. The mode was this: the expenditure against the traffic of the half-year was extracted from the books in the form of a debtor and creditor amount; in the form of a statement of expenditure ' for each half year, and of the receipts, showing the sums' Under the eari , tte heads These statements of income and expenditure were altered by the directors before' they were submitted to the shareholders at their general meting,. These statements were returned to me whoa so altered. Items of expenditure were diminished, and those of retsapts were increased. My duty wee to obey my instructions, and I had no alternative but to adopt suck alterations, without any regard to my own private opinion. It his become necessary, in conse quence of these attentions, to charge expenditure applicable to revenue to the capital account at subsequent periods. No erasures were made in the books, but the statements were altered before they were laid before the shareholder • and within the last ball year the balances have been charged to the capital account. I thir. k the first half-year this was done was for the year ending January, 1846. I was net generally Ch iedam seek alterations were made, although I ream s tmeine ones or twkie. I cannot pledge myself to par. timbre. Ime present when some of the alterations were misie In January, 1846. It might have been at a board Metiag, but it was not at a full board. No minutes were takes, and the secretary was not present. Mr. Waddington Wen have been present when such alterations were made. My opinion was not asked respecting such alterations in the assenats. I have no doubt that Mr. Hudson was there at times also. Since the first or second half-year, Mr. Owen has taken in the accounts. As regards the entry of 75,0001. to the capital account, that was made by ceder of the directors, in January, 1848. 1 There was a fresh set of books made about sloven yens ago, by Mr. Johnson and myself. I can state positively that the new books are a faithful trauseript of the old. The old books are still In existence. The accounts submitted to the directors were altered before I was called into the room, ani the altered copy was printed to lay before the shareholders. The alterations were considerable, but I cannot state what these items were. This was in the first or second half year after Mr. Hudson was chairman. Mr. Joint BLECEMEN OWEN, assistant accountant—The construction ledger has been under my care for the last two or three yearn. I know that items chargeable to revenue have been entered against construction. Blue checks are issued for traffic, and red checks for construction exp:ndi tare. Some of the blue checks were afterwards charged to capital, and portions of others; whether properly or not, I cannot say. The headings of the ledgers showed that the expenditure was properly applicable to revenue which was 1 transferred to capital account If there be an item of 9,0001. for guards' and porters' wages charged to capital, au& sum Is improperly charged. If similar items are charged to capital, they are also improperly charged. I have taken the half-year's somusts as they appeared in the revenue account books to the board, and there left them in their hands. Sometimes I have been questioned as to certain items: I think I have afterwards seen the accounts altered in pewit Those alterations were adopted by me, and were eo visited before the accounts were laid before the shareholders. I have no recollection of any sum chargeable to revenue being wholly charged to capital ; but I do know that parts of the amounts were reduced, so that the amounts were supposititious. By crediting the account of traffic with assumed amounts due for sundry joint rents of railway stations, and other charger, the aims reat amount has been incrrased. Capital account has she been charged with payments chargeable on revenue. The traffic accounts submitted to the shareholders were not a faithful transcript of the receipts and expenditure of the sow yas appeared in their books. The books were after life& made to agree, by transferring sums to capital in order to produce such correspondence is the books. I do not knew why these items should have been charged to works mad stations. I had no orders as to that from any one ; the messy was spent, and must be charged somewhere. It was a seaway understood thing that capital was to bear what revenue would not. The books were not afterwards examined by any one. I selected works and stations as moat applicable to the purpose. I have only rendered two Wane& sheets; one was in Jaly, 1848, the other in January, 1849. The first was altered, but not the last. The effect was that certain expenses chargeable to revenue were charged to capital account. When I received hack the statement of amount so altered, it was from Mr, Moody, who sometimes attended the board on such occasions. I know that the sums of 75,0001. and 30,0001., have been wrongly charged to capital. It is subsequcat to June ' 1845, that the revenue amounts, as published first, differ from the books of the company. I do not remember any account from December 1846, to July 1648, which did not come back from the directors altered ' so as to increase the apparent sum applicable to dividend. The reports to be laid before the shareholders at the general misting, were drawn up by Mr. Raney and Mr. Duncan, and then submitted to a committee of directors, and laid be fore the board. Mr. C. P. RONEY, secretary.—l believe that the follow ing gentlemen, Messrs. Hudson, Waddington , Paterson , Gibber, and tooth, were the committee appointed to examine the haltycarly accounts in July, 1848, end settle them for payment of dividend. Them gentlemen never met as a body. Mr. Hudson and Mr. Waddington did meet. Gamma HUDSON, Esq., M.P., the late chairman of the company—The committee thought it right when the in quiry bad reached this stage, to request Mr. Hudson's attendance. Previous to Mr. Hudson's attendance upon the committee, they had decided to ask him the following gum time Were the revenue accounts, previous to publication, examined and approved by a committee of directors, or at a general board of directors? Are you aware that the ex penditure under this head, as shown by the books of the company, disagreed with the printed returns ? Can you in form us if there was any alteration made in the figures sub mitted to the dinctore, before they were published and the dividend declared ? If alterations were made, can you toll the committee what they were, and why leads, and when made, was it by order of the board, by a commie( e, or by the order of an Individual ; and if the latter, by whom ? Mr. Hudson was also asked if be had any statement to make relative to the agreement and propcsod amalgamation with the Norfolk Railway Company. Mr. HUDSON said: "I was not aware that the expenses chargeable to thought the charges against revenue were heavier than they ought to have been, and as I could not con tract the expenses, I left the board. The statements of accounts were referred to the finance committee, and by them to the board. I was not aware that each diger,• panel's existed in the accounts. I was net aware that the printed accounts differed from the books. I was not aware that there was any material variation between the accounts and the printed reports. I might be aware that there was a slight discrepancy between the printed reports and the revenue expenditure. I am of opinion that there were balances left over,bat not to any extent—to the extent of 1,0001. or 2,0001. It is possible that there might have bees attentions made by the directors, but I cannot charge my memory with them at this time. There might have been, I suppose, as much as 8,0001. carried over to the following half-yesr, but I did not salvoes that so much as 10,0001. had been carried over. The board was always unanimous respecting the dividend. Interest on No. 2 Stock (4th July, 1847) was not charged • the point was submitted to the shareholders, at their general meeting, and by them decided. lam not aware of may over-credit be anon to the revenue account for rents of stations. Mr. Wl:dant= and Mr. Duncan drew the reports submitted to the shareholders at the general meetings. I have always felt the importance to this company to possess the Norfolk line, as a point of policy; the only difficulty was the price. The board was of opinion that an agreement on equal terms was a fair one. I assented to it ; therefore the agreement was my act as well as that of the board. I did not then know that I,oooi. was payable to Mr. Peto as annual rent for Lowertott Harbour. I a ft erwards recommended that a diffe rence of a half per mt, should be made by the Norfolk com pany on that amount ; and I told Mr. Duncan that such a reduction should be made. The committee considered they would only be dealing justly with Kr. Hudson in so grave a matter, if they gave him, in writng, the questions he had been verbally asked, so that he might give such further answers to them as he should think fit ; and he has addressed to their chairman, Mr. Cash, the following letter: " York, April 3, 1849.—My dear was unable to write to you yesterday, from press of other matters. In answer to your inquiries, I beg to say that I was aware that some of the current expenses of the railway were carried to capital, or rather to a suspense account. I did not ex pect that sum was lirge. If the committee will call to their recollection the peculiar position of the railway when I j o ined it—that accidents were of daily occurrence , an d that it was necessary to go to a very large expenditure to meet this extraordinary state of things, I think it was unfair te charge on the revenue the whole of such a state of things. I therefore feel we were justified is putting a certain amount to capital, or leaving it to be discharged on future years of success. lam satisfied that the amount charged each half-year was fully ample to work the line under any circumitanoss • therefore then was no misleading of the public as to the title value of the pro mrty. A monthly statement of the expenditure was laid before the board, which was my criterion of the expenditure, and I think it will be found to agree pretty nearly with the published statements. I am firmly convinced that a Goan &table reduction may be made in the working expenses of the line. I have never failed to state that as my opinion to the board. I had ordered all the payments ef the last half year to be sent me to York, that I might have hers fully examined them b Press of otherbusiness p r evented my doing so. I am yours ve ry truly, " Gnome HODSON. " To W. Cash, Esq., " Bastan Counties Railway, flhoreditch, London." DAVID WADDINGTON, Esq., M.P. -It WAS thought rght to pat to him the stow questions that were given to Mr. Hudson, to whi t il l d refsz. Bat their attention having been a lso called to certain cheques paid to hiss, DAIDOty: December 2, 1545 £44o 10 0 Augtuit 12, 1846 which are charged under the head of parliamentary ex p enses, Maddington explained, that ho had b2en put tl maby chug.', ar..d had paid various expenses in travelling to London and elsewhere, during the period indicated by the dates of there cheques ; so that the money paid wu no more than he was entitled to receive, and that it would hardly suffice to pay what he had upended in the service of the compan With respect to another cheque, dated June 25, 1847, for 2,0001.. which had been given to Mr. Waddington, and to which the attention of the committee had been drawn in the coune of this investigation, they think it right to give Mr. Waddingtem's explanation in Ma own words. Mr. Wadding ton, having beard the questions, mreqltreated to be allowed, first, to give a narrative of the proceeding. which had given rise to these queries, and stated that he would afterwards answer any questions not answered by his narrative. The committee, having assented to this course, Mr. Waddington proceeded to make the following statement, namely, that "There was a general adjourned meeting of the board of directors held on the 22nd of December, 1815, at which Mr. Hudson presided, when a dividend was determined upon of nine shillings per share. This war before the accounts were Made Up. The dieidectl wag payable en the 81st Of January, and the general meeting was not held until the 11th February, 1846." Mr. Waddington then proceeded with his statement, as having more yow -1 Cedar reference to the foregoing questions, which bad been I read to him by the chairman of the committee. " The course with reference to the revenue aceounts was this. The account was made eta from the books, and given to Mr. Hudson, he directing that certain items should be altered. The account was then altered in the accountant's other, and presented to a general board of directors. In confirmation of this statement, Mr. Davis, the accountant to the c aupany, has found one of the halevem's accounts PO altered—the one ending July, 1846—with figures in the handwriticg of Mr. Hudson ; and, as a farther confirmation, the manager of the company's traffic, Mr. Mostly, will be able to state, that Mr. Hudson directed him to instruct the accountant of the company to take off 10,0001. from the revenue expenditure for the half year ending July 4, 1848. This amount of 10,0001. was found not to be sufficient to enable Mr. Hudson to declare an eight shilling dividend, and further alterations were made, under the direction of Mr. Hudson, but I cannot state to what extent, prior to the declaration of the last July dividend (1818). Mr. Hudson, others of the directors, and myself, went to view the Norfolk line, when the accounts, as made up from tke books of the company, were discussed ; end I stated to Mr. Hudson that he would, on examination of the account, see that the Eastern Counties Com pany could net pay the eight shilling dividend which had been talked of. He appeared annoyed, but no further conversation took place at that time. On the next morning, u we were returning from visiting the N.efolk line, he told me that I had made him miserable, as he could and would pay ftr. per share ; he had reduced We dividends in the North, and he would not pay hes than Be. here. I stated to him that it was a mistake, and that, if he paid it now, he could not pay it again ; that he would not be thanked for it, but very much blamed hereafter. He then went into a calculation to prove that I was wrong as to the future earnings of the company, he stating that, for the en suing halt.year, the receipts would average 16,0001. per week. I stated that they would be but 16,0001., or at meet 15,5001. per week. On this we had awry words, and I left the railway carriage. Some elsys subsequently to this conversation, I again referred Mr. Hudson to the question of the July dividend : when he stated that I must send Mr. Mostly down to him, at Albert-gate, with the half-yesr's accounts Mr. Meetly did go. Before he went, I said to him—' Mind, that I will be no party to the cooking of the accounts.' When Mr. Mostly returned, he stated that 10,0001. should be taken off the revenue expendi ture for that halbyear. The account was altered accordingly by the accountant. Before Mr. Hudson consented to become chairman of the company, be stipulated that he should have the entire msnagement of the railway, and it was arranged that I should have the Nieuwe ment of the traffic; and for this on'y lam responsible. I remember a committee of finance was appointed to consider the half yearly accounts fcr dividend, but the accounts were not submitted to them ; but an altered account was after wards submitted to a board of directors and passed. I wish to state that Mr. Hudson gave, as a reason for alterin g the expenditure accounts of the company, that he anticipated tho future carmine of the compan would mash increase, as coon as the Midland lines open ed to Peterbn..ngh; and this intrease, together ebb, the saving of expenditure consequent on the concentration of the looomotive and car riage establishment at Stratford, would enable him to make good out of the future profits of the company the omitted ex penditure from the half-year's accounts ; that is to say, the items of expenditure so altered by his direction. It was when I was 'ratified that the Midland traffic would not ac complish this, that I determined not again to be a party to sums being 'so carried over. I had always remonstrated with Mr. Mellon for carrying over expenditure; bat at this time I refined to countenance it. This was in July, 1818. 1 do not know the total amount of revenue expenditure omitted in the half yearly accounts; in the aggregate donetless, for the six half-years, it amounts to a very considerable aura." The committee then Werra to the cheque for 2,0001, of which the following is a copy : " Eastern Counties Railway Company, "No. W. 1621. London, 25th July, 1517. "London and Westminster Beek, Lothbury. " Pay to Extensions ex Bearer Two Thousand Pounds. (Signed) " Tames °IBISES, 1 Director ,. "£2,000 0 0. "R. PATEROON, (Countersigned) "C. P. RONEY, Secretary." Mr. WADDINGTON said—" It was given to me in conse quence of the resolution of a committee, of which Mr. Hod son was chairman, sitting at Westminster as a parliaments/7 eommittee. It was subsequently named to the band of directors, and adopted; but, on searching the minute-book, I do not find any minuts referring to it. " Bring asked if other sums, amounting to about 8,0001. or 9,0001., more or less, had been expended in parliamentary expenses, Mr. Wa ddington replied, " I believe they have, but I have no explanation to give." The committee did not further press this question, as it appeared to be one which Mr.Waddington could not answer, lest it might be again asked" in another place." Mr. ROBERT MOULT, manager of the traffic and Roods' department of the Eastern Counties Railway.—l was directed by Mr. Waddington to take the accounts for the half-year ending July 4, 1848, to Mr. Hudson, at Albert - gate. I did take them. Mr. Hudson directed me to tell them (at the office) to carry 10,0001. to the ensuing half year • that is to say, to make the expenditure in the printed rep ort appear to be 10,0001. lees than was actually incurred. I delivered his message to the accountant, who would, of course, I should think, take has instructions from the directors ; but whether he did or not, I cannot say. I saw in the published reports, that the alteration had been made. The expenditure was reduced 10,0001. Mr. Waddington, on giving me the ac counts to take to Mr. Hudson, said, Now mind, Mr. Messily. I shall bo no party to the cooking of those accounts." Mr. Davis, the accountant, hutting been required by the committee to produce the account spoken of by Mr. Wadding ton, which is the rough account showing the traffic receipts, and disbursements for the half-year ending July, 1848, Mr. Davis did se. Oa which certain items of expenditure appear to have placed against them certain figures—for instance 3,0001. is placed against th e item coke-1,0001. a.gainsi wages three times over—that is to say, against three items; and Mr. Davis being asked what those figures indicated, and by whom they were made, he replied, that in his belief the figures were Mr. Hudson's and that they indicated the ex tent to which reductions were to be made in those items, en the charges against traffic ea the printed report for the halt year ending July, 1848. Mr. MuteLY, at a subsequent date, was examined, and being asked by the committee to explain the reasons why a difference is made in the rates of carriage for plate-glass, stated that—" The plats glass coming from a party at New castle-on -Tyne comes in their own carriage, they taking all risk of breakage. The house is that of Swinburne and Co. Mr. Hudson is a partner in that firm. The arrangement was made by the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Company, and we were called upon to acquiesce in it. The arrangement was forced upon us. It was Mr. Hudson's wish that we should undertake it. It wasn' t a desirable arrangement for the Eastern Canada Com." Mr. Mostly, being asked respecting the advance of his salary, said : " When I entered the service of the company in December, 1815. my salary was to be 6001. a year, with a house to live in. In lieu of the house the salary was fixed at 6.301. a year, commencing from the above elate. In June, 1813. it was arranged that I should have 1,0001. a year. " Mr. Sone DUNCAN, the solicitor to the &stern Counties Railway Cenmany—The reports wera prepared by Mr. Raney, Mr. Waddington, and myself, so far as the topics are concerned ; bat with the preparation of the accounts I had nothing to do. The ac counts, until Mr. Hudson became chairman, were made up, so far as I know, in the ordinary manner of making up railway . accounts•, and at the last half year, previous to his becoming so, they showed 3s. per share. At the meeting at which but 3s. dividend was de clared, Mr. Thomas Scott of Lincoln'ainn t as the organ of a party, declared that Mr. Hudson must be induced to become chairman. Subsequently to the meeting, the ditectors aster tales,' that Mr. Hudson would probably become their chair man, if asked ; and the bond directed Mr. Fisher of Cam bridgei and mirmysanabip. elf to proceed to York to invite Mr. Hudson to take tro cha Mr. Waddington had been previously asked to became chairman, and he had assented to do se. My visit to York was successful, but Mr. Hudson stipulated, in the first instance, that he must have uncontrolled power of management; and we had authority on behalf o f t he director.' to may it should be as he wished. He did not give his decision as to our request on the day it was made, bat oa the following morning Mr. Scott haying strived with a memorial signed b y about two-thirds of the shareholder as I was informed, inviting him to become chairman, Mr. Hudson then assented. The board meeting of the 22nd of December, 1843, was held, and at that meeting divi dend was decided upon. No accounts had then been pre dead remember Mr. Hudson said that when he took the =ands' chair he found the concern depressed : that he had made a good dividend there, being satisfied that he could bring the concern fo keep up that dividend out of its profits; and that the same thing must be done with the Eastern Counties. The board knowing that Mr. Hudson had largely invested in the company's stock, at the then high prices (about 231. per share) deferred to his opinion. When Mr. Hudson consented to become chairman, he received no pecuniary inducement. Immediately Mr. Hudson became chairman, he effected an arrangement with the No--them and Eastern Railway Company, which was of great value to say th th e . as l tern cons C i o d uen ties. rery l „ Wel ft clue to Mr, Rectum to !lamely to the one declared _ inclusive of the one in appear to have been sequent on the false in the first instant*: inked some questions money charged as par:i did not appear to have Mr. Quitter the specific perms, in reference to we particulars, as I canult parties." rveri other dividend declared subs,- tared at Christmas, 1846, up to and t Jolly, 1843, WWI, so far as may DOW in overstated, to haro so step taken 'Art. , nes.—Mr. D• ^I -Itfoknte , • one respecting ,' er• )IR rliame nta ry expanalg been given, replietro , e . ac amount pelt for which I do rot fe r • ,do ED withon • . 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