The Express. — London, England, 1849-04-09 00:00:00

Pansvon, April 7 —The minis are limited. We have @pia to taw a lifeless trade, witheat say change in prises as soap/mei with last Saturday. We bad as insirniicaut show 04 Stylish Wheat at oar market to-day, the sole of whisk was slow at rates barely opal to oar lam violations. Irish nominally snalteted. Viagra theatre is favour of the burn. 'l%ty hula bus; sees pons'int in Flour. Barley mearly ussaileablo • sad B• 1111111 mere sUladt to quit. though allniag rather eatiepar. =AM OMs la anise map sapport their provions vales. Oisio laid with • Wm& !manes, bat the &mead h limited. Ina as Mina • I "DM°. April 7.—The Wheat trade was Ira today, at the extrema prises of last week, sad the supply trilby in the astreme. Is ether grain them was somparatimly so . thing dot g. Sarum Warman, April 7.—Wheat, 40e. to 44e. per qr. Daisy, so GSU to o ne. IL Baas. 270 to 30.. Pad, Nana ask a 1 2 a la le•- Wasmostaam. yrl 7.—Today we bad • 'minas am id, of Whelk awl melee wen wiry Sat. The prise of old Wheat dedhesdlio. pee qr., sad that of now Wheat b. to M. Taw* was hat *small &mad far Hatay, sad esor hoes caw saw was hipampperted. Oats haws*t •oar ant wesles rZ a rosst%sr tra i rlat a r x r v i satr i atl"iha n e • Prim lb& Moro basiaves doing. she trZeastions to Pow were no trilby that we make so ream. Old Wheat, 40s. to 52s • are, 22a. to 409. Balky, 249. to pis. Oats, lin to 24; Diann 249. to 445. per qr. Malt, 7. W. to 7s. W. par bead. Watonscran, April 7.—There was a pienWal sappy of aS dessripticat of grainl bat w naked was aot well so babel br pureastam. For Wheat the ',weal densond was hoary, hat it. riots of het week wets fill supported. Tat tame racy be gaol of Barley, bat that the far supe rior sanydre we. a little moo brisk. The Irak foe Oats was la a eery slairgish state ; but tho quatity dis posed d was at last Saturday's prices. Beams mod Peas altrasted hit Bede attention, and last week's z o stati . o h ns i weestiportell. Malt and Flour moved off 1. Whoa, 81. to 124 ss. oar load. Barley. 21s. to On Oats, Lila. to 22.. Beans, 225. to 40a Peas, its. to 41< par qr. • Wasson. Apra 7.—Tke weather is as pm se it esa be krtb. growi,s; lops : We continue toms:Moe moderate asqlplia; in.t, owisg to the dull accounts3from met of the eamonatng .oirkets, we bays a slow aria for Wheat today, at barely lea week'. prices. Oats and Beau is good do road, mud, exc. pt ( or thelaarlor descriptions, and they ars ra iser diaper. Wow's?' a, April 7.—Oar market today was febly sup plad with Whoa, sad the trade nled dull for all bads soaps Mae white, with she tun is favour of the boyar. Barley rather more inquired far, *ad =altered in valise. For Oats we had a fair asks, at rather under former prices. Then was ran t spoeslativa inquiry kr Beau sad Peas, hat Without I- Wag to hasinses. . roma, April 7.—We bed bat amanita stspo" of Wheat at this days gambit, sad oar millers have - lembt very marina'', at a little below twit week's rates. Barley and Oats sho DA slowly, at Is. per qr. &slim. In other articles aas alteration. - - - - _ - Bursar, Aprll 6.—This week the @applies of grain at market here been rather better than for some time past, and the quality sad condition is generally good. Wheat sells at der prices. sad it in fair demand. Foreign rather more intfor, and the usual qualities of Baltic sell at 101. to ; and f a ir Odessa. 91. to 91. 6a. per ton. Flour is in batter demand, at a trifling Induction in vales. Amerkaa bombers a free sale at 24e. 61. to WM each. Baby sills petty freely, at former rates. Oats are about ld. to 2d. imam than bat week, bat sell well at the decline. Oatmeal at an 'demos of 2d. to 3d. per cwt. Indian Cara Is Nod demand, at 71. to V. 7e. 6d. par ton for Felber, and &lees for white. Coax, April 6.—The week has bees mitered in with April weather, thearth of a collar itheracter then mad. home heavy rain has taller in this district, while in the interior theist's, had , addition, snow to some neat. We look forward, however, to, and have every prospect of, finer and 11111111 Di moan, which would now be of great serves. The general aspect of teach Is still dull, for, although the arrivals el foreign resin to this port have dwindled away, yet to some atlas Enirlish ports they ate still large, and trad naturally to ems a await James of that depronioa which has bee **lone hit. The supplies of home.growa grain to the English market., a. welt es I. our owe, turgid's"' off eery materially, leased to etch an extent as to warrant the belief that fienters mast be well nigh drained, and the stroke In their lands m owed to a very narrow compass. The receipt* of grain at Wm own market are wretchedly *mall those of Wheat having agate this week fallen short of 100 barrels. The pekes of every description of produce remain meth the same. In = m red Irish Wheat we have had nothing passing, bat in a few transactions have taken plate at late Ms. per barrel being the meat value of plc. La Barley we have oath*, doing. Of Oato the same may be asid, an quotable alteration in peso hastiest taken plena fines our bet. The bade in Flour is Nosenively du% token still ssadalag themselves te the 'apply only of their more mewing sesisitise. ladle& Cony in the early p tit et the week, vies a snt at prier which inhibited tut spired bedew, but ttempt te establiak as advance has bad the effect of chscidag bantam Indian ksel remains wittiest change. Lietanice, April 7.—Ne pain *sea our farmers; ear pikes are nearly seminal. A livelier trade in Indian Cora and Meal; tbe eoeseturive demacd'is lammed, and prime are Inn. In ether armies of food • good retail trade. Waranroan, April 7.—The delivery of Wheat from forma, has ter the priest almost eased, but with a large arrival pf foreign sines Saturdey lest, oar market has bees weep inch "wend during the week for every trials in Or trade excepting Indian Corn, whisk elatinnes in geld request, at rather higher prices. Few transactions have Wee phiceMest, mitten bee, very selesteat par trearei, gold way for Immediate wants, which they have been o do at a delete of 6d. pie bane. Her. foul t Oats in sheet supply, at the wurany otthis day we t We have ezperieneed • steady acesumptive do med Indian Own, at an improvement on the week of razbarrel. Our reek Wig now coasideably reduced, are looking fur a Nether ethane, I. prices; this, }nehmen are nit willing to pay. Flour los boa ea ex . isatisily dull male, at a Mutes of la. per soak. April 7.—W• have had • week of &mires abla, cell, rainy weather ; wind frees the earn, with se per• men pewee of any improvement, se that In the mesntlme seeding operations are easpondel. At our gotten markets Ibis week we have still to repeat that my by mein of any kind of grain es offering by ear funeen so that we lase prise asainally as last week. liere Al te- v ela ii : we had small small supplies of all grata, aad, ha • good sway seaniry buyers at Teethe, sales were quick. at fully lest day's rates ; Barley at le., and Oat at: M., per er. ever the prime paid this day es'anight. Wheat, 40e. to Ms. per qr. Barley, 72. e. to 110 s. Oats, 16e. to 20s. Oat- Meal, per bag of 28016 e. , 265. CATTLE, la. Barr um% 2lao ° J am* Thin Is a very large redurties in then l o y e g Beasts it le.however, quite equal to the doesad; aaass *ay slobs stakes 3s. Bd., it le Ow matt le tulle as as sewage for the best qualities. TM swabs at Übe. is also mask smaller, but this being LAW week thews are very few wanted ;it is exceedingly Mink is Win late rates; based sons are lower. Lamb is la 6111111114 st tally Fdday's prism Trade is amive for Calms, bed at as MN Mean. Prim Gereasay and Holiest them eatt all libmaklll9 limp, sad ill Calm; from Norfolk and ildiblk, 1,900 BeaMt; owl Illeatisad 900. Pa Naas atria a a6I. 1 hr Mess 618125 a& a d It m, era. 136664668.. 34 3 6 lOW i la 1 i l a as ergrkaal.. liilo Da lima 3 0 4 4 5 0 Iwo sadsmail 6651113 3 2 I D. I Ilalk-kOO3 i 1 0 1 1 j sp la%3 4°. .: ...-. jf k : 64 mit* VD: 4a6 363326 ilOrl; in; DIA 12& Nozwrox Avoca FAIL —Os Thursday thin maul fair was bead os the thetkhill, and sway ewes esetelbelsi is resist it the west fair knows far any yam The suns has boss all in favour of the breeders owl ipishoo. keep Debi as pleetifel as ever. My &sew, owl awe les Men abandons* Man ; bet the importation of M stook end died mast froth aimed hale bees so pest se to ens • theism is pilaw. The show et this fair, of /sots sod was the wrath ever Itheern be leas; end the saws Ike theithisid smd ether waken es to fat sink semod the Inds to be ealsimely dell and prises low; and, though every oisthies was made by the whims, it woe with mash elisehy that sales esseld be salad. Thom& a dimities was shown to asset the times, beams thethessessel wry slowly. peel so= Mies wed by the mamas. After two Weis& however a fair thank of beaker was Ithweeted, at uthewaseresini a priese to Oho kook's sod dribs. At the den of the y, telly eso•heit of the thee cattle rem esisM. The yelsea hie Non. fwd is oft blies, were frith ha ed. to 3s. 9d.; wail sad_ yew, 3s. to ha. 3d. Snort horns ' fresh in ooMMN U , ir. .to ir. td. • pow, 2e. 61. to 3s. per stone of 14Ibs. Th em have set bee; is how Sheep poured for the last ass yews os et this ilk nor have the condition and quality of Mewls ewe boss so in twist ; the breeders being actually omit Os ed.& Ikelseate late, la cousequeme of the misses_ pelmet MIS. is Smith- SIM end other markets. This air was teemedy bowl for basin the largest exhibition oldie be lbsgele k bet on Thursday it wee quite the mem-1M Mt= sthaller, sod the quality and °nation et the ask* gar rally fir inferior to what we have sees, thee& those were that exceptions. The buyers ware de tweissd to pendwes dimly at pried 10s. to 13e. loss tam loth yea. The dishes and salmi's hod so other allsesalke Ors Wasiak to then tenth whisk mud seedy& deems* at pins verrybe km 111 b. Is Us. There was ors why slimier kbeehikled hy Mr. Mlogimis Tkossow end said at 435. =t r. Frr stin. th, of Risk, wee tie breeder. Mr. J. et rm .. se busiarZinr . ,„, 'Mk = s aw :I ' uma ik ystia :l .42l :3l l l.6. l4llsrahim irre e r 1: 41" ail l s il t et e edmiteris el ativimp lalse tba br t it iiin es C it it an illa segiem eia lwaLlidar- Br ift esi linsbi ted : kw pike et ilit end mast The show of 15.... was 6. .. d ne wt wore es the aka hw seed the both them end deer. There was soweely a slabbed were titlinir or wrier wpm*. miner, bums were sasetc wise Isreekt ben In le 361. bash. The plessesto it she Illgr wares the snen, ead thwehre Saw vas — '' jib doe. ' IMMEIMiu, Aytil 4.--NOlopitupolki ol 61111= Ilbo braid into by no mom bda, Ni Quo wood key dull. Pri:oe the sem at lost ;market. Top prise of bid Mutton, 6td. put lb.; ourralt, Ott to 6d per lb. ; a etedary sad Isterior, *on EL to 4111 pat lb. TM maul um of bnalll IMO avadmoommegaratis dui disoosei oroo Endes moo oatilj WNW. Pikes up EL pot it. Oh* booltitit Beet 711. EL ; atorout, fo. IL to Ti. 111116110.4 ss. to et, pa Dui* item . , . • glee Orprefso• UTGOING The mill Sze Mash Nana Marks aed ilt• Mal Rom wig Is lads spin the insalsa dabs 141/ d desi. sewigs for Viip. gym, Lobes. Slimaiwa W gasskas arils sp ee tbs aassisa setae ITili ftla Wog Islas Wise aidadha isiasabil ez asisass. ldsamai. liisw Odom, and dads% sod Um, Ist al al l & ga ks, dersa/a4assnessi. 11ww Omni% Ch" Is mils up au hhetreeleeitihel The heralbolleth lika elrehr Mew* rapt, Ulna 01014101 1 . limithametaa, be weds um Ms MS mei. W. 2=Lb i s al las =Sum" Zapf, mes, dpluat r es. amprag. eta Mm up tit the of Sailis h enidas. die &Verde Week Sorts Lem, sae may^ ‘llll le mimeo ea las Mk id AFL Via all /Ma% sad Sams Ara, WM be mud* wan IN mobs et Übe 411 inky. WOE VAT= AT LONDON )uIDYi Tsui DAT —SIogINA 9WA pos II: Mono& IS niA put S. To4issavw-AbisAiig.4 l MA pest Ili Ansmlol. le SIA Pus a. LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 9. Tire first set of the parliamentary drama of 1849 is over. A brief paws is allowed by custom to those who figure on the le4islative scene, a breathing time, —mayhap a thinking time—wherein they may collect their flurried 111* warn one another of some flagrant errors, ant prepare to put a better face on what is next to come. 'The interval affords the on lookers, too, au opportunity he considering what they bare witnessed, and to form their surmises as to what is to follow. Upwards of two months have elapsed since Par liament assembled.. The ministefisl prologue recited by royalty promised little that was either agreeable or atinnatiag. Bat meagre as the queenly prognosti cations were, the perfermsn-e hitherto bee even fallen short of them. Nine weeks have permed, and with the exception of certain routine votes of money for current expenses, nothing that we can look beck upon as hlte'y to prove either permanently useful or credit able has been done. There have been so many quo datable, temporising, and mischievous projects afoot, that there has litf rally been no time to diecues any others. The Parliamentary Oaths Bill was intro duced indeed, and read a first time, during the first fortnight; but, incomplete and inadequate as it is it has never since been heard of, nor does t here seem any possibility of its being brought seder die cumion ui detail for many weeks to come. When it is, we trust that a resolute attempt will be made to render it a general and final measure on the subject. The reservations and exceptions, the higgling and half heatedness wherewith the present proposition is deformed, are nrst unworthy. It is ,time to have done with diversity of parliamentary tests, and to throw ope n the gate of the constitution to all men alike se equally. We had once hoped that Lord lonic Rosner. would have signalised his adminis- 1 tration by this great work for the complete eman cipation of conecrence. We shall be slow and re luctant wholly to abandon the hope that he yet may do so. The repeal of the navigation laws has been again proposed by ministers; and two or three nights have been devoted to the disinesion of the merits of their Plan. Yet even this vitally important bill has in vain awaited a third reading in the Commons, altlx night after night the Lords have met, chatted mgh , lin gered, and adjourned, without having found anything to do. If it had not been for the ebullient captious ness of Lord STANLEY on colonial matters, and of Lord ABERDEEN on foreign affairs, the Copse Nam must have incurred the suspicion of being nilieled with legislative catalepsy; for with open eyesailddi fed look it would have otherwise appeared of sense or motion—the feeble twingeeV a lt Baouoitax nerve no longer iadicating anything... than a very slight sympathetic spawn, resembling rather galvanic action than the appreciable result of any conerent impulse of self-direoting mind. Then there has bean—literally there bus been—no thiog else even to much as attempted in which the people of Great Britain can be properly said to take either interest or concern. Attempts have, it is true, been made by Mr. COBDEN, Mr. MUNE, and others, to fix attention on the need of speedo changes and timely reforms. But challenging as them have dose the united prejudices of the three aristocratic sectims— the left centre, the right centre, and the extreme right, as our French friends would designate them—it wee not wonderful that none of these should for the premes have produced any other fruit than that of wetting men's minds to think more deeply and earnestly than before upon the natural ovens:um that exists between political freedom and political economy—between so- tension of popular rights and diminution of burdens. For the rest, the two months' session httt truly described by Mr. BLIGHT as having been wan long adjourned debate on the condition of Ireland. Three miserable measures—miserable in coseep- tion, aim, and confessed inefficacy for any great or lasting good, have formed the staple of this lamentable waste of time: the renewal of the Habeas Corpus Suspension Bill, the additional grant of 50,0001., and the ill-starred rate in aid, which none think less of as a legislative expedient than many of those who support it, for want of a better alternative. Never, assuredly, were three such prescriptions re commended by a set of state physicians for such a Serial carp of chronic malady ag gra vated by acute Owe. Two of them have been already earned, and the ether, we presume, will likewise be dragged throat unless the MONTEAOLES and the 811008 of whir side of the peers, and the BTANLEYB and Dow:mins of the tory aide should combine to reject it. In that case what will be the responsibility of those who thus, as far as in them lies, decree death by starvation to tens of thousands of helpless and onoffending beings P There will hardly then be time to frame new expe dients, and, there will no longer remain either public temper or public patience to endure their legislative elaboration. Yet it is impossible that, in the face of the civilised world, such a holocaust as this should be offered on the shrine of lanolordisin ; for this—dis guise it as they may—is the fearful question at issue Rates are obviously and undeniably a deduction of se math from Nat. If those who live upon Nat lived at home and allowed the occupiers of land a secure living out of the fruits at the land, there would be high recta and low poor rates. But the landlords of Ireland, who are identified in feeling, interest, and destiny, with their kindred class, the landlords of this country, but who, in many respects, exaggerate their vices and forget their redeeming virtues—the majority of the landlords have for generations chosen to desert their properties, or to convert them into mere crimping pens for pauperised tenants ; and now, whet the Ws of their human prey can no longer be preserved by the old supply of roots and weeds, they come to the imperial treasury and cry—if you don't feed these creatures they must starve. But while it la the duty of government to tell these West Ireland gloaters that gorsedial servitude has passed away arm more to be tolerated by British laws gals, and list se the plenitude mast be fed out of the fralbret the ea% hitherto monopolised by the few, it were teller that the produce itself shou ld be expeested /re the hen* of all—we are willing to oaths that the preplehey have a fair right to ask for plemery powers to deal with what is legitimately their ova, nansiy, their interest in the lau. Worth less sad_ pryers@ as they may be, they are still entitled to justice and to Asir play. But them is neither fsir plaraerPol!lee kaT the oboists wenn of emus, Innen renders fou r- -Mu d the woes of landed property utterly helpless, miler editing oirearestances, and yet insisting on their tinting -annoy to • in wages, or to de fray the 'NIS of rats& , however, sewn wholfiy dimeinle et say plan or pupae on this sub ject. Ile a .Wswe Mood alone last year in bre telling the of tie -Awn Inesubered $1416111 Bill. We like to know who gaiesays ear opinion West matter slow! On OW by week the leghlatere meets again. The pidel between Beater and Whitatatide is generally the most simated portion of the seam. Cabinets have diem boa wrecked daring that stormy ttme of the prided peer than during any other. In the pre- NoNow n ew B ther who oan diwern what is ahead P ut plain it is that they if the besalleid whip are ever to pull up he-, mut llpsii new sell sad set all bands to way week forthwit h. The world is weary of seeing them merely Boat down the current if events, deirtng no-whitier, and to all ap without chart or heireasen. Much kept rt a i s P a erpable that that elate of things cannot lest. ' Tem evade! the committee appointed to mart ea medimmiao of nil shame made to the Yerh, Nolced=limßerwhigandsoy Zoksiegaryleketb7f •tbe otinutty, sera ..at portion of it which deals piluc p a In and en The report alluded to leaves some points sill in obscurity, on which it were desirable that light could be thrown. It is not, however, likely that much more light will ever be obtained. The records and accounts of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway have been kept and audited in a rather, slovenly manner ; and the notion. entertained by solicitors and sharebrokers of the dn'y of weeny in so far as clients and principals are concerned, are of such more than chivalric hstidiousnees, that no fur ther revelations can be reasonably anticipated. We must make the most of what we have got. In June, 1846, the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Company agreed to purchase the Great North of England Railway; in July, 1848, the act of parliament for carrying out the agreement was passed. By this act prices teethe several classes of shares in the Great Pi orth of England Rail way Were fixed, pay- GO on the lit of July, 1830, with certain amounts 411 interest payable during the interim. At a special Msmeeting of the York, Newcastle, end Berwick way Company, held on the 28th of October, 1846, . 1 was agreed to create a stock, on which pee cent. teedwas till the Ist of July, 1850, in order to de fur "the w&ase of the Great North of Eog- Railway and works." Tne object of this moa ners was to spread the payment othe 3) millions, . Which the shares of that company would cost, over a epees of three years and a half instead of snaking it ▪ 4N' one day. A meeting of directors of the York; Newcastle, and Berwick Railway was held on the 26th of October, 1.48 immediately after the close of the special gene. ad meeting of proprietors by ihich this measure was emetiontel. At this meeting, to use the language of two directors examined by the committee, " Mere was a general understanding that Great North of England shires should be purchased, and that as discreetly as possible,. and that Mr. HUDSON alone had the sanction 'of the board to purchase them." This understanding does not appear to have been put into the form of a definite resolution; no express autho rity appears to have been given to Mr. HUDSON, the chairman, to act fur the directors or company in the matter; and no record of the "understanding" is to be found in the minutes of the directors' proceedings. Mr. HUDSON, however, forthwith set &bent has task of purchasing, " as discreetly as possible, " North 'of England shares. Properly speaking , he bad already cosanisOced helm the " understanding " was come to. It hem " The Great North of England shasi~ournal kept by the secretary of the York, Noweastle and Berwick Company, that Mr. HUDSON said in all 3,458 Meth of England shares to the corn y. The date at which this alleged transaction . sce is not stated in the journal ; bat it appears that Mr. HUDSON received for his shares (including beaker's commission and transfer stamps) the sum of 131,8871.95. 3d., paid by two cheques on the York Union Banking Company, one of which is dated the 17th of October, and the other the 27th of November. the purchases by which Mr. HUDSON acquired 3,363 ethos* 3,468: shares have been trao:d; they were smile at various times ; pomp of them as early as the Sdi ef October, twenty-one days previous to the understanding being come to; some of them u late as the 18th of November, nineteen days later than the date of the first cheque. With regard to this proceed ing the committee of inquiry remark : At the period when Mr. Hudson received the cheque for 81,0001. (27th October, 4846), he himself eoald not have paid more than about 26,0001. on account of the purchase of these shares, although he might be called upon to make a farther payment el about 70,0001. on the 30th of October. The West of this would be, that the shares bought by Mr. Madam oa his owe assent, sad sold afterwards at an enhaaoed prim to the company, were to a considerable extent paid for in the first issues with themoney he had received from the cow patty.. was of itself pretty sharp practice on the part of the chairman of a company acting upon en " under standing" that he was to "purchase as discreetly as pomible" for the bent.fit of hie constituents. But this is the least questionable part of the transaction. Mr. Httosoi's purchases were made at the market price of the day; he sold to the comp any , as the committee remark, at " enhanced prices. The total excess of the prices charged by him over the market prices of the day amounted to 8,4181. In defence of this over charge, Mr. Close alleges that Mr. HUDSON adopted the estimate made by Mr. Prawn of the value of North of England shares to the York, Newcastle., and Berwick Railway Company. What is culled by Mr. Mom a valuation of North of England shares, was, in point of fact, an estimate made by Mr. PLews of the eemparative value of the various chases of North el Reiland sharer. Its object appears to have been to sieve the company as a guide in deciding what kind if shares it might be advisable to Furtherer at any particular moment. It stated the value to the company in October, 1848, of shams foe which the com pany mast pay a fixed price in July, 1850. It was the duty of Mr. Honsom, entrusted to " purchase, as die erectly as posnible," North of England shares for the company, to acquire them as much below this, their full value, as possible. And having acquired them at a lower price—at the current price of the day—he was not entitled to charge them at their full value to the company, for that was, in effect, to charge the difference between the values as a commiesion for effecting the purchase. The company were entitled to have the shares purchased by Mr. HUDSON at the price he gave for them. Mr. Honsiow did not, how ever, adhere closely to Me . Prawn' valuation ; that gentfeman estimated the 151. North of England shares at 211. each, and Mr. HUDSON asked and had 231.105. And, moreover, M. HUDSON charged commission on the shares he sold to the compaiy : although the rule is that the seller pays the commission. Mr. Henson still usedts that be regards this bansestisa as perfectly regular. His conduct has marady been in accordance with this assertion. "Mr. HSU= came to me," says Mr. Cross, in his exami autism "some time in the month of January last, and sided to me that as times were so materially changed, seakteg up the accounts of the Great North of Enema purchase, I must deduct any profit he made ea that transaction." Mr. HUDSON subsequently his mind, intimating that any prat be might have that transaction might be written off against the he had incurred 17 making a large patchier' of " West Durham shares, without the sanction of the proprietors. As the periodical meeting of the proprietors drew nigh, Mr. littiosoe's tremors re turned; the day before that meeting he desired the secretary to debit his account with 2,8741.-11 per share uncalled on the 151. shares he had sold the company, adding that after the meeting he would go into the account. Bat at the meeting he moved the adeplien eta report sanctioning the penises of his 141. shim, although he had previously declared he ems Iliallided there wee something wrong" about ft. It is difficult to imagine that Mr. HUDSON mould *bly believe such a transaction, as we have to be correct ; but had he been satisfied is bie own mind of its propriety, he would not have lime emanated between desire to retain, and fears that WI unit resign, the profit he bad made.. Thee was a pecul iari ty about Mr. Hunecon's pod the, as chairman of the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway, that (met to have made him more chary of any rgain entered into on behalf of his mostiterate. Mr. HUDSON was blessed, it has akeedy been awn, with a board of directors who al helsiUn to adult= " understandings " not entered as their minutes. Two eddies* gentlenten appear to live been in the habit of riving chequess• in favour of Mr. HUDSON without troubling themsel ve s to i nqu i re oboes the " vale, received." He was moreover so lucky se to have auditors who passed kis meounts without examining or so mush as asking - for • single washer. And, lastly, Mr. Cuss, the secretary et the is a gentleman who, aocurdiog t o N o me ows -e , idasks,bat " not Partiall aii : Inmeliss u Mr. mr. H - Ru er so otp s " gels manejler shirt, of the affairs of Ihs York s _Newcastle, eau Berwick Company were and unexamined. No perm presumed no Amnon med even to inquire ' tn. man e and ager of his pnvate to dispose of the company's funds as 4113 been r dz im pel in ensh e implicit madame more generous int. *UM say that the peoprietors who have aowed mil=mode of conducting their affai rs t o be in for years have mainly themselves to deeirrink men to throw &malt Mutate whole system of effect iog important tions by the combina tion of many small with transferable rights and limited liabilitism It shakes the credit and owers the moral tone at the trading community. It Is an abase which calls for farthercomment and morns, and shall hare them. FRANCE. PARIS, SATVID&T, 6 rat. I send you an extract of the principal parte of the declaration of the party of the Mountain to which I alluded in my despatch of this morning: We shall not form an electoral committee; we sleet not send oat lists or impale names. Pull of respect for the initiative of the eleetow and the freedom of vote!, we , leave to those who possess the right the task of electing the men. Bet we emuider it as a duty of own /seisms and party, as a sacred duty, indispensable teen to the safety of the republic, to recall with the experience and authority which facts afford the prineiples which have sere as a rule in the past, and which about& so serve for the future. The Constituent Asieithly is nearly at an end; henceforth its policy and Its great work belong to history._ Its work, the Constitution, which admits the penalty of death and. redeem the right of labour we accept in judging it. We accept it in spite of its inconsistencies and imperfections—first, because it is the pro duction of universal suffrage ,• next, because it carries with It' its own remedy is the first of its articles, that which allows the revision. It. policy has been illogical, like its work, violent in the interior, week at the exterior, retrograde every where.* In short, the woustituent assembly lux done what it meld ; has been whet was to have been expeeted. Bee cubd by a people which hat just thrown off royalty, but who were still under the yoke of misery and ignorance—two great tyrannise—dt was naturally influenced by Its origin, aid pro- domed impulse* nemenres. Ia February the people beloved the words of those who same to them under the disguise of shepherds, They took these royalists, these liberals, these remnants of all reigns, these men always on the surface ; and they deceived themselves with a confidence, a clemency which honours them, and which is explained by the intoxi. cation of enceme,eheir political noviciate, and especially the generosity of their hearts. But now the apprenticeship has been gene through, the lemon received, and the danger is flagrant. It is for the people to see to the legislature; and it is time to do so. They can now choose with the necessary inforreation--they know now with whom they have to deal—they see who are their friends and their enemies. They know those who royalty voted the laws of the state of siege, of transportation, of caution money, of ottramensen!, of clubs, of memo, of the eleven hours' labour, of the six hundred thousand francs —er.d they know the republicans who voted the reduction of the salt-tex, of the postage, of the budget, and who voted also the preamble of the constitution. The people an, therefore, judge the old men by their votes, and the new men by the programme which has been pub lished. _ As regards foreign policy, in principle every nation is free and sovereign. Ely'lty is a power which exists—the republic a gov, lament of right. Every nation which may have need of us, which may demand from us assistance in recovering its natisnality, should be able to count, in the limit of our re sources, on our material and moral support, on our diplo macy and our army ; for the reason of France is the reason of liberty, and the army of France the army of liberty. Liberty to not a privilege for as,it is a right for all, and right his no frontier. In virtue of the principle of the unity of right and the unity of mankind, all nations are jointly re sponsible, ;attune of the great human republics, and at snob, free, equal, sad brethren, like the citizens of the French re public. Frame thee, can hsnoefcgth neither conquer r enslave ; neither can she be a tranquil spectator, with arms in her hands, of the sad spectacle of slaves still strug gling under the treaties of 1816. Her principle', her pro mises, her part, her future, her safety, her honour, engage her towards Poland, Italy, Germany, and Hungary, towards el those who resolve like her to break their chains. The Kings besiege, bombard, and put to roman Paris, at Peeth,l at Win, Vienna, Warsaw; the republic cannot be the ac complice of kings against the people. It is a crime to do that when it can be prevented. The monarchy said, chacwspoisr soi, and it is deed; the republic, which is the contrary of the monarchy must live, saying, chasm poser Pau! On the question of the demote policy we find the following : In the interior, the same logic. The people should be free and sovereign. At this moment the people are not, it is true, 'abject' of a king, but they are still the subj ects of ig norance and misery, those two last royalties, which are not unlikely to bring back the other. The man who is hungry is the s lave of want; the man of ignorance is the slave of error. He is consequently neither free nor sovereign. What is a Sovereignty which cannot write its vote 1 what a liberty which depends on its bread ? Men then must be freed from these two servitudes ; they must be wrested from these two imperative tyrannies which have already twins caused them to turn naivetes' suffrage against themselves—on the*. 10th December, and 23rd April ; they must be enfranchised materially and morally, in mind and body ; they must henceforth only dep e nd on their reason and their will ; their double want of comfort and enlightenment must be satisfied —the double nourishment (men does not live by bread alone) must be given them—in a word they must be improves~ and enlightened. How ? By labour and instruction. AU the republic is therein. An evening journal of yesterlay says: "It is an nounced that M. Proudhon has decidedly fled from the consequences of his condemnation. He left Paris on Sunday lest, and it is presumed that he is gone to London, where he will tied his friends Caussidiere and Louie Blanc." We do not know what truth there is in the above :statement, but we see by the signatures affixed to the declaration of the Mountain, in the socialist journals of this day, that the name of M. Proudhon isnot amongst them. Au official return is published by the Moniker of the amount of Customs duties received in January and February of the present year. It is 20,938,938 f. In 1848, the returns for the corresponding months were 17,483,906 f.; and in 1847, 18,940,839 E M. Deese, the father-in-law of M. Thiers, died this morning of cholera, after a few boars' illness. I have reason to believe that the epidemic is more prevalent in Par:s than the authorities are disposed to admit. Every effort is made, both by the government and the press, to conceal extension. ITALY. SARDINIA.—The Nazioneof Turin, of the 2nd, states that Major-General Dabormids and Count Revel have left Turin for the Austrian head-quarters as 'plenipotentiaries. By a royal decree of the 2nd, Eugene, Prince of Savoy Carignan, is named Colonel Commandant- General of the whole National Guard of Piedmont. _ _ The Concordia of Turin, of the god, states that a popular movement has broken out at Albertville. Asti, Cunco, Alessandria, Vercelli, and Castle, have openly avowed their opposition to the terms of the ermistioe. LOMBARDY.—The Pensiero Italian° of the 31st gives some additional information concerning the in surrection at Brescia. The citadel, according to this account, continued to firs upon the town during the 24th and 23th, but on the 26th it was taken by storm, and the garrison put to the sword. The valleys of Trompia Babble had binned at the same time, and Borygsmo the Austrians had been driven away. ROMAN Bl'ATEB.—In the sitting of the Roman Constituent Assembly of the 27th ult., the Minister of War informed that body of the several military mea sures that had been adopted by government. Every citizen of from 18 to 38 years of age is declared a soldier. Whoever wishes to exempt himself from military service must pay a fine to facilitate his being replaced by a substitute; 30,000 muskets were daily expected from France, and 9,600 from other parts. A manufacture of arms has been established, and three large military magazines are to be organised at Rome, Bologna, and Ancona. All horses that could be found have been pat in requisition. Troops, it is said, were on their way to the Po. The natienal guards of the provinces have undertaken the service of the cars biniers, that the latter may join the army. In a few days•the union between Rome and Tuscan y would be effected. The news of the reverses of Charles Albert had not been received at Rine. THE FXPRESS, MONDA% :EVENING, APRIL' 1 849 —_._._...- v y Ily i s,% : lc_ ,iitio fa e° 2 _, - . ' /11 " 11111 t - i ' l it 'PI i 0 27 i r :Th% ' MI UMW 011 LOFUO 0111 the vi -- '' - ' to alit s s ' ite- Ss Railws,,7 o : alit the *ladders of /tlian '''' ''', i . , " :, atriel of the slisr Aqt, are r the So Serwiek, 0 1 114 1 4 olio let logitarY '° 4 .-... '' . . PClrMait MA olio "1::: I:stogies in the railway of kelt Mho* cre- q - "'""°, • i• Bot; apart beet theeete e ilers. ailitt -or of it, ostersl sideseawfgesziaris . encts. a gene interefl attaches to the aerating in th e ea u. W e n the effects of this irtlitt i w n ay of carry tog co mallow of all who are a li ve _ta She imgorleges of bailees limited to the • g parties them- a high tape of hopper in 'the eTe tjja selves, the matter might rest there. Bat it oor Is ocustry, -A- sal Dade, eePecnally ' afford, scope for impro p er prattlcee, and inevitably .. . _.• _ ..-• la _l, -1--a- _._ • • a HOLLAND: ' PUNERAL OP TEE LATE lUNO. The solemn interment of his ?Meaty William IL took plus at Delft on the 4th. The cortege set out in the morning from Rotterdam. The coffin was covered with a 'black velvet pall, an which was in scribed in letters of silver, " Remelt, Lenten, Bala manta, Vittoria Nivelle, Pyrenees, Quatre B ras , Waterloo, Neat% d'Onre, Ciudad Rodrigo, Ba dodos, Magas.' On eoflin were pieced the spokes% the two s sari% and Ow searf whigh his 314usty wore on 110/011111 00011401110. When those Wilda Were removed from the cella, the Xing plsail wen if &chaplet of kurels, saying these words, In fie wins glebe royal house, and of the pools of the Netbulbwk, I place this crown upon the ootSa of 1 my excellent father, in whose steps I hope to tread." His Majesty then embraced his uncle, Prince Frederick, and his brother, Prince Henry. Tee ceremony was co : eluded acco rding to the pr and was not over until half-past eleven. Herolgtrea; the Queen Dowager and the Princess Sophia visited the royal tomb at half put one. THE HAGUE, APRIL 7.—The Second Chamber will recommence its sittings on the 17th April. The report of the sections has just been published on the project of law for laying a tax, the produce of which shall go to cover the deficit of ten millions of &rine, as laid down by the budget of 1849. The sections reject the measure In the ground that there is no present urgency to cover the deficit for 1848, still less to provide for that apprehended for 1849; in the second place, the sections do not recog nise the utility of the measures proposed which in deed appear to them to be inadmissible. The govern ment will, therefore, be obliged to withdraw the pro ject of law. Amo ng the measures recommended by government to meet the deficit, is the sale of lands in Java, and the issue of treasury bonds, repayable by the produce of those bonds; as well as the creation of paper money, for a sum not exceeding the expected deficit, that is to say, fifteen millions; and, lastly, the introduction of a system of rigid economy into the pnbPc expenditure. The project of law relative to ministerial responsibility has met with an equally un favourable reception in the section. GERMANY. BERLIN, APZIL 6. The Frankfort deputation bade adieu to 13 , rho to-day, and settled themselves in the comfortable car riages of the When Railway, to return to the free city on the Maine. Their reception wu but cold. Poor old Arndt, who came as gay as a lark—who saluted and seemed to wish to embrace everybody who wore a German cockade—quite lost his Claude Haler° gaiety . of spirit after two days' experience of the state of siege, and on the third actually moped. A serenade was given to the grey-haired bard in the court of the Hotel du Nord, where the Artisans' Sinqing Club thundered forth, with a chorus of 330 voices, his own song of "Wu ist des Deutschen Vateriand P" Arndt and Simeon came down to thank the singers in person; and the former went about shaking hands with the fine hearty fellows. No end of hurrahing followed. Then the song was hymned afresh ; and the composer, fearing the excited state of feeling might lead to some row, made a speech, recommending to them the stead fast observance of tho law. Yesterday the chambers were to have given the deputation a great dinner at Mieleutz's, but the want of unani mity that prevailed among the entertainers, and the dismal feeling of disappointment that had settled upon the guests prevented the banquet from coming o 8; so that the decorations of the saloon, the German colours, and the laurel-crowned bust of the King, were left fit the benefit of the leas distinguished mor tals who take their chop at that tavern. The deputa tion went to the opera on Tuesday nigh, where they were . again greeted with Arndt's song,. the audience et ''g in with one accord, and cheering afterwards with all their lungs. Last night, instead of the din ner, there was a'ansrle at Mielentz's,where the deputa tion wasmet by members of the Ist and 2nd cham bers. A general feeling of depression prevailed. The mezzo-termini of the ministry was felt to be a poor shift devised to save their existence a little longer. To-day the second chamber met at 1. Vincke proposed an amendment to the report of the committee on Hs motion for an address, conformable to the new circumstances in which the 'house hart been placed by the circular note to the governments. The first para graph of this amendment deplores the embarrassment and danger brought on Germany by the ministerial recommendation to the King to decline the accepting the offer of the Frankfort Assembly, and the second moves that in consideration that the circular note pro poses a term of fourteen days for the decision of the governments, in order not to prejudice the negotia tions, the chamber pass to the order of the day. The extreme right moved to pass to the order of the day, simply in consideration of the despatch commu nicated yesterday by ministers. In the course of the debate, which lasted to a late hour in the evening, I understand that ministers declared that they would not retire before any decision of the house whatever. AUSTRIA.—Our correspondent writes as follows : VIENNA, Anti,. 2. A strange rumour, yet circulated with much confi dence, prevails, that the Russian troops have com pletely evacuated the imperial towns, and oven given up Cronstadt. So thick a diplomatic veil covers for the moment the nature of the relations between the Austrian and Russian cabinets, that thinking people are prepared for the widest range of eventualities. Whether the Czar has failed to find at Olmiitz the full measure of submission to his plans which he contem plated, and so will leave the Austrians to settle their account with Bem how they can single-handed, or whether the unsettled aspect of the principalities and the martial attitude of the Porte give him enough to think of nearer home, the sundered alliance is at least a favourable symptom, as it will cause Austria to turn her eyes in search of a worthier friendship to wards the great constitutional powers. Meantime there are about 60,000 Russian troops concentrated in Moldavia and Wallachia. The blow which was struck on Bem while he attempted an expedition against Cronstadt is fully confirmed. Two despatches from that general to Kossuth, dated March 16 and 16, from Hennannstadt and Rothenthurm, are published in the Moniteur Alislony, of Debreezin ' which describe his movements previous to that defeat. He had pos sessed himself of the Rothentharm pus and beaten back the Russian, into Wallachia. Some days after an army of 40,000 Russians burst through the Ton burg and Rothenthurm passer, before which Bean's force, of 14,000 only, had to give way. The details of the engagement are not given. The report is re peated that Kossuth has sent Olmiitz the bases of a proposal for peace. Ministers will not listen to these, but issue proelamations promising a full amnesty to all who throw down their arms. Gorgey and Dembinski had been reconciled at Tdrok Szent-Mildoo by the mediation of Kossuth, and Gorgey had reusumed the undivided command of all the Magyar troops; Dembinski was head of the staff. Dembinski's corps was actually commanded by Count Vetter and the besieging corps at Arad by Dnehatel. Letters from ,Ixasy mention that in Moldavia prepara tions are making on a great scale for war. RUB= troops were crowding in from all sides, and General Paskewitseh was daily expected. The letters which mention the evacuation of Transylvania by the Ruadans add that Russian officers of high rank had openly declared that there was no longer any ques tion of further intervention. If Beni has been left in *a condition •to operate with vigour the position of Puchner is regarded as critical, as the passes towards the Bakowina are beset. The Austrian general was bent on regaining the Danube line of communication through Orsowa. Welden, on his arrival before Comore, issued a proclamation to the insurgeata "The Emperor had on his accession given to Hungary . equality of rights with the other portions of the empire, and consented to pardon all who returned to their allegiance. Prince Windisehgratz had acted in a spirit of clemency in accordance with this promise ; having, after his vic torious troops had penetrated to the Theiss, and taken Buchan and Tokay, called - no one to account who submitted to the law. Only the traitars who deso lated their country for the gratification of their ambi tion were menaced with destruction. Ho gave them twelve hours to return to the imperial flee ; after the expiration of which, if ty still resisted, he would batter Comorn as long as he had a man or a gun left, so help him, God l" After long deliberations in a ministerial council last night, where all the ministers were present except. ing Schwartzenberg, it was determined to send minis er Bruck with the Hofrath Negrelli to the conferences at Verona, for settling the condition of peace. These set out on their journey this morning, while the ministers betook themselvesto Ar 3. The news of Ben ' s total defeat i s t o -d ay given out as false. All Transylvania is in pacisessioa of the rebels, with the exception of Kronstadt, where there is a small Russian garrison. Welden returned on Sunday evening from his journey to Comm, but he goes back again immediately. His proclamation pro duced no result after the 12 hours' !tapas. The cen sure on boob, abolished last year, is revived. The elections of deputies fior Frankfort axe stopped. Those who have been &men have been called upon to suspend their intended journey, and the recall of the Austrian members from the National Assembly is expected. Fulmer is sick, has resigned his com mand in Transylvania, and retired into Wallachia. The entrance of the Russians into Galicia contradicted. PES fH.—We have received lette-s from Pei the 28th, denying altogether that Bent had b oot a l featcd. General Gorgey was advancing to the woe / Comorn, and the besieging army h e d been ohgod suspend operations, in order to coneenteomw take measures for resisting Gorgey's attack. TIC Austrians bad suffered greatly in the siege, from t being forced to bivouee in the midst of snow 4 4 4 0 weather The simultaneous defeats of General Bei. fullyat Loseurz, and of Slicn's brigado at St em _ confirmed. The Russian general, R ooms : stein, had not entered Haogarv, and, in fact, f e fi n northern portion, at Eperies , Ku e h n , and t h e gions round, there were no troops of any kind, trien or Hungarian, for the very good region,* all the provisions of the country had boat consumed and the granaries emptied. Je ° ll7 lP r i m t again at Pesth. FRANKFORT.—A letter from Frankfort, % I the sth inst., con fi rms the report that the Cannokm Parker (United States navy) hue declined the ogom command of the German navy. Hi s coinsryroe Commodore Parry, it is added, b as accepted t ; he so. pointment, and a number of American naval offg eo of various grades are said to be ready to ro w mi German service. vbe eourt. WINDSOR, SUNDAY. —The Queen and Prike Albert, the ladies and gentlemen of tke conk, and M. d► mettle household, attended divine seniee this morning in 4, private chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. C. Courtenay officiated. Yesterday afternoon her Nit.jeety and PrinceAlbart took a drive in a tende ce, at a pheton. d on Co h ors eback, ' Seymour Equerry ill wait, l The royal children walked and rode la ustud yes. terday. The royal dinner party yesterday at the Castle is. eluded the Duchess of Kent, Prince Knot of Lekiagea, Lady Augusta Bruce, and Baroness do Spell. Mr. Thomas Brigstecke had the honour of soli. mining to her Majesty and prince Albeit the portrait of Mehemet Ali, painted at Cairo for the Oriental Club. The Qoeen Dowager and the Princesses Amel:e sai Elise of Hohenlohe Schlingsfurst, attended divice Nevis yesterday in the Chapel Reyal St. Junes's. The peva were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the lesions les* Rev. J. H. Thomas. The sermon was preached by the BA. of Oxford. The anthem wee "If we believe that Jess!' Sir Georee Smart presided at the organ. The Queen Dowager received the sacrament, whiek was administered by the Dielop of London. The Duchess of GI :act s:er weed b Kew on Wray. day, and visited their royal highnesses the Duke and Diebei of Cambridge. The royal duchess returned to tows it tbs afternoon. Mr. Bancroft, the American minister, has left Mom for tke holidays. The Mamale of Lansdowne left town on Friday afternoon for his seat, Boa ood Park, Wd... The Earl of Carlisle left town on Saturday for Haworth Castle, Brsmptor, Cumberland. Despaciass were sent off on Saturday evening from ths Colonisl-offies for the Governors of Malta, the Cyst( Good Ha e, the Mauritius, and C-ylor, and also fat the Lord High Commiabioner of the lonian Islands. QUEEN'S MEMENGERq.—Mr. Byner and Mr. Pol. lindine have been appointed Queen's Home Means/es, it. cached to the Foreign-Al.°, in the room of Mtge. Minis and Hutt, who have retired on account of infirmity of lteskil and advanced years.—Observer. HIE EXCELLENCY TEE ArSTRIAN MINISTLI AND THE COUNTESS COLLOREDO intend to give &series d splendid reunions et Chao:its House in the noun of Os ensuirg month. The Austrian embssey had been therm/lig re-embellished previous t 9 his occupation by the noble Cout and Countess and is Burly to be again the mere of MM. talitT, u when Prince Esterhazy was ambassador to it. British court. EIS EXCELLENCY ADMIRAL DE CECILLE will give a series of grand dinners at the French embassy Woo diately after the holidays. ALMACH'&—The distinguished ladies who 'mantis control of these balk have determined that the first net ito commence on Thursday the 2Gth inst.; and from what lus transpired, these favourite re-unions will be the genital tau dervous of the N otaries of the dame this season. Theban. Wu] saloons have received much additional embellishment is the arabesque style, and all the draperies and coverings Is the lounge, are entirely new, and harmaties with the in. rations of the ball-room. The ladies patronesses this sew, from whom alone orders can be obtained, are the Duties of Norfolk, the Marchioness of Londonderry, the Nan alone's' of Westminster, the Marchioness of Ely, *Owe toss of Jersey, the Countess of X intnul, the Collates of Lichfield, Viscounts,. Palmerston, and Lady Clinton. A very efficient band, including some of the first rats anion the profession, is engaged. RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE COMPANY. _ _ _ On Saturday, a general meeting of the shareholders of this company was held at the London Tavern, Bishop. Fate-street, for the purpose of receiving a report of proem en connexion with their proceedings up to the present tint The chair was occupied by John Dean Paul, Esq. The CHAIRMAN said that as that was merely a pes forma meeting, convened in pursuance of certain mph tions required by the House of Lords, It was not to bus rooted that they should have a very numerous body of the proprietors present. As it was not his Intention to creeper on their time, he would proceed at once to the special MOS for which the shareholders were convened, and call spa the secretary to read a copy of the circular, calling them top thee, and also a copy o , the report The report stated that On the 15th of December, 1818, the company was prod @lousily registered in conformity with the 7 ik 8 Veto,* c. 110, with a capital of 1,000,0001., divided into MOE shares et 601, each. Of these 10.500 shares were taken, with• our recourse being had to any of the usual public modes of procuring shareholders. A deed of settlement has been pee pared, and duly executed, and the company became image rated on the 22nd March, 1849 , on which day the acid certificate of complete registration was obtained. The direr tors appointed by the deed of settlement introduced I toll into parliament, which bill has passed a first Ina axed reading; and in a committee of the whole house reminders were unanimously passed exempting this company from the operation of the stamp duty on their assurances, and the hill having been referred to the select committee has berm re. ported to the house. The directors have therefore every reason to expect that the bill will be introduced ink the House of Lords in the course of the present month. The CHAIRMAN having moved the adoption of the report, A PROPRIETOR asked whether, in the course of their proceedings, the directors bad departed from the course origi nally proposed respecting insurances ? The CHAIRMAN replied in the negaUve. The Erects' did not anticipate any objection on the part of the ?OM companies; indeed, from the several interviews the but bad with the various bodies of directors in the leadiarliare they had every reason to expect a cordial co op. TitiOil es their part to enable the proposed plan to be carried oat But, even supposing this not to be the case, tke dream were prepared to adopt an alternative by which much its same advantages would be enjoyed by the public as well • by the shareholders. (Hear.) The report was put and adopted. The SECRETARY then road the preamb Haas g notes of the bill now in program through the of mons, and which is entitled a " Bill to confer certsin peat on the Railway Passengers Assurance Company" The CHAIRMAN moved that the bill now read be, •a it is hereby approved of by this meeting; and thattlw directors be requested to obts.in the completioa of are ma parliament, es mush u possible in accordance therewil. A PROPRIETOR asked if the same premium waretohe enforced for all distances, long or abort ? The CHAIRMAN replied that it was. To avoid co& plaster it was found desirable to adopt the peurr - r m e principle, and to make the same charge for long Whorl dialSeeS. A PROPRIETOR thought the prisciple would ad il• jurionsly, so far as the short dismal)." were concerned. The CHAIRMAh —The same objection would appll • the penny portage. Mr. S. B. HARRISON said the directors had hal lhh very important question under consideration, and that they felt it to be subordinate to that of obtaining the co•olortf by att of the several railway companies. The course solig*t . :" the proprietor involved two consideration.. One ws , i , the amount to be insured should vary, and the that A there should he a different charge with reference to ~ but both had to be tested try the same 'tam' ard, which was that of diffi cu lty. For loe r ' if a gentleman had to travel to Slougth, &idol, or Bir rat ham, the clerk would have to ask him first if be inten . be insured ,• and, if the reply were in the affirmstiee, t ,fr, mace would have to be made to the premiums pal " 7, the required distance. Theft references would oecuPl much time as to render it impassible that the clerk's T.: duties could be properly performed. The same 00' 1 2; would apply to any difference of amount to he iwr b , As it was most desirable that so important a plan sho o ;,A carried out in the most extensive manner through the otßas machinu7 of the railways, rather than by the setting 111 offices by the Railway Noumea Assurance Company; l oi was felt that the only safe principle of operation s wss 0 . 4 il the FoifilF_Ferflese, which, applied in the present mop 7 t ii Whisamien's my idling addition to the trouble a reseliefsg the fares. (Hear, hear.) M ining the whole of the business before the satelit the 'thanks of the shareholders were unamlool L, voesdho *airman, deputy-chairman, and other owthow he the and energy they had displayed in ellerk the affaire_imigew, The CHAMEAIF hewed toexprem in Ms own Mm e. and is the name of these gentlemen on the direction , ! e a were pen/04 *leads of his own, whom he highlyesteelie and valued, their united thanks for the confidence relo; Toy them. Rs seed share the meeting that he had b ii .