The Express. — London, England, 1849-02-24 00:00:00

IRELAND. Boum sis. 23: On Tuesday last, Mr. Orinsßy. of Costlstown, was elected member foe the county et Donegal, io plans of his father. The jury, as I Inkomed you, were . dischargsd yes terday, in Oman DWe case, not having been able to It seems adtted that one of the jurors (Mr. e. Berke), the proprietor of the Bbelberne Hotel (the largest in a lin), was in favour of an ao quittal on all the counts. Mr. Burke Is a Roman catholic. Three others of the jury . , says the Freeman's Journal, Messrs. Stokes, Barrington, and Taylor, a catholic, a quaker, and • church of England man, were,for acquitting Mr. Daffy on those counts which charged hint with attempting to depose the Queen. _ _ _ _ Atter the my were discharged, Mr. Baron Lefroy delivered his opinion at ems length upon the law of the case just tried, but it would be We to record all the discussions in this CAM. On the 7th of April, at the next commission, Mr. Duffy is spin to be tried, but will remain in durance till that tiros. PROVINCIAL. THIt ACCIDINT ONf THC CALEDONIAN RAILWAY. —The adjourned inquest oa the bcdies of the sufferers in the !went accident on the Cedod. num Railway took place on Wednesday at Carli•le.—Tbe evidence given turned entirely upon the ptop•r fitting of the wheels of the carriages to their axles, it having been prayed that the accident was eared by cne of the wheels of the tender having become loose, and thus thrown the train off the lint. Upen this point several witnesses wore willed, but their evidence, wee et so teehalsel a chareeter that it is nnnsraary to state sera than the re side, which will be found 'lobo ied in the following verdict : " That the deceased met with their deaths in aoneegstenos of the carriage in which they had travelled on the Caledonian Railway being thrown off the line; that the tante of the accident was the displacement of one of the wheels of the tender on its axle ; that the wheel had originally been im properly fitted on its axle by the workman formerly in the employ of the Caledonian Company. but whom name had not been proved. It dots not appear that blue attaches to any of the officers of the Caledonian Cqmpanyougess to the party who had the charge of the construction and fixing of the wheels and axles of the tender."—The inquiry lasted four clays. Auk. • SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—" Israel in Egy t t" was performed at Exeter-hall last evening, for the first e under the new regime of Costa. It wee the anniversary of the " mighty muter'* " birth. According to Hawkins and Burney, Handel wee born on the 24th of February, 1684, and these writers have been followed by more modem bio graphers ; but the inscription on his monument in West minster Abbey, which mews to be the best authority, states the day of his birth to hare been the 23rd of February. The oratorio was performed entire, and without twat the inter polated airs which it bu been customary to introduce into it for the purpose of affording some relief to the chorus, of wt ich, iu the first part, chile are no less then eleven, in an unbroken series. We are not inclined to visit this practice so several) as some critics have done. We believe it has been reneraDy adopted ever sine. Handers time; nay, there le evidence that ft wen adopted by Handel himself. And, indeed, there is some reason fur t, for the gigantic cho rus. of this oratorio beoe%ne, from the unparalleled grandeur and sublimity, absolutely overwhelming; and the tensian in whici the mind is kept by their uninterrupted succession teals at length to a state of exhaos lion. Such at leas*, we must confess, is the effect which these stupendous maws of harmony have frequently pro duced upon us. Toey appear to have a similar effect on the ehoreaelegers themselv‘s; for, notwithstanding the ad mirable doicipline they exhibited last night, they (the sopranos in particular) frequently sang fiat in the piano pameges ; a fault which we ascribed to the relaxation and languor cured by their 'sites having previously been kept so long upon the stretch without Intermission. With this occasional drawback the performance of the choruses was most magnificent—we never, indeed, heard such effects produced by vocal harnioay. "He gave them hail Moses for min—fire mingled with hail ran along the ground was absolutely terrific, a perfect hurricane of sound; and not led tremendous wee " The horse and his rider bath he met into the sea." The airs of this oratorio are wry interior to the choruses. One of them, "Their land brought forth (rep," is deformed by an instrumental IC sempaaluent which mimics the hopping of these animals, • puerility which the bad taste, in them matters, of Mandera day may account ioe, bet cannot justify. There are, however, two excellent dues, " The Lord is my strength," and "The Lord is a sun of war ;" both of which were exceedingly well sung, the former by Miss Birch and Miss Louisa Pyne , the latter by Megan. Phil ire and Mackin. The short unac companied solo, " ring ye to the Lord," which introduces the final chorus, was given by Miss Birch with singular energy sod vocal power. Every part of the performance both vocal and instronthathi, bare the marks of Me. Costa's admirable training. The time ell every movement was terreetly taken, and the utmost attention was paid to all the debacles of effect and expression. The original score was tiny adhered to, some of the pert* being occasionally, and most indicionaly, doubled by wind instrument& In this way pest effects were produced by the trombones and The hall was crowded to *acme, and the per- Itemanco was nailed with great apples'', several of the amen being encored, in utter diocesan of the earnest rased, expraesed in the bills, that "ice eandoration of the mond nature ante performance, the mailkears would allow it to prated without any intemiq ui trem applause or emeores." This request has bees tly made by the meaty, and we sincerely regret then* made in vain. UNIVERSITY AND CLIRICAL. OAWSBADOS. PM 23.—Diusehard gams sta ropervatar Wenis aorta Itligiral. M. JD. ISO : Do. NA. Wilma. Mi. Da. DetrJes. Mom L WWI. Jet. Wear. rd. Davao Jia ti z . D'' • hi Orepies. Ds.. Iftwassis. 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THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, 1449. for by drafts aa Asir beads& scads, bids sad Maass Tbst Muss seljaalad payment la October, 1847 ; witness was this MAW ti Ana 17,0001, bat asvertbo less aoadderal bias eV windy solved, as Bolds sad Mamas 104 a, „ is do dupe of a need saortrens R la October 1847, lir. lta la 8 ands is raildt wets Sea la requattlag rardasasse seam ands at shorter dote* than %ohm, sad Met the groesols .1 their goods 'heed be kept &daft from those of oases. They did sot do es, hoseme ft nee owt of the mum of biasses, they WWI del modeil logir j oi r alo Me a great amber of parties, and wore ke Ke premeds Wog remitted whoa due, easeihiti to amens* therefore, oar Mr. Resokk hod down Ite ream then boa their tee, he could she se qe ketroolisos. Oa the IQth November follow ing Kr. Owls mote MOM Resoiek, sewing them that Moir Worsts were loafs keeping, and should be protected to the almost. Afar tide, the einrignatents captioned ; la teat, ems wen es thole way at the time. They were bound to seeks remising= to Kr. Resnick fen r months a ft er the date piths sake, whether they received the mosey or not. They were sot in the habit of seeding to other ceestituents bills of lading as security for the bills drawn on Boyd* and Thomas. After October. 1847, when they received the news of Boyds and 1 housaa's stoppage, they rased drawing on, or makiog remittances to them, but afterwards resumed when that house resumed payment Afterwards Messrs. Resnick, by letter of the 7th Fe n ary, expressed a wish to be guarded against contingen cies in the drafts on Boyds and Thomas. None of the drafts on that house after December 1847 were honoured ; they finally stopped payment in Fantasy, 1848. No specific in structions were given after October, 1847, about Merv. Ren nick's proceeds. They first heard of the stoppage of Boyd. and Thomas in April last • they were than aware that they also were insolvent, of which they had no suspicion until that time. Bills were drawn in February, Marsh, and April for 4101., 2501. sad 2331. respectively, in favour of Messrs. Renzi*. D id set know at that time of the insol vency of their firm. Mr. Resnick had complained of the remittances not being made In due time a mail having elapsed beyond the proper time. The thr ee bills above re ferred to were not honoured, arriving after the stop page of Boyds and Thomas. Messrs. Renick had con wised to them about 2,0001. worth of goods since Weber, 1847, for which they received bills from the megebents in Ceylon, which bills were discounted Ke bankers, and the proceeds applied to the general hinder sof their trade. Boyd' and Thomas bad agreed, as was the custom with merchants in this country, to make eireses to a certain amount, in order to provide for the keg credit which was necessarily given to the native mer chants ; in their ore the amount was fixed at 7,5001. ; and hence Boyds and Thomas were creditors of their firm. Of their debts (Acland and Oswin's) 28,0001. was secured, the rest unsecured. The prospect of a dividend depended upon the value of property in Ceylon, which had risen within the last few months. Their assets were estimated at 18,0001. Their liabilities of 40,0001. had been cast on them by the failure of Boyds and Thomas, in respect of bills to which Bair mamas were attached as drawers. A question had arisen se to whether their liability on tboee bills could be established. Mr. Armitage (of the firm of Armitage, Scott, and Co.) had presided at a meeting of their creditors in Ceylon. If he had expressed an opinion that the estate would err pay a penny a pound, it was perfectly incorrect sad 'unifiable ; bat it might be owing to the eafremdy depressed state of property in Ceylon, fray the rebellion, and other ruses. Owing to the subsequent rise of colonial produce in this countey—affeep havka risen from 3.is. to 581. 6cl.—the estates in Ceylon meal rime in value. He did not oonaider that they were bound by the factors' law of England, as they were not kern in that sense. At the time of the bankruptcy they had 7001. worth of Mr. Rennick's property, and that was placed in security. He (witness) had estates in Ceylon worth 30,0001. or 40,0001., but they were mortgaged; could not say how much these might yield to the arguer. In the *gene y for Mr. Renn , ck they were not only answerable for the pro ceeds, but for the remittances to this country. Along with the drafts en Boyds and Thomas they remitted other bills r a collateral security. Mr. Resnick had the benefit of this protection. He made no objection to this proceeding. Of twenty or thirty India houses which stopped in October, 1847, only Boyd. and Thomas and one or two others re sumed. They received butt fide assistance to the extant of 20,0001. Had produce then borne its present value, that house would not have finally stopped in February last, tor should they. Boyds and Thomas bad about 20,000 cwt. of coffee on hand when they stopped. This they were obliged to dispose of at the then rates. Coffee then selling at 33e. was now 58s. to 625. The liability of 40,0001. had not been incurred solely in dependence on Boyda and Thome, but on the security of the Ceylon estates, whose value was im proving. There had been a loss of 440e'. on Mr. Reonick's consignments. The books of their firm were in Ceylon ; there was no power to get them here, as the old Raman. Dutch law prevailed there. Mr. Parry, after disclaiming any vindictive feeling on the part of the gentleman for whom he opposed, said that the principal ground of complaint against the bankrupt was that no attention had been paid to the specific instructress given by Mr. Remick, and which he was perfectly entitled to give. Mr. Asked. as the responsible partner in the firm, had be trayed the Mist reposed in him by not obeying thorns keen*. y after the first stoppage of Boyde and Thomas. The boas , no right whatever to dispose of Mr. Ren akik's mregreenta, and make see of the proceeds for the of his trade. Sines the specific instruction, 0001. worth had been consigned, no part of the proceeds of which had been set aside as Mr. Minnick di rected, notwithstanding the smaranca that his interests should not suffer. With the vast amount of liabilities in the balance-sheet, Mr. Acland must have known, or ought to have known, that he was insolvent long before the period he admitted it. . . _ _ The Comce;seioner observed that, supposing the statement to be true, about the flucteations in the value of the Ceylon property, the bankrupt might not previously have known of &solvency. Kr. Parry proceeded to urge that the bankrupt ought le have taken warning from the first stopper* of Boyd. sad Thomas, and not to have received further consignseeele. or at lust not to have continued making remittanees fa the seas way es before. Supposing that be then knew of Ids insolvency, his conduct would have amounted to fraud. It was customary with merchants to attribute their failures le political crises ; but they were more frequently owing to their own reckless trading. Mr. liornby, for the bankrupt , submitted that Weeded's* had been utterly free from reproach, at least up to the= of Oct., 1847, when Mr. Resnick wrote the letter to. Oa receiving those instructions, Mr. Ached eould not have acted otherwise than he had done ; had he sent home produce, its depreciated value in this country would have been ruinous to Mr. Remick ; he could not do otherwise than and bills, and if Mr. Remick wished him to go out of the usual course of Imagism*, be ought to have relieved him from the responsibility of a del ender* commission. Had Mr. Renick doubted Boyd' and Thomas's bills, he might to have specifically objected to them. It should also be re membered that at the time this occurred scarcely any um menial bills were negotiable. It was evident the bankrupts had done the best they could under the peculiar mecum steams of the case, and had thereby fully complied with their Instruction.. The extraordinary and unforeseen fall in the price of produce, from 60s. to 33.., and in the value of mtates from 20,0001. to 10,0001., was abundantly sufficient to ac count for this failure ; and it could not be urged that these events might have been fouseas by the greatest mercantile prudence. Both flues were nedoebtedly solvent in 1847. The fiat bed been issued five meethe ego; and though @d elete had duos been rewired tram Ceylon, as single credi tor, besides Mr. Resnick, had taken say step Is opposition. His Honour maid he did not think the *duties that had bean raised should be noted en one ua a latter, bat that regard should be had to tamer Comm ens. In one of these the bankrupt* . proceedings were dieepproved of, but froze.** whole, it appeared Mr. Rennick had placed the ggrreeaattest possible confidence in them, and had left to their disreties the mode of securing him as best they could. He had nude no specific °Nettie' to the mode of remittance by bills en Boyds and Thomas ; and in a letter written is Nov., 1847, after the first stoppage of that house, he - had still left the mode of remittance m the discretion of the betak e; the same was the tenor of subsequent letters in Fs and Much. The result of the whole was that the muter wee left to Mr. AeLendb judgment; and is the goose of any suspicion of his having acted male fide, it maid be extremely hard, because the event had twang ent unfavourable, to make him answerable ' fire the einsequesees. Had Mr. Rend* painted out some areas nods of esearing the bills, the besinupt would have been Mimi euse, bad he negleMed to comply with it. But it would b e d hard to gorge him with gad, after ding what be thought was porketly fair to Mr. lam nick; and it would be glad to amp ad his esetilleate on that ground. The Who did not *peer attributable to any misconduct or realms Igailer. This gentlemen Mt been for many yore the head of a large hone in Ceylon whisk had fallen dog with many ogees is the soumswiat penis of 1847. No imputatka weld be east on him in impost of his dealings with Boyds end Co., whose repanides did sot seem to have been suited by their lint elsppsp. There was nothing in Mr. Agri% condos as a Lois sailing for reproof. It appeared in be we of those mess of mis fortune which the bankrupt law was passed to relieve ; the secured creditors would be nearly covered; sad, had it not been for the large amount of liabilities, the assets might have been nearly sufficient to pay the debts of the firm. However much the loss to Mr. Resnick might be regretted. it was dill eon to the observation that he ought to have given more epeeific instructions. Under thew circumstances, ge certificate would be granted forthwith. The emendate of Henry °twin, which was unopposed. was also granted. earls& the es denies $ the mama of W. in his ishedale. Him an, int eine beton *begun ease weeks age, whin wh imsies were predneed who &sawed that assordiss es the best slim* belisflesai.Temilmmand Ciadd wise theamthseimd 4ssati of the My malaise, Kean. Die ail Wailes ten Thenapen Mr. Dishy, men as eakike lbe =z:f the inseinnt, applied le the sent Is te essepel the madame of Mean. disstsa and Disk In order that he misht examine Oa ea* ramealies their commies with the peen Ms who wen stated to be their agents died and their liability it.r the demand made them iity the imelvent. The nage granted the tearashey GM wilin el==y w itte tho es Is t = e ctiee,. Th• ase haviz ie bsen abed en, Mr. Digby, saw that appeared as solicitor fir the *Mem baleen% said that the first "Encash* should call was Mr. %Ws Dick Ht. Di* be shi his evidence, applied to the Bonetßonetlo gnat him lib esseeem n Mr- Dishy missed the Eakin on the ground that, as the teedemay_had taken is consequence of the nen- Wihl' Mr. Dick of eisdnt, if it should appear that seT • jest debt, the sewn voted not be wansated in grani: whams his expenses. The wigs daskied es somendlag his decision until he should the endwise. Mr. Q. Di* wee than swim and examined by Mr. D igby. He maid, Ia a madidate to represent the borough of Meld= I. pliameat at the kart general election, and I received a simmem kegs yea to attend here and produce all the letters w o ad dersessate ainnected with the present som la m 7 ilint log te my that I have no know ledge whatever Melds issametisa. I had been a candidate at previous gad= she. Jahn A. Hyman was not my general for conducting . the affairs of the list eleeti mall eri h ad particular managing agent on the committee*. (Letter bonded to witness.) This letter wa written with my seactios. It is Wined by Mr. Bygrave, and is a protest on behalf of the committee, addressed to the town-clerk, spinet being called on to lo dge so large a sun se 2001. for polling booths. I have paid hills at pee Timis elections, but I dont know that they were in curred by Bygrave. I paid bills cis a former occasion beams' I believed they were Warred by a committee which was entrusted with the con duct of the aketion. Hyannis refused to act generally for me at the last election. Mr. Tomlinson had no appointment to conduct the affairs of the last election. Several gentlemen undertook to act, but I can't give their names. I can't say that Tomlinson was one of them. He might or he might not have taken an active part in my committee-room, and I don't believe I had any communication with him during the whole of the election. I know the house where the committee met, and I might have seen large handbills outside, having printed on them " Dick and Wad dingtos's Committee Rooms." I do not know that "No Popery " was as them at first, but you know more about this than I do. I know more of the outside than the in side of the house, having been about twice in it. I suppose that I presumed that they were acting in my behalf or I would not have gone in at all. What they were doing I did not want to know, nor did I ask any questions. Mr. Tomlinson, with various other gentlemen, accompanied me in my canvas, through the town. I do not think he went with me to tho surrounding villages. He might or he might not ; but I will tell you who went with me,—Mr. Harrell. I don't recollect Mr. Tomlinson and (Norge Codd being at a supper at Bteepler where I was; I have been at so many places t ha t I can't recollect one from another. Mr. Tomlinson did not accompany me to a great many suppers ; certainly not to eight or ten in one evening in the town of Maldon. I could not swear that he did or did not accompany me to any. I have a recollection of seeing him very =wilt, and he I might have accompanied me to some suppers, but I would rather not swear it. I did not go alone to the sup per, for the other candidate was with me. I was taken about with the other cans.idate in the dark, and who took us about I can't my. When I got into the room I don't think I saw the faces of those accompanying me, because we were in the dark until we got into the room, where we had to push our way with difficulty through the crowd, and take our places at the head of the table. I recollect the evening when there were a great many suppers taking place in the town—indeed I shall forget it. I started from the Blue Boor, where I was living, to go to those sup pers; but I cannot tell you the name of any one person who name with me. Upon my word I can't tell at whose expense 1 supposed thee, people were supping. I can't exactly say, but I suppose, the purer of the house, that is, the publican, gave an entertainment to the electors on speculation as to a chines of being paid by somebody. (This answer caused much laughter, which the judge only suppressed by threat ening to clear the court.) I don't know who paid the ex penses of suppers at former elections. The act of parliament passed in 1842 is a very stringent act with respect to treating by candidates or members of parliament, and you will not be ablo to get out of me any answer which may implicate inf. — No conversation pared between me and my friends relativiito this eating and drinking. I can't rew6 legit I maid that I hoped they had everything they required on those occasions. What I said was that I was highly flat tered by their inviting me to so jovial a meeting, and I hoped they would all vote for me at the next election. I did not tell them they would have to pay for themselves, I for that would be an unusual compliment to pay to peo ple who had invited me to as entertainment. I gave Mr. Bygrave some money when I arrived here to pay the legal expenses of the election. After paying the expenses of the hustings, about which I had a dispute, you paid me over a sum of 131., which I was overcharged. Bygisve paid for the hustings and my hotel bill with the money which I gave him. I kept • book with-has, which was Waned, but I don't know that I have It now. Election a^counts are not pleasant thing. to be looking at, and I believe it hu lighted a fire. After I took the balance from Mr. Byways, it was paid over to a common anent for both Mr. Wadding ton and myself.—JamesJantes, Esq., of 7, New Pal , ce-yard : I bad no agreement with Mr. Waddington as to the payment of our joint expellees. We had not • joist committee that I know of ; on the contrary, there was to be no committee, for the express purpose of not rendering us, the candidata., liable to any of the penalties under the Act of 1842. (Om meting cords handed to witness, with his name and M. Waddington's engraved on them.) I don't know how these cards, with our names appearing jointly. are to be paid. I suppose Mr. James paid for them. I know I n paid anything. Since the election there has been an agreement to pay a sum of money to a joint agent, but previous to incurring expense there was no agreement aboutpayment. Mr. James has got money to pay for us equally. There were used on the occasion of the election, but it never to me to form en idea as to who was to pay them. There was no communication made to me about paying them I thought they would be paid, and that if the candidates did not pay them, somebody else would. If I was to form a supposition en the matter, I would say they were to be paid as was usual on former ocoesions—namely, without the knowledge of the candidates. They were partly paid out of my purse on former occasions. I do not acknowledge any committee that I could leave the manage ment of those things to. I did not suppose this matter of the Barmen's eeness would be managed as on former oc casions, and I will tell you wh3 . When Mr. Waddington and myself arrived in Maldon, sassmbled all the gentlemen who had acted as my Meade on former occasions, and I told them that singe the previous general election an act had pared, stringently directed agast treating, and things of thee kind, and I requested them to be particularly cautious not to bring either Mr. Waddington or myself within the Kope of that act. They promised to comply with my wishes, and I beard no more of the affair. I never said the fault of the accounts beintuniettled lay with Mr. Waddington. I might have said I was ready to pay my share, and I attribute their non-payment to the scandalous and immoderate charges they contain. lam quits reedy to pay my share of any demand which Is for legal ensues and moderate in amount. Cadd frequently went about with me during my =van and I do not think It would be an unreasonable impres sion if people thought ha came from me when giving orders about the election. I do not think many of my quondam friends called on me about the payment of those Mr. Codd did call on me, but Mr. Hanley or Mr. Tomlinson did not. The chief conversation that Codd end I had was sate who Hales was. I told him I never recollected seeing hint at the elec tion. 11611 swear that I did net attend at 25 public homes at Malden with my friends. A great many booms might be open. but I did not go into them. I went to Hatfield, to Tollebury, and to places for seven miles reload Maldon. , I think I went into about tea in Malden. I formed se opinion es Is whether my Mends were obeying my whim as to soden by having them houses open. I did not ass the punch brought is in pallfah. I conceder my honour ' erased be the payment of NM of those bills of moderate ussens, bun *we ere several that neither honour nor any ease ownidendos odd induce se to pay. The preddlos Iterrinw said that it was now nearly half. pot six e'elsolt, sad it would be impossible far him to pre ened farther that day, he should therefore adjourn the feather hearing of the ore to the next court day for Maiden, which would be the 30th of blank. 1 Mr. Dick having again applied for expenses, which he said, Unmated, be would give ia charity, Mr. Digby opposed the application again, and examined the insolvent's wife, Margaret Helm, who deposed that the first person she spoke to about opening the house for the B nes was Mr. Temlinsen, at Dick and Waddington's eon mittee-recoa. He said that Mr. Codd would all on her, and when that gentleman came she asked him what she should get, and be told bar three or four legs of mutton, and three or four pieces of beef. He said he would send 30 or 40 colour men to the house, and if she brought in her bill in a day or two he would pay her. The Judge, however, decided an leaving the question se to the alpinists claimed by Mrs DM, until the witnesses spoken of by Mr. Digby were examined, and the court ad- ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCITIT.—NIWCASTLI, Fon. 22. The judge* of satin arrived from Carlisle last evening, and after attending , 'Moine- service procieeded to take the business of the town and county of Northumberland. MEDICAL APOTIDCAZUW Haza..—Names at madames wko passed tbeir ezietlaetka V tin ranee ad poetise et weettbstery sad re ceived eirensater to per. es 117 d. ajis. nataistre. Fei. Sol Recatte Witaos altos. ?Mob Tames Snit timbal, Leeds. Raba lintelligence. COURT OF QUERN'S BENCIL—YZI2IIIIDAY. Ma Puss at London.— Beiose len! WW Justice Denman sod Coarse lora BLltillt O. Counts._ This was an action brought to recover 8001., alleged to be due to the plaintiff from the defendant, for having advertised in certain newspapers a projected railway, of which he (the defendant) was the chairman of the managing committee. From the statements of the learned counsel it appeared that in the Aegust of the year 1845, the plaintiff, who is en W irer:Wag agent, carrying on business in Birehin-lane, re ceived orders to advertise in several newspapers a projected whom, entitled " The Direct London, Holyhead, and Par- Moe Railway Company." This was dote to the amount of 8001. ; and as the defendant had acted as chairman of a meeting of the directors at which a resolution to advertise the company was passed, he had given his sanction to the proceeding, and so rendered himself liable. For the defence Mr. Hamlin urged that the defendant had only been present on two occasions at meetings, and that he admitted a liability for 471. u the amount of adver tising he had sanctioned, from being chairman at a meeting where the resolution in question had been adopted. He con tended that the defendant was not liable for any further sum. llis Lordship in summing ap said he should leave but one point for the decision of the jury, that was, whether the sanction of the defendant at the first meeting authorised the plaintiff to advertise to the extent he had done ; if such were the cue in their opinion, then they must return a verdict for the plaintiff, to the full amount; but if, on the contrary, they believed that the defendant had given his assent only to the insertion of a portion of the advertisements then their verdict must be only for 471., the amount for which the defendant had admitted his liability. The jury, after a brief deliberation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff- damages 8001. life Lordship—Yon can have leave to reduce the verdict. Mr. linalrey—lf your lordship pleases. COURT OF COMMON PLRAB.—TISTIIIMAT. IYlli Pasys.-11 . #8•• adir Judaic? Wads mad • (10•4•1 Jury. KINCAID AND °TRIM IP. WILLIS.-A4LiORD KIiCON - - DUCT IN TOWIDO Aiirlllll.l OX TDB THAMEJI. • -• • - The plaintiffs in this case In shipowners, and the defendant is the secretary of "The Shipowners' Towing Company." The action was brought to recover 1,4001. as compensaton for damages sustained by the plaintiff., in consequence of the alleged misconduct of persons employed by the defer, dant's company. It appeared that the plaintiffs are pea. sensed of a barque called the Baboo, and that in May, 1847, she was about to sail from the London dock. for &deny. The plaintiffs applied to the agent of the defendants for a dm= tug, to to ♦ the Baboo down the river the neat day, but as there was a great demand for them at that time, the agent was unable to say positively whether he could supply one. The plaintiffs then applied to the Thames Steam tug Company, and they engaged to send a steam-tug to tow the Baboo the nest morning. The next day when the Babas cleared the docks at Shedwell, a steam tag, called the Lion, belonging to the Thames Company, was writing for her, and also another steam-tug, called the Newcastle, which belonged to the defendant's company, and had been sent by them in connquence of the plaintiff's appliaticia on the previous day. The crew of the Baboo threw a hawser to a boy in a boat, which he took to the Newcastle, and that steam tug immediately took the Babco in tow, and proceeded down tho river. The captain of the Lion complained of this, and followed beside the Baboo, and at length west on board her and remonstrated with the captain upon his permitting the Newcastle to do that for which he had previously engaged the Lion. The officers of the Baboo thereupon called out to the captain of the New matte that he had done wrong in taking them in tow, and that they would not pay for his doing eo, nor give him a certificate. The captain of the Lion then returned to his venial, and soon afterwards the Newcastle slackened her speed, and though urged by the pilot of the Baboo to go on lest the barque should go aground, neglected to do so, and ultimately the captain of the Newcastle detached the hawser, and threw it into the river. The Baboo being thus cost adrift the pilot ordered the masher to be east ; whisk was he, mediately dose, but the ship swung round with her bead to the wind, and went aground neer Limehouse. Both the steam-tags then endeavoured to get her off, but failed to ie to and she lay there until the next tide, when she was got o ff, but was found to be considerably injured. It further appeared that the plaintiffs bad been accustomed to use stimen•tugs belonging to the defendants; that the Newcastle had towed the Baboo up the river on her return from her last voyage, and moreover, that she had been sent to the docks from Blackwell, in consequence of the plaintiffs application the day before, and that the penoas on board her bad no notice that the Lion had been engaged by the plaintiffs. A number of witnesses were called on both sides, and the facts, as above stated, did not appear to be disputed, but on the part of the defendants witnesses were called, who swore distinctly that the captain and pilot of the Baboo, after the captain of the Lion halloos on board the barque, repeatedly coded to them to "Ist go the rope," end that they only did so in obedience to these orders. Other witnesses else proved that den& orders were given, it was the duty of those on board the Newcastle Immediately to obey them. On the other hand, the captaie, pilot, and crew of the Baboo as positively swore that they gave no such coders, that all they said was that they would not pay the New castle for saving them, and that they did net believe thine on board the Newcombe heard even that exclamation. The Lord Chief Justice recaptiZatedtit;evideiiion both idle to the jury, and left it for then to my whether, es the deelaratioa the defeadants' servants had fahely pre tended to the servants that the plaintiff had en gaged them to towilthe Balsoo4sad whether the latter believed that statement; whether the pursers on beard the Baboo handed the hawser to the Newcastle, and the persons es board the Newcastle attached it to their steamer ; whether the defandamts' servants cast off the hawser by order of the captain or pilot of the Bobo*, and if such order was given, whether it must reasonably have been undentood ran absolute order or only a qualified sae to be acted upon according to circumstances. The jury retired at half-past 5, and at half-put 8 retuned a verdiet for the plaintiffs ea all the principal lane COURT OP EXCHEQUElt—Turratest. tin: Pum—Beim Kr F. Polka, CB., sad laedas Special Juries Owns O. BVW3lrt.—Ausoini Lien. la this ON we stated yeetuday that the jury Gonda dist he the plaut . tit with 101. damages. The pionird est guilty, sad also a jostifiestion, &Ream *a the plebdil, who was a &ashamed letter-carrier, had ltea• dis abled *, service by the Preussen' , Ottani fa tompering with eat* wanness who were to have bees eandsoll at on leenasation aquae. the conduct of easthre pease, awl Thicker, who had bent em Awed is the Peekilla ; aal farther, that, in fact, the plaatiir had t ps ed with the.. *teases. We an requested to state that t verdict kr Me violets" was oa the pies or not gu il ty bat that the bey food for the Wombat on both peals or the justifies- Va. la east, therefore, the verdict was for the defendant. JUDGE'S CILAMBERB.—YarraRDAT. DArre Yr. Justice Ella Tots Quince ow rn iiiiisicCrruFoiror van Ovenware or Tin CHILIZA AND liftman Mews acumen Deemer. L this ease Kr. basMak SS the part of the defendant, dueled fish sominees epos Mr. Wakley, the mismin es aloe the pram of the Chelsea sad Holborn Haien, to show muse why the inquisition takes before the menner, the verdicts of the fury of manslaughter returned as also the depositions and ladinmente to be thereon, should not be removed by writ of certiorari tem the Comical Criminal Court into the Court of Queen's Beath, eni in support of the spill:cation the lessen mania died amend emu to show that felonies might be removed from the ethanol jurisdiction iota the court. Mr. Jellies sob.—le not the Old Bailey the best tribunal for the trial densh a ease ? Kr. Ballwin said that the circumstances of this case wen smiewbot pedlar. The defendant was labouring ender lissome of the loan, and in the Queen's Bench it was rot abithillsil seeenory he should pereondy . appear, exospt =ries enter of the court ; whereas, in the Central Court he must appear and undergo the pain and ethitesmat of standing at the ber. sir. Jaen. Ede said the same pounds might be used by emagemee Ilk_ . Italthreethe said In the present case he was prepared to thew that thin was not • "cedilla of evidence which any judge mall 15.,. to aptly, and the mast unfair and scanda lise mem had bees resorted to to obtain verdicts against the dellesient, sad, from the articles that had been written in the arespoen. it was impossible but that the minds of a jery welt Ye Maned agaiast him. The defendant had no desire Ie 04111161 a delay, bet it was impossible the cam could be tried at the sat session. Atha hearths the authorities sited by the learned couesel, the lemeed jots" granted the smanoosts. COURT OF RANYRUPTOT.—Ysimuma, Bebre XL Omakicsor il Clip•ox Tvxl.—Lawintcsons. This was the day gyptd kr Ile welilsela meeting in *a awe of Asked and - Oewia, Celia of Gunge Aelind wee AM itiasi limil L t l y ie lt a Parry, Ihr Yr. Rounick sawslaa; of T Ir flea the beaknipt's ass bad wand as pate la aatineeies time beekeur t stated that they hid had =ray Miiiiidsis & ; their Me sad Ha ven sheet OAK bad private proserty io aion, which had beta sham up wider the fist Hie own nte liabilities were about 40,0001., I. this anuttay. . Renal* wee is the halo of Naskuft to them ship et armr tbsawan ha tee is Ceylon, wll.h wen paid OUR REPRESENTATIVE SYSTESL COUNTY COURT —MALDON. (Ears W. Gardos, EA.) IN THE MAITZ/1 OP HALES, AN INSOLVENT. The insolveat in this cue, at the time when the last gene ral election toot place ' wan the proprietor of a public - house, in an obscure street in the town of Maldon. Messrs. Quin tin Dick, and Waddington ware tka leant candidates of the tort' party in the borough of Mass ea that ocealion, sad awarding to evidence addueed la the present me, two persoae mined Cadd and Temlineon,who were numbers of seers. Dick and Wad 'a committee, gave direc tions to the insolvent thr o his wife to supply Wm& meats, both liquid sad mak% same thirty of the ma who were employed appeared that me lige of the " blase" about the town. It a that the Waimea did supply theme sad other persons with the retreshammte es ordered. sad subsequently to the Medea garnished a bill kr W. to Messrs. Dick ma wbo howner, denied that Cadet and Tama not were NW; emote at the election, and mediated the deft made by Hales as being as exorbitant sad Memel demo& la mew sequemes of their refuel to pay his etas, be was obliged to apply to this Mart ft Mid under the blame est, GM fa. POLICE: YESTERDAY. MARLBOROUGH- STREET. MATRIMONIAL Dir. WERRN cu.—A lady and her daughter presented themselves before Mr. Hardwick, under the following circumstances : The lady said she wished for protection from her husband, who had left her without attendance suitable to her station, having turned the domestic* out of the house iu Park-lane, at a late hour last night, so that she was now without male or female servant. He had, moreover, threatened her life, and had so constant! pursued her witb annoyance and menace, that she was compelled to seek the protection of the law. Mr. Hardwick: Who is your husband ?—Applicant : His name is Houghton Hustings : be writes " the Reverend " before his name, but I am not aware of his ever having filled any post in the church.—Mr. Hardwick: What do you wish me to do ?—Applicaat : To give me protection for my person and property. The truth is, my property is settled on my self, and wholly out of the reach of my husband. This is the cause of the shameful treatment I receive. The object is to de. stray my life to get my property.—Mr.Hardwiek : Would not a separation be advisable ?—Applicant: I have offered to settle an allowance on my husband if he will keep away from me. Some time ago a woman made her appearance who called herself his wife. She made a great disturbance at the house, and I believe was punished by an imprisonment of three months. To show you my husband's character, I beg you will read these paragraphs in the newspaper,. The applicant produced some newspapers with an account of the examina tion of one Thomas Houghton Harding', an Irish clergyman, in which it was stated that out of the applicant's income of 90W. a year she had offered to settle 2501. on him if he would agree to a separation. Mr. Hardwick, having reoelved an assurance that the ap plicant went in bodily fear from the threats which bad been used towards her, granted beta warrant. LAMBETH.—Tux CH•ItTIST MOTS IN CLuaEKWZLL. —C. Lee alias Gipsy Lee, was finally examined before the Hon. G. C. Norton, on a charge of being the ringleader of a mob of between 30 0 and 400 thieves and ruffians, who broke into the shop of Mr. Gray, pawnbroker, and other trades men in Camberwell, on the 13th of March last. It appeared that on the 13th of March tut (the day of the first chartist meeting on Kennington-common) the prisoner headed a mob of from 300 to 400 people, and on reaching the shop of Mr. Hatfield, he exclaimed. " Give us your money ; we must have money." Thereupon he put his hands into Mr. Hat field's pockets and abstracted some silver. In his eager ness to possess himself of the money, the prisoner tore open Mr. Hatfield's pockets, and a portion of their contents fell upon the pavement After this the prisoner said, " Let's have the cloth," and, in an in. 'taut, the shop window we. smashed, and a quastity of cloth and other stock was carried off.—Mr. Hatfield spoke posi tively to the identity of the prisoner. Mr. It. Gray deposed that on the 13th of March last be was assistant to his brother, 'pawnbroker, in Southampton street. A little after 12 o'clock on that day his brother's shop was attacked by a mob of from 300 to 400, and plun dered of watches, both gold and silver, .14 chains, plate, and other property to the amount of I,' 1 1 1. After the rioters were gone, whams found some marks of blood on some pictures that were not taken by the mob. Morten, the superintendent of the Tunbridge-wells police, said he was present when the prisoner was found guilty on a charge of felony, and sentenced to four months' imprison ment and hard labour.—Witnemes were called to prove that since the riot and robbery the prisoner had not been seen in any of his old haunts. He was fully committed for trial. RAILWAY MEETINGS. GARAI NORTHERN. Fifth Half-yearly ifeetiay.—Landon Tavern, Feb. 23 . —B. DZIIIIIOII, Esq., M.P., m the chair.—The CEA lItILAN, on taking Lis seat, was greeted with loud cheers from all party IA the room and after the preliminary business had of. The d talllMAN end—Gentlemen, before I proceed to the busUless of the day, I rounder it a matter of duty on my part, and of respect to you, as well as to my colleague and to myself, that I should allude as briefly sa . pessible to the cif. eunistanots which induced me to retire in November last from the chair which I pow occupy. Some of you will remem ber that at the last two or three meetings at which I have had the honour of addressing the proprietors of the Great Northern Railway, strong observations were made am to the necemity of effecting the greatest parable economy and retrenchment. I believe it was partly in coesequence of a pledge which I gave to the gentlemen whom I addrimmed in August last, that the dinctors would take the subject into their most serious and impartial consideration, that a resolu tion on the subject which was then proposed was withdrawn. In consequence of that pledge, and having regard also to the courtesy which was shown to the directors by the gentlemen then assembled, I thouebt it my duty, as the chairman of the directors, and as your chairman, to turn my attention to these subjects, which I did in the course of the autumn. I thought I was the person moat fitted , to bear that odious responsibility. (" Hear hear," and cheers.) Gentle men, I brought my proposals before my colleagues ; and, without going into particulars, it will be suffitient for me on the present ocanion to state that they, after due deliberation, thought that those proposals went rather beyond what was necessary; that the retrenchments of salary which I proposed to make were too extensive. But finding that they differed in opinion from myself on certain points, and that my proposals were not acceptable to them, I felt it my duty to • the honourable position of their chairman. I will now tell you why . I did so, and I hope I shall convince you, as I have convinced myself, that I had no alternative but to pursue that course. Fiadinr that my pro posals were not acceptable to the other directors, I certainly did believe that I had so far loathe confidence which a chair man ouOt to enjoy, that they should have the opportunity of pu t tin g another in my place, en whose judgment and discretion they could place more rdienoe than they appeared ' to me at the moment to repose in mine. So much for the ' directors. I did not resign from a feeling of irritation or in a pet, to use a common 'amnion, but I felt that I had no other honourable alternative. (Hear, hear.) But, se re gards yourselves, I looked steadily forward to this meeting, what I should see those whom I have now the honour of ad dressing; and I felt that the report which would have to be laid before you en the 23rd of February would unavoidably embrace recommendations for you to adopt, of which in my conscience I could not approve. I could not consis tently occupy the chair which I fill on this Occa sion, and edv ie e you to adopt a report which was at variance with my own opinions; and therefore I felt that, as regards yourselves also, I had se el %motive biet streceas thm siiswasu o ty f t resigui pyirmistts togin o me g , j ar s° ccisosairstb.:,:dwoerhugssitattlmlhmmeed.yhadratlierlehreeresioniataiiimmt nooore-wl. t i me aty w adi es, I must is, that I neva so with higher or more independent hel -1 INK or mon mane be priers their duty to these ',pre sents/Oben the gendsmen with whom I have bees sew idol here. Tay were nineteen to are and I felt bawl M *Mow my own opinions. What Iwent now to do Is to jasft the °pane which I then took ; foe I am quite ready - to admit that without a very *ow we I we. not • * Sri, 4.ILAS• V Claws Com.—Before Mr.lterT eases. liciecah or ♦ Cett.6.—T. Mucha, 26, wee charged with the wilful ?warder at Sam e& arms. Mr. Format havtageteled the east, Sarah Brame deposed that she was the mother of the de ftest* dffid, miss was born is September, 1847 ; Thomas MAW warlffinffither. She got sa order of affiliation, and he Pile Is .gar weak. On &Way evening, the 25th of Jane, prier/air visited her. He took up the child and held it by be sae*, begging it gainst his fon. It was • healthy dad tim sod fag and crowing at him, sad he wan kyles' a gile . Prisoaw, without speaking, aloe to the middle of the roost, and dashed the Ail/ apta the door. He lifted it ay, still Midis, it by its =else, and threw it down Neb. It was not ea seddeat. 8e awl axes, sad strask It tares those. He etre* witam's mother co the bath of the had with tie ADM, body. He the threw it to a &Winos off, mad add arida ea alb "Take dot." la eonsequesoe of this treatn - 7eat . 7l; melba M Hannah Bruce, corroborated her ig =m l , l" 24 fur Mbar end yeomen sister. Mr. Beime: a mdelembenegeon to the Tanury, elated that the shad we beengla theme with a swelling in the bead, sad dieesimeties. It died he twenty minutes. Ambled at the pod mereassemainatka. Doak had been caused by free. tae ef tbe skull. • Mr. Matthews having addressed the jury for the pri mer, His Lordship commented upon every point in the evi dence, the general beating of his rewsulua being in the pri monies favour. The jury retired just aft., four o'clock, and, after delibe rating an km and a quarter, returned with a verdict of Guilty, but recommended the prisoner to aserey.—Being asked upon what ground, the foreman said, " From their objection to capital punishmenta."—His lordship said that wee a recommendation which he could not take into con sideration. Subseqwntly John Mitchell was brought up, and, on I being asked what he had to say, declared that the evidence which had been gives against him was false.—His Lordship then sentenced the prisoner to death. JEALOUSY AND ATTEMPT TO MORDlll—John Dunn, (21) was charged with having, en Oct. 15, feloniously wounded Anne MoffoU, with intent to murder her. Anne Muff:in deposed that she was 17 years of age, and lived with her father and mother. Prisoner had formerly kept company with her; but she had given him up. On Sunday melt, Oct. 16, she was going up stairs, when she saw the prisoner. He asked her to stop, as he wanted to speak to her. Told hint she did not want to say an to him, Saw a re x n in his hand. She got hold or it, and he drew it through her baud, and cut her hand. She tried to run down stairs, and prisoner hit her on thy backside of the head. She fell down to the first landing, and lay upon her face. The prisoner, whie she was down, put his foot upon her, took hold of her chin with his left hand, and pulled her head back. He then drew a razor across her threat. There were two causer/ma her threat. Oot up stairs as far as the second window. Through that window saw Dunn running up the yard. Heard some one ask prisoner what was the matter, and he said " nothing."—By Mr. Feawick When prisoner first laid hold of her, she cried out for her mother, but he said it was of no use, for her mother was gone out. A month before that he had knocked at her father's door and she opened it. That was after their acquaintance had been broken off. He said he wanted her, and ran up stairs, and hit her upon the eye. Another time be said if he caught her walking with any joung man he would be revenged upon her.—Cross.esa. mined by Mr. Taylor : Prisoner us d to take tea with her, and walk out with her. If she spoke to any young man he quarrelled. At the time when their sequaintanee was broken off he told her that if he caught her with any young man he would give her two black eyes. Prisoner often saw her afterwards; they lived on the same stairs. He often wanted to talk te her, but she refused. Edward Olenton, surgeon, described the wound in the n ek as extremely dangerous.—Thomas Moffot, father of the girl, stated that the prisoner had previously threatened her ; and another witness deposed to finding a razor in the yard.— , Mr. Taylor, in addressing the jury for the defence, dwelt chiefly up in the provocation given, and contended that there was no previous intention to commit the erime. His lordship summed up, and the jury, having retired for a quarter of an hour, returned with a verdict of The juJpe sentenced the prisoner to transportation for life. , The prisoner said be wished to ask one favour—that 6 he might be sent out of the country. His lorlsbip ex plained that that was the meaning of the neatens. The prisoner said he hoped he might go as quickly as possible. ........., =lsis; I ‘ talist2. *WA In vacating the chair. Sines the time of In Waking the subjects which I introduced banshees lola esmeideration ; and, without going into partieulari, I have now the pleasure of stating that such arrangemmite kwe bum made that I can with set :action and with pleasure ie to the seam on of this chair. (Loud cheers.) The SBCRIITARY then read the following upon: NIA the Best half-yearly general meeting the shareholders weft Wormed that arrangements had been made for o ppeen. I ins the line north of Peterborough, through Lin colmhire . This was realised on the 17th of October last to the extent of 68 mass from ;Peterborough, by Boston, to Lincoln. The Bast Lincolnshire lbw, 48 miles, was completely opened a few days previously, and sines that period the Great Nor thern trains have been regularly worked over thews 106 miles, affording communication between Hull and London by mesas of the &item Counties, or the London and North Western lines. From the lit of January last her Majesty's mails have been conveyed between London and Hull by this route. The line from Lincoln to Gainaborough, 16 miler, is on the point of completion, and will be opened next month. In September lest a stoop portion of the line from Doncaster north to Ashern was opened,and is worked, under agreement, by the Lanouhir• and Yorkshire Railway Company. It is proper here to state, that to avoid the immediate outlay of capital further north ' ward., an arrangement has been made with the York and North Midland Railway Company for the use of their line from Burton Salmon into York; and it appears, by a recent communication from the chai rman of that company, Mr. Hudson, M P., that the works on the short connecting line from Knottingiy to Burton Salmon are immediately to be let—the land being purchased—and will be completed with out delay. The works from Retferd to Doncaster are pro gressing rapidly, and it is fully expected will, together with the line of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lineolnanire Company to Belford , be ready to open ' and thereby complete the continuous line from Lincolnshire and Yorkshire in the course of the ensuing summer. Arrangements have been male with Mr. Brassy, the contractor, by which that important part of the Great Northern system—the line from London to Peterborough— will be completed and ready for traffic in September, next year, and the directors, desirous of reaping, at the earlies t period, the advantage. to be derived from having the main trunk line connected continuously throughout, are prepar ing to let the works north from Peterborough, by Grantham and Newark to Retford, in the hope of accomplishing this object early in 1851. The particulars of the state of the works ate described in the annexed report of the company's engineer. It will be satisfactory to the shareholders to be informed, that the directors, after mature consideration, have every reason to believe the authorised capital of the company will be sufficient to complete the works of the railway necessary, and to provide the plant. In coming to this col:elution, it is assumed that the large amount of calls in arrear—above half a million—may be made 'mai:able. "The directors have well considered the subject of calls in urea, and their injurious effect in depreciating the property of the large majority of the shareholders, by whose punctu ality in the payment of calls funds have been supplied for carrying on the works of the company; and, in justice to that body, and as necessary to the protection and promotion of the interests of the company, they have, with reluctance, and as a painful duty, resolved to proceed to the forfeiture of every share on which there are arrears of calls, excepting only in the cases of those proprietors in default, who have entered into engagements for securing the payment of them. Notice of the directors' intention to forfeit these shares has been issued to the several proprietors in default ; and a special general meeting of shareholders will be convened in or about the month of May next, fur the purpose of confirm ing such forfeiture, at which meeting the directors will be prepared to submit a plan for obtaining payment of the capital represented by the shares in . question. At that time the directors hope to be in a position to bring forward a measure that will induce the registration of, and payment of calls upon, the whole of the 40,000 London and York Extension scrip shares, and entitle the holders a them to receive the interest that has been, from the Ist of July, 1847, and is still, accruing, but which cannot legally be paid at present. About 360 shareholders have dis ided 18,561 Great Northern 2.51. shares into A and B haleshares of 121. 10s. each. The amount of the capital of the shires thus divided is not yet sufficiently large to convert into stock, as contemp lated at the last general meeting. " This company has already being mewed to parochial and other rates, to an extent confirmative of the unjust and op pressive manner in which railway property has been forced to contribute to them; the directors have therefore evolved to co operate with the railway interests generally, in an ap peal to parliament to revise and modify these Aachen., so as to place railways on an equitable footing with all ether pro perty. A petition to parliament, under the seal of the com pany, in support of these views, will be submitted to the meeting ; the directors advise one also by the shareholders, which has been prepared for their signature individually. " As promised, upon the strong expression of the wishes of the lit haleyearly meeting, the director' have considered the expediency of providing for the kw bueinen of the com pany by the appointment of a solicitor or law clerk, at a fixed salary ; and have some to the opinion that, for the present, it is more advantageous to the interests of the company to continue to have the business carried on by the mentors who have hitherto conducted it—they having "menu d to certain modifications in the usual professions) charges, and to their bills being examined and revised, before payment, by a gentleman of high standing, accustomed to the taxation of solicitors' bills of costs, and with wham an arrangement for the purpose was made soon after the last half yearly general meeting. Under that arrangement, the whole of the law bills paid during the half-year were so treated before being paid. " John Cattley, E one of the auditors, retires by rota tion, and offers himself sq., for re - election. "It is with-regret the directors have to state that, in No. vember list, Mr. Edmund Denison, M.P. resigned hie office of chairman of the board ; but he retains his seat as director, and continues to give all the support in his power to the in terests of the company. " The present is the occasion on which the annual retire ment of a fourth of the board of directors takes piece ; the five gentlemen retiring are-1, Mr. Foster ; 2, Mr. Gill ; 3, Captain Laws; 4, Mr. Paull; 6, Mr. Pickengill. But, with the view of carrying out the wishes of the proprietors, the board now recommend the reduction of their number to sixteen, the smallest the act allows; con sequently, only Capt. Laws offers himself, and is recom mended by the board, for re-election. In peeping this reduction of their numb, r, the directors recommend that the allowance to them of 2,6001. be reduced to 2,0001. per annum. To meet the wishes of the shareholders by the exercise of economy in every department, the directors recommend that the secretary's salary be reduced to 8001. per annum for the present; and notwithstanding the very anxious and arduous duties of the office, which he has faithfully performed, he is willing to accept that amount. "Annexed is the balance•sheet, exhibiting the receipts and expenditure of the company to Saturday, the 30th of December, 1848, as passed and signed by the auditors, a copy of which has been sent to each shareholder. Annexed, also, is a statement of the traffic, to the same date, ever the line opened. According to notice given, immediately after the termi nation of the business of the meeting, a special general meet ing will be held, for the purpose of submitting to the share holders, ior their approval or otherwise, a bill before parlia ment to empower the company to make certain deviation. of the line, and other changes to facilitate the promotion of the l inUrests of the company. bat not involving any additional capital; and else to confirm, finally, the agreements entered list° with the Royston and Hitchin Company, for the trans fer to the Great Northern Company, as authorised by pull,. meat, of that railway and the Shepreth Extension. " As at former meetings, the directors have now to recom mend the confirmation of the forfeitare of 238 shares, on which calls are in arrear, the object being to issue new certi ficates to the registered proprietors, who have sold the shares to parties who unjustly refuse to register the transfer., and ”t retain the certificates. The numbers are as follows: 112,983 to 113,032-82,125 to 82,164-221,212 to 221,213 221,229-221,260 to 221,261-119,423 to 119,630-79,862 to 79,671-108,2 64 to 108,288-214,954 to 214,963-161,548 to 161,667-169,793 to 169,822-42,953 to 42,962-126.329 to 126,338-172,077 to 172,086-146,714 to 145,718-108,471 to 108,695. By this step the company receives all calls due on the shares. (Signed) 0. H. PACKE, Deputy Chairman." For the cash statement see Expreis of February 23. The menu statement was as follows : wax.. STATZACCHT ro 30n sac, 1818. .0 a. d. L a d. To losoniative power— failaries—Waess to drivers, stokers, eoketnen, and cleaners Btass—Wie, oU. tallow, &c. 5,500 10 6 To • gionager and goodo traffic Salado sod wages to geoids, porters, pi& .n ..... Lod poSos Carriage 7,01017 2 283 5 5 Storer sm ..io dodoes (hr-Wage ... . . 43 6 1 4,713 1 1 To atoms department , — Salaries and veva 271 II S To noeenunent duty on penesnem. at 111 5 To balance carried Sown ....—............ ............ LAMS I • Cr. By tragic— -168,180 morellos ..... ..... Horses, camases, and dop 1551k 111 • Parcels, ke. Merchandise snd Uwe stook £1e,318 to • By balance brought down " The great northern line from Peterborough, by Beaton, to Lincoln, was opened for trefilc only on the 17th October, and during the intervening two and a half months, to the 30th December last, the supply of stores to the station with wher mastery arrangements, were only in progress, and could not be completed in time to admit of a detailed re venue account being rendered with the balance sheet to that date. The accompanying statement of the working of the line, including the. Bast Lincolnshire, together 106 miles, to 30th December, 1841, as giving the beet information attain able, hat since been prepared for the sbareholdeve, It shows the expenses of working to have been 66.24 per cent. on the gross receipts, which, under the circumstances of the recent opening, the unusually wet and unfavourable seemon, and the shortness of time for developing the traffic of the district, is, in the opinion of the directors, satisfactory and promising. With the half-yearlybalancoeheet to 30th June next, the revenue account will be rendered in the usual form, from the data olopening.—J. H. MOW•I7, Secretary." The CHAIRMAN moved, " That the report of the &ras ters now read to this meeting be adopted, Prultade and &- mailed amongst the proprietors." Mr. HUTCHINSON seconded the motion. Ilia. HUGHES proposed the following resolution : „ That the proprietors desire to testily their unabated conSdlet. ability, nal, and judgment of Mr. Denison, sn4, appidirtlri • rr, of his meat efforts to promote retrenchment and seam , is the affairs of the %away, are Of "! 6fa r ths4=l" 3