The Express. — London, England, 1849-02-16 00:00:00

I A tsw amass of pathos& wits bad Mon, seatrilmned were thea reed, thek soatrilonage samatior to 301. It Ins thee resolved that the talmriga address es W Moo Or*, &q., sad Charles Carus. 3.q., the mambas for the dry;be seat hem the mere :••• 7 slini e ers sr Os ally of Mun. rometteity Oriel pour stns. am Os Yr. Oneno no am des kr aselisalag Weans Int Sweitesga raw% Wft bali pr Is ar at arr. eider' dispu is tilanika. las men Is mammas* ms to owns Man no Isom of Onnals on tin , sad no orsiallybspe IS will Toler your own sal roe. A veto of thanks to the deputation was thou posed, aad is on simony (upwards of 2,000 posses; disposed. PROVINCIAL. TOWNER& INTERNATIONAL A/BlTlLllloll.—Broom the great t: MilleM a of international arbitration was la 13 led trbiles involved la Mr. Cobelen's ban made aeerliemW yeomen Workshop petitions lian bon get up W a assiirsde onims in that tows ; =MOW sumo hen posed esseintiens he end. ammeter whisk mad net sineses die son frost ; pulls kids& hoes Med the Wirt s medise of their swims essoliwaliso i ass as Ware*/ the sated was armed by s ftel model of de Wes 11.1111110. when, at Br melba eileser lease Ildrielleld. Worded S e r a ffiauheller Mohr & the hilowleg petition was " onnimeerly .•_ the Hoes cable the Oman= of the Vatted Works of Great Brian sad /n -and is Pediment sr sostied.—The lisatige Peti tion of Os Mayor, Allennek and Deopr e : th Lif do born* of Sheffield, is mail isembiel. That la the *aloe et your peddese ri li wes_ea s gs:algiseesdssdi sput es, to artu., for the purpose of tereW Va s t l ady barbarous, irratioaal, sod or .' fsl leering hatred and suture:by brumes the pm* of Send muntries—but frequently teemisates i heave d the inensfel party, end always suabile, if it does set abr. • =require, governments to keep up large orsdire in times of peace, to the great impoverishment of their respective sublets!, and the permanent Wu, of their aserds. That the time hes arrived when drpres bonen different coentriee ought to be, and might be, settled Wake mere rational rent of I/amulet:ill arbitration. Yost park theme tharefore humbly pray that your honours= will take swab steps as shall promote and establan r as pomade the principle of settling national druid hp friendly mediation rather than by en appeal to arms. AY your Wideman will ever prey. dc." WORM. DEATH Of A VISTERAN.—A correspondent mays : Os Mooday, Feb. 12, there died is Chichester poor oar, Domes Punka*, alias Pennicott, aged 102 years. Its Ilse been at Booker, Susses, 4: November, 1716, enlisted at Chiding in Ide Wth yea, fought in the famous bed, of Husker's Hill (1775), and in several minor engsgementa in tha Her Wks. He served in de 55th Rev., and in the 114th, =dm Beereton, of whom he spoke emphatically OM NA • brave officer ; he war wounded and ken extmordinary owner at BankeesHill. He had . =tee lensnoun to maintain him comfortably else. but he preferred to live in the society of the old sal lobe men of Chichester poorhouse, when he said he his bred and lodging 4s. 6d. per weak. His bald was pol, oil ids doehies - were but - little impaired, BB midis a by vein et his death. He common devoutly es religiose WOO WM the clergymaa (Bev. T. Brown) who attended Ids la his 101 days, partook of the Holy Eucharist, and en ueeei lively hope of kb o , obi to better eoaatry." at It. Paul's, Midterm. 1111101111111. CwoUtas. A eorreeradeat, who dates Porte . swath, Feb. 15, says, " The Russian Finlasd skip Aetna, hem Neweerls for Owes, lest into the Mothensak last oversieg with t hree moo deed on bond, cad four others dengenuly ill, Gem (ft the ormin states) aloha. Au*. NATAL ITALIAN 01.1216—We have received the .1 the mewing mom which gives Indica =7 l t nn undinhiliaid vitiate sad @pleb es the part of the and shins, Biustrie. Mot the dimmers, is ia dna Inimk lie two seeseue‘ The eeveral e p a reermistrjesee peel* by the lideerier are the min- Seel pardralms the magemegermait. The direston sine SM. with the tom rame et their eammeml, they trust from Ito thug to medusa Me Megrim opens :—" &Amu. Weis" "11 Crociato la Ogitto," Comex di Weds mer ; Beethoven's 0 Pideli ;" Wares " Prei• Mats " and " Oberon ;" Mercadante's " Vestals," "11 Level' and "II °internale ;" Herald ' s " &saps ;" ►Boa slaPs " Moss la Brittle," " sad "II Coats Ory ;" ehlers " Iphigenla in Twig." " Oren." sad " Amide ;" lifikrt "hare:" &Ilia." Pirate ;" Donisetti's Lied& di ahanonsi,"" Dos Pasquale," and " Public% ;" and (thirgh het sisklsestl mare' "II ElvregUe," Idomeneo," •, Lm Slemsese di Tho," sad "11 Panto ilatieo." It is net said Oat all time will be modem d is the teens of this seem" Milk Wad, is eat of that alarmism ; sad soma of Swot, we eggeoliesi, may well be digressed with altogether, being ire& piemewhich leave already bees performed here with- WM ass& Your opera*, however, are positively pro filed thle ammo —" blassuirUor "Roberto il Diu. vele," "11 lbtrimesio flegreto," sad " Ito Prophite." eyerbeer's sew grated opera, which has not et bees performed aaywhere. This opera, which Is n ow sheet to Do produced in Park, will alterwerde be brought out hers sada the penonal supetiotandanoe of bleyerbeer himself. The company will be exeeedingly *veg. The enrepemrate for the season include the same* et Medusa Grid, Madam. Donis Gras. Brills. Corbett, Ma dame Bosecrat, Mille. Bteltasrei, Miss Catherine Bales, Madame Patinae Viardnt,Signoranngro coatrette of treat cestiseatal fame who will replace Alban°. and Mdlle. Mori*. The teams eselliatio, Seel, Luigi Mei, and Levis; the beet. tease sad berm, Tamberial, starch, Itouomel, Kaiak and Tegliailco. The orchestra and chorus will be el the goers asseetath es le the prelim season, sod the whit nil be wader the direction of Costa. The theatre is NAM 111 Saturday, the 10th of March, with " Idaranlello.'"The pad of IVoassiello is to be pee. mewl by Mete; Pier*. by ; Fuse& ((the dumb girl), by maw. Paella. Lamm; sad &giro, by Madame Dorm Ores. Lastl(and we &m enu fibe onsouseseeent with aatiefactimak thole Is to be we regular ballet, bet the dancing " will be swami to short diverting. me* sad to these incidental la spann" This, we appre hend, is • wise resehaties, far the Wet has hitherto been a been dead weight urn die mesurers of the theatre. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL.. Ossoan, Fax IL—I. a Co. 'bat hold's this nont big. Ike bebrolan droves sere els :—MasSer of Arts:- 3. c. iss - 3 is ll; I. A. Oiler , lialtsurac_and ( 1 . A. raff7k iismodo; P. Comm Cbrfetermsok •IL Bay : Mew, IL Ma's; B. L. Lormiskek Orisi.—"Baskeler trts: P. W. IrMer, 'Witty; W. H. warrior, Pembroke ; 8413 t. P. Limes% Makdim Ho/ OIDIRATIOII.—The Bisbee et Carlisle will bold a public amtlardas as evaday. hared 1. Candidate to tame dYr 11111111111211- Via et Rae Castle es Mandeb the let el arch. PRZFRICIINT.—Rev. U. C. Irvin, to Goodbarst V., dio. coat.; 4321., with Wm W. B. B an tam, ease dim.. the Dna mad Chapter at isdhsater ; NAVAL. DievArrow, Fla. 11.—B ealez, wet, wee enimmioned Ilisaantai lA il e . l.lP. IL Gleam bt Om. A. Ormirs..-Ais .124111Aluse Dryad frn minim sad Wad aimplAs popiesiory is bar bins bin Is plena SUISrARY. ZOTAL AItIIFIRT. ifoos. incu t P. IL—Oit IlimminTs titarm of awl Aram _limm at Wag um Dover. MON, ban villovell .....t 6-r 044. lqinoWseummy, villik 111 Tforilvilit weave, astoks. cheVo is. Otrollift_tromy Yr doe lose tellsolit Am lay at I" OIL nsmsers am= TM ianw angmy is to 1p Om* i MOW et MS aggVaotlMors etterta• 1 111 :40•11 bon the Mil tollaili this MA owe =OW timildel riefteilq. belay mar order, to willawtOqt. itivemr• sympaq at Mow 51 Fart Moro.. TM nolutos es prim ma mew as osiserm s. Omptell, del.. Toisort ompti q. MI bittillsa was ntil out to dr troops at Toglq. lbw quo Mr tliqq, a VII tb• trittom 1 1=1 Wei drink gliss se lPart; Ix Itintitasi ng q 1,191. Tenon Ids Alm; kil. hir Isaac Mast I a lie isseels; ari 111. ler ft Uset..questal Or T. Datums. uimam le Ss ispilisia st anima TM sort teeri die pt. um pliii las Os liond Amp tati t io the tnt mod Ildt4 wit m mod the heft we viihiesiew TO Flaw mu Tar t lit In sobessil to thitiodo. Ed tele Implotsi Is Tart MINIM PON kr 101 eqs. SPORI7NO. - - - 8o little was dime yesterday that we have ettiy te WNW to Os at at elhomin la the Chwe GM to Need • twOw hopowwwit Ulli rt I sort am owl $ Whirr meld Mew asebet the TIM. lady Mal* as ow. apt et the tow hente bola tw the w Wooltood mod, Mk end Peepo'day hat tot=brat to hem. Sams CEAsz.-4 OS 1 sipa Prime Gorge ft). to 1 apt The rests 10 to 1 owl lOpeo ; 10 It 1 apt kilned 1M Ont o 1 oil hob 114010 ... _ ( 1 ). NOUTIMIPTONIIIII,3 th•LES.7II/ to 1011tha 31116... _ - iiii;;OTTre.;;;37ll;;;;ce;=l3ie2 VgtLairer --- (1 to 1). 13 to I apt grim 10 to I apt Tvelenr, 40 to I apt Lady •Illdeir, 41 Is I apt PeopeAsy ley (t sad altar), 40 to I apt RAID (I lad alt 4 5 go 1 sea Parevell (t), so to i tem araileissr (t), S o li to 1 ept 121astie (t nod eft eft, II to I opt OulasM (t D11113Y.--4 to 1 slot The Ilyiae Detainee. 7 to 1 apt %d ms Teaser, UOO M to a 1 apt lett 4 Nuriyk est . at Plialeaes dam (t), NO ern ilmkk Oass.-18 to 1 apt Wawa& 11117, 20 to 1 opt Mona Dooms (t). CRISTIR Coy.-20 to 1 opt Joe Set (t), 20 to 1 opt The Tartar (t and ea GO. ILA) Intentgence. JUDICIAL COMMITTIE OF THE MITT COUNCIL. - - Yamousai. Lwdlftederea‘ Lord Linda* Mt Wiwi Ilyss. Dr. Leslibsion. MI Mr. !mamma Id* won Ur mambas vim& itiADNAN MOOLVIIJIA IP. 1110/10111ANATZ 11100IIIIITIA. After the Me kW We reepeadeate fa thie appeal had eke* lb. Terser replied at treat leasth, sad rotated the ergemeeta tree& foreasel sal& ether ode to sheer that ktheawite appeftred tree set the adapted sea of GleasheAt Yea eseszaittee /empanel %dr Amides tM their seat sit. Zama v. 'Mort. Th:s was sa appeal frees Welwyn' elite Coat efObaw easy tit Benseds, wade la • IMMO ia whisk lath Zany Watt is *facie, sad tin wpsdaat is tin sole de Pawed filade* do dint of whisk was wanft to the 'lambda Genesi et se Beown&a r ands el/olel nspeadiat derivable free entaia lead awned to lie to W me, which dews to the date of the list decree wen re wind by the apptilaat as Weald liewetny of Rereads, and to main the epptinat to accoust for sad 'dead to the respondent the fell amount of all such emoluments received by kiln after the 16th of Jammu, 1639, when the reipseAsst was made proveat marshal, and to maks 1110 appellant pay the sees of the suit. It amend km what was staled ea behalf elf the appellant, OM the Sissy of Bermuda wee originally WOW 1 by a changed earapeay of adnetaren, sailer lateen pint of Jamie 1., wlibb, *mere ether thine, Wheeled Mr aim may 13 0311411810 014 appelat sash oMers, foe Ma govarameat sod alherwhe the okay, as thee eh It. thee fhb power appallaat was appdatiloa. Metal Bsaglary of awl - alma Prevost Menbal ea mad is th r E23ll. Ho, however, easeed to held the War Alm by sa the 11th Sept. 1819, rabbis, herr aver, the of aseralary, and Wee ameinmanlsamedvall by the endless entaageeet to obatamlad, the Wale l3leh 1111 MOINE la this sae" were ralidvel by bha la the der timed energies of a right whisk, 1114110 that period had hems aimed sal ozpaanly allowed by the mown as iaaaa 1 1 1 : the ease el mantary. By a amamitaloa as= seal ot the ahoy, burl dAo erne 11 th day el , 1819, the thee geveraor of Aar fulling the sec , ptanee of the appellant's signifies, end that the kiag's primmest had sot yet Ladled the appielimmit of s waramear to the appellant la the Am is ciseadea, ippelated Porieer Ompar. to be provost mamba la the teem of this apealhat„ Rata his Majesty's plantree dissill be known, with all sash emoluments se wata laddist thereto; bat it 1111 set appear that this grant wet ever ounlemed by the crows, and so other grants of the else, sr if hole or ether •01110111000. WY ever made to ' Frahm Caper, et any other penes, daring his life. Not withalamilas km seelgemies alai Mae of proven mandial, the purser la Sept. 1819, dimes& the appellant to can tines to resolve the quit rents ef the beds eandideselly sold under the royal Instruction of 1768, ash set Oa pop over to Ponta/ Cooper the balsam this la lb basic a metre, of nab quit nate, it belies trensidoei Øse imesnamisat to per and settle the appellaat% aseamses as meshes. The sp. *lent continued under those 4.4101 to reeedvo and asemeat for thsee ream down to the mesa eitJano, 1341, and *saw the lifetime of Fonter Mils el the appellest la seemtary to retain the rehab Mile 'Mehl emoluments was never Gall ~ (1 in question. Pe doper died In 111.39„ and the respondent was appointed pewert menial, who in the month .of January WA Wed his bid in the Court of Chancery of MU M& ageism the appel lant, the result of 'MI wee the two decrees now appealed from, on the gems that the Court of Chia eery of B rmauda had no jarildhehes over the *Sam sad °Mita emoluments of the seersamay mad provost natal el Bermuda, or either t f them, or ever the public hada la Bermuda, heretofore appropriate" by the aathority et the Crown awards the remuneration of mit allows ; 11M, if the respoadeat had any right to the sada andemsala dieted by him, each right was not of an eqaiftble aware, aad it lagal, it ought to have been minted by media la a tout of law. There were severs other smash of objection made es behalf of the respondent to the deems of the Court of Chancery in Bermuda. Mr. Parker appeared for the appellant, and had not con cluded his argameats when the wart rem HOUSE OP LOBDl3.—YerrazzAT. BALI 0 7ilA --- Ci. - CilitiLC-1-1 Boom lir Otasoow. This is an &null against interlocutors pronounced la a snit isatitated in the court of maims by soma of the miteabses of a society which was formed in Glasgow is 1834, for building 20 additional parochial churches thine. Comd (hirable MOS were contributed by nuaserous individuals for that and some churches were built; bat the recant di • an the church prevented the completion of the Maisel design. The object of the suit, which waa promoted by some only of the sontributore, was to have the society dissolved, the concerns wound up, and the mooed', after paying debts and erpenses, applied in restorir g the contri butions to the subscribers. The question was whether, although the original purposes failed it sae not still cowl patent fur the society to U. the churches as chapels of ease, &e. Mr. Solt and Mr. Dualop (of the Scotch bar) were hoard for the appellants. Mr. Stuart Worder, Mr. Bethel', Mr. 8. Bell, and Mr. Oordoa, appeared for the respondents; but are not yet heard—Adjoureed to Monday. =HITT COURTS.—Taarannaw. Orbro the Vienehumellor of EngtsaL BODDINOTON IP. ma ()SEAT WiSTSZN RAILWAY COM PANY. BILL. FOS EIPICIFIC PSILTOZMANCS OF AN AORSIUDINT TO TAILS LAND. Tel suit was instituted for the specific performance of an @peasant catered into between the plaintiff sad the defen dants, by which the defendants were to take metals lead belonging to the plaintiff, for the purpose of constructing the Rugby and Oziord Railway. The cum to be paid was 1,4.501., and the agreement WAS entered into about three years ago. The plaintiff now des;red that the neme might be med. immediately for sysii6fic performance, without any reference to the =Mew as to title. On behalf of the midway company, it was contended that the bill was premature, and that the time for spapeeceiefic performance had not yet arrived. By the act .ti cs the construction of the railway the company were to be allowed wren years to complete their works, and under the agreement entered into with the plain tiff no time was lied for payment i f the pur chase money, and they were not to pay interest upon it until the period at which they should commence their works. The company had not yet entered ints posassion of the plaintiff's land, and could not now be called upon to pay the purchase money, or the interest upon it. Tee Vida-Chancellor said the qualm was, whether on the fair construction of the agreement, tee purchase money was payable immediately or not. His Honour thought not. The agreement first set forth what woe the sum to be paid for the land ; ana it wee provided that the eorapasy should pay interest on the ',laminae mosey at the rue of 41. per cent. per annum from the day they should commence their works upon the plaiatiff 'a land. Here was a time actually fixed from which interest should oommenw, but them was no time whatever filed for payment of the principal ; and it seemed that the only time when the porch'', money could be said to be payable was on the completion of the works, or when they were no longer capable of being completed from the amemity of the case. Under these circumstances his opinion was that no interest was at present payable, and ' he should dismiss the bill with costs. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCIL—TISTRIDAT. Nisi Pnva—Blo Lard Drumm sad a Breda Jury. TAB QUIIIIM IP. R.MODALL /MD OTZILI —SILLIXO • C•DIrA IP. This was an Indictment charging several permits, named Mr. Kendall, Mrs. Minks, Mrs. !Maley, and Mr. Mickley with having hem entwined in unlawfully selling to one William Moors a cadetship for hie sou Raul More. Mr. W. Moor* was also indicted for having uclswfully purchased the cadetship, sad pleaded not guilty with the rest of the de. fendsots.—As the odd wail not *occluded at the ?Wier of the mart, we forbear to give oar report until to-marrow. COURT OP RICREQUER.—TEITNIDAT. Sittings la Banco. STANDUIE V. 9.069.-7NDOKRNT.—SNIZIP7 AND EXIICV- nos CZIDITOR. Mr. Baron Puke delivered judgment in this cue, which was argued in the reuses of lest Michaelmas Town, when time was takes to consider. The action was brought by the pit rat fl as sheriff. to recover 2561, as money bad end re ceived ender the fillowlng circumstances : —The defendant having recovered • judgment against a party whom he had sued, placed in the bands of the plaintiff a writ god facies, ander which certain goods were seised and assigaed by the sheriff bike defendant, by a bill of sale, in the soul form, for that value. The defendant in that snit was a trader, gehlest le the bankrupt ?awe, and it eppears that, prior to the mime and sale to the defendant, his attorney WA notice of an set of bankruptcy, whichwould bind the pr seised. Notwithstandiag this,however, the defendant took the gook, and the asibrues of the trader having seed the plaintiff and recovered the value of the goods 6o assigned by his to the defendant, the present action was brought by the sheriff to recover luck their value, as money had and reedited by the defendant to his account. At the argument varier objee thins were taken by the defendant's counsel to Murtha ef the plaintiff to mover, and the wort had not awes te the determinatims that they wave all *Unable wide n% ego (Adagio deal*. Those ohieetiose were—first, that as massy had been paid it fast; asoso th e that the fißilialr was sot the mosey of the dee,' _• , that the sheriff was sobappoll by his owe nauseant to she sort; aid kauob, that ha Gould net rossem as he weld not lbw the dsCidant la slats i ballot *o the r* sad bed loo: bed wMteaaissd do* W it g ue g isi li ea the i d ol the dealt ; hat aloe iamb oraliketaboa, thajaipo hal woo to the amodaolia that the plaisderao call ato snot and that, assafteally, the rale to Mira sue st lee the plated, for mei wataat as bad bees spied mkt to be made abothato.— Rule abs.. ThoA•f., oases is the emu= paler; but amp silken preened any materials he a most. JUDOS'S CHAI[BIBB.--BwiLirn' Imw. Co&zoo Lamp= Minors. WAsasig AID Form, or Barn, at ns Gn•nonmene Conr•mt.—But. &am Mr. feed. 12. Mr. Poulden said ha was instrosted by Kr. Frauds Nobler to apply for the Mee= of Mew. Wanes and Faller, of Bath, ellesoodile to ba. Mr. Menge Satith , inernsted by Yell Leas end Prawn, of Goldsmith's HA • opposed the ayel. odes as bead of the deldoetbe Ossepaity. The abuse ono, this transferring of the ball mak bee • offer skewer es a dem spasm, and • sealer eines ea ewe to a seep bran Alinnits were en is in meet eio tee el wide, by Mr. Comer, elation poise, steed that he had weasel the lanes eels sold it to Kw. Wanes end Fuller eel the it wee la the sera WM sew as when be twee adore It. Peelle es-wiled the Ids cleats bed either clog: nor Awl the W, ea al they batt of ia doer suake--Kr. Mews thee said that edema& to bell Übe grained, on Fr. se ese C t iPs Zt ea Ms were illket of &tactical.— . Whe MOW said he pewee that each raesanabl bail wadd le andlerat as would ware the ant eines of Kw Wanes sad Taller at the trial. H. shoed theZassior (Islll to ester law Ms wen mai went* to lad kw suedes I :ala lg rael " war' the. charge at of • the ned Wise. Teelyhdde Itweif seles wee required, totertdeloalie ales hadinekraly bee give es seeing the weine en Poesy last. Tint Qaeir e. Datestr4ii TOOTTSO DUMAS'. • neneMs. Mese Ktollmen—Te me. It will be reelleste thee *be Mr. Drew was end** to hail by Mr. SW* Mios dse wade of theta& who sat at the there In* no les than three tdr . -- iferiao lis a lt illi rgs see/ witea deaths arising out of the Teeing —the one lila was held tens Mr. Dem, aslipemor y , Fosloiosbr to an unexpected does by dub 0011116.1 dweargiag the Jury ; while ea the pramsdiegs widish were held before Mr. 'Walley and Mr. Mills at Charm sad Bt. Pancras, verdicts of 'manslaughter were returaed, and two warrants were boned for the apprehension el the maw& His be ing bailed an the first sharp was no protectioa on the subse quest eherges. Aceordiegly the sonasary steps were taken, sad notice was given to the (neediest' et the nspecties nniOSS that It was Mr. Droners iateatioa to apply to be admitted to bail ; at the same time the name of those who were to be Moldered as bail were tent la. Ia thee coarse of the ahem= the aenued's solicitors and the slake to the rarest's* blardl attended at chambers, when, era the part of Km Demist, a to g allidasit was handed to to his lordship, stating that Mr. Dread was in a deagnese seats of illseee, and tionfined to hie bed that if be wee banal to attend before his lordship at cham bers. the north& mold • materially oceelmate hie disease, which would manse a fatal termination. Mr. hake Wight's= thought the afildarit was salkoie nt. —Mr. Demaelk solicitor said abs bill were in attendance, mad mats maely to jastify.—The learned Jules said they had better tatted Ware a magistrate in the neighbourhood where Mr. Dreamt resided, at the mum time naming the lame amount et bail as fixed by Mr. Justice Bele. COURT OF EXClfiß.—Ynaninise. Bohn H. T. Stopisemoa, Thornton, Esq.; sad Charles I A PLWALIT or Fouls HUMOR= Pcnnass. J. Stenches, otherwise J. Scott, wee charged on a molt voluminoes information, containing eight counts, with having Illicit and other spirits in bit possession, without having any legal permit, and with intent to de'raud her Ma jesty of the duty chargeable thereon. The residence of the delendan is No. 3, Dean-street, Westminster. • sendalie said he had known the defendant for upwards of six yeses. He lived at No. 3, Dean-street, Westminster, din mass of "Jobs Strasitane Whiskey Stores" was nor OM Sear. He went on the 7th of December with the to the Compter Prison, where he identified the who was undergoing imprisonment for a former offsmitis: • had then gone by the name of John Scott. He was a teacher of the art of swimming. Mr. B. Loftus. an alter of tree., accompanied the supervisor to the Compter Prison. Be afterwar is went with him to No. 3, D an-street, Westminster. Broke open the door of • room and found two vats of 116 gallon each, full of whisky, of a rank and very inferior flavour, below proof. On proceeding up stain to the lint floor they found bottles of plain sweetened spirits and bottles labelled, Strachen's Mountain Dew," t. Strahanebest Brandy," &e. There wen seven eke fitted up round the room of 16 gallons content, with taps in them, with a number °immures used by spirit destine, with spirits of various qualities. The cellar was out searched when a mast extensive stock of spirit-shop fittings wen found, and several casks with small quantal( s of spirits In teem. They took altogether 284 gallons of spines on the premises. They seised the whole stock in trade. When they saw the defendant In the Campter they told him of the seisms mad mked him what he had got to y s ay, He was surprised that his establiihment had been broken up, as he said these wen permits mouth on the premises to cover the whole sock, He said he was an agent, but declined say ing for wham he acted. He had no entry with the excise, and no liesses. 0. Harris, a private in the Grenadier Guards, de posed that he lodged in def ndant's house, and at various times parched bottles of spirits of the defendant (the se count of which was produced). A Mr. Brown, of Uxbridge, bad known the defendant for several pan, and frequently purcltued spirits of him. Hs maridered him la a commercial agent. Xr. G. Mills, foreman to last witness, ordered spirits of the defendant, which he delivered himself, but brought no permit with them. Mr. Commi.sioner Stephenson, in giving judgment, said it was the iteration of the court that the de'eadant bad been defrauding the revenue for a considerable time to a groat extent. The judgment was that be be fined 4001. with the condemnation of the spirit•, and that no mitigation, whatever would be mad* in that amount THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 18. 1849. each, to answer the *barge at the Middlesex Sessions ; the subsequent iisdosuree made reepteting the prisoner by other soldiers in the same regiment, wilds wore detailed in evi dence ; and the language imputed to Mr. Saler at the time by the prisoner which was not that of a clergyman or gentle man, bat savoured of the barracks; and midi( he declined to give his name when such en atrocious accusation was made against him, it ought not to excite surprise, considering the satire of the alleged offenes against him, with the certainty that the uourvence would be conver a through the usual channel to a sick wife, to whom he had leesa not boas mar ried, end ego to his numerous friends and perishing's?, who could not poedbly be cognisant of the real facts of the ease, es be now trusted they would he laid before the public. Mr. Seller had come to town for the purpose of going to see his wife, who was in Beer, and having left his luotsege at the Bell and Crown, in Holbora, when he had engaged • bed, De dined at a tavern and want to visit an old college friend, who resided at Pimlico. On pepsine St. lanes's Palace, rain compelled him to take 'halter under a portico, where the prisoner wag on duty, when he seised him and se. cured him of an assault which would be detailed in evidence. After being examined before the magistrate he was sent to prima where he remained three days and threenights, before the news cry formalities, in p the required sureties, could be completed. In due time • bill of indictment was preferred against him, but the soldier being at the time under an arrest for • breach of military discipline, and not appearing before the grand Jury, the bill was 'fumed An app million was then made on the part of Mr. Seller to have the reoognizanees enlarged, which ought to satisfy the minds of some by whcm it had been insinuated that some overtures must have been made to the soldier to bring about such • result. The application being as a matter of course acceded to, the prisoner, whose command kg oilier gave every facility for his appearance, attended before the grand jury, and the bill were again I'sered. Mr. Seller, in vindication of his character, and eta for the protection of the public, was driven to the amenity of adopting the present proceedings, that an venom', might be made of a most iniquitous system, which, it would cons out in evidence, unhappily prevail• d to a fearful crest. The Rev. Henry Charles Seller, Ulna then sworn, said t I am a clergyman of the church of Besland, and have been officiating as a lie-need runts et Send, in Surrey. I have en married abo • year, and until lately filled a cursor at 8 bls Hedinghase, in Ee-ex. I came to town cn the 4th Jan., in'enelitig Oink Mrs. Seller at Sib's Hedingluana on the following day. The rev. gentleman hewing re peated the statement made by his solicitor up to the evidence of hie arrival at Sc. James's Palace, went on to my : my way lay tbrongh the palace and the park, and on paw ing under the prtico in front of the Dachas of Kent's mansion, I observed that the prisoner was standing under the portico and nut in the sentry box. I did not speak to him, nor he to me, and after reaching the park I felt it wee raining, in consequence of whieh I &Undone , ' my intention of solar to see my friend, aid turned beck. On arriving at the portico I stood up term the rain, and sew the a rdinel, who afterwards turned out to be the er.• I observed, " 'Tie • wet night, soldier," and I we he mid in reply, " That it wee." I then asked him whose house he was muuding, or words to that effect, and he said the Duchess of Hent's, which ezpressions I repeated. Doom the oath I have ' taken I never altered s word, nor did such an ides muss my mind. The prisoner iastaatly seized me by the collar , and said scathing to the Mho, at the same time using a disgusting epithet, " take you to the guard-room," Before he Ida bold of me, tea my solemn oath, I neither touched him nor did I attempt any loch thing. He was armed with a musket sad bayonet, and ea taking me to the Ruud-room he asked be the sergeant, to whom he preferred the charge of assault, whisk I instantly denied ; and on my asking to en the 4 11111oer of the guard, I was told I could set am him, u it was police case. A policeman was then sent for, and being & headed over to him, I was conveyed to the station. where I 1 4 , spin saw the prisoner. After my name was mind by the Beutable oft duty, the double charge ot assault and indecent 61 bagasse was entered, which was sot made at the guard- 1- um. I refused to gi• e my name, asking if I was m to do so, and I think they said if I did 3 I should do so in the morning, upon wh'ch I de- t Maul it altogether. On the folio wire tnotnilt I was hanght to this office after being looked up all night, and 6 Were they brought me up I gave the name of Henry Meer. Mr. Burnaby, the chief clerk, staid that when Mr. Seller 1 r:lWore the court be gave his right name and ad- I , I :s a appeared on the police sheet produced. Mr. Seller proceeded : I first pave the magistrste my ad hen and prelusion, and being asked if I had given my real man, I inquired if I mast 'eve it ? On; being told by the magistrate that I should, I gave my pro , er name sod address, after which the prisoner deposed that I committed as as sault upon him while he was on duty. At the station- house a noel silver watch. two five pound notes, some gold and silver money were taken from me. After I left this cant I remained three days sad three nights in prima. Mr. J. G. Middleton stated that he was the son of the late Ainairal Middleton, and otoopied apartments at 6, Upper- Boon street, Oromenor-place. He was at Cambridge 1 'best twelve years aeo, with Mr. Seller, and had since con tinged to be on most intimate terms with him. He usually caked upon him when he came to town. Witness generally dined at his club in toter, and would not be home until after tau o'clock at sight. G. Beaumont, clerk to Mr. Coker, solicitor, of Chancery. lase, said that he was sent by his employer to the Bell cad Crown, after Kr. Seller was examined at this court, to dein hie luggage, and he paid for the bedroom which had been engaged by him on the previous night. W. Pries : am a private is the same regiment with the pri. goner, whom I have known for eight years. On the night in question I was on duty on the next post to the prisoner, which was distant about 40 Fords, and there was also a sentry at tie gnarl-home door. If the prisoner had any charge egotist any person it was his duty to hare called to the next sentry, who should pass the w.-rd oa to the guard room, but he was not allowed on any a- count to leave his post. The mitoses did not bail me or call to me on that night. I re member seeing him hogging a gentleman by the collar, but it mining at the time, and lin the entry-box, I did not address him. I went from my post about five minutes before tireiveo'clrek, and went to tie guard-room, where I saw the prhemor. who said nothing to me, but in my hearing he said he was very sorry for having taken the asea fate anetody. He mid, "us a pity that I had not been in the ukase poet, or some other post, where there was not tasty people, es I could have all the lot, money, ring, watch, and all.' I observed that a watch was a dangerous thing to have to do with. He replied that he could have put it out of sight for three or four days; be could swallow; it. Is answer to the *suer, the witness said he could easily have heard him call, even from the sentry-hox, and besides, they could have approached each other within ten yards. The primmer denia l having ever said that he moll swal low the watch, which be knew would be impossible. I'. Dunaway, a lance sergeant in the same regiment, said that it was the duty of the prisoner to have celled on the next sentry, who was not more than tea yards distant. the last wiener must have heard him, and giving the word to the guard-room, moistest* would have been sent. It was my dutyto post men at differentplams,and I had reasons for putting the prisoner on &different post from other men on that night. Af er the circumstance occurred the psis nor was plead antler restraint for a breach of duty, but he broke out of barracks, foe which he was sent to a military prison.—Pri toner : What reason had you for placing me on any par tinder post ?—Witaess : I had my reasoos.—Prisoner State them, if you please—Wines , .• My reason is that I have heard you bout that you would take money or anything oleo from the public, and that you had done so. That occurred when I was a Private, sad sines I became a non cosiminimed antler I have had authority to place you in such a post se you could have no communisation with the public, such as at the guard-room door, under the eye of the sergeant, where there is no thoroughlare.—Prisoner ; Have u ever known me to de anything of the kind? Witness : No ; but I have your own words, that you would do so If any one spoke to you while you were on sentry.— Peignoir : I never halm you to plate nas cm the guard-Pima or where there was no thoroughfare, for twelve years, but on two madam Witness: Tel; en what are ca lled the wine °gibers. Mr, Bodkia—Did you do so en the awhority d year superior oiloer I—Witnon : I acted on my own discretion. J. Stewart—l have been a private in the same regiment for six rears, and remember the charge being made again Mr. Seller, which formed the subject of conversation among the men the following day, when the primmer said Mime were notes, gold, sad silver mosey sad a watch In the ma thrmaa's ponession. The prisoner said. " I wish I bad met him oa the colour post, I would ham had the whole lee, watch and aIL I could have swallowed the watch." He at the same time end a disgusting expnudon The mbar yard is mask more private than where the slfiKeef was ea duty. I did sot hoar bin say that money had been offered to him me the cusission, bat at other times, when coming off duty, I have seen both gold and silver in his possession, widds , be mid be had got in the some way. Once, at night, bdiall m eesMe7 at the Milk-gate. the prisoner told me that be Mesa a intlemen, and having dragged him into the boxt head at* lot Yen until he gave hen money. J. This pimple Wa the lter, exam private in the same regiment, said : I have taunt the pricomia he seta year, and was in the guard-room when die gestlemea was besou ght in in candy. About 12 o'clock the prisoner was speaking ' , host the money be saw given up at the station, and said tkat had he got a sovereign from the gentlest= he might have pone to hell. I hays noticed him poisoned of silver money after emir* off duty, which be mid he obtained from people after it was dark. F. Bryant, another pprivate ii the same regiment, corroborated the preesdiag statement. He said—l have noticed kiss have money on coning off guard, and en 11111• cloud= a gold wank rings, brooches , an umbrella, sad a gentleman's cloak, prisnipally when he was on duty after halt. I have seen as ranch as three weenies' with him, gbe showed them to other sea, but I did not hest him bow_ kern them. Mr. H v oS i tr a l:e would sot apply for any posrponemeat of the la having brought forward all the evident* he had to . The pawn Mailed saying anything to the charge, sad he was filly asamdtted to Newish for trial. LAMBETH:=Prennaa or run Boyne Kamm ILIALWAT COMPANY ST MIANS 01 POSASD ORDZIS Mr. W. Ortml•y, a master armr, sad Mr. O. Poscoek, a corn-eltaneller, were rinezensWek °barged with obtaining Rem the Booth Beetern Bsllway Offesany's officers, at the Briek!sy•re Ares station, 46 seas of flour, valved at 901, 1 by creams of forged orders. The *huge ageless Crawley was, that oa the 14th of December last be presented a forged order, purporting to be slimed by Mr. &moon, a doer fader, to a eh* at the venire/ states; for the delivery of 26 subs of flour, and, oa the Mk of the sane usea. a similar ceder hr the delivery of 20 other sacks of doer, all of which he took to the shop of Patosok, and delivered Shea is Peowseles. Primmer, whoa sabsequently asked what be had dime with the fisar,refased to give say sosonat ef ft, sad it was shown that %stead of sipsing his own same to the delivery book at the Nedra, he wrote is name "J. Roberts." Against Peacock it appeared, that when asked about the flour, be acknowledged to hen purchased twenty sacks from a penon named Winn, who was a stranger to bina, for which he pad 9M, and which he said had boon brought from the railway. The twenty-five additional sacks he denied ell kno.ledge of, until sitar Crawley had lanais custody, and be then oteleased to buying the twenty five seeks from a different person to that from whom he had purchased the twenty seeks, and that he had hoped to gad the parties, as he bad seen deem is Mark-lane once or twice subsequent to the tramming'. Yesterda , two fresh wittiest', one Mr. W. Edwards, a can cha , and the other Ur. W. Statisflifid a baker, were examined. The forme stated that on the 2 2nd of De cember last, the prisoner Pease* whom he had known for some years, called at his hones sad said be had some flour that would suit him, and left a sempli, and he subsequently purchased flee sacks, at 325. a sack. The sacks were marked with the name of J. Faiths., a miller, is Elnasex.—The witness Stausfield was much the worse fur liquor, cad gave his evidence in so entatis'aotery a manner as to call forth some enimulversion from the magistrate. He, it appeared, had purchased twenty sacks of flour from Peacock, and in the bill, which was an the prisoner's handwriting, an I'llowatt:a of 11 2e. was made on it, for wbich the witness could give him no satisfactory explanation, beyond saying he thought it was some copper money he had before sent to the prisoner. —Both prisoners were remanded. RAILWAY NB 'VS.-THURSDAY. noduir. F413/WART t Roman studocton dumb, araog gala Mike gram' ;elm 60 'Leedom a 6.Wootirol4l; 404 1.14. Do. New 601.- 34 Do. 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William Com Wort and Thomas Parkinson, spinet whom' a tyre bill had been found at the bat assizes fsr unlawfully obstructing the navigation of the river Lune, surrendered on. WI,. and piratic& not guilty to the chugs. The o ff ence oonsuted in placing a number of nets at the mouth of • river, and thus, it was alleged, injuring the navigation, be siditiintersepting the wage of the brood of fish. The pro moters are the lessees of the Skenton salmon fishery, one of the nest yeeekective on the river Lune. On the reerounen- Eatlme, of AS learned jade, who intimated that the 1111/4 ht li this rose would probably pruned no farther bash tie prisoners withdrew their plea of not guilty, and threw themselves on the mercy of the court. They were bound West in their own resign gum of 501. each to appear for jesment when called upon, and then sit at Shorty. THROWING CORROSIVI FLUID ON TRH PZIWON OP A FINALIL—J. Dams, 33, was indicted for having, at Single ton, thrown • quantity of aquafortia on the person of Ana Clark, with intsat to do her grievous bodily harm. The lieurentrix, who stated her age to be only 16, had been, by her own admission, on terms of familiarfity with the pawner. She at length wished to break of the eon nestle'', on which he waylaid her on Friday, the 15th of December last, about tine o'clock in the evening, as she was returning through a plantation from a clergyman's house, where she had been undergoing elimination prior to con firmation ; and, finding her resolution immovab'e, assanked her in the manner described. The evidence of the proseenkix was corroborated, in its most essential points, by that of another young female, who WY with her at the time of the outrage. Mr. Bowmen, a surgeon, deprord that the prosecurrig wm under his are between two and three months from the injury. The prisoner pleaded, in Wane*, that he had purchased the equafortts for the purpue of eradicatiny some warts front his head, and accidentally spilled it from his waistcoat pocket on the proercutriz. The judge, in summing up, said he would not insult the pia" by a doubt of the commission of the crime, or of the injury sustained by the prosecutria. The only point for the jury to determine was, whether the °Bence arose through student or design. The jury, without hesitation, found the prisoner Guilty; and the learned judge, after observing that he had seldom seen, in the course of his experience, so brutal a case, sent tented him to be transported for Shorn years, THZ LATH COLLISION ON THZ LANCASTIII AND PRZSTON RAILWAT.—The jury in this rose, who were bound over, at the conclusion at the inquest, to answer any chary that might be prefam d against them at these assizes, for refusing to return a verdict, appeared to day. The judge told them they must again endeavour to come to some decision • and if they were still unable to do so, the only altern ative left would be to discharge? them. The jury accordingly retired in custody; but remaining as much divided in opinion as ever after an hour's c rosultation, they were discharged by ceder of the court. itumucssx SESSIONS.—YISTIIMAT. Beim Mr. Serpent Adams and • bee& of Magistrates. Ms Cum,. Mr. Baßastine said he had to apply is the court for a farther r ostponemeat of the cut in which R. Pridasore and °then were indicted, at the instance of a peron names Stowell, ibr unlawfully keeping the Walhalla, to Leioester square, for the purpose of music and dancing, far hire and profit. There were two incliztments against these par ties, and there were indictments against other parties, for like offences, bat the latter were not entered for trial, sad it was very desirable, for many reasons, that all the cases should be tried es the same day. The learned judge mid he lied no chasten to the arrangement; and, accordingly, the ass were peameeed. The one of Hear? Bllia and Emile Laurent, Indicted for sa isalieensed cubes at the Adelaide Gallery, Mr. said was to have been tried that day, but it was nit unsaved on the paper. From his position as the advocate le tbe defendants, he knew that Ili , ' did am arise from any ll* IS the part of the prowoutor, Sewell. Ha therein* begot that the court would set Wrest the prossesteee rr 46 15:nesipS3., of the P dil i e s e n t i d o lleat Stowell bed him the warreats for the of the de ilmdeate ; they had set bees taken, the mama of that being that that they were intim ormatm They would be in town in a ley fie so, Malteem would be as dillealty all in taking then Ailerons durallety di ly. scasnion the learned Judge ordered theereire eepegeapposse in this am to be emmated, Jellaba %Ll Übe ailoolimo, however, that if Stowell swore is an la limb Meow that he Welt be indicted for p•r joef was lie—that he hod astiikestly or iadirectly uses dgi7j=t amagrandoe the setter, the admit would be --Stowell salt he wail se noes mike an silk* be Hai Amt. He was sodas ea public reside in =ll4=ties.—Tite imams& lady mid be alwaiv spine a man who alrile/d with a pmeseadea on peals grenade, whoa he had Is pay all the =eat of his owe geeket.—Stowell said he - certainly Waged in the wee r and he was net Moult min, Ole &Meg gibe eopeased--The banned lady said that explained it all. eMwtl e " public most" toned eat to list, &MU woo eall i h i z aa rme r r sis try, preempted se doubt =d eu r neetives. that he era not Ester eanditi a me is t i teleg whatever. Ile thea went to melee See malted POLICE.—YasmsDAT. CHAIIOI OF TO EXTORT MONET ET AN UNFOUNIMID AOCUSATION. BOW.IITIMET.—S. ganger $ private ia the let battalion of the Borg FoeDier . thiareis, wee charged with trivia, unlawfully mad maisimiely sewed the B.Y. Henry Vitas. Seller, .rate of Ilea& wear Guildford, in • Berref, on the night of the 9elt ha. of mamba* ea alma epos him wlWit es duty, maim the porde° of Clearnee.honse, Saint Sasses Palace, with latest therthy to *wort money ilea kin. Kr. Bodkin. who attended to congaed theg re eerntion said *et ON inn awn abe swiss that the of the aerie le bad to prefer against tho was such as was eakulatod to involve the pew of M, mad she to beteg to light • eyeless i ulsriskednees '"wkielt W tolerated in this se any • cowry would sake life lbeV esszs endtaranee. The ed eoaneel then entered hate a of the eireaurtawans Whisk took gime at this eeort when phoney arewled to paw the charge of assaalt BONK Kr. Boller, who wee sawed said bail, himself is the MUM of 6001. and two suedes in 2601. SHARE LIST.—.6II MOIL —The window at Use la tersasaar: Sam et Ilse ?Ate, --- IV Abordies 46 Amboy! Not Is Mei 10 Sir. 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Preference. - . 100 Loudon iiii.Vo otem l W 139 109 10 il i t.rx . .. ..... a . / . 3 . 1 . 114 I Do. Mils U 110.4111. Aram .0-1 i lo 214).101 24.,M &kJ a'34p. I , Do.l4Latt..M ik. 11 b 3 Op, 1 Do.lul.sle..M ii II c' 4p, RAILWAY MEETINGS. (MAT WESTERN RAILWAY. Hal J . yeasty Mtreting.—Paddington, Feb. IS. Mr. C. RUSSELL an the chair.—The usual farealities having been observed, when the director+ had taken their seats, The Cusaamme said it would be obierved from the accounts that the receipts from traffic during the last half year had not exceeded, in any material degree, those for the corresponding half year of 1817, although since the latter period a consider able length of new line had been opened; that if it had not been for these new branches, and the discontinuance of the system of return Sawn, the traffic even upon the main line would have fallen short during the past half-year. This could be ascribed to no other cause than the de. premed state of the country. They must recollect also that in the interval to which he was adverting, the South-Western line to Dacha had been opened, which had withdrawn a considerable portion of the Windsor traffic, and that it would continue to withdraw it, particu larly until the Great Western branch into Windsor was cone pitted. The directors had endeavwred to meet these diet culties by every retrenchment which was compliable with the efficiency and safety of the e .mpany's lines. They had reduced the raunicg of trains to the extant of 780 or 800 miles • day, and they contemplated still further modita tiona in the arrangements with respect to the trains. (Hear.) Mr. Gooch had been able to effect very considerable reductions in the locomotive department. Although during the last I'4ll year the engines had run over a diets. es considerably longer than that woich they had traversed in the corresponding half of the previous year, the expense hid bean reduced from about 82,0001. to 53,0001. The directors had lately been able to enter into new contracts for the maintenance of _way, by which they hoped to effect • saving of 6,000 1 . or 5,500 i. a year. The cost of coke wee an item with respect to whiel; ttvy necessarily suffered in any comparison between their own working expenses and those of the northern lines. The directed's of the northern lines were enable . ' to procure their coke at about 12a. per ton, while, as would be seen from the statement appended to the accoun's, the Great Western keelson had been obliged to pay from 21s. to 245. The beard had, - however, lately entered Into a new contract for the w•}} of iffycoal at 2s. 6d.per ton lower than they had formed, kr it. The effect of the arrangement would be, to enable to obtain coke at 20s. a ton, and the saving accruing to the manipeay _from the new arrangement would amount to ablest 6,041. a year. A committee of retromihnieut had been sitting for several month' ; it had iasdtuted • mien careful examination in every department of the estabibemeat, and had proposed every reduction whisk aseised=mt practicable ; and, with its emi sto effect a "rang throughout chi wale of the &mimesis to the extent of about 36,0001. alear. (Hear.) be proprietors were aware that the lease of the Bristol and Exeter line would terminate en the let of May next. Although_ they had not been able to statism the lease et the Meta and Exeter line, they bad entered into an affewpmeet for the common me by the two empanel el the Betielnation. The accounts were to be open to the impedes of be* eseapeaiss, and each was to bear the elbe sinks in the precise ratio of the work which =Lave been dose. The parochial rates which the env pony were obliged to pay still °attenuated a heavy item in the &sages. The proprietors were of course aware that active dope WWI about to be taken in order to obtain a mid gnaw of that burden. He hoped that the legislature would to disposed to ettend to them semi consideratioe, what they wondered the very heavy burdens which had bees east upon railway companies. By the deci sion ad the legislature railway companies had been compelled to pay the most exorbitant prime for pro- perty which was indispensable to their carrying est mese weeks of national Improvement. They had hem esamelleihe maks new liessand new branches as t e Wpm& of peolt t. their mine against threatened eneroschmests. The was laoadly enunciated in the Reuse el Cane ew e although the legislature might have granted mug Is _mind a line of railway throngit:a pest of lib marry, there were no reasons of public perest it hem ranolissing another line running close along side of it if they Weald think fit to do so. Oa each 'Reseeding essmisa this company had gone to li the legislature ter a new bill, which was absolutely Deets meg. end it Wheat eseepiled to submit to a considerable re eludeoldie sossimemegbaegm, They had also been required be Illiddeisprimwaneeteseraly a remunerating rate, will le Wind *ea each amommedation that not only the peer, bat the inert aloe, welled themselves of third elass eareiwa, sad travelled Amen free of *try. They had been obliged W wry aims mil soldiers, and sailors and puilween. IA halt the rates at which the while world searedy be semeneratiee. Though they had provided better, ineeper, sad min travelling than lad ever before been de vised, they bad, In addition to all this, been compered, by a bill whisk - had lately paned, practically to ensure the lives of tbille Idle travelled on their lines ; sad under the operation dale bill they had beet amerced in penalties unknown to the peak, and the spirit of the Eurlish law—penalties the OEMS dyke& had been regulated, not by the poverty bat ~rswidth et the selsimants. (Hear.) Lastly, they had boa mewed en the peer-rates on principles, which were saw at she time when the Poor-lew Bill was. pestel,liserial=dware way at variance with*, principles whiereee epplipi to wry other enterprite indite country. * vim edited net ewe &Wing to the charge Of any of the thievish whisk Moir linespassed had been obliged to =host iderteents ef the burdens of every ion• of them. I li•16 1 1 Willed that if they took care that the prayer of their snake far relief in the matter of parish-rata was inebeate and jest, and if that prayer were enforced firmly' and temperately, their effort to obtain relief would be sue useful. (Hear, hear.) The question had been blurt up in conformly with the wishes of the proprietors them selves, as expressed at several meetings of the eom. push . and he had no doubt, therefor*, that they would moldy give their assent to a proposal to attach the Seal of the company lb a petition leach the directors intended to present to parliament. He could not quit the subject of the accounts without adverting to a question which had been the subject of considerable dissatisfaction in the public mind—he meant the discontinuance of the system of return tklem The directors had resorted to that expedient with the gMatest possible reluctance; but it was unavoidable. He did not believe that either the public or the proprietors were aware of the extent of the remission of charge which was involved in the system of return tickets. The board had had an account carefully drown up of the half year which terminated on the 30th of June, 1848. It was found that the number of ;metonym who travelled by the express and the ordinary trains was about 230.000. Of that number, as nearly as pos sible, one half availed thiamine of return tickers. The number of second olive passengers, constituting, of course, the great bulk of the traffic, was about 1,050,000, and of that number about twoothirds availed themselves of return tickets. The system of return tickets *mounted pre:4lo6lly, therefor*, to thu—that they remitted ene-third of their charge upon bell their first-elus traffic, and two-thirds upon their second-class trefhe. Nor wu that all. Hon. pteptie tore could have no notion of thn extent to which frauds had been practised upon them by the transfer and sale of return meets—frauds which it was found impossible to prevent. The .ystem of return tickets had not been discontinued for a period sufficiently long to enable the directors to fudge ac• carately on the subject; but they were keeping the most careful accounts, and would be guided by the result in determining what course they should pursue in future. The directors took some credit to themselves ; they had issued no preference shares ; they had never borrowed one shilling of money at a higher rate of interest than five per cent. They were enabled to proffer to the proprietors a dividend of three per cent. oa that oceasion; and considering toe extraordinary crisis through which they hid passed, and the distracted State of the while world, it could not, he though*. appear very extraordinary that the dividend should have fallen from 8 to 6 per cent. The di. rte'ors had kept faith with the proprietors by not introducing a single bill Into parlismeet in the present "onion. As long as it seemed probable that an arrangement might be made which was contemplated by three of the principal emnpanies connected with the metropolis ; he directors theughte it de sirable that there should be only one station at Windsor for the use of the S:mth Western Company and of this company, and they introduced a bill to "enable them to carry that object into effect. But as soon u it became manifest that the contemplated &range meat would not be carried out, they at once wadrew the bill, and notified their intention to the London and South Western Company. AU hope of such an arrangement was now at an end. An opposition was got up out of doors welch was too strong for them to stem. lie deeply lamented the result, because he believed that they heed missed an nevi-tunny of establishing, on the only fare and certain basis, relations of peace—(hear)—and had lent the largest measure of economy that was ever devised for the benefit of railway companies. However, some slight advantage had accrued, even from what bad taken plus, and the North-Western Company end this company would now be enabled to make arrangements re specting some of the lines between them, which would save a very considerable expenditure. (Cheer.) Although the three companies had been unable to effect the con templated arrangement, they must in their rupee ties spheres each endeavour to carry out the same prin ciples u would have governed tnem collectively. Those principles were, to suspend all weds" which could possibly be suspended until railway companies were in a position to com plete them, and the country was prosperous enough to pay for them; to avoid all new obligations, liabilities, and under takings ; to act upon a strictly defensive policy ; to engage in no contests or litigation in parliament and the courts of law, except to protect themselves against grave injury; to carry out a system of the moet rigid economy ; and to adjust en a fair and liberal scale the amount of accommodation ten dered and of remuneration received. (Cheers.) These, he believed, were the sound principles on which every pru dent railway board would act, these the principles which must govern a just and judicious legislature ; and while strictly adhering to such principles, and relying on that expansive and elastic propertl which belonged to the traffic of a great commercial country like England, they might look forward to times which would perhaps arrive slowly, but which would, be believed, arrive certaiely, when they would see railway property restored to ins former sound, healthy, and prosperous condition. (L tad applause.) The chairman concluded by moving the adoption of the'report. After a few words from Mr. L. HEYWORTS, of Liverpool, The Secretary (Mr. Sanders) read the following reports of the directors. " During the let half-year two det iched portions of branch line were successively opened to the public, and worked in eonnezton with the trains of the Great Western Railway— the one on th- sth September, being 131 miles of the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway, through Melksheim and Trowbr dge to Westbury ;—the other, on the lit Novem ber, between Reading aed B,singstnke, constituting the 15 miles which remained incomplete of the Herbs and Hants Railway. While the accounts comprise the additional traffic, and of course the working charges over those branches it will he perceived by reverence to those accounts, that the interest upon' the cost of construction is also placed against the general revenue account, from the respective dates at which they were opened. In reviewing the income, it is to be observed that the Great West , rn Company, aided by their additional branches, have maintained, and in some degree increased tiler receipts during the last six months, al though the general business of railways in the country has fallen off, and this company has besides had to contend against some special disadvantages the South Western Company, at all events for the present, having withdrawn to their Datehet line some of the London and Windsor traffic, while the Southampton and Dorchester Railway has been the means of diverting a portion of the Somersetshire end Dorset shire trade, which wed previously to pass through Taunton, Bridgewater, or Bath, over this railway. Although the two Great Western branches referred to have not vet been opened long enough to develops their proper bodge, either in respect of passengers or goods, so as to become remnnera , tive in themselves, there is sufficient indication that they will, in due time, upon the revival of trade, contribute to the general resources of the company, by attracting a coa siderable increase of trade to the main line, besides defraying out of the receipts from the local traffic, when progressively improved, at least a moderate rate of interest on the coat, with all their working charges. With respect to the general disbursements of the company, the directors have the satisfaction of repor'ing that they have been enabled to work the line, including those branches, at a reduction of 14,0001 upon the preceding half-year; while the total increase over the carrespoading rod of 1847, working 53 additional miles, and support ing establishments at 'we've new stations, amounts only to 4,6501.—a sum but slightly exceeding the cost cf the main tenance of way of those branches, an item which has been charged to revenue, even during the first year of their being opened for traffic. The directors have devoted their atten tion, during many months, to a careful revision of the general expenditure, feeling, under the less prosperous con dition 'of railway property in these times, the increasing importance, and even necessity of making every practicable retrenchment, calculated to improve the financial condition of the company, without impairing the safety and efficiency of the line, or the management of the undertaking. The directors entertain a belief that the alterations and redactions which have been determined upon will effect an annual saving of about 25,0001. in working charges, exclusive cf the sum of 6,0001. per annum, which, from the reduced price of coals under the present contract, will be saved in the oat of coke. Some of these reductions, it is proper to men tion, have been partially in operation during the latter months of 1848, but the board is of opinion that by a further modification .in the train', and other arrangements, there may ctrl be an annual saving of 30 , 0001 ., as contrasted with the expenditure even of the past six months. In ad ditien to this, there are some minor sources of income to be obtained, irrespective of the ordinary traffic receipts over the line,which will probably:amount to 3,6001. per annum. The directors will not relax in their endeavours to conduct the whole system under the most strict and vigilant econo my in order to Increase the prosperity of the umpany and afford a proper remuneration to the shareholders, and they trust the public will at length perceive how essential it is, even to their own convenience, that railways efficiently me,- =god should make an adequate return for their capital, without which there can be no means of enlargiag or ex tending those advantages. The result of the audited ac counts during the lest six months places the net sum of 223,9871. 19s. 11d. at the disposal of the general meet ing ; and the directors recommend that a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. par annum should be declared by the proprietors, payable on the Ist of March in the usual way. This will leave 6,2141. 19s. 11d. to be carried forward to the account of** current half-year. Under the authority of a resolution of the general meeting in August last, the diree tors have resolved to create, for construction of the Windsor Railway, 6,600 new shares of 201. each, to be *met in con formity with the agreement, to the shareholders of the origi nal Windsor Railway Company,and to others; the said shares entitling the holders to a rateable dividend only from the time when the railway itself shall be finished. In the' Berke and Hants Extension Act, ISO,' there is an enactment to give effect to the subsisting agreement with the shareholders of the ' London, Newbury, and Bath admitted as shareholders of Berke and Haats Prefe renc e lDwirturetpoßt•ti)l7iway virtue of w hich 'ainalle agr t also eem ent nien the ti y on at b lo t to ° Shares, of 5 per cent per annum, to the amount of their subscription, which is about 460,0001. The climes in quo don are now logiertht to the attention of the proprietors, in order that the formal steps may be taken to aathoriee the aution of those Preference Shares to the amonnt specified in the act ; for which purpose a resolution has been prepared and will besubmitted to this meeting. " Experience in some - shown' proprietors of shares, upon end paid up, have derived , of several denominations stock, and the authority of i by this company to do so, th e measure should be adopted and 201. Great Western she conditions of the met san be that effect in legal form can meeting, and if the proprietors notice shall be given to convene r " Warder . piny .tidy i to unverston. 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