The Express. — London, England, 1850-08-22 00:00:00

ni li me when this repreueletino of toryhm el ( armor thenweinee to predate Motion, akentiet *TIT/ oriwillatt7 and ;retest on▪ o" he 1•••• and may them against theft beet t ▪ !t ; lase Faceted is direeiviag 8.Y.0 and aim • a'. t t ,sr r mei& • party trialopb. 'ad. do,'„ e • f ed de....n de meet, mime let to the um. i‘• .1 lastly genial revered of the decree which b, teat the people shill ties:. forth eat their s' • sakiesued by a sense of iej atlas," Ida ru es wee boo. A enemy party in the Home 0„, eat csbal—sad Robb meek map mere • •s• SOO h e r place—end noSlit dukes Rey mu s trot tics nte sad toast Isnarrs at easier. u~':as but the hat of the people will Maid t•- reat , ction u dead, sad ought to be belied, I. `•.•• ; c aned, like a Illuesalsaaies ehrood. about • ' .h, p ei fpose of nushelling hole end knaves .e. (R. :r, hear, and lanbtite.) The awe, e• s• • " rn •• spite of the leaded oligarchy. end . 031:r y. t feehog its galling auto, to bead the . end venison. Maintainise, then, with „ n 1 h!clay, the ground we have (pined, let -n the path of patriotic uofulnen to the at. ; siert yet to iseared. A word of enc I h.= gloat. lisos con fi dence hi the eases can:' rats. (Bear.) Be net assime, sot that it Bloom( have the adhesion of • • c --TlO.l WOlll4l but alloy. encombe_ ,r and .• p min it, there k outside gad f•r beyond 'vie , f part) rend fact•on, a mug of lifter. in. •, • ref, which has tem yet bees revealed. , •. i I OSW iv, fyWbfl. seen the iadicatioas of 31Urulation LI healthy political /*ellen. Is b .I , ll'lh it waggon this an indication, , : ai-c at desomtettlot of the advisement of • . • •-nets:- F f the people. Let us ie. kto evoke . • :a Me.osslimit Ike many, and the Lew leaven ee: eel j arify the old eerreptioa. (Cheers.) s car reform bre:hien in every 'part of 'he ems .„ our r mat% as and your strength. Together •, ihinoluble, and irresistible reform assn ~'ih the mislinthy of your aggregation, in the ▪ 'I your hler.ded ~nein, and the noun .'s of your will, you shall goon obtain the t•r yiLeteilves sod for your childrin thus wt. ch will siva you and them the power to • • tot :be prosperity of this country andfor the of the world at large. (The hon. gentle • r soiat loud cheers.) . p: ,posnl and Mr. Plenum seconded," The ..a. town of legitimate power." Dee honour • • • ...ratite. at. it ‘I.‘II. 4 LET, 03 coming forward to sa c icy, w.O noeived with a hearty burst of li .std d I feel myself adequate to the talc, I .a the cp , oruntty of addressing this numerous .:• numbly, the more so beton.' of i a befog ~t sy arms who rot only detente, bat enjoys, of one of the lancet constituencies it tae 43-1 who. by hie able and consistent advocacy of vrieciplie. km mud those principaes to be • • 3; etectited from one mud of the comity to the 1 I am hers Cs :he present oceuion u • "e Ne•i oil Parliament .ry gad Financial Re. . • r• and 'it such capacity deem it my duty o • !•rlitiy as may be, the prireiplee and objects of it. a. To tack the esnd.d consideration of •..... and if poedble to obtaia their approval and netr.eary to enter into a' y minute 2etail • - ts•toste of a borough so distinguished for its sad free furitatiins, sad which have re •• r.presstrative my hided avid fellow labourer, - There may, however, be those pesseat c wpreb• nd the .rent of oar labours, s ad .• say the (swain. of the suited*, duvets by • ' oof the velvety qualifinaim, and the rri , llll , llt of represents:lives to popsla'ioa • ••y. are the me •us by which we propose se attain ,•. tsar, hear) these sigma thirmaideee .!. ("Lap, and reeposeibt• meat. We • Fl: who ehre:•ll cr hadirrely contribute to the 'r it !kola brethreu, should have a voice is • ~.• !awe to which they are eon led to yield . art la the distribution of th.ee Made he which ,:.lows so largely /attribute. Oar siva is to build : :eons. —(" hoar, bear," sad ch. an)) ;—to extend • I freemen to all who have a local habitation and I f :etas to the old (!axon law of scot' and lot d to Thee the re.h.en under the con•rol of those • a. made r sponeible to ourselves. (Cheers.) so oriel that chums* ad so eitensivie a character • sr.c.r u. to cur histita.koss. We need fear so • :••••-u. .-s wog' by of nre.erviag. (H. ar, hoar ) mon lily in whatever shape it may be elan or in the chants, in the evil or in the 'Leer meats. (Hear, hear.) Then is danger to tt.tr and Morale, to useless officer. to andenned ecormets stagothig 'rusks, to a host of worth. hi' nme by pr nivel and amine reform. Such w ewk reed melt la the peace and contestmest e u.d it emits our good sad Frames Quest vie in the beans sad 'Heenan, of her u s = auk We se me to surrender his owa p We bid 01! speed to th- r• al chartist, to the t ....-L;erare or • f peace. N. ether do we quarrel s. • n honestly seek the 'operatics of the chunk ....le Oar objet is to unite all who desire to c.• or wbatever na•ure or whatever kind, and • :hem to seek in the eatruchiseetent if thek to rale by the will and for the benefit of ' .r people. It is eke interest of all that ...it a teterd, but it is espeeially the in. the Industrial (lion, and we ak their hearty co . f Hoer, Mar) We ecksewledge the obligatiou ea, sad dairy he do them jostle*. We we Anniii• •to mem of all weaith, and we desire to see them tic pate in its newts. (Hem, hear j Be sot lowan • few nruagt.“44 wee talk if tikes and there are always a few such in so a y ; the geed I htet sty of Realises/a will put lows iv. ry attempt ty. There to of ur du,t hunt • gad right feeling ia if might to an . pea sad 11,0030111111 3 .3;33C. (Rear, lemony, retrenchment, and ftio36l have hem blunts im *Tiff tuetiap. We desire to reduce pnetko, to rem ease legfilaties , to make siL, knead of a ev.urge and a sane, a means of r the yeses. happiness, and prosperity of the whole • L eh en.) 'Fang cord slay responded, oil the motion of Mr. I'. to the 0. n•im.st, "The Parquotatary aad . Refwmere of 'he raitrel Kingdom." he e:coe al the irnee.toge a gentleman of the pi no ition sari a cantooue end spirit.t parody of " A visa's a man for a' that," when was ea t w.s allusive tlooeghout to the present position of .• we in relation to tbe legislature. • masks to the 'heehaw' was cordially agreed to, •.•Epsay &pencil at a late hate. MARY IBLINOros PAROCHIAL ItEFOlill ASSOCIATION. ever.:ca a pablio Wooer sad ball to comm .( Matbil at this Et:sty to k place at the High • T.resa. To, guests at the Wiser membered .ree.t:itata, asurigtt whoa w‘n Mr. Wyld, M P., a, lit. Caaries Lea. Mr. T. Green, Ciptaia It N., )lr. Easshint Wallop, Captain Wi/soa, Wrictt, It. N., 6.c. . Nowa ix prtmd..d. The cloth havisg been tat meal I.yil CAMS disposed of, letters were L Oro.venor, 1111. P , Lord D. C. Stout, 11‘, jwain 8.11, M P Mr. Haar, M.P., and Mr. •..ml, 3.1 P., azpreswag their e.acurreact in the . usocia•ion, ant rating their regret that previ• .;.seats prartated their atteadaace on the prweeat in proposing the toast of the evening, • to the Is.ington Parochial &torn% A•sceution," teriety t.f fact► with • view to .bow that for many tt th.s push had been under the guldens, of a whose c.aduet had been i. Hummed by • to support • detainable monopoly ratter r•m..le the interest• of the inhabitants. N ,twit► - e dissatisfaction which hat ben long expressed wb in qaestion had refused to listen to any re- :iota (rum the great majority of the people or to - .Le :urge multitude of persoas who were ezeuded tr.nthise. In order to remedy this: evils table number c f the inhabitants had cimbined 1-4 , the parpo•e of placing the administration of the °• r. on an equit►ble and useful basis. Hence the I t!.e present woraciation ; and its progr , es e•.ntinued by evidences of sueccse which gave abundant •iitee that the oljtct in view would ere long be •tat having been railroaded to with great or (.ItEEN addressed the company, gad stated th at !Ist I.l;sts the salary of the clerk to the trus"ve of Locomen truss 3401. per Sttllittll to 1,0001. • Misty of the Instry clerk Sae odic, which was held person) am•iti :tad to MI , making a total of r Grn n allsnisd to many other facts eorroborative •.unciaa's statement as to the mismanagement of .tl. and toneladid by paying a compliment • , for the warm interest he had always .t•se.tal t the nrions tNista which (allowed in concession •' . of ILLr . Wyld, who, in returnii g they p ito that whatever might he the politigni • ',tin.; apoo the subject of the local act of peaks •v• riven.ed the proothdiags Of Obis parish, if SR r. mere made to, a committee of the House of • institute as ir qulry„ there would he to din• • ..teia , ag a total repaid of *glow. t swath* were delivered in fundsr el the " it re annotated that the of the eons re in a very krosperous conditios. • 4 . of the dianar, a large party of ladies were in •n', the room, erd tee pleasures of the evenly,/ —.feted by a balk is which the groat majority of ;Aal ,f itNEXT or THIS SEA AT YALSIOUTE.— •lua tae last high Wes rsalovesl pearly us aerie saw! Inn Calmer which has ham d e posited P at Yam , . stk. lain are tatartata , d lest at • , imme the alsarat unarm to th• owth of Tie ha laid nadir water. It aloe ap , ears that the to the a , rib of Calves has eati.ely dheppsand itlbet to ennui the lid* out latatea tae ant's, and Its Nueva/ now cause the tett Ibre. ta Cai n. f heath, tl.u.. r on thp shore at Yarmouth, and slime*/ eehty for the Meese es the bomb. Pre* ul opal 4, that wise important changes are tte return mist; this, indeed. IP pretty orvi %taut and fro (peat di.appearance t the it of the V.fiehet outlying sands ur ft shoal by are ararmaded.—aurry and NersoicA Pest. EASTERN LouNnia RAILWAY. Mr. Diem, late Whiter ef the &stare Counties Rodlway, ese eildramed n lons. ie tat sharetoldereof that emielitt7. be Imply to tbose is dm report of the dbeseses penalise he W y's as relative to the tool tersessilleee sale dleatilia betters the board red Me sta The hitherteg sea Iheaereast 'lota by Mr. Dieu to as Amps lhaesie hale appelest I— "Ti. Meet koetsustiell, the, that I revival nod.jpay seft awsy °nem and that I did ei bee milli Illsm to other peepoess. The shame is mesh Threemeitet beht of the covenmy was tope, by their gime to beektee engem the, he, sad twiny Millne at a time , the Melee he TEM I sever saw, and sever touched ; sad. Wised, the and eerie et Widnes 'between ma slid the sompsay was, that envies were paid to my beakers whitest my seeing them, or crowd to my teeters whoa I did he thee, oat west to my sosegat as wait. Dacia. a toe haemeaelp 1•111 sad lef t se nest as 150,0001. wan theehaid by the steamy direst in my sawed the aka quo kw trhishl twirl B.w nor weasel I Influent, aide Newel kr lb. company of *piano sans, which had required m be pofd liners I received th e m. I 'an at the pent mosesat seder such advances I have taken bonds from the eempeayoled a/se shore is time otweserydalleally to them instead .1 emit. Out nt the *solo teat to my amount large puns hass been paid away. &wee others resod and remain in my hand., wider spends cirounstaticei applicable to mob . , and which are credited to the c .np ao y' • amount. When found the directors intending to d flints the wheat of the company's liabilities to me, I gags than sods, that I would pay swine" more for them. I lied this right of set-off. I will maintain it 1 and I iglu the. the bat charge of the director, in then report, is sa lieneet. " Aseaher sharp is the directors' report, and stated to be derived trona that or the accountant, ir, that certain pay meals reported t have been mad* by se, had not been made. Toe charge is set sweet, and I read it new lor As first Masi* this language. What I did del ma glad oa the company's account that I did, instead or Otis, in the Mast troubled at it. Monies were paid to ay account by the isompsay, as claisord by certain parties, and rep vied as claims. Atter this payment to my ace nat, I arranged with thews parties, by negotiations and arbitration'', to take less sank and I paid sack lees rums, and the balm es, which were agonise saved to the oompAny, remain as their tweak with as. " The animist dictating the treatment towards one who has sacrificed his count atone, and hot mush bas - nees by ►is entire devotion to the company's aff.irs, Cod to assisting the directors through their duties and ditileulties, may be drawn from the third and last accuse• ire, that same heel been charged by me and paid twice over. Out of many hundred items of amount exceeding 200,0001., and extending OV.Ir four years, it appears teat by some tuadverenoiend carelessness on the part of the company as well as myes.f, two sums of SOU and 3.501. have been paid t ice to me. These small plum. vets in trassamions of such maguitt.de, number, and complexity, are magnified by t►e directors' report into the wholesale, unjust, and untrue shame of deliberately charging end re ceiving monies twice over. The word chliberattly" does not appear in the report, but no man reading the par► graph of charges against me, can doubt, that it wishes to produoe In you, to sty prejudice a belief that what has arisen from Menvertenhe, and in reference to two unimportant sums, was the result of design and system, and applietble to numoreue and large amounts. I knew nothing whatever of three two di obis payments until reeeatly brought forward by the aceountant, as a mault of his investigations. I, at once. upon examination, ascertained and admitted the errors. They ought not, eit►er on my pert, or the company's, to have token place. I an only regret them. The company will, of course, have credit for the payments is account. " It is suggested in the report that I have made claims against the capon, on the grcund that I have been thug pointed in not having clone of business. lam not so irratioaal. I make 'lslam on the ground of a contemn with me ►asing twin broken by the comp ivy, and en these claims I take my stand, ready to submit mem to a/bit:a:ion or say other 'mailable mode of • bust went." THE DRIVERS' STRIKE. Lest evening the men spin met at the George Stratford, Mr MOPS la the choir. The CHAIRMAN addressed the men as follows: Fellow workmen,—Tbe proceeding. of tn.night will be of the utmost heir-mons to us, nn 9, therefore, I have to en treat your eartsculer nnewion to what I have to say. Oir late employers, nut directors of the Enters Cowen s flew posy, and Mr Gooch, our late locomotive saperintend, nt, have publ.shid in the morning papers of to-day the 'sower whisks the secretary had stated in a previous advertisement, the board would furnish to the genetics of the proprietors to be held tomorrow (this day), to the statements we bay* mode in reference to the treatment received by us from Mr. Gooch during the fortnight we were ander his control. I am erutedingly gratified that such an answer has bees issued, because nearly every oci• of the positions which the direetors—td course upon the iatormation of Mr. Gooch— eadeavour to maintain in jsotlfeation of that gentle man's conduct, and ins e wiensnation of our pro. Deeding; is so utterly indefeaaible, so twill 'at 'ensues with facts, so cruelly unjust to us, - as working saes, sad so *Nardi/11y calculated to ruin oar sharaeters in the estimation cf than from whom we may, perhaps. hereafter have to seek employment ; that we abould indeed be wanting in duty to <tunny., it we, for one me meat, t eudtated to tarnish that strong and at:qualified re futetioa which, as I shall presently show you, can be eas , ly and readily given to it. Ti. meanie' poises of the an put forth by the directors sad Mr. Gooch are, Gran that the men were not fisted except for cases of accident, which might have been prevented by care and watchfulness on their part; meciaelly, that no cases of irreguleri'y in the arrivals of trains have anion, except where titclu hays been played with the engines; and thirdly, that he has engaged 77 engine drivers whose testimonials from their late employers will bear the closest inquiry. A fourth point requinng notice is a state ment that the fines imposed upon the goods engines's& for arrinag at intermediate stations before time were levied bemuse by such early arrivals the safety of the drivers themselves, as well as that of all other trains travelling over the same part of the line, was at stake. A filth sad a material point is, Mr. Gooch's asseveration that he " never had any intention to reduce wages or to increase the day's work of any mos." Now, fellow-workmen, I shall proceed to prove, from evidence which I hope will be con sidered beyond dispute, that on every one of thew five points Mr. Gooth's statement of the dieputo is totally and utterly at variance wi , h facts. I will take the first pilot, viz. , Mr. Geode's denial that he has fined any man for a mishap over whisk be (tie driver) had no control. Joseph Tinton and his fireman were fined two days' pay, and suspended two days and three quarters, ia consequence of the cotter of the cross-head breaking in three pieces when the driver was 34 miles on his journey. Mr. Gooch states that the men admitted to him, is the presence of the fore man, that had those par's of the machinery been right when they examined the lintels at Chelmsford, that is four miles from the plain where the accident occurred, the cutter would sot have been broken. In this ease the quietism Is how the driver was to ascertain whether the cotter was perfect in all its parts, and whether it was pos sible for him to ma that the cotter was sound or not over the space of five inches where it is thented is the cross head, namely, a portion of it which cannot possibly be in spotted with tut the cotter being taken out—a thing utterly =doable while working • train. Another case of fire is justified by Mr. Gooch le that of James Street and his fireman. They were fined half a day's day pay each for the i cage of the pump-clack breaking, which, causing the ball to work up into the pump, then broke the eccentric strop. alter the engine bad run seven miles on its joureey. Mr. Gooch salsa that this arose from the carelessness of the men in not satistyiag themselves that their engine wee to a proper state ; and he goes on further to say that these men are In the shod every third day with their er•lne, during which time it is strictly their duty to have their engine properly ex amined and repaired." Now Mr. Gooch knows very well that we never received any orders from him to inspect the decks while i ts the shed, that it was sot the practice to do so, and that it is impossible to ray whether the clack is question was broken before the engine started from Brain tree (its terminal station) or while on its journey. The third ease Is that of Henry Harris and his fireman, who were fined a quarter of a day's pay for detaining the train 10 minutes, caused by the eccentric sheave slipping, and for not reporting the same. Mr. Gooch says the man was not fined for the accident, but for not reporting in Mr. Gooch is in error. The accident was reported by the driver to Mr. Ritmo, locomotive foreman at Cambridge. Mr. Gocch then goes on to state is his letter to the directors that " the other cuss of fines quoted are for breaking draw ban of waggons, a circumstance which bi nearly every instance is the effect of eareliesneu on the part of the men." This just‘fication by Mr. Gooch of his fining James Nelsen and hls firemen one day's pay for a drawbar giving way with a train of 60 Tuggers% and Edward Keay and his Bream In each for a draw-bar breakinw with a train of 38 loaded waggons is, as I am sure you will perceive, merely an equivocation. You will remark that he says that the breaking of 0 draw-bar of a waggon is in nearly every instance the effect of earelesenets on the put of the men, but does he man to infer that if is so in every instants, or did he take the trouble to inquire into the eases to which I am referring, whsthcr the acciden's arose from the particular or general carelessness of the men it (pinion. Is a good and careful driver to be fined. when a defective draw bar gives way, simply because such occurrenems generally arise from carelessness t Is such an indiscriminate mode of VlVl:nag penalties, both upon metal and serene@ men, the proper , ns for insuring a strict atten tion to duties, and for begetting that good feeling between masters and men without which everybody knows no great system of management CAR be earn, d on with exactitude sad mononty ? But Mr. Gooch, iu hie lent, entirely omits any sedum of the most aggravating ewe of oppression on his part. He rye, alluding to the cases of the fines sit forth by the men in their memorial to the directors, " the others quoted are for breaking draw-bars of waggons." A ro- Seresse to the published memorial will show that Jobs Thos. Hope and Joseph Kinnsreley and their firemen were Said 2s. ed. sob, not for a draw-bar breaking, but for the *otter of a draw-bar breaking with a train of 66 waggons. Will say 10001110tiVe superintendent In this country—will eves Mr. Gawk hazard his character by a declaration that say two drivers, with two engines attached to 66 loaded I :Farma, with tin greatest care and attention, avoid aseddest at all times ? Mr. Gooch state* in another of his letters addressed es the directors that be " imposed sack limes only that would ant rather as • warning for the future than as a puniskselint for the offence." What " warn ing for the fitters" eoald a fine of hal•-• erowa for breaking the cotter of a draw-her Mto a Gnaw who had no roWrol whatever over the starting of the engine by which such cotter woe broken) Is the Ant pines he fines the a river for earth that which he could net possibly help doing; and, M the emoad plan, he Sass the fireman for doing nothing at all. It is the driver who is sespiasible in much cases, and 10 floe she fines' is neither more nor less thee an act Tat I xximelis; -IMMOAWAY' Ittlitititiji. luutfEiT 22, 1850. . ; et neaten tyranny. The ant phi is Mr. Qhfookils jual- Seaton el Ws Wag the geed, diners flan me n. ea the lateemailete diatious balers time, vrtaoh, he ern. busing danger, net only to th ensielvea, but to el other enhis upon the lies. The mower to this b. that the pude driven cannot get their era** up to the terminal stations le time, unless they annul Wore time si earnie kW' mediate stations; that the goods drivers constantly arrived at each 'taints before time; ;hat nen arrival, were known to the au th or i t i es; that the driven eiders not to arrive beton time, earl that, is fast, the plums was reeogaised by the anthaelties. I might eau. aerate many ether eases of dam, the iallietion of whisk has bees equally saki.% with those I have described, but I thick I have meld quite suite est to o-ertarn wifely the first position taken up by Mr. Gooch. His next state ment* that all the cases when a great deal of Arley bee talus pleas is the arrival of the trains, have arisen Irons tricks having been played with the amino, and be leaves it to be inferred that such alleged tricks have been p'ay.d by the old drivers. Dcnying fa the most positive manner on my own pan and on behalf of the not of the men, that any nafair procreediag has takes plant by us is reference to the workiag of the enables, I will show you how totally un tainted Mr. Gooeb's statement is as to the ease s of the recent late arrivals of the pomenger trains. The brat feet I have testate is, that already have some of the 77 able end 'Saint new kende burnt, as we auderstand, six, on seven of the sampan ' s ruing*. It is poggible we may be mistaken fa tne slumbers of the eng nee, bat I believe there is so doubt that as many as I have stated have beea beret within the the last four or Ave days The numbers of the burst engines. u we bays hatrihem given to at, are No. ha, 59, 197, 141, 131, 41, and the " Cambridge." Barely neither the directors gee Mr. Gooch will .ay that any of theta have igen burnt in conlequeaco of say of the old drivers putting tallow or oil lath the tendon og grit Into the silo bous, a statement which, as I have be fore said, is wally devoid of truth. The great cease of delay in the arrival of the trains has arisen, not from the priming of the eosin*, that is, the throwing of the water out of the boiler into the cylinders, and from thence late the West pipe, which would be the off ct of plan, grimace oil ia the tender, nor by the beating o f th e ax l es, w hi c h would very probably take lases If grit were plaited in the axle boas. I repeat that the delays have rot arises from either of thetas cause., but, as is notoriously the ease, from a want of steam ; and that seek want of steam has arises from no trick played by the 'old men—from ao defect la the matitisery—but fro.d the utter incompetency of sho new men. I: any facts were re. quintet to prove this, they would be found in the frequent • sticking," as we term it, of the Woolwich train at the Stratford unation, when, ; will recollect, the pauengers the other d ay had to get out of the carriage* and assist in paid, the train to the top of the incline; and in the in ability of one of the new drivers to keep stem with the Wiebeach express trait:, consisting of four carriages only. However, I need not say any mon on this total. The facts are befen engineering men, and the rbi-• who will judge ben.. en Mr. Gooc h and soarer Tim But to come to toe other portion of our disproof of Mr. Gush's amertion, that all the sew buds are drivers who have come to him with good testimonials—that is, that they are good drivers, of sober habits, end orderly conduct. Thu is a question of considerable delicacy to our elves bemuse it must at all times be ezesaliagly unpleasant fur workmen to make charges against oath other ; but the pe culiar circumstances under which we are placed, gut! one emphatic contradiction that Mr. Gooch has Nivea to the statement we have made respecting tne characters of the new driven, lostiiy, wsole they demsed, all the proofs we can urge in support of our statement. And here I invite our late em ploy. cc to appoint a committee of disinterested and competent persons from amongst the shareholders to inverieate the Oar's we have made, and still mike, that many of the new men engaged to work the line have been discharged from other railway companies for incompetency and drunkenness; sal l emits this investigation, not art • question b twit n directors and shareholders, but so a question involving the char-ever, and thereto,. in a great measure the v. ry exist ence of the whole body of my brother drivers and tart men, whore long, and I hope I may say faithful, ureic , a to vie company entitle them to ask for such an inquiry. The last and most material point is Mr. G ioch's assertion that "he never had an intention to reduce were or to inereare the day's work of any_ man." I regret that I am bound to say that in this case Mr. Gooch has not stated the feet. You have all heard both Wm. Hewitt and George Cann, two very old driven, state what Mr. Gooch himself said upon the 'stint. To Cann he said, that he did not intend tope, the W1;011 be Wino) was receiving (vas., 7e. 6d. per day); that he woul d have vary few at 75., sad t hat he would not pee any fireman 4s. per day. To Hewitt he said, that be (Hewitt) must remove his family to Norwich, in order to ran the Norwich 'emu to Lends and back in one day ; and that he would recede • dare wagee for the work ; ant when Hewitt renion• strated, Mr. Gonna said that he (Hewitt) would sot be the only person that would h.ve to do the same work fur the same pay, as be intended to have the trains alter. d to run from L ectlia to Norwich and back dal,. Such, fellow workmen are the emple facts of the dist.ute between Gooch ooeth and oar elves. I could, if it were actuary, creepy your time for the next hoar in furnishing you with other facia in proof of what I have stated to you. but I thick I have sill enough in jlllllitiC4 , ioll of all :4at we have advanced, and I now think we may rebel; appeal to the public, who I am sure will judge rightly between ug. (Loud cheers.) The following reselution was then unanimuuly curl 1 : " That we, the 'seamen and firemen, lately in the ein pl.yase nt of the Eastern Comities Railway C .mnany, leave learned with repot that statemems have b en pub jetted in the atonic' papers of this day, on behalf of Mr. Girth, purporting to be a true expLnsiou of the grievances of which we complain ; and with reference to such statements we have is the most cordial manner to say that we et ite with our chairman in giving to them the most &tiled and unqualified contradiction." Some instances of very late arrivals of trains and other imsularities were &dere& and an• meeting broke up. VERDICT OF MANOLAtIiIITER AtiAINST AN OVER- Loons& OF A Corrox MILL.—On Friday last an adjourned inquest was held from the previous Wednesday. at Roch dale, on the body of lilsabeth Close, who, it was alleged, bad been killed oy being thrown down afl ght of steps in the sill of Mr. Howard, of Cheetham-street, by the over Samuel Ilraiey. The accused was present during the proceediop. From the evidence of several witness it appeared that on Tuesday afternoon deceased was at her work in the roving room. Healey, who was the over. looker, complained that oectased could not keep her frames ; he told her to go home, and she replied she would fl'st see Mr. John Pilitog, the manager, ar d who is also one of the firm. She was at her work, and reltuiag to leave, Healey dragged her up the alley to the landing of the s•airs. Hers he stru:gled with her from Ave to tea miauter ; be broke her hands from the ben iron, and threw her down steps—twelve in number. She was removed home between three and four o'clock in the afternoon ; Mr. Bower., surgeon, was in alendanor, bat she died soon after five o'clock on Tu *day evening. Deceased had worked at the mill nearly six year,. The ov.rloAter had only been overlooker about six weeks. It app. seed by the evidenee of the unfortunate young woman's lather, James Clegg, painter, Mount Pleasant, and also by the evidence of her stepmother, that dune g the last fortnight she had often complained of the coo duet of the overlooker, who had threatened to dis charge her; and that she had never been complained of about her work until the present overlook., came to the mill. The overlooker had net used any violence to the younz woman before Tuesday last—Mr. B mars, sur geon, who hail made a post shortens examination of the body, gave it u his opinion detested had died from tt e wound at the back other head, which might be caused through having been pulled down the steps, as stated above.—Mary T a young woman, 26 years of age, stated that she worked in the low. r room at Mr. Howard's sill, working near the door, and saw deceased tell at the bottom of the s. road flight of steps. The left site of her head came in contact with the wall. She was unable to speak, and was vita helpless. From the evidence of this witness, it appears the deceased must have fallen or teen thrown down two flights of steps ; the one GOA was ten, and the other either nine or eleven steps. There were four overlookers at the mill, and the prisoner was more strict with the bands than the inners. Witness had worked et Mr. Howard's upwards of two years. Ann Burns merely corroborated the evidence of other witnesses.—Mr. John Pilling, manager of the mill, having bees sworn, stated that deceased, Elisabeth Clegg, came to him about half-past two o'clock on Tuesday after noon last ; he was Ia the factery yard, and she told him that Samuel Healey, the overlock - r, had turned her away from her work; he ordered her to return to her work again, and told her he would come to her in the mid in a few minute After she left him to go to her employment again, he (wit her) went into the shed to look at some looms, and in a short :inks afterwards he saw persons carrying the deceased out of the factory. They took her to the house of Thomas Battiest, a divans. of about fourteen yards. Samuel Hea ley, the prisoner, was following the party to Bedtimes house. Witness went to see what was the matter; he found the deceased quite insensible. He afterwards went into the mill, where he found the overlooks, (Healey), and upon inquiring what had been the matter, he told his the deceased ba I been spoiling her work, and he had ordered her to leave. She told him (Healey) she was there before he came, and she would not go away. Wit ness said that Healey told him he pot hold of her to put her out of the frame gate ; she got hold of the fly and resisted ; be loosed her hand, but after that she went further, and got hold of the frame end ; hs got her to the door at the landing of the stairs, where she got hold of the bell iron, and after wards the !intro( the door; he made her let go, and she hit (struck) him in the fees. after which he let her go and she fell down the steps. Witness also said that Healey told him deceased had s:ruck him with a wheel four or five pound• in weight —By the coroner: Overlookers have power to Ms sharp or take on new hands when the bands spoil worn they have no right to use any vh•lence to the hands; but if she had spoiled her work, as stated, it was the duty of the overloeker to have stopped her frame, if she would not leave without, The overlook , ' ought not to have acted as stated above. The deceased had worked at the mill nearly live years.—The jury unsalted a few mieutes, and returned e verdict of " Manslaughter" against EleaF_y. RURAL FETE AT CHARLTOIII.—Mr. George Hall Graham, architect, has for sever4l year. past given an annual WO to the children attending the Sunday school held in Salem Chapel, Woolwich, on the beautiful grounds of Hanging Wood, the property of Sir Thos. Meryon Wilson, Bart. of Charlton, who kindly allows the grounds to be opened gratuitously on these 0011alliMil. The annual qt. for 1860 wee hold on Tu,sday last, and the day being remark. ably fi ne the children , upwards of 400 in number, aeumbled pi proueded to the ground with their respective teachers. Two buds were in attendance, and a spotless tent erected, where about 000 parsons partook of tea. The children, under their teachers, sung several hymns, and were then ad dressed by the Rev. Dr. Jenkyn, of Coward College. Toe Hey. Dr. Carlisle, of Salem Chapel, Woolwich, on behalf of Mr. Graham, presented a beautifully hound volume to each of the female swam RAILWAY MEETINGS. EAST ANGLIAN RAILWAY. The ordinary biajeatly :maim of qd!_easiosey wall Mt, hardy, us die Leaden Tavern, Biltspiato. rivet ; =INKY Baum, , riskily. Tie LICRSTARY diressiss el the eheinhist, reed the repast. ereleh eteep4 thet— ,:=2::..ustw ei..4•=l:lkra: elrp by • tertor, whoop oupdatart woo ereptloaa ihe sr ot =art:, he a toetwo lgammbei t trowseordl etre Wth d Derehot. Jwly bird Olt at Ot• trod el the Ist et . whirethrwho weeilbsee peemehr dem sweet them mem= rig Is tub la eredetwo a parties thollor why ha Ihs ega at re le 'err a men sr rode Is as 'to WNW. solo rode*, bahryL" Dads, Os pierellsgb boorser. the am swans Ism* roe aiwolod mg% rooters the impulsed qui et the Waltdan , prier IM, r revere Ihrilople mine worhow swat ths pint eel east Whirr Os mopper. nod preeeseese he hie The.cheeeellee haft row seaddasi orldwery. ow nerd wee Ore atm Ur Wirourr, %dr rim Or ram Map eprelthe OM as beirt the boadlookloreen the Ith tot Ms geheiler. with tho ewer at the word ear. ad. whored Ur Ow hake barb. Assad be isstpossit bll the 1M Itswasksw. as lesseeet it are ware hoe rue test allablob dark* Irish Ole Motor hopottre that el pries drib err te nee redeltorwit h a r i gr ea r is la omorwrwit were et row la Mr. WM propedtra bet hees mho by Ow hawby the oartlem owl redid rat by the lad at *Nag Ohs vadatellea Warmth awn triktrory pod km thaw berrahrh -- The Midis in passengers has fallen of nondierably, both 'a somber and ammult. The number of pamengers con veyed during the Minima ending the 30th of Jane lut was 104,641, and the amount 7,4681, and for t%• corresponding period of 1819, 114,872 passengers, and 8,6201 receipts, show ier a decrease of 1,0321. In the merchandise trifle there was an i •ereses of 16,162 tone, and in the receipts, 1,4161. The goods trams on the Huntingdon line continues to be worked by horses, and • o.niage for passengers is worked in the same manner. The Eastern Counties Canpany eontinne to run two trains daily with anginas over the line, The capital amount to the 30:b of June shows that 1,316,1631. had been received, and 1,316,9”1. xpended, leaving • balance of 2081. Ti. revenue awns; for the haltyear ending the 30th of June states that 18,8291. had been received, sad 11,8161. ezpended, leaving a balance of 7 0141. The CHAIRMAN, on moving the adoption of the report, regretted the falling-off in the passenger traffic, arising from Ma distressed state of the district. He was sorry to inform them that etegneetions had been throw. in the way of their traffic by the Euless Gaieties C , •mpany, who had refused to book their penmen aid goods traffic, although the di rectors had t ffsred to pep the money in advance as security to that company. He smoldered that the opening of the Great Northern line wee • fortunate einem:gams for them, as it would give them facilities whisk were withheld by the Enure Counties Company. He then alluded to the proceedings in Chancery as to whether I the simple content creditors took providence of the Inedhollers. Tkiit court weal have o decide whether the bondholders cool I claim the stock and plant of the railway, or whether their claim was not confined to a prior claim on the lotto oily, and also whether the other creditors of the company had a claim oe the plant A receiver had been appointed with the view of preventing the different creditors from tearing the property to pieces. The directors were anxious to preserve the rights of every creditor, and to give a preference to none of them. Their oily object wee to save the company [ems the fangs of the low, and to place the property in a sound condition by means of some kind of mutual concession. The directors were of opinion that this might be effected by extending the period of the bonds to six years, and by reducing the rate of interest to 4 per cent , on condition that all arrears of interest should be paid off, and the interest in future be paid punctually, reducing the bend debt to 350,0001,, and paying off nine-tenths of the contract debts, and that no further simple contract debts should be incurred in future ; the preference dividends of 7 per met. to be reduced to 6 per cent. • and that the shut holders ghoul t agn• to take up 20, 000 of those preference these, the calls on which not to exceed 3/. 10s. per share, toerend over the of at three year*. Taking the net income of the compels, at 16,0001. • y, ar, there would be 10,0001. to pay the interest on the bond*, leaving 6,0001. to pay the gua rantee of 5 per mot. per annum on the preference shores and on the calls already made—say to the amount of 77,0001 Several if the old shareholders in Hull, London, and other places, considered the plan a good one, and were of opinion that it could be carried out emcees/011r. He r. grin, d that the bondholders' a•mmittee had not given their assent to the scheme, but he understood they had • counter prop ,siiion to submit, which, as far as he could judge, wee not predicable, and w.inld involve • larger income to meet the liabilities. Mr. RUSSELL said he represented the committee of bondholders, and the n entered at considerable lent h into the question. He complained that the plc n proposed by the directors had not been submitted to the committee in the first instance. The difficulty was, that the company were overburdened with debt, and they were obliged to provide amity to satisfy certain claims; they had also to complete the bridge at Wisbesch end to tone the junction at Huntingdon with the Great Northern Railway. The plan prop .aed by the committee was to place all the creditors nn the same b.ot lug The bond debt amounted to 290,0001, and the 'debt of the simple contract :medians to 30 0001. The 7 per tent preference shares were consider-u by commereial men to be worth nothing, beceuse they ceuld not claim a farthing ucti! after those creditors were paid, and there wan no inducement to take them up. The committee proposed teat the debts due to the bond and contract creditors should bs converted into 6 per cent. preference shares, and to rale. • further SUM of 24,0001. on the came class of shares to complete the junction line; so that all the creditors would be placed on • level, which he thought was the most equitable plan they could devise. He dtd not ap prove the plan proposed by the directors of paying off 50 per cent. of the contract debts, and but only 10 per cent. of the bond debt. By the plan proposed by the com mittee only 24 0001. would be required, id ile by the direc tors' pldn 77,0001. would have to be relied. Both proposi. lions were capable of modification, and he hoped on further contiderati in they would be enabled to adopt some plan be neficial to all parties. He contended that the bondholders and preference abarehol•lers were the only interested parties in the company, and that the chief management should be placed in their hands, and that only one director represent ing the original shareholders should have a seat at the proposed mew bleed until such time as the profits of the line were sufficient t 3 pay more than 5 pvr cent. on the preference shares proposed to be created. When the net earnings exceeded that unmet the old directors were again to t,ke office. The CHAIRMAN entered into a comparison of the two plans, and stated that what he proposed was to reduce the tnterest on the bonds to 4 per cent., and the amount of debt from 350,0001. to 230.0001. He bad no doubt that with interest of 4 per cent. paid punctually on the bonds the holders might go into the market and sell at pie. He showed the impracticability of converting the bond debt into pre (none, shares, and objected to the plan of placing the direction entirely in the bands of the preference sharshalden. There wool.) be an end to the law suits by paying off the contract eviditors, al proposed by the directors. A li.zug eon aaaaa tion ensued, in the course of which it was stated that the restriction to the mment of the interest warrants would be shortly rt movsd, and the parties would receive that. money. The financial scheme would not be pot to the vote at this meeting, but would have further con sideration. The report was then adopted. A discussioa on the propriety of having the solici'ors' bills taxed lasted a considerable time, in which Mr. Kit. tarick, Mr. Winning, Mr. Russell, and Mr. Ashton took part. At length it was agreed that the solicitors' unsettled bills should be suhteitted to the auditors in the first instance, and afterwards to one of the Masters of the Court of Exche quer, who decision should be final. After a promige that every facility should be afforded to the auditors in their examination of the accounts, the prooesdings concluding with a vets of thanks to the chairman and directors. WILTS, SOMERSET. AND WEYMOUTH RAILWAY. Yesterday the half.yearly ordinary meeting of the shareholders in the above company was held at the White Lion Hotel, Bath. Sir J. Awdry, chairman of the Board of Directors, presided. The attendance was scanty, con. prising but few shareholders beyond the directors present. The CHAIRIIAN said their business to-day, since the sale of their line to the Great Western Company, was little more than formal, and he might almost say the same of the attendance, without any discourtesy to those who had ho noured the directors with their presence. He had now to rcport, on the Dart of the director, that the deeds entered into between the two companies in conacquence of the agreement entered into on the 31st Dee., 1849, for the sale of the undertaking to the Great Western Company, bad, sinew their last meeting, been completed, the seals of the two companies hod been affixed to them, and the deeds ex changed. The undertaking had now passed out of their bands altogether—it had been sold, by the express consent of the shareholders, to the Great Western Company—and consequently they had no power over the works, and bad only the 4 per cent. guaranteed on their stock to look to. Ater the business of the present ordinary meeting was over, ea extraordinary meeting would be held, fur the purpose of comdierieg and determining the propriety of holding the future ordinary general meetings of this company is the months of Jan. and July, instead of Feb. and Aug., as here tofore. This would be more convenient, as the former months were those in which they would receive their dividends, and in future their meetings would be little more than formal. Two members of the board of directors, Mr. Blade and Mr. Felting, had become disqualified by the sale of their shares, but the board was only acquainted with this fact, as regarded one of these gentlemen, until they taw the register of the shareholders, to which the seal had been affixed this day. In the room of Mr. Slade, Mr. Ltiabourne 8. P. Lam bourne, of Timehury, had been elected provisionally by the directors, and the present meeting was called upon to lane , ti ao that choice. He (the chairman) did not know that he had anything further to communicate, but if any proprie tor present wished further Information, the directors were now ready to afford it, provided it was of a kind within their competence to do so. Otherwise be would put the report he had thus verhallv given, to a show of bands. A SHAREHOLDER asked how long these meetings were to continue, sines they had sold their line, and the deeds were exchanged ? The CHAIRMAN replied, so long es the company had a distinct wwporate existence ; it was the duty of the Great Western directors to declare • dividend to their own share holders; but a certain dividend was guaranteed to this com pany, which they as a company must meet to naive; and it was necessary they should keep themselves alive as a body for that purpose. They moot make their claim on the Great Western as a company, and as a company declare their dividend. A SHAREHOLDER *Lid his impression was, that they having mid their property to the Great Western Hallway Compaq fir rrtels psnedioal payments, fits Great Western anon, wield =eke those mussed, on well es Mar own. Tb CHAIRMAN said: If .ay Web alteuld ono aria,, this saispany la Its corporate asperity, must matte its plain as the Groat Western: so Individual shareholder could do ou. it wee highly seeesoary, therefore, for thin to keep thoseinine alive se a senpany. Tho emmotaisan who had asked the question expressed Wiwi, satisfied, sad the report wu adopted ucaolsoissly. The mantis, having resolved Itself Into au extraordinary saws! antra& t 4 sapintioe: of tM dineton for altering the Una of the erilissry emend werrlags ist future, was .creed to, aged the preseediage toradmeted. Wen LONDON RAILVIAT.—YestrrdAy the ball petty meeting of this eompan_y we. WO at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate.etreet. 5T17111111 BM; Req.. took the Our. Mr. Tarquand, the secretary, read the report " The mocha against the Load.* sad North Waters Com pany sleet for trial, and the jury were chosen in the mouth etieue Let, sad the directors hoped it would hays bees Villa before the Curt of Common Pleas rose for the vacs doe, but the number of speeLsl tory canon in smear was sub, that the Amin did not even reach the list of new caws s; your directors, however, feel coafident that it will Irene on for trial in December next, and they still entertain the lama opinion as to the result which they expressed to the shintholders at the lest halt yearly meeting. The trams on the land shows a total Inert... of 3,600 tons over the tee thes half-year. In the traffic from the railway there has bon an increase of 4,300 tons, but to the railway there has been a decrease of 2,600 tons. The directors have been applied to by the ' Inca Hall Coal Company' to afford them facilities in the transit of coal on the canal, by the formation of a stage, for the purpose of enabling the railway trucks to disehuge coals at once into the barges—the direeton, feeling that the additional traffic, which would be thereby brought on the canal must be considerable, have acceded to the applies lion. The requisite outlay i. estimatid at about lON. The eirectors regret that it is not in their power to report more favourably upon the circumstances cone acted with the state ' of the account. of Mr. Thompems, the late secretary of the estimpsay. The repeated assurances gives by Mr. Thomp son, previous to the last half-yearly meeting. induced the directors to express a hope that the company would not ulti mately suffer less on his account. The directors were in formed shortly after that meelicg that Mr. Thompson had ' left this country, and without giving them any means of ' communicating with him until within the last month, when a letter was received from him dated from the United State.. The directors have lost no time in opening a communication, cad have addressed a letter to him, urging upon bim the ne cessity of relieving himself from his present position with the e mpaoy. Tee directors report that they have sp. pointed Mr. William Turquaod the secretary to the com pany, in the room of Mr. Thmopion ; and they further re port, that they have made arrangements by which the an anal exminditun of the company is considerably reduced." The Recounts subjoined to the report showed the following results: Receipts up to December 31. 1849, 289,7811.95. 34d.; to June 80, 1860, 3501 18.. 2d.; balsam brought forward in ledger, doe to creditors, 151. 15e. 6d.; total receipts, 290.1481. 2s. 100. Expenditure to December 31, 1849, 287,6991 10s. Ild.; to June 30, 3251.45. 3d.; total expendi ture, 288,0241. lb. 2d. ; balances carried forward in ' ledger, 8621. 15a. 40.; cash in bad, 1,2601. 12e. 4d. Mr. Rigby made several absentia.= in respect to the items of the balance sheet, end protested against passing then as counts, which would be passing over the 8001. due to them by their Late secretary. (Hear.)—Mr. Ainsworth (a director) said he thought the better plan is that cue would be to fol low the same coarse as et the ltd meeting, of a :opting the report only exclusive of the accounts. —The Secretary said in reply to a q'testion, that 3801. of the amount of Mr. Thorop• soo's deficiencies had been recovered, and a correspondence had taken place, which it was hoped would lead to some fur ther recovery of money.—Mr. White argued that some friendly arrangement should take place between this com pany and the London and North Western Company, with a view to divert put of the contemplated me ffie to the exhibi tion of 18.51 to the West London Railway.—Mr. Rigby urged the directors to bring the eve of this company before the houses of perliamet t, with a view to get just:es done to their claims.—The Chairman said the great e. mpanies had flatly refused to work the line according to the agreement, and therefore the directors hod token counsel's opinion. (li.ur.) The report of the directors was then adopted, ex elusive of the accounts. After a vote of thinks to the chair man and directors, the meeting adjourned: HALF-YEARLY ACCOUNTS OF THE GREAT hOIiTHERN. The auditors of this company hare reported to the chairman and directors that the books and acc3unts up to the 30th of Jun* lot are correct, and is every reepeot to their entire satisfsction. The capital account to the 29th of Jute, 1850, shows an array of ri ceipm as follows : —From dep.sits end 11 calls, 4.731,0191. 1.5 x.; from paid in &dear ce of cells, 35991. ; from extension capital account, 72,3761. 14.. ; from cal's and instalments of prelefenee capital, 798,1071 ; from loan. on mortgage, 1,077,7901. These, with sou.e minor items, make up a total of receipts of 6,7231,4071. 18. 6.1. The same account shows the I olowmg amount of pay metes :—The total wens,. preliminary to tho passiog, of the act were—of the London and Y fk Comp .my ; 311.2121. 17s. 114 ; of the Direct N Ithern, 436,2231. 4.. 61. in 01413612231.25. Si. The expenditure subs , quent to the Blow of the accounts presented to the half-yearly general meeting in February last was 5,070,9311. Bs. 7,.. Ot this sum 2,914,6421.1 e. 31. was for works and met , dal*. The charges for land and compensation, amounted to 1,168,9971.10'. 74. ; the advertising, printing, postage, and parcels, amounted to 8,6811 12s. 2d.; the office expense', rent, etc , to 6.5461.60. 5d the travelling expenses, to 2,65 . 11.8.. 7d.; the directors and auditors cost 8,6321. 85. 4d.; the ailed, s amounted to . . 17,8131. 1.. 2d ; the law and sag ;nee zing expenses in parlia ment to 129,9991. 18s. 61.; the interest paid on capital and advances on loans was 307.6621 3s. 9d. In all the expendi ture of the company, previous to the commencement of the half year which ended on the 29th of June last, was 5,406,1571 111. ; the expenditure of the last halt year has been 916,8061. Os Bd., of thiswum 143 8591. 18.. 9d. went for land and compensation; 410,0761. I:'s. Id. for work. acd materials; 129,7191 Bs. 44. fur interest on capital ard ad vances; the advertising, &c., azoount for the halt-year, amounts to 9221. 71. 2i.; the taco expenses. 4tc., to 1,0151, ls. Id.; the travelling expense a to 3191. 18. 10d. ; the dire-tors and auditon to 1,0251. • the salaries to 1,9851. 161. 71 The total expenditure o f company since the commencement has been 6,892.9631. Ili. Ed. . . . . . . The balance left is 330,4441. 6.. 10.1. Of tbia balance there is 232,1631. 14s. 84. in cub, and 98,2801. 12s. 2d. in- vested in shares in other lines. The revenue statement foe the half-vrar ended the 29th of June last shows a return from vaflic of 65,0131. 6s 61. ; from interest on nun balance of 191. 115. 3d ; 'rum fines of 31 17s. 8.1 ; in all, 68.0661 16s. 51. The total expenditure for the balf.year is 43.8731. 16s. 71. ; of this, 40,1121. 19s. 3d. has Men incurred for " working charges." There are some open claims on th; etAapany for station te - tmosodation at Peterbor4unb, Rrtford, and edinsford. , During the half-year the engines of the company ran with pas-finger trains 383,139 miles ; with irneds tratnr, 167.048 ; piloting, &c., 40,2 , 4 ; b 'Heating, &r., 18,621 • in all, 609.093 miler. There were consumed 192,02ewm. of mkt =_-35.31b5. per mile run ; of which the east was 8,0621. 6s. 1,1 =3-174. p.r mile run. Tao total working charge of 40,1121. 19s. 3d. is equal to 58 95 per cent. on the gross earnings, and to Is. M. per mile nn the total 609,093 miles run. The account of the loadyke and Witham Navigation for the half-year ended the 29 h of June last shows a loss on the half-year of 3,3741. 101. sd. The recoipts amount to 8,0091. 41. 10d. ; the expenditure to 11,3831. 15s. 35. The net revenue account of the Great N rth , re Railway Company to the 29th of June 1840. is in subtitles as fel lows : Tna company is credite d for balance of traffic account to the 31st of December, 1549. the sum of 15,6341. 184. 7d. ; for balance of traffic account to the 29th of Jun e 1850, the sum of 24,19..1. 18s. 10d.: in all 39,8271. "The sets-off against thisore : Dividend of 6 per cent. on perpetual prefer eats 121. 10' shares, 10,0001 ; guaranteed rent on paella ' raintary capital of 600,0001. due to the East Lincolnshire Railway Company for half-year ending 30th June, 18,0001.; interest on bonded debt of the East Lincolnshire Company, 6531. ss. 2d. •, adverse balance of Foes and Witham Navi gation., 3,3741. : in all, 31,9261. 15.. 7d. This leaves a balance of 7,9001. le. 101. on the half year in favour of the company. We may observe, in winclusion, that we have been much struck with the neatness and clearness of these accounts, and with the admirable form adopted of making them out. LONDON AND BLACKWALL RAILWAY. The following is the report which will be presented to the meeting to be held on To sday, the 27th ir.st. : " The statement of the revenue account for the put half= rear, shows that the prose receipts, with the balance of 3371. 139. 41. from the previous account, amrstnt to 21,0001. 45., and that the expenditure, inclu.ive of interest on debew urea, has been 18,7351. 145., the balance being 2,8701. 10s , which is left at tie disposal of the proprietors. The comparative passenger traffic, during the corresponding manths of this and last year, is as follows, v.z.: 1819. 1350. Pamensters. Amount. Passengers. Amount. January 136.409 £2,38114 4 140,903 £1.11 7 0 11 February March Ayrll May June 1,010,268 ,C 17,338 II 6 1,313,973 £19,147 3 11 " Upon au analysis of this traffic, it is found that there has been an increase during the past halt-rear of 355.750 passengers, and 2,9681. in the local traffic, and a decrease of 52,043 passengers end 1,3791. in the river traffic—the total increase being 303,707 passengen, and 1,5891 From the Increase in the local traffic the directors are i'isposed to think that the system of day tickets, at a reduced rate, for the double journey, which was introduced thrmigheut the line at the close of last year, ime had a bent tidal effect. The directors have strongly advised the Gravesend and Woolwich Steamboat Companies to adopt a similar system, in the belief that it would have proved more advantageous than a reduc tion of the fare for the single journey. The directors are, however, happy to observe that for the past taw week, there has been au increase both in numbers and receipts, in the river sr well as in the local traffic, compared with this time last year. The receipts from wharfage are less than they have hitherto been which is attributable partly to the falling off in the river traffic, and to the reduction in the wharfage dues, which the directors have deemed it prudent to make. to encourage passenger traffic to the railway. The increased number of wharfs privileged to land cattle, and the with drawal of the General Steam Navigation C impany's boats, have likewise affected this source of rc venue, hoterithstand ing the conveniences which the Brunswick wharf affords. As regards the expenditure, the directors have to observe that the locomotive charges are somewhat more than during the previous half-year, as the mileage of the trains has been isoreased ; they also !salads the wages of the drivers for two additional engines. The following thews the oomparnive consumption and out of coke, and the charge for locomotive po:i . reL ito per mile run, 1849, b ring46:l2.pebestpdor, mile. van by train., 108,224 ; quantity of smoke con su lt's& 1,112 tons ; being 23,015 lbs._ per DAM. Total oast, 1.3601. 124. 74. • net peg mile, 2.993& ; total locomotive charges, 3,8571. 18e. 11d. ; net per mile, B.llld. January to Jane, 1850, number of tulles run by trains, 134,457 ; qaantl , y of coke consumed, 1,228 ton, being 20,45716 e. per mile. Total coot, 1,8061. 16s. 94. • cost per mile, 2,8891. ; char[w, 4,8881. la. Id. ; cast per mile, 7.8324." the uely other portion et the revenge account which seems te require notice, is the miscellaneous cheers. These expenses sr, re increased by the sum of 7971, for c^mpensa don for injuries sustained in coast wiener' of the accident which occurred on the 7th of November last. Bonn of these claims were, as usual, exorbitant, and tho director gave then their brit sett ntion, and ware enabled, in several instennts, to effect very consilerable reducions in them. The bill introduced fa the present session of parliament, for the purpose of enabling this company to offer facilities to passengers on the Eastern Counties Railways to avail them valves of the City terminus of this railway, received the Royal UV nt on the 26th of June. By the provisions of this act the Eastern Counties Railway Company are r. quired (within three months after notice by the company) to con vey by all their trains, except express or mail traits, the carriers and paseengen of this company between the B;vr Junction and Brentwood, or intermediate staeions. And it Is also provided that the tarn payable by passengers Krieg the Eastern Counties Railway, from or to the junction, shall not exceed the redlearre rate charge.' be. viten Bnoredit ck and the station on the Nesters Counties Railways, to or from which the passengers may be conveyed. The notice required by the act has not yet been given, in consequence of nego tiations now in pregrees for a more extensive and friendly interchange of traffic. The directors have been informed that the East and West IndixDocks and liirmieghans Juno tion Railway Company have obtained the requisiteoertificate from the commissioners of railways for the opening of the line to Islington ; an immediate increase of traffic will there fore be derived trout this nouns." THE MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS. BRITISH ARCH/EOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION. SEVENTH ANNUAL CONGRESS. LANCASTER, AWo. 21. The members of the Assoeation, and their friends, to the number of 60 or 60 gentlemen and ladies, left Man chester, ;yesterday morels,, by the L•mcashire and York shire Railway. on an excursion to the ruins of Whalley Abbey (near Blackburn), end to the site of an ancient Ro man station at Ribchester ; aud from thence &nixed at Lan caster in the evening, for the purpose of hording a Mille of meetings here, and making el titanium from heats to the neighbourhood. . . . . . . A eiecial train bad been engaged for the trip to Whalley Abbey, which lett Manchester at a few minutes after nine in the morning, and, proceeding rid B , Iton, Dawes, and Blackburn, placed us on the platform at Whalley within a few minutes' walk of the ruins of the cld abbey about 11 o'clock. The weather was extremely lavi,oratle, and the corn pasty was received at the entrance to the rule, and had the good fortune to have for their cicerone, through its various parts, Mr. 'Whittaker, a eon of the celebrati d hietotien of Whalley, of that name—a gentleman intimately arqa.inted with all the details of interest connected .i ft the place, and cores quest's, highly competent to the task. According to this gentlemen, the whole of this once magnificent monutie building covered a space of from live to six acres, and was erected for a brotherhood of Cistercian,, who first settled at Birkenhead. but wen, finding the eituatio% unhealthy, had petitioned Henry de La-y, their patron, for a new location, and obtain. d a grant of this beater:fa questered spot in the 12th ceatury. The building occupied early 300 years in its erection, and appeared to Lase te.en built in the earlier and later decorated English styles of arcuitecture. It wee 'approached on the western and • astern sides by splendid gateway', which are perhap in a better mate of preservati tl than almost any other parts of the abbey. It appeared to have consisted of a quadrangle hevieg a spacious con ventual chapel on the east; the buildings elevated to the use of the monks, with refectory, cloisters, and dormitories, on the north; the abbot's retieence on the south; end a c ten-mill belonging to the abbey (the cows.. of tee strum for which is still existing between the building anus the river) on the west. The roofs and upper floors of all these por tions of the abbey are gone, hut several of the walls remain almost entire—especially those opering to the cloisters— with beautiful specimens of the Ootaie arch, both in windows and doorways, in good preservation. Some tine elms tower 'lift in the quidrangle, and a specimen of the wild cherry tree, unique for its height and bul, occupies the centre. It is very lofty, with a girth of 12 or 13 feet below the branches, between four of which (three of them being apparently dead) a secamore plant has averted itself, and meek' with it. levy foliage the usurpa tion which the ivy has establi , hed on the crumbling walls around. Mr. Whittaker point ot cut the position of the great conventual chapel of the abbey, to the company stood with him on the site or its now ado-rated "Wes. covered 11 partly with greensward, with eardrn wolke , oser beds, and orchard trees—sled the spot where stood its high alter, the position of erhica was determined a :ew years ago by his tither, who dug down to the tem , s of the abbots (known to have been buried there), aril which had not been dis turbed. Tt.is chapel, Mr. Whitaker ,LIPp Me from the small remains which have been eiecovered of its intenor carvings and fitting", to have beer. v ry magnificent, and thinks that if excavations were made in the ear th now co ver log its A)°, ' many interesting 1r entente and remains might be recovered. The site of its ki chen and offices is row a kitchen garden. A curious old stone a: aircase, which bad been hid in the thickness of the wall at the west end of the abbey, with concealed door-wey, and terrei..aiirg in a large stone 'lig at the bottom, attracted much attention, but whe ther it was a place of punishmen• or of concealment can only be a matter for conjecture, The grounds in immediate connexion with the abbey were absu t 3O ecr, a in extent. The company remained amidst the wail' of them pktu toque ruins, inspecting v ious portions of it with I much care, for nearly two h urs. Toe} , afterwards took a hasty view of Whalley Church, a building of yet more ancient date than the abbey, and in a fine state of preserva tion. There arc some fire carvings in black polished oak in some old pews near the altar, ccnasting of group, of Nate and quaint devic.a, similar to some of the grotesque carving iu the chapel of New College. Oxford, and other old cool ' 'eel edifices, but nairtly conves ing some useful, though not always very obvious moral. One of these is a blacksmith shoeing a goose, and anothr r is a woman sit eking at a rean's hi ad with a ladle. The chancel is a fine specimen of the early English style of architecture, and contacts some old screen work from the abbey. In the churchyard are several stone crones, curiously ornamented and carved, and of a very old date—the learned aniiouerions even composing our present company being uneide accurately to fix the period of their origin, though most of them inclined to that they were Saxon structures, ands me eight or nine Mtn* Ties old. A drive (it carriages which had been waiting thei: arrival in the villa.re) of ten or eleven miles—through a country presenting some beau ilul and picturesque views, in which were included occasional glimpses of StonyEurst College, old rendle lull, and rieMy.wooded Isndscspes in the vale of the silver Nibble—brought the com pany to the next object of the dsy's excursion. This was the little town of Ribchester rmerly spelt Rib.- cadre), now a place depending for support like Whalley and all the neighbouring towns on the cotton manufacture, but iormerly a Roman station—as its name denotes—and one of the strongest holds which that extra-rdin ry people esta blished in this part of the country. It is situate on one of the banks of the river Ribble ; end here, in anticipation of the visit of the present company, ..ome excavations had been made in search of the remains supposed to exist in the earth near the river. The results of thes- explorations appeared to have been very successful ; for nearly a sackfull of cant en ware, consisting of urns and pieces of urns filled with the bones and sites of the dead, er.d other curious relics, were spread for the inspection of the visitors. These relics in clude some Roman coins, portions of the caparisoning' of berms, brown jars curiously figured, and other Articles, and it was stated during our brie f soi:ura at Ribehester that Mr. Fenton, of Crinible, the lord of the manor tend who, of course, could lay claim to all these precious articles if h. choso), had cons-rated to allow them to be given up as addi tional furniture for the museum of the British Arehmological Association. _ Our next progreu was by posthorses to Longriege, a pleasant tide of three or four miles, from whence we came on to Preston and then to Lanai:4er, by roil—arriving in this ancient capital of the county about a quarter to seven o'clock in the evening. There was a meeting in the Music Hill, at eight o'clock, which w e well attended by the people of the town and neighbourhood, when Mr. James Heywood, M.P., was called to the chair and three papers were read. J. R. PLANCIII, Esq , read an interesting and Tory elaborate paper on " The Badges of the Lions,' of Lancaster. " Mr. 0. 8,. WRIGHT read a short paper on the " History of Witchcraft, observing that the subj, ct had a special interest in connexion with the county in which the mem bers Of this association were now assembled. _ °sown GODWIN, Eq , followed with a paper "On the Bat bins is Connexion with our Cutlet." Alter a Tote of thanks to the speaken, the ranting termi nated soon after ten o'clock. DEPARTURE OF JENNY LIND FOR AMERICA.-- LITIMPOOL, WIDNESDAY.—Ye.terdav, Jenny Lind was presents d by the directors of the Soullern Hospital with • handsome silver teakettle, in t. stimony of her kindness, in singing on a previous visit to Liverpool in aid of the funds of the iestitution. This morning shit took her departure for America, in the new Units d States mail steamer, the Atlantic, Captain West, in which a special berth bee been fitted up Lr her with great gorgeousness. About 2,000 parsons crowded to the bandit g urge, to witness the embar kation. About eleven o'clock the Atlantic fired a signal gun, end steamed slowly down the river. The report was heated through • great pin of the town, and caused an instant rush to the pier heads; in a few moments the places of business were oomparativay deserted. The guns on Ward the steamer kept up a continual salute, and contider able excitement prevailed. The Teasel, instead of keeping the usual course down the middle of the river, steered along side of the Princes Parade, finny Lind being seen standing en the paddle-box along with CI ptsin West. There were hunts of loud and spontat eous cheering, which the fair eaatatriott courteously acknowledged by the waving of a handkerchief. The utmost enthusiessa prevailed, and the ix scene altogaher was of the most novel and extraordinary \ • character. Perhaps it may be Interesting to state that the fir berths on board the Atlantic were all tsken a month ago, so otio t. • soon as it wu announced that Jenny Lind would be a 'r* pawner. ~~a i! 4 i • • / i V 4 • i 0 • r N 't • 7 , 44 . • V ,`" • I 4 , y , I • 4, A