The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-09-29 00:00:00

TEE OVERLAND MAIL. • Northern Daily Times Office, Thursday Morning. We have received papers and despatches, by Overland Mail, bringing news from Bombay, L e l the 30th ult., and also from ChincL The t t lj nese "insurgents," as they were eared, until iieY proved successful, when they became patnots," are still pushing on to Pekin, and most l lelY the very time we are wr iti ng , are mas ters of the capital, and have driven out the Tartar e 3 ll jlapers contain some details a trw Jo , it English m a il o f the 24th Julie, which, -le Y become known *lll excite as much regret al id indignation this country as they have 7 i ttd-Y ha mt. The defective mail comuni ?olliB haween Boinbay, and Suez. So but is t hat the merchants declare the communication 2 worse now, then it was nine years ago, when ''efina was not known in these parts. Som e apprehensions appear to be entertained of "tt , sia, giving us trouble on Persian frontier , but We shall be prepared for them. FRANCE IMPERIAL VISIT TO THE NORTH OI FRANCE By Submarine and iuropean Telegraph. BOULOG N E, Wednesday.—Their Majesties arrived here from Calais at three o'clock yesterday. They Ivree received :with the loudest acclamations. After heir reception by the auth or iti es th e i r M a j es ti es u nited the column erected to commemorate the grand army. They also paid a visit to the Cathedral, and in spected the various sights of the town. Hav lug dined at the hotel of the Sub-Prefect, their Ma jesties honoure'd a ball at the theatre with their pret3ence. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS i ate_ Mckcpkv. Great surprise has been felt by the Parisian public at being anticipated by the Londoners in the receipts of Eastern intelligence ; but it may Ile explained as follows :—Telegraphic dispatches are received here, both by the Government anti by Private individuals. Now, the Government, true to its character, alwayS either mutilates or suppresses altogether; and when private journalists receive anything of a startling nature, they run the risk of evoking the wrath of Government should they Publish anything, which is not afterwards confirm ed, and are afraid to publish. The same thing may occur again. The French journals of yesterday morning were I tB ignorant as sucking babes of what was known ' ll London on Friday, and to-day they seem in genera/ to find a salve for wounded vanity in either discrediting or underrating the importance of the intelligence. 'rhe'Constitutionnel.merely translates tht. td . the Post, and doubts the intelligence, because it I „l'as not given in the telegraphic news of th e 15th, f rom Constantinople. The Journal des Debats writes, " We do not con- Sider the panic in the English money market suffi ciently justified. 'lt must be remarked that itp to this time, the entry of the fleets has fir its object, not a reply to Russian invasion, but the repression of Turkish insurrection, and the protection of the Sultan against the war-party. The occupation of Constantinople, viewed in this light, would re Isemble the occupation of Rome, being both in tended tO preserve order and the free action of the respective governments. When the Sultan shall be liberated from the tyranny of popular passions, egociations may be resumed with better hope of Success." The Debats considers that the present situation may be prolonged, for the approach of winter may both prevent the Russians from evacu ating and compel the combined fleets to winter in the Bosphorus. leader Th( alarmed at any intelligence, begins Kation al which is never as follows " Englisli.papers announce that a part of the r u glish and French squadrons have entered th e sphorus. •It is singular that this event should . 2t be as yet directly known in Paris, though it m ust have been" known in London on F r id a y. S upposing the news to be true, it need cause no IRrprise for it was foreseen and ftnnounced, on the Othe r hand, far from causing uneasiness it is r ather calculated to re-assure. The presence of the ueets before Constantinople, will guarantee the B ecurity of Christian residents, and the free action of the Ottoman government both menaced by Mus -Bultnan fanaticism," The Siede affects to have been better informed t han its colleagues, but would not venture to g i ve the news on its own responsibility. True it is, that, 411 Y paper publishing telegraphic news, which does /lot turn out correct, is sure to meet with the c astigation of Government. This journal questions the power of a few ships of war, t o curb the pas ions of 300,000 military fanatics. The Moniteur reports the arrival of their Majes ties at Valenciennes and Lille, and at the camp at ielfaut, which was reviewed and raised yesterday amid torrents of rain. No speech is reported. The municipal council of Paris has, now it is said, Under examination, several government proposi tions, intended to procure the resources necessary to cover the outlay occasioned to the city of Paris, by the price of bread. Iron supplied in buildings, Will it is said, pay a tax of 3frs. per ton—cast iron, firs- Coal, instead of a duty of 21 centimes per hectolitre, will pay 60 centimes per 100 kilogram mes. Faggots of hard wood will pay lfr. DO cents. CrD 100.—Galignani., The Union Medicate speaks favourably of the State of the public'health.—No case of cholera has Yet been reported. Some musical items may interest the members nlld friends of your philharmonic societies in Liver- POW. Mario and Grisi have just left Paris to fulfil e ngagements in the British provinces. Lablache, great basso, whom I fear you will never have 11 opportunity of hearing again in Liverpool, is mere,°llc to St, PeterSburgh ; and after a short sojourn Tamberlik has followed him. M. Roger 1 ,5 1 d Madame Tedesco have re-appeared at the yPera in the Prophete, and have been very success- There l was 10,000 f. in the house the first night. A new opera and a new ballet are in pre- Paration at the same establishment. The former by i s M. Limnander ; the music of the latter by Labarre. At the Theatre Lyrique it is intended tO Produce in the course 'of the winter the opera of eassilda, composed by the Duke of Saxe Gotha, Zile of Prince Albert's brothers. It has already eel). successfully represented at Brussels. At the Bourse, the market opened with lower t i ees, but afterwards improved considerably. °Sing prices -L-3 per cents., 75.75 ; 44- per cents, 1 9 1 40 ; Bank, 2815 ; Credit fancier, —; ere ]. inebilier, 740. Shares—Orleans, 1217.50; Rouon, 4 25 ; Northern, 840 ; Strasbourg, 933 ; Bale, 375 ; 4„ stern, 705; Havre, 505 ; Central, 517 ; Lyons, ; Mediterranean, 745, 5 P.M toGalinanes second edition gives intelligence down the, IGth by a telegraphic despatch from Mar -113.' the Mail Steamer we get the following from t ri °ll stantinople :—The demonstrations of the Ule n i during the fête of the Bairam had caused the th e "assaders to fear an explosion, and on the 14th hastened," ' to bring in a part of the combinedF I.adron, consisting of three English and three er i o Aq h Li frigates, under the command of Rear llral Lebarbier de Tinan. The refusal of b i wis . riot known to the public on the 15th, 141 0 ,,i le diplomatists were informed of it. An ex 411P11 was imminent. The Egyptian troops had ht th eft for Varno. Enthusiasm and .agitation are 411 1 .„ e ir height, and great alarm prevails among the liaq o "Dean inhabitants. It was the French Ambas ves,,l.,who first gave the order for bringing up the exp' e ''" 3 of the twO allied owers. A. movement is e ted from one moment to another. SPAIN. o ule, the American Minister to the Court of reft,, r4l, -is still at Paris, and- a very extraordinary sa'4 -11 is assigned for his prolonged stay. It is th. • •to binegociatmg, or at . least . attempting ehC s e e goolate, with Queen Chiistiana for the pin-- Ch r of Cub a b y t h e A mer i can government. Queen Il ona aria breakf as ted t e t e -a-tet e w ith o ld J erome roa r e t tte at Meudon a day or two since. The Upoila+P of d y er daughter with Bonaparte is still the tapi. THE NORTIIERN DAILY TIMES,, SHREWSBURr AND CHESTER R.A.MIVAI 'OMPANY; The Ordinary laalflyearly mdeting of the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway proprietors teas held, yesterday; at the Royal Hotel, Chester, for the. transaction of the ordinary business of the Company; and also a, special meeting for consideiing, and if approved Of; passing' reselittinns, alitliorizifig the Directors to raise the iuni 0fX76,140,- being the balance re maining unissued of the 6,173,400 preference stock authorised to be issued by act of Parliament ; also a proposal for inves tigating the state of the shares and transfers in the months of June and July, 1851; John Escp, occupied the chair, and there Was a large attendance of shareholders: he SEtRETARY (Mr. Nicholls) then, at the call of the Chairman, read the advertisement convening the meeting, also the following report : " The shareholder§ will 10'6 seen, from the accounts already laid betefe Were theni, that the traffic for the half ydat, oacling. 30th June, slims a considerable and regular increase in the traffic, of the line; over that of preCeding half years, notwithstanding the .preSsure of the competition which has for so long a tithe httri viOighing iipoti your pro perty. AbStrad of the traffic accouut for the past half year :—Passenger traffic—number, 215,646, £18,326 3s lid; Goods traffic—tons, 269,099, £32,1024s 7d; Total, £50,428 8s 6d. Corresponding half of the preceding year ! Pas senger traffic—number ) 184,080, .L 16,742 13s 6d; Goods traffic--tons, 30;277, £26,703 125 . 8d; Taal; £43,486 6s 2: Showing a total iiiprodso of 84 2 toils; 30,660 pas sengers). and in athoiii!t.of receipts; 10 ; 9 , :t2 N 4d, or £267 p'er week for tho lank nalf-year, over the corresponding half yeAt iii 1852. Though there is, as shewn above, a large increase in the total receipts in the last half-year, yet the amount received on the through traffic. has considerably diminished, partly in consequence of the London and North Western Company having prapcally fcdticed. their pas senger fares to . a lower rate than is charged on this line, and partly fikini this company having declined, during some part of the half-year, to continue carrying a certain description of through tralkc at the existing very low and inadequate rates. By this means, however, they were enabled to in crease their accommodation for the local traffic. Your directors do not anticipate ally profitable, _increase on this through WU ) Until the. dreat WeStern line it ,completed for 01'010. Working. The, rise in the pri6 of labour and Materials has not failed to. hti4'e itB drat on the working expenses of this line, and tile directors regret that so large a Suin should have been absorbed in the expenses of working. The expenditure in the locomotive department, which is the heaviest item in the working charges oft fed Way, Will be very considerably reduced OLT the new arrangements made in this department'. The line from Ludlow to • Here ford and Abefgavenny will be opened in the course of the promnt half-.year, connecting the iron districti of South Wales with Liverpool. Local mineral traffic has very con siderably increaSed, and with Mich arrangements at Bir kenhead as Wonld iniprove the shipping accommodation— th'e trade may still be doubled. Your directors are now negociating for the required additional accommodation, with s. The pmliaytentail every prospect of sum i meeedings of the half-year have been confined to the opposition made to lines projected by hoStiiil parties. Your directors felt it their duty Most strenuously to oppose , a bill for a railway from Shrewsbury to Crewe—promoted by the London and North Western Company, for the purpose of abstracting the traffic between Shrewsbury, Hereford, and South Wales on the one hand s and Manchester, Lancashire, York shire, and the North on the other. Your directors regret that they were not successful in their opposition. Another scheme which it was incumbent, on your directors to oppose, was the Shrewsbury and Newtown line, also promoted by the London and North Western Company, Your directors were successful in their opposition to this bill, Which was thrown out. A bill for a line front dsWestry to Newtown, in friendly hands, which had been encouraged by your directors, in opposition to the London and North Western Company's proposed Shrewsbury and Newton Line, was also thrown out. Your directors recommend, that this should be taken. up and. prosecuted as a line which must be of essential im portance to this company, A new scheme, which your directors consider Neill be of advantage, is now in agitation for a railway from Wrexham to Ruthin. There is also a scheme for a short line from the Dee Viaduct to Llangollen, Which your directors consider calculated to be of great service to the interests of the company. It it With feelings of great satisfaction that your directors are enabled to con gratulate the shareholders oh the state of the protracted negotiation with the Great Western Company. It is their firm and decided conviction that this alliance is the most advantageous for your property, and the most likely to be sanctioned by the legislature. 'Since the offer contained in Mr. Russell's letter and memorandum of the 19th August last was excepted by the general meeting on the 13th in stant, it is known to the shareholders that a subsequent offer has heen made by the Great Western Company in terms of Mr. Russell's letter of the ISth instant, tendering to . the shareholders an alternative of 32 per cent. upon their capital from Ist January next, with half surplus profits. Your direc tors have therefore prepared an agreement for carrying out the terms of amalgamation agreed to at the meeting of the 13th instant, and embracing the improved offer abovementioned. The earnest though successful efforts made by your Direc tors to induce the London and North Western Conipany to raise their rates and fares for goods and passengers between Birmingham and the North, have already been brought be fore the shareholders by the circulation of the correspon dence which took place between that Conipany and•the two Shrewsbury Companies, and their allies, the Great Western Company and the Duke of Bridgewater's trustees. The four Directors to retire by rotation at this meeting are the same gentlemen who would in due course have retired at the ordinary half-yearly meeting held in September last, had such meeting not been interrupted and adjourned sine die, viz.—Messrs. John Williams (Chairman), John Royle, James Haswell, and Mr. J. F. Gubbins, who was elected on the resignation of Mr. Richard Ellerton. The Directors recommend that a Dividend, at the rate of 1 per cent. per annum, be paid on the ordinary share capital of the company, besides the payment of the dividends on the preference shares." The CHAIRMAN said there was one point which was omitted in the report by a little oversight. They had omitted to state that they had lost, during the past half year, the services of their Secretary, Mr. Darkin, and they had appointed Mr. Nicholls in his stead. He mentioned it now, as a motion would be founded upon it. In one of the paragraphs of the report, it was stated the directors have prepared and signed an agrement for carrying out the terms of the amalgamation agreed to at the - meeting of the lath inst., and embracing the improved offer above alluded to. He thought the secretary had better read that agreement now, so that the whole subject might be before the meeting. The SECRETARY then read the terms of agreement drawn up between the respective Companies, and the Great Western Company. The CHAIRMAN then rose and said—the report, or the greater part of it, related to matters of internal manage ment, and as regard those, they were rather subjects for the Board to answer any inquires that might be made by any gentlemen present, than for an address on his part with re ference to those matters. There was one subject, which, as he said before, ought to have been introduced into the re port, which was, that their old and valued secretary, Mr. Darkin, had been obliged, from ill health, to abandon his post, and the directors had apppointed, until the general meeting, Mr. Nicholls, who had, for many years, been the company's traffic manager, to the position held by Mr. Dar kin, and it would be for the meeting to confirm the appoint ment, and to continue the salary appropriated to the office. (Hear, hear). Another subject, which created some interest at the last meeting, was the claim against the company which had been put forward by their en,gineer, for a very large sum aleged to be due to him from the 'company. He (the Chairman) had hoped this matter would have been fully settled before the present time. They had endeavoured to settle it, hut they had failed. However, they had so far agreed to refer the whole matter to arbitration, and the party they selected to act as the arbitrator was to make his award as quickly as possible, stating whether any thing,and if so what, was due to Mr. Roberts. (Hear, hear). Ee (the Chair man) was not aware there were any other matters connected with the internal management on which it was necessary for him to take up the time of the meeting. There was, how ever, one matter of external management which was of great interest, and that was their relation with the Great Western Company. The document (terms of agreement) they had just heard read, reminded them, that at the special meeting of the company, held on the 13th instant, the terms which were then proposed to the company by the Great Western were agreed to by a large majority of the Shareholders, and the Directors were instructed to use their best endeavours to obtain better terms, or, in the words of the resolution, terms more commensurate with the value of the property. (Hear, hear.) On the following day, the Great Western Company met the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company, and at this meeting an amended offer was made by the Great Western, and on the following day the same terms were communi cated to the Directors of this company, in a letter from Mr. Russell to him (the Chairman), thus putting it out of their power to make the proposal. The Great Western was before hand with the Directors, and made the offer unasked, (hear, hear), and it was the offer which, under the instruc tions they received from the Shareholders on the 13th of September, they had carried out by sealing the agreement which they had just heard read. (Applause.) On the day after the last, which was a very interesting meeting, the honourable proprietor who moved the amendment di him (the Chairman) the honour to call on him, and to express with all the candour, openness, and frankness, which be longed to him, how much pleased he was at the result. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) He rejoiced, he said, as they were to be beaten at all, that they were to be beaten soundly, which was rather a peculiar feeling, but one very natural, for " A secret joy the bruiser knows In giving and receiving blows— An inward transport only tasted By those who've thoroughly been basted." (Great laughter.) He (the Chairman) did not envy him the enjoyment of the pleasure, and it gave him great satisfaction to - observe the candour With which he made the declaration. (Hear,' hear.) The coin* 'proposed on the present occasion was this. He would first read to them the resolutions which it was his intention to move from the chair, and afterwards he would move them seriatim. The first resolution would be, that the report now read, and the accounts be received and adopted, and that the same be printed and circulated amongst the Shareholders,—. The next was; that the dividends of £8 per cent., aild per cent. on the preferenCe stock, be made payable on the 14th of October; and then. that a diyidend of one per cent. on t he ordinary stock Of the company he deClared without deducting income tax, and be made payable on the 14th of October: He should next move that Mr. John Williams (chairman); Mr: John Boyle; and Mr: Jas. Haswell; be te 74 eleeted directors; anti that Mr; Samuel Hearne; the respected Mayor of Liverpool, at the present tithe thu bdcl consented to undertake the office of director there, be elected as a director in the place of Mr. J. P. Gubbins: (Applause.) He would then move that the appointment of Mr. Nicholls, as Secretary, be confirmed, at a salary of £350 per annum. Aftdi that; lid.WoUld bo lilt° thi, s'ul?,jects cot whkli the meeting was Made sr:eeial, but at presefit it was not Well to efietlinbet the Meeting liy Making any, obserYationg on theni: . He would, therefore; move the adoption of the report and ac colititSi,4fid their circulation ani - EMEst the shareholders: Mr. THORNTON : Is it permitted any shafelididei td pose a resolution to the meeting ? The CHAIRMAN By all Means: • . Mr. TUORI;TTON : I have one which I should like to pro poaiel Will I read it 1 The CHAIRMAN i It is tor you to say Whether yolf Will read it now or when you are about to propose it. Mr. THORNTON i Very well ; as ypti please. _ _ _ The CHAIRMAN then proposed the first resolution which was carried, with but a few dissentients: The CniinaiAl4 next proposed that the dividends on the preference shares be paid on the 14th of October. Agreed The dHArn3i. likewise Moved that a diVidend of one per cent. be made payable on the ordinary shafts ; on the 14th of October: Agreed to. The CHAIIiMAN next prdposed that Messrs; John Williams, John Royle., and !antes Haswell ; be re-elected directors, and that Mri Samuel noble be elected a director ; in the room of Mi. J. P: Club Mr. J. P. GUBBINS seconded the motion. Sir. Wm. JOHNSON said he had a resolution to propose, and as it would embrace au opposition both to the re-elec tion of the directors and to the special report which the directors had brought up,. probably, if it were let come on at the end 9f the business, it would be better: The QiiAtitztiAlt i Yeiy_good sir,, • Ithi.z.iitOß said, before the resolution Was put, he thought parties having objections to it should be allowed to state them. (Hear, hear.) He proposed to state his objection to tho resolution, and •to move an amendment to it. The CA:kit:MAN i fly all niealiS. Mr. MUNROE : The motion which had been made by the chairman, was to nominate four directors in the place of those who ought to have_ retired last year. Now, it struck him, (Mr. Munroe), in the first placej thOe Was a decided objection to re-electing three of those parties; lie knew no objection to the Mayor of Liverpool. .lie would ,be an acquisition to the company, and certainly infuse new blood, and new spirit, and new hopes, into the ..eipeciations,df the general bocls of the shareholders: Ike, (.ur. Munroe) could not allow this opportunity to pass without stating that the notice now moved, c tine on most of them by surprise, because they anticipated, instead of electing four members to their direction, they should have the opportunity of electing eight Why For this reason. athongst I am quite satis The 0 HAIRMAI4. -ni Mt others.;---the iridividtlidS - *he were then propoied to be re-elected, (he alluded of course to three cif them) should have gone out twelve months ago, and he (Mr. Munroe) rather thought the spirit of:the statute was, that, along with those four directors who ought to have gone out twelve months ago, four more ought,now to. retire ul the terms of the stattltary regidatiori: liii gaiV Mr. butt, the legal aciViger, shaking his head, but he believed lawyers differed sometimes, s well as other people, and he (Mr. Munroe) was well informed by a counsel, equally eminent as Mr. Butt, that this was really the law, (one of them must be right, which he could not, says) but he had in his pocket the opinion of One of the first laW5 - eis at the Engligh bar, to the effect that on this occasion eight directors ought to be elected by the shareholders. The four gentlemen who ought to have gone out last year, and who were now eligible for re-election were retained in office, he would not like to use an offensive expression, but were re . - tained in office contrary, to all propriety } fel' on that occasion the chairman left the chair, and would not put the motion which was laid before the meeting, and by this attempt, those directors remained in office for another twelve months. That he admitted; but they did so improperly, (hear, hear, and no, no;) and he said that not only those, but other four gentlemen whose names he called on the secretary to read; who retired in rotation, should go out, and the meeting should have the privilege of putting in parties in Vsiliona tliey had confidence, ite then asked the secfetary t 6 read the names of the next fodr gentlemen who retired in order. The CHAIRMAN announced that the directors who retired next in order, were Messrs. Harrison (Deputy Chairman,) Roy, Macintosh, and Major French. Mr. MuNnoE maintained against the opinion of Mr. Butt, that those four gentlemen ought to retire on the present occasion, and he (Mr. Munroe) protested it those gentlemen did not retire, and if the chairman did not put his motion, he conceived their prbcoedings were filled with irregularities. Why he (Mr. Munroe,) maintained that eight directors should go out, was, that a very large portion of the proprietors had no confidence in them, because they had tied themselves (not the company) to an offer which was prejudicial to the interests of the shareholders, and he would add, that the agree ment which had been read to-day, did not at all follow out the principles of the meeting Which was held in that room, fourteen days ago. One of the clauses of that deed attempted to restrain the shareholders from exercising their privilege at the Wharncliffe order meeting, if they found it necessary to do so. If he were mistaken, he wished to be corrected. Might he ask if he might assume there was such a clause in the deed ; for if not, he would withdraw his mistaken motion on the subject. The CHAIRMAN : I confess I do not understand you. Mr. Murritot asked the Secretary to read the clause: The SECRETARY read the clause in the agreement, which bound the directors of the several companies, to a strenuous and bona-fide endeavour to obtain parliamentary sanction for the objects intended to be carried out by the agreement. Mr. MiimtoE asked whether the privilege of the Wharn cliffe meeting was reserved to the proprietary ? If it be so, he should say no more on the subject, but if it excluded them from exercising their privilege on the Wharncliffe Order Meeting, there was no authority given at the last meeting, to insert' any such clause in their deed, The CHAIRMAN said that was entirely confined to the carrying out of the arrangement with the Great Western Company, and that implied giving their support to the agreement at the Wharneliffe Order Meeting. — Mr. MUNROE put it to the meeting, if he ere not putting a fair construction on the terms of the deed, and he declared he should oppose it with the proxies which he held. He contended there was no authority for putting such a clause in the deed, mid he protested against it. Whilst on his legs, allow him, (Mr. Munroe) to say one word with respect to the two offers which he conceived were before the meeting, for its adoption. They were in this position now, in consequence of the refusal of the Chairman, at the last meeting, to give access to the documents which he believed would show the majority was against rather than with the directors. (No, no.) He saw Mr. Roy laughing, perhaps they should have another turn before they had done. (laughter.) It was said there was no se curity for the per cent offered by the London North Western, whilst there was large security for the the 34 per cent. and the half-profits, which the Great Western had lately laid before them, and which, he said, not being confirmed b the Company, was open to legal investigation. (Hear, hear.) A SHAREHOLDER, rose to order. The question imme diately before the meeting was the election of four gentle men to serve as directors. (Hear, hear.) He submitted to the hon. proprietor that his observations might be very per tinent to another feature of the meeting, but the question now, and the only quest:on before the meeting, was the election of four directors in place of those who were re tiring. Mi.. MUNROE said, if it were so he should not continue discussing the matter at present. As regarded the directors, the shareholders had not confidence in them, and his reason for stating this was—and he should beoi n with the chair man's predecessor, Mr. Wardle, whom 'he believed to be a most estimable gentleman, and he would not say one word against his private character. The CHAIRMAN.-Mr. Wardle is not a director, (hear, hear, and order). dr. MUNROE understood he was a director, (no, no.) As he was not, he world leave Mr. Wardle alone, but, whatever was his private character they were not indebted to him or to his colleagues, for providing the shareholders with a dividend (hear, hear). Let him now refer to Mr. Roy, he was one of the directors. Mr. THORNTON.—Iie is not on the list, (cries of order, and hear, hear). The CHAIRMAN : The motion is, that the three gentle men, whose names have been mentioned, should be re-elected directors. Mr. Roy is not one of them. (Hear, hear, and a cry of " shame.") Mr. MUNROE : Do you wish me to confine myself to those three gentlemen. The CuAinmaw : If you please. Mr. MuNnon should certainly do so ; perhaps he might have a word to say with Mr. Roy by and by. (Hear, hear, and .. " chair.") Mr. THORNTON rose to order- Mr. MUNROE : I shall have a word to say to you shortly (Laughter.) The CHAIRMAN thought Mr. Munroe was in order. Mr. MUNROE continued to say that when a servant did not give satisfaction, or when gentlemen appointed to ma nage a trust did not give satisfaction, there ought to be a change. He asked the meeting to attempt to inflict new blood upon the directory, for he would call it an inflection. With regard to Mr. Haswell, the great body of Scotch share holders had no confidence in him, for he admitted he was tied.to the Great Western offer, and would be opposed to everything like a better offer from other parties, especially from the London and North Western. Those remarks were also applicable to the other two gentlemen, and there was good ground why they should desire to put different parties in the direction. It was impossible he could say. more if he were shut out from referring to the other four gentlemen who ought to retire, and he thought he would be quite in order in referring to them. The CHAIRMAN did not think he would. Mr. MUNROE : Must I then make a substantive motion with regard to it. I don't require you to maliO a motio: a putting TO shun: kicat laughter). - o take the wh lATUNII6E was anxious question Thoputtingin of four individuals was a mockery and a clelu , sion. Ito Ifegge4. to propose .as an amendment, that Mr Kennedy,' barrister, be appainte'a in place . of Mr: Haswell. Mr. R. P. Robinson seconded the amendment,- wtrioh was then put and negatived by a large majority, and Mr. Us well's re-election declared to be carried. Itt7le mid Williams were then re:appointed with- .en proposed flid gpfointnl out further opposition The CHAIRMAN th Samuel Helm. A SHAREHOLDER enquired how long Mr. llolme had been a Shareholder, or what amount of stock he held ? The ; He is a Shareholder. The SHAREHOLDER assiinied he was, but he wanted to knew the anteing of stock he held, and hew long he was a shareholder. . . ARQtlier SHAREHOLDER : Does he hold sufficient to qua , life him? The CHAIR3IAN : He does. The ..motion for Mr. Holmes appointment was then carried. , Mr. Niclioll's appointment; as secretary, at a salary of £3soperannum, was confittetkl; and Mr; Trevor Was re elected. auditor. Mr. MUNROE then moved that instead of M. Hebert Roy one, of the four fl.dditional Directors following in order to retire, Mr. ,Gordon Thompson be elected in . the first instance. He thought this *as a competent resolution, and, if the Chairman refused to put it, he knot his Femedy. The CirianmAN refused to put the motion in . that form. The opinion: of .Sir Fitzroy, Kelly and Mr. Butt had been taken on this subject, and they Were clearly of opinion that only four gentlemen were to go mit now; Three of those gentlemen had been re-elected, and ;tie gentleman elected in place of the fourth. Mr. MusnoE then read an extract of an opinion of Sir F. Thesiger,. Which stated that the shareholders ought to have filled up the directory in 1852, by electing four per sons in the places of those who retired, but not having done so, he thought it was open to them to supply the omission at the' nest meeting, and there . would, therefore lie eight aiL rectors to be elected: He (Mr. Munroe) hoped he had justified himself that he had not been proceeding without due caution and preparation. The ChAIRMAN. —You have got laid a case and got another opinion. Mr. MuNuon,--Will you do me the favour to read your u NROE.-I will read you mine. The CHAmmAN.—The board have resolved to act oii the inion given by the legal advisers. They must take the . Mtr t srnot thenhanded in a prat y,nin.st the proceed- gs . and said it Was nd Use to gd into the other 'lames, as is fixe4 the .K.tXNED/, said, With all dale SabniiSsiiiii to 151A': At • and Sir F. Kelly, he begged to differ from their inion. He knew not ;how the case had been put before em to elicit such an opinion; but he would say that, if the ivileges Which the legiislative confered on shareholders rid of, the act was completely a dead tter. The 74th section enitidWeied the chafinian fa adi urn a- meeting from time to time, but not sine die ; end he neglected to call another meeting, he extinguished it thogether. It was one of the most monstrous propositions ever propounded, to say in the event of a tumult, the chairman liad the pdiver to adjourn sine die: .This was giving the directors absolute folVer. He direetdd Mr: Batts' attention to the last words'of the 8 vie. cap. 16, which said that the directors were to go out of office in three years, and it was his firm conviction they ought to elect eight; not four direc tors at present. • Sir WILLIA3i JOJINSON announced, with regard to a por tion of ilid sVtdal )21uOiness of the dayi . that .he and his friends would not wish to lie at ilk dipenSe and trouble of the investimatiou which was there referred to. Jig it IVaO only to extend over a month or two it was of no use, and if it were to go over the whole period of the existence of the company ; they thought it would be inexpedient, and so far As he *as coiiCein,e4; they would have nothing to do with it. hear.) t o At( • ear, Lear. C was a tpropos e amendment which . would apply to the motion of the chairman, and ds regarded the whole of the proceedings which had taken place to-day, he would simply move " that this meeting dis approves of the re-election of directors to the board; to give effect to the offer of the Great Western Company, inasmuch as it precluded the board from considering with fairness, even an diriended If i t dr froth , the North Western COnipany, should slid lid itiadd: And Natter this meeting declines to entertain any Oof ff& 4 per cent.- and half profits, and recommends there be no settlement on less favourable terms". He, (Sir W. Johnson) was not without hope, that what was suggested at the end of the motion, might yet be the result. It was only fourteen days since they were there before, and he predicted if they had `a little piiticpee; they would get a little supple .ment from tile Great AV esters Couipaiit i and he put it to the meeting, whether his prediction had not proved true. (Hear, hear.) If they had taken a different course, they would-not now have the good offer they had, and it was owing to the opposition, which he and others gave those offers, and lie must ask them to keep the matter still open. Let them still receive better offers from. either .of the com panies, and itith that lie would be perfectly content. As viSe and honest men, wishing to make the most they could of their property, .they. should keep the door open for an offer from either company. He held that if a company, paying no dividend, was worth 3 per cent., a company yielding at present 1 per cent: was worth more (hear). He should like the afeat Western Railway to Say ithether they had done more than justice to the Shrewsbury and Ilirminghani, find less thad justice to the Chester and Shrewsbury (hear, hear). This was his (Sir W. - Johnson's) whole quarrel with the Great Western offer; and he did hope before another few weeks had pasSed o've'r ; the directors would. not wait for the Great Western to make the amended offer, but that they would go to the Great Western and ask for an amended offer. It was a very small thing which was not worth asking for. He submitted if the directors went in earnest to the Great Western and asked four per cent instead of 3i per cent. cent. it would be giveii, and. if it were, he promised theft his su pport, not only there, but at the Wharneliffe meeting. (Hear; hear.) If they got foul' per cent: they would have ve ry little reason to cornplain. (Hear:) It was next to wa sting time to try to upset the directors. They had a large majority, aad a great deal of power, and if they used it properly, they would meet the proprietors another time With a better offer. He begged to propose his amendment. Mr. B. CA.mtnitii. had great pleasure in geconding the mo= tion of Sir. W. Johnson. No man regretted more than he did the continued agitation which had taken place on this subject. During the last year they had expended £8;000 in carrying on the contest, and this seemed to be dirtying On business more for the benefit of parliamentary lawyers and others, than for the ordinary shareholders of the company. Ho (Mr. Campbell) disupproved of the offer of the Creat Western, He thought the railway was worth more. If the working expenses were reduced more might be made ; and looking . at the immense amount of traffic which would be on the line, he thought they would sacrifice their prosperity by selling it at three and a half per cent, and half profits. He regretted the position the directors had taken on this subject. They said whatever offer the Great Western made, they were bound to take it. They seemed to be tied neck and heels, and so long as the Great Western depended, they could count on a majority in the board of directors. The shareholders need not expect to receive any better offer. (Hear, hear). It was not until the shareholders ceased to support the Great Western, that they came forward with any amended offer. In 1851 iey had a large majority in favor of the Great Western, and at the last meeting ) they had not one third of the majority, and it was because the Great Wes tern feltthe power was falling out of their hands that they made the amended offer. The directors should feel they were there to dispose of the property for the best offer, and they should take the best-offer, and hold themselves open to every offer. (Hear, hear.) They ought not to receive less than 41 per cent. and half the profits. (Hear, hear.) Mr. TorrENnAm reminded the shareholders that the room in which they were assembled was not an auction mart, and it ought not to be made so. The offer of the Great Western, if a good one, ought to be at once accepted. Mr. KENNEDY remarked that the sum of one-half per cent. was the whole question in dispute, and he called on the directors to support the shareholders to get this one-half per cent. Mr. TnororroN said it appeared to him that the motion of Sir W. Johnson struck at a question of confidence or want of confidence in our directors,. he by no means objected either to the language or to the substance of the motion as it stood, still lie took the opportunity of joining issue on the question before the tompany, of course he, in common with every shareholder he saw around him, must be extremely desirous of getting the most they could for their money, and if they could get 4 per cent. they would take it rather than 3,1 per cent., and 41 per cent rather than 4 per cent. On that point at least they were all unanimous, but there were other considerations which arose out of it, the question what they could actually secure, what parliament would actually sanction, (hear, hear,) and what the party offering were really in a position to give. If a delusive offer were made to them for ad captanduni purposes, then it was per fectly clear they were discussing so much moon shine. (hear, hear.) If the party making the offer was not in a position to work it out, then it was perfectly clear to use the language of Carlyle, they were " embracing a chum" in accepting . it. He (Mr. Thornton) took it, and he always considered it should be admitted by business men, that in the present position of the company, the Lonnon and North Wostern were not in a position to make an offer at all, (hear, hear.) They had existing agreements, by those they took their stand, and so long as they existed, the London and .North Western could not get into a position to make them an offer at ;all. Then again supposing they were, as the offer at presant stood, it was a conditional offer to place so Much traffic on their line, as should give them 4i per cent. and for the purpose of obtaining even that, they furthtr stipulate they must have a board of directors with whom they can act efficiently. .(hear, hear.) It appeared to him, (Mr. Thornton) with the sense of the .:shareh elders, deliberately expressed, and he hoped to be again expressed, and finally expressed on the day. Why, it would be a mere fallacy, and worse than a fallacy for them, by their present proceedings, to negative and neutra lize all that had been done, and to fall back into an abyss stultified its past decision crtdit foi sineeru of discofdi frit( would do,. if they Umitiyed and iieufri elements, which they ed what had been done, and accept the offer of the London term_ (kppytuse.) When he ht North 117-c adnlitied s Ilia' he had been well beaten at the last meeting, he (Mr. l'hoitifon) imagined he Was prepaied to join him and his friends, in upholding and strengthening their best agreement, and strengthing ttr:cl consolidating the influence of their dire tors, and in bringing td hear the amount and unanimity n.dich *ottld at once stifle and utfz4v extinguish all further oppositioll: Pen hear.) He hfici hoped so, but he was disappointed ail!! No believed there was sufficient. good sense and good feeling aniongst the ghtfleholdera of the company now present to re-tonsider their past pfoCeedhrgsi ap,d at once to say " we will co-ope rate together to secure file f.. , '4sting agreement which - has •-•-• been read. (Applause.) Now, reffttinr, to the offer of the Great Western, and taking it in connexion With that agree ment, he thought it virtually amounted, proStketi/kly at least f to the 4 per cent which had bden asked for ty the hon, baronet and Ms friends. - Certainly a great deal would depend on the' Working of the railway, and on the consti tution of directors; but nothing could be done satisfactorily if they were picking holes in the character of the directors, if they Were endeaVouring to undermine and to weaken their infidetice: Their first step towards 4 per cent was by strengthening the hands of the directors, and develbping the recourses of the rail Way, (Hear, hear.) It was for this reason that he; Thornton, and his friends, whose proxies , to. the amount of g,ootl votes, had taken the course they had it the . affairs of the company, lie felt there were greater interests fulAcCci in this contest than the mere question of a half per cent. Ile said the ques tion .of monopoly or no monopoly was mooted, (Cheers) As there was no royal road to mathematics, so there should be no, single line of railway to the North of England, (Loud cheers') In the sane ,justice there tthould be no single line of railway to the West Of England, as many have thought the Great Western had a monoply there, and that a line thould be formed against theist, ro that there should be no monoply in the West of England, In the same spirit of justice we would be sorrythat the London and North Western should not have a monoply tf the traffic of the north. (Great applause.) And further than that, what could they think of Parliament, after Parliament sanctioning the expen diture of Idr,gt sums of money for the construction of the broad gnage as far as Birmingham and Wolverhampton ; an opinion we have and what ; he said; could they think of Parliament, if it id say by its fir Great Westeiii and the brOad giitigel" So far shall you go and no fer*licr ?"" Here was a brick wall which was to terminate and shift thcni up, and exclude them, and and mighty result of all the expenditure of capital should be the battering of the buffers of engines against a brick Waif 2n Wgivertainpton. (Hear, heal). iHe public had an interest in matter, and the public interest be consulted. (Hear, heiir : ), Parliament was, after all, the mere representative of the interest, and the echo of the voice of the people, and iC NVHO on the broad qUOion, of monopoly or no monopoly the shgt6oldcrs were 004 on to support, not mere the existing argil ments, not intrely. the parliamentary acts, but also for their own personal S4Eiiirity; their own advanta • own pockets, in bringing this close by . adOpting 'the Great 'Western oirce, Why it mined for him to read the amendment wltiet It Ithit th Pitt iise; qlt he motion of the Hon. baronet directors jtifitlY rOgn the undiminished confidence of th proprietors; (applatito) tht4 thpy ore entitled to our best thanks for the honourable perfaiiiidn6o of arduous duties during a period of unexampier difficulty , (near, hem That this meeting desires to testify their approba'• - " manner ,in which the board has gii , en effect to the resolution of the General niettingi held on the 13th inst., and by ad journmeilt, dri Me 14th ipst: i referred to in the report of the directors, by - did deed of dgreetnent now read and sealed under which equitable terms hlifd been/ concluded, and a permanent alliance with the Great Wesieni i ettere - with the entire satisfaction of the shareholders it into pany: (Applause.) If they could succeed by their en. ni screliiing Mitre ffeiti the Great Western, pray do so ; b. he (Mr. Thornton) e,Aifes.§M he should not attempt to do so. He should be sorry to Ord the Great Western offering them more than they or their proprietors would justify them in giving. lie ii. deal tangibly with realities ; he liked to embrace what was really the stiliStance, but, he did not like to lose the substance for the shadow. (Hear, hear:) tle said on the one side the substance was the Great Western's Ai of three-and-a-half per cent—(A SHAREHOLDER : And half the profits.)— and on the other side the shadow was the London and North Western's offer at four per cont. (Hear, hear:) In Conclusion, he _gave the Directors, as per sons.interested in the . Welfare of a local undertaking, ;ril and honesty, and deprecated personal Ii would rather dive to every man who gild he said the `cte entitled to 'No' ,glit hoc/Utility to give, or imputations differed from him credit for good niotives Directors of the Shrewsbury and Chestei to their best thanks (Hear, hear ; and a Voice, .") for the hondurablej and unflinching, and fearless way in which they;_ bad, niiiilitained existing engagements. (Applause.) He bed to propose the amendment he had read. Mr. WATIIEW SCCOildCd the antendment. Mt. MuNuon said, that Mr. t ritorntot had some time ago stated that he was 'disgusted with the airettotsc and that he would never give them his vote amain ; that he would ngt vote against them himself, but that he would recommend all hiS frien4 to vote for the London and North Western ; and that hebelieved Mr: Roy to be nothing more than the paid agent of the (beat Weskit: Mr. TOTTENHAM did not believe a Word of it, Mr. ROY claimed permission to make a few remarks on the amendment proposed. He wished to call attention to inipqrtaut position in which the Company stood. He would remind them of what they were bound to do, and what they would be compelled to do, if they attempted to evade it. They coinmeneed at an early date a system of mutual defence and suppoi't With the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company, and most honourably and faithfully had thar company acted towards them under most tryifig eiretimstances (hear, hear) ; and he had yet to learn that the ivefe capable of abandoning that line. A large majority of the shareholders having de cided on the course to be taken, and the directors having received instructions, and carried them out, were entitled to demand at the hands of the meeting support in carrying out those instructions. (Applause.) lie (Mr. Roy) held that nothing tended so much to render insecure and perilous investments in railway property, nothing so depreciated its value in this kingdom, as to find a body of shareholders after authorising and instructing a body of directors to seal an agreement, coming forward to do that as a company, which as individuals, no man amongst them would disgrace himself by doing. (Applause). It was not long since, at a public meeting of shareholders, he heard a chairman jocosely state to the meeting, that six times a week he would repudiate his agreements if it were for the benefit of the shareholders. He lived to see the ghtLrehOlderd thaw under the jest. Cries of "Name." He would not name, and if the patty Who asked for the name, considered for a moment, he would see the impropriety of it. Mr. tAst thought Mr. Roy was to avoid personalities. Mr, Roy protested against interruptions coming from a gentleman *ho Made it a point to interrupt hint , - He (Mr. Roy) repeated that the tendency of their conduct was cal culated to ruin their property. The resolution Sir Wm. Johnson was a direct call upon them to tiolate their agreements, (Hear, hear, and No.) The honourable pro prietor had so recently come into the company, he could be scarcely aware of the binding and solemn nature of those contracts. He told the honourable Baronet that a.portion of that contract, sanctioned by act of parliament and by the Board of Trade, gave them .a right to run over the line and take fifty per cent. of the receipts ; and penalty could be inflicted Uptiti them if they neglected their engagements, which would reduce the value of their property below zero. They had the same redress against the Bir mingham hne ; and let them go to the North Western, or any other coinpany„ if not approved by them, and he maintained thq had A tight to run over the Birmingham line to Wolverhampton, and then their terminus at one end was Wolverhampton, and he was glad to say at the other end it was Birkenhead. (Applause.) If the resolution which they had come to at the last meet ing had not been carried, neither the Birmingham company nor their company would have got the offer they have. After referring to the increasing £267 per week in the re ceipts of the company, which more that justified his esti mate of the resources of the line, he admitted that the Shrewsbury and Chester was worth more than the Shrews bury and Birmingham line ; but, he contended if they stood alone, the Great Western would not give more than they now offer for their line. He ( Mr. Roy) never knew more higgling than there had been about this arrange ment, and he asked how could the directors be expected to get more from the Great Western, when Sir. W. Johnson, himself declared he could have no confidence in that com pany if it changed its offer, and then to ask the directors to seek for more, after that declaration, was the most absurd thing he ever heard. He next denounced the conduct of those parties who stood by, looking on with apathy whilst the (directors were struggling against the North Western's attempt to get a line from Shrewsbury to Crew, and also the Newton line, the tendency of which lines was to injure their property, and yet those parties, after suffering . one of those lines to be carried, with monstrous inconsistency, now wanted to attempt to seek for a larger dividend. He cautioned them against violating their agreements, the result of which would be that they should be in Chancery at once. The directors had to look to the permanent interests of the shareholders, not to the interests of parties who held stock for a temporary purpose, and whose ob ject was to keep up the prices of the stock, that they might get well shut of it. This was the object of the Scoteh bankers, who held stock for advances made to parties whom they wished to encourage and support, and the directors should not be guided by mere temporary interest of allowing those parties to dispose of their stock. (Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Roy) believed, if this arrangement was carried out, it would induce many ranks to make permanent investments in their stock. After referring, to the difficuties under which the directors laboured, arising from the conduct of a section of the , shareholderi, he expressed his approval of Sir W. Johnson's declining to call for the investigation which lia( been mooted, but was very little deli,ghted wit uy other • • portion of bis address. Mr. EAST supported the North Western alliance, and contended it would be better to accept it, than the offer of AT SUICIDE liorbeck, rc .-0n Tuesday, a man ing in Titheburn-street, jumped into the river from the Prince's Pier. He was however. picked up and taken to the receiving house, where he was promptly attended to by Dr. Blackley, and was restored to consciousness. He stated that the reason he had attempted suici(l4, was because he had been robbed in a house of ill fnme. in Lime-street, the name of which he could not DEATH BY DROWl:lo.—Thornas Regan, a sailor on board the vessel Chimborago, lying in the river, whilst in assisting in dropping the anchor, fell overboard. Every effort was made to save him, but he sank almostimmediately. The body has not yet been found. THE CHOttnA.--Up the time of the despatch of our parcel last night, no case of decided cholera had been reported, either in the city of Manchester or the borough of Salford. Meanwhile the authorities, both of the city and borough, are putting forth the most strenuous efforts in order to the removal of all nuisances, and the promotion of the general health of the inhabitants. GLASGOW, WEDIIESDAY, SEPT. 28.—The weather continues very unfavourable for the outstanding crops in the west and north of Scotland. To-day (Wednesday) it has been blowing a gale the whole morning, accompanied by heavy rains. Wind, N.W. and by W. - - The Town Council of Edinburgh, at a special meeting held on Tuesday, resolved to present the freedom of the city to the lion. Gladstone, Chancellor of the Exchequei UNGRATEFUL CONDl:MT.—Yesterday, at the New Bailey, Salford, a girl named Mary Carron, 17 years of age, was placed before the bench, on a charge of robbing a house. It appeared that about a week ago, Mrs. Brennan, of Eccles, took into her house the prisoner, who was in a state of the utmost poverty and destitution. She clothed the prisoner, fed tier, and did all in her power to promote her comfort. In return, for all these tokens of kindness, the ungrateful girl got up yesterday morning at 6 o'clock, and literally stripped the house of her benefactress. Information was conveyed to the county constabulary, and Carron was shortly afterwards apprehended. The ItUtISIAN BEAR and the TURKEY COCK.—We have heard a good deal lately about the " position taken by Turkey ;" and as the attitude assumed has been undoubtedly rather warlike we may come to the conclusion that the " position taken by Turkey" is in fact standing on her drum-sticks. —Punch, SECOND THOUGHT;. - Tt was intended to inaugu rate a statue of Louis Napoleon at Lille, bearing the in scription—" To the Protector of Native Sugar." It was, however, abandoned for re-consideration. It will probably be amended as follows, and the statue inaugurated on the 2nd of December--" To the Protector of Native Sugar—of lead."—Punch. SHARE MARKETS , SHPT. 28.—There has been a further de cline again In prices to-day. The sales arc :—Aberdeen 10 ; Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire, £271 1 shares, 10 ; Calc donian. 24 231; Chester and Holyhead, 14i 151 ; Dublin and Belfast, par; East Lancashire, 15 4 g ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 02i; London and North Western, 1001 ; Mid land, 56 ; North British, 6 54 ; North Staffordshire; 61 ; Small Eastern Stock, 171 ; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, N.E. purchase, 41 ; York and North Midland, '2l; ; -°" 1,1 stud Lincolnshire, pref. 181 LIVEItPOOL, -•-• LONDON, SEPT. 28.—The market for Public Securiti e has shown a rapidly improving tendency this morning, chiefly in conseqitcrido of the prevalence of the belief that no alteration in the rate of interest Will be made by the Bank to-morrow. Consols for the Account have been done at 92/ to 92, and are now quoted 92 to I, and for money at 90+ to 91g. Bank Stock for the account has been done at 218, and India Stock also for time at 1103. Exchequer bills have been heavier at 12s. to 17s. dis., and India bonds at 10s. dis. The Foreign market has been rather active, and in some cases prices are lower. Within the last hour, however, quota tions have considerably improved, in sympathy with the market for the English funds. The Railway Share Market has also been much firmer this morning, but in consequence of the approach of the settlement, prices hate ruled rather irregularly. There has not been much doing in Gold Mine Shares, bu prices are well supported for tile better descriptions. SHARES AND SzoOrs.—Ambergate and Eastern Junction, 4x d ; Caledonian 47+ 6 ; Chester and Holyhead, 14; Eastern Counties, 11$ 4 3 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 60 57 ; Edinburgh and Dundee, 2h3 20 ; Great Northern, 69 9 ; Ditto A. 42; Ditto B. 119; Great Southern and W x,eis; te a r Ln n (ele S id l , r so e N l r a ko n si d i.lt ) iirl , ee 9 rn, 7 6 3 ,ll i; ii Great Western, 78 173 9 ; Lanca shire6lo24; I L i x oneo d n ; 8 and Blackwell, 71-1 London and North Western, 993 g 1003; Ditto Fifths 12k ; Ditto Eighths, 14; London and South Western, 74 ; Manchester and Lincolnshire, 181 ; Midland, 563 it 51 7 ; North British, 241 ; North Staffordshire, 11 loq n ; Oxford and Wolverhampton, 353 6 ; Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 64 ; South Eastern, 573 8 7 ; South Wales, 33 ; York and Berwick. 57 8 ; Do. Extension, 10; York & N. Midland, 421. Line Leased at a Fixed Rental.—,Midland Bradford, 100. Preference Shares.—Eastern Counties, New 6 per cent., 13 ; Great Northern (5 per Cent., Redeemable, 1071 61; Ditto 43 per Cent., 731 Great Western (Irredeemable, 4 per cent.), 95 ; Oxford and Wolverhampton, 100 x d ; Ditto (151. paid). 15,1 wd. Foreign.—East Indian, Extension, 13 ; Great cen tral of France, 83; Northern of France, 331 ; Paris and Lyons, 261 61: Paris and Strasbourg, 373 ; Sambre and Meuso, 71 1 Zealand, 53. Consols for Accent, Oct. 13, 12.112 i. GLASGOW MARKETS, S;EPT. 23 Our Pig-iron Market «•as • weaker yestt rdayin consequence of the more unfavourable news regarding ..the state of affairs in Turkey, and the prospects of war, Warrar, is fell to 625. 6d. cash, and did not recover up to 5 p.m. ; 12, 1 - ers, 625.; No, 1, 645. 6d. to pa.; Gartsherpe, 71s. 6d. fi ever way they turned they that the dilemma might be kis Irk the room. (Laughter.) He was a shareholder in the Birkenhead line, ind he should like to know, where was the 4f Per cent. in North "Western was to send over the line. not in the dividend. (Hear, hear.) At the Chairman was asked where was the ,fie, and he fenced with the question, and As regarded the North Stafforchthin Korth Western broke all its engagen traffic, which t the last Meet unts, and they had to bring them into the Court of Chancery. lie charged the London and North Western with buying shares in the Shrewsbury and Chester, and dividing them amongst their u threw out some suggestions, counselling the cessation of hostilities, remarking that if the supporters of a North-Western were not likely to make any greater progress in years to come than they bare done in past years, tiiey_ ought to bow to the decision of the majority. He X SHAT cautiffitd them against refusing the Great Western's offer, for a time might arrive when the company would go out of the market, and they might be brought in at a lower prico. Mr. THORNTON admitted that he had said y' certain things were correct, which he was told about the directors, he would not give them his support. But they were not correct, and he reminded Mr. Munroe there were such things as private communications, which were never intended for public _ _ meetings. (II hear.) lie stated also that the - whole • remuneration paid to the twelve directors for the last year, including expenses, was .094, or something about £5B each. Sir W. JOHNSON then replied, after which the amendment proposed by Mr. Thornton was put and carried by a largo majority; but Captain Bulkley demanded a poll should be gr. CON'DMAINT said, with a view to prevent litigation on either side, he would move that without prejudice to the existing rights of Messrs. Harrison, Roy, Macintosh, and Major French those gentlemen should be elected directors. E protested against this motion being put. MAN, however, decided it would be put ; and the resolution was put and carried. The motion was then made special, and a resolution was passed, authorising issues of new preference shares to the amount of £75,140. . . Itr. M The C Sir War, JOHNSON declined to press for an investigation into the state crf the shares, and transfers in June and July 1851, the other special business dropped. The poll on Mr. Thornton's amendment was then pro ieeting adjourned to 12 o'clock this d with, and tl when the read It will I voted to the chairman, and the proceedings terminated, REVISION Couar.—The Court was occupied yesterday in considering claims and objections, relative to the township of Tosteth Park. The proceedings were of a similar ell/meter to those which engaged the attention of the court the preceding day. CHOLERA.-011 board the vessel Silas Greenman, 6of cholera have occurred, noW IVit one on Tutoday, and three yesterday. The bodies were brought ashore and buried by the parish authorities. As certificates were given that the parties had died of cholera, the Coroner did not feel it necessary to hold inquests. It may be added that this vessel, which is outward bound, has from 20 to MO German emiirrants on board, who have n'arly all arrived Hambu A few evenings since, Mr. Atkinson, clerk in one of the Liverpool banks, came to orde a coach from Mr. Busby, corner of Fox-street, for the inter ment of one of his children. He came on a car hired from Mr. Archer, of Kirkdale, and after leaving Mr. Busby's he returned home alone. the Netherfield road, sitting on the box of fhn rm. !Orin r, with the driver. By some means he _fell off DI.ATFI in U 1( 1.:411 a1l111:; Luxa vaa, aaa a • • - the seat, and sustained such injuries that he died the following day. The deceased resided at Walton. An inquest was held by the county coroner on 111ondaS•, and a verdict of death," IN: r as returned ACCIDENT On Monday, a German sailor, named Is, aged 21 years, fell overboard, from the gin the river. He was fortunately picked Antonio Nichols :hip Fidelia, lyit tip by five botme-n Attl: 31 PT named Soh