The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-12-20 00:00:00

"The Emperor Alexander, on hearing the tenor of
the address, refused to receive it, and insisted, in hio re-
ply, on the unlawfulness of such • step on the part of
the nobility. We ore &soured that he qualified the pros
medals as a conopirecy,' and dismissed the deputation
with an expression of regret at Ins being unable to ads
dress them in Illore gracious terms."
Michael llesobrasoff. nephew of Prince Orloff, lately !
presented to the Fuiperor, we beer, a memorial, in I
which he endeavoured to warn the Emperor against
the evil counvellors about his person, who were
leading hint and the empire to the brink of a
precipice. The judges And the administrative function- i
arie4, said he. " are till nut and have lust all sense of
honour; the monarchy is on the verge of bankruptcy
oil jerlitical dissolution, Ac. The Council of the cm-
to which this memorial wee submitted, declared ital
author to be guilty of high treason. Purift (41,41, isa a
relative of the accused, abstained from voting, Prince
Wasik Dolimrooki and Count lichouwalolf did not all.
ear at the sitting, and M. I Wesobrozolf was deciared to
trove forfeited his rink neA 1111111 tn. to be stripped of all
Ms functions, nts.l exile.l to IViatka.
There wan a report that the Emperor of China had
given the Rll4.lKtre our the Amour notice to quit, /V 4 he
had Dever author-I,yd the cession of territory. mill bail
only just hearth of the mAtletilent ; and that mean whole
the Rwasivii F.:Mb:V.34y at Pek ii was " vealtri up"iii tA
chow. The rumour is warmly contradicted by the
RUASIaII journals.

! flag cat.tain of the Commander-in-Chief. performed the i
,
--ales-- cartel,- need solditie away the I.lockw, the k; , c.ereuunly of 111111ing the Dimas, and the alispwrightsj
last of which was no sooner released than the TAW ;
THB DUNGANNON TRAGEDT.—The reporter of the '
ship, without any recourse beitg had to " screw ' or
;
Norther* Whig, writing from Lunge' iiiiiii says :—" A
" hydraulic," w Inds had been jawed io position for ser-
;mother of shoal were yesterday partially cloyed, out of
;
respect to the late rtargeaut Welchem!. It wee cog- ; vice, if required, stated on LIN Y. and, amid the
restive uf the extraordinary character of this calmuity, I Finnan.' of the io'ettiltictl ermed. gulch 4.1.1.1 nnil
Fetidly without check of any Itiol into the water. Her
to era among thane who hins I ttttt mired the mortal
remains of ill Cleland the brother ell Holden's wife— WA 1
pre,;ress
port bower, as won as she was char of the silica, stopped
sister'. husbated being, at the 111111.2 time, charged with her hanker astern, awl the launch was coin-
Constable WClellano's murder. 31'elellanet's two I' e. Nothing could have bee, carried out in a mute
brothers —respectable farmers, residing hear Ballyineua . "eee'teful In-diner. The bend .of tier 11"fe'9..".'11,i1.
arrived o ritUrsday, arid were resent at the
VI. tory wee ilk attelatalwe alai tile) c'. a variety 14 All,
—n p illlitlVAt.
during the rruceehings. The Royal screw yacht Fairy
They appeared to be deeply effected. The corp. was
arrival front Osborne. but, as no !lag Wal, ll.dliled. it
removed thie morning for interment in a burial-gruund
was hot known whether Iler Majesty or ally of the
near Ballymena. From all I can kern, he Mad a
temperate, steady men, 11104 IlAtVlllatie In illlKllletit And 1614 rAlllily were on hoard. The fallowing are the
orderly in his habits. Being delicate in health, and
two ribs broken a abort time ago, Kele:lMO altip t—l:xtreine length 268 it. 4:n. ; length between per-
principal iliotansiona, horse 1.01,et, 31111 Ar111:111441t of the
having bait
was very unwilling to leave the barracks on the fatal I-meth:ulna, 2ft. lin. ; extreme breadth, sit. siii. ;
night, when attked by filliden to go with I 1111 l to the
hiiieliit,ti.roill,!tallifrganirl,t.:Nftti;e4l,l:i6,ltl.,ed Iti.4,;,uunrei-rl.leisli.liulti,f,talnie.
house of the Rev. Dr. Shine ; but, under the circum-
stances of Holden having ban reduced to the ranks that in the uniform of his period, with the eampenlown
medal mope:soled 011 the breast. II- airs. I lellyer and
day, and his being about to leave for another etatadi,
the poor deceseeti thought it would look like deserting Sons, of eosliain and Southampton, are the artists. The
• iii fl in his too:hitt ii,,,s if he stubbornly- declined to ..„, machinery of the ship consists of II pail' of 111.1.:ZOIltAl
wall 111111 Wilyll requente,l to du cue. Acarelingly the 31- trunk engines by Penn idol Sons, of 460 horse-jower
fated tali nut tin lilt jacket, which wax off at the taut, earl,, no 11l i l lel- Tile nbile+l*rinali,vnt 'ill . 1'11"e an
the upper uncle. 011 U pivot gun of 95 cat., 10 feet long,
and went out to return a mangled corpse. As an active,
strict, yet popular comdable, the illsitarted deceased "Pi 19 35-I,tinto'e". of 42 "L endi' eight fact long;
main deck, :lit 32-pounders, of 56 en t. each, 9 feet
a ill he greatly Illhae.l in bUlikraillioll. Mr. Matthews is
also a favourite in the neiglibourtossl, end great regret Melte,. hug; lower deck, :ffi eight-inch guns, of 65 cwt.
itexpressed for lout present lamentable condition. Mrs. end!. 9 feet long. The Dllllesll will receive her in.'
Weielland. as way be eeple,„,..d. ;„ in e state of the 1,1111:1117 ill the :Avant basili at Portsmouth, htel be vim-
greotest mental Agony. A subscription leas been already pitied RA fast . possible for sea service. A 51-gun fri-
token uo on her behalf and that of her chialren. A gate, to he named the Dryad, will tic laid down 1111 l ler-
culaiderable A 1111 l unt of money hoe already lama cub- swath the shed w Inch has bees vacated by the Duncan.
scribed. ilattlicas's horse, taken away on the night of At the conclusion of the launch the workmen in the
the loonier, abandoned by Holden, at the Monaghan'. Yard were vented the catoivary half-holiday.
road station, was found by *woe person and brought
back to Dungannon toslay. While Mr. Wettliews
remains in a CUMIltiOll of it:ol4l,ly, ilUres of bit eurvival
are somewhat higher to hay then yesterday. SO ex-
tensive are the injuries lie has auatained that asiother
blow would, in all probability, have ten ll ill Med hie
existence on the emit. Ile has got two fract urea of the
skull, one on the temple mid another at the Irak ot the
head ; and the doctor* fear there is a third fracture.
There isalso a severe !scalp wulliai ; Allll, in tl.e upper
jaw, there is • hole eutiposed to lie made by the Mitt,
end of a pistol. The uhfortutiate officer has alai Mat an
eye, and is altogether sadly dietigurc.l. Vet, strange to
ay, although the skull is brawls, and there are ail thew
injuries ol the head and face, lie is hot maiming from
coucussion of the brain,
Mr. Matthews is a widower, lava.; only one child—•
deughtet, aged 15. The pour gehtlenian is suffering no
touch from nervousness —lipprelletiniee, it ic loclieVvd.
lest he should be again attacked —that his 111.111,At
relatives are Hut peralittvd to be in the loom with him.
When lie was brought to the hoar. and asked by al
lie had been so weaulteel, he said Holden wee wall 111111
and knew ell about it. This reply, end the evbience to
the elect that • woman was avvll Ilk eukukskuy Wlth
Holden on Monday night have led wine to supposes the
attack %%Mama made by one person eihgly, but there are
1,., grounds to implicate any Inure than one man in the
entire tragic transaction. It is generally believed that
if the second gunshot wound mel not appeer on the
body of Constable Welellend, Mr. Matthews would nut
be alive to day. Since the wretched win, Holden, won
brought to Dungatinon, he has been, properly, kept as
much as puesible from the public gaze. Ile was net
present et the inquest, and when it IN:C.4IIe necessary to
have Il i 11l isientitiesl, the witness, jury, and niagiatrates,
with the constabulary, were the only persons present.
Twu policemen are comitantly with I . night And day.
He fell Weep about 2 o'clock this vim:, end dui not
rice till nearly 10. He ha not given only indication
of remorse for ha supposed crimes further than may be
gathered (ruin his threatened suicide, ha expressed WWI
a lien co g from Dundalk to Dusigantion, that the
train might be knocked over, and hie tears when Ins
letter wes read at the magisterial inquiry. W ith a
1-roper detest tion of the crones with which Holden
stands elierged. and a lively sylnyvllly for the victims of
11,,, aid tragedy, there in a deep under-current of pity
felt for the iiiiaerable position oh the prisoner. He is a
all, fine-looking man, excels in manly exercises ; had •
great taste for reeding, row:ally poetry, a favourite
oiwation of his behig the great soliloquy on suicide of
Natalia. He la also a musician, plays well, it IA Aalit, Ull
the cornopeen ; writes a good halal, and racelled 111
draWil ; to that so far as pliyaical power said mental
accomp ishinents can make • superior conatahle, lie lied
souse reason to say, * I was toes good for the form:"

EXETER, TVVIDAT AND WEDNIMDAY.

Thomas Ksvanah was indicted for having upon the
high Ni•sa on the IStli of July, 1859. unlawfully,
maliciously, and feloinusialy cut away and destroyed •
certain vs ssel called the Ruby, with intent to prejudice
the underwriter% of a policy of insurance as to the said
vessel. and also having bored three holes in the alter-
run of the said vessel with intent to destroy or render
her useless.
The grand jury having returned • true
.bill in this
cane.
Thu learned Judge asked what counsel appeared.
Mr. H. T. Cole und Mr. Lopes were counsel for the
prosecution, and Mr. Cox and Mr. Carter tor the pn-
sutler.
The learned Judge stated that it unfortunately hap-
pened that this case hail not been included in the res-
tive ; therefsiee, when making his arrangements for the
circuit, he had no knowledge that there would be a case
of this kind in which there were 24 witnesses. Ile had
nut, in consequence, sufficient time to bear the case at
the present assize, for he bad not the 'sower to postpone
thellt:e:sus is
lia
to him
i 611:i °Hun, e
that,lai ts
It le
lookingn cs'ie leter I.a
a theil all
I matter,
theli :lvet:Hits:int",
salsnu,
there were two counsel open,—one to adjourn the assizes
till utter a
aftessrists's ; i hrstissas, or to postpone this ttial until the
ue
It
t was a
peculiar tbeciwrcowuis
liditllwescsit
altogether.theiiriiie ranted
mt.% It.
not be taken as • precedent. Certainly, this would be
casting a burden upon the judge who might come the
Spring Circuit • lie would, therefore, willingly return
here after Um blamorganshire Assizes after Christmas,
and take the case then. He would do this by con'
sent.
Mr. Cox said the prisoner was anxious to be tried.
Mr. Carter wished to know when his Lordship would
pnspose to adjourn to?
The learned Judge said it was difficult to say, because
the Mishima in Glamorganshire was generally heavy.
When would the sessions be held?
Mr. Carter said he should thiuk about the sth or 6th
of January would do.
It was ultimately decided, with the consent of counsel,
that the trial should be postponed until the next spring
A correspondent writing to the Times, says : Isainaeii.
Teo
.fitet• ill L. history il England, temp. Yid.. The whole of the day was occupied in hearing cases
that cannot be published. Toolay (Wednesday) the
me itidisputable ; VIA, ir,t, our ship, kre daily 1
bringing li ~,,, e (ruin India buedreds of men who base : court
Wei-ally see then:, lies in hurtle array against their would he an additional reason why Kevanah's case must
ofiicers, who instead of punishment are receiving con- ;he pnatiinned. -
A.:. ratite coins of money as howdy at your expense and
1..01e, SIMI who, moreover, are greedily suuPPcd up l'Y COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE, DEC. 14
restiotiog Fer;Zi.:ll3l6 10 join the Queen's service ; and, : (Beare Sir C. CaenewEld..)
seadolly, the' 10.4 sailors, who have been tried in a
batch and have received seideutu in a manner much IN THE Gomm nA e JOHN BACON, DICEANED.
resesn'lsling the sentence n
o a !Ater o The Qsieen's Advocate, with whom was Dr. Spinks,
f puppies I re-con-
sle -il to Ow horse-pond, without mkt.. .nee to in- mined for probate of the will of John BAWD, an
divelual merit, are spending their Christmas in Win. eminent sculptor, WllO Ilied at Burthwick on the 14th of
ClleSti-Si;aol. July last. The deceased appeared to have a peculiar
Let one of these 10.4 wen tell his own story:.— horror of the law, and of legal proceedings, and his will
"My dear Mother awl Sister i write thews few lines contained a great many complaints against lawyers for
to you in Answer to your kind and Welcome letter in the auirli.i..i they produced in testementury papeni
hop es of doling you 'mite Well as thaek Got it leaves with which they had anything to do.
me at Pr-unit you tell me yen see in the parrs about Sir U. Creswell. I remember a happy observation of
the Riot on Board if our Ship you ask ine if i Inn • Lord Lyielliurat. that when a person tutertainesl that
of them and I must tell you yes i sin accused with 107 I unjust feeling against the profession, his estate generally
ttttt re as Eking in it But thank Owl lain not guilty of insole atonement. (Laughter.)
the charge laid 10 1110 i shall hut tell you what punish. The Queen's Advocate said that Mr. Bacon's papers
mead i hese got hut i shall 'fee you in 101LICII 11/111 then i were certainly left in • state of great confusion, and
will kll you all about it the Ship is nut pail off yet and much ingenuity was displayed in the instinct in which
I Do not know When she will Be you Ask ii.e how 1 sonic of them were drawn up. The first will extant
spent ivy Birthday i hail • very happy Birthday under was dates! the 7th of July, DIM, and to that will there
we state of wings at rra„iii if you see any thing were three codicils of the saute date to begin with.
inure in the paper* you must not take any notice of There WAS then a mass of papers containing other wills
it as there Viii! lie a threat Deal Pat in theol my and eaelleild down to the date of July, WU. Ile and
hear Sister Do Pray tell neither Out to put herself Isis family not being quite satisfied with the state of his
in St•Cil had speritcs about it AS i do not if she does testamentary papers, were prudent enough to cell in a
when i come lionse i shall not like it you will get my respectable solicitor, who prepared • will, containing an
likeness and all the nests next week Ily one of usy ample revocatory clause, which was executed in Feburary
aiiiimiatea one lives (.I„ae by you is Rama is • • 1857. That gentleman at the mule time delivered to
i wish you a merry Christie'ss end a ham/ new year hies the old wills and coshed', entreating him to destroy
i expect soy half pay is stela By this time till i come them. but Ise carefully presserved them. After his death
home now my Dear Sister you know that march will a codicil was found at the back of this bundle of papers,
not he long iwomiiiing, SO keep them Sprites up and I dated the Ist of July, 1854, which purported only to
Do Jed let her fret so much do not write to me till give a legacy of £2OO to a friend, but was so worded as
you hear from me again if you Do i shall not get the to republish and confirm the will of 1854 with its
letter so now i InUsL conclude Believing use to laknanl CASIkil•• It apperred, howeser, from the affidavits of
your affectionate SOW slid Brother." the two ettestiug witnesses, Charlottes Silverthorn and
Now let the w riter of the shove and a fellow prisoner lilia'betil Patch' who were servants in the testator's
family. that when they signed this codicil the del:sawed
tell their joait story to a 'shipmate. did not tell them whet the document was, but folded it
so that they could only see the place where they Inel to
put their is inies ; that he ilia not say that lie bail signed
it, nor acknowledged it in any way, nor disl they see
lii. signature. Under these circumstances the learned
counsel prayed his Lordship to pronounce against that
codicil, and to decree probate of the will of February,

"Dec. 5, 18.5%
" My dear Frientl,—We wish you a happy Christmas
and many of them we see you wia paid off on tumidity
mourning tint' Ne hope you arrived tale it home we re-
ceived your hod letter and was very glad to hear from
you we thought you would have come to see on but
I tulip°oe you wanted to see your friend. you said in
your letter you was going to bee your friends you said
in your letter you was pin.. to hang on in the--
but— —thinks you find letter join a ship that will
he 3 month. before she leaves England then he will -
have • chauce to moue with you as for inyaelf I shall SKIPPER AND SKIPPER V. BODKIN AND OTII6IIII.
say go c.l bye to ---- before you return off leave
leave a note at -- Holtne fur him .1 he will be The plaintiff. were the executors of the late Rev. Mr.
able to find you tell our intim. we aliall be home im 81ItYth. of Cringleford, in Norfolk, whose will they pro-
three tionitlis titite you aunt take care of this paper . pounded. The defendants were the heir-at-law and neat
,
----an he wants to keep it I think visitors ..e of kin of the deceased, and they opposed probate on the
allowed to see on about Ciiristinas time, ao perlisl,, ground of incapacity and influence. After a long trial
you will have a chance to ace on but t 11l i l ins of our before lila Lordship and a special jury, a verdict wan
hair mai wiakerst we will write again ii 1 have any returned on Friday wcek for the executors, upon the
ottairtunity till our Mother, we are quite happy tell 1.1110 1.1 incapacity, and for the defendants upon the
them it 111 net !Ohba there an in a matt-of -war tell thein'
, 1
I.llle of undue influence. The facts were fully reported
an if me did not care a Pig for it d„iit tell tiit„, f at the time of the trial.
Mr. herjeaut Pigott, with whom were Mr. Tristani
a, 'halt have our hair cut it you write immediately
, perhaps we ahall get it hut dont be aurpriaed if ivy lout , and Mr. Couch, now moved for a rule nisi for a new
1
Ott the ground that there mot no evi lence to
io,..,ere it plea. to- drink oar health on Christmas i trial.
day tell our friend we I.llllot write. ' support the finding of the jury upon the issue of undue
1
I •
** Front your ever affectionate and well wialiing inductice.
friend and late aliiiiiticte..' Sir C. Creswell said the question which the Cane
And now, Sir, let the mother—a hard-working ! involved was one of great importance, and he would
laundress with two sickly daughters speak *stud- i endeavour to obtain time assiatance of sonic of the
land 11 i Jlll,l/11 We, and I pled ".
ge inybelf that the report . Ir." 1 judges of the common law courts when it wits
is accurate , I argued.—Rule nisi.

1857.
Dr. Bwahey, for the gentlemen interested under the
codicil, did not oppose the application.
hhi Lordship 'lntl he had no difficulty in granting the
motion.

ALEXANDLR E. ALEXANDER AND AMOS.

------ •
Ilothcr was tl.e best son that ever woman
hat, and never aave me • moment'. trouble. Ile al
We) allowed nie"lret. a 111101411. Poor fellow, he sent
me his portrait, awl here it as. It is hard not to are
hint at Christmas after four years' absence. And it is
herd. SA., to lose the list. a month, but it is harder to
fancy that he ia in gaul with his hair cut off, poor
And now (through the mother) let his old shipmate
speak, awl I will remark that I have every reatton to
beliese that the another is • truth•telling woman :

The petitioner in this ease prayed for a slissolution of
marriage on the ground of Isis wifess adultery. The cum
was partly heard at the last sittings of the full Court
and stool over for further evidence. The respondent
dii it then appear, but has 'since obtained a rule nisi
to be allowed to appear and put in an answer.
11)r. Tristram now moved that the rule might be made
abmslute.
No cause being shown on the part 1 the petitioner,
The Court made the rule ab.olute accordingly.

Mother —, his shipmate, who came on
purpose to see toe, " He was toe yowl a lad. end
we never could get him to take a glass, and he never was
in trouble of any kinil ; he hail been in the dockyard all
illy, anti hail no more to ilo with the manly than you
have. He was oat watch. and had run down to change
his clothes, azol when be hearth ' the pipe to quarters,'
lie ran up, hut some of the men called out 'coward,' and I
tripimili him up, and before he gut to the ladder it was
taken away, un.l the hatches were battened down. I
had only just time myself to get on deck, and hut for
all ACtidelst I might now he iu Winchester Gaol instead ,
of here."
, Perhaps sonic sceptic may reinark—" Oh ! this is •
I very pretty story, but why did nut this all collie out on
the courcinarti•l r Ti,e answer is, " Sailora are just
like schoolboys ;" and if such a sceptic will go to Win-
chit-der College, which ill W 'thin a Mile of the gaol, the ,•
authorities will tell liiin that when 20 or 30 boys are in
a scrape the • .cent prefer suffering with the guilty to
turning NORA their imutpanious ; such, at any rate,
was the case in my time.
In the name of justice all England has aroused to
reverse the rentence of Smethurst, a man who had for- I
felted the sympathies of the world. 11, there no one
with power, Money, and influence who will advocate the
reversal of the sentence on these hundred and eight !
men ? If there be such an one, and he has not the
will, let not that Mtn join to the prayers of the Church :
for all prisoners and captives.
To suggest a practical remedy for the jinniiihment of
the mutinous amitotic of the Crew, let me suggest that
that 108 nien be 1111 l sterol, and let the offer he tuade that
on three men confessing them-tie is guilty the treat shall
he pardoned and discharged liefore Cliriatiumoday. II
more than three step out 55 guilty men, let them draw
lots for the pardon. Justice will be satisfied, without
the hecatomb which him been made.
• The fact of Ws men being condemned in • lump in an
offhand court martial may be a good story to tell to the
M.irines, but is a jiroof that a courcindrtial iii not a
court of justice.
, The origioal letters and my card are at the service of
any one who ponies his word that no use will be made
of the Ilained against the interests id the prisoners.
Yours obediently,

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1859,
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when only 200,000 out of the MlO,OOO shares were taken
up. The contractors liad been paid with shares inatead
of money, and by that means they were forced upon the
market and sold at a discount. He believed that Mr.
!Snowy had taken up 30,000 shares. They hail a right
to know who the shareholders were. He felt certain
that another chip of the moue size could not be construetel for less than Doom. He then entered into peril.
uglier.; reapecting an interview he hail bast with Mr.
Campbell, one of the directors, in respect of the audit.
after which lie (Ur. Gut-Mille) sold 1,100 aliares before
he went to Paris When he came back he was told by
Mr. Jackson that the whole of the shares had been dis-
posed of in May or June last ; subsequently it appeared
that, owing to some arrangement of the board, only
3,000 out of the last 30.000 shares were taken up after
the exploeiun, leaving 27,000 shares in the 'iambi of the
company. But before that event those shares woold
have been readily taken up by the public, hut they were
kept hack for some purpose. Ile theught great credit
was due to the press for having given vu faithful all ac-
count of the progress of the ship and of the accident
which unfortunately happened on the voyage to Wey-
mouth. The banquets to the shareholders on In.ard the
ship had been given by Mr. Scott Russell. lie
that £lO,OOO had been paid for cuali, and 1.".3),001/ for
wine. (('ries of " Not trw.")
Mr. Parry said the coat of the wino purchased was
£3,000, and no more.
The Chairman peraisted in his statement of 4:20,000
amid some uproar, and cries of " £3,000." Ile believed
that about £60,001) was all the money that would be re-
quired to pay debts awl tit the great ship fur sea. He
proposed to get rid of the present director+, place the
management in the luaiu,le of the shandiuldera, and to
form another couipany. (LAughter.) He concluded by
moviug a resolution expressing regret at the past mis-
management of the company, and having no confidence
in the hoard of directors as at present constituted.
Main. Murray seconded the Motion,
The Rev. Mr. Nicholson spoke in high terms of Mr.
Bold, one of the directors, who was recently elected, and
had a large stake in the undertaking; he was also well
acquainted with commerce and slopping. He considered
' that Mr. Magnus was a very useful director, although be
was in a minority at the board. He then explainwl that
lie heal been over the ship twenty times at least, and had
found the works very ilefeeti,e, and there was a great
want of caution displayed in several places. In more
than one lance the woodwork was placed close to the
main funnel., and were it not for the precaution adopted
by Capt. Harrison in keeping men at work wetting the
wood, and the hose of two engine* at haiiil, a fire would
' certainly have taken place. (Hear, bear.)
Mr. Taylor haul protested on former occasions against
the amnia, adopted by the directors in sending the ship
to sea before she was ready, but be believed it was done
to gratify the dir,etors and to suit their vies el. He
considered that Mr.Bohlandi Mr. Zooms weregood Olen.
Considerable uproar and personality ensiled, in the
oeuree of which amendments were proposed.
Mr. Aldennan Hislipain. of Birmingham, thought it a
pity that Mr. Guedalla had taken the chair, becauee lie
allowed his feelings to interfere with his duty as chair'
loan. They were unlcii obliged to I ' fur calling the
meeting, but lie tho.iglit the best course was not to pass
any resolution at all with reference to the directors, as
they had not sufficient inhumation before the meeting.
Ile would therefore propose that the meeting be ail-
jounied till the 9th of Januery next.
In reply to questions. it was stated that the shams
had fallen in the market frau 22.. 6.1. to 10s, each, but
that there was no mow fur the panic that seemed to pre-
vail.
The Chairman persisted in putting his resolution and
the ainendinents thereon.
Several shareholders contended that all of them were
agreed as to the mismanagement of the company'a affairs,
but they had not any reliable statement before them to
justify the poising of such a resolution as had been pro-
weed by the chairman, or even the amendments thereon.
which were of a similar character. Cries of " Withdraw.
withdraw." resounded on all sides, and in the midst of
the uproar the Chairman declared the meeting at an end,
and quitted the chair.
Mr. Alderman Hodgson was then unanimously voted
to the chair. Ile mint lie was sorry the former chairman
had allowed his feelings to get the better of his judgment.
It would he a great pity if they were to injure their Pro-
perty in any respect, and he thought therefore they had
better adjourn to the sth of January next, to allow time
for proxies to be lodged at the secretary, and to give the
directors the opportunity of explaining their 'insects,-
ings prior to the meeting of the couipany appointed to be
held on the I lth
Mr, tue,lalla se, led the motion, and, after some
observations from Mr Webber, the resolution was car-
ried unanimously.
Votes of thanks were passed to Mr. Guedalla acid Mr.
Hodgson, and the meeting adjourned to the 6th of Janu-
ary.