The Express.
London, England, 1863-02-21 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN.
After our report left yesterday,
Mr. WRIGLEY declined to withdraw his resolution, and
Ou a division, the show of hands being nearly equal, the
chairman gave the decision in favour of the amendment
moved by Mr. Wrigley, whereupon a poll was demanded
by Mr. Smith.
Scrutineers having been appointed, the meeting, which
had lasted nearly four hours and a half, was adjourned
until Wednesday, the 25th inst. The poll will be open
daily from 10 till 4 o'clock, and until noon on Wednesday.
The proxies lodged are as follows In favour of the
emaciation represent about 3,500,0001. of capital ; in favour
of the board of directors represent about 9,000,0001. of
capital. The votes recorded pereomilly, up to di o'clock
last evening, were as follows: For Mr. Wrigley's
amendment. 64 mimes, representing 242,0001. stock
against Mr. Wrigley's aniendment,llo persona, representing
742,0001. stock, exclusive in both mass of the capital re-
presented by proxy.

Run LINCOLNBLUZZ RAILWAY. —The half-yearly
meeting of the shareholders of thin eom_oaoy was bold yes-
terday at the Great Northern station, Kmg's-cross, Colooel
Pack' in the chair. Mr. Oakley, the seeretery, read the
report of the directors, which stated that the riot goana-
teed by the Great Northern Company had been duly paid.
The engineer of the Grist Northern Company reported that
the East Lincolnshire line had been well maintained, and
all the neceseary additions made to meet the requirements
of the trafßc. The board had unanimously elected Mr.
Faber as director In the place of Mr. Parker, , deceased.
The chairman moved the adoption of the report, which
was seconded by Mx. Henesge, and carried unanimously.
Colonel Packe, Mr. Thorold, and Mr. Faber having been
re-elected directors, the proceedings terminated.

BUCKINGHAM/IH= RAILWAY. Yesterday the
•yearly meeting of the proprietors of this company was
held at the Reston station, under the presidency of Sir H.
Verney, ILP. The repori stated that the rent obtained
dewing the six months was 24,9001. This sum added to the
last balance made a total of 31,2891. 15e. 9d. The payments
to shareholders amonated to 24217/. 10a Ild., and a
balance of 7,0721. 4s. 10d. remained to be carried to the next
account. The report was adopted, and the usual dividend
of 4 per cent. par annum declared.

LONDON AND Soorn- Warns RAILWAY.—On
Thunulay night the clerks of the audit department of the
South-Western Railway after partaking of a sumptuous
dinner at the Horns Tavern, Kennington, presented their
late chief clerk, Mr. W. T. Dyson, with a handsome gold
watch, upon his promotion to another post, as a mark of
their esteem and regard. The usual toasts were given, and
some capital made under the direction of Mr. W. Williams,
who presided at the pianoforte. Mr.. Dyson has been
twenty-four yeas in the audit-office, having 'coned the sir.
Tiepin 1838, six months after the opening of the line.

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RAILWAY AND PUBLIC COMPANIES IN PAHLlA-
mEmr.—Yesterday, before the examiners on stand' orde
tbe bill of the Great Southern and Western and IlidLnd
Great Western Junction Railway was withdrawn. In the
case of the Bebe' Bridge Bill, the standing orders were de.
clued not to have been complied with ; and the hearing of
the landowners, West of England and South Wales Lend
Drainage and Enclosure Company's Bin was poetponed until
the 27th inst.

RAILWAY AND CANAL BILLB.—The number of
bills relating to railways in Great Britain and Ireland de.
190 tdfor this session amounts to 258. Of this number
uthorise new works. The proposed new works to be
authorised by the 190 before-mentioned bills may be clamed
u follows :—New oompaniss.—England, 82 bills, 1,010
miles; Scotland, 3 bills, 13 miles; Ireland, 8 bills, 94
mats. Total, bills, 1,117 miles. Existing companies.—
, 76 bills, 700 nuke ; Scotland, 16 bills, 159 miles ;
Mod,
anacl, 5 bills, 17 miles. Total, 97 bills, 876 miles. The
total length of DOW lines is. therefore, 1,993 miles, and there
are in addition 106 miles of deviation lines.

THE PNEUMATIC DISPATCH MAIL SZHVICE.
Yesterday morning, for the fat time, the mails were
despatched from the Easton terminus of the London end
North Western Railway to the western district post-office,
through the tube of the Pneumatic Despatch Company. A
number of the post-office officials were present.
The whole of the works were in good order,
and on the arrival of the first mail train at
9.46 a.m., the mail bags, 35 in ember, were placed in the
cars by 9.47 ; the valves were then turned, and the train
containing the first mails despatched by the agency of
the atmosphere were blown through the tube to the station
at Eversholtatreet, reaching their destination at 9.50, the
rapidity of the conveyance affording evidently the greatest
ma/traction to those who witneased the novel operation. The
next man train arrived at 10.11 a.m., the bags were placed
in the car at 10.12, and reached their destination, upwards
of one third of a mils distant, at 10.134. The third mail
arrived at 10.34 a.m., the mails were deposited in the car
at 10.34, end arrived mfely at Eversholt.street at 10.35 f.
The mails arrived at intervals during the day tin about 6.40
p.m., and were all despatched through the tube, these being
one return journey from the Western District Post-office to
Eudora at about 2.30. The company will commence the
Holborn extension at an early period.
WORKING MIN'S CUM.—The movement for
the establishment of working men's clubs in the South
Staffordshire district is panne( strength. The work gas
on mainly under the supervision of John Jones, Zig.,
secretary of the South Staffordshire Education Association,
and one of the corresponding members of the Working
Men's Club and Institute Union. In Wedembury Mr.
Jones bee convened sad addressed several meetings, and •
provisional oommittee has just been appointed. The
working men very wanly support the scheme. At Sedgley,
a workmen's hall has been inaugurated at • meeting attended
by the Bishop of Lichfield and the local members of
parliament; sod at htourbridge action is being taken
by • working men's institute already in existence, to
merlin upon the institute the club-features, or to
form a separate club. The Brentford Industrial and
Provident Co-operative Society held • tea meeting in the
Town Hall, on Wedoesday evening last, attended by 130
persoos. At • meeting held afterwards the Rev. Mr. Glans
was voted to the chair, and hewas supported by the Rev.
Mr. Briggs, vicar; and W. A. Rooke, Eaq. Admire having
been expressed by the leading members of the society for
information respecting working men's clubs, the Rev.
Henry Sony, secretary to the Club and Institute Union, at
tended the meeting, and gave a most interesting lecture on
the advantages of co-operative societies, reeding moms, and
clubs, and in the course of which he was frequently applauded
by the audience, which numbered 300 parsons. The greatest
enthusiasm prevailed, and there is • good prospect of the
speedy formation of a working men's club.
THE DZYFORD MORDIS.—Noah Austin was
brought before the magistrates at Mossier yesterday,
charged with the wind molder of James Allen. The evi-
dence being completed, the prisoner said, in reply to the
bench, whether he had anything to say—" I am not guilty.
I have told other persons beside those who have been here,
that I was stopped and robbed some few weeks since. I told
Mrs. Barton, the landlady at Stoke Lyme public-house, on
Thursday last." He was then fully committed to take his
Dial for the wilful murder of James Allen. The maims will
oommenoe at Oxford on Monday, the 2nd of March.
THE !ASS or THE CALEDONIA (GLASGOW AND
Nevi Yoga) MALL Srumuour.—Yesterday the Lords of the
Committee of Privy Council tor Trade received a despatch
from her Majesty's Consul at Boston, giving particulars of
Hof the Caledonia steamship between Glasgow and

The Engineer, of August 15, in its description of
Benson's Great Chock. MP :—" Al engineers we can SS, that It
really approaches made nearer the perfection of mechanism than
say other example of clock work we have yet men, on anything
like the same large male." Bensona new show-rooms contain
clocks designed by the first artists of the day, and include clocks
for the drawing•roore, dining•roorn, bedroom, library, hail, stair-
case, bracket, carriage, church, turret, railways, warehouse,
counting•honae, with musical, astronomical, and every descrip-
tioo of clock, from the plainest to the • fxbest quality of which
the art is at present capable thorch and turret clocks apecialbt
estimated for. Benson's illustrated pamphlet on clocks and
wwinnhea (free by Poor for tiro stomps), contains a short history of
clock ma watch making, with descriptions and prices: it acts as
a guide in the purchase of a cloak or watch, and smithies those
who flee m Scotland, Ireland, Wales the Colonies. Indiaa, or any
part of the world, to select a clock. 3. W. Benson received a
prize medal and honourable raention.--38 sad lle, LAIdIPA•4II.
Zemke. Zalaldiabsd 17411.--(Advarlismenl]

Katy Inttlligtnce.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—Fin. 20.
(Mors Mr. Oommierioner Gordbars.)

THE MOBIL= GRIM COAL AND COKE COMPANY (LIIIITID).
This was a sitting for settling the list of oontributories.
The company was established in August. 1880, its of
being to parchese and work an extensive coal mine of 368
acres, gateau at Moseley Green, in the meaty of Gloomier.
The nominal capital was 75,0001. in 15000 51. shares • tbe
purchase mosey of the mine was 30,0061., of which 18,0004
was to be paid in paid-np shares of the company. Only
708 shares had been issued, on which 11. per share had been
paid ; 3,680 paid-up shares had been allotted to the owner
of the property. After a few months the company bad
suspended operators, baring incurred debts of 15,0001.
Mr. Roxburgh (who appeared for the official liquidator)
stated that the company bad been formed by articles of
emaciation in 1860, sad registered under the Limited liabi-
lity Acta. It was to bare a capital of 75,0001. in 15,000
shares of 51. each. A large number of those wereallotted to
the owner of the property which it wee proposed to par-
akeet% Mr. W. F. Adcock, of Worcester; and the remain-
ing shares were offered to tbe public, but notwithstanding
the advantages set forth in glowing terms in the prospectus
as (mule to b. secured by the lucky holders of au", only
about 700 of those shame had been taken, and the company
consequently came here for the purpose of being wound up.
The requisite preliminaries as to proof of notice, Ira., were
gone through.
His Honour expressed his surprise that notice by letter
should have been held by the Court of Chanoery to be suffi-
cient. A man might be glad with a very large liability,
and the letter might have miscarried through a wrong
address.

Mr. Roxburgh said it wu sufficient if the notice were
directed to the same address as was given by the shareholder
himself on the register. It was not even necearry to show
that a letter so addreseed had not been retuned.

The first name called was that of Mr. Abell, Worcester.
No one appeared cc his behalf.
His Honour mid that "Worcester was rather a rape
address. Worcester was a large place.
Mr. Roxburgh said that Mr. Abell was a gentleman well
known in the town. He was connected with the Worcester-
shire Rankles Company.
The same was placed on the list.
Mr. J. Adcock was placed on the list for 3,563 thane ;
the Hon. R. R. Best, for 20 thane ; air Charles Fox, 20
ahem ; W Rev. Mr. Sergeant, It Awes t end Mr. ftherriff,
20 shares. One coutributory, a Mr. Henshall, had sent a
letter to the official liquidator protesting spinet any farther
liability being placed upon him. Leirghter.) He had ap-
plied for shares early in 1860, and had only had them
allotted in October, 1861, when he presumed the company
wee in a deep ooneuniptiou. (Lag ter.) He was a clergy-
man with a large family, and hoped km name would be
struck off the het.

-"if;Gnham, the official liquidator, stated that he had an-
swered that letter, informing Mr. ifenshall that his protest
would be at no avail, and that he must appear at the sitting
either by himself or 000naeL
The n•me was placed on the list.
There was only one opposed cue, that of Mr. Barrett, of
Rock-house, Gloucestershire, alleged to be a holder of 250
shares.

ki;.Roxburgh said he understood that Mr. Linklater was
to appear for Mr. Barrett, and he understood that an appli-
cation was to be made for an adjournment. If •
that the name should be placed on the list (the case
perfectly clear one), subject to an application for its removal,
at the oat of the contributory.
His Honour said he would place the name on the list,
giving leave to apply for its removal within 10 days, on
payment of the coats. He would also give the same chance
to the clergyman, Mr. Hensball.
The proceedings then terminated.
Sir phis. Fox afterwards appeared, and said he bad ex-
his solicitor to be present, but he was engaged in the
of Queen's Bench.
His Honour said the name bad been called in its order,
and settled on the list.

Sir Charles said he had nevar either applied for shares, or
signed the articles. It was a most outrageous ease.
His Honour said he would great Sir Chula' a role to
show cause why the name should sot be streak oat, oe the
proper affidavits being filed.