The Express.
London, England, 1863-08-15 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY

Trilohyr was observed breaking all the furniture in the house,
and hire. Stevenson remonstrated with him, but without
effect. Suleequently the prisoner and his wife mit again
nt their own house, when the prisoner exclaimed, " You
--, you are here are you '!" sod taking a joiner's chisel
(which be bad previously been noticed to be sharpening) he
atm': his wife op the tack with the chap edge, inflicting
serious injuries. The prisoner was heard at the same time
to say that he would kill hie wife "if he got hung for
her." The woman threw a bucket of water over him and at-
tempted to escape, but the prisoner followed her, and again
wounded her in sin places with the chisel. She was at-
tended by a surgeon, and was for some time in a dangerous
slate.

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For the defence it was urged that the prisoner did not
inteni to inflict grievous bodily harm. and that being is a
state of intoxication, the crime might fairly be reduced to
unlawfully wounding.
The jury toned the prisoner Guilty, and he was seatepoed
to 15 years' penal servitude.

THE POLICE COURTS.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

GREAT WESTERN.

The adjourned special general meeting of this
company was held on Thursday at the Paddington station,
for the final declaration of the poll upon Mr. Adams's motion
for the election of directoes. The Hon. SPENCIR Wei.rou
in the chair.

The CHAIRMAN having celled upon the scrutineers for
their report,

Captaie iULICLIIT (one of the scrutineers) read the report
amidst an interruption from Mr. Adams, who protested
natant its being received. The followiog is an abstract of
the report referred to :—For the directors as proposed by
the board—Proxies, Zi,550, representiot 3,9110,6453. stook
personal votes, 1,569, ropretrentiog 257,1761. clock ; total,
25,119 votes, representing 4,237,6211. stock. For the di.
rectors proposed by Mr. Adams—Proxies. 9,297 votes, re-
permeating 1,214,73311. ; 377 personal votes, repreasatiog
69,164/. stock ; total, 9,674 votes, representing 1,283,9021.
852 proxies, is favour of the directors, were objected to
by Mr. Adams, representing 731,9111. stock ; 254 proxies
in favour of Mr. Adams were objected to by the dime.
tors, representing 178,3591. stock and 1,160 votes. The
report was aigned by Captain Bulkeley and Mr. Pillanger,
as scrutineers. _ _ _

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Mr.
ADAMSsaid he protested against the report of the
scrutineers because it bad not been verified by him, and
was only signed by • minority of the scrutineers. Ile then
read a report signed by himself, Mr. Shaw, and Mr. Alex-
ander, as scrutineers, which stated that 623 proxies for the
directors had been agreed to as bad, and 334 were deferred
for arbitration. A dimpute had arisen as to the lippoint,
ment of an arbitrator to decide upon the legality of proxies.
The scrutineers for the directors would appoint no one
but Mr. Walpole, the chairman of the company, and
Mr. Baxter, the solicitor. The report concluded by protest-
ing against the report of the directors' scrutineers, on the
ground of its being signed by a minority of the scrutineers.
A discussion thenduring ensued, which . . •

The CHAIRMAN said Mr. Ada. na • report did not give the
number of votes or of the proxies refused. The higheat
number of votes for Mr. Adams was 9,674, and as he had
no reams to doubt the figures of Captain Bulkeley's report
he_must take them as correct. . .

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Mr . ADAMS again said it was the report of a minority
of the scrutineers.

0544atiniOiliihav observed that Mr. Baker, one of the
directors' scrutineers, left on account of illness, and Mr.
Adams promised to withdraw one of his scrutineers.
Mr. ADAMS—Not when there was a dispute.
The CHADIMAM said the report of the two scrutineer*
went into details, whereas the report of the three scru-
tineers only purported to report upon the bad votes, and
they could have easily given the number of votes tendered
for the directors proposed by the board and fur the share-
holders' directors.

Captain BULLILIT said that the figures had been verified
by Mr. Adams, and his initials would be found on the report.
Mr. ADAYS denied it, and maintained that the report
signed by the two scrutineers was not legal, and that it
could be upset in the Court of Chancery.
The CHAIRMAN remarked that Mr. Adams bad represented
to them that there was a difference about the appointment
of an arbitrator. At the meeting at Which tne poll was
demanded six scrutineers were appointed, who had no
power to appoint an arbitrator; and it they differed
about the appointment of an arbitrator they would have to
come to the meeting and ask what they should do. In the
Amalgamation Bill all the provision" and powers of former
Great Western bills in relation to the right of proprietors as
to their votes for stock were retained, and by the sth and
7th William IV., chap. 101, it was provided that the elec-
tion of directors should be decided by the votes of the majo-
rity, at a meeting or poll, a proxy having the dame power as
if *proprietor was present. It was his duty to decide upon
which side the majority was, and there could be no doubt as
to which side had that majority. The number of votes for Mr.
Adams was 9,674, and his objected votes numbered 1,160;
so that taking his =objected and objected votes together,
made 10,834. The number of votes not objected to for the
directors was 25,119, so deducting the one from the
other, and allowing for Mr. Adams's objected votes it left a
majority in favour of the directors of 14,285 votes. He
therefore declared Mr. Baker duly elected a director of the
company under the power of the Amalgamation Act, as
well as Captain Bulkeley, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Levy, Mr.
Mitchell, Mr. Micklethwaite, Mr. Miles, Mr. Ogilvy. Mr.
Ponsonby, Mr. Potter, Mr. Venable', Mr. Walpole, Mr.
Waoklin, Mr. Whetham, Mr. J. Williams, Mr. F. Wil-
hams, and Mr. W. Wood. Sir W. Watkins Wynn was a per-
petual director under the powers of the West Midland
Railway Amalgamation Act, 1863, thus making the 18
directors of the Greet Western Railway under the powers
of that act.

Mr. AD A-118 banded in a protest against the decision of
the chairman, and made his defence against the charges
brought against him by Mr. Saunders in reference to bis
(Mr. Adams's) conduct wilco before the committee of the
Lards upon the Amalgamation Bill, and which he contended
wore of a personal character, arid quite untrue.
Mr. SAUNDERS said he would not condescend to answer
the impertinent and impudent observations of Mr. Adams,
but on a fitting occasion he would take an opportunity of
proving all be bad said &Oust bun.
The proceedings then terminated with a vote of thanks to
the chairman, directors, and to lir. Saunders.