The Express.
London, England, 1852-04-20 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1852.

Tuts is an age of progress. The most extract.-
dinary improvements are daily made in all arts—
and in particular in the art of " making things plea-
sant" at meetings of railway shareholders. It was
thought a year or two ago that Mr. Ormuz HUD-
' SON had imparted to this art the last finish of which
it was susceptible ; but the directors of the Birming-
ham and Shrewsbury Railway Company have .fairly
distanced the railway Mag.
From the accounts submitted to the last half-
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other two ware adverse. The cue will be found re-
' ported at great length in another portion of our paper.
—Daily News.

FRANCE.
PARIS, XONDLY EVININO.
I sin informed from a good source that the govern-
ment has seat emissaries into the provinces of Ger-
many on the Rhine, with the mission to seek oat all
Germans who served under the emperor, that they
may receive pensions and rewards accordingly. This
is regarded as a very serious step towards preparing
that change in the frontier of France whichwas
shadowed forth as an eventuality in the decree of
General tit. Arnaud settling the new military divi-
Niece.

yearly meeting et the sherabeidere of this company,
it appears that the remipb of the LA half_ per are
not equal to the mu working emponess. The is the
lame =toying, because a lugs Whim has been
made to capital, for law expenses, and other expenses
(es.g. for permanent way materials end stores),
which are evidently charges against revenue. Nay
more, it was admitted at the meeting that some ac-
counts against the company had not been sent in,
and were not included in their estimate of the aggre-
gate debts of the half year. Matters standing thus,
it may not be undeserving of notice that debts are
aduetted to be due on revenue asermat to the amount
of 6,3281., or rather more than 84 per mat of the
I whole merchandise traffic—the traffic be-
ing of course ready money. A dsdeit in the returns
of the half year, coupled with each palpable indica-
tions of bad and slovenly management, and trans-
parent attempts to mystify the masents, it will be
readily admitted could oa
st o a inside " oe
palatable by some master stroke at
The directors, prescient of those ere-
toms, appear to have begun their peeperadens to gild
the pill a few meetings back. net dm "Wed off
inquiring into their pest acts and seeenste by inti-
mating that they had employed pubis amonatants to
emskte and meat ea them all from the beginning.
But a pretended general audit of this kind con only
be of temporary use; accordingly we find the direct-
ors alleging in their last report that en amount of the
great expense that would he inemeed. sad the length
of time that would be maple& they have absimiened
their intention to Matins a Kw: edit et their
'company's accoentevadertaken ' piddle eneonatante
from their commencement. add, however,
with a charming and nein effrontery that "they are
quite willing to do so it the shareholders deem it ne-
emery to incur that outlay." ,
This offer was made with perfect safety on their
put They know that they could negative any pro-
pose' of the kind. A large bundle of proxies on the
table having caught the eyes of Mr. °ascii, M.P., in
the course of the proceedings, he asked whether the
directors intended to use them, and was answered in
the affirmative. Mr. °EACH then quietly rejoined
that the proxies represented more votes than were
present at the meeting. Ho might have added that
the cost of issuing these proxies was charged chargedagainst
the company, under the appropriate nab.m of
extraordinary expenses. But the precautions of the
directors did not stop here. They sent free panes to
certain shareholders, to enable them to be present at
the meeting, and not to others. When asked why
this partial issue of free passes bad been made,
they replied that any other shareholders might
have had them for applying. But why send them
to some and withhold them from others? The dis-
sentients from the directorial policy declared expli-
, citly that free passes had been sent to those only
who it was known would vote with the directors.
As only one holder of a free pass opposed to them
was named at the meeting, this charge may be held
to be substantiated. It appears, therefore, that the
meeting was packed by enabling the supporters of
the direelsei (and them only) to travel to it free of
mime; and that the directors, reluctant to face
even a puled meeting, bad collated proxies out-
numb the votes miesnt. Also such prepara-
tions it is .seises to odd that "all things were
made pleamate• at hut to the dilators, ad in so
far meths mese &the am concerned.
This b isly de at the devises which
mestl746.•
thus gentkeesa ban he miaow, off
pleasantly. In the emenste the half-
year there was an Ilwa he die sale et These
BUM have all bees asysethased sines that reeding,
but no trace of the toessestion apposes is the se-
counts submitted at the left half-reedy mode*
With reference to this belie in done it wee re-
marked by Mr. BULL. a shareholder:—" At the
last meeting he asked for the books and for full in-
formation of the disposal of these shares; both al
which were denied him." He then stated, es a
rumour, that certain shares had left the coffers of the
company, and had been placed in the bands of indi-
vidual' for the purpose of voting on the Bth:to=
What had since transpired confirmed that s
and the charge must be reiterated. Thin yids
speaking called up the solicitor to the sempetee,
whose reply was in effect :—That Mr. bus at-
tended on behalf of the North Western Oampany ;
that his Stho solicitor's) remarks " might appear to
shut up information ; " and that "legal
might be prejudiced by questions put aft
meeting."
Now if the shareholders of the Birmingham sad
Shrewsbury are Nikki with the condiliss et their
revenue, with the Rams in which the aeseasb sub-
mitted le deb eirtiabey meetings we .ail my, and
with tlzsiqbb ellirb weir in the Mud plow te
awl it die email te albs 111111181100
kit illiftihtifignasisstirerillasi that id
base shews peed an la 0, asking all
thimpsylsema" la preens with wish poodles tsetse.
Did dm pigs have a *he is have " all
=soh piewant " as well es the Aare-
And At is apparent that the erectors
of the Shrewsbury and Biringham are deeply
implied.' in the game of politic aliases. now
played by the Great Western and the
r4ertirVFl and a amber et miser railways.
The pee far in the establishing of a railway
:=lmetaia extensive districts by the grad
mast their sulks. allies. That the dins
tors at the Ilissusfersy and Birmingham are parties
to this leasthaeg whet free compstilkm in ran-
way tadle—ilmt fair exposes are hereased, and
their bumi the imbed, la of their
=themselves to this coked ley, instead et
their sada in the true spirit., msresatile
mikqebe, Is elpwant : list, fres the state-
mole web by the &esters relative to the
law phis ad siblhal rehmuses in which they
we
amp* the Ws they have ham ment;
di
etelmegre the inhumed. auditi ci their
tea% le essispsaass of their not allowing the various
esupsibe did • top" them to we their rails upon
straA ll l WNW.
doss we awdderatices that onghtnot to be arg-
hetet by parilumst, whin the bills of this ceespeay
de
mder sesaidsealies. Those is another quietism
at pdlis istmeatubbg out at the revelation, am
leeM tom the teat esimet direst es at the bet met-
hs. It gm* that the eim have Le
ft
baling speedaliess incei with their
ter of a raw atespony. Fie sissapk, limb=
gems into the Ms in Mob aa halm, and
minds with eel boa we ea the Due. This at
their pert, Mt 11481 lin&
It may set be aides tar the derielders who have
fait disimbee to become diem of the directors'
devises be "making all things pleasant* as well as
far those who have been outvoted at packed meet-
ings with proxies held in remerve in case at maidente,
to oak themselves whether each illegal haneesticse,
oomph" with the families of " trades anions* with
=Zrailways, to establish a masect eitr
it! the publie, awe net be shwas
interests in parliament, or @NW bed )• their ban 1
trinto law marts he pomalthe. lush events
itill farther elpplials the jprepaelp, the pro-
=.7odetwisadea al whisk hey esem to eon-
yids week pleseriddeal eqmisitp. l'hey
are exposing themegue to great adds lam., eel
to atill-gresher ems staged hews; sal the meet ma-
dam to he the awe se left as they leas ha Whin
anise the
majority Non=eat tb=tioargzeiddlirooteriel
ovrE * ILP.,
the Hon. H. H. Ctrs, so graesidly preeklas as
1 Chairman.
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The court and army are taken up with prepara-
tions for the great military fete of the 10th of May.
With a view to this spectacle the chief aches study
the programme of the emperor's distribution of eagles
to the army in May, 1815. You are aware that the
painter David executed an elaborate picture of this
ceremony. The Louvre is crowded with the Napo-
leonic patricians and their ladies, to inspect this work
of the Emperor's Apelles, which has thus acquired a
sudden interest.

Many ask why the 10th of May was chosen for the
great military fete. The answer to this question
will probably be found in the fact that this day was
assigned by tho constitution of 1848 as the term of
the President's power; and perhaps the notion of
planting the eagles of the empire, as it were, on the
grave of the constitution flattered the imaginatione of
the successful usurper.
The mass at the altar in the Champ de Mars will
he celebrated by tho now cardinal, Archbishop
Bonnet, waisted IT the Archbishop of Paris and
Monseigneur Parris, Bishop of Arras.
The President having hosed of some questionable
transactions at the Bourse, in which near friends of
the Elytte were said to bo implicated lately, made •
very serious speech to his assembled military imag►
hold, in which he rsadaded the members of that
body of the fatal biases, lshia corruption in pecu-
niary matters had had upon the destinies of the late
monarchy, and added that the bee laxity in this re-
spect that came to his knowledge meld be summa-
rily punished. But while he gewe boss
ho affected to believe the' de an Awl 11;1t2
ever be guilty of sea sd elhmeu
The money hithseb seam* by So ale of Louis
Philippe's books be been obi The sale will
doubtless be suspended.
The Belgian
aed
papers have been Illdned that they
will be stopped at the frontierue they eases to
forestall at Paris the accounts given in the lleateur
of the sittings of the Legislative Body.
M. Casabianea has just ordered a service of eleo-
trotype plate of Ruiz, which is to cost somewhat
more than two thousand pounds sterling. This plate
is to be attached to the ministry of state, and charged
on the budget of that department.
I have in a previous letter narrated the scandalous
circumstances which caused M. Poesard's resigna-
tion of his post as librarian of the Senate. General
d'llautpoul having been called upon by M. Napo-
leon Bonaparte to give a written apology for his
as insinuations to source of M. Poniard's ap-
pointment, hos, 1 understand, complied with this
demand; and his letter is handed about to all the
acquaintances of the son of the President of the
Senate.
In the sitting of the Corps Legidatif to-day,
M. BWault presided. On the order of the day for the
dimension of the Copper Coinage Bill being read, M. Millet
Cumber for Vaucluse) roes to oppose the measure. He did
net serf set to the principle of the bill, but ho thought the
change proposed by it was not pressing. The present cop
par Missy had misted for fifty
,years, and might wiry well
last Illy years longer. He did not wish to grog the
geweatank _hut he understood the mandate he had re-
ceived Mk= fellow *ken serioualy, and he thought the
Chub, ebb not Mb* sad without Minds& to vote
all die lib bat Mitt be bee& babe is. Is was said
tobe seemeny to re-esla the esyyse areaway to bring it
into hammy with the ening sum. Bet them were
three sorts of Fepper cone, led_ hp email sot on the saw
sity of meddling with that which MU already deals& It
was anential to lave nab a weightf=l
ly as night be aa
Asians :az,. IL Clamed the
bill. The had bear theesuib= sal
bode the sad the mew seinrum het! keg
bees resegeleed. The eta Geroge might lee donut
se tke mowerehied mum
year V. sad TILL. ead der width mere Musk fa the
y et the :mobile et Ufa
They were ell hem sad immviriest. Mit it tees went
that Sey theald gat rid et diet obemetel barn of Wag
wash Reed wpm Feet Se solos. Om mil=
should be edeMod la of those Mormiest
wide diehmeresed Prose natio& (Leegbier). S.
meant d)... erlidieel pert et view sa.sgateameel
laughter. The gosseal debar wet then
said the hew prowl so the diruedeart the articles.**
Hue dm oridoe pored without opposition. IL Ohm de
B Delmedepse (Avaireslobjected to the Oh
the
thethe sew aim amid bear the agy
of the Reastalls. with dee mere naafi
Nautilus Iteremita." Re pregesell. that leis we to dip
atingthe NW, esies from- Were el geld and ever gm
shdredd be webeduated for the heed of the
I. Monk renladed the that it was net
san
to the Corps Lesbi an' to Miami say sminkaanttirt he
sawn of a dlesurits. All Mt seed be does wen t• Nov
krt. 4, sad** would sismilais a new sumbetien by
as coudi of slate. M. de Wry, ewe et the sewmilleas
sf stets ander& by the Probes& fifths itegsbile Se sup.
port the sa to lime hems, said Set it bed germ bra the
meson he ern _weary that the mime ebseli Was the
ellic et Os Met of dr rats. lbs gone ea weald
take awe that the new mimes Saadi -b• Nally Orr -
gukiesble irea the stamp et gsill
_es& diver voirey. Arm
I sad 11 wore Sea adopted. AMde 6, which bad been in-
trebles& by
_the em ea adepted • clause in • law of
1510 by of mese mart mold only bee legal radar
raw bilibledo le the cana ofd h. A momber
op esed this solids *pea the plead Set the govenemoat
might be obits& le reedy* an =me et owner mow
which it meld net afterwards get rid el. IL De.
IM_rower et the :Al waled fa
the simichwhiele wee I elter whisk
K. de the emendueset
width boVgeopereelremmitlee ellowtag prints
rushy le arepsts with the aid he leak* the sew 4061.
14 Dsal.att eirredi late keg dude to skew der the es.
ppm et the weeds. ba the mint bed been amok
meggrateL The remain ifolideo thee pond
The boos thee divided upm the ISIS L.
'Ma wet mord by 210 to 6. • dimosios. without is.
tenet, the mewl upea the WS et mrs.rL.ISIS sad
=end It was aseklei that the Molt woo these bills
mart ems oe till the eshoisise boi Mired mai
The how Aisemoil at o' An au
seasseeimeed /111101dietimbles be seat
le the amble" et Or mat
The Writ ot 1863 boo boos mat to the email et
stets, and will tw examined this week by the various
mbisbe of mural police has addressed the
likstkig dreulit, drill the 17th, to the prefects el
411=Irs PsUstThe of the dealing pe-
ptides ef P de belied.,.e sae dr ended of a mat
samba a imam& who eine le meek west et all kid&
This seomemet, whisk talus phis every
of at this
l=waisessaysallbse to the annessesessat of
be tikes peeperthne whist nand bather:l3
sessaileg yesin. If te be mill to Maw is sends
=tab essemssy to sigeists be the Must well
weibese, sad he the lake of utter end
public triuMelt is walked that a tee great
at PM establishes seraph thew
==thimit Yob to lime wipe, sal that whoa
lb* washer emote So dement thins who amide we.
essimisd mwet se=iicee•m_dml rogy lams ars se
err* der the ui es argesties would
dawnedms* ther=reamd ari et ear
ts • sad shish the gemermet t.
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severel lime et veil Wm jot bees eireeki; Ibey will
seam assuany "mask illikaa plasm; sad
it h loporteet Ors Ohs teettnia who immesese cold
memo Sm. Mask, however, tardier mermyteg my-
self with Si niter whisk wails
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ter needs wet elf theSe
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sake et perils War, to beiralZiLvesM do insinelisse
that la your flopertmeet No
ves Paris ebell rely
be gi: mositers
t est reerree sad may
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le are has, sad t live • mew* wittiest Mem. It is
imperint tire they druid be mode to usikeilred that
Sees memo are tarn lie desk ews 'Memel, sad that
=heSe avoid ceasing to Pods to bee lismo eel tirtegth
may stately - elonthert. nose Amer-
tellies mei', mai Ost a sinew row% to halo-
= gloom to mei is *wow owe lontive cooloymet
*NA Ow OM fdlathiwasy. bi hipseteat,
se Mass. at to ielsediel than erre Is me umembert.
erg ofe egraeoned earapares, whist ney Aides sena-
age hen their errese: lot this westbe Owe fa the pro-
pane after waft I spatially all the ellsollen of the
will@ tithe header dooorteteese to the egoreeletioa of
than sat te the ti= of the aboidea of
balsa meta hi their
A maim woe of ibsaildlotionitrtar.magio-
troy is the law bill fee the robsbilitatiea of con-
doms& parson This law, whisk kw whim* been
lama with the ado at niosioliegall
tesrLito lissa keisseasd =hello Ikshrotiat and
Cl=July he rattail sewn iimeurbeg
MM. esetains, Wool, •a wry parkas
tatessdroset ea tie dignity at the taw& In
het, the jodioial bodies ought evidently to be cow

Tuu Con or M a. Souneor e, M.P.—Thej odges yes-
terday pro judgment against Mr. Salmons, in
the case " Miller versus Salomon'," and the subject
of Jewish &mobilities must therefore spin come be-
fore the House of Commons with mere urgent neces-
sity than ever for settlement The electors of
Cirestivrich—now for so many months left without
their full reprceentation in parliament—emelt be
themselves to demand some change of the kw, and
so also must every friend debt and religious liberty.
It now appears that one out of the three judges life
fore whom the case was argued holds an
favourable to the claim of Mr. Weems, whrthea