The Express.
London, England, 1847-12-29 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 29, 1847.

I light, I take the liberty of troubling you with the following state-
. meat : —As individual lately adrertbod be our local 'Foyers. describing
himself as —, of —, Wilmington-nom., London, professing to
hired* the London papers at reduced pekes a day after date, and
especially offering soy Sunday paper by Monday's poet at in td. •
quarter, payable in ad:sure. I wrote to Ma above address, ordering
the John 801 l far a quarter, and asking how the money should be
paid. In reply I duly received a John Bull by the Monday
poet, with a remind that I Mould forward the Is. 6d. by rust. os
order on the head Mice. This I did, and, as your loriLlup probably
anticipates, not another John Bun ham I had. Of mane I wrote
about it to Mr. —, who duly answered, I'M the bnia.e soon Ms
clerk, and promised that he woad himself condescend to address and
post my paper. Bat still no more Jolts Balls. Possibly your lord-
ship's alpaca,* of this trick may tend to prevent others from be-
coming customers for Sunday papers by Monday's post, of Mr. —,
news-agent, —, Wilmington.eqoare.—(Signed)—O. A. Ccsascas.
The Lord Mayor said the practice described in the above
correspondence was not confined to the agent in the vicinity
of Wilmingtonaquare. He had received several letter
charging other persons who called themselves newspaper
agents with similar amid*, and he was Fiven to understand
that at some of the newipaper abet; tko'e persons were well
known to be most accomplished impostors. He would be
very happy to have the opportunity of presiding as magi-
strate if any case of the kind were brought forward. It was
odd enough, and it placed the impudence of the impostors in
a very strong light, to see that the accused made those the
instruments of their fraudulent dealing who were the most
powerfully qualified to expose and ruin them. His lordship
then read a letter from Weston-super-Mare, disclosing a
s)stem of fraud to which the writer had been subjected by a
person who travelled about getting subscribers to what was
stated to be a new illustrated work of a high daft, but which
was found on delivery to be a remainder of some worthless
publication.
013 ILDIIALL.—THIS HILIII-AT-LAW SOClETT.—Several
persons applied to Ald. Wilson to know what they should do
with regard to the Heir-at• Law Society. The spokesman
stated that they had come up from Yorkshire, having placed
in the hands of the society certain papers relative to property
which they could not get back again.—Ald. Wilson said
that if the value of the property was over IS( he had no
jorisdietioa.—lt being stated that such was the ease, Ald.
Wilson said that for the recovery of the documents the ap-
plicants, if they chose, could bring an action, or might apply
again on Satur.., ay, when Sir Pater Laurie, who had already
had the disposal of many eases connected with the society,
would be sitting.—The applicants thanked the wortby alder-
man and retired.

BOW-STREET. CHAROB or Ezazzazziszrer.— W.
Appleton, an assistant in the aervioe of Messrs. James Shoot-
bred and Co., linen-drapers, of Tottenharocourt-road, was
charged with embezzling sums of money received on ac-
count of his employer.—Mr. Shoolbred stated that, in the
month of January, the prisoner was in his service as shop-
man, and occasionally received cash for goods whin deli-
vered. On the 27th January he was sent to Eaton-place
with goods, part of which he disposed of to the amount of
3011. which he delivered to the assistant, whose duty it was
to Make the entry. The account produced for 21. 19s. Id.
was receipted by him, but he never accounted for the
money. On the 26th February he disposed of goods, the
proceeds of which he never accounted for. These defulca-
tiotui were not discovered till after tho prisoner had left.—
The charge having been proved by the parties who paid
money to the prisoner, and the several assistant, in whose
books the receipts should hare been entered, the prisoner
was committed for trial.

WORSHIP.STREET.—Rossaae AT A RAILWAY.—R.
Smith was finally examined charged with having stolen a
portmanteau containing books and wearing apparel, of the
value of 201., the property of Rev. A. Sedgwick,Trofereor
of Geology at Cambridge.—On the afternoon of Monday
se'nnight the prosecutor arrived at the Shoredirch terminus
of the Eastern Counties Railway, and during his temporary
absence from the platform the prisoner walked away with
the portmanteau. When overtaken by one of the porters,
who had been watching him, the prisoner declired the port-
menteau was hie own, and desired the porter to call a cab.
Finding, however, that the porter was determined to detain
him, he flung down the portmanteau and attempted to
escape, but was secured and given into custody.—ln answer
to the charge, the prisoner said. he had travelled to town by
the same train and had mistaken the portmanteau for his
own, but both assertions were distinctly negatived by the
officers of the railway.—The prisoner was fully committed
(or trial.

MAILYLEBONE.—Caaamr.—Mr. Broughton acknow-
ledged the receipt of 21. from " Major P." for the poor box.
WESTMINSTER.—Caaaon or FOROZRY. --T. Lee-
ford was finally examined, charged with forging two kills of
exchange.—Mr. Abel Birch stated that the prisoner, who
was known to his sons as the former proprietor of the
Lowndes Arms, near Belgraee-square, requested to be fa-
voured with cash for a bill for 191. 15s. 6d., drawn by T.
Letford, and purporting to be accepted by Mr. A. Harrison
at three months. As he had known Mr. Harrison for op-
wards of 30 years, he cashed the bill, which was made pay-
able at the Lord Nelson, King's-road. Prisoner afterwards
came with a second bill for 101. 9s. 6d., drawn by T. Letford,
and purporting to bear the acceptance of J. Selomons, Red
Lion, Tottenham-court-road, payable at the Union Bank,
Argle-st. Prosecutor also discounted this, and shortly after-
wards discovered that be had been defrauded.—Mr. A. Her-
risen, who formerly kept the Lurd Nelson named in the first
bill, proved that the acceptance to it was a forgery ; his name
was not even spelt correctly.—Mr. F. Craher, clerk at the
Union Bank, said that no person named .1. Salomon, had an
account there.—The prisoner wee come:lifted for trial.
SOUTHWARK —Ronne•tes AT llorets.—H. Evan.
was re-examined, charged with robbing various hotels.—Mr.
Weymark, landlord of the Horse-shoe-Tavern, Stone's end,
en the Borough, stated, that on the evening of the 21st
instant the prisoner entered the coffee-room, and shortly
afterwards went away. A genfleman who was there at the
time saw the prisoner take a silver spoon out of a glass on
the table, and informed complainant, and the prisoner was
taken into custody. In his pockets were found the com-
plainant's spoon, and also several others, together with
some cot-glass tumblers, also • memorandum, is his own
writing, of a variety of jewellery, plate, and clothes, which
he had pledoed at various pawnbrokers'.—Mr. Silk, landlord
of the Cathedral Coffeehouse, in St. Paul's Churchyard,
identified a silver spoon produced as having been stolen
from his coffee-room the day on which the prisoner was
token into custody.—Mr. Balls, of the Queen's Arms, New-
gate-street, identified three-ail:sr spoons as having been
stolen from his coffee-room.—W. Carr, waiter at the Guild-
hall Coffee-house, awed that on the 21st instant a coat was
stolen from the coffee-room. The witness identified the
coat produced as the one taken, a duplicate of which was
found on the prisoner, as also a letter which had been in the
pocket of the coat at the time i• was stolen.--The prisoner
was committed.

THAMES.—Cnostrry.-31r. Yardley announced that he
had received one sovereign for the use of as poor box of
this court. No initials or signature were attached to the note
enclosing it, but the donor requested that the receipt thereof
might be acknowledged in the morning papers.

MONEY MARKET.

TUESDAY EVBN !If G.
After a very quiet day in the funds, and with
scarcely a variation in prices, some disposition was
manifested towards the close of business to speculate
for higher prices upon the chance of the royal speech
on the opening of the French chambers, expected to-
morrow, being, as reported by anticipation, of a
favourable character, a though why it should be
otherwise it seems difficult to comprehend. Consols
were stationary at 851 to for the opening, and
moved only „ upwards shortly before the regular
hour of leaving off. The transactions to the last
were of no important consideration. Reduced Threes,
851 to 1. Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 861 to
Exchequer Bills, 9s. to 126. premium. India Bonds,
48. to Is. discount. Bank Stock, 187 to 9. Long
Annuities, 81 to 11-16.
The delling-, in foreign securities were few and far
between. Prices, however, were fairly sustained, and
upon the whole with a slight tendency to improve-
ment. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were
quoted 56 to 1, and business done within the limits ;
the Fours a fraction higher, at 851 to 61. Bpan'sh
Fives 18 to 1; the Threes, 30 to 1. Portuguese, 22
to 3. Mexican were 18 to I. Brazilian, 80 to 1.
Venezuela, 34 to 5,
With the exception of short bills on Paris, which
were in demand, there was nut much comparatively
done in foreign exchange today, and the rates varied
little from those current last poet day. On Amster-
dam the negotiations were 12.51 to 6; on Rotterdam,
12.51 to 6 ; on Antwerp, 26.10 ; on Hamburg,
13.151 to 1 ; on Frankfort, 1234 to 1 ; on Paris,
26.95 to 26 ; on Vienna, 10.19 to 20; on Leghorn,
31.30 to 40; on Naples, 394 to ; on Madrid, 461
to 4—all at three months. On Lisbon, at 60 days,
511 to 2.
The suspension of Messrs. Job Wright and Co., an
old and respectable house connected with St. Peters-
burg, was mentioned on 'Change this afternoon with
expressions of regret ; the amount of liabilities not
stated.

The following statement is given of the condition
of the United States treasury after $ war expenditure
of 18 months :

UNITED STATER FT:Eng.—The following statement shows
the amount at the credit of the treasurer of the United
States with sasistant treasurers, and at depositories, on tna
29th alt.:
Donau.
Mintaut Treasurer, Boston, Mess 143,110
Aasklant Trearurer, New York, N.Y . 1,34,3161
Amlateat Trearuner, Philadelphia, Penn 430,106
Tremor, of United Metes, Wselingtaw, D. C..... .....
Amistat Trealans, Maisie, 6.0 ..... . 110,0.14
derdieseTeessitee. Maw Mbar, U.
Amitant Ttorewarer IL twella, EEL 59,1111
Depoitery at Butfals, LT ..... 4,1611
„ at Bodnar" 104. .......... ....... ........ - —.... L51,5r1
„ at * l'a. 1,9611
„ at Wllmtnertonekti.t.o 461
„ at Mobile, .....— ........... ...... ..... 211,951
„ at ?Isabelita, Tan 2,14 i
. .. . .
• at aninnati, Olio ~ .. ......—.. 71,8/14
„ at Tlttabar. Pa.
' Nla (aped,

al
Lit ida
Sac
Illa (ejtaitial asiemt) ..... ...:...„.. ......... _
„ at tle k Mt. .--.......
• at leffereaavilis, lad. . ...,..
• at Chows, Ili ' ' . sirs en
• , at Deitch Ineb ••••• ——•—..........., An,
megamet
t.l the tritied ME Pliolelpida, WIZ- . ' -4"' sot*
NAMat U. &?.I
.../...1.C...- ..... ....—....... .. WM
".• ' Now ...... —1?•••••••••.....,„.., ,
T•tal (dmii* ...... 4011411.1 •

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TaLLIVIT NOM OCTIITANDINO. on. 1. 1447.
Ire,rury Deportment,
Reeslet's office, Dee. I, 11447,
Amount outmfamding of tbe several bourn prior to the
act of Sind July, 1916, ma per records of ibis dike . 041,389 21
Amount oatrtmodlop rf the Prue of 22nd July, 1846,
am per records of this rare
Amount outstanding of the Mane ot 78th Jan., 1447, as
per reosrds of this ofike 14,794,900 00

♦16,192,389 31
Deduct concellod notes fa the hand. of the accounting
officers, of which 178.150 dally. lo under the act o:
I:nd July, 1648 ; 1,085,900 cloth 1e under the act of
28th Jan., 1147 ; and 4,800 dolls, tinder other act... 1,188,850 00

014,863,539 31
DANIEL GRAHAM, Register of Jae Treasury.
From and after this day we understand that the
business of the two old banking firms of Sir W.
B. Cooke, Bait, and Co., and Messrs. Leatham,
Tew, and Co., of Doncaster, is to become unit, d.
and to be carried on under the first named
firm. The alteration referred to is confined to the
Doncaster branch of Leatham and Co., and does not
in any way affect their Wakefield and Pontefract
establishments, which remain as before.
INGLISR FUNDS.
Beak Stork. 1864 India Donis. under 111/600. 2 di3.
3 per Ct. Red. Amts., 8.51 Cowed,,.., Am- ,
New 34 per Cent. Anat. 841 f 1ti115..0.300,1d.. 1 9 L 2 91mt.
Long Auttultire, exp. Jan. 5, 1460, 0111.. £20,. 9 13 Inn.
81 1146 Ditto Small, 14 10 pm.
India Diode, 11,008.1 din.
1111210 FUNDS.
5 per Cent. Brazilian Bonds, 80 51,a Cl. Naafi" Andre Ronde. 4
tra .Crlm. ;tn. '.141461" 2 per Cent.. V lionde.34lf
2 per Ct. Duke .12 OWL.
3 tClutartsolsh !Made, Acct., 4 per Cl.Duall 661 1
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EXCII•NOBS AN

BTOCKB ABROAD.

gal 11. Da.. 77. I iJP°. '.1)„i.„TAT....v...-F"."1,...... j ewe la.,
3 per Cants.
_. - 75 60 76 76 gg .76 801 7666 176 66
3 de NewLaan 16 85 I 76 80 76 85 VI 71 I VI 76
5 M. ....., 117 * 1 117 30 1117 15 , 3.17 15 1 117 30
41 Do. • ...• .; .. . .. 1
4 Da .... 100 1 .. ..
Belgian 6.160...., 911 Mow. " Naplee 'Acute... "102 50 larker.
Tg:.. 421 .. • . _ rim:Amara..
Do. N r•...... „ .. Rowan Liwn . 9ill ..
Williwiw ti ..
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Exebange.on IZewkia IslgialL 18 65 demanded.
Warrant, Dag. 11.-Tbria par Ceuta.. 288 at 50 days. 21 9-16 to 1 oak
Floe par Ceuta- 161 paper, 168 auk ; Pomfret. spap. r. 41 cash ; COuporuk
108 nub. Bank of BC Ferdinand. 125 ; Bulk of et. Isabella, 126
s.lrareepEie.' Dac.77.-leman 916131, 978. 971 . Ditto, 1642. 991: Ditto.
1844.911 ;. Nun, ISI4. 661.2.1
moltp Lam. I=, IN; ; Ditto, 1343.1138. Bank
of Bolgiurn 001 1. Ifs on Leedom, 1..5.45.
Aar wake, Dile. 27.- aa Lustba. 15.628, 25.05; two month..
25.370.40+.
9 moat. Doc. 21.-Aoitrlea Foods: Ilea per Cent.. 1011: Four
per OWL. Kg ; Tbrie me Costa.. 65g ; Terwand-kllalf per Ceuta.. 624 ;
Lola of 1164. IE4 ; Ditto, 1239. 114 ; Bask Maras, 1,e03.

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Dw. 21.—Northern, ; Vt:Met:and Infra.
Off ; Leghorn, 744 ; Peab, ; Sienna, db.
MBETlNo9.—BminADon.—Meeting of Shareholders.
Urn. 14.—Ithlee. Haywood, la the choir, in the ateenoe,
through 41neu, of Or Wart Selonheroll. Is the report read by the
eemetary, the eamottete Ileaseithkeett die webeeriters on the dram-
Memos of that Wog Met dratalportoalty of meeting them with the
*et of the legieletway sied theMve. repine, sad surveys of the pro.
posed lines of railway. Then was oonAldrieable diltieu,ty at first in
enlisting the tympithp the morchanuad yroprlearre interested in
the island, In mewomosate of the exhumed* Fleet kit CoUstraCtlar
a trammed, we** by Baas power, whieb the aid and man-
tenure of tome leilmedlel parties. Maw ifteipie wore made to
east elhelhtetko, at the bee foleseols, is they lash sod old-
=yrabset eta treabreed was eitimlowed. The erbilloil
he Arm la this ohm y were aomeroua (NW 0,602
Alms elletted is this
the SAS Ea spert imelhiloole esootm, the &hi thetao lalketel wor lel Of
wide kr JAW seuldepelle odd on 1,011. In Nov., the Me com..
Dame left eft to Borbadote a denotation, oceektiaftrd Robert
*boathook sod Hr. Ames Mmtwood, to t oiM Moil mope% setts
meta the toelomeltittellonson. new geedemea wire delelnol to
the Weed sooty a year, sod mewederi in theme**. • previdemel
tommbane wee mipeented maieting of of ammo at yawing ad
infloome la the lama. The estimates promemil by Me dimoldedontlens mtene
the v'a'ne- made from tail desemeata tad the er.
rived at by theatftieme a, hay boo sat the emeonameme the MOW
provrette el bins peahens revenue is be &rhea hem the min.
tmino The ariglaal bill .wee pond Desember, 4= to
the prim of a lopplemental mt. embedynd main et
tthe he 'et.eMee, oweekaud a tardier dollop
vernalMb, end the end somme et Me emenom teem
meshed la the room by the ompinmotel ket, the amen-
tee eitehmil sn, wenn* et INS per he No Mae Mewed let Ism.
maim the wa any.`e be to he,. Mel et settle.
seem we a Tort In gee toonothene Ms mar
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penseet griming mil bed Memel It aeees to eel* the Menus
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mem ot say peamteep mpoort from Me Merl ke=
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seetben attar or not @ wee Min& le mold the
employ. lo emensim Ms mmeittee espremell meta* seed-
noes In the sonnieme et the mibruldas ; tet. loneldeholi the
monetary proems of the essonp, hey thous* it brat he the Inte-
rmit, of the subwalhereila realemeral on immediate wimoasion of
operations, in tho hope et ememdoo hereafter, or aloe of the
acts end e arms.. Poem Ms bilemenehet, the
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per mare on n. 144 =mankflidildmilmtereet, Oft, iftL; INK
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other St
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tecalmAsibe eshilebt=ty,":lltilrmalehlintl.
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company ; it ICas uselelta to think of carrying out the undertaking
through the original subseribere.—The Her. F. P. Pocock supported
the amendment. Though be had no wish to throw any blame
le the committee, he thought some of the items required
ineattigation.-14r. Rattan said the committee would not pro.
areal at ..ny future time without first obtaining the full commit
of the great body of the shireholdera—A division then took place,
end ultimately the amendment was carried in the following foam:
o That a acentnittee of live shareholder., any three of whom shah form
a quorum, be appointed to audit the swoon* to look into the arrldrs
of the company In conjunction with the cluoetate, nod to report there-
on I. the ettareholders." The renown', gentlemen were CiIONII for
this purpose: The Rev. P. P. Pocock, Mr. G. Smith, Mr. A. F. Paul,
Mr. G. Vernon, sad Mr.E. H. Undo. A vote pf thanks was the
ctniirman, who, In acknowledging tito umpllnunt, said that he for
one was by no mesas tilipeires: ,oaltaliGat the undertaking, believing
m he did that the colonies both required and would comport railways.
—The meeting then adjourned to the 15th of February, the time
appointed for the committer to report _ .

BIRMINGHAM AND 011.011 D JCNCTlON.—Ezfreseedinetry
Mectong. —Birmingham, Dee. 23.—Mr. P. H. ?dente to tie chair.—
The ineetim had been oonvened upon • req uleition from the dissent lent
ehareholders, for various epecial peewee& Mr. Mosley, who tau
hitherto led the van of the oppontionete to the directors` party, woe
absent ; but he place ers. Rapplied by Mr. Abel Peyton, who opened
the Menus by stating that it had been deemed dyeable to defer
ptoosedtog in the metre part of the matters for which the
totetilig had been convened; such sally would be coraeldered
es were imperative et that moment. The first resolution was " that
application to parliament be made by this arm r, in punmenee of
the notice Inserted in the Lenders Cy.eite, of the 24th day of Novem-
ber last, signed by Mr. Alexander Dottie and Mears. Ccolmore and
Peale, for • hill M enable this tympany to make a deviation in the line
of railway between Leamington and War Ailk, and to purchase the
Una/oral-on-Avon Canal; and that Mr. AexaMer Donk and Mews
Thomas Colmar and ei illiam John Beale be, and they are hereby .p-
-pointed, solicitors for and on behalf of this company, to solicit each
bill WI parliament, to take all neemeary stein for passing the mine
into an act."—Mr. Ilutehinnon, of Lincoim seconded this resolution,
bet the chairman refused to put it, on the ground, es
he .alleged, that he had no Inclinedoo to incur the penalty of
an inn umemeot of the Vice-Chancellor). injunction, which they would
• the bill had not in It the datum contained in that of last yew.—
Mr. Cnlmme, of Birmingham, rejoined that this resolution was
merely • preparatory measure, and that the time when the bill woe
prepared and eubmitted wee the proper occasion for corudderang
whether it wan an lefringement of the injunction.—Mr. Whatley,
the company's solicitor, advised the chairman not to put the revolu-
tion, upon which Mr. Peyton mid that as they were of opinion
it contained nothing inconsiatent with Pile alleged contract
of November, 1844, he should lamed, submit the resolution,
especially as the Vice-Chancellor had distinctly elated that he
did not wish co to word his Injunction that the someway
would be prevented from taking steps to oppose the Great Western.
Mr. P. then demanded from the chairman, the reeolution which he
had banded to him, but Mr. Monts refused to return other than a
copy oft; although he had declined to put it. Comaiderable alterca-
tion weed. Mr. Peyton denied the right of the chairman to retain
pomemion of Ms ruolution, but the latter wae eumiorted in his re-
solve by Lord Hatherton and Mr. Spooner, M.P., the letter deolaziog
his belief that the mover and seconder of the resolution, and whoever
might put it, would render themselves liable to the penalties come-
queut on the violation of the Vice-Chancellor's injunction. Ultimately
the chairman banded to Mr. Peyton a copy of his resolution, but the
latter deelinedte receive it, produning (stead a duplicate of the one he
had given to Mr. Munn, and adopting Ilan the original. This be put
to the meeting, and it was carried all but umunimouely.—Mr. Peyton
then produced a seal, which had been obtained In compliance with a
reolutioe at • meeting a short time ranee, and *midst some laughter
he moved the following " I hat the seal now poetised be now lathed
by Mr. Peyton, one of the directors of the company, as the common
seal of the company, to the petition to paelLameut, now also produced,
for leave to Introduce a bill for the before-mentimed pioneers, and to
the declaration now preduoed as to the means of defraying
the expense M the works to he authorieed by such bill."—Mr.
Colnaore, of Birmingham, seconded the reimution ; but the Moslem=
declined to put It slam remarking that be did not admit of any other
seal than that in the poem...eon of the directors- The resolutioo Wee
thereupon put by Mr. Peyton, end declared by him to be carried, and
having accordingly affixed the veal to the petittan, Mr. Peyton next
moved, and Mr. HuMbineen seconded, the following resolution
"That all the expenses to be incurred in whetting the sold bill, or
which hove been already Incurred in giving the pone. of the intended
appaiewher to parliament, preparing the neoneury pleas and section',
and making the necemary deposits with the cleek of the peace,
and otherwise, as required by the standing orders of par-
liament, or in any way relating to the intended applica-
tion to parliament, be paid and defrayed by the company, sad that
the directors he inetructed to pay and adwoce to the rolleitore ap-
pointed at this meeting also each genet of money as shall be from
time to time neeeessry is s
such bill In parliament, and for
defraying the expenses ordered to be borne by this company ae above
menuoned."—The Chairman refusing to put the resolution also, It
waa put by Mr. Peyton, and carried almost unanfronuely.—The last
resolution submitted by Mr. Prawn. and "wooded by Mr. Beale,
was :—" That thin meeting be, and is tunny adjourned until Friday.
the 14th day of January next, at Dee's Royal llotel, Birmingham, at
half-past two o'clock in the afteanoom when the consideranon of all
and &neuter the matters and things mentiened and referred to in
the requieition under whim this meeting is held will be resumed, if
oecemary."—Mr. Holey, of Li a erpool, in the worm of • long speech,
animadverted In wrong term. on the oroduct of
the directors and
their solicitors. lie inserted that they (the directors) were regardless
altogether of the interets of the shareholdere ; that in making and
peering for the payment of mils they had thown bow completely
insensible they were to the state of the money market, and to its in-
fluence upon thin proprietary as well as others; that, in fact, nothing
whatever had been done to midget/ coda, but everything to annoy
and hems- That the solicitors. with great r•rukseioue of kindly feel-
ing, and diffidence, and Iteshfulness, had made hundreds of pounds by
the service of write which had no effect except to produces picking for
themselves, an was evidenced by the fact that upwards of 3011 manta
had been served, and upon each there were wets amounting to wme-
thing like four guineas. cub had been their anxiety to retort to
I keel proceeding., that whilst they held one hand for a ilve-pound
call, in another they held • wit, and threatened • forfeiture of therm
if that cal, were not paid within 21 days, although they knew they
had not We pewee to enforce the threat. Ile advised that the eon-
, cliors ehould be immediately got rid of and others appointed. and
if the directors did not show themselves more alive to the interests of
the shareholders that the annual allowance to them should be &u-
-pended, and that they should Ono be starved oat. He charged them
with buying property at three times its value, and adverting to the
sale to the Great Western, he &Mimed that If they were to be thrown
over to the tender mercies of that company lt should be fully user-
mired they were on a sure footing—that the purelossem were in a
condition to pay the purchase-money. The Great Menem Company
were down to • dodge or two, as wee well known, but of one Immg
he was anxious above all others that they should have their retie for
their money.—The chairman replied to the hot epeeker at some
length. He left the defence of the Great Montero Conmeny to thaw
who were the guardians of its interests, and with reference t• the calls
which the directors in the concern had made, widths steps watch had
been taken to enforce payment of them, he said that those legal pro-
ceedinge had been rendered necessary by the extraordinary circular
which had been sent round at the immune of thew who acted fur the
dissentient shareholders; and because the money wan required ton,
the jaet debts of the Company. Mr. Whateley' the Company'. soll-
eitor, defended himself from the obsernatiou made by Mr. Matey,
and be gave an " unqualified contradiction' to the areenke of Mr.
Money at the meeting in November, that bailiffs had been employed
to serve write upon gentlemen in their carriages, or upon 'Change;
and be demand that there was any ground whatever for
wanglaint at the manner in which the legal proceeding. had been
carried out. V. reference to the opposition to thediremors, hesaid
that tome of the leader. amongst the diesentient party had shown •
disposition to relent. As • proof, he Instaaced the feet that one of
the romuutionists of the meeting had written to the necretary to de-
clare ha purpose to pay Memel adding, that he would no tuner be
• party to • factious opposition to the Vice-Chancellor's deedelon.
Mr. Curies Slaw, a director, and whom connexion with the Direct
Birmingham and Leicester Bellamy will reader his name (smaller to
the public, made some ebeernations about tbedimantient shareholders
harem purchased their Wares fora "party purpme."—Re was re-
plied to ny Mr. Beale. Mr. Birley, and ceher gentlemen; the former
deeming that he had himself porch reed Ware. in this concern of
Mr. Uwe before the meeting m Deeenter, 1846, at which the agree-
ment of see was submitted.—Mr. Shaw offered some observations in
explanation, lent succumbed to the masked disapprobation of the
unaning
meeti ; d the r
an esolution of adjournment having been put wee
mously wed

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. EDINBURGH •ND
No:armee. AND Gassrott—As I. well known, those two campmate
did Len minion obtain an act for their amalgamation, an agreement to
that effect having been entered into in 1846. Unfortunately • misun-
derstanding atones few months &trek which boa led to considerable
anxiety among the director. of both composimea Tbe point at new
may be stated in a few words. By the agreement, the stook of the
Edinburgh and Germane Railway was to be taken at 310,0001, and
amalgamated at per with that of the Edinburo and Northern, the
amalgamation or union taking place when both lines were completed
and fn Doll operation. Thu mum of 310,0001. was In 1846 calculated
as the limit of the expenditure require.. to tiniah the Gentian tine. It
has turned out that the estimates., which were framed in the begin-
ning of that year, have subsequenUy been corinderahly exceeded
by circumstances that e old not then have been foremen. In
addiuon a Lugs outlay hoe been Incurred by the Granton Cern-
P.M', which, if they aline, would not have occurred except with
a view to the nualgonation with the Edinburgh and Northern.
la these sirescrearass, instead of 3 t6,000f the sum which had been
calculated at the newt us the Cot of completing the Grantee Line,
the endeeteltilher.ill require 360,0001., or tO,OOO/. beyond the origi-
nal mamma question then wee, whether this 10,0004 should be
paid by the milted companies or force a burden solely against the
tenon Ilene lathe ismunoption at ern onalmerned by the lisdinbureb
and N than the (Wanton Ckunpany were hound to hand over
their tine be and in a completed state, in ormidderation of
310,0001, et *at amount of stock being amalgamated at par with the
Eden ee* re Northern stock. On this subject ha directors of the
respeteleummignMes have had n good deal of difference of Inion ;
het threigliet the argunieut haa been conducted stub
miniumile• mud Mum The result has been that the directors
el NIL mmungius base united in submitting the following
sgreaseut kr the approval of their respective shareholders
TO /she le the emfn.ble deciaion of the Right fon. J. A. &nevi.
Wortley, whew *Meg, 81r Frederic Thesiger, generally, all quo,
dons &dative* tof the agreements between the two companies dated
in Much and October 1816, and the net of amalgamation, Ind 11
riot. e. 2366.44.4. the consent, on
to the part of the Edinburgh and
Northern 7, that the sum be applied to the proper work. of
the Greaten pony, .erordin w the add 'grommet. and
relative eadmats, is to be reckoned an tiled at Mum!. ;
and it h barber agreed, that the certificate of amalgams-
, tiOn doh be applied for as mon se, but not until, It shall
be shown the anis/action of the referee, that the consent of •
the knit iffekliall d Uie Edinburgh, Leith, and (Darien Com-
as I
pany betat lert. end eellelemt emeetty given, in the opinion
'of the fibres.
the mem id set be =Mel imeme the amalgamated company 52r
et Mem menthe from the application for the certificate;
kmtltt
deep thet era pielpeeemme shall not extend over a
Meted them shame vired• hem the signing of the le
18 loth. that the mot ma the Granitic, or 201.
Mea he la the mee=ta.b the liquidation of thsTia
I elimehme. hind divider with the oral deism,
eshedeleg the teregdag he preperrd la i excreted. The
=tea el Me Omaha toot to be Meador he the
ems bet te be byword the expender* beyond

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.
comm. Liven Yew., Dec. U.—The market was
steady torleyond dam Friday there ht. been am advance of in-
ferior meta The dales were 4,000 balm, ab to the trade.
Mae camas, Dec. 28.—There is no new Aware to re.
port In oar =Mat to-day. Busteem continue. quiet, with very Uttle =mites%
fr.tothgele(ei oulo:,.1, eft. A.lfr mogy,
to
eta pretty be asertpdom'oei Moths mutable for their =theta La yarns ben bee dewy to sada. The alkdal report of the Mob of
In the besemb Medieder. the week soled this rayl,l=tee boom Is the sumbie et limb wading NI Ode, of 567, eel • dram in the meter el Made working sae time of
L 770. nmater et three wholly unemployed Is leereome this week Iby 1,171. Mel Of Ile faille to Albino and It. ellettheremeed hem now
mast= From Oidtamwelsore thatthe eotto*
tbe last week. austrel
trade =them. to mil& •
Lem tentseey terrards Improvement Within
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ra may ampliving lif•46* remit
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desdas bdr —lfswW.lsege
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GOlNOWsultr In ••very distromed eledittom 111.61.11111111111 lip" Si 1010 on ONONSIIIIIIIIIO IMO
INNS GM Milli rani beua
tbe bet tele.ll=ao yet Webb Ike
ink sod be weds= thiro map= The beim= Is better, and a amber al lode an id we* be led ten days.—MerscA. rim /lassarer.
WOOLLitt OLOTFib.—Lemm, Die. 28.—This bang bet derketist PM' Ohm woo only • thin 'Modems at the Ibe
webs Mb aismft sot • wry tight busmen was treater Mid.
BLANZATlBrnieurcianni Die. 27.—Tbe Gm Kiwi bon sad samdastwers in the Blanket ILL wee wiry ma% led et erase wily Me balms' was trimertisdi no Mimeos
Wag to b• noted.