The Express.
London, England, 1848-03-24 00:00:00

panics becoming a pa-ty to • proceeding which might interfere ;with
the discharge of other end tndependeet duties imposed upon him, sad
tine, which was merely mutter of connotation between manse,
remitted in the propral which Su F. Kelly undertook to submit la
any form that might be thought fit to the Birmingham and Crafra
Company, not as a part of the agreement, to which it °berms!! rat
not belong, but r a point to be conathereti by individual thera
holders, who Meer could adopt or carry it Into effect. And this pre.
real, which, sped the plainest principles of honour and good faith.
'ring expertly _eneldential and without prejudice, ought neve se
have been drinethe enter eccepted ; sad which was immediately
rejoined Oyer Ilierhlgheln and Oxford Company, because they
no power to pedlar th, las been, by the Great Western Cox
parry, mode pall* tried treated as en engagement, sae
part and Moth of the agreement of November, I Mg.
and the Thrnalrabana and Oxford Company are charged rah
having departed hews ft. From this plain end rise kra
statement of fee's the shareholders will ve that the
Birmingham and ()deed Company, brine offerclmtro7Mry the agree,
rood inlo effect, have been ant still are ready to do all that the law
and pod tel h require far the; purpose, and that the Great Werra;
compray, while professing the same intentira, refuse to perara
their part of the agreement, by delivering to the aharer.thh re the
have paid up t. e full amount of she calls on their thane the
e unpile to which it a admitted that, under the
meet, they arc entitled, upon the vain and hollow pre.
test that the Birmingham and Oxford Company reject e
condition which nn lawyer and no man of common ta
derstandiag can pretend to be any pot of the
meat, or that they are in any way bound, or that they have the
power to perform. Under these etreumetrcee, it only reeler rte t
the shareholders to determine what course to adopt *gating the Grant
Weetern Company, who, having sought in a *suet of *pity she
, et& performance of this agreement, now refuse to perform what they
' admit to be a ceedition which the agreement imposes urethra.
until they can &Kerrie, by the result of an turner experiment he,
lore parliament, whether it is to their interest to abide by the
agreement or not. -laneseter-place, Strand, March 14, 1114 A -
Mr. Dore subsequently grated that pursuant to a neolutice reed
at the last meriting, requesting him to adorer a biter to Mr. Heat, '
calling upon the Groat Western Company to return coupons far
SW. Sr. to the different shareholders, who Lail paid up their 204 tai
amount of their rarer., is compliment with the terms of agreeraet
the 12th December, 11146 ; to this effect he had sutra, and, acting
upon further iestructlees, Mr given notice that farm craw
with this demand by Saturday the late ino., such Kram word
Clrec as owner might dera, stating at the same time that by
clients were willing ro fulfil the agreen.ent, and do all sera acts se the
Court of Chancery may direct. tin the 17th he received a
letter, stating that the Great Western Company econaidend
a sufficient answer to the peremptory domed to tell lira
that hie clients had still a sun pending to Chancery.
They could not asqukoce. After what bad penal the Greet %Suitt,
Company would proceed regularly to enforce the agreement against
those who had taken from them the benefit of it. In conclusion It
staled the Greet Weetern Company were still perfectly Pilgr e per.
form the agreement accenting to its true corauction. Mr. DKr
stated that there might be no obstacle in the way of reconciling rap.
cultism., be had on !intraday taken the suit off the file of the Court at
Chaacery, but on Monday intorno= be saw an order from the Goat
Western Company for leave to amend their bill, and the emendators
proposed were euch as to render an amicable arrangement herr&
By those amendments a totally different oomplenion was given to the
agreement of December. From the proposed ateendrootte ha truer
It was perfectly clear that the object of the Greet Western Company
wee delay.-Sir. Laurence Hepworth, after eating that the Bimini.
Ism and Oxford Railway would be of no use to the Great Wester!
Company unless the broad gauge was put upon it, moved, "net tra
meeting authorises the directors to aid the Great waterneomMal
with all the powers of the Birmingham and Oxford Railway Company
to pin parlismentary authority to lay the broad gauge open tie lin-
. mingham and Oxford line."-Mr. tries Money said he should have
had the greatest pleasure to bays emonsied the reeoluther, if it had
Mao called up-:n the Great We. tem Company to perforce their part of
the agreement. The resolution only propreed to do abet throe whom
he represented had offered to do over and over main. The Batter at
role wee noir to the Birmingham and Oxford Company ambling the
Great Western to obtain the brad gauge; but it was, that the
Great Western Company earthed the BUB Ingham and Oxford thr
pany to achieve thus, and to beer the results of the specelatice.
The Groat Western Company asked
.that the Birmieghse
nod Oxford Company should go to parliament and try
the speculation of obtaining the broad gauze, end in me
of failure should bear nut only the drappointmeet but the loss.-The
Chairman stated that, as no MAIM had been taken of the motion
Made by Mr. Ileyworth, it omld not be given awn the chair.-Mr.
Beale naked whether the contract for the delivery ut the coupons was
out to take effect till the broad gauge was carried out f-Tr Cher.
wan staled that there was not and could be no condition of that
kind. At the ,acne time he NUS bound to say that the company me
bound to do Its hest to rand m carrying out the broad gauge.-Mr.
Pim real a portion of the agreement, which 'equine the crams,
without other conoitions, to be delivered "no soon as pri. AM ham
bees paid up." - The Chairman, as an individual, enprome
his opinion that the obligation was most clear. ghee
he now the really email points of &ethanol betimes de
two companies, hey still felt it would be passible to arad tai
sad spectacle of the disputes and bnption going on.-Mr. Elia
thrley then moved the adoption of a petagio, which eu
read. rent di
d, it Mated, of the Great Western Company now here
parliament did not oontain Mures compelling them Co fulfil their
agreement, and it was for the Birmingham and Oxford Gramma
insist on such clauses being put into h.-This wan put and curled
unanunosisly.--Other revolutions of the name nature ism peel-
Mr.C.Shaw, of Birmingram,believed there was no contingency shat.
ever as to the agreement, end he was sorry that the Chairmen and
Secretary of the Great Western Company had not been aulemenily
clear in their remarks at the last steering.-On the motion of lit.
Morley the meeting was adjourned till the Ist of April, to he held at
the D e Hotel, Birmingham, as ale, the general metug, which
should Lase been held alter the other meeting that day.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.-CHANGES MAIM Be the
PROVISIONAL GOYIM:O.NT OP FRANC& IN rue INSPECTION OF RAIL.
111 Te.-A decree of the Munster of Public Works of the Ma m 6
m:kes the following changes in the general super endue of railway:
Art. I. The royal mummery+ to railway COMpalaiall ath surreal
-Art2. The surveillance of the commercial working of railway' aid
the financiel operations of companies shall be confided to agar, she
shall take the title of Jasper tars de emploitranw commercink. Tin
inspectors shall be of two Gamma, Inspetteurs principaar and hero
taws purtieutiers. The remaining articles of the decree plain the
laetananied officers subordinator the first, and divide the Maratha(
the republic into elm arrondissements.

COMMERCIAL AND MARKET&
PRODUC E. —DI pectrro • lANR, MAIM( 23.—The saga
market has been rather more firm to-day, and a far :,mount of has.
imphas been dome in the Weet India market ; 770 11116-
ters of the 2,500 bags of yellow Havana held for esthete' prim
and • small part oaly sold, from 30s. to 42e., but there appeared tots
purchasers at 6d. under the prices they were bought in at. Heald
steady; standard quality, 535. fsrL to 51s.—baltpetre Ms bees
in leas demand to-day, but prices remain unaltered.—Cans
remains out of demand.—Rum eteady, but not atm—
Camphor sold at Sos. to Sta.—Cast
to or oil sold at Md.
W.Manilla hemp partly sold at 321. 331. Coir yam, 224 talk
—Tea steady. The brokers' monthly circulars are issued for the cum
land mail, and state that common congon and twankay have Ms
dined Id. per lb. • imperial and gunpowder, 2d. to id. ; hymns, a.
ospt the finest qualities, have been nearly unsaleable. Imported
ran
London, from Jan. I to Hach 16, 11,225,000 ha agairmt 8,731,0 X
lbs. for the sumo period last year. Total &hyenas, 7 747 ,UoU oXagainst 8,012,00 u los. laid ymr. Mock on hand, 37,054,000 Iles
*maul 32,557,1N0 lbs. at the name period Met year.

COTTON.—Livarepooh, Marto/ 23.—The market We
micro very duiL The sales were 3,000 bales.
MANCHESTER, MANCH 23.—There ill DO improremat
either ie the cloth or yarn market, and business 4 almow limited to
immediate neeettaities, with declining price,. There is no inereue la
ed the amount of buss:woe doing for America, and the German and Gisek
d houaes hare almost suapended opendiona

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.—MAILL
DOS. Alim, Pea. AZ) DOB. ASS. lOU
f. 3 Dublin U 1 liollasd .... 0 0 India. v. South- 0 Sri/m.llor
L 2 Waterford .. 0,2 Flanden ... 0. asapton .. 0 0 Heim and
1 Donagbadae• o'2 France .—. n 0 Dokaaracillor Hannan Markt
1 Ouerr..aJars. Limbon 14.,c0n and 0 W4441a.Wm.%
0 Hamburg. 0 If sditurran.. Halifax Mar. 2.40 gnarl=
Givarisarm;ll.4acm 23.—Arrived Deahra, Emden ; Vent"
Daniel Brock, St. Laniard, Emma Ellen, Swift, Amity, Gamey;
i Ellen Lhriligao, Dunkirk ; English Rose, Princerd Victoria, Dinleta,
51fi„ Antwerp; Mary, Sera Leone ; Batavia', Ocean, Sir it. N4lllll
," f
Rotterdam; Emerald, Boulogne; Mend, : Mewed,
Bard*; Ellen Gillman, At. Michael's; Loch Lomond, Bombay;
li Hugh Walker, China ; Caroline, Halifax ; Carolinida, Caen ; City cd
London, Bordeaux; Noel, Cape; David Lyon, !arming; tiarlh.be
de Janeiro; Harlequin, Boulogne; Tourist. Whir ; Soho,
g Hasa, Hamburg; Ben Nevis, Yrince Edward's bland ; Gowen% Cs
L nipburg.
Lot:avow., Minor 23.—. Arrived : exford, New York ;
Rotterdam Jeune 31:014, Antwerp ; Paragon, Enter prise, Loads.
—hailed Fairfield, Jamaica ; Mary Young, Trinidad ; Angsgi,
L Locchristic, Ghent; Zealous, Lisbon; Thornley, Hamburg ad
Quebec.
3 The Omega, from Liverpool, was passed lath March, lat. 44, la*
43, watt t udder broken, spare disabled, and five feet 00 water in Be
bold and abandoned—by the Oxford.

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BIRTHS.
BELTORD.—March 20, at Lobito, the wife of E. A. Belford. Trel
a eur,„
BEN SUN.—March 21, at Tehlingtou Manse, the ale of Coot. Mho.
of a ha.
BEDIER.—Feb. RS, at Folcrocsl.place, Brompton, the wife 0060
Ungooa Werner, ksq., of atom
GOLDS'S ID —March 21, at Upper Berkelh-etroet, Purtahosqlart *
wife of N. Goldoild. Esq.. of a moo.
CIU RN NlL—Manes 24 at ktratoshill, Mr. T. Gurocy. of awn.
JONES.—March lir, at Parkaerrace. Bruton. 3irs. J. Jon., of

LAMUN D.—March 30. at Glargow. Mr. Lamm& of • "°••
KO6ERT6.—Marcb lit, at Llanidloni, the wife of T. F. Boberte,
mayor of that b.:sough, of aeon anti hew.
ROBERTnON.—Maret Id at tikaicesterrand, llldoPrAgafo" lh
wife of J. IL Robertson, ietkietlson.
STOPEORD.—March 11, at Seausve, NortharaPwashirs.
wife of the 11,. C. topford, of • daughter.
TAT E.—March 18, at the al: of Capt. B. C. Tate, Roy
Marine Artillery, eta daughter.
TUT N SER.—March la, at Andilplace, St. James's, 1116 *f
J.
Toyabee. Esep, ELS.. of a daughter.
MARRIAGES.
EDMISTON--CAMPBELL.—March 31, at Cavecow, by the Rev. IL
1 Houston, Mr. K. Edmiston, Glasgow. to Janette, dant:MO.l W°l4ll
W. Campbell, Esd of New York.
HALISTEAD—CRA M P.—March 18, at Toro% Capt. G. -6,1163‘614.
f wfosm°.
kt. N.. to Emma. youngest daughter of T. Cramp. LA o
MURTON —N EAME.--Ilao.ll 21, at 11 NAM,. b) 6
161
Rev. J. Jam,CS Mr. C. Murton, of Lycstol. roar Sitting bour°
Jane, third daughter of U. NOULIC.
MUSPRATT—CUSIIMAN.—March 3L. at Sefton Church, by see se
Mr. Clark°. Dr. S. Muspratt, of Seaford, llsU.to 111 as Coda Ciell
man, late of Boston.
ROZEA—BACON --March 210 d St. Pancras Church, GColie, Mar
a.° of fh° late R. Roma, LK.. of Milton-stmt., Donetegiamv
Ameba. only surviving daughter of the late W. 104.0. LA.
W MUER/I-8M ITlL—March 33, at St. titurg imaowfw,.„,' tt-
Withers, Esq., of Wasclawarth, to 121 n, third datiShlar of lb° ""' '-
Smith, Esq., of Great Bardfleld. Eradr.
DRATHS.
BAN IST RM.—March 20, at Yort•plaos, IfttelptoD. T. M. Badeler.ll°
BARN LW ALL.—March 20, at Itriglawn, Litut..Col. B.
the Bombay Army.
BEST.—Mardi lh
_at 4711, Fllntshlrs,a T. Beat, Kg
tne ~ aged de.
BLA KEN FN.—March 25, Sarah, wife of J. Blaky, Au., of Nag
raw, and klornington road, Itegt'lwrl.U.d
BRAG is EN ISt KY en
.—March 11, Alice Mary. Patois.. wws--
l!mckenburY. anistant-master of Marlborough Cows
"IV E.—lnl°37ar—cli 16, at Bukhara, H. Clive, Em., bats M.P. for Ludlam
aged 71
DEN N ISTOIIN.—March 90,U Glasgow, B. Dennistoull. Meo Wl°
wood.
ORARAM.—March 19, at Glasgow, Janet. third &tighter of the SW
GLGraham. ENG,
RS at Willa, nne, relict of J. Oubbins, BK. °
Limerick. aged 7y.
EN KlNlL—March 10, at Paris, W. 11. Jenkins, Esq., aided sea
JW. K. Jenkins, Esq., of Araandroad. Regent's-park. 110-_,,d
LOCKLEY.—March 90, at LassitY. Bucks. HAM We
MARSHY/to
Jr-34*rd, 21 at Aachen-gam, /Muth, RUM, Wad
of the late J. Mardian. i,S.L seed 66.
TUUMSON.—Mardi at vertsrai,Sj.b..l2ilsoilgijoy /Ise
TIIIIBIIJILL.ch IS, fEgbara our
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