The Express.
London, England, 1851-06-24 00:00:00

WLNDINO-UP OF JOLNT STOCK COMPANIES.

LONDON, BIRMINGHAM, AND BUCKS RAILWAY.-
Yesterday a meeting in this matter was held before his
Honour the Master in Chancery Kinder*ley, to proceed
with the cases of those members of the provisional and
managing committee who attended various meetings and
acted in promotion of the measure. In the case of Lord
Chichester, Mr. O. T. Alger, the solicitor of the company,
and Capt. Dayrell, its chairman, deposed to Lord Chichester
Laving attended most of the meetings, and to his having
been one of its most active members. His lordship, to-
gether with Viscount Curzon, had paid 100!. to defray lia-
bilities, and, had other members of the committee done the
same, there would now have been no debts to discharge.
The Master thought that, in conformity with the law as it
at present stood, he must place the parties on the list as
liable, subject to any further evidence that might beadduced
in their favour. The name of Dr. J. 0. Campbell was
struck off, on the ground that the only meeting he attended
was for the express purpose of remonstrating with the p, o-
moters for having, without authority, placed his name in
the prospectus. Mr. Dod, who appeared fur Dr. Campbell,
said his client had been compelled, to get absolved from
legal liability, to pay 2001. to the solicitors. On leaving
home one morning he was presented with a writ for 1,400!.
by an agent of Mr. Strutt, of Buckingham-street, Strand,
on the ground that he had made himself liable to discharge
the company's debts, because his name was amongst the
provisional committee on:the prospectus. Objections having
been taken to the production of the minute and other books
in evidence, the Master directed Mr, Goodchap, the official
manager, to summon Lord Chichester, Viscount:Curzon,
and the other members of the committee, to be examined
vivo ewe at the next meeting.

EASTERN COUNTIES AND SOVITIEND RAILWAY.—
Yesterday, before Sir Wm. Horne, Mr. E. Norris, of
Liverpool, for whom Mr. Giffard appeared as counsel, was
called on to show cause why he should not be placed on the
list as liable to contribute, in that as a member of the pro-
visional committee, he originally accepted 100 shares, and
subsequently wrote requesting the number might be re-
duced to 50. It was contended that inasmuch as between
the date of the original allotment and the reduction there
had been an alteration is the constitution of the company,
the contract was not binding. The Master held otherwise,
and placed Mr. Norris on the list. The next class of eases
taken was that of those who had signed the deed. The first
was that of Mr. E. H. Catu.ton, the secretary, who had signed
for 00 shares, or 1,2501. The signature to the
in Mr. Causton's handwriting was admitted by Mr. H.
Harris, his solicitor, but the reception of the document in
evidence was objected to on the ground that it was a mere
piece of parchment without the legal formalities and desti-
tute of stamps—Mr. Daniel, for the official manager, said
the deed should be stamped by the next meeting, so as to
proceed with the cases of those directors and others who had
signed it.

WOLVERHAMPTON, CHESTER, AND BIRKENHEAD
RAlLWAY.—Yesterday, his Honour Master Brougham,
after hearing Mr. Glace and Mr. Rogers on the case of Mr.
William Cooper, jun., of Ilentey-in-Arden, en allottee of
twenty shares of 20i. each in this company, who agreed in
writing to take the shares and pay the deposit of two
guineas thereon, but who, the panic supervening, did not,
directed Mr. Norris, the official manager, as the decision
will affect 1,400 allottees in the company, to carry the case
forward on appeal, so that the question, which has a bear-
ing on a ,great many other companies, may be determined
by the House of Lords.