The Express.
London, England, 1851-04-18 00:00:00

rAPIRR-MACHE sad IRON TEA-TRAYS.
An asoartmaa4 of TM Tier and Wallrra whoily mann,
oted, wheroer as to Wee, variety, or non ty, is now wiling by
WILLIAM o. li eirrOS. at Warn much loner Wan amnion wansa•
gurney of MA large reeve% eon purchaves.
&Yam Owe Earns...mach! Trays, per et
of
them . from 201. M. to Id sniper
Ditto. !rem ditto „. hoot 15a. M. to 4 gunman,
000. PI *nape, diLlet
An immen, qaannty et maall pautemniche and iron Mtn many
of them eamutel in me bitten stole of art, at of. olt a coaster of
the it or tying cut ; Woe 00.1, ar a!yridly oat of (Auntie'n. Ihrey
me eaperialty worthy .he setention of tar, rn aral ouffre-loruae
larepers. ll.und iud Gothic waiters, eake and bread Marts,
•EIMY low.
1t
AM l'S at all FORTS awl P.%TTERNS.—The
J large 4. es wed a* et.ot, eat, anwet-nent of rALm KILN MAG-
-11 and other EANDLENIICKY, CAMPIIINt , AIVIAND, aad
pit. Ift Ltaillea, are.:l all the Murat :roproveenenta,a•A of the neweßt
5..1 ....4 feelwitibe Imams, in °multi. bohewiros and plala 0,..,
of pap. r loathe,. I:. raaarma. told W. 6. bl:wrom'N y litre sul the
maamabla adrettiaw i.n, no mains.
PALMER'S CANDLES, 131.1. a pound.
PALMER'S PATENT CANDLES, all marled " Miner."
Militia or double vial-- egd per pound.
MIL .la-, 3 Iv:via «....... Tad. do.
staltuuya, 1:e 4 Maks M. do.
The money returned fur ram settee tan approved of.
16t61,6 Catat,,,w,, with eognotot., WI well am alr every bow
Wowto•ry ariie.e. wit '.iwt Mad/ fr.,
W 11.1.1A11 S. IstltloN. In. eIXEORII-uTREET, coronet New-
lailladread ; and No. t, NEW OAN•ti [KELT.
E tar. Wool in 0V.1,.......t, . o. 1,1?,n.

WilltiKEKS ANII MOILSCACtiIt)S. -
anpreakr.b.l earebe el HOWL Mb' MACASSAR 01'•
to p..a0,140,..,...11,,n.ents • f lubboutl,, known and
apreeteted, motet' Teetlinnut..• ma. numerous in tbem.
h., 10;,... Tb • Mt $ pre.rni-
Wait in nnt,ltlng., hur.r..m.g. sod b. auti:)tp. the Lu-
nen U.Alf, :11.41 to an ,tisp• of •2141er.0r. It trt.istutr.
lb belmende propertlee into the boa ni the heed. 'marimba as lab
Ma mar mrde. can b meg to pawn, derma $ teem bad sad
Deedd4 ram-den t; in maiesity. eattiaame.ite yeamerica
kale elipreseliPmalmftoos immerime tedvairey to Ut. Were
rend of human ate. rrto. 2.. Gd. 7,, Lim ir batiks (wad to four
aeon tki, tltat car, 21.. or bottle.
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caw lbw* on the tV -Ai per ; wad on toe back
el t rapper a: ..:•,0t tin re, contained 14,021{1.5M Sold by
Yen al .0, t rtuNA.Altbk-a, DOS, and by ell Chemins and
ter me..rit.

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pthatyto,y,d, beeir eV frier* and mammy% la towate and tette-
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Mkt. =three PAMPIILIST WM CMMIUM.
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vn.ta, b) e sw—.. e, thlo teiettr .nh. and t: h. f n 4+W. Tru.ingers 14
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MEETINO OF MIDDLESEX NIAOISTRATES.

Ye,tertlay a meeting of I‘lidillesex magistrates
took t tip ILIUM', (.IC1101%1:11, to Moron
the linunciA al
PIO a' ocnil loi,int,s of thc comity. Mr.
prc-iScil, and them were nearly forty magi-
strates lin Neut.

/Mr eoeXTV I.l.l'oX'.
Aft. r some norm ...anon on the measure intentional into
tho noose of Commons, the object t
in whish was the
pipit, tit of coroner. by tiled valativ. tg.ul of fie,,
and tot the EVI 'W A'S of l'roneutions Bill, the usual
reports from the prisons were pressmted. There
wen in %lie Coldbath-tichli llouve of l'orrection 1,197
prisoners -i.e., felons, 723 ; mivdenteanants, 311 ; and
vita ratite, 15111, all males above 17 year, of av—i.e., . in
460
the
We.toviuster Oen tit there were t 173 prisonen
female-, all age., and 213 males (under 17) ; and in the
House of Detention there were for trial 62 prison. es, com-
mitted fir n .exsitoitiation 116, fur want of boil 37, on sum-
mary orders, IL :141 de.erters 2.
'the report, w. A., received and adopted.
The court made a rate of Id. in the pound, as an ordinary
county rate, for the ensuing quarter, and a farthing rate
under the Lonnie Asylum Act.
Tll t: t ot.NET HATCH .taXi.eXt.
The eommittee of this asylum reported to the court that
the arrangements WOW nearly completed, and that the obi.
blishment would lw opened for the reception of patients in
the earl' pat of June.
Mr. 'l' unit r brought up the report of the committee on
the onhiro of the Alice of coroner.
Ordered to be printed.
soMIXXIAT CoNtiNtMSNT.
Sir PETER 1..1C DIE, having previously made an in-
quiry relative to the number of casesas of aesttemirmaa pted fUirdirecting
in the Howe of Detention, said he wd of
the attention of the magistrates to the syst-ra of solitary
coutintment, and the reunite es of eases of insanity to which
that frac.. had d. Ile hail recently received the 21th report
of the hoard of in wager. of prison, in America made to the
executive government, and he fauna from that report that
there was now in that country but one pri.t in which the
solitare systene a carried out, and of 300 prisoners dis-
chargt4 from various circumdances, 31 were flint:v.:li
ill-
health, and 341 through insanity. He would remold the i
court that it way upon the plan of this prison that the )lodel
l'rinon at Penton% ille had been constructed, and the
government had endeavoured to compel the ma-
gistrates throughout England to construct
he wa s their
glad
pri-
sons upon the same principle, but
the attempt had not succeeded in Middlesex, for the
sovistrates of that county had declined to carry it out as a
system. The hull. magistrate then read from the report he
referred to the following extract from the message of the
°memo.' of rcnnvylvania to the legidaturc it
worthy of serious consideration, whether by a system of
solitary confinement the severity of the punishment autho-
rised by the law does not injuriously affect the mental and
physical vigour of the prisouer., and the frequent return-
Mentlation to the executive, for the panlon of cony icts
afflicted with ill-health and imbecility would appear to no 11
quire a modification of the present law.
be With the
reinly before the public it would folly to factsthat there is an undue development of insanity
among our prinniers. The commissioners of the Ca-
nadian government ulso, after a careful examination of the
Institution, in widely they endeavoured to ascertain how
large an accumulation of insane cases there were in the
New Penitentiary of Philadelphia, express the opinion
that out of the whole number of prisoners, not exceeding
300, there were 50 eases of insanity. If, then, the commis-
sioners were corn et in their result, it is not strange that
the governor should be subjected to much importunate
solicitation for the frequent exercise of the inedoning
pow,.. re the
public, truly may it he said that it would he folly to
deny that there 1 an undue development of insanity
among pre tter, in the Eastern Penitentiary of
Pennsylvania. It is clearly seen too, from the above
analysis. that it was not because they were poor
ignorant and vicious .colourell' people, that they be-
came insane, for more than half of them were white. It
was not because they were old, vicious, broken-down, anti
sick. for more than half of them were men in the prime of
life, and in gtstel bodily and mental health. It was not be-
muse tiny [Hereditary tendency to insanity, for inure
than three-quart[ rs of them had no such tendency. It as
because as many, or more, prisoner* in proportion to the
whole number femme insane in all prisons. for there is not
an autlam.tie official document. from any of the pellnitenA.
-
tiaries in Maine. New Hanipshin.. Vemiont, 13.
clnewtts, Connecticut, New York, or Ohio, which
afford such melancholy evidence of their tendency
to produce insanity." Having placed these eery
rt impoant hut raelaneholy facts before the n h
hie
(Sir P. Laurie) stood there for the 'torpor of bench,g
thanks to the magistratee of that county fur the manful and
successful oppo•ition they hail made against the government
and the mnimmentlations of the prison inspectors on the
subject of solitary confinement. Ile had received the report
but a few days ago ; and he hoped the facts he had called
the attention of the hi Itch to would be widely circulated,
and breitaht under the notice of the Dome Secretary and
the prison inspectors; and he should be greatly astonished
if they did not b' e 1111 e converts in favour of what he had
Item aelvevattal -tile altolitian of solitary confinement.
The remainder of the business disposed of was merely of
• routine nature, and the court adjourned.

Yesterday a special general meeting of the share-
holders of this company was held at the London Tavern,
Ilishopestateogreet, to consider, null, if approved, to au-
thoriee the director* to carry into full effect an agreement
with the Newmarket Railway Company for the working by
this company of their railway, in conjunction with that of
the Newmarket Company, upon term. and conditions to be
laid before the meeting; and to consider and, if approved,
to authorise the directore to carry into effect, an agreement
with the Eastern Union Company for the construction of
the brooch line of railway from Mueningtree to Barwick,
upon terms to he stated at the meeting. The chair was oe-
' copied by DAVI!. W.ll.llllMitUrt, Esq., )1.1'., chairman of
the board of directors.
The CHAlltalAN add it was not his intention to offer
to the proprietors ails remarks previous to the conclusion of
the special business of the meeting. At the close of that
business, however, he would my a few words on the part
I and future policy of the company ; and, as he was
unwilling
to withdraw attention from the special business, he would
call on Captain Kelly, the chairman of the committee of
ehartholders, to give his reasons for adopting the New-
market agreement.
he report states that the negotiations with the New-
market Company, alluded to in their supplemental report,
adopted by the special general meeting held on the ibth
nlt., have rteulted in the provirional arrangement of the
terms of a working agreement between the two companies,
based, in the opinion of the committee, upon a due considera-
tion for a common interest of both. The main object of the
committee in recommending the arrangement is to pre-
vent the diversion of traffic from the lines of the Eastern
Counties Company by intrusion on the part of other contra-
nies having competing, it' not ho-tilt, interests, care hung
taken that the desired protection be obtained upon terms
st sues pendent for the Boaters Counties Company to aon-
eede and satisfactory to the Newmarket Company to ac-
cept, and calculated in their practical operation to nulwerve
the pecuniary interests of both companies, and to maintain
between them constant good-will and mutual co-operation.
The committee have not thought it prudent or expedient to
art upon the powers conferred upon them, to cubr into
negotiations with all or any of the other companies in oho
eastern district, as they have considered that so to have
done would interfere with the free and responeible action
of the board of director., and would have retarded, rather
than promoted, the aceomplishment of the object fur which
they were appointee'.
Captain KELLY said they would recollect that when
they net together on the ]title of 31a:ell, they
cowitlered a report circulated among them, recoui-
meiling them not to confirm an agreement entered
into by the tested of directors. That agreement, if adopted,
would have abstracted a suns of 8,0001. from the pocket., of
the shareholders of the Eastern Counties company. lie
home' their chairman would be empowered to bring on his
line all the traffic which would enable him to pas a high
uteri nil to, the proprietors, and that he would nut be
100 out d front suiting over a propitious sea. (Applause.)
• would woe pros-+d to the more humediat • boomer of
the el ty, culling attention in the nest plate to the map which
had Ewen pried ri and circulated among the proprietors,
111111 which particularly di scribeel the powitiou of the New-'
market Railway. Happily, by means of the piliposed agree-
ment, the Countive would h e plowed in a pottier&
of offence and of dehmee again t the Norfolk Conipeny.
In fart, the eherebioloteri had nothing now to apprelecesd.
The line might he extended from Newmarket to Bury, is
which case the coal brought from the inland districts :night
be conveyed and All at a cheap rate. There was, inure-
over, a patt7isular ilewriptiuse of chalk in the is, ighhourhood
of Newmarket, which, if brought to ',modem, would be odd
and weal in the interior of houses. He believed the line
from Newmarket to Cheeterford would prove of a produc-
tive character; and, if so, their means of defence against
any enemy would be apparent. lie war confident that they
wire perfectly fortified against any adversary, anti
that when they coiefirmial the labour. of their committee
their property would be conridereloly increased in value,
that their traffic would be materially increased, and that
they would he freed from all danger. (Hear.) It would
be perceived by the report that the committee hail thought
it unjust to take out of the hand, of the executive organs
of the wompany—namely, the directors—the functions
which ought fairly to laiong to them. Therefore, they
lad passes) a strong resolution, recoommendiug the directors
to act liberally) with the view of bringing about a good feel-
ing rewards the East Anglian Cumpaniee. lie thought the
shareholders might rely upon the ability and integrity of
their chairmau, and he had great pleasure iu moving the
adoption of the report of the committee.
Mr. GLACII recondul the motion, and in doing so ob-
served that it was by mere accident his name WAS omitted
from the report, in the general policy of which he
perfectly comeurred. lie had opposed the election of the
present directors, but, as they had been elected, he would
give them his full confidence until such time as he found
they were undeserving of it. In oilier words, he would nut
say they were wrung until their wrung acts were made
manifest. (lieut.)
Mr. ROBERTSON morel, ne an amendment, that the
motion be' rejected, inasmuch a. it took an utfett.ive and
defensive course against the Norfolk and other companies.
lie contended that the Newmarket was an insignificant
line, and that it was foolish to guarantee to each a line the
payment of 5,000/. a year. With a declining revenue,
where was the 5,000/. Et year to come from? (Hear.) It
uppeared to him that the more advisable course MILS to
effect a union with the Norfolk and the other East Anglian
companies, and that the committee of investigation had
made matters worse than they were b. fore. (Oh, oh.)
Mr. WILSON begged to secund the amendment.
The CIIAI It)IAN expressed a hope that there would
be no mistake about the paternity of Mr. Robertom,
respecting time agreement. With reference to that
agreement there were 'furious matters of detail which
it was necesmry the share holden should be made
acquainted with, in order to enable them to arrive ut
a correct decieion. The Newmarket and Chesterford Com-
pany had put before them their views as to
what their lime WAS worth—three per cent: and,
in the result, that company stipulated that they
should have what the Eastern Counties could
afford to give, provided the Eastern Counties did not suffer
loom thereby. The committee thought that a fair proposition
for the Newmarket Company to make ;,and by the construe-
this of the line to Cambridge the Eastern Counties would
obtain an interest of 60 per cent. on the traffic as between
Cambridge and Ely. (Hear.) The Newmarket and Ches.
terfordCompany said that they ought to have the use of the
station at Cambridge and of the company's servants free of
cost. That point was also conceded by the committee.
Now, it would be pereciied from the report before the
meeting, that if, under the traffic arrangements, the line , id
unt metre 3 per cent., then that a .um out exceeding 5,001.11.
should be appropriated to make the dividend', equal to that
amount. Ihe concessions which were made were no doubt
of an important character, but they would take no revenue
out of the Eastern Counties Company. (Hear, hear.) Ilk
impreeeiou was that w ith this new traffic arrangement with
the Newmarket Company, the Eastern Counties Company
in two or three years would not base occasion to contribute
the 5,000/., hut, on the contrary, that the payment of
3,000/. would entirely cease. (Ilear, hear.) It was sti-
vitiated, in the event of the line paying more than 3
per colt. per.annum, that the Eastern Counties Company
should receive all the surplus over and above that amount.
The Great Northern Company had fought and defeated
the Eastern Countice Compeny in parliament, on the
ground that they would give the most direct commu-
nication to the northern parts of England, and they hail
turned their attention to making lateral branches with
the East Anglian district, thus showing what they would do
suppoing they had power to extend their influeuce in that
elination. The committee therefore felt it of great import-
auce to protect their property to the right of Shepreth, and
they stipulated that they should have control over the
arrival and departure of all trains coming to the stations of
the Eastern Counties line, iu order to prevent the New-
market and Chesterford Company to work their trains in
harmony with the Great Northern Company. In making
this stipulation they were met in a must liberal and fair
way. lie felt that the arrangement he had mentioned was
equitable and just to all parties ; sad that it was of vital
iutiortanee to the protection and value of their pro-
perty that the meeting should now sanction it. He
moved it. adoption, in order to its being carried into im-
mediate etfoct. (('heers.)
Mr. CIiRISTIE considered it a dear and a bad
bargain for the Eastern Counties, and he would there-
fore ask the shareholders to reuse before they
Satletitlattl the agreement. lie was of opinion that the
Eastern Couuties Company should enter into fair terms of
amalgeniation with all the lines of railway cast of Peter-
borough, as a means of putting an end to that ruinous com-
petition which brought their earnings so low. He did not
think there was any fear that the Great .Northern Company
would go to the expense of making fifteen miles of railway
in order to get on to the Newmarket and Colchester for the
purpose of corking it. (Hear,)
Mr. BOX mid that the line between Newmarket and
Chesterford was certainly nut a thriving concern, but it
would beer a very different aspect when the line was made
to Cambridge. (Hear, hear.) Besides, it would prevent
competition on the part of a rival company, which was an
object of great importance. (How.) Ile wished to see a
union between the lines to the east of the Great Northern,
and if the other companies had been as reads to come to
equitable terms as the Newmarket and Chestivforel Com-
pany there would be little difficulty in accomplishing that
object. (Bear, hear.)
Mr. lIELPS said that having already suffered from giving
guarantee's, he wished to know from time chairman whether
the guarantee in the present ease might not be made condi-
riena—whether, for instance, the guarentee might not be
made proportional to the dividead they themselves re-
reused ?
The CIIAIRMAN said that he did not think it
desirable to re-open the question between them and the
Newmarket Comnany. As a general principle, he thought
the hoe. proprietor was quite right in his observations
reseeding guarantees; but would it be wise in them, be-
cause' they had committed errors formerly, to place their

property in jeonardy, as they would do if they
kft the meeting without confirming the agree-
ment ? (Hear, hear.) The traffic at present was on the
increase. and when the line was opened between Newmarket
and Cambridge he believed the guarantee would amount
to little or nothing out of the coff‘vs of the Eastern Counties.
Mr. WILSON said that he had now, as upon many
forms r occasions, listened to the prophetic speeches of the
chairman, which usually turned out to be splendid fallacies.
(Uproar.) Ho (Mr. IA ilson) was not a stock jobber, nor
had he any wish to become a director. Ile believed the rock
on which they had split was the Norfolk amalgamation:
(Hisses.) Confidence was a plant of slow growth, and hal
confessed that he regarded everything coming from thel
chairman with very great suspicion. (Hisses and cries of
Shame.")
The CHAIRMAN put it to Mr. Wilson whether ho
would indulge in personalities after the meeting had given
utterance to so decided an repression of feeling against
him ?
Mr. WILSON again es.sayeil to make himself heard
amidst a perfect storm of clisapprohat:on. He asked whether
he was in possession of the meeting. (Loud cries of " No.
no.") Ile would not mention any names again. (Ilimes.)
Ile would not occupy a minute. (Hisses.) lie recolleettsl
—(the remainder of the sentence was lost amid the com-
plete hurricane of disorder excited by the speaker.)
The amendment was put and lost ; only four hands were
held up in favour of it.
Mr. HELPS 'nosed, as another amendment, that it he an
instruction to the board of directors to endeavour to intro-
duce into the bargain a proviso that the snot payable
should an no half-year exceed the sum of live per cent. on
the dividend.
This ammilmcnt was also put and lost, and the recom-
mendation of the committee was carried by an overwhelm-
ing major ty.
The CHAIRMAN said he now came to what ho co.ssi-
dared his immediods province so the organ of the board.
A PItOPIttETOR thought that prior to any other busi-
ness being proceedeel with the meeting ought to expr.•ss its
gratitude to the committee of shareholtle rs for the zeal and
elllrieney they had evinced. lie tooled a vote of thanks
to them for their s es ices.
The motion having been duly seconded, was put and cer-
Tied unanimously.
Copt sia KELLY responded. The committee had thought
of uothilig during the negotiation I.at the interest.; of the
shareholders, and they had neither drunk a glass of water
nor eaten a crust of bread at the cxpi use of the company.

The CHAIRMAN said the next subject before the meet-
ing contempleftel the !cueing of the Harwich line. All
were agreed that this line had been too long post-
poned. Se early as a line was contemplated be-
tween London and Harwich. In September, ISO,
one of the directors of the East en Counties fleeted an
agreement with the Ee.tern Union, the tenor of which
were already known. It wan thereby provil d that 2
miles were to be sold to the Eastern Union at their fair
value, to be uwertained by Messrs. Locke and Stephenson.
That clause had been carried out, and the sum
of 49,0001. had been agreed upon as the value.
The eceond clause had also been carried out, and the third,
which was considered ohjectionahle, had IWen met by the
' Eastern Ciden in a very amicable spirit. Clause 4. which
had reference to the line between London and Coe:Wester
awl from Colchester to Manninetree, was proposed to be
amended. By the sth chum. of the agreement between the
two eutupanies, the Eastern Unain company agreed to Trent
to this company a lease for 9...19 years it• the Eastern Cnioo
lierwich line branch and pier, at a toll or rent aseestel at
4! pee cent. per annum on the oust of ouch bunch and pier,
with an equal division of profits beyond such I'. per cent.
that ugreement, however, was never p, rfeeteil. It was
now propose d that the per center should be 4 per
cent. iustead of 41 on a coot of 160,000/. But he
thought they 'Meta look to on extent of traffic
which would require a double line of rail., and
in contemplation of the additional fatiiitiee which this in.
creme of traffic would demand, he would take the cost at
249,0001. instead of Ino,llooe, although he had l,ecu told
the termer amount would never he reached. Now what
was it they might look forward to in return fur the expense
of constructing this line to Harwich? It would be went-
leete d that a company had been termed for running boats
and carrying the to Ile between Harwich and Rutterdam
and Hamburg. Hut that company failed in cone quenee of
the difficulty which this 101 miles of road between :dunning-
tree and Harwich presented. lint when a railway was cm.
etr ucted between these pieces this difficulty would be removed.
Any ',cretin who cast his eye over the map would see tile Ml-
prwtance of a complete line in reference to the Miele with
Hamburg, Rotterdam, and Amsterdam, through Harwich.
(Hear, hear.) Leaving out of vi altogether the truffle
between Ostend sub Ouneire, and the tribe to the north
of the Texel, where the communieation between Lowestoft
and netting came into competition with them, they would
have the traffic between the importent places he had mew
tinned, and through them apt I the north of Eureee.
(Hear, hear.) When 200/. a week came over their line
at present iu con•equence of the communieation which
had been opened with Denmark a • few weeks since,
by means of one boat only, they could not shut :heir eyes
to the importance of completing thin line to Harwich.
(Hear, hear.) Then it was for their interest that facili-
ties st:euld be given to the pleasure traffic between London
aud the seaside. By completing this line the North Sea
would be opened at a distance of he mile., to Bowe whom
pleasure or health carried to the seaside, and it was his
ueinieu that the pleasure traffic between the metroplis,
ith its 2,100,040 inhabitants and the port of Har-
wich would he equal, if not greater, thou that
to any other point. (Hear, hear.) It wan then
most desirable to secure this important outlet, whether re-
garded as a means of eummunication with the worth of
Europe, or as a puint for pleasure traffic in addition to the
permanent traffic which it would afford. He would say
nothing of the propriety of keeping Leith with the Eastern
Union Company ,• but, notwithstanding all that had been
said of railway din eters nut being bound by the rules of
honour, he was of opinion that the rules of honour should
be their guide, and therefore he. trusted that the Eastern
Counties proprietors would that day give their eenction to
an agreement which they had entered into, although they
were not legally bound by it. (Hear, hear.) lie be-
lieved that it was of essential importance to the de-
velopment of the traffic of the Eastern Counti A line
to secure the outlet to Harwich, and he begged of the share-
holders calmly and diepaesionately to consider the points lac
had stated. (Hear, hear.) lie would now move the rest)-
, lotion that the directors he empowered to enter into nego-
tiations fur a lease of the Harwich Railway and Pier, and
to conclude the same on such terms as they may deem

expedient.
Mr. ANDERSON seconded the motion.
Mr. ROBERTSON moved that the agreement be rejected.
Mr. WILSON seeouded the amendment.
Captain FINLAISON said that he had no doubt Har-
wich would become a port of much importance in regard to
continental traffic, but to gain that object they must use
steamers .if a superior class.
Mr. 110 W ES supported the resolution. lie had no doubt
that Harwich would become a point of great attraction to
the inhabitants of the metropolis when the line was com-
pleted.
Mr. M'LAURIN said that the chairman had given a very
clear and lucid explanation. (Hoar, hear.) Ile was glad
to see hint in his present position; but he must say that
experience told him he was not satisfied with the statements
of any board of directors unless ample details were given.
The amendment was then put and lost; the original reso-
lution was then put :1111i carried, with only two dissentients.
The CHAIRMAN said that he considered it to be disk-
able to have full information placed Iwtore the shareholders,
so as to citable them to come to a correct conclusion on any
point that was laid before them ; and it was on that account
that he gave such minute details of the negotiations with
the Newmarket and Chestsrford Company. (Hear,
hear.) Ile would now state to the shareholders the
course which the board meant to pursue, and which
it was important that the shareholders should be made ac-
quainted with. Ile had no doubt many of them thought
that they did nut receive a proper return for what they
had undertaken. The real question for them now to con-
sider was, how far they could accommodate the public.
They must not keep up the rate of travelling to such an
amount as would make it cheaper to use their own modes
of conveyance. (Hear. hear.) There was no use in getting
If. by one man if they could get OF. by thirty men. They
were aware that there wits a great diminution in their re-
ceipts, and that their line did nut contrast favourably
with other hues. But that was not because it was
taken away by the compctitioa of the Great
Northern line, for their receipts had fallen off on
every station, with the exception of one or two. When
they got beyond Waltham the farmers travelled in other
conveyances because they charged too high a rate. They
found the same thing to occur at Wish( ach. They had
given notice to the Eastern Union Company to discontinue
the special rate for the carrying of good*, which was a
source of loss to them. These causes accounted for the
falling off in the receipts. Now, their object must be to get
bark the traffic—to get it back at any rate. (blear, hear.)
If they could not get twopence they must be satisfied with
a penny ; they would not discourage the low class
of goods. They intended, therefore, to reduce the
rate of carriage and to give greater facilities fur
day ticketik. Thcv were aware that it was difficult to bring
back a traffic which had once gone from them; butt it was
only by unanimity among themselves and by giving con-
fidence to the public that they could hope to resuscitate
their property. Now, as regarded their position in relation
to other companies, they were ready to ratify any equitable
agreements with the Eastern Union, the Norfolk, and even
the East Anglian Companies. They were at that moment
engaged in negotiations with the Eastern Union Company,
and they were prepared to make to them what they con-
sidered-liberal concessions. As regarded the Norfolk
Company they were told that that company would
annihilate them. Now, the chairman of that com-
pany, Mr. Peto, was too shrewd a man not to know that
he could not annihilate them. lie had too much experi-
ence ❑ot to know that it a as to the interest of that company
to work amicably with them. Ile was right, no daub', in
endeavouring to protect his own property, us it woo their
' -fur to protect the property of the Eastern Counties share-