The Express.
London, England, 1847-05-18 00:00:00

011,0 VP No 39. Boos 23.-106. Trek and Ne...c.stie (Hartlepool
Dock and Railway, Sc., purchase). Evidence further heard,
Gaat r No. 44. Boon 31.-93. Reottialt Midtaret Junction !mend.
anent and branch to Laurencekirk). EvideLee heard, can
closed,
decision adjourned.
Came Cum . Room 39.-119. Glasgow, Aird and Ifonklanda
(Ometalra,rie, Central Junction, and Copies IEII Branches, 3‘4).
Evidence further heard.
Gaour No. 49. Loos 27. -rt. Edinburgh and Clown,
re.
opened, evidence bard.
Gaol, N 0.31. Room 29.-109. Caledonlon (branches to Cawat,,e,
&c.). Two claws diaposcal of.

MEETINO.—BORDEAD2 AND Cana.—Di*Md.*
Meeting, May 17.—Hr. David gakenacts in the chair.- The t hat
read the requisition, and stated that the direetonc had telt it thee
duty to all the menthe, in mite that {he shareholder. might tee,e
an opportunity of declaring their seaMments. Mr. Awned ftem;
read a doeustsent of 1.1310 length, the object of which was to pointeee
the uhadvantages that would attend the apeculatau if coman*
under present fircumstanoes.—Mr. Willunson smug that the opee4
• revery eminent counsel of Cols country had been taken on the ,t,h„
Jett, and It was their opinion that circumstances more in Llia
puny which would enable the dioolution to be strictly legal, Th.,
were only two courses to,,en to the tharehohlers; the one ova.. clasp
1., the teemed tee, e.o.m.**, the other • thermution of the conqu7.;
Ile dare ray every one ',mad agree with him that under
snit circumstances no change in the concession would hidu. q;;;,-
to go on with the unclenthing. (Hear.) French counsel keel eeTr.,
that circumstances arose to this company which impressed a tee
contract what they called in Ft nick law use bre, mower., Meierlent to the ris Nov., of our civil law, which use an uncolittollahe ee.
amity that precluded the contracting party from coutpleung
engagement ; which rye their object was to cancel the o-ntran,
free the party but liability to &image. Ith AIM couneel t.l aged
the game; so that buds *the there was no doub: of then pas.
eethesertsg
it
thelasiewllkei-awary.. Another thing I, liter
Wee
r , diet the Mae gwerameat bed been deceino ire the re.
poet wpm wild* they bed dewed disk edited& I ethical! Meg..
swam twee dwaldwedie* he hod so doubt bat the French awn,
mesh go a peeper milimmalatica of all the facts frum 0. It, 4
the Meath awl Prostedoreioldera, would agree to return the key,
mangy esdabeehe thaw from their contract altogether. Inconel •
be Mel mural readudwa, which h. d been prepared for thi. des.
lag. The Mt wis to die Wed, that from ftrcurtotances hr.r whek
the ehiewitelibre beds eestrol, it wee expedient to wind up the
eibletint lin owninnne ; the !mond, that a toothcomb, he appottued
eederseaw te obtain from tie Pboth government the mum of tie
owathealletheye and that thee:pares attending this do not move
I:thela predeard the first rreoluti,
nobles test he adverted gelds ea with the company sum, tine sen,
but dreadeloweee be sew awdlawed bad caws, Lon to change tae
opkvis Ile bad not the Itch tear that the *emit tenerseme
wadi forfeit the eaclegoisorney ; web an act wan quite unknown
herd gappow they wage macessful in *Mow bud, the ceuth.
=kot lf. It. fa., they would also have the remand, 4 11,
raserly. L. as. 6d., Rafe in the haw* of the aser
tem wit*, 46 per share less the expenses of the con.
pay. The (icatonrable Howe Browne seconded the watim
The Cednezerieet:
directors bed cessidered this strictly • eksee,
*WM . - Ible, however, booed to say, that it wee acethe epithelia inet coneuguts that the entree 1,03CMG1114
is that emelotion wee the only one to be adopted. lie was happy.
say thdr dipsdts wen Meet, save the current expenses. Mr. kisik
=d that he had bum applied to by a number of feria nests,
I. favour of a illweiatton ; but as they did not then appear
othelimons here on the etelgeet, Le did not urge their rwoutat.
=at'however, he bad ad the least hesitation in sayi.g that the
sbareboldere wield take the rum: erg. teat steps to aid the
month eideet--wewly, the absolution of the company, sot ye
em tandem scary. Mr. J. H. Attwood, Mr. Veil, me
tie.Qaleirppr, W. seesett, sad Kr. Brown, were named the cm.
=Mee el Iytlr ehardesiders, with paver to add to it it adder,
Is Peri. The reeolotime were prml snammously. Toe ehe,nen
penetheed every aeleaude on the pen if the do-eon's be re to sod the
object of the etmeholdees, and be hod =doubt they cm d inn**
French bawd to (*.operate for the dimietdo of the company.