The Express.
London, England, 1849-05-25 00:00:00

the neeirs. He hoped, therefore, that even before going
into committee they should have a plain straightforward
statement from some official person, to the effect that so
dreadful an allegation war false. (Haar, hoar.)
The CHAIRMAN put it to Mr. Higginsos, whetter It
would ant be better to wait foe the committee's report.
Hr. HIGGINSON said that he hui pm the gambit is
seek a firm as that it Matt either be voirmal to the am-
enities or answered on the spot. Ho shwa ossenialy be
rely await surprised if he did not at ease realm sa slower
from the peeper °Meal authority. (Hem bear.
Mr. CRAWSHAY—I beg to my that et ay interview
with Mr. Hudson last Saturday, I made tawdry a. to the
asseney d the setesam sad lan ready to state that Mr.
Madam while be admitted that there bad bees some pre-
' visas irregularities—Qatar, hear)—at the same Sae is-
lioneed ate that the December womb of 1848 were
elimmit. He added that Mr. Peter Clark was his ,
astiterity kw that het. I then asked hia
I slats ay own veracity on the stases";
et bka sat to emu* sae ; whoa he that
Me het half year's assmate (1848) woe ware" awl
Met Hr. Clark had embed he their eersseestes. net
is now la the som. alai is ern ea way quasars
MilbasTimi put to him. Iby lam elMesiseliee ea ask
hat Deg
coavereatila posed hamlet bles sad Mr.
He
to warrant the latter mamas% slatsakest to f
Mr. CHARLTON (Teas) had happened is mat a
railway clerk that mean that was set sew is the
ample) awe of the esmpsay, mil that metes bed told him
that UN weekly ammo. ware set einem It messed that
hem)od adopted was to leek at Me mama snits modem
add assaahheir for imresek mak publish these. (Hem
He is sow Eel dmeakileaeked the goads&
Mr. Maritsa was to eater Late farther Mole
when be wee to erder the charms. who
Me *aka that seek sesame seek better be =Li
masaittee. At the sum time he did ast wish to prevent
say patinae ez his onabseste. They were sow
gas, to loin • les, sad if theseials=o were
true the shareheidees *wad maim full
Mr. HIGOINSON—I have sated a quails. GM goer
answer must satisfy me. let it be left to the semmittee
bet I grieve to add that your Dilates is the wait mower that
timid be crier& Mem leer.)
Mr. THOMPSON •Oaaared is the opinion that
was the watt MAIL He wished that the sharebeidasla=
bees gives some lafersation.
Mr. J WINING& (a dinar° Mkt that the IMMO. I
hed • claim ea the p
'ksialea of the Mar
Midas. They het esilod MS amiss speatimearely, sad
stews that a emsattee of inquiry was stasiataly assmary,
they had some diellerd with a fill and resehas dearaisatka
that,ao matter who odes* be maimed, they (oho diresurn)
I weal ask Ire se psalm threw so dMeeMes hi the we's
kett at IMO glee them ewey leeletlese is their
His °Oahu wee dem if their alma. were as Mask as bra
the seam the shareholders and the public were samoiseod
with the vide Weak the better. The saner they has, the
meet state of Mar mils the softer they woad get OM
righted. They (the Elemters) had gives the. ea snow
amity, and ff*eshateladers did set take it by at sass sw
pointing a tanittee e 9 the graft* mold do was to aid
for them books endpapers sad mower gumless is inn so
they meld.
Kr. LOVE said that sash a evens would be utterly isa-

penis li---r4e. .1. ENNINGS.—What had they to do with idle
reports ? He truer that the half of them would be fouad
to be MN. (Hear, sad " All.") The directors had not
lest • single day in meeting the wishes of the sham-'
holders, and telling the mesa mostiag, asd ff
they meld see the books they woald find that
lit was prepagei at • much earlier period, but that do
itmasterses prevented it. He was determined to give every
oldster's kids power, ease if he should be so easdeassed se
sever to be able to show his fees be York wk. The rusk
mast same eat, bed the sharehelders shouldwait priestly
until deer rawly toes pat to rights by competent leas.
' If they paired be thus gelai into extraneous matter, they
might tit mail tomorrow eight.
Mr. MAXWELL said he had not brought asy Merge,
he had meeslyasked for infausatise.
I Mr. M'LARgN (Edinburgh) The resolution of the
' emulates is precise. It is this, " That the reseal klieg
4( in the reeeiphe warrants this needs. in Wag
go enTeageggrogi,' lie. Now, the Merl &Fe-
dries, as compared with the gessiple et imit year
Y the km dation of the proposed -
art I
thisk that every shareholder has a eight to dieser it midget
te dm mid offt before it is pet feom the chair. (Hear, hear.)
The quirks put is very simple : the dilkulty is In prim
len mower. I think it would have beer liar if, la the Bret
kranci, the matter had been left to the esiemitte• ; but as
the quirks has been pet and not answered, and as attempts
have bees made to rive it the " go by," the Falk will be-
lieve that it has sot been answered lemons it could not be
answered, sad all the damage will have bean dons that could
have occurred from • bad answer.
The CHAIRMAN.—I trust that the bon. shareholder will
excuse me it I do sot give an answer on the spur of the M-
ama. I should be most happy to give an answer, but see-
ing that a oreseitte• is to be appointed, this is hardly in
proper time. I call on Mr. Cleric.
After an observation from Mr. M`Lahm,
Mr. ORAY (Secretary) said he bad no hesitation is an-
swering the question. Up to the 31st of March the reoeipts
had exceeded the published returns, and since that time
nothing had been added by the directors to the returns sent
is. It bad been explained already that it was impossible to
make en exact weekly account, they could only get an ap-
proximate return.
Mr. NM/LEEN—Than we understand Mr. Cray to state
that he dose sot keow of any error in the returns.
The CHAIRMAN—I have already explained that the so
Masts have not yet beer received from the sleeting-house
be Lae" bat they me balesmd up to March.
Mr. CLARK,
_silk ipirler. Irving been called en, said,
4 an net eequaiseed with the returns previous to the 31st
Jeremy. but doss demi believe they have been returned as
goody mime meld possibly be ascertained. I did not
masks out the return previous to this year, but this I know,
that the company is suffering severely, to the amount of
mos hundreds—l may say thousands—weekly, by the atop-
ere
my l the trade of the port of Hull, in marquises of the
blockade. That mese, however we hops will be
, Another came of dipriesiou has been the open-
ing of the Lincolnshire ilas, which has caused a Ices of some
hundreds, aid must remain a lose until the company bee
opened it. branch from Barton Wawa to Knottingley, when
I have no doubt but that the lost traffic will be resumed,
gad most prob ibly increased. (Hear, hem)
Mr. Crewettay's resolution was then pat sad carried ma-
almotisly.
Mr. PRICE (York) said he rose to make a mod im-
portant nietiou—he meant, the nomination of the coin-
Lime. He was justified is rolling it important, as on the
radar of that committee would mainly depend the
future mks of their property. He wished that the com-
mittee le was about to name would do their duty honestly,
end NM in a faithful report. He moved—
"Ty the following gentlemen be and are Iterebyzaac
phi ammisittee of investigation : Curse Hilmar, ~
f(141.N; 34116 Swann. Esq., of York; Jobs Broo
q., or Rdeler/M, Halifax ; Michael Storks, Beg., Halifax ;
dosed Lloyd. Esq., of Landon ; Henry Bull, Esq., of Lon-
don; wig power to add one to their number, and till up any
memoir which may occur."
The name of Mr. Smith (Sheffield) was proposed, bet
that Bedew declined to act. Mr. Chadwick objected
to the tof Mr. Lloyd, as being senaseted with
the S .
Mr. LLOYD himself to have no C0M1111160441441
with his Gm pee Ms imeselefellea.
me. CRADWICK was mehded, attar Mr. Lloyd's ex-
planatioa, to withdraw bis•
The resolution was the. red agreed to.
Mr. LOVE said it be mammary that the committee
should have dirket instmetioes, and *moire he begged to
same :
" That the committee ie hereby instmeetedtofavoitigate the
affairs of this company, includieg the Hull and Selby pur-
chase account, and to report therms hose time to time to the
shareholders. That the investigation metros all suck trans-
actions. matters, and things in the past sad resent swamp-
inent as the semmittm shall think proper to 'squire into ;
and that the animates have power to mil far and masks
an pgros, book, and documeses, in the smelly co
aerial W eeneeel of the company, to employ sash ecorms-
tarts, drab, moire" prolsegianal mid ether mistime, for
i the biter maim* them to eeriest seek kvestigatim as
they may deem seesseary ; gad that they be intrusted to
casts Rea time to time with, end to make rade
land reseemandelime to, the board of diserers calutilld°sur
jeet Many =NW er walled ogstrade far works, bills in
=er oiler went spandass, s • they ay think
ffse theisterle ef the prepielser; and that the
enermillee met their *Man to the shenholdas as to the
piths empeare ellibe
IV LIM= asemeded the motion.
I Mr. HIGOINSON mid thee see el the polies touched
mesa in this resolutios was the seadast gibing is parlament.
New, it was well lemma that their eatwinked that the
=of their ambers Amid reside k Yak. That o-
might lave eareseed whoa their line was only 21
tam l
eh ing last new OM it eztaided from Hull and Sasebo-
me side le Dernmatea ea the other, he submitted
W arm should be Mrs to alter des dame. (Hear, hear.)
Ilk RICHAZDSON hell peat Semen fa mark' the
meek, that
trontioas were baled made for seeking
the Irma of Anse. He meld net ensure mass, but
the adempt should be made.
The nessioden was agreed to
Mr. WOODWARD (liendea) said he roes to psspess •
medullas whish he Mt sum would give
Raving complimented the dlreston upoaraalving waived
their privilege of nine up minnelse in their cows body, Mr.
Weedward preeseded to seed aEd of new girder whose
anartions hi MOW would memosenes, and pranks a
Lied to geemesity W. eliers) ; the
L Ilwrie of York ; Henry Thompsoa, En., of Moat-
riges. Reamiltree, Eta., My of York. He meted that
ether
el*mlars, and skated saw dlesittne,
(ley 44211.41 kedge either retaliation or reededno
dem, Ist wealicami Meet and Mad is the good week of
1111=1111AMDI&Erresteded the neados, at
dam issgraluladag the aseting ea their admirable
el dingier.
• SHAREHOLDER eked whisk Lord Mayor of York
was interiot? (Ludlam.)
CHAIRMAN—Jas. Meek Em:._ (Hsu. her.
Ter wedgies dinars are 'Mr. radar, Mr. rims, Mr.
Iffielighis (lend), sad Mr. Richardson.
The iessislisn Tois alma I*.
Mr. DULL report a resolutioa, resamerating the
several provisional smuoittees for their runt serviesa,
Mr. CRAWSILicYsed that men Wage the seeks was
semaded ha met yes it. As a future reeedirs el the
intsysq, elk* dird he could sever mine* le test
mosey being Orilla ef without their essesint gewelendy