The Express.
London, England, 1851-08-29 00:00:00

MARYPORT AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.

The hallyearly general meeting of the share-
holders in this company was held on Wednesday, the 27tk
instant, at the henhouse Anus, Maryport ; F. L. B.
Dykes, Esq., the chairman of the board of directors, in the
chair.
A special general meeting was subsequently held for pur-
poses hereinafter detailed ; J. P. henhouse, Esq., in the
chair.
Mr. H. JACOBS, the secretary, read the advertisement
convening the meeting, and afterwards, in accordance with
• resolution to that etf...et, affixed the seal of the company to
the register of shareholders.
A rather lengthy diszussion having taken place respecting
the coal traffic on the line,
Mr. (1. 11AltTLEY remarked that perhaps ;the share-
holders would like to know something about the passenger
accounts and alterations made. (Hear, hear.) He had
drawn out a statement which embraced the seven weeks
previous to the reduction this year in comparison with the
corresponding seven weeks last year. For the seven weeks
last year t'ley had received 159'. more than this year before
the reduction took place ; and since the reduction had taken
place they had received 1481. more than the corresponding
seven weeks last year. (Hear, hear.) Last year, in corn.
parison with the latter part of this year for seven weeks,
they were 1591. behind ; but this year, in comparison with
the same number of weeks in 1850, they received 1484
more shies they had 'reduced the rates and gave return
tickets for a fare and a hall'. (Hear and applause.)
Mr. SENHO USE then moved the adoption of the report

mates- of great
when he first heard the eats:anent .of the chairman, for he and accounta.
always understood that tescresolutieri formerly pawed was, The motion was seconded by Mr. Cowan, and carried
that the eempany should be wound wt. (Hear, hear.) But unanimously.
certainly it should be borne in miad, that if there were A long conversation then took place respecting the elec-
prospects of favourable negotietions, and if they could get tion of directors, but ultimately the following list, moved
two-thirds of their peel/entente:7 expanses in applying for by Mr. Cowen, was carried :—.I. Scuhouse, Esq., Geo.
a new bill paid by other companies, it might be desirable to Harrison, Esq., 0. G. Mountey, Esq., George Saul, Esq.,
go on. (Applause.) He should have as objection if that 10. W. Hartley, Esq., William Ostler, Esq., Wilfrid Law-
expense were guaranteed. Had the original line from 'son, Hut.
York to Carlisle been carried out, he thought it would I The CHAIRMAN proposed " That a dividend of 15s. on
have been a paying concern. each 501. 'bare, and of 3s. 95. on each 121. 10s. share, being
The CHAIRMAN was pleased to we the general feeling . at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum, be paid on and after
was in favour of the observations be had made. -With re- I the 10th September, 1851."
geed to the resolution passed last year, concerting the Carried unanimously.
abandonment of the undertaking, this was under flu, idea SPECIAL Mzzrixo.—The meeting then resolved itself
that the company would make the general act available into a special meeting, under the powers of the Maryport
without risk. (Hear, hear.) But this was not the cu.', for ; and Carlisle Deviation Act, 1861, for the purpose of raising
the act did not embrace all the paints promised. All the 91,2001., by the creation of pref.:reuse shares; Mr. See:-
directors now asked was to make a legal commencement for noose in the chair.
an act. The CHAIRMAN read the following resolution, which
The report was then seconded and carried. was adopted after considerable discussion :—" That the sum
The CIIAIRSL&N moved the following resolutions : of 91,2001. be raised be the creation of 7,298 quarter shares
" That the directors be and are hereby authorised to pro. of 12/. 10s. each, bearing a preferential dividend of 41 per
mote a bill in the next sessioa of patlianseut for the &ban- cent. per annum, with participation of profits when the
donment of certain portions of the railway authorised to be revenue of the company will afford &dividend of more than
made by the compan's acts, and for renewed powers over 41 [per cent. per annum to the shareholders generally.
such portions thereof'as should not be abandoned, for a re- That the shares so create dbe issued to the holders of the
duction of the capital, and for such other amendments, de- existing shares of the company in the proportion of one new
nations, and extensions as the directors may deem advi. quarter-share for each original 601. share, and one for every
sable, and that they be empowered to take all such measures four quarter-shares of 121. 10s. each, registered in their
as may be necessary for carrying this resolution into effect." names in the books of the coninany on the 27th day of
An amendment was moved that the line should not be Auzust, 1851, provided they signify their intention to take
constructed even after the obtainment of the act, without the same on or before the 28th of September, 1851 That
the consent of one-half of the whole proprietary, but only interest at the rate of 41 per cent. per annum shall accrue
two bands were held up in its favour, and the original re- from the date on which each instalment is paid, and shall
solution passed, as likewise the following : " That the di- be payable on the let day of January sad the

lit day of July in each year. That any proprieto
wishing to pay up the full amount of lus shares at
once, instead of by instalments, as stated above, shall
be allowed to do so, and be entitled to interest at the
rate of 4! per cent. re annum from the date on which the
payment is made. .Vhst is the event of any of the proprie-
tors declining or not accepting their proportion of nest
shares to which they are entitled the same shall, in the first
place, be offered rateably to the other proprietors and its
the event of theirdeclinang to take them, the directors shall
be at liberty to dispose of them to such parties and fu such
manner as they shall think lit."
Mr. SENDOUSE, the newly appointed chairman, pro-
posed : That the las st thanks of the meeting and the
shareholders be given to F. L. B. Dykes, Esti., late chair-
man of the Board of Directors, for his attention to and um,
wearied cnsidaity in promoting their interests during so
many years, and for his courteous conduct in presiding at
the deliberations of the Board."
Mr. O. COWEN ec.conded the resolution which wee ear-
ried with acclamation.
A vote of thanks to Mr. Senhouse for hie services in the
chair concluded the proceedings.

GREAT WESTERN DOCKS COMPANY.

PLymourri, THURSDAY.—The half-yearly meeting
of the proprietors in the Plymouth Great Western Docks
Company was held at the offices of the company, 1, Duck-
bighorn-place, Stonchouse, yesterday ; Colorel Harris, the
chairman of the directors, in the chair. One of the special
objects of the meeting was the consideration of raising.
60,0001. additional capital, by the issue of new shares.
The reports of the directors Mel engineer, which have,
already been published, were taken as read.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report,
said there really seemed to he souse reason now for curlier..
tulation, from the great increase of revenue in the last two
TheYcirs—sh athat
olodfe the
rs weret aware thatear hheoithng theupw Dublin
o of
and
l
steam packets, as well as the Cale mails, used the pier at
Millbay ; and they eight fairly infer, from the present
'eCiLork
success, that on the completiois of the whole scheme the
investment would be highly remunerative. Whatever the
reveilles was, that was of minor importance compared with
the orostruction of the docks ; and he need hardly say the
only chances of the old shareholders being remunerated was
the...completion of those weeks. (Hear, hear.) With regard
to the change proposed is the arrangement with Mr. all,
it would be obvious that by substituting a rent charge for
debentures they would coitain the command of 12,0001. for
carrying out the docks, and he therefore anticipated that
no objection would be taken to that course being adopted.
The resolution for the adoption of the report passed una-
nimously.
Mr. John May wes elected auditor in the room of Mr. B.
V. Elliott, who had resigned.
Mr. witurEroin), the solicitor of the company, ex-
lained that by the Great Western Docks Amendment Act
(ISIS) powers were given for creating new sharisi to the
amount of 60,0001., with a guarantee not excuolieg 10 per
cent. per annum. This m num being essentially necessary to
the completion of the works, the directors now ask for the
authority of the shareholders to carry it into effect. Owing
to the circumstances in which the Eastern Steam Navigation
Company had been placed, and the important character of
the relations between that company and Plymouth, the di-
rectors of the Great Western Docks felt they could not at
present lay before the proprietors a complete plan of arrange-
ments for prosecuting the works, hoping that in their finan-
cial operations the Eastern Steam Navigation Company
would be induced to take a prominent interest. The report
had explained the positioa of the Eastern Steam Navigation
Company, as not being in a sufficiently advanced stage to
admit of any conclusive measures being determined, but the
report of the select committee of the House of Commons
gave them every encourageinentaind this half-yearly meeting
having intervened, the directors of the Great Western Ducks
felt that it was desirable to place themselves in a position to
commence operations aa promptly as possible. Considering
that their interest was the same as the shareholders, and
that they had the welfare of the company at heart, they did
nut think they were asking too much in. soliciting the pro-
prietors to give their power to issue the uew capital as soon
as circumstances should justify them in doing so. Within
the last few days, opportunities had occurred of testing the
feeling of the railway companies, and it was gratifying to
be able to say they had evinced every readiness to aid in the
successful accomplishment of this undertuking. Some time
must necessarily be occupied before the capital could be
issued, even if the resolutions were passed today. The
stock .would bear a preferential dividend, in accordance with
the provisions of the act, and the old shareholders would
require a reasonable period for considering whether the
would take up the shares. Some perhaps would not, and
the shares not taken up would then be offered to other par-
ties. No time ought therefore to be lost in putting the
directors in a position to issue the shares, as eircuinstauces
might be developed with great rapidity, calling on the com-
pany for immediate action, iu which the delay of six weeks
or a month might be fraught with serious prejudice to
the interest of the shareholders. With these views
the directors submitted a resolution to the effect that
the suns of 60,0001. be forthwith raised by the creation
of new shares, bearing a guaranteed interest at
such rate, and payable at such tines, as the
directors might determine. It was quite impossible for
the directors to submit u definitive plan as to the mode in
which they would issue the shares. It might be desirable
either to make the preferential dividend redeemable or
chargeable in perpetuity, but they required the shareholders,
under the circumstances, to leave that to their discretion.
Mr. CHAPELL inquired whether the 60,0001. would
awcitopotwooituladilLbo,wdanasotdoospoublyoriboedf ,boanrydowameger
complete the works ?
Mr. WHITEFORD said that when the whole of the new
ontai ndepabertntupracisdauts'u, sum of
th26e,"unitsx.uocdmkdieobegnotutrototmunoifielrooth,eoooorlig,in,,aliial
would be abundantly sufficient entirely to complete the un-
dertaking.
The resolution was supported by Mr. T. WOOLCOMBE (the
chairman of the South Devon Railway Company), Mr.
Rumor: (the deputy chairman:of the Eastern Swam Navi-
gation Company), and carried unanimously.
A vote of thanks to the chairman and directors concluded
the business of the meeting.

THE COMMAN DER-IN-CIII EY AT PORTSMOUTH.—
We are now enabled to confirm oar report of yesterday,
that Admiral of the Blue, Sir Thomas Briggs, G.C.M.U.,
will succeed Admiral the Hon. Sir Thomas !Haden Capel,
K.C.8., as Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth. The lattur

gall Ant officer's term of service will expire on the 13th of
September.—Monsing Herald.

THE CHALLENGE MATCH BETWEEN TILE AMERICA
AND THE TITANIA.—This exciting contest, in which all
the yachting world has evinced such deep interest, came off
yesterday, off the Isle of Wight. The America was un-
docked at l'ortsmouth dockyard at half-past 9 on Wednes-
day night, and went out of that harbour at half-past five
yesterday morning, and at 10 a.m. she started from Cowes,
and ran down to the Nab, which she left at 11, in competi-
tion with the Titania iron schooner, 100 tons, the property
of Mr. It. Stephenson, M.P., for a rare of 10 miles out and
40 miles in. They started steering S.E., with a strong wind
from W.N.W. The America was the winner by a long
distance.

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LYNCH LAW ON A WOMAN.—The San Francisco
Pycamente thus comments on the hanging of a woman at
Downieville, in the mining district:—" What were the cir-
cumstances of the case ? A party of drunken men, reeling
home after a debauch, forced the door of a private house in
which a woman resided, and insulted the inmate. Tho
house was not a brothel, nor the woman a prostitute. Of this
outrage no notice was taken, but, on one of the party return..
ing for the vilest purposes, and insulting the woman with
the grossest epithets, her southern blood boiled over with
indignation, and, in a moment of passion, she snatched a
knife, and inflicted upon him • mortal wound. For this
she was taken to the cross-road and hanged. Now we
venture to say that had this woman been an American in-
stead of a Mexican—had she boasted of white blond, as they
call it—as though the caste of the woman, if it affected her
case at all, should not have tended to make her executioners
more lenient—had she been of the Anglo-Saxon race, in-
stead of being hung for the deed, she would have
been lauded for it; and, instead of an account appear-
ing in the papers of a ' horrible murder by a Mexican
woman,' every press in the state would have rung
with acclamations for the ' heroic conduct of a female,
or the ' determined defence of her virtue by a lady in
the mines.' It was not her guilt which condemned this
unfortunate woman, but her caste and Mexican blood. Of
her trial we know not how to speak. We know of so terms
which are capable of expressing the horrible--the savage
brutality of it. Of course, the witnesses were not sworn;
the men who tried her needed no testimony ; they thirsted
for her blood, and the form of trial was an impediment to
their desires, which they cursed se they hurried through it.
The judge—John Rose, of Rose's Ranch—let his name be
remembered—stated to the witnesses that they must tell the
truth, 'just as if they had been sworn ; to which they
&wined—and lied; a physician who testified in her behalf
was beaten, a lawyer who endeavoured to get justice done
her was threatened with hanging, and ordered to leave the
town, and amid the shouts of bloodthirsty monsters, whose
rage could hardly be restrained even for one short hour, the
upright, intelligent, and impartial jury brought in a verdict
of ' Murder,' and condemned her to be hanged in two hours,
—which sentence was executed! But one circumstance
was wanting to make the murder of this woman unpa-
ralleled in atrocity. She was in a condition that would
have made her life saered, even in the most barharoua ages,
and under the bloodiest code that ever cursed the world.
An unborn infant perished with its murdered mother,
before it saw the light."

FATAL ACCIDENT IN A FLOUR MILL—OR Wed-
nesday a boy named James Price Miles, aged 16 years, was
killed at the Creek Flour Mill, York-road, Battersea, in
the following manner. On the afternoon of that day the
itepely the pump
iert in a
small
lThe
motion.
iron
aaddeceased was directed by the engineer of the works to
enter
meanst hfeo for pump-roomdo doing s o was
and
pa
in the spindle of' the "fly" wheel. Some few minutes
afterwards the engineer went in, for the purpose of axes-
, taining what had become of the boy, when be discovered
the
deceased I peg upon the platform quite dead, and the
spokes of the wheel striking his skull at every revolution. A
portion of the unfortunate boy's skull had been divided by
the force of the blows from the wheel, which was calculated
to turn 30 revolutions in a minute, and was lying a short
distance from the body. It is supposed that the boy, in
stooping to place the rod in the spindle, was struck on the
head by the fly-wheel and knocked down on the platform,
and before he could recover himself he received other blows
in rapid succession, which soon put an end to his sufferings.
The body wu removed to the Nag's-head public-house to
Await a coroner's inquest.