The Express.
London, England, 1849-12-25 00:00:00

IECEMBER 25, 1849.

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.

READING, GUILDFORD, AND REIGATE.
Yesterday ma ressairtiessrapst Ms un-
posy wee told 'at lbw ha Ms
perms el entbaabiai It:Leases to raise adddemel MM.
Abu by Mile
Mr. Whim= se
firLOtelalS, havia,takaa rheir, read
the Mewls, meet
" old= of the dived= is salliettblespsdel soda,
is to ebb= dm of the sh.dalti to mite ea de. '
beats= web hollinesam d =my he *I peeress et the
Nee as may sew be bleisdosi ea. The welbseised meal
el the 'mom I 1101,050 L, divided hate 411,1100 dime al
Bea* with pewee t• know the hither Gm of IKON.
the egresses= wttk the ewe& lam=
ON,OOOI. was to be raised free the paidgpsy 44=1*
Ike
might
be
were at el M. skin, mad
beep =maw
by
that
to providell by Iw.lnterest at the Me eesat
le per seat. per mem b geareatesd
cm the MAIL by the Serefhaisises Dempsey mad that
estaqmaray sky smormiltilh by areemeat fai the loam
aid the hared dam. 110 Shed= me sew is a peel.
dim le =WO mew aserialtege to de,
tstal=diture d the
=ythtse they he= lessa mad
se the ehndeamest el the Direst Pateessall
amides *at the mesas of esseteadisis of
IV. "limed= ll= betimes dlemshall and Deitio,atiae
seer WI thh . Pee a period the*, Pariasiseati
puma die el matzos at *shows
eetre=pertioasll jo ris Were= Cheashell end Meth,
to the Mil se*, 'Male this sompany.
el the llsispo tithe Direst Portessonto Oseepay7=
at a sabammt period invested you semeny with ha
power to semilluet this potties el the be, bet giving the
Direst Pertsessath Company the tight of punk= as
mast OM =plasm Maned ; so that, for a elms, we=
have leek= he toksbasemest of the =day on this part el
our Sae. Aasitimmt =mob by the Eked hettnaostl dew
puny, is sambaed= with the Inearekßrightestaeaszberbsead South
Coast Company to sake a Ilse frame Sperm to
whisk wadi have been prefudidel to the lomat' of the
Reedieg, Gaildfaed, and B.eigat• lbw, but epos
to the Court of Chancery by a Direct Portemomairlashiatm°ll
holder, this attempt was cefested. The debestere loan
already authorised by you to be rah= is Mated to 50,0001.,
and an Mae of debases= to as amount not =media,
160,0001. is new proposed to be sastaleued.
dim
the
amesuts a the company have bees duly audited sash half
year by the appointed airlines, the directors have deemed it
right to employ Maori. (Mutter and Company, the eminent
public mountants, for the purpose of going over, vouching,
sad are the accounts of the company from its open-
memossmat to the result period, and on this dory they are
Mir ISM—DAVID SALMONS Chairman."
Kr. I supposed as this raisieg of 200,0001. was a ease
for the South Eastern Company, they would raise ft at the
ordinary interest of the day. If they paid their other call
as Reading, Guildford, and Reigate shareholders, would the
Dover Couspeoy pay 6e per mot. upon that blew's'
The CHAIRMAN said the interest of 6e per met. was
guaranteed by the South Eastern Company on 1100,0001. It
was not decided by the board whether it would be advisable
to raise this 200,0001. mourn *moires, or to go into the
market and borrow it as cheaply as pcosible.
A PROPRIETOR hoped the board would see that they
were sot borrowing money for the South Eastern Company's
Plireinstead of their own.
LIEWIS was greatly surprised at hearing of 160,0001.,
when it was stated at the last meeting that 60,0001. was all
that was required.
The CHAIRMAN replied that the saving' contemplated
in the coon= had fallen off greatly from the amount the
directors had =pseud to be radioed in them ; beside', there
Ws alterations In the stations, and other matters yet un-
finished, to put them In a position to obtain their lease from
the South Eastern Company.
A PROPRIETOR hobs, doubted the sincerity of the
South Baotou Company towards the Reading, Guildford,
mad Reties Company,
Mi. WORBOOR stated that the utmost good faith would
be elemed by the South Eastern Company I. respect to
their gnerentee. (Hear, hear.)
TM CHAIRMAN wished the propristen to wintimie
*all madam la the direction which they had hitherto
gisword, and he could assure them that by agreeing to
=be this suat they would be forwarding their own mull
(Bear Was.) They mast all be aware that they WON SO
Wile he U. )sr share,l6l. having only been paid, which
mod semi is a gamma* for these debentures.
A hog dose tech plea as to whether the South
Sams puny were liable to pay 65 per amt. on this
to rugs d 100,0001., in which lir. Alderman Carden,
Mr. Tito, sad other proprietors took part, after which, aimi
the reading of the words of the agreement, it became gene.
welly understood that the South Baste= Company weft
(Tally booed to guarantee the same terms of 6i per mt.
as wee oddities.' sum of 900,0001.
TheCHAIRMAN said in a few weeks the direetors would
be in a positioe to make some proposal as to the mode of
raising this money. His resommeudation was that they
Oswald complete the line with all speed to obtain the leas*,
and that eventually they should apply to parliament to peas
a bill for the Mal disposal of this company to the South-
Eastern Company.
The report wee adopted, aad a resolution for raising the
sum of 160,0001., in addition to the 60,0001. already me-
dosed, on mortgage or debentures, was then passed wievi-
mously.
A vote of thanks was given to the =airman and director),
and the meeting adjourned.

NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE.

Mawr= or ran PeArsamene Blum.—
Ye starday a special meeting of the preference sharene..._
is this concern was held at the Swan Hotel, Stafford, for the
purpose of taking into consideration an opinion given by
',Gusset, in favour of their claim to the full dividena, on the
16th day of January next, instead of the reduced dividend,
as stated in the last half yearly report of the directors to be
then payable, and of deciding whether any, and, if any,
what steps should be taken with a view to obtain the fell
dividend.
The meeting was convened by the Earl of Rarrowby,
Lord Hatherton, Earl St. Vincent, and other rrsons largely
interested. There are about 400 of these preference share-
holders holding 58,000 shares, who it may be worth while
to state, were the holders of the cane shares, in existence
prior to the formation of the North Staffordshire Railway
GegaPany.
At one o'clock the chair was taken by Mr. TATTON
Roairox, and the meeting having been formally opened,
Lod HATHERTON rose, and in a somewhat unpins-
sasidgras manner intimated that the reporters must leave
the room : " It is (said his lordship) a prints meeting; see
have taken the room, and of course none but shareholders
sea be present."
There were only about 30 out of the 400 of the shareholder-
present, and several of them hinted significantly at his lords
ship's remarks ; bates Huebert= is a great man in these
porta, ID of course position was ventured to his will.
The reporters immediately quitted the room.
Since the meeting (which lasted about an hoar) broke up,
1 I have ascertained that the cpiniou of 3k. Alexander,
I Q.c., and Kr. &let were read, and, upo the eue sub-
matted, these learned gentlemen inclined to the belief that
the dais of these preference wh
it might be esta-
blished. In view of this fact, it was resolved that a con-
ference should be sought with the directors of the North
Staffordshire Railway on an early day.
The act of parliament provides that the preferences share-
holders in the North Staffordshire Railway shall receive full
dividend until the entire line a railway then eel forth should
be opened. The line was comp leted het Jell, and the claim
is based on the fact that there is a small portion (a link
which is said to have been abandoned) still unmade.

MAWCIMITNIL 131117711LD, AND LlNcouitutits.—ltis
estated that the Berl of Yarborugh intends retiring from the
airmenship of this eompany.
RAILWAY Docu tN Cont.—We mdentand that the
Great Southern and Western Railway Company have agreed
to grant to the Harbour Commissioners six acres of Penrose's
Harsh for the construction of docks, reserving the right of
V"'adjoining their own warehouses. It is also stated
at it will neemeary for the cosomissioners to take three
or four acres additional from the Steamship Compup.—
Cork lhansiner.

STRIKES OK TUB MIDLAND RAILWAY.— The die-
d!
ection amongst the employes of the Midland Railway
Company appears te be extending rapidly. We have
before Mated that the porters and &arms connected with
the Leeds station were out on strike in consequence of ea
attoala to Mao their wages, and we have now to add that
OM sows doom of ass at Bradford have quitted their
Iran Ilia saws cease. Several of the directors
11▪ 1111=list both places making every effort to procure
Ina bask, sad to some extent they have bean inceessful,
bat this has led, at Bradford, to adi urbane. The dine-
Mei, it gran, ezpeeting the turn out at Bradford, col.
Meted a number of men to supply the vaauseies ; and on
Frliay a poem of new hands arrived per train (having been
presided with free passes) to act as porters and draymen at
I. radioed wages. They Innen their aninl saluted with
marks of disapprobation fens the dismissed workmen,
wise, upon the arrival of the new comers, left their
work in a body. The fresh hands not having been informed
Mthere dispute between the company and their
mee, rasa{quirt' as to the reason of this :disturbance, and
expeemed great indignation at having unwittingly been
emele the instruments of s persedine, at mimed wages, the
eempane's old servants. Many of we en informed,
determined to leave at once, bat they WS reminded of the
mime ef their engagement, and the majority, who have
been bret from a considerable distaseg, will be compelled
by their Mnimstanose to retain their situations whatever
may be their private oon. Great efforts were on Friday
end Saturday being made to get of the goods trains in the
ordinary time, bat it is stated that the goods destined for
London Gunn be got off; that great delay most take place
in the senora carrying trade.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT BASS'S BREWEET.—AII acci-
dent if a painful nature °collard a few days ago at Mean.
Bass end Co.'s brewery, Burton-upon-Trent, by which a
man, in the prime of life, came to an awful death. The de-
mised, William Upton, en engineer in the establishment,
about ten o'clock in the evening, was In the act of fixing a
belt upon a drum, when his apron caught in some wheel,
' and immediately lifted him from hodound, and took him
among the machinery, tearing hisy to pieces in such a
dreadful manner that, upon some of the other men going to
seek him, they were horror-stricken to behold the frightful
spectacle before them ; and it was with great difficulty n
th
the
at
his entire body could be found. An inquest was held o
following day, when evidence to the above effect was ad-
duced, and, after due consideration, a verdict of " Ascidental
death" wee returned. The lamed was a masa of sober ha-
bits and excellent character. He has left a wits and one
child to mourn his lam,—Birminshass may.

This Rsuistar-Cieuerid issued his anal report yes-
terday. It Mates that :
In the usimipaittas distrista the deaths registered in the
'week esidkeg bit Saturday wen 1,,013; tb• weekly average
ohs Int gasses el See previous yore, sorrestod for M-
ame et geplielfes, Is 1,812. In the esereepeading week
et a. year 11166 1,276 deaths were returned ; ia that of
ISM 1,946 deals& when the wiertality wm insrused by
iniumea ; sad Is • same weak at 1646, the deaths were
Lilt Bat though still emiliently Ism the* usual, the
weekly soutiagest sew sieve a semdency to rise to the
wiater rate of mortality, sad the poise mem sheers ea
bermes of 41 on the deaths et lb* mktg. weak. Ia three
onetereene weeks, end*/ 16, the deaths fawn
breaehitis were respectledy SO, 44, 89; lad week they rag
to 110. whilst the melee is enty IS; from mama Ikon
were 21, 16,26, sad 19 la du_ het bar weeks; and from
PNIIIIIOOIII (or inflasnmeeks *0 leap) 94, 88, 90, sad
91. The saortality fns pmenmesis, whisk is less Qua the
avenge, omen to a Rua greater extent maw children
than aged mums sad the latter elsm are now the miecipal
salhren from the Cables' of the weather. Tina
men and Ilse wanes Mai immesh st 90 molars=
two of the women bad tamed 96years. FTOIO
d”satery the daft were 19; • woman of 70 diadem*,
16th December is Gnat Pultosey-etreet from &Wl*
which reseeded ea attack of cholera. All epidesaise am
leas fatal than arnel, map% measles, which rather exceeds
the avegen.
The suet infonaut par replanted of each ems et
cholera ware publidut week hi wok in the tablet ; as Mb
sot cal. essieted the various e&sus engaged in 1"
and triads( the disease, bit pat the fasts within 11:0 "ra
of all those who wen studying the anus and manse ad tie
epidemic. Data were thus published which will show the
influence of sex, age, news, Medley, water, droner,
oompatioe, wealth, or Downy. It is gratifying te Asa thee,
in addition to the analjess have bees dna*, deism
rip at the General li=ecr-ofiltie. others have bees rise.
mien by private iaq And Dr. Guy has favoured the
Registrar General with the following account of the pro-
Walesa or oompatioes of 4,312 men of the age of 15 and
upwards who were destroyed by stolen. It will be sees
that the dismiss in London wee not oily fatal to the poor,
but to may artisans, tradesmen, shopkeepers, mo-
fsedosal people, and persons of independent means. Of the
men who died of chola% 136 were returned 'imply es gen-
tlemen, OT of independent seems, 6 ware clergymea we m 6-1
eiders of rel4gios,l6 medical moo, 13 magistraws r
are in
bar-
yon, 11 architects engineers. 11 merchants, 11 , 21,
the army and navy, 26 master mariners, 100 clerks or ac-
mutants, 11 custom house, 7 excise officers, 14 builders, 14
bookseller, ac. ; 14 carpenters, undertakers, Se. • 13
cheesemoogers, dinners, &a. ; 11 fishmongers, 12 fret-
erns, 20 grocers, 13 oilmen, 42 licensed victuallers, 61
wine merchants, 8 muter shoemaker 6 muter tails's,
6 tobacconists, 19 travellers. Of the 'classes returned es
artisans and labourers, 62 wen bakers, 32 butcher,. 101 I
weavers, 80 tailors, 161 shoemakers, 47 brisklayers, 17
masons, 20 plasterers, 70 cabinet 'ashen, 11l carpenters, 28
coopers, 73 painters end plumbers, 33 sawyers, 20 ship-
wrights, 22 tanners, 18 turners, 16 coachmakers, 36 cabmen,
67 coachman sad
cabmen, 13 sadden, 62 carmen and
carriers, 37 grooms and ostlers, 6 drovers, 44 engineers, 10
railway guards, 13 stokers 16 letter carriers and postmen,
99 porters or messengers 24 policemen, 7 watchmen, 62
soldiers, 299 sailors and Greenwich pensilners, 27 watermen,
IS bargemen, 7 ballet heavers, 63 omiporters and coal-
heaven, 25 footmen and man servants ; 766 labourers are
returned.
Dr. Guy has given in the Table " • rough approximation
to the ratio which the deaths bear to the Heine in the
several occupations. This deurminatioa is us difficult as it
is lamenting. The occupations were only returned for the
metropolis ia a wry g.nenl way by the Census COMMiOIIOII-
- 1841 ; and in the trades mutat wets not distin-
guished from men. The result which deserve most atten-
tion ere those which relate to well-delined, numerous

t;Oenpetions.
" Labourer," :kentleman," "man senant," are terms
very loosely em yed ; but the statement that lin 67
labourers, lin gentlemen, and lin 1,572 man servants,
it ending footmen, died of cholera, expresses something near
the risk incurred by the three dames in the epidemic. Th
domestic men servants of Loadon were 39,M0 in 1841, and
25 died of cholera; the clergy, doctors, and lawyers did act
exceed 12.000, yet 35 person* belonging to the learned pro-
Unions died of cholera in 1849.
In the weekly returns from which the statement is drawn
up, the professions were not unibrenly given • but the ab-
stract will be made mere complete afterwards from the
register books.
The mean daily seeks! of the barometer at Greenwich
Observatory was above 30 inches on the lad three days of
the week; the mean of the week wee 29.952. The daily
mean temperante, which was 61 deg. on Sunday, gradually
fell to 33 deg. on Friday and Saturday ; the mean of the
week was 42 deg., rather more than the average of the same
week in seven yesrs. The daily mean was about 10 deg.
above the avenge on Sunday and Tuetday, and 6 deg. below
'ton Friday.