The Express.
London, England, 1849-02-08 00:00:00

MILITARY.

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Two Cowmen§ op pm 71rr HICIELLNDILI AND tau
WWI? Les Itatnissr, sent by the deaths of Lite.-Oseral Mr T.
Arbuthnot sad of 114.-Osersl It& 0. Onapell, us to to ilea. So
Otter to Utah-oe. Mt J. thadoel, sad the Ler to
si.-Osose Weed, C.E. Sir J. Xsolosoll has bee emit Was
7011/11sterlais ea Jol, 111111, told this colceloy 4 no. to to
(ea to MidAisefal J. C.B.

SPORTING.
Dlrlllll9 AT DIAItCHIST9/I.—Toomoo,
Livisroot. ISTINPLI Coosa —l6 to 1 ott *a field.
MITIOPOI.ITAN HANDICAP —9 to 1 ova Causes (t), 10 to
1 epilogs', 11 to 1 opt Viskstaliar, 11 to 1 opt pi ohm.
Damn —4 to 1 owe Plying Dombotaa (t 9to 2). 7to
1 apt Todotor, 1$ to 1 opt lissopsonto IA to 1 moo wain oh
15 tot opt Ilzaapidrk to to 1 opt MK II to 1 opt
40 to opt Busy Dtek. MN to 10 opt ask sot of =';
don (t).
Ca NW= Cuo.-18 to 1 oset Tbo Tutor, 10 to 1 opt
ko to 1 apt loloritous. Se to t ainilloo. MI to 1
000 to t), 410 to 10 opt loft Irak& (O. 480 to
rapt Gnat Wolin (t), SO to 1 opt Lupo.

lab) intentgence.
COURT OT BECKSQUBIL—YErntanAL
Mu Pane.—Dokee 111: P.
Palm
Pollak. CIL. awl Middle= Oxen=

DORY= V. HOWARD.-Ai ThIPOND
PisA_ OP INPLNCT..

Mr. Massey Dawson and Mr Hugh Hill were weasel for
the plaintiff; Mr. Serjeant Wilki s, sad Mr. Vaughan for
the defendant.—This wee an action brought by the plaintiff
as endorsee of two prombeery wed for 1501. each, made by
Mr. George Routh Howard, a member of Worcester Col-
lege, Oxford. The defendant by his pleas denied that be
had made the notes, and alleged that they were for the ao-
tteratmodatioa of others—that they were endorsed without
coosiderstims after they became due, sad that the whole
came of action had seemed desist his infamy. Prom the
statement of the learned wawa sad the evidence it appeared
that the defeadleat actable& h s emprity in 1840, and some
time afterwards ea application was made to him for payment
of the notes in egsgstion ; they were produced to him,
be examined them, sad mid that he was not in a
conditics them to Abilene them, but if he was
allowed some beam time he would do so. He
committed that slellesest to welting on the Bth of Jane,
1841, and it wee ow swilled that it wee a ratification of
the original transaction, and a sidileigat answer to the plea
of infancy. It woe reed, ealjed to ses objection on the ground
that the stamp was insulkiest.
Glow Luis proved that be hod mita ea the defendant
ia has, 1841, at Worcester Osage, Ogibed, with the two
malmsey notes. The &Swami preshed to pay them if
ea isieeteldes wee gives sat to eas them until he re-
eased to Oslued, is Notemberftlawhtg. The desired pro-
:1:11=m They were coshed ley Joie Caldwell, an
erme leader at Oxford be many y ears.
Mr. Redeems Wills no—Wen yea is wart when the late
roa Garay Midi Daiwa he was a public nutmeg ??
Witness: No. Thee=sey setae are in Caldwell's haat-
w. Beek is
The Lord Chief Boron itaviag suggested that the attesting
' wiliness sissuld he essmisted,
iredimidt Heidases, Whir of the Oxford County Court,
was gobs& Ore 'Mese soles le attested by a clerk of my
father's, who his bon dead for many years; the ether is
attested by my brother, who is an attorney, and holds a
stilted= ia a lose silos in Ireland.
Mr. lierisant Wilda. objected to the admissibility of the
now as the sarvivieg attesting witness bad not been called.
If he wee absent he amid have beta examined in Ireland
upon interregaterito.—Atiff MN discussion the notes were
read.—The leased cowed then stated that although he
might say a psi &eel upea the CMS is Mon conscienthe he
small aid left it in paint of law.
• violist ow mused ire the plaintiff with 4431. 15e.
demages, WNW iedrbi.
Mr. Dames smiled fbr in order foe speedy execution.
The emotion 11118 ismaineed so long ago as 1846. The Lord
Chief Harem refaeld the application, stating it was never in-
stalled that the statute should be applied in each a rase se
ida.

ILICHEQUER CHAMBBIL—YestruAay.
MO=O the Mew of the DAUM= Pleas and Berens of fachermar
in errors from the Court clOsses's Beach.
Tan BAZON DE BOMB F. THZ 131151N.--NON•ZZOISTRA.
?lON OSUMI THZ COMPZINATION ACT.--JUDOILINT OF THE
COURT OF Quinn's BINCH A/718111ID.
h.Tilteirs. ftit=en. it will
behalf obfe
the
recollected,lnti.
in
nes argued
ragZdrilaturtiy, and en the class of the learned ser-
thpasent, when the Attorney-General rose to argue
the eine on behalf of the crown, the court intimated that
they wail set then trouble him. The thee was
then postponed watil yesterday morning, when the
end, „alkali hearing the opened for the an
tads
judgmeat. The case, divested of the me
in which it has been 'evoked is this:
The late Beres de Bode claimed et the British wisp
meet a large sum of money, froth the eau pail by
Teases astir the thavestion of 1818, se sempasest
ea 4
lion for the low he had suffered the emasseelea of his
I=tyla the sanitary of Aiwa, arise the Atha seer
After sway fruitless to see
the late Beres de Bode poll used dims inTesimilibeeset
Clesen's Bench, and the ease ems bid at bar is Tele*
Tank 1844, when a verdict was given in his favour kr
364,2;61., with interest from the let of Jan. 1819. Oe
certain issues raised by the crown, pleading ilk statute
of limitations, thritaiti the non-enrolment of the
Baron's claim, the found for the crown. The
case was thin argued the Court °Mem% Bench, when
judgment was given on these points in favour of the crown.
The cam was then brought up by writ of error into this
I I emit, the present Baron de Bode, as executor to his father,
bete`, under the circumstances vita ia our report In tia
Deify News of last Saturday, admitted as plaintiff in error.
Kr. Baron Parke, in delivering the ithemset of the court
yesterday morning, said the plaintiff in NM in the premed
ems claimed cretin sums of money from the leautery under
the invention of 1818, entered into between the govern-
ante a Freaks and Great Britain , wby a ewe of three
and a belt sailers stadia Ins paid to thelt to indem-
nify the whist. of Gist Britain for the lessee they had sus-
tined eerie the andellmary war in Irma. Tele money
was paid Me the leas of certain *Wieners appointed
for the papas; and as est of pediesest, US 09th of
Geo. 111. s. %,wee peeved, restating the payment
of this thaspeasedis ha. The eat provided that
all claims shoal be seghtied within three weak frees the
date of the paths et di cuts apes whisk the slims se se-
gietered seed preyed were la lie*l by the stetheledesthe,
who were Is heed ever the raslie I. the Lards of the Tear
stay. It was proved is this MU that the deka by
the lass Bann de Beds bed sot loses is tome of
the prothiess of the 69th of Geo. 111. karma Wes,
after mehesig at length to the technical points urged is the
course of the argument, ooaehakd by saying that, se the
skim of the late Baron de Bode had act been as lend
sesemlig le the directions of the statute, they meth dearly
sad ssly of °pinks that he Gould set nether hem 1
the Tretrithy. The jedgment et the Court °Maths's Beath
math thsfasn, be aimed.
The kageiest wee accordingly karma.
Loss= ir. SOADDINIL—Tun ST. PANCRAS VOMIT.
The heft aids are were stated in oar report on Bessie.
Mr. Was sew essakeded his argument on behalf a the
pkiatiff it error, araftsadias that what paned at the thea
lag of the vestry ill. limas on the lfth a August, IVA,
was the "asking el a sat, aid that the neehewerbus
made by mew= de heft was a veld soh and silks 1
the mean the
a Ile 1186► than a die had est A
111., e. BL-311r. Faso*, hr the damdant In mow=
costravy essisilei that the rate was invalid ; that die leek-
ration of a rat on the 11th of August was sot the made' of
a rate, and that pale sodee dial have biat= of the
subsequent aimed isestige, tender the of the
sienna —The Court took time to eassiaer question.

lETALLII IP. TYI Q 172101-.

The question isTiit7woe lavel7edieonePoints with raped
to ea indiantaii Few. nay are, however, el se
Wankel assastor. Sib they evali Molly be awe-
bathed by the pawl maim Tbe Naming swim will
ted the arrant. enikeigaset etas bathe aura a
in the Aria XII., Pablay bombs besnCt
Ow the phdatiff in manew, the mark fireth IthatabLibuneath
ell ea Ibe ether Ma, ve jailistev", Maori. ib*
et the Overt of Queen's Beath
This assiaded the twiner el the court far the present
&deo.

MOM= DEBTORS' COURT.—YMITIUUMY.
Ilekee Mr. Coma Wow Law.
Tali PALLOR COURT.—IS as BRIEN CROWTHIR.
TNs istolveat. a eabiastrasker, ins o‘ by two as_
=ram It appeared that the who bad
• orbs/ el debts, 'slanted his keelveney to
the wiles wed u•szpsetad sale d bit Soak la teede,
uaisr ea
eerie ken the Passe &art, by ski& pint
tamed a dissebie hum The pretatirabbe tethe
URI, mad *slew was foe a sneashat snm
The twe (reams stated *dr empkida• mad Mr. Leas
yes lewd he the ksolvent.—Ris Beaver was 'of
that the kaolveat bad tostraated debts whoa be hod =
espeetatioa of meant. Ha samaded he fie
emeskther moths from the wain order, Re the is...
dram dense.

POLICE.-YENTERDAT.

TE!! CnT.—W. sad

lamas% Thel C. Wide it J. Loh affid D. Darks; wore
tray assaihdieberged, the tires Ws with steeling, sad
Boat sod Ws with reddest& law sthasst of peppery.
la Odense bolo yenta mud T ustthr la the sr,
vies et Wassa. Bad Leaeres:
tried at the Old ad* kr robbing Ids employer, sod
guilty, was bo the seed to as treaspered ter sera
yes's. Zs dowdy sisnrude rade ea te • ammthsedsa
to Mato& Weed, fist Lee, tine are a
table perew ath bad the
et the seams esatelarg the severs, sad
;f7= alio lad a Mr ad, Wpertain ia dr Arad d►
pernasat, ware takes Me ere* deeds was Ora teased
to fie pessethea et the Boats, who kept a lisp la ars.
street, lestHnd b. Oseglystreet, sad setglerga sallthstry
sessaith they were des strayed to New beeme. The
grain pieties cd the goods, sesk or esath table-
eery% super, bare, nip, Ile., won se the pre-
:2 of limn. Weed, sad therieg psrlisa of *az
lib= Taw wet bright yr go won

that he was aware —Sag —loth '— mad Witcher
were in the habit d dello Mom
bine
and Oa, and that be IM ilonisnaties
them, began, about eta meslhe he Wend the
of his sesplopere, to eels them. Is wen employed is
=of aroma, sad had takes geode% Burt's 21W
messy, whisk he gave to amstber servant
Ilrpei. lamed Albeit (who was Wild at the laid essehme,
lead alawiebadir;Zrent being r
d eephall). The new hand.
lt the met y was that ile 'widows against Bar-
lthen sung was bienght from Neirgate to give far-
ad ethillsee. It wos porred that Yawl and Witcher
E*She al the Bei Ulm pnbithalthse, Basin l.o* bill •
girmrweitthi.r.e.g.iiillainasirr stlooktrOuCt a-
itce!priat feels emilaresseth6tewhose, and gave it to
r, who wriggled it up in Toner's handkerchief, in
width his Mama is Imought, and reloaded Young's son
to teas it boo" mg he imnid call Is, it in the evening. He
rd ad call, sad the ant day Young was in custody, and
ipfrece of
oft,prin whisk was identified by the private mark,
the hands is.
flu encase!ssile orom-examinal the wither= to
AM OM Mum Mae bad the ease goodi, ad Ober 1
eithengb the utile, might bath formed part of the steak 1
de they could net wow to them, as it was possible Ibq
sisM have been aid ; ad also that, althoog11:0t:=:1
of a sewtheeil thief was winsimible, even if
pet 11 wee sessesery to look at the motive of the man Ides
was washing to llama his own punishment by accessieg
ranee, sham only remedy was a simple denial. No man,
IsVatectraded, would be safe, if such unsupported repot-
were listened to.—Ald. Moon determined upon
thmenitting the pismire. Bail was refused in all the eases-
WORSHIP-STREET. ATTINPTID MURDNIL AND
817101D1.--Asne Menominee was charged with having at-
tempted to murder her sun, a boy seven years of age by
throwing him into the Regent's canal, and also with hiving
attempted to destroy —Mr. J. &added stated that
he was standing outside his employer's counting-house, at
Haggerstone, within a few yards of the canal, at four o'clock
on the preceding afternoon, when he observed the prisoner
grasping her boy tightly by the hand and forcing him across
the towing path in the direction of the water. The little
felow, who was evidently much terrified, appeared strug-
Oleg to release himself, and repeatedly called out, " Don't,
mother, don't ; " but the prisoner continued to
drag him en till they reached the edge of the
boa, when she suddenly caught hint up in her
arms sad flung him into the carnal. The prisoner
then rapidly divested herself of her shawl, and
was in the act of untying her bonnet, when witness
rushed forward and seined her, and a friend coming up at
the moment, he consigned her to hie charge. He then has.
used to the side of the canal, and finding that the boy was
completely exhausted with his struggle., which had carried
him some distance from the bank, witness plunged in,reached
him as he lesson the point of oinking, and succeeded in get-
ting him out, and he speedily recovered. Oa being ones-
timed, the prisoser mid that her son and herself were both
starving, and they had not broken their fast sines the pre-
ceding moraine. It,. Hsmraill ordered the primer to be
committed to Newest' for trial.
MARLBOROUGH.STREET.—Mcannt OP A WOMAN
BY 131 HUSBAND.—J. Manley, a plasterer, residirg in
Phomixotreet, St. Giles's, was charged with having mur-
dered his wife, Elisabeth.
Elizabeth Otuden said—l know the prisoner and his wife.
About 1 o'clock this morning I was in bed with my daugh-
ter, when I was awoke by a knock at the room door. I
asked who was there ? The deceased said, "It is Mrs.
Manley; nif old man has turned me out of doors without
bonnet or 'bawl." I let the deceased in. She was with.
out cap or shoes. She came to the bed, which was on the
floor, and laid down by my etas and went to sleep. About
half-put 7 this moaning the prisoner came and knocked de.
lently at the door. I called out, " Who is there ?" The pri-
soner replied, "Yon have got somebody belonging to me here,
open the door." I said I could not opens the door to any maa
till I was deemed. He said, " I will not wait." He then forced
open the door, and came into the room, and dragged his wife
out of bed by her heels to the wiadow. He then took hold
of her bl the shoulders and dashed her head on the floor ;
and, while (she was lying there, he kicked her about the
heed, and said " I will be the death of you." He then gave
her a dreadful thick, and she droppers her head and
spoke again. The prisoner then stooped over his wife and
pulled something from her pocket, and ran out of the room.
I saw him again about ten minutes alter, and told Ma that
his wi'e was dead. He said, "I am going up to no hex"
I than went for a constable, and gave the prisoner in
charge.
The prisoner's wife was perfectly sober. In answer tar 111:.
Hardwick the witness mid the prisoner was quite sober.
Ile was in the habit of ill using Ills wife. About a fortnight
age he struck her, and blackened both her eyes. He told
hoe on Saturday last that he would be the death of her.
The prisoner did not express the least regret for what he had
dose.
Agces May lived in the same house as prisoner and his
wits. Was awoke about half-past twelve last night by hear-
ths the prisoner and his wife quarrelling in the back yard.
Heard the prisoner all to his wife to come in doors. She
odd she would not. The prisoner and his wife, when they
but came to lodge in Phenix-street, appeared to be a very
couple. Deceased was a teetotaller then, but lat.
dohs
Gal
d taken
ng between th em.
to drinkisg, and the result has been re-
rioteuarrelli
• mutable said, about a quarter-gist eight this morning,
I was called by the first witness to go to 74, Dudley-street,
where a man bad murdered his wife. I went there, and on
going into the &cat attic I found a woman lying on the
tem on her back quite dead. I examined the body, but did
art we any blood. I sent for a surgeon, and took the pi-
oneer into custody. Ia Id him he was charged with killing
his wife. He replied, " Yea, I done it by kicking her on the
side of the head end neck, because she robbed me of 25."
Mr. W. Simpson, surgeon, mid there were no marks of
violence or blood upon deoessed. Her face was bloated, and
had more the apooarsoes of a person having died from a fit
or a fall than from a kick.
The prisoner said his wife was given to drink. He had
gone with a companion to have a pot of beer, and his wife
and the first witness followed him into the public house. He
took his wife home twice that night, and found she had con-
trived to steal 2s. from him to 'pond in drink.—Remanded
until Saturday next.

BAIL WAY NB WS.-WEDNESDAY.

RAILWAY BILLS IN PARLIAMENT.
amnia. DISPOSID OF DT ZILANDIZZA TISTRADAT.
Before Mr. Smith.—Room 23.
lINOPPOSID.—North Staffordshire Railway (=dada
of acts) : standing order. complied with. Forest of Dean
and South Wales Railways (amendment of acts as to charges
on Forest of Dean Railway and branches) (No. 2) : stand-
Ing_orders complied with.
PETITION. ADJOURAID.--CeledOnieli Railway (purchase
or lease of Wishaw and Cohn's' Railway) : standing orders
somplied with. Maryport and Carlisle Railway (estendons,
branches, depots, and new works, Carlisle) (unopposed).
withdrawn.
OPPOSlD.—Stirling and Dunfermline Railway (deviation
of branch to Alba Harbour ; diversion of certain works ;
extension of time for completing line and taking land ; and
amendasent of acts): in part heard, further hearing ad-
Jenniad to this day. Edinburgh and Northern Railway
(additional capital and amendment of acts): shading orders
complied with.
Before Mr. Ma_y.—Room 22.
lINOPPOSID.—Loudon and north Western, Lancaster and
Cedilla, Caledonian and Edinburgh and Olaegow Railways
(lease of Scottish Central Railway). Caledonian and Elia-
burgh and Glasgow Railways (lease of Dundee and Perth
and Aberdeen Railway Junction, and the Dundee and Ar-
broath, sad the Dyad* and Newt* Railways). Caledonian
and Rellisbungli and Olasgow RailwiE (lases of Scottish
Midis* Imam Railway, : hearing 'owned to 12 o'clock
on Monday. Glasgow, Kilmarnock, Ardraman Railway,
mad *hem* Heib err Acts Aniedimetj 11111614 Charity
Act Aseeadmea ,t • Read Mi. awl Rotas Railway
(Brea* to Imam and *us Wafts Railway) (Ne. 2):
@Mai( swan with. Caledonian Railway (par-
chaos *Owe etWiihaw sad Calms Railway: alian&ned.
Aniewanao.—Birkeehead, Leaceshire, and Cheshire
Jannisa Railway (pawn to tell or lease to the London and
North Watley ths Muter sad Holyhead, or the Shrews-
bury sad Clasen, Railway Omapanim, or to amalgamate
therewith) : anoppeeed farther adjourned to Wednesday
next. York, N. end Berwick Railway (Named&
upo&tyas mad Oseible R:i4gand Amidgemanes• asep.
rased : ameba
_odes Mk. Inemaire ead
Yorinhim sad Imam cod a* Waft* Itakway Om-
=rams* et ban* is the Pre*. sod Wye Railway,
, and De*, sod t of the an-
dertakiag) •. mapped: =attitoill;t=y next.
MEETINGS.—Warsarom AND Itaxxxxx.—Elpecial
Otosseral llestriy. —London, Feb. 7. —P. B. BMA',
Esq., M.P., in the ehair.—The Czar:wax mid that
Vae dicesteva had collet taw t martin fa so
trordance with the oxpiato dmiae at a lame section
of the shareholders, sad the aaly fed of any ha-
portanoe he had to eansmse to them was that, in coo*
*Mat whit the reessmandslisa matalaed la the report of
the *mitt* aflame*** ppoiand by the shareholders,
two sambas et the beset et Areseisa, Messrs. Anderson
and Hal* hsa tendered their resignation as directors,
which bad boa asespead. sad Mom. Taunton and
Bates, two of the count active sambas et that committee,
had bum Mend bleat aim their last meting he had
goo to IloindiaLdlial atimotholy ezemined the line, with
• the view et the eseneolases et Mr. Beasts mentions
o regarding ** It ma with ma pleasure that he
gays it se his Mania ad that sandmen's ealcalations with
I respect to the peeped of a rammaeratzzrze they pro-
' model se far a. Knoshwillie* were
Mr. BATES mid that at a bow nada, be bad been
assumed of empamielag the istinesb at di. share-
heitises, hr tbe perms et &WM( a mat at their
beards bat be mu* them that,* the }coition whore they
had *sag* proper to plass him, be weal& anion* his In-
es sandy as whoa on their eammillso of inroad-
de
Dll they *la they man* a favour by nami-
adarNun am or their divests* ? He did net mapiain of
ills IMMO Of resessridiaa, bat he could moo them that
i 4 Weal at SOL a yew it was 1601., it maid a* pay him
err thaanome of labour is had ands** tar dm Wane
Ws
mil& Moo hit nudes Yr. ?moos rod
W ladled Mai
mama with their Anita% read
h-
f
armed IMO it was roma to shot thou la pie.. of Knorr.
Hobo solhadoioro. He r opressated Hat tkle=
weeli oust mess the viola el those abarebsiden
that Orao male at that beard *mai be mated, and he
Mimi on
err 111_ r epret he
tu
Mimi of TWO eildhoss.
however, »Mod to der moo orlo;ig.-walio hod sited Iddr
ft. owl did Ids ordiosika omit MOONS le ea dirks
of Ile tu
na of he doom lloostO whit Ids'.
coolobld with rdoodolisiot lo ood Hir. Tooldoolisti
aocephd the wool Nob, sod the omit was nth
hohoy, hr bo mil mom tho main that Obey
were tars a bromism breed. H. was of *deo
that my tattier Immo of die board midi not

Mid siWge-----a—eli—riaeWste, and be
them to boos smillim as they were at present
eatli Ulf-yearly melba to My. He was aware that
it would require great gneiss* sal esenssay to raise the
company from the eagesmidog slate to "Mk Shed bow re-
dwood, int he was smiling lid Ewa lise miss et disk
Crrmight be regikei if the tearebilisis exMaded
entlidemse to Me prom& beard. He Sifted himself,
if supported by the iemi lewd and trails management at
Kilkenny, to raise *sir tmie returns to 0131. • week, which
would give them • prat el 101. a week above their working ,
expenses. In oarryis the line to Knockwilliens,
semosay should be esamdted as mash as peal-
his. He would like sere that tbo land they
required should be punka* d at the Lowest rate pestible,
that their exowerbm and law expenses should be seasider-
ably reamed, mod tbat their contrasts &mid be essefaUy
examined with a view to the completion d dm line at the
Mut mediae agoaditure ; while the direst= of the Cow
pay pinked thesselne to carry oat them views, be trusted
that dm sbarekelaws woad de their duty by paying up the
sail doe. Money ems memo in Inland at present, and by
(eft into the mast with lob in their hands they could
get kal sad whatever else might be required on advan-
tageous terms.—Kr. TA.IIIIITON briefly s:pressed his concur
non la the statements made by Kr. Dam.
Mr. Marra, on behalf of a hills body of shareholders,
signified his approval of the board, as at present constituted,
and trusted that Om recommendations of the committee

eeeting the redaction of their engineering and other
1 pusses would be carried out. He then proposed a resolu-
tion, to the effect that in the present condition of the com-
pany it wee not expedient to increase the number of dim:-
ton.—Mr. Fordo having seconded the motion, Mr. Carvalho
moved an amendment, calling upon two uther mem-
bers of the board to retire. This amendment having been
seconded, was put from the Mair, and negatived.
The original resolution wee ihen carried by a large ma-
jority, and the meeting dissolved.

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mien Scam Berranw.—London, Feb. 7.—Special
Meeting of Shareholders.—D. DE CASTRO. Eej., in the
chair.—The shareholders assembled to meet Mr. Ben-
jamin Shaw, of Kilburn Priory, • number of the com-
mittee of inquiry whiih lately went to Ireland to in-
spect the condition and prospec's of the railway, et the re-
quest of a large numberof the most influential English share-
holders.—The report was read by Mr. BLANDY, tram which
it appeared that the committee had been reluctantly assisted
by the directors in their inquiries. They lamented the back-
ward state of the works, and the large expenditure incurred
by the directors, meet of whom had not paid their calls,
whilst they bed been harassing the shareholders
in default with law proceedings. The directors
stated that the delay was caused by the Irish South Western
Company refining to pay the cad on their 7,600 shares.
Differenees were found to exist batmen these companies
which the committee saw no hopeof remedying with the pre-
sent management, and therefore they advised the share-
holders to use their best endeavours to transfer the contra
into other hands. Application would made in parliament
for leave to reduce the shares to 121., and to limit the extent
of the line to Kilkenny. There had been expended, as far
as the committee could ascertain, 137,4391., and the turther
liabilities and contracts would require 96,33 W. The assets
to provide for this were reckoned good to the extant of
about 136,0001. As to the line itself, it hal been
completed from Bagnahtown to Carlow, but was little pro-
Stable, and contracts had been entered into for the line to
Kilkenny. They assumed that the coat of the line would
be 240,0001., sad that the interest thereon would be
12,0001., and therefore if this only realised 181. per mile per
week on the 26 mile% they would clear a net pr. fit of
14,0401., or an annual dividend of 6 per coot. The report of
the committee concluded with a recommendation to the
shareholders to support them at the next meeting by proxy,
so that they might obtain a new board of directors in
which the Irish South Western Company would have con-
fidence.
Mr. Snaw pointed out the impossibility of the company
going on well whilst they were encumbered with the present
board and their expensive establishment. The South-
Western board, he knew for a fact, would not pay their calls
whilst that direction existed, for they had no coafidence.
Could they but amalgamate, or be managed by the South
Wester* board of directors, he was sure they would affect a
saving of about 3,0001. a year, besides getting the mesno of
completing the line in which both conspanies were interested.
In reply to a proprietor,
The Catainstan said the committee presumed that thole
shareholders who had paid up 61. per share would go on with
them, and these they reckoned at 19,000 shame.
After some discussion, the report of the committee was
adopted on the motion of Mr. Multi, seconded by Mr.
RODOILINION, and It was ordered to be printed (or the u.e of
the shareholder.—After some obiervetions from Mr. Brooke,
Mr. Smith, and others, a resolution was carried to the effect
that the board of directors ought to possess the confidence of
the proprietors, and that theyought to conduct its affairs at
the least panible expense; that this committee have power
to confer with the Irish South Western directors as to the
bast means of obtaining (their cooperation ; and that the
committee to whom the shareholders could resort for advice
should consist of Benjamin Shaw, D. De Castro, J. Blendy,
and James Lamont, Emirs —Atter a vote of thanks to the
chairman and committee, the maw** adjourned.