The Express.
London, England, 1853-02-17 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 17, 1853.

ST. PANCRAS VESTRY.

ASSESSMENT OF THE LONDON AND NORTH
WESTERN RAILWAY.
Yesterday a special vestry of the parish of St.
Pancras was held at the Vestry Hall, Kiurs-road, Pancras-
road, for the purpose of taking into consideration, and, if
necessary to rescind, the resolution passed in October last,
relating to the appeal of the London and North Western
Railway against the rata of March last. Jesse Faits=
Fiume', Req., senior churchwarden, in the chair.
Mr. WAGSTAFF (of the Arm of Swift and Wagetaff, soli-
citors) attended on the part of the railway company, and
stated that his desire in calling upon the vestry IKOMI time
ago was, that the rate of March last might be sesirmed.
in order that the company might be in a position
alx
that rate, as they had the September one, awl
against the two rates at one time, thus sai es
ls( tremble sod
expense. He feared that as some delay had taken ploses
he could not appeal at the next sessions, as the looal eel
made it imperative to give 21 days' Deduct appeal. Ho
begged to assure the vestry that it would be mot sada&
tort' to him, as well as to his clients, if the espy Utiodea
which had goes on so long between the company and the
vestry could be amicably settled. (Hear.) As On pariah
held • sum of 87W. les., which had bees overpaid upon one
rate, he would propose now to pay the balance of the 1,7161.,
the amount of the March rate. He was desirous that all
bygones might be settled, and that all future rates should
stand upon their merits. (Hear.) The company were per
feetly agreeable to appeal to the sessions against the rate
from time to time, until the special case referred to the
Court of Queen's Bench was decided upon.
Mr. W. D. COOPER concurred in the view taken by Mr.
Wagstaff, and begged to move the following resolution:
" That so much of the resolution of the 6th October, 1852,
as relates :o the adjournment of • decision on the appeal of
the North-Western Railway against the rate of 20th March,
18.52, be rescinded, and that the rates of the 20th March,
1852, be cadrined." Of coarse it would he understood
that both parties should be bound by the decision which
might be come to by the Court of Queen's Bench. The
vestry could sot eassent to give up the balance of 8701.
The whole amount of the March rate must be paid.
Mr. H. &roes, county magistrate, seconded the resolu-
tion, which was unanimously agreed to.
n estimate for a seer rate of 12d. is the pound for the
half year from 26th March next was then moved by Mr.
T. B. Beam. The above rate would realise 35,0051. The
expenditure was estimated at 30,4471, and the liabilities at
5,4801. Mr. Baker contended that the rate would be
ample.
Mr. Cam= having seconded the motion for a 12d. rats,
a long disnimion ensued, Mr. MANNING opposing the rate
on account of certain items for highways and the like,
which he contended were illegal, and also on the ground
that the amount would be insufficient to meet the expenses.
Ultimately the rate was agreed to by a large majority.

AcsmALIAN EitlortATloN.—The ship Harriet left
Southampton yesterday, with several hundred government
emigrants, for Austraha. The Ramillies will leave the same
port in a few days with emigrants for the same place; and
the Mary Green, which is now in the Southampton Docks,
will also leave with emigrants for Australia early in March.
This latter vessel arrived at Southampton a few days sines
from Buenos Ayres with a cargo, and was immediately
, chartered to Mara ;rut emigrants to Adelaide. The victual-
ling of this shift after a sharp competition between London
and fieeithaugha howeeeh, at bees sledded in favour of
Meows. Ossissy,Tiretlawil/2 at limilimplcs.
Vomitus Cozn.—Thin war no longer any
doubt as to the lutentica of the govenemat to raise volun-
teer alga ohm certain reetriet sei we believe that
the auretme of several will be useful la a how days. In
the eameser there are to be camps et Wreaker foraged,
gni the militia will, during the emumulsout of the Has
nOmt_hiet be allowed to mew the melted barracks.
Led 811 gem reelmile pat the fine at home into
the best Mole of dholplies, egg toy assegehlisp the corps to I
give them the ballets eoZtegether. Camps of insane-
ties hue hag bees memisi ear army at home, and we
midge te boa that tide is oar system is about to be ,I
✓emeibL—Nagai wad I Maitery Games.
27021011.DINART EsCAPZ.--Daring the past week
ea assliget weaned is the &nab Devon Railway which
VIII M have resaltei in the instantaneous death of •
geellemon. It appeal that on the arrival of the up mail
at the It Theme statism the gentleman, who was in •
• elm outage, not waiting for the door to be opened
by the guard, stepped out, as he imagined, on the platform,
but it tensed out to be the parapet of a viaduct, and be fell
• diatom of 21 feet. The occurrence wee witnessed by
some ol Wpoelaea at the station, and they immediately
rea to his amYteaaoa expesting to find him either killed or
severely weendloi. To their great astonishment, however,
he had seselvoil so injuries, and it is said that he took so
little Mho at his fall that he wu actually engaged is look-
ing tea his sposessies. This is another instance of the cha-
rt a 1111 trains before everything iskeady at the
sintlem tar the present gentlemen was fortunate
IMMO te Merge, t may not so happen again.