The Express.
London, England, 1851-02-27 00:00:00

W.lltWlrl, AND WOWCIIIIT/Ilt RAILWAY.
-Ifratentay there was a numerous meeting of the share-
holffigs, to outsider the making of a call on all those who
had received back Iris. per share out of the 2i. 2.. deposit.
Alter ormsiderahle dismission the meeting *as adjourned to
the 21. t March. to enable the ,ffirial nianager to bring
so a il tailed statement of the Nihilist~, with an estimate to
show whist amount of call r share would he sufficient to
discharge th. m.
Mr. Rim 1•T Tic‘hrtts Slur, IpAN, min Is-
31111101Iler (~..41•ANT.—Vehtenlar Mr. Ilarding, the offittial
numager. with )111..V1. Tucker. his solicitor% arrest"' be-
fore he. II ~,,,, ur Sir William Horne iu support of a sum-
mons, attling warn the official assignee, Mr. Graham, who,
us behalf of the trade rredisori under the bankruptcy of
this rompony, bail the rousluct of its affairs, which are now
referred to hi wound up. to debts r iiv.•r the lesiks and
papery to enable the ial manager to pructssl with the
affair. Mr !larding, the offirial manager, intimated that
as appeal was now pending before bit 11.41.411, Vice-
l'lmorellor Cruets against his (Mr. liar ding's) appointinent
he his I len iiiii r a. Othrial f11:111.111.r to this company ; where-
upon it was ultimately de. U1..1 the question of delivering
tined the hooks and papers should iambi over until the
ark:grill appeal hail been made.
Noffrit or IiNt:LAND BANKING COMPANY.- -Yem,
tenlay She list of contributories of the% rompany, consisting'
id ...memo,. in the same iimition w ith those in the rase of
ol' thwaite,- Just dntidnl ley the laird Chancellor, was
settled, after long teehineal arguments, bebire his Honour
Master Kuril., in conformity with this precedent.

NIKIICANTILE MAKIN V. ACT.—Anntlier

swelling of shipowners, masters, and seamen was held
on Musday eveniug, at seven o'clock, in the: Mariners'
Choral, Leith, to take measures for petit. ii iii g against this
oust. Bailie Charles Morrison occupied the chair. The re-
I.'s, of a committee was nrAd, *hick pointed out various
objectionable clauses in the measure. the fees were de-
clared unjust .red ooppreuive, and sometimes amounting to
-twentieth part of the aeaman's wages. The distance of
the slopping oothees. in .011 O• ease.. Inns the Aorta would,
it stas sod, often ok.r3Aioll expense, interruption, and delay,
and put the foreign ships in a better position for stoning
freight.. than Itritish UtO.S. 'I lie continente approved of
the eaantinati.m of masters and mate* ; bat beton,
making it C 00111111.17, they thought the government
should 144 r.trbli.b naiigation schools at the various ports.
esiminationc only taking Mare in certain days would
'Si 141.11 great delay, a. also a aiting the return of the cern
meat, limn I 'the regulations for discipline they
bold to h, unjust, oppreoise. and uncoiled for, mid the
penalties intlieted extremely severe. Tin' committee thought
that the present act should be sus:wooled until a succinct
mid distotet nienli-oit naval rod: was prepared. in simple and
iutrßigible language.--Mr. Liddell, shiPmast.c, mooed the
ackiption of Ono report, and T. 1.11 a lot of If! punishahle
offences, recently drawn out by the Boarol of 'trade, in
addition to those eautaincol in the act, but which had,
however, been NUMWI4IIO.II by Mr. Labouchere in the north-
east
.purl. Ile ridiculed particularly Mr. Labouchere's
halt" requiring all SeAllbral to attend divine service
on Sunday. Ile had lova thirty year. at sea, but never
had divine ...nice in his ship, except iu port. If their
present petition was rejected by the Queen, they should
ask her for an old eruiser that tool might emigrate to the
Uncled Mates or Brasil, where they would be received with
open gusted lot' remaining at bonne idle and oppressed,
and as a olisgr.sce to their country's Irptislature. Ile, how-
ever, ally rod the seams nut to strike. 111. r to evade the
law, although it ruled them with a red of iron. The meet-
ing was nest addn•ssed by Mr. Milan of Inverkosithing,
Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Glover, tie., a' well as by deputations
from Allot and Kirkakly. Mr. &eater, shipmaster, amidst
much interruption, distended the act. A eonimittee was
appoint.] to forward the petition' agreed to at a former
alerting, and to take other necessary steps for procuring the
',pod of the whole tor pan of the tot. the meeting sepa-
rated at half-past nine o'clock.
‘Vitids.f.s.tht: TletSsrEtt POOR TO LON-
noe.-Yesterday Mr. William ('after hold an inquest at the
Jolly Sailor 'lateen, Lower-rood. Itotherhithe, concerning
the death of a male infant, owed four weeks, the illegiti-
mate utbioring of Ann C 00000 oat who died from cold and
rsts“ure to the weather. on board the Itelican steamlooat.
whilst OR the war from Ireland to london. Ann Connell
said that on Thuisday morning hot at 7 ~'clock she paid ',N.
as passage money fur hersollaud babe, too hoard the Pelican
steamer, which left the harbour that morning for London.
They were ion deck the whole journeye; and, without any
covering but the air, three days and nights, exposed to the
wind and weather. Tin' Coroner-How many pusengers
were there on the deck ? N itnoroc-7:10 sir, men, women,
and children, all huddled together. We were so cboely
packed that we could scarcely mute. The deceased aro
wilted very well alien 11 its, e.s went on board. The run
came down several times and th.lusanigers were unable to
get under any covering. The women on the deck said the
deceased hail been suffocated by the crowd of persons on
bawl. W 0114,6 ass unable to keep the child warm at
night time, but received a little warmth from a pipe or line
which came (nom the engine room, or frees nee of the
cabins. V. 'turn could not change the child's clothe". owing
to the overcrowded state of the towel. The deck was also
wet and dirty and it was washed on Saturday whilst they
were parked together. Witness had nut sufficient clothing
for the child, and she was of opinion that the deceased had
died from the nol.l and exposure to the weather. 'the pas-
sengers were dace clays and nights on board, some of thous
with 'gamely any food. There were cattle on the deck.
The Coroner ulisi-reed that it was a wonder government did
sot interfere to put a stop to such a shameful system. The
poor creatures were treated worse than swine. WR-
IST*. 14111.4 that she fouud the child dead shortly !
before they were landed. tOw pawned some articles ,
of clothing to pay her padage money. Coroner-
I fully lie *acre, from information I received some time
ago, that these people are supplied with sooner to
terry them to laiudesi by the parochial authorities of Ire-
land, so that they may be' sib ved from the expense or
burthen of keeping them. The whole of the jury were of
the &Mt opinion. Mr. Henry Garin r, the summoning I
*Meer, said he had known as many as 1,00 being brought !
at one time from Ireland, at the rate of Is. 6d. or '2a. per
he id. Mary Ititeldi, hi. the nurse to the infirmary, proved
receiving the chill, which sae quite dead and cold. There
were no marks ui sioleuce on its perms, which was plump
and well (denied. lather evidence having hems adduced,
the coroner summed up the testimony, and remarked on the
1.1.1401 U nature of the caw, which he said was one of a very
important character. There was uo doubt that the child
had died from exposure to the weather, and it was only
satirising that more deaths had nut occurred under the cir-
cumstances. e did not believe tiny could make the steam
consporry re.spdasib:e for the death, but really it was
distressing, and government ougl.t to have their attention
ogled to the subtivt to peeved: soeh a disgraceful sy 'to m
Tote .iery after a short consultation, unanimously returued
i a vadat a secontance with this