The Express.
London, England, 1848-12-21 00:00:00

BAST INDIA HOUSE.

Yesterday a Quitterly General Court of Proprietors
of But ladle Stork was Mkt at this coapaap's Mass is
Leadealtall-stroot The wart was rattan largely attended.
8w J. L. Lutdositoa was the Asir. Ths wastary road
the abilities of tie lot wart. .

sent. in hemesheM egoism Gnat eambers of resew have
Weedy joined this novel slab.
Tess HAMM/PICT MID INSOLTINCT LAWL—Bir,
The reseal made et admiabratiag the baakruptcy and is-
esker, laws is highly MOAN obis la many bipeds.
Dabbles and erediters,-emigdoes end nitiessys, are jumbled
It seems by as Mesas areMelently oreamodioes;
Ze,thileewleg to the toque.*
_of this medley, &area and
repalarlty are not so Melft calhesed as Is the Mkt:
Nuts. Bat this eseld very sadly be obviated was ease
better regulation adopted by trannetieg the pebas bedsits
this the ens sow panned. What womb these carts
from devoting one er two days, If need be, to seek ems or
matter in beakraiSsit: leselveasy, mid thereby genies
rid et, or deafly g of, it at two err these 'Map, in.
steed or pinnies present abbey pasties ot laligaf
to er a deem 40808 late the yew or emit day, 180180
precludes the possibility of swift apart wan Om belt
aa hoer to seek t Lad. as nothing Wowed tow:crag=
▪ the affairs of the parties eonesened ean be
I. this brief 'atonal, the pushes has beams welds
la adjoarameats. Worrell se inmemblerable ponies of the
beakrept's or landvent's ebb (as thew may be)—and
whisk swell in belseess be smile available hr the
Menet of the hitters& away la
latigaties, to say nelhing S tarean7-6,ldeby ineenensisess, sad
aamoyemse emmeisesd by these wipeseed eiljeoraniest•
The wasisrans eels ef pesilsesent *Ol have pared stied.;
to the laws of bankruptcy and insolveasy have bosom a
entree si endless strife iel .months ; Indeed, Mach so
that they have not eabegssetly panted sail bewildered
those who daily dabbler them, la their seism/en to
discover what partimiler est or eels te,Totelwalago la
them warm are to be gemmed by or ed as, to say
donna. of the seedisties dsoldmis sad edjadiestimes epos
their conersetima or saseelem Weed, no sash as outset
have these ahem egidees hen earrial, that what le law
is BeeleshalLeleset to no law is losiespactreet, and sits
erred. In peed of this sisertion, then is sow an appeal
rad*/ "la a. Careadist," a bankrupt, and which awaits
the Lord atiessuses jzesat, sad the steitlttont .
determine to. the Ms pa to the! Ceara
Conn of
es the aggelnemmat of ea eisiel gnee widienterin4
amigstee, se on the appointment et beef." sad this question
it mem has Incited men Om sonliaary Ws.* swag the
members of the legal praised's, se well as among the
trading classes of the towasaity.—M. F.
INQUEST, YESTERDAY. A WOMAN CRUSHED TO
MUTH IN • TIIRESHINO MACllloll.—Before Mr. W.
Payne, at 81. Thomas's Hospital, on the body .f Ellen Cum
Was, aged 22.—The deemed was a 10141131% la the employ of
Mr. Deals.., a farmer, residing at Khibreek-fares, near
Blackheath, Hest. On Friday last she was engaged in a
w=tiagy bera t straw binds far the men who were workiag a
patent enachiee, when she went too neer the
spindle, whisk some means caught her gown sad drew
her immediately mood the iron-work, which travels at a
MOM teartal speed. Her weans broagin the saes to her
moistens, who lost no time in pirm the suishine, bat
net before her body wee drimdfally mutilated. She was
men by a eargeoa, who saggestod her coaveyasee to the
above besOtal, where she died. The jury :stunted • Ter-
diet of " Amidestal drub."

—Di;;;;awn. 7-TheCtia7;mas asuremord that the divi-
dend on East Witt Block would be payable en the 6th
Jeanaey sort.
RAJAH OP PIATTALL—Mr. LUMP, pursaaat to the an.
tire gives by several • tors, rose to bring seder consi-
deration the ease rif the Iw Hsieh. He argued that the an.
ramie* of the Sanwa territory would be contrary to the
treaty made with Pertaab Ming, mad • dishonest stain apes
the British nation. Hpost them gonads he begged to move
the resoled= of whisk be bad gives Waft. (Hoer, him.)
Mr. Liens @sanded the meth*.
The ClIklill•N said that se Wier than two or three
maths age a meting was brospht lrward very similar in
sabstans• and ea Mat a dierumson ensued. could. how-
ever, erste the semi that m all the papers oonnecied with
the subject bad sew arrived Irons India, the directors would
give every attention is it; indeed, it was eves this under
esmideratios, sad at the proper time he should be mewed
to give ivory lakeesatioot that might be required. The
animus ties moved that this court do now adjoins.
Major Osii. GALLOWAT Wended. the motion.
Mr. Lewis salted if the qouterly tout would be bald
afterwards.
The CMAIIIMAN said no. It was the widen of that court,
that whenever • intim for adjournment yes carried, the
proprietors osuld sot pressed with may ether Musser.
After some observatioss from 14. CLARKS. the

era said tithe bee. gentleminwiehadt; wriluitew their
mottos, they wad, as vie Weer busbies. mid be proceeded
with.
Mr. Berjesat GASSLIZ Oftid not make out the line of
.21141.. t advomitod by the hem. shallow The an of par.
lbws% stated that bar gaseral meolings Amid be held is
the year. By adopting the mane proonibed by the their-
maim, they would redone the susiber to thew, for this was a
✓enal mentag. (Rear, hear.) If the shahs= knew this
wee the idlest of as eijoarnmest, why did he sot appoint it
fee another day imbed of that of the general meeting ? He
deeland that the direstan had so right to do away with the
general men by a neerourre of this description.
Oen. Batons @peke very warmly is support of the claim
*Ms Rajah's sosesseor es be notated to the sovereignty of
BsWsrL He wanted the oempay from any act that night
savour of 'panties. as It might shake the fidelity of our
van lodise army, Os post tramity of which win nude up
from satires of Moveless tommegutiet. He spoke is high
terns of the dinky sad attashanst of the saline of India
to British rule, sad was most anxious that no unworthy act
should b. dose towards thus by the British government.
The trinity, having been made, ought to be folfWed to the
very latter; and he hoped ths wart weakd eat venture to
snide its hiltless; both in junks to the present clainast,
sad as the NOM of humanity. The hoe. proprietor said he
should oppose the adjournment of the tuning.
AfisT same discussion as the questios of adtourantent, the
Cultivates requested the proprietors would divide on the

SIR JOSHUA WALMSLEY AT BOLTON.

Sir Joshua Vialmeley, who has talus the field in
the reform interest at Bolton for the seat about to be vacated
by Dr. Burring, made his ant public appearance before the
electors, on Tueoday night, at the Tows-ball, Little Belton.
The room, which is capable of aotommedatiag from 2,000
to 3,000 persons, was crowded is even part, and many of
the electors wishing to be present could not gain admission
Os the motion of Mr. Edmund Ashworth Mr. ft Awn
Heywood took the chair, and introduced to boa. candidate
to the emoting.
MT JOSHUA WALusL.Twan received with pelt cheering
He said loot evening he had the pintails, as their chairman
bad informed them, of awning 60 or 70 gentlemen of
Bolton being amongst the leading reformers, end geode-
men in whom he believed the electors bad great confidence.
He expressed to them his matimeats on the leading
politkal questions of the day, and they were pleased to state,
as the chairman had air ady said, that they were perfectly
estiedied with the general tenor of the opinions then ez-
They remarked, however—and he (Bir Joshua
glesehnley) thought they were perfectly cornet in their
view an thie matter- -that it was for them only to expr. se
sbak *lra opinion, leaving it to the groat body of the donors
to dude foe themselves who should be their future cendi•
date /Load sheen) Ho thought it erreediegly important
open ell needs= that when a sea was brought forward
and perm' to represent a borough like this, or say consti-
genty—he theaght it but lair that the pints of all
demos at loom of ad grades—should haves fall and 10404;'
-
=expreseing their sentiments, and have • veies in
lime matmeles. (Hen) Under theme eireannaaaima
liromeared helm the Women with feelings of greet seta-
Thee. melehly bat lino Mows, perronally,
men. dim, yek as having bees he many years
closely
_sad latimately °emanated with the county
in mid* they were amsembled—se having bees bon
is it, reeved and educated is it, and on having pre-
=wsmog its ishabitants in mweantile affairs;
in:risen from very msderste eireumatimies is thsievaS
bearing borough el Liesrposi, sad had the Mean of
many Aloes of mit, issietling net of the MOM
=g re to whisk his .flew-tewamea weld deer ;
been se eceseeted with the conasty, he teuetni that he
was not totally unknown to the electors, and that suit •
nanizien would nn be found dimadvantagesse m his la •
large isercantile and manufacturing onamanity sash as this. I
(Applause.) If, however, he depended epos soy personal
mhoald have hesitated before he suffered ltimseU
to be placed before this coestituency a. a candidate. He had
more reliance upon the principles which ha was there to ad-
vocate. (Chien.) What the people of this country most
wanted, so far as he could judge, was good and cheap go-
vernment—a goveramsat felt and appreciated by the pee.
pie, end who maid Wag with them the connotion
is the minds of the public that they were ruled
he their beet inmate, and by their town full, fair, and free
eaneent. It wee for the people to judge whether, with all
the predweloes el retremehment sad esommy made hitherto,
they had had good mad einem geteremet. (dm) That
seek a gennment had eel yet bees Mann wee ea for
want of miles amass eme of the yeepbee npreentalives.
Mr. Her bed ling bees • speemete and soninsn advo-
cate for the Mesas of the nations' eneeditees. For 40
yea's yen he bed bees inelatigable in the Haw of Car
mat, ht amen sad out of sews, in itig aseemy, sad
is drowny the peat slums whisk Masi In the fleanelal
system ef the esealley. W be bad Mee eepperted of late
by men ltede diotingaishe d dm timed& and mem
wyearshewerebetuated by liberal and;ealightned dome weer
meat. But with what result ? Bo far from Illiseesaissale of
the day having profited by the Leone whin had bosomed to
theareo far boa enemy sed robseelmen Meng been
preened—if the army, navy, end Weems sollmetes if the
present year were taken as as examplo, eel if we lowered
the expenditure of 18411 with that of lON is than. aspen
mete, what did we had ? Why, that knelleed ef theme having
been a vadedise shams, there bed enema, beta esienam
of wady ten maw sesellog. (Orbs d" And
let it be hem le NMI Vet this wee a dews( peinad
poem(Hoer, hear.) W. hal NOM what wen add
the biemioae of pease he a Meg stein of years, eel yet hod
the exposer ef our gerernment.
waelgtherte people of this that
they wen app
with tam. sad that thin
of the eaueft wen emend to the buns*. Whet was the
remedy i He mimed -he meld see no more totheal way
vat. head
the SIM
el num& by Memem than net of Eakin **
Oho enim ending ma to et-
preesut their endmente • lb lei referred to the limy sad
navy mimeo an Mite I. eks.hlkes lei
sworeover nom of
18.16—wbat wee the Ghee' ? , *nag should
be reduen. (Ohms.) He neestvel Is both andmU
Vet this nand= shwa take place. They we
to
—as her, Ms erne end el*. world to the enelesi =
the an
idiellitasp up sect an ismer=
were
Me ben afiseeet
of ans ? Other sedges
in be their own Adm. TM Meadow
were Maw mmloyells tW
_wen attending to their
essial, sled affairs. Ames Zara
penown
pewees there wee se soden had the man to attest es
if Way were illegesea. They had awash to te keep
umbra eimilobt et hems, ia attendlag to *Mir ownweals.
Now. if ea& wenn
itheci?efse what neon wore we to be
to put Mennen of spas etteemom war WWI&
nest P Was It to is, abase? Did we ken up
our Mower army sad any Set we might mesteady Me*
at rased a surplus Amen Ind mem the seas to keep la
soldwilise eel mese on ellen& Why than won our
beet maim whillt sad wen
able to silashallar on wiLwwinnu maw. And all
that wen MOM reseing were in drat position. All
the edesiss mated hem es es neemeary to their
Nor people*, wee. that they timid be let alone—tkat we
mall est elleent, at a diem* 06,000 or 10,000 rids, to
leghlen be Team whisk we anti not appredese, and epee
melt= whisk we weld set endlegleed. Let tho minim
AM their wen govengaMM smi lot then
ban the pewee to bridals far their wean 1=7:164
dm he a of disk ty, wed of our made
Ming yee If they wenn let them dog
their ewe Inhope—end yey Ihr *sat tee. Greet andem)
Ifileater bad he ear owe darn pay he theca
Very go: but me thing at • time ; he Meeti mine to
that guedion aderwdards. Ho had so elessilea whiner
we ad soppene our (Apglawm.)st this ft
wthatas sold that I we did eatowe. retain the gee moot of our
own asienhe we distill leas peessedea strew Inds. Why,
to whisk efeer sae es did we end the hod amount of
our mmellmftwm 1 With whisk of them law trammel
the MN is•Giee huh ? Was it net enNeemly to those
elf& had the odeemlegge of sidereernemeb--48 tfeem who
W deem &the you ed tb• Oebeielefte, end waned&
gemmed and seltwipittiai t Look at the Wand Ones
of North Maeda he Menne. (Ohms. Let the minim
sleet their owe gemeemsne, and ed the own
drain Bet, awn% that mall sot newer the pernes, o
gait the views of a Fender doss in this ereetry. ▪
longthr.(Hear,
at ) flare wen eine mimes war own dome;
that het, .on were sappoesd to bays, gent aptitude he peo-
Meng eel reariagovereare, and Julies, *eel Whop. SIN
greet stilton ems seftelde he ear miens
net
apple ter) ; and Ibsen= toss t
desirable to lon the privilege of seedep them est vitsame
each came Mew meat. Sir Wass lhierwerilt bad
reposed these abysm mot ably. He had sham that the
government of our colonies telt end" 0.000,0001. per
maim, 4,000,0001. of Min wen paid by the mate ens-
; try. do that, admit-Mg we retailed the oteameed of the
Wade of those 00i0•1116 by nine of them, it
r west be sees that 4s. out of every Wm meth ed geode bad
to be mid in tams. Now we ill set do that to WWII •
ttsds to One missies, whisk was geSsegyeang. He had
ao wish, let it be netevel, to threw of our- Manse ; but he
; wished diem to be estkedelOng, awl he bellned that if
t they wen seed-governeiteamal be selfaustelsed. He
I hadme whim that the of this ornatry should con-
r dose to he tamed far government of Meant countries,

sTee malt or the divides wee that 46 were fa the adjourn-
newt of the neWeg, sad 17 against it.
The wart thew. Alearsed.

Tin RAILWAY BOARD.—Lient Miami Manson,
AL, at pram* a atteaarr of the Railway Beni, has bra
selected to esemed Xr. Richard Near, r to the
Royal Hospital. Chelan, the latter being abseil to retire
eo the sepemmowellea list. The smasher of sm.
played la emoonsa with the railway bond h Vex. the
soul sameel mearion with the esmisission is
13,4001, of shish the president realms 2,4901, the two
had eninhasen WON , the secretary 1,01181 the head
of the stationed sad topegrop, hal deportation 81101., noel
peak impseeme ANIL east, paliameatery sad ispl nth
sat 1301., reghner MX The aloe of head ot ends.
heal mad tepepopidsel depennest has ceased to mist, eel
else that of private starstiay to the president, at If& a peer.
Tax CITY One BILL.—The following is the mah-
atma .4 the most imperemat amen of the new gm billable.
which there is se meek di/Imm of opinion ammga the
City authorities: the 7th clause empower the esmadedwisse
to eine with the owner of iamb for the absolute poshese
of such lands as they may think asnimay hr the wpm of
the act. Clams 9 authorises the 41•11111•11111111•8111 to lay dm
all the works morarry far supplying pa armee 11 seih►
lima the laying down of pipes amiss say beak. The
13th dose eatherime the etoniaiesere to the
lode, meiti tries, pipes, ead porn% of or Welk OR
sae etas peewit City gas emennise widda the flip,
sash vein- ales shell be willing to WI the at eweit
prise se OA be mutually speed Rpm The MO
done glove the Town se the eanniminters Weeps
train purebred by then, sad to unte thin slit ether
weds leisoging to the oennideemes. The nib dares
Wheel= tbe eennimatatere to great hems of the shale or
say pities of the houses, dam, bears* to Oen, to say
eampay or parses for say umber of yeas eel =tz
ham prem. The 27th dame asehoriese the sole
to beam, sr ttaakey up et aseuen. ea the Wait of the eon-
-4110
MSK. is M 14414 Met sea et snap Ma ths sem et 1
I OON the
O to end orialiadve of fizendiss
some whisk the
oesimisisaan ere autheehol to lenow sad take up at la.
tares ea the soda of the said rats by visas of the mid ans
at the rate of dee per nat., for the porpen of the an. The
its iamb that, es ems as the marl borrowed OA
he boa ispial. the esuplas poshest the gas weeks shall
hasd la pubis inpromesesta
CHOUlLL—Yeaterday the Beard of Health reeving
reports of the hilowise wrens :—Weaworth, '1 Me;
Clem, 1 fatal ; (Fosterers), 2, 1 fatal ; Mesa
woanaoath, 3, 1 ; Cowes (Isle of Wight), 2, 1 heal.
Scotland, vie. Edishirek, 7, 4 fatal; 9lasfor, _dik
N
fatal ; Mowellteers, 7, 4 fatal ; Baiter, 1 fatal; Lass, 4 g
Premeakirk, 1 heal ; Preeteapens, 6 fatal. Taal sew
eases, 101,. 60 deaths.
ANTI-WAIIII MONOPOLY LIAGIL—Lait evening
• meet*/ we. head at the Litseary Lastinatim, Leisester-
MAIM Selrallilli_ W the Awl-Wow Measpely Legge, to
Witt late anolinelis nom of a purer,
cheaper sod nen Minden op* of water is the metro.
peas. Ms. Illesq, losttator, see wad to the ober, sad
stated that Ono su the eholk stratum heaseth
ateMepolis evasion wain to supply twisty minim the
ef
mask, pare sod 16111.4.14 Ind as it wee mi ad ingeween
amen= the
igni he f war to moo W health sad
sunhat of the red that all ahem iholdi
mope/she to es (hemp sad plentiful ea they seubl.
A moieties wee pool orsharniag the premium=
dear, sane, audineenhien. mg Os eon of
mad diesels amnia Ihe podsties. It was she ensind
that the gemeammd be sepowined to pandien W *ha of
the 'Weft water eimpaies. with • view to a banal rag*
el Os meinpeile.
The GaidanTze' oteriarrs yesterday tranamittsd
MA to MIA if the felieskg peliermarts :—Wonhipnreat,
BOW 40111111. Meeelesee. esieda.ll, Manisalteun,
sad Ihrifokolter, saw the klimstio that their use o-
usel naldholisa Is the pre Own wee doubled tide=
eono~oats of the &Mess shift prevailed. The
c'es.Csmpsay sin mat 191. to the poor bee as the Mauler
TessCOLUITMAIHOOM MiTIONCL—MOW OS&
leapt, wo sele wilt &Open meow, is the
Bolaphof he be hot who the make of dreineet
hodeinsee, sal Weans the siesZirld;
issiy bodies, stuesy_issa, sad Mei
cated—bn onolos-ocemmge ? We have reseived the
used Wheelies he. ear perdocieue Mead who nese us
of sue dust, that he opens us to eons down with wardoet
la arealhar seen, at what the fallow serastirelly all. a Oh
testae sense" The geathisea Ida boasts of be " air
stamp " W aiseraglag—ra if be level the and sad stash te
It—has gybed se. ewasdleg a Ids meal acetic. that we
we le wilerteie garelareere by•dri widrelleit ft a
wider mesa rod_eat& as asset tall, a swam
nn*, sod gear ifliptaltraic2246:l6 ids
of a boy dog Nair nos of no The
(Maiesmeolies salsa lk la fast_ • Omit know
oho Odle betimes stake mad biti~ beye, hadoldaldria
beaus*, sod ell ahem or today, tee*. at each end's
palate he the sem of what sea be gek_asder the mind of
bearveleura Our solialeelly or Mashes he
eqmpa= bon, awl war ketches labs it see of um la the
seem year by added Idea alit ea to war raft of
areeels. siMsesblike feat eessee age of lank rd &waft
se Ida lap erola ear ZEE the pima
of oast to ye by undo* ear limb.
Posed bar remeed at p ovortlnow et =plane
✓d
dews it wi p balm 1949 bee espies&
A Housainvors CLua.—Aa eassektisa ad Wi-
rth's* oast Okay of attorneys, OWN ii* gammon
°soak M~Awn ea half pay, ha, ere
heard Wthe metropolis, le obviate searld
whim ofd erker dem& aseremela
tribal= eslablilt esmies
by servants a a dal& way to the hap
deb betwa,wla sower et pardon fir *morass ilea
at
et sales sad whitetails home, mak amber to be seppiled
It Is ealeeleted that is addition to a pare sad
wit= ankh mmahen will ant a ruing of M. per

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1848.