The Express.
London, England, 1849-10-05 00:00:00

.... 6 2
1 0

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY ETENING, OCTOBER 5, 1849,

RAILWAY MEETINGS.

YORK, NEWOMITIAI. AND BERWICK.
Yesterday the adjourned Mlio of the ettereholdue in
SS wares wen Mid at die' Enitivek elmunt-raem, Teske
b Ss were net isommuskyslitonied, on asentat of zeds
Illenhag bap given that its siesdllee nitseestliatioa wont
ES Wrested to promonisiedhse repeat retentay.
11E. id smoking was that wlds eadjournedadjournedfrom
*OM ei May less. smi fre Essh t
to hod been sdj.urae&irsas
MdS sines. at
Mwhatimod mods Mee lesnu stf fa .y
eppines& The Loam Mune at You,, chairman of the
sompany, and he sailed upon the seeretery to read
the soda el Thinlaving been dos, i
The CHAIR osilemOn behalf of the committee ad
Inmedgatisne I had to Slivillealle to yen that they es met
freparei ~eep=i• to
timeliest Sturingheamatrdatkese me.
es
el present
will he very .thous N haw the last reps of
the emmittsoof investigation. They has the seeden
of ounsundog to re that on the 26th of this Illeedbthey
m•
et. to lay before the proprietary Sok hes
t. We litetdd have been very happy to have Lid it
before yea %sky, bat 'intimateness, over whisk we to some
extent had se eisatrel, lave prevented as Ism accomplishing
oar object. lifuterser, we have quite made up oar mind to
aborts& the proseeMage as nosh as poseibleand so bring
lades you a Anal issue et this insetigetlea. We have ascer-
tained that the seeeseta its will have their acconnts ready,
sad therefor* we shall be enabled to accomplish what we
have now stated to you. Consequently the only further
matter I have to mention to you ia, that • report will be seat
out by to-morrow or Saterdemeatisg to You the views of the
committee in referees' to the election eta board of directors
to Neese' Wee who are now merely directors pro it/14.,
eag also Maths to you the views of the committee
as to the dam sansgemeat of the affair of this very is
retort sempeety. In the report to be made to you, you will
see that tiestaia questions are mooted which I hope will
have your subs consideration, and also the serious con-
sideration of the large body of proprietary not now present,
and that we shall be favoured wun your and their views
and opinions on the 25th inst., when the final report will
be brought before you. With these remarks, I beg to call
upon some one to move the adjournment of this meeting to
the 26th of this month.
It,. LOVE moved soodingly that this meeting be ad-
jound to Thursday, the 26th inat., to be held in this teem
at ludf-past 11 o'clock.
Mr. BARSTOW, of Nonthorpe, seconded the metioa,
which was adopted nem. con.
IS next meeting was an edjouromert of the extraordi-
nary meeting, convened originally in pursuance or a re-
quisition from the shareholder for the purrs of authoris-
ing the edentates of issatigation to take legal prostedSigi
for the reeoyery of certain same of money said to have beta
illeeally appropriated by Mr. Hudson.
In the absence of the Lord Mayor, who had excused him-
self to attend to some trivia duties, Mr. Love, one of the
directors, and also a member of the investigation committee,
wee voted to the char.
The Secretary (Mr. Close) having read the notice of
arniasake CHAIRMAN said the object of this meeting was to
carry it forward, like the former one, to the 26th asst., in
seder that the subject matter of the meeting may then be
taken into consideration.
Mr. FLEWS mud accordingly, that the smooths be
adjourned to Thursday, the 26th inst., to be held in this
roan at a quarter before twelve.
The resoautioa was wooded and carried.
The next and third meeting was an adrusninalt of the
last half-yearly meeting, and the mattes to be dismal ei
flitted the question of amounts.
The CHAIRMAN said he was eneedingly sorry to Iler
pass on the time and patience of the meeting ; but it was ne-
cessary he should do so in one r to comply with the psi-
dons of the advertisement, which convened the meeting fee
half-past 12, and it was then only 12 o'clock.
The SECRETARY, at half-past 12, reed the notice of ad-
journment, and
The CHAIRMAN then said that it was also proposed to
adjourn this meeting until the 25th inst. The object of this
adjournment was to enable the committee of investigation,
is taMr fool report, to make a report also on the account. of
the half year, which he felt would be more satisfactory to the
shareholders than their coming to a conclusion that day with
respect to these accounts. The accounts had been prepared,
and would be in the hands of the committee that or the text
day, and they woted then have that consideration which so
weighty a mates, required.
tar. Aldermen Itratrusow moved and Mr. CHAMPTTITY
seconded the adjeerameat of this meeting also to the 25th
hut, at 12 o'clock.
Mr. T. GRAY, of Newcastle, said in the last report made
To
the coeusittee an alteration in the fares was mentioned.
Toes alterations had now been made, and on the Newcastle
part of the Use considerable dissatisfaction with those altera-
roes prevailed. He could not state the loss to the comptov,
but it was the impression of sema persons that considerable
lose had attended these changes. Therefore, he thonaht it
would be well if some member of the committee were to r
plain the matter, which be thought would teed to bring
matters to a proper bearing, and it anything was wrong, to
induce ouggettione to put it right.
Mr. M'LAREN, one of the committee of investigation,
said the directors would be ready to explain what they had
dose, and it would no doubt be satiefach ry to the shave-
hi.lJers to know how the matter stood. Two alterations
were toady—eine on the main uunk line, from York to Ber-
wick, the other on the minor branches and in the market
trains. Oa the trunk lane the circumstances were these :
The tare was not the same all over the line ; at the Berwick
end it was considerably lower than at the York end for es.
coved class ; at the Berwick end the fare was lid. per mile,
whilst at the Toth end it was 2d.; the thied-elem was ld. at
the Bawl.* end, and 11d. at the York end. The Brat close
at the Berwica end was 21d., and at the York end
it was 3d. Now the railway being all one, sod be-
longing to one company, and all receiving the tame divi-
dend, and being placed In precisely the same circamstaum,
the directors felt it would be very foolish to keep up a dis-
tinction which neither principle nor expediency would
justify. They had therefore equalised the rates, by making
Bret-class rates of charges 21d. all over the line. The
effect of this was to reduce the AU. fare no Ilk. 6d ; but it
reduced the fare at the Berwick end only a very trifliog rem,
about Is. But the fare at the Berwick end for the a eood
class had been considerably increased, vie., from lid. to 2d..
e.hich was an increase of 33 ;Lir est. Tee third chow had
aIITT been increased, at the Berwick end, from Id. to lid..
' which was also an increase of 33 per cent. The object they
had in view in redui ing the first class below the maximum of
the parliamentary rates, while they kept up the mewed elan
to the maximum of the parliamentary retro, was this.
They found that, comparatively, there were no Ant-class pus
wires on that portion of the line. Ile generally, during
the last few weeks, had himself come from Bemis by the
same train, which arrived about eight o'clock, and he had
observed that, on the average, there were not above three
first, claw passengers who left Berwick southwards, aed gene-
rally abo t a dozen second-elms pamengers. The two but
times he had noticed that there were twelve firsuclass pas!
stagers and ten second•class amenge.s. So far as he led
observed, and so far as he hod been enabled to ioquire, the
alteratiou had been decidedly beneficial ; and he believed
the more 'it became known the more generally would it be
app oved of. The clearing house had not given elf ct to dm
change of rates, which It ought to have done. They bad
omitted to give notice of the change taken place, and come-
quently, until the previous day, they had been looking
at old priers at the north end. By this means there had
be n a difference of ss. between Berwick and Newcastle, bet
and second class, while the real difference should have been
oat y 2e. Id. He was satisfied that when this charge bell
had a fair trial it would be found conducive to the advs.
tags of this company, in the shape of an increased revenue.
without trenching hardly on any'
individual.
Mr. RAMSEY.—The fares. then, are below the govern.
meet rate for Sunderland. Is that owing to the tombs
for Sunderland ?—ate nuking of this abominable sharp.
(A laugh.)
Mr. Ii'LAREN—No ; they are not below now.
Mr. RAMSEY—It's an infamous shame. I suss" we
have to thank Mr. Hodes for teat.

iir7M7l7AßlNZidoseCht;;TMho you bays to thank
for it ; but I have stated th• facts accurately.
Mr. RAMSEY.—Why should the tares to Sunderland be
below the government farm ? I have no wish to dictate to
the committee, bat I think it unfair that the Sunciorland
people should be allowed to travel below government taus.
Mr. WLAREN.—They don't cow because the di•tance
between Newcastle and Sunderlann is eleven miles, and the
third clam charge is le., so that they now pay ld. on
eleven ab lye the government rate.
Mr. RAMSEY.—But they still pay less than some others ?
Mr. WLARBN.—No; on the Shields line they pay is
low as ed. a mils, but that aches from the competition of the
Mean packets.
Mr. RAMSEY.—Third elan from York to Noweastio—
what 1.4 it ?
Mr. WLARRN.-1 id. a mile, with 6 percent. added, _
Mr. AM—Taw —Teen why should set the Saadwiead
pools paat ?
Mr. M'LARBN—It is for the shareholders to urge them
points apse them who complain.
Mr. RAMSEY-1 think the Snadcrland people might to
pay as much as others and that, instead of their having
Mb= to complain, itls quite the contrary.
Mr. BARSTOW in that opinion.
After some furchereme
Mr. LEGMAN, wastarry to the sustainers of investiga-
tion, mid h• was not quite muds that it might sot be found
absolstely necessary that than should be a general ad-
renals in their tariff of farm. He was quits certain of this,
speaking generally, that Rakes the railway interest of this
ontutt7 sought to have an advance of faro, railway, pro-
perty least, for a comiderable time, remain to its
present depressed condition ; and he believed the publie
must be red, if they expected to have a continuance of
the ion which railways supply, to pay thaw
partite who bare invested their capital in them an dert.skings
after a somewhat different rate to what th.y had hitherto
bean paying. (Rear, bur.) He had latterly been in area-
tannication with Isthmian in other parts of the country,
and he believed in the neat session of parliament, an
effort would be • to imam a senora rate of charv, i..
be inemesed over that whisk at present exists. He believed
with Mr. Hoisieworth, claims* of the Laaenshire and York-
shire Company, that a ray small ineeless in the ram of
'barge would make a vary material Cannes to the share-
holders who bed their money invaded la the different
railways.
Th• motion for the adjournment wee then put andouried,
and the mooting broke sp.

811111WSBURT AND —On Friday s public
inning, to promote the proposed Shrewsbury and Hereford
Railway, was held in the Oniblhall, Ludlow. This was the
third meeting held en the line of country embramd by the
intended railway ; the two lamer having been bold it Han-
ford and Leozninator. The meting of Friday woo sumeteusly
and respectably attended.