The Express.
London, England, 1860-08-18 00:00:00

C9IIPANIES BILL.

lo anorer to Mr. L JANIS,
Mr 1 IMON said he would state on Monday what muse
the g..vornment would take with regard to this bill.
14CVLEilAST1CAL COMIiIitnIONERS.
to the motion for going into committee of supply,
tiItUrVITH called attention to a return of
au...dames (I the Eeeleeiatieal COODITOWDOOPTI at the meet.
i0.;...t Which it was decided to augment the salary of the
Pear. of York. At one meeting there were present fifteen
iiiemlieni of the commission, PIA only four lay.
; at another, 17 clerical members and four laymen.
The presumption was that the augmentation bad been carried
entirely * the inluence of the clerical members. The
n.tunt did not show whether or not there had been a divi-
sion on the_question.
Mir H. WlLLottill aakeil whether there was any
check on the expenditure of the commissioners fur establish.
meat assays&
Mir O. C..1.ZW18 said there bad been a very full debate
en this gneatien hot night, and be knew not why it was now
renew (Xr. Giurrirs-1 was not iu the h.mse at that
time.] Hewes unable iodate what authority the treasury had
ever the establiabinent charges of the commissioners, which
were .Icfraycil out of the common fund ; the imoetioa had
better teen repeated. Mince the thwussion yesterday he
had aseertainel that the business of the late church-building
commissioners formed one.fnurtb of the businees of the
Er.l. Commisitioniaa.

NI e WARNER said if Mr. Griffith bad been present
Lod night his singlo vote would have turned the scale
against this extravagant expeediture. (Hear, hear.) He
wished to know what was to he done with the Reform Bill
nest samon. The house was elected specially to
curiv parliamentary reform ; and theynught not toleave the
work to be done either by pleasure from without, or by the
goversunen L (Hear.) He hoped that no excuse would be
green neat sealien for omitting to deal with the Bankruptcy
Law, sail the kW* affecting election of members. He
thought that the bast course to adopt with regard to a re.
form hill wool be to refer the matter to • select committee.
OLIVER CROM W ELL
31r. E. JAMES said be had a notice on the paper to ask
a guerillas' nu the subject of a datue of Oliver Cromwell
being placed is nee of the corridors of the bourne ; hut be
...mid now merely press the matter on the attention of the
govirl2lloollS-

Io sestina to_a question from Mr. CONINGRAW,
Lord PALNUMON said that the bill relating to the
}:celesiestleal Oerandeeies. width bad sore from the Leith
Lut amid be 110MIdderld ea llerlay.
The Ili, mat Into roatnattee of

SUPPLY.
The ant edit irewirht un was 255000 e., boaatisa ce
eLvi re and kaiser boaatirt.
After a sleet aterverattwo the vote wee agree.' to.
The following votes were Averd to, with tittle or no die.
:

17.0001.. Bilithenaire *bread
4.3titil., Orange dm temtory (Cape of Good Hope).
treamery than abroad, freight of specie, hc.
L. 1,0001., British Karma.
In newer Mae H. MILittrGHBY,
FORTEIICUZ seated that same expenses of the late
Katie war WINO tABI ellidiabiliag owing to extreonlinery
'tresses that bed hen ineervedln eacen of the pada.
ounitery estimate.
Agreed to.
?lOW otterariee telegrephs.
Mr. A V ICIVN add there were three Frusta comprised in
this iatis the bledieerraataa 'stemma, the Channel
cal the Red Reisnial=th Companies. la the
two former cans the of the giant waa
contiegest on the I. befog kept in work.
ing order. In the are of the Hal Sea Cont.
/any it yea cot es ; h.k the einepaey agreed to enter
into s C. etrart wittiness reegoodbh t to lay down no
'silkiest telegraph from Auto to = He wished to
know whether they hail dm no, tied whether, the contract
not heing.pa heated, the coopeay bed taken any steps
spied the contractor.
Mr. LAIN;tI said that the floblerraaele Extension
Telegraph was not in complete order. Both lima
from fierslina to Malta, and hem Yalta to COrfo, had
been Lail dve. and had worked snearafelly fur some months,
wt. n so interruption occurred. The communication
hail, however, ben nedaldished by way of Sicily. He
believed that the Chanel Wands telertn, inh, after workieg
some time socoastelly, had also failed. The arnegement
with the Red Sea Telegraph Company, a. it had tamed auk
hal been a moat uefuttuade one. * hen the Mot two en-
tracte were entered into there was reason to believe that
deepen telegraphs ;night be worked with perfect mew;
but recent failures had rendered necessary an &Menthe in
the terms of the contract with the Red Sea Company,
and a guarantee bad bees given them irrespective
of the success of the undertaking. He did an
sat, that this was a satiefeetory arrangement,
lot the goveroment, being anxious to obtain a telegraphic
coniaiumeation with India, had no alternative at the
timc. No doubt it would be the duty of the go-
vernmeat to see that the company enforeeil what-
ever legal remedy they bad under the contract against
the contractor, but they were out yet ins position to give
soy incise account of the steps to he taken (either than
that they wen aware that• claim had been male on the
contraction (Haar, Mar.)
Mr. AY RTON said that the conditions of the contract not
having Mee carried out, it having been admitted that two
of the lines had nut been put and kept in ancient working
order, he hoped the government erould strike out the two
first items of the vote. If toiler present circum-
>tames they agreed to those items they would be
giving the sanction of a von of the House of Commune to a
contract which had not been carried out. He moved that
th,e items he omitted from the vote.

After SUMO diaI:WOOD the vote was agreed to.
[Left sitting.]

GREAT NORTHERN RAIL WA Y.-(THIS DAY.

The half-yearly general meeting was held at 11
o'clock this morning at the London Tavern, Mr. E. DIM-
PON in the chair.

The report, which has appeared in the Express, having
loon takes al read.
The (4411411414, who was received with cheers, in moving
its .oloption, commenced by referring to the addition of
414,M10/. to the capital account, which, he said, had not been
mule without dun deliberation and actual necessity. The
hoard had not concealed that they had incurred other
liabilities, wishing their co-partners to be fully in.
formed of everything in which their interests were
involved. The working expenses were undoubtedly high.
He believed the officers conducted the trafic as cheaply as
they could consistently with their duty. The working of
the treat Northern Railway would always be more ax-
is-mitre than that of some at the older lines. The gradients
of the line were much more difficult than those of the Loodon
awl North Western ais I the Midland Railways. Yon cookl not
go up • deep indite without increased expeoditime for fuel •
while as regarded wear and tear, in this owe as in others:
it was the pace that killed. Thu most unpUarmst item on
the espenditure aide at the account was that for compere
the. They lied had 14,0001. tai pay under that head dorm
the lest 6lf.year. The two accidents which had 000siocsd
that outlay were not owing to any defect either in
the locomotive department or in the permanent
e.iy. la ow cam a servant of the company, who
hail torsi great expeneoce, and whose character was
excellent, made a mistake, while in the other thesauri was
overpowered by the weight of an excursive Iris. la ma.
. unmet trains pessencers were too apt to tiler liquor to the
guard, and he believed that the accident in this case was
pertly, owe( to that cause. .to regarded compensation for
accidents, he had so hesitation in raj,ng that
railway prorieton were most scandalously treated.
(Hear, bear. The juries assessed damages in a moot, unfair
mariner. (Hear, bear.) They Knee enough to purchase an
annuity, sot merely fur a man s life, but for all time. For
exaosidia the relatives of a men whom income was 401. a
year, stemmed, perhaps, 1,0 MM. —a monstrous sum, coo.
selenog what was the actual value of his income. He
knew that many of the judges thought that the
14w oo that subject required great alteratioo. The
trunk generally had greatly improved. The coal
traffic was throws °pea before Vieed.'sorllor Iliodereley
prowescesi hie decease. He believed like public would
ese OW set that the Great Northern directors were their
best friends. (Hear, bear) He beard already that whereas
they formerly got foU weight and fair quality of coals, they
moor Z• K deetrieat walla and isferior quality. The gnaw
Mrs-es ia the receipts amounted to o.l,G:di. 27,000 f. of
whieh was the net bales.. available fur increased divi.
demi He trusted that the iodic would continue to
iiscoaeo. last on that subject 11... spookl not venture to pro.
Ph."'Y • Sole eat for the day was the good an well as the evil
thrreof. Fade reiretted the loss for the prevent of their hall
for a line lowa lan a wt. r to Ws/triad, which formed Aut
of the. oratlnel Great Northern scheme ; but he trusted that
11 st boll would who...tele receive the mai-lion of the legis-
lature. The hotel at shethelii leitig very vouch wanted the
dincton felt Pons, d asking for a subscription of 2,600/,
is aid 04 the work of pre,ti..n.
The motion having 1.,a seconcloit
Mr. Jcsuiau Wih"ov corm :mined that the accounts were
she presiested in the heat form, adding that he wad per,
Partly washed with the general result of the helf.year's
in 4 r. hur
Um. .;e denied that it was impractictilde to prevent
arciikiits. .511 that was areessory was to erli.rt
le peer premotasel, compensator' for
acculents, what be of wee that the
Ticheit permes obtaineil enormous aronante, while
the tweedy got very little. He 'strongly objected to
tile proposed guarantee of the Huustable and Welwyn line,
on an mi.bsy :AI 0(111% Hr should like to know whether
the, ehildioes of the report ',oaf involve the sanction of
that ....eine
The Cramisart

Mr. W. R. %.% ooh) th"ught it was a crest merit l• this
ar wilt. that they were so very easmienwvl awl .imp-10.
.1a rer.peetoil the capital acvourit, it wen, in hoi iinones.
minie.ili!e to, chine it. unh,a they were
elnsi: Warr Walk ae‘:.riot. la illustration this rilw, he