The Express.
London, England, 1856-07-24 00:00:00

RAILWAY REFORM ASSOCIATION.

Yesterday the first ordinary meeting of the Railway
Reform Association was held at the London Tee. no,
Bishopegate street. It woe numerously attended by lofts-
modal shareholders in the ;miens:id railways.
Mr. Mamas (the ch +Omar) presided, sod cthgratalated
them on the sucrose ot the efforts of ih ate:warms to oblate
• reductios on the stamp duty. A &petition had
waled en the Chace llor of the Exchequer, who was so
convinced of the necessity for the reduction that he readily
sweated to it. The Chairman proceeded to Masi, the sub-
jects which the committee thouget parliament ought to be
memorialised upon fur the security of shareholders, the
principal of which were—the separation of revenue from
espital; that the common seal of a ootopeny should not be
binding merely IN cause the director* had sanctioned the
promedieg, but that the shareM lien g 117 should have
a TOie3 is the matter ; that there should be an uniform sys-
tem of accounts on all railway cootraoles; that power should
he gives to reject a dbector before his term of tan expired,
in the event of his conduct not being set^sfactrry ; that a
similar system for managing railways to that existing in
Fresco 'Mould be iestituted by the sip dateless of tone
directors, who should be paid 1,8,11 enough to devote all their
ettentios to the affairs of the company ; that a mej may of
three fifths of the sbarehtlden should ham tie power of
applying to (overeaten% for the audit of sccoutits, which
should tete lan before the bil!ti were paid ; that there
should be published rates and tariff. ;thit to favour ebenld
be esteeded to any par:kalee customer, as wee the sees
with the Northern and Eastern Coil Company on
the Rasters Counties railway, but that all tersom,
without disuse in, should be at liberty to xi • soy
my upon e
stop same urns ; that due-fifths of
te• shareholders ld have power to r.ject any
pantos who does sot give eatislaet•on, to prevent .ny official
from reining to quit sic oppoiattllet t because be had bees
sleeted fora flied period; that the leol.4:t.ve powers exer-
cised by the two Nouns of Parliament in re a ion to rail-
way pr. pert) should be limited, and that a comp test
authority should be &updated to decide verioui questions
thate of leavi them to the dews', sof a C mittee of
four ad
stembets of ng
parliament; and th dir-it shoold be
mete responsible for toe proper management f the affairs
of the company. Various other eshircte were also mis-
timed by the Maintain as deservieg of atwet on.
Major Cons? thought a great dee' of meth g mismanage-
ment was owing to the spsthy of shanty Idere, who alteady
possessed power to sake directors do their duty.
Several matches were made is favour of he suggeetioss
of the chairman; mad a resolution, spooling of a memorial
to soversmeet, in which they er.oold be embodied, having
bees carried, the meeting myarated.

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ARCHDEACON DENIsON'S Caen—Yesterday the
caw against Archie*. 0., Deniorie wee resumed et the
Guildhall, Bath, rref re the hechhishno ef Csaterharf.
and the awieemers, Dr L•cotinaton, Ik. Heurtl,l,-end the
Rev. G. R. B. lemma, the Dean of Wells. The *eidetic@
tendered use chiefly conflo.d to proof of ,he priatirg and
pobliebing of the sermons under loves nnetion, the neat
qaestion f r toe cnnsideratioo of the court bring whether
these sermons contained do:trine usitray t t the articles of
the ,carob of England. Dr. l'hilliesiore, tur the defence,
said the letter point was one which be should leave the
tout to decide without offaiog any opinion of his.
owe. His Oreee end the use:store b.vit g retired, sad
remained in consultetinn about an hour, oa their return,
Dr. Lushlngton said it wee the nosnintose opinion of the.
cruet tbet the printiog of the sermnes rrascheil on the 7th
August, 1853, end the pablithkg of the sun within the.
diocese, bad beau proven; that the osa!ishinit of the tee nut
sermon, preached on Ins Ilat Nov., 1853, had been prored,
hot not the Priotioli and thet there was no sufficient
proof of the Ostia, end publishing of the third sermon,
dated 14th May, 181,4. The cue, theist re, war now con-
fined to the eslistr:ative sharp, ee far es it referred to the
costes% of the two ramose. HOMO conversation el:
cued at to whet mum the proceedings should then teke,
dad tha 18th. adjourned till this day.