The Express.
London, England, 1867-08-28 00:00:00

WATERLOO AND WHITEHALL RAILWAY
COMPART.-(tHIS DAY

The fourth ordinary half-yearly meeting was hell
to -day at 7, Werleialeter Chambers, Vieteria-strett,
Kr. J. PARSON ht the chair.

The following is the report of the director :
" In accordance with the course suggeated by the di•
rectors in their repo: t of the 7th December, and approe,,i
by the shareholders then, and at the subeequ
nt
meetings!, the- undertaking has remained in abeyllets
since that time. The attention of the board ha be%
given to the passing of the est for confetti%
further powers upon the company, which the directors are
happy to report nes received the sanction of both housee
of parliament. By theca powers the company are et.
thorised to raise a further capital sum of 75,000/. for the
purpose of completing the line by a preference stock of, if
nemeses!, 8 per cent. per annum. The met also confers
ex
extension of the time for the completion of the worts.
The directors tz ust that these powers will enable the com.
pany to raise the additional capital required to finish the
line. The time for utilising these powers, has not, the
directors think, yet arrived, and they, therefore, realm.
mend the shareholders to wait till the prevalent feeling of
distrust on the part of the public shall have passed away,
and reliance is onoe more placed in enterrises of
a boom fide character. They retain their cog&
dance in the eventual value of the undertaking,
It will be seen b 7 the accounts that no expenditure has
been incurred winch was avoidable. It appearing to the
directors, on consideration, that under the resolution of
the last meeting, those shareholderswho had paid in full
on their shares (therefore to the extent of 21. per share he
yond the 8/. per share called, in advance of the other
shareholders) were entitled to interest on the 2/. so paid in
advance, they therefore decided to pay such interest to
the 3Cth June last, and issued warrants for the sane
accordingly."

The CHAIRMAN explained that if they had determined
neon abandoning the undertaking the whole of the
original capital would be lost; but by raisins. further
capital, and completing the line, they would at least have
a chance of recovering themcelvee. They could not have
obtained the act of parliament %About the concuirence of
the creditors and the contractors, whose claim for works
done and for compensation on soconnt of work, undone
would have more than abcoebed the whole of the capital.
After calling attention to the ma/ low figure at which the
expenses stood, the salaries of secretary, clerks, kr.,
amounting only to between 2C31. and; 004, while the direr.
tors received nothing, and expressing confidence in the
ultimate success of the undertaking, he seconded the adop-
tion of the repot L

Mr. BURKE seconded the motion, which was carded
unanimously.
The CHAIRMAN stated that the powers given by the act
of raising fui her capital would not be exercised without
the shareholders being called together and their west
obtained.

A vote of thanks to the chairman and direct)" concluded
the proceed"l7,s, after one or two shareholders had et-
pressed astonishment and disappointment that the Smith
Westeia had not availed themselves of the oppottunity
which the proposed line would afford them of getting to
Chas:lL-mow.

EXTRAORDYNARY CABE OF POISONING BY CIDER,
—An inquest baa been opened at Lyde, Herafordalfire,
upon the body of a man named Henry Davies, who
died, as is alleged, from the effects of drinking palmed
eider. From the evidence already given it appears thei
the deceased was a labourer in the service of Ma Bashes,
• lady of property living at Lyde. For some days penises
to his death Davies had been engaged in the banal
field with about twenty other men, each of whoa
received • daily allowance of five quarts of cider. The
effect of the cider upon the men was to make them
feel sick and weak, with violent cramps, followed by
vomiting. They agreed that it was the cider which was
" bad," but rather than complain to their emplom
they continued to receive their five quai is daily, eithe
drinking it or throwing it away. On Friday week Davis'
was seized by the cramp in his feet and legs, accompanied
by • burning pain iu the stomach and head, and was miff
that he was obliged to leave his work. He went hew
to his lodgings, and after Wining intense pain--grechi.
coldly described by himself as resemblios "swords being
thrust through hem"—he died on the following Ifeuilsy.
A post-mortem examination of the body was Maas by two
medical men, who arrived at the conclusion that the
deceased had been killed by the poisonous effects of lead
on the system. One of the doctors stated that he had
for many years past had to deal with cases where the
symptoms were similar to those manifested during the
sickness of the deceased, and be had always found that
his patients had been drinking cider impregnated with
lead. In one case he remembered the cider had actually
been drawn through leaden pipes, and in another the liquor
had been stored in • cistern coated with a preparation of
lead. It was not shown by the police that there had been
any lead in contact with the cider given to Mrs. Burlton's
men, and several witnesses swore positively that the casks
containing it were entirely free from lead. The coroner
then directed that • bottle of the cider should be sent fa,
analysis to Professor Herapatb, and the inquiry was ad.
jewelled. Neely all the men who partook of the cider
suffered more or leas from the sickness which proved fatal
to the deceased.

DELAY IN THE CARRIAGE OF FISH BY HAIL.
RAv.—At Liverpool on Monday an action was concluded
in which Garton and others claimed compensation from the
Greet Western Railway Company, for delay in the de.
livery of large quantities of fish sent from Milford to Bil.
Engird* Market in May last, The plaintiffs had pre.
viously been in the habit of sending their Irish fish to
London by the London and North Western Railway from
Liverpool and Holyhead ' • but in the early part of the pre.
sent year they entered into an at rangement with the dr
feadanta, by which the latter agreed to tun special traits
from Milford to London, as the plaintiffs alleged, in tine
for the morning market at Eillingsgate. The fish in
question were sent on the 15th and 19th of My
last, and arrived in due course at the cow
patty's station ; but delivety was not made at Billingtgite
until some time after the wholesale market was over. This
delay was atttibutcd by the plaintiffs to the defendants
not having sufficient vans and men ready at the station to
unload and eat: away the fish. The defendants denied
this, however, and sought to excuse themselves by opal
that there was a glut of fish on the days in question, sad
that the salesmen in Billingsgate were unable to receive the
large quantity sent. With regard to the delay on the latter
occasion, theysaid that on that day the Queen was expected
at the station on her way to lay the stone of the all of
Sciences, and the fish had in consequence to be sent to tie
goods station, instead of the passenger station, so usual.
After the first witness, however, for the defendants had
been called, the learned judge intunated an opinion that
there had been a want of due diligence according to the
defendants' own evidence (an expre.ion of opinion is
which the jury unanimously agreed), and eventually a
verdict for the plaintiffs for 2501. was agreed upon betimes
the parties.
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Tug PUBLIC HItALTH. —The weekly return of the
Registrar-General says:—ln the week that ended o• Sr
turday. Auguet 24, 4,397 births and •.,:,37 deaths wen
registered in London and twelve other large towns ads
United Kingdom. The annual rate of mortality was 24 Pe
1,000 persons living. The annual rate of mortality Let
week was 21 per 1,000 in London, 19 in Edinburgh, sod
26 in Dublin ; 23 in Bristol, 27 in Birmingham, Ain b
verpool, 29 in Manchester, 26 in S.ilfonl, 22 in Sheffiellt
33 in Leeds, 22 in Hull, 33 in Neweastlempon•lyee, sad
24 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna was 22 per j,91
during the week ending the 17th inst., when the IVY
temperature was 2.4 deg. Fahrenheit higher than
the Panic week in London, where the rate wee 24. rtt
following proportions of the those rates were referred W
diarritont in the different towns:—!n Loodeu 1.3 Pt
1,000, in Sheffield 4.6, in Newcastle 6.3, in Liverpeol7.4.
in Birmingham 8.8, in Leeds 9.0, and, the highest, 10.32
Manchester end Salford. In London the birhs of 1,154
boys and 1,101 girls, in all 2,255 children, were registerd
in the week. In the corresponding weeks of ten Pi"'
18.17-66, the average number, corrected for increase of p•
pulation, is 1,972. The deaths registered in London dwi'd
the week were 1,247. It was the 34th week of the
year ; and the average number of dt atlia fe
that week is. with • oorrectiou for Imrone
population, 1,312. The deaths in the preeent to
turn are less by 65 than the eatimated number.
The mortality exhibits • considerable al crease when con
pared with the number of deaths (l,:1111 in the precast*
week. The more favourable Teter nis not owing to a4'
cline in the number of deaths from diarrh.v. as lit week
the disease proved fatal to 183 children and andra
the six previous weeks the numbers were 171. 14'
217, 189, 2011. At the Royal Observatiey,ilreenvith•
mean height of the barometer in the Week WAS
The barometrical reading decreased fro,n it
on Sunday, 18th August, to 29.73 in. on Tue,day.
August. The mean temperature of the air in the ruck
was 63.7 deg., which is 2,9 deg. above the JlCC:ligt. of!!
sr me week in 50 years (as determined If :7,„1
Olailther). The highest day temperature W2s.
deg. on Monday, 19th of August. The i7d
night temperature was 49.5 deg. en Fri.! ir,
August. The entire range of temperature in the lo
was tuerefore 30.1 deg.
SUCCESSIVE PHAAES OF PARTRI Tat F. Sgooll'O.--
Dating the last half ceutuiy partridec sd.""" . I:4
emerged from one phase, has plumed throe ..11
has entered upon • third. In the first of the-- n!,04
flint and steel lock had no tire!, whet
vernally re..pe,l, turnips were sown bros.:,..t. 1`
of wtee
setters were in the hei:,-ht of their glory. •t"1
out of every twenty men who took oat .1 duo *
kill game wore the old-fashioned seleeteot dioveig;
seat, with a doz.whistle attached to c'!_re
the buttonholes. Whether with iodic., or '4i
:
from a natural preference to the custom,. of
veteran sportsmen speak of this as the golden n,e of thon
lag. Next to it came the phase of the pereuesien COP
id
of drilled turnips—the first decidedly a chan2v for
better, the second very decidedly a change for the worst;
for the birds, who would lie well among totnips eSta.
broadcast, declined to condnet themselves with the IP
humility when the drill Lad made heals for Ave.!
escape by. Up or down then paths they ran frost!:
dog, greatly trying that animal's staunchness led
master's temper, the latter geoerali:; brerkieg
without noise, trader the wiaL—mce • Weft