The Express.
London, England, 1850-05-30 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 30, 1850.

COURT OF

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rabbis berlams.

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Alamein HOOP= neueted that the Town Cleric
would Was the Cant whether the vergers ef It. Pears
Cathedral naiad Me ties the Coon et Aldermen for
opeeiegtr_poes to thee.
Thu Wif OLIRIL—That' reed* eight Owe per
anaziarmzerisfat that sere.
HOOP —I ash the quake, beaus anon
lapertieset ea of Mews near appeared anywhere to per-
form dein of say Idea. his. of the females of ay We
VOW to the adhedrel ea Beads/ last to bear divine Navies,
but it wee is ads they applied to the vergers Si, admission
lute the pews reggerlyampspletodi*themesmeedieleael
the ladles eat families ef the die ass. Oae (Ethan laseleet
Allows said, upon beteg septemookoa id* as the euVect,
that he didn't ass skint oldeenia. sod that the Lad?
X 'bow Mists ware imarlelsit lea meek amber,
oderdine** to mast ea, mem Si. WNW the
pa./ amino' ene la feat eadd weed
the feepadease if the brutes. A lady se gee
seat wee ample,' to wo the pew late wee ad-
mitted dam Shed with elrespere, who, as doable Paid Sham
fellows Aar ha she This ie. I as ammo the
court, as vas pielat, sad I Ina persuaded that
we °eat Se appeal te th proper authorities to interfere for
Heatassliss ef
"Y Wiguitiss In future. (Cries of
hoer:* and e") I ram that the soldeet be
refaced to the anawittets of
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Alderman FARIIIBIOT .Ida seconded the motion, which
was anted unudaondy.

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&Moe tissfighse. The relleal b mad as
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whisk the of thilitgd_shghties sag enalpeelOP
MOM wee stalisrielp ns blies'
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to trrkrela a• alledegisialist
clause laicism Away She War et the &v. the
satattary ol the MOW' le the ot the
Committee of Cora ea losabw"=Lee. 11,
1849. And whereas die et tos Noosed soda'
have declined. In the said latter, to anneal do Manage.
wet Massa A, ,D C, D, of Ohs Oteamilles it Covell la
Roletadie te ibeeises it oohed& Al whereas as ale et
the MI llumpoiat Mum A, 1,0, D. provides he lbe
sees Needs Iseedue et adagio a adze to SON their Miele
mew the ode eat jispieeeel eieled of the depilates at
ds PlAk Cm allistulliel thlilie), and the hhher of
the dimes. AM shales the mid Rettermeest
denies ire, is Moist isilhsr esipsits, se appear, wee
the hes et she Berg spa—eves ei feelly redid
—to 'try grave elteellies, Aid whines it is highly lap
diem that ealliiiist sopesserat deem. SA nosh a ere
vocelisea aims mat shook peledrios, &said be pro.
•ided Is. the see else* ibeetwo stair* as stay duke to
adopt this. Al wheelies the esseedisse et the Noised
Soddy have etaisairt to publish, le Muir isoethly paper, •
Selig or wansgameol dews, prams' by the eissallose el
June the 7th, for the loisteaatie• et sad head= et @data
as say hairs to sigh dim ; sad hove resoles& that sash
founders of schools shill be admissible to ressive greats
from the soriety. liashed—lles this is ouch
gratified by the toillhy tires eves to the sad
adoption id MP* blast der% 'Yin dam ts Mb
canyir old wilt prove highly meal le the heaters etihisch
schools."

Lard JOHN MANNERS seconded the resolution. He
said that, as a layman, be wee jealous of the rights of the
church of England, sin he was easvineed that the position
of that thatch, and of this society, wee clear, simple, deffeite,
and just. In the year 1840 the state declared that it could
no longer give adulation to the people of England, but that
it would aid sash religious communities as would afford
education. It was then felt by many that the church of
England had been degraded by having been plaited upon •
level with dissenters. Nevertheless, the chattel proceeded is
her important Weston with such enemas that at present
tens of thousands of children were receiving instruction
at her hands. In 1847, however, the unhappy Mennen
arose with references* this society which bad never since
been settled. He coneluded by 'toping that the members
of the Church of Ragland—represented in its laity,
clergy, and hierarchy en the present oiseasion—were
determined not to permit the religious freedom of that
church to be violated, nor to barter her religious rights for
any amount of treasury gold. (Cheers.)
The Earl of HARBOWHY said it was impossible to raise
any objection to the resolution itself, and therefore he did
not rile to oppose it. The revere nd mover,
however, bad urged the committee to take two
clause, sad issue them as if they possessed all the
authoritative sanction of the church ; but he (the Earl of
Harrowby) should like to know what power the committee
possessed to take upon itself such a provisos as that ? He
contended that it would have stepped abominably beyond its
duty if it had adopted any clauses or resolutions, and sent
them forth to the world as the clauses and resolutions of the
church. (Hear, hear.) He for his own part, regretted that
the committee had ever recommended any clauses whatever.
He only vindicated the acts of the society; and he begged
to be understood as not offering any vindication of the go-
vcrnmeat. On the contrary he considered the conduct of the
government most grossly uoiust, unreasonable, and {neon.
*hint

The Ray. H. HUGHES thought that if the preamble end
resolution were carried, the eoeiety would be lifting up •
banner of defiance against the goversgent, throwing down
a challen and declaring that they would not go hand in
ge,
hand with the govirnmeat in carrying on the great work of
education. lie believed that if there had not been an
appearance of animosity on the part of the church with
respect to education,—that, if the church had not ex
haunted its strength on internecine °oat:esti, Mr. Fox would
have eland to introduce his hill, • measure which had
insulted the feelings of the country and against which the
church wu bound nocompromwingly to protest. Hs bagged
to move man amendment :

" That, in the opinion of this meeting, it is highly desir-
able that the most amicable relations should exist between
the National Society and the Committee of Council on
Education, and that both the cense of sound religious instrue-
tiin and the interests of the church will be promoted by their
friendly co-operation."
Ile asked whether under the presidency of his Grace the
Archbishop of Canterbury, who was known to be the firm
maintainer of the pare, sound principles of Christianity.
(Great uproar, and cries of " Question. ') He wasspeat.ing
to the question. (" No, no," and renewed uproar.) Then
he would not allude to the archbishop, but he would
simply conclude by lifting up his band on behalfof the poor,
destitute, ignorant, degraded population of our great
.owns, who, while the church was (laurelling, were left to
wander like sheep without a shepherd. (" Hear, hoar,"
and cheers.)
The Rev. R. BURGESS, of Chelsea, seconded the amend-
ment. He protested against the doctrine laid down by Mr.
Denison, that whoever co-operated withithe Committee of
Council on E incation could not be a man of sound church
principles, and said that with reference to the acts or
that council • great many fallacies and delusions h.d
been propagated among the people of this country.
Mr. Danison reminded him strongly of what Bishop War-
burton had once said. The bishop was asked the difference
between orthodoxy and heterodoxy. " Oh," he replied,
or.hodoxv:is my dozy, and totarodoxy is another mates
doz.." (Laughter and cheers.) The rev, gentleman pro-
' .“.1
ed at some length to defend the committee of Puny
Council, and to show that under the management clauses
there was the most perfect security for the doctrines of the
church being inculcated in the schools.
PAGE WOOD, Esq., 1e1.P., confessed that he totally
dissented from the last part of Mr. Denison's address, in
which it was laid down that church agitation was necessary.
He believed the church had legitimate ways of expressing
its opinions, and that it was ill-becoming her to foment
agitation, or to send forth itinerant agitators. He
did not believe that the meeting of this satiety
was the right place for the extraordinarily rambling
discussion they had to-day. He denied that the dignity
of the church had been consulted by that discussion.
He had never beard a sound objection on church principles
to the clauses of the committee of privy council : and he
thought it a monstrous and presumptuous sweeties to say
that the 3,000 or 4,oooclergymen of the church of England
who had adopted these clauses were not sound churchmen.
(Cheers) In the parish of St. John and St. Margaret,
Westminster, there were 12,000 children running wild
about the streets, and he asked whether this was the time,
under such circumstances, to allow infidelity to make
rapid additional progress in the metropolis and the
country? If there was to be any remedy made b 7 Jegiti-
mate means, surely it was unwise to excite the suspicions of
statesmen that debates of this nature were designed to
create a tyranny en the part of the clergy over the laity.
(Heir, hear.)
B. HOPE, Esq., M.P., supported the resolution.
Some farther discussion followed, at the close of which,
, The Rev. Mr. DENISON replied.
The amendment was here put and lost.
The Rev. Mr. YATES proposed another amendment, to
the effect that the meeting could not sanction any further
communication between the National Society and the Com-
mittee of Privy Council until liSerty. be given to founders
of church schools, subject to inspection and proper legal
@section.
The Rev. H. MACKENZIE seconded this intendment.
Lord REDESDALE was of opinion that the second
amendment had no earthly connection with the original
resolution.

The second amendment was withdrawn, and the, original
resolution, omitting the preamble, was carried by a large
majority.
The two other resolutions were as follow :
" That in the opinion of this meeting, the national society
cannot be indifferent to any interference with the field of
duty which the royal charter of incorporation has assigned to
this soeietj, by the establishment of any system of education
for the children of the poor inimical I. their education in the
principles of the established church. That, in the opinion
of this meeting, it is highly desirable that the committee of
the national society should take steps forthwith for organ.
icing an efficient system of diocesan inspection throughout
England and Wales.'
The meeting, whisk lasted several hours, terminated with
the usual vote of *asks to the right rev. chairman.

NATIONAL REFORM ASSOCIATION.—On Tuesday a
meeting of the Tower Hamlets Reform Association will held
at the Green Dragon, Stepney. Mr. Abbott was called to
the chair, and assured the meeting of his determination to
saint the great objects of reform by every exertion in bis
power. Mr. Allen, the secretary, explained the proceed-
We which had taken plain at a consultation recently held
at the King's Head in the Poultry, when the chairman and
secretaries of the rashes heal ameclations in the metropo-
lis and the surrounding districts had been Invited, with
other gentles's_ ,n to mem the president and council of the
National heenalatien. The object of that meeting was to
confer on the best meneestrogyrainto ieing the friends and ad-
vacates of nitro, and of in effect the resolutions
of the mehrense held during e last month at Crosby
Hall. Mr. Allen harmed the meeting that on the occasion
to which he 'shirred many moat valuable practical suggee-
tions had been made by the gentlemen then present, and
concluded a yak... Wry statement by reporting to the meet-
ing that their hods were In a flonrkg condition. Mr.
Holliagewertk expensed his gratification at the report
made by the , and moved that a public
meeting be held for he of Whiteehapel and Step-
ney en the earliest senvenient day, and that a sub commit-
tee be appelsied le make the necessary arrangements. Mr.
Talmage emended the melon, which, after some very judi-
cious remarks made by Mr. Philpot, la which he soongly
urged the importance of bolding another public meeting hr
the distrists of Bow and Bromley to follow that which was
then proposed, was unaniaoualy earried.—Mr. Wickham
subsequently addressed the meeting at considerable length,
pointing out the means by which the great rowel object of
reform meld be beet forwarded by legal societies in cordial
00-speration with the National Reform Association.
SPEICRie AND DUDS.—The Ayr Advertiser Wye
—" The estate of Buitathola, in Irwin* parish, which be-
longed to the late Colonel S. M. Pollutes was, on Monday
loll_
_sold by blip ?cop at feriae, and knocked down at
10.0001- toe.. D. Garden, Rsq., sommbeiener for the
Bari of Bellaton." [The lad of Egliaton, who has paid
a very henhouse price for tide 'gate, wee one of the ors-
tors et the " great protestionist Estsstift " in London • few
:Liar, at which the burden of all *e speeches and roes that ogrkSINT• le Mail sod IMO worthless i]

OHUROEHATBB AND CHURCH PROPERTY.

It rill he warmly peal, the government,
even mai they se dimmed, bealgsr beyond dr puma
send= en inquiry late Mese Interesting sad to
es they am 16 politer dosses hi this try, coun-
es well as la Imbed. Beim Ike War of Lords mast
be swore of the meisky dlm bear bus the state of
asset geoperly. fle far ea Nis* this parish, Lied
habseabeekin Me Home ef Imes, sail his relative, W.
aseh. ht Me Reese of Commens, will be able to en-
lighten the 'I'M stebb mei has a east in the h-
benshised, and moss he" te ildi fie seamen y.
WO/mg Nave his isealliip ealsetained emend bandred of
the f~dlerrs at Emermest, and he Is evidently anxious
teeemillete the velem ee mede of invitation were seat to
=etare keeera ast le be may friendly to lerdly
with that bee and nablemed repeasatelim of
r ente paribmslit whet the It !em DE tem in-
seam. It 011•61 *USII be supposed that his
Loeb* is inewilliag Ile sender all possible genre to the ia-
kabirgate. end selip am ',behavior of the borough.
If the hams maid be Wined dam hardens whisk pees
epee their bfinary eel withdraws thole swirl from the
imprevenesat of the soil, they wield doubtless
be way grateful to the bleach, Mad whisk right be
strelsited eat fee their relief; sad the rearms& would be
or Imo Wahl te Ind the labourers, whom the f if
they hedllll.ll Nphal, would be able to replay la the
ap and Improved caltivatiou of the land, earning maw
which they would ready, if they had it, to ezpord in
furniture, Mess, and 'MI boob, time nearly all of them
have been reps to reed bike admirable 'Moots est ea foot
by the let. W. Gana, as well u these connected with the
established chunk and other Christian communities.
Within the last tea years no less a sum than 25,0001.
he. been paid by the landowners for tithes, or ea a efflaniu
rhea for tithes; whores his *imputed that not more than
1,0001. of the same km bun applied to the purpose for
whisk the tithes are paid. That purpose unquestionably
is, the religious Instruction and spiritual coneolation of the
parishioners, the relief of the sick and aged amongst them,
end the erection and maintenance of places for religious
worship. But how stands the far ? WnEin the cameperiod of tan pus, mon than 10,0001. have been furnished
he Moe purposes by the voluntary contributions of the
parishionm. In what condition as to knowledge and reli-
gion would they have been now if other instructors than
those provided by the persons who held the church property
in rest for their benefit had not been found ? or if they
had net met with support in tke jest and Christian feeling of
the people themselves ? It will not be pretended that church
property is private property. Who were the trustees ? How
came
restive ? they to part with it ? What conelderation did they

Surely these are inquiries which it behoves the govern-
ment to make. A provision has been made by the state for
the religious instruction of the people, and that people is
conspedled to live without that relgious instruction, or to
provide it at their own expense. Is this right? And is
this a common case ? " Must an evil of this kind," says the
author of as able pamphlet on church property,
" remain for ever without a curet Must not the su-
preme authority of the state, which for purposes of public
utility permitted and sanctioned these corporations,
possess an inherent right of remodelling and adapting them
to the ever-varying changes in the condition and circum-
stances of society. If monastic institutions were still in ex-
istence ; if masses were still sung for the souls of the de-
parted, wculd any ens contend that no power on earth could
suppress these fooleries, and apply the revenues that main.
hiked them to other purposes. There is no doubt that such
alterations ought to be made with gravity and deliberation,
from no light or trivial causes, from no corrupt or sinister
motive, with firm hearts and hands, and above all, with due
regard to the existing rights of individuals." It is for the
Lords and Commons of England to look into these matters,
and to restore to thekrightful proprietors, that is the body of
the faithful in each parish, those lands and moneys which
ought never to have been disposed of for personal, political,
or party purposes. This matter lies at the root of the evils
of which the people, in all parts of the country, so loudly
and jnatly complain. It is hoped that the government will
institute a strict inquiry into all such matters; and it
they do not, that either Lord Radnor will move
the Lards, or Mr. Vihirte the Commons, early in the
next eeuion, to appoint a committee of inquiry.
It appears that the Dean and Chapter of Winchester
sold the tithes of this pariah to a layman. By what
authority was this don*? And in what manner were the
proceeds of the sale invested for the benefit of the parties on
whose behalf the original grant was made ? It will be no
answer that the church in some other place has derived the
benefit of the see. The tithes are imposed for the benefit of
the church, that is, the body of the faithful here, and not
elsewhere. If it be granted that the late Mr. Hooper might
have gives the fall value, say, at twenty five years purchase,
sixty-two thousand five hundred pounds for the tithes of the
pail& ; in what manner was the purchase-money applied ?
The church (that is the bnilding, used by a portion of the
church) has been preserved and repaired by subscription.
The vicar and curate are mainly supported by tees and
voluntary contributions. The poor are sustained by the
pools' rates. The children are instructed by voluntary
teacher,. In what manner then can the money raised from
the sale of the tithes. have been applied for the spiritual and
temporal benefit of the faithful in this parish ?
That they have been well instructed, is admitted; but
has this been done ty means of a provision made by the
state suppOrt of the &lush, or by merine which
be equally evadable if to-morrow tne state should resolve to
appropriate what may be termed the sulpha rivenues of the
church to the formation and support in every county of a
public school on a similar plan to that of the Blue Cost
School? Hear the editor of the Standard, in a recent
paper. " Chaistianaand men of tense hold that we are bound
especially to protect our own fellow citizens, because the
constitution of society which separates them from the
citizenship of the world, constitutes us their sole protectors,
and binds us to protect them at whatever cost. If they
perish through our neglect er our cupidity, we may not safely
answer the requisition for their blood, in the words of the
fist murderer, Are we the keepers of our brethren ? ' We
are their keepers, as we have said, by that constitution of
society of which we enjoy the benefits. And this is the pro-
tectionist creed." 63 writs, the leading ,journalist of the
protectionists, amongst whom who more distinguished than
Lard Malmrsbury, Captain Harris, and their friend Lord
Stanley ? Te their attention this Christchurch case is com-
mended.

THE SEVEN-MILE TUNNEL THROUGH THE ALPS.
—Dr. Granville says: "To give at one* ',me idea of the bold-
ness of Cher. Mons' undertaking, we may, in the first place,
state that in its progress the tur.nel must pus under some of
the most elevated crests of M. of Cenis,—one, in cuticular,
where there will be -4E50 feet of mountain, capped with
eternal glaciers, over bud, at the middle of the tunnel, so
that not only will the workmen and machinery in construc-
tion, and the passengers and trains in transit, be buried to
that depth in the heart of the mountain, but all idea of
shafts, either to facilitate excavation, or to promote ventila•
Hon, must be out of the question. The breath of life itself
must be respired, from either extremity, with artificial aid,
in shape of currents of fresh air transmitted, and of foul
withdrawn, by mechanical apparatus ever at work, at least
during excavation, which is also itself to be effected by ma-
chinery of a new and simple nature, worked by water-power
of mountain streams whereby the trains are aloe to be run
through the tunnel, which ascends, from the northern or
Savoy side, at Modelle, all the way to its exist at Bardon-
niche, with a gradient equal to 19 in 1000. The machine,
once presented to the rrck, projects into it simultaneously
four horizontal series of sixteen scalpels, working backwards
and forwards, by means of springs cued in, and put in mo-
tion by the same water power. While these are at work,
one vertical series on each side works simultaneously up and
down, so that together they cut out four blocks, or rather
insulate four blocks on all sides, except on the rock behind,
from which they are afterwards detached by hand. It has
been already ascertained that each of the two machines, at
the opposite ends of the tunnel, will excavate to the extent
of 22 feet a day, and it is estimated that the whole excava-
tion will be completed in four yeas. The gallery to be
perforated by the machines will be 13 feet wide by 7 feet
high, and this once cut through, the bore will be enlarged
by ordinary means to 26 feet in width and 19 feet in height,
and a double line of rails laid. The estimated oat of this
great tunnel is only 13,804,942 f. (562,1971.) It is to be
immediately commenced at the north entrance."—Builder.
SCHOOL DISTRICTS UNDER THE POOR-LAWS.—
On Friday last an act of parliament (13 Viet., cap. 11) be-
came operative to snake better provision for the contributions
of unioas and parishes in school districts to the common
funds of the respective districts. By a former statute pro-
vision was made for the management of schools for infant
poor by the combination of unions and 'wishes into dis-
tricts, and the expenses were to be paid by suck anions in
' the pr,portlon of the averages last declared, and by the
parishes in proportion of the average expenditure. It is
now, however, provided that the Poor•law Board shall cause
an inquiry to be made as to the average annual expense in-
curred is the relief of the poor for three years before the
formation of a district, and to include all other expense, eon-
neeted wish the relief of the poor. Then the Poor-law
Board will deelare the averages, and the several unions and
parishes to contribute their proportion. The object of the
act Is to equalise the contributions of the unions and parishes
In school districts.

GREINWICK 01181EVATORY.—Thos• ettionshave been best
too hot nor
SCRAPS OF WEATHER WISDOM ram VIZ ROYAL
which have enjoyed an average temperature—nor
too cold. The indications an that ate climate of Ragland is
becoming warmer, and. consequently, healthier; a fact to
be pertly accounted for by the improved drainage and the
removal of an excess of Weber from the lend. The intensity
of cholera was found 'prated in thou places when the air
was stagnant ; and, therefore, any means for casting its me.
Lion,
. preyed to be of the utmost consequence. Some day
as lighting Ares and improving ventilation, are thus
neer the 20th of Jennie, the lucky geese In 1838
of Murphy's Weather Almanac will, upon the average
of years, be found to be the coldest of the whole year.
In the middle of May there are generally some days of
cold, se severe, as to be unexplainab!e. Humboldt men-
tions this fact in his Cosmos; and various authors have
tried to account for it,—at present in vain. The favourite
notion, perhaps, ie that winch attributes this period of cold
to the oosein of the ioebergs of the North. Another weather
eccentricity la the usual advert of some warm days at the
beginning of November. Certain experiments in progress
at the Royal Observatory to test the difference between the
tempenture of the Thames and of the surrounding atmo-
sphere ars expected to show the cause of the famous Lon-
de. fog. During the night the Thames is often from ten to
seventeen degrees warmer, and in the day time from eight
to ten degrees colder than the air above It. If the theory of
weather cycles holds good, we are to have mesons adder
dun the average from this time till 1863, when warmth
"
w Ordie "
ill been win to predominate over sold.—Dichen's
Fr

CHARGE OF FORGERY AGAINST A MANU-
FACTURER AND 818 lON.

Is the Express of Tuesday it ens stated that
Mr. Augusts, H 'lima, and Mr. Joseph Holman, father sad
sou, extensive woollen autisafacturese at Wortley and Fun-
ley, in the borough of Leeds, were ia eutody, changed with
forging sad uttering two seceptaaess—ase for 3901, on the
dna of Messrs. Rodgers, Best, sad Co.; end the other to
8341. 18e. 61., on the arm of Maws. Miller, Mackay, and
Co., both shipping aerchants at Liverpool. Then two &o-
ctoroons had been paid by the prisonen into the bank of
Steens. Beckett and Co._Lude, and through them the for.
pry WAS discovered. Yesterday the prisoners were exa-
mined before the borough snagler.rates at Leeds. Altogether
there were twelve separate forged uneptaaus against them,
amounting in the whole to 4,1481. 3e. 61., of which
1,6641. 31. 64. is for bills Web have been returned, and the
remainder, 2,0141.94. 61. is on bills whit& are still ranains.
Charles Calvert Ironeides produced three bills to which
the names of the firm of Charles Ironsides and Co., of Liver-
pool, had been forged, but whisk bills had been retired or
takes up. These bills were drawn by Amustus Holman,
payable, at four months' after data, 'at the back of Messrs.
Smith, Payne, and Co., beakers, London. The following
are the amounts sad dates of the bills :—August 8 1849, for
3531 41.; November 13, 1849, for 3931. is. ; January
1860, for 3601. Two other bills still running were also
produced by the witness, drawn upon the unte parties, and
made payable•
at four months, upon the ume London
harken, dated• March 22, 1850, ler 300/. and May 17, 1950.
for 3201.

Mr. William Gordon, of the firm of Mears. Millar.
exchange
archboai Ilsrlndodie:rdldraBgtortw99.w.:anfertoindrarosnin.twhigane6sir.i;a4nc.pu;u:rjculHoalliegnsnAdlo2fug,
tow,nelfhtmoitusurbel:
Mackay, and Co., merchants, Liverpool, spoke to the follow-
inHgoltmilnee,
months'nweUre. sgp
payable t 8 t
date,Be theP t
accepted by Maus. Miller, Mackay, and Co. These were
all forgeries but bad been retired. He had also examined
two other bills which had not been retired, and which
were respectively dated the 11th and 27th April, 1860, for
3431. 13s. 65 , and 3701, drawn by the prisoner, Augustus
Heiman, on his own firm, The bills mentioned were made
payable at Mum Mutant= and Co., banker', London;
bat their own genuine bills were made payable at Messrs.
Denlson and Co., bankers, London. Evidence was also
given of two other forged acceptances on the firm of Messrs.
Rodger Bug and Co., of Liverpool, the one for 3901., and the
other 4181. 16e. 6d., bathe( which are still Tanning.
Mr. John Smith, of the firm of Messrs. Beckett,
bankers, Leeds, said the elder prisoner had had an se.
count with them for about nine years, and his basking
transactions have been conducted by himself and son. On
the 23rd inst. Josh. Holman came to the bank with bills and
money, and got cash for a cheque of 2501. on his father's
acrount. Tte bill he brought was dated May 22, 18.50, for
4181. 17s. 6d. at four months, and was drawn upon and
accepted by Mews. Mackay, and Co., Liverpool;
anal the followieg day the same prisoner brought an advice
ticket and two other acceptances, which be wanted placed
to account. They bore the signature of the father, and the
body of the acceptance was written by the son. He
refused to advice a bill as requested, or advance
money on the bill, which purported to be
drawn upon and accepted by Mean. Millar
Mackay, and Co. Onuskior the reason he was told that the
firm of Beckett were not estiefi, d with the bills his father
was paying into the tank. His father called the next day
respect/lig the matter, and witness also told him that they
could not advance money on his bills at present, and during
conversation, the bill brought in on the previous day by his
son was mentioned. Prisoner said they need not be
alarmed about the house, as it was " perfectly undoubted,"
and he only wished that they owed him 10,0001. He ap.
peered to witness to be "pushing important business too
much ;" and, in reply, he said he was not doing so,
but was doing " a good and fair business." He men-
tioned several firms with whom he was doing business,
and amongst the number the three firms mentioned.
'if items asked him " how much paper or acceptances current
he thought he held on the hens., in question," and he said
he thought about 3,0001. He (Hr. Smith) told him that he
could not keep his books correctly, for be had nearly d.uble
that amount of running acceptances. He it gaited if he
kept a record of his bilk, and he said he thought he did,
I and entered them as cash payments to the credit cf the
houses as they became due, and then they were done with.
This conversation net being satisfactory to Mr. Smith, he
subsequently wrote to the three firms at Liverpo .1, and
uceneined that the acceptances were forgeries. At the con-
clusion of the evidence Mr. Lupton, after reeding over the
usual caution, asked them if they bad anything to say ia de-
fence, and they answered in the negative. Both prisoners
were then committed to take their trials at the ensuing
Yorkshire assizes.

RAILIVAY MEETING.

TAW VALE.

Yesterday an extraordinary general meetine of
this company was held at the London Tavern, Bishop:-
gate-street, for the purpose of receiving a special re-
port from the directors. JoHN Sasainso, Eiq., haying
taken the chair, . . .

The SECRETARY read the following report:
"In accordance with the resolution of the extraordinary
general in"ii"! "i the 28h of Tektite; 15" v"ir
tors appointed two of their body to proceed with an active
canvass of the landowners, occupiers, and others in the
locality of the line, for making up the amount of not less
than 50,0001•, by subscriptions for shares agreeable to the
report of the committee of shareholders ; and although
your directors cannot report entire success, still the progress
made, and the experience gained, enable them to say
that they have no doubt of ultimate: y succeeding in that
respect. Your directors also ordered Mr. Neale to survey
the line as for application to parliament , for the deviations
required; and also to prepare the necessary ecotone and
drawings, with estimates and specifications, for submitting
the works of the 26 miles from Umberleigh Bridge to Cre-
diton to contractors. These are not yet completed, but are en-
gaged to be so within one month, and tenders 'oe conditional
contracts will be thereupon immediately advertised. Your di-
rectors are prepared to state that so much is already known
in respect to the surveys, &c., that all the anticipated advan-
tages and saving in etst of construction of that portion of the
line will be fully realised. Your directors regret that it wee
deemed necessary to confine them by the raid resolution of
the 28th of February to three months for completing all the
objects contemplated. They then urged the period for
their report to be left to them, and if it had been, some extra-
ordinary general meeting might have sufficed. They are in
consequence under the necessity of asking the shareholders
to adjourn the further consideration of the same until the
next hail-early meeting in August, to be made special for the
purpose of receiving such report and of acting thereupon.
Your directors will now submit fcr your confirmation the
forfeiture of 870 share:, r. -wilich the calls have no: teen
paid in conformity with the acts relating thereto."
A discussion took place in respect to the forfeiture of 870
shares, in which Mr. Alderman CARDEN charged the
chairman with giving instructions to the solicitors not to sue
the nominees or transferees of his shares, whilst other pro-
prietors were sued.
The CHAIRMAN denied the statement, which led to a
further angry discussion, in which Mr. Uziellis' shares, and
those of the late chairman, were said to have been evaded by
similar transfer to parties who were to be favoured.
Mr. TITE said that he bad paid up all his calls, and ad-
vised a course of unanimity.
Mr. Alderman CARDEN said he believed that, hut he
had no confidence in the board of directors ea constituted.
They had 14,0001. arrears of calls, and now requested the
proprietors to pay up 21,0001., whilst they only owed their
engineer 6.0001.
Mr. DAVIE urged a reconstruction of the board previous
to looking to the support of the landowners.
The CHAIRMAN said, betides the engineer, there was
about 8,0001. in land claims, as well as the debt of the con-
tractors.

Mr. TITE said he had no doubt the line would be carried
out from the feeling in the country ; but their debts must
be paid sooner or later.
The resolution for forfeiting the 870 shares we/ then passed
unanimously.
The report we. afterwards adopted, and after same satis-
factory remarks from Mr. WOOLMER (a director) in respect
to the shares he held and the prospects of the line, the meet-
ing adjourned.

MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE.—Yes•
terday the adjourned half-yearly meeting of this company
took place at the Corn Exchange, Manchester, at 1 o'clock,
and was immediately adjourned to the Assembly Room of
the Manchester Exchange. There was a very meagre at-
tendance of proprietors, it being understood that the pro-
ceedings would be merely of a formal character. Charles
Turner, EN ,of Liverpool, took the chair. —The Chairman
said this meeting had been called in punaance of a resolu-
tion pared at the last meeting of the proprietors, for the
purpose of receiving the report of the C nominee of Investi-
gation, appointed on that occasion. Re wu sorry to an-
nounce that the labours of the committee had been so great
that they had not yet been able to complete their report.
He, therefore, moved that this meeting be adjourned to the
24th June next, at the Corn Exchange, Manchester, at 1
o'clock.—Mr. Simpson seconded the motion' and it wes car-
ried unanimously.—The Chairman said he had great setts-
, faction in announcing to the meeting that the parliamentary
committee had given the company the money powers which
they had been seeking for. It was a matter of great import-
wfaollireethpoatouytinthwgheichthe4:2, hianefbelyar je:id:,:th;seacoitt consequences :en"tlinacesemftw'a.o9tiluales: 011tfvhaecejoeilikliteniese,
very serious. (Rear hear.)—After a vote of thanks to the
chairman the proceedings terminated.