The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-21 00:00:00

DENMARK.

The Volksthing, on the 13th instant, formed
itself into a committee, composed of the whole of
its members, for the examination of the new con-
stitutional project for the kingdom of Denmark.
It decided unanimously, after a short discussion,
to reject the project of the government, and to
take for the base of its deliberations the funda-
mental law of the sth of June, 1849. There will
be three discussions.

IUSTRALIAN ROYAL
NAVIGATION

MAIL

COMPANY.

STEAM

Inesday last, an extraordinary meeting of the
s, was held at the London Tavern, for the several

purposes hereinafter mentioned, viz

ducinp.., o

or an th ori

vary the provisions of ti

hat the number of shar

he directors t

Bed of settlement which require
to be held by a director should

been held for six consecutive months next pre-
his election, or otherwise relate. to the electio❑ or

qualification of directiors ; annulling, alterir _
or authorising the directors to annul, alter, or vary the pro-
visions of the deed of settlement relating to the scale of
voting at general meetings, adopting, in place thereof, the scale
of voting mentioned in the Companies Clauses Consolidation
Act, 1845, or any other scale ; adopting or authorising the
directors to adopt any other provisions, and passing or
authorising bye-laws relative to the matters aforesaid, or any
of them ; sanctioning any a.pplication to the President of
the Board of Trade for his consent to and approval of any
resolution or resolutions of the company passed or'to be
thereafter passed, relating to the matters aforesaid or any
of them ; appointing new directors ; appointing an auditor,

or varyin

d fixing the remuneration of director and auditors

if the meeting

should so think fit) for the purr

approving, and carrying into effect any

proposition for the dissolution and winding-up of the com-
pany, and of passing all such resolutions, and giving all such
powers and instructions to the directors, or any other per-
sons or person, and transacting all such business in relation
to .the matters aforesaid, or any of them, as the meeting
shall think fit."

The CHAIRMAN, Mr. T. G. Frith, opened the proceedings
by stating that he trusted every gentleman would be as cool
as possible. The object of every one present was to protect
the company's property, which he was afraid would be
utterly ruined if the dissensions which had hitherto been
exhibited should be continued. (Hear, hear.)

. ,
The SECRETARY then read a report which stated that the
directors had made an application to the board of trade for
the purpose of soliciting the requisite sanction to the repeal
or modification of the existing provision of the deed of set--
tlement, which makes a six month's tenure of the prescribed

number of shares a part of the qualification, of a director,
and that the reply of the board of trade was that they could
not take the proposal' into consideration, until they were
satisfied that the change proposed had -been fully and de-
liberately approved by the shareholders. On receipt of
this communication, the directors thought it right to con-

le the proprietori by a notice comprehensive enough to
dude all business likely to be brought forward by them-

selves or others. The business which the director's had to
propose would consist of two resolutions—the first, to adopt

and-confirm the pending application to
,the. board .of trade ;
and the second, to reduce the number of directors to such a
number as the proprietors might think best fitted for the
effective administration of the company's affairs.
The CHAIRMAN, then after a few recapitulatory remarks,

6' That this meeting is of