The Express.
London, England, 1850-08-17 00:00:00

THE EXPRF.BB, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1860.

anxiety to the opening efoutiet dm the
MIMS; the And purchase the pries
tithe whole crop ; cud's is reessammsded, of sures,
be with a ship or ship/ nearly Riled* the elesitelie•
to pet on board a chop or two of .rid Amgen
tom if they Bost a long price) is not easily resisted.
It is again reported that the tea trade with foreigners
is to be limited to a few privileged firms, end that an
additional export duty is to be levied. We scarcely
think this 141 be done openly and avowedly i the
Chime system was specially disallowed by the treaty
*Mackin, and 830 will not dare to ietregince it
again. At the same time it is like enough that sone-
being akin to it will be attempted, under the pretext
of shocking smuggling.

that the threnmetamens atoll *IAN "1r •thlthithind itsre
striking, std swap to make sue prefakither leak sapodilla
bet If popillees had sundard into Oki sitter, they Wald
have boa that the state of dth law was gabs ear &
chat, is the brodi um, kr the
;ate ell efillsa the force of pub&
ale , the pram es goaded m
1111, hlth mord Ma softer, that the question
MEM! Prhhhft sae* is room. oen ef
asp Intriethrthaine Imes mil this
singular. Them We have ledthis bill
epos lillaFihrium. La 1648 a Romp was istrednesd
lath Om alf Lade; it was afterwards bringht foto
the Maw Oneamesso, sal was there thrown uut en the
sewed meant. Anita, In 1640, a mossure 111111•aseed
late the Them Of LP* and selbsequenelp lalthslth IP* tte
Henn of Osunnesa See theft meammes wars, se yes all
know, meth tishelleatisessgdslt tad could never, I be-
lieve, by auy beams law. Is reilearaell
Is the esorM Malitlaist of US, when the railway delegates
bed int fathrthew with Lad John Buesell, hie lordship met
Now Imp fairly, nylon, in egos, s, I do not want to
legislate spa this question if you will talus it up, sad do
what is requileiziltroperly." What was the result t Dele-
gates woes led by the stillness esespsoisa else
gates when ambsesi In *le sem essendith with the
elbows. Ilesnaly hod ppltheasst momsbied, whoa sa
member who) haw whet woo ping oar—l do set hour
whether it not he was • delegate—bat be ems a
, gun nada in the House of Commas whisk
asstwwlits pernranint In innedsee a bill in the Henne of
Lords. Very ass ether yes lotto !aced in the Hew of
Lords year own " proprietor's bill," se it wee
called. la sandwilstleetion to the other. No as who beard
Lunt illeitley elell oar ferret the able st tannest whisk he
made en QM siandea, end hew clearly he set fetch the
merles if the Issallea Bat, gentlemen, England has always
bun Maud as, and even elselpsted, the country of Gomm.
missal and en that oemsdo• the audit question was made
one of aesprombo. (Hear, hear.) Both these bills were
net before • theasaintse ; they were separately related in
soamittes;
~and in list of then, their lordships roamed
the most extraordinary oesapeasd of legislation. I sappose,
that ever reseeded from either house of parliament. Is
was IA attestett to eambise the two measures, and matained
the bad parts of teeth. There were may bad parts in both,
though mere in one than in the other, hat whatever was
bed in tabu was made part of this new bill, sad when
it ease down to the House of Commons Mr. Lebou
them, with the esabrer which has always characterised
hie, said It was impossible to proceed with it. (Hear, bear.)
Now, gentlemen, we have had six bills before parliament
retain, to this gaieties, and I really want to know whether,
with the legal powers which are already vested in you, it
is essentially nthat this illation should be agitated
say longer. (Hear.) Boutenther. gentlemen, I do
not, and I sever will advise you to lay down the machinery
for carrying oat the object ifasseessare; so that if either the
gourmand or say private member of parliament should
give nodes of an audit bill, you may be prepared with yours.
It would be perfectly preposterous for you to lay down your
ante and to let the government carry their own measure.
(Btu, hear.) But I do hope that proprietors In livery
garter have now got their secotusts into a proper shape sal
upon a proper foot fag, and that they will not think It UMW
eery to agitate this question any further; because they
may rest assured that their siltation would be
made as Kettle by the lanrament at some future
time either for introducing a meows of their
own or for engrafting one on the meteors of the
proprietary, for the purpose of getting the managemeat of
oar property into their own bands, as they have heretofore
attempted to do. Ido not, I repeat, advise you to dissolve.
Keep in existence and be prepared to act, but do cot recom-
mence the agitation of this question yourselves. (Hear,
hear.) The other point to which I have to refer Is, in my
opinion, one of infinitely greater importsnee thin any audit
bill or any question connected with audit; and It is one to
which I alluded when we het assembled is this Mts. I
allude to the position is which this company is placed by set
of perlisment and to the necessity which there is for ear
looking Into the future working constitution of the board ad
directors as it mast be constituted under the amalgamation
' act after the Ist of January. 1861. When I alluded to that
p question before, I stated that my colleagues agreed with as
, that it was highly desirable that on a questionof this kind
the proprietors and the executive body should set in anima.
I believe that - _ enamon lutes.' The dirseton

. we have one common interest.
are twaseg the largest of your proprieties ; they
perseen tbe advantage of having had a good deal of
pendminsperittnee, obtained in working the line; and I clan-
asteennelve anything more desirable than that the proprieton
end directors together should devise such a plan as will en-
we
unity of action, and, at the same time, that security for
ell legal wants which, in an arrangement of that tort, mast
ewer be forgotten. There can be nothine more desirable
than the attainment of a eoncentrated reeponsibility, which
will enable us to bring the company into even a more inn-
faatory ptaition than that which it this day occupies. I will not
SC oxapy your attention any further. There are a great many
atiltr points to which I might allude in connexion with the
neaten ; bat as the report itself enters into them very fully,
I will not anticipate the entente of that document by dwell-
ing upon them. After the ropsrt shall have been teal, I
shall be happy to hear any proprietor who may wish to ad-
dress the met deg.
The SECRETARY then read the report :
se After the depression which has affected the revenue of the
oniony in the passenger department for several hell' yearn,
It is gratifying to the directors to be enabled on the present
elleasioa to refer the proprietors to an increase of receipts
k this important branch of their !melees,. It has not yet
',Valetd its former activity, but has exhibited csnaiderable
improvement, and although a large psrtion of the increase
is doe to the opening et the line between Leeds and Man-
chester, it is satisfactory to add that generally there is
every appearance of revival. The merchandise department,
is all its branches, again shows a great increase over the
corresponding period of 1849.
" Toe accounts which have been circulated give the follow-
ing results:
1850. 1849. Increase.
Paureerra, panel% mail.. &e— £874,2:0 1617,017 126,303
Ilerchandloe, Including messed
settle

£1,110,179 £1,032,038 C 77,211