The Express.
London, England, 1857-12-12 00:00:00

TO TOO ILDITOK OF Till ZIPILTAS.

Sin,—Mr. Ellis having been obliged, owing to the
Ago of his health. to resign the chairmanship of the Midland
board, it hes been rumoured in various smarten that he has
left the direction eltopther. As chairmen. of the day on
which the aooompanying resolittiene wars passed, I beg yaw
will do me the favour to insert them in your paper, under the
bad of " Railway Intelligeson" for the purpose of removing
the inipwasion that we have lest Mr. lillies co-opersdon me
the direction.-1 am, bo, JOSEPH PAXTON.
1 Rockhilln Sydanham, Dec. 10.

The following is • copy of the Matta= of the board of
directors of the Midland Railway Company, weed at
their meeting, held at Derby, on the 2nd day of Decen-
her, 18.57, on the retirement of Mr. John Matrons the
chair.
" Rewired onanimonsly,—That the board have listamd
to the statement just made by Mr. Ellis with deep pain ;
bet remembering the come conditions upon which he coa-
meted to withdraws previous resignatke, they feel precluded
from farther pressing upon him the duties and responsibili-
ties of the chair. They therefore, In deference to tide
expremion of his anxious with, accept his resignation, in the
esrueat hope that by so doing they are no lees contributing
to his health end comfort than to the prolongation of the pe-
riod of hie connexion with, and soave operotim at, the
board. . . . _ .

"Af ibe moment of severing a connexion to which both they
and the shareholders owe so much, they cannot but recall to
clad the circumstances under which it arose, end place upon
record their sense of the services which he has rendered.
Called upon to assume the chair at • peeled of nand diffi-
culty end mistrust, when emberreesment end rain hang over
so many undertakings of • Oiler kind, be usonatered the
perils of the crisis with a daterminatiou which roes superior
io the danger, and an warp which wee a sure pledge of
/11001110. His courage Inspired its meow= with Cooffdance,
sad his experience revealed to them the elements of their
strength. Distinguished by pleglenees of purpose, by un-
tiring energy, by firmness combined with coorteey, by the
steady pursuit of an enlightened policy, ho has not only
suoceeded to carrying this company through all its difilcul-
ties, and attaining for it a high dopes of needy and
progressive prosperity, but he his secured the confidence and
the personal esteem of the shareholders, of every rises of the
officials, and above ell, of his colleagues.
" They desire to assure him, then, that he will ever sejoy
thole affectionate regard ; that they look back upon his elle
administration of 'Hain with pride and eatiefacnon ; end to
the future with a confidence founded largely upon the hope
that their councils may long be sided by Ws experionee, end
their proeperity keg eamocisted with his name.
bOeellt PAITON. Chains*.
"0. N. Disowns, efaintaty."

DOWNING-STRZET, I)RCEMB6II B.—The Queen
has bow phrased to appoint William lisort:74:: to
be police asseverate tor Mai district of Isltciand
Otago Bois, Esq. to lea police magistrate for of
Abe.. is Ors Bahamands • Thaw Ow Esq., to Brad
ft/factor of Schools tbs Selmid of An ; Brad-
shaw, Bog to le a ameba of the Council of the Colony of
Mora LOOM dyeing tits absence of the Queen's sdvorate ;
sad names Chows, Esq., to be a member of the Legislative
Commit of bee Majesty's tiottlements in the Oambla.-
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BT. iAItES'S PALACE, DECEMBER B.—The Queen
has been phased to appoint the Ron. Spanner Cecil Brahman
Poneraby to be Comptroller of Accounts in the Lord Cham-
berlain's department, and eatra Gentleman Usher to her
Mitesty.—Gerart.
THE LONDON AND EASTERN BANNING CORPORA-
TION.—Yeetirday a IMMITOW westing in this matter was
held at the Mesmer. of Via-Chancellor Wood, before Mr.
Leman, for the appoinaratt of an Whist msnyor of the
ashy of the bank. Mr. Peachey, of the firm of Ohvsesoa,
Laois, sad Patin, solicitors es the beak, proposed the ar
'Mama of Mr. Bawl who bad already been appointed
interim Wafter. In cosjitaction with Mr. Coleman, the am
eosataat, to act jointly it the wading sp. The nominal=
wea eapperied by 2 141 Mares. Mr. Lewis (ofthe tineat
Harrison and Leiria), Mr. Bushell, lifserns. De Meta, Mr.
Mgir(Om of Chilton and Burial), Maven. Thosadike
mith, for the petitioner, Colonel Crewfart Matra.
Tacker, Ormille, and Tucker, me other gentlemen, opposed
at conelderable length (and on behalf of the abaraboldere) the
appointment of Messrs. Stuart and Coleman, who, they
contended, were tbs nominee. and atives of the
directors of the beak„ who ought not to allowed to lake
any pert is the "iodine up of the affair., which ought to be
conduced by independent parties, totally without biam. A
my long and irregular distant.= ensued. Eventually It
was decided that Mr. R. P. Harding (the official manager of
the Royal British Bank) in conjunction with Mr. Bell (of the
firm of Qullter and Ball) were the fittest poems far the ep-
intment. Wl:ter-upon notice of appeal be the Vim
mg given what the &Mira.

tato initiltgenct.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—Dec. 11.
It was intimated that in the course of a day or tiro a di.
viand of Pd. in the pound will be declared under the
estate of Mmes. Straiten, Paul, and Bates, bankers.
will be ta Maks to the Z. Sd. in the pound already pest.
There tern at the rune time be declared a dividend of 71 it
the pad ander the prints estate of Strahan, and one of
Id. is the pound under that of Paul.
T, Roper, whams!' druggist, of ?sloop-square, was
awarded a certificate of the mond class ; ualso was J.
Remises, oornehandise, imam.
W. Freeman, books/Der, Fleet-street, lately publisher cf
the Nerwmfinisior aempapar, passed his margination.
An adjoerummt wee nand in the cue of It. Batley,
tizebar-remelasat, ; the socousts not hm,s/
teen flied in time.

SHERIFFS COURT.—Dec. 11.
(Bake' Kr. Under-Sheriff Borchelt end a Spiel Jary.)
SIMKINS 11. 111111•1111LILN COCNTIZI RAILWAY CONPANT.
Mr. 3.1. Powell appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. &dem
Belleatine and Mr. It nand for the company.
Tide wee • writ 01 Inquiry sent from one of the superior
courts to mere the deans= in an action brought to MTV
component= fur =ivies =stained by the plaintiff through
the neghgenoe of the defendants' aervants.
The horned Under-Sheriff informed the parties that as
ha urea a shareholder in the Eastern Counties Company ha
could not try the ease, except by consent.
The omen on both sides =premed thanselvte quite cos.
teat that the Under-Sheriff should try the cum.
It appeared that ht ,January lest the plaintiff, a no,
noun= [Sophie Lade. Isoldne, wm • puny= boa
,Ittnt.wbere she had been on • visit to • fr=d,
While wafting on the platform at the late
plan with her limp= until • cab could be procured, a troth,
used by to. paten to convey luggage from one end of tilt
pistforra to the other and in sad out of the station, ns
violently against her she not =Mg aware of its approach,
it had sehelees whesis. Ms wee kopek= down sad scriouth
hart—her teeth Whig loomed and one broken, her tight on
much bruised, and her wrist broken; the men now carried t
in • sling, and, accooling to the reediest testimony, it ono
likely to be • considemble dam before she recovered from the
Whets of the Injury. Ere medical exposer had been thou
401. The =maps were laid In the declaration at 1,0001.
The jury, after hearing the learned series= In =heat=
gave a verdict for 2601.