The Express.
London, England, 1850-06-26 00:00:00

LY OF NEWSPAPERS ON
SUNDAY.

Yestuiday, a aiedisg of newspaper proprietors and
the ropaerstathes was rid at Peek's coffee house, for the
WO. Menenres to prevent the stoppage of the
olesektierough the instruessatality of the
g••
. r. Iron-tat bung taken the chair,
MEll2lLEgoinine,if Weekly Asalele read • petition to
the Mom sf whisk had been prepared by the
acasaidalmtgrqmod la the meeting held as Thursday last.
He did art min re
as a body, were yet awake to the
lush offend them by the Babbotariaos, In the first place,
and afterwards by the t acting cm the rosolutiou
of • email mime* of Mew. Bat it was assessary far
them subs hit the Wars to eadeavoar to remodyit at ans,
or Ilissopelsiity sight be loth. He emended by movies
the dm nnolion : " That the pentisa just read be ap
°Men
proved stals=roid, and mat round to all the newspaper
for and that be prenatal to the Hesse
of Commlaels Mr' Roebuck,it or some other isfluestial
lumber.
Mr. CHAPMAN, of the Sunday Taws, seconded the
resolution.
Mr. THOMAS observed that though the ineonveainin
of the measure woe as yet hardly felt, he wee aware n • OM
where losses to some extent had already been suffered.
Th• resolutioa was °aerial uniesiarnely-
Mr. WOOD enured, and Mr. THOMAS socoaded, the
next resolution_ r_ " That • deputation be appoiated to well
oa the Firat Lord of the Tomeary sad ea the Postman-
GO•eral to Mips uposthem the seessity that PANS et telnkka.
ins the moat pasniin resulatioa, sod that the seminittes
be empowessil Is avian sbennenet of the anises in this
resent of NM stegabere of patannent as shall he favourable
to the of the add war."
Mr. UDDER moved the third reeolutioo, empowering
the committee to call a public meeting on the subject ea as
early day.
Mr. BUCHANAN seconded this neolutiou, obeervies
that it was of great importance that the question should be
placed oa as broad a seated as possible, arid that the in-
tended meeting thould be is reality • public one, and not
composed solely of parties connected with the trade.
Mr. BERLE was uawilling that • public meeting should
be summoned, except as • last resort, and he hoped the
committee would exhaust evetry mesas to obtain n by
their ores endeavours before tithing this step.
Mr. COT said that Loudon would not suffer math iceoa-
Testiest* from the measure, and therefore few might be
' willing to exert themselves to get it rescindod. He
feared that the same motives which ix danced some of the
City machines to take • part in the tiabbstarisa agitation
I against Mr. Rowland Hill's alteration is the Belau envie°
of the Post-office—motives which were by no means credi-
table to themselves—would lead them to oppose the remind
iag of the late obnoxious regulation. He congested that all
the weekly political journals should print a short form of
petition, and • vast number of such petatiocs would be signed
all over the kingdom by parties who had been injured by
this measure. _

This and the foregoing resolution having been unani-
mously adopted, • vote of thanks to the chairman was
puled, and the melting broke up.

MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINVOLN-

SHIRR RAILWAY.

Our yesterday's report of the adjourned half-
yearly meeting of this cempsny brought down the proceed.
togs only to five o'clock, at which period the Investigation
Committee's report bad been carried, and a motion by Mr.
Morton win under consideration, to the effect that the direc-
tors @bomb' undertake the completion of no works except the
summit tunnel and the Sheffield-station, and should let no
new contracts, without previously taking the opinion of the

Mr. GEACH thought this motion would too much tie up
the hands of the directors It was no reason if some of
their money had been bully laid out that they should stop
the expenditure altogether. There were works on the lice
to complete, and but for the expenditure of • few thou-
sands on these, millions of capital already spent would
he comparatively unproductive. He asked for the confidence
of shareholder. in the board to enable them to complete the
portions of the line which were absolutely necessary to the
efficient working of the whole, and without which all the
money spent might as well have been thrown into the sea.
He had recently become • member of the board, and though
he did not hold a great number of shares in the line, be
thought he might ask for confidence, considering that he
was • creditor fur between 30,0001. and 40,0001., and had the
greatest possible interest in an economical expenditure. Be-
sides putting aside his own immediate claims for payment,
he tad been the means of inducing other creditors to take
bonds. (Hear. hear.)
Mr. MORTON said before Mr. °each asked fur their eon.
fidence he should bate told them how many shares he held
in the company, and what he paid for them. (Cries of
" Shame.")
Mr. GEACH said in shares he held only 1,0001. worth of
their property, which he purchased in the market for 1271 ;
but in addition to that he was interested as a creditor for
40,0001., of which he was in • position to demand payment
at once, and which being denied he could demand the cur
render of their property for; but this would be an ungene-
rous course, believing, as he did, that the undertaking would
yet right itself, and Le had refrained from taking that course.
(Applause )
Mr. MORTON said the fact was that Mr. Goa& was the
representative of bondholders, not shareholders. (Cries of
" Shame.")
Mr. (TEACH said he was • bondholder, not • represent&
tie* of bondholders. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. MORTON—A holder to the amount of 1271. (Re-
newed cries of " Shame," and a general Surst of indignation.)
The noble CHAIRMAN said he would only observe that
it this resolution passed, it would amount to • vote of want
of confidence, and that their property from that moment
wool I not he worth • farthing.
Mr. MORTON again rose to address the meeting, but
was received with a perfect storm of disapprobation. He
was understood to say, that in consideration 01 the feelings
of the board he would withdraw the motion.

The noble CHAIRMAN—I do not know if it hu not
been held that • motion when once put becomes the proper♦
of the meeting, and cannot be withdrawn, unless with
their consent. Besides, this is • motion which I think in
Poetic. to the directors ought not to be withdrawn. (Loud
cheers.) I therefore call for a stow of hoods for the motion.
(The motion,on a show of hands, wu negatived by a majo-
rity of nearly 000 to 2, amidst great cheering.)
The CHAIRMAN then moved the adoption of the direc-
tors' report, the engineers' report, and the statement of
accounts (which stood over from the meeting on the 27th
February.)
Mr. CHAPMAN seconded the motion, and it was adopted
unanimously.
A vote of thanks was given to the Committee of Investi-
gation, and a vote of thanks to the chairman and board of
directors, fur obtaining on their own personal credit an ad-
vance of 40,0001. tram the banks, was also carried. This
concluded the business.

CORPORATION FOR RELIEF OF SEAMEN, &C., IN
THS Muiecuexr SEMVlClL—Yasteiday the annual general
court of the corporation was held at the office in Birehin •
lane, pursuant to the act. Mr. George Lindsay was in the
chair. The meow's of the last court having been read, Mr.
Lindsay was unanimously re-elected president, and a com-
mittee of twenty-one was chosen, fourteen being of last year
and seven new membe n. A committee for auditing the ac-
counts was likewise chosen, and the court they adjourned.
HEALTH OF LONDON DURING TILE WEEK.—(From
the liegistrar-Oeneres report,)—The present return hap-
pily shows a continuance of that low rate of mortality which
has now been observed fur many weeks, and which must be
considered as favourable, when compared with what has pre
'ailed in London at the same season in former years. The
deaths in week ending last Saturday did not emend 775.
Taking corresponding weeks of ten previous years, the mor
tality was never so low, except in 1811 and 1842, and it rose
in 1847 and 1849 to nearly 1,000 deaths; the average is 861,
or raised in the ratio of supposed increase of population, 913 ;
the deaths last week were, therefore, less than the latter num-
ber by 168. The deaths from diseases that are included in
the zymotic or epidemic class numbered last week 161 ; the
corrected average is 206. Small-pux proved fatal in 16 cases
(of which 4 occurred amongst persons between 20 and 60
years of age), showing an increase in this disease, which has
now riven to the average; they have lately ranged only from
6to 9. Measles was Celli also in 16 cocci, while the average
is 28. Scarlatina destroyed 19 persons, which is only about
halt the average ; but this average is raised considerably by
the excessive mertality from scarlatina in 1848, when the
deaths o. the corresponding week were 107. Hooping-cough
was fatal to 28 children, being rather lose than the average.
T)phus slightly exceeds the average; the deaths from it in
the last four weeks have boss 26, 39, 43, and 40. There
were 18 fatal eases of diarrhea, which is needy the same as
in the corresponding week of last year, and less than in tho-e
of 1846, 1b47, and 1848. The deaths registered as caused
by oonsumption were only 102 ; they were so low in
corresponding weeks of the ten years, having boon 107
is 1848, and 167 in 1841, and having bees generally
136. With regard to other dii saes of the respiratory
organs, the caws fatally resulting from them were 106, when
scarcely exceeds the usual number. 23 persons died of cancer,
i of whom 17 were women ; the whole number of caseioc
curred above 40 years of age. A era of intemperance, in a
woman of 37 years, is recorded in the following terms
Paraplezia (6 weeks), delirium a pots." The births during
the week numbered 1,430. At the Royal Observatory,
Cireenwich, the mean daily reading of the barometer was
above 30 in. on the last five days of the week ; the mean of
the Mesh was 30.052 in. The mean temperature, which was
63 der. on Sunday, rose gradually to 68 dep. on Saturday,
on which day the highest In the sun was 96 dogs. The mean
temperature of the week was 62 dogs. 1 min. Oa Sunday
and Monday the mean was 8 (legs., and 6 der. lower than
the average of the SNOW days In seven year: it then rose
higher than the average, and on Friday and Saturday was
about 8 dap. above It.