The Express.
London, England, 1850-06-05 00:00:00

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W'o'ws' ; Great Wotan, Quarters lame dent at 14 945 144; Loa-
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Brocns EXCWASOII. Great Northern, 101 101. 84. 9d.;
ShaMaki, Rotherham, and Goole, N. Div., guar. 3 per mt., 171.

SOUTH WALES.
A special general meeting of this company was
held yesterday an the Board-room of the Great weeters
En' way, at the Peddingtor-station, to take into considera-
tion a bill for enabling the &all Wades Railway Compeer
to make • new railway is the Forget of Than, in lien
of the railway already authorised, and to make certain
alteration's is the line and levels, and the mode of sweeten-
non of their railway, and for other puppies. The Hon. Mr.
Talbot, chairman of the board of directors, was in tke chair,
and having Welly stated the objects of the meeting, as
moved the adoption of the s."' '0- Hunt, the solicitor of
the cowpony. explrieed i•s pros.eonns.
Major COURT said that the ninth article of the ogres-
reat between the Great Western sad dettleash Wales cons-
raser romrendend Is Neseemry se easels t
ie epaey to any sherries or &elides in the South
Wales line, which required fresh parliamentary powers. He
begged to ask whether that preliminary step had been taken?
The CHAIRMAN replied that the consent of the Great
.iitudes
Western Company to the bill bad been applied for a month
sins*, but no formal answer had yet been received. H. bad
no reason to believe, however, that their consent would be
withheld, for the clauses of the bill to which objections were
made had been expunged. Lord ,i9harneliffe's act required
that the bill should be approved of by the South Wales pro-
prietors, but the d:rectors would not prase forward the bill
in parliament, unless a favourable answer were received hem
the Gnat Western Company.
At the suggestion of Mr. WILLTAWS, a resolution was
passed, expression the opinion of the meeting that the bill
should not be passed into law until the consent of the Great
Western Company had been obtained ; and the original reso-
lution was then carried without opposition.
The Rev. Mr. SPENCER moved the adoption of a peti-
tion to parliament, complaining of the treatment of the
South Wales Company by the Great Western, with especial
reference to the conduct of Mr. C. Russell, at one period
chairman of the boards of both oompanies.
It an ruled by the CHAIRMAN that Mr. Spencer's motion
could not be s r•tertaioed at that meeting.
In reply to the question. of proprietors it was mentioned
that the negotiations which have been pending since the last
half-yearly 'sieving between the two ccmpanies are at
length definitively broken off, the chairman stating that the
terms proposed Ey the Great Western Company were such
that be should resign his post rather than accept them.
The business of the meeting having been concluded, the
proprietors separated with • vote of thanks to the chairman.

GREAT NORTH or ENGLAND. —On Monday, the 3rd
instant, especial general meeting of the shareholders in this
company took place at the office in Darlington, for the
purpose of c,nsiderin: a bill (as amended by the committee
thereon in the House of Commons) intituled, "An Act to
amend 'the Great North of Eegl■nd Railway Purchase
Act, 1846.' and to enable the York, Newcarple ant Berwick
Railway Company, to complete the purchaee of the said
railway." There was a loge attendance of the shareholders
present, Mr. Plews, chairman of the board of directors, pre-
siding. A letter from Mr. J. G. Hubbard, the chairman of
the special committee appointed to arrange tile purchase
with the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Company, having
been read, pointing out a modification of the hill to which the
committee had assented, a resolution approving of the bill
was unanimou4y carried, and the meeting separated with a
vote of thanks to the London committee and to the chair-
man.

SHROTSHIRS UNION RAILWAYS AND CANAL COMPANY.
—SHREW/ISt:IT, Tt Sz•DAY.—An extraordinary general
meeting of the shareholders of this company was held at
the Lion Hotel, this day, for the purptee of cot sidering and
approving or disapproving of a bill now pending in the Hue
01 Lords, entitled, " An act to authorise the abandonment of
part of the undertaking of the Shropshire Union Railways
and Canal Cumpsny, and for other purposes " At a late
meeting of the company the direct( rs laid a bi 1 before the
sherehddere, which wag sanctioned, on the condition that
the calls should be limited to 61. 10e. In the committee of
the House of Commons, however, the promoters of the act
increased the calls to 101.—the London and North-Western
Company not guaranteeing any dividend on the additional
31. 10s. Heti Pawls, the chairmen of the board of directors,
presided, and atter a report had been read by the directors,
setting forth that the bill would not be proceeded with it it
were iouod to compromise the existing agreement between
this company nod the London and North.W, stern, a three
hours' discussion to,k pl ice, which resulted in a motion
approving of the bill, subject to such altersons as may be
made therein by parliament, being carried by a majority of
59 against 21, the number of shareholders present. A poll
was demanded, when there appeared (including proxies)
for the resolution 24,309, against it 2,503. The directors are
therefore empowered to proceed with the bill. I: is said,
however, that they will be strongly opposed by the dis-
sentient shareholders.

Diaxy,i 181, iTAP/PORDSHIRE. AND WORCESTERSHIRE.
—Yesterday a special meeting of this company was held at
the offices in Gresham Climbers, Basinghalletreet, for the
reception of the report of the directors.—Mr. Alston took the
chair, and congratulated the shareholders on the success of
the taxation in respect to the late solicitor's bills of costs, the
total deductions from which would make a difference of
about 17,0001. in favour of the company. He thought great
credit was due to his worthy 'fiend, Mr. Harris, (or the
courage which he had shown in this matter, and he hoped
other companies that had been so grossly overcharged would
adopt the plan of taxation so courageously pursued by Mr.
Harris, and which had terminated so auccceutully for this com-
pany.—Mr. G. Ledger (the auditor) moved, and Mr. Harris
seconded the reception of the report. That document stated:
" That the taxation of the bill of coats of Mr. J. A. Mac-
gregor, late solicitor of the But and West Junction Railway
Company, amalgamated with this company, had been closed,
and the Ream I result was that, from the amount of the bill
delivered, 2,1161. 165., there had been taxed off 1,3861.15 s sd.
The costs of the company in the Chancery suit were
1861.75. 64., and the costs of taxation 461. 6s. lld. The
special case in Mr. Serrell's action had not yet come on for
argument before the Citric of Common Pleas, but it was set
down and would in all probability be determined during the
present term. The taxation of the numerous bills of eats of
the late elicitor, Mr. W. A Bainbrigge, had terminated so
far as regards the charges therein objected to by the direc-
tor', and the amount of cash paid to acid for him has also
been proved to the satisfaction of Philip Martineau, Etc.,
the taxing maitre. The total amount of such bills of costa,
as delivered in, was 23,9001. Os. 7d., and the sum taxed off,
15,6911.65. 74.; difference, 8,2081. 14s. The balance due to
the company from Mr. Bainbeigge was 2,3591. 15s. 2d. In
addition to which he would have to pay the costs of taxation,
amounting to a csnaiderable sum. The directors promise to
mske every exertion to secure the realisation of this sum,
but allude to threatened resistance on the other side."—
The report was agreed to unanimously.—A yore of thanks
was then passed to the chairman and directors; who were
requested:to continue their services in favour of the company.
—The meeting then adjourned.

THE MONUMENT TO WORDSWORTIL—We do not
find that the committee for the erection of a monument to
the late Mr. Wordsworth is proceeding with any great mo-
tility. It is said that the body is too large for any speedy
or combined movement, and such seems to be the tact. It
consists of some eighty or one hundred individuals, of va-
rious grades and employments—peers, politicians, placemen,
painters, poem, and prose's. We do net learn that they
have yet Add any regular meeting ; although the two sacra.
Caries, Messrs. Boxalt and Coleridge, !see taken some steps
in order to collect persons who would forward the undertak-
ing. On the other hand, we learn that more than one
sculptor has already seat in his name as a candidate for
employment, without, of course, receiving any answer, be-
anies there teems to be nobody inclined, or perhaps qualified,
to decide on such claims. What we recommend is, that
some half-dozen men of business habits, as wed as of literary
and artistic attainments, should be selected from the main
body of the committee in order to take decisive measures for
sceomplishing the object. If necessary, they can, at any
time, resort to the unwieldy general mass for instructions and
information.—Atheehruns.
THE ALLEGED MURDER AT BIRKENUEAD.—The
circumstances attending this case were reported in the Daily
News of yesterday. the inquest was held on Monday after-
noon, before H. Churton, Esq. In addition to the evidence
adduced before the magistrates, Mr. Macdougal stated that
the wound on the head of the doomed, which caused death,
might have been produced by a fall. It was also shown that
the deceased and Coo, the person in custody, left the house
of Mr. Salmon, is Back Cheater-street, at hell-pest ten.
That on their way home they called at the Conway Arms
tap, Conwayetreet, and were drinking there until twelve
o'clock, when they left in company with other persons, two
of whom stated that they went along Conway-street with
them, to near the Scottish kird; that at that place, which
which was near where the body was found, there were five
or six men standing, making a noise ; that Cox, the man in
custody, said to the deceased, " Let's go across and raise •
row; " that Col eras d the street to the five or six men,
followed by the deceased, and • row commenced : but the
two men. finding that they were likely to be attacked, ran
home. Under these circumstanees the jury, after hearing
the coroner's summing up, found the following verdict:—
" That the deceased way found dead in Conway-street ; that
his death was the result of • wound upon the left temple,
but as to how that wound was indicted no evidenceappeared
before the jury."— Liverpool Standard.