The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-24 00:00:00

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01041 —Twenty-fivs Millions of France—Ono Million Starling,

In 250,000 Shares of 100 francs, or 41. each.
Is Two Series.—The First, 200,000 Shares (800,0001.)
The Second, 50,000 Shares (200,0001.)
The First Series only will be issued at present.
OIRARTS or TUB COMPANY—MaCaatnara, Carteret, Willing,
aid Co.
ILANAGnm IN LONDON.
Maseru. John Wilson, I
Messrs. Richard Hartley,
„ John Barber, Ft John Trevett.
MIIMBNIVI OF THE COUNCIL OF SURVBILLANCN.
Robert Resting, Esq., M.P., Director of the London and

No. 19,727. j

Hobbedyhoy (his schoolfellow —afterwards Clown) Harry Bo-
leno ; Dr. Birch (the Village Schoolmaster—afterwards Pan-
taloon), Mr. G. Tanner; His Pupils, Masters Fagg, Bragg,
Wagg, Nagg, Lap., Magg, Stagg, and Tagg ; Rosa (Ward to
" The Justice," and afterwards Columbine), Madame Boleno ;
Miss Starch, Governess at " Mrs. Hoivdydo's Establishment
for Young Ladies," in the Village of Prettywell-cum-Thankye).
Miss Buckram; Her Pupils—Misses Prattle, Rattle, Giggle,
Sniggle, Goggle, Joggle, Fanglo, Dangle, Sidle, Ogle, Rome,
Flirt, Slypuss, and Simperwell ; Hobson (the Village Carrier),
Mr. Packer ; Bun-woman, Mrs. Goody.
Sums summed up somehow—School Forms and Ceremonies,
Lessons not Lessened, and Cartoons for Young England—The
Plum Cake and the Seedy Schoolmaster Working the Oracle
and Playing the Truant—How Young Hopeful wants to catch
a Fish, and how Hobbodyhoy contrives to hook it—How the
Schoolmaster tries the rod, and how well somebody catches
it—How Young Hopeful blows his own trumpet, and the
Young Ladies' Establishment comes out all two, to, two too
—a Game at Cricket and Dr. Birch bowled out.
Third Ago— " The Lover."
" Thoa the Lever,
Sighing like furnace with woful ballad

County Bank, London. •
Le Comte De Lantivy, Paris.
Vatoeein, Adminietrateur de la Compagnie d'Aesurance

baine, Paris.
Frederic Tool)* Banquier, Paris.
Edwin Chadwick, Esq., C. 8., London.
Augustin Dubois, Administrate= des Forges de Moitataire,

Paris. _
Marzion Directeur-Gerent de l'Union Maritime, Paris.
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Thk Hariisson, Esq., London.

BANILI9IS.
In Paris,.... Greene and Co.
The London and Comity Bank.
In Londos...{ Messrs. Roberts, Curtis, and Co.
80LICIT0113.
Ii Paris Mr. Petit Bergsma, Avoue au Tribunal de Pre-
micro Instance.
In London Messrs. Wilkinson, Gurney, and Co.
The undoubted advantages produced by the amalgamation
of the omnibuses of Paris have originated the plan of concen-
trating in one great enterprise the several associations now
working the omnibuses of London.
If in Paris this amalgamation has made the capital con-
nected with it the most productive of any employed in loco-
motion, it is destined to produce in London effects of still
greater importance.
Not only will large savings be effected in the present cost
of working the omnibuses of London, by a system which,
being well organised in all its details, and at the same time
amply supplying the wants of the public, will enable the Com-
pany to withdraw duplicate and in some cases triplicate ve-
hicles running over the same ground at the same time, but
important improvements, alike advantageous to the public
and profitable to the Company, will be introduced.
As retards the public : A complete regularity in the ser-
vice, which will confer all the advantages that in this respect
Paris possesses over London, combined with speed ; the
adoption of a low scale of charges, and the certainty that
there will be ne frequent and sudden changes in their
amount the departures and arrivals taken place at precise
times, and in accordance with a time bill, which will be pub-
lished monthly, on the plan of the railway time tables.:'
As regards' the Shareholders: The receipts of the London
omnibuses average 2/. 7s. a day each, and the expenses, in-
cluding wear and tear, about 2/. Is. 6d. ; this gives in the
present state a net •prefit of about 100'. a year per omnibus.
Under the improved system of working, this profit would be-
yond doubt be considerably increased. The average receipts
of each of the Paris omnibuses before the amalgamation were
about 21. Ss. a day ; since the amalgamation their daily aver-
age is 21, I7s. 6d.
In England, horse keep—the most expensive item con-
nected with omnibuses —costs less than in Paris.
The Paris Omnibus Company is liable, whenever the profits
reach a certain percentage on the capital, to have the annual
tax, to which it is subjected, increased by order of the Go-
vernment. No such power exists either with the linglish
Government or with the municipality of London.
The purchase of a London omnibus comprises, as in Paris, the
omnibus, its appurtenances, as well as the good-will or
" times" of the omnibus.
In Paris the Government compel the running of the omni-
buses to be nearly the same at all seasons. In London, on
the contrary, the omnibus proprietors can proportion the
number of vehicles to the season of the year and the hour
of the day, according to the wants of the public only. Henn°
al advantage in London denied to the Omnibus Company n
Paris, which is compelled to run as many vehicles late at
night and early in the morning as in the most busy periods
of the day, in the winter as well as in summer.
In Paris the outside fare is only half the inside fare. In
London they are the same, and the outside of the omnibus is
as mush used as the inside. .

Made to his Mistress's eyebrow."
BLACKSMITH'S FORGE AND ROAD-SIDE INN (Sunset).
Hobb and Nobb (the Village Blacksmiths), Messrs. Batter
and Clatter; afterwards Sprites, The Brothers Elliot;
Doublostout (Mine Host of the ".Leather Bottle), Mr. Arfa-
narf ; Cuminsir (Head Waiter), Mr. Readytongue ; Yesser
and Noser (his Assistants), Messrs. Cut and Run ; Cook, Mr.
Bastowell; Boots, Mr. Tizzy; Chambermaid, Miss Bobaday ;
Serjeant Kite (a Recruiting Officer—afterwards Pantaloon),
Deulin Johnson ; " The Justice" (ono of the " Great Un-
paid"—afterwards Clowa), Torn Matthews ; Flipper and
Flunkey (his Footman) Messrs. Cringe and Crawley ; Re-
cruits, Messrs. Gawky, Gaby, Grimm, Glumm, Gabble, and
Grinaway ; Fifer, Mr. Tootle ; Drummer, Mr. Rowdydow ;
Clodhopper and. Chawbacon (Agricultural Labourers), Messre.
Bumpkin and Joskyn.
The sparks from the anvil amorous and hammer-us—The
Iron struck whilst it is hot—The Lover's Sonnet—The Jus-
tice's tongue and course of True Love—neither running
smoth—" List, list, oh, list !"—which -he does—The cense-

quencos thereof, and how Serjeant Kite, being the Author of
a groat Military Work, gets a good Review.
Fourth Age—" The Soldier."
" Then a Soldier,
Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,

Jwalons in honour, sudden and quick i❑ quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation, even in the cannon's mouth."
OLD ABBEY RUINS (Evening).
The Trysting Place and the Lover's Reverie—" Oh, there's
nothing half so sweet iu life as Love's young dream."
" Dream on, good youth, and show the world awake,
The wondrous change that only love can make."
The Spirit of Love, Miss Wadhain—Cupid (her Messenger),

The indicator, as used in the Paris omnibuses, is unknown
Is London : its adoption cannot fail to add largely to the
receipts of this Company.
As soon as the present omnibuses are unfit for use, they
will be replaced by others, affording mono comfort and bet-
ter accommodation to passengers.

To obtain the foregoing advantages both for the public and
the shareholders of this Company, the services of the most
experienced and intelligent omnibus proprietors have been
secured, under whose management the business of the Com-
pany will be conducted.
Contracts have been entered into for the purchase of the
greater number of the 810 omnibuses now working in Lon-
don, and it is expected that arrangements for the remaining
portion will be completed at a very early date.
The First Series of 200,000 shares only (800,0011.) will Le
issued in the first instance. The capital so raised will pay for
the 810 omnibuses, the leases of stables, yard', and other
property required for the working the omnibuses, as well as
for a working and reserve fund. The latter, amounting to
about 200,0001,, will give strength and security to the Com-
pany.
The Second Series of 50,000 shares can only be issued with
the sanction of a General Meeting of the Shareholders of the
Company, and will be used to increase the business of the
Company whenever circumstances shall render it necessary.
Each shareholder will have the right to this Second Series
of shares, at the rate of one for each four of the First Series
of which he is the possessor.
The duration of the Company is for 60 years.
With the present imperfect system of working, each of the
London omnibuses gives an average profit estimated at 1001.
per annum, representing upon 810 omnibuses an annual pro-
fit of 81,0001., which alone would be sufficient to secure a di-
♦idend of 10 per cent. upon the 800,0001. first subscribed.
Assuming, in London, with the new system, an increase of
ss. per day (instead of Bs., as has beou the result of the amal-
gamation in Paris) to each omnibus, the result would be, on
the traffic of 810 omnibuses, an annual profit of more than
150,0001., and upon the capital of 800,0001. would insure a
dividend of nearly 20 per cont.

The Paris Omnibus Company is now paying at the rate of
15 per cent, per annum.
It is the intention of the Company to publish every week
the traffic returns.
98i per cent. of the dividend of the Company will belong
to the Shareholders-1 only being appropriated to the ma-
sagement.
Out of the capital subscribed a limited nurabor of shares
hare been reserved for distribution in England, and may now
be applied for.
The applications for shares should be made in tho sub-
joined form, and must be accompanied with a deposit of
per share with the hankers of the Company, on the number
of shares applied for. The remaining 3/. per share must be
paid upon allotment, on the number of shares allotted.

• FORM OF APPLICATION FOR GRAMM
To the Gerante of La Compagnie Generale dee Omnibus de
Londres (the General London Omnibus Company).

Gentlemen,2—l request you will allot me shares
•f V, each in the above Company, and I engage to take the
same, 4or any less number that may be allotod to me. I have
paid the deposit of it. per share, required by the prospectus,
to the bankers of the Company, and I engage to pay the re-
maining 31. upon allotment, on the number of shares allotted
to me.• 4

- Name
ovz.As,
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Dati()donee
*The'iboas application must be forwarded to the London
and County Bank, with the deposit of 11. per share on the
number of shares applied for, against which the bankers will
furnish a receipt.
N.B.—Forms of applications for shares may be had at the
Company's Temporary Ofticos, 47, Old Broad-street, London.

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.
Lessee, Mr. E. T. SMITH.
Acting Manager, Mr. CHARLES MATHEWS.
Stage Manager, Mr. ROBERT ROXBY.
The Box office open daily, from Ten till Six o'clock, under the
superintendence of Mr. Edward Chatterton.
The REDUCED PRICES at this Theatre as follow :—Pri-
vate Nous, to hold two persons, 10s. 6d. (es. for each person
extra) ; on the grand tier, ono guinea; proscenium and stage
boxes, 21, 2e. ; galleries, (Id. and Is. ; pit, 2a. ; upper boxes,
ls. 6d. ; first circle, 2s. 6d.; dress circle, 3g.
MORNING PERFORMANCE EVERY WEDNESDAY,
at Two o'clock.
Mr. Charles Mathews in Two Pieces.
On WEDNESDAY, Dec. 26th; Thursday, 27th; Friday,
pBth; and Saturday, 29th, e
LITTLE TODDLEKINS.
Principal character by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank
Matthews, and Miss M. Oliver.
To be followed by (first time at this theatre)
TRYING IT ON,
in which Mr. Charles Mathews and Miss M. Oliver will ap-
pear.
After whioh will be produced an entirely Novel and Original
`lnductive, Instructive, Anti-Hypochondriacal, Periodical,
Episodieal, Magical, ragical, Logical, Chronological, Gra-
phical, Chorographical, Philosophical, Cryptographical,
Parabolical, Symbolical, Rhythmical, Mimical, Academical,
Mechanical, Technical, Pyrotechnical, Historical, Ilarmo-
nical, Heroical, Typical, Allegorical, Metaphorical, Chime-
rical, Satirical, Historical, Metrical, Symmetrical, Lyrical,
Musical, Practical, Poetical, Whimsical, Fantastic, and Side
Shakespearean new
GRAND COMIC CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME,
Which for many for many weeks past his engaged the ex-
tensive and unrivalled resources of this establishment, and
which will now appear under the additional, traditional,
and peculiarly suggestive title of
PIEY DIDDLE DIDDLE ; or, Harlequin Kiug Nonsense
and the Seven Ages of Man.
The Sc,enerylentirely New, painted by and under the super-
intendence of Mr. William Beverley, assisted by Messrs.
James, Wilson, Gompertz, and numerous assistants.
The Machinery by Mr. Tucker and assistants. The Pro-
perties, Decorations, &c., by Messrs, Needham, Glindou, and
others. The Tricks by Messrs. Roe and assistants. The
Choregraphic Arrangements under the direction of Madame
Louise. The Masks and Personal Appointments designed and
executed by the celebrated Dykwynkyn, Artist in Panto-
mimic Physiologunm9, and Photographic Delineator of
Elves, Sprites, and Goblins to the Court of Fairy Land. The
Overture and MU/4hc composed and arranged by Mr. J. H.
Tully. The Comic Scones by Harry Boleno, Glindon, and
E. L. Blanchard. The Grotesque Burlesque Opening in-
vented and written by E. L. Blanchard, Author of " Harle-
quin Hndibris," " King Humming top," " Jack and Jill,"
Lee. ; and the whole arranged and produced under the super-
intendence of Mr. Robert 'Leahy;
First of the Seven Agoe—.4 The Infant."
HALL OF NURSERY RHYMES,
In the dominions of King Nonsense.
Heroes of Nursery Literature.
Jack Sprat, Mr. Eatnofat ; Simple Simon, Mr. Tom Noddy ;
Little Jack Horner, Master Plummy • Little Be Peep, Miss
Fortywinks ; Little Tommy Tucker, Master Singsong ;
Humpty Dumpty, Mr. Eggshell ; Little Boy Blue, Master
Blowborn ; Old Mother Hubbard, Mrs. Leaveabone ; The
Cat anti the Fiddle (from an original Kit-cat Portrait), by a
distinguished Player; King Nonsense (the Ruler of a great
many Lines), Mr. Glindou ; Spirit of Common Sense (on an
occasional visit), Miss Fanny Reeves; Baby in Cradle, Little
Toddlekins ; Routine and Redtape (banished to Noedledom),
Messrs. Musty and Rusty ; Old Friends and New Faces—
" They have their Exits and their Entrances.."
Second Age—" The School Boy,"
" Then the whining school-boy with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail unwillingly
to school."
VILLAGE OF PRETTYWELL,
with distant view of the Village Church ;Lad surrounding
country. —Early Morning.
Young Hopefal (afterwards Harlequin), Signor Verronl ;

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RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

EASTERN COUNTIES. -
The reply •f Mr. Waddington, the chairman of the com-
pany, to the report of the Committee of Investigation,
in continuation of that which appeared in The Sun of Sa-
turday, states with regard to the permanent way that when
he became chairman in March, 1851, he found Mr. Ash-
croft, in whom WAR placed unlimited confidence, occupy-
ing the position of superintendent of ways and works.
Upon that responsible officer the board of directors relied
for everything that appertained to the important depart-
ment which had been placed under his administration.
"In the report presented to you on the 11th of August,
1851, the first time on which I had the honour to inset you
after appointment to your chair, Mr. Ashcroft reported to
yon that—
" ' With the exception of the part of the line between
Stratford and Bishop's Stortford, which is undergoing a
thorough repair, by the introduction of the principles of
fishing the rail-ends together by wrought-iron plates and
bolts, thereby making the rails •ne continnons lino, the
whole is in a very satisfactory working condition.'
" At the next half-yearly meeting on the 10th February,
1852, Mr. Ashcroft wrote:—
" I now beg to report to yon that your line of railway
is in an excellent state of repair.'
I will quote seriatim from his further reports :
" August 14, 1852.—' As to the permanent way, the re-
turns and expenses of which are before you, I have to ob-
serve that the line is in an excellent state of repair."

" February 9, 1553. —` The read works and stations are
in an efficient state of repair. Many of them have had ex-
tensive renewals and improvements during the past half-
year.
" August 10, 1853.—' It is my pleasing duty to report
to you that your permanent way and works are ii a very
satisfactory state of repair.'
" January —, 1854.—' The permanent way is in good
working order.'
" August 21, 1854.—' The whole of the ways and works
are in a satisfactory and efficient state of repair.'
" Mr. Ashcroft relinquished our service for an engage-
ment on another line in the month of December, 1854.
Mr. Peter Bruff was then appointed our resident engineer.
Mr. Bruff, on the sth of
.Febraary, 1855, made an unfa-
vourable report upon the condition of the line. This re-
port, in a letter addressed to me on the 25th of February,
Mr. Ashcroft disputed. Ho appealed to ns to vindicate
hie reputation, protesting in the strongest terms that no
part of the permanent way of the Eastern Counties Rail-
way had been left by him in a defective state. Mr. Ash-
croft, it is to be observed, had had great confidence placed
in him. Ho had had the sole management, and was solely
responsible to us and to you for the condition of the per-
manent way. In justice to him and to Mr. Bruff, as well
as for their own guidance, the directors took a course
which I think a very wise one. They called on,Mr. Hawk-
shaw, an independent engineer of undoubted character and
capacity, to report to them on the condition of the line.
In the meantime they reported Mr. Brad's opinions to the
shareholders at the half-yearly meeting held in February,
1855.
" Mr. Hawkshaw's report was presented to us in July of
the present year; it was unfavourable to the general condi-
tion of the line. On the 7th of August Mr. Bruff further
reported to us as to renewals of works, Ike. He told us
that there would be a necessity for all outlay of 150,000/.,
to make a thorough reparation and renewal of such of the
works as by time and use had lapsed into a deteriorated
and unsound condition. This amount, however, ho said,
would be properly reduced under two heads :—First, from
the necessity of works being undertaken not contemplated
as necessary when the lines were constructed ; and, second,
from the desirability of reconstructing perishable timber
structures by masonry and iron-work. The amount at
which he estimated the outlay under the first head was
50,0001., leaving the sum required for renewals and re-
pairs at 100,0001. This brief statement will show you in
how far I am concerned with the state of the permanent
way. I found when I took your chair a highly respon-
sible and able officer in the superintendence of your
ways and works. I relied, and I could not do other-
wise, on his reports. No complaints were ever made to me
of inaccuracy or misrepresentation. There was no reason
or ground for suspicion, and no ono questioned er doubted
Ur. Ashcroft's competency. There can be no doubt, lam
afraid, after Mr. Hawkshaw's report, that Mr. Ashcroft
was mistaken in the view he took of the condition of the
permanent way. I very much regret the fact, both for his
sake and for yours.
" But it is said that I am responsible, because in 1852 a
proposal was adopted by the shareholders to make an an-
nual payment of 901. per mile for the repairs of the per-
manent way in lien of the sum of 22,0001. previously set
apart for the purpose.
" In 1848 the total cost of wages and material for per-
inauent way repairs was 1071. per mile. From that period
to 1852 those repairs cost less and less every half-year until,
in 185'2, they became reduced to 7 71. a mile. The sum ori-
ginally voted for renewals was 32,0001. annually, but this
had been reduced, prior to my taking office, to 23,000/. A
still further reduction appeared in this charge every half-
year down to 1.52. Mr. Ashcroft's report impressed on us
strongly that the permanent way was in excellentcondition,
and that it was not needful that the shareholders should
continue to set aside so large an item as they were then
setting aside for the purposes of repairs and renewals.
" In August, 1553, Mr. Ashcroft writes :
" ' On a reference to the accounts you will observe that
the labour in maintenance for the past, half-year is under
30/. a-mile. The accounts aro made up, as previously de-
termined on, at the rate of 901. per mile per annum, the
difference between that suns and the actual cost being cre-
dited to the renewal fund.'
" The balance i❑ your favour in the renewal fund bad
increased from 16,6631. in August, 185?, to 20,0851. in
August, 1853, and at the meeting in August, 1854, that
balance had further increased to 22 559/.
In reference to the statement of the committee that only
about 3,2001. was paid out of revenue for renewals on 548
miles of railway, ho states that 22,0001. was expended upon
the repairs of the two lines, and not 3,200/. The chairman
then explains, on the authority of Mr. Bruff, that the
50,0001. for new and permanent works is a charge against
capital, and that the 100,000/. required to put the perrna-
"'ant way in first-rate order will have to be met out of the
revenue. Mr. Bruff is of opinion that it might be spread
over 10 years, and that 12,7501. per annum set aside out of
revenue would replace the 100,0001. capital now required,
together with 5 per cent. interest on that amount. While
the chairman regrets that the necessity for such a charge
should have arisen, he congratulates himself that it has
been no fault of his. With respect to observations by the
committee on the passenger traffic, Mr. 'Waddington states
that the traffic business of the company is managed by a
traffic, committee of eight directors, who meet once a fort-
night, and that the management, creation, and development
of that traffic had been the chief part cf his duty. Every
morning for four years past it had been his habit, at toe
o'clock, to receive the offieore of the company, to hear their
reports, to give them instructions, and to plan with them
the best modes of extending the business of the lines. Ho
had greatly extended the system of " market tickets " In
the first half• year of 1851, before such facilities were offered,
the receipts for market-tickets were 1,172'. During the
same period of 1855 they were2,l49/. Inothereases market
tickets to Cambridge, Ely, St. Ives, and Chelmsford, showed
an increase from 1,5391., the receipts from the first half-
year in 1851, to 2,6171. in the first half of 1355. The short
traffic between London and Brentwood and London and
Hertford amounted for the first half of 1850 to 18,9181., and
for the first half of the present year to 28,2341. The season
tickets over the same ground bad increased from 3,4311. in
1850 to 0,888/. in 1855. His exertions with the excursion
traffic had been also successful. With regard to remarks of
the committee on the condition of some of the carriages
on the line, their various amalgamations rendered it neces-
sary for them to take the stock of other and poorer railway-
Companies, so that the foul, worn, and ill-conditioned ve-
hicles of the East Anglian and other lines were brought
into a train with their better class of coaches. The carriages
referred to wore being gradually replaced and restored. The
committee complain that traffic arrangements never came
under the consideration of the directors. He states—
" This is inaccurate, and I will give you details of a very
recent occasion on which traffic arrangements did come un-
der their consideration.

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Ou the 14th of Juno last Mr. Lightly Simpson, who
has a place at your board, and who is deputy-chairman of
the East Anglian Railway, moved a resolution as follows :
" `That an equal mileage rate for goods and coals be
charged from Lowestoft, Yarmouth, and Lynn to all parts
on the lines of the three companies.'
I opposed this resolution, and, supported by Mr. Cecil
Fano, I divided the board against it. Opposed to the two
Eastern Counties directors were Mr. Bruce, the chairman
of the East Anglian ; Mr. Simpson, the deputy-chairman
of the East Anglian ; and Mr. Broadbent, a large East
Anglian shareholder. The resolution was therefore carried
by the East Anglian interest at the board by a majority of
one. I now ask your attention to the object of this reso-
lution. Lynn, Yarmouth, and Lowestoft are three seaports,
Lynn being very much the farthest from London by sea.
Our rates for coals and heavy goods to all these ports are
necessarily regulated by the prices at which coasting ves-
selst can afford to compete with us. Lynn being
remote, and a difficult place to make by sea besides, Our
the
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considerably higher coasting rate than Yaraie?erefore
r,
rate of carriage for heavy goods to Lynn is "IT goods to
higher rate than our rate for the carriage of
Yarmouth. But Lynn is on the East, Anglianhav- -andwe
Pay the East Anglian directors a toll for alitraffi
over their line. What these East Anglian ; passing
desired was to increase their own reci.oericpetsa
raetsotiliueti,cnosotnioyf
yours. . . . I refused to put in
your
pockets.
Mr. to abstract money.from y
Mr. Waddington states thatfrhoenfetxhpepemrieonmeeendt htheereafeutsierde
to put in force that resolution
hostility of these East Anglian directors, which resulted in
Committee of Investigation.
the appointment of the
Mr. Wadding to n th ene nl
inteer,s
andinto es
tscaptleasn atthiaotn
theswi thregard
to the coal traffic on
arrange-
ments with Messrs. the
Prior had the effect of increasing the
cent. In 1849 it amounted to 17,5641.,
coal traffic 400 per
an
and in 1851 to 85,5821. The average
in 18" to 43,7181.1 traffic in 1819 was 3501. per week, and
receipts for the coa
week,
the groat bulk of traffic being
carriedinlB34 on fa waggons. The sum actually
paid by Mess's. Prier is not 7-16ths of a penny per ton, as
stated in the report of the committee, but on the Colches-
ter line one halfpenny per ton per mile, in addition to the
3s. 61. rate to Stratford, and with 3d. per ton terminals.
There was no agreement to charge the Messrs. Prior lower
rates than any one else, the only stipulation being that they
should be placed on as favourable terms as any other party.
Messrs. Prior's waggons were repaired at the company's
workshops, and paid for by them. They also paid 2d. or
3d. per ton for the use of all coal depots and sidings pro-
vided by the company. Mr. Waddington states that he
was acquainted with Mr. Gooch's partnership with Messrs.
Prior after the contract with them was made, and the mo-
ment he became acquainted with the circumstance he ex-
pressed a very strong opinion on the subject to the board,
and always thought that Mr. Gooch%) partnership with
Messrs. Prior was wrong. He was not surprised that the
cos trade of the district ()complained of the agreement with
Messrs. Prior and the rates of carriage, as the effect of the
agreement had been to reduce the price of coal throughout
the district at least 20 per cont. Mr. Waddington
that the agreement with Mr. Gooch was entered into
Counties. before he became chairman of the Eastern states
Gooch was appointed locomotive forsuperint°enduenntieLl
jr.
five
years certain from the 31st May, 1850. I
terminable upon 12 months' notice. it w
no salary was to be paid him until he had -'t effectedw a reduc-
tionegreed that
of IQl°Cet 4 year in the looomotive thten to be
department. gi a