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London, England, 1864-10-06 00:00:00

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the American railway authorities was the difference
of gunge. The Americans said to them " You limit
your usefulness by your guage beinrs feet 6 inches,
while the American guage is 4 feet 6 inches, so that
you shut yourself out from all the American traffic,
unless you incur great expense." He proposed tha'
the American railways should put down a line them-
selves so as to obviate the• break of guage, but the
reply was that the American railways had subscribed
£BOO,OOO to the Great Western on the express
understanding that it should be constructed on the
American gouge. That statement had been looked
into by Mr Swinyard, and the result of
his inquiry had been the suggestion of mea-
sures by which the difficulty could be ob-
viated. Turning to another matter, Le had to
state that Mr. Faulconer and himself had several
long interviews with the president of the Commer-
cial Bank and the cashier. The bank was abuut
to appeal to the Privy Council here against a judg-
ment which had been given in Canada. They would
remember that that judgment was to the effect that
the Great Western of Canada was not liable to pay
more than their shareholders invested—namely,
£250,000, and that any further claim was to be
made against the Detroit and Milwaukie Railway,
for whose benefit the remainder was expended. He
had great hopes that the interview would lead to a
settlement of the affair on this basis, and if it could
be arrived at he thought it would be satisfactory to
all parties. With respect to the Detroit and
Milwaukie Railway itself, he had an oppor-
tunity with his colleague of going over the
whole line in company with the directors and
officers, and he was much gratified by its appear-
ance. The wharves were in perfect order, the line
was well kept up, the traffic was increasing, and he
had no doubt that what might have been some three
or four years ago considered a property of no value
would become very valuable, and this company
would get some interest for the money they had
lent them. The surplus revenue for the half-year
ending December, 1863, was 133,415 dole., and for
the hall-year ending July, 1864, it was 186,104
dole., and after paying all preferential and the cost
of renewals and new stations there was a net re-
venue of 66,291 dole., and this was before the rates
were increased. Since then the receipts in eleven
weeks had increased 55 per cent., and there was,
therefore, every reason to hope that the Detroit
and Milwaukie would be able to pay its debts, and
be a profitable adjunct to their own line, He would
only say, in conclusion, that they had a noble pro-
perty. He had gone over it carefully in the com-
pany of his friend and colleague, Mr. Faulconer,
and they were much gratified by the marks of in•
telligence and activity everywhere observable. He
begged to move that the report and statement of
accounts be received and adopted.
Mr. GODFREY complained that so large a sum
had been left in an American bank without interest,
while they were neglecting their natural ally the
Grand Trunk Railway, with which they were un-
naturally at war. He was disposed to move that
no more money be carried to capital account till
every shareholder shall have received at least 5 per
cent.

Mr. FILDER expressed his pleasure at hearing
the statement as to the Detroit and Milwaukie line,
but at the same time he must say that he by no
means approved of the proceedings and policy of
the board.

Mr. EVANS said that the New York Railway,
which was at one end of their line, paid 10 pr
cent., and the Michigan and Detroit, which was at
the other, paid 10 per cent. Their line was
Squeezed between the two. He thought they might
find another outlet, and make their line saleable.
Re thought they ought not to lay do wa a third

line of rails ; if they did it would be £140,000
thrown away, and he moved that the eleventh
paragraph of the report be omilted.

Mr GODFIZET withdrew his amendment in favour
of that of Mr Evans.

After soma further discussion, the chairman put
the amendment, when there appeared—for it 35,
against it 38.

Mr FILDER demanded a poll.

The CuAIaMAN said it would be necessary to take
a poll on the election of directors, and it would be
better to take both polls at once, and he therefore
moved that the list of gentlemen in the hands of the
proprietors be adopted as that of the directors of
the company.

Mr FILDER moved, in addition to the directors'
list, the names of Mr Robert Gill, and Mr Weir, of
Glasgow.
Mr VANCE seconded the motion.

The meeting was then adjourned for an hour, and
on reassembling the scrutineers reported that the
result of the poll gave 11,477 votes for the amend.
ment, and 36,369 against it, and that there was also
a large majority in favour of the list proposed by
the directors.

Mr GODFREY moved a vote of thanks to the
chairman and directors, which was supported by
Mr EVANS, and unanimously agreed to.

On the motion of Mr HARTRIDGE, seconded by
Mr J. G. BURTON, a special vote of thanks was
given to Mr Alderman Dakin and Mr Fanlconer
for the zeal and energy they had shown in tinder.

taking a journey to America for the express pur.
pose of promoting the interests of the company.
Mr Alderman DAKIN acknowledged the compli•
ment for himself and colleague, and the proceedings,
which lasted nearly four hours, then terminated.

ROBSON.—I am looking over an old sketch-book
of mine : not one of your ambitious sketching
tablets—your solid slabs, upon which I occasionally aspire,
with melancholy result, to portray the tints of the forest
and the mountain; nor yet one of your large-leaved draw-
ing-books in which I adventure upon the caricature or
graver cartoon; but a little book, some seven inches by
four, originally designed, I apprehend, for the keeping of
accounts, but by me used for setting down figures of a
totally different sort. It is an old pocket sketch-book,
solely devoted to drawing in the theatres, and I now turn
over its pages with melancholy interest. 0 register
hieroglyphic of happy hours gone boy, how many friends
whom I have never known, how many objects who have
never dreamed of my passionate attachment, do thy pages
set before me I Here I see the inimitable Box, and no less
inimitable Cox. Here I see Herbert of the sunny hair and
graceful form, whom I loved as one loves his favourite cou-
sin ; and here the time-detying Stirling, for whom I enter-
tained an affection half filial and half fraternal. Here is
Charles, the second of his name, the merry monarch of high
comedy. He was the first of the great actors that I saw :
from him I first learned that nature and great Art are twin
sisters. And now, as I turn the page, I seem to catch a
faint odour of dead rose leaves, a stronger one of orange-
peel ; visions of love in a cottage and passion in a pit rise be-
fore me, visions of maids and magpies, Kenilworth Castle and
Court Favour. Oh I Marie, Marie--ah, well I I never told
my love. And what have we here ? A little crouching figure,
peering cunningly into the face of a man in the costume of
an abbe. Who can this be ? This is he again—the same
figure, but in different guise. A Jaw now, tan eager,
grasping Israelite truly, but so comic withal—so irresistibly
comic. He holds a knife and a pair of scales—Can this be
Shylock ? If so, bare thy breast, Antonio, without fear.
It he slay thee at all it will be with laughter. Again, but
this time a deformed dwarf, he sits aloft in an orange-tree,
and holds sarcastic colloquy with an apparently terrified
queen. And here an old white-haired man, pinched and
sour-tempered, he crouches in an agony of desperation
against the wall at the head of a staircase. A taller man
in a riding dress looks at him in astonishment. Another
page, and I see him again, this time in the dress of an
ostler, leaning, in most impudent fashion, against a table
at which two gentlemen are luuching. He pays not the
least attention to one of them who is addressing hint, but
regards a glass of beer, which he holds in his hands, with
the glance of a connoisseur: And can this be he ?—this
woman in the ample robe, who, with one child in her arms
and another holding to her garment, is descending that
mountain path ? Once more, and I see a little old porter, in
knee-breeches and a short blouse, wheeling a heavily-laden
barrow. He is evidently very poor ; he does not look as if
he had enough to eat : he is not strong enough to wheel that
heavy load ; his face looks as if ho had suffered, were still
suffering, from some great trouble, yet he manfully
struggles on with his labour, and tries to whistle. I shut
the book—l will look no more—Robson is dead.—London
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