The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-27 00:00:00

(Copy.)

London and South-Western Railway, Secretary Office,
York-road, 20th Oct., 1853.
sir—r am des'red by the Board to acknowledge the receipt of
t,olir letter of the 17th inst., addressed to the Chairman and Direc-
,s, in which you state that you "attended with an accountant on
e Secretary, Mr. Cr.-duhie, at his office, on the 14th inst., by
ViPeintmcnt, tor the purpo,e of investigating the accounts of the
°rebe:ter Branch ; but It r. Crombie, according to your inst'uctions,
"fled to permit me to do o, on the ground that the accountant
Who
Was wth me was not a shareholder,' and continuing. that Mr.
1,-;""ibie said, if I chose to purchase stock into the accountant's
gitll:4l might come again to the office and proceed with the investi-
kJ have to inform you that tin circumstances stated by you are not
nelY those which to( k place.
it 7' the Meeting on the 13th you were informed by the Board that
~vas not competent for an accountant, or any one ir)t a share-
'er, to inspect the books of the Com!.anythat if you quail-
, and accountant as a shareholder. free access to the Company's
ve2ka clscold at once be given to him.
141 reDorted the same to you on the 14th, on your attending here with
latt•erilenderson and an accountant, when you asked me to allow the
to investigate the accounts; but I did not decline to permit
gn yr Mr. Henderson to examine the accounts. On the contrary, I
~,_ggested that Mr. Henderson might do so while you were absent
:,"! the purpose of qualifying the accountant, which you yourself
vrePosed to do.
ti • •
ed no .urther communication from you on the subject
receipt of your letter of the 17th.
.ou state that, . on c nferring with other shareholders, it was
,s':"_nsinered that the Board's' instructions to Mr. Crombie were im-
proper and contrary to law, and to the spirits of our Acts of Perlis-
pSharnt, and that you are informed it has been well established that
eholder can be accom ,anied by a solicitor, or competent
prof Shareholder
assistance, to examine the accounts of a company.
en further express, however, that it was unnecessary for any of
Ze shareholders at the conference with the Board on Thursday last
Aldertake to investigate the subject, as Mr. Mortimer, on that
T.;ision, rose in his place, and, in the most impressive manner,
.„,7`sged his reputation to prove the correctness of the statement he
at the meeting in May last, that the Dorchester Branch yielded
4 55 instead of a profit "
d,4011. to acquaint you that the Board entirely approve of the con-
`` Which I pursued, and that It is for you, and not tor the Board,
ieetertnine whether you are satisfied with the pledge and state-
ti4,ee it thus given by Mr. Mortimer.
..„The Board has given careful attention, and adheres in every par-
,Tilar to the correctness of the accounts connected with the Dor-
'eester line.
I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant,

IV• P. Snell, Esq.

(Signed)

L. CROMBIE, Secietary.

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