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

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London and South-Western Railway, Secretary Office,
York-read, 20th Oct., 1853.
Sir,—l am des'red by the Board to acknowledge the receipt of
;rstour letter of the 1 ith inst., addressed to the Chairman and Direc-
', in which you state that you " attended with an accountant on
,'
Secretary, Mr. Crombie, at his office, on the 14th inst., by
tpPointmentest , for the purpew of investigating the accounts of the
oreher Branch ; but r. Crombie, accord digt, to your instructions,
declined to permit me to do to, on the ground that the accountant
NVh
.to was with as not a shareher,' end conug, that Mr.
li'roMbie said, ifm e w
eho,e to purchase stock intonL thein accountant's
Sine, I might come again to the office and proceed with the investi-
gatien."
I have to inform you that the circumstances stated by you are not
tensely those which tock place.
it At not c tMeeting on the 13th you wel'e info/tate:l by the Board that
was ompetent for an accountant, or any one not a share-
°lcier to inspect the books ot the CmAnythat if you (plan-
ted
• any, accountant as a shareholder,o free access to the Company is
ucoks should at once be given to him.
• rePotted the same to you on the 14th, on your attending here with
A.r. Henderson and an accountant, when you asked me to allow the
tatter to investigate the accounts ; but I did not decline to permit
3'oll or Mr. Henderson to examine the accounts. On the contrary, I
14.nggested that Mr. Hendorson miatt co so while you were absent
4°l' the purpose of qualifying the accountant, which you yourself
proposed to do.
I received no further communication from you on the subject
Mltil the receipt of your letter of the 17th.
I'ol state that, "on c nferring with other shartho'ders. It was
;considered that the Board's instructions to Mr. Crombie were im-
proper and contrary to law, and to the spirits of our Acts of Parlia-
rent, and that you are informed it has been well estaolished that
rl7 Shareholder can be accom allied, by a solicitor, or competent
(?Jessional assistance, to examine the accounts of a company.
You further express, however, that it was unnecessary for any of
the_ shareholders, at the conference with the Board on Thursday last
?,0 undertake to hives:l.:ate the subject, as Mr. Mortimer, on that
s,ecasion rose in his piece, and, in the most impressive manner,
r,edged his reputation to prove the correctness of the statemen' he
'lade at the meetinv in May last, that the Dorchester Branch yielded
a loss instead or a profit "
I ant to acquaint you that the Board entirely approve of the con-
net which I pursued, and that it is for you, and not for the Board,
r determine whether you are satisfied with the pledge and state-
ment thus given by Mr. Mortimer.
The Board has given careful attention, and adheres in every par-
ticular to the correctness of the accounts connected with the Dor-
chester line.

I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant,
P. Snell, Esq. (Signed) L. CIIOMBIE, Secretary.

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