The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-15 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER PAROCHIAL AUTHORITIES.

Yesterday Mr. Bedford held an inquiry into the cir-
cumstances connected with the death of Caroline
Callowan, aged 40 years, which took place in the work-
house of St. Margaret's, under the following extraordi-
nary circumstances : . _ _

- Margaret Bailey, No. 29, St. Ann's-street, deposed
that the deceased went to lodge at her house about a
week since. She only slept there at night. Deceased
was in good health up to Friday morning last, when she
sent for witness who found her very ill. She (deceased)
was very sick. Witness assisted to dress her, and took
her out, intending to take her to the hospital. As
they passed the workhouse, deceased said she would
sooner go there than to the hospital. She sat down on
the steps, and witness knocked at the workhouse door,
and she was answered by a man. Witness said, " This
woman is very ill ;" and the man answered, " There is
no doctor here, an we can't help her." Deceased was
sitting on the step. The man shut the door in witness's
face. Witness went away, and left deceased there.
James Thomas, 84 B, deposed that on Saturday
morning last, about eight o'clock, his attention was
drawn to a woman lying on the pavement in York-
street, near the workhouse. She was very weak and
unable to speak or stand. He went to the workhouse,
and was told that if he took the woman there they
would take her in. Witness took her as far as the door,

when the-porter said, "Do you know that woman is
beastly drunk I" Witness said she was not in liquor,
and took her inside. He smelt her breath, but there
was no smell of liquor. The man still said deceased
was in liquor, and 'witness told him to send for the
master. Just then a man came from the,. master, and
said that deceased was to be taken to the probation
ward. Witness said he had better see the master, but
the man replied, "The master can hear all you say, and
when you have done, I will take her to the ward."
Witness left her, and came away. ,
James Best, B 111, stated that he was on duty in
York-street on Friday night, from nine o'clock until six
the next morning. At a quarter-past nine he saw de-
ceased and several other women sitting on the steps of
the workhouse. She said she had been there since twelve
o'clock in the day, and had applied to be admitted but
was refused. He knocked at the door, and told the
watchman that several women were sitting outside in
the bitter cold. The man said they could not be ad-

mated, as there was no rbotn. At half-past ten deceased
went away and returned at two o'clock, when witness
again applied for her to be admitted, but was again re-
fused. Deceased was still there when witness went off
his beat, at six o'clock. Deceased might have been
drinking, but was perfectly sober when he saw her.
Mary Ann Hewitt, nurse at the workhouse, deposed
that she saw deceased, on being admitted on Saturday
morning, when she appeared tipsy. She was sick, and
threw up some rum. Deceased was put to bed ; she
could not eat anything. Deceased was seen by Mr.
Hicks, assistant•surgeon, who ordered her some tea.
Witness saw the deceased walk along a passage about
half-past eleven, and when she got to some stairs she fell,
striking her head against the stone stairs. Deceased
was carried back to bed, and was again. seen by Mr.
Hicks, but she died at eight o'clock that evening.
By.the Coroner—Deceased Ate a hearty dinner half
an hour alter the fall. She struck her nose and chin,.
which were cut. _

Ann Freeman, another nurse, gave evidence in Cm,
roboration of the last witness. Deceased (she said) fel
on her face.
Mr. Hicks, assistant-surgeon, deposed that he saw de
ceased about nine o'clock op Saturday evening. She
had evidently been drinking, but was not drunk then..
He ordered nourishment for her. He saw her again
about six o'clock, when she was in articulo morns.
Heard she bad had a fall, which had brought on concus-
sion of the brain and caused death. After the fall she
could not have eaten a dinner.
By the Foreman—lt was a very uncommon thing for
concussion to be caused by a person falling on his or her
face.
Mr. J. S. Lavies, M.D., Eccleston-terrace, Pimlico,
said he had made a post mortem examination of the
body. There were three bruises on the head, a small
bruise on the back of the head, and tWo• extensive
wounds on the face. There was no injury to the skull.
The membranes of the brain and the brain were con-
gested. There was an unusual quantity of fluid in the
arachnoid membrane. Those were the consequences of
concussion, from which, no doubt, the death origi-
nated. There was no question but that cold would more
or less produce the appearances. 1
By the" Coroner—Witness was not connected with the
workhouse. His father was sttrgeon to the workhouse.
Mr. James Elliott, the master of the workhouse, said
it was unusual for the deceased to have been refused ad-
mission. He knew nothing of her being refused when
brought by Mrs. Bailey on the Friday.
Isaac Betts, an inmate, deposed that he was on duty
at the door from seven o'clock on Friday, morning until
five o'clock on Friday afternoon. i.
Mrs. Bailey, recalled—She could notentify Betts as
the man who refused debeased admission nn the Friday.
The . jury, having consulted some ti e, returned a
verdict, " That the deceased died fro concussion of
the brain, consequent upon a fall caused by her being in
a weak condition of body."
The Foreman added that he did not believe one word
about the drunkeriness, and it was the opinion of the
jury that there was great laxity at the ,workhouse, and
also that something on the part of the'parochial officers,
especially at this inclement season, should be done for
the comfort of the applicants at the workhouse. On
behalf of the jury, he must say that Mrs. Bailey had
and that
Insttheiepolice had
cacotnedduvcetryed hthuemcaanseelywaitnhdk y,
an
greatindl care
The Coroner told the master of the orkhouse that
f
something should be done to prevent • e possibility of
persons being. refused admission by th door-porter, as
in the present case. ,
The proceedings then terminated,
.6.
BANK OF IRELAND.—The half yearly meeting of the
court of proprietors took place on Monday, Mr. John
Barton, governor of the bank, in the chair. The fol-
lowing report was read :—" That it i opinion of this
sn3e
court that a dividend of four per cen be made to the
proprietors of bank stock, free of i me tax, for the
half-year ending the 25th inst. That 'public notice be
given that that payment will be mad at the bank on
and after the 2d of January next. t the transfer
next."
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omirn moving adoption of the
books be shut from the 12th inst. ' ''t the 2d of Jan.
ila
dafter
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making the
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etinr poofseidn
cdoiniviedetnadx,,
above report, said.that he was reqnes by the court of
there would remain, according to the estimate, a sum of
about 11,0001. to be added to the hest..
THE CORNISH FISHERIES. —Vast quantities of pil.
chards have visited the coast of Cornwall during the past
week ; but the catches have not been so large as on pre-
vious occasions, owing, it is said, to the neglect, of the
fishermen themselves. At St. Ives from 6,000 to 7,000
have been brought ashore, and have been sold at is.
6d. per dozen. At Gunwalloe and other places they
were observed in shoals, but only a few hogsheads were
secured. The fisheries on the Devon coasts have not
been so prosperous as in former seasons, although in a
few localities the fishermen have been very successful.
The average price of herrings, which are scarce, is about
6d. per dozen.

It is possible that the affair at Sinope may, tem-
porarily at least, have the effect of preventing the
free despatch of supplies and troops from Constan-
tinople to Batoum ; but there is reason to believe
that the Turkish forces in Asia stand in little im-
mediate need of any considerable accession of
strength. Moreciver should the proposed negotia-
tions prove unsuccessful, the allied fleets must, at
no distant period, 'enter the Black Sea, with the
view of precluding the recurrence of similar casual-
ties to that of the 30th November. There can be
little doubt that a mere demonstration by the mari-
time Powers would place Turkey in a position of
perfect equality withher adversary; and it is scarcely
to be expected that they will abstain from more ac-
tive interference, if negotiations are finally broken
off in consequence of the obstinacy of Russia. It
is not unnaturally. suspected that the Cabinet of
St. Petersburg may listen to the proposals of the
Great Powers, with the mere purpose of gaining
time for preparation ; but the prospect of further
successes being obtained by the Turks in ?Asia will
furnish a strong motive for sincere attempts to
restore peace. The friends as well as the enemies
of Russia have reason to welcome any events which
may tend to render the prolonged continuance of
the war more improbable. The adherence of the
German Powers to the European league affords a
sufficient proof that the pending proposals are con-
ceived in no spirit of animosity to the Court of St.
Petersburg; but their success must depend entirely
on the conviction which events may have produced
on the mind of the Emperor Nicholas that war is a
dangerous experiment.
The desired object will assuredly not be promoted
by menaces of an Hellenic insurrection in Turkey,
or by protests against the subjection of Christians
to a Mahometan Power. Prince Menschikoff's
visit to Constantinople was mysteriously preceded
by ominous rumours of the same description ; and
it was in the same quarter, and on the same apo-
cryphal authority, that a rising in Constantinople
and a massacre of the Christian population were
announced to take place early in the autumn. The
capital has remained tranquil—the provinds have
not rebelled—the Government of the Sultan steadily
perseveres in its course of justice and toleration ;
but Russia is, by her own fault, involved in em-
barrassment, and, according to custom,.the great
protector of order' has recourse to revolutionary
threats and intrigues. It is fertunate that ,ex-
perience has enabled us to judke of the amount
of success which Russian agents are likely to
achieve in their efforts to excite rebellion against
the Sultan. It is scarcely possible that' the
ostentatious announcement of an insurrection,'
positiirely fixed for the ensuing spring, will
either render the Porte more pliable, -
incline the Western Powers to suppdrt the
vagant demands of the Czar. The camp of Ismail '
Paella at lialafat is a strong argument against t§:3
Russian propensities of the anti-nationalfaeti4rOn
Servia ; and we can readily credit the repoits
which indicate the eagerness of the Imperial gene-
rals to- recover that important position. It is a
significant illustration of the general policy of the.
Court of St. Petersburg, that Milosch Obrenovitz,,
the pretender to the princely authority, .is at the
present moment at the. Russian head-quarters,
ready to be employed in exciting civil war in his
native country.
The- threat of rebellion in Bosnia is far less for-
midable than that of disturbances among the semi-
independent people of Servia. The Mahometan
aristocracy of the former province have already
evinced their determination to forget all rodent
grounds of discontent, and to rally round the head
of their religion ; whilst the Christian population
have the strongest motives for loyalty to a Govern-
ment which has shown the most energetic determi-
nation to vindicate their civil rights. Only three '
years have elapsed since Omer Pacha put down,
with equal vigour and hureanity, the resistance
offered by the local chieftains of Bosnia to the in-
troduction
of the Tanzimat. The Christian pea-
santry were, at that time, eager to supply the Sul-
tan's troops with all that they required, and grate-
ful for the efficient protection which they received ;
and it is. highly improble that they will, on the
present occasion, accept the invitation to rebellion
which is published in furtherance of the designs *-Of

Russia. -
It is a -convenient fiction of Muscovite agents.
that European Turkey is inhabited by a Greek po-
pulation, following the same rite with the Russian
Church, and oppressed by an alien minority of
Turks. The truth is, however, that that portion
of the Eastern Church which acknowledges the su-
premacy of the Patriarch of Constantinople regards
the Russian Emperor as a schismatic ; and the
clergy are well aware that their own independence
would be sacrificed in the event of a conquest.
The _Hellenic race, which is sedulously represented
as the destined successor to the Ottomans, is about
equal in number to the Turks in Europe, and
bears a comparatively small proportion to the ag-
gregate population of the Empire. Althoug
acute, ambitious, and skilful in commerce, the
Greeks display little of the dignified integrity
which redeems many of the defects of the Turkish
character. But it is enough for our present pur-
pose to suggest that the demand for Hellenic su-
premacy, means civil war, accompanied by the dis-
memberment
,of the Empire, and terminated by
the easy victory of Russia. Until the present in-
vasion, the provinces of Wallachia and Moldavia
d never been so severely oppressed as under the
had never been so severely oppressed a,s under the
dreek Hospodars, whom Russia had compelled the
Porte to substitute for the native princes. Neither
Bulgaria nor Bosnia would endure the sway of an
alien race ; and even if the frontiers of the present
kingdom of Greece could be extended to Constan-'
tinople, the northern provinces, wiftahtheirSci4
vonic population, would necessarily the
under
dominion of Russia, if the power of the Sultan
were broken:

Before determining on the expulsion or subjec-
tion of the Turks, Europe will do well to consider
how the object is to be attained, and why it is to
pursued. The gallant nation which is now pressing
Russia hard in the Caucasus and on the Danube
will not be talked or intrigued out of the territories
which it has occupied for four hundred years. The
arguments of Russianising journalists will be mete
by arms, as soon as an attempt is made tob give
them practical effect ; and it will be long before
gforefolsre
England and France engage in a crusade for
East.
purpose of making the Czar
.ab.solute I;
All statesmen can see that it, is
the't'ous of which holds in check the most ainb,ol
1 nlic federation,
Plorte alone
Euro-
pean Powers; and to create a
.Sc,a
dlom, would be to
by the side of a Petty Greek
ke,lnabndisement for ob-
sub4ifute instruments of
stades. It is not a little rtenininga'arnri
dominions are so
able that proposals
for revolution in the
cots are exclusively niional protests against
such P
often accompanied by_coOnrtvo
protects
the designs which
cal-
culated to pr0m0tc._..........................

ENGLISH, SCOTTISH, ANI.:I, AUSTRALIAN CHARTERED
BANS.—This bank has notified the receipt of advices
that eligible premises had been secured in Sydney ;
that merchant s f standing had been appointed local
directors, and that the branch would be opened for
business on the let of October.

BIEMINGHAy, WEDNESDAY.
The annual dinner in connexion with this show took
place last night, at the Royal Hotel, under the presi-
dency of Earl Howe, who was supported by Lord Cal-
thorpe ; James Baldwin, Esq., the Mayor ; Mr.' New-
' degate, M.P., Mre Spooner, M.P. ; and amongst the
company of 150 were Mr. Chandus Wren Hoskylls, 'of' ,
Wroxa,ll Abbey ; Mr. Alderman Lucy, Mr. Alderman
Hodgson, Mr. Alderman Phillips ; Mr. William Ma-
-thews; of Corbyns Hall, &e.
Amongst the toasts given was, of course, "The
Agri-
cultural Interest," proposed by Mr: MATHEWS, Who
observed that if, a few months ago, he had been called
on to propose that toast, it would have been in mourn-
ing, and with sackcloth and ashes ; to bewail the fate of
what was once the embodiment of all prosperity ; to
lament over it as having seen the best of its days. But
these short mouths had passed by ; and instead of be-
wailing agriculture as in Vie last stages of senility and
decrepitude, we find it ftill of lusty life; the silky sides
type of its strong and healthy
of the fat stcck they saw that- c-
y ,bein. but a feeble
lated those around him on this happy
combination of
condition. lie cangratu-
circumstances. The pursuit of agriculture found always
a warm sympathy- from every mitewho
* a
se heart was in
the right place. (Cheers.) .There was no pursuit, how-
ever
up pleasingto enjoyp r p
tiie
pleasure
.they
involver} ‘N'er not desirousgzeu
giving of
ral
life. Ile felt that his old friend, the Mayo -a e ,aged &
he was in manufacturing, had more pleasu'rein-a
l
survey-
ing his stock- of fat...euge than in -his civic honours.r
(Cheers and laughter.) There could not be 5-4-&-iitit
of it ; he turned like Ciucinnatus to his farin_ again.
There were things which . could not be debated in
assemblies such as that ; .but this he might be
allowed to say, , that ho delighted in this
Con-
.
dition of things, not only on its own account, but that
there was a total abandonment of all the .fallacions
and monstrous doetiines which were formerly enun-
ciated, namely, . that the agricultural interest could
only exist by the sacrifice of the manufacturing interest;
and that manufactures could only-flourish amidst the
ruins of agriculture. All these delusions were vanishing,
to the delight of every thinking man ; and now Ephraim
no more shall envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex
Ephraim. (Cheers.) Their only rivalry now should be
in doing • the best they could under their different cir-
cumstances. Now, although there he did not desire to
enter on topics on which differences of opinion might
prevail, yet he might be allowed to say that corn and
currency had a larger signification than the world gene-
rally supposed. (Hear, hear.) The walls of that room
he had heard more than once re-echo with the subject ;
and he might venture to make one slight allusion to the
new position in which the agricultural interest was
placed by the question 'of the currency. From the
year 1340 to the year 1560 the average price of the
quarter of wheat was only 18s. A little previous to
1650—in 1648—the discovery was made of the mines
of Mexico and Peru, that brought an entire change over
agriculture and all other interests. In twenty years
the prices of corn and other commodities were nearly
tripled, and wheat bore the proportion of nearly 50s.
a quarter for the next two, hundred years. Then
came acts of Parliament, corn laws, followed by dis-
putes' strikes, and differences of opinion, political and
social. Now, it seemed as if Providence, having pity
on our defects, brought in its own bill of Cali-
fornia' and Australia—(hear, hear)—a bill to which
he looked with most sanguine expectations—which,
if they. did not interfere with any crotchetty plans of
their own, would put every interest in its proper posi-
tion. They had disputes, strikes, differences between the
employer and. the employed, with faults on the.part of
the men, and perhaps too high a tone on the part of
the masters ; but he bad such a strong faith in the An-
glo-Saxon good sense of the country, that he hoped soon
to see :Ahem get beyond all aberrations of this kind ;
that they would find all interests united—their only
rivalry the emulation of well doing. Speaking as a large
employer of labour, and as expressing the sentiments of
those in a similar position, he could say that they looked
to see the day when every man should be able sometimes
to sit under his own vide and fig-tree, in the enjoyment
of the pleasures of a country life. All hail, then, to
agriculture. He had to ask them to drink success to it,
and he did so with the very best wishes of his heart.
(Loud cheers.)

The health of Mr. T.B. WebEtT, the founder of the Ex-
hibition, having been given, that gentleman responded.
With regard to the progress which the society had
made, he said that he thought there was every reason
for congratulation, and for the opinion which he for
one entertained that their future prospects were most
encouraging. Their meeting this year, as he had said,
was in all respects satisfactory, and everything tended
•to show that their society had attained a per-
manent character. It was the conviction that this
was the case that induced the council to deter-
mine upon a great extension of their operations, by

the ann-ouncetnent of a first exhibition of store stock

and agricultural -implements, to be held in June next.
(Cheers.) The prize list for stock to be shown at this
meeting had been for some time in the hands of the princi-

-pal breeders, and he was glad to know that it had been
highly approved, and that many gentlemen had, already
promised to become competitors. lie looked upon the
store show as a most important extension of the
isocietyrs operations ; and he did not disguise it from
himself, as he would not from that meeting, that the
work now.tidertaken would entail a vast amount of
tesiionsibility upon the council, and require for its ac-
ccanplithment a very complete organisation, and an efli-
cifent staff. In faq, every one interested in the success
of what had- been so well begun, should be prepared to
afford the Inost active assistance ; while those to whom
the actual management was entrusted should each take
for his guidance the well known proverb, that "nothing
moves without being moved." (Cheers.) It "was un-
doubtedly a most desirable thing that a great agricultu-
ral meeting should be held in the centre of England, in
a town affording and willing to supply tree most excel-
lent accommodation in all respects, and in the centre of
a district in which had been found many of the most
intelligent and successful agriculturists of the present
time, both landlords and tenants. The marvel was, not
that their progress hart been so rapid, but that in the
midland counties, with- all the materials at our hands,
we had been so late in the field with a movement of this
kind. (Hear, hear.). Their show had increased with
such rapidity, that every year brought the same work
with regard to the fittings and the reception and disposal
of the stock ; and this year, owing to the extraordinary
character of their Poultry Show, the labour had been
vastly increased. Arduous as it was, however, it had
been cheerfully undertaken by a few members of their
council ' • and the entire approval of all that had been
done, both by exhibitors and visitors, would, he was
sure, be most gratifying to those gentlemen. (Cheers.)
CHANDOS WREN HOSKINS, Esq., observed that their
thanks were peculiarly due to the manufacturers of im-
plements, because every implement they produced was
an increase of power to the human hand, and thereby
an extension of the power of the human brain, to which
the hand was the minister. Its final uses were physical,
but 'they knew that physical power lay at the bottom of
moral and intellectual nature, and was the foundation
of the highest aims and the highest accomplishments of
the human race. It was with much pleasure; therefore- ,
that he gave " The Manufacturers of Agricultural Im
ple-
(Cheers.)
Mr.
me n
JOHN the only representative of the
Lows,
agricultural implement makers present, acknowledged
the toast. The
CHAIRMAN then gaveaoebkl
ent
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chairmanetdo asieiftttho ntthhteh
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ri s
honours
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and the company separated.
This morning the public were admitted to the show ;
the Hall has been densely crowded throughout the
day.—Yesterday afternoon the Duchess of Sutherland
and a large party from Trentham visited the Exhibition.

LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASYLUM.—Tuesday a oPeci
general meeting of the f •
charitable institution friends and
was held at the London Tavern,
for the purpose of
taking into consideration the best
means fOr raising special subscribers to this
allowed weekly
to the inmates. Mr. Arthur Kett liar-
stitution was founded in 1827, a fund to increase the..... amount
allowed
clay occupied the chair. The report stated that the in-
and that in the short
period of 27 years the large sum
expended, in order to of 36,000/, had been
provide an asylum for the recep-
tion and comfort of the less fortunate of the trade, an
asylum which no other branch of trade could rival in
extent. The institution is designed not only to receive
but to maintain the objects of its benevolence ; and the
board at this time are in the habit of making up the in-
comes of all couples in the asylum to Bs. 6d. per week,
persons to 7s. Such allowances at
thisand thosetime of singleamount
to 241. per week, or 1,2101. per an-
In the conducting of the society's affair the board
num.
have frequently witnessed the distress and privation
which many of the inmates continually endure from the
want of larger means to provide for their necessities, and
they have therefore determined to endeavour to provide
means whereby they may be enabled to increase the al-
lowances of 109. per week, and of single persons to Bs.
per week ; arid-to create an investment in the Funds,
by the interest of -which those allowances may be de•
frayed and rendered free from all casualties. The sum
of money requisite-for carrying out the above objects is
31,2001., of which the society has now in hand 11,2501.
The general summary showed the number of candidates
admitted since the asylum was instituted to have been
in -the a s ylu—mk
239 ; of whom livid wives who were admitted with them
99 ; making the total number admitted 338, Of this
POST-
number there have died or left 196 ; making the total
number of inmates (including the wives)
has been
at the present time.l42.
COMMUNICATION WITH BommY.
;and from Bombay to
that, consequently,
informed that the Government express'
OFFICE, Dec.,
Newspapers addressed t
Calcutta has been discontinued Postmaster-GeneraIGEXERILL
via Bombay, can only belt fiorwardoeedalienutftuaLr
necessary letters and
the publicS whenby sent
the
dailyknew
nmtaoil
°alrdteiranatrYionto make this
as a notice was issued in May, in the 'United Kingdom,
arrangements under which letters 1847, announcing the
Calcutta by the might be conveyed to
addressed. Government express, if specially so

to one uniform type. They proposed that 4,000,000 f.
(160,0001.) should be raised by obligations or bonds
or 100 f. (41.) each, bearing an interest of 5 per
cent., to .be reimbursed in the course of seventy-five
years, at 125 fr. each, by yearly drawings. This would
enable them to present an equitable compensation to
the holders of the privileged shares ; and a further but
limited issue of obligations would enable them to meet
all the expenses of their undertaking during the year
attach
Juhteheptcvlop:wlioncmoinlittiobens
various
stocks were,
that the 60,000 paid up 101. half shares should be ex-
changed for 60,000 20L shares, 101. paid, with a remote
liability to further calls to the extent of 101. That
the. 60,000 six per cent, guaranteed half shares, upon
which 51. have been paid, should be converted into
half that number of ordinary shares of 201. each,
liable to further calls to the extent of 101. Each one
of the-new shares to be entitled to a bonus in the
shs
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di-
rectors stated that they had received proposals' for the
purchase of their surplus lands at Brussels from a pro-
jected company, consisting of parties interested in their
undertaking, and whose principal aim was to facilitate
the carrying effect the combinations devised by the di-
rection. These proposals secured to the Luxembourg
Company considerable profit ; and stipulations had been
added giving to the shareholders the right to take part
in the formation of the new company s capital, to be
employed upon this land, and upon certain districts in
the neighbourhood of our line abounding in valuable
quarries.
The CHAIRMAN congratulated the meeting that the
directors had been at length enabled to surmount the
difficulties which had beset them at the commencement
of their operations, and had succeeded in completing ar-
rangements which must tend largely to the benefit of
the company, and, as he believed, ensure the permanent
value of the property. The financial scheme proposed
might seem intricate, but a very slight consideration
would show that it was founded upon equitable princi-
ples, and with a due regard to the rights of all classes of
the shareholders.

The motion was seconded by Mr. ANDEBTON,
Some conversation ensued as to the terms upon which
it was proposed to convert the several classes of shares,
the motion for adopting the report was then put and
carried, six hands only being held up against it, in a
more than usually crowded meeting.
Mr. Rover moved, and Mr. ANDEETON seconded, a
resolution, ratifying the provisional treaty of alliance
entered into by the directors with the Paris and Stras-
burg Company, which was carried, as were other resolu-
tions to authorise the board to assume the concession of
the Belgian Grand Junction line, and to carry out the
proposed arrangements in regard to capital, and the
other recommendation contained in the report ; and
after a vote of thanks to the chairman, and a similar
compliment to M. Bossenge and the secretary, the
meeting separated.