The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-17 00:00:00

HAT IVIA.RILETS.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Day, 21 103 to 4/ ; Clover
ditto, 31 53 to 51 Os ; and Straw, 11 6s to 11 103 per
load. A full average supply, and a sluggi.ll demand.
CUMBERLAND. —Meadow Hay, 21 13s to 41 03 ;
Clover ditto, 3/ 83 to 41 153; and Straw, 1/ 7s to

11 11s per load. Supply tolerably good, and Lade
rather dull.

WHITECIIAPEL.—MeaIow hay, 21 103 to 41 03 ;
Clover ditto, 31 03 to 51 Os; and Straw, 1/63 to 1110 s,
per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations.

MiUUtETB.

SOUTIIALL, MAY 18.—Our market was tolerably
steady for each kind of fat stock to-day, and prices were
well supported. Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 10d ; Mutton,
3s 6d to 4s 4d; Lamb, 5s to 5s 10d; Veal, 3s 8d to
4s 2d; and Pork, 3s 2d to 3s 10d per Blbs, to sink the
offal.

RostFont., MAY 16.—Prime Beasts, Sheep, and
Lambs, sold freely, at advanced currencies. The value
of all other kinds of stock was well supported. Beef,
from 2s 10d to 4s; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 4d; Lamb,
5i to 6s; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 2d; and Pork, 3s 4d to
3s 8d per Sibs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 28s; quarter old
store Pigs, 16s to 21s; and Mulch Cows, with their
small Calf, 161 to 201 each.
LEWES, MAY 15.—We bad a firm trade to-day, at
impruved currencies. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 2d; Mut-
ton, 3. 8d to 45 6d; Lamb, 5s to 5s 10d; Veal, 3s 6d to
4s per 81bs., a moderate supply and a steady trade.

CORN AVERAGES.
Owing to some inaccuracies in them, the averages of
grain have not been published to-day.

SOUTII-EA STERN RAILWAY.
(THIS DAY.)
The adjourned half-yearly general meeting of the
above company was held this afternoon, at the Bridge
House Hotel ; Mr. James Macgregor, Chairman of the
Board of Directors, in the chair. The meeting was by
no means so fully attended as the last, but probably the
report of the committee of investigation being so highly
satisfactory to all parties, deterred many of the country
proprietors from going to the expense of corning to
town. The chairman on entering the room and taking
his seat was greeted with a burst of applause. Mr. M.
L. Pritchard e as not in ettendence.
The CHAIRMAN announced that the first business to
ho proceeded with was to hear a communication from
the Chairman of the Committee of Investigation.
Mr. L. MOZLEY, as the chairman of the committee,
was then presented to the meeting, and was greeted
with mingled cheers and hisses. After adverting briefly
to the circumstances which led to the appointment
of the committee, he went on to declare that the gentle-
men so nominated had devoted themselves heart and
soul to the dut;es allotted to them, and it was not until
Monday last that the concluding paragraph was added
to the report. It was then handed to the secretary of
the company, who lost no time in getting it printed,
and he had the gratification of knowing that,
before four o'clock on Tuesday, copies had
been forwarded by post to the majority of
the proprietors, and to the editors of the London
newspapers. Ile had only to add that the report con-
tained the truth, and nothing but the truth; and as the
meeting had determined not to have it read, he should
conclude by moving as the maximum opinion of the com-
mittee, the following resolutions—" Resolved, that the
report of the committee of investigation now presented,
be received, entered on the minutes, printed, and adopted;
and that the directors be requested to carry into effect
the recommendations therein contained as speedily as
possible."
Mr. Deceeneseer, the deputy chairman of tho com-
mittee, seconded the resolution.
On the question being put,
Mr. TRODIMON, a director, pronounced his opinion
that the chairman of the board of directors was for-
tunate in having had the selection and nomination of his
jury.—(Cries of " No, not" " Yes, yes!" and confusion.)
Ho would not be put down by such unseemly expressions
of opinion, for he too, as well as the Chairman, was
upon his trial, and he had a right to be heard, and he
would be heard. The meeting might oppose him, but
he cared not for that; the public out of doors would be
his judge, and to their decision only was he prepared
to bow.—(Hear.) Now, he had no hesitation in declar-
ing that he had no confidence in the committee or their
report.—(hear, and "Oh, oh.") They had delegated their
duty with regard to investigating the accounts to a
Mr. Quitter, while they had declined to examine him
upon his not being summoned to the finance committee,
and yet between March and September he had signed
288 cheques.—(oh, oh.) He confessed that he had
signed the cheques without knowing what they were for,
but ho was not answerable for that.—(" Oh, oh," said a
voice. "Is that the way you do business?") No, it was
not his way of doing business; it was their worthy chair-
man, who always acted upon the principle of making all
under him his puppets.—(Oh.) Now then as to the share
transactions which he alluded to at the last meeting.
The committee attributed the blame of these gambling,
manoeuvres upon Mr. M. L. Pritchard, but the responsi-
bility rested upon the chairman of the board, and his
acquiescing directors, who allowed those transactions to
be concealed in the accounts of February and August,
1848, or at least to be placed under false heads, and
this Mr. L. Mozley was uware of, but he had neglected
to mention it in the report.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. L. MoznEe—Will you have the goodness to re-
peat that?

Mr. Tuomsorr would not repeat it unless the meeting
required ii?—(Go on, go on.)
Mr. L. MOZLEY —I call upon you, sir, as a man of
honour to repeat wh:,.t you said of me perscnally.
Mr. TitomsoN then repeated what he had said, but
omitted to mention Mr. L. Mozley's name, substituting
the word " committee " for it.—(Cries of " Oh, oh.")
Well, then, admitting all the responsibility of these
transactions; but who appointed him to rig and gamble
on the Stock-Exchange?
A VOICE —Ah ! who appointed him?
Mr. TitousoN—Mr. Macgregor, who appoints all
the directors.

A VOICE—Who appointed you?
Mr. Tnoarsorr—Mr. Macgregor.
The CHAIRMAN—And very much to my regret.
A VoicE—What have you done with Pritchard ?
Mr. THOMSON—IIe is gone to Newmarket.
(Cheers and laughter.) Mr. Thomson then
proceeded- to assure the directors that although
they wanted him to resign, he should remain on
the board to protect the interests and property of the
shareholders.—(Cries of " Oh, oh 1" and derisive cheers.)
Mr. CUNLIFFE, solicitor, of Manchester, then solicited
the attention of the meeting while he read to them an
address upon the present state of their affairs. This
address went into the details of the report of the
Committee of Investigation, and expressed the conviction
of the writer that the directors of the company were
just as culpableas those of the Eastern Counties, for they
had "cooked" the accounts, and otherwise misled the
shareholders, and neglected their interests.—(Hear,
hear.) All that he (Mr. Cunliffe) wanted was,
that the shareholders should be protected from
mismanagement, either through neglect or fraud,
and that auk property should not be frittered away.—
(Oh, oh.) The report of the committee attributed all
the blame to the Deputy-Chairman, but in his opinion
the Chairman and others were as much responsible
for these shameful transactions as Mr. Pritchard.—(oh,
oh, and hisses.)
Mr. LEVY—Oh, it's all humbug disturbing the
speaker this way.
A Voice;—W ho are you, sir?
Mr. LEVY—Who am I, sir?
shares
e. dLomrotee
vyettyohi un: t
A VOICE—Tes, sir. Who are you, sir? How many
I'll be
you.
you one hundred guineas to ono I
g here interfered, and upon silence being
restored,
Mr. CIINLIFFE resumed his address. He explained
Mr. Pritchard's absence by stating that his wife had re-
c( ntly died, while his business affairs were in a state of
derangement, and then went en to read extracts from
private letters written by Mr. Macgregor to Mr. Prit-
chard, to show that ha was cognizant of the latter's
mo%ements on the Stock Exchange. lie concluded his
address by remarking that the company had been pay-
ing dividends of 215., when the line had only earned 95.,
and seeing that the works still required 140,0001., he
called upon the meeting to insist upon further explana.
tions.—(Hear, hear.) •
The CHAIRMAN complained that these attacks ought
to have been made to his judges, the committee, who
had honourably exonerated him from all the charges
preferred against him.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Thomson
complained of the close system of management
carried on between March and September. Why, from
May to September of that period he was kept away
onaffianirh3
his absence
system was carried andwhy ifdid
this
not clmo close
him word of it?
from the conapany's
(Cheers.)had
The only point which he to answer was
the report of the committee relative to
the paragraph in
placed to construction account in.
Thomson protest against it and send
money having been
policy.—(Cheers.)
concluded when our report left.
The meeting had not eo
stead of revenue. Wll be was prepared to justify that