The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-15 00:00:00

No. 17,000. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING SUN,

POST.-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for
1847 —MARCH EPHTlON.—Corrected in the Parliamentary
and Postal divisions to the latest p..riod. To how recent a date th •
a teration, have been brought down may be judged from the fact that
he changes coos quent on the demis ael the la e Duke Northum-
berland have been introduced in their proper order n the Parliamen-
tary chrialon or the work.
MORNING CHRONICLE. Nov 20, 1846.

The powers of exransion exhibited by this most useflil annual
volume appear real y unlimited. Publishe l during a series of futy-
eight years, in a metropolis whose dwellings increase in number by
a yearly average of some fourteen thousand, and whose commerce
expands in st,lll larger measure, the " Post-office Directory" has be-
come enormously enhanced in bit k, as also in tile complicated
variety of its ludispensable contents The admirable success with
which the really enormous difficulties of his task have been overcome
by the indefatigable publisher has been proved by the experience
of many years ; and we need say little more than that the present
volume presents the same tokens as its predecessors, of Intel agent
meth d and ingenuity of arrangement In packing into reasoaable
compass, and producing in lucid order its mil ions of facts and
reference. Within two thousand pages every man may learn
everything he ought to know about every one of his co-dwellers in
the great metropolis, their businesses, as weil as everything neces-
sary to facilitate him in his own. The very rapid ex: ensien of our
railway system, and the new postal arrangements with some conti-
nental states, have rendered necessary some extensive additions to
the sections appropriated to Conveyance and the Post-oMce. We
find the information given under those heads net only as full and ac-
curate as it was well possible to make them, but more new and re-
cent than we should have thought attainable in a work of such mag-
nitude. Prefixed to the volume Is about the beat Map of London we
happen to have met with.
TIMES, Nov. lb, 1846.
The forty-eighth annual publication of this work—the volume for
1847—is now issued. It is a wonderfully different affair from the
old Directory, which used to consist of little or nothing more than
the alphabetical list of tradesmen; it comprises now, and has for
some years, a " Street Directory," a " Trades' Directory," a " Court
I)ircotory," a " Postal Directory," a " Conveyance Directory," with
a host of other little digests. The volume appears to have been very
carefully revised, and supplies the latest information. Of course,
the postal treaty with Prussia has not been overlooked ; and :n minor
points the work seems to bear the test of search into matters in
whick changes have been very recent.
MORNING POST, Nev. 19, 1846.
. .

The forty-eighth annual publication of this admirable work has
ust been issued. Any dissertation on the usefulness of this volume,
after its well-proven service in almost every counting-house in the
metropolis for so many years past, must be quite unneeessary. Suf-
fice it to say, the present edition possesses all the merit of its prede-
cessors, while the alterations and corrections in the various depart-
ments have been carried down to the latest period.
MORNING HERALD, N0v.21, 1546,
Balky as the proportlons of this liAlspousatde work havoliltherbs'
been. the +ohm* ibr 1647 crimes forth under circumstances of still
getter enlargement. The experience of 47 years has obviously
enabled the proprietor, Mr. Frederick Kelly, to produce a Directory
of unrivalled completeness, wherein every species of fact likely to be
wanted by the merchant and trader is placed within convenient
access. The volume contains upwards of 2,000 closely-printed royal
octave pages, betokening a singular amount of industry as a matter
of compilation, and awakening astonishment at the comprehensive-
ness of the machinery which could bring within a common focus
so much varied and scattered intelligence—embracing, as it does, a
Multiplicity of heads, and involving the services of a vast number
of contributors. We believe that the present volume is not to be
Matched in the whole world, for such a mammoth aggregate of local
and specific information is no less a typographical wonder than a
Prodigious monument of diligence and enterprise. Some dozen or so
of separate Directors are included in this huge periodical—the only
one, it seems, of the annual tribe destined to a permanent existence
a veritable triumph, indeed, of the utilitarian principle over the
ornamental. The "Of Directory" is a key to the whole of the
Government offices, and a tecord of official personages. This is fol-
lowed by a " Street Directory," exhibiting the tradesmen in every
thoroughfare, and the points at which the streets are intersected by
those at right angles; while the "Commercial and Professional
Directory" is an alphabetical arrangement of the above. Then comes
a ".Trades' Directory," in which the names are allocated under their
respective callings. The "Law Directory" is a list of judge-,
Queen's counsel, sergeants, barristers, attorneys, &c., with a cata-
logue of the various Courts of Law, their officers, and their peculiari-
ties of jurisdiction. The " Court Directory" comprises the addresses
of the nobility and gentry ; and the " Parliamentary Directery" is
a record of the Members of the House of Lords and Commons, with
an alphabetical list of the boroughs, cities, and counties returning
Members to Parliament, the surnames and eldest sons of peers, Sec.
The " Postal Directory" contains the hour of receipt and delivery o
every Post-office in the kingdom ; the cities and principal places
throughout the world to which mails are dispatched from London ; the
rates of foreign postage ; the railway mails and the cross-road mails,
&c. The " City Directory" registers the civic authorities, the public
companies, the brokers, the incumbents and ministers of the
churches and chapels, the newspapers, bc. ; and the "= onveyance
Directory" includes the railway tables, the coach and booking offices,
the wharfs, be. The volume closes with Banking and Assurance
Directories. These various heads will serve to indicate the multi-
tudinous nature of the contents, for out of them come a variety of
subordinate directories, which meet every conceivable want, pre-
senting a curious analysis of the public and private institutions of
the metropolis and of the commercial world. Every person is to be
prime minister down to a
mfoueirlidff nocituercehri_s pervoepreyr
essetcatbirsh,
mfroerit, farom a palace to a lodging-
house. The editor, in his preface, takes occasion to congratulate
himself on the many improvements he has this year introduced,
of the ordinary came
principally flowing fromr?:
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specificinstcad
alterations, the new postage treaty with Prussia, which came into
e
operation on the let et January, 1847, and disturbs to a considerable
the rates of postage over a great part of the Continent, seems
the most important
MORNING ADVERTISER, Nov. 18, 1846.
The " Post-office London Directory, 1847," is just delivered.
Though it is apparently limited to London, It is in reality a national
work. None of the leading towns can well be without it ; it must
be an essential to every counting.houre in the kingdom, as well as to
every place of business is and about the metropolis. It is an invalu-
able work of its kind ; and the extent and minuteness of its useful de-
tails are truly wonderful. Being prepared " under the immediate and
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the two thousand closely but clearly printed .octave pages of this Di-
rectory. Preceded by an admirable and perspicuous Map of London,
prepared expressly, it is declared, for the work, by Mr. B. It. Davies,
there are divisions comprising, among •other information, " Official,"
" Street," " Commercial," "Trades," " Law," " Court," " Parlia-
mentary," " Foetal,' " City," " Conveyance," " Bankin;," and many
other Directories.
The hope is expressed to the preface that this forty-eighth annual
edition of the " Post-office London Directory" may be found " in all
respects to equal the best of its predecessors." From very consider
able examination of the marvellously full and varied contents and
information en matters which it must be so difficult, laborious, and
expensive to collect, we hesitate not to say, that this unassuming
wish is liberally realised. It not only equals the best of its prede-
cessors, but in several particulars it surpasees• all its predecessors.
The information is not only fuller in many respects, but there are
several important alterations and addition., largely adding to the
usefulness of the book. It is intimated, and truly, that although all
competition has disappeared, the present volume is conspicuous proof
that there has been no relaxation in the multifarious labours to per-
fect the extraordinary work. In speaking of past success, it is
observed that it has been, "even in a pecuniary point of view, bene-
ficial to the public, is proved by the fact that important improve-
meats and additions are annually made without any increase of
price "—a result that, it is declared, " could not have been the
case, had the public patronage been divided." With reference
to the price, we certainly must acknowledge that it is wonderful
how it can be profitable to provide such varied materials
—and materials constantly changing 9nd requiring so much
and such ceaseless labour and cost to procure, and then to classify.
Nothing but a tremendous sale could make the speculation answer.
Among the important alterations will be found those introduced into
the " Postal" Directory. It is, indeed, singularly full, useful, and
complete ; and must touch increase the daily, it might be more truly
pronounced its hourly value, particularly to the merchant, the
trader, or the professional man. As the new treaty with Prussia
caused very considerable changes in the rates of postage as effecting
the Austrian dominions. Baden. Bavaria, Bremen, Denmark, the
German States, Hamburg, Hanover, Lubeck, Meeklenburgh, Olden-
burgh, Poland, Prussia, Saxony, Sweden and Norway, Wurtemburg,
be. Scc. &c., those changes are detailed " precisely as they arranged
to come into operation on the Ist of January, 1847." The other
changes are not only numerous, bat all the intelligence is announced
to be brought down to a period as late as was compatible with the
appearance of such a volume in sufficient time for generaLcircalation,
prior to the commencement of the year for which it is designed. The
business merits of the work are of the highest order, and render it,
of its kind, we imagine, a publication unexampled in the world for
its completeness, fulness, and usefulness.

SUN, Noy. 18,1846.

The present is the forty-eighth annual edition of the " Post-office
London Directory," and a truly marvellous effort of compilation it
is. The " Post-office Directory" has been for some year► under
the management of Mr. Kelly. Until he became the manager of
this work, there were divers other Directories in the field. They
have, however, all disappeared, and the " Post-otlice Directory"
now rules alone. This astonishing success, however, has not had
the effect of making the proprietor of this gigantic work careless.
lie is tee thorough a man of business nut to ho perfectly aware
that the fruits of his success can only be reaped by a continuance
of the same untiring energy by which the success was in the first
instance achieved, and accordingly we find that the "
Directory' tor 1847, is even snore highly finished in all its elaborate
arrangements than any former edition of the book. The extent and
minuteness of the details Dirnished, render the work indispensable
to every commercial and mercantile establishment. So admirably,
however, is this multifarious information digested and arranged, that
there is not the slightest difficulty experienced in referring to the
articular page required to furnish the information—a marvellous
instance of clearness of arrangement in a n ork consisting of upwards
of two thousand closely hut clearly printed octavo pages. This
Directory is certainly the most complete work of the sort ever
offered to the public. Of not only the usefulness, but the indispen-
sable necessity of such a work, no man of business can for a moment
entertain a doubt ; and consieering the completeness and fulness of
the informatics furnished, and the enormous outlay of time and o
capital that must have been made in order to acquire and digest the
information, the ♦ery reasonable price at which the work is published
is really wonderful.

GLOBE, Nov. 21, 1846.
Kelly's invaluable work, the " Post-office Directory," has just
made its appearance for the ensuing year. The vast mass of infor-
mation which this book contains, makes it not only desirable but
absolutely necessary as a part of the office furniture of every man of
business ; and scarcely less necessary, indeed, for every one else,
who requires to know anything concerning the trades, professions,
and localities of the great metropolis. In its present extended form,
the book is an absolute curiosity; the labour and expense which it
has cost to bring it to its present state of perfection meet have been
immense. In turning over its two thousand pages, one hardly
knows which most to be struck with and admire—the excellent
arrangement and utility of such a compilation, or the magnitude of
the oity which requires such a directory. Tke volume, moreover,
contains an excellent map of London and the suburbs, corrected
down to the latest strides of " bricks and mortar."
WEEKLY DISPATCH, Nov. 15, 1846.
The forty-eighth annual publication of this highly•important and
useful work has just been issued ; and we must confess that its
bulky appearance has surprised us not a little ; and when we reflect
that te price remains unaltered, although the expense of collecting
the mafehrials must have increased, we are pleased at the liberality
of Mr, Kelly, the proprietor. In a commercial point of view, per-
haps, no book ever contained so much useful matter. Among other
information, there is an " Official Directory," a " Street Directory,"
a " Commercial Directory," a " Trades' Directory," a " Law Direc-
tory," a " Court Directory,* a " Parliamentary Directory," a "City
Directory," a " Conveyance Directory," and a " Banking Direc-
tory,"—in fact, the volume contains much that is interesting and
valuable to the tradesman, the merchant, the lawyer, and pers,ns In
ordinary life, as well as to the gentleman who occasionally dabbles in
trade. Every description of information has been corrected to
the latest possible period, and that information is arranged with a
clearness and simplicity which must have involved great activity of
mind arid exertion of body. Sewed with the book is an excellently
engraved Map of London, more extended and accurate as to the
suburbs than any map we have seen ; and to make it as complete a
reference as possible, an almanac is introduced. In the " Postal
Directory" there are the new rates with various parts of the Con-
tinent which will come into operation on the Ist of January.
Altogether this new issue surpasses any of its predecessors ; and we
are not surprised that other Directories should have gone to the
Web of all the Capulets.

can be said in Its praise. The machinery by which such volu-
minous information is obtained, arranged, and superintended, so as
o avoid errors, must of itself be among the " curiosities" of modern
literature.
ATLAS, Nov. 28, 1846.
A book of this kind. brought out even without much pretension,
would be indispensable to every gentlemen's library, every merchant's
-ounting-house, and every trader's shop. But edited as this is, with
ne utmost care —its materials being collected through the most au-
thentic channels, and embracing in its range every head of personal
and commercial intelligence essential to the completenoqi of such a
work, we cannot suppose that any house, public or private, which
can Afford a b lok of reference, will be without this compendious
volume. The arrangement is admirable. You can find any name
you want in a moment. All the heads are clear and complete—the
cos rt—trades —streets—offices—hotels, forming, upon the whole, a
mass of local information such as could not be brought together with-
ant extraordinary Indus-ay. assisted by an entire command of all
equisite official facilities. ♦s a mere compilation, it is probably the
most wonderful on record.
ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Nov. 28, 1846.
•

This huge volume, the forty-eighth edition of the work, well sus-
tains the reputation enjoyed by the " Directory" of late years. In
the preface the proprietor maintains that the high character of the
work is nit referable to its mere connexion with the Post-office;
for an important change has been gradually Introduced into the man-
ner of collecting the information ; and a larger portion of the work
than heretofore has been confided to selected agents entirely uncon-
nected with the Post-office, this being, in great part, the plan of
compiling the editions for 1845 and 1846. Nor has the proprietor
rested content with his past success, but has Introduced many impor-
tant alterations in this volume for 1847, and added to its bulk with-
out any increase of price. The ' Postal Directory' is especially im-
proved, and there are numerous changes througi,ont the volume, to
insure its completeness. The compilation must be a vast labour, to
be accomplished only by systematic subdivision and the most pains-
taking minuteness: The appearance of the volume has suggested a
very lively effusion, to be seen in another column; and we trust the
enterprising proprietor of the " Directory" will Sod that his labours
are duly appreciated and remunerated. To a great commercial
country this is an indispensable volume.
RAILWAY HERALD, Nov. 21, 1646.
The sew volume of the Post-office Directory for 1847 is already
In our hands, and we can only express our wonder that a work se
laborious, extensive, and minute, could be in any degree improved.
It would have been a sufficient merit to have maintained its fernier
reputation ; it is a great merit to have surpassed itself. The pro-
duction et a work unequalled for accuracy -and for clearness has
placed is the hands of the commercial public a most valuable and
indispensable aid in carrying an the-business of this vast metropolis,
which would indeed he subjected to the greatest inconvenience and
expense if it were not for a work of this kind. In a short time our
readers will have an opportunity of judging for themselves on pur-
eheeieft the new Telma% lettetherMis antldpatarr belles* /a any-
. .(* eliggerftted.
ERAPATEI'S RAILWAY JOURNAL, Nov. 21, 1846.
The Post-office Directory , for 1847 appears with additions and
improvements upon its valuable predecessor, but with no enlarge,
went in the price. The continued enterprising spirit with which
this important, and it is not a misapplication of terms to say,
national work is conducted, merits the highest commendation. We
know net whether the sanmilliberal and unjustifiable attempt will
be made in the ensuing session as was done in the last, to wrest it
from the hinds of the present proprietary, and to place it by the
force of might over right in the possession of Government. But
should it be attempted, surely the following statement of its con-
ductors will go home to the consciences, If they have any, of the
parties seeking to draw down the grasping interference of Govern-
ment. "It can only be necessary to n efer to a copy of the work pub-
lished before the purchase of the copyright by its present proprietor,
to be convinced that the mere connexion of the Directory' with
the Post-office has little, if at all, contributed to its present high cha-
racter. That the improvements (the result of many years of un-
wearied toil and application on the part of those engaged in the com-
pilation of the work) are duly appreciated, is now happily beyond all
question ; prior to the ' Directory' passing to its present proprietor,
rival books contended successfully with this. They have di,appeared."
Kelly and Co., 19 and 20, Old Boswell-court, Temple ear, and all
booksellers.

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BIRMINgHAM AND OXFORD
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
THE WAR BETWEEN THE GREAT WESTERN
AND LONDON AND NORTH IVESTERN
COMPANIES—BATTLE OF THE GAUGES—
EXTRAORDINARY SCENE.
On Saturday afternoon, at two o'clock, the meeting
of the shareholders in this company, celled by those
who (eject to the selling of thelne to the Great Western,
was held in Dec's Hotel, Birmingham. The extraordi
nary interest excited in the resilt, in consequence of this
line being the ground on whici the Great Western and
London and North Western sre fighting the battle of
the gauges, attracted an immeree number of shareholders
from all parts of the country. Long before the time ap-
pointed for the meeting, crowds of gentlemen were in a
state of great excitement. There was a very large at
tendance from Liverpool and Manchester, and a great
muster from London. The metropolitan journals were
nearly all represented by reporters connected with their
respective establishments ; and meet of the provincial
papers of note, within an extent of 100 miles, lied also
their reporters at the meeting. Among the gentlemen
present we observed ;—P. IL Muntz, Esq., M.P..
chairman of the company ; C. Russell, Esq., M.P. ;
Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. ; Captain Carnegie, M.P. ;
F. Barlow, Esq., director of the Great Western Com-
pany ; John Crosswaith, E. ; Charles Saunders, Esq.,
secretary of the Great Western ; Edward Tootal, Esq. ;
Captain Porter ; Captain Moarsom, ; J. F. Led
sans, Esq., deputy chairman of the London and North
Western ; all the directors of the Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction, and several directors of the Midland and
various other railway companies.
P. H. MUNTZ, Esq., chairman of the company, was in
the chair.
The SECRETARY having read the advertisement
calling the meeting (the names to the requisition com-
prised one-fifth part of the shareholders of the
company),
The CHAIRMAN requested the gentlemen who called
the meeting to commence the proceedings.
Mr. MOZLET, of Liverpool, then rose on the part of
the discontented shareholders, amidst deafening ap-
plause. His object was to propose a resolution in-
creasing the number of the directors from twelve to
eighteen. Ile wished, in the outset of the proceedings,
to disclaim all personalities in what, he should say.
Since their last meeting, a fortnight ago, he had learned
with great surprise that Mr. Stevens, the solicitor of the
company, bad been put on the list of' the directors.
That was a most extraordinary step on the part of the
directors of this company to take. lie had never h. and
' of an instance of this kind before, and he was sure to
one else had.—(A laugh.) He wished to be understood
as saying nothing against the gentleman personally—it
was against the principle of a gentleman being in the
directio I who, in his eipecial capacity, might be asked
to give advice as to these very proceedings, that he ob-
jected to. He would content himself, in the meantime,
with moving the resolution.
Mr. Leecu seconded the motion.
Mr. STEVENS wished to set the meeting right in
respect to what had fallen from Mr. Mozley regarding
himself. He was not in any way connected with the
company except as a shareholder. He held 2,000
shares in it, and had never sold one of them, even at
, the time when there was a great doubt as to whether
they would ever get their Bill. He had wrought for the
company, and fought for the company, at all times, and
under all circumstances.
Mr. MOZLEY—The Hon. Gentleman, who is a man of
the highest respectability in his professional capacity,
says that he is not agent for the company. Does he
mean to say that he is not a partner in the firm which
is professionally connected with the agents of the com-
pany.
Mr. STEVENS—I am in no way connected with the
company, except as a shareholder.
Mr. MOZLEY—Then I beg Mr. Stevens's pardon. 1
have been misinformed.
The resolution was then put and agreed to without a
division. •
Sir J. VERNET (late M.P. for Buckingham) proposed
that Mr. Mozley, Mr. Biel, Mr. Bayton, Mr. John Brad-
shaw, Mr. Thomas Bigg, and Mr. Timothy R. Cobb be
elected directors. These gentlemen were chosen without
a division. They are all in the interest of the London
and North-Western.
Sir J. VERNEY then rose to move a resolution respect-
ing the rotation agreeably to which the directors should
go out of office, and the object of which was to provide
that only two out of the six directors just elected should
go out of office in one year.
Mr. SHIRRET seconded the motion.
After a consultation of some length with the directors
of the company and Counsel, who were present in the
anticipation of difficulties occurring,
The CHAIRMAN said that he was placed between the
two great parties in a very delicate arid difficult position,
and he begged the indulgence of the meeting for a few
minutes until the Counsel had made up his mind as to the
course they ought to pursue.—(Hear, hear.)
The CHAIRMAN, after a few minutes' consultation
with the Learned Gentleman, again rose, and said that
there was no objection to the spirit of the resolution,
hut he was now advised that it was contrary to law.
The Act of Incorporation only allows the meeting to
alter the rotation of the order of the whole body of the
directors, and not a portion of them. could not act
contrary to the advice he had received, and therefore
must decline putting the resolution.--(" Oh, oh.")
Mr. MOZLEY said the resolution was drawn up by
one of the most distinguished men in the legal profession.
Ile pledged himself for its legality, and therefore he
must insist on its being put to the meeting. If it was
illegal, its adoption would lead to no results. It could
not be rendered legal by the simple act of its being
agreed to by the meeting.—(Hear, hear.)
The CHAIRMAN—I am bound to act on the best
advice I can get.
Mr. MOZLET—Our advice was obtained from the most
eminent counsel. He carefully drew it up, and he had
ample time to weigh the matter in all its bearings,
which the gentleman who has just advised you had not.
The CHAIRMAN—I cannot put it after the advice I
have got on the point. lam bound to act by that
advice.
Mr. MOZLEY—I must insist on its beingynt.—(Loud
cheers.) I cannot compel you to put it, but I do
peremptorily require you to put it. If it be illegal, the
consequences will rest upon us.
The CHAIRSIA-N—l repeat I can only act in the delicate
position in which I am placed on the best advice I sin
able to procure. I have sought and obtained that
advice, which is adverse to myutting the resolution
Mr. WHEATLEY read then inion of the Attorney-
General, the Solicitor-General, Mr. Talbot. and Mr.
Godley. The opinion of these eminent counsel was
that the resolution read, as it applied to only a part of
the directors, and not to the whole, could not be Put.
Mr. MOZLEY—The opinion we have obtained is that
' of Messrs. Crompton and Parker. It was after the
fullest deliberation.
very peculiar
The CHAIRMAN—I repeat that in my
position I can only act according to the opinion of
counsel, which is, that it would be illegal to put the
resolution.—(Cheers and hisses.) lam sure I neither
deserve cheers nor hisses. These cries can do no good.
I am acting, I again say, on the best advice I can get.
Mr. MOZLEY—If you refuse to put the resolution,
i
the only alternative for us to adopt is to put t ourselves.
—(Cheers.)
A PROPRIETOR—Read us the Act of Parliament, and
see what it says.
The CtrAinatee—l cannot comply with the request of
the Hon. Proprietor. lam no lawyer, and cannot
dertake to put constructions on Acts of Parliament. I
must abide by the advice I have got.
Mr. MOZLEY—Then I feel it my duty to move the
adjournment of this meeting till five o'clock, in order to
consider what course we should adopt.
Mr. ALsTose—You cannot alter the law.
Mr. MozLEY—I do not know, Mr. Alston, whether
we can or not ; but I think your remark is not very
creditable in the circumstances in which we are placed.—
(Loud cheers.)
A rnornrwron—Could we not turn out the chairman
and put another in his place ?—(Loud laughter.)
The CHAIRMAN then put the motion for adjournment,
which was agreed to without opposition.
Mr. MOZLEY—The adjournment will not interfere
with the meeting at four o'clock, adjourned from that day
fortnight.
The CHAIRMAN—Certainly not. 'Remember, gentle-
men, the adjourned meeting from Saturday, the 270. of
February, takes place in this room at four o'clock.
The meeting then broke up.

ADJOURNED MEETING FROM FEB. 27.
The meeting which had been adjourned from Satur-
day, Feb. 27, took place in the same room at four
o'clock. The same gentlenen who were prosent at the
meeting at two o'clock, again crowded the large hall.
F. P. Muntz, Esq., chairman of the company, in the
chair.
The CHAIRMAN having stated thut this was an ad-
journed meeting from Feb. 27.
Mr. MOZLEY—MIII you, sir, be kind enough to read
the report again.
The CHAIRMAN—Certainly.
The Chairman then read the report, which only con-
sisted of a few sentences, and was quite of a general cha-
racter.
Mr. Mom:ET—The point on which the meeting was
adjourned a fortnight ago, related to the retirement of
four of the directors and the election of other tour di-
rectors in their stead. You would not agree to this. I
wish to know whether you have changed your mind ?
The CHAlRMAN—Ccrtaialy not. We are actin', here,
as in the other case, on the advice of counsel.
Mr. DIOZELEY—Iye are doing the same, and are act-
ing in accordance with the advice of men at the very
head of the 'profession. They are Sir F. Kelly, Mr.
Crampton, Mr. Parker, Mr. Peacock, Mr. Hope, and
Hawkins.
Mr. TURNER—I propose that one third of the directors
should now retire, agreeably to the Act of Parliament.—
(Hear, hear, and cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN—I cannot put the resolution.
Mr. TURNER—Then, sir, I beg to tell you that I am
not to be diverted from my purpose by your refusal. I
will put the resolution myself.—(Laughter, and loud
cheers.)
The lien. PROPRIETOR now put the resolution, which
he declared to be carried unanimously.
The CHAISMAN—If gentlemen choose to put resolu-
tions in this way, they can carry anything they shoos,-.