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BEAT WESTERN' RAMWAY
Grkea,s.PZial general meeting of the proprft.t
thep!,";,estera Railway was held yesterdayafte
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.rrsneonfntbact
a,re'_allington station, for thejpurpose consideringofßirmingham and
a‘"uti
6,ini_,ents, one for purchasing the
_e
I rhampton,
Tell Junction, and the Birmingham,
t r.
'it' •uudleY Railways, the other for the purchase of the
' po")eolnbe and Uxbridge Railways, and also orftbeeerptauirn-
lase of. determining upon the expediency
rise eh lines and extensions, and, if necessary, to autho-
-4°ll stthe directors to apply t'o Parliament in the
Russ 11,
for.powers to make them. Mr. Charles R
Ther.,e cha r.nan of the board of directors, presided.
holdersvas an exceedingly full attendance of share-
-0
, teeet. RA/R:itax said that the 'purpose of the present
to ealrilg was to obtain the permission of the shareholders
to to .??' 014 to their legitimate results the
te e'si°ll by renewing an application Parliamenttofmetah the
m nst
sanction._ them in the next. One 9
tiOPPrtant measures which had obtained. the sane-
-0 was the
liittairl Parliament in the last
th ildi're and Oxford Railway, thseesaci .1.1
it was hardly
!Itteersegatd to which were so recent, that i.
n the meet.
circumstances
14 ,I„ar,Y for him (the Chairman) to detain
liold„lt,a any reference to them. They (the share-
' 1.4 Holders)
wonld remember that a Bill was also ottaamineteln hi,d, construction of a railway from. Birming
lile:140(1Wol vet burn pton. The connexion between.ntheesnet
ceen,,,'las intimate they formed a continuous li
tte-Vnication, an'clawsere indeed, almost promoted by
that'i?' Panics. It was, therefore, thought advisabletoether
trler
onelld be amalgamated and brought together
R direction. Accordingly,
the '°flvened to promote the amalgamation, on
a special
.neetiongn
Sell) 9th October last, at which he (Mr. R
A 1 nad thought it his duty to be resernot..
15F),11)tnl. discussion took place as to the pin
ditPol'a °f the Great Western Company's beang,
ties to lease orpurchase them, which many
thoir,s• wished that they should do. He (Mr. Russll)
kit pt, (11
that occasion, that the proposition should ttai °,41,° from them (the Great Western), statedb.utte
con•
tide they would be prepared to take it ln that
th,i 'llOll, and that he did not think
amal-
4174evw'llld offer any opposition to theheir pur-
qlaae '°ll of the two lines, or
4.ttok-r lease b the Great providedWestern,tots that
the by
complied with,That
iPlesti-rangetnent sh add be just; 2d -That
hthe d pbreienn-
ete4ll4▪ Pnrposcs for which the railwayall
,-
the ri, abould in no way be violated; and, la ~
i)d
inThnant
di,lree"t4 °f the G t 'Western Railway
~4 Greg ealielerde.a On these agreemeanhtts'a, he saiAd,
k',Titlt.,-,4"Veqe'm would be prepared to treat.
," itl; was pissed agreeing to the amalgamation,_e
l'e,Qll'd .it also agreed' that a negotiation should br_
Z_-'0 of the
,tnhee Great Western for the lease or pu
14:atties ',lt, • Accordingly, a deputation of the two
h 's etc had •
met, and the result was, that the
(,44 ' the agreement were drawn up, which
tlhttir b,ersT.Ni ireul t amongst them. He (the
t;tkstilf-t, bcelie%erl'a, 'and so did his colleagues,htlheat theHe
estk(l°tl;:, agrernent were j.ist and eq
, urth.
ly
tL it
''VS not the practice of the Gthreeiinatgta Nhiraets
justtern
tetz4,‘' t o a•sli in their arrangements an 3
tst'lla,r)lls by in the present instance there were
ao na dg
literaj'Y theY had thought that the terms
d shouldst
strong
hc'ttli ‘l, lt Was their opinion th.at the
artit
it
1; e,tern Company could not bid fortheselint
ne s
d- -0
~.)411,) sald be inconsistent with their principlesm
any)
O"tle 11;4 that as they (the Great Western C
lt to °nly parties who could purchase the lionepthey
Bite 4 fr'r liberal terms. The directorts;ietihrer:ehfaorree,_
:they onlesitation in recommending to
ThYe look%lldoption of the terms,
two
lines. when
4 1 passed 'l/4, to the prospects of
1413hk throtiol rich districts to the heart of Bir-
Ith,,kt lax ~ . ~.,
IZ el: ,ue! Point wh.ere the traffic of the, north con-
v„i;Tl. Thu.. rore diverging to the various parts of the
144,5,1514 ' terms in fact were such as wetroe just to those
those who
titrt.,(Rts. well as advantageouts
to the present
444(e5hlitl'uttr„, hear.) Up al
ktrr,lb‘Y the Voritdhe Chairman) no attempt had been
and North- Western Company to
itill, 414,'"„itb the a7reement • but so late as yesterreloay
11q.' Qly,'' he (Mr. Russell; had received anletterfm
ttptY'eaitt t°e chairman of that comay, it whichwai
/144 Nte 11°A' read to them. . Though
14,1 and intillnaunication (as all which passed between
Ivitlit,tl bet ' Glya were), it had such a •on the
t ~IN(lir,Ql4e them that he should not feel justified in
lltk't;l t - 6r it , from them. (The Chairman. then pro-
-44 tilyt '1 the communication in question, which
liir ':'',,i,, Ihe London and North-Western
.Com.npan. ye
)vitti'l'ainth'a% memorial from certain parties in thq s,')lter° 4nd Oxford, pressing them to ceoemne I
them to
otatintt,qvarnal?eposition for an union
40t 4 th,t r's of the latter. The lettbeertw concluded by
the to th At Was accompanied by a copy of the answer
te, l'ettt et„rllena ori al. This document stated, that if
tVliati,,, ric, estern should decline entering into
with
tat '4054, 4'r a fresh arrangement in the matter
(1 n
r) )4 and
err Raiwer di North-Western Company, they the
Itlißee LlimsBP?sed, when the offer of the Great West-
dad' nott° ah (`„,01, to propose an arrangementadivoasnt.-
1 b
re.:.e, -this letter, though•
.dated the 2d ,
tut tow disser Its object was evident,
tl
e Fr'
•re. "`I him (the Chairmadn)
thattil
was,the
He could not,
therlfh° ttiel',srho among them, not atano eleventh,
illti 'ol‘e, he "" bour.----(Hear, hear.)
ilid'llrrence"_l:ltt.en
()j-81) ha(' -s,lt•ate, and at once, though labouring under
IN 4(4 anti °f his collea,ues. He had said an answer, which hadidoibntaiitntehdatthhee
115180 d. if.l,,Pate any advantage from t o ne„hoeotsihaatir?.
lie of he (:\tr Glyn) could persuade t _ .
ltil toythe the nirminghain and Oxford to transfer their
N. 11' P ha., nris a the London ant North-Western,
the t° itarAti_grneht should so far stultify itself
.as to
The
tt4ey., (the Great Western) would submit, but
th, a e 044,5. eAno part in it.--(Loud applause.)r
th,, kreeril_
112,1 N having expressed Insr.ficeedb,delietf. thats.
44 1, tiAere t would be confirmed: P
would still remainn
heillip,,,, toar,,,,Y circumstances, tnhecrommen
ted in detail
whicho
Ist uther ~ iLirliallent. He e
thin the next session,
14,tatpd t"n'S to be appl
t 4 ,am ° be for the moiesdt part the same as those of the
by the shareholders. The
tfil')ltlti, nalrfeadY of.,a,pproveadrmingthe agreement with the
lit':'illgiharnuarm„da`O`Yxfcoornd, and the Birmingham, Wolver-
lq Non, and Dudley, for the purchase of these t.wo
tq ettakin,
then read, and a long discussion
tiq . was
IVt4,,tlr. wiTnEns, at great length, opposed the agree-
, and entered into elaborate calculations to show
!Zlitl'it would never be lucrative. With respect to the
eusion entertained from the Probability of the
oth °4 and North-Western Company's getting the lines
k4ftt ''' Great Western did not h id let them get them.
,'lcludecl by Pro osin
wrtlli should bepoPstponged
,:aseasnaamendment, that the
lqr ,kisiroitto seconded the amendment.
N • /
0,44, LLIAms, M.P., supported it, and strongly
.11,be :Zed that amicable arrangements should be
ll'lle t•
he London and North-Western Companya.n ,
44,0111 y tii'lla.)l,tx replied at length on the subj_,chta,ndscl,
tidied
Yia,N% endment was . put to the show f
i, (4.• by a large majority.
t'illie,.ll,lkrielkal, motion was then put. and carried; after
141 tines to
Lian was also carried, authorising the
to tb 'Proc„,,,°.e applied for.
1, .`/iai!.``ungs were concluded by a vote of thanks
4131, -41411, having lasted nearly three hours.
AEG4I.Ic,
THE DE-
-'" kEETING OF
atAiln
0 XLI,- COMMITTEE FOR POLAND'S
DE-
'oa t 1 ,4d 4ATIoN.
kit,p)R or ,4Y evening last, November 30th, a p_uobmlic.
414'.,4, terlue members and friends of the above U _
~o,,,stlit,Sk Place at the German Society's Hall
the 41114iNtt, rurY-lane. Ernest Jones, Esq., President of
te
q IlleaS I:: was called to the chair, and opened h
t).olaati.: to brief but eloquent address on the wrongs
kteatN and the duty of all nations to uniteto ether
'll, Ills rat country from her spoliators and ogppres-
tti e f
,ttiarlts were heartily applauded. •
sly
(3Pted 'J1101'61:1,,
unanimously
, tto :, ~, resolutions were
.111),Pitteld by IT. REEsi, seconded by Mr.
IN That • AllettELoT :--
44 al a.,,t
Ofolding in horror and detestation
.the
MOY, and
I,the4tptaiarrl,,-;rProoliation committed by the Russian,
ttv,, tlhoiassian despotisms, known in history. as
4 .'lltion f CR Poland this meeting recognises the
t 'life., 0 the .) , _
s a sacred
"11tic 'lEtt e 9th of November, 1830, a- .
11,111 of th,.: °II the part of the Polish people in vinadni: ,
041,4,0'11 ,
It'2!' on
right to independence
and.
N,,lra whuoctcthis meeting venerating the heroes.
and
4'-' that r
y,, ors of that , eelares its sympathy t ''' 'if e`ioeltiugtihot,' fell and have.
ki,N,y . strug,j,
~...., .
tiop.,,Nsible n-,,, _
..tat its resolution to al
of .
their
V4letl '''''.trks Li promoting the objectwithil theci
`1.1.N,(1 by Mr . 0 sea 'd them
by Mr. R
fr' I, .12n, and su A.PPER, seconded 'lt hat wh,l PPorted by Mr. H. BAUER:-
Bilit 8 ef
teethe „ 1 e regarding with veneration the heroic
44thtra
,I,Y, then44lll6surr at Cracow, on the 22d of Feb
betes manifestation' of a more democratic
ty'lrldo., ause made not only in support of the list e
ritt:eoluilenee of Poland, but also in support of h
4,rlieBhSptri the entire Polish people; and this meet-
(l4 eelslert the Cracow manifesto as the charter. of
wh, 4,1 31, rejoices to learn that the said manifesto 1441 bare by the great mass of the exiled heroes_
eaNetraetin out their blood in the struggle of 1830; and
111141' 5/ hi 4 riecotniliends to the British
ere ti,tuOtaiising the 22d of February, 1847, by some
people the pro
„fie 0f the in behalf of Poland and the prin
,I, ON b,,e Oraeow manifesto."
,I°BB. lir. JuLte.ri HARNEY, and seconded by Mr.
ktitill, 1;,-
!1.'444a a; r'a.lat this meeting invokes the just hatread%soaf,sal_l
' eh, viettn4.,st. the Austrian murderrrs of the
(ya'r
... t_
11,`411t, „,' 11l Gallieia; and this inknting.alm.ga
andtitill°t 0111144 re of the republic of Cracow by Aus ri
,cotri,.Y the crowning act of the long list of atro-
-stv Ipt.,„-etto
- by Poland's spoliators, but also a gross
ti,,lrett Table violation of the ~ Treaty of Vienna,i'l
°I. one ; ands4t treaty to be no longer binding "o
the htN il therefore considers that the Government.t
k„‘ Cr4,tionEttilt:l4l, is now" at liberty to fulfil the desires of
ion not
'4ih-'-olv ~.'", by insisting upon the restorat t.
0 't hc,,,-"3", but of Poland, to the full extent of her
er),44.tlia ndaries."
Zttit9litt,es"tinn of Messrs. MOY and BAILEY,
P4414114Pe0p*14e3 appointed to draw up an addressato a a
theb.
the
Ad4,44enr,,Lf.°llnded 011 the foregoing resolutions;.
i_f,t,.,as,
and
boing authorised. to publish the
1t104"4s 1.,r,T1.,u also the abcve resolutions. h h, shote.r,ltr resolved that a copy of the above reso-
N, kvin,'-,1 be transmitted to Lord Palmerston.
t' - Is, s, ose
• 'losi_ °Ulu 11 announced that the Fraternal Demo-
tta
4ritist, ju
the on next Monday evening, at eight
'eel ess same room, for the purpose of adopting
4., re 1
~, --t4 by . 1).37 to the French democrats, the meeting
let:ti he
ee, 5t1n....„,...........2L.ging the " Ma seillaise."
115r0 (4, ,I.,e'Y of Friends have entered into a sub-
-141)1.,,Ii?Ils,1`,000/. in Dublin to relieve the wants of the
btti tncl,
0 and the same body in England have also
'°loo4 An Ike like purpose.

THE POOR MAN'S GUARDIAN
SOCIE I Y.

Last evening a pul:licneeting was held at the
Literary and Scientific Institution, John-street, Fitzroy-
square, for the purpose of forming a St. Pancras
Auxiliary "Poor Mart's Guardian Society," "in conse-
quence," to quote the words of the advertisment conven-
ing the meeting, " of the cruelties and oppressive treat-
ment to which the poor are exposed in their adversity,
when applying for relief from the Board of Guardians,
and the deep sympathy awakened in their behalf in the
breasts of the parishioners of St. Pancras. The attend-
ance was not numerous.
Mr. C. COCHRAN said, the Rev. Mr. Stoddart had
consented to take the chair, and availed himself of the
opportunity to state, that the principal reason of the
paucity of attendance was the holding of another meet-
ing in the neighbourhood for an equally good object—
namely. the abolition of the punishment of death.
The CHAIRMAN briefly addressed the meeting. He
said the poor-law, and the practices adopted in the
various ueions formed in accordance with that law, were
a blot on the escutcheon of this country. and that it was
a wonder that, ere now, the people had not arisen, en
masse, and demanded its entire abrogation.—(Cheers.)
The system dealt in the grossest barbarities—child
murder, forced divorce, and numerous other cruelties.
Instead of the present system, the aged and indigent,
and all who could produce a good character, should re-
c. ive out-dime relief, instead of being hurried into bus-
ti!es which were worse than prisons. The poor had a
ayertect right to have more relief than the law now

allowed them to receive. Now, the relief was on a mini-
mum scale; the whole expense b• ing only one hundredth
part of the taxation of the country.—(Cheers.) After
stating that he should use his utmost exertions to bring
about an alteration of the system, he intimated that Mr.
Cochrane would address the meeting.

Mr. C. COCHRANE, who was warmly received, proposed
the first resolution, which was to the following effect :
" That this meeting is of opinion that the sufferings
and privations now endured by the labouring population
on account of the high prices of all kinds of provisions,
must be-greatly aggravate d during the present inclement
winter season, and being thereby inevitably compelled to
seek parochial relief, to which by law they are entitled,
it is the bounden duty of all boards of guardians and re-
lieving officers (more especially as it is strictly enforced
by the Saviour of mank.nd) to dispense their relief
kindly, readily, and liberally, and in accordance with the
Christian principles of the good Samaritan, and not to
make such relief to the necessitous and deserving de-
pendent on their abandoning their homes, and entering
the precincts of a cheerless and harshly regulated work-
house or union."

He referred at some length to the way in which the
poor were ti rated by the parochial authorities of St.
Pancras and Marylebene parishes, and stigmatised it as
most unchrisiirn and barbarously inhuman. The case
of the unfortunate young girlwho destroyed herself rather
than return and subject herself. to the cruelties prac-
tised in the "shed" was a painful illustration of this, and
the case of the child Joseph Woodward, who died from
sheer starvation and neglect, also exemplified the
necessity of a society which would enforce the
rights of the poor.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.)
It was true the guardians came to the mother after her
child was dead, and offered to supply her with money
and bread, she having only been supplied with bread
before, as a gentleman, whose name was not mentioned,
called upon her twice, and left two shillings and two
loaves of bread, and told her that the guardians wished
to see her. But these atrocities were not confined to St.
Pancras, as the " shed" system was adopted in Peckham.
There 70 to 80 poor were crammed into a shed not larger
than the space allowed for three persons in the London
Fever Ho-pital.—(Shame.) And, in Marylebone, a
young woman, named Mordaunt, was so neglected by
the parish authorities that she died from the want of food
and neglrct, ant+ she and her sister were blamed by Mr.
Messer, the assistant overseer, for " want of energy."
He said " the sooner they were tested with the work-
house the better." The one that died was in ill health,
and they had to pay half-a-crown a week for their lodg-
ings, and to support an aged mother. Such an unmiti-
gated and heartless insult was never offered. The board.
in order to shield themselves, dismissed Mr. Messer, but
they were to blame for not issuing proper and humane
orders to their assistants. No one under sixty,
however good his character might be, could
obtain out-door relief. A coachman named Carter, who
was nearly blind, committed suicide because they would
not admit him into the workhouse, as he was under 60
years of age, and because he would not bring his wife
and family, who were earning a few shillings a-week,
and whose earnings he told the guardians he could not
bear to consume, into the house with him. But he
pleaded in vaia, for they refused, and he hung himself.—
(Shame.) He concluded by passing a glowing eulogy on
Mr. Walter, of the Times, for his exertions to remodel
the poor-laws, and concluded by moving the adoption of
the report.
Mr. ROPER, honorary secretary to the Distressed
Needlewomen Society, seconded the motion, which was
carried by acclamation.
Mr. Ems preposed the next resolution, which was to
the effect—" That taking into consideration the frightful
circumstances connected with the death by destitution of
two of the parishioners of St. Pancras, namely, Mary
Ann Jones and Joseph Woodward, this meeting is of
opinion that they are to be traced to the cruel manner in
which the suff-ring poor are treated by the parochial au-
thorities ; that in the preceding cases of death, the one
from suicide from apprehended punishment within the
" shed" of the St. Pancras workhouse, the other
from the want of the necessaries of life, this
meeting is of opinion that murder has been com-
mitted, and that the parochial authorities
are morally responsible for the same, and that the best
protection the poor can have against future tyranny and
oppression is in the formation of a St. Pancras Poor
Man's Guardian Society.

It was seconded by Mr. PoYNTER, and carried unani-
In'TVY•e following resolution was also adopted :—•' That,
taking into consideration the fearful disclosur
to the death of I,ol.lhia Mordaunt on accouelsitreolfttihge
har;h administration of the Poor-law by the parochial
authorities in Marylebone, as also the published decla-
ration, of the disgusting rules practised withinthe Mary-
lebone Workhouse, in connexion with the wasting
of the persons of the poor inmates, a public meeting be
convened on Monday; the 14th inst., at Hall's Riding
School, for the purpose of further investigating the dis-
ci ,sures and practices referred to, with the object of pro-
viding such remedies as will guard against their future
repetition ; and that the members of the borough be in-
vited to attend, and one of them invited to preside, and
that notice be given to the Vestry and Board of Guar
dians of the parish.
A motion, approving of the appointment-of the Auxi-
liary Socit-ty, was also adopted, and a vote of thanks
having been awarded to the chairman, the meeting se-
perated.

ALARMING COLLISION ON THE
- -

BOLTON RAILWAY.
MANCHESTER, THIIRSDAY.—A collision of a frightful
character took place yesterday upon the Bolton division
of the Manchester and Leeds Railway, whereby a bal-
last-train, in which were 29 labourers, in the employ of
erin
the company, was run against by a luggage-train tra-
n s
oppositeal
n was a
n
direction. The engine of the ballast-trainy
yelling on the same line of rails, buti
damaged, and the carriage containing the work-people
thrown off the rails and turned over.
The engineer and foreman of the luggage train, seeing
the opposite train approaching, shut off the steam and
ed. Assistance
had time to jump off and escape uninjured.
to their
was procured as soon as possible, and the men, all of
whom were more or less injured, were sent
homes, where some of them at present se.main in a very
bad state.
The accident appears to have been occasioned by the
wilful disobedience of orders by one of the engine-
drivers. A portion of the line, near the Kearsley em-
bankment being under repair, the materials used in the
works are conveyed from near Bolton, in order that the
repairs might not interfere with the passenger traffic,
the works were ordered to E be carried on in the night
time. For the better prevention of accidents, one engine-
driver, named Johnson, was ordered to take all the
luggage trains, either to or from Bolton, upon the " up",
line, while Steventon, the driver of the train conveying
ballast for the repairs, was ordered to use the " down"
line. Had these instructions been obeyed, it is obvious
there could be no possibility of a co lision ; the ballast
train was, however, run upon the ss rong rail, and the
catastrophe above related occurred in consequence; and
upon Steventon being asked how it was that he ran upon
the wrong line, he excused himself by stating that he
had done it to save the time that would have been lost
by " shunting" the train upon the other line, as he
thought that the luggage train would not run to Bolton
again that morning, as it had already made two journeys
since the preceding evening.
Mr. Himmers, the secretary, and Mr. Issett, the su-
perintendent, having instituted an inquiry into the cause
of the disaster, Steventon, the driver of the ballast
engine, was taken into custody, and brought up before
the county magistrates at the New Bailey Court-house,
Salford.
The circumstances having been fully investigated, the
prisoner, in his defence, threw the blame upon one of the
watchmen at the Bolton terminus, who told him there
were no more trains coming on that line.
Mr. Trafford told him that that was no excuse, for be
had clearly disobeyed his orders, and, by so doing, he
had endangered both lite and limb.
The prisoner was then sentenced for a month to hard
labour ; and in the event of any of the injured parties
dying, will be tried upon a charge of manslaughter. The
injuries received by some of the men are stated to be of
a serious character.

ALMERIA GRAPES.—There are a description of
grapes annually imported at this season of the year from
Almeria, which are much esteemed. They differ very
materially from almost every other kind of grape, both
of home and foreign growth, having a peculiarly cool
and refreshing flavour, and of so comparatively firm a
substance, as, on being bitten, to burst with much force
in the mouth, and in consequence of their full appear-
ance and extent of bunch, form a handsome dish for
dessert, when other grapes, excepting those of an in-
ferior quality, throughout the winter months, are dear
and scarce. The importation of this description of grape
is now taking place to a considerable and unusually
lame extent.

MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.—On Saturday last a little
girl, about six or seven years old, while swinging on a
railing at the top of a stair in Rose-street, fill to the
bottom, a height of three stories. She is now fast re-
covering.—Edinburgh Register.
The mortal remains of the late Marchioness (Dow-
ager) of Westminster, were removed from Grosvenor-
square on Thursday forenoon, for Eaton Hall, Cheshire,
and this day t hey will be consigned to the family vault
at Eccleston church, close adjoining. The Marquis of
Westminster, the Earl of Wilton, and Lord Robert
Grosvenor, left town last evening for the purpose of
attending the funeraL