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TIIE SUN, LONDON MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBE-11, 28, 1846.

for the Taw Vale Company, and he unhesitatingly as-
serted that nothing had occurred upon which their con-
duct could be fairly impeached.
Mr. WILKINSON, the solicitor of the Taw Vale Com-
pany, wished to know from Mr. Fripps, whether, after
the 26th of May last, when he signed the agreement with
the Taw Vale Company, he did not vote on the North
Devon scheme against the Taw Vale Company ?
(Great cheering.)
Mr. FMPP (pith some warmth) said that that was
neither the time nor place to answer such a question.
Mr. WILKINSON would leave it to the meeting to
form its own inference upon the subject.—(Hear, hear.)
The CHAIRMAN then put the question, that the report
of the directors be received and adopted • and, the
motion having been seconded, he declared it to be
carried unanimously. He then called upon the secretary
to read the following agreements
" BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY COMPANY,
AND TAW VALE RAILWAY AND DOCK
COMPANY.
" COPY AGREEMENT BEFORE THE TAW VALE RAILWAY
EXTENSION ACT WAS PASSED.

"London, 26th May, 1846.
" Memorandum for a provisional agreement between
the Parliamentary Committee of the Bristol and Exeter
Railway Board of Directors and the Directors of the
I proposed Taw Vale Railway and Dock, and Taw Vale
Railway Extension Company,contingent upon the passing
of an Act in the present session of Parliament authoris-
ing the construction thereof.
" The works to be constructed to the satisfaction of the
engineer of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company.
" The line and works to be taken to when complete by
the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, with all rights
and privileges conferred by the Acts of Parliament or
otherwise upon the Taw Vale Company.
" Interest to be allowed on the deposits and calls of
the Taw Vale Company at four per cent. per annum
from the time of payment until six months after the
opening of the line for public traffic, such interest to be
charged to capital, after which a dividend to be paid
half-yearly by the Bristol and Exeter Company of four
per cent. subject to an increase in the following rates.
On paid-up capital-4i per cent. when the Bristol and
Exeter proprietors receive 9 per cent.
5 per cent. when 10 per cent.
6 ditto when 11 "
7 ditto when 12
and so forth.
" During the construction of the works, the board of
directors to consist of eleven members, of whom six shall
be appointed by the Bristol and Exeter Company, and
the remaining five by the said Taw Vale Railway and
Dock and the Taw Vale Railway Extension Company.
JAMES GIBBS, Chairman. EMAN. COOPER, Deputy
JNO. BROWN, Chairman of the Taw
W3f. WATSON, Vale Extension Railway
CHAS. B. FRIPP, Company.
Wr. RAWSON, GEORGE HARRIS,
J. B. BADHAM, Secretary. JOHN WHEELTON,
JOHN SHARLAND,
WM. CORY,
J. G. FRITH,
GEO. HENRY HAR RIS,
Secretary.
" COPY AGREEMENT.

" After the Taw Vale Railway Extension Act was
passed, and made when the directors of that company
met the directors of the Bristol and Exeter Company,
4th and sth September, 1846, to carry the minutes of
26th May into effect.
"An Agreement between the Taw Vale Railway and
Dock Company of the one part, and the Bristol and
Railway Company of the other part.
" Whereas an Act was passed in the first year of the
reign of her present Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled
' An Act for making a Railway from Penhill in the
Parish of Fiemington, in the County of Devon, to the
Tewn of Barnstaple, and for coneructing a Dock in the
said parish of Fremington, to be calted the Taw Vale
Railway and Dock.'
" And whereas another Act was passed in the last
session of Parliament, intituled An Act to amend the
Act relating to the Taw Vale Railway and Dock.'
" And whereas the several works by the said first
mentioned Act authorised are in course of construction.
" And whereas another Act has been passed in the
present session of Parliament, intituled ' An Act for
amending the Acts relating to the Taw Vale Railway
and Dock, and for making an Extension therefrom to
the Exeter and Crediton Railway in the county of
" And whereas the directors acting under the autho-
rity of the said Acts have entered into a treaty with the
directors of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company
for the sale of the railway dock and works authorised to
be constructed by the said Acts.
" Now therefore the undersigned on the part of their
respective boards, to negotiate and conclude an agree-
ment in this behab; subject only to confirmation by the
proprietors of each company, have this day met and

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mutually agreed as follows:
" Ist. That the directors of the Taw Vale Railway
and Deck Company shall, with all convenient dispatch,
construct and finish the railways, dock, and works
authorised by the said Acts, so as that the same shall
be finished and ready for general traffic on or before the
first day of May one thousand eight hundred and forty-
nine. _ _ _

" 2nd. That the said railways, dock, and works with
all requisite stations, offices, warehouses, goods and
passenger sheds, engine-houses, and other buildings,
fences, roads, spare lines, turntables, water reservoirs,
cranes, weighing machines, and appurtenances shall ba
constructed and finished in all things to the satisfaction
of the engineer for the time being of the Bristol and
Exeter Railway Company. . . .

" 3rd. That if the said Bristol and Exeter Railway

Company decide that a continuous double line of rails be
laid down for the opening of the line for general traffic,
instead of waiting for the decision of the Raid of Trade,
referred to in the fifth section of the Taw Vale Extension

Act passed this session as aforesaid, then such continuous
double line of rails shall be laid down accordingly.
" 4th. That when the said railways, dock, and works
with the requisite stations, erections, buildings, conve-
niences and appurtenances are completed to the satisfac-
tion of the engineer of the Bristol and Exeter Railway
Company, they shall take possession thereof, and be liable
for all future repair, save and except that during three
years from the time of the opening the said railways,
dock, and works, or any part thereof, for general traffic
and use, all re-construction and repair arising from slips
or subsidence of earth or from defective construction of
the said railways, dock, and works, and the procuring
and laying all additional materials and ballast, shall be
done and performed by the said Taw Vale Railway and
Dock Company, or by the Bristol and Exeter Railway
Company, as part of the capital account for constructing
the works of the said Taw Vale Railway and Dock
Company.
" sth. That the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company
shall provide all requisite plant of every description ne-
cessary to conduct and work the said railways and dock
at their own charges in all things.
" 6th. That the said railways, dock and works, with
all tolls, rights and privileges, shall be, on the comple-
tion of the works as aforesaid, conveyed or transferred to
the said Bristol and Exeter Railway Company as their
own property, absolutely and for ever ; and that the said
Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, and the said Taw
Vale Railway and Dock Company, shall unite in making
the necessary application to Parliament for an Act
during the next session to carry this agreement into
effect.

" 7th. That the said Bristol and Exeter Railway Com-
pany shall undertake the duties and responsibilities im-
posed upon the said Taw Vale Railway and Dock
Company, under the aforesaid Acts of Parliament, from
the time of the said railways, dock, and works, being
open for general use and traffic, except as to the repairs
during three years from that time, as provided for by the
fourth article.

Bth. That during the construction of the works the
, said Taw Vale Railway and Dock Company shall pay
their proprietors interest at the rate of four per cent.
per annum on the payments made and to be made by
7 them from the respective times of payment thereof, in-
cluding interest at the rate aforesaid on the capital stock
mentioned in the twentieth clause of the said 'raw Vale
Railway Extension Act. And further the said interest
shall be so paid up to the expiration of six calendar
months from the time that the said railways, dock, and
works shall be opened for general use and traffic, and be
charged and added to the capital account as part of the
cost of construction.
" 9th. That from and after the expiration of the said
six months the said Bristol and Exeter Railway Com-
pany shall pay the said Taw Vale Railway and Dock
Company a dividend of four per cent. per annum upon
the full amount of the capital paid up to the share-
holders thereof for or in respect of the construction of the
said railways, dock, and works, including the capital
stock mentioned in the last article, the same to be
payable half-yearly, with the following augmentations
from time to time, that is to say:—
" When and so long as the Bristol and Exeter Rail-
way proprietors obtain 9 per cent. from their line with
its branches and extensions, then the dividend payable
under this agreement shall be 4} per cent. And when
and so long as the dividend so obtained by the Bristol
and Exeter Railway proprietors shall be 10 per cent.
then the dividends payable under this agreement shall be
augmented and be 5 per cent. And when and as long as
the said Bristol and Exeter Railway proprietors receive
10 per cent. as last aforesaid, then in case the said Bris-
tol and Exeter Railway Company create any new stock
or the purposes of their railways, then the proprietors
of the said Taw Vale Railway and Dock Company shall,
in addition to the said augmented dividend of 5 per cent.,
be entitled to participate in such new stock in proportion
to the amount which the B stock then issued bears to
the whole amount of the stock of the said Bristol and
Exeter Railway Company.
" 10th. That the capital stock of the Taw Vale Com-
pany shall be represented by a new stock in the Bristol
and Exeter Railway Company to be created within six
months after the opening of the line, which stock shall
be called 13 stock and shall Lave secured to it all the ad-
vantages defined in the last article. And that such new
stock shall have the same representative power by
voting at the Bristol and Exeter Railway meetings, as if
the holders thereof held a corresponding investment in
Bristol and Exeter stock, to that paid up on the new or
B stock aforesaid.
" I 1 th. Provided always that nothing herein con-
tiined shall prevent or restrain the proprietors of the
Bristol and .Exeter Railway C, anpany from disposing
of their railway, and branches and extensions, including
the said Taw Vale Railways and Dock, to any other
railway company on such terms and under such arran,e-
ments as they thillk proper ; but in the event of their
sodoing, in consideration of any fixed annual payment to
be secured to the said Bristol and Exeter Railway pro-
prietors, not exceeding ten per cent., then the dividend
receivab!c by the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company
shall he assumed and taken at the maximum of ten per
cent., although it may not have attained the same. And
the rate of five per cent. hereinbefore mentioned to be
thereupon payable to the proprietors of the Taw Vale
Railway and I)4ek Company shall be accordingly deemed

and taken as payable to them. And further, that in the
event of the said fixed annual payment secured to :the
said Bristol and Exeter Railway Company being
eleven per cent., twelve per cent., and so on
progressively, the dividend payable to the proprietors of
the said Taw Vale Railway and Dock Company shall be
six per cent., seven per cent., and so on progressively ;
and such rates of dividend respectively shall be secured
to them accordingly by the company in whom the said
Bristol and Exeter Railway, with its branches and ex-
tensions aforesaid, shall become vested. But if the
Bristol and Exeter Company amalgamate with any
company not paying ten per cent., and the consideration
agreed to be accepted and taken by the said Bristol and
Exeter Railway Company, for disposing of their said
railway with its branches and extensions aforesaid, shall
be stock in the company contracting to take the same,
then the proprietors of the said Taw Vale Railway and
Dock Company shall have, and be entitled to, a fixed'
rent of 4i per cent., until the company with which the
Bristol and Exeter Railway Company becomes amalga-
mated pay a dividend of ten per cent., and then the Taw
Vale proprietors shall be entitled to a dividend of five
per cent., and shall also have and be entitled to share in
all new stock created by the company with which the
Bristol and Exeter Railway becomes so amalgamated,
after such ten per cent. dividend shall have been attained
in the proportion which the Taw Vale stock, or the B
stock to be issued as aforesaid, shall bear to the whole
stock of the company with which such amalgamation as
aforesaid may take plate.
" 12th. That for all moneys paid by the said Bristol
and Exeter Railway Company, under this agreement,
until they are in possession of the said railways, dock,
and works, they shall have a lien thereon and a right
thereto.
" 13th. That, during the construction of the said rail-
ways, dock, and works, the number of the directors of
the said companies shall be increased to eleven, under
the powers of the thirty-sixth section of the said Taw
Vale Extension Railway Act, passed this session, and
that the following be six of such directors. viz., James
Gibbs, John Browne, Patrick Miller, William Watson,
Charles Bowles Fripp, and William Rawson, together
with five other qualified proprietors to be nominated
and appointed by the Taw Vale Railway and Dock
Company.
" 14th. That in the event of the death or resignation
of either of them, the said James Gibbs, John Browne,
Patrick Miller, William Watson, Charles Bowles Fripp,
or William Rawson, before the said railways, dock, and
works are completed and opened for general use and
traffic, the vacancy shall be supplied by such other
qualified proprietor as shall be nominated for that pur-
pose by the said Bristol and Exeter Railway Company,
and be proposed by either of the others of the said
James Gibbs, John Browne, Patrick Miller, William
Watson' Charles Bowles Fripp, and William Rawson,
and so from time to time with regard to the death or
resignation of the director or directors introduced or
added under this article.
" 15th. That in the event of the death or resignation
of either of the five directors nominated and appointed
by the Taw Vale Railway and Dock Company under
the thirteenth article before the said railways, dock, and
works are completed and opened for general use and
traffic, the vacancy shall be supplied by such other quali-
fied proprietor as shall be nominated for that purpose
by such five directors as aforesaid or a majority of them,
and so from time to time with regard to the death or re-
signation of the director or directors introduced or
added under this article.
" 16th. That such deed and Act of Parliament as are
necessary to carry the above agreements into full and
fair effect shall be settled on behalf of the said Taw Vale
Railway and Dock Company by Mr. Josiah Wilkinson,
and on behalf of the said Bristol and Exeter Railway
Company by Mr. Charles Savery of Bristol; and in case
they differ thereon then the same shall be settled between
the parties by Mr. Robert John Hall who is finally to
decide thereon in all respects.
" Witness our hands this fifth day of September, one
thousand eight hundred and forty-six.
"On behalf of the Taw "On behalf of the Bristol
Vale Railway and Dock and Exeter Rail way
Company.
EMAN. COOPER, Company.
JNO. BROWNE,
GEORGE HARRIS, WM. WATSON,
GEO. HENRY HARRIS, WM. RAWSON,
Secretary. CHAS. BOWLES FRIPP,
J. B. BADITA3I, Secretary.
The SECRETARY then read certain resolutions of the
directors of the Bristol and Exeter Company of the
9th of September, at variance with these agreements;
a letter of the 18th of September from Mr. Badham, the
secretary of the Bristol and Exeter Company, with
reference to them ; and also the following resolutions
which were come to on the 22d of September by the
directors of the Taw Vale Company:—
" Resolved, That the draft agreement of the sth inst.
is not in accordance with the letter and spirit of the pro
visional agreement entered into by the Parliamentary
Committee of the Bristol and Exeter Company and the
directors of this company in May last.
" Because, Ist. The B stock of the Bristol and Exeter
Company, proposed to be issued by this company, is
deprived of its rights of participating in its proportion of
all new creations of stock; this right being restricted
until the Bristol and Exeter proprietors receive a divi-
dend of ten per cent., although no such restriction was
mentioned when the agreement iu May was entered into
or contemplated by the directors of this company.
" 2d. Because the introduction of new branches into
the draft agreement of the sth inst., the stock of which is
to receive a dividend greater than the dividend to ba paid
to this company is an infraction of the agreement, inas-
much as the agreement of May was entered into with
and upon tho statistics of the main line only, and inas-
much as the introduction of these new branches into the
agreement will materially lessen the dividend which the
proprietors of this company are entitled to.
" 3rd. Because the representations and statistics of the
Parliamentary Committee of the Bristol and Exeter
Company, submitted in:May- to the directors of the com-
pany, showed that the minimum dividend, which would
be paid to the proprietors of this company, would be
4i per,cent., with a probable early advance to 5,6, or
more, per cent., independent of the advantage of the par-
ticipation in new stock; whereas the draft agreement of
the sth instant, presents little prospect of more than
4 or 4fr per cent. at any period, and limits the dividend
to 5 per cent., with great uncertainty of any participa-
tion in new stock.
" 4th. Because the dividend which in the provisional
agreement of May was to rise proportionably wish the
dividend paid by the Bristol and Exeter Company to the
proprietors of their stock to 6,7, 8, or more per cent., is
in the draft agreement of the sth instant limited to 5 per
cent., the proposed equivalent for this reduction, being
in fact only part of a right, the whole of which the pro-
prietors of this company are justly entitled to.
_ _

" sth. Because the issue of the B stock is, under the
draft agreement of the sth instant, delayed till six
months after the opening of the line, which delay was
not mentioned in May, and will be highly injurious to
the proprietors of Taw Vale stock, inasmuch as they are
during this period deprived of all the rights and pri-
vileges which under the amalgamation they are enti-
tkd to.

" 6. Because, instead of appointing a board of directors
of the united companies, which board was by the agree-
ment of May to be regulated as to the respective num-
bers appointed by each company as such boards are
usually constituted, and the powers of which were to be
limited to superintending the construction of the works,
the draft agreement of the sth instant displaced five
members of the Taw Vale board, and gives to
the Bristol and Exeter board the appointment
of a majority of the Taw Vale board, the effect of which
will be to place in the hands of the Bristol and Exeter
board, the sole and uncontrolled power of dictating the
terms of the deed proposed to be entered into, and the
terms of the Act to be applied:for; then, although nomi-
nally, these important matters involving diverse in-
terests of the two companies, are to be arranged by the
Bristol and Exeter and Taw Vale boards. The Bristol
and Exeter directors will have the whole power, and the
interest of the Taw Vale proprietors will be at their ab-
solute and uncontrolled disposal.
7th. Because the draft agreement of the sth instant
gives to the Bristol and Exeter Company the power to
lease or amalgamate with any other company without
consulting the Taw Vale Directors, and upon terms
which prejudicially limit and restrict the rights of the
proprietors of this company.
" Bth. Because the Bristol and Exeter directors will
not engage to adopt the Bideford and South Molton
branches, although the Taw Vale Company are bound,
in good faith, to the inhabitants of those districts to
apply to Parliament for powers to construct them.
" That these resolutions be forwarded to the Bristol
and Exeter directors, and that they and the letter of the
Bristol and Exeter Company of the 18th instant, be laid
before the proprietors on the 26th instant.
The CHAIIt3IAN believed that now the whole of the
facts with regard to the proposals of the Bristol and
Exeter Company, and the Taw Vale Company were be-
fore the proprietors. The Taw Vale Company abided
by the agreement of the 26th of May, but the Bristol
and Exeter directors appeared to him to abide by
nothing but their own construction of it.—(Hear, hear.)
Having stated thus much, he had nothing more to do
than to say that he should be happy to hear any obser-
vations that proprietors might think proper to make, and
put any resolutions to the meeting which they might
think it necessary to propose.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. WILLIAMS, as a large shareholder of the Taw
Vale Company, thought it behoved the meeting to con-
sider well before they decided upon adopting the agree-
ment of the sth of September, as by adopting it they
sold themselves at once and for ever to the Bristol and
Exeter Company.—(Hear, hear.) ye knew that the
present company had been proposed in the utmost good
faith.—(Hear, hear.) H
He had no doubt that it would
meet the wants, in a great measure, of the districts
through which it passed, and that it would ensure a
good return to the proprietors.—(Hear, hear.) He felt
certain that a traffic would take place upon the line that
would ensure six per cent. to the shareholders.—(Hear,
hear.) The proprietors bad nothing at all ti do with
the question whether good faith had been kept by
the directors of the Bristol and Exeter line with the
directors of the Taw Vale Corepany.—(Hear, hear.).
The question fur them was, whether the agreement of
the sth of September was one calculated for the interest
of the proprietary.—(Hear, hear.) His humb'e opinion
was, that it was not ; and that, therefore, they ought
not to sanction it.—(Hear, hear.) The agreement, it
was true, had not the sanction of the directors, but if it
had had, he should have considered it to be his duty to
have opposed it.—(Hear, hear.) He considered that the
directors were entitled to the best thanks of the proprie-
tors for their great exertions in their behalf in Parlia-
ment, where they had succeeded in carrying their Bill,
notwithstanding they had been opposed by a great
company, whom they thought their friends.—(flear,
hear.) All that had been stated by the directors of the
Bristol and Exeter Company about the proprietors of
the Taw Vale Company getting 6 per cent., or 7 or 8
per cent., in his opinion went into thin air.—(Hear,
hear.) Added to this, the Bristol and Exeter Company
offered them no means of making their railway—(Hear,

hear)—and as they were to make the railway with their
own resources, he thought they might as well do so at
once and have nothing to do with the Bristol and
Exeter Company.—(Hear, hear.) In the agreement
of the sth of September there were about 14 or 15
clauses, and 12 of them were decidedly in favour of the
Bristol and Exeter Company.(llear' hear.) It was
all very well for the Bristol and Exeter Company to say
they were going to sell themselves to a great com-
pany—that they were to get 9 per cent.—and then the
Taw Vale would get 5 or more ; that might be all very
well, but he thought if once they entered into the agree-
ment of the sth of September, the conduct of the direc-
tors of the Bristol and Exeter Company would be like
that of a representative of a borough that was now in
schedule A, who, when remonstrated with for not pro-
tecting the rights of his constituents, said—" I bought
you, and I have now a right to sell you."—(Cheers
and laughter.) Mr. Williams concluded by moving
the following resolution :—" That in the opinion of
this meeting the provisional agreement of the sth of
September, between the directors of this company and
the directors of the Bristol and Exeter Company, is
not beneficial to the proprietors of this company, and
ought to be rejected."—(Cheers.)
Mr. STUTELEY seconded the motion. He, like Mr.
Williams, would have opposed the adoption of this
agreement, even if it had been supported by the direc-
tors, because it was all on one side.—(Hear, hear.) No
doubt the directors of the Bristol and Exeter Company
had acted rightly in endeavouring to make a good bar-
gain for their proprietors, but it was the duty and inte-
rest of the shareholders of the Taw Vale Company
equally to take care of their own interests, and at once
say they would have nothing to do with the directors
of the Bristol and Exeter Company, or their one-sided
proposition.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. MAUBERT supported the resolution. 'He con-
sidered that the second agreement was a complete doing
away with the first.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. FRIPP admitted that if the proprietors of the Taw
Vale Company thought the agreement of the sth of
September was against their interests, it was their
duty to reject it.—(Hear, hear.) It was, however, his
belief that the directors of the Bristol and Exeter Com-
pany only carried out the provisions of the first agree-
ment in the second.—(Cries of " Oh, oh.") There were
some points in the agreement which, on the first blush,
might appear unfair, but he thought, upon considera-
tion, they would be found not to be so. The directors
of the Bristol and Exeter Company thought they had
offered extremely fair terms to the Taw "'tale Com-
pany; he considered that securing to them four per
cent., and giving them the chance of the profits of an-
other line, was a most fair proposition.—(Cries of " Oh,
oh!") The directors of the Bristol and Exeter Com-
pany were desirous of leaving the whole question of the
adoption or rejection of the agreement with the Taw
Vale proprietors.
Mr. J. BROWN defended the course he had pursued
when with Lord Fortescue. It was at the present
meeting that he had first heard of bad faith on the part
of the Bristol and Exeter directors.—(Hear, hear.) He
did not rise to oppose the motion, but he thought it
was too bad for the Taw Vale directors to make the
insinuations and charges they had done against the
Bristol and Exeter directors. Hitherto he believed the
directors of both companies had acted with good feeling
towards each other, and it was for the proprietors
of the Taw Vale Company to pursue any course
they thought proper.—(Hear, hear.) He begged
most distinctly to state that it was in
consequence of the resolutions that had been agreed on
with them before Parliament that Lord Fortescue had
withdrawn his opposition. He could assure the meeting
that whatever might be said of them, the directors of the
Exeter and Bristol Company, in all they had done, had
been actuated by the most honourable feelings.
Mr. THORNE denied that the offer made to the Taw

Vale directors of the Bristol and Exeter Company was
a liberal one, or such as they had a right to expect.—
(Hear, hear.) It was unnecessary for him to say one
word with respect to the probable traffic on the line of
the Taw Vale Railway; it was enough for him to state
that all parties in the districts through which the rail-
way was proposed to pass were unanimously in its
favour, and were ready to assist them to the utmost of
their power. They were also equally unanimous in
objecting to the agreement proposed by the Bristol and
Exeter Company.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Newton
Feßowes had stated his opinion to be that the Taw Vale
line would pay an excellent per centage if even there
was not a single passenger carried on it.—(Hear, hear.)
As for Limself, he (Mr. Thorne) firmly believed that the
line would neither be a four, five, or six per cent. line—
(Hear, hear)—for he had no doubt that before three
years had elapsed it would be a seven or eight per cent.
line.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. WILKINSON, the solicitor of the Taw Vale
Company, having been present during the whole of the
discussion that had taken place between the Bristol and
Exeter directors and those of the Taw Vale Company,
felt it incumbent upon him to say a few words to the
meeting, particularly as some of the observations that
had been made seemed to reflect on the gentleman with
whom he was acting. Ho would not attempt to im-
pugn the fair dealing of the Bristol and Exeter board,
but he thought it would be in the recollection of the
gentlemen connected with the Bristol and Exeter
Company, that the reasons adduced by the directors of
the Taw Vale Company for objecting to the agreement
had been urged and argued at considerable length.
When the agreement of the sth of Sep-
tember was under discussion, ' there was
an evident disinclination on the part of the directors of
the Taw Vale Company to consent to the agreement.
Those objections were urged upon them, and it was
stated over and over again that what was known of the
feeling of the proprietors precluded any hope of the di-
rectors of the Taw Vale Company carrying the agree-
ment at a meeting of the shareholders.—(Hear, hear.)
Moreover, when the agreement was about to be signed,
and when the language was, that the gentlemen who
signed it authorised it on the part of their respective
boards, the Chairman of the Taw Vale Company re-
fused to sign it, and it was altered, so that it might be
considered at a future period.—(Hear, hear.) It was
not signed as a concluded agreement, but as the minutes
of the result of a conference, and the result of the terms
the Bristol and Exeter Company were willing to agree
to.—(Hear, hear.) Now if there was any imputation
attempted to be made that the Taw Vale directors had
acted unfairly, he thought he had displaced it. He could
not but confess that there had been for some time in the
minds of the directors of the Taw Vale Company a feeling
that they had not been fairly used in the House of
Commons by the directors of the Bristol and Exeter
Company.—(Hear, hear.) And under that feeling, and
a desire on the part of the Taw Vale directors to do
all they could for their proprietors, they had deter-
mined to submit the agreement to the proprietors—.
(Hear, hear)----their negotiations with the Bristol and
Exeter Company having been made upon the faith that
when that line was free they were to pay to the Taw
Vale proprietors 9 per cent. He would leave it to the
shareholders to say whether the agreement of the sth
of September would have that effect.—(Hear, hear.)
Now he (Mr. Wilkinson) had been into Deionshire,
and he could vouch that it was the opinion,of all parties
on the line that it would turn out to be a most excel-
lent one.—(Hear, hear.) Some of the parties on the
line had so excellent an opinion of it that they would
rather take shares in it for the purchase of their land
than money—(Hear, hear)—and others preferred shares
for their timber to the payment for it in cash.—(Hear,
hear.) All this, he thought, showed that it Would in a
very short time turn out to be a far better than a 4 per
cent line.—(Hear, hear.)
The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution to the meet-
ing, and declared it to be carried unanimously.
Mr. J. BROWN would not demand a poll upon the re-
solution, but begged to state that he dissented from it.

The CHAIRMAN, in answer to the question of a proprie-
tor, said, that the directors would consider themselves at
liberty to treat with any company for the lease or sale
of their line, and if such a proposition was made to them
they would call a meeting of the proprietors as they had
done that day, for the purpose of obtaining their sanction
or disapproval of such a proposition.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. MAIIBERT wished to know whether the directors
had fixed any time for the registration of the scrip ?
The CAAIRMAN said, that with a view to the present
meeting they had fixed last Saturday, but they had con-
tinued the receipt of scrip up to the present moment.—
(Hear, hear.) He had put the seal to the list of pro-
prietors that day, in order that the votes, if necessary,
might be taken in the proper form.—(Hear, hear.)
They still, however, continued to receive scrip, it not
being competent to them to refrain from doing so, even
if they wished it, which he could assure the proprietors
the directors did not.—(Hear, hear.)
Thanks were then voted to the chairman for his able
conduct in the chair, and the meeting separated.
We have seldom witnessed such unanimity amongst a
large body of shareholders as appeared to prevail on
this occasion, and although it was the first Special Ge-
neral Meeting since the passing of the Act, such was
the confidence the proprietors seemed to place in the
directors, that not one word was said about the ex-
penses of carrying the Bill, or upon any financial
matters.

THE 'BURNEY DIARY AND LETTERS.-NO expla-
nation appears to have been given as to the cause of the de-
lay in the publication of the sixth volume of Madame
D'Arblay's Diary, which must therefore remain, we suppose,
a literary mystery. This new volume will be read with as
much zest as any of the preceding. Among the royal per-
sonages who figure in it are, George 111., Queen Charlotte,
and the, Princesses Royal, Elizabeth, Sophia, Amelia, Au-
gusta, and Mary; the Duke and Duchess of York, the Prince
of Wirtemburg, the Princess Charlotte, the Duchess of Glou-
cester, the Prince of Wales, King William the Fourth, the
Prince and Princess of Orange, and the King of Hanover;
and among the high nobility are, Lord and Lady Spencer,
the Duchess of Devonshire, the Marchioness of Buckingham,
the Earl and Countess of Derby, Lady Rothes, Lady Strange,
Lord Maeartney, Lord Whitworth, &c., &c.
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THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S

STATUE.
On Friday and Saturday a number of persons visited
Mr. Wyatt's studio to inspect this extraordinary statue
previous to its being placed on its pedestal. The time
appointed for the removal is Tuesday morning, at ten
o'clock, whenl4o dray horses will be employed in trans-
ferring it to the portico at Hyde Park-corner. The
Duke visited Mr. Wyatt's studio a few days ago, for the
purpose of inspecting an equestrian statue of the Queen,
now in the hands of that distinguished artiat, when he
also inspected his own statue. He expressed his ad-
miration of that of her Majesty, but delicacy prevented
him saying anything of his own. The statue is forty
tons in weight. What the amount of labour is which
has been expended on it may be inferred from the fact,
that nearly six years have elapsed since the artist re-
ceived his commission for its execution. It is a
magnificent production of human ingenuity. Its ex-
traordinary dimensions have an overpowering effect, but
it will appear considerably reduced in size when it is placed
on its pedestal, which is to be eighty feet high. Mr. Wyatt
has no apprehensions of any difficulty occurring on Tues-
day in carrying the statue along the streets or in raising
it to the elevated place destined for its reception. It will be
recollected that much discussion took place in the House
of Commons, previous to its prorogation, upon the pro-
priety of selecting this position for the colossal statue,
the chief objection being, that it was contrary to every
principle of good taste and every rule of architectural de-
sign, to place one of the largest figures ever cast upon'one
of the smallest arches ever constructed. The site, how-
ever, was clung to with great tenacity by the committee
who have superintended the work, and the Government
gave their consent to the statue being placed upon this
arch for a limited period, in order that the best opinions
might be taken upon the advantages of the situation.
The committee appear to be perfectly confident of ap-
probation from every quarter. All the necessary ar-
rangements have been perfected with admirable preci-
sion. On Saturday se'nnight the great statue was placed
upon the vehicle intended to convey it to Hyde Park-
corner. This machine is a most ponderous affair, and
weighs no less than twenty-three tons. The procession,
it is thought, will pass through the Harrow-road, the
Edgware, and Hyde Park. It is worthy of observation,
as showing the veneration with which the Duke is re-
garded by the soldiers who fought under him, that great
numbers have applied to Mr. Wyatt to ascertain if they
would be allowed to form part of the procession on
Tuesday.
The group is understood to represent the Noble Duke
as he appeared at the battle of Waterloo, mounted on
his favourite horse Copenhagen, and in the act of direct-
ing some important movement. The costume is that of
a field-marshal, but the warrior also wears his custom-
ary short clerk, which the artist has skilfully draped.
I❑ order that the legs of the horse should be capable of
bearing the great weight they now sustain, it was found
necessary to cast them in solid. The other portions of
the work vary from one to three inches in thickness,
with strong ribs internally, to give additional strength.
Some of the dimensions are as follow:—The height ap-
proaches 30 feet; girth, round the horse, 23 feet 8
inches; arm of ditto, 5 feet 4 inches; from the horse's
hock to the ground, 6 feet; and from the horse's nose
to the tail, 26 feet. The head of the horse measures
six feet, and the knee joints of the animal are as large
in circumference as the body of an ordinary man. Tim
eyes of the horse are burnished, as are also the spurs,
reins, and metal appointments, &c. The estimated cost
is about 30,0001.

THE HOUNSLOW MILITARY

TRAGEDY.

The worst fears for the fate of the witnesses examined
at the inquest held upon poor White, late private of the
7th Hussars, are, we regret, likely to be realised. We
understand one witness, who, in consequence of his
superior attainments and conduct, had been elected pre-
sident of his room, and whose advice was followed and

example imitated by his comrades, was, after giving his
evidence, removed from the room and placed in another,
over which a corporal swayed authority. Another,
who is most respectably connected, and whose conduct
as a soldier is beyond even the breath of censure,
having, after he gave his evidence like a soldier and a
man of honour, interested himself in raising a subscrip-
tion towards the erection of a monument to White's
memory, was ordered to attend the colonel's quarters.
He did so, when the following dialogue ensued
Colonel—l understand that the men are raising a sub-
scription to build a monument to White. Is such the fact?
Soldier—Yes, sir.

Colonel—l am also informed that you are making
yourself conspicuous in collecting that fund. Is that so?
Soldier—Yes, sir.

Colonel—Are you aware that by so doing you are
guilty of a breach of discipline, and expose yourself to
punishment? Soldier—No, indeed, sir, I am not; and
this is the first time that I have been told so.

Colonel—You do put yourself in that position by such
conduct? Soldier—l hope not, sir; indeed, I can scarcely
believe it, for I cannot conceive what crime there is in
raising a monument to a deceased comrade.
Colonel—Well, well, you will see it. You may retire.
The soldier accordingly obeyed the mandate to real e,
as he did the order to attend, but the interview with his
colonel neither lessened his zeal in collecting subscrip-
tions towards the monument, nor their amount. The
one continued as fervent- as ever, and the other con-
tinued to be raised without the slightest diminution.
Poor " holloa," Mathewson, whose back was torn to
pieces by the sanguinary lash because, without know-
ing whom he was addressing at the time, for he did net
see him, he cried out " holloa " to a question from
the sergeant, appears to be an unfortunate man. He is
now a prisoner in Hounslow barracks awaiting his trial
by court-martial. It appears that last Sunday he was on
duty at Hampton Court, when his mother, accompanied
by his brother-in-law—just discharged from a Lancer
regiment, and whom he had not seen for nine years—
visited him. He asked his sergeant, who was corporal
over him when he was a prisoner, previous to his late
punishment at the ladder, to allow another soldier who
had agreed so to do to mount guard for him, as he wished
to spend a few hours with his family. This favour the
sergeant peremptorily refused, although he had allowed
a similar and a greater liberty to another soldier. After
that the sergeant followed him to " Trophy-gate," where
he mounted guard, and where, according to his (the ser-
geant's) statement, he abused and threatened him. The
sergeant accordingly reported Mathewson, and put him
under arrest. The colonel, upon the sergeant's report,
ordered a district court-martial to be held upon Mathew-
son for the undermentioned charges, tig- contained in a
copy handed him, and of which the subjoined is also a
copy :
" Charges preferred against Private Thomas Mathew-

son, No. 995, 7th Hussars.
" For insubordination on or about the 20th of Sep-
tember, 1847, when on sentry at the Cavalry barracks,
Hampton Court, in using threatening, disgusting, and
abusive language to Sergeant Major Robert O'Donnell,
of the 7th Hussars, his superior officer, by saying, 'you
-, I will break both your - heads, or words to
that effect. Former convictions will be brought in
evidence upon trial.

"'SERGEANT LAURENCE, 7th Hussars.
" Head-quarters, Hounslow, 25th September, 1846."
Such is Sergeant O'Donnell's eharge, tho truth o
which Mathewson denies.

The court-martial was not held yesterday, but it will
take place on Tuesday, and that, too, under the officers
of the 12th Lancers, who have relieved the 7th Hussars.
This is so much in favour of the prisoner, for both
General Comyns, the colonel, and Lieutenant-Colonel
Stowel, of the Lancers, are as much opposed as the
officers of the 7th are favourable to flogging; and the
further delay to Tuesday is also in favour of Mathew-
son, for had he been tried yesterday, young officers
would have composed the court-martial, whereas he will
be tried on Tuesday by veterans, whose humanity and
bravery are equally acknowledged, both by the men of
the 12th Lancers and the public. In fact, even the
privates of the regiment deem themselves insulted by
having so unpleasant a duty imposed upon their officers,
whom they look upon as kind mentors, interested in
their welfare. Even now the Colonel of the Lancers
allows Mathewson's friends to visit him ; and Sergeant-
Major Mahon, who accompanies those visitors to the
guard-house, orders the men on duty to retire, so that
any private conversation that the prisoner may desire to
have with those friends shall not be interrupted. This
kindness Mathewson gratefully acknowledges, and it
leads him to hope to find justice and mercy at the hands
of the gallant officers who will be his judges. His heart-
broken mother had an interview with him yesterday, and
immediately afterwards wrote to Mr. Wakley, who has
pledged himself to throw the shield of his protection
over him and every other witness examined at the in-
quest.

It now remains for the public to do their duty, by, iri
the first instance, furnishing Mathewson with proper
legal assistance, of which he will be allowed to avail
himself, and that they should do this very day.
[The above appeared in the Sunday Times of yesterday.]
Another account states that Mathewson declares that,
contrary to military discipline, the sergeant was unac-
companied, the regulations requiring that he should,
when visiting a sentry, be accompanied by two privates,
which not being the case, Mathewson will lose the benefit
he would otherwise have of two witnesses of his own
rank. He also complains of a district court-martial
being ordered instead of a general court-martial, as at
the latter he would have had the advantage of legal as-
sistance in his defence.

THE LATE CASE OF FATAL MILITARY FLOGGING
AT HOUNSLOW.-At an inquest held recently, by Mr.
Wakley, M.P., coroner, he made some remarks on the
frequency of cases of death arising from the effects of in-
juries to the skin, and said that since the late inquest at
Hounslow, on private Frederick John White, of the 7th
Queen's wn Hussars, who died from the effects of the
inquest
flogging he had received, his attention had been more
averaged five each week. Until that such cases
scalds,,which
but he
the found
wp particularly ccuolua ralny drawn e
deied y totu
burnssuch caansde s
evi-
dence given by Mr. Erasmus Wilson bad proved that
the same fatal effects might arise from other injuries to
the skin. That fact had just been confirmed in a very
extraordinary manner. Mr. Hawes, M.P., the Under-
Secretary for the Colonies, had a day or two since com-
municated to him, that by a report just received from
Dr. Motherwell, the superintendent of convicts in Van
Diemen's Land, as to their condition, it appeared, by a
discovery he had made, that two very important effects
were produced on the convicts by resorting to corporal
punishment, viz., inflammation of the chest and disease
of the heart, the very causes of private White's death,
but which were ascribed by four out of the five surgeons
examined to sudden change of temperature, Mr. Wilson
being the only one who ascribed it to the injury to the
skin occasioned by the flogging the deceased had re-
ceived.

Mr. Healing, Mr. Chard, Mr. Henderson, and Mr.
Stocker, had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon
on Saturday at the office of the Board of Trade.
Dispatches from the Governor of the Cape of Good
Hope were received on Saturday at the Colonial-Office.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, September 26.
IMPORTANT DECISION AFFECTING ARTICLED CLERKS.
—On Saturday Mr. Ashurst, solicitor, of Cheapside, at-
tended before Mr. Commissioner Shepherd, and com-
plained that, in a matter of bankruptcy in which he Wb
concerned, his articled clerk, a gentleman of family and
station, was not allowed to be heard.
Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD said the question of
respectability did not affect the matter in dispute. It
was desirable that uniformity of practice should be ob-
served in all the Courts, and that there should be no
encroachments upon the privileges of the bar.
Mr. Ashurst said, the encroachments were upon the
attorneys who had practised for many years in this
Court. The judges allowed clerks to attend sum-
monses, and without replying upon his Honour, he would
suggest that an articled clerk was in a very different posi-
tion from a mere clerk, inasmuch as the Court might
require that he should register himself, and would al-
ways have a controlling power over his admission, if he
misconducted himself. The attorneys had never ex-
perienced any interference or difficulty until the gentle-
men of the bar exhibited so much anxiety for the half-
guinea side motions.
Mr. STURGEON remarked that after that observation
it would be unfair to barristers to allow attorneys'
clerks to practise, unless barristers' clerks were also
permitted to plead. He had no doubt his clerks would be
enabitd to make many side motions, if allowed to do so.'
The Learned COMMISSIONER decided that he could
not disturb the present practice of the Court, and Mr.
Ashurst's clerk was therefore not heard.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.
_ _
__

(Before Mr. Justice MAULE and Mr. Baron PLATT.)
MURDER.--THE LATE SALE OF POISONOUS BERRIES.
—John Hilliard, a country-looking fellow, was indicted
for the wilful murder of Thomas Parker, by administer-
ing certain noxious and poisonous berries called the
deadly nightshade, he representing the same to be whole-
some food, &c. The prisoner pleaded not guilty.
Mr. BODKIN stated the case on the part of the prose-
cution. The prisoner stood charged with the crime of
wilful murder; but he would at the outset admit that the
evidence was not sufficient to support that serious
charge; but still it would, in his opinion, be
sufficient to warrant the jury on finding him guilty of
the minor •ffeuce of manslaughter. The prisoner was a
countryman, and had for many years been in the
habit of collecting herbs, berries, &c., and afterwards
selling them in the public streets. On the 15th of
August he was in the neighbourhood of Whitechapel,
where he offered certain berries for sale, which he re-
presented as sweet and wholesome ; and among other
persons who were induced to purchase some of them of
him was a Mrs. Parker, whose husband kept a beer-
shop in Whitechapel. He told her they were very
sweet and nice, and would make an excellent pie or
pudding. She bought some, and, it being the anniver-
sary of her wedding, made them up into a tart, of
which she and her husband partook. Soon after
having eaten it, they were both taken very seri-
ously ill. Medical assistance was immediately called
in, and every attention possible was paid to both
of them. Notwithstanding which, the husband died
on the following day; the wife remained in a very
dangerous state, but ultimately recovered. The
Learned Counsel was about to call his witnesses on the
part of the prosecution, when he was interrupted by
Mr. CLARKSON (who appeared as counsel for the
prisoner) who said that the Learned Gentleman need
not. call any witnesses to prove the statement which he
had made to the jury, as he (Mr. Clarkson) was not in-
structed to dispute or deny any one of the facts of the
case ; but his defence would be that the prisoner was
ignorant that the berries were of a poisonous nature at
the time he sold them.

Mr. Baron PLATT, in summing up the evidence, told
the jury that they might altogether dismiss from their
minds that part of the indictment which charged the
prisoner with murder ; the only question for their con-
sideration was, whether the offence of which he had been
guilty did or did not amount to manslaugther; the
Learned Judge then commented on the facts of the case,
and having done so, left it to the jury.
The jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict
of Guilt yof manslaugter.
Mr. Baron PLATT, on passing sentence, said it was
necessary to protect the public from the carelessness as
well as the wickedness of mankind. After some general
observations, he sentenced the prisoner to be confined
six months in the House of Correction, and there kept
to hard labour.

NEW COURT.
(Before the COMMON SERGEANT.)
Samuel Allen was indicted for stealing a chronometer
watch, value 401., the property of J. H. Markham, Esq.,
on or about July, 1836.
The witness referred to in the previous statement hav-
ing arrived, Mr. DOANE stated the case to the jury at
considerable length.
The prosecutor deposed that he is a captain in the
army. The watch in question cost him 45 guineas. It
was safe shortly before it was missed. He made the
loss known to his brother officers, who knew nothing
about it. Inquiry was set on foot, and suspicion fell on
the prisoner.

John P. Burke, a beer-shopkeeper at Kensington—
Knows the prisoner. He married his sister. The wife
of the prisoner gave him a watch, or offered it, for safe
custody. It was a very small gold watch. This (pro-
duced in a bag) is the same.
The witness was subjected to a severe cross-examina-
tion. He had had the watch by him a good while, and
knew from the prisoner that he knew all about it.
Witness did not know to whom it belonged. He said he
picked it up. When the wife of the prisoner was applied
to she said she had a silver watch, and a metal one, but
never had a gold one.
The policeman who apprehended the prisoner at the
beer-shop of his brother-in-law at Kensington, stated
that when he did so he told him on what ground. The
prisoner said " Oh, very well ; I'll go with you." He
denied the robbery, and defied proof.
A great number of witnesses were examined in the
case, which certainly was a most entricate one.
Mr. BALLANTINE, with confident energy, addressed
the jury, and remarked upon the length of time which
had elapsed since the watch was missed, a proof that, if
ill obtained, it might have been disposed of years ago.
Other persons had access to the barracks, and it might
have passed through forty hands before it reached the
prisoner. Ho commented severely on Burke, who had
nearly tried to ruin a relative, who had long been an
honest and good soldier.
_ _

The jury—, almost under the direction of the Court,
returned a verdict of Acquittal.
The witness and relative (Burke) will not easily forget
the remarks made on his conduct as informer.

DISCHARGE 1W PROCLAMATION.—.-The grand jury
having returned, ignored bills preferred against the fol-
lowing prisoners ; they were discharged by proclama-
tion, viz. :—Maria Cook, aged 23; Catherine Plumridge,
31 ; and Alice M`Lean, 20. This is rather a singular
instance, there being only three ignored bills out of 240,
inasmuch as it sometimes happens that they form one-
sixth of the calendar.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
A real Irishman of the name of John Burke appeared
before Alderman Gibbs to give evidence against a fellow
named Richard Carter, who looked like a coal-whipper,
on a charge of robbery.
The complainant walked into Court in a state of
evident excitement, with his hair standing on end, his
large neck and chest bare, and his eyes staring. He did
net seem to understand much about the business upon
which his presence was required.
Charles Everett, brother to a licensed victualler, at
No. 31, Tower-street, stated that on Thursday evening
the complainant, who had been hopping in Kent, walked
into the house with four sovereigns, the fruit of his hard
labour, stitched up in the waistband of his breeches.
Witness persuaded him to leave the money in care
of the house, and next morning the prisoner, who
had been hanging after the poor man, applied
for it, but witness, of course, refused to let
any one have it but the owner, to whem the
sovereigns were returned with a caution as to the person
who had so unwarrantably applied for them. As the.
complainant seemed to be rather unacquainted with
London life, witness determined to watch him to the
steamer in which he was about to depart for Ireland,
and had not gone far when he observed the complainant
and the prisoner go into a public-house, where the
former laid down upon the table the four sovereigns, and
the prisoner took up three of them, stating that he
would take the owner to Dublin, and keep his money
safe for him. The complainant contented himself by
pocketing the odd sovereign, and the prisoner then en-
deavoured to get away by stratagem, and certainly
would have escaped if proper means had not been taken
to secure him. In the station-house the prisoner denied
that he had the money, but afterwards delivered it up,
not, however, without a threat to mark and do for the
witness when ho should get out of " quod."
John Burke was then called, and confirmed the state-
ment of Mr. Everett.
The prisoner said he had offered to take care of the
money for the prosecutor, and intended to return it to
him when he got to Ireland.
Alderman GIBBS said the complainant was very nearly
losing his money, and he ought to be very much obliged
to Mr. Everett for the trouble he had taken. As for the
prisoner, he should send him for three months to hard
labour in Bridewell ; and ho should send an 'officer to
the Dnblin steam-packet with the complainant, for
fear he should find any one else by the way who would
offer to take care of his money for him.
The complainant expressed his grateful acknowledg-
ments for the kindness of Mr. Everett and of the
magistrate.
RAI

LWAY SHARE MARKETS.

MANCHESTER, SEPTEMBER 26.
STOCK EXCHANGE..—The sales are—Eastern Counties, York Exten-
810n, 1 5-16 p. —Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, 81,4 p.—lludders-
field and Manchester Railway and Canal, % c. p.—Hudderstield
and Sheffield Junction, 434 p. —Liverpool, Ormskirk, and. Preston, 3%
p.—Liverpool, Preston, Manchester, and Southport. dis.—London,
Manchester, and Birmingham, Quarters (B), 7% p.—llitto, ditto (C),
7% p.—Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 114 p.—Manchester and
Southampton, 18s. 6d. dis. —Northi Staffordshire, 2 5-16 p.—Preston
and Wyre, 30%—Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters, No. 3, % dis.
—Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 9-16 dis.—West Riding
Union, 2 p.