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London, England, 1851-02-10 00:00:00

N°. 18,216.]_
FEBRUARY 10 1851.
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NOTICA.
MR. DISRAELI'S CHARLES
The Now lull Revised Edition of
THE LIFE AND REIGN OF CHARLES I.
By I. DISRAELI.
Edited by his ~on, B. DISRAELI, M.P.
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Protestant sovereigns with Roman Catholic subjects as reflecting,
mirror-li,e, the events, thoughts, passions, rind perplexities of the
present agitated epoch.' In particular, he observes, that the stories
of conversions to the Romish faith then rife, seem like narratives of
the present tour, arid that the reader is almost tempted to substitute
the names of his personal acquaintances for those of the courtiers of
Charles. No apology was needed for re-introducing to the world so
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from ten till two. and from six till eight

LICENSING DAY FOR THE ClTY.—Notices were
issued on Saturday that a special session will be held on
Saturday next, the 15th instant, for the transfer of licenses
to persons intending to take licensed victualling-houses in
the city of London. As the general annual licensing meet-
ing takes place during the next month, it is important
that the transfer should be made as promptly as possible, so
that they may be ratified at the transfer day, and prevent
the hours' delay attendant on leaving it to the general
meeting.

CIRCUITS FOR 1851.
CROWN-OFFICE. FEB. 6.

Days and Places appointed for holdini the Spring Assizes,
1851.
_ HOME CIRCUIT.

Right Hon. JOHN Lord CAmmELL, Lord Chief Justice, and
the Right Hon. Sir JAMES PARKE, one of the Barons of
the Court of Exchequer.
Hertford, Wednesday, Feb. 26, at Hertford.
Essex, Monday, March 3, at Chelmsford.
Sussex, Monday, March 10, at Lewes.,
Kent, Monday, March 17, at Maidstone.
Surrey, Wednesday, March 26, at Kingston-upon-Thames.

NORFOLK CIRCUIT.
The Right Hon. Sir Jmcv JERVIS, Lord Chief Justice, and
Mr. Justice ERLN.
Buckinghamshire, Monday, March 10, at Aylesbury.
Bedfordshire, Thursday, March 13, at Bedford.
Huntingdonshire, Monday, March 17, at Huntingdon.
Cambridgeshire, Wednesday, March 19, at the County
Courts.
Norfolk, Tuesday, March 25, at the Castle of Norwich.
City of Norwich, the same day, at the Guildhall of the said
city.
Suffolk, Tuesday, April 1, at Bury St. Edmund's.

WESTERN CIRCUIT.
Tne Right Hon. Sir FREDERICK POLLQCK, Lord Chief Baron,
and Mr. Baron MARTIN.
Southampton, Saturday, March 1, at the Castle of Win-
chester.
Wiltshire, Saturday, March 8, at New Sarum.
Dorsetshire, Thursday, March 13, at Dorchester.
Devonshire, Tuesday, March 18, at the Castle of Exeter.
City of Exeter, the same day, at the Guildhall of the said city.
C)rnwall, Tuesday, March 25, at Bodmin.
Somersetshire, Tuesday, April 1, at the' Castle of Taunton.

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MIDLAND CIRCUIT.
Mr. Baron ALDERSON and Mr. Juftice COLERIDGE.
Rutlandshire, Thursday, Feb. 27, at Olkham.
Northamptonshire, Friday, Feb. 28, at Northampton,
Lincolnshire, Wednesday, March 5, at' he Castle of Lincoln.
City of Lincoln, the same day, at the city of Lincoln.
Nottinghamshire Tuesday, March 11, *t Nottingham.
Town of .Nottingliam, the same day, at the town of Not-
tingham.
Derbyshire, Thursday, March 13, at Derby.
Leicestershire, Wednesday, March 19, at the Castle of Lei-
cester.
Borough of Leicester, the same day, 'at the borough of Lei-
cester.
Warwickshire (Coventry Division), Friday, March 21, at the
city of Coventry.
Warwickshire (Warwick Division), Saturday, March 22, at
Warwick.

OXFORD CIRCUIT.
11Ir. Justice PATTLSON and Mr. Justice TALROURD.
Berkshire, Wednesday, Feb. 26, at Abingdon.
Oxfordshire, Saturday, March 1, at Oxford.
Worcestershire, Wednesday, March 5, at Worcester.
Ci,y of Worcester, the same day. at the city of Worcester.
Staffordshire, Tuesday. March 11, at Stafford.
Silop, Wednesday, March 19, at Shrewsbury.
Herefordshire, Saturday, March 22, at Hereford.
Monmouthshire, Wednesday. March 26, at 'Monmouth.
Gloucestershire, Saturday, March 29, at Gloucester.
City of Gloucester, the same day, at the city of Gloucester.

CIRCUIT OF THE PRI CIPALI IT OF WALES AND
• COUNTY PALATINE OF CHESTER.
Mr. Justice MAULE and Ali. Justice WILLIAMS.
S. :UTH WALES.
Glamorganshire, Thursday, Feb. 27, at Swansea.
Pembrokeshire, Friday, March 7, at Haverfordwest.
Town and County of Haverfordwest, the sume day, at the
town of Haverfordwest.
Cardiganshire, Wednesday, March 12, at Cardigan.
Carmarthenshire, Saturday, March 15, at Carmarthen.
County of the Borough of Carmarthen, the same day, at the
borough of Carmarthen.
Brecknockshire, Friday, March 21, at Brecon.
Radnorshire, Wednesday, \larch 26, at Presteign.
NORTH WALES.

Montgomeryshire, Monday, March IU, at Welchpool.
Merionethshire, Thursday, March 13, at Bala.
Carnarvonshire, Saturday, March 15, at Carnarvoc.
Anglesey. We.hresday, March 19, at Beaumaris.
Denbighshire, Saturday, March 22, at Ruthin.
Flintshire, Wednesday, March 26, at Mold.
Cheshire, Saturday, March 29, at Chester.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.
Mr. Justica CRESSWELL and Mr. Baron PLATT.
North Lancashire, Monday, Feb. 17, at Lancaster.
Westmoreland, Thursday, Feb. 20, at Appleby.
Cumberland, Saturday, Feb. 22, at Carlisle.
Northumberland, Wednesday, Feb. 26, at Newcastle-upon-
Tyne.
Town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the same day, at the Guild-
hall of the said town.
Durham, Monday, March 3, at Durham.
,Yorkshire, Saturday, March 8, at the Castle of York.
City of York, the same day, at the Guildhall of the said city.
South Lancashire, Saturday, March 22, at Liverpool.

THE LONDON GAZETTE, Feb. 7.
DIVIDENDS.

Y. At the Court; Btainghalloatreet.
P. H. Abbott, King's Arms-yard, Moorgata-street,
City, m.rchant, Feb. 28, at twelve—G Langford, South-
ampton, grocer, Feb. 28, at twelve-4i. Smith, Maryle-
hme-street, Regent-Btreet, wire rope manufacturer,
March 1, at eleven—R. Noble. Lead4nhall-street, City,
tailor, March 6, at two—H. W. Hemsworth, Primrose-
street, Biabopigate-street, wine merchant, March 4, at
eleven—H. Craske, Wickham Skeith, Suffolk, grocer,
March 4, at half-past eleven—T. Woodroffe, Webb's
County-terrace, New Kent•road, druggist, March 4, at
`welve—W. Pike, Reading, tobacconist, Feb. 28, at one.

In the Country.
W. Miller and A. Miller, Liverpool and Bootle, wine
merchants, at the Court, Liverpool, Feb. 28, at eleven—
S. Vick, Brecon, victualler, at the Court, Bristol, March
6, at eleven—J. B. Sparke, Torquay, Devonshire, at the
Court, Exeter, March 6, at one—J. Bernard, Bideford,
Devonshire, painter, at the Court, Exeter, March 6, at
one—M. D. Robinson, Dudley, Worcestershire, confec-
tioner, at the Court, Birmingham, March 13, at twelve—
J. March, Rotherham, Yorkshire, grocer, at the Council-
n6ll, Sheffisld, March 1, at ten—J. Rodgers, Sheffield,
hanker, at the Council-hall, Sheffield, March 1, at
eleven—John Brewin, Sheffield, banker, at the Council-
hall, Sheffield, March 1, at eleven--.J, 'Yeomans, Sheffield,
merchant, at the Council•hall, Sheffield, March 1, at ten
—G. W. Elinchcliffe, Sheffield, tnlnufacturer, at the
Council-hall, Sheffield, March 1, at tan.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.
11. Fairley, Sunderland, chemist and druggist, ls. 6d.,
!Aiming Saturday, between
t( can
en Saturday,andt Feb.hree,a
at the
°erauY
office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne.
S. Brown, Sunderland, brewer, 4d., on new proofs
,nly, on Saturday, Feb. 8, or any subseq.ient Saturday,
bEtw,en ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker,
Ne wcastle-upon:Tyne.

J. Simpson, Manchester, grocer, 2s. 90., on Tuesday,
Feb. 18, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and
one, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester.
J.' F. Tailbr,llalieivell, Derbyr2S. 34-1, on Tuesday,
Feb. 18, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven
Lnd one, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester.
W. N. Pr)cter, Manchester,ffords icroet,
cixture.
nt cotton naomd:te,
Tuesday,earl 7
1
S.
dealer, a-nbtel6tdPw.
Manchester..
Hyatt, New Stone, Sta
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nb.e,laBt, ot
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W. Grecoup, sen., Eccleston, Lancashire, ss. 711., on
Thursday, Feb. 6, or any
tween eleven and two, at tho office of Mr. Cezenove,
Liverpool. L'ub4if.quent Thursday, be
Julius otherwise Jules George Geyelin, Liverpool,
zinc worker, 6s. 3d., on Thursday, Feb. 6, or any sub.
sequent Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office
of Mr. Cazcnove, Liverpool.

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NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basingball•sti•ea.
H. Johnsou, Bighopspte-street Without, teadealer,
Feb. 28, at half-past eleven—A. Provost, Peterborough,
linendraper, March 6, at half-past eleven—J. Barber,
Eaton Socon, Bedfordshire, builder, Feb. 28, at one—
commission agent, Feb. 28, at
Breconshire, victualler, March
twelve.
et
Vick,Nlar

In the Country,
J. Priestly, Radcliffe, Lancashire, cotton spinner,
March 4, at twelve, at th? Court, Nl,anchester—J. Jol-
ley cud W. Jackson, Wigan, Lancashire, acetic acid
manufacturers, March 4, at t Nelve, at the Court, Man-
chester.

CERTIFICATES GRANTED.
W. Simpson, Manchester, starch minutacturer, a cer-
tificate of the second class—F. Young, B„singhall.
street, woollen warehousemen—W. Gibbs, Throgmorton-
street, stockbroker, a certificate of the second class—J.
sseochoon,d class class—R.
Landport, Hampshire, brewer, a certificate of the
..AalnluistanactuarnetirsT4. Ding,Allison, D,an-street,
Gravesend,
pianoforte— m
draper, a certificate of the second class—A.Miller, Ems..
worth, Southampton, ropemaker, a certificate of the
ceond class—H. Higgins, Bilaton, Staff.irdshire, grocer,
a certificate of the second class.
IN6OLVENT PETITIaNERs,
Thomas J. Page, Brighton, grocer.
James Harrison, Great Driflield, Yorkshire, gunsmith.
Samuel Brett, Gleuisford, Suffolk, farmer.
Peter Smith, Church Fenton, Yorkshire, farmer.
Richard Houlding, Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Essex, horse
dealer.
John Rob.son Bedale, Yorkshire, farmer.
John Eclwards, Shoothill, S slop, farm labourer.
George Hutchinson, Pdaunly-aim-S wale, Yorkshire,
cord wainer.
William A. Ottway, Malden, Essex, veterinary surgeon.
Elizabeth Morton, Miserdine, Gloucestershire.
Robert L. Nicholson, Chesterton, Cambridgeshire.
Jonathan G. Gunton, Fitzroy-street, Cambridge.
William My nott, Fitzroy•street, Cambridge, shoe.

maker.

James Mort, Limekiln-lane, Tralimere, Chester.
Margaret Parkes, Rhyl. Flintshire, licensed victualler.
John Gibson. Laxfield, Suffolk, bricklayer.
William Nick,-,lls, Colne EngaiD, Ejscx, Gardner.
William Woodward, Wiveuhoe, Essex, mariner.
Nathan Funnell, Little Clacton, Essex, farmer.
William Morris, Southgate-street, Gloucestershire, up-
holsterer.
Thomas Smith, Barton-street, Gloucestershire, hallier.
William Bateman, Bury St. Rimund's, Suffolk, baker.
John B. Simpson, Wheelgat,,, Yorkshire, chemist.
Edward Pettit°, Bradford St. George, Suffolk, brick-
layer.
George Cowling, Suffolk-parait, Cheltenham, Glouces-
tershire, bookseller.
John nowlinson, Wicken, Cambridgeshire, butcher.
John Jones, Lammas-street, Csrmarthenshire, victualler.

JJaobmnes Middleton,
et(LnittWleazi se
siiis ilenrklefonr, Bu
dabiein m
reci,klahtaer.sbire,
keeper.
Benjamin Su'cliffe, Czrry-bridge, Lancaster.
PAR PNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
J. E. litunnbre, s nod H. Ae,ierley. Liverpool, nwr-
cbante—J. Hardham and J. Walton, To:lington Higher
End, L4nceshire, stone merchants—P. Wiliam) end 0.
i:tatis, jun., Leeds, cloth manufacturers—R. Briggs and
G. Hampson, Leeds, whitesmiths—J. Sparke.s and W.
H. &mien, Short-street, Newington, house agents—D.
Keeble and W. Danton, Queen-street. Chelsea, brick-
layers' —P. Warren and W. Simpson, StraVord-le-Bow,
paper makers—W. Bainbridge and D. C. Noel, Upper
and Lower Tooting, surgeons—T. Swan and T. Swan,
jun., Morpeth, Northumberland, tanners—Sarah Ann
Hargrave and Robert Bedilly, Moorgate-street, City,
umbrella manufacturers—T. Ritchie and A. Hewitt.
Chancery-lane, law stationers—J. Cogan, R. Cogan, and
J. Shepherd, Glasgow and Manchester, manufacturers—
S. Kempson and I. Kempson, Birmingham, millers—J.
Drake and E. Topham, Bingley, Yorkshire, worsted spin-
ners—F. Tooth and 11. R. Ticket!, Mark-lane, City,
hop merchants—W. H. Miller and W. W. Mansfield, In-
gram-court, Fenchurch-street, City, wine merchants—
S. Courtauld, A. Taylor, G. Courtauld, Catherine Tay-
lor, P. A. Taylor, and John M. Courtauld (so far as re-
gards A. Taylor), Carey-lane, City, Rocking, Braintree,
and Halstead, Essrx, silk manufacturers—W. Close and
R. Higgin, Stockton-upon-Tees, hay dealers—T. R.
Golding and H. H. Golding, Liverpool, corn and flour
dealers—W. Kidston, J. Jones, and T. Kidston (so far
as regards W. Kidston), Sidney-street, Mile-2nd, general
fixture dealers—W. F. Hepton and W. Hepton, Leeds,
plumbers—J. Hill and T. Hill, Bradford, Yorkshire,
joiners and builders—J. Nash and J. H. Nash, Chipping
Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, attorneys and solicitors—
G. Birch and T. Morrall, Birmingham, jewellers—J.
Carter and B. Howe, Halifax, Yorkshire, cotton warp
manufacturers—J. A. Turner, J. Garstang, and R. F.
North, Kirkdale, Lancashire, cotton spinners.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
George S, Hoseason, Glasgow, merchants, to meet
within the Globe Hotel, Glasgow, Feb. 12, and March
10, at two.

James Forlong Mathie, Glasgow, iron founder, to
meet wiihin Comrie's Royal Hotel, Glasgow, Feb. 13,
and March 6, at one.

Alexl.nder Brown, Glasgow, cotton spinner, to meet
within the Stock Exchange, Glasgow, Feb. 14, sad
March 7, at two.

Alexander Graham, Bars, near Cunanock, contractor,
to tn,et withi❑ the Black Bull Inn, Curnnock, Feb. 13.
and March 6, at one.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE,
LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN.
The authorities of the above company have just issued
rep7ut of the committee of shareholders appantecl at
the general meeting in August, 1850, " with the view of
taking into ecinsideration with the directors, and reporting
of thy, meeting in Febi u!:ry, 1851. their opinion as to the
future management of the affairs of the company ; and
41so whether, in the event of no Parliamentary enact-
ment of such provisions by any general law, any and
-,hich of tl)e provisions of the Audit Bill laid before
Parlianaent last ses,isti by the representatives of the
different bodies of shareholders can be properly and use-
fully
a:h by this company and its directors." The
following is th- report:—
"Your committee have to report that they have carefully
considered, at several meetings, the important matters re-
ferred to them, and they have come unanimously to certain
conclusions.

" Before, however, stating those conclusions, and in ex-
planation of them, your committee have to report that the
company's Act of incorporation of 1846 (the Amalgamation
Act, as it has generally been termed) provided fur the ma-
nagement of the undertaking until the meeting in February,
:851, by continuing in office, as local committees in London.
Liverpool, and Manchester, the three then existing boards of
directors— namely, the London and Birminehatn board, of
22; the' Grand junction board, of 16; the Manchester anti
Birmingham board, of 11; in all 49 members: a central go-
verning board of 18 being selected out of these 49 committee-
men and constituted the directors of the whole undertaking..;
" The Act further provided for the dissolution of these
three committees at the February meeting, 1851, vesting all
the executive power and duties connected with the manage-
ment of the entire undertaking thenceforward in the board
of 18 directors, but with authority to them to appoint such
sub-committees of their body as should be found needful,
and with authority also to the proprietors to increase the
number of directors from 1 to any other number which they
should think fit.

"According to the best consideration which your com-
mittee have been able to give to the subject, and to the con •
current testimony of the directors and officers of the com-
pany, the supervision by local directors, as regards ordinary
details, thus combined by the Amalgamation Act, until
February, 1851, with the other principle of general super-
vision and control by, a central board of directors, with paid
officers, each reeKnaible for, apd ,periodically repurtiagi the
*ogress of his business in his own department, has worked
conveniently for the public, and with advantage to the
proprietors, and accordingly your committee recommend its
continuance. Having regard, however, to the vast extent
of the undertaking, and the consequent amount of labour
necessarily cast upon the local Committees as well as the
board, it seems impossible that this system of management
can be maintained by a board and by committees of their
body limited altogether to 18 gentlemen, however well
qualified for, and devoted to, the duties reasonably to be
expected from them.
"In support of this view, your committee think that the
proprietors need only be reminded that (as was reported to
your committee by the officers of the company ), committees
are appointed for the working and management of the Lon-
don and North-Western undertaking proper, comprising 587
miles of railway and canal, with an estimated gross revenue
of about 2,400,000/. per annum, and a capital expenditure of
29,000,0001., including 4,000,0001. contributed to 16 other
undertakings (which comprise in the aggregate a further ex-
tent of 973 miles of railway and canal, with a capital expen-
diture of 21,500,0001.), the working and management of which
demand the time and attention of the members of the direc-
tion; the Acts of Parliament making it necessary that the
persons appointed to represent this company on the different
boards, shall be London and North-Western directors.
"This being a general deseription of the extent of the un-
dertaking to be managed, and 18 gentlemen appearing to
your committee to be obviously insufficient to perform that
duty, the next question was, what additional number was
requisite? On the one hand it seemed clear that a very
large body of gentlemen, meeting for deliberation as a central
or governing authority, would not be likely to perform that
duty efficiently; and that, on the other hand, the number of
gentlemen to form, at each of the important termini of the
line and elsewhere, the needful committees, must not be a
small number.

" Under all these circumstances your committee have, after
much consideration, come to the unanimous conclusion, and
accordingly they now recommend, that at the meeting in
February, 1851, i, should be determined that the number of
directors be increased to 30.

" Should the meeting think it right to adopt this recom-
mendation (which it is satisfactory to your committee to be
able to state accords with the opinion ,of the, board of diree
-tots), provision will then hive to be made for the immediate
election of 15 new directors, that is to say, 12 being the uum
ber by which it is proposed that the board shall be increased,
and three in lieu of that number of the present board of 18
who go out of office under the provisions of the Amalgama-
tion Act.

" And with reference t•o the future, your committee have
decided to recommend that of the 30 directors who will con-
stitute the board, six shall annually retire, and that those re-
tirements shall be according to seniority, subject, however, to
a power for the directors to substitute, by ballot, for some
three of those who would otherwise thus retire, any three of
the whole board.

" With regard to the second part of the reference to them
—the question of the adoption of certain of the provisions of
the Shareholders Audit Bill of last session—your committee
beg to recommend for practical adoption the following clauses
of that Bill, subject to the modifications stated with refer-
ence to each of them, namely—
" 1. So much of clause 2 as provided for the appointment,
at the second half-yearly meeting:in each year, of five share-
holders to act for the then ensuing year as an audit com-
mittee, whose duty it shall be to meet in the month of
January in each year, in order to recommend to the ensuing
half-yearly meeting in February the persons in their opinion
suitable to be appointed as auditors in the place of those
who at that meeting go out of office; and with a provision
that no person shall be qualified to be elected or to act as a
member of such audit committee, unless he be at the time of
his election, and has been for the six calendar months then
next immediately preceding, and continue during his year
of office, the proprietor of such a number of shares or amount
of stock in the undertaking as would qualify him to be a
director, or if he be in the employment of the company. or
the partner (in private trade) of any of the directors of or
persons employed by the company, or the relative by blood
(in the first degree) or the clerk of any such director or per-
son, or if he hold any other office or place of trust or profit
under the company, or be interested in any contract with
the company; and that no member of such committee shall
be capable of accepting any other office or place of trust or
profit under the company, or of being interested in any con-
tract with the company, during the time he shall be a mem-
ber of such committee.

2. So much of clause 5 as provided that no person shall
be capable of being elected auditor who is then, or within six
calendar months then next preceding has been, in the em-
ployment of the company or the partner (in private trade)
of any of the directors of or persons employed by the com-
pany, or the relative by blood (in the first degree), or the
clerk of any such director or person, or if he hold any other
office or place of trust or profit under the company, or be in-
terested in any contract with the company ; and that no
auditor shall be capable of accepting any other office or place
of trust or profit under this company, or of being interested
in any contract with the company, during the time he shall
be auditor.

" 3. The whole of clause 9, providing that the auditors
shall, for the purposes of each half-yearly audit, from time
to time, employ some well-known public accountant, who
is in their opinion well acquainted with railway accounts
and affairs, and wholly unconnected with and independent
of the directors of, nr any person employed by, the com-
pany, to assist the auditors in the matter of the audit; and
that such public accountant shall be paid by the company
such competent salary or allowance as the auditors, subject
to the confirmation of the general meeting, shall consider
proportioned to his duties in each case, on each occasion of
audit. And, since the effect of this provision will be greatly
to reduce the labours of the auditors appointed by the com-
pany, your committee beg to recommend that,
in any future
election, their services be acknowledged by a payment of
1001. per annum each, with a free pass over all parts of the
company's lines, and available at alLtimes during the year.
" 4. So much of clause 13 as would secure the deposit by
the directors, for the information of the proprietors, within
the first seven days of each year, at such places as the audi-
tors shall suggest, of a list of such of the proprietors (with
their places of residence) as are eligible for election as direc-
tors; such list also to be printed, and sold at a reasonable
price to any proprietor applying for the same.
" 5. So much of clause 15 as provides that, seven days
before each meeting for the election of dirtotora or auditors,

the directors shall cause to be dispatched
,by post to every
shareholder a list containing the names of such persons, if
any„ as shall then have beat recommended by the audit
committee for election as auditors, and of 'Such other per-
sons, if
-- any, as shall then have bean proposed
in writing by
any shareholder (to the secretary of the company) as can-
didates for the office of director; and also a list containing
the names of the directors whn are to retire from office st
such meeting, and also the names and residences of all the
persons who are directors or auditors of the company, or
members of the audit committee, at the date Of the making
of such list.
" 6. So much of clause 16 as provides that the register of
shareholders, as well as stockholders, with the number and
description of shares or amount of stock to which each is
entitled, shall be made up once a month, and be at all rea-
sonable times open to the proprietors, so far as regards the
directors, auditors, and members of the audit committee from
time to time in office.

" 7. So much of clause 17 as provides that neither the di-
rectors, nor any other perspn, at the expense of the com-
pany, shall issue or distribute any appointment, or form of
appointment, of a proxy in anticipation of, or for use at, any
general meeting of the company, unless by the authority of
some previous general meeting, or by resolution of four-fifths
of the board specially summoned.
" And 8. So much of clause 20 as would have provided
that-the povier of re-electing directors at any meeting, at
which such directors go out ofoffice, shall never be exercised
in favour of more than four of such retiring directors.
‘. Your committee are aware that the whole retiring direc-
tors are legally eligible for rereleetion, but they recommend
to the proprietors that in ftittire eleetions the toregoing rules
be observed.
"Your committee are unwilling to OOnclude their report
without adding their unanimous declaration that, in the
course of the inquiries and investigation which they have
had occasion to make for the due discharbtref-tOwbties
which they undertook on behalf of the larrepht-obinvvtih,y
have had every facility and assistance afforded to them by
the directors and officers of the company."