The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-17 00:00:00

TOTAL.

No's
Ayes

Majority againrt the amendment.. 1,048
The result was received with loud cheers.
Tho SECRRT4RIC then again read the report of the direc-
tors, which the chairman put to the meeting and declared
it carried unanimously.
The CHAIRMAN said the directors were advised that it

was absolutely necessary that auditors for the ensuing year
be elected.
Mr. T. G. TAYLOR then moved a resolution to the effect,
that a committee of investigation should be appointed,
stating that he should reserve the names for a second reso-
lution. The first duty of tho committee would be to ascer-
tain how it was that the directors made a contract with Mr.
Scott Russell, in defiance of the protest of Mr.
Brunel ; why the ship was taken to Weymouth, and
afterwards to Holyhead ; and to: ascertain whether the
movements were expedient ; also to inquire into
accounts and expenditure, the system pursued by the direc-
tors in distributing the shares, and the past and present
management of the company. He therefore concluded by
moving his amendment, which was as follows :

" That a committee of investigation, composed of seven
members of the company, be appointed to investigate the
past and pre.,ent management of the company, the sastrous
condition of the affairs of which this meeting bas so much
reason to deplore ; that such committee have access to all
books, papers, and documents of the company, and be at
liberty to examine all the officers of the company, and any
other persons whom they may think proper; and
that such committee report the result of their
investigation, with their own suggestions as to
the future management to this meeting, which at its rising
stood adjourned until the 7th of February."
Mr. PYPINCII seconded the motion.

The motion was carried unanimously.
Mr. TAYLOR then named the following gentlemen as part
of his committee—the Rev. Mr. Nicholson, Mr. Joseph
Rodney Croskey, Mr. Goetz, Mr. G. R. Taylor, and
Captain Bourne.
Mr. Magnus, a director, seconded the nomination.
Mr. STARLING objected to the gentlemen named. He
moved that the following gentlemen be selected, viz.—Mr
Hope, Mr. Baker, Mr. Field, Mr. W. Hawes, and Alder.
man Hodgson.

Mr. SMITH seconded Mr. Starling's selection of names.
Mr. FIELD objected to serve on the committee, but he
trusted that whoever might be appointed, that no person
supposed to be biassed in favour of the chartering of the
vessels to any person or body of capitalists would be
selected.

The names of Mr. Fothergill Cook. Mr. M'Kenzie, and
Mr. W. H. Smith, jun., were mentioned as gentlemen well
calculated to serve on the proposed committee.
Mr. MAGNUS thought that as both parties in the room
desired good to result, a committee acceptable to all present
might be selected from the two lists proposed.
After a long discussion, the following gentlemen were
ultimately agreed to as the committee of investigation,
viz.:—Mr. Nichols^n, Mr. Croskey, Mr. Goetz, Mr.
Taylor, Mr. Hope, Mr. Baker, and Alderman Hodson—
three to be a quorum.

It was further resolved, that after the reception of the
report of the committee of investigation a special general
meeting of the proprietors should be called for the election
of directors.

The meeting then adjourned till the 7th of Fobruary.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.