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London, England, 1856-03-08 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, M ARCH_ 8, 1856.

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EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.

Despatch from General Sir W. Codringtor

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MEETING THIS DAY.

The adjourned 'meeting of the shareholders in this
company was held this afternoon at the London Tavern,
Bishopsgate•street, to receive the result of the poll rela-
tive to the election of directors. Less interest appeared
to be manifested its the day's procoedings than might
have been expected from the stormy character of the
previous meetings of this company. The room was not
more than a quarter full at the commencement of the
business.

( Front the London Gazette of last evening.)
WAR DEPARTMENT, MARCH 5, 1856.
Lord Panmure has received a despatch, of which the
following is a cony, addressed to his lordship by Gene-
ral Sir William CArington,
Sebai,topol, February 20, 1856.
My Lord—l have to acknowledge the receipt of your
telegraphic message from the Judge-Advocate-General
in England, in reference to the man of this army under
sentence of death for murder.
There are no palliating circumstances to interfere with
the just punishment due to such a crime, committed on
a helpless wounded man in hospital. Painful though
the duty may be, with a sense of the responsibility at-
taching to human life, but with the conviction that the
decision is just and necessary, I have ordered the execu-
tion of this man on Saturday morning next, the 23d
inst., in conformity with the sentence of the court.
I have, &c.,
(Signed) W. J. CODRINGTON,
General Commanding.
The Lord Panmure, &c.

Mr. Waddington, on taking the chair, was warmly
applauded.

The CHAIRMAN commenced the business of the meet-
ing by reading the scratineers' report, which is as
follows :

London, March 8, 1356.
To the Chairman of the Eastern Counties Railway

Company.

Sir,—ln the discharge of the anxious and important
task of scrutineers, which we have been called upon to
perform, wo have thought it to be our duty to inquire
into and make a careful comparison of every vote given
at this election, and into the amount of stock registered
in the company's books. The unusually large number of
proxies and personal votes polled at this election would
have made our duties more than ordinarily laborious had
we not had the able &eel tance of your secretary and
clerks of the company, whose zealous and continuous
aid, cheerfully rendered, facilitated our inquiries and
shortened the time, which otherwise would have been
lengthened. Without wishing to travel beyond the
scope of our duty, we would recommend that the poll
be printed. and sent by the company to each share-
holder. We beg to append the result of the poll, as
follows :

February 23, 185 G.

P.S.—This prisoner, Private G. Day, No. 3,577, 77th
Regiment, was executed this morning at 7 a.m., on the
Pignet Howe Hill, in the presence of detachments of
1,000 nit(' from each division of the army, His body
was buried on the spot.

(Signed)

W. J. coDRINGrON,
General Commanding.

BOSTON ELECTION.

CLOSE OF TEE POLL.

One. Two. Three. Four.
Ingrain (Liberal) 453 500 514 521
.dams (Conservative) 261 273 289 296

Majority

225

For Mr. Goodson, 168 personal voters, representing
346,0001. stock, and 4,758 votes-proxies ; 1,270 votcrs,
representing 1,824,9001., cnd 31,303 votes ; total, 1,438
voters, representing 2,170;9001. stock, and 36,061 votes.

MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.)

COVENT GARDEN.

FOB MIS. WADDINGTON.
Stock.
317,520
1,836,300

To-day's market was well supplied, and the trade gene-
r illy ruled steady, at last week's currency.
FRIIIT.—Pine apples, English, 6. to 10s per lb; colonial
do., Os to Os each ; hot-house grapes, 6. 04 to 10s Od per lb ;
foreign ditto, Od to Os ; melons, 2s Odto 3. 6d each;
peaches, 2s Oil to 6s • ' nectarines 1s Gd to 4s per dozen ;
apples, 2s 01 to 3. Oil per half sieve ; pears, is Od to
3. per dozen ; plums, Os to Os per sieve ; green gages, Os
per punnet; apricots, is Gd to 5.04 por doz.; common plums,
Os 01 to Os Od per sieve ; cherries, Od to 011 per pound ;
lemons, 84 to is Od per doz ; oranges, 3s to 9. per 100 ; fil-
berts, 9. to Os per doz. lbs ; cobnuts, 12s to 15. ; almonds,
Os to Os per lb. ; walnuts, 01 to Od per 100; figs, Os 9d
to 1. Gd per doz ; strawberries, Od to 04 per pottle ; goose-
berries, Os 04 to Os Od per half sieve ; currants, Os Od to
Os 04 per half sieve ; raspb3rries, Od to 04 per pottle.
VEGETABLEts.—Greene, is 641 to 3s 04 per doz. bunches;
cabbages, l s to 2s 04 per dozen ; Savoy ditto, le ld to
2. 04 per do. ; brocoli, Is 64 to 2. per bundle ; potatoes, 60s
to 1003 per ton ; vegetable marrow, Od to Os per doz. ; peas,
Os to Os 04 per bushel ; French beans, 2s Od to 3. 04 per
100 ; turnips, 24 to 44 per bunch ; carrots, 5d to 6d per
bunch ; cucumbers, 2.3 Gd to 41 01 each ; garlic, Od to
Os 84 per peuu4 ; spinach, 3. Od to 4s 04 per sieve ;
old onions, 2s 64 to 4s per bushel ; new ditto, Os to Os pee
doz. bunches; leeks, 2d to 3d per bunch ; shallots,
84 to 104 ; horse-raddish, 2. Od to 4s per bundle ; parsley,
44 to Gd per bunch ; celery, Os 91 to is 6d per
bunch ; endive, is Gd to 4s Od per score ; beet, is Od to 2s
per doz. ' • parsnips, Os Gd to is Od per dozen ; small
salad, 2d to 34 per punnet ; mushrooms, ls 01 to 1s 64 per
pottle; artichokes, is 3d to Is6d per half sieve; cabbagelet-
tuces, is to is 64 per score ; sorrel, Gd to is per half sieve ,
radishes. Os to Os 01 per dozen hands • tomatoes, 33 to 48
per half sieve ; chillies, is to is 6d per 100; Brussels
sprouts, 2s Od. to 3s 04 per half sieve ; capsicums, is to 2.
Per 100 ; walnuts pickling, 61 to is per NO ; cauliflowers,
Is to 2. Od per doz. ; rhubarb, 64 to 1. 04 per bundle ;
asparagus, 4s to 103 perloo ; sea kail, 1s to 2s 64 per punnet.
NEWGATE D LE AD E N HALL.

Votes.
4,424
31,430

Personal Voters 162
Proxies

Total 1,435 2,155,820 33,854
FOB 1111. PACK E.

Personal Voters 155 323,520 4,468
Proxies 1,270 1,834,320 31,379

Total 1,425 2,157,840 35,847
FOR MR. HELPS.

Personal Voters 350 543,140 9,803
Proxies 1,488 1,191,260 24,163

Total 1,833 1,737,400 33,966
FOR MR. ORR.

Personal Voters 346 538,940 9,699
Proxies ],43G 1,191,660 24,113

Total 1,832 1,729,700 33,812
FOR MR. WALTERS.
Personal Voters
Proxies 1,487 1,193,860 24,147

Total 1,823 1,724,100 33,723
FOR MR. MORRISON.
Personal Voters
Proxies l9 37,180 537

Total

93,400

1,710

The CHAIRMAN then declared Messrs. Goodson,
Packe, and Waddington to be ally elected. (Loud
cheers.)

Mr. Box asked if any of the unregistered shareholders
had voted?

Mr. T. ATKINSON, one of the scrutineers, said that not
one of the unregistered shareholders bad voted, nor any
person not entitled under the terms of the special act.
A resolution was then submitted to the meeting, that
the list of shareholders should be annually printed and
sold to the proprietors for ls., on which a discussion en-
sued, and the resolution was ultimately negatived.
The CHAIRMAN, in answer to a queation from Mr.
Love, said that the payment of the dividends, in conse-
quence of the agitation that had occurred, could not take
place before the 31st of March.
Mr. LOVE expressed his dissent to such an answer, and
said he was convinced there were other circumstances
which prevented it than that stated by the Chairman.

Turkeys, 4s 61 to Ss 6,1; Geese, 5s Od to 6s 61 each ;
Ducks, 2s 6d to :Is Od ; wild do., Os Od to Os to Od ; rab-
bits, is to it Gd each ; Pigeons, 7.1 to 10d. each ; large
Surrey Fowls, Os Od to Os 0.1 ; middling, 2s to 3s Od ;
Chiekenn, 11 9d to 2s 3d ; Capone, 3s Gd to 4s ; Hares,
3s 01 to 4s 01 ; Grouse, Os Od to us to Od each ; Pheasants,
Os 01 to Os 0.1 ; Partridges, Os 03 to Os to 04 ; Guinea
Fowls, 3s Pd to 3s 6d ; Roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each.
Ostend fresh butter, ile Gd to 12s Gd, and English Its 841
to 15s per dozen lbs. English eggs, Os Od to 10e 0d ; French
do., 6s 03 to 7s 03 per 120.

The CITAIR3IAN said that Ije considered he ought not
to be prsssed to state the reason why the payment of
the ( ividend bad been delayed. (Dissent.)
Mr. LOVE said be considered it advisable to put the
question, believing a dividend had been declared which
had not been earned and which they had not the money
to pay. (Hear.) He was ready to prove the truth of
hie statement.

The CHAIRMAN said he had no desire to withhold in-
formation from the meeting. From what Mr. Love had
said it was necessary for the credit of the company that
he (chairman) should give him an answer to his question,
but which he thought would have been better far all if it
had not been put to him. The election of directors had
an effect on the money market, and he had been refused
money by a firm in the City until the result of this meet-
ing was known. This company had a surplus revenue
and could meet their engagements, and when tkat was
knows, and that the engineer had reported the perma-
nent way was safe, notwithstanding what had been stated
to the contrary, he thought the company's affairs would
assume a different complexion. Although statements
had been made of the bad state of the permanent way,
the traffic for the first nine weeks of this year bad been
1,0001. a week more than that of the corresponding
period of last year. (Cheers.) He complained of Mr.
Love's conduct in impugning the correctness of the
statements in the report, especially as it had been re-
ferred back fir the auditors to a; sin go over the
accounts. Taey had done so, and confirmed their pre-
vious audit.

Mr. NORMS thought it world be better for the credit
of the company if the real tracts of their position were
put forward. Such reservation as the chairman practised
was highly el jectionable. lie contended tha account
did not show they were in a position to legitimately pay
the divi•lend recommended.

Mr. BRUCE said that at the meeting in August last he
opposed the then dividend, h.,,causo he saw there were
works and claims to be met which he knew could not
be done if they paid the dividend, and in order to pay
that dividend claims were put over for liquidation till
the past half-year. He referred to the engineer's report
that 150,000/. was required to put the permanent way
ire au efficient state, and he (Mr. Bruce) had always
contended that the permanent way should be properly
kept in order, for on that greatly depended their work-
ing expenses, and the amounts they had to pay for
compensation in cases of accidents. They had not the
means of payin; this dividend, and he asked the meet-
ing net to sanction the payment of this dividend until
the auditors had presented their revised statement of
the accounts.

Mr. LovE then proceeded to show that his state-
ment with regard to the state of the cotipany vim
c)rrect, and entered into details to prove it, and said
that he con,idered their diridend a fiction. He asked
the chairman the amount of money required to meet
the liabilitieA of the company unprovided for.

The CHAIRMAN said that he was not bound to an-
swer the question,,the discussion being irregular ; but if
it was the wish of the meeting he wou!d rniwer the

question.
Mr. LOVE repeated his question.
The CHAIRMAN said there were no loans to be pro-
vided for except what were stated in the accounts.
(Cheers.) He had been asked how they were to pay a
dividend with so small an amount at their bankers ; and
ke answered that question by reading the large sums due
to the company from the Peat-ofEce and others, amount-
ing to upwards of 165,0001. It had been said the divi-
dend could not be paid ; but he stated the dividend
would be paid. (Loud cheers.) Up to December they
had 54,000/. at their banker.) and they had 80,0001.
there now.

Sir S. BIGNOLD, M.P., thought no good could come
of this discussion. The meeting was An adjourned meet-
ing, to receive the declaration of the poll, and not to
open up the question of the report. Ile moved that the
meeting do now dissolve.
The CHAIRMAN said there were many difficulties for
them to overcome, and h• thought by using a little dis-
cussion at these meetings] they might easily be over-
come.
The meeting now became very noisy, and it was with
difficulty many of the speakers could be heard.
Mr. Noanee moved, as an Amendment, that the audi-
tors be called upon to examine the accounts of the half-
year for August, 1855, and February, 185 t, and that
they have access to the books of the company to pro-
duce a detailed account of the company's stock and
stores.
Mr. Lova seconded the amendment.
The original motion for dissolving the meeting was
carried.
The meeting then separated.

Mr. Saunders, of the Western Circuit, and Recorder
of Devonport, has been appointed to the recordership of
Ply►nouth, in the place of Sir William Carpenter Rowe,
now Chief Justice of Ceylon.
INCENDIARY FIRE.—On Wednesday morning a fire
broke out at the Canklow flour mills, near Rotherham,
belonging to Messrs. Moorhouse and Hague. The whole
of the large roof fell in with a tremendous crash, and the
fire raged with uncontrollable fury until the whole place,
with the exception of the walls, was consumed. A very
large quantity of grain in sacks and a good deal of flour
were destroyed. Four pair of stones are comparatively
uninjured. There is reason to fear that the fire was the
work of an incendiary. This is the second flour-mill in
this district which has been burnt down after sunset
Within the last few weeks.

THE FALL OF .BARS

(From. the Times of this clay.)

Among-the men of self-reliance who have strug-
gled alone amid adverse circumstances General
Williams must hold a high place. His aggressive
warfare against 'Turkish corruption is as brilliant
as his subsequent defence of Kars against forces
three times as :numerous as his town. As the
reality of his position during the last three mouths
of 1855 is disclosed, we wonder that any man
should. have so persevered in befriending an un-
grateful ally and upholding a hopeless cause. We
feel how natural it was to suppose that, if left un-
aided and unanswered, lie would, in a fie of anger
or despair, deiert the charge which he had received
from the Government of his country. We can
appreciate the probability that if he remained he
would only mix -uphis name 'with incapable gene-
rals and a broken army, and if be returned at all;
only return to obscurity or to censure. When Col.
Williams received the rank of Brigadier, and was
deputed to advise the Turkish Commander-in-Chief
in Asia, it was thougliC proper that he should re-
ceive Turkish military rank. He was to be appointed
a Pasha, and to have the position of a general iu
the
.Ottoman army. Now, let it not be sup-
posed that such a distinction was totally new,
that it shocked any prejudice, or that any long
time or any great exercise of power vas necessary
to obtain it. For years Turkey has had Pashas
and Boys from every . quarter of Europe. For
years Stamboul has swarmed with refugees and
renegades with high rank in the Sultan's army.
At the commencement of this war there was a
crowd of British aspirants for such honours. A
gentleman with a week's moustache, and looking
about the last man in the world to regeneeate the
Mussulman, would suddenly appear in the streets
of Pera. He would wear the brilliant uniform of
the Peckham Fencibles, or some such semi-warlike
corps. His cap would be- that which adorns the
body-guard of his Highness the Nawaub of Thiee-
gaper°, his rank of Colonel he would have earned'
in the service of one of the late Governments of
Nicaragua. Such a here found no difficulty iu
approaching the Seraskier, armed with the strongest
diplomatic recommendations, and a few hours were
sufficient to convert him into an Ottoman General
with a highly Oriental name. But no such speed
was thought necessary in the case of the Queen's
Commissioner, labouring in an endangered province
for the good of a wasted army, and daily insulted
by the vilest of mankind. On the 15th of Novem-
ber, after General Williams had been two months
in Asia, Lord Stratford writes that lie has applied
to Reschid Pasha that the rank of "Ferik" should
be conferred on the Commissioner ; but there the
matter rested. For two months longer, although
General Williams was writing almost daily to com-
plain of the treatment he received, anclbis want of
authority, no notice was taken at the British Em-
bassy. The Firman,whichcould have been obtained
in half an hour by the English dragoman, was never
asked for. It was not until General Williams,
driven to desperation, had laid the Ambassador's
neglect before the Foreign office, that Lord Strat-
ford condescended to write to him, and in a com-
munication not a little insolent and- bitter to in-
form him that his appointment as "Ferik" had
been made. This despatch,—the first addressed by
*the Ambassador to the Commissioner—bears date
December 30. Well' might Lord Clarendon point
out in indignant language to the Ambassador that,
though a despatch from' the Embassy of November
15 announced that the appointment had been asked
for, yet no steps had 'been taken to obtain it, and
that, " knowing the necessity that General Wil-
liams should have rank in the Turkish army, in
order to secure to him the respect and obedience
required, his diploma of Ferik has not yet been
sent to him, nor does he appear to have been in-
formed that the rank was conferred upon him."
" General Williams, " says the Foreign Secretary,
" was surrounded by traitors and robbers; and
stood in need of all the encouragement that her
Majesty's could afford him."
Lord Stratford's maid defence is that lie had,
whiledeclining to notice the Commissioner, done
all that was necessary with the. Turkish Govern-
ment. Iu justice to the Ambassador's diplomatic
talent, we must say that he does not fail to keep
up appearances ; but we think there will lee few*
deceived by such obvious precautions. That in
despatches to the Foreign-office General Williams
should be spoken of once or twice as a " zealous"
and " meritorious!' person is no more than might
be expected. Lord Stratford was not very likely
to make himself appear beforehand the opponent
of the man whose failure might be more effectually
compassed by quiet neglect. So also the Ambas-
sador now calls in his dragoman to prove that cer-
tain propositions have„been submitted to the Porte.
He puts 13 questionsi;which M. Pisani duly answers
in a satisfactory manner, and questions and answers
are then transmitted to London. 'What Lord
Clarendon thinks of this notable defence may bo
learnt from the despatch 'we have already quoted.
He says, " Your Excellency's despatch has re-
ceived the careful consideration of ber_Majesty's
Goeernment, and 1 have to inform you that it ap-
pears by M. Pisani'; replies to your Excellency's
queries that, with the exception of some ball car-
tridges, little or nothing seems to have been sent
to the relief of the army_ at Kars." The supplies
which the Ambassador had declared he had asked
for it was acknowledged were never sent, and the
medical stores were proved to have beep worthless,
Lord Clarendon then, having glanced over the
other assertions of Ambassador about letters of
reprimand and approval having been addressed to
various Turks, says with vehemence,—" But this
is all that has been done for the relief of the army,
notwithstanding the repeated and urgent. remon-
strances of.her Majesty's Government." He then
concludes with a sentence in which. these words
,occur :—" Her Majesty's Government cannot but
regret the silence observed by your Excellency to-
wards Gen. Williams, and they can well understand
thediscouragement and mortification he must have
felt at receiving no-acknowledgment of his 54 de-
spatches, accompanied by private letters, for he
looked to your Excellency as his natural protector."
Such is Lord Clarendon 's judgment on all the de-
fence which Lord Stratford had to offer then—on
all -he has to offer now. The reprobation of the
Foreign-office will, we think, be acquiesced in by
every man who reads the documents now published,
and, when we consider that Lord Clarendon wrote
long before Kars was invested or General Williams
a man of note, it will be plain how deeply blame-
able the offence MustThave appeared. The mise-
rable pleas of the Ambassador about h'i's intention
to answer all General Williams's • despatches at
once, and about the unpunctuality of the Trebi-
zondeSteamer, Lord Clarendon does not condescend
to notice.

General Williams hating dared to appeal to the
Home Government, Lord Stratford could no longer
conceal his resentment. Even the common-place
epithets of approbation usual in official documents
wholly cease. The Ambassador, alter a silence of.
mouths, addresses the Commissioner. He sends
the fir man which appoints him Ferik. This letter
is in the driest official tone, without ono word of
apology or regret,—without any mention of the
reasons for delaying to reply which he had urged to
Lord Clarendon. It ends with a sneer. General
Williams had been ill-received by the Turks and
grossly insulted by a certain Shukri Pacha, He had
also complained of another, Kerim Pacha, but the
latter had subsequently become more civil, and
given assistance to the Commissioner, who had
written to indicate the change. Lord Clarendon
had instructed,ifte Ambassador to demand the re-
call of Shukri Pasha. The Ambassador obeyed,
and thus announces the fact to General Williams :
..._.,‘ I have demanded the recall of Shukri Pasha,
at the risk of your seeing reason to change your
mind concernieg him, as in the instance of Kerim
Pasha." One or two meagre messages are de-
spatched from the Embassy to the Commissioner
within the next two months, and then follows in
order of time a most remarkable document. It will
be remembered that Lord Stratford had denied
' any coolness 11-This support of the Commissioner.
It was, he asserted, quite by accident that he had
not written to him, it was an accident that he bad
not accredited him, it was an accident that he had
not obtained his appointment of "Ferik." But
now, two months later, we see fully the animus of
his lordship displayed. On the 19th of February
Lord Stratford writes to the Foreign-office. Under
the form of asking for information, he brings the
against General Williams. Be it
gravest charges
observed that the General had been more than
five months with the army, and had, as far as we
can learn, only received three communications
from Lord Stratford during the whole time ; they
are all short, contain not a word of advice, not a
word of warning, not a word to indicate approval
or the contrary; Yet the Ambassador, without the'
slightest intimation to a man who, to use General
Williams's own words, had " served him for so
many years," thinks fit to send to the Foreign.
office the heaiiest, and we believe the most un-
founded, charges against him. He wishes to be.
informed, he says, hat General Williams's powers
are. "It is not enough for one to know in general
terms that Brigadier-General Williams is a military
officer instructed to act as her Majesty's Commis-
sioner with the army at Kars." General Williams
had endeavoured to make reforms, and Lord Strat-
ford would like to know by what authority he does
these things.
Then follows a roll of accusations. The Com-
missioner asserts a right of being obeyed, of sug-
gesting the punishment or removal of officers, 11.0
correction of abuses, the introduction of improve-
ments, the direction of operations. If this be his
position, Lord Strafford does not see in what he