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London, England, 1860-01-17 00:00:00

TOTAL.

Noes
Ayes

Majority against the amendment.. 1,048
The result was received with loud cheers.

Tho SECRETARY 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 the 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 llolyhead ; and to ascertain whether the
novements 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 present management of the company, the sastrous
condition of the affairs of which this meeting has 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. PYFINCII 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. •

We shall continue the report in our Late Edition.]

SP ORTIN G INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S.-YESTERDAY.

The betting this afternoon was almost at a stand-
still, and, notwithstanding a long list of quotations, it
is compiled chiefly from offers, rather than actual
transactions. For the Derby 8 to 1 was taken once or
twice about Umpire, but those odds were again offered
at the close of business. 1,100 to 100 was taken to £lOO in
one bet about Thormanby, and at these odds he was sup-
ported frequently in other quarters. The only other animal
really backed was Lanchester, who found many friends at
50 to 1. For the Two Thousand 4to 1 was taken freely
about The Wizard, while 9 to 2 was offered against Buc-
caneer ; 7 to 1 was taken and offered about Lupullus.

TWO THOUSAND.
4to 1 agst The Wizard (taken)
9to 2 agst Buccaneer (offered)
7to 1 agst Lupullus (takes and offered)
15 to 1 apt King of Diamonds (offered)
25 to 1 agst Pinar Pudding (offered)
DERBY.
Sto 1 agst Umpire (offered)
11 to 1 agst Thormanby (taken)
11 to 1 agst Mainstone (take 12 to 1)
12 to 1 agst Buccaneer (taken)
12 to 1 agst The Wizard (take 13 to 1 freely)
13 to 1 agst Nutbourne
22 to 1 agst Lupullus (offered)
1000 to 40 agst The Drone (taken)
1000 to 30 agst Upperhand (taken)
1000 to 20 agst Lanchester (taken freely)
1000 to 20 agst Horror (taken) •
1000 to 20 agst Cramond (taken)
1000 to 20 agst Sir William (taken)
1000 to 10 apt Byeways (offered)
1000 to 10 aget Merryman (offered)

CITY BETTING.---.YESTRRDAY
CHESTER, CUP.
40 to 1 agst Aston (offers to take 50)
60 to 1 agst Longrange (taken)
50 to 1 agst Telegram (taken)
50 to 1 agst Satellite (offered)
60 to 1 agst Physician (offered)
1000 to 15 agst Brother to Rainbow
1000 to 15 agst Common Sense colt
1000 to 15 agst Birmingham (taken)
1000 to 15 agst Bevis
1000 to 15 agst Arsenal
1000 to 15 agst Herne

GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE.
100 to 6 agst Jealousy (offers to take 20)
20 to 1 agst Anatia (taken)
20 to 1 agst Xanthus (taken)
20 to 1 agst Miss Harkaway (taken)
25 to 1 agst Lord Oswald
30 to 1 agst Jean du Quesne.
30 to 1 agst Romeo

TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
4to 1 agst Buccaneer (offered)
4to 1 agst The Wizard (offered)
sto 1 agst Umpire (taken)
7to 1 agst Lupullus (taken)
20 to 1 agst any other (offered)

TILE DERBY.
Bto 1 agst Umpire (offered)
10 to 1 agst Thormanby
11 to 1 agst Mainstone
12 to 1 asst The Wizard
13 to 1 agst Buccaneer
13 to 1 agst Nutbourno
20 to 1 agst Lupullus
40 to 1 agst Restes
50 to 1 agst Lanehestor

'SLOUCH STEEPLECHASES.

Theme chases are now fixed for the Bth and 9th of 7eb-
ruary. The conditions of the Metropolitan Handicap have
been altered ; the added money has been reduced from £2OO
to £lOO, but the entrance fee has also been reduced from 5
sovs. each to 3 sovs. Twelve names have already been en-
rolled among the list of subscribers, The stakes will close
on the 24th of January, and it is intimated that those
owners who wish the horses already entered to remain in
lust express their intentions to the clerk of the course by
Thursday next ; of course, those who have already sent their
entrance fee of £5 will have their money returned. The
Railway Plate, to which the Great Western Railway Com-
pany liberally adds £3O, has eight nominations, and for the
Slough Plate there are 20 subscribers.

THE CONTEST FOIL THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD.
—TILE " BENICIA Boy."—Mr. J. C. Heenan, the Ameri-
can who is to contest the championship of the world with
Tom Sayers, reached Liverpool at five o'clock yesterday
morning, in the royal mail steam-ship Asia, from New
York. Mr. Heenan, on landing from the steamer, was met
by several of the ilite of the "fancy," including numerous
admirers—chiefly the American captains visiting the port
of Liverpool. In appearance the Yankee boxer presents a
very gentlemanly aspect. His face is oval, and wears the
expression of a confident man, the eye is quick and piercing,
his nose a fine aquiline. The head, unlike the generality
of our prizefighters, is comparatively small. Heenan, who
appears to bo a man of about 26 years of age, is close on
6 feet 2 inches in height, was dressed, on landing, in a
large overall coat, trimmed with a short black kind of fur
on the collar and wrists. Mr. Aaron Jones, we believe, ac-
companied Heenan from America; and as the fight takes
place on the 14th of April, the latter will be under Mr.
Jones's care till that time.

The American papers received per Asia announce
the death of Dr. Edman, surgeon of the English mail
steamer Solent, of yellow fever.
The mercantile advices from Paris yesterday
state that, although the liberal views of the Emperor would
excite great hostility among the monopolist classes, there
can be no question as to the good impression that will be
produced through the country at large. The momentary
effect of the affair on the Bourse was less certain, because
the abolition of the Sinking Fund is against the Rentes,
and the reduction or removal of the tolls of canals will pro-
mote their competition with the railways. From the coral.
dente that would be created in the state of the relations
with England, the belief is, however, that all descriptions
of securities will gain new firmness,