The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-06 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Oct. 5.

BOW-STREET. —A.charge of a somewhat novel
character was preferred against a person of lady-
like appearance and manners, described in the sum-
mons as Elizabeth Farrel, otherwise Mrs. Billings,
who was summoned for forging the signature of
Emily Leach to a telegraphic message.
Mr. Sleigh attended for the defendant, who said
her name was Elizabeth Billings, and pleaded not
guilty.

Mr. H. M. Wilkins, clerk in the secretariete-
office of the Electric Telegraph Company in the
Strand, produced the original message, which bore
d.ite Sept. 20, and was as follows :—" Return by
first train ; your mother is dangerously ill." The
word "dying" had been written but scratched out.
Mr. Wilkins observed that it was only in obedience
to the magistrate's order that he produced the mes-
sage, as the rules of the office did not permit him
to do so without such an order.
Mr. Jardine said it was a very proper reg,ulation,
but must be overruled by the magistrate's order in
criminal cases.

Mrs. Leach, the complainant was then sworn.
The message produced was not in her handwriting,
nor had it been signed by her authority. Both the
body of the document and the signature were in
the handwriting of the defendant. It was addressed
to witness's brother, Mr. Wm. Thos. Billings, at
Yarmouth. He was staying at Yarmouth at that
time. He was a surgecn. His mother was in per-
fect health.
Mr. Sleigh—But it is not signed." Emily Leach;'
it is- -Elizabeth

Complainant—lt is "El. Leach."
Mr. Sleigh—Have you-been on any terms of in-
timaey with her ?
Complainant—Oh, dear, no I have known her
about a twelvemonth.
Mr. Sleigh—Has she not b9en frequently at your
house—your mother's house ?
Complainant—Not frequently. She has been
them. She was under my brother's protection.
Mr. Sleigh—Did she not live with him as his
aif©?

Compl Lin.ant—No, air.
Mr. Sleigh—Did he not take her with him as his
wife

Complainant—Not with him. She followed him.
She is not his wife. She has been in keeping 14
years with a foreign gentleman.
Mr. Sleigh—Has he not to your knowledge pro-
mised her marriage ?
Complainant—Not to my knowledge. I have a
letter here will show her character.

Mr. Sleigh—lt is not to your creditto show such
feeling towards one of your own sex ; but I hop
you don't know all the infamous treatment she h s
received. Sir, my client is a lady by birth and edu-
cation, whom the complainant's brother induced to
4o abroad with him and passed her as his wife. He
then deserted her in a foreign country, and left her
to find her way home as she might. Now, sir, this
is a family dispute ; for where a man seduces a wo-
man under a promise of marriage, I consider she is
his wife in the sight of God, if not of the law. Now,
under these circumstances, supposing they hal
proved to your satisfaction all that is alleged, can
it b 3 said that to resort to such an expedient to ob-
tain an interview is a forgery. The essence of the
forgery is the intent to defraud ; and I think if you
apply your mind to that po'nt you will not say that
any such felonious intent is shown. I defy any or: e
to search all the books and produce anything like a
parallel cave. It would lead to most fearful abuse
if such a precedent were established. We should
have persons punished for sending valentines in a
false name, if it came to that.

Mr. Jardine—. Whether it is a forgery al; common
law is very d.)ubtful, but it cannot fur a moment be
spoken of but as a very serious offence in some way
or other. It is as gross a fraud as we cm well con-
ceive.

Mr. Sleigh—Of course, sir, it is not to be justi-
fied. But lam prepared, if necessary, to pro:line
evidence which will disabuse your mind of any im•
pression that there has been anything like moral
turpitude on the part of the defendant. She may be
sued for any ex )enses the parties may have-been'put
to, thlugh !believe the fiat is that h 9 did not come,
and nobody was put t ayy inconvenience. But as
for there being a case for a criminal charge, it is
out of the question.

Mr. Jar,lnte—lthiuk you are right there. The
technical defff,ition of forgery involves the intention
to deceive at.d defraud. Hera is the intention to
deceive for the purpose of bringing him to town,
but that doe 3 no; amount to defrauding him. Still
I would caution her not to attempt such a thing

again.
Mr. Sleigh—She will certainly not do so ag.in.
Mrs. Leach here expres,ed a desire to read alt-
, ter, wh'ch she said would throw some light on de-
fenclint's character.

Mr. Sleigh—Tuese people hive used my client
most and I am driven to say that Mr.
Bidings brought her to his own mother's house and
introduced her there as his wife.,
- The summons was then dism'ssed.

Mr. E. A. Bennett, of Ocaring-cross Haspit 11,
attended to explain an error which he said must
have arisen either from an error in the statement
he-made at this court a few days back in reference
to the owe of Eden Harvey, or from an inaccura:li
in the report. He did not say, or at all evtns did
nut intend to say, that it was 1 o'clock when the
(lid was brought to the hospital, but 11 o'clock, as
correctly stated by Mr. Spngue.
-[Mr. Bennett certainly did. say one o'clock.]
In the c >nrse of the diy the girl wad again
brought up, whenher mother attended, and stated
that she had been decoyei from h-r by a
broth," kelper in E tgle-court, who was constant y
seeking to regain her control over her. If the ma-
gistrate would send an officer to caution this woman
against any further interference, sbe (the mother)
would tinderzake the charge of the defend mt.
Mr. Jardine accordingly Fent an officer to eau ion
sh, woman, and the prisoner was given up to her
• mother.

WORS H I P-S TR EET. EXTRAORDINARY" AP-
nicAtiox.—Mr. Tindal Atkins_•n, the barri,ter,
accomp3nted by a gentleman from the office of
Me,srs. Crowder and Maynard, solicitors to the
Eastern Counfet Railway Company, made the f
lowing appication to Mr. Hamtnill, the sitting
mattistratz,

The teamed gentlmnan said he was instructed on
behalf of the direaters of the railway company to
apply !o the magistrate under their act of in o-per 1-
-tion for summary process against Mr. Henry Hunt,
of Waltham-cross, Essex, fur hsving uulawfallyu,ed
and worked upon a 'portion of their line a certain lo-
comotiveengine, withouthaving previously ob. ale ed
the s suction and aeproval of the enginear or agent
of the-c-x_op-sny, whereby he had rendered himself
liable to a p natty of 20/. It was scarcely nec B-
arn he said, t) offer any represent diens with ri-
gard to the scrupul .us precision and con-taut vig
lance required in regulating the time and erniduA-
ing- the whole of the dlieater machinery connected
with railway travelling ; but it was quit) mtnift st
that all the exertions of the Oillei-d3 to ace
that .obj -ct would be utterly neutralis.md if a private
iudiVidaal were suffered to place an engine upon
the lbse On his -own account, without the know-
ledge-or sanction' nf the comp say, and in total di-
regard of their e-tabliishel arrangements for the
pub is safety. In referen-e to the particular offence
`which fornael the suhject of complaint, he should
confine hithself at present to the mere mention of
tte fact that on the night of Thursday last a lace-
Motive belonging to Mr. Hunt was suddenly disco-
Yered pregressing.along the rails in close proximity
to one of the regular trains on the North Woelwc.l
'Line, which neel-sitated the instlnt stoppage of the
train, tlthe'ere st terror of the passengers ; and it
was only by the merciful interpos Cori of Providence
that a oillision was avoided,-which, in all probabi-
lity, must have resulted in fatal c arsequences. He
Would abitain from entering further in'o the parti-
culars of the. transaction at this stage of the pro-
ceed ng4, as he conceived Hilt he had made out a
suffic•ent prima facie case to justify the magistrate
in granting summonses against the owner of the
intrusive eagles), and also against the driver all
stoker, bor.h of whom must have been aware of the
perilous and unlawful service in which they were
engaged at the time in quesfon.
Mr. Hammill said it was certainly a moat extra-
ordiewy proceeding ; and, after the statement or
the. learned- counsel, he had no hesitation in order-
ing 8111110:1013S99 to be at once issued against the in-
curpated parties.

IV'S ASSAULT ON
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low,age 2wl,hoa glaabvoeurther: wniasampelacofAdTiamtotthhey
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Susannah Cronsn.
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.
Mrs. Sprint", who was far advanced in
4, o pregunan7ny!
stated that on Sunday she went to
cour-, to attend a christening. Inthe e
pri,oner, who lodged in the house,
and
who enii
great deal the Worse for liquor, commenced kickmng
vwtgas th a
the furnitur- and upon her remonstrtating with him
npan the subject, he said he would serve her the
sane. He then knocked her down, kicked her in
the 13.: ad, hurling her very much, and bit one of h- r
ting-rs thrcugh. He also tried to kick her in the
stomach, and pl,!c ng his hand on her neck he very
nearly strangled her, the marks of his nals being
now plainly visible.
_ _

H
SUICIDE Mia• Suzannah Cronin said she was also at th
AT Tilt LoNDoN BR/DGlic ow, —On Satnr- . '
christening, and upon c +Bing the defen,!ant a ern 1
'MY an jeclue4t was held on-the body of Mr. Edainnd
man, he struck her in the eye, nose, and mouth,
Taylor, the particulars tf whoe death aeared in The
Sea of that day. The jury,teta d a verdict of an l blackened one of her eyes.
temporary insanity. pp
! Police-constable Ryan, 65 P, took the 'prisoner

into custody, and described the whole of the parties
as being drunk, but the prisoner as being the worst.
In defence, the prisoner said he knew nothing
whatever of the matter, and that the whole of the
parties were drunk.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said the conduct orthe defendant
was very shameful. Had they not all been drink-
ing, he would have sent him to prison without giv-
ing him the option of paying a fine. For each as-
sault he would fine him 205., or in default of pay-
ment two months' imprisonment, with hard labour,
in the House of Correction.

ROYAL SURREY GARDENS COMPANY.

—A public* meeting of the shareholders in the Royal
Surrey Gardens Company was held yesterday afternoon,
at the King'lt Arms Hotel, Palace-yard, Westminster,
for the purpose of receiving a report from the directors,
and the di,cbarge of other business,
Mr. T. K. Holmes, chairman of the Board of Di-
rectors, in, the chair.
The CHAIRMAN said that he thought he should best
consult the interest of the meeting if he abstained from
making any remarks then, other than to state that the
directors were desirous of giving the shareholders every
information in connection with the undertaking—that
they courtel a full and rigid examination into their
cast conduct.
The minutes of the last
.half-yearly meeting were read
by _the Secretary, after which a discussion ensued whether
this was the proper time to confirm them.

The money not being forthcoming, the prisoner
was locked up.
John Cartwright, aged 23, residing at 13, Gor-
don's-passage, St. Luke's, a glass polisher, was
charged with indecently assaulting Caroline Lewis,
a little girl, aged only three years.

Mr. 3olin Wakeling appeared for the prisoner.
The child lodged in the house of the prisoner ;
and it would seem from the statement made in
court that its mother bad complained of the con-
duct of the prisoner about three weeks ago. On
Sunday, while the mother was out, the child again
complained of the prisoner, whereupon he was
given into the custody of police-constable Smith,
79G. The child had been 'examined by a surgeon,
who had ascertained that she had suffered no injury.
Mr. Wakeling said there was no case against the
prisoner. It was a regular cock-and-bull story,
and his client had been given into custody became
a parcel of women chose to talk together instead of
attending to their own business.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said there certainly was no case
made out, and he should discharge the prisoner.

The CHAIRMAN said that this was not a proper meeting
for the confirmation of the minutes of the last meeting.
They must confine themselves entirely to the transaction
of the business for which the meeting was convened.
After some discussion, in which it was stated that
many of the complaints to be made against the directors
would rest on those minutes, and that this was a special
meeting, and not an ordinary half-yearly meeting, at
which the minutes should be confirmed, it was agreed
that the minutes should not then be confirmed.
Another discussion took place relative to the order
in which the business should be transacted; the directors
contended that the consideration of the directors' report
should be entertained first ; whilst several shareholders
enforced the propriety of the meeting considering the
objects of a requisition that had been forwarded
to the directors, calling upon them to convene
a meeting of the shareholders, to remove the
present four directors, and elect others in their stead.
In the course of the discussion it was urged that the
directors, in putting the objecb of the requisition third
on the notice paper and the directors' report first, desired
to take an advantage of the meeting.
Mr. ColePoci said that the feelings and objects of the
directors had been grossly misrepresented, and therefore
he for one would support the motion for taking the third
proposition on the notice paper. The directors had done
nothing to deserve censure, except error of judgment.
The directors were the deepest sufferers, and he could
assure the meeting and the public that they had no
interest to serve but that of the shareholders. He did not

SOUTHWARK. -- EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF
SUGAR FROM' A BONDED WAREHOUSE. Robert
Donaldson, foreman in the emp'oy of Messrs.
Barry Brothers, of Moreton's Sufferance Wharf,
Mill-street, Bermondsey ; Wm. Japp and Micha'-1
Burrell, carm9n, were brought before Mr. Comb 3
for final examination, charged with stealing six bags
of bonded sugar from Messrs. Barry's warehouses.
Mr. Morgan appeared for the prosecution, and
Mr. Solomon defended the prisoners. Mr. Beverly
attended on behalf of the commissioners of Customs.

Mr. Alfred Barry, one of the prosecutors, said
that about I alf-past 11 on the morning of the,24th
ult., he entered the bonded warehouses, when he
saw the prisoner Donaldson delivering somo sugar
into a cart from one of the loop-holes. He had
.some warrants in his hand, awl witness took them
from him and examined them, with the numbers
on the lons, and asuertlinecl that they did not
correspond. He told Blake (the assistant foreman)
so, and asked Donaldson where the warrants were
for those bags to be delivered. He replied that
he had them in his hand a minute or so pre-
vious. Witness then went down into the street,
and looked in the cart below, when he per-
ceived six bags marked 1110, 1112, 1114, 1115'
1116, and 1117. The numbers on the warrants
which he took from the prisoner Donaldson were
different. He then asked Burrell what he had
brought the horse and-eart for, and he replied, for
ten bags of sugar. Witness then returned to the
warehouse and gave Donaldson into custody, and
his clerk gave Burrell into custody. Two days af-
terwards a. prisoner Jupp was apprehended.
Some further evidence was taken, whin
Mr. Combe committe 1 all the prisoners for trial
but accepted bail for Burrell, at the request of Mr.
Solomon. The other prisoners were fully committed
to Newgate. _

deserve the aspersions that had been cast on him, and those
who had done so knew it full well, aad it was they who
came into court with the filthiest and nastiest motives.
The directors had done all they could for the benefit of
the shareholders, and he was ready to take a vote on
the report, which he had a right toread in his speech,
and he sheen do so.
Mr. NICHOLLS rose to object to such a course of pro-
ceeding. (Bear.)]
Mr. COPPOCK said he had a right to read anything in
his speech. (Elear.) Surely they would not, after
what had been said, stop his mouth from defending
himself. ((leer, hear.) For twenty-five years the
finger of calumny had never dared to point
to him, and he was not to be run down by men who had
come there for motives he declined stating. (Heti.,
hear.) Mr. Coppock, in vindication of himself, then
read the following directors' report :
The directors, although not able to congratulate the
shareholders upon the present condition of the com-
pany, are unwilling to abandon the undertaking as
'eyeless. They believe that means to carry oat the
original intent of the company, and to render it both use-
ful and profitable, can be devised.
The last general meeting was held in April of this year.
At that meeting the directors made their report, and de-
tailed their proposed arrangements. The directors were
then seven in number, six of whom had been directors from
the outset of the company, and one who had lately joined
them. All their acts were approved and confirmed by that
meeting ; two of the directors whose term of office had ex-
pired were re-elected, and the shareholders separated full
of confidence and hope in the future.
Considerable sums of money were expended in improve-
ments, and on the 13th of May last the regular season
commenced. The band, at the request of M. Jullien, had
been increased in numbers and cost—singers of note en-
gaged—the grounds, and the approaehes, greatly improved
—the attractions of the gardens augmented, and yet from
the opening to the close of the season, a serious amount
of loss accrued.
The directors having assented to the various proposals
made to them, and sanctioned the consequent outlay, deem
it no part of their duty to blame others. Particular schemes
were urged upon them as certain of success and the re-
sources of the company seemed to be thought inexhaus-
tible. The dir..ctors resisted much, but acceded to much
that proved worthless, Their short experience of the
season of 185 G deceived them, and when it is stated
that a singer, who on one night in 1853 brought
6151. in 1837 only brought 441., others besides the
directors might have been equally misled. The
nightly receipts did not meet the expenditure, and the
directors made advances and incurred personal liabilities
in the hopes of larger returns, but when their own director
of music, M. Jullien, was the first to take • hostile titer+,
and institute proceedings which would have thrown the
entire property of the company into the h trids of himself
.mud his advisers, they saw that to go on any longer was
impossible.
Their number was by this time reduced to four. Mr.
Beale resigned in May last, because he was dealing with.
the company in musical engagements ; and in the last
week in July, Mr. S. A. Chappell and Mr. Wyli, M. P.,
resigned. These gentlemen had concurred in every direc-
torial respOnsibility, and left the beard from no disagree-
ment with the co-directora, or disapproval of their acts.

It wassta'ed that the prosecutors had been robbed
-to a serious extent iu a similar way.
CAUTION TO PIGEON-STEALERS.—Chas. Cook and
John Debill, two respectable lads, were brought
before Mr. Combs, charged with stealing two valua-
ble pigeons, the property of William Wheeler.
The prosecutor stated that he resided at No. 26,
Marine-street, Bermondsey, where he kept fancy
pigeons, and latterly he had lost several valuable
ones. The prisoner Cook resided next door to h's
house, and about half-past five o'clock he saw him
entice two pigeons into his yard, where another
la I, named Hart, was, and the litter snatched them
ur. As soon as he discoverel his loss he went
and informed the police, and after the prisoners ware
secured the pigeons were found in Spitalfields, where
they had been sold by &ball.
Police-constable 31. M said he took the prisoners
into custody, when they both acknowledged haring
the pigeons, but they said another lad, named Hart,
stole them, and asked them to sell them for him.
Witness afterwards went to Brick-lane Spitalfields,
and found them in a shop, where they had been
sold by D,ball.
Mr. Combe asked whither anything was known
of the prisoners ?
The constable I.( plied that they were respectable
hird- working young men and bore excellent cha-
meters.

Tire prosecutor said that such was tine case, but
still they hai no right to real his pigeons.
Chi prisoners said that they very foolishly sole
the pigeons, thinking it was no harm, they having
base caught ou another person's premises.
Combe told them it was a very serious
offtnce, and one which they were liable to be se-
verely punished for. However, they bore good
cha-acters, therefo:e he should take that into con-
sideration in passing sentence on them. They must
each pay a fine of five shillings, and four shillings
the vaitt of the pigeons, or 14 days' imprisonment.
The fines were immediately paid, and the pri-
soner 3 left the court with their friends, promising
not to have anything to do with pigeons for the
future.

LA! BET H.--Taz MANSLA.IIGHTER CASE. --
Henry Welsh was brought up on remand, charged
with inflicting suai serious injuries upau Eliza
Welsh, his wife, as to occasion her death.
Police-convahle Isaac Sheppard, 49 L, inform
the magistrate that an inqu.st had that morning
been held on the body of the deceased, and a ver-
dict of manslaughter returned against the prisoner.
The wituesset were now al in attendance, with the
exi.teption of the medical gentleman who hal at-
tended the deceased.

- Andre* Mollie, astolcer employed at the Vaux-
hag Gas Works, deposed that he lodged with the
prisoner and the deceased at No. 4, Model-build-
ines, High street, Limbeth. On Saturday, the
10th u!t., he and the prisoner want to Brixton, to
see a daughter of the latter, and on their retiiin
home at night they found that the deceased had left
the apartments, and that the children were alone and
crying. Witness went to bed and the prisoner set out
in se treh of his wiFe. About midnight witness was
awoke by the prisoner and his wife quarreling,
and, be got up and went to the room in which
they were talking. The prisoner blamed his wife
for leaving the children, and said. he had found her
outside a beer-shop in Vauxhall-walk. The de-
ceased was very much intoxicated, and seemed
scarcely able to sit or steal She was also very ag-
gravating in her language and manner, and at last
the prisoner struck her a blow on the side of the
head with his flat hand, and she fell to the ground,
her head coming in contact with the dcor-post.
-Witness lifted her up, and the prisoner ordered her
to go to bed, and she (lid so. The following day
she was very ill, and the prisoner sent for a doctor,
who attended her up to the time of her death.
Honor Safford deposed that on the night in
question she heard violent screaming in the prison-
et's room, and the deceased exclaim, "Oh, you will
kill me." On the Wednesday the deceased became
delirious, and died at midnight on Friday last.
Mary Crawford, also an inmate of the same house,
crave testimony to the same effect. This witness
also° heard the dreadful screaming spoken of by the
last witness, and, further, that the deceased cried
out, "Oh, you will murder me;" arid almost im-
mediately afterwards she beard a heavy fall against
the room door. She did not see the deceased un-
til the 23d, when she was dangerously ill, com-
plaining of violent pins in her head, neck, back,
bosom, and chest, all of which portiens of her body
were bruised. Her eyes were also blackened. She
was only sensible at intervals, but when so she
told tee witnese, in the prisoner's presence, that
the injuries had been inflicted by him,. adding that
he ought not to have beaten her so just for taking
a drop of beer.

The cousi able S'ieppard proved bis apprehenson
of the prisoner, who, when told the chsrie was for
vi,lently ill-using his wife, acknowledged that he
bad done so, and he was sorry for it.
There being no other witnesses ready to give their
evidence, the prisoner was reralnded for further
investigation.

ALDERMAN CARDEN AND THE
MAYORALTY,

The further bearing of the charge preferred by Alier•
man S.r R. W. Carden agamit Mr. R )se was resumed
yebterday morning before the Lord Mayor.
Mr. Lewis then proceeded to addre4 the Lord Mayor
on behalf of the defendant Rose, and contended that the
.whole of the proceedings on obtaining the summons
were an election squabble, got up in order that certain
,taternents might be made in the Common Hall by the
friends of Alderman Carden to influence his election as
Lord Mayor. Tae learned gentleman concluded a speech
which occupied two hours and a half in its delivery, by
stating that he ftlt assured his lordship would dismiss
the summons with costs.
-The Lord Mayor said ho felt it was the desire of all
'parties that justice should be done, and he would, there-
fore, not take upon himself to decide the case, but
ebould send it before a jury.
Mr. Rose was then formally committed for trial, and,
was bound over to appear in his own recopisance in the
sum of 401.

My. F. P. Chappell hail been the.eolicitor of thecorn

pany at its formation, and when he, acting as solicitor
for AL Jullieu, took proceedings against the company,
the legal process was accompanied by notice of withdrawal
from- the solicitorship. The directors at once appointed
in his place Mr. Alfred Jones, a shareholder and a gentle-
man of high repute. Finding that the only way to pro
test the shareholders, to give equal justice to the creditors,
and to guar 1 the propertyof the company, would be to stop
individual aztivity, a petition was presented to the Court,
under the Joint Stock Companies Act, 1851
This petition was presented on behalf of the architect,
a shareholder and contributory of the company. Its ope-
ran
would be
would
e together,avebeaennthoerappoint an official liquidator,
who, chosen by the shareholder--,
in entire control of the company, and in
p e t
with another
place of the directors. The directors did not appear on
the hearing of this petition. When brought in, it was
and imputations levelled
op-
posed on various grounds ; the directors were abused, their-
ature. An adjournment
meeting the hearing of the
petitiona g
tookai n
place;scharacterstt ha
eacs mnpa dot go conductttf ph ,t7hn eea 11 jg
until°ra" grossest
801 dt
Oct. tn.; 17, and by the order of the
court the property of the company is secure until that day.
The directors without delay intimated to the gentleman
who appeared for certain shareholders at the meeting,
tlieir desire t I concur in any plan that could be reasonably
proposed fer the general benefit. On the sth of Septem-
ber a requisition was left at the office of the company, and
notice of this requisition wee, on Mon lay the 7th, given to
the directors.
The directors caused the following reply to be sent to the
requisition and notice :
Royal Surrey Gardens, 10th Sept., 1857.
Sir,--I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of
the 7th instant, addressed to the directors of the Royal
Surrey Gardens Company (limited), in which you state that
" by order of the committee appointed by the shareholderp
to protect their interests, you enclose copy If requisition left
at the office of the company in Penton-place, and request the
early attention of the directors of the Royal Surrey Gardens
Company (limited) thereto," and I have further to acknow-
ledge the receipt of the copy .of the requisition referred to,
which purports to be a requisition to the said direc ors " to
call a meeting of the shareholders of the said company, for
the Typos) of removing from the directors; ip of tho coin
pany the four gentlemen therein named, and to appoint four
other directors in their stead ; and also to elect ,such other
g utlemen as directors as the said meeting shall think fit,
not exceeding the number prescribed by the deed of settle-
ment of the said company," and you further state in your
lett r that the said requisition is signed by thirty-seven
shareholders holding 526 shares.
The original requisition, on being referred to, is signe'd by
tai ty-seven persons, of whom two are not shareholders, re-
preseutirg nominally fifty shares, but not entitled to sign as
requisitions must be signed by shareholders under their
Itaads.
The directors will without delay call the meeting request-
ed, and will give every facility to its being hel I ; and if the
committee appointed by the shareholders will recommend
five gentlemen, duly qualified and willing to act, the directors
will, if they approve them, nominate them, and appoint
them at once, which they have power to do, and thus avoid
the delay of waiting for the extraordinary genar d meeting.
The directors will be happy to surrender their duties to
more competent parties, or to persons having the confidence
of the shareholders, and they trust that by giving them the
names of five qualified shareholders consenting to act, com-
petent to conduct the affairs of the company, and of whom
the directors can approve, you will enable the directors to
retire from further collision with any portion of their share-
holders —I beg an early reply.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
T. B. Fleming, Esq. W. Euts, Secretary.

In answer to this letter the following reply was re-
ceived :

Trinity-square Southwark, 12th Sept., 1857.
Dear Sir,—l laid your letter of the 10th inst. before the
committee last night, and am directed, in reply, to state
that they are advised that the requisition referred to is quite
correct, and in conformity with the deed of settlement
There are some observations in your letter, the meaning of
which did not clearly appear to the committee ; as I under-
stand it, the directors state that they will at once appoint
any five qualified persons whom the committee may, on
behalf of the bhareholders, propose ; that the four existing
directors will then resign,. leaving the nbwiy-appointe 1
directors to fill up their places under the powers of the deed.
This, however, was not the view taken by the committee,
and they desired me to say that they wish the requisition
served on you to be complied with, and for that purpose the
names of the candidates will be forwarded to you accord-
ing to the provisons of the deed.
If my view of your letter should be correct, I shall be
happy to mention the matter again to the committee, on
hearing from you on Monday before four o'clock ; but you
will please to consider the above observations are not to in-
ferrer.) with or prejudice the requisition as already served.
To W. ELLIS, Esq.

Yours truly,
Tilos. B. FtEmma

The directors acknowledged this letter as follows t--.

14th Sept., 1857.

De-,r Sir,—Youi letter of the 12th instant 'is now
before me, in which you state that the committee you
represent wish the requisition served on the directors
to be complied with, and that the names of the candidates
for the directorships will bo forwarded to me according to
the provisions of the deed of settlement.
The directors will facilitate the views of every portion of
the shareholders as far as possible, and call the meeting re-
quested.—l am, dear sir, yours truly,
T. B. Pleming, Esq, Euts, Secy.
On that day the direstors in order to fill up the num-
ber prescribed by the deed 'of settlement, appointed Mr
Todd, a holder of 40 shares, a director. Oa the 15th of
September, a meeting, convened by advertisement, was
held at the office of Mr. Fleming, for the purpose of re-
ceiving a report and proposal from the committee of 'Apra-
holders. At that meeting it was found that the committee
of shareholdersconsisted of 7 persons, holding among them 55
shares, and the meeting dissolved without result, show.