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chased largely, on the understanding that the
nary expenses were not to exceed that sum. 0,1,01:
fore, should enter a public protest against the PI to
,°
The CHAIRMAN asked the Hon. Proprietor
tended to move an amendment ? Xll
u .1
Mr. HUNT replied in the negative. Be
content himself by protesting against the au jogio• l'
pentli[ure, because he did nut think it was ae"
with the shareholders.
One of the Committee offered to purchase diets
proposer's stock at 2/. per share. le6
Mr. HUNT said he should be a considerable ero
sold them for that price. I WlllB'o
Mr. HONCE (of Norwich)--Nell, then, r
21.them.—(aughr.)
Thef CHAIRMAN— L
Pray'teg , entlemen, donltisiea:,°
vert our meeting into a stock exchange. t?
Proprietor going to move an amendment or a°oll fe/8
Mr. HUNT—I can't say that I am.
against any further outlay. fe'l
Mr. CHArailsi was sure there was not an
ti tets
man present who did not fully concur in I eau,'
the resolution. The Hon. Proprietor We're',
a personal matter of the loss of his 10s. Per
„;iefs,
Mr. HUNT—I bought them at a large pote°";0111;',
Mr. PHAPMAN—No doubt the Hon. 1,1.t'0 101;$f
but a fair a,:;1 liberal offer had been mace
why did he refuse it ? It would place higtock doet,,
position now as who he purchased the st_.frofic,,
eyes open. He trusted, therefore, the go/
cod`
would either accept the oti-o. of 2/. sse
withdraw his protest. , uOlll/6
Mr. HUNT preferred adopting the latter r
the resolution was carried unanimously- to tll°ol
Mr. CROMBY, in moving a vote of thanks
tool oil
visional Committee for their past exertions, P.,d stoi,
warm euiogium upon them for the zeal
they had paid to the interests of the CoraPakt!),'ljurol
detained the meeting to relate to them the ,!e
tamed in Scotland on the subjeet of the °,113, -tdtr,i
part of the kingdom they were all favourable be •y
ject, and the reason was obvious—it would eat it t°
advantage to Scotland. Why at PreAsoleet'l
him to come to London from f fos,„(.0"
town in which he resided, upwards 000d;rtyl
thirty hours, and then he had to be out of be
earn
ling two nights. Now, if their line was ,clock 0/
would be able to leave Edinburgh at eight, °wit r.v
morning and reach London by eight c' (Chee,
evening. It was a wonderful improvement"; tilti
end he would defy any company to show improvement";
possibly be effected without the aid of the Da- f• °
Railway.—(Hear.)
Mr. REDEWAY seconded the resolution' oi
carried by acclamation. comp
The CHAIRMAN, in acknowledging tut/droll",
said the Committee felt that they ,bef
confidence :kof the ] Shareholders, or
not have asked them to go °II,
11
1)10'
nd
undertaking. They had done
promote the interests of the Company' ilcessoo
continued support they had no doubt soecooto°,/
tend them in a Committee of the House 01
yt
The meeting, which was very nume°lls 'bout
and occupied about three-quarters of •
broke up. 0/04
'Ittort:10)
Richard Brady, shopman, in the employe •.%•jsout",f
pawnbroker in the Dover.road, was charg vrore,
,f
embezzling money to a considerable amount, the 'OO
employer. Four cases were selected against the '
which he was committed for trial. nl,l
Otr
ritO)dr',i
MORTALITY in the ME'. ,
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The following are the results of " A 13'; e)0,4'4
in the Metropolis, showing the Number 054 it,
all Causes registered in the Week enilitLig 000
Bth of February, 1845." The Table is
of the Registrar-General:— A 11.04
Tell' 110
CAUSES OF DEATH.
p Discidaesme ce,
fE vnadrei
amhilce, aenr duCn oc
enrttaagi
hi o us
es
aDt i.s.e.
........ 100 ;
lir 114
s
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses...
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs °f 356
Respiration .................... ................ • 54
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels.....
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other
'
Organs of Digestion .. ........................ 5 ,
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c .................... s
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c..••.. 5
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles•••
Diseases of the Skin, &c ..............
Old Age, or Natural Decay ..................... 33 9.4
By Violence, Privation, or Intemperancit "'lOl5 ?
Causes speciied... .................................,
Deaths from all Causes ...... . ................... 10,00
DEATHS FROM THE PRINCIPAL DISEASIS ejaf)lFf
THE ABOVE HEADS. Vet
Total. of
Consumption
Scarlatina 34
Pneumonia
Dropsy ...... .
Hooping Cough ........ ~ 35
xl
Typhus
Small Pox 33 Rf
Disease of the Heart
Measles
Apoplexy .......... 20
Diseases of the Brain ......
Diarrhoea~
5 it,
•••
Sudden Deaths „. -
DISTRICTS wesa 'l'lllll'
Deaths - 0.0
in Aferf4o'
the Week.
160 142 4i
West
North
Central
East .. 234 209 /
South
Total ......... 1018
IMPERIAL PARLIA,SA 13:41,/
HOUSE
)NTH LORDS, rer,"'y ;
RAILWAYS AN E BOARD 'cieefie'etiffift
Lord DAL EIOUSIE, in continuation, Pro tlie",
After one of the Great Western Coroliandthe
person sent him a paper frolt
with a black cross on a paragrarf al
wweaasrstubgegetisetkedettohre
bwandoglee
ofo ftbteheGßreosatrhas‘ted,,eobleer,oo;or?ti
Company.—(Laughter.) A charge vlB, 401000
against Captain O'Brien, that be hunio'ecos)tioi I
partiality for the Dover Company, solely e ;ed
a brother connected with that
been
.01,0040 if
not a mere rumour ; it bad f Isf
public prints in the other Howe tetjil
and it was hardly possible for him to st",tteo t". 0001
the character of every one of his colletl ro eV
pugned in this way. But the charge tvollitto",,
was wholly unfounded in truth. Did L'ia reticifoti'lo
u. $
the other members of the Board v/4° „c
partiality, without gain, inducemen,hat tn;lt,s-i)°,
whatsoever? Did any person suppose %lob Pluiero;
have ventured to take upon themselves• Voogot‘
lutely without inducement, and Ineretlae t°o
brother of one of their colleagues WU% sups 111
a particular company? Could any' 13361„sible 4 0101
sitting in the chair of that Board, reor-atios,,,lf
to Parliament for their immediate trot; "U,evPl4".ir ",
would be such a fool as to suffer a sing,le, V°
Board to evince partiality for this or tirdiculo' 001'01
came before them ? The charge w"•r 10, 01
an absurdity scarcely worth contradictitild' pullet:es
01,11
preposterous to do so in any easeflinutesOled far
case like this. Now what were the eire nrer es°
hear Os
case? The South-Eastern Compaq 13• ,A o'l sO"
comprehensive schemes. Other sehe'-",voilT,hip°ler"
proposed, upon the merits of which heir Doner,vii
say anything. They were before the,o COotber`gt'
no one could doubt their competeno scheme's' t 000,i00
In addition to the merits of their fth ijoic°Dri
Eastern Company, adopting the view fouirls!„ei
Commons last session, had addressed ro'jf"
to the Board of Trade, in w vir.l3e4,
offered the following advantages' 110 .tol'egreri
tie rate of fares over all their old twat
~eigtoo
calculate them upon, not the eigh 1-hey s thei/
Dover, but the seventy-four miles. goals 0
to take reduced fares for the second clastsiiird.ctbe t.
given double accommodation to the doe/a ,0 etc
sengers. They had also agreed to sod
_1'044
trical telegraph for the whole distatles'o ceu
*rung tore t
Parliament for the purpose of obtain e 11)
tile/ fOr JO
st
minus at Hungerford- bridge; an- ivieus te
that that should be made a central ter
offeredz.fs ofo
ways; and, in addition to that, the? „ce, vt 0014 011
• norta. th.
which was a matter of great lime one $lO et,
vide the only link of communication rid gifeite es 3:
coast of the country, which link w• 011 fora t,,,0(11
uninterrupted line of accommodationof 4060 ht
v
polis to within eight or nine miles j, 044111
They offered, also, to put their old ET_" offer° 04;0
the option of purchase. Such were,Lne: the but fr;
made; and when the Board ag!'es°l so ta otyie
doing 03v" 9 hi
reason could be found for their och
brother of one of the Committee:a_s
too
.50.uc0.,/,
company. It was ridiculous t his cull P4'ol
.s
rnents; and, in justice to he 41' 0,15;11,f,
felt bound to make the observat;",,,,oulti'oce4ell'
There was another point to whien,,d be didotr,
direct their Lordships' attention; "
on the part of the other Me;
It had been asserted that private In c tbe,
• lased blic, 100 g)
Members
alloo-eorttatt;
visions of the Board had been circ
p r
ties before those decisions were Inade4Patil °Peelle/11C';
enabling frauds, in the shape of
to be perpetrated upon the Puh'le'ho wet it that ?et;
far as the general allegation
neral a denial, and for himself he.. Mess .e to reoV
one occasion had he given the 11
te
decisions *tit's
0° jot' ‘C
ntT'wott°l st7;:ill;
tip
any person as to what those _
er
(Cheers)—and as far as the other
LF.,7w,s ie. Joie),.6,iP,
posed the Board were concerneed,,Tord D} the eititroer
inform their Lordships that h had put hi° to`l
called the Board together, and_nae,
or
to them, and those gentlemen h
oath, or if llivriplY/or
tir
that they were willing, upon °she"tiro
mode, to say that they had never out e_e_r,
directly,given the slightest inforna_u:r73.___(ll
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solemn mode could be devised, t Y
the probable decisions of the hose
There were two modes of giving
theta aitobQr P (AI
public ; they must either defer must
)11,170.01e
laid before Parliament, or Yoe kV
to the public almost obrco t 10!.
decision. The latter course wits,'-r,ho elu„ „eeo'
was clear that by the former in:a P° •of
tbe.c;
re ent:ri. eu hal
creased a hundred-fold. When tn.esp_f the dword.
decisions might accidentally bthtb
epecrtsinign companies,the a to t-e
,Lilorsrluil he Boa 0V
he (Lord Dalhousie) made arn ou,h t 1,1
circulated Own' Wed'
the other papers, he in like e" 3 0
departLintht
were the r
order that each Member should to Far, 1,0 ve,
their own memorandums. Nosn_ natier,t.s me te,
any possibility been seen by tnirugbtaineo.oPit had I g
such information might have been recanti evellOr
taken alludedtbtaot iiritufmtnaortiher ingenuityplace.
but Members of the Board fro in houvflooted
papers. They had not even been ta-
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