The Northern Daily Times. — 1853-10-21 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

CORN AND YOUGHAL RAILWAY.—A meeting of the landed proprietors and rate-payers of the baronies of Kinnatalloon, Imokilly, Fermoy, Condons, Congibibbons, and Barrymore, was held at the Court-house of Diddleton on Saturday. The object of the meeting, asstated in the requisition by which it was convened, was to consider the propriety of granting a baronial guarantee in aid of the construction of a railway from the city of Cork to the towns of Middleton and Youghal, with branches of such railway to Queenstown and Fermoy. The meeting after a prolonged discussion, decided against the guarantee. HomiciDE.—The Silkehny Moderator of last night contains the following : Yesterday morning the buffoon of a penny theatre at present pitched on the Parade in this city, and whose name was Henry Rowan, was found dead in his bed at his lodgings in Walkin-steeet. The man had gone through his usual performance at the theatre on the previous night, without making any complaint, but he had been suffering much for the last three weeks from the effects of a blow received in a row in a public-house at New Ross. alleged to have been inflicted by the belt of a soldier of the 624 Regiment, named Reilly, then on detatchment in Ross, but at present in this garrison. It is supposedthat Rowan's skull had been fractured by the blow.  moved the following r opinion that it is highly prejudicial to the interests of th company that it should be confined in the selection of its directors to the limited number of shareholders who have held the requisite number of shares for six consecutive months befere the time of election; and that the directors be requested to hand a copy of this resolution to the right honourable the President of the Board of Trade, and to make an immediate and urgent application to him for his consent to the application of the company for a reduction of such required period of tenure to ten days, and to an alteration of the existing provisions of the deed of settlement to that extent ; and that, if such consent be given, a further meeting of shareholders be convened with all possible expedition, for the purpose of reducing the prescribed period of tenure of the election of director from six months to ten days next preceding his election, and IC altering the deed of sett' Mr. SHEPHERD seco.  [ement nec  The CHAIRMAN said the next r  submit to the meeting v  the company be reduced from twelve to a number now to be determined upon." That number the directors had not thought it desirable to name; bid if the opinion of the board should be asked, he might state that the number of directors they would recommend would be seven ; and he proposed to introduce that number into the resolution, unless there should be a manifest declaration to the contrary on the part of the shareholders (hear, hear). Several amendments were proposed, but ultimately the  Chairman's resolution was carried. Mr. VANCE then proposed a resolution to the effect that the directors be entrusted, in the future conduct of the affairs of the company, to act with a view to the eventual realisation of its assets, at such places and times, and in such manner, as the directors may think best calculated to prevent the sacrifice of the property of the company. _._.  (Hear, hear.) Captain COFFIN seconded the resolution  n rnanltltl All  which was supported by the chairman and some of the directors, but was opposed by several shareholderr as superfluous, and ultimately withdrawn. A motion proposed by Mr. HAIVES, to alter the mode of voting in accordance with the Lands Clauses Consolidation, was also withdrawn, after a warm and acrimonious discussion, and after a vote of thanks to the chairman the proceedina's terminated.