The Cardiff Times

TAFF VALE RAILWAY COMPANY. The sixty-second half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Tuesday, at the Athenaeum, Bristol,-—Mr. James Poole, chairman of the Board of Directors, presiding. There was a large attendance of proprietors. The notice convening the meeting having been read, The Secretary (Mr. E. Kenway) read the report, which has already been published in the Cardiff Times. The CHA.IK.MAN, who was received with loud applause, said before he proceeded to the consideration of the report which had just been read, he desired to pay a tribute of respect to one who had been lately taken from amongst them, and who he might say was amongst the originators of the under- taking -the late Mr. Coffin, who for many years was deputy- chairman of that company, and subsequently became chair- man, and who remained connected with them long enough to see the undertaking through the great difficulties which it had in his day to encounter (hear, hear). His great ability, his admirable temper, his disposition and character generally secured him the respect and esteem of all who had the plea- sure of his acquaintance. (Hear, hear.) With reforence to the report, his task was an easy one, for the directors had happily not to come before them with a decrease of trade attributable to the badness of the times, the scarceness of money, and the rinderpest, or other causes which other rail- ways had to do, but they had to congratulate them upon their traffic having been well maintained and their dividend fairly earned. (Hear, hear.) With reference to the Pen- arth undertaking, there was again a formidable balance, though less than the last half-year, placed to its debit, but he would suggest that rather than take it as a debit ptr se, they should look upon it as a charge upon the general traffic of that company, for it was notorious that it had facilitated that traffic, and had it not been for the existence of the Penarth undertaking he very much doubted whether the return would have been so satisfactory as it was that day. He thought the directors might claim for themselves the credit rather of anticipating the trade, rather than of waiting until it arrived, and then affording it accommodation. (Hear, hear.) After briefly adverting to the proposed extension of the Llantrisant line, which would bring them in more direct communication with the western coalfields, to the extra traffic over which the Penarth undertaking would afford an amount of facility and accommodation which it would not otherwise get, the Chairman reminded the meeting that when they took to the Aberdare Railway, it was a strain and a pressure on the revenue of the company, and looked more formidable than even the Penarth Harbour and Dock c but they had lived long enough to see it a most productive undertaking, and he had no doubt that in a very short time the Penarth undertaking would becnie as remunerative as the Aberdare had been. (Hear.) There was one item in the accounts which was very formidable and very grievous. He alluded to the Parliamentary expenses. Last half-year they amounted to £50uO, and this half- year they were charged the same. He need only to appeal to the experience of any gentleman who had had the fearful ordeal of a Parliamentary opposition to go through, how imperceptibly they were dragged into a mesh from which there was not an escape unless they retired altogether, and had the directors done that they would have sacI ificed their interest to a far greater extent than they had done in the expenditure of so large a sum of money in Parliamentary expenses. (Hear, hear.) The dearness of money and the exposure of frauds had, how- ever, so operated on public minds that he thought they need not contemplate in the future so disastrous a course of pro- ceeding as they had had to contend with in times past. (Hear, hear.) The Chairman then referred to the abolition of the penny terminal charge, which had amounted to a very considerable sum, but it had been a source of grievance to the freighters for a long time, and he believed that the re- moval of it would be very acceptable to them, and would be received with as much satisfaction as the directors had in having the means of parting with it. (Hear, hear.) The Dare Valley Railway had been completed and opened; there was already a very large traffic, and arrangements were made for bringing down a considerable increase of coal. During the last half-year upwards of 60,000 tons had been brought down by that railway, the who:e of which had passed over their line. (Hear, hear.) The report alluded to the retirement of Mr. Fisher, who had been in the service of the company for the last 26 or 27 years, and to whose ad- mirable management of the traffic the Chairman bore testi- mony. The gentleman who would succeed Mr. Fisher had been his right hand man for years, and although he (Mr. Fisher) would retire from the post of traffic manager, his successor, Mr. Page, would have the advantage of his past experience, and in cases of necessity his assistance. The dividend which the directors declared was 10 per cent., with a very respectable balance carried forward, and he trusted that next half-year they might meet under the same favourable auspices, and not with a reduced dividend. (Hear, hear.) He moved that the report of the directors be received and adopted. (Applause.) Mr. W. DONE BUBHKLL. deputy-chairman, seconded the motion, and highly eulogised the services of Mr. Fisher. He said it was only on Saturday night that he read the re- port of the London and North Western, and there, to his astonishment, he found that that company had in the year 1866 paid in compensation for damage to life and what Mr. Moon, the chairman, called fright," the enormous sum of £ 118,000. Now he would ask the proprietors before him to turn back to their accounts and see the comparatively insig- nificant amount that the Taff Vale Company had had to pay -in point of loss of life they had never paid one shilling (applause), They must not understand him to refer to that matter in joyful adulation; he spoke it more with trembling, for accidents would occur, and as everything now-a-day was reduced to an average-they had averages of murder, and averages of accidents—he supposed they must have an acci- dent some day (hear, hear) but if the same zealous atten- tion was paid to the working of the line in the future as had been paid in the past, he had the strongest hope and the firmest belief in a continuance of their success (applause). Mr. PEKUYexp) eased his gratification at the removal of the terminal charge upon coal, and went on to refer to the call which had been made upon the C shares. They had been given to understand that there would be no call for a long time on the C shares, and it appeared that when money was at ten per cent. there was no call, but now that money was reduced to three per cent. there came a call upon the C shares. He thought that they ought to have the working expenses a little more in detail (hear, hear), and expressed a hope that the directors would in future drop that little bit of puny greatness, we declare a dividend they were the only company which did not "recommend" to the share- holders the payment of a certain dividend. It would be a little more courteous to the proprietors if they were to do as other companies did. The speaker, in conclusion, bore tes- timony to the value of the services rendered to the company by Mr. Fisher (hear, hear). Mr. A. \V ARREN said that so long as the directors de- clared a dividend of 10 per cent. he did not care whether they declared it themselves or asked them (the shareholders) to adopt it (applause). He was going to suggest the same thing as Mr. Perry, namely, that the directors should give them more details of the working expenses of the Penarth Company. That undertaking was still a great drain upon them, and they were losing £ 25,000 a year by it, and the shareholders would naturally like to see where the money went to (hear, hear). Mr. HEAD said he had never known Mr. Fisher person- ally, nor did he know him now. He had, however, had frequent opportunities of inspecting the working of the Taff Yale line, and he felt bound to say that he had nevfV seen on any line the workshops, the rolling stock, and the line itself kept in better condition than the Taff Vale—a condition which could only be the result of the most able management. (Hear, hear). It was the practice on some lines to drive traffic without giving a sufficient degree of attention to the road and the rolling stock, and unless a thorough harmony was maintained in the condition of the road, the rolling stock, and the workshops, there could not be a perfect or satisfactory mode of carrying on the traffic. There were few railways which could boast of such continued prosperity as theirs. But their children were not so fortunate; they were all going along with a sort of shuffle. The chairman had told them that the Penarth undertaking was progressing ex- tremely well, and would bring great advantage to that con- cern. No doubt that was correct, but he was sorry to ob- serve that the Penarth shares were at a considerable dis- count. In a concern like theirs-a prosperous and well- doing concern—it was to their interest to take rather a wide view of the arrangements which they made with those under- takings with which they were 30 closely allied. He con- tended that when they took a lease of a line for a short term it introduced an element of uncertainty into that stock. They were told that the Llantrissant was doing well, and was bringing traffic to the line. Why not then, make a fair permanent arrangement with them, and the same with the Penarth Dock and Harbour ? The CHAIRMAS: The Penarth undertaking is leased to the Taff Yale in perpetuity. f-^understood that, but there was a clause to the effect that if they exceeded a certain fixed estimate the gua- rantee would not be exceeded. The speaker expressed a hope that the directors would look to the thing as a whole and deal with the subsidiary undertakings in a way that would bring the whole property together, so that it might be better known and understood in the market, and that if a man wanted to buy Llantrisant shares, he might know what he was buying, and that he might not have to look forward to a short lease. The result, he said, would be that the Taff Vale stock would be better known, better valued, and become more marketable, and if they wanted to raise money for other concerns they would receive greater sup- port. With regard to the C shares, he could not concur in the remarks of Mr. Perry. It was desirable not to starve their own shares too much, for he thought that they should live and let live. (Hear, hear.) If they wanted persons to take new shares, they should let them feel that they were worth having. The owner of unpaid shares was liable to be called.,upon in difficulty, but it was rather (Hear, hean) Pt f°r that time of difficu,ty- in reP'ying, said he had no doubt that the last speaker was very sincere in what he had said, but they all desired to have ten per cent. and if they had taken j- J11- ?<* eman's advice, they would not have had such a dividend. (Applause.) He did not hesitate to say that the successful policy had been-how far it was prudent to con- tinue it in the future he would not argue-confining them- selves to their own business (Applause.) They had started and had induced shareholders to invest their money in the coal business, to bring coal down to Cardiff, and there ship it. They had done that, and had realised ten per cent If they had accepted the invitations given to them east and west, they would have been in the condition of many other railways, not offering them 10 per cent., nor even five per oent. (Applause ) They had diverged a little—they had taken the Aberdare, the Dare Valley, and the Llantrisant lines, and now they were going to extend farther, all with the es,eittial object of Cardiff being the focus where the coal should be shipped. So long as they confined themselves to thui, they were fulfilling the objects of the original com- pany. (Hear, hear.) The Chairman then proceoded to reply to the observations of Mr. Perry, in reference to the C shares, and, in reply to a question from that gentleman said that it was the intention of the directors to issue 4i stock before the C shares were called up. With regard to the Penarth accounts/they asked their forbearance for more full details of those accounts. When they asked their con- sent to a lease of that undertaking at 4t per cent, and half profits, they (the directors) hoped and believed that the whole undertaking would be completed within the amount stated in the Act of Parliament. Having replied to the good-natured observations of Mr. Perry with reference to the directors "declaring" the dividend, the Chairman said ^'f8 gratifying to the directors to receive the eulogy which had been passed upon their management, and which reflected great credit upon their lato traffic ma- nager, Mr. Fisher, who had the good sense to see the benefit of keeping up a good permanent way, with a corresponding degree of order in the rolling stock. For the trade to Cardiff, it was particularly desirable that it should be so, as the coal brought on the lino was twice screened—it was screened before it was put on the road, and it was generally screened again before it was put on board ship. By having a good permanent way it was conveyed to the quavs in a better condition than it would be if it was knocked about by the roughness of the road over which it passed, and this was an object of much importance to the trade. Having referred to other remarks of the preceding speakers, the Chairman concluded by comparing the legiti mate undertaking of the Taff Vale with the speculative cha- racter of other undertakings. The report was then unanimously adopted. Mr. BUSIIELL stated that they had erected near to Cardiff a large establishment where they conducted the wagon re- pairs, and an application had been made to the Board to subscribe a sum of money towards the erection of a school for the benefit of the workmen there employed. Having created a population there, it was their duty, he argued, to take care that they were protected in so important an ele- ment as the education of their children and with the autho- rity of his colleagues, who were unanimous in the matter, he moved that the sum of £ 200 be subscribed towards the school. Mr. WHITING seconded the propostiion, and it was unani- mously adopted. Mr. FISHER said that hearing the many kind observations which had been made respecting him, he had naturally asked himself whether he was entitled to the credit which had been given him, and he thought that he should fail in his duty if he did not state that with the kind and generous con- fidence of the board, and with the advantage of able work- men, it would be a wonder if he had not succeeded. During the 20 years he had been connected with the Taff Vale the language from the directors to him had been that only of encouragement. In his future position of engineer his best energies should be devoted to their service, and he begged respectfully and gratefully to thank them. On the motion of Mr. PERRY, seconded by Mr. DANDO, the thanks of the meeting were voted to the Chairman and the directors, and having been acknowledged by the chair- man, the business of the ordinary meeting terminated. The meeting was then made special for the purpose of sanctioning an agreement between the Tan Vale Company and the Llantrissant and Taff Vale J unction Company for the working by the Taff Vale Company of the extension lines of the latter company. The CHAIRMAN pointed out upon a map the route of the pro- posed extension, and detailed the advantages that were likely to accrue to the Taff Vale Company from the large quantities of coal that would be brought to its system at Cardiff and Penarth. In reply to a question, the Chairman said that the Taff Vale Company proposed a guarantee a per cent. on the capital authorised to be raised by the Act of Parliament for the construction of the line. Resolutions approving the agreement, and authorising the directors to carry it out, were passed, and the meeting terminated. LLANIRISSANT AND TAFF VALE JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. The twelfth ordinary half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of this company was then held, Mr. James Poole in the chair. The noii:>e convening the meeting having been read, Mr Kenway, secretary, read the report, which stated :— With oierence to the new lines :uid works authorised by the Companies' Act, 186ti, the necessary surveys for the extension of th? common branch to the Eiy Valley Railway have beet made, and your directors will shortly be in a posi- tion to tor tenders for this portion of the works. The other portions will be proceeded with as rapidly as your director:: can make the necessary arrangements. William Done EvasheU, Esq., and Henry Jones Evans, Esq., direc- tors and Mr. E. J. Baker, auditor, retire on this occasion. They are eligible for re-election. The repots was adopted, and the retiring directors and auditor vrere unanimously re-elected. The EiO'jxmg was then made special, for the purpose of 'n approving the working agreement with the Taff Vale. Resoluiuns authorising this proceeding were adopted. TAFF VALE WAGON COMPANY. Immediately after the proceeding meetings, the twenty- seventh ordinary half-yearly meeting ji the proprietors of this company was held, Air. James Ford, deputy chairman, presiding. Mr. Kenway, secretary, read the repoit, of which the fol- lowing all abstract:— The half-yearly statement of account shows a balance of £ 2777 t-s.>d. at credit of the redemption fund. This, to- gether vihL the interest that has accurred since the end of the year, reimiins with the Tatf Vale Railway Company, at Õ per een;. per annum. Your directors will place it upon permanent security as opportunity offers. Three meetings of the ncurd have been lield during the past year. Mr. Hutchins attended one of these, and Messrs. Ford and Leonard attended all. The Chaikm.n apologised for the absence of the chair- man of rh- company, Mr. Hutchins, through indisposition, and, iu taaving the adoption of the report and accounts, said tha: lis had no observations' tu make, as they spoke lor themselves Mr. C -toeitY Leon akp seconded the motion, and it was carried u.uaniuiv)us)y. Mr. r.;d was re-elected a director, and Mr. Barnard auditor. This wj-'uinatcd the basiu-ss. MID-WALES. The hJi.yearly meeting of this company was held on Tuesday .it the offices, liishopsgate-street, Mr. Whalley, M.P., in the chair. The report, au abstract of which has appeared, was taken as read. The Cl Are MAN, in moving its adoption, said upon the whole IT was satisfactory as icgarded the present position and fur;h',i prospects of the company. The Mid-Wales was almost th* only new Welsh railway the management of which I not been taken out of the hands of the directors and share! olders. lie could not imagine anything likely to prevent a constant increase of traffic on the line. It was not to The undeticieocy of the traffic to pay 3 per cent., or to any ether source whatever, that the enormous losses sustained in. the Welsn railways were to be attributed, but to the P u-Iiamentary system by which, in the first place, the efforts to make these railways involved a cost and risk that dete. r :d all bonujidc capitalists trom taking part in the work; and, in the next place, subjecting those who from motives oi speculation did find the money, to the powers of the great companies. The public Lad such interest in the maintenance of an independent route between South Wsles and Lancashire that Parliament might be expected to protect that rou-nd thus realize the expectations that the Acts of Parliament held out. A Sk iKEHOLDEK thought that <he item for directors' travelling expenses of £ 675 was rather excessive. 1 he ( H AIRMAN, in reply, said it included the travelling expenses m the directors for one year and a half; latterly the Board had declined to accept any travelling expenses whatever, but the sum they had received did not in any way eompens:; v. them for the amount out of pocket. As to the remuneration of the directors, although they were empowered to reoeiv-3 £ 7o0 per ann-j.ni, they had not taken anything. The retort was adopted, and "on the motion of Mr. WILDY a special vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Whalley, M P., regretting his retirement from the direction, and thanking him for the services he had rendered to the company. The proceedings tbcn terminated. RHYMNEY. On Tuesday the half-yearly general meeting of this eom- p my was held at Wood's Hotel, Enmival's-inxi; Mr. J. Boyle in the chair. The renort, an abstract of which has appeared in the Car Boyle in the chair. The renort, an abstract of which has appeared in the Car diff Tim i, was taken as read. The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, congratul .ted the shareholders upon the satisfactory condi- tion of the line. The rtvo-t was then adopted, including a dividend of 3 per cent. per ;nurn on the ordinary stosk. Mr. W Austin and Lieutenant-Colonel Tyler having been re-elected Jirectors, and Mr. Watkins auditor, a formal re- solution was put and carried unanimously for converting the paid-up shares of £ 10 each of the o per cent. preferential capital j;r-y o per cent, preference capital stock of the com- pany. A vore (J) thanks to the chuuuian closed the proceedings. GLAMORGAN IRON AND COAL. The £ isreholders in the Glamorgau Iron and Coal Com- pany (Li t'ted) have determined on winding-up voluntarily under tD; -mpervision of the Court. ^MONMOUTHSHIRE RAILWAY AND CANAL. The directors of this company have determined on recom- mendmy a dividend at the rate of 5 j per cent, per annum for the pas: Lali-year, against li in the previous and 6i in the corresponding half-years. A slight fulling off in the traffic and the suspension of two luge freighters have been the main e^uc ei; of the decrcitse in the dividend.

TEE CHIEF CONSTABLESHIP. The magistrates of the county of Glamorgan held a special session at Bridgend on Tuesday for the purpose of considering the applications nude for the vacant office of Chief Constable of the oounty. The fol:owing is the complete liST OF CANDIDATES. P. H. Ap t in, late Captain 3rd Regiment, 37 years of age George G. Anderson, Lieutenant Indian Army, 4S years W. M. A.'iierson, Captain 2nd Queen's Royal Regiment, 32 years E. M. late Captain 85th Regiment, 31 years W illiam T'lltton Cinder, late Lieutenant Roval Marine Light infantry, 2o years George Cc.itipbell, Ensign 70th HighLanders Septimus '-hild, Pecsionod Commander Indian Navy, 41 years Thomas C*ttes, ktc Lieutenant and Adjutant 8th Hussars, 31 II. Bei-tiijK Coathupe, late Captain 72nd Highlanders, 36 years Clarence A Col'ier, Major Bombay Staff Corps, 36 years Emilius Cologan, Lieutenant Bengal Police Thomas v, Cooke, Major Royal Marine Light Infantry, 41 years Frederick A. B. Crauford, Captain Royal Navy, 44 years Charles Crigan, Retired Captain 17th Regiment, 40 years John Desborough, Colonel Royal Artillery, 43 years M. F. Do Captain noyal Artillery, 33 years Theodore H. Dory, late Captain 10th Hussars E. H. i.ljree EIderton, Captain and Adjutant, Meath Mi! 36 years Henry \v. Etheridge, late Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel Indian Navy, 40 years Oswald vV. Every, late Captain 75th Foot, 32 years W. C. Farmer, Captain Royal Marines, years R. M. 1 _rrant, Captain 1st W iltM Volunteer Corps, 30 years Charles St. Join Fitzherbert, C.B., latu Captain 5th F-isi- leers, years Charles I1 ist' r, late Lieutenant Indian. Navy, 0i years Frank Gardiner, Cemmander Indian Navy L. Grifistbs, Captain Royal Artillery W. P. Gurney, Captain 91st Highlanders, 33 years A. W. Kail, late Captain and Adjutant 14th and 58th Regiu-eiits, 32 years W. Hamilton, Governor Wilts County Gaol, 44 years Charles ,;1, Hampton, late Captain otith Regiment, 20 years Arthur Ermley, Captain 5-nd Light Infantry, S3 years R. C. Holmes, late Captain and Adjutant 2ad Norfolk Voluntcor Corps, 40 years R. W. No'vburgh Jenkins, Captain 8th I~Iussars, iO years Phomas A. Julian, C tptain 52nd Xiegiment, 32 years David K uap, Major Bengal Army, 43 yljars F. W. Lambert, Major Bengal Army Frederick Percy Lea, Lieutenant-Colonel (half-pay) un- attached, 4'.J years Henry Gnc Lindsay, Lieutenant-Colonel Rifle Brigade, 36 Richard :j, A. Luard, Colonel 62nd Regiment, 40 years Frederic Yv. Lyon, Captain Royal Horse Artillery, 34 ye-trs Edwin Kiitnwarmg, late Captain 16th Regiment, 36 years Charier M'Arthur, Captain Royal Marines, Musketry In- struct x, (full pay), 42 years Robert; M'TTeill, late Captain 10th Hussars, 39 years D. XV Martin, Captain 3«th_R0gimsnt W. C. Masters, late Colonel 5th Fusileers, 43 years Frank J. Murray, late Lieutenant Royal Fusileers, 29 years C. Mollam, C.B., late Lieutenant Colonel 7oth and S6th Kegiicieuts, 45 years Herbert Vaughan Mundell, late Major ISth and 96th Regi- ments. 45 years G. E. Nev/land, Sub-Inspector of Police in Ireland, 22 years Iltyd T, M. N'choll, Commander Royal Navy, 39 years K. L. r. Ogilvie, late Major in the Indian Army, Governor of Oxford County Prison Danvers Osborne, Major Bengal Army, 39 years Itodney C'Shea, late Captain 75th Regiment, Captain and Adjutetnt 4th Lancashire Volunteer Corps, 44 years C. Lunyon Owen, Lieutenant and Adjutant Royal Marine Light infantry, '() years Richard Palmer, Superintendent on the Great Western Railw-y, 27 years W. C. Palmer, late Captain Madras Staff Corps, 38 years Henry Powell, Captain 4th Middlesex R.V.C., 39 years E. H. I Ray, Captain Royal Navy, 39 years W. Duftijld Rookc, Inspector of Irish Constabulary 31 years E. H. F lioyse, Sub-Inspector of Irish Constabulary 34 years ."M J. D. Shakespear, Lieutenant-Colonel Royal Arflwehavet years tiro en t, w Nathaniel Steevens, late Lieutenant-Colonel 88th 0 ij an J Rangers, 39 years t Herbert Stoddart, late Lieutenant 7th Fusilee' i:, Carmarthen County Police, 29 years v sucn Eubule D. Thelwall, Captain Royal Marine ArO,6 c°uoty. years *ercising A. H. Versturme, Captain 59th Regiment (half from tb years from h John L. Vivian, late Lieut.-Col. Bombay Army, Wsstimoni Constable of Borough Police, Plymouth, 39 yea' 'Pose, as 1 William Thomas Waldy, Captain 43rd Light Infi Peace do years G. T. S. Winthropp, late Captain Royal Navy, 44 Jm w; fn Henry *\rrenn, Superintendent Glamorgan Count} 47 years tnereup Robert Young, Captain and Superintendent Conr^ Han116 West Australia, 44 years dumber ( Thomas J.^Young, Captain Royal Navy, 40 years that th J. N. T. O'Bricn, Captain 2 ith Foot, 37 years lid here W. S. Cookworthy, late Captain 60th Royal Rifles, the 5th P. Pinkney, late Captain 6th Dragoon Guards, 34 f those two Thos. Sumner, late Accountant in the Central I enable Western India, 28 years it will The attendance ef magistrates was very liD Gtn is beri comprising nearly ninety, and with the exception > »ill thin members of parliament included nearly every 1 of the Court. Robert Oliver Jones, Esq., cb r. SA.LMO provided. Among the other magistrates present Oth Mr. Christopher Face Man-el Talbot, Esq., Lord Lieu htived on the Riyht Hon. Lerd Tredegar; the Hon. F'Jhe CHAII Courtenay Morgan; the Yen. Archdeacon Bld^f. GWY> W. David, Esq., Mayor cf Cardiff; R. F. Lascell tted by 1 ner, Orawshay Bailey, M.P., Howel Gwyn, M.P., B of eigb Fothergill, T. M. Talbot, Evan W. David, ^>e Williams, G. C. Williams, W. Perkins, G. T. C expensel S; L. Grenfeli, Esqrs.; Rev. R. T. Tyler, Rev. object H Knight, Rev. D. W. Williams, Rev. Canon Bruf1 reason T. H. Edmondes, Rev. J. Griffiths, Rev. H. H. Ric nded eigl H N. V. Edwards Vaoghan, H. R. Bagsbawe, Q.C., 8es are 1 Cameron, T. W. Booker, Gwylim Williams, David ftfien fro R. H. Rbys, E. M. Richards, J. S. Corbett, J. S. there is lor. Wyndbam Lewis, Esqrs.; Major Richards, led, WbE H E. T. Wood Griffith Phillips, J. C. Fowler, B<1idates, H Dillwyn, etc., Et-qrs. Lookic Tbe CIIAUtMAN remarked-The Court of Sessions lBOore tb bles here to-day in consequence of the lamented 6,11 the no of the late Chief Constable, for the purpose of should I .e. measures to provide another officer in his place. he CHA] Lord Lieutenant baa given notice of a resolute ne-thos, 1 will now call on him to move it. always 'I he LOKD LIEUTENAHT said—I am desirous,iu' in tl ing this motion before you, to explain the reasons origi have led to the trouble btiing given you of asse11 L ,r- C. E to-day, for I am aware that it is inconvenient ivQ, and to have to assemble twice for the same purpose. 4V0'- EVA: same time I have thought it my duty not to simp'l sent i suit your convenience, but also the respect due 1 ii'hade t large number of gentlemen who have offered thetd he CHA for the situation (hear, bear.) You will have se«| Q a div advertisement which appeared in the papers origi *&W. giving notice of the intention to elect a chief coU1 |L LOB to-day. When Mr. Dalton issued that notice, I they no doubt that it did not occur to him that eighty gentlemen wonld have offered themselves & vAssizes office. If it had so occurred to him, he never wou^ C. B given so shoit a time as two hours to took over a e LOR amine hundreds of testimonials, for each of the i e the N didaies has thought it necessary to send a nuffl^ M testimonials, which, multiplied by the number of r. C. I dates, renders it physically impossible for us through one-tenth of them in the time allowed. J,et so time tne notue was inserted in the papers, Mr. V fi/ ea was under the impression that only five or six$ieg: 8 Lou men would have offered themselves, and that it ^Date 1 be very ea3y between eleven and one o'clock to Hii?081' made an examination of their testimonials. But^ 8 °'t; the present circumstances I believe it to be utterfl l^^tj possible that we should attempt to go through the' InaP monials to-day. If we made the attempt, we shoi^ here until night, and then have to adjourn until tb» >e 9H day, and so on. Therefore, the convenience of 8^ ties, I thought, would be best consulted if a comH' fc^:668 th of elimination were constituted, to select out Wia*60 large number of candidates some number wb'1 ^01 thought should be left to yourselves to fix, and fivifame the Chairman has recommended to be eight; th»l number should be selected from the rest, and the' 'hftw6' m it tee come before the next meeting with this nU^ and those who were selected would have notice t H»e 1 a tbem then to attend. As the circulars were origi' Vil]:ari°l sect out to the different candidates, it was suggest IJf p1318 tbem that those who thought proper to attend sb' ow^ give notice of their iotention to the Clerk of the ^oot6^ ] It would be an act of cruelty to ask gentlemen to^ kin8 e^? here from the further parts of Scotland and Ireland/ &. L\^r had not a ghost of a chance. On looking ever fc. there are some who would be at once selected amMfrad en(j° aside as ineligible; yet under the terms of the notice e^l pa»ts one of tbe candidates would have come here, and li3t them a« we well know would have been ill-able to aflordSther°' expense of coming here and going back, to no ef'^hiok purpose. Among the candidates whose testimonial9^bete. before us to day are many most distinguished name^^bjj e may mention for instance Colonel Luard, Mr p tor of volunteers and commandant of the can)P;*0y WimbledoD Colonel Shakespear, of the Royal a distinguished officer; Captain Lyon, of the 8«»uitteeal Horse Artillery who are known to many of yon; The r many more whom I need not enumerate. It woo^^ive an act of discourtesy and disrespect to tbem to pro^those 0? to the'election without even looking at their testimoD'Jj fateg Many of you have seen the testimonials of many of H ^0 candidates, but a large number have only been seeO.J thetep the Clerk of the Peace. To proceed to the ele"ty without looking at these, would be a course worthy of the magistrates of tbe county (hear, erelore I beg leave to move, in accordance with *3 Xhe terms of the notice you have already seen That Qf Mr testimonials of the several candidates for the office, Lord referred to a committee to be constituted by the n<^ nation of magistrates from each petty sessional divis*? be within the county, with directions to select from ^cces? candidates tbe eight whom they deem best qualified, & The to leport the names of those seltc ad to an adjoumni^t of the sessions and that the candidates so selected notified then to attend." lotI) a Mr. N. V. EDWARDS VAUGHAN seconded the motion*, I 4qj Mr. CRAWSHAY BALLEY said I have got a list of to totara- monials here, and I am vary sorry to differ with C (late Lord Lieutenant, but I dare say every gentleman had the testimonials sent to them, and have bad tiaJ6 1 ttatfj t read them over. We are brought here together to-6 "born trom long distances, in the hopes of having the q ueStJ left to finally settled. I shall move, Mr. Chairman, that jJ raitte settle it this day. I do not know if anybody will seCO Shall me or not. ( lrht The CHAIRMAN What form does your motion the Is it to be an amendment of the Lord Lieutentan' pled» motion ? 0-itel, Mr. BAILED I move that we proceed to elect diately. Mr. BLANDY JENKINS I second the amendment. te,te Mr. BUDD I ask, for information, whether the *Qtil( tion of the committee is to be made by the magistral it. ( at this meeting, or whether the magistrates in the <$' ferent divisions are to assemble and select members f°f t the committee. I that The CHAIRMAN The intention is to make the selee' xnagi tion from the magistrates here to-day. That will be tJJ8 tqaa, only way of doing it. 1 'V%tld Mr. R. C. N. Carne I regret exceedingly that Pto, cannot concur with the resolution proposed by our j. cellent Lord Lieutenant. Nor, on the other hand, caD^ tUi^ concur with tbe amendment which has been *ilj that we should forthwith proceed to the election. JW Q objection to the original motion submitted to Court by tbe Lt>rd Lieutenant are two fold. Iu the tftit place I do not think it right that we should delegate to .ùQ a sub-committee a power which we ourselves possess aP d which we are well capable of acting upon (hear, bear) aD in the next place I think that the number of persons pro, posed by the Lord Lieutenant to be selected to make tbelt personal appearance here is too small. My objection to ] delegating our powers to a sub-committee is that all of Riti have had testimonials sent to us, which have been lyiD^ on our tables, some of them nearly six weeks and none 0' >1 tbem Jess than eight days, from nearly all the cand'' 001 dates. (The Chairman No, no.) This has been case with myself, and such has been the case with nearly every magistrate whom I have the honour of addressing Therefore we have had ample time and opportunity 0 reading these testimonials and judging between the candidates. Why should you delegate to a small S«J^' committee a power which yoa yourselves have, ao^ which you are well capable of actiog on with —(hear, bear). It would be stultifying ourselves, seems to me, were we to do oo. Then my objection t0 j proceeding to a final election to-day is this. I thlP)¡ j R we ought to see the persona whom we are about to elect- I We should have a personal interview with them. The 1 number proposed by the Lord Lieutenant is too small, 1 because when a committee come to look through tbe testimonials they will find many of them so excellent 1 and the candidates so equally matched that it would be exceedingly invidious to select so small a number as eight. 1 would say at least twelve; but I would not appoint those twelve by the ipse dixit of a sub-committee Let every magistrate in the county exercise his vote. propose twelve, and let those candidates who to-day tbe twelve greatest number of votes be selected asked to attend here when we meet again, and show themselves, because I must say we have not seen any of the seventy.five candidates, or very few of tbem. happen to know very few of them myself, but from read- ing the testimonials I have pretty well made up mind who are best. To use a vulgar phrase, it is pP desirable that we should ouy a pig in a poke," or we J1l-' [ t