The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-08-14 00:00:00

POLISH' ME ETIN G

A. pr nuc•meeting, postponed frova.Wednesday, Ang...lst.
was held on Wednesday-last, at St. Martin's-hall, Westmins-
ter, he favour of the eatpleymentof:a•Polish Legiola
moet:cffectual auxiliary for carrying -on the war, and the res-
tora3Dn of roland as the best means,for:securing a durable
peach:

TS-meeting, which was of .a somewhat noisy character;. was
presided over by the Earl of Harrington._
Among the gentlemen on the platform were Sir 11.:Peel,
31. P.,. Capt. Townshend,- R.N., M.P.,. Messrs, Isaac Butt, M.P.,
Frances Llowatt, M.P., W. Tite, M.P.;.C01. Salway„ Gen. Count
Zarnoyski, Mr. N. F—Zaba, and Lieut-Colonel Szulezewski,
Secretary of-the Association of the Friends of Poland,. &c..-
After some remarkalrom the Chairman,
Lord EBRINGTON, .whose appearance was. the -signal for
uproar, moved the following resolution :
"That it will afford the best security -for the preservation of
the balance of power- in Europe, and the protection ..of its
liberties, that Polar,d. should be restored as a-separate and. in.-
dependant. State; a measure, the rocessity of which: has,been
recognised by most. of the great Conservative statesmen of
Europe." _ _

• Th.emotion having been. seconded tby Sir. Robert Pcel.,_
Mr. COLLETT, araid_raucli uproar, ansi confusion,_ moved: the
following amendment. :
"- That the tneeting, cordially desiring. the restoration:of Pol-
ish, nationality, cannot forget that the destruction of that
nationality was mainly owing to the perfidious conduct of Lard
Palmerston from 1831 to 1846. That so long as LordTalmer-
ston is a servant of the Crown no proposition for the restoratu
a-Poland can be -anything but a delusion and a snare.' That
the truth of this,..resolutiou is roved by the fact.that Lord
Palmerston has carried on the war in such ar• manner as to
avoid, as- far as ?pssible, injuring:Russia, while he has proposed
terms of peace which would entitel*destroy the -independence
of Turkey."
A scene of the-greatest disordered confusion-ensued, in the
midst of which ;the Chairman loft the hall. Silenc.ela-alg, in
some degree boon restored, Mr..G...TiroMPSON,putMr..Collott's
resohition to. the meeting, and;: on- a show of hands,declared it
to be carried with only six dissentient voices..
Aftei-threckeheers for the Qt!non,, the meet*Mg.thenseporated.

LONDON. AND NORTII-WESTERNt-.RAtLWAY.

TnE directors have just issued their halfyearly statement of
accounts,
,which shows that the sum of 4,53,066,800, has been
raised by: the company, of whieh £21,9691884 has been received
on stock and shares, Z:0,28 on calls paid in advance,
£10,420,857 on loans and debentures, rr4 X 4.92,830, on per
cent. debenture stock. Interest and dividend upon the whole
of .R 433,066,800 is charged to revenue. The calls in course
made
plazoninenshtaarmesoaumntoutoagro.o4,lB9o,37ond3B`..the .calls. which may be

The expenditure on, capital account to the,3oth of June last
amounted to £32,194604, leaving a,balance nE2812,196. The-
receipts on capital account during,thohalf-year amounted to
£292,247, and the expenditure t0,435;359, The amount ex:-
pended on the main, lines and works is £23,40,035, on carrying,
stock £2,843,436, and on lands,and: buildings yielding rent
£353,887; together £26,689,341. The expenditure on
opened in which-.the company have.an interest is £5,505,Q43.,
Of this sum £860,000 has bee.ii,expended on the Lancasterfand.
Carlisle Railway, £357,670 on, the Manchester and South
Junction, £140,784 on the Caledenian,El6s,3B3 on the Shrop-
shire Uni0n,,Z100,715 on the South, Stafforagbiro,
on the Chester and Holyhead, and also £314,597 advanced to
the latter company, £5.37,7;19. on. the North London, and
£104,125 advanced ; on the. Buckinghamshire, £359,336 ;
ditto, on works, £156,115; and on the Stour Valley mine and
works, £561,440. Of the £10,62tV,57 raised on debentures,
£1,244,805 was raised, at 6-,per. cent., £976,500 at ktper cent.,
£3,862,252 at 41 per cent., £364,034 at 41 per cent., £1,167,850
at 4 par cent., £733,460.at 3* per cent., £1,565,706 at 31 per'
cent., £512,450 at 34-. per cent., and £203,300 at 3.per cent.
The working stock, account showed that theroure 725 loeo,
motive engines and 7,19 tenders, 1 State carriage, 632 firs;
class mails and, composite carriages, 587 second-class, 42,8
third-class, 29 travelling post-offices and tenders, 293 horse-
boxes, 255 carriage-trucks, 255 guards' break and parcel vans,
31 carts and trucks ; 11,486 waggons, a%sheep vans;. 28
trolleys, trucks, Fee.; 5,150 sheets and 22a horses. The total
expenditure on the stock was £2,843,439, including £66,028
during the half-year. The length of line, worked by the com-
pany is 8951 miles, and the average cost of working stock is
£3,175 per mile. The amount expended on various works
from the Ist of January, 1850, to tb:e 30th of Jane last, was
£4,005`,.,5,73.
The revenue account for the half-year ending the 30th of
June last shows that £1,393,283 had been received, including
45,885 for cash balances, £15,976 for rents, £340 transfer fees,
and £41,625 dividends from lines open in which the company
have an interest.
The working expenses amounted to £015,905, including
£52,432 for rates and taxes and Government duty, leaving a
balance of £780,377. From this is deducted the interest on
loans amounting to £24940, the chief rents to £3,987; the
Peterborough joint station, £3,000; Parliamentary and legal
expenses, £lO,OOO ; Preston and Wyre deficiency, £4,804 ;
Buckinghamshire deficiency, £13,402 ; North Union defi-
ciency, £2,161 ; Shropshire Union deficiency, £16,817,
and £4,000 on account ; deficiency on Manchester and
Buxton lease, £1,564; on Leeds and Liverpool Canal
lease, £1,715; on Stour Valley dividend, £9,000; Hayton-
square depot, interest, &c., £l,BBl, leaving £495,104. From
this is deducted £23,559 for renewal of rails, reducing the
amount to £471,544. To this sum is added £71,270, the
balance from the last account, making a disposable sum of
£542,815. The proposed dividend, at the rate of 41 per cent.
per annum, on the consolidated stock of the company, will
absorb £473,407; the dividend-on the London and Birming-
ham £2O shares, £10,683; on the Manchester and Birming-
ham, £lO shares, £6,818; on the £l2 10s. shares (Z 2 10s.
paid), £10,915; on the Huddersfield and Manchester and
Leeds and Dewsbury capital, £27,291; and on the Coventry
and Nuneaton stock, £6,750; together, £535,865; and leaving.
a balance of £6,950 for the next account. It is proposed to
make the dividend warrants payable on the 224 instant; and
it appears that the dividend to be declared at the half-yearly
meeting on Wednesday next will be at the rate of 41 per cent.
per annum.