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

.P-OE-TS If MEE T_E.V.G,

A\PTIBLIC meating,, post-penea from Wedneaday, Aug. lei' .
was held on IV-,idnesday last,.. at St:lllartin'e-hall, Westmins-
ter, in favour of the employment of a Pollan Legion as the.
meet effectual au ciliary for carrying .nn the war_ awl tha ~..
toration of Poland as the bast:. =ens -for securing a durable
peace.

The meeting,;whickwas ofll,sornewhat noik*.eliaracter, wno4
presided over bp-the Earl of Harrington.
Among the- gentlemen- on, the platform were Sir R. Peel; -
ALP., Capt. Tawnshend, Messrs..l.Saac Butt, M.P..,.
Frances Mowatk M.P., W. Titeol.P., Col. Sahvay, Gen. Count..
Zarnoyski, 111.1%. N. F. Zaba,..ancl Lieut-ColoneL Szulczewsk4.-
Secretary of the. Association,of the Friends. ef,Paland, &c.
After some-remarks from the. Chairman,
Lord EBRINGTON,-, whose,. appearance was, the signatfer..
great uproar,.moved the following resolution::—
"That it will afford the best security f©r thepreservatismof
the balance of. power in Europe, and the: protection of its
liberties, tly-ft Poland should be restored as.a.separate and in
dependant State; a measur4 the necesgt.p.of. which has been.
recognised by most of the- great Conservative statesmen of
Europe."
The motion having been:seconded by Sir-liaert Peel,.
Mr. Corzamn., amid much uproar and confmion, moved:the
following amendment :
" That the meeting, ccrrlie2ly ,desiring the:restoration cf.,Poh...
ish nationality, cannot forget that the, destruction of that
nationality was mainly owing to the perfidious conduct of lord
Palmerston from 1831 t 0.18416.. That so long as Lord Palmer.
ston is a servant of the Crown no .proposition for the restoration
of Poland-, can be anything but a delusion and a snare.. That.
the truth. of this resolution is proved:, by the fact that Lorr4l.
Palmerton has carried, on the war in such a manner as to
avoid, as far as possible, injuring Russia,. wlile he has proposed
terms of peace which: would entirely destroy the independence
of Tuzkey.'
A scene of. the greatest disorder and confusion ensue in the
midst of which the Chairman left the. hall. Silence having in
somo ree been restored, Mr. G. THOXPSON, put 1111...Collett's
resolitEon to the Eveting, and, on a;show of hands,daclared it
to be carried with,only six dissentient voices.

After three cheers fOr the Queen,.the meeting the separated.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.

Tus directorshave just issuerltheir half-yearly statement of
accounts, which shows that sum of £33,066,e00 has been.
raised by the company, of which £21,969,884 has been received
on stock and shares, £7328 on calls paid in advance,.
£10,620,85 loans and dentures, and £402k530 on 31 pet
cent. debenture stock. Interest and dividena upon the whole
of the £334U66,300 is charged to revenue. The calls in course.
of payment amount to 7.6,619, and the cftlb which may be,
made on_shares Amount to £2,303,088.
The expenditure on capital account to thq. 30th of Junelaste
amounted to £32,191,604,, leaving a balance of £872,196. Tl-,,v.
receipts on capital account during the half-year amounted to
£292,17, and the expenditure to £235,3A The amout‘ex-
pended on, the mainlines and works is £`.0,492,035, on car lying
stock £2,8.43,436i and on lands and bailclings yield4lg, rent
£34887 ; together £26,689,359. The. ?expenditure on; lines
opened in which the, company have an,interest is £5,505;243,
Of this sum ALVODOO has been expended on the Lancaster and
Carlisle. Railway, £357,670 on the. Manchester and South
Junction, £1.0;7,84 on the Caledonian, £165,383 on, the Shrop-
shire Union, £100,715 on the South,Staffordshire, £1.‘472,112
on the Chester. and Holyhead, and also .£314,59.7, advanced to
the latter company, £557,719 on the. North London, and
£104,125. a4lvaneed ; on the _Buckinghamshire, £359,336 ;
ditto, on works, Z 156,115; and on the Stour Valley mine and
works, £.551,440. Of the £10,620,857 raised, on. debentures,
£1,244,505 was raised at 5 per•cent., £976,5.00,at 44, per cent.,
£3,86f452. at 41 per cent., £384,634.at 4 per cent., £1,157,850
at 4 per cent., £733,460 at 3-, per cent., V;066,706 at 31 per
cent,. £512,450 at 3,1 per cent., and £293,300 at 3 per cent.
The working stock account showed that there are 725 loco-
motive engines and 719 tenders, 1 State carriage, 632 first-
class mails and composite carriages, 587 second-class, 428
third-class, 29 travelling post-offices and tenders, 293 horse-
boxes, 255 carriage-trwks, 255 guards! break and parcel vans,.
31 carts and trucks ;: 11,486 waggons, 282 sheep vans, 2
trolleys, trucks, (Ix. 6,150 sheets and 222 horses. The total
expenditure on the stock was £1,843,436, 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, 1830, to the 30th of June last, was
£4,002,573.
The revenue account for the half-year ending the. 30th of
June last shows that 41,39-0,283 had been received, including
£5,885 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 £15,905, including
£52,432 for rates and taxes and Government duty, leaving a
balance of £780,377. From this is deducted the interest ou
loans amounting to £212,940, 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 depBt, interest, &c., £l,BBl, leaving £495,104. From
this is deducted £23,559 for renewal of rails, reducing the
amount to £471,344. 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 4 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 (£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 22d instant; and
it appears that the dividend to be declared at the half-yearly
meeting on Wednesday next will be at the rate of 4 per cent.
per annum.