The Express.
London, England, 1852-03-01 00:00:00

be leftmost that none of the shares created by the act of
11160 eau non be feared at a higher rat* of Interest then 6
pot asst. •
The statement of the revenue eettoeut frees 10th July,
1861, to 4th Jemmy, 1862, wee as follows :-Iteceipts
i Fur einveyasts of passengers, &e., 8,442!. 194. 7d. ; ditto
goods and cattle, 6,6161. 13s: 6d. ; ditto mails, 61/. 10e.;
mileage and demurrage of waggons, &e., 2481. 12s. 9d. ;
rent of sidings, coal wharves, &c., 1071. 16s. 14.; transfer
fees, 281. 10s.; total, 16,6061. Is. Ild. Payments: Regain
of permanent way, bridges, stations, &e., 1,4911. 6s. ad.;
locomotive expenses, east of running and repairing engines,
wages, feel, and materials, 2,612/. 14s. 6d.; repairs of car-
riage., waggons, and; horse boxes, Wages' and; materials,
2101. 14e. 3d. ; wages, station clerks, gaiteds, porters, police-
toes, and pointamen, 2,3331. 41. 9d.; salaries, managers,
secretaries, accountants, audit and Mores depertments,
407/. ls. 6d.; sundry stores used at stations, 6861. Ss. lid. •
psaienger duty, WA'. 10 4d.; office rent, 331.; rates and
taxes, 237/. 35.; Ran and water rent, 9141. 11s. 13d. ; compen.
nation, 101. 10s. ; advertising, printing, and stationery,
601. 12.. Id.; travelling and gcnerol expenses, including
postage and petty dishuriements, 2611. I Is. 7d. t cortege
and warehouse rent, 101. 4s. Gd. fire insurance, 37/. Id.;
auditors and expenses of audit, 371.88.13 d. ; omnibus hire at I
Wisbeach, 1271. 0.. Gil.; Ouerentee Company, for insuring I
the fidelity of 29 clerks, 22/. 6,. 3d. ; hankers' charges, I
33/ if.. 64.; paid solicitor* of arrant trusts, costs of re-
ceiving dividends on purchase moneys invested in the
fund. 201. RS. 4d. ; clearing-houto charges, 601.; balance
6,429!. I Is. 10d. •, total, 15,406/. Is. 11d.
The CIIAI ItMAN had much gratification in meeting
them with the announcement that they had concluded the
arrangement with the Eastern Counties Company in the
most satisfactory m . They bad not only entered on
the subject with the best feeling, but would render their
hearty co operation in ilcv. loping tile re‘ources of the East
Anglian line. At every point they had also been met in
the most satisfactory manner by the Great Northern
Company.
A I'ROPRIETOR ;inked what was the extent of the
lease with the Es.tern

The CHAIRMAN Wild I 21 .van.
The report having tarn adopted,
A long diecussion then took Wace in respect to the elec-
tion of two director., Mr. Bates and Tidier being those who
retired.

Several arguments were held in respect to the el iims of
Mr. Simpson in place of Mr. Bates, sod Mr. Iteaseltine in
place of Mr. Tinker.
A vote was taken, and Mr. Simpson was elected instead
of Mr. Bates, who retired.
Mr. Alderman CAIWEN supported Mr. Tinker's elec.
tioo.

Mr. PARSON supported Mr. fliaairltine.
A vote was taken, when the members (or Mr. Tinker
wcre in the majority, and he was re•cdtcted.
A vote of thank. was then pawed to the chairman and
directors, and the meeting adjourned.

SOUTII YORKoIIIRE ItniLwAY.—The half yearly
meeting of this corn any was held at the London Tavern
on Saturday ; the Right lion. Earl Fitzwilliam presiced,
Mr. liendtield read the report, wilich stated that " the
quantity of coals carried to the Great Northern Railway
over the lines of the company during the six months ending
the Stet December' 18-51, amounted to 144,820 tone, thus '
entitling the holders of ordinary stock, under the existing
agreement with the Great Northern Company, to a dividend
upon their shares at the rate of Si. he. per annum,
and attaining the first step in the non receding
scale, below which no future dividend can fall.
Although an additional quarter per cent. over the income
of the preceding half year must be considered satisfactory,
yet the proceedings of the past six months have not as yt t
had their full effect ; nod it will be found that very much
1 has been done within the period by which the progressive
prosperity of the undertaking has been assured. Arrange.
meats hare been in ido on en extend, it scale with coal pro-
' prietore, for the miming of their minerals, and as these
parties have time to complete the enr.etruction of the new
works contemplated, and the enlargement of those
already in existence the yield of the district and
the profits of the railway will proportionately increase.
I The works now in hand may be expected to be completed
by the end of March. After the termination of the busi-
' noise( the ordinary meeting. n bill will be submitted for
your consideratien and approval to lecalise the lease to,
and amalgamation with, the Great Northern Company, on
the terms of the agreement already referred to, and in
cempliance with • resolution pained at a special general
meeting held on 11th April list. The bill promoted by
your directors fur en extension of your railway in connexion
with the Isle of Axholmo line, which they considered
greatly to the interests of the company, and which it was
intended to submit to you on this occasion, has been thrown
out by the House of Commons on the second reading,"
On a motion for the adoption of the report, Mr. Hadfield
contended, et great length, that the hill was framed most
disadvantageously for the interests of the company, and
after some discussion a correspondence which he had en-
tered into with certain solicitors, relative to the details of
the bill, was read. Ile then moved that the clause in the
report relative to the bill should be expunged.—Mr. Deni-
son, M.P. stated th .t he tlenight it would be better for the
interests Of the company that the paragraph in question
should stand part of the report,but,nsclimeman of the Great
Northern, he felt delicate in pressing any views of his
own on the meeting.—The Chairman said he was
at meetings when the present question, respect-
ing the arrangement with the Great Northern,
wee discussed, and although there wes some difference of
opinion, on the whole it was greed to. It the paragraph
were omitted, it would have the effect of throwing over al-
together the agreement of last year.—Mr. Josiah Wilson
thought that the working agreement was more beneficial
to them than the bill.—Mr. W. Gordon Thomson (a direc-
tor) considered that the hill before parliament would give
permanent advantages to the line.—After some irrelevant
discussion, Mr. Hadfield withdrew his motion, and the
report was adopted. The retiring directors and auditor
were re-elected. The meeting then became special, for the
consideration and approval of the bill now before parlia-
ment, which was agreed to. A vote of thanks was then
passed to the chairman and directors, and the meeting
adjourned.