The Express.
London, England, 1852-10-02 00:00:00

ROUEN AND HAVRE RAILWAY.

11:e I.alf-yearly general meeting of the shut '
boll rs .t this company took place on Thursday last in
rare at the offices in the lens d'Amstardam, M. Charles
Lamm :he readout, in the chair. Near him were seated •
the r.,11.-sinB directors. Count d'Altoa Shoe, M. Elosat,
111.1bui.v. Mr. Peed, and M. Laurence. Tit. outing,
baying i:,on drclaeed duly constituted, M. Thabaudisan, the
coungeli.fthe mummy, proceeded to read the report.
This deument commented be stating that the establish-
feat g,,,,nat which, on the . th of February last, was
le,UitteSel trance. has beea incresied since then slily
6.4 :rime, which leaves the whole amount at
goslest.lt..'lr. The receipts dozing the half year have
annoctiilt,2,otil.lotir..l.se. ; and the expense and charges •
so I,:eei,o4v2tr. 3:e..; leaving • profit of M),4291r. 20e. In ,
gotepanna the working of the last half year with the vane-
eponelina one of the preceding year, the receipts present an ,
Sllttlllt 141.1t1012 a 00,692 fr. 4.5 c. In fact, out of twelve
it um., • Inch the traffic consists, ten present en awnings. •
Thep ~...,:e re trathe gives an improvement of 69,8a/fr. 20e.,
gad !bi- ie the more remarkable that the Exhibition at L0n-
.,,,. 1,,,i men ,;3,:i.14fr. eaten; pleasure-trains also had
t';',, ~,,,, ~,,4471r., whereas the amount for that item dur-
ing the last half year has been only 30,172 fr. Whilst,
too, the receipts have thus improved, the 'apes-
diture 1... sot by any means incrimied in the same
roper!: gi. Several items, such as haulage, •ages,
anal the repairs of mall articles connected- with the
eignieina. Are an augmentation, but only such as
was r.4gimd by a greater amount of traffic. With all this
imi.r. ~ meat. the suanieutation in the receipts is not, the
rep.., a .I.ift-S.I.IYAI to u hat several other lines can boast
of, par., ular:y when the highly prceperous condition of the
country is taken into consideration. This is attributed to
the cinurestance that the other !innate withentdisquietudo
fur the moue. either because they have already swathed •
certain twilit of ...ces which prevents all Opplillelill. Of
aa 411.1‘• unable change, ur because the SUNS km stiested
ou,h ..m,:iorations in their original sommissis as will
enable the in so tun to profit for the deinlmenat of their
~
~Lia, goy f tile circumstances wi sai wag:
when the Havre Cceopany has continually sew
its baud the heavy change which it has been
par
to mu, take to pay for the loan bent the state,
in cueee.luenee of the insufficiency of its .ftal,
gild a t...-h will be needy doubled Won i..
Appreh, noon is expensed of UN eempetitiat abbe al
snit tem the Nantes and Boolean lieu, sew pima ism
superior a pusinua. in consequence of the Ate advantage'
accorded by the state. Ths report ale speaks of the river
ins.galoci and its competition, Mil thee esba whether it be
just f• r the state to leave it is its ream position,
when
that /wanton Las been altogether masa by tis-loodursacy
of the original estimate, of the state entrithere. "W. hem
dwelt on all these points." says the meet, " bream k
would oat be right that an improvement* in the eeeeigle Of
the last .1% months should !sad the dimetioltheo to hie
eight of the present and fatung theme width be-
tut to the undertaking. That intprevegesse, should
It extend to the next half year, will net give you
arm than I per cent. on your capital, and, as we must OW
hue to rrptit, without any ma being set aside his OD
risking fund. la 1M•57, also, it will be meeleas7 111,10,1019
for tle retrainee: of the annuities of the lona Rem the
see,- The report then touches oe the of
aaaleatestio• between the Western adl=lia an
Mateyo
Ism, which would lads& the Havre, bat shim It mu
as'..i., ly In the present esadttion of thiei manse insta welshed
4,,,, a, it is, with the lona of tea minim lies the state.
The only hope of safety he the Ram flea, tho sepia says,
kes is the Anus of the repressaleathe whieh the Napa,
has been saltiest to the state he the Ma then puma de
to the tall of earth on the line a daft time lash. a Is anted
that it was wholly caused by • stem 0 sash thanes se
Ise .',O e ears had not been less in thee gentallie esentep.
The work. as the hoe were ass in say tow tousled by ft.
Ivies in perfect repair. The profits of the etaddan et the
last hailing would alley • divider* of I. 60s. pee
Aare to be distributed, but the Ilia oght it wall
Oily be prudsutrirLesetriaemat lit. ef that Sill el a
muss fund, as the lothely Wiest teethe to
the company te pay up masse ef MONA duo 'head
the Meeting ammo if
dal slum flo ema of Mr. pee
than week be male at the ism of Os
led after °debar 2. The earth. dbeelmo= a
11.
Chaplin sad Reed, but is toast lag Null theloot Om.
The reading of the report beteg athsholed,
The CHAIIIMAX Amami if any ens newest desired to
Make soy observation.
A 51141111101021 desired to loam what had been done
Matter to the gweatee of interest whisk the Awe of
liam bud given on 5,000 shares.
The CIIAULMAII replied that the ease had set been
leferght ea he trial before the courts of law had rises for •
the mules, but it was now so high up is the 10th er 11th
of November.
Another SaiIIINOLDII4 wished to keels if the sum kept
leek from the 12fr. 60e. meld be at any future time &s-
-tranded es dividend ?
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11b;7:17ZULax rt;plied that it sadolibtedly could, if sot
amplard, se the panel mot* mid always dispose of
lis ems Is loolise.
the agerano wore them approved of; the dividosd of 10f.
peahen ; sad MM. Chaplis sad Reed re-sleeted.
This tookshad the proeirdinp.

TIM ROAD TO TO DIOGINGI.—A correspondent
d the NeAmerwe Herten says :—" Wbui a penes hes
has acme months at the MaieraoWiuß strikes hist mere
hreiblv than the venous =esti the wad Iwo-
gaging to MA/NOM Gen the H sass,
newt Creek, nun 1 p.n., we arrived at Mynas (n
she) st 6 p.n.s son pat at Festusels bold there. The
nweariasdadow do be ben null net be surpassed
bf &If weeny hotel is ii‘end. gni Ile us irellerood as ,
sresble sorples. To every Bentlenn obi Weis to the
nestor. 1 ess with saes It phew., nthansal • visit is
Velum'e nod at K String ahem 6 ase,
soon made the Five- desk, gni UM public-house
greeted oar elflike. It isalleithe Wears IA by flarpes,
sad it gems well adapted *albs dleMka. lessions the old
Bladaorest Creek red OS OW 1411.1141zipenseled sloes
the new road at the fest ef Mont gni sewn the
Bork len about 12 at WM. The whale seemed albs
rash drays sad vendee Vie:
ewe,
_neer% sun lege of
ram worsen, eel dahren, nein 11=atre
of attraction—the Digeoses. After same tat
the Bush tea, 31 saes- few Melbourne, we arrived all esh
It Melbourne skeet 6, p.m. Alter the horrid tales of
,seder, esdi other nosiest men we sued is
th Pepin shout Monsemse for the lein noon es Mee, we
koked plan ^a7 es es a robber Indi~slu hat, to
cruarrnealit after a week's reekkorroki
we will knolleme all safe, sad OW poem emir
jam, In Meissen whiny stems the eye nese belbly
than in going thee the bens te see SO 7:LOS la Ilse
chute and siolaskis lessees leseents 111,111 r the
counter ~ stiff" thews or dais open Of marmlii
To a writer like Dickens the =Ski " non 1.11 eft."
Melbourne at this time would wean a greet eppeenthily
for his happy and prolific pa. One of the swot MINS
tiheultito the new arrival meet expect to orwouskar im
Melbourne and its batmen' M the total want of bersee-then.
After *arching in vain for three or four Asp, vs were
offered two little dirty dilapidated rooms, weareely At for •
pussy, at Its. •-week, and 20s. neat south. Fireweed V.
a km."

H TIMO-CaIUU,NI CANNEL GAL The ecieeeehe-
'mem of Southport have ',abashed the details of Mr
months- working with bog head cannel and waist gee by
Whiteihydro.carbon prose r. The result is nee estiele-
dtaary showing a clear profit of 21 per cent., Aso
for all materiels, labour, and intend on regthig 11711
is the more surprisior that • result so gratifyinsis
when the whole cost for labour and fuel is charged againei
the smell quantity of gas required daring the mum
at,tatba. The gas at Southport is charged 6.. 84. per 1,000
fret The consumption in tl.e period embraced in the above
et," is under 3,000 feet per day, although it is 30,000 is
eint...r. The cannel win brought by railw=m Seel-
land at a thane of 16e. per toe for freight, on Me
3.10 fret per day there is the same interest is **Hal and
e•at the same charge fur labour that there wadi be en gip
All the Scotch cannels, from theft reshosea,
aeraindny for this system, and ere fF eigedne le gal 11•11" 14h tall:11K a Mid% so that it is seed egesetegeole to
"7 thein 11 railway above 200 Mee In prefereecee to
tong the English cannel,. A new metes of trade owl
rata is thus opened up to Scotland, and not previously
Wrier -Lireepoof Courirr.
COURT /EPCIY-LIEUTENANTS OF TER Town
llsourfs. -Yesterday, between twenty and thirty of the
berldlt-Lereatenantyrif the Tower Hamlets held a evert, at
thlestobliewee, Window-square' for the purpose of lA's(
pis ilia the two regimeota of militia required for the
"."11111•* James Walsh, , occupied the chair. Before'
ntle liminesswas entered upon, Mr. C. D. Stretfleld called
Mtentioe of the court to the circumstances under whieh
Vey were met. They had just been deprived of their chief
e''''trAle, the Duke of Weilington ; and be coseidered
thry owed it to him and to themselves to express in
a:‘y their sentiments seder the tom which they had
I:***ned. The cruet at once agreed with this lugger
and a .cries of resolutions was adopted, Of *hirh the following is the conclusion
—" That, bear-
-4,1 tie mind how little, and with what undiminished
Autut Ins his trace presided over their meetinr of the 14th
And remembering the unfailing courtesy with
*huh 111. wince was given, hit assistance rendered, and
application promptly ent&rtained ; the deputy•liew
le eh.. of the Tower Hamlets cannot but feel that on Jags
Iftal es well as es otrounds it is their duty an UMW "vaktaly prig to uffkr their sincere and ea fr-i twee to the memory of ono whose death is Par=
• "1"7. ~at the action of %hoe,e life has secured he Ma
and undying renown." The court then preemie'
'ftte "4° to attester, blabber it nu relative 10 the two goti-
be Weed in the Hamlets.