The Express.
London, England, 1855-08-31 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 31, 1855.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—(rius DAT.)

The 38th half-yearly puma meeting of the pro-
prietors of the Eastern Casettes Railway was held this
aftersooe at the Lewdest Ti,.,., Mr. Daum WADDLIIIO-
- M.P., Chairniaa of the Board of Directors, in the
•hair.

Tb. fellowiss is an abetreet of the report :
" Year directors, in preseatiag the balf.yetarly eacooste,
have to draw the attention of the proprietors to the follewiog
statement of receipts, szpenditaro, bowled debt, and ha-
vered isald thentoo aa ceenpared with the half-year ending
3011 Jape. 1864. Beeeipte—Balf.ear medico 30th June
1866, 698,8091. 2e. 64.: ditto 30th Jose, 1864, 680.4941
Os. 91.—iamesse, 38,1161 le. 9d. Itzpenese—Hatt-year
▪ 30tb June, 1866, 284,7011. 17.. 6d. ; ditto 30th Jane,
1864, 26,0961. 181.—increase, 16,0361. Is. 6d. Bonded
debt—Halt-you ending 30th Joao. 1866, 2,488,2361. 16..;
ditto 10th Jane, 1864, 2,028,600/. 113s.—incansae, 439,7361.
Intense_ phyable re beaded debt—Hall-year 'lading 30th
Ile.,
_BMW 49,8921. 13e. Id.; ditto 30tb Isae, 1864,
81e,7701. Os. Id. It would appear that
W Ile
twee byeas audios 30th Jame, 1856, are
816,111131. Id, and tbe expediters for the saute period
211471111. 17s. ii.. to whisk boa to be added payments to the
Nada, &seen I".foitto, Beet Anglian, Great Northern,
_ ▪ Blonktrall Bailee, Benmeolesinteritat on the New-

entrulutlai M 11111/111. 17e. 11d., lanieg
.1 199,6711 75. , subject to payment
fee prefitratial sad montage lateral& amoesting to
MAK 11.. $4., In 66,7311 16a. eld., to whisk has to
be Wed 11.9431. Teem the previous half year, tasking a
Idol a67.111111L 16. Id., applicable for dividend, out
of white the dismiss have desired a dividend
of 4s. fiL parr dare, orryiag forward 1,7461. 13.. 9d.
IS time misprig the maw with the esersayeadisi hal-
yard Mk it must be eimened that the brain epee the
Rewords& sad Bury osphol this half year mowing to
=LTA IL Ms to be bores by revenue as also the
Petri, ,t tad at 160,0001 ; the :net capital
ant Wisps* sesseried, as a portion of the soarastors'
sat ilease tests are tasstliod, this tartest at 4 per con
smoottliss 1•111111101. hes hese debited toreverise. There is
abuses temp of WM, brag the amenat of sae year's
nail lee dist warestaa at the Feathutelasteart
Waite of de Illadwolli Relltry company; this tosept
has her Wield as a liabilky, although your dinged are
tot peeped te edmit the fell amount as a shuts width
this Pavony tight le pay. Tear dirtied" Monism has
bees shoats tbs listaispord If trails berms Marwick
sad ON although iambi' a masside
of is ths hire efolsomfroor sal after Walls
araerseasto, have net builatsd M PPM Mile Ir.
miaow to Weir this to a liming onlid, ode*
moieties thin if messmfal it would efts est=
seams of reams,. Twe boats, the Cygnus tad
bamboos hired he do assts, sod the lapin,
trait has sonvinsei year direr ors tin If ass
boats an put epos tho routs of goaded powor sal
capacity for carrylag Pro sad maitre quid poossem,
a seasiddiblo maim wil he OblllieSClff the matey,
=TMd. pored that Meetrid Merbees be
ea rase of the tide, sad is bd. the psaaunt
port in this amatry to Antwerp, rusk with Oho aid of
powerful slum boats, broom a valuate adjanst in pro-
dbms=stloaresposity of this Peapaty. The matipts rad
al this trails we be sailithtd in the Pm-
* ball-yeses ass s% whet the enter hi the list of
boats wift spirt. Your diodes bops that the
will support that In that Whets to develop tCleitrolell,
ad Invite their eaopseliten to the forties, onsation eats
MOP Mr. Hatshthaw, C. 8., bee et dr mesa at pow
ilikestess, impend the pormaaant way mid wads, aid his
report contra's the vise, of Bagiasor, Mr. Brig as
to the desirableasse of ai.,oessiderable sum In re-
Millie many of the sal substituting iron
ensnarer ; by this mesas a arable Pm will be saved
Ralatoruses, tad threw* stability gime to the works.
It will be also famine to ism • isliddiralls outlay upon
the list morally; it is tbersheepopeadM opt a sespease
assenat to carryout these suggsstioes, and to set aside a
IDA sum annually out of remote, with the view of re y.
bah strait woo: yews, the POW that has Wu
icrisbasiti between this company sail the
tied Dade= Coal Omproy have, wider
lim advise of you 'sliders, last sehmod arb4ratioa.
Twit imam regret tarns that dud,as kalf-year great
trowellorislotisene hosafilessvereff MOM lino departaimet,
and that the result of their investigation by a cainalittes
proves that considerable impositions have been practised
upon the company, which has compelled them to institute
pronediags against parties who have supplied autneroes
articles of stores. As directed by the resolution of the
proprietors at the special meeting held on the 13th of July
last, your directors, with this report, give a list of the
directors of the Wells and Fakenhani sad the But Suffolk
Railways, with an epitome of the agreement entered into
with those companies by the Norfolk Railway ; and they
have further to report that slams the msetiog referred to the
East Suffolk directors have Word to reline this sompaay
from the Halosworth snd Haddinso agreemeat, to whisk
your director have replied that their offer should be sub-
mitted to the proprietors at this mptisg. There bee
likewise bees an offer toads through lit. Cobbold, the
chairman of the Easters Vision Company, to take the
liability of the sonstructiot of the lip hem leswid 61
Woodbridge, where the line joias the Bast Odell as..
play's line, which year directors have declined to to."
The Cll2l/11AN, In moving the adonis le the report,
said, at the last half-yearly meeting an intrudes was gives
by the shareholders that the 11,0001. reserve ought to be
devoted to dividend, but the directors divined to take that
MOW, as the reserve had enabled them to totalize the divi-
dend by devoting it to three additional charges which had
002111 into the account for the Ant time this half year. With
regard to the Antwerp trolls, the sleeting was aware that
thirteen or Inures years ego the subject first aunt under
the notion of the directors, but it was not until two or three
Viers ago that opening up this oormaniestioa was seriously
entertaned. This year it had been practically attempted,
and the result was highly satisfactory. The first week the
berm Daly carried out 11 paseesprs from Harwich,
the mead 49, third 44, fourth 61, fifth
44, then 119, and the 19th of August MIL
Thor* rand be no doubt, therefore, that this sew trifle
tumid be so developed as to stake it highly profitable, bat
before the Direttor launched out into any large semis fa
that purpose they mast have the authority of the share-
holders to do so. The next point he tithed to touch ups
was the querns of the perm way , Mr. Bed/ the
tompay's isigiapr, had submitted a schema to the
dir.stors for mashies provision mart such an out-
lay, bat they had determined not to adopt sat
until they had entrained the working of the a.
nagratats which emitted on other linos. The dispute
with the Northembsrlaad and Durham Company bad
bees referred to arbitraciae, with a view to raving expense.
Adverting to the audit.'t,' report,he took the opportunity of
a:prawns kis regret that the issue of the report end se.
wants had been so long delayed, but he believed it was
attributable to a false economy which had hitherto prevailed
In the aceountant's depressant, and which the directors
Wended to remedy In future.
[Left airship.]

Niw ACT Olt CuANCRIT REFORMIL—The last act
of the late 'melee was to make farther provision fee the ,
more speedy and elleient dispatch of business is the Court
of Chancery, and to vest in the Lord Chancellor the potted
and buildings of the won situate in Southampton build-
ings, with power of leasieg and of eels. The preamble
states that for the p Lion of delays and ineonveniences
in the carrying on of such portion of the business of the
Court of Chaco-my as is transacted by the Master of the
Rolls and the Vice-Chancellors respectively sitting at
chambers, it is regsisite that an addition to the number of
junior clerks attached to the said judges respectively should
be forthwith made, and • further his addition may here-
after bosoms necessary. It is enacted that on the passing
of the mat the judges mentioned may each appoint as
additional junior clerk sad AU up vacancies. The Lord
Chancellor may increase from the Iled November the solarise
of the chief clerks to the full extort authorised. Oa the first
vacancy the office of master of reports and entries is to be
abolished, and the dike transferred to other departments.
Under the following important clause, a good deal of business
can be disposed of at shunter* : And whereas by divers acts
of parliament the Court of Chancery is empowered to make
orders In respect of the dispositioa of Meat funds and other
matters ander its jurisdiction, upon petition presented or
motion male in a summary way without bill, but smelt erten
be made in respect of the same matters upon ap-
plication at chambers. Bo it therefore enacted that the
business to be disposed of by the Master of the Rolls and the
Vice Chancellor respectively while sitting at chambers, shall
comprise inch of the stayers is respect of which the Court
of Chancery is so es aforesaid empewered to 'sake orders in
a summary way, as the Lard Chemealler, with the advice
sad misuses of the llissestell tbe Ie and the Vice Chan.
cellar or of any two of tbem, may by ray general order di.
pet." The beilding la Soutkampleurladlageis vested in the
Lord Chanceilor, who has the pewit be lease or to sell the
same. The mosey is to be vested in the Bask of England.
Ceder this set bagasse will be greatly expedited in the
Court of Chancery.
Clown Surma.—By an act of the late wagon
(le sad 19 Viet. c. 00) in all suits ethers the crows is sew
comfal, eosin seeks be neovered as between 'abject and sub•
jest. • dedeadant is Me the first time to be entitled to eats
egainet die grows, wise. osomostal. •