The Express.
London, England, 1863-08-14 00:00:00

LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN.

The directors yesterday resolved to recommend
the proprietors to declare &dividend for the pant haU•year
'Atha rate of 4.1 per cent. per anemia, carrying forward a
halanos of 16,4811. The dividend for the correepooding
alf-year 1862 was at the nits of 31
_par cent. per annum,
with a balance of 4,068 i.

The following in the report of the director*, to be
submitted to the proprietors at the bait yearly meeting no
the 41.1 :net.:—'The
proprietors upon * large increase in the receipts of the peat
az moral.. This remit is the more remarkable es the
souses of the depression of trade in lariceshire, specially re-
ferred to in former report., are still in operation. The re-
ceipts fade goods show an Mortars throughout the satire
system. In the pueenger branch, although the traffic to
Load...l(lunit the months of May and Juno ie lea by
37.000". than during the wino mouths of last year,
whew the Intonational Exhibition was open, and the Who
with Ireland for the half-year shows a diminution—the
general Mergese and development has been sathdactay,
especially of the Chester and Holyhead and lancsater arid
Carlisle districts. The amount received for passengers,
geed+, and minerals, the number of pseensan and toes of
good. carried, and of train miles run, during the poet half-
year as
comparednth the corresponding period of 184

Wit.

has been—Passenger, /cc., receipts : 1863, 1,065,465/. ;
1862, 1,037,2611. ; increase, 28,2001. Goode, mineral, and
cattle receipts : 1863, 1.244,581/. ; 1862, 1,123,419/. ; in-
crease, 121,162/. Total : 11463, 2,310,046/. ; 11062, 2,160,684/.;
increase, 149,362/. Passengers : 1663, 7,421,871 ; 1862,
6,798,860; increase, 621,011 Goods and minerals : 1863,
4,600,947 tons ; 1862, 4.000,131 tons ; increase, 600,816 toes.
Mileage of passenger trams: 1863, 4,263,577 miles ; 1%2,
3,961,941 mules; increase, 298.6:13 miles. Mileage of goods
and mineral tn.., 186:4, 4,083,425 miles ; 1862, 3,659,707
u:iles 10C11.3 423 718 miles. The West London Eaten-
.ion Railway, 4'. miles, was opened for traffic ou the god of
March last. Toe Boston Extension Railway, 10 miles,
on the 12th of June. The Conway and Llanrwet
Railway, 111 nide', on the 17th of June. The
Houton and Helthy line, si miles, on the Ist of July.
Referring to the locomotive expenses. the directors desire to
express their satisfaction at the result of the changes made
last year in concentrating the department under the sole
management of Mr. Itamsbotton, who has been enabled to
effect a saving of near:yllid. per train mile. thus reducing
the expenses of the half-year, as shown by the amounts,
7,1194 notwithstanding the large increase of mileage
worked ; whilst the condition of the stock has been im-
proved. Having regard to the unexpected rapidity with
which it has been found necessary to relay some portions of
the line, io order to meet efficiently the requirements of the
postal end passenger communication with Ireland and
Scotland, the board have increased the annual charge against
revenue under the head of •1 Renewal of Road" account
from in,ouoi. to 1603)00/., dating from the let of January
last. The director. have been making trial at various points
of a new description of rail, made of steel by Beasemer's
process. The results are important and satisfactory. Some
of these rails were laid down at Rugby, Stafford. and
Crewe in Marcia, 1862, and are wearing well. In May, 1862,
some were laid down at Camden parallel with the bent
description of iron rail; so severe was the test that the iron
rails sive/lily gave way, and bad to be frequently removed
worn out, while the steel rails continue to show little ap-
pearance of wear. Having regard to the importance of pro-
curing the most efficient rail, to as to avoid the frequent re-
newal now found necessity on the main line and in the
principal stations, the directors bare deemed at expedient
to adopt and substitute the steel rail to that extent at least,
and having agreed with Mr. Bessemer as to the royalty to be
paid for the use of his patent, they have made the needful
arrangemoiarn at Crewe for the production of steel to the
extent of 10,000 tons per annum. With respect to the
proceedings in parliament during the last messier), the
directors have to report that the royal assent has been given
to the two bills promoted by this company. But the con-
sideration of the powers to enter into traffic arrangements
with the Irish North Western Railway was deferred
by the committee of the House of Commons on
the ground that they thought it desirable that the
application should be made by a separate bill, which will
accordingly be presented next session, the directors con-
tinuing, for the reasons before stated, to regard the com-
munication with Ireland, vial the deep water harbours of
Holyhead and Greenore, as of great importance to this com-
pany and to the public. The bill for authorising the lease
to this company of the Lancaster Canal passed the House of
Commons with the concurrence of the traders sod others
interested in the conduct of the traffic of the distract, but
was defeated in the House of Lords by the unexpected oppo-
sition of a neighbouring railway company. The following
acts have been mimed on the joint application of this sod
other companies —Foe enabling the London and North
Western and Lancashire and Yorkshire Companies to raise
each 50,0001. for purposes connected with the North Union
and Preston and Wyre undertakings ; for enabling the Lon-
don and North Western and Stockton and Darlington Com-
panies to subscribe meth. 25,0001. towards the Cockermouth,
Keswick, and Pearith Railway. Acts have also been passed
on the application of other companies :—For making rail-
ways from the London and North Western Railway at Wol-
verton to Newport Pavel! ; from the London and North
Western Railway at Blisworth to the Buckinghamshire
Railway, near Banbury ; from the Chester and Holyhead
Railway at Oserwen to Arnie/eh, in Amasser ; from the
London and North Western Railway at Boxamor
to Hemel Heropeted ; from the Irish North Western
Railway at Ihandalk, and from the Newry and Ar-
magh Railway at Newry, to Greenore Carlingford
Bay; front the IJlverstone and Lancaster Railway
at Careforth to the (Little) North Western Railway at
Wennington, with equal rights and facilities, in all respects,
for the traffia of the London and North Western and Mid-
land Companies ; from Thrapstaue to Huntingdon; front the
Midland Railway at Bedford to London ; for an extension of
the Sutton Coldeeld Railway to the South Staffordshire
Railway, near Lichfield ; also for the amalgamation of the
Knighton and Central Wales Railways, and authorising
working arrangements with the London and North Western
Railway Company for the amalmunation of the South
Wales, West Midland, and Great Western Railway Com-
panies, and cou6rming agreements with the London cod
North Western Company ; for authorising the West London
Extension Railway Company to raise further capital to the
extent of 150,0001., of which the London and North Western
proportion is one-third. Parliament having authorised the
construction of a dock at Traumere, near Birkenhead, on
land adjoining the property of the Birkenhead Railway
Company, the London and North Western and Great
Western Companies, as joint lames of that railway, have
entered into arrangements for the exclusive right of the
quays formal on their land on the following conditions, viz. :
That they contribute towards the cost of constructing the
dock, and to the working sod maintenance of the gates, in
the proportion which the lessees' length of wall fronting the
dock bean to the total length of dock wall. In conjunction
with the North Staffordshire and Great Western Railway
Companies, your directoggred various bills for duplicate
from Wrexham, t Market Drayton, to Stoke
and Stafford ; and as extension of the same system of lines
to Cocottes Quay on the River Dee—all of which lines
were rejected by parliament. The direeton request votes
of the proprietors for the following new works Erection
of steel work, at Crewe, 38,0001. ; further improvement
of the Leeds goods station, jointly with Lancashire and
Yorkshire Company, 6,04. ; water supply for Crewe,
16,0001. ; coal sad goods station at Ordaall-lane, Man-
chester, 20,0110/. ; cattle station, Maiden-tans, London,
10,0001. ; additional lands and minralsat Dudley Port, Tip-
ton, Morley Tunnel, Cooper-bridge, Earlestown, and Ayles-
bury, 10,3951. ; ndditiooal sidings and other accommo-
dation at the following stations :—Chthengates, Soho,
Waterloo, Tring, Wolverton, Kilburn, AnupthiU, Tarn-
worth, Bradley, Caleeley, Rugby, Thornhill, Karim-
town, MerstonGate,Boltee,Grotton,Crick, Blootusbury,Staf-
ford, Bilaton-road, Billing-road, Rinptead, Ditchford,
Morley, and Dewsbury, s,6Bo&—total, 86.0751. Lan-
caster and Carlisle—Enlargement of Penrith rogation to
accommodate the Eden Valley and Cockennouth, Keswick,
and Pearith lines, 13,0001.; land at Carnforth,l,o9l/.; Tehsy
--additional siding and other accommodation,!! 250/.• total,
16,3411. Chester and Holyhead—Additional steamboat,l
repairing shops sod shears at Holyhead, 4,800/.; addi-
tional sidings and station accommodation at Saltney, Pen-
mrnernewr, Ty Creel, Hops, Preatatyn, Rhyl, Llancludo.
2,4301.• total, 7.230 L Wiartiogton and Carsten—lmprove-
ment of the line, 4,000/. Shropshire Onion—Additional
siding and other accommodation at Donnington, 2501.:
Chester (steam tugs), 900 L; total, 1,1504 Cromford and
High Peaks Lilo—lmprovement of road, 19,0001.

i6ehlune,lB6.l.
From the statement of
toe half-t'eat's ao-

30th June, 18e.

counts. ft ;11l he seen
that the net proceeds
amount to
To which add the ba-
lance frets lest an-

1.341 5 1 „ 15.59117 2

Sbowin2 • disposable
balance of E9.4.184 12 4 „ £48.1,067 12 4
Diridendrecomaieuiles 547,4791 E E „ 451,000 0

Balance to be'tarried to
nexlsccount C16,134 15 10 .C1,08 12 0
The direetors recommted the payment of a dividend for
the past half-year after the rite of 41 per cent. per mi-
nus!), earryieg forward a bebuiee of 16,684 13e. 10d.

NORTHERN AND EASTERN RAILWAY.—The ordi-
nary half-yearly meeting of this company was held yester-
day •t the Bishopagate stetiou, Mr. R. PATTERSON in the
chair. The meretary read the report, which stated that
the dividends would be payable on the 25th inst. on shame
of 501. guaranteed 5 per cent. per annum 11. ss. each, and
on the 6 per cent. I/. 10s. each, lees property tax of ltd. in
the pound. The chairman moved the adoption of the re-
port, which was seconded by Mr. Kinnard and carried %Mi-
ni mously, after which Messrs. W. Fuller, Maitland, and Wm.
Routh, the retiring directors, were re-elected, and • vote
of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings.

DUTCH Rmitase RAILWAY. —The receipts for the
fortnight ending July 31, 1863, amounted to 12,5064
Os. 111 d and fur the corresponding period of last year to
12,2101.12 e. 7d., showing an increase if 2114 Os. Bd. in fa-
tour of the present year. The receipts Since the commencement
of the present book year, on theist May, including the above,
amounted 040.4'411. las. 24d. , 'bowing an increase as com pared
with the corresponding period of last year of 3,3764
14e. VA. The working expenses for the forteight amounted
to 3,921/. 1 Is. 9d ~or 31.37 per cent. of the receipts, and for
the eurrespoodiug period of last year to 3,10. W. lls., or
31.07 per cent., shorting en increase of expenses amounting
to 1011. A. 94. against the present year. The working ex-
penses from the Ist of May, 1863, to the 31st of July,
1863, amounted to 1,9791. lls. 3d., or 38.03 per cent, of the
receipts. The working expenses for the year 1862.1863 were
39.01 per cent. of the receipts.
THE WINCHEURO HAILWAY ACCIDENT. —We
(Scotsman) understand that the ease at the instance of Mrs.
Hatton against the Edinburgh sad Glaagow Railway Com.
parry for damages sustained by the death of her husband at
the Wiecbbsarg radway cdlision has beta compromised.
The company are to pay the pursuer 1,0001., and the judicial
expenses till the date of the compromise.
METROPOLITAN FREI HOSPITAL, DEVONSIIIEZ-
SQCAItE. Cm.—Tbe aggregate number of patients relieved
during the week ending Anguat 8 wee—medial, 984; sur-
gical, 591 ; total, 1,568 ; of which 529 were sew ewes.
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