The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-08 00:00:00

CIIICKIT.

THZ UNIT= ELZVIN V. SLITILIN 01 GODALMING
AND Dmeretor.—This match was °miaowed yesterday at
}headwater, the seat of lira ILushall, attleddroisg, Surrey.
The weather was doe, and an caoalleot mousey sasetnbled
The Woke was was h the Siztesa. Whets the stumps
wire draws at • quarter past sir the wore stood as uodsr
The Godelimiag Sixteen. 136. The United Eleres (R. Car-
pets', W. °says, J. Grundy., C. Ellie T. Lockyer, J. Lil-
lywhita, sad J. Medea to go la), 9. Play will be resumed
this mania&

Tat ALL !brown, Burn v. Ternerr-rwo or Hum
Ann DUMUCT.—Ii anordsi4llLawellay), a cricket, match
between the stereo of All sod tweaty.two of Hull
sad district, wen tioaneseced ia the grounds the Hingstoo
cricket club, Aslaby-roact, Hall, sled the play is to extend
over the two seat days. The weather was exceedingly
boisterous, so mach so that the teats is the Bald were
rives op tato Abbess. The play was, therefore, carried oft
adder very greet dillculties.
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Tux Ait:lbtowric Exxvxx.—The lad match of these
players previous to their embarkatioa tor Australia will
take place at York this week with tweety-two or York and
the c,t. Pane excellent play is expected.

DAMAGES roe Numioarr PLAYING AT Canicar.
—.tithe Bradford County Court, on Friday, an action was
brewed by Wm. Foreshaw, of Hoperoo.iutreet, Valley-
road, naiad Frederick Kershaw, at Ullman, Manning.
ham, for the memory of 101. as damage. sustained, owing to
Wary inflicted upon the plaintiff by the defendant is the
centre sad negligent playa( of a cricket ball. A short
time ago, the defendant cad otbere were playing at minket
on the highway at Manningham, and as the plaintiff was
parr& the ball, hit by the defendant's bat, struck the
Phearth one eye, thereby iedicting such severe
Injury as topiarist him from following his employment for
some time. The damages were laid at 101. The court gave
a verdict for the plastid for 54 and oafs.

LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY.
(THIS DAY.)

This day an extraordinary half-yearly general
miring at shareholders was Yald at the Loaded Tavern ;
Yr. P. J. Law is this chair.

ill; np;s7l.- 17117 L Le already beam publisbed. having

Tile CHAIN jai, in moving its adoption, said it placed
may hilly Infers the meat* the position of the company.
Since the ompany became an Foolish one the premot report
was the most succeed al they had had, and he hoped that by
the malice cis good sabstantial reserve fond they would he
able to maistMe their poselesa. Hy the adoption of this
polity he hoped they would Waldo to maintain a dividend of
5 per asst. is perpetuity. They were in some respects a
peculiar company, for they had to contend 'gains!
weather, Ms of slosh. tad laoremee in the pries of
promedsr, over which they had no controL Sines the 30th
of Jam, 1850, the emend liabilities of the company were
reduced by 50,0001., sod with regard to interest oe loam
they bed sow oat only nothing on that heed to pay,
bat they had a surplus of interest to their
credit at the sad of the year at their hankers'.
Os emend basis of inomediture a sewing of over 10,001/. had
been effected. A Wing prevailed that the Metropolitan
Rainy would Ware their dock. TM molt of the
Uedsrgroned Railway was that they took fear omnibuses
off the New-road, bat the 28 remaining omnibuses
were so arranged Mat the returns were as good as before.
had with regard to the palate ea which they came into
competition with the Bleekwall and Eastern Coestass Rail-
way, them hid be.. rather an imam of Masses. With
regard to competing onseiboses, there was a diminutioncd the
number. The ccemeriy bed mem to cocapkbe of the govern-
ment still extmeteng from them 10 mr cent. duty cm the
grow lomat.. TM railway companies, he believed. sly
paid 3) or 4 per ant. He trusted that they would receive
the report sad be orates* with a 6 per cent. dividend,
Levies the surplus to go to the formation of a reserve fend.
Hr. Hnaraa, jtia., seconded the adoption of the
which he considered to be satiatactory, and as
ad
ioapag still better results for the future. There wee no
part of the chairume's speech which he beard with acre
*ware than that in which he recommended the creation
of a good reserve fund.
A SHABIZOLDEII suggested that it would be better for
the isempaey to pay off the debt, which created a bad im-
preesioe on the public mind, and led to competition from
othene„._

Thethurturnw said that the debt in 1859 wale 41,0001.;
It bed boss redwood to 15,0001. He did not think it would
he right to pay the whole owl of owe half-year's swamp.
(Haar, hear. )
The report was adopted, and a vote of thanks pawed to
the directors.