The Express.
London, England, 1852-12-03 00:00:00

ROYAL SWEDISH RAILWAY.

A general meeting of the shareholders of this
company took place, pursuant to advertisement, at Gotten-
burg, in the Town Hall, on the 22nd alt. Count ROSEN
took the chair on the motion of M. Wcorn, member of the
House of Burghers for the town of Oottenburg.
The Cotner, in addressing the meeting, described the ob-
stacles which had been thrown in the company's path in the
early stages of its formation. These, be believed, had now
been successfully overcome. The royal charter was now
upon the table, and was a complete instrument, so that it
only remained for them to use, with prudence and sagacity,
theimportant powers with which it invested them. The
Count then preasedectto read the list of Swedish share-
holders, whisk showed that the capital of the company was
fully subscribed, and to state that Mr. Charles Henry Ed-
monds, the solicitor to the company, was in attendance
from London, holding the proxies of English shareholders,
rep_resenting interim eight and nine thousand shares.
The SECRETARY was next called upon to read the royal
charter and the statutes of the company. The meeting was
then adjourned till the 24th alt.
On the 24th Count Rosin again took the chair. The se-
cretary then proceeded to read the report of the directors,
in which the gradual formation of the company, and the
proposed distribution of,the guaranteed per tentage on the
capital were described.
On the motion of Y. DAHLGREN, seconded by M. B. O.
LINDSTROM, late member of the Diet for Gotteuburg, the
report was unanimously adopted.
Comet Rosen, on behalf of the directors, returned thanks
for the confidence which the shareholden showed in their
ability; and reiterated his belief that the time had now
arrived when Sweden might reasonably hope to be blessed
with the advantages, both social and commercial, of rail-
roads._

M. LINDSTROM then' moved the following resolution :
" Resolved, that In pursuance of article 61 in the statutes
of the company, this meeting determines that the net
insane of the company up to 6 esat. per annum on the
'RAW of the company, thole the guarantee of the
state, shall be applied in the follow manner, vie., 41. per
cent per annum part thereof shall be applied as interest oak,
the said capital, and the remainder shall be applied to
a sinking fund in redemption of the capital by annual can-
eellation of shares, such cancellation to be by lot; and that
the shareholders whose shares shall be drawn and cancelled,
shall, in exchange for their shares so drawn and cancelled,
receive certilleates with dividend coupons, entitling them to
an aliquot proportion with the remaining shareholders of
the net annual profits of the company that may exceed 61.
per cent. per annum upon the capital, during any subse-
quentyear of the term of the company's charter."
K. DAHLORRN was not altogether satisfied with the reso-
lution, and doubted its ygality ; but after explanations
from MM. Montgomery, Hided:ollS, WOWS, and Heule,
gave way, and the resolution was unanimously adopted.
A vote of thanks was then passed to the board of direc-
tors, and to M. Wcera in particular, for the enlightened
activity with which be had forwarded the interests of the
company for years.
Count Roux next proposed a vote of thanks to Sir John
Rennie for his nal and ability as the company's engineer
in chief. Sir John, in acknowledging the compliment,
assured the shareholders that if the weather proved toler-
ably good, ten of the line would be open next year,
and that in 14,54 the whole work would be completed.
The CHAIRMAN next moved that a vote of thanks be
passed to the company's solicitor, Charles Henry Edutands,
Esq., for the ability with which he had brought the first
Swedish railway company before the commercial men of
England, and for the tact he had displayed in adapting the
royal charter to the requirements of the Swedish govern-
meat.—The meeting then adjourned.

THE MADIAL—The Berlin Speners Gazette of the
29th ult. stated that the Madiai would be ►iberated by the
Duke of Tuscany on the lit of December. This measure,
it was said, was due to the direct intercession of the King of
Prussia, through Count Arnim Blomberg,
MUSEUM OP ORNAMENTAL ART, MARLBOROUGH
aoesn.—The numbers attending during the month of
November were as follows .-6,681 persons on the public
days, and admitted free ; 728 persons on tbeeendents' days,
and admitted as students, on piquant of U. each, besides
the registered students of the NaMM sad ohs*.

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