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

sissessei tat it was sot his intaglio again to
eau limesif as a eisdidete tb. sedliwals.
Xt. Ma wet afterwards insiedesed and windy meeleed
by etaesYei. lie
_very gips* sad staidly stated his
grimiest opts all the larVegassatiges ef tbe day. lie had
biliemberibraving bearlidialealidnialese _
sigma and well Mews to dill Amain of aught
Moak wain and tanewegzeg= Ile (Kr. Phials)
bed sever slanged his es, sad with God's
nil be limed be arise aim aid. Ea wee not &ahem at
gmesat of gateging paglisame tl. bet mill he was ready wa-
lla* to lay ride pin go Wino Nig panwhaill ""I°-
meets. if it was thaeelt his sergiges seam In of use to their
gamines sum. lie poi WNW as advocate of a very
atinewidgesies of the seillego, vete by ballet. sad triewslal
Y. woo • thwrowili five *Woe is Ns most ex-
heed es Mies
ome,wilmined to
flawm wield be
mid sob= Menet, Wive. Is mee
a rabic of the postestest aims*. het woo ie gadget
mmHg la religiose matters. toleration being a meld ho
hated and detested. The espleaation of the lessiedgeatle.
gaga was esaaidgeed eatisCieteey by ggieseit, mid a reeo-
billos. aired Ig Ma Mislaid. ad sommdsdall by Admiral
Medea. dietaries hi
lt. ho. It and perm to re-
present the city fa ot, was to eassfinesely.
It wee also resolved So cell a public saretiss immedimaly to
citable Yr. PliktmE=lala his views toils =My tot
electors. It is the tense will being
tiatelidli, seensesinfal .-ante- at thee=
elect ios.

EQUALISATION OF THE POOR'B NAM I

DEPUTATION TO THE HOME SECRETARY.
Ye siseety s delintaties frost the onion parishes
is the oil, et labia. which tow sabring don the =Mai
Jaws sessedusast sod rating Er the Mod of w
.poor, was
✓omisoil la the Hew. ftewear WSW% isassliwy af
Shia Ar the or
epwlsow& The depotaile oeseinoll
of Aldenera Sir Jams Dube, Abletons Sidoey,
H.P., the Hiph Bailiff of Southwark, Mr. IL B. Whiteside,
Mr. rasher, Mr. Myke, Mr. Phillips, lb. Warwick, and le
guardians sad odor team ellaimasi gab pennies is the.
shy ar Looks.
The deewleiles wee istrolood by Sir hoes Doke.
Mr. Memos SIDNEY them mated that the deputation
was at a meeting over which he bad the honour
N and at which reestiat there were upwards of 100
oleardiem ad ropresatatioss or parisbus present. At this
ounerial orbs tiny bad to preset was luta-
slogised. The Westin sospielood of consisted
is this, Ohne were
_polka I. the City which paid
r=ele ether rho parishes whose coa-
l/NO Slorrobokyeer by year, whilst in the pa-
Hiss hint Mb Se hear doe ammo was ruing year by
year. The Ent we., that wooly the whale or the Interior of
I the City woe sow anew& te de weld= of more houses
sad at other essanserelalpai=es:dellitrobror were
seasons
driven sot into other or
among
other things, that is tin per oeMeg_Minsit IMO, the
total expenditure Ow the West London Union was
10261. 2s. bd., and be the City of Louden Union,
412.2101, Ss., whilst Er the year ending Mardi 25th, 1850,
theespesditure was, Wen Losdas, 20,2141. lc Pd., City of
Les*" 116,0321. 4d. Is the las of thir Manse of
stie t asset able to be ex-
Latiates beer deereasai
.11:1616 an:l poast seemed te Shen. rod of mom them wee a
rest 15..... Is She Ise elaboal bees the peer parities
▪ nonerielootehded by solieitiop the Noose Secretary, In
with the prestdent of the pose law board, to is •
=abill es abolish the laws of &regiment and removal,
and sue equitably distribute Um chose for the relief
Ind waintemowe of the poor. Mr. AMerman Sidney,
is sonisuades, stated that Mr. Moines had for
toe esesiena a bill prepared with the essetion of govern-
Mimi upon this subject, but bad been prevented from
lam= lb, tasawan. wares Mt that he should state
tie postleses pmesest were agreed
▪ tralOon or
to rbalielsios the law o maksr
settlement rads& tiny true set one/slams as
The Might Hon. 8. WALPOLE w
omen
upon SO. large
iiiiipmestles they could not expect him at once to give an
It eras one, however, that ought to be considered
at the earliest opportunity, but with what result must of
worse be left to the deliberation and consideration of the
goverameet. Ile certainly would give the very fullest con-
digestion to the subject as soon as ho ethad undertake it.
The deputation then withdraw.

Batirrot.—lltere is nothiag tidos by tits tories
and the owstietio• gains ground doll they an wears of Skit
state of the register and will net MONO a eMetelL
Berkeley has put forward an sebum to his oaastitheats,
thanking them for past imaiissie and renewing kis
appeal.
CULLTENRAII.—We understood that the requisi-
tion to the Hon. Craven Berkeley has already received the
eiratUrfil of nearly 300 eleeesea, kaoludieig many members
o the Roman Catholic persuades, and several others who
have hitherto been consid•rod otheereatiree, and who did
at the last two elections vote ix Or Willoughby hues said
Mr. Bickhais Bloom It ie eaufkleuelli anticipated Out
the requisition will receive a Unwind skrootoroo kr the
time the *lectors hays all been waited on.—Chatashoso
Erominor.

CAMBRIDGE BoßODGlL—Yesterday Mr. Mowatt
iensod as address to the electors, declaring himself a liberal
and freetnider. It has been stated that Mr. Ai__ the
East baii, director, and Mr. Macaulay, of the Midland
circuit, will be the tory e.andialates.
nuttem.x. —Mr. 'formes M'Callagh. the prellald'
member for this borough, is to offer himself again at ths
general election. An opposition has been threatened by the
Orange and protectionist party, combined with some ultras
of the democratic elms ; but there is not much likelihood
that they can succeed against the litscrels and free-traders,
united in support of Mr. M'Cullagh.
ENNISKILLEN.—A correspondent of the Dublin
Emilia, Post, writing from Enniskillen on Monday even-
ing, thus explains the causes of the airy small majority
against Mr. CoUum I regret to km* to inform you
that, through the government influence, bribery and inti-
midation, the majority for Whiteside is at least seven. The
town is tilled with armed Orangemen from the neighbour.
hood of Florence-court."

CHESTER *AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.
Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of this company
was held at the Enetonoqsani Station; S. M. Pito, Esq.,
M.P., is the chair.

Alter the advertisement convening the meeting was
read, the chairman moved that the seal be Milted to the re-
gister of shareholders.
dome discussion having taking piece as to the right of in-
spection of the rights of ohs/she/den, which was denied by
the chairman
Mr. CRA DOCK moved, as an amendment, that " the
seal be not allied to the register," which wastes:, the ori-
ginal resolution tarried, and the seal Mined.
The ether preliminaries haviag been gees through,
The Bacitzrair read the follenriag report, which was
only circulated after the meetlyg had commenced:
" The statement of amounts which has been forwarded
to the shareholders shows that the set earnings of the like
1 dosing the half-yew ending alit of December last, have
asemeolled to 47,710 k 104. ltd.; the most se feature
In them oseerents being that the pocket service, whieh has
hitherto hoes worked at a lees kr the sake of the traffic
which die steam-vessels brought to the railway, has yielded,
after payment of the working share, 3,1451. 9s. 7d.
during Mperiod under review, which amount includes
the sees of 1186. 3e. 24., received m salvage for services
mimed to the Yorkshire needsomense, wrecked of
M'eiyheethed. The eettleseet ;risk tbelhat.eist, adverted
is bet verb se thee
of be sew less
by se ellowasse le the ef WM. lb. tall:* the
two lIIIIMIW not included he . Motheek's award; which
egoonlle with 28,1281. ailwesed to them by that
gave the sespery 18,1781. lb. 10d. for
itibleorw service prforemi Bet the bar amount
of
UAW eldelleted wpm the bails etr whet the
weal& hem he's entitled to abbe the eretreet,
pald b wirer by the Gessed Pestoillee, it
berme semi two
'abed to that department die differ-
ease between that ionthodlMMllL 12e. 10d. (or 4,8211.75. U.)
and the same has bees dedusted tom the receipt' r the
several periods to whisk the erepsymest is c sesties re.
lases. Upes the same pleiple the 'reset Tao is {hle
company ea assent of the sedesths of Marge he Ittersho-
the power by the Liebe sad North-Weerra Cermay
be bees disposed of, bul Me es (1,6631. les 3d.) eredited
to the peeled to whisk It bebop. Ily moms el them
eersamereb and by Me edfestrest of entemelleg &hi.
lithe ea Seib morel, Me Ahern have been able le
close esemats which bad how Isseavereatly kept open.
The Moisesent subjoined matrons Me receipts and ezpow
dime of the half.year under review, with the results
during the corresponding period of 1860 :—Om the half year
ending 31st December, 1850, the milt accruing from
the railway was 40,8551 3s. 54. ; the receipts and ex-
penditure being respectively 77,0311. M. Bd., sad
36.1751. 17s. 3d. The railway profit for the half• year ending
31st December, 1851, was 41,56.5/.ls. 3d. ; the receipts being
85,3171. fe. 7.1., and the expenditure 40,7821. Se. 4d. On
the boats there was a loss of 2,1291. tn. 6d. on the half-year
ending December, 1860; and on the corresponding half-year
in 18.51, there was a profit of 3,14.11. 9s. 7d. The amount
of net profit was consequently on the half year 1850,
38,78,51. 176.11 d., end= the half-year 1851,47,7101. 10s. 10.1.
The accounts exhibit a net balance of 24,6371. ss. 2.1.,
from which the directors recommend the payment of a half-
yearly dividend of Bs. 3d. per shore on the first Preference
Shares. Your directors have deemed it necessary, for the
protection of your interests, to seek wham...eery powers
for the construction of an extension of the line from Chester '
to Birkenhead. In the bill introduced for this purpose'
they have also sought release from annual payments to the
Candelas."' of her Majesty's Woods and }tweets, on as
Mugs el embankment at Conway-bridge and Stan-
ley-sena, awl power to convert the debenture debt of the
Intlepecy Mae Mick, guaranteed by the London and North
w.i. Le By this last mentioned arrangement, '
✓ , the direMces do not doubt
Met Miry be dlestleari :ow the now represented
by the debaters of the esemeay, epee such terms
as would considerably reduce the present heavy amount of
interest which forme the fret charge upset the earnings of
the line. Referring te the repeaters of the general seeding
of March in last yen', al.*, verb thee precasted to the
proprietors, at to the behbaimeet of es betel la the
4r neighbourhood et eel the Britannia-bridge, your
directors have bed wader their consideration the
best manner of the elleeet of the resolution. with- '
out using the raped the esepsay, ...,,e, that the
establishment sad malseeseme of the betel will
be of very great ram le the Istereste of y, they
are prepared to alit pries *be may eesbmk in that
undertaking, by eliewleg • pir MOW to them on all
sidle brought to et from the Ira
', la the report et the reddest engineer, the works in
end the Melee( dr railway, are satisfactorily:men-
The swam of sell' on the 601. shares amounted,
cm the net Deemther last, to 38,6391. Since that date
payments have been made, sad others may be expected to
the extent of 5,3011. 10r., reducing the arrears to
81.8371. 10s. With rapist to this sum, 591 shares, upon
whisk 20,2451. remained unpaid, have been already for-
edged ; and metiers if McMinn have been given to the
beldam of all the merabiteg shares. The directors now re-
sorts. emiserfee et a resolution of their board, de-
bre WI deems Welted. They also solicit you
110 di_ef lbw lieree in such a manner as they
may deer ad . Ire. W. Jackson, M.P., and the
Hon. A. Hieselrd, f hlr_
lreerre, sad Mr. Join Lambert as&
tor, retire by retelles. Them madams berg eligible
of*, themselves he r.eleetioa."

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EAST WORCESTERSIII6E.—We understand that a
terrible hitch Ina occurred in the arrangements of the pro-
tectioaist party, for contesting the eat of Mr. Foley for
Rost Worcestershire. Their chosen candidate' Mr. Robert':
Clive, son of Colonel It. 11. Clive, M.P. for South Salop,
who was to redeem hie father's delinquencies in supporting
the repeal of the corn laws, by advocating the doctrine of
protection, boa turned recalcitrant, or cut up rough," se
the vulgar saying runs. Mr. Clive his no objection to M.
'intake to lend his aid to the mend of that w
his worthy father assisted to carry sat; but we
that be wee bothered and pestered le give 44 le ewes
for the abolition of the grant to Mayfooth whisk
he declined to do. Mr. Foley has bees piursaies imams
with a very gratifying revolt, wed the detelsatirs of
Clive will distract and weaken the Protectionists, while it
will strengthen and consolidate thh Liberal unity—Wor-
cestershire Chronicle.

li•Lllf.U.—There is now every inclicaties of •
easiest in this borough. Freak may. bee., en asehmst
eeriest maaufreturer, well known as a simmeh hembeine
during the campaign of the Aradnessoferwilessne. he loss
selected as one of the liberal switadithes, owl nesmthitiess
an pending between his (thole end *see of fir Charles
I Wood, with a view to moiled seism Henry &tweeds,
Esq., one of the present esemloses. le els to the isig, es a
conservative and dubious hos-inelse. w Chides Weed
has represented Halite* eme skim the paging of the Re-
form Bill. His return is looked apse as sestet. This
other two gentlemen rest their dams eltiody en heal in-
lame aid conasaiou, and the matiat halm them is
likely to be severe; Int if the liberal petty set as a sailed
party, it is probable Mr. Crawley will be remenod.
LlM••.—The esmmittee appointed by the liberal
sheless of Leeds but week have unanimously resolved to
sense mid the sight line. M. T. Baines., late President
of the leer-law Hosed, as a second candidate foe the
port of the liberal electors in the place of J. 0.
Reg, who anises hem ill health. Mr. Reines has alremb
been mummmisided with, and it is probable that be wilt stio
'bee the skittles in Leeds in the cosine of nest week. We
Mine the right hen. gentleman is in favour of an eaten-
slog of the franchise to all municipal voters, quinquennial
parliaments, and free trade, but opposed to the ballot.
111ACCLEarIELD.—Mr. Edward C. Egerton, bar-
rister, eon of Mr. Wilbraham Hgenon, of atton-park,
and brother of Mr. Tattoo Egerton, M.P. for North Che-
shire, bee issued his address, an which he declares that his
principles are conservative, and that he will be prepared to
give • general support to Lord Derby's administration.
He will oppose the Maynooth grant, and with respect to
free trade, he says—" 1 shall be most ready tore-adjust the
burdens of unequal taxation, wherever they may be found
N exist, without the reimposition of the duties on corn,
which I hold to be neither politic nor in accordance with
the general feeling of the country." The friends of Mr.
Brocklektrat end Mr. Williams, and those of Mr. Egerton,
had a bard day's canvass on Tuesday.i
SALISDURY.—Mr. Slade, of the Western Circuit,
has announced his intention of soliciting the suffrages of the
electors of this city whenever a dissolution occurs. The
learned gentleman appears upon the protectionist interest,
and his legal agent ss already canvassing the electors. The
re-eleetien of the two liberal members is, however, consi-
dered esisrably secure.
WAZlelete.—The liberal electors of Wakefield
have remived to bring fee and Wm. Henry Leathern, Em.,
is enmities to Mr. Game Bandon, the premed sonserve-
ties 110118bIlf. Mr. Loathe= is in favour of free Web gad
es eutessiss the Mine. His name wm uaulaila
robed to, et • inestbsg of the liberal electors, and theret
little doubt As Wheal position as a banker, and hill
Ereperiwig feleenes that he will elected, if the
bearalet light a =Ned esalest. Mr. Lesthas is brother-in-
law of Mr. Bright. 11. P.
Wnissos..—As address hat just bests hosed to
the *Mese by Mr. A. Ifassittart, who stated that he will
ampgett the present administration. Mr. Vagektmet is the
sot seseeedel le the hulk of the of the
hie MME, end
A mina Ohio alai, le within
the Haft et the hessolh, est b the leaded pro.
prieme V he immediate vicinity. llefor-Mneral Reid, it
is se* awe hi for re-eleetion in the emmervative
intimate hut Mr. ireadttart's is the only eddies that has
et sippesseL

BOOLIMLLENS' PIOTIDIDIT INSTITUTION. Laid
evening the fifteenth amal sasetiag of the member at the
above inialtiatten was heM at the Albiaa Tavern, Abler*
!rut-street ; Nishellol‘., the president, in thasheir.
slated that 10,0161, the meant at tibia the
renemVenl wee Med, bed bees ead_pieseil le
tin Mei of the Oewsethelimere he the liedeetioe
of the Nebula Debt. Doing the pest year 6421. had
been distributed einem 90 nenban Nei 16 widows of
.ember. The fetal aseiseed eqieeibed in roan bee 1840
wes 3,0001.. 67 neusinee MI Mimes mrsobere,
is Winos to which her nimbus@ mil ern widow of a
member were enjoying the lists of • anahrt.
Abe hem, at the resold at bane Leastay.
The receipts ter the year tea sebeselplem, lateent.
smointod 1,372 L lb. N., eat the espiniiner to
1,166 f. 18.. IL leaving a beim. la the Mob of As ilea-
ewer of $61.11• Id. -Total enema ea Met Dee., 1151,
19,9121. 10a. 101. Mr. Beldeek. ia maybe*. kilapalew
the report, withal to wrest es areesees inpeemise white
bad booms that widens of membrs. i 5.... ea-
seinen as than death of a rosal Thai. wae
so is Nesse( e. 4 ; end the einnines bed the
mem elf ming • dieMensetlia. It me, beemer,
deb desk, le be et el bees es libesel as be mein of the
nee night isnand sad es the hiebefthelestintioa meld
allow. Tbe vegan wes umeleaseily adspled, and ollaws
baying bees menbeisi hi the new of time who gra wat by
n 36 b_, •Ms af 'blahs was marled to the honorary
seeMni vivre, dinenes. mains, eseretszy, he., sad the
nesting Mein sp.
TID rhoros•D LOCAL RATE 101 EDUCATION.—
The Wes mend of the tem* of abed. ea Wednesday,
after • bag end mined ilibesseise. aimed ***Dowry
=111861.1= hhisnam sad ft.
inarier es
these eirelwe games aniAra=pa Tbr
hlie, aad about to
be dissuned ler their etjess the
bettor rawergiaglim".ohlibialisions web* bass, this
both bull ea a VeLdesisAlestineeneell Waite that then
Is gent mod of aninget the waling
demo, mil that it is thehebb to "apply tutmar by •
paths Mee to be MOM le esseint,, te he ander ben
" The min wen 17 *albs winos beisming
thassirrilthe" negsi and 14 whist it.
CAMERON% amigos.. *WARM AND LOuowon
itsumss.—lisesiday a ossnrass meting 1/11171 held be-
ars Maim is Obesery
_sagrarb. whoa, after some minor
.191611101. 0110016111 Webb. beseglit award by Mr. TAP,
the Mehl nmerger, end Mr. W. Clalsworthy, sell
the sane, were Miguel of, Mr. bitten, solicitor
to the Law Lib Afacciatire ilesiety„ preened • claim as
behalf of it, miler sa seder te dpjeditnest la an action
ibissight by SY Winless St as lasr Life as
7 160 maws/ WPM!. 1990106 sass property
seatipeped_ Woad Prier Is be gamy. It appeared
trees • essii al ibe tessissllsos ens be property, right-
ally_pagebesed tor same sm. bad bow Isiort4, or been sold
by Colendenaerea es this osageny, at a rental of 2,0001. a
' year, for W yam, sad at a preethus of 150,0001. The n-
osed neningoos, foe whom Minn. Tiler and Co. ap-
peared, IMO tits parties most interested in the application,
is dr Law Lib, irrespective of this property, are under-
done' le Mid saMeient to cover their advances. After consi-
derable diesseeket, it was agreed that the validity of the
lens amid bet be disposed of, sad that then the question
shall be ries raw slain for NW thermos.

The essiiiisilie raped stated that ai he bier" to Port
Phebya wee synod ter the slate teas, hem Wesel Pen-
nant% turas% he befelaishe Odds year, arid he Is now
=ey eaterhe elestelleas et he het for the *die. Tbe
• the Bubbled Ihrefilea. Wad*, Use jetty,
seas WW2& eat kat* plasm mad Mime, sad the seal
Maims EsiMbe.-• saw seedy he OAK mg the geode
shed ea the
_prey wM ~
thed ash womb. The geode
shay ehl ether white e helm latemedisie stakes,
wheel he the tell dreeispeasat et the lead Mae. have
bees Mahal, sad the tor he those* teas,
an ie head. and will dabbed by he let et Mg ash.
As engine ass takes her he Maw* sad 011WWW1•
mayor he a Peetritatimegoat the Minh. ea the law
trails bat Be. lIIIMMea yanks esameased Orley. I
telly MIMI that emir la Careerism will be Metes(, and
reedy kr Wills. by he middle of May zt. The 'perma-
nent way, enoilm, aid stallame, bah et the sesta line end
branch rail see Is seed erase ad seatiblee."
The 0 Woks the aleph= • the re.
=out esseaffile. amild MAI, reap the board of
aleemet medlar seighd. Be could also
Nate that Mere bed ben fro
damns@ with any
• Melt aelplibealaf • is rail al=
la he ha the seaman •is important
et
at the pier had Mee scespletied at as @zymase
wl the imelinele. ea wash any payment to he re-
vermin* fiR the flie the hdlities it had dbaled.
Be IbaN 1111.11. OM OW goods station which mad be
the NUM sf rift Rd leas with Inland would be epee
la • lbw tart The bona at !eager and Colonel Tien-
' naat'e quanta that be spend la shut three weeks, and
thatcil
mama was amenhassine .4 greys," " sidings," etc
• i l
tad ewayeblai Ibr the "slate"
111111116 wield bed le no es item on the part of
easaPl alratlai the t way. The
Ilme inorerig end Amasses thusquarries was
tipenset yesterday, hid Me that eerie conveyed. The
eiliags aeeewary for the Wessel works were ready, and
Ness for the through Wile would be complete
by the lit of May. Ile fir thee the directors
WWW prepared to develop the anis • the B
asisLea
yew the board took hie ensidlaretisa the beet of
developing the trade is Saasendes with Ireland, end they
thought that if Belyissed was h a the terminus of their
line, its object woild awn be atesined, sad a dividend
would never be paid. They had. thinisee, speed com-
munisations with strand ramp imehesies fa England
end belated. and had whaled a besidag arrangement, hi
*lda ennbeilstred ebanaMa amid be largely developed.
Therese+ weeishisestiens la dyadlfeetlaad, sad Ireland,
when this seseeseetent an Id fatheads betides their

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 12, Mil.

ewe, be 'Glides te the ananiumene with the Da2
themayseket Gempeey. This muses minded te
In this math, Great Grimsby In the seek sod Gireneitaed
in the earth. The th=lpcsmalls Mali* k
was folly applicable le de mime wit* it
been =tended to *onus Seem and
efutilmod.
in oddities * Debi*. The spews bed wen.
"a arnal= Wel. la Maims le Mend it te all the
Hum ill During- the mew year then um a
pompon el the esereeime ef several railways le fished.
it; others the meet hapsetnnt line to Belfast. This
vi, be opened thieve' in May, wimp me far as senairded
the Drogheda viniest, and the OAS weld beasi
by the end of the pat. The dbeileee held
the Mused amity and Gem ihe
of the diarist lifts lis end megyfidal'
which had bees proposed ter muted awn-
logo bed bee. taken up with the greatest seal and
hearties* (Hear, hear.) The malts ef the of
the His during the lost year were an immense ef 17 24.
13.. 444 while there hed hoot • demure of 1.0
swot eehei to 2.5181. 16e. 34., leaving . sum a
dividend of 20,1031. 18a. 7d., and without the additives
of the wised and slate traffic, or the goods cennexien with
the hi& menet, sad the ether sewer width he hedipeineed
out as heist ahotte le be Thus hod men es
items
la the wand the 1,111111, In hi., and it the
itein of adveethemnis and peindei et 1,172/. 19e. ft He
email eat ettenties * this imp imam, and ende the
Mina lbe ilt• la the Mt phi% the .. dun.; hook-
ing" arrattonnints weld eft be eilleved •W•opt by
means ef enemy, width had den
meet elneltwill
performed. aad also by extontive "deli= and
plaseetilig is nary town. That Ws direction have
VMS mgoi is this way and charged it arrainstreurese was
••111111K• that they had no desire to Wriest from mishissi a
I lieseet experiment for the elucidation of the trellis, and did
' net heehaw te charge the 'spew. on the half year, which
weldlNSliiii little benefit, snd which might have been
urea ewe three or four years. Besides the agency in Im-
bed, • gswillonsaa of greet experience had been engaged to
maize petlibrimmy arrangements with regard to the slats
Walls. He had been into nearly every town of importance
in ihinti end liestiaad, so that when the date traffic was
opedl WWII his attended to. As the line had none of
1 that teals WW year, and they had charged this expense to
the premed hel‘year, it could only he mad that they charged
for smirking which was either for the future or pre-
sent benelit of the company. (Hear, hear.) If thew
espensms had eft Wen charged on this half-year they would
have bow Mae le law paid the entire amount of interest
on the
iChiletwo Week. He would now refer to a stellate
which tolmoed him much pain, viz., the mail award. A sum
of 6,0111. hid bens deluded from that which they had cal-
culated ea the preenling mounts the government contract
of MAK a year. Barely they had no right to expect,
after the enpinditure on the Britannia-bridge, that the go-
vermeils. weal have called on them to lower their rates.
But web bed been the fact, sad they had great eases to com-
plain, w that work had cost the company a million, a work
which is any other country would have been undertaken
by government, and they had obtained that advantage
over the company, the seeking to make ouch a reduction
was unfair and unhandenne. (Hear,besr.) He would
neat refer to a bill which the directors bad introduced in
the present session of ;Parliament. He would premise by
stating that if that bill was carried it would not he owes-
wary to call on the company for any ddltional capital. In
eollinnetion with their London and North Western allies,
they bad applied for a separate entrance into Birkenhead,
' and when they reflected on the subject of the important
mineral traffic of the /Jersey, and the time which
was occupied In discharging there, which had hitherto
been four days, it would be evident that this
was tantamount to a redaction of so much of their profit.
By the bill they also sought power to increase the tolls
on prt of the line, on account of the cost of the tubular
bridges over the Menai and the Conway. They also sought
for power, with reference to their debenture interest, to
isms debenture preference stock, guaranteed by their Lon-
don and North-Western allies ; and when he stated that
would now a owing of 10,0001. a year on the first *herr,
he thought it would be considered an object worth
golug for. With regard to the hotel at Bangor,
the directors had always stated their conviction
of the newesity of this expenditure, although It
was doubtful whether it was an expenditure which,
as • cowpony, they ought to incur. That conviction
remained unaltered. After the Exhibition, which did more
harm than good to their lines, the pleasure traffic to Wales
revived, and at Bangor only 166 beds were taken in the
town out of the hotels. The directors plan was this:—The
company paid the London and North WIMP= • certain
price for " haulage" for every train. It was the interest of
that company as well ma this to be as full as thwyesnla, for
' they took the traffic to Chester, and this coespley teak it
from there. They proposed that for every penes going
from the hotel there should be • commission of 26per sent.
on the amount of traffic received at the heal statiso.
1 till the hotel people received 7 per seat he their
ooney. This would put 70 per cent. into the 0:=1
pests* for all the additional traffic, sad would,
WI oast a farthing. Three years ago be (the shairman)'
built a hotel at the terminus at Lowestoft, en the Eastern
Counties line, containing 25 beds, and the somber had new
Warmed to 100. In the last year it bad heought 17,00 M
worth of traffic on the hue. This would them That it we
worth the company's while to give • mimes 1118119MNIM
Bon to the proprietors of the hotel. It they_agrped to this
the stock would, in the first instance, In aired to theme 1
and if they did not wept it there were parties Indy to tithe
I it. He had now gone through all the legit el the_repart,
and, in conclusion, he would. hi menistima Hat the
traffic of the line was as yet ssioislopsd, and was prods*
what it was when be first addrumed the thanderia: i bid ho
saw nothing is the events which bad Wand * alter
the opinions he exorcised on theta:4mM% hisamedidesesand
that of his colleagues remained lumbered ; sod while he
continued to have their co-operation, aftlasgssially that of
his bon. and gallon* friend, Admiral Mee rem, be yet looked
forward to the pleasure of seeing all that he had whited
out more than folly realised. (Chem.)
After one or two questions on matters of Moll in the ae-
counts had been out and answered by the Chains,
Mr. HENMAN proceeded to call attention to the fact
that a promise, which he stated had been mode by the
chairman last year, th,t the original sharehoklers would
have a dividend of 3 per cent., had not been realised ; and
the prospect of their having any dividend at all was as far
off as pu.sible. He would also call munition to on item in
the halanee.aheet which stated that there was a balance in
favour of the company of 24,0001. Now, there was no such
thing. The directors had credited the revenue account with
the whole net amount received fur traffic from the time the
line opened on let May, 1818, to 31st December, 1851, but
they had not as they ought debited the account with the
interest paid on debentures and on preference shares. They
had omitted 40,0001. interest paid to holders of preference
shares, 58,0001. paid for interest on debentures, besides
60,0001. interest to holders of original shares. There was
in last • deficiency of 119,0001., and the balance-sheet was
untrue. i

The CHAIRMAN said that with regard to the statement
of the bon. gentleman on the subject of his promise, he
would refer him to the report in the Morning !leak( and
to the shoe-hand writer's notes, from which it would
appear that be had only said he trusted that daring the
year the requisite steps would be taken to develop the
traffic, and that in two years from that date the rcail,:sense/
would be in a position to earn 3 per cent. (Hear, hear.
Looking to the Holyhead extension, which had been
out without paying for the land, and considering that the
had received 20,0001. more than last year, of which
17,0061. was attributable to increased traffic, and 3,0001. to
diminished expenditure, be thought that he stood fairly
before the company as one who had been trying to bring •
losing concern from the depths of misery to a remunerative
position. (Hear, hear.)
After an explanation with regard to an item in the ac-
counts by the arountant, in answer to a proprietor, the report
was adopted.
A dividend of M. 3d. on the Stet preference shares for the
half-year, payable on 18th March, was declared.
A resolution sanctioning the mistimes of this company in
the promotion of a company or partnership to establish an
hotel at Bangor, and a contract with such company allow-
ing them a commissioni on the fares of passengers conveyed
on the line to or from the hotel not to exceed 25 per cast. on
the fares, and to extend only till the hotel company wears.
*riving 7 per cent. on the cost of the hotel, was agreed to.
A rumba; ion declaring certain shares forfeited was also
passed.
The Hon. A. Kinnaird, one of the retiring directors, was
then proposed for re-election.

Mr: HiNKAI4 suggested that a het of the shareholders
feletart
qualilled to be directors should be furnished to the pro-
The cHAULKAN bad no °Wrier to say shareholder
calling at the IS.. sad min the name of the =Tore
who VON s=o 1114 as direetera, bet be ht it
would be So Min the Waage et ray We.
The bred dines= he dr air epee leeM sham
Mr. linaaird,
their bot-
ed twelideaties. to
leleTZ herd
tar beyond hie itsalideatineAs, and was a art
velsable sad aide amber et the beer&
Mr. liardrd was then re-ahead.

Mr. W. Jariess, M.P., was proposed for re-election.
Mr. CIAZIOCK suds MO inquiries as to Mr. Jackson's
holding, sod et arm length urged the propriety of the
registry ef obsesbobless brims epee to inspection, and the
ssomitty of the papftsere Yawing the amount of stock
held by their
After • disameiee, Mr. Jackson was re-elected.
Mr. W. JACK N, In retursies thanks, said he did
so with the Mee pleasure, as his re-elsetion did not depend
ea is mess% se ble opelliestiss. sod stated that Its had
Iris a preasese of tter Ilse sod a director from the first,
that be "deed it prosperity sad wield do all in his power
to assist is bringing it to a Mato of preeperity, gad then hi
would willingly retire.
Mr. Lambert was re-elected one of the auditors.
A PROPRIETOR suggested that some application
should be made to government in order that the Britatuda
Tubular Bridge, which had been erected at such a sacrifice
to the company, shoull be made a public work, and a par-
liamentary grant obtained to meet some of the expense...

The CHAIRMAN mid that the aninants expended by
the company exceeded three quarter. of a million. In 1850
a committee of the House of Commons considered the sub-
ject, bat did sot recommend any payment of government
money. They had, however, given up the 200,0001. the
company had spent in Holyhead Harbour, and this year
the company was going to parliament to increase the tolls
on account of that expense. That bridge made the short
route to Ireland the company's own. There was nothing
farther to be hoped for from government.
A PROPRIETOR inquired whether the original share-
holders might expect a dividend in twe years.
The CHAIRMAN said it was his own individual opinion
that there would be a dividend of 3 per cent. in two years.
After a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors, the
meeting separated.