The Express.
London, England, 1855-09-21 00:00:00

MINES.-THIS DAY.

Two o'CLocz.
The gold mining shares remain very dull, and
without inquiry.
In other foreign and colonial mining stocks not a
single bargain is recorded in the Stock Exchange
to-day.
Owing to the restrictive operation of the new rule
of the Mining Exchange—which, we believe, is likely
to be rescinded—the bargains marked in that esta-
blishment yesterday were confined to the following,
viz. :

Ivybridga, 27a., 28s. ; St. Day Unltad, 11 ; West Sot-
arida,. 6s. ; West Fromm, 20.
We also hear of the following transactions in the
Stock Exchange, viz.:
Duet, 2} ; Sortridge Consols. 7 ; Lady Berths, 32.. 6d.
W"'

fildberg,

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.

The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the pro-
prietors of this company was held yesterday at the Easton
station, Sir S. M. Peto, But., the chairman of the Board of
Directors, prodding.
The Chairman maid, the first business of the meeting
would be to consider the report of the shareholders' com-
mittee, which, having been already generally circulated
amongst the proprietor', he suggested should be taken d.
(Hear.)—[An abstract of this report was published in the
Express of Wedneaday.]—He would then move that the
awn of the committee be ',rived and adopted. 1
The report of the shareholders' committee was then
adopted, and other resolutions confirming the arrangement,
with the North Western Company. of which the basis was'
stated in that report, and requesting the committee to co-
operate with the direeton in carrying out that arrange-
ment, were put, and, after Dome remarks as to the extent of
the power proposed to be conferred upon the directors in
negotiating the arrangement and in making alterations in it,
wore carried unanimously.
The following is the panel* passage in the report :
"The actuante for the put half year, which are now
famished in a more detailed form then heretofore, show
the result of the working of the line for the half-year ended
30th Jane last, and the subjoined summery exhibits the
results u compared with those for the corresponding period
if previous years. Number of passengers in half-year
ending Jun* 30, 1850, 143,298; half-year ending Jana 30,
1851, 182,862; halt-year ending June 30, 18.52. 207,255;
half-year ending Jane 30, 1853, 250,047; half-Per ending
June 30, 1864, 281,624 ; helf-year ending Jane 30, 18.55,
282,159. Tonnage of goods for half-year ending June,
1850, 66,462 ; same halt-year. 1851, 79,251; same half-
year, 1852, 94.442 ; same, 18.53, 126.671; same, 1854,
161,642; and same half-year, 1855, 179.C20. Receipts from
railway for half-year ending Jane, 1860, 67,4811.51. 106. ;
charge', 35,6371. 10s. 66. Half-year June, 1851, receipts.
61,6621. 131. 96. ; charges, 33,1841. 144 86. Ralf-year
ending Inns, 1852, receipts, 67,3161. 151. bd. ;
charges, 39,4191. Os. 9d. Same half-year, 1853, receipt',
88,7951. 19s. 9d. ; charges, 45,6331. 3s. 116. Same baff-
ler, 1854, receipts, 97.1771 6s. 4d. ; charges, 61,6811. 31. ;
and in the last halt year' receipts, 101,0041 18s. 7d. ;
charges. 66,593/. 15e. 46. The steamboat receipts in the
same halt-years respectively were 4,089/. 16e. 21.,
4.2081. 6s. 16., 6,8121. 10e. 3d., 15,2271. 7s. Id.,
17.9421. 161. lid., sad 16.9941. 13e. 6d. ; end the 'nurses,'
9,9051. 17s. Bd., 6,6391. 10s. 9d., 6.8331. 13,. 81.,
17,2881.21., 18,6721. 85.56., and 19,2761.75. 11d. »spec
tively ; showing a balance against this branch of business
016,8161. Is. 6d., 2,4311. ss. Bd., 211. 35.6 d., 2,0601. 141.116.,
6291. 12e. 6d., and 2,2801. 14s. &I. in the same half-years.
There is a decrease in the passenger traffic of 2,2791. Be., as
compared with 1854; but the receipts from merehudiss
traffic exhibit, on the other hand, en increase of 6,6311.155. ;
while there is a falling off in the receipts from presagers
by the start boat', of 2,7221. 12s. Trader the head of ex-
penditure, an inerease of 1,1231. lie. 6d. will be observed in
the merchandise traffic charges, attributable to the aug-
mented traffic. In the hire of' waggons there is alsoan 1
lacrosse of 3,1431.45. Id., arising from -the quantity of stock
now hired being larger than during the corresponding period
of the previous year. In the cost of maintenance of way
there is, on the other hand, a decrease of 8961. 13s. Bd.; the
efficiency of the line having been fully maintained."
After a very brief distension, the report was put and
earned, and a 'rotation having passed, euthorising the
payment eta dividend of 12e. Oct. per share for the put half-
year in the OR pretenses share., votes of thanks were
asseedei le Ow eliaan and to the members of the share-
holden' eseaulteee, the 'acknowledgment of which termi-
nated limp possellap.