The Express.
London, England, 1851-10-02 00:00:00

ROUEN AND HAVRE RAILWAY.

Tho half-yearly general meeting of the share-
holders of this company took place on the 30th of Sept., in
one of the large rooms belonging to the l'aris office, in the
Rue d'Amsterdam ; M. Charles Laffitte, the, president, in
the chair. Near him were seated the following directors :
Mr. E. Blount, Mr. Reed, Mr. Thomas Mott, Mr. George
II Lawrence, M. Daily, and M. d'Altou Slice. The meeting
having been declared duly constituted, M. Thibaudcau,
litosesersi of the company, proceeded to read the report.
This deeninent commences by declaring that the con-
struction-account amounted on the 28th of February last to
68,264,437 fr. 60c. Since then there has been expended a
sum of 18,2811 r. 45c., of which 15,718 fr. sc. was for land
purchased when the line was constructed, but only settled
fur in the census of the last balf•year; 248fr.70e. for law ex-
pc Mel ; and 2,314 fr. 20c. for works at the stations. On the
other hand, a stun of 5,861 fr. 83c. bad been received for sale
of land and materien ; thus reducing the whole outlay under
this bead during the half-year to 12,419 fr. 62c., and leaving
the total of the construction-account, up to the 31st of
August last, at, 8,276,857 fr. 22c. The receipts from March 1
to August 31, 1851, have amounted to 1,903,409 k. 10e.,
and the expenditure to 1,546,222 fr. le., leaving a profit of
357,187 fr. 9c., which, with the balance from the preceding
half-year of 3,071 fr. 14c.,gives a total 100 of 360,208 fr. 23c.,
or Mr. per share for the half-year. An augmentation was to
be seen in five items of the traffic, amounting in all to
27,8831 r., and a diminution in seven to the extent of
i 22,9701 r., so that the augmentation presented a surplus of
14,893 fr. The passengers front Paris to London amounted,
up to the 31st Aug., to not less than 31,664, giving a receipt
of 63,354 fr. k but the ordinary circulation of passengers had
diminished, in connqueuce of the general stagnation of bu-
siness, and the declassification from the tad to the 3rd class.
The pleasure trains, which had given last year a circulation
of 62,316 passengers, and a produce of ‘56,161fr., amounted
during the present year to only 43,424, but giving a receipt
of 59,8471 r.; so that, with a diminution of 18,89'2 passengers,
the receipts had increased 4,686 fr. This improvement was
owing to the greater number of tickets taken for tho second-
elaill carriages, in place of the third. The parcels traffic
showed a slight improvement, and the merchandise traffic a
dimininutiou of 9,389 fr., caused by a reduction of the charge
of transport. The report states that, looking at the general
multi of the half-year's working, there appeared but little
diffareelee in them from those of the corresponding period of
the year beim. It complains in very severe terms of the
Illainallali anesser in which the willingness of the company
to ecielltineedebr the public had been returned, frauds having
been poetised to a considerable extent, by the sale of the
tickets lewd to passengers proceeding to the London Exhi-
bition, awl by the pleasure-trains being used by own in bu-
siness ite their regular mode of conveyance for carrying on
their loin. The cause of these abuses, and in particular of
the firebsafintiesed one, was, it stated, to be attributed to
the feettbat the law in France did eft arm the company with
willeiest pewee W mesh herds. la lingland the
ow wee veep dilleuna. Omura aeon on Is
in the act
of dam* • i a Macy odd be punished anomarily, so
Oft Waste woe is Mot essarryerowaratind, yen. %%list
watatoweatiaadosentialtreolitry uopellise in France
was hams a law enacted to and them proper protection,
by °Weft the aumesity of having ram= to lengthened
eroeuellbalsiel wit to have persons defrauding them suffi-
ciently sot peolopley punished. The report then alludes
to the Ea Inn -dr business at Havre during the last
four seetalber in gemsegetisnee of the position of the cotton
trade, sad ellionta to the general stagnation of buil-
: nese ; sad oppout 'on that under such unfavour-
able eiserawelasee the teesipu of the half-year bad main-
tile flak pedant se us& The report then alludes to the
tenni Ohne Wont lone to execute the engagement into
which it had entwellesonaatee a certain easuatof interest
on 5,000 shares et the ampany. At the approach of each
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mane duo, and so settle soisohis the mow be dispute.
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WORCESTHR AND HEREFORD HAILWAY.—At.
meeting of the inhabitants of Great Malvern' just held, it
was resolved to support the line, provided all necessary aa-
commodation was accorded to the inhabitants by the pro-
moters.
CORK AND YOUGHAL RAILWAY.—PTOCCOdingS have
been adopted under the provisions of the Cork and Water-
ford Railway Amendment Act of lag session, which it is
expected wiU ensure the entering on the works early in tho
ensuing spring.