The Express.
London, England, 1865-02-24 00:00:00

GREAT BASTERN RAILWAY.

The balance of the revenue of this oompany will
enable the &rooters to declare, at the proper time, • divi-
deed at the rata of 2i per cent. par mourn for the half-year
ending the 31st of December last.
The report of the directors showed that the total reosipte
on revenue aeoonnt for the pest half year amounted to
881,5261.. and the total expeoiliture to 427,8064, leaving ••
Waste of 453,7214, out of which wan deducted 330,102/.
for rents and interest on gaarentesd and preference
stocks and oe mortgages, leaving • balsams of 114.5194
As compered with the corresponding period of 1863,
the revenue account showed an increase of 46.5064
and the total increase in the receipts for the year
1864 exceeded those for 1863 by about 104.5371. The ex-
penditure for the past half-year exoeeded that of the own-
period of 1863 by 19,8014, which was nemseary to
=MST' permanent way and the static.accommodatios in
• position equal to that of other great eompanies. The eat
balsam evadable fordividend was 106,1541., which wastages'
to the payment of • dividend for the half-year at the rate of
21. 10a. per met. per annum on the ordinary stock, Levies
• balance of 9601. It was • source of the greatest regret to
the directors that they were not in • position now to de-
clare a dividend, in coasequenee of the new lime for which
parliamentary powers were obtained in the years 1861 sad
1862 not being completed by the time fixed by the act of
parliament, and which prevented the declaration of a
dividend until they were opened for tialda They hoped,
however, that those lines would be opened within the next
two months. The directors bad made arrangenseete with
the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Oompaay for the
purpose of carrying out in conjunction with them the for-
mation of • railway for securing to this company as unin-
terrupted communication with the north, and to the Lanca-
shire sad Yorkshire Company • direct communication with
the port of Lando° and the eastern district generally. The
pact in importance to an independent communication with
the north was the formation of an improved metropolitan
station, the want of which had so loug bees found to
trammel the earrving out the large tad& eoeshicted by thin
i company, and which was progrenetegly inomming.

CRICKET IN NEW SOUTH Wens.—The p
made in the practice et this Noble pas sire IlserZs:
of the fiat Eoglish Elora hes bees areeishise. MIKA at
this is due. however, to the eareful Witten of Muir Law-
rare, who remained r " profeeresal" bowler to the
Albert Club, and has Wright his Mr elms isto sash
rim that they have bees but roe defeated this seasoe,
mid that oseuvrod ow Saturday lest, by the Newtown (lob.
The sew Albert ground is rooming more and sae
popular. as it bemoan more perfect, end a match is
arrasgecl to take place between the Alberts and the Mel-
bourne rib on this ground in February sett, which is
seprded with greatisterest. Other clubs are also modes-
your* to rival the Albert. among which pears the
National and Warwick take first rank, Mier* several of
the suburban clubs osn boast equal euelleeee.—Bydney

Empire. Dee. 21.
Tag Pima Timmy& —At several houses the
prise of the places has been arbitrarily waled bat w ear-
=ll.imparremest ism lakes plate in the ememene-
provided for the pablie—that being evidently Mid to
he • matter of the meet meoadary ermeitteratien. The per
between the Malls aso narrow that for soy bat • de-
voted end socisesdul adherent et the &dribs et the great
Beatles to meek his plea is ea egoredisa atrabialisi to
ram degree the naesenfeetaide tad gratearee. As It the
boxes they are worse then the etas. A ben fir sit I.
, reality can only amosentedat• few, mid if tee lease
the frost mete the mend is squally dietreseisa
faitliap sad their triselisa. As foe those she do set it
in treat they ean sely hem eery haperfortly, and asesca
ese at all. sad the seals am se sorrow and iseesomient
to suggest the reedlostka of that medbovial Melamine, if
tartan—dm steel of repentswa —Gs/Masai.
Soctsra 705 ma EIOOURAGE:IIINT 07 TII3 Tom
Asve.—Last 'main the Rev. W. Heim delivered a leo-
tare on "Longfellow. sod his Pastry." before • manarma
Isestiag of the members of this society. A diesemiss
Wowed.