The Express.
London, England, 1853-02-28 00:00:00

THAMES HAVEN DOCK AND RAILWAY.
The hall-veurly..edinery ~!encral 1111.14 intr of this com-
pany was held at the LeadoiTavern on Saturday. The report
stated that the necessary notices had bees given en porn-
awe of the 'greenest between this company and the Til-
bury and Southend Company, to enable thu company to
abauson that oo tit the hue which the forinattun of tln
Tilburg. and Southend line renders unnecessary; a hill hao
been Introduced into parliament ; and the directors do not
anticipate any serious opposition. Their efforts had been
directed during the recess to effect arrangements which may
!sena I • • t ••+ 0n0...e.1. In the net
anangements with the landowners with whom the
company had contracts, the directors had themselves maid.
Riad that which parliament would require to be done, and
in? " ' ..;,40.h opposition had thus probably been sand.
seas w.. 0 aata hale begun tr it
afie works Oa. • two ?CASs— .
would have been useless to 40 Ito before the works on the
Tilbury and Unhand line hadconsiderably advanced; and se-
madly, the state of the wrath", in the autumn and this winter
lad rendered toe execution ut such Starks to such a pecu-
liar country unadvissble. Both in au engiueeriox and in ar,
economical point of view the directors believed that it hal
been prudent to avoid any expenditure on works daring the
last six moaths. "the time had, however, now arrived when
they m Oat be commenced with safety and propriety ; and,
in order to proceed with those works, a ea I of U. per shore
payable on the 31st March neat had been mule. The u—
pon was id 'pied after some discussion between the Chair-
man and Mr. Josiah Wilson, as to whether the company
would make tiro line themselves or band it over to Mr.
Peto ; this ensisorsati..n endinz in a ennitnit.'s of thrre
of the shareholders being appointed to confer with the beard
on the 'object Tae ebtithate Zr the works is 4b.,01 Ad. Mr.
Peto 's offer is to guarantee n six per cent.

BIRKENHEAD. la .CASIIIRE, AND
JUNCIFION RAILWAY.
The uswil half-yearly meeting of the share-
holders of this eorn:iany was held on Saturday last, at
see o'clock, in the Monksferry Birkenbi ad. The
attendance was small, owing, doubtless, to the terrific storm
which ',metalled, and which prevented many of the Liver-
pool shareholders crossing the river. Mr. Alderman Ban-
croft, chairman of the board of directors, presPled on the
occesion.—The secretary read the report, anti the financial
statement for the lialryear ending 31st December, which
showed the following items of expenditure on the capital
isecounti—Late Canter and Birkenhead: Land and com•
pommies, 13,4501.; station., 1101. 4a. Id. Extension Line
of Docks: Engineering, 211. 175.; land and compensation,
2,0541. ; works, including permanent way, 2,1021. 2s.
Lane whirs and Cheshire Junction: Land and cmupensa•
►ion. 26,310. 16s. Bd.; works, including permanent way,
2,1)30!. 9s. Bd.; stations, 9,6171. 17e. ; parliamentary
expenses (18.52.3), 1831. 21. lid. The receipt.. on the :spa.
tal account for the half-year, are stated. 14,073/. on account
of the l►te Chester and Birkenhead Railway shares, and
48,8731 on account of Birkenhead. Lancashire, and Che-
shire Junction Railway shares. The receipts for the half-
year on aceouut of goods, passengers, parcels, live stock,
carriages, rents, transits's, dic., is stated, in the revenue
account, to have been 44,6771.; and the 'ism iiture, on
account of locomotive power, coaching charges, merchan-
dise charge., maintenance of way, general charges, &c.,
25,4811. The balance on the half-year, apulicable to disi-
dend.,llll 18,436 L—The adoption of the report having been
carried unanimously, the chairman then moved the follow-
ing re ciliation "That the dividend for the half-year end-
ing 31st cember last—via., 271. 10.. sharer, Si. 61d. ;
221. shares, 4a. Ili 1.; 311. shares, ss. 412., ba hereby de-
dared sad made payable on the 6th day of March next."—
The motion was seconded by Mr. Palen, and carried unani-
mnusly.—After a few words from Mr. Brook., of Glasgow,
who expressed his satisfaction at the proceedings of the di-
rectors, the Chairman moved a resolution, authorising the
directors to borrow a further sum of 30,0001., which was
seconded by Mr. Taylor, and carried unanimously.—After
vete of thank' to the chairman, the meeting separated.

NEWRY, WARRENPOINT, AND ROSTREVOR
RAILWAY.
The fourteenth general meeting of the proprietors
was held on Saturday, at the Clerindon.rooms, Soeth
John-street, Liverpool, at twelve o'clock ; Francis Shand,
Esq. presiding on the occ talon. The report of the directors
stated the over-due debentures of the company, with all
arrears of interest, had been paid; that the receiver ap-
pointed by the Court of Chancery had been discharged,
and that the company had resealed the full coutiol :aid ad-
ministration of their revenue ; overtures had been made to
the directors from the Newry and Enniskillen company
for a junctioe, which would bring a large accession of traffic
M their line, and they off: red to join the Newry and En-
niskillen Company, provided the propuition of expenditure
to be made by each company could be mutually agreed
up' n, and that the litter company should succeed in estab-
lishing the connexion they noualit with the Delimit Junc-
tion Company, but which that company were opposed to.
The report also stated that the pa/imager traffic bad ex-
hibited • steady progressive improvement, the increase
beteg upwards of ten per cent. The chairman moved the
adopton of the report, which alter some discussion was
agreed to. On the recommendation of the directors the
salary of the secretary was fixed at 1001. per annum. The
retiring dirntors Mears. Shand, Holland, and Cochrane,
along with Mr. Maunder, the retiring auditor, was re-
elected. Joseph Lupton, Evg ,of Newry, was, at the sug-
gestion of many shartholdets re,ident in Ireland, admitted
to a seat at the directors' b card. The muting was then
made special, and a resolution authorising the re-issue of
debentures in lieu of those paid off passed, after which the
meeting separated.

DUBLIN AND DROGHEDA RAILWAY.
The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of this
company wee held at their offices in Duhlin, on Friday last,
Mr. J. W. Musland in the chair. The directors' report, the
substance of which bas already appeared in our columns,
having been read, the chairman, in moving its adoption,
said : With respect to the future, he would observe that
although he did not like to make rash promises, he thought,
when they considered that the br.dge over the Boyne was
still incomplete, and up to the present time be might say
that the company had had none of the goods traffic between
Belfast and Dublin, and they further considered that
the passenger traffic was a good deal impeded by the coin.
sounicetion upon the Kell. extension line being still un-
opened, they might, without danger of being misled, or of
taking too sanguine a view of their oosition, fairly
calculate, when thaw works were completed, upon a
still further considerable increase of traffic. With re-
;wet to the time at which they might expect these
works to be completed, he was unable to give them any
information beyond what was contained in the report,
namely, that they hoped to have them finished early in
summer; and no pains would be spared, as far as the dire*.
tors were concerned, to have it done and ready for the pas-
meager traffic in the approaching season, in which there was
eapected to be a considerable increase, in consequence of
the great number of parties which the Great Exhibition to
be hold in Dublin would bring into the country. That
company had entered into arrangements with the Magnetic
Telegraph Company to lay down a line of telegraph coin-
aisaicution along the whole of the railway from Dublin to
Drogheda and from Drogheda to Kell, and that, which
would be done without any expense to the company, would,
be hoped, afford tome additional accommodation to the
public, and would no doubt be productive of greater facility
in the working of the traffic. The Magnetic Telegraph
Company had also entered into similar arrangements with
all the railways in Ireland, en that inn few months they
night expect to see perfected a telegraphic line connecting
them not only with Belfast, Cork, and Galway, but with
different parts of Great Britain.—The report was adopted,
after some discussion of no general interest, and a dividend
at the rate of 31 per cent. was Metered.