The Express.
London, England, 1853-01-07 00:00:00

LLANELLY RAILWAY AND Init'K
COMPANY.

A spetial general meetlng of the proprietors was
bet( yet, rdav at the London Tavern, Sir 11 P:tiers in the
eha 7, in the isms of the notice, " To consider and approve,
or (Alt 'XIS". of the prep .avi applies:ism is p<a i inie lit for
powers t r extend the L'auelly Railway to Lland,to, in ac-
cordance with a resolution pared at a 'veiling of directors
sod shareh,:dees, hell on the 11th day of November last ;
to sleet • enemtier or Mt of the committee of manage-
ment ; and to receive the usual haif-yearly statement of toe
affairs of the compar.y."
The report state i that he earnings of the company
ths half-year ending the 314 of Octuher, 1852,
amounted to LOIS!. 10.. Ga., showin7 an increase of
2hif. 15%. tkl. over the corresponding pencil of 1351, which
hal arisen entirety un the new line. The receipts from the'
old line were somewhat lees th in in the corresponding six
months of 1851 ; but it was expected that the ri.-opening of
a colliery, which had be stopped throo;h an accident,
would add to the revenue. During the half-year the 'board
bad purchmed a con.ialtrable quantity of rails to
replace old once; hut on the whole the iscreased
outlay had nut exceeded that of the sate period in 1851 by
more than 2531. 16.. 11. The op. ning of the South Wales
line to Llanelly and Carmarthen took, place in October last.
The c.i.apany hail nut yet derived touch benefit from that
eircant4 loco for want of direct conimungation, but a
junction was being formed, and it was trusted that
lantern
many wi he the communication would be ecmilit and
would I.ring an accession rt trot!''.
Mr. T. licit, was eleec.d to surply a vacancy in the di-

Keno's.
Mr. Mix Ribbed to know whether the diff:Knees be-
tween the board end the cooaactors had been aeljusteil ?
The SPICItZTALLT said the matters in dispute bad been
referred to arbitration' end the directors hoped that in a
abort time there would be an amicable settlement.
The CHAIRMAN said he would now propose the resolution
Of the day, which had reference to extenoion. Many meet-
ings had taken Owe on the subject, and he approevi of the
scheme very much year. ago, whorl it was proposed that
their powers should be renewed. lie thought, u he
still thought, that it was a great pity they had nut finished
their main line to Usual's, inot,..ad of going off
right and left to different collieries. The state of the money
market was such that motley for the undertaking might be
easily found; and they would never obtain a good result
till then had finished their msin lino and got • terminus.
Ile would propene the following resolution : " That this
meeting do approve of the proceedings already commenced,
in conformity with a resolution of the meeting held on the
11th ult , for applying to parliament fcr powers to extend
the raisway to Llandilo; that such resolution be hereby
confirmed ; and that the committee cf manaceme4t be
hereby authorised to carry out the same."
The resolution was put and carried, the numbers
being 10 fur and 6 agn:tud ; after which the meeting se-

NORTH BRITISH AUSTRALIAN COMPAISY,
The annual general meeting of the proprietors was
held in Aberdeen, on the 20th of December, 1852, end the
report prc.rnted by the directors was unanimously ap-
proved of and adopted. A descriptive statement of the
prop. nice belonging to the compar.y was ato read vet the
meeting ; and it was resolved, in respect to the greatly im-
proved petition of the properties, in connexion wits the
recent discoveries of gold in Australia, and the immense
improvement in the value of land and stock in
the colony, that it would be proper to print the
same for the information of the absent shareholders. The
directors have therefore the satisfaction to inform the share- I
holders that the company's investmects at present consist of
St Clair, a freehold property, containing 11,71 G acres,
situated en the Fall and Carrow Brooks, tributaries of the
Hunter River. in the county of Durham, about 10 miles
from the rising and important town of Singleton, 160 miles
front Sydney, and distant about 60 riles from the districts
of Liverpool Plains and the I'eel Haver. There is
attached to this property a right of lease over
31,165 aces, immediately adjoining and running up
towards the mountains. The Fall Brook and Car-
raw Brook intersect the valley. On this property the
company have 1,000 tame cattle, and about 4,000 in a par-
tially wild sine, and 120 horses.—Lochinvar : Another
freehold property, containing 517 aerie, having its frontage
oa the Heater River, 15 milts from the town of hlorpeth,
to which there is regular steam communication with
Sydney, and which is distant from llorpeth about 100
The tows of Maitland is also within five miles of this pre-
perty. There is a thriving vineyard upon it, of 27 acres in
exteut.—Warrel Another freehold property, of Gil acres,
situated in the district of Stanley, close to Ipswich, and
twenty miles from Brisbane, the chief town and
shipping pert of Moreton Bay. There are upon this property
most complete premises and apparatus for bailing down cattle
and sheep, which have hitherto been in full operation.
Kohn : Another property on the Gwydir river, with a
frontage of 10 miles to the river, and c attaining upwards
of 20,000 acres, held on lease for 11 years, under the favour-
able regulations as to pre-emption and renewal, established
by an order in Council, dated 9th March, 1847. On this
property the company have 2,000 head of cattle. Bundin-
terrine Another property on the Barwick river, with a
frontage to the river of about 30 miles, and con-
taining upwards of 130,000 acres, held on lease as
above. On this property the company have at pre-
sent 2,000 head of cattle, besides horse', Sc., and
it is capable of depasturing a much greater number.
Rosenthal, another property situated in the Darling Downs
district, about 150 miles from the shipping port of Brisbane,
Moreton Bay, to which there is regular steam communica-
tion with Sydney. It fronts the Condamine River for 20
mil-s, and contains upwards of 150,(00 acres held on lease
as above. Oa this property the company 'have a most
valuable flock of 23,000 sheep, and it is reputed the bust
sheep station in the colony. The last season's wool from
this station, after deducting freight front Sydney, and all
charges in this country, netted 4,9701. ; and there will be
besides a surplus stock to dispose of every year of from
6,000 to 7,000 sheep. These hitherto, when boiled down
for taliow, have yielded a handsome revenue, which will
now be very Largely increased; but reckoning their
eaten fur ordinary consumption at the very moderate com-
putation of 10s. each, the yield, along with the wool from
the station, will bee revenue of upwards of 8,0001. a year.
St. Keith Another property, also situated in the Darling
Downs district, (routing the Condamine river, and contain-
ing about 100,000 acres, most valuable for fattening cattle
—held on lease as above-150 miles from Brisbane, More-
ton Bay, not far from the preceding property, and managed
by the same superintendent. On the station the company
have upwards of 3,000 head of cattle. Kaw-Aw A
mineral ialaad in New Zealand, situated in the Frith of the
Thames, or Gulf of Houraki, about 25 miles from Auck-
land. It contains about 5,000 acres, and belongs entirely
to the company. (The deepest workings are only about
24 fathoms from surface.) The mineral hitherto dis-
covered hay bees copper ore, which exists is great
quantities. A valuable copper mine has been worked by
thecompany to a considerable extent. About 35,0001. worth
of the on has been sold at Swansea, and upwards of 4,000/.
more has arrival la England, and is now for sale. Works
of the most approved description have been erected for the
purpose of redwing the oro to reptiles, and have recently
been carried into most successful operation. A great saving
in freight and other charges is thereby s fleeted. The steam
power having been found insufficient for the most profitable
working of the mina, the operations have in the meantime
been suspended until a more powerful engine shall be
erected 111 place of the two hitherto at work. Bon-Accord,
another mineral property, freehold, containing 317 acres,
situated near Adelaide, bounded on one side by the great
BunraßurraMine, and in the direction in which the rich lode
of that mine run.. The interest sli.ch this company pos-
sesses in the property is about one-third. This property is
net only a valuable mineral block of land, but as a town-
ship, already begun to be formed, will daily increase in im-
portance. Besides the foreping properties, the company
poesesses various small freeholds in different parts of the
colony, and also town allotments, at St. Leonard's, Sydney,
Peramatta, and in seaports within 30 miles of Sydney —7
vie., at Kiama and Wollongong, south of Sydney ; Gafford
and Newport, north of Sydney; Middlehope, etc. The
Australian properties are all most favourably situated in
point of locality; and as regards that most important of cole-
ntal command of water, they cannotbe surpassed.
The properties Nos. 1,4, and 0, arc situated within short
distances of the Owydir river and of the Peel River Settle-
ment, upon each of which gold has been reported to have
been discovered, both in the toil and rocks. The streams
which run through, or bound, these properties, take their
rise in the time range of mountains—and there is every
reasonable ground, therefore, for concluding that, upon
exploration of such extensive surface in these localities,
auaiferous deposit will be found. The gross extent of sur-
face embraced in the possessions before enumerated is
nearly 450,000 acres.

STRANG,: DISCOVIRY IN AN OMNllts.—Ycaterday
ldr. Baker held an inquest at the Green Man, Shackle-
well, respecting the death of a new-born female infant,
which was found in an omnibus, the property of HOW..
Welles and Co., omnibus proprietors, Kingsland. Joshua
Zlott, ostler, in the service of Messrs. Wellan, was on
Friday last at the Lamb Tavern, Kingsland, when an om-
nibushelonging to his employers, which starts from the
Flower Pot, Bishopegate-street, arrived at the stables. Its
proceeded to search the inside of it, waen he found what ap-
peared to him to be a parcel, which was tied round with a
piece of linen. He untied it, and discovered a cigar box,
which was wrapped up in a London Journal of the 28th of
February, 18.52. He put the box on one side, thinking
that it contained cigars, and that some one would call
for it. On Wednesday, as an unpleasant smell
came from the box, and as no one bad called about it, he
forced tho lid, when he found that it contained the body of
a female child. He then gave information to the police.
He had since spoken to the conductor to ascertain whether
he had taken notice of any strange person who had entered
the omnibus. He stated that be had not observed any one
of whom he bad a suspicion. Inspector Guitar', N divi-
sion, stated that the ostler had commi•ted an °Hence by not
delivering up the box to the police when there was no
owner for it. He bad made minute inquiries who had en-
tered the omnibus, but which had not led to the discovery
of any suspicious person who bad entered at the Flower
Pot. Mr. Killock, surgeon, Stoke Newington, stated that
the deceased was full grown and had been dead five or six
days. Verdict—" Found dead."
FM: ISLE OF SKYE EMIGRANTS.—On Sunday
last her Majesty's ship Hercules left Campbeltovrn, barns
on board 730 emigrants. They are describedas
happy and cheerful, and none regretting the change
has taken place in their fortunes. It appears that Sew a
them could speak soy other language save the Gaelic. •
library, a school, and a chaplain had been provided for
them.