The Express.
London, England, 1851-09-05 00:00:00

£103,979 0 5
Deduct expenses, interest on loans, &c. 64,295 2 0

Balance £38,683 18 6
In apportioning the disposable balance of 38,6631. 18s. 51.
in the revenue account, it is necessary, in the first place, to
provide fur the dividends on the
Guaranteed stock, at 45 per cent £3,906 5 0
Preference 101. shares, at 6 per cent.

£11,406 6 0
Leaving a balance of 27,277 13 6

£38,683 18 6
which will enable you to declare a dividend at the rate of
2 per cent. per annum on the consolidated stock ; and
which you are recommended to make payable on Thurs.
day,the 2nd of October nextunder deduction of income tax."
The chairman, in commenting on the report, congratulated
the shareholders ou the fact that the proposed dividend
could be paid without any encroachment on the contingent
fund, and that as adequate sum had been retained to meet
claims for poor rates, &c. Great advances had been made
towards the closing of the capital account and the adjust-
ment of land claims. A large amount of mortgage debt,
which became repayable at Whitsuntide at a high rate of so
interest, had been reduced to a much lower rate, and a
similar arrangement had been completed respecting mort- sei
gages becoming due in November. The report recommended
the shareholders to authorise an acquisition of additional
shares in the Paisley, Barrhead, and Hurlet Railway ; but 381
there was no intention of reconstructing that line, or in- 23
curving additional liability on its account. They had already
eight-tenths of those shares, and all that was intended was
to acquire the remainder as opportunity offers at a price 10
equal to what the shareholders would receive if the balance
of the funds in bank were rateably distributed among them. ",
The secretary read a series of resolutions in terms of re- 50
commendation in the report, which were approved of. Mr.
Robertson moved that, at each half-yearly meeting, a state- 13
meat of all sums due by the company be printed, as far as
practicable, with the abstract. —Agreed. l'he meeting, on 23
a vote of thanks being given to the chairman, broke up. 50
THE GREENOCK RAILWAY GUARANTEED COM-
PANY.—The first ordinary meeting of the shareholders of 30'
the Greenock Railway Guaranteed Company was held in 121
Queen's Hotel, Glasgow, on Wednesday. Thomas Turner,
Esq., banker, Greenock, occupied the chair. A report was 30
read by the secretary, detailing the negotiations which had 20
taken place betwixt the directors of this company and those "
of the Caledonian previous and in reference to their amal-
gamation. The chairman then moved the appointment of 30
five directors of the Greenock Guaranteed Company, which 13
was agreed to. Mr. Steele, of Greenock, also moved that
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Mr. A. M.G. Kidston be elected a director to represent
this company at the Caledonian board, which was unani-
mously agreed to. On the motion of the chairman that a el
sum of 4001. be voted to Mr. Tucker for the services which
he had rendered the Greenock Railway Company up till
the time of the amalgamation, a shareholder stated that it 11
would be better that this matter should not be pushed at the 23
present time, till a financial statement of the affairs of the
company was laid before the shareholders. This recom-
mendation was agreed to, and the meeting was then ad-
journed till the 14th October.

ANNEAL SUEEP SALES.-The period of the year
has arrived when these sales excite great interest among
flock-masters and buyers in all parts of the country. The
first sale of pure South Down ewes and rams, of import-
ance, took place on Tuesday, on the Drayton Farm, in a
field opposite the Drayton station. The stock wu selected
from the Goodwood flock, and comprised 230 two-tooth,
four-tooth, six-tooth, and full-mouthed South Down ewes, ie
and 14 rams, besides 12 rams for hire for the season, added
to which there was a sale of a herd of 3.5 Hereford
cows and heifers, bulls, young cart horses, &c. There I:1
was not so much competition for the ewes as usual. The st,
sheep fetched the market value ; but did not realise the
prices of former years, and, as far as the rams were con-
cerned, the sale was altogether a bad one. There was • et.
general depression throughout the sale. The highest price
obtained for • pen of two-tooth South Down ewes was 365.
Lot 1,28 s. ; 2,28 s. ; 3, 335. . • 4, 295.; 5, 355. ; 6, 295. st,
Ten four-toothed ditto fetched 365. and 295. ; tea six-tooth M
ditto, 345., 291., 415.; full-mouthed, 275. 365., 485., 42.., 3I
395., 365., 43e., 305., 465., 3.53., 31c, 31s. Rams sold- IS
One 3-year-old, 41. 10s.; 2 years, 51. 6s. ; 2 years, 61.; 6 at
years, 151. ; 1 year, 3/. 10s. • 4 years, 4/. ; 2 years, 41. 15s. ;
2 years, 51. ; 3 years, 5!. ; 3 years, 41. 16e. ; 2 years, 51. 165.; ge.
2 years, 81. 10s.; 2 years, 51. ; and 2 years, 41. 10s. We U
believe there were only five rams let, and there was a great
falling off in the prices. A three-year-old let for 41.; 1 •
year, 21. 10s. ; 1 year, 41. 10s. ; 2 years-old, 51. 51. • and a le
1 year-old, 61. The prices obtained for the Herefords wars
131. ss. •' 101. 10s. ; 101. ; 91. ; 91.; 101.1101.; al.; 171. ; year- le
olds, in calf, 121., 91. 60., 101. 10s., 161. 10s., 131., 111. 10s. 17
Sevieel were sold at prices ranging from 21. 15s. to 51. ss. ~
A bell calved 25th March, 1849, 'Venison, bred by Mr.
Stedman, of Bedstene.hall, sire Venison, own brother to
Governor, dam by Dinedor, fetched 181. The annual sales
of Mr. Rides, Mr. Mimeo, and other flockmasters are an- xi
nouns d.-Brighton Gazette.

SUSPECTED MURDER FIFTEEN YEARS SINCE.-
A strange rumour, which we believe had its origin at
Friakney, is in circulation relative to the mysterious dis-
appearance of a boy named Enderby, some 15 or 16 years
ago. The lad was about 13 years of age, the adopted son
of the late Mr. Enderby, innkeeper, of Skegness. On
the morning of his disappearance he arose between two
and three o'clock to fetch up the horses to go to Louth
with a load of corn, but after quitting the house was never
seen or heard of again. It was evident he had been in
the field with the horses, for he bad brought them through
one gate and closed and fastened u ; his cap was
also, it is remembered, left in the field. Every search was
made without avail, and even conjecture at last had ex-
hausted its own ample resources. The remembrance of the
event, however, still lived and lingered in men's minds. A
few years since a man of the name of Milnes, of Croft, made
some unintelligible reference to this mysterious event be-
fore he died, but nothing definite and conclusive could be
gathered from his semi-delirious ravings. However, a
" navvie," called Candy Taylor, who had {married a sister
of Milner, died very recently, and before his death made the
following horrible disclosure, viz.—That as young Enderby
was returning with the horses in all boyish joyousness at
the expectation of going to Louth, he lighted upon Taylor
and Mines engaged in slaughtering a sheep; that,to prevent
detection, they murdered the poor lad and buried his
corpse in the sand about four miles off, at Ingold-mells Out-
cast. These two fellows, Taylor and Mines, were despe-
rate characters, and the terror of the neighbourhood.—
Bolton liens d.