The Express.
London, England, 1865-08-10 00:00:00

NORTH STAPPORDSHIRII RAILWAY.

The half-yearly meeting was held at Stoke-upon-
Treat yesterday anemone.
The GRUB MAN (Lieutesent-Oolonel Pampa) said the
reductive in the dividend, from 4i par amt. (paid last half.
year) to 3g per cent., was to be attributed, in a greet mea-
sure, to the protracted suspension of the iron trade by the
strike in their own district. It bed been estimated, sad he
believed without ssaggeraticw, that the lose ia wages to
imewerkees had hem .0001. and he knew far a fact,
that the men employed by one North litafferdelaire firm bed
lost 25,0001. As a oteeeqesace of this nakappy condition
of things the company had carried, during the put half-
year, In. limestone by 14,000 tens than is she torte.
spading period of 1864, and 16,000 tees Use of coal. The
district baviog been so impoverished it was not surpeising
that the plunger Mafia had talkie off, and that there had
been a serious dlmfantice fa the quantity of finished iron
sent out of the district. He thought peat coedit was due
to the iroommters for the firm stead they bad nude
against the neressonable demands of their men, and he
hoped it would he a long time before the trade pared
through another struggle of such severity. Notwithatatid-
log the IMAM opposition made by 'the lroarthaters, the
chreetora had carried through parliament a line for con.
noting the principal towns of the Potteries more
immediately with lath other, but in 00•1111114100, of
she action of the Board of Trade they had hem
to abandon the construetion of several level crossings to
substitute bridges. The extensive new work, at Stoke were
in operation, and be hoped and believed they would prove
, remunerative, as the directors would now be aide to provide
a large quantity of dock which hitherto bad been supplied
, by oontractors. The direttors had laid out 24,0001. in wag-
, gone and LOOM in engines, sod had paid 24,0001. for
, minerals moder the canal ; but they misht fairly expect a
return under the two former beads. The chairman 0013
eluded by moving the adoption of the report, th abstract of
which has already appeared in our column..
Limn, deputy-chairmen, 'seceded the motion.
Hr. J. H. GODDARD, Longton, took exception to the
manner in which some portions of the aceonate were pre.
vested but said be was glad the directors had adopted a
suggestion of his, and issued two-thirds of the sew prefer-
ence stook amongst the shareholder. themsalve•
The report having bees unanimously adopted, a dividend
at the rate of 31 per mot. per annum was declared. The
retiring directors were re-elected, sad some Jones.% business
was traneacted.

MAP or THI GHNEZAL ELECTION, 1866.—Mr.
fitaatord he. just published a map of the usatitaseeles of
the Hailed Kneffem indicatine, by short bars of Wee sad
yellow, the politics d the members retained at lite roast
elections. By means also of the various kis& et capitol
letters in which the same et sounliss sad Wong* are
printed, the population they WOWS is appro.:lmo/May *di-
rated. The map is vary itHatordias as showing the guars.
Weal disnibattea of palatial pude' is the soustry, sad
will besides be 'Wel for earpiece el 1411.00011. Os the
margin of the map a list of the names of the members re-
tweed is printed, with marks to show whether or sot they
sat in the previous parliament, sad whet is their political
profession-
Joni! Batoarr's firatOffiet.—A collection of Mr.
Bright's speeches has just been published in America by a
Boston firm. The Pore/do Obit of July 25 thus refers to
this work : "The same of John Bright is now inseparably
amocistad with the American war, sad that war will loans
bellied it few more interesting records than his speeches.
It is not every sge that Mali for the delivery of pooh
speeches, and bat few in say coustry hove either the ability
or the oppottesity to deliver oath. The exercise of groat
punks. mitre roes tar above their ordinary level. sad it is
amidst the strata sad temps* of interest sad puska
exalted by groat contests, mob as the Antenna Iv, that
the man of power sod prinsiple appears is his divisest
forms. As •parliamentary orator.' ohs Bright has bet few
r aid not mazy equals. We may sot always be
•rtretdonie his political mailmen* bat it la kaput**
sot to admire the earnestams, candour, and ability with
whit* be asserts his opinions. We settuly concur in his
views oe the slareboldow? rebellion. His intents sympathy
with the North, sad his *seen& sad extensive Imo/edge
of the subject, gave to his attersaass a power which other-
wise they weld not bars ponomead. No man in the British
Roos* of Commies ma 030111 MINNI aticestko, crayon respect,
who does not bring to the disco/mice of any subject ample
and sours* information; and this, by the way, is one of
the most irshuit emote about epeesit-inakisg. In this
and may other respects we rixocammid these speeches of
John Bright to the careful attontkin of our young sees who
are ambitious of becoming pablie spooksts. They sot only
display as immusos grasp of mind, bat us at the acme
time highly instructive sad anissing. He give fell mope
to all his varied powers. His sarcasm b biting, his maitre
keen, hie wit sad raillery brilliant and effective. Apart
from its intrinale =wits, the book is elegantly got up, sod
used octopus favourably with the boat spenintess of English
bookbinding. Altogether, this base of the most atinative
volumes rem* issued from the American prem."
From Di Ha—On Tuesday an inquest was held
at Obalessham on the body of a labourer. named Alexander
Trotter, a lady* st Loedos. It appeared the iffeessod had
owns to Clultsaleun *oat three Issas ago, sad bad been
employed at the last Olosoestershin Railway Works,at
DowdiswelL On Saturday ha went to Chslissliam, sad
took lode*p at the Lower Geary* Ins, High-street. The
followleg outing he retired to bed with a rata, somas,
named Nary Mellon, bat got op early the next nairsiag,
sad st ht o'clock was feud by Mellon in the brewhoese
sus by a rape from • beam. The jury retuned a
v of fek de at.
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LONDON AND NORTH WESTIRN RAILWAY.

The following is the report of the directors of
this railway to be submitted to the proprietors at the half-
yearly 'spend meeting, 18th August, 1866:—The Moreau
which has taken place in the traftlo duns( the past an
months fully mane the expeetatious of the directors, and
it will, they hops, be regarded as satisfactory by the pro-
*Men. The augmentation al the receipts has been
general over the oratpeny's system of Lees, eaten& to all
dress of trains, sad does not, therefor*, call for any
special remark. As compered with the eorrespondieg
period of 1864, Use amount received for peronista goods,
minerals, end cattle, the number of parengere, and tons of
goods sad miasma waned, and of Vein nines nut, have
I beim as follows :

1661.
-- •
1864. Increase
Yammer, am recelpb LIMA 1,71111,210 10,681
Goods, mtagesi, sad GaAs 1,61111,411 1,461,409 .. 74,108

Total .... £4794442 %MAO 11478$