The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-23 00:00:00

par.—Birkenhead; Usweshire, Cheshire In., 1,4 o.—Birminfrimm,
Dudley, 31, 4 p.—Birnibrant, Oxford Jo., 4 , p. —Lircrpool,
Ormskirk, Preston, 41, 4, f, I p.—Newry, 'arrespoint, par.—
N. Staffordshire, —Shropshire Union, R. and CC. 4, 3.. 9d.. f, p.
—W. Ridins lin, If p.—Demerara, par.—Dutch I knish, 4, 4--
Manchester, Midland, Grimsby, I d.

RAILWAY SHARE LlSTS.—Lospom OCT. 22.
Nore.—The quotations of lines in Boman characters denote mental
transactions : those oh lines in Italics sellers' priors.
?AID.
521044 d. 40 Manchester ¢ Biro', 75 77
' 41 f 3 Do. 4 Shares idi .74 Bp.
1 5 Do. Do. B 74 Bp.
)30 32 1 Do. Do. C 7 74p.
. 61 I I 1 12.31anch., Box., & Mat 1 3p.
.57e. d. 2 Manch.. Saathansp
. 41 c.d. e Midland 136 7
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30 22p. w2l Do. New 3.54 651
. 4 Id. 100 Do. Bina., Derby 108 111
. 211 . 15 Newcastle & Berwick. 26
.If I{d. 25 Do. North Shields.
. I Of 24 Newm. and Cliestd p.
• 44 34 5.1 25 North British
4i s42lil
II Do. iii
rartins.. 154 4
'4. 5 Do. As ....... „
1 Do. 4 34
Norfolk l3O 134
Northern # raselers 69 71
Do.Seripiiisittic; 19 2lp.
Is North Stafford, hire-. 2 4p.
2 NoriAampt. Banewy 1 4d.
122r1., Wester. & WoL'Of
3 Portsmouth Dired 16 Ip.
Preston and Wyre 30
44 Do. 4 shares 4
12s R? di Leo 'Mk_
arton
100 She ld 4 Maac
14 . Lincoln. Jos
10 On. Gt. Grimsby
Ile Do. do. Ertension
124 Scottish Geslral 6lp.
12iNeottish Midland l4d.
3 Shrewsbury & Birm 3 3
go Shrordre Ennio.— lerono4l ed.
134 6. Eastern and DOWT 374
10 D0.N.(i55.321.)N0.1 24 3lp.
12 Do. N. (13f. 6a.24.)2 144
IS Do. N. (do. 301.) 3114 Zip.
24 Do. N. (do. 151.) 41 fp.
5 South Wales 4131 I
11 Water-ord 4 Kilkea 7
42s West lUding Union
10 Wilts,Soro.,lt Weym ,
21 York i 1 Carlule ..
25 York and Newt:Asti.
S Do. New
50 York and North Mid ,
5.5 Do. 1 shares
25 Do. Soarboroagls. .
10 Do. Selby
20 Do. Extension....
3 1.10. E.& W. Bidg.iax
FOREION RAILWAYS,
16 Boulogne and Amiens
2 Borst Totd.CetteGast,
4 Deis*, Valley
5s Direct Bomb. & Madrs
6 Dutch Rhenish
5s East Indian
Sc Great Bat Peninsula
5s Gt. South's., Madras
5s Great Wed. Bengal II
5 Gt. Nor. Frans Cons 124 4
31 Gt. Western Canada.
I Louvain ala Sambre. 11
Luxembourg If 4 4
-'-as. Nellore, mut

PAM.
20 4berdom
24 Ambergate
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100 kG
174 or
Birnungh. (in. 741.)
2 Rirm.& Oxford June.
75 Bristol and Exeter
5 Do. New
30 Bristol and Gloster
84oilisek4
25.

Lawman
Do. j shares
Do. Estenrion..„
Chester if Holyhead
Churtiel and Blythi
throe call
I Direct Northern.
Lisa.lig. Be{/ski
Eastern Counties
Do. New
Do. P. 5 per Ct. No 1
Do. Do. 2
Do. Trk. Ex
East Lancashire
Do. New
I Emit Lincolnshire
Eastern (noon-- .
Edinburgh& Glasgow-69 71 _
Do. j shares 74 gip.
Do. i shares lB4 174 I,
fiayt iiii.ndtg‘intherri. d. 6 44p.
Glasgow, A 70c.n.
Gt. So. & (Ire.) 294
1 Gt. North of England.
Do. New
Do. New
Do. N as
Great Western
Do. 4 shares.
Do. j shares
Do. Fifths
Do. New
Hull and Selby
Do. fahgra
Do. j shares
Ipew.# Boiry.W. Ed
Do. Do. Norwich
Lancaster & Carlisk
Do. Nrr
Leeds and llrfifOril
i Leicester &
• LeiresAßirminglown
Lie. Man. ij N. Jane.
London & Blackwall
Do. New
London & Brighton
Dt. Do. Fifths
London & Croydon
London & Greenwich,
/ London &N. Western
Do. 1 shares.
Do. New shares
Do. Fifths.
Do. Eighths
170. N. f sh.
Do.4ot.sh, L. ey M.
London & S. Western

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Do. New
London & York .
Lon., Solis., k Yeovil It
Londary.. C
Lynn and Ely 13 154
Lynn and Dereham l4
Manchester & Leeds 1 4
lb. A shares 484
Do. 1 shares 8
Do. Filths 8
Do .Visteerrtha
1 p.

Namur and Liege
Orleans and Viet-sots ay 4p.
Orleans & nordeaux. 8
Paris k Lyons, Conat Sy I
Paris and Orleans 471 48}
Paris and Rouen 36
Paris & Strasb. Const 3 I
Rouen and Havre 261 274
Sambre and Meuoe 41.1.
Stradour? 4 Bale 8 9
Tours* AantesConst
Flanders 3I 21d.

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LONDON.—TRINIDAD GREAT EASTERN AND SOUTH
WIATIAN RAlLWAY.—Yesterday, a meeting of shareholders was held
at the King's Head Tavern, Poultry. The meeting was called by Mr.
Stafford, the solicitor, of Buckingham-street, Strand, on the part of
the committee of inquiry. A long report was prepared for the meet-
ing. It alluded to the appointment of thecommittec, at a meeting held
at the Hall of Commerce, on the 10th of September, for the purpose of
taking measures for enforcing the compliance of the mmile of the
directors, to return the deposits in full, or to give s In a new
company ; the efforts of the committee having bad no effect upon the
directors, they wrote letters on the 23rd Sept. to every member of the
provisional committee, ao well ax to the directors, stating that unless
information was given to the shareholders as to the podtion and peos-
pects of the (rampant, before the lot of October, they would call a
public meeting of the shareholders. Replica bad come from *sue of
the directors, who declared they had nothing to do with the concern :
no notice was taken by the remainder. It appeared that tic company
was concocted by two parties in the Queen's Bench Prison, who had
afterwards, been appointed directors, h.ol signed a large amount of
scrip, which they had afterward., sent into the money markt t, and sold
at a (Recount for their own purposes. Several appointment. were also
made by the directors to meet the shareholders, but n ever kept ;
neither had they complied with the provoke in an advertisement of
last year, oignea by Mr. tides hall, the chairman, and datel from the
Mike in Nicholas-lane, in a bkh they promised to teturn the deposits,
and requested ;oaks to send in their claims against the company.
on the 11th May, four of the directors retired from the com-
pany. The report went into other particulars, which proved a
disposition on the part of the directors to avoid all inquiry no the part
of the shareholders. The committee, 'in conclusion, recommend, d
the shareholders to unite together, so as to take not only civil but
criminal proceedings, if found requisite, against the conooeters of this
bubble scheme. The chairman (15. Barry) and Mr. Staffori advised
the continuation of the committee for the protection of the interest of
the shareholders, which wars agreed to unanimously, and the following
were named : Mr. Murchison, Dr. Barry, Mr. Wulf, Mr. Cox, and
Mr. Levy. The report was then adopted unanimously. A resolution
was also passed for empowering the committee to take such measures
as were deemed necessary for the protection of the shareholders'
interests, under the advice of Mr. Stafford. A motion was al.o made
and passed for subscribing 4d. per share on every share up to 1011,
and 4d. for every rifle shares beyond, towards the legal expen-es that
might be deemed necessary for obtaining justice to the shareholders.
Mr. Con said the number of ',hares represented at that meeting was
beyond 3,000; but a larger number of the e absent had agreed to
abide by the decision of that meeting. Mr. Murchison proposed that
Mr. Stafford be appointed treasurer to the fund to be raised for
taking prooeedings against the directors, and Mr. Cox seconded it,
which was agreed to unanimously. Mr. Stafford gave it as his opinion
that the shareholders were entitled to the return of the whole of the
deposits, inasmuch as the company was fraudulently concocted. Mr.
Muir observed that be had seen come of the directors, who declared to
him that this company was the moot fraudulent of any, and wme
quite ready to point out the parties ; the secretary of the company
also spoke to the same effect. A shareholder asked If there was any
price for the shares. The chairman mid they had been quoted at ad.
a share at the New Stock end Share Exchange, and that he did not
know how mane shares had been issued. Mr. Hair said he under-
stood they had issued about 6,000 in a legal form, and that about
20,000 had been fraudulently issued and sold in the market! After
some further discussion, a rote of thanks was passed to the com-
mittee, and also to the chairman, when the meeting separated.

PROVINCIAL—NORTH WOOLWICH RAILWAY.—This
line, which is a branch from the Eastern Counties Hallway, at Strut.
ford, to the Barge House, immediately opposite the Royal Arsenal, is
DOW nearly completed, tails being laid down almost throughout the
whole. It will be opened early in spring, and the communica-
tion with the town of Woolwich maintained by means of a steam
ferry. The line proceeds from the Stratford Junction direct to the
river near Blackwell, where a wharf, on a very extensive plan, h
been erected, for unloading coals, tic. The collie's hes brought alon s-
nide the wharf, and the coals unshipped into u.e Lucks, on h
they arc conveyed into the central parts of Ertel and the adjoining
countlee, at a very reduced price. The company have established at
this spot extensive retorts, where the coke for their engines is made.
The South Eastern Company have marked out the houses they intend
to take down in Woolwich, and the work of demolition will speedily
commence.
NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY.—A meeting of the share-
holders in this line, resident in Liverpool, was held on Thursday, in
the Clarendon Rooms. The meeting was called in opposition to the
policy of the directors, and perhaps owing to the unfavourable state
of the weather, was thinly attended. Mr. Wotherspoon was called to
the chair ; and, after an address from him, a resolution wan unani-
mously named, expressive of the meeting's strong diwipprobat ion of
the course pursued by the directors in dealing with the Carlisle
I Extension shares, without again consulting with the proprie-
tors; and in issuing Cho quarter shares, and proposing
to allot scrip quarters, in • manner calculated to give
inconvenience, trouble, and cause rink and lose to the pro-
prietors." The measure thus ommlained of, it was explained,was the
resolution of the directors to assign the quarter scrips to those who, at
the time the allotment is announced, may hold the quarter registered
share, already issued, instead of to the parties who originally pos-
sessed, and many of whom have sold it, expecting to receive the
quarter scrip when it should be allotted. After a lengthy address
from the chairman, a reaolution was also pawed against the proposed
purchase of or amalgamation with the Edinburgh and Perth line—a
step advocated, it was said, by Mr. Learmouth, chairman of the
directors, with not the most disinterested of motive..
WEST RIDING UNION RAILWAYS.—THE FIRST SOD.—
On Wednesday last the ceremony of cutting the first sod in connexion
with the formation of thia comprehensive net-work of railways, took
place in the immediate vicinity of the town of Halifax. At noon an
extensive procession was formed in front of the North Gate Hotel,
which proceeded to the neighbourhood of the Canal-road, at the nor-
thern side of which the ceremony was to be performed. In the pro-
cession were Henry Houldnworth, Req., of Manchester, the chairman
of the Manchester and Leeds Railway Oompany (with which company
the West Riding Union Railway Company is to be amalgamated,
when the proposed new railways are formed) ; the Right Hun. the
Chancellor of the Exchequer and Edward l'rotheroe, Esq., the
two representatives of the borough of Halifax; the Right lion.
Viscount Morpeth, M.P.—each being supported on the right and
left by directors ef the company. Having arrived at the appointed
spot, where a convenient platform had been erected for the convenience
of the tallies and the proprietary of the company ; the chairman of the
company delivered a short address to the assemblage, observing that
they were there assembled for the purpose of applying the first physi-
cal effort to the execution of one of those important publicand national
undertakings which providence had reserved for the benefit of man-
kind in the present age and generation. Among the many under-
takings of the kind which had been already commenced, there were
none of more importance to the inhabitants of the county and the
prosperity of the nation than that which they were then assembled
to commence, and which, when completed, would, be believed, afford
a greater amount of convenience to the inhabitants than could be
afforded by any similar undertaking in any other Tart of
her Majesty's' dominions. Mr. Houlcisworth concluded some
further otomations by calling upon Mr. Wood, who, he
said, had done more than any other individual unconnected, with the
company to promote the preliminary measures ;necessary to ensure
their present success to commence the undertaking, and also calling
upon lord Morpeth to bear a part in the duty of the day. Mr.
Hawkshaw, the engineer of the undertaking, then presented to the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, a bright steel spade, bearing a guild*
inscription, with which air. Wood raised a sod and placed it In a
wheelbarrow, which was wheeled to a short distance by Lord Mor-
peth and thrown out, amidst the loud plaudits of the areembled epee.
Wore. Mr. Wood then delivered a brief address, in which he con-
gratulated his hearers on the commencement of an undertaking which
was likely to prove so advantageous to the town, to the neighbour-
hood, and to the county. Ile expressed the satisfaction he felt at
having been afforded an opportunity of taking some primary
pert in the undertaking, and concluded by trusting that '
In the course of the work no unfortunate accident would
occur to alloy the pleasure which they would all have in
viewing its progress; and nothing to disturb the harmony between
the contractors and their workmen, and that, when completed, com-
fort and substantial advantage would be derived, not only by the inha-
bitants of the district generally, but also by the promoters of the rail-
way. In the unavoidable absence of the TM Archdeacon Musgrave
the Rev. W. Smith, one of the etrates of the pariah of Halifax, offered
the dedicatory prayers, and the band, having played the national
anthem, the procession returned to the town. In the afternoon the
directors gave a sumptuous collation to the proprietors and other
friends of the undertaking, of which upwards of 300 gentlemen partook.
GREAT EASTERN AND WESTERN,—We have been re-
quested to give a place to the following communication It is
useless for Mr. Maubert and his colleagues to summon meeting after
meeting of the subscribers to the Great Eastern and Western Rail-
way, without laying before them some specific and tangible proposi-
tion. The reading of a few letters which have produced no result;
the speeches of a few gentlemen who have been heard on the same
subject over and over again ; and bitter invectives against the board
of directors, afforded no new information. The taut resolution, pro-
poeed and carried by a very email show of hands at the last meeting,
inviting the sharelolders to subscribe 2s. per share, is, so far as
money IS concerned, specilic enough; but notwithstanding the