The Express.
London, England, 1849-09-04 00:00:00

RAILWAY MEETING.

EASTERN COUNTIES.

Yesterday a general meeting of this company sus held at
the London Tavern. Mr. GLYN in the chair, in the ab-
sence from indisposition, of Mr. Betts. This wu a meeting
to receive the report of the scrutineers appointed to ,eruti-
niee the votes on the resolution proposed at the nu eting on
Friday for amalgamating with the Norfolk Railway.
Mr. Lows asked whether this was considered by the chair-
man an adjourned meeting ?
The CHAIRMAN said It was a meeting adjourned only
for a specific purpose, to receive the report of the scrutineers,
and for no other business. (Hest, hear.)
Mr. Wasox said that he regarded the meeting, then, as
an illegal one, and he protested against it.
Mr. How+s declared the result of the scrutiny to he :
For the directors' report, 4,230 votes, held by 137 share-
holden, and representing 305,1601. stock; against it 828
votps, held by 39 proprietors, representing 3,4041. stock.
The thanks of the meeting having been voted to the
chairman, the meeting separated.

OILIAT NORTHlll7l.—Onumits Or ?KZ Lutz 11011
DONCASTIS TO RITFOILD.—The opening of this portion t f
the line of the Great Northern Railway takes place this do)
(Tuesday). It will be in conjunction with the East Lincoln-
shire lines of railway, and will open a direct communication
between the manufscturing and agricultural districts of the
north and south of England. The Great Northern com-
mences abut five miles north of Doncaster, where it runs to
Arliern and Knottingley, joining at the latter place the
Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole line. Leaving Don-
easter southward the line will come in a direction across Pot-
! terick Car, and so on over the river Terns Dr Piper Wood
and King's Wood, crossing the Great Nortl.sroad. At
Rossington, a village about five miles from Doncaster, •
station is built. The next station is at Biwtry, • market
town on the borders of the county of Nottingham,
w►ere the line leaves Yorkshire and proceeds in the former
comity, through the villages of Scrooby, Renskill. and Tor-
worth, to Retford. Here the Great Northern fa the precept
terminates, but forms a junction with the Manchester, Shef-
field, and Lincolnshire line. By this it proceeds to Geits•
borough, and so on by the East Lincolnshire lines to Saxelby,
Lincolo, Tattenhall, Boston, Peterborough, Huntingdon,
and Cambridge, arriving in London by the Eastern Counties
or the London and North Western. The length of line
e7eued to-day is about eighteen miles. It will &dent a s'irect
eommanniciation from London to Leeds and York, and also
to several other large and influential towns and places in
the north. As at present arranged only two trains arrive
in London daily, and those nearly at the same time in the
evening. It is thought, however, that some alterations
will take place during the present or next week.

LANCASHIRE AND YORKBHIRE —The accounts for the
half-year, whisk will have to bs submitted to the mertir.g
of shareholders of this company on Monday, aro in the
hands of proprietors, from whic's it appeara that the net re•
ceipta applicable to dividend amount to 169,7931. 16" 9.1.
The directors propose to divide only 4 per cent., which will
take of this amount 71,6311., leaving, atter the payment of
interest and guarantees, a surplus of 22,8681. to be carried
to the remarried fund.
UNWISE EXPENDITURE POE BRITANNIA-BRIDGII.—Cm
you inform an ignoramus what reason can possibly be given
for fanning the approaches, u well as the bridge itself, of
the enormously expensive tubes To me, I must own, it
appears that this is a stupendous instance of the witless
manner in which directors often waste the funds intrusted to
them. The bridge consists (as you know) of eight tubes,
laid in pairs, side by side, four of which will span the "hole
water-way; sad the four others, two at each end, will form
the approaches over the steep banks of the B;raie. Now, it
appears quite obvious that the tubes over the dry land or
hank possess no advantage whatever over approaches made
in the usual manner bye viaduct; consequently the excess
of the cost of these tubes at each end above the cost of corns
moo arches must be just so much money thrown away.—
The Builder.

THE CHOLERA,

Return of death. from cholera and diarrhoea re-
ported to the Cienend Board of Health, yesterday, Sip. 3 :

IN TM 1122NOPOLIS.
Superintending Registrar's Deaths.
District : Cholera. Diarrhea.
Holborn
St. Gibis and St. George
West London
Bt. George, Sosthwark lO 2
Greenwich
Beth
Bermony
St Olave
Lambeth
Whitschapel 24 3
Stepney . 2 3
St. George-in-the-Basa
St. Mary, Newington
Marylebowe
St. Pancras
Poplar
Strand
St. George, lassemammus 2
St. James, Westminster 1
Clerkenwell 1
St. Luke
Camberwell
St. Saviour, &mime*
Islington
Kensington
Wandsworth
Lewisham
Rest London
Shoreditch
Rotherbithe 1
Chides' ' 3 2
City of London
St. Mutin in•the-Fields
Westminster 4
Hampstead—no return

General total 324

ENGLAND AND WALES.

Return of deaths from chokes and diarrhea reported to
the Genaral Board of Health the 3rd day of Sept, 1840 :
Superintending Registrar's Deaths,
Datriet : Cholera. Diarrl•cct.
Liverp00l
Clifton
Cardiff
Carmarthen 1
Swansea
Pongee 1 —.
Salisbury
Newcastle-under-Lyme 6
Tystasouth
Bllghtow
Heath
Bradford, York
Sculcoates 22 4
Bristol —..
Uravcsend 4 1
St. Oerssaa's
Rochford ..
Dewsbury
Derby
Presece
Dive.
Hunslet l4 3
Hastings
Nantwich 1
Holy well
Wolverhampton and Seisdon
Bridgwater
Barnstable 4 2
Nast Stanehouse
South Shields
Shepton Mallet 3
Newbury
i
Penzance
Hull
Salford
Pentredge 1
Bolton
Pontypool 3 1
Tavistoe..k
Worcester 1
Bury 1
Preston
Madeley
Wrozherst
Shippey
Widstantow
Manchester
Clainsborough
Ashbourn
Aaliton-under•Lyste(fteas August 13,
t September 1)
Abingdon 2
tit:Alban's
Aldermanbury 3 3
Bedford —
Billericay
Barnet
Bath
Bedale
Bedminster
Barnet
Cleobury
Chard
Chcrteey
Chichester .
Chesterton
Whitstable .

1 1

417 96

In Scotland :
Dundee
Perth
Arbroath
Beth
Ahordeen —
Ilawick 4
Kirkwhien, Wigton

Total

General Total—Country
417 96
Metropolii London and
V•cioity
Scotland 33
--
General Total

The above returns include 361 deaths from cholera in the
Metropolis, and 203 in the country, returned by the union
officers. Toe number of attacks reported are far the metro-
polis, 6.62, and for the country, 615, but these numbers do
not comprehend the css-s that otcur in the private practice
of medical men.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, S TTTTT BIZ 3.

On Saturday afternoon this city was visited by a
thunderstorm. Some of the flaghes of lightning were
fearfully bright, but I have heard of no damage, and
op to the prrsent the reports from the country con-
tinue to be favourable.

Since the Queen's visit corporate honours arc
coveted more eagerly than before. For the mayoralty
of Limerick there are five candidates and an active
canvass is going on for the mayoralty of Cork.

The Rev. William O'Connor, parish priest of
Courciem, has been appointed Dear; of Residence at the
Queen's College, Cork.
The erecti-n of new churches is proceeding in the
diocese of Cork with c3nsiderab'e energy. A very
large and handsome church near Bandon was conse-
crated last week, and in the course of a month seven
more churches are to be consecrated. Whether this
increase of churches is eviderce of any increase of
the number of protestants, msy be doubted by some
persons. Of late years the clergy of the establish-
ment have become extremely zealous, and the exami-
nation of divinity students in Trinity College has
become very severe se compared with former times.

There is a new school springing up amongst some
of the Irish conservatives. They wish to pee the
connexion be•ween church and state sundered in this
country, believing that protestantism is injured by
the union. I would not be surprised if, before another
twelvemonth, this opinion was put forward and ad-
vocated with some energy. Most parties here con-
sider that the church is sure to be attacked before
long, and intelligent conservatives are most anxions
that it should be settled so as that it should cease to
be a causeof contention. Since the famine, there has
been a cessation of controversy, except in some few
places in the souls west, and several catbolica most
opposed to the church in its preac nt state, yet do not like
to stir the question, as it will cause a severance of
parties. But the question will be stirred in spite of
them. Yet, from the fact of its being so hacknied a I
topic, the agitation will not have the freshness that is
desirable.

I may mention, in connexion with this subject, that
it is rumoured that in high quarters there is a great
dislike to a renewal of the agitation on the church
question, as it is supposed that it will be a very diffi-
cult matter to 8$ bounds to agitation, once that it is
renewed here.

ARRIVAL OF THE lIRRYANN.—The Ocean Steam
Nariset.on Company's steam-ship Hermann, Captain Crab-
tree, from New York, arrived et Cowes ywiterday afternoon,
with mails for Frame, England, and Bremen. She had a
fall valuable cargo of general merchandi e, withspecie to the
amount of 45,000 dollars. ANT traneerriog her mails on
board a small steamer awaiting her arrival, she at once pro-
ceeded to Bremen. The Hermann lett New York on the
20th ult., consequently the news from America by her has
been forsslaled by the arrival of the steamer at Liverpool,
which left two days after.