The Express.
London, England, 1851-05-28 00:00:00

EASTERN UNION RAILWAY.

The adjourned half-yearly meeting of this corn-
/limy wn. held yesterday at Itaaley's Hotel, Ltlackfriars, J.
C. COllllOl.lll, Esq., M.P., in the chair.

The CHAIRMAN aaid, as thu report of the half-yearly
meeting in March had been w) long in the hands of the
shareholders. and, besides thatipubliehed in the newspapers,
he did not think it necessary to have it again rend to the
meeting. The main reason of the adjournment was to wait
the result of thu bill then before the House of Commons,
which would place them in a far latter position than they
were before. He fully expected that no opposition would
be offered them by the Eastern Counties company, with
whom unfortunately they had been opposed too often. Ho
wo happy to find a better feeling at the Eastern Counties
bikrd under the guidance of Mr. Waddington. In relation
to the bill which they had now before parliament, it gave
them an increase in their tariff of full 2.i per cent.
They hail thought it fit to suspend any further negotiation
with the Eastern Counties C puny till this bill had passed
which would giec them the power of making the beet of
their respective positions a ithout injury to the public. Ho
would, in conclusion, submit that the half-yearly report,
read WI the 27th of Marelf last, be now adopted by this
meeting.

asked what was the con cquence of
not registering the shares ?
The CIIAIUMAN said a loss of privileges.
A PROPRIETOR—Do you think you have a legal right
to call upon us to come forward and register?
Thu CHAIRMAN—We hate a right to issue an adver-
tisement calling upon all the shareholders to register. If
they did not, they could not have their privileges--for in-
stance, of voting at meetings like this, neither would they
be entitled to a dividend.

E. S. CAYLEY, Esq., M.l'. (director), said it was quite
evident that the directors had no interest one way or the
other. It was clear enough that they could not communi-
cate with the shareholders without the shares wen regis-
tered. (Hear, hear.) Their legal adviser has ing been
in their employ but recently, he did not think he would be
prepared to give an opinion off-hand, but he had no
doubt that the solicitor would communicate with one gen-
tleman on the subject, who could inform the others inte-
rested whether there was this power or not.
Mr. MOORE urged on the directors the necessity of in-
creasing the traffic by every means possible.
E. S. CAYLEY, Esq., M.P., would suppose all the di-
rectors were London men, and they could bring the traffic
up to Shoreditch—what control could they have over it
there ? Had they used all the strength of Atlas they could
nut have prevented the Eastern Counties from deviating tho
traffic ; and it was for this purpose that the directors had
put them to the expense of an act, which was now through
the House of Commons, nod would, no doubt, pass the
House of Lords, the effect of which would he to give them
the power of developing their own traffic. (Hear, heat.)
The Mart was then adopted unanimously, and the re-
tiring directors, Messrs. Cayley, Cobbeld, Grayson, and
Hart, were re-elected.
. . .

The meeting was then made special, for the purpose
of assenting to a bill in parliament, entitled " A Bill to
facilitate Intereounie between the Eastern Union and other
Railway Companies, to alter certain Charges upon the
Eastern Union Itailway and the Stowmarket Navigation,
and for other purposes."
After some discussion, the bill was agreed to unani-
mously.
The CHAIRMAN stated it was understood that the main
elau-e would enable the arbitrators to regulate the speed
and the fares on the railway, and another clause would give
them u power of raising the tolls Vi per cent. on goods and
passengers.
Atter some observations from Mr. SACIEMON, Mr. Wenn,
and others, a vote of thanks was passed to the chairman;
and the meeting adjourned.

MANCHESTER, BrXTON, AND MATU)(K RAIL.
WA v.—Yesterday a meeting of the shareholders in this com-
pany was held at the London Tavern. The meeting was
called by Mr. Thompson, of Moat Hall, who presided, and
proposed a resolution, declaring the expediency of negotiat-
ing with the neighbouring railway companies before tho
compulsory powers of their own acts expire, with a •iew to
effect a permanent arrangement. It was thought that it
would be desirable either to obtain a guarantee from the
London and North-Western and Midland Companies on the
capital already paid up in the Buxton and Matlock Com-
pany, by which the making of the line would be dispensed
with, or an arrangement might be made with the Great
Northern Company for the completion of the line, in con-
nection with the Ambergate line, under a guarantee which
would render the shares of value. A committee was ap-
pointed to give effect to these views, which were adopted by
the shareholders present.

THE CROPS IN IRELAND. The Irish provincial
journal., without excepti 4444 give the most encouraging ac-
counts of the progress of the crops, which present indica-
tions of abundance in all quarters. There are few counties
in Ireland which have been more afflicted with pauperism
and destitution than Limerick, one of the richest in point of
natural fertility. But the Limeri. k Chronicle, an ultra-
prob:ctionist, admits that "its tillage at this season is very
extensive ; the oats, barley, flax, and potato crops are all
sown ; the grass corn is looking fresh and vigorous, and
the green crops flourishing. The breadth of ground
under tillage is larger in the county of Limerick than it
had been, we are au, soy season for the last four
years." On the subject of the potato crop the Limerick
f.ran,iner has the following very cheering statement
" We are informed, upon the very best authority that the
potato blight, which generally made its appearance in
forced potatoes so early as the present period of the season
during the past four or five years, has not at all appeared
this year, which is considered a sure indication that the dis-
ease has wholly left us. The early. potato crop throughout
the country has assumed a most vigorous and healthy ap-
pearance within the past fortnight."
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rusrmam IN THE WORKHOUSE.—On Monday at
the vestry meeting of the parishioners of St. James's,
Westminster, Mr. Miller stated that the chaplain of the
workhouse had practised a mode of worship which was re-
pugnant to the feelings of the attendants at the chapel, the
result of which was that two out of three of the inmates
refused to be present when he was the minister of the day.
He was spoken to on the subject, when, as he declined to
alter the practice, the vestry was compelled to order his
dismissal.