The Express.
London, England, 1856-08-14 00:00:00

JOINT STOCK COMPANIES IN CHANCERY.

Amszox Lin Matraacca COMPANY.—A all of
11. per share has been made on ell the shareholders is this
abortive company, to pay off its debt' and lubiGtiee, the
list of oontribatoriss liable hayloft bete settled b Um
Mester in Ciminero,.
PAzawria ENDORMINS AelltriLNCl Cott WIT.—TM
aura of this eonspaay are to be monad up, and carillon
are in to rove their claims.
HULL Incas COMPLIIT.—This company. established for
the manafeetare of gime. and which failed In doing so, at
Hull, is about to be completely wound up, after being hi
Chancery undergoing that process since April, MO, do
date of the order to wind up.

NORTH OF EUROPE STRAY NAVIOATION
OOMPANT.-(THIS DAT.)

The anal half-yearly meetiog of the ehanholden
la the above onnpacy was held this afterneoe at the
°Bees of the eompany,:Htog Willianntrent, Cityalkt /I!
Piro, But., chaliniaa to the bard of directors, In the
skate.
The Catenates stated that the position sad prospects of
the company were most satisfaatory; the account, sashimi
the directors to declare an interim dividead of
8 per east., but the shareholden must sot In
dingo in hopes of an Jammed dividend at the
neat helf-yesely meetiog. The trade of the Bade was es
mush as the Company could sseommodate, and the dines-
damson of the war waa likely to open up new Gelds for the
employment of the company's ships. There wore se knee
w•t.
dividead having been duly declared at the rate ef II pm
mat. per annum, sad some formal butane usseestett.
• !mediation was passed placing the compaity under the
provisioas of the Limited Liability Let. and the pesessitlap
elomd with • vet, of thanks to the chains= sad Crofton.

ROYSTON AND MITCHIN RAILWAY MEDIDIS-
(Tmui DAY )-The usual half yearly meeting of the pew
piston of the Boren and Lakin Railway was monstil
for this aftermath at the °Men la Sr. Rektes-place,
it ehopetwatreet, bat the line being nand eta flied natal
to the Qeaat Northern Company, the pniodhal meta.
base Memo a men formal mom, and bat miry few sham-
holden naerally attend. lir. Reid, the chairman of the
eompany, conpied the chair, sad the nun dindasd. et ,
the rate of ti per nat per aanus, wee declared payable en
sad after to 'sorrow (Friday).
nit MIDLAND RAILWAY.-The directors most
to the tweet, -fifth half-yearly pared sentleg of the pese
otiosely of this railway, to be held en the 20th, that "the/
have nen the eanfaction of sonsoming a larpa teneen
la the trete of the railway, whisk toe the behner waft
30th Jane les, shows as Mcrae, over that of the ones.
speeding half year of 1866, as Mews : Coadang, MIL
Ts. hi.; 'merchandise, 41.8861. 14s. 10d. ; minerals, 11,119 M
Os. 6d. ; cattle, 1,0684 19e. 102.; tool, 66,1711. Bs. St The
balance available for dividend is 242,1971. 16s. 741.,ef white
38,802/.lBs. 6d. is carried from the sestrant of the previsus
half you and 208,3941. 17e. Id. arises foam the Welles/ imp
half-year nap, 80th Jane last. The dinner repose as
payment of the following dividend, less thane ter, coo dm
Ist day of September nest, vio:-21. apes each 1001. loan-
Hotrod stook ; 11.6'. 3d. non eon 1001. 'emendated Pew
alegbasa and Derby stook ; 31. epee each 1001 esseelliatal
merereatial stook; 31. apes each 1001. nosolidated Iron& '
Val* sleets If. Se. upon nab 1001. osneelidated Itl. per
nat. Nosh I 71. 6d. apes emit 161. 180. 44.
share.l=gerili•mmar's tonne at th pet wet ; 21. apes
each 1001. enselidaied Ineseter and Ritchie on/anode
stack ; 21. span seek 10111. paidon memo of 61. shares;
which will lone a beams of 3,6301. 16s. 3d. to be carried to
the account of the current half-year."
WILTS, SOMERSET, AND WEYMOUTH RAILWAY.-
Oa Retards y last the govenunest inspector traversed the
seetios of this /away renting bees Floats to Yee*,
whin will be opened for trees se the lit of September.
The whole line to Weymouth. It le expected, will be lOW
pined bakes the sad of the estrum.
The first company formed leader the Limited
Liability Act-the London, Meacheeter, and Taegu Wan-
hone Company-will be enabled to pay a dividend at the
nth of 6 per cent. per sane for the peat half net with
good baleen carried forward. The Midland Banking
Company have declared a dividend of N. 10a. per coat he
the half year lading tot the 30th June. The 601. shame ere
now quoted at 76 premium. The Birmingham Deakin
Company ban declined a divideud of 10e. a than, with a
bonus of 10s., for the half-year. At the recent meeting of
the Railway Rolling 6 Stock Canny, at Wolverhampton.
a dividend was declared for the ball yeas at the rate of
per tont per mass.
We are requested bvldr. H. Vsadenhoff to contra-
dict as ananthoeuent whin bee= la several saws-
mere, into wbieb it hat boas ham • lead's
pow, to the effect that seamier hal taken ohm between
Mies Vaadealtelf and Mr. T. Owisbearee, that pastiness
being already a married man.-Mass inter Ouardiem
The Rasters Counties Herald states that oa Tone
day last one of the mart valuable lots of berme which ever
left Hull was shipped for St. Petersburg, fa the steams
(lama of Scotland, for his Imperial Nejesty's stud at
11011111 w. There were thirty-cue hones altogether,
and amongst them Andover, Burgundy, Annual, Pea.
sick, Eaglasd's Glo7, St. Lawresom Potently?,, Ban!,
Crucial, Melody, Remedy, Prospect, Madame Testrie,
Rector, Industry, sad others.
COUNTY COURTS.-By the Act of the 15th end
Vie. e. 64, the ;Wenn', of practise at the her, which had,
math then, been allowed to the Judae of the county ends,
was taken away, and their salaries were Reed to be an loss
them 1,2001. nor more than 1,6001. a-year. By a Treasury
minute, made by Mr. Gladstone, 11. P., the ceetingeacy was
stated which should retitle • jades to the klber sun.
This sontingency was fulfilled in the seas of the edge etne
musty courts of Olueorgambire (Mr. Palmas at the date
of the minute, bet be was passed over sod twenty of tbs.
judges were placed ea the higher list. The increase of
tauten, however, has bees se great on Circuit SO, dame
the Treasury siesta was made' 1111 to Phis this street at
almost the top of the lot of all the onus is
asszly every brink of the tunes' of the awn
A Treasury minute was, coasequently, made to
favour of **judge of this nosh in D. ember leas, whin
was, however, kept suspended on amuse of the Canniest
in parliament spoil the rural Oahu of the county court
Judges Indio the monde bill relating to the entity
man Tee judge on this circuit bee to travel 3,652 miles
in she year, or DM Mks in net moth, within' the limits of
the circuit alone, of which he has to poet, is each mouth,
146 miles. There we?* 13,277 auras entered as the sneak
lest peer, of whisk 242 were above 201. There were 82 la-
seinen petition, and the sum end for In the courts was
88,9584 There were also some canoe referred to him for
bearing from tie superior enacts. The time be is out en
Mink is 22 days in nab month, inelsdiog thadays, sad
the (Hien? work of the circuit does sot end when the
circuit gads; end if a referred sane is beard, some days
men work is added to the anal work of the mouth.-o.
Cambria'..
Tat AMERICAN MAIM-LIVERPOOL, WIDNES..
rity.-The Montreal company's mew steamship. Nor*
Americas, Captain Orange, sailed this morning for Quin.
and Montreal with the maul formiehtly snails for Ceuta,.
245 pawner, and a full cargo. The steamer, Gn
Muenster. Captain Petrie, 'tailed to day for Peilatelphia,
with mails, paungers, sad earn, The new anew
Canadian. Canna Orange, with advises from Quoins es
August 2, may be looked for to morrow awning. The
Ermasos, which was to leave New Took on August 2,1 s
likely to be anticipated by the Penis leaving August 6
Omani Totlebea is at present at Aix•le►Baien
His notice by Marshal Dustsheet is described es haslet
lees marked by military freemen and arability.
011tYNTAL PALO& - ONE MULLING DATs.
WIDIIIIIIDLT, Amuse 12.-Sdninsion ea payment, ;
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