The Express.
London, England, 1865-08-04 00:00:00

LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

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LEWES MELTING.--(THIS DAY.)

PRIORY ITATES.

atiellnes, o;aiiii:iirstilaTiTaie, leaisare, Rase Cheri,
BrimsSone, Boast, Her Ladsdiip, Gladiator, Whalebone,
and Woolwich are here.

DK WAHRINE HANDICAP. T.Y.C.
bald Douglas. Wild Aiwa. Polka, Olivia,
Adoierlio,Disorelke, My Clab, Lady Vales*"
Hait.eWay, Qum , Halifax, aed Leader as. Ur&

WELTER OUP. Owe silo and s bat
Plover, Polka, Mrs. Bousorvillo, Rogow, Redoubt, Disere-
Row, rad Dr. simittsil aew bore.
QUERN'S PLATE. Two faro.
Wool* Oilier Os, Tropes% Polka, Dr. Swishtall, Loaf
down, Bydrooaton, Mookoloor, Hoit4t.law, Skyligikt.
Am.

ABIZTID. Gem of the Bea, Papoose. tielm
Jot, Ambitious, Realm, Troublesems, Weatererth, Lnoky
Stem gmispailiy, Attache, Saladis, Diadem, Leesillo, Trap,
Victor* Venturesome, Ephemeris, Dealteld, Paris,
Junistoe, Reisfrid, Virtuous, Polka, Little Jess, Wei-
berry Armadillo, Colemt4ii, and Chaperon.

METROPOLITAN AND ST. JOHN'S-WOOD RAIL-
WAY.—(THIS DAY.)
This day, at noon, the half-yearly meeting
held at Me Sloss of 161; company, 17, Dukeetreete West- Et
minater ; Mr. WILLIAM AUSTIN, chairman of the board of "••
&radon, presiding.
re. report me as follows :
" Since the last half yearly meeting the whole of the ft
original capital boa been subscribed for, sad the deposit N
duly paid thereon. The attention of the directors has fit
been specially devoted to the &munition of the tit
land required for the works, sad vet cooddoesble gh
progress hen now been made in Shona( esteem:oats sk,
for the same. The works have been St to Xmas. Lucas, so,
Brothels, sad Meson. And and Sons, whose name will bee St.
sufficient guarantee for the prompt execution of the works. SR
The propriston will see, by a oeferenoe to the mai- et.
Eser's report appended hereto, that considerable pro- lA'
Fees ham shady been made in the execution of the works. 10
The set for azgoading the Hoe to Haropetsed was obtained io
with but little oppeattoo, sad this inspooleat mum of 100
Inks emend to the company. The direaten km made LIA
an arrangement with the Metropolitan Company, is virtue
of which that company agrees to allow to this corn- el
pony a rebate of 121 per asst. on the gross 00
&menet received for through booking over the whole IL
mairopobitaa seism, until the St. John's-wood k
dividend shall have reached Ii per cent., reesseing to them-
licN.
selves the power to lame the Ike in perpetuity at par
mat., at say time within five years from the opining of the "it.
✓ailway for treflic. The partieslars of this agressosat will u.
be submitted to the prognetom for their !camel eonsideration
and sanction on a future comegio. The 'moral at talent
of tempts sad expoediture to the 30th Jam last showed I 6
that the calls received up to that period had is
It.
amounted to 69.8161., I'M that the ezpseditere
had sbeorbsd 49,0151. 13., 2d., of which 10,6031. 19s. 3d.
had been applied to preliminary, parliamentary, and end- es.
nearing ezpseses, 33,5001. to works, and 4,1921. to the pan St.
chase of land."
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the zed, 118.
said the oontosetors had undertaken to complete the gkj
fog a lump sum. They had oommemed work with coZ-
derable easscr, and had proceeded thus far to the perfect B.
satisfaction of the company's eogincer, while the most dim- is
cult engineering work on the satire line. timely that of IA
wing the sewer miler the Regent's canal, had alnedy
been sumeedully accomplished. AU the armageoneuts had 82
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been made for the probes° of the lend, and the directors
hoped to be in possession of the whole of it in anificisat
time to deliver it to the °outriders as they might
require it for the prosecution of the works. There In:7
was every prospect ale° that its cost would be 1
within the original estimate, and that the line would SI.
be completed within eighteenmonths from the masmenon st
mast of the works, the peril by the ontractras, 1111
or at least nwy shortly afterwards. igg
Mr. JONI!, bad greet pleasure in seconding the 11106146.
and hoped all their future meetings would be as madam- IL
tory as the prank.
Mr. NICHOLLS observed that the Metropolitan proper was VA
sow paying 7 per nat., sad the other day Kr. Parsons, thetll
Saimaa of thet company, held out a prospect that the I,
divide would ultimately be 10 per oak Under such •••
oireumstancez, it appeared to him that a 5) per cent. gas, iN
mates WA hardly sufficient for this line. WA
The Osamu: said that was a :pleat which would have IN
re
to be discard heafter at • s al meeting convened 110
to
for the purpose. In the remold' • the shareholders might
rely mom everything being done to secure their interest, igg
though he, for one, could hold out no hope of the directors um
being able to screw more out of the Metropolitan. 14.
Mr. NICHOLLS said It wag consolatory to know that no- N.
thing would be finally concluded without the mend of the
shareholders. Perhaps if they waited until their line was
completed there would be a Maori of squeezing soother lor 14.
I),Aer cent. out of the Metropolitea board.
was unanimoody adopted, and • resolutloo
pawed =the remuneration of Mr. Bellamy, the auditor, Ai
at 20 gams, per annum. 101
A cordial vote of thanks to the chairman sad dinstars
`a:minded the proceedings. ice