The Express.
London, England, 1853-02-11 00:00:00

NORTH OF EUROPE STEAM NAVIGATION

COMPANY.

The first half-yearly meeting of this company was
held yesterday at the la,i.don Tavern, Bishopsgate-etreet ;
S. M. Pre°, Esq , taok the chair.
The Sumas-rake react the fol:owing report:
Having so recently as thi !'th of December last, at a
meeting held at Via London Tavern, entered into a full ex.
planation of the proceedings and future prospects of the
company, it is only necessary at the present half-yearly
mei t:ni?, which has been called in accordance with the decal
of -elate-meat, to direct your attention to the annexed state-
Rent of accounts, prepared by Mr. J. E. Coleman, the
Okla! auditor, to report what progress has been made since
rho' meeting, and to reiterate that which was then stated.
A second call of 2/. 10s. per share having been made, and,
up to the present time, very fully responded to, it bus been
appropriated, a-• previously intended, and stated in the
report of the 9th of December, in payment of the ships and
plant purchased from the Northern Stearn Packet Campany.
Arraagements havo also been made fur building two steam-
ships of 800 tons each, and corresponding horse power, one
of which is considerably advanced, and the other will
speedil be ei.mmenced. Negotiations are also r."arly com-
pleted for epenino. tho Norwegian and Swedish trades
under eircumsta:ces moat favourable to the interests

of this company. The trade already opened between
Great Grimsby snd Hamburg is steadily increasing, and the
company's ships are now securing large and remunerative
heights both out and home. It is also satisfactory to know
that the establishment of this company has had tho effect
of stimulatieg the promoters of the Harwich Railway to
renew their efforts for the completion of that line, far
which a contract has been taken, and the works are iu ac-
tiro operation, with every prospect of being finished by the
ecd of the present year. A bill is likewise about to bo pro-
cured for permission to make docks at Harwich, which,
when completed, c►nnot fail to be of great service to this
company. In the meantime, active and intelligent agents
are caged in various parts of the continent in seeking
and eat .blishing new sources of traffic, and their reports
from time to time are of a very encouraging character. We
shcl therefore be prepared to carry out all that has been
contemplated in the ensuing spring with Leery confidence
and ',soap/et of success."
Receipts and Expenditure to 31st December, 1852.

Ikyaraitano
first call pat 1... 21,511 " 401. „ 31,11.16 0 0
unpaid . 8,:,51 34,1113
Satond ea.l palckisi advance 1114 „ 2,163 10 0
£37,267 10 0

Ot'ee furniture Ina 4:tuves~~•
£2OB 8 0
(Mee and Incideirsl 'spews,—
Stat.osery, prtnling, &e. £llo 6 6
Less amount r.or,stil f4r tr.nsler lets 16 2 6
474 4 0
Interest
Its. 'nova received for interest on cans 7 2 6

274 10 3
Steve 614s—Pu•dutes-rroaey !or Leipzig and limbo:, 31,300 0 0
Advances to matarrinir direotur for purocees of Watts 1,033 II 6
Balance of cash at baWcegs

A3G,267 10 0

The CHAItOtAN sail their meeting together that day was',
merely to comply with the formality of tho act of parlia-
ment, and a. only a month had elapsed since there had been
read to them a very detailed report of all the intentions of
the directors, and all the circumstances connected with the
establishment of the compacy, their presence might have
been dispensed with on this occasion but for that formality.
As they were present, however, he was happy to inform the
shareholders that the directors were steadily procee 'ing to
the ou-ious point., and that everything which had trans-
, pired since that meeting only lead the board to feel that all
their expectations would be bully realised, and ho hoped the
company, by the next time they met, would be found
pursuinglarge and satisfactory businesa. (Applause.)
The result of their inquiries as to traffic could not be known
at the last meeting, and now they were known, he was
happy to say that they eaceeded the most sanguine expee-
tatioim of the directors. The railways uudettaken in Den-
mark were progr,.sing very rapidly, and it was his
expectation that in fifteen months the line between Hens-
burg, Rendsburg, end Tonnienton would be completed,
thus opening the communication betwixt the Baltic and the
North Sea. If they took into account the saving of the en-
tire Sound dues, as one thing only, they might brit an idea
of tho great results which might be expected from this
traffic when developed. (Hear, hear.) They would see by
the report that the Harwich line was fast progressing,
which was confirmed by the directors on their visit a few
slays previously to this meeting. Ile would conclude by
sayieg that he thought this scheme was founded on a good
sound commercial heel., and all the details which had corns
to the knowldege of the directors *Mee the origin of the
proposition only confirmed him in that expectation. (Ap-
plause.)
Mr. Farris seconded the aloption of the report.
The retiring directors were then unanimously re-elected,
after which a vote 01 thanks was passed to the chairman,
and the meeting adjourned.

RAILWAY AND OTHER BILLS ON STANDING

ORDER.R.

Yesterday the standing orders of the House of Coal-
-11141111 wkre dt•rlsr:d compind with in the following eases
BAATIUN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—For power to make
railways from the North Woolwich to Ham Creek and
River Fhaines, in Galleons Reach; estimated c• it 30,1)001.
Soul it EASTRUN 11.1111. WAY.—Fur construction of line
from North Kent to River Thames, tho lice to run from
Charlton to Blackwell Point, in the parish of Greenwich,
with a pier in connexion therewith, and to establish a steam
or other communication between such pier and Blackwell,

at an tatimAted et"t of 60,0001.
MAKCILESTIII., 81111F7ILLD, AND LINCOLNAIITIRP RAIL-
WAY.—For proposed extension and deviation of Barnsley
branch ; estimated emit, 4.5,00(11.
EDINDVRGII AND GLAsnow RAILWAT.—For connect-
it by a branch with the Edinburgh and Glasgow, at a cost
of 36,00 W.

TILLER AND KILLARNEY RAILWAY.—To 'make nil-
way, at a coot of 110,01.101.
IVANNIN,;TON ♦ND ALTtttNCNAN RAILWAY (Exten-
sion to Stoc: port), and ST. HELEN'S BILILITAT.
The other bills pasted were:—Price's Patent Candle
Company (f .r additions: capital); Leeds Gas Light Com-
pany; and Plymouth Improvement.

EAST KIN r Ituit.war.—The starling orders were dc-
eland not eo:nplied with in this ells- on the opposition of
the Soul' Ea•tern e.tintated cost of its 07111-
'traction put in evidence =mind to 674,000/.

MURDER OF MIL MANI/I)l.o.—The local authori-
ties are still actively employed endeavouring to trace out
the murderers of Mr. Manifbld, and their accomplices It
is stated that theca is good Lope entertained that in addi-
tion to Ti 1017164 M•Cormiek, whose final committal for trial
was reported in a recent number, others n ill be made ame-
nable to justice. The government hays just issued an order
to make a second levy of 1401. 10s., with the fees and costs
of collection on the lands of Luglmes (where Mr. Manifold
was murdered), and a few adjoining townlands, to defray
the expenses of the additional police force scut to that place.
This levy, m.d a former our, made for the same purpose, by
like aut:ierity, amounts to little short of 2901., in addition
to the ordinary rotes and taxes enforced on the firm. is in
that locality. It will bo necessary soon to levy a similar
I sum, yet, the farmers are so blind to their own interests
that they nut only refrain from giving the authorities rush
Private information as they are well known to posses, but
screen and harbour the perpetrators of crime and,outrage.
:.tstindrrs' News Letter.

UNPROTECTED OLD COAL PITS.—In anoth:r part
of our paper (sap the Wsaceil,omptois eitreoidelppear
accounts of two Inquests held last week on the bales of
children whose deaths have been caused by falling down
I unprotected old coal pits. We felt certain, when we under-
; toed' Weal' public attention io a prominent matinee to this
iteca,Dul evil, that we should insure its abatement. We
are happy to state that in several instances in the north of
1 the cou.ity, and in this immediate neighbourhood, old pits
have been cloud in and protecte !. We understand fur-
' ther that in a short time Mr. Wynne, the inspector of
mines for the district, proposes to go throu,o it, with the
.kw of reporting all instances of open any unprotected
pits to the Secretary of State. It is probable, therefore,
that legal proceedings will be taken, should the At•
torney-General be of opinion that indictments can be main-
tained (end other counsel have given an opinion is that
, effect) against such pit-owners and others wh• tray con-
, tinne to neglect a duty which common humanity so plainly
slielaten