The Express.
London, England, 1851-02-21 00:00:00

OLDHAM ALLIANCE RAILWAY.

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Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of this company,
the works of which were suspended immediately after ob-
tainmg an act of incorporation, was held at Oldham ; Mr.
EDWARD ABBOT WRIGHT, director, presided. There was
bat a mall attendance of shareholders.
Mr. BLACK DUANE, secretary, read the following re-
port of the directors —" A further amount of interest on the
remaining capital of this company having accumulated since
the last division in March, 1830, your directors are enabled to
recommend that a sum of Is. 2d. per share (clear of income
tax) be made payable on the 7th March next, to the share-
holders whose names appear on the register sealed at this

SECOND EDITION.

FROM THIS .117G1IT'S GAZETTE.

REGULATIONS RESPECTING PASSPORTS.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 20.—Notice is hereby given
that, on and after Saturday, the 22nd inst., passports will
be issued from this department, according to the following

regulation.:
1. Applications for Foreign-office preaports most be made
in writing, and addrevied to her Majesty's Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, with the word " Passport" writ-
ten upon the cover.
2. The fee on the issue of a passport is 7..
3. Foreign-office passports arc granted only to British
subjects, including in that description foreigners who have
been naturalised by act of parliament, or by certificate of
naturalisation granted before the 21th day of August, 1840;
in this latter ease, the party is described in the passport as
a'• Naturalised British subject."
4. Pampurts are granted between the hours of twelve and
four, on the day following that on which the application for
the passport has been received at the Foreign-office.
6. Passports are granted to persons who are either known
to the Secretary of State or retommended to him by some
person who is known to him • or upon the written applica-
tion of a banking firm established in London.
6. Paso ports cannot he sent by the Foreign-office to per-
sons already abroad. Such persons should apply to the
nearest British ?fission or Consulate.

th i. orrofn-u ee wwports mutt be countersigned at the
Mission, or at ROMP Consulate in England, of the govern-
ment of the country which the bearer of the passport intends
to visit.

g. A Foreign-office rnsaport granted for one journey
may he used tur any subsequent journey if countersigned
ufr,.,h by the Nlinisters or Consuls of the countries which
the hearer intentLi to visit.

DOWNING-STREET, FEB. '2l.—The Queen has been
pleased to appoint Charles Sturt, Esq., to be Colonial Secre-
tary; Doyle Travers Finnius, Esq., to be Colonial Trea-
surer and Registrar-General; and George Frederick
Dashwood, Esq., Lieut. R.N., to be Commissioner of
Polite and Police Magistrate, for the colony of South
Australia; and her Majesty has also been pleased to ap-
point Richard F. Newland, Esq., to lie Stipendiary Magis-
trate at the Port of Adelaide, in the said colony.
FOREIIiN-OFFICE, FEB. 18.—The Queen has been
stracioudy pleased to appoint William Sunley, E,q., to be
her Majesty's Consul at the Comoro islands.
CROWN-OEIII'E, FEB. 19.—Member returned to
serve in this present Parliament for the borough of Dun-
gannon: The lion. William Stuart Knox, in the room of
the lion. Thomas Knox. commonly called Viscount North-
land, who has accepted the ottice of Steward of her Majesty's
Chiltern Hundreds.

WAR-OFFICE, Pas. 21.
uy Rcpt. of /In,. 044.--elpt. W. W. ALISO to be major, by par,
vim Scutt, who lets ; Lieut. B. Zulus to be eapt., by pur., vice
Men: Cur. Sr T. Gustav, Bert., to be lieut., by ono, vice
Tcmlin.
Ist itoyt. rif F.—Em. and Adjut. U. W. TVILNEit to be lieut., by pur.,
vice Poole. who rota.
Ail Y.—G. G. WY. a, gent., to be aseiet..euryt.
Sib V.-4.70pt. C. DOW, from h..p. unutt., to be eat., re.psying the
eni,.,..,,c, ,i„. lire...Esjor White, prom. to 1112J1T watt.;
Lieut. A. I. GARNOTr to be tent , by cur., vice Duwe, who rent ;
FAA J. v. w. 11. Wses to he lout., by. pur., vice Garnett ; C. G.
>tumor's, gent., to be ens., by pur., nee Webb.
IS hr.—Land- E. Piet.", t. be rapt, by. pur., Woe Capel, who
relires; Ens. R. Masseas to be lieut., by pur, Wee Purdue.
tub p„__Lkiit. 5. W. Bury from 9;th F., to be lieut., vice Dune,
prom. to be opt. unat.
Mkt,. -LisuL V. J. Benerruis to be apt., by pur., vice Bellaire,
who rets.• Ems. B. D. AWLIW to be licuL, by pia., Wee liampfylde.
AMY: ste'll Sorg. of See. Claw. J. 31•Gatous, II D., to be surg.,
vice G. A. Stephetson, who retires upon 11.-p.; 0. E. limes, dent.
lo be sedL•suri.
Nth P.—J. V. O'Lsawr, sent to be swim-Aura.
7415 P.—W. WAILIMO. MAL to be selist...sorg.
Sea V,—Acting Amist..Eurs. IL M. &UAW; M.D. to be: assist.-
seg., vice Owden. lIPP3IIIIed to the staff.
Illad V.—A. IL Vais.a, ge..t., to be assiet.unirg.
End West India Begs.—Licht:Col. A.G. &our, from IL.p. 63rd
Is, to he lieut.-eat, vice Pi. IL Faber, who each.
Iltierrrat itravr.—Staff.Surs. of the First C.ass A. Yams to be
deputy inepeetor.generul of bospitals, vice J. Kasai, Si D., who -
I
ors upon b.-p.; Stud Assist-Sur,. P. LaISIO, M.D., to be staff,
sung. of the see. COL., cloyMeGreggur, app. to thv Sith F.; Assist- y
A,,,,,, A. &mu... 3(5., from filth F., to bu staff amid. -awe., Wee $
Laing prom.
17NaTtACISCW—Lielat. J. Dams, from Rich F., to be taps, without
pur.
Env

C. Dawn, of the Bth F to be major in the army.

BANKRUPTS.

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WILLIAH CHARLES GAZELEY, Chews-place, Old-road,
St. Pancras, builder.
WILLIAM MENNE-NT, ChETHEy, SWEET, draper.
JAMES BISHOP, Upper James-street, Camden-town,
laceman.
JOHN REID, Kings-row, Pimlico, core dealer.
GEORGE WU/EWELL, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, miller.
SAMUEL KNIGHTLY, Paul—treet, Finsbury, carpenter.
BROMLEY-HILL IRO' and COAL COMPANY, Bream,
Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire.
HIGAX WILLIAMSON, Manchester, manufacturer.
lttcnaau BorLE, jun., Kingsitun-upon-Hull, merchant.
6E011014 WOODS, Liverpool, surgeon.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
Rosun )salty, Edinburgh, bookseller.
Litutsoa WPgatt., Glasgow, commission merchant.
Axuazw SHALL, Blairgowric, draper.

rt fee the etelt =dins Feb. 15.1851.
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