The Express.
London, England, 1856-03-04 00:00:00

GREAT WESTERN AND BRENTFORD RAIL-

WAY.-(TIIIS DAY.)

The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the
above aompsuy wee held at Pendell's Hotel, Westinaster,
this morning, the Viscount Vaireri in the chair.
The report stored that "Is cm geese with the act of
parliameat the Diraten have again summoned the prowl-
eton sad hove the pleasure to ants that since the gement
meeting in December last, the nation of the company has
bees greatly ha; roved, as is evinced by the important addi-
tions which have ben made to the share Wt. Eacoareged
by their ilaanial position the discreet have loot no time in
making the neesseary sneeringly' for commencing the
works at one. The directors have the further *nave to
state: that astrecton of the greatest respeetability have
undert-ken to *seems the works for a rem within the par
liamentary setimate. The daily tun we of the mineral and
bony goon tufa° apes the Groat Western Railliay, ren-
ders it of the sr and importance that the works should be
campleted wits as little aelay as poeaib!e, in order to give
to in proprietors at the earliest possible period a nmaseta-
tire ranee for then capital."
Tram the stagnant of accents it appeared that the
amount of capitol raised op to the 31st of December, 1155,
was 6,423/. 10s., while the deo, sits remaining sapid on
that day were 1,0071. 7s. The current account showed
total recast., Jeanie( advances. of 12,3131.17 a. 11d.;
and the espeoad.tare, up to the 81st Dee., 1865, maws t
to 54621. 7s. 84.; leaving a banes in hand of 7,2611 10144 ;
of which 6,7601. was fanned with the &tenant-general.
The CMAIRDILAR, is moving the adoption of the repent,
expreserd his satisfaction at the solid state rf the sada-
Wang. The shares were held by parties locally iatetettall
in the line, end there maid be no doubt that eventually the
line would prove most suassfal is a comas mid pant of
view. Re folly anticipated that in ano y fiw mouth, the
rail's, weeidi be nest; send wit►ia the per !emeatary
estimate, and la settee operation.
Ur. Pita. Davao, is ocoad;ag the moths, shamed
that the orafikt of the Great Western line was No rapidly on
the increase that it was impossible it weld lon go as wid-
est en satiate:the Thames, which this stmt branch would
alfcrd. It was of importance, there hie, that there should
be ao delay in the c marmot= of the works.
Mr. Boson inquired when the directors were likely to
make a call, and the probable amount ?
The CUSHMAN aid, according to the set they mid
only call 21. per share, sod that at fete real. of three moans.
They la 4 not yet decided when the Int all @head be
made, bat no delay could occur in the areenatias a the
work., and no demand upon them woad to made usdl a
'Griefs portion of the Use had been completed.
The report was then adopted and the meeting brat-
sated with the usual vote of theatre to the chairaaa.

COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.—Profemor Ander-
era's enrolment of a "roaster benefit" stew so hive
proved suntessfial. Tilt and eves at one is the aftersoon
was ladettisomewhat scatty, bat es the emoting admaaed
the turbo of eptetators ieatased, and the greater partof
the pion war son a large and fluctuating isaltitude.
Tee ovate which gave the most satisfaction woo ths opera
et the Sostsiastbala and the Grog Gus DIVA Ia the
latter Mr. Charles Mathews shit pod over from Drury-tsar
to de Gored service to hie greet contestrorary, by Whit-
ill hies rider his very are The "benefit" termiastee
thu evening with a Bat Mseque—efter which Nis theatre
will rimer to Mr. lye, who intends, we hiller, to nem-
nose his crook campaign towards the sad of the Easter
week.
Lai rEtts or EMPEROES.—We read in the Emma-
lotion of Brasier : the Icier which the &sperm Alex-
ander has written to the Emperor of the ?rob, and whisk
evinces the greatest moderiticn, the tillowiog parent is
said to exist Without repudiation the policy of my
father, I wish to prove bp my moderst'os that I Misfit to
give peso to loops; and you may rely, Size, that I will,
ia order to attain that object, make every sat rase temps-
NW' with the homer of Roar' It is added that the Ea-
poor Nate•oe humped that be entertained the sane ten-
tientsu; that he also wishes to p one to lamp that he
would tot fillow the warlike p they of his vet ; that his
programme had not clanged, and that he would met depart
from Disperse; Emigration, because CBmpbe eadmil for
oars tapas."
Brecoon has been the mete of a territee explosion
of Are damp, by which throe men, noted Berjrain Evans,
David Thema, sad John Williams, were unhappily baled.
The Retool* sad fatal ocearrecos took plan at the
Tegeborwen colliery, in roareTtenes of the dictated sea
piss is with a Kobel tarn,.
MUTAT, PALM3II-011Z SHILLING DAT, MARCH
11.—ltdmImisms ea masa% 1,196; ditto by mama Wools,
337; lard, 1,483.