The Express.
London, England, 1860-03-30 00:00:00

BILITOIR °MOTU areas One mile.

Bus Nuscheaess, The NUI The Geniis, Lord Milton,
sad Nazeimes au ben.

WALTHAM PLATE. About half a mile.
vise Julia and Confectioner are here.
GRANBY HANDICAP. One mile and a half.
N. Pttillippe, Premeor, Doe Cossack, Birdcage, Tommy
Noble, Norton, Swale, and Wanderer are here.

CUP OP BO BOYS. Two mgea.
York, Precursor, Pitman, Birdcage, The Dane, and
Tommy Noble are here.
CBOXTON PLATE. One mile.
Doe Cossack, Volunteer, **mhos, Julie, The Gentle,
Dreadnought, and Birdcage are here.
Orilla A IterVALS.—FyIThUB the Second, Antidote, Artist,
Min Eleanor, and Buttercup.

GRAND WINK RAILWAY OP CANADA.
(PHIS DAY.)

This afternoon a meeting of the English share-
holders in the above undertaking was held at the London
Tavern, Mr. T. BARDIG, LP., Chairman of the English
Hoerd, in the chair.
A lengthened report has already been published
by the directors, which represents that the present
positioo of the company requires that 1,500,000/.
should be raised without delay to pay off existing liabilities
and to provide increased rolling stock for working the rail-
way. The directors recommend that the amount shall be
raised by the issue of boo& for periods not exceeding seven
.Z. The net revenue of the past half-year amount. to
41'901., being 31,8121. in excess of that for the correspond-
ing half of 1858.
The Cnalanare, in moving the adoption of the report,
said the directors thought the company had arrived at a
point of demarcation when it might be as well to look to
the pad es to the future. He would not trouble the meet-
ing with a tedious narrative of what had happened during
the seven years' existence of the company, In 1862 when
he was in Canada, there were scarcely more than 16 miles I
of railway in use ; but at that time Canada adopted
a course which had 61104 developed no lees than 1,900
miles of railway, of which at lead 1,000 miles had been
constructed by this company. Something like 13,000,0001.
of money had been expended upon theme works, and he re-
gretted that be could not congratulate the meeting as much as
he could congratulate Okuda upon the results which have
been attained. At the same time he thought they had no
reason to be discouraged ; because there was the beet
pros-
pect that at no distant period the Grand Think Railway
would he a paying concern. The anticipation of
it. originator; hail been more than realised.
The traffic exceeded the original estimates, although the
line was not wholly open, sod the returns were handsome
considering the difficulties under which the line had
to be worked. The convulsions in Europe of the
past seven years bad greatly depressed the value
of this company's securities; while the advance
in the price of labour in Canada and unforeseen works had
seriously retarded the of the undertaking ; but in
spite of all theft di c ties the line had at length been
completed, falsifying many predictions to the contrary.
Might not then the detractors of the line be deceived in their
present confident assertion that it would never become a
commercial success f The local administration of the eons-
pony was both efficient and economical, and much credit
was due to Mr. Roes, the president, and Mr. Blackwell,
the genaral manager, for the manner in which
they had conducted negotiations for the advantage
of the company, nor must the make be confined
to the heads of the administration ; it was due to
the *Mire staff of officials, and it was to be regretted that
the financial position of the company did not allow of
their being better remunerated. In conclusion, the
chairman renewed his assurance, that when the
line was opened throughout it would yield a handsome re-
turn, sal soneunceil that in future it was the intention of
the director. to hold half-yearly meetings.
A prolonged discumnOn ensued, but the report was ulti-
matety edepted.

W MITAN MITHODUR MItSUONAIT 1300117.
We understand that the receipts of the society far the Els'
year have amounted to 140,0001. within a few shillings, 'The
exact amount is stated to be 139,999/. Se. ltd. This anent
includes the muniAcent legacy of the late Yr. Poen, of
Road, Somerset, the net proceeds of which WON %NOl.
Connoted with the receipt. of the previous yen, there is
au increases of nearly 11,000(. Watchmen.
Excraa HALL—The Handel Festival Choir, and
eumerrito other amateurs, will meet this (Friday) evening,
at Exeter Hall, for a great reb.earsal of 31 endebsohn's /Rik&
The bronze statue of the compeer, provided by public sub-
scription entered into immediately after his death in 1847,
approaches completion. A pisWic commemoration of the
event will take place at the Crystal Palace, on Wednesday,
Mae 2.
NI CON DIV NED Colima. Chums,—The execu-
tine of the culprit Castles, convicted of the wilful murder
lot his wife at the late Bedford anises, is axed to take place 1
to-morrow at noun. The unhappy man, both before anal
elate his condensation, has been extremely attentive to his
religious duties, and on being informed of the day Axed for'
his esecutimespremed his thankfulness that be had still
bother time to make his prom with God. Since his con-
denewitko Oaths will Intake of no food forting the
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dionear:lbit,
tnond4r4 RhoZrtfer,umthehr werser
owe aiaass
Conies appears to and
great nerve, and on Mere* to
the painm misuse of drib was paned onasked
far mesas !lewd and theme and ale, and a pipe of toles:co
er • den ;he bed the former, butl sot the litter. The
odprit bee be visited by his brother and other relatives,
who:exhorted him to repentance for his crime, and their
parting interview is describe! ma most aff,cting. The chap.
lain and governor et present decline to give any particulars
about Castles. It is understood, however that be has ac-
knowledged his crime and the justice of his sentence. The
neva-es of Calash have been e
Seamus ACCIDENT ATIOYMAN. —As the
Rev. Richard Jenkins, curate of Ownain church. Cardigan-
shire, was returning home in the evening of Friday, the
Itith instant, his horse got frightened at some tramps and
donkey's which were standing by the mad side, suddenly
hacked, and fell with his rider into the river Ystwyth (about
six pints fall.) The rev. gentleman was earned by the
river below the bridge, where he was taken up by some per-
sons who were at the time travelling that road (cues the
town of Tropron. He I sow lying in a very precarious
state, but it is boiled he will recover.
Flax IY DILIALY-LAN --(THIS DAY. ) —TWA
morning, between the hours of 3 and 4 o'clock, a
destructive Are happened on the extensive premises of
Folkanl anti Co. hid. 159, Drury-lane. Aber some trouble
the whole of ihe inmates were made sensible of their
danger, they male an attempt to descend by the staircase,
but on reaching the second-floor landing, were met by
such a powerful body of smoke, dirt they ran into
the second Rom, and presented themselves at the
"ww4ll"'wwtolow, trying piteously for kelp. At this Toe
meet Fslward Paine, the Royal Fire Escape eon-
doctor. from Isoirocre, arrived with the escape, secendok
end placed Mrs. Edmund Yolked, the servants Mr. W••
Hither,, shopman, and Mr. Edmund Folkani, in the canes;
trough of the escape, sad brought them down in safety.
The Are wee not extinguished until the bask warehouse had
been destroyed.