The Express.
London, England, 1858-02-20 00:00:00

THE LNDWf ZEUS" FUND.

The following very interesting fact. have been
communicated frees the Calcutta Indian Mutiny Relief
Flied regarding the receipts and disbursements of the funds
Owed at their disposal—vas. that up to the 6th Wt. they
have received from the Londoit committee, from Manchester,
and from shoo_ „t 40 0001.. while the local subscrip-
liana, end those Madras, Ceylon, and Hong Kong,
amount to 30.0001., making an aggregate up to that date of
about 70,0001.; while the relief administered in the various
forme of grant, of each have been about 21,0001. ; in pas.
aegeato Europe, 4,3001. and in sundry expeneea, schooling,
clothing, dm., '
about 6,4001. • making the total of disbureo-
rands AWL The balu2oeia securely deposited in govern-
ment seeorlties, and in local banks of the highest credit. It
is satisfactory to learn that • liberal scale of pensions has
been adopted by the Indian government in favour of the
widows end orphans of unoovenented officers who have lost
their lives in on of the mutiny, which ranges in
lye claims, from 1 1. per annum to widow, and 361. to
orphana of public servants, who had drawn malarial of 6001.
a year and upwards; and pensions of 34/. to widows and 121.
to orphans of those who had drawn 1201. per annum.
The directors of the British Orphan Asylum, Clap-
ham-rim, have placed at the disposial of the committee
for the relief of the sufferers by the Indian mutiny thirty
presentations to this valuable Institution. This act of the
directors will, it is hoped, onus many liberal friends to give their support to this old established charity, Mice the terms
on which the children will be admitted will involve a cow& datable demand on its limited resources. A sermon was
preached on Sunday hat by the Biahop of Carlisle on behalf of the institution at the church of Bt. Alban, Wood-street, when a collection was made amounting to 63!. 2.. 6d. The approaching anniversary festival will be presided over by
the Duke of Cambridge.

LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY.

At the half-yearly meeting yesterday, after our
roPprt
On the mod= far &daring a dividend of 5 per cent. being
put from the chair,
Mr. Loom proposed that the dividend should be at the
Irate of 6* per cent., which, as appeared from the statement
I of Mr.
throwCley, the auditor, left a surplus of about 14,0001.,
whereas dividend propoded lett one of about 44,0001.
The motion having been pput to a show of hands, it appeared
from the statement of the ohairmau that 123 hands were held
lop for the amendment, and 112 for the original mottos.
A poll was demanded, and Messrs. Cruestiold and Peyton,
the auditors, were appointed mutineers to take the votes at
the close of the meeting, none of the shareholders being wil-
ling to act.
A formal vote of 16,7091. for new works was then agreed to.
On the motion of Mr. R. Dakx, seconded by Mr.
CILOSSPIELD, it wee resolved;

f 268-7.
" T the sum o ,18 certified by the auditor,
to havehat been expanded up tothe 3lst December, 1867, In the
improvement of the permanent way, by the introduction of
additional material, be transferred to the capital account,
under a separate and distinct head."
" That the auditors be requested at the close of each half.
year minutely to examine the expenditure upon the renewal
of road account' during the preceding six months, and to
certify to the next general meeting whet proportion, if any,
of that expmditure is fairly represented by additional mate-
rial actugyintroduc!id in the road.'.

The Chairmen, Mr. Barrow, end Mr. Cropper, who
each retired from the direction by rotation, were re-elected.
Mr. Bancroft, of Manchester, was elected in the room
of Mr. Dewhinst.

This; being ;notber vacancy remaining to be filled up,
Captain Porter nominated Captain Creed. Another pro-
prietor having proposed Mr. Richard Ryder Dean, a show of
4nds was Wren, when the numbers were :—For Captain
Creed, 42 ; for Mr. Dean, 62. A poll wu demanded,which,
sa balers, wu appointed to take place immediately after the
meeting.
kir. Abel Peyton was re-elected auditor.
A resolution was agreed to approving of the agreement
entered into with the South Staffordshire Company, and the
meeting traminatedwith a vote of thanks to the chairman.
The result of the poll on the question of dividend was as
follows :—For the amendment, present 32 persona, represent-
ing 792,0022., and giving 349 votes. Against the amend-
ment, present 61 persons, representing 564,7031. with 1,235
votes. The proxies against the amendment was 94, repre-
senting 2,041,7341., with 3,416 votes.
The poll on the question of the election of directors was
not presented at a late hour, and has not been forwarded to us