The Express.
London, England, 1860-10-26 00:00:00

LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

(sir rum= roaalArs.)
IWMARKET MEETING.—(THDI DAY.)
AUDLEY END STAHEL
Odds
HANDICAP SKTEPSTAIED3 01 lb OWL

••• •
16 ma.
SWEEPSTAKES OF 20 SOVS.
Audrey .
Angelo . .
10 ran.
SWEEPSTAKES OF 500 SON'S.
Sweet Hawthorne
Flburus . .
loran
SWEEPSTAKE t OF 10 SON'S.
Lord of the Manor .
Man Friday .
King of the Forest ... .
6 ran.
FREE 11.ANDICAP OF 20 KITS.
Amsterdam ...
Speaker

5 ,an.
SECOND CLASS NURSERY STAYER.
Haulm= lAss
14 num.
ENTRY_POR.EID) !LATE D.L

Moorrock, 41-ra, Sat 12Ib Lady
Traspaer, 3 yrs, Rat 71b ; Flash-in-the-Pan, 4 pis, ; Mu-
timer, 4 yrs, 7dlolb ; Ambush, 4 yrs, 74 •71b ; Man 464
Ai
r.., 3 yrs, let 7lb ; Simla, yrs, 74 Mb ; Orlando, 4 yrs,
7a 316 ; Pitman, 3 yrs, 7st ; Parmesan, 3 yrs, 44 10lb ;
Guilder, 3 yrs, Set 2113 ; Winkfield, aged, Gut 21b; Swab-
bas, 3 yrs, fist 21b. All are here.
FIRST-CLASS NURSERY ST.IICES. D.M.
Miss Diu:stable, Tomyris, Isthmian, Ssreethswthenir
Duchess, Limefiever, Prance Plausible, Wee Polly, Brun-
ches, Hilsrity, Sharpshooter, Northsold, Overton, Shingle,
Medusa, and Philip the P.douner.
Limallower is scratched.

LATEST BETTING.
FIR STULA/1S NURSERY.
100 to SO apt Overton (t)
THE DERBY.
000 to 100 apt Dundee (t)
IMO to 3U Klarikolf (t)
IWO to 10 Will o' the Wimp (t)

WEST FLANDERS RAILWAY.-(Tvias oar.)

The thirtieth half-yearly general meeting of the
pruprietun was held at the aloes of the company, No. 61,
Mourgateetreet ; Mr. Tffd. in the chair.
The following revert was mad:
" &eat the last meeting of the proprietors, the company
has sustained a severe and heavy lugs by the death of their
late presideat,Yr. W. P. Richards ; and the directors cannot
allow this opportunity to pass without expressing their air
preciation otitis high characteraud (polities, aad at the same
time recordisg the valuable services modeled by him to
this company from it. origin. Each shareholder will, with
the directors, deeply lament the severe and painful loss the
a:l,lmq lass thus sustained. The board have nominated Mr.
Richard Till, who has acted as we of your directors fee the
last nine years, as his successor. lo reporting upon theprn
ceediiip of the past half-year, the directors have peat
phrase in drawing the anent on of the proprietors to the
Matemeet of the traffic for that period, by which they will
perceive that in all the branches of revenue the gradual in-
crease has again been eahilited. This the directors oonsider
wall bu very gratify ing and satisfactory to the shareholders.
The total receipt. of the line have been—On the Bruges and
Courtrai lioe, in 1400, 12,7411. fla 3d., and in 1860,
12,117/. U. 7d. ; and on the guermiteed branches, in 1/30,
11,1Z.W. 6a ld., and is 141t1, 6,4511. 19s. 2d. The expenditure
bee, at the same time, beeniaenmsed by a heavier outlay o•
the way, as well as in the repair of the niffing
both of which Are kept in perfect order. The resole
of the six moot e' working of the railway Is shown in the
plait sod loss amount, which, alter deducting the interest
on the bonds sad preference shares, will leave a clear imam
for that period of 5,1331. 6. sd. This will enable the dine
ton to pay a dividend of 3s. lid. per share ; carrying feared
a balance of 41101. 16. 11d., which, added to the balame of
hat year, will amount to 1,306/. Ss. AL This suns is Wiser
than is usually brought forward ; but the directors, &mien
to uphold the lines in a perfect state of repair, as will as to
meet the requisite accommodation for increased train, sad
believing that the interest,' of en eounpsay wall be het
I served In so doing, propose to reserve this ens to any eat
I some meal and necessary renewals and improvements,
iodide; the bridge over tlselkages meet. The dividend,
which will be d.cJa.red In Bruges cm the 6th of November, •
will be payable, as natal, in London and Brug.,. on sad
I after the ltith of November neat. The Klee of the Bel.
pane, with the royal family, paned over the company's
tier as the *maim oil their visit to Y psis bet month.
His Majesty expressed henna' such pleased with the
erremenenda made far their rem and invened Mr.
Chant:ell with the order of The directors have
farther to report, that the works on tha marl to join the
&heldt at Boesnyt with the Lye at Coertne, are snarly
completed; when open for the carriage of mil sad heavy
goods, they belie... it will have • becetimal Maumee es the
truffle, .specially on the line from Courtrai to Beiges. The
board have, in WCOMBACIII with _lad article of the sesintes,
somhatal Br. K Vaughan Richards as • digester of the
compse, which respires the coatlrmatine of the pet
meeting. The directors retiring by nit:dim are Mr. Till
sad Captain Gettig, who offer themselves for reelsoliou.“
The (Valium', in moving the adoption of the report,
said that thepany was advancing slowly bat steadily,
which was • that the undertaking was • w 41eed 01..
(Cheers.) y were nut like the nch companies of this
country, which could go to parliament and obtain new
' capital. They meat mare out of revenue to meet any eon-
tingencies that main occur ; and be hoped
wiprieters would approve of what the
hail done in that respect. With respect to the
dispute between them and the Belgian government
on the subject of the guarantee it was the intention of the
directors to proceed to Bruges, where they mead consult
Belgian lawyers, sal although they would not do anything
pr,ipitate, the shareholders might depend upon it thee
they would not sleep over what they believed to be their
right. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. HEILAPATH seconded the motion, which was carried,
as well as• resolution affirming the deelanitios el the dirt- I
deed.

GREAT WASTEIN AND BIENTIPOID JUILWAT
(MIS DAY.)

This day a special mooting of the shareholders of
this company was held at their Aloes, Great George-street,
WedelnsMgr, for the purples of considering and authorising
the lase.( 3.000 shams of 101. each, with a preference
dividend not exceeding spm cent. ; Mr. HORATIO G. DA;
the visrahsksra d the beard of sliirectom, provided.
The CMAIRISAI Said the triallag wee called in 0.11..-
Cesl a resolution pared at the Last half %yearly meeting.
s:la which it was propound to raise would out be an in-
creased tasty oa ,the cowpony, bet was for the purpose
of discharging out"tanding claims. They were now paying
target for leans, red the peelaresdiel dividend on them shares
would ameent to nearly. the same thing. He was happy to
say that the trails wee renaliag, that for Sept,mihael,",,ag
doehletbatef themerrespeerding period twit year. He moved:—
" That 3,000.1 the new shave of IW. cub, representiag
the sea of 30,00 W., part of the additiowil capital authorised
to be raimd at ail elMordieary meeting of the ahareholdera
of the company, held on the ISO day of February, 1860, in
pursuance of the provisions al the Great Woman.
sad Bradford Leming Act, IM9, be, sod they ace
hereby coastituted preference shame, and the hailers
thereof shall be entitled to be paid a preferential dividend
theme, est of the geasea revenues of the &away,
et the nits of lOrs. pr share per annum in perrin
telt'. according to the progielens of the said act of parlia-
ment ; awl the diroctore ane hereby authorised to sliM,
issue, and dispose of such preference shares, a such maw
err as they ?nor think 111. rig such preferential dividend
shall be paid half.yearly at ewe lints dud 15hsm5Nh.f
11 arch and September in each peer, as shall he riseeeveleml
epos et the °wherry hafiserty asebings et the
company. That the mil preferewe &wee shell
not be entitled at inc time to receive a dividend asemorbag
10s. per share per annum. That the said Awes shall be
described in the books of the company as • Five per that
Preference 14Itarea' and be numbered Nos. 11. 3,000 in•
elusive. That the preference shares hereby greened shall
not, in re,port of such sharer, confer awe the holders
thereof any right or title to attend or vote at any of the
meetings of the shareholder' of the company."
Mr. seconded the medico, which was swisataili
iwzr,..l to, an i the t•owl vote of thanks to the chairmen
and dirreton closed the proceedings.