The Express.
London, England, 1860-02-06 00:00:00

TEI NAIL 611 VICE.

801;T li &MP roN, SCNDAT.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Indus, Captain Weeks, took bet departure yestorday, at
2 p.m., with bee Majesty'. saris fee Gibraltar, the
tarries°, Egypt, Aro, Csykso, bdia (rapt Bombay),
sod China, together with 130 ;aspengers, looluoing Deputy-
Assistant-General Balky, Captaios Smith, Morqoarr. and
Stocklo, and Lieotermats Baths sad Gordan he lades
took co freight 885 bora of opera, rhos 263,700!. 13c,
consianag of, for the following ports, :—Csyloo, some
reigns and silver Vats, 1,2111. 10,. Weirdo, hall-soversiass,
3.9651. • gold tad silver threat and silver oleo. 7261. 84.
Caleott;, bar rim, 65,010/. • live franc pitons, 20,0001.; bar
gold, told, 6.1001.; sovereign', 1.000/ ; jewel sry, watobas. &c ,
3371. 16s. Hoag Kong, bar silver and dollars, 72,6961.;
gold coin. 6,8701.; gold and silver thread, watches, itc.,
1,3684 Foo Chow, bar silver, 9651.; jewellery and watches,
901.; and for Shanghai, bar silver and dollar, 53,9601. The
Indus also took a foil cargo of grand nterchandms.
The Colon & rem Company's smarmy Aeries, Captain
Strait, sailed haws this day at 2.30 p.m , for the Caps of
Good Hope, Port Natal, and Seceosioa. She took Mary-
lou: perengers, amoopt whom are Dr. Mortiel, Dr. Gray,
Captain Keen, and Lvotentiot Pitman. The Attars took
on
a freight spars 2,0001, and a large cargo of gassral war-
nodise.

The Hambarn and American Company's steamer So-
nata, Carom Trantaien, elan wiled Ware this day with tbe
German and Euglash tauila, pamengere, and cargo direct for
New York.

he Isom*, Captain HO, will sail ass Tuesday with the
usual mails for the Peninsular ports.

LONDON 410 BOUTS-WRITE.IIN .E.4ILWAL

Tee report of the directors of this company has
been peddishod.

The half-year's mounts show tho net mem for the six
mouths ending December 31. t, 18.59, sitar ilminellag interest
ea loans, end all other torten-nisi charges, to be 191,6631.
46.10 d. ; add ~pins at June 30th, 1830, 1.1186 ; balance
'Tellable for dividend, 192.7811 3s. 10d. From the above sum
the directors recommend that a dividend bo Mimed at the
rate of 31. 5.. per
I.per anaum, payabie ow the
23rd day of en ~unting 7,197,8146 of
capital paid-ap ha 1 ;9431. 144. 41. ' • lased, to he
carried over to the nearest daytime., OW. 9.. Id.
the gross italic of the half-yew amide that at the corre-
sponding half-year in 1868 by the eon of 51,3081. over
an extended mimeo of 61i miles. whileithe Immo to
the working azpensee moonlit, to 51,7471. This immense in
the working axioms snips from the greater number of
Wile run by the trains during the lam half-yeer, being no
lees than 306,290, end from the edditioual stall employed at
the various new Matins while the traffic on the new lines
cannot have yet been developed. There is also an increased
charge for the maintsnanceot theme lines. A considerable por-
tion of the increased traffic has been earned on tbsold lines. •
large portion at the traffic over the new Portsmouth
sad to the isle of Wight, for the ant sic week. of the hall-
y. sr, daziag the competitith with the Brighton Compaq,
was corned at ruinously low fares, causing a
swim lees to. the compaay. The Milo Mums Mat
the onameseament of the reseal pose easlimme to
isereese ever these of the correspeadieg period la 1880,
sad the favourad• omparkma mow meek k no the
ems extent at Miro in both periods. The mem weather
for the lest them maths of the year was very trying to the
psmaamat way, but It tits nevertheless been maintained la
good working order, although at some extra expose.
14.2911. Is. bd. io charged spinet revenge dung the
hell-year for the mews' of part of the perm meat way. Of
this sum 9.6231. 11..6d. is brought forward front last half -
year. There has now bees expended on this account /mint
ihe last sine years upwards of 107,4101., the whole of which
bee bees charged against menus at ea average at 11,0401.
per annum. Daring the lest few yens, however,
that average has bees mach exosided. The resident
engineer having lately called the attention of the
board to the great additional wear end tear of the line la
consequenon of the hicressed traffic and weight of engthes
and .Fred of trains on the mein lines, the dtrectoreneolved,
sea matter both of expediency and economy, at oast to re-
lay all such parte of the has where necereary with additional
sleepers sni 6.1-joiated rail.. The directors reommend
that the tutors sxpeadithre on this heed be oerried to en
account to be called •' The Renewal of Permanent Way
Account," and that there be charged against femme In
each Mare half-yeer• stun of 10,0001. toward. its liquids-
tics, natil the whole exposes Moaned Is embalmed. The
repairs to the redag clock bars been fully maintained
during the past year at the impetus of revenue, and mach of
the older portion of it has been converted from a superior
into mooed and third-olses, mit has been sent in for repair.,
sad otherwise Improved. The engines sad MMUS. in COMO
of construction for the additional lime to be opened during
the spring are nearly oompletad, and with them which
have been ordered from Meters. Wright, will, form sock
sa addition to the prevent stock of the cenpaay as the di-
rect se trust will meet the regairments of the traffic.