The Express.
London, England, 1856-08-29 00:00:00

(Stamped id. Additional.) [TWOPENCE.

sleeted what we now me dorm—pushed the adit up to
Ciwkonwell Court-house. Our immensely multiplied
heavy traffic, docupled of lets years, and certain to
increase, by the carriage to and from the various
railway termini, of the masses of goods which the
railways any with such facility and such profit to
thernielves, make those steep assents and dements sot
052.: noisome, but a positive detriment, of which
had no conception. There is bm
sides,t6emnihusitrallo, and the vowel pusses to
and fro el ell the whisios which suborn the wants of
• Si two millions and a half. Hews
thoPaLulegpeZiase abashed to the qualm of tho
two boob. *Ma saggents itself most preleiseutil
at two dillreat points Si the great thoroughfare
which we Ire dimming.
First. There is the steep dement from Holleri-
th@ sally and obvious remedy for which is the
hog talked or, sod which we hope the
now Beard will some find funds to _

lewd of FCrringdo• and Vistsehmessets is a question
of sea difficulty. It would not answer at all to
isolate the junction of Holborn and Skinner-street in
the same manner se Looden-bridge and King-
William-street are isolated from Thammetreet that
passe beneath. Throw a viaduct across from Hol-
born-hill to Snow-hill, and, unless new avenues be
opened sideways in an oblique direction, you est off
the great thoroegbfare east and west from; alb con-
nexion with the thoroughfare crossing it from north
to south at the very moment when the latter is corn-
teestel:abincnd =hissed to ussfulnue by the opening of
For direct sonata to the viaduct
era Faisingdes4trest sad Victoria street there is

roams wig -171-1-Ist they would ireatly disfigure those
streets, and would be besides the reproduction in
►notber fora et the very evil which the viaduct is
intended to reme►e. _

Snead. There is the painful steepens of Black-
friare.bridge itself, which, when the bridge comes to be
rebuilt, as it most be some day or other, it will most
probably be proposed to remedy by eoestructing the
sew bridge is the 1111011 manner as Waterloo-
bridge, with a perfect level at one end and
a long and • gradual deepest at the other.
Yet to effect this the middle part at least of
Bridge-street and Farringdoe-street must be raised
to the level of the first-floor windows—most ones at
Fleebstreet by a viaduct, and debauch into the en-
due at Holborn-hill, or else a elided similar to the
latter must be thrown from Ludgate-hill to Fleet-
street—a plea to which the greater difference of
level and less height altogether present most various
°benne'.

Than the Fleet river, which, by keeping =see un-
occupied, so much facilitated the formation of new
and spacious thoroughfares, is bawd by the Inersel
level of thaw thoroughfares sod the adjoining goomodi
to be the came of endless embarrassment. AM from
this point of view the ccastroodas of Blaskfriare-
bridge in its present position meet be regarded u a
sad 'mistake. Higher up or lower down the higher
ground would have permitted a perfect level like
that of Waterloo•bridge. Opposite Lambeth-hill,*
that the approach might have pissed the east end of
St. Paul's, and opened into Clime& and St. Mar.
thee-is-Grand, would have boos the bat position; end
bed that bass sham, the ocookootion Boathwask-
bridge would never have Won the 01.
Tara which way we will. the mostroodea of seek
wide and level chorused's= IS Me amino of oislao•
politan midst as a pageled= Midi r.em esi
amino= requires, is toll of ellooldso, whisk OVA
in this inventive age and ender Impend
government, it may take half a enstaryutler.
One thing is evident--that until ranee plan is defi-
nitively agreed to. =en though its realisation be post-
poned, it will be a =eh proseeding to build on Vic-
=is-street, or to regard the present arrangement of
that locality as other than a temporary min For
should it ultimately be &sided to counsel lbo now
Blackfriars•bridge at a lend with Melbas Viaduct,
by • Wised causeway through the middle of Fining-
dem•strest, it will be a =Mien 111111011 f the same
seessway should not be ioatineed tbeeesli Victoria-
West up to Coppice-row. If the gene d viaducts
and upper levels be adopted at all, the avenues thus
formed ought at the very least to be needs to ran in
the direction of the hoar principal isolate of the
compel's.

SATURDAY HALF-HOLIDAY IN MANCHESTER.
The advocates for half -holiday In
iimaehester mhos, v' t• pressests their novo-
moat, aad yesterday be a matte meet*/ is the Town
Hall, which bad been summoned at their itelkdtacies by
James Watts, NA., the Mayor. We ham before stated
that the warehoommisa road beVer clam sf slaws- have
Meg dasoideptol the bait-holiday, whisk M abesiVeby
the famosyopemsehos, last dm great bar to the n'
asomemeat as felt mho the fact that the vegetable or see
markets are held ea Saturday. I t will be aba• hem the par
analogs at the promeat emptier that it issought to teems the
corporatioe to thee these markets either alsogathar e• the
Saterday, or at as early hoar (say 2 o'elotk) ea the istaz-
day. So far me tie sloth sad fern market le oesosesed.thst
*eady class at the brut. °thigh bbettgAmblels h humus
to two ea Saturday. Tao assedag was veil ottlesisd, sad
the Mayor having ormally °paid the bashing,
Mr. Curse, manufasiturer, moved the list roselattes
"That the present Wartime sprees of late Imam, isepoolelly
ea Ihtardays, se generally adopted by retail shalom le sr
necessary for petits °weaken sad this meeting rat
its active efforts to obtala ma abridgeamat of them.
Saturday it allsoliday bad beta already obtained by the
wholesale winless. with which he was seemeetod, and he
saw as goad new why the retail Madan should be debarred
the Naas privilege. He haltered that very great good bad
resaltad Mom Use kall4tellday so far as It had goats. Take
the elms of mostry army aloes, each as bleacher,
vita used to get him* from the market as late
as two or three °Weak oa the Sudsy moreing,—to them
the ohmage had been a very great boos. To himself the
=Lafteresoe mi s sad Sthy% mat woe the geseesst
ee bed ; for go. an employer, he Was in ea nee.
lasting bustle all the eses el the week. If retail dishes
would ass together, as leo obeissals dealers had dons, they
would los ears is mossod s eel what was more, they world
emend without testae my pieties at their beldame. (Hoer,
hear.) If the 'earnest% weermerel mead the shopkeepers.
W public, that was, the Isnitilloosre. would soca seest
medals themselves to this einege. He (htr. Mgr) Warr
red mono odium by his abeam *I the tee-Mare bill he
factory orratlme, bat hie sopsromms hod Used to us
that or, work and better week. *old be peados. dla the
tea hems Shea wee dose Wen; ad although the halt.
holiday MI Mie Imelmess bad IMO Olaf/ IMO yews aow, yet
bo hurl shse Ms hobos bed sot hersoora, bat had gone
ea Ismessakg (AppPaoss.) A Uttar bad bees read at the
mooning of their nestle' (hem Hr. &sky) ellaillieg be die
bowls resettle, to the wotkpoople of the writer be. miSag
wages*. Fridays 'weed of Saturday., ad be tboat& ea.
objeet of their efforts shoal ho to malthe• system general,
or to bars them seam old iodise It rodblo. io Ms lea of
which be was a parmor they bed gold wages ea Fridays for
40 years past, mad gmuelly *fly S. the day ; sad as mesh
as possible to the usetbses sad female beads el familie la
this mamma It gel late the best bentla. and get epos la food
sod stabler, whereas bstssoiles K get meat ussy often la
driak. (Hear, Mar.) It we. sigesed by some of his
frisasb that the Saturday haltbelideg lel to Shirley saw
so* and Sunday mtesrets•s. owl to died** sad bed
*bits. • Mead of Ms told his be haw of Sadly
8411001 aelaba9l4 who whs• leMmiegTl ha d& esdatur-
days were always dil,gest assouloats at dude* Oslosis seat
day. bat who soopeSsemptrosied bad babies, bat be
tainted Owe weeat they were esiskiag
Meta which they shoal* be teemed by essepßessi la
oasts et storsabal theme kr Mime pal WWI We was W-
ended. Rs bees a Saab, easel boast whoa he
te:a.asti hors eseribhg Of ths bobile
the sadd weals of
he whkit his lam het goad woad
say bad resells. be
Re pliessbil this ryas* sot
roly he des isetgosgis bet tee the pelselpah Mel eta
otbst ssealihboute, to heath sad merit* selhood
mob sots hos the hug bear system err this se/Meats.
(Roar, boar.) At the sae* time be thought Om ell hob
aorta to asslieesse ad tow* the . osaMeles st the
pooh would he lost, If they lest sight st the odsratiroal
ooreuesst, tar the postis loaded Mambo. ale a Christie&
oduatts• as well as oftasiseal nissatists.
Mr.
pa.. sitophotper, ssestsdad modes, is
ems es by the Rev. Jour Rothissost, sod speed
~Mr.. thoott, dioggist. awed u That he prladysl laser
M Ilshotay. "'Wag thopplaitelie the lateml=al
VV. sad dm to
era el he he
this
*sobs soggy* to vasastasturses sod other esoloyoss, the
!gust wore ea Wilms sheseneesood badl• Min BIN
se isdistaika left =NM

Tbs Rev. Mr. Chanson emended the motion, bet wes
at the same time for a sompulsory closing of public-homes
as &tardily afteramma, if the publicans did not voluntarily
Join tae movamisat.
The mollifies wee serried.
Oa the modes of the Rev. P. Twins, mended by Mr.
Swum, bookseller, a memorial was adopted to the mayor
cod eorporatios, requesting them to alter the Saturday's
I markets to mush hours na would afford to the inhattitasts
generally and the retail trade the edvantsge of the Sitar
day hait•boliday &Weedy enjoyed by a ponies of the Wedmo-
rea sad working dame of the town.
The meeting we largely attended by shopkeepers, riff a
very uasaimeas (selloff seemed to pervade the wises MM.
Map es die subjoin.

WEST LONDON RAILWAY.
Yeitirdsy the haltyessly peers] weeder wee
hold at the London Tavern, Hishopegate-strest: Mr.
Bruner Bien la tee (their.
The renewing report wee read by the SZCltrallY : "The
directors having shindy seat to retry prapvietoe a eon al
W.
1161.11;AttlaggiliMlegflOriertW: •

at Paresat awarded is be paid the L:wiTitri sal
North Wester Railway Company to this "employ, r
damages, has been paid se directed, sad that the rote
ordered to be paid by the London and North Wetting
Company to this company, and which the directors estimate
will amount to about two-thirds of the whole rem incyrred,
will be taxed before the nest heltyearly meeting. At the
meeting it will he the duty of the board to divide the
(suds which will be then is heed, and the board is
advised that the whole must will be divi-
sible UMW the flntrolw preference shereholders.
With rehires to the tulle on the Hensingtos
mmil, the director have to report an renter in the total
temsege, whoa compared with the last half-year, of 8,061
toes, sad la teller:aid of 381. lls. 6i. There has bees lea
rarer, of 888 toes in the trifle from the railway to the
canal, but a degrees of 440 tons in the trans to the railway
heaths era. The banks of the canal neer the Impend
Gas Works meshing repaire, the directors have bed the
same surveyed, sad are sow esecutiog the seceseary work
leader the Muslim' of the company's surveyor, the oast of
which, they are Lammed, will not exceed 2101. A auto-
mat of the feedlots and disbursement. for the bali-puss
entered the fellowiag items : Receipts-To 31st Drew
boa, 1856, as per ateteseat submitted to the last half-you:ly
meeting. 300,8111.65. 2d. ; to 30th Jane, 1866, London aad
North Western Railway Compsey's proportion, u alleged
by them to be due to the West Landon Railway Conipsey
ander lease et 10th Much, 1848, as their proportion of gnu
receipts end rents from let of July, 1865, to 31s$
December, 1866, 1461. 0.. 3d. ; amount earned from the
Remington canal tolls, together with the amount mitered-
Lag on the 31st of December, 1865, and deducting *Revue's,
saresto outstanding duo by sundry pertiea, aid writhing
*spores, 4901. 14.. Bd.; Lowest on deposit mounts, 814
6.. 104.; registrars feet. IL 70. Bd.; distoursesseets to
31. st of December, 1865, 2961961. 9,. 9d.; to the 30th of
lee., 1866, 82111 lls. ld., including legal expenses, COM
Bs. 64 ; tales espouse, M. Is. 3d.; "slur, 1041. 12c; ed.
vertisemests, 21, lie. 10d.; printieg and stationery, 31.
missellanemm, 11. 140.:' and Kensiagton Canal improve-
meet, 1011. 15s. 7d.- barer carried forward in ledger,
9461 3s. 2d.; eel la bead, Leaden and Weatainetet Beak,
actout emmulr, 10e. 6d., and deposit account, 3,100 L
Tee strength of ems was as follows: Cash in bend,
44811. 10e. H.; boluses dee. SUL es. frd ; amount receivable
hese the Lembeamed RerthWestra Railway, 4,1271. 4..1d.,
which was mode tip et these theme : For dameige. in ILA
emir 1,6771., La =MN pia by the eespany for portion
agree reseipM to the ertherstierest of tke astir, 4461.
leo. 24.-1,2811. 3s. MIL; he elemeges le @road emir,
1,1601.; for seberesal dthessel to the date of award,
1,8001.; sad les earthed theyertion of gram receipts Irma
Chrism, to lest dale of award, 1461. Os. 3d. The West
Leads& Railway wee Ismer to the Losdos and North-
Wester Grusay and the Irvington Canal. There were
also nualiansi us.s MOW lands adjoining the Kessler
ton Kaden MK Rtitheybridge, sod et the month of the
Handsets. sand, tie Value of which was not eseertrued,
and the ieaiyNs Casa Company's claims, whir had
set bees reassessed. There were so liabilities. snort the
some rebates te the litigation with ohs Landes and
Nerth-Westime Railway Campos". By the terms of the
award, a essettheshis ;proportion of the coats were to be
benne by the Leads. and North-Western Railway Cosa-
The CHAIRMAN sowed that the report be adopted.
Ml. B•1711D01 row to WIN an 11111,11dElfit.-.
that the farther eossiderstion of the report be postponed to
an adjoined ntsethig, to beheld on toe 30th of November,
sod that is the inertia» the °pries cf counsel be
takes as to the validity of the sward of Mr. Hawkshew,
and whether the same is is conformity with the 17th and
18th Viet., e. 240, and that counsel be also consulted ea to
thehold privdss of profaner thsreholden over old share-
ers.
The 13otacroa said the matter referred to hod bees
submitted to Mr. Aspland, the legal adviser of the sump's',
and he had gives his °Mara that the decision of Mr.
Hswkshaw was biadiag apes the shareholders. With r-
ued to the priority of different cbusta of 'shareholders, the
arni wataace of the report was founded upon the °prim of
Kr. Aspleed, who bed been serried as the sal jest.
The emendrout was this pat, and negatived by a majo-
rity"( 10 la 18.
A reetilatioa coastituting a committee of five 11.0pr:eters
al suggested, representing all classes of shares, sad action's-
lag the mastitis to the 30th of November was carried by 9
to 1; sad, after swots of Rieman to the chairman, the meet-
ing eeteedlagly adjourued.