The Express.
London, England, 1861-08-07 00:00:00

CHARING.CROSS RAILWAY.-(THIS DAY.)

The ordinary half-yearly general meeting of the
above compels,/ was held today, at the offices of the
tiouth•Easteru itailway Cumie ay, London-bridge, Mr. Jiang
BTNG, io the chair.

After the usual preliminaries, the secretary, Mr. S.
I emu-4 proceeded to read the following report :
"The statement of receipts and expenditure for the half-
year ending the:iot h.! une Lou show the receipts for that period
Ito have been 121,247/. lie. lid., and the expenditure,
120,434/.Bs. 44. An amount of 010,660 i. has been expended on
land during the halt-year, and possession has been obtained of • considerable portion of the corpropertydingly
requisite to enable the contractor to proceed with
the viaduct. Negotiations are in progress for the
purchase of the remainder, the principal portion of
which will shortly be in the hands of the contractor.
The progress made in the works of the railway has been sa-
tisfactory, and 31,1701. has been expended on that account
during the ball-year, principally in connexion with the bridge
across the Thames at Charing-cross. The directors have
pleasure in reporting that the requisite powers have been
obtained in the present session of parliament, enabling them
to extend the railway into the City, tea terminal' in Cannon-
street. To afford the requisite accommodation for this new
bailie, it has been detenuined to provide a third line of way
batistes the junction of the City terminus line (a little west
of Wellington-street, Borough) and the Charing Cross
Bridge, to be devoted exclusively to the City and west end
trains, which will thus ',be prevented interfering with the
through trains of the South Eastern Company ; and the
directors are informed by their engineer that this important
addition to the convenience of the railway may be provided
without exceeding the original capital of the undertaking.'
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the report, said—The report
and accounts have already been circulated, from winch
you will observe that considerable progress has been
made daring the half-year. The heaviest part of the
undertaking, as you are aware, is the bridge amuse
the Thames at Charing-cross, but the engineer reports
that the progress made at that point is satisfactory--the
works being now advanced from the south bank to scar the
middle of the river. The most important event that
has occurred in connexion with the company during
the last six months has been the passing of the act
enabling us to extend the line to • terminus in
Cannon-street, and thus bring the City and the Westend
in direct railway communication with each other.
Numerous pleas have been pos from time to
time with the lame object, and many notices wen
given of projects far bringing the City and West-end
together by railway, ta the last session of parliament.
The termini of this railway will be far more conveniently
situated thee the lines which were proposed along the north
bank of the Themes ; as we shall abut at one end on the
Strand at Chain-twee and at the other on Canoenekest,
rely about a hundred and fifty yards from the Kaneko-
house, the Busk of Eaglend, and the Bevel Ex
We have lately arraireed to commence the works Dear
Waterloo Station, with the object of connecting our rail-
way with the Booth-Western system from which we
naturally anticipate considerable advantages, ani there is
every reason to believe that the coooexion, when formed,
will prove of very great convenience to the public.
Mr. Atteure objected to that portion of the plan which
contemplated bringing west-end passengers into the City.
He believed that the expense would be enormous, and the
return insitflkient. He thought that such an extensive pro-
ject sisoaki Dot be thrown exclusively on the South-Eastern
Company, but should be taken up by the public.
Mr. BIATTIE wiled to know when any portion of the
line would be open to Waterloo or Charing-cross
Mr. HAW 18111•11, IVY willing to make the attempt to
have the line open to Waterloo by the Ist of May, 1862,
to meet the requirements of the Great Exhibition. (Hear.)
He thought it possible, provided all the intervening pro-
perty was promptly purchased. The question was in feet
one of expense, and was one niers for the consideration of
the director than his own. He expected to have the whole
line opened in the course of next year.
Mr. Burris thought that it was of the utmost
t%to im-
have • portion of the line open in time tor
M Exhibition, and believed that the directors and
shareholders would do their part.
m inated
Tb• report was then adopted and the proceediogs ter-
.

NEDIELARANNAN sxramiroir EELD:RAPIL
(rant Del.)

This afternoon the half-yearly meeting of the
eharebeibre weeld at tie Loodon Tavern ; Mr. Moon
la the chair.

TM repMt of UN directors having been previously
adeted and peldieleed, was taken as read.
The Camaro ur, in movies' its adoption, observed that
emsegements were being made with the new Italian go-
vernment by which the tran,rnission of masiages
between and this country would be greatly accele-
rated ; the time would be reduced from twenty-four hours
M sight.
se reply to a question, the CHAIRMAN Mated that at the
=of the board, the government subsidy of 7,200/.
en divided into two parts. There was now a sub-
sidy of 3,60 W. between Malta and Sicily, and one at the
mem amount between Malta and Corfu, so that if the
working should be interrupted io the one case sad not is
the other, half the entire sum would still be received.
The report. was adopted, and Mr. S. Gurney, M.P., and
Sr J. Carmichael having been re-elected directors, the pro-
medley taminsied.

Four hunting scam of Deeportes, • larri3 pic-
ture by Boucher, two Rower piece. by BaptisteMonnoyer,
a picture by Visa, two by Regnault, and two by Robert Hu-
bert, have juet been eouveyed from the Louvre to the Palaoe
of Fontainebleau, where a gallery of the works of French
painters of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries is
being formed.

The Duke of fiaxe-Coburg-Gotha left ()view] on
the sth by the express train for Dusseldorf. *berme he was
to proceed to Coburg. Last week his royal highs.. wort
to the cattle fair at Frage% sod bought four hones, prime
sperimees of the well-known Flemish breed.

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LANCASHIRE AND YoRksHiRE -RAILWAY.--'(she
balsam which will remain to be carried forward to the
next liayear's account, after the deelaration of • dividend
at the nth el 14 per cent. per annum, is 73,0101. 13s. ad.
Tin Gas main or rue AMEND:AN A33stma—The
we at the principal ofiken of the North are—Scott, 7S ,•
Wool, 73; Harney, 63; Mansfield, 60; Totten Mewl
t=), SO ; never (Euteeerti, emit Dof (Head
Departinent), 76 ; Ripley (Ordnance). 70; Stun-
see, 66 ; Lamed (Pavniaster•(:enersl), 70. Gibson (Coen-
iniseary-Gesend). Churchill (Inspector.Grneral), and
Thomas (Adjutant-Geneml) mitered the army in the begin-
ning of the preaeat centisty—ditron is 1806, and Churchill
is 1412. The Southern army is odkered chiefly by men
' in the prime of life—Beauregard Win 43, and Lee 511,
Mmon-G mutat MCCIINNAN.—This officer is •
Wee• Pointer, fought in Mexico, went to Europe ea • mili-
tary commission • few years ago to examine into the science
et war in the caan at the great powers In the Crimea,
aftennird• raepw to become vicepresideat et the Elwin
Omani Railway and thee accepted the prodding of the
Ohio sad Mitaimippl Railroad. from which he was called to
set me Kajoe-Genetal at the Ohio Volunteers, and from that
poet into the rege/az army, which position he now holds.
lie is 116 "menet alp.
Bwormar Ourtow.—On Monday evening
Insedla made en soma at the biologic of Gardens, Clifton.
The pedemmese were the lame as three on his first sir
Mrat the Crystal Palace, and we given cm a rope
eeil re
feet is length, the elevation being between 60 sad 70
feet. About 13,000 persons were present in the Pi
the receipts being • little over 700/., but the numbienr
spectators who were able to get a view from the downs
outside must have considerably exceeded that of those who
paid to witness the exhibition. Excursion tram from
Exeter mod Birmingham and the intermediate stations
brought large numbers of visitors to BristoL