The Express.
London, England, 1857-01-27 00:00:00

(Stamped Id. Additional.) [TWOPENCE.

NORTH 8L

RAILWAY.-BLUVII

OF THE DIRECTORS.

The report of the directors of the North Stafford.
abbe Railway, to be submitted to the half-yearly meeting to
be heir! at Stoke Station on the 30th inat., has just been
Maud. The tables 'Mow that the total receipts on the rail-
way for the hoillyear ending December, 1866, ars 124,8391.
100. 7d. • the Mel receipts for the year 1866, 233,031/.
its. 4d.,leers berm* on these of the previous year of
111,1 Mt IS The taw On the for the batt-
le's nabs Daemither, 1858, arereceipt. 72,9231. 7ecanal. 7d. The total
seep le he the year 1866 are 145,1181/. 0.. 3d., being an in-
swats 111 the of the preview. yew Of 27,0791. 60. 3d.
Ulm hereme (say the directors) is mainly to be attributed
le the bed Made • the through traffic for pasewprs and
=a; the railway being sill systematically aielel and
• aad it will be seen that the Weedy prisms of
temaift.lices the indimembst rase rase el tae ompay,
shah= base ad the ailealetkine up ea which the deelion.
of Illephems wee tsseled h eettliag the teethe esseoge-
sant lames is Lambs matter* sad the North
Ilieheibliellsee TUNIS= thee en this
swam al la ; the dillimithe and delepan=
die d
ot the esepay low beat equal to
LliseriabldaMest he irectors when they entered m the
cesieN, lel ass ham bees met, sad es It awe with
palm end Illessistirs, and there is every hope that the
speelet NOB persist es he trial will be melded, either with
Lrse wieis eides he the laterkresce et the Lord Chid tee-
the sent her webs; so that It may be
hasa and added before the next half-yearly
In the tesseilme, the directors haw not
satat roper le arb. Off but the set ye-
mei* mama to the mini of
h. 7L ; a width =Wm Sim reese
kawamm a idivi-
thesele eft% pw smoso._alane•
le is amen firma NUM The Milig• for the
dMe bee been &palled In
'rest, sad
The •••••■••, saboballwh oma scifdi
honesty bill beluga. end en la seem et a
Wale, awed and label's thwestiptba. Athersph
doemmetessi forme she webewhem a ehemeter. le
parable tat that seem pleb ef Mame, may latorod.
mese eapbesileme be maiW the based have no
espesing their eph ftit time are none will
not admit at adhelmint, witheat recourse to the erthba-
Um of Loud Ntweasse- end Mr. Ricardo, as fixed
l er speement Wham the companies, If it
be burl ioloomary. The time which has
Sepal shoe the esramist was signed Ise enabled the
direakes le give the met .s asesination to the des
teas, owl to reemmider meteeely the whole scope of the sr-
masesent. Thum law is every wow boded to conhustheir
vir, hat ineepectim of the Faiths atheadese seemed by
the pmembin 0/ the pregerty at a natal otheletei ea the
avail, ha wilardth et ihrie yam, with a defection of 10 per
cent. blow, the essmay with as be effected in
the casaba metag ef the two system, width me but an
antemba of ass meths, est the thereaest ilesibliee which
A be @dhoti* to the pthile, and the ceseeptest thereseed
bathe, will be resessme to the iaandim, while Rom-
net hi Is be wirstessem le the lemlitiimulkenenge-
nwthe hr the pusher d the Led at the hanch
have milecomiderable and thathrestere Halle
the opringthey be esabledloosesessee wortt.,
the melts hem which, they see an masa to deeditainill be
fatly aped to es antielpatices they expremed whoa ob-
tained he memist of the elmeelmiiers to the bill. It be
moolleated Mat the borrowing power* of the company are
stem to be made available he the construction of the line.
In the bet half-yearly mart, the directors informed the
ehrelhelim that it had sesame their object to edict some
=niwith the CaretNemmy, which would pre-
doing of an 'Shit h the- a•Mon of Meteor-
hemplon to the trade of the Meth etathedshire dietrict. In
peseta at Ade they ham inbred Into an agreement to
we* the Cornea Ithe at Se per cont. of the gross receipt.,
and to tae sit Mao by that route equal to 41 per cent.
arm not madam 116,0001., but which may
be lammed weeding to present estimates to 280,0001.,
shoat they emceed is the application to parliament for
the anemias to Wolverhaisten, which they have made
In esteedierse with the anessameat with this company.
The acconate show that Me sengeay bee raised 1,191,126/.
on debentures at the camp rate of interest, 4/. 11m. 9d. per
cent. The asphel mama shows total receipt. to Dec. 31,
1866, to the merest of 4,022,5861. 17s. Id., and total even-
&toe op le the Dam date 3,981,336/. 9a., leaving a balance
on this atom* of 41,2601.8.. Id. The revenue account
thews list the Wel waver receipts during the haillear
=i lkoadmr are 121,7761.45. 7d. ; the total ea-
thinft the ems period ia 60743/. 16s 6d., leaving
• balsam at 64=1. 4LI to be carried to general revenue.
The owed receipts N. the same period arc 72,9281.75. 7d. ;
I Var 29,1231. 104., leaving a balance of
a! 9d. The general revenue account shows receipts
melba MAUL 13.. Ild., which, augmented by balances duo
fame Leedom and North Western Railway Company, and by
an undivided balance to 30th June, 1866, leaves a balance on
the whole half-year of 62.1761.6 a. hi, which will give a
dividend at the rata of 3j per coat., sad leave a balance of
2,714/. Its. 2d.

TREASURER TO 711 E EASTERN COUNTIES RAIL
WAY. —We have much satisfaction in being enabled to an-
nounce that Mr. Wm. /Instal, of West limn Abbey, in this
county, has been appointed to the office of treasurer to the
Eastern Counties Railway Company, at a salary of 500/. per
annum. On Thursday, Mr. Spree] was unexpectedly sum-
moned to attend a meeting of the directors when Mr. Love,
the chairman of the company, informed him that, In conse-
quence of his long se vices, his assiduity, business habits,
and strict attention to his duties, the board had appointed him
bummer in the room of Mr. Davis, who would now retiree's
a pension of 2501. per annum. Mr. Sproul entered the
company's service, on the opening of the line, at a very
▪ salary, but his business habits and integrity were in-
etrumental in procuring for him the poet of euperintendent
of the booking department, in which his seniors appear to
have Men duly appreciated by the company.—E.ser Iferaler.
OMNIBUSES V. RAILWATS.—The Manchester City
Omnibus Company started a line of eight omnibuses between
that city and Stockport yesterday, to run daily, in competi-
tion with the London and North-Western Railway. The
;peculation has been under considemtion'before, but the ila-
modiste cause of the present undertaking le an attempt made
this year by the railway company to compel the holders of
contract tickets to get into and leave the carriages only at
the termini epecifiod in their contracts. Hitherto a con-
tractor laying the whole distance between the two towns
held hinteelf at liberty to get up or down ut any intermediate
slopping station. The omnibuses are handsome, spacious,
end -comfortable, the inside being equal to most ffiet-class
mew accommodation, while the fere is only two-thirds,
She emotions thee YAM being 6d. for the Mx miles, whilst the
by per, lest class, is 9d. The emend-class rail-
:M per,
and Had elms, 4.1. ,• whilst the omnibus outside
bee is ad. - The vallway transit is much more rapid, but as
lb dram la WY Issas see seer distance from the centres
allimbera, die ambeess hove sia adesategi, by running to
Him pebda, 'bilk dives lam swift an equality in point of
Mow The amtbaras sae drown by SMIO horses abreast, but
it is pebble list if the beds see heavy four horses will Ire
used, as in the old olooles.
HYHRICAR RAILWAYS:The following interesting
table Arm tbe growth of the American railroad system :
Yews. Miles. Yeas. Miles.
1826
1829
1830
1831
1832
1833
1834
1836
1836 1 lO2 1861
1837 1 412 1862 11,631
1838 1 843 1843 13,379
1839 1 920 1864 16,038
1840 2,167 1853 18.764
1841 3,319 1856 21,069
1842 3,877 1867 24,478
Miles bob hat Iva years-1828--33 l3l
Mika bra libil Ivy yeas-183$-37 1,281
Miles balk 3rd No yens-1558--4! 2,463
Miles built 4th five years-1843-47 1,4.59
Miles built 6th five years-1848-52 6,295
Miles built 6th five years-18.53-57 12,845
ISLINGTONTOLL-OATER.—JFEOM a COI 1 t7puoldeat.)
—There are four distinct tariffs tolls in this parish, so that
the parishioners are mulcted at every turn. The nuisance has
aroused the attention of the vestry, and notice has been gives
of a motion to get rid of the Islington gate, which will fix
on the parish an extra rating, without however benefiting
the whole of its population. The four Uri& will Mill remain ;
I the gates will mill remain; and the toll-tax will ellll remain.
Surely the people of Highgate, Hammy, Holloway, and
Bells-pond have as great gnevances clam to their doors, as
those at Islington. The estimates given Mon Lord Robert
Oromenois cominittee show that a county rite of lees than
one penny will akar all the t9l-gates in the metropolitan
area; yet If the inksliteats of Wanton arc so short-sighted,
they will kg dosemslees in far a whin rate of 3d. or 4d. in
theiclifor las temoval of •so Pte.
WKS Or THE NORTHERN BEI.T.F —The
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is thousand barrels
sad weed et
sedsiy landed by the lies
Fame est et Broadstaire, assisted -by
Mamie bag is some quantity of salt beef and
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