The Express.
London, England, 1850-10-31 00:00:00

DEMERARA RAILWAY.
Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of this aompany
em bald at the Louden Tavern, to realty Ike report of the
elreeton. Waked MeCalorie, En., took the glair, after

which,
Mr. LULU the somotary, reed the fellowieg report and
belenneheet
y The line hos beam peeked en to Porter's Hope, and
In sight weeks mere, or by the elms of the year, the own-
ant oaths of \rioted& would be weaned. TM englaser's
report is IMAM:tory, and the mantas of amegersent at
Demerara add slat the Me as ter as the abovameatined
amiss of Porter's Hope would be opened for public traffic
as the Ith of *is MN b. The committee have been occa•
sien mush
_enthemened tram the want of nods. which at
dewsdieselleemi tea* siftsseMer the progress of the works.
GC
milikeliMl WWI Nit NI the Governor of British
Galena mos MOM IV tithe maamodeo by km Majesty
UI tha trainable PAM& to in the net Merl)
granting •
lean of KOWA NiiM alhamosiMit of this undertaking;
hot at the coma time MN authority wee aot given
to Gnomic 3este4 to nelpetion Tole for any part of that
mount. Tbiswasta bar asthma mem yet done, to that
to the poem. Not Ws Ise, Ma the exemption of the
17 AM advemiled, has net been made available to
the esempomf . The diesehies, however, have made repraen
miens to Me enlimoilisei sod understood that the packet
appolated M soil m the Sad proximo will carry out Motto-
tions on this eabion, end in the Nana time they have every
cooildenoe that the governor, who has always evinced a
strong dean topmast* the therms of this undertaking, will
continue to make sock temporary advisees from the thlooial
mantry as will ninon any °bend's to the advancement
of the works."
By the mounts maned to the report it appears that a
sum of 9,6111. 12s. 10d. bas been received for the conveyance
of goods and passenger. b the railway, an amount which
the directors believe to be sufileiently encouraging, consider-
ing that the line bee only been open to a Nada mu extent,
and st the mese time the proems of oenstruetion ham been
gong on. Sim the Mt general meeting 6601. bas bean
named is account of the outstanding arrears. The number
of forfeited shares now amounts to 1,005, upon which a stun
of 3.7751. bee been remind by the empasy.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the Moping of the report,
said that. was very little for him to mention beyond its
entente. He would only say that there was every anti
dense on the pert of the directors that the lire, when finished
to Victoria, would turn out a moo profitable undertaking.
Mr. RIDGWAY coked when the locality of Porter's
Hope was T
no CHAIRMAN replied that it was within two miles
of Victoria, the %ermines of the railway.
Camel WARRIN sold he was happy to Gad that they
bad dispeosed with pitch pine in the constneaon of the
weeks; bat he Mend Like M know by whose advise that
ankle bad bees menosed.
The CHAUII replied that it had net been done
without the advise Of lien eagiseer, who bad great expo.
risme in the matter. Green Mort was not to be got at se
cheap a rate se Olivine. The deepen were all prepared in
Amelia, and. Mime of then peeserving premiss, end had
stood well three* very severe weather. (Hear.)
Cassel WARRIIN still maintained that pitch pine
wee the worse weed that could be seed in ouch a climate.
Mr. RIDGWAY mid that, hokum at the paeans of the
Brasil, Beetles, and the Dneek colonise, he hoped those
states would be lonian to met this comma, belt-way,
whey the Has Woke Memo a meet table undertaking.
The CHAIRMAN abeerved. In Is • tor, that
they bed messy earogit to go ea to sad with the
War iseietasse cor the government, they mold extend the
Me to Maknoe,i miles beyond Victoria ; bat this would lota
cedar let Ha olusideration of the aherebolders.
Mr. MARTIN asked It any account of the working am
peens could be gins.
TM CHAIRMAN thought it would be premature to give
them till the liae was completed. (Hear, bear.)
The report was then adopted unanimously.
Mr. RIDGWAY having eulogised the midget of Goma
nor Bandy in reopen to this company, moved a vote of
thanks to the elestralen and directors tor their able mane-
meat of the company's affairs.
Mr. BRUCR seconded the maim, became he moldered
that without ha valuetie aid and peronismo, of the dim-
ton the orempaay would long Mee have been doomed to ex-
tinction. (Hest, Mar.)
The resolution was agrood to, and the Resting adjourned.

WATERFORD, WEXFORD, AND WICKLOW
_ RAILWAY.
_ .

An adjourned general meeting of the shareholders
in this company took place yesterday, at the King's Head ,
Tavern, Poultry. Mr. PrIAFOILD in the chair.
Sir W. VERNER, M.P., opened the proceedings by
stating the particulars of what took place at the meeting in !
Dublin on the 3let of August last. In accordance with the ;
wishes of the shareholders, and having taken a prominent j
part in the Howe of Commons with reference to the con-
duct of the directors, he (Bir W. H. Verner) thought it his j
duty to attend that meeting. It was a matter of great
surprise to him that the meeting should have been held in
Dublin Instead of at ithe usual place—the offices, in the
Strand; but he soon discovered that the object of the
directors in pursuing such a course was (if he might
make use of an Inshism) to avoid holding any meet-
ing at all. (Laughter.) It was, moreover, evident that
the directors (who stood in the position of both judge end
jury) had prepared themselves to declare that they coed not
proceed to business because there were not sufficient share-
holden present to constitute a meeting. When he (Sir W.
Verner) found that the directors were aerated by such in-
tentionhe was determined that they should at least hear
what the eltareholden had to say, and when the chairman
announced that the meeting was dissolved he requested
that be would not vacate the chair until he had had an
opportunity of making certain explanations whisk he was
anxious to continuance. The chairman, however, declared
that he could not end would not hear him, sod that he
must denims the meeting adjourned. Upon this he (Sir
W. Verner) said if that was his decides he must request
that another chairman be appointed. This request was not
acceded to, but, on the contrary, the directors immediately left
the room. The solicitor to the company then took the head of
the table, sad said that the shareholder' should not hold
any meeting in that room—that the room was his, and he
had paid for it. Thereupon, he (Sir W. Verner) asked him
to infirm the gentlemen present, to whom and in whet man-
ner the charge was to be made for the expense of the room 1
The solicitor replied that he would answer no question in
the absence of the directors. He should be sorry, he added,
to act discourteously towards the shareholders, but he weld,
not acknowledge that it was competent to them to hold a
meeting. He (Sir W. Verner) fully expand that the police
' would be call.d in, and that they should have been ejected
from the room, and he was resolved not to withdraw unless
such a step. were resorted to. The shareholders then
declared that the directors had practised "a task,"
with a view to prevent their holding any mess-
log, and that they (the shareholders) were deter-
mined t& carry out their own intentions. They,
therefore, sleeted a gentleman to the chair, and the meeting
was ultimately adjourned till a gives day in October, to be
then holden in Leedom. Through some mistake as to the
time and place of the meeting, he (Sir W. Verner) was pre-
vented from being present on that occasion, and he now
attended in order to make some amends for his absence.
(Hear, hear.)
Mr. NASH then read &report of the shareholder, giving
a detailed account of the position of the company end of the
conduct of the directon, and declaring the intention of the
shareholders to take all necessary steps for the peeping' of
wading up the concern under the powers granted by the
Railway Abandonment AO. The report ales comprised a
statement of the finangial soneiltion of the undertaking (as
furnished by the direeton), showing that the debts of the
company, emissive of essapessados to the Kingstown Com-
pany and the eentrastees, amounted to 29,2891,, and the
IMMIX to 79,8981.. besides a sum of 84,8891 arrears of calls.
The document also made allusion to certain legal proceedings
which had bora inatinted by the shareholders against the
directors, and anaosseed that an unction (which would
come o• sweetest Bertweek) bad been obtained to atop
those proceedings for the present.
The report baviag been received and adopted, subject to
waist amendments proposed by Mr. Parry Richards, a
realutioa was pared to the effect that this meeting disep-
reeved of and rejected the directors' report (together with
Una stateliest of mounts) submitted on the 31st August,
1860, and authorised the acting shareholders to investigate
the drain of the company, and to take seek proceedings for
that purpose as they might thick fit.
Mr. RICHARDS then proposed a resolution, that the
services of Mr. Muggeridge, the cemetary, were no longer
necessary, and that his services and salary be forthwith
0 discontinued. The motion was saaided, and serried an-
animoudy.
It was an* resolved that the sesetdated shareholders be
' authorised by this meeting to communicate with the Rail-
any CommYeieseren,, and the Attorney•Chaerel, respecting
the Railway A6aadenmat As and the position of this
company.

Foam= OMMUIa WWI BIZZINHIAD. LAM
canna; AND Camianit liamitsw,—Os Tuesday dm se-
reneness impolier 11•1111 wtals Mahar important
lion of this amps?. YM hem °Wear to Warriaglas,
dem Who the town end docks at BM
kiathmak Mak Nimme:serith. r, and Woke. The urn lip
al Chatter Landon andlierth,WeeMas
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Membeetes TIM
new mac *Bg W themoiterlial
by webs di the *Main dank at Crewe, will as
mart far the tree tam* of jiMii to sad from the port of
Birkenheed, ter the tom* Grcaw materiel to the mannfae.
taring and oplaskurd diddles. The weeks have been
slowly genial eat maw the eepothaesdases el Mr. Ronda,
the eapsear, awl Ilimmak Briamm the easaresters, the moat
iaportest eau bides as Bobby Mew, abase Me enter, for
a mho loss, Ms bow made mild by Miele Mee hr from
30 to dO hat deep, mid Swabs the mid errs mime mpe r-
eheats* M alms The We mei b 7 Beam Oamb, and
the Maim of the Sail al SlreiniumMAthe mistime at the
Mum possmalead w Deshamt, jadeite, Mean, Nor-
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leak gad ilreaa. The lies. }mid* dleeet'route
Mien Witentseed mad Cheater, via Holyhead ea Dahlia;
euliihe swish* train starts frees Birktmhead this day
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WSOUTH WarriaN RAILWAY.—
Tide Nee wee peldiely emoted on Monday, Ike sharelesidwe
irat with a fres pees ever it between Gissepw.
, Ayr, and Carlisle, available during a asealles
ree Una epos up a direst route front Ilestlead le
and In a beg OW at view will b• be
etemessetal tetersonses bowies Ayr,D
and the eseteleh dfierices.
Cornmorm ThArric.—Fouutirrox; Oar. $O.--
Th. Smith liseleme sod Caemisental Compeers basal ie
meek the Pssssrr Nosy, sailed yesterday -M-.MBoelegmt, semyies 80 tea' ; end the Nora
Clementine arrived it half pa dye hem Baelogen; briefs.
140 pomp% 3 harms, sad 2st
esnieses.