The Express.
London, England, 1850-07-03 00:00:00

YOlfideday the half-yearly general eihethiag of
of the Leaders Doe ! Cgarany was bud at their
=fairellrisoreetntet. asst was eery naseererly &needed,
fa ezreetation of infirmaries lulu aft sided with respect to
W late exiirasedinery proceedings of the Cures& Jon"
CIATTIAT, Rat, the obeiressa. presided.
After the teaselreliabiery ard *Mehl Isms had bees
Mee through, Mr. J. D. Polthse, the thenstary, the
apart of the dieters fge the eix menthe' to May Bel, and
leWs has follows:
" The number et loaded ships whith tamed the Lowden
Desks dense the sits mesthe ending the 30th May last, was
NO, neasenne 10087 sees. The lumber for the cones
eposeisa srenweriod is 1849 sees 704, serseritia
halm 195,309 tons,
f 32,442 toss, chicly of South American,
Mediterrasean. sad Gams. The moan' of earnings
durieg_the ex meths maim the he
May last has b
le. 91. Ti. Meant of the like *ender for the
Mirempudieg pedal is 1849 was 230.2461.2 a. 4d. TM
assess of members to, the Mx mesas isocline the 31st
May lest has been 120.8871. 17s. 64. The amount of the
like expediter. for the eerrearsdiag period in 1849 was
120,8071. 6e.
me
tax. of espeeditere We:lades the this
• et the femme tax. By the stathment maize! to this
roper it will be sees that the belamee eluding at the credit
of prods and hie is 249,3331. 14e. Bd. ; oat of ithialt
the director' resmaneesid the payment of a dividend
N 21. Ith per test. es the company's stock.
kr the half year, amounting to 90,9371. 12s. M., leming a
balance is 'seem of the company of 168,3784. 2,. 2d. ; est of
whirls the dirtier* promos to appropriate the gam of
16.0001, to the credit *I the amount weeding Rader the head
of "sew weeks." Of the balance atandise at the credit lf
profit end lees, the sear 181,2341. la. emeste of the amount
sf Weaseling diaries dee to the sempeay geode in the
wardresses. The moth of pea is the warehouses ea the
31st May last was 119.403 toss. At the same penod last
year it was 107,338 tens.
The direcion stated is their last report that they had
forced apes them the coaaideration of the eapediency a
providing additional warehouse accommodation for goads
generally, bet more particularly for the important article of
indigo ; sad that a sestract had bees catered iuto
with Masses. Cabin and t
of Williams a statk of ware-
homes ea the remaining plot of at the West Quay.
TM direr. haws sow to state that the mine will be com-
pleted and ready for the receptive of menhasAhe by %Mead
of the stet mouth."
TM seems* of refit and loss were thee reed.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the Moshe f the report,
see eel 17.0001. W would be observed that the profit of the kali year was
slieoad the dividend, and this he considered a
tolerably satisfactory result. (Hirer.) It wee proposed to,
curry 13,0001. ef the surplus to the summit wending to the
accountnew works." If the company paid off 30,0001.
per annum under that head, besides the weal dividend, they
must be music', red as doing very well in these days of I
competition. There had been a diminution in the number
of snips, but this was sot Misty* the beet test of prosperity,
fee the &fin/mg was nut really so large as it appeared to be,
and the revenue bad only tapes off 2,0001., while the be,
pima were measly the same. (Hear.) With regard to
the new works, there might be some Nether additions to
the amount, but he hoped before the aspiration of two
years the whole wort: be pretty nearly liquidated. About
20,i001. had been paid off, and like sum at present re-
wired to be paid.
The report was then adopted, and also the recommende-
d= of a dividend of twothadsashalf per cent. for the sic
months ending thi 34th June last, the income tel being
mid by the company, and the divilend being ready nest
Teeteday.
The CHAIRMAN then brought under the notice of the
proprietors the interferers the executive of the Dock Cons.
piny bad recently experienced at the heeds of the Board of
Customs and their solicitor. The case, as sot forth in the
correspondence lateiy published, was gone into at length,
and the address to the Board of Trade on the subject was
read, to put all present in powessioa of the menus' facts.
The feeling evoked os the ocomien was of the most marked
description, and Mr. M. Clark, Mr. Twisting, Mr. Tooke,
and Mr. Josiah Wilton described in strong. terms the wean
in which this aggressive movemeat was viewed by the mar-
mettle world at Liege. It was determined to place on record
at once the epistles of the proprietors, and this was speedily
effected by peesieg two resolutions, the fleet supporting the
directors is their appeal to the Board of Trade, and the mi-
med slumming unbounded CCIIfilell“ in the management
of the establishment Tte proceedings then eased, with the
usual complimentary vette.