The Express.
London, England, 1861-02-16 00:00:00

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

The fifty-first half-yearly general meeting wns
held yesterday at the cpmpriny's came, Paddington ; the
Lai of fingt.snaNr in the chair.
The motion adopting the report was carried unanimously.
the dividend at the rum of 31 per cent. per annum was
then confirmed.

The Sul al Shelburne, Vimount Barrington, Mr. Wel-
and Mr. ogilvv, the duet-toes retirioß IT rota-
tion. were than re-elected, sal in the absence of Lord Bar-
rit.a4strots, who' was enthusiastically welcomed,
Maimed thanks. He observed that having filled the chair
at s'pelioxl of great anxiety he felt that if he could give any
aniseed* to the noble lord who now presided over the
affairs of the company. it was his duty, as it 1,1441 his pleastre,
to do so, so that, by their united exertions, the compel y
might become, what he firmly believed it would become, by
• jellabas, prudeet. and safe tuareigennot, a remunerative
wedertskiwg to those seams looney win invested in it, in-
deed et. as it had been. one of dissatisfaction to them, snd
el azzlety red trouble to Mum who were responsible far its
smnegfr.lsl. . -

ItesolatiOes approving and sanctiotiiug the agreement with
the coakesen Redo', freak pelie,.uth to TRIM ; another
authorising the directors to contribute 600 f. to the Great
Wester. provident fund, oa the underetending that the
Bristol red Easter and :loath WAles Cowponies should cow
Minute ie like preportioa ; and a third authorising the far-
Minn, of a number of original shares upon which calls had
sot been paid, were severally passel In reference to the
LA.
Mr. SAVIIDERA said the amount due on those shares woo
4,02tt, the total amount hang 7,000/. The forfeiture woe
Deceseary io order that the elm., might he disposed of, so
as to complete the main amount of cepiteL
The usual rote of thanks concluded the bulimia.

MILLAND RAILWAY.

The half-yearly general meeting of this corn-
peny was held yesterday afternoon at the Derby station •
Mr. Bads, 11P., ebiirrnan of the board c 4 airecton;
proCales.
The report and statement of accounts, of which an
'Wrack has already appeared in our column, were taken
as read.

The mediae for the adoption of the report was put
and mismienessly carried, as was 'den a resolution decla.nng
the dividend recommended by the directors.
• mhos for comolaisties some of the smaller stocks of
the to.
trooo/reseriali. voted for various works ; the re-
tiring dimmulern and the auditor; were re-elected, and the
pro esellbse terminated with a medial vete of thanks to the
dames.

The railway pier at Lvmington, is Hants, is nun
completed, and will afford great facility during the summer
for escursiosists to get on board the steam packet which
runs between Lye:deem and Yarmouth, on the south-west
coast of the Isle of Wight.
A week or two since we stated that a box of pre-
cious stones. worth 12,500 dollars. which ought to have
come boats is the Wad India steamer Tasmanian, was lost
at St. Thome A few days AMP the hex was found rade in
the bellies mom of the Tasmanian. TIN mom was, it is
said. thomeghly 'smutted when the ship reached England.
It is supposed that the box was stolen at St. Thomas by
some ono bailees( to the ship, sad that fear of detection
promoted the thief from remain it.
Sows Kawstsorore Mussos.—During the week
'Whig Fob. 9, the visitors ham boon as follows :—On
Monday. Tuesday, and Saturday, free &ye, 3,985 ; on Mon-
day and Needay, free evenings, 4,539; on the three stn-
deals' days (admission to the public &I.), 1,218; one
etudes& evade( (Wednesday). 338 ; total, 10,078. From
this cemning of the museum. 1.858.41 t.
[Ac(Medbeetnent].—Tours-huffs a new Painless
Method of Cars I with as much certainty as water quenches
giving Ituntedlate relief from pain. after every other
nseV bee tailed. Teeth cured by this method will sever set.
again, and shag prevent the neceeaty of the painful operation of
extractive Prepared navy by Mr. Howard, gurgeon• Dentist to
his Gram the Arehbyshop of CYnterbory, 17. Georaretreet, Has.
matenenta isNss who may be scanned from 11 til/ 4.