The Express.
London, England, 1850-04-06 00:00:00

(THREEPENCE.

A.ftsr seem remarks relative to the number of days the
committee had sat (11 days in two months),
Mr. RICARDO said that he thought it would not be right
to do anything in their absence. The accounts had beet
submitted to the examination of Mellen. Quitter and Ball,
and the committee were waiting for their report before
they made their owe.
Thtnks were then voted to the chairman, and the meeting
broke up.

Yon=, NIWOUTLI, AND BERWICK —A meeting of this
preference shareholien was held in Liverpool on Tueeday,
when resolutions were adopted for the peotectiNt or the in-
terests of the shareholders, with reference to this company's
bill now before parliament for making arrangements as to
thepayment for the purchase of the Great North of England
Railway, the parliamentary committee upon which measure
L appointed to soot on Thursday neat.

PRWTOP AND SOUTH SHIILDS.—A meeting of this 00/D,
pan, was hell yesterday, at the office in Gaildnall-buildings,
but the prouedince were of a private nature, and the meet-
ing was soon after adjourned. It appeared that the purchase
money for the line was now coseiderably overdue, and had
not yet been paid by the company to whom it was sold
several years ago, and with which Mr. Hudson was con-
nected. This was the only matter of interest.
DUNDALK AND extraordinary mut-
ing of the shareholders of this company wu held on Than.
taste Dablin, for the purpose of c.nsiclaring a bill now
parliament, to extend the time for compulsory pur-
chase of lands and houses, and the completion of works on
that portion of the authorised:line which lies between
Cutleblayney and Ballybay, sod for other purposes. After
a long and very warm discussion, in the course of which the
chairman, the Right Hon. E. Lucas, repeatedly said he
would tender his resignation alter the meeting, the draft
of the bill submitted to the shareholders was approved of,
and the directors were empowered to have it raised into law.
GLASGOW, DUINPRIZS, AND CARLITLI.—The works on
this line are nearly completed between New Can:mock and
Atachinlech, and the line will be opened to those points in
June. The woiks is the tunnel at Drumlanrig are advanc-
ing, and will be completed by September, which will then
leave only seven or eight miles of unfinished route between
Glasgow and Dumfries.

EMPLOYMIINT ON BAlLWAYB.—Yesterday a parlis.
mentary document was printed, showing that on the 30th
June last there were 159,784 persons employed on railways,
of which 55,908 were employed on railways open, and
103,816 on railways not then open. Oa the 30th June the
total length of railways open was 5,447 =ilia and 10}
chains; the length in the course of construction or, that day
was 1,504 miles and 204 chains; and 5,132 miles and 38}
chains neither open nor in the course of construction,
making 12,093 miles and 70 cholas authorised to be used
for the conveyance of passengers.
GIIALT NORTMERN.—The DOIICCJier gazette Wile," The
shueholden of the Great Northern Railway Company will
be glad to learn, that, notwithstanding the depreciation of
their stock in the muket, arising from circumstances over
which they have no control, this great scheme, which is to
bring together, in a quicker intercourse, the cities of London
and York, will be ready for opening by the lit of July
ensuing ; at all events, not later, most assuredly, than the
18th of that month, as the works on the line between Lon-
don and Peterborough are in such a state of great forward-
ness as to warrant the announcement. Tnia satisfactory fact
is ascertained by a recent inspection by a deputation from the
board of directors, accompanied by Mr. Cubits, the engineer,
and Mr. Dreamy, the contractor; and the works are found
to be of a substantial and efficient character. The opening
of the line in question will enable the company to take pas-
sengers in their own carriages from the terminus is London
to that of York. Of course, they will only be enabled to do
this by carrying them round the loop."

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK.

opened.

Named Railway.

has Iva.

1860.1 BILITION. 1849. 1850.
W'Aber/ma -31 TO £BB6
gm ;Belfast and Ballymena
16 Birkenhead, Lane., & Cheshire 852 1,018
14 Bolton, Blackburn, &W t.York 3BB 438
864 Bristol and Exeter
1 Caledonian
6o
4,909 5,902
944 Chester and Holyhead
n Dublin and Belfast .1 nutrias 196 306
W Dublin and Drogheda 687 900
n Dublin and Kingstown
112 IDundee,PertbAberdeen Jane 493 530
19 Dundalk and Enniskillen
614 But Anglian 719 832
psi East I,lllC46llire
322 Eastern Counties end Norfolk ;13,048 14,812
95 BUG= Union l,OBll 2,0011
674 Edinburgh and Glasgow 3,529 2,931
71 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee 1,71 s ' 2,125
18 IFUllieW Junction 341
100 Glasgow, Paisley, and Ar• •• • 2,712 2,979
24 (Glasgow, Paisley,and Greenock 939 goo
143 Great Northern& E. Lincolneh 1,810 2,934
istn Great Southern andWestern(l) mu 43,754
3164 Great Western*
90 iLencuter and Carlisle
220 !Lancashire end Yorkshire 11,128 12,172
39 'Leeds and Think
126 Liverpool,Croaby, & Southport
up London and North Western
ili London and Blackwell
1716 London, Bri‘bton, and S. Coast
239 London and South W nitro
16 Londonderry end Enniskillen
II 4 Mtn., Buxton, & Matlock, &c.
1604 Manchester, Sheff., & Lincoln
09 'Midland
60 'Midland GreatWestern.(l)
37 Idonklands
664 Newcastle and Carlisle
135 :forth British __ .

726
6,759
8,741
136

3,132
20,351
1,053

1,851 l
2,6451

'822
1,930
3,122
4,324

!North Stafford-hire
Scottish Central
Scottish ►tidisod
Shrewsbury and Chester
Shropshire Union
South Neon
South Eutern
Taff Yale
Ulster
West Cornwall
Whitehaven Junction
York, Newcastle, Berwick
York and North Midland !

+43
1,809
9,605
2,386
792

FOREIGN.

I Amiens and Boulogne
Dieppe .
Dutch Rhenish
Slontereau and Troyes
'Northern of France
'Orleans to Bourgea
Orleans to Ihrdcaux
_ IParis and Orleans
85 'Paris and Ronen

871
15,25.5
3,040
2,715
7,684

2,722
3,019
8,571
3,452

, Rouen and Havre

• The receipts include the trifle on the Bristol and Exeter.

MINES.

(From the Mining Journal.)

Notwithstanding the holidays, there hu been a very fair
amount of business done during the week, and, fretn present
proepecti, we may reuonably calculate an an active market
daring the coming ens.
Shares is the following mines have changed hands since
our last:—Devon Great Consols, Triviskey and Barrier,
Trelawny, South Basest, South Tolris, Stray Park, Dana
Minn, Penzance Console, Heignston Downs, Tribes', Bco.
tallack, But Wheal Rose, West Candon, Bedford United,
Ca'lingua, South Tamar, West Prov'dence,Grambler, Gus-
tavus, Pendant*, Teethellan, Herodsfoot. Bwlcb, Regale
Liu, Leathern**, Wheal Maria, Wheal Vincent, Wheal
Barak, Pennant and Craigwee,
In tonign Mines there-bave been several transactions, es-
pecially In Imperial and National Brazilians, United
Mizican, Santiago, and Cobra shun. Copiapo, Linares,
St. John del Rey, and General Mining shares bass been
done.

CAPTAIN SMITH, R. N., ADMIRALTY 8111PRRIN-
iNTANDIINT OF PAOLI?* At SorTHAMPTON, died thin
morning, rather unexpectedly. The Admiralty hes thus
placed at its disposal a situation of 6001. a year.

INEQUALITY OP TILE LAND-TAIL—A meeting of
deputize from the various metropolitan &striate, who us
seeking to obtain an equalisation of the land tax, was held
last evening at Eutlty's Hotel, Southampton strut, Mr.
Holt in the chair. It was resolved to submit a ease
for the opinion of lir. Peacock, as to whether an
application might not successfully be made to the
of Exchequer to compel the commisidosen
to equalise the essmement in the ilolboru
As an instance of the unjust manner in which the land tax
redemptlm act works, it was elated is the coulee of the die.
ausioa, that sines the recent saltation on the abject the
Duke e Portlend, and other large owners of property la
limyleboete ere taking active steps to redeem the land tux
• ekar property, sad this proems is being serried on to
seek en extent that wales, the legislature steps in end pre-
vents it by tnoealiag or aralifylog the redemption set, next
year there will be little or no land tax to collect from Mary-
lebone, and as that perish is essemed at only one eighth of a
p,any in the pound, while other par.iltes in tle eras
ditislon ate asteroid at more then a hundred theme that
amount, the consequence will be, that the pentad Nutlet
ertelan from the inequality of the saseentent will be w-
petuated on the latter penalise if the redemption
previous to the assessment being equaling.

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