The Express.
London, England, 1850-08-29 00:00:00

of wording exposes was to he bites se • Maas of the,
men.., of meneriant. This amiss was unitarily
erreseese, eine to the dilfereat circumstances wbkk would
have to be tepaidered in instituting • temporise, botwet n
d.fferent ralloeys, In order to estimate the mates' sisrabed
la their nassassomeng. Taos eseammy Is ansnagrateot was
esly to he obtaised by • steady, 'eke atomisation sot to
argil 21. for what might be dose for Id , bat, at the same
time, when by needing 2d. they mild ban store dela fur
them this they saki hen dose for the Id., ha thighs it
would he fa* sessemy set to speed the Id. (Hoer, hem.)
With mad to the future prospects of the company.
he eartalcly theaglit the eharekoklen bed al..wed
them to be aid doers too mesh. Teen weekly noble
revenue wee new 6 6001 aad he bbd no doubt it would efts
rash 7,0001. a week. Up to 1366 they bad, afortimate:y,
to psy a dividend of 71 per cast, to releases holden (In
edditi,s to their other after which they would
only hare to pay 6 want. By that time be believed the
opinion et the Grimsby Deus would Wag thew an &mese
of trefllc cgs.' to 3,0001. • week. With a weekly revenue of
10.0001. he thought they 'meld be able to clear of al: Ana
fleabag, end Inn themselves a dividend of 3 per eat.
(Appla use.)
The noble CHAIRMAN astial, at eoaiderthle length,
the obeerveticse of Mr. Moreton, and is sows to a gas
boo by Mr. Harden Blair, said before the new prokream
shine were Wised, a meeting of proprietors woad be called
shoo: the 11th of October.
On his lordship rising to pet the wake, the opposities
netted much Intl/kns by asking to have the negative pot
Ont. His lordship 000117110 deolin..d, sad the report and
neurons wore serried Ey a huge majority.
The CHAIRMAN then moved that • dividend at the
guaranteed rate of 71 per amt upon the No. 1 (Ingmar* for
the peat haityear; but that payment be postponed till • day
to he appointed at a fears meeting of sWeholdero
The mintiest was oreetididead agreed to.
The CHAIRMAN al.• mond the asibmation of Lanai'
thane already declared to be forfeited by the eirecton.
The siot;in was agreed to.
Mr. GREEN p limed that the direeton pel•lish the
list of anatrate, • Ibt of panties in the employ of the com-
pany who had salaries to the amount of 1001. • year, ad a
shareholders eligible to serve es director,.
The CHAIRMAN thought there was an abjection to pub-
lishing the contrasts, because it would tend to discourage
rangers if costracton expected their offers would he sea
haws.
The gnostic. was sot setticd when our report left, at Are
o'clock.

LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER. AND NEW-
CASTLE•UPON-TTNE JUNCTION.
The ordinary hall-yearly peersl meeting of the
shareholders cf this company was kneaded to have teen bald
on Tucedsy int, at the company's cfilnis, Turk. At 11
o'eloek, He appointed hour, the chairman. Ono. LIIIIIIAX,
E.q , and Messrs. Courteney, Oray, sad Andes, direeton,
toot their mete, but only about a de sea ehneholdi re
attended, and the number present was lasafficisnt to con-
stitute a legal meeting. Ai interesting queened= took
place between the chairman sad the directors and tie shut,.
holders, the chief topic bang the sonsideratioa of the
Railways Abandonment Act, which received the royal
' assent at the close of the last sissies. The chairman
entered into a very full explanation of its various enact.
manta, and its probable effect if put into execution,
when the whole of the shareholders present cordially
agreed with him in the (Tinton that it was not desir-
able for de present, at all events, that the empty
shLuld plum itself within its operation, wspled as it is
with the notorious and smelt ocuidemoed Winding-up
Amt. Tao %Weston expressed their lunation of lordwitn
paying to the shareholders 2a. 4d. per share, being ay ear and
a half's interest at thereto of a fraction less than 4 per sent.
per annum on the paid-cep capital, pursuant to the powers et
their act. This announcement was received with much
satisfaction by the shareholder, who @grassed their cos-
tinned confidence la the directors.

Oa the 'notion of Mr. WILLIS, of Liverpool, the 'bulge
of the snreholdere preemie were voted to the ehairmaa,
who, aft. r returning thanks, formally adjourned the meet-
ing to eleven o'cleek the neat day—a work of esperereas,ion
which appears to be respired by law. The nestle' Ikea
separated.

THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.-
FINAL ANNWER OF IHE DIRECTORS TO THE
LATE ENOINE-DRIVERS.

In accordance with a resolution passed at a meeting
or the la•a engine-drivers sad flresea upon the Resters
Cottuttes Railway, held at the George Inn, in Stratford, a
lett, r, of which the following is a copy, wee addressed to the
chairman and directors, and delivered to the secretary (Mr.
Ross) oa Monday last, in order that it sight be laid before
the baud at the weekly macing, en the followiag day
(Taaiday):

" TO Till MON. TIN CHAIRMAN AND D 1111710113 OT TEN

LO MAX COVNTIIIII SAILWAT.

.oendensen,—lt is with deep regret on our part that a
divines should have arisen between your superiotet den",
Mr. Gooch, and us, which has made a treat sacrifice both
of the interee's of your property and oar labour. We there-
fore, after calm consideration of the circumstances of the
disputa in on 'ties, cannot but acknowledge that our pro•
mailings have bees much too prec'pitate, and justifies us
in making an honourable compromise with you. We there-
lore respectfully ask for your decision as to the nro'utions
forwarded through Mr. Ashcroft cn Saturday the 17th inst.
or whether you will entertain se.y p.rt of them. We also;
beg to add, that • depeatim will attend at your office on
Tuesday morning to await your decision.
" We are, palletises, your obedient servants,
H (Signed) Taos orz. 81.ATill
"J. Rana. VINCINT . ."
A deputation of the men attended accordingly on Tuesday,
at the Bi.hopegate station, but the beard &dined to am
the men, and they were told that an official answer would
be s at to their communication. _ _

Immediately. on the receipt of the answer from the di-
rectors, a g of the seen was el d at the usual
p me, the Georg* Inn, Stratford, when the chins:nen, Idr.
Hope, said he had received the following acolyte to the offer
they had made to the direeton
" Eastern Counties Railway Odin, 13isbopagate. station,
Loodos, 27th August.
beg to hand you,on tho other side, an extract frcm
the minutes of the board of this date.
"I a. air, your obedient servant,
" To Mr. Thomas Hope." " C. P. ROKZT."
Extract from the minutes of the board of the 27th Aug.,
1850:—"Read a letter, signed by T. Hope, J. Blstsr, J.
Rine. sad Vincent Granby, late enxiossinem is the com-
peers service. Reeolved,that the late engine-driven and
firemen be ii.lonsed, that if say of them apply to Mr.
Gooch to be appointed in this company's service, their
applications sill be considered as vacancies cif r, but the
st.ff of the company's eagine-driven and firemen is at present
completed."

The CHAIRMAN said, he regretted very mach that the
communication they had thought it advisable, under the sir.
cumatances, to nuke to their late employer., had tot too
duced a more satisfactory result He could cod., however,
ad.ise them to act as they had hitherto done daring the
unfortunate saisundetsfandiag that had occurred, conduct
themselves peaceably and quiely, and on no account to in-
terfere in env manner with the new drivers, or with any
of the works so the Use. They must let the tutiiic judge.
(Hear, hear.) Before they separated, he had to cell their
attention to a letter he had reosivid from Edwerd Ladd
Bette, Beg , chairman of the compaay, who had presided
at the meeting of the shareholder., held at the Landis
Tavern, on Thursday_ last It would be rscoileeted that
'at that meeting Mr. Betts made certain charges
Iseserely affecting their characters, and imitating to
them the commission of malictou seta previously
to their leaving the company's employment. Th, y
(the let* engine drivers and firemen) met these
charges promptly, aced at a mewing hastily held at the
Black Lion, Bishopegate street, they unanimously passed a
resolution emphatically repadiating them. In obedience to
the firms of that resolution, the committee wrote a r,spect-
fed letter to the chairman of the company requesting hail to
,araish them with the numbers of the versos. engines said
to have been In say way tier-red with, or to have bed
their gauwegluses broken, yids the names of the men who
had the charge of such engines in the last journey prior to
such men leaving the company's employment, to enable them
in defence of their own shimmers as honest men to pies
such an expluatios relative to each engine as the charges
might require. To that letter, reepeotfully addressed to
Mr. Betts, that gentleman bad sear the following reply :
" Prestos Hall, Aug. 24,1860.
" Sir,—ln reply to your letter, whisk rushed me here to-
day, the diriserton, as soon as they ma definitely amertaln
and prove by evidesses the parties who have been guilty co
such wilted mischief, will not fal to inflict on them the just
and severe panishment the law affords for such emdact, and
wlich they hope to be enabled to do sea warning to all fu-
ture mese of wL eirreater.