The Express.
London, England, 1861-02-18 00:00:00

THE T:iXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 18, 1861.

GREAT NoI:THERN RAILIVdIY.

The Report of the ..iirectors to the half-yearly
meeting to be held on Saturday neat has been issued.
The abstract of the receipt, and disleineinenta on
account of capital shows that there luu been received to the
314 of December, 1860, 11,4497.072 f. 10s, and expended to
the 31st of Deceenher, 11460, 11.625,6421. le. 7•1.; balance,
271,Z10f. 4s. Sal. The sum ci 94,2821. has been disbursed
on the capital account during the put half-year, and may
Le classifies' under the following heeds :-- For law and par•
liaineutary busineaa, 6,621/. ; for purchasing land,
a.c., 13,6524 7a. 3.1.; fur works on new lima in connexion
therewith, 10,6376. 19e. 2d.; for additiocal accommodation at
stations, 21,14116. Va. 'AL; for rolling stock, 28,516 f. Os. 10d.;
for workshop. and tools, 2,2121. lls. fur psrmasentl
rebuilding viaducts. 9,4ielf. es. 91.; fur sundry works, 9221.
Ss. 4,1 Total, 94,2742/. lb. rid. The expenditure for land
coneeita chiefly of the settlement of an outstanding claim
for lend on the mom line. The work" in connexion with
new lines are tlivas for the llctropoliain and North London
Junctions. sod for the Hertfonl and Luton Railway. The
additioual ac,xinnaelation provided at nations is, chiefly, in
London for the cool and goods traffic, and at Grantham,
which, having become an important junction, has required
considerable enlargement. About 2e0,600,.. hen been re.
coined during the half-year on account of the perpetual lour
per l'eta. liebeature Stock, which now am onuts to
1.4;93,fX0W. 10a.; and the average interest on the whole of
Cie bon-awed capital is about 41. 3s. per cent. TLe
revenue account, as coley:sued with the come-
speeding period in lark, shows a decrease of 14,4111. les.
The directors recommend that at the ensuing tuoetieg
di. Wend he declaim' at the rats of W. 7s. lid. per cent. per
annum m the original stock—giving for the lualf-year,
31. Is. 9d. on the original stock ; 31. per cent. on the it
stock ; and 3f. 7s. lid. per amt. on the at stock ; the
balance of 91174. 13s. 10d. being carried to the next account.
Going to the unusually wet US:4oth the produce of the
agricultural districts through which the Great Norther') lieu
cuss wait seriously diminished ; the grain traffic alone
having been .lout 150,000 quarters, or 30,000 tons, less
then in the corresponding half-year of DCA. The passenger
traffic and the coal trade in the Lincolnshire district were
also affected. But for this oonibination of ciscuilistancea
the directors are satisfied there would have been a marked
increase in the traffic of the half-year. Tb• altered system
nod& which the coal trade on the line is now carried on
has made it necessary to afford separate depot., and
other conveniences, to each of the partial engnged
in it; conaiderable expense has nesseaarily been
incurred fur these purposes, and although the re-
venue derived from the mineral traffic has not
increased during the past half-rear, there is every reason to
believe that the trade is established on a sound Casio. Ex-
tensive renewal, on the main line have become flecessiu7,
and it has been determined to use rails weighing WOW. to
Cie yard iustead of 7211 e. as heretofore. It is Dot proposed
to charge capital with any pro portion of the extra expense
incurred for this additional weight, but to spread the whole
coots of these renewals over a bruited number of years, and
this half yaar's revenue is consequently charged with 13,0001.
An increase of about 6,8001. is observable in the expenses of
the loconiotive and carriage department, but this in owing
to an u.lalitioual number of train miles having been run,
the average cost per Mlle being very sightly in excess of the
corresponding period. During the W.f.year the cuutpauy
have worked over 32 miles of sew railway, counting of the
Hertford, Luton, and Dunstable, and the Bourne and
Emendine branches. The directors promote the following bills:
—A hill for a railway between Doncaster and Wakefield.
The Rae is 17 miles in length, and the cost of construction
is estimated at 240,000 f. A bill to authorise permanent ar
nusgenienta between the Great Northern soil the Hertford,
Luton, and Dunstable Compasta, on the basis of the agree-
' meet hereinafter mentinod. A bill to enable the London
sad North Western, Gnat Northers, and Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Compiniee to make equal
rates for the traffic to and from all places to
which they compete, south of the latitude of
York, end to d:vide the net receipts arising therefrom.
A bill to authorise the Greet Northern and Manthenter,
Sheffield, and Lincolnahire Companies to construct a railway
between Gerstein and Liverpool, with a station at the south
mail of Livertaed, near the Brunswick Duck ; the estimated
east being 410.0001., which sum it is proposed shall he pm.
veiled in equal proportions by the two companies. A bill to
authorise the coestructioa by the same two companies of a
railway between Worksop, in Nottinghamshire, and Stavely,
is Derbyshire, for the purpose of opening up the valu-
able coal district traversed by the proposed line,
and at the same time to meet the local wants
of the district ; the estimated cost being 270,0001.
As agreement has been made between the Greet Northern
mid Metropolitan Companies, giving the former company
the right to run their trains on the Metropolitan line to
Farriagdomstreet. The meeting will be made special for the
purpose of notifying an agreement dated the tat of October
last, between this and the Maochester,Sheffield, and Lincoln.
shire Company, under the act obtained in the esesion
It is substantially the same as that "Omitted to the special
meeting in Jule, 1K.7, and under which the joint traffic has
since been conducted and divided. It has been approved by
the Bean' of Trade, and has also been sealed by the Man-
chester, Sheffield. and Lincolnshire Company, and ratified
unanimously by their proprietors at the last half-yearly
meeting on the itnl January last. The working agreement
between the Great Northern Company, and the Hertford,
Luton, and Dunstable RailwayGompeny, for ten years, upon
the terms stated in the report submittal to the lest half.
yearly meeting. has been approved by the bard et Trade,
subject to the ratification of the proprietor', and will also be
submitted for the approval of the special meeting."

kalu intc:tigcnce.

111ETROPOLITAN cot Nry COVETS.
Bitting days appointed for the present wee►.
wisnminza, Ht. Itartins.lane.—Tuesday, Feb. 19 . Wednes-
day, 20: Thursday, 21 : Friday, 22.
IlLoosteitune, Portland-road.—Wednesday, Pet,. 2_9: Thursday,
21 : Friday, 2t.
eLEREINVITZL. Duncan-terrace.—Tuesday, Feb. 19: Wednes-
day, '29 . Friday, It
11,-mi-role—Thursday. Feb. 21 : Friday, V.
ititENTD.RD.—TM-1.412). Feb. 20.
:,21t.2.1‘01TC11.014.street.n.ad.—Teesclay, Feb. 19 Thursday, 2.1.
Itow. Fairfteld-roed.—Wesinesday, Fob. 20.
WHITICHAPIL, Great Prereott.street.—Monday, Feb. 19 Fri
day. 2.
*,UTHWARK, Bwanstreet, Trlnity.stputre.—Tuesday, Feb. 19;
ThUrSday, 21 Friday, 22.
LAMBETH, CaMlNnweli New-road.—Tuesday, Feb. 19. Wed-
nesday, 29.
ITrr or LONDON: 2202ingluartreet.—Tuesday, Feb. 19; Thant,
day, 21; Friday, th

children were there, and I tried to get from them what was
the foundation of her engagement. At first I could get nothing
from her, but my impression ine that be was a
liber.il man, and fond of patronising artists. I have a
talent for paing, and I showed him some of my peint-
ings, and paint
he bought one of me, saying that he would ex-
hibit it, and if begot more for it, I should have the benefit
of it. He said that my wife should be paid for every hour
of time she was with him at the price of lessons. I dined
with him afterwards at the Reform Club, when Mr. Wood-
burn said my wife would be satisfied with his liberality.
[A letter was read from witness to Mr. Woodburn's exe-
cutors, asking for payment of 171. for two pictures which he
bad bought of witness, and making no mention of his wife's
claim.] I knew of my wife's claim at this time ; but I
never meddled with my wife's account
Mr. Minn called no witnesses, but addressed the jury,
contending that the plaintiff had not made out his case,
unsupported as the statement was by • single
document ; whilst, on the other hand, there
was the letter of Mr. Fennell, mudding for payment of his
pictures, and making no mention of his wife's claim, and
the letter of the wife asking for 50f., whilst the bill of parti-
culars subsequently sent in was for singing on sixteen even-
ings at ten guineas an evening. This latter claim, however,
was felt even by the plaintiff's advisers to be so extraordi-
nary, that they now asked for only half that amount, and
he (Mr. Minn) submitted that the jury would not be justi-
fied in finding for the plaintiff.
The Lord Chief Justice said that if the jury were of opi-
nion that there was no contract between Mr. Woodburn and
Madame Lotti, and that she had simple sung out of cour-
tesy, then they would find for the defendant ; but there
was • good deal of evidence that there was to be payment
of sonic kind, and therefore their attention would probably
be directed to the consideration of the question, whether
the plaintiff was entitled to recover the whole, or only a
portion, of the claim. His lordship made some observations
in reference to the particulars in the action, claiming 1681.,
double the amount now asked for.

Mr. Brandt said the particulars contained—" and the
plaiutiff ally claims 811."
Mr. Kinn—But the writ claimed 168/.

The Lord Chief JuAtice, in continuation, said that if the
jury thought the plaintiff was entitled to recover, the nuts.
lion of amount was entirely for them, and they would fix
it with due con.ideration of all the circumstances.
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—damages 84/.