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ful itnd ingenious machinery, supplies by itself all the
recssary materials for the Artillery. In conclu,ion, the
preient of Queen Victoria is a true masterpiece which
wodid suffice to gis:e us a high and just idea of English
material, if the experience of the war in the East had
not; shown us more evidently still its indisputable
advantages.

" Superintendent R. C. D."
Three of her Majesty's gunboats •f 60 horse-
poWer each, viz., the Quail, Clinker, and Porpoise,
"ALT ZANDER T. TULLOII, Colonel R. A.,
left Woolwich yesterday to be placed in reserve at
Portsmouth. The Flirt gunboat, of 20 home-
poWer, together with the Ready and the Thrush, of
40 horse-power each, were yesterday conveyed to
Wtjolwieh from Deptford in tow of the steam-tugs
Widgeon and Monkey, to be transferred likewise
to the reserve a', Ports mouth.
The Admiralty yacht Black E ogle, having corn-
pl4ed repairs and embellishments, was yesterday
re owed from the fitting basin at Woolwich and
p 1 ed at her ordinary moorings oil the dockyard.
tehrday efreigmhotroslinpo,
an commenced shipping a cargo of bolt iron, with
of er stores, for Colombo.
reparations are being made at Chatham dock-
yalicti e
theai arrivedse service
e a t
of Woolwich
Government, pier
ye
d for laying down on No. 1 slip a new stein rt:
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so w 22-gun corvette, to be called the Orpheus,
which will b 3 bnilt from the designs of Sir B. W.
.Walker; K.C.8., Surveyor of the Navy.

r•-• • _yr, tea.
Sl* ted .a. faw dap fiance at the Uurragh camp-by
Majiir-General Shirley, ho expressed great sttis-
fawion with the steadiness of thit men under aims.
the precision with which they moved. A
brigade order, issued after the invection, states
.that the Major-General intended to report to the
.Cpmmander.in-Chief that the conduct qf the men
during their stay at the camtrh beentxetnplary,
Lie Sherwood Foresters (Nottingham Militia),
were inspected by General Sir HarrY Smith, at
Newcastle, on Tuesday, and at Tynemouth on
Wednesday. The appearance of the men and ther
g-neral conduct whit.) under arms were highly
commended by Sir Harry;

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

EAST INDIAN.

The half-yearly meeting Of this company was held
yesterday at the London Tavern, Mr. R. W. Craw'- '
ford, M.P., in the chair.
Mr. NOAD, the secretary, read the report, an
abstract of which has appeared in The Sun :
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the
report, said it went so fully into the affairs of the
oompany that he need not troub!e them at any
length. They had only just received the revenue
account for the half-year ending the 31st of Dec.
last, and he thought it very satisfactory. The
traffic receipts for the half-year amounted to
69,3331., as against 61,3071. in the prec ,dine half-
year • and the,expenses amounted to 26,7771. or
38-52 per.cent., as against 24,0921., or 36.72 per
cent., in the preceding hilf,yeai. The increase in
the expenses had arisen from an increase in wages
and from other circumstances. The increase in the
receipts amounted to 5,0261.; and in the expenses
to 2,685/. . The net balance for the half-year
amounted to 42,555/., as against 40,2151. for the
preceding half-year. The working expenses showed
that a large extension of-traffic could be conducted
on very reasonable terms. " They-had • received a
letter on' their chief engineer in. the North-
Western district which fully bore out -the state-
ments he (the chairman) bad made at the last meet-
ing relative to the damage the • works had sus-
tained. In order to be explicit, i; was neces-ary
to s'ate that their undertaking was divided into
two districts ; that of Bengal extmded from Cal:
etitta to a point 440 miles distant therefrom., and
from that point northwards their works were
situated in the Upper Provinces district or divi-
sion. It was in this district that the chief damage '
was sustained, and it was satisfactory to knosiqlkat •
the damage •to the works in consequence of the
mutiny was not so extensive as had been antici-
pated. :Ile worst part of it was the delay, which
'would cause a loss of time which might be estimated
at 7or 8 months. Oa the,2,sth of last month the
Governor-General was at AllehabAd,- when it was
expected that 77 miles of railway northward to Fut-
typore would soon be ready for traffic, in addition
to the 46 miles of railway open from Futtypore to
Cawneore. Mr. Purser, their Engineer, fully ea-
pected that the 123 miles from Allahabad to C awn-
pore would he ready for traffic in July next. They
woula mil .q in addition to their
123 miles from Calcutta to Raneegunge, besides
which they would open in June and July next 45
miles from Burdwan, in the Beerbboom district, on
the line to Rajinahal ; making together 291 miles
of railway in operation. Considering all the diffi-
culties and delays they had had in progressing with
the works, he thought there was not much to com-
plain of, on the whole, as regarded the comp any.
Of the 150 miles from Chowsa to Allahabad, one-
half of it, or 75 miles, was ready for the permanent
way, but the remaining portion would not be so fir
advanced until the next year. With the exception
of one or two large bridges on this portion the pro-
gress had been satisfactory. They would have the
line from Burdwan to the Ganges, 150 miles, com-
pleted at the end of next year. Their greatest
difficulty was in the transport of heavy materials
towards the north, but they hoped to get over that
difficulty. At the end of last year, Mr. M. Rendel,
one of the consulting engineers, proceeded to India
with a view to become perSonally acquainted with
the nature and condition of the country through
which the line had to pass, and upon which he
would have to advise. The directors felt that great
advantage would result from Mr. Rendel's visit to
India. The next matter to which he would refer
was the Jubbulpore line. The accouitts of this
line would be kept separate from those of the
main line. The guarantee of one would not in-
terfere with the guarantee of the other. They had
no doubt that the line from Mirzapore on the
Ganges to the Deccan would be exceedingly pro-
fitable. It would pass through a fertile region be-
tween the East and We t Coast of India. With
regard to the constructionof the Jubbulpore
there would be no difficulty. There was a
plentiful supply of materials on it, and so soon es
the capital was taken up instructions would be sent
out to prosecute the work with vigour. It would
probably be ready to be opened by the time
their'main line to the North-west was completed.
He was reminded-by the secretary to state that
the original estimates of the line bad been fully
b irne out, and there was every probability that
they would not be exceeded, which, he thought,
must be satisfactory, considering the difficulties
they had to encounter. He would be happy to give
any explanations with regard to their affairs that
might be required.
Mr. BAXENDALE seconded the motion for the
adoptien of the report.
Mr. FRANKLIN said he had closely followed the
figures of the Chairman, and found that the net
profits of the line from Calcutta to Raneegunge
amounted to 82,770/. for the year 1857, and, tak-
ing the cost of it at 1,250,000/., it yielded a divi-
dend on that outlay of 62. per cent.
The CHAIRMAN believed the result was some-
thing like that stated by Mr. Franklin, but it was
very difficult to ascertain the exact amount of ex-
penditure appertaining to that portion of their
I undertaking ; they had neatly doubled the line to
I accommodate the traffic ; they were constructing a
very large station at Howrah for the accommoda-
tion of the traffic from the North-West, also a large
station at Raneegunge. He thought the cost of
the 123 miles might he set down at 1,200,0001.,
not includinethe extra expenditure upon it for the
accommodation of the North-West traffic.

Air. 'MORGAN thought there were some very large
items in the accounts which required explanation
—939,0001. for engineering, and 346,829/. for in-
terest on capital. He would submit a plan to the
secretary by which the accounts would be stateds.
more in detail, and made clearer to the proprietors.
Mr. WILDE said it appeared to him that arogt:inyt
deal of the difficulty and delay which
bethiesco
had labourdd under in consequence o,fld
other parts
to obtain good bricks for the
!sa g unpable
of their bridges would be piieobviatedrders on the plan
by adopting
screw piles, iron piers, and
constructing bridges
adopted by Col. Kennedy in
They could on
on the Bombay and Baroda .line.
d chotpe
ructe rapidly an , •
that plan be court
the Baroda line would not
whole of the bridges onI
costth than the average cost of
more for their length
dian Railway.
the East n said with respect to expediting
The CHAIRMAN s ,
the construction of the bridges, it was one of the.r
chief objects in sending Mr. Rendl to India, a%d
they would be guided by his advice. They were
not above following a good example, if approved
by their consulting engineer.
In reply to a question, it was stated that the
main line would be diverted from Agra and Delhi
to Meerut. Compensation would be claimed for
the expenditure on the works towards Delhi, which
was to be abandoned as a place for military stores.
Mr. DEAN wished to know whether the holders

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of the Salobtapol'e ltailvny Mittel!
titled to participate fn. 'the:talottnerit:of
an exten.4on of that line, or of any othe
which the
_corup!tny might c6fitie.Clr
The CHAIRMAN - all the Sl!a‘r-S
treated as East Indian Railwa.y Share
only. the outlay,and profits that "you,
with separately.. .` .. 7 - : • '
The report was then unatiimouslyladepted: The ,
directors were author iced to convextAthi
shares into capital stock, and, also to' canvett into
capital stock any shares that might lkert=aft:?.r. be '
pail up in full. The retiring direc.lors.,e,ndAitilitor
were -re-elected, - and the proceedings concluded
with a-vote of thanks to the cliaiitnan.': • 7r '

15tE,BLES. _
The half-varly of tiiii• • cona,' .1;w
held. on Tuesday, at ipe-obi "
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abstracteiir. the -rep' o. appeared in
he
adoption of the
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Tti• 014111•131 AN, in moving the
repot, expressed regret that the dividend on- the
original sock was only 11 per cent., bui .9.40 it vas
impossible it could he,etherwise,- -oonPileting, the
hgh-ratel•of intzrft,t they trAtt ha l- to pay on- bor.
rowed money for a large part of the half.-year.
'l\.Tow' hOwever, Vick, preference stock had been •
nearly all taken Up At 5 per cent.; and their qebo.n-
.tin'es at 4i, so that their dth', to th 6 banks, 'which
had char:4A them from 51 to 8 percent. for money,
vas nearly extinguished.
The report was unanimously adopted, the divi-
(lend ava,a . dedared, and a vote of th.anks to the
chairman concluded the proceedings. • . -

CALEDONIAN.
On Wednesday an extraordinary theetiN,7-of this
company was it Graigow :for the purpose of
cousid.ering---fiis% a bill to enable the Caledonian
Company to make .a blanch to Bridgeton (ca,t end
of Glasgow) f!orn Rutlierglen ; and, secondly, a
bill for making a railway from the Caledonian ;inn

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