30 AUGUST 1856, Page 8

The half-yearly meeting of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, yes-

terday, passed off quietly. Mr. Waddington the Chairman and the Directors were received without any kind of manifestation whatever ; but when Mr. Waddington said he should retire in a few days, "as soon as he bad got together all his papers," he was loudly cheered. The business done con- sisted in the adoption of the report recommending a dividend of 28. ; and the carrying of certain resolutions, moved by Mr. Melina, declaring the necessity of dismissing at least four Directors, and appointing a Committee to confer with the Board as to which four it should be.