The Express.
London, England, 1852-05-28 00:00:00

tributed :to this casualty. It will be readily under-
stood that the stock sold by the dealers to the parties
failing in the Stock Exchange, has to be re-bought,'
or bought back, at a price used by the assignees.
The dealers, therefore, found themselves provided
with a greater amount of stock than they an-
ticipated. Money, genentlly. has been extremely
easy for the settling. The large sales of yesterday
and tho resumption of them to-day have left very
little to be done in "carrying" over shares. The
rates of continuation have consequently been essen-
tially.the same as those current yesterday, but in a
few instances they ruled lighter. On Midlands,
however, the rate was heavier at which shows that
this stock has been a good deal "bulled." The scarcity
of Groat Northern. has continued, and this stock has
been borrowed at " blekwardation." Paris and
Lyons shares have also been scarce, and borrowed at
1.32 backwardation.

The traffic returns for the last week on the under-
mentioned English lines of railway, u made up to
this day, are as follows:
1862. 1861. 1850.
London and NorthWestern-C44,575 £60,203 ..£47,617
Lancuhire and Yorkshire 10,374 16,247 .. 19,128
London and South Western 11,5.50 .. 12,723 11,775
London and Brighton
Great Western
l Midand
72,159 21,005 .. 24,694

South Modern
York and North Midland
Exeter and Crediton

Bristol and Exeter
York, Newcastle, & Berwick 14,431 .. 14,818 .. 16,060
Shrewsbury and Chester 1,69,5 .. 1,671 .. 1,612
Great Northern 11,076 .. 10,133 3,054
Leeds Northern 1,026 940 .. 1,157
North Staffordshire 6,014 .. 6,036 .. 4,928
Manchester, Buxton, sad
Matlock.
Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire
Kendal and Windi.rmere
Chester and H lyhead
I Shropshire Union 627 .. 698 .. 467
Manchester,&SouthJ unction 615 625 .. 1,102
Shrewsbury and Birmingham 686 _ 535 .. 7331
Eastern CounticsandNerfolk 14,625 .. 14,084 .. 17,008
East Anglian 668 668 . 7431
The aggregate results presented by the above re-,
'turns (taking only the lines upon which the cones-
pondivg figures are given) arc as follows:
Gross Amount No. of Miles Average Receipts
received. open. per Mile.
1852....£208,163 4,1711 £49 18 0
1861.... 218,060 4,099 63 3 11
18.50.... 21.5,182 3,870 6.5 12 0
These returns will not be regarded as so favourable,
as they show an aggregate decrease of 31. 2s. per
mile per week compared with the corresponding
week of last year, and a decrease of 51. 14s. Od. per
mile per week on 1830. The comparison with this
latter period, however, is greatly. disturbed, owing
to the returns for 1850 embracing tho Whitsun
week traffic. The falling oft as contrasted with
last year's returns, is Palely attributable to the Exhi-
ibition traffic, which was then beginning to be sensi-
bly felt. It must not be forgotten that the receipts
up to the present period of the half year have been
on most lines greatly in excess of either of the former
years. Thus the aggregate half year's receipts of
the London and North Western Company now
stand almost exactly the same as at this time last
year, the return on this line having shown a sensible
falling off during the last few weeks. The traffic of
the Brighten and London and South Western lines
was increased in the corresponding week of 1831 by
Epsom races, which this year have fallen a week
later. _ - . _

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The return per mile per week is subjoined :
1852. 1851.
London and North Western 182.62 06.95
Lancashire and Yorkshire
London and Bnutli: Western. 47.3 52.09
Great Western

London and Brighton
Routh Eastern
Bristol and Exeter
York and North Midland
Great Northern
Midland
Chester and llolyhead
Eastern Counties and Norfolk
York, Newcastle, and Berwick
The returns on Scotch liner are en under :
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-.... ....
1852. 1851.
Aberdeen
Cilugow and South Western 4.127 .... 3,864
Scottish Central
Caledonian 8,210 .... 7,612
Scottish Midland Junction 604 .... 638