The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-10 00:00:00

TO THIC ZDITON OP THE TEPEES&

Sia,—l should think that there are very few
permits with anything epproachiog generous feelings who
do not sympathise most deeply with those unfortunate geeo.
tlenien who went last week to me Yeasts. Ilse* and Goes
settle their "little differences" Why, sir, I learn frost
that high sporting authority, the Saturday Review, that
these admirals of the " noble err had positively to do
without their seoustomed rest ; to stay at sporting houses
from 11 o'clock at night until 3 the next morning ; to put
up with frauds practised upon them by unprincipled
waiters ; to be inconveniently hunted to Paddington.
station ; and when there to endure treatment that we
disarms to civilized society and the nineteenth century.
Nor was this all, for a journey of 180 miles left these
estimable "patrons of the Ring" little wiser, although mach
sorer, than when they started on it. And, when to
all this is added the mortifying trip from Paddington to
Puniest, it must be admitted that difficulties end devices
were surmounted and gone through such as only true lovers
of sport would dare to encounter. These obstacles sporting
men may well desire to see removed ; and verily, sir, I
think something might be done. There are circumetaame
which seem to indicate that the Riog might be perm-
neatly revived. The Sat rday &via° boldly stands up
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its favour ; and the Times is well nigh as decided ; while
lesser lights hint at a semi-moral support. Then there is
that rapidly rising sect, the "muscular Christians," vbe
are only waiting for a little more encouragement before
they give in their adhesion to the good cause. But, to be
serious—is not the cant of manliness in the preempt day
going a little too far! Is not as affectation of large
liberality carrying us beyond all moral limits? The sober
view surety is, that prize fighting is a brutal, is wow and
then a fatal practice ; sod that all the comornitaats of the
Ring belong to the worst Moss of the age in which we Hire.
Eve, the Saturday Review itself—in a moment either at
forgetfulome or true insight—relents, and cannot forbear
saying, " When we bear of soniebody's youngian' or
• novice,' whose first appearance is announced, it is difficult
not to wish that their training had been is better hands."
Let ON f say, then do what we can to keep the " young-
, on" and the " novice" out cf such hands, and to make them
citizens of whom we shall have greater imam Infest proud.
am, Re.. CORINTHIAN.
London, Sept. 8.

THE Sot-rig WEETZILE RAILWAT.—The South
Western Railway Company have about 4,ooogooda waggon',
which are numbered consecutively. This railway, by means
of branches Rod loop lines, can now communicate with all the
narrow and mixed gauges in the kingdom. and its waggon'
and parenger.carriages can pans on to other lines if mew
sary. Thus the labour of transferring goods to other com-
panies' mamma is saved, and a (party as engage a South
Waiters carriage and be conveyed in it to their deatioatiou
on soother lice. An account is kept of every vehicle that
leaves the South Weateru Railway, ad demurrage is
to the company that unnecessarily detains it. f-
Viagirird
e e a day is the demurrage for a pueenger carriage,
and half -&-crown a day for a goods waggon. Once a quarter
all South Western station-masters report simultane-
ously the rolling stock at or just deepstched from
their stations to discover what vehicles are musing. Some-
' times it is necessary to sand an official in search of missiog
vehicles, and a South Western goodscarriage bas been found
at Glasgow, and a manager carriage at souse obscure station
in the eastern counties. Toes upon tons of London stable
manure sow travel down the South Western line, destined
for the south of England farmers who very often give
straw in exchange for it to the London livery-stable and
cowkeepere. Before the railway was made, Hampshire,
Doesetabire, and Surrey farmers es-re obliged to burn a
great deal of straw ; now they send it to London and get it
back again oonverted into valuable manure. Persons have
sprang up in Loudon who make a handsome living by col-
lecting stable manure and selling it to farmers. They
o• ten get it for the trouble of taking it away
from livery and cow stables, and keeping them
clean. Formerly the North of Devon was one of
the cheapest places in England to live io. This is no longer
the case now that the South Western line extends to Exeter
and Barnstaple, for the produce of the rich grazing farms
of North Devon can be sent cheaply to London.
are fitted up like well ventilated butchers' shops,CaariVdar
stead of carcases of sheep, pigs, calves, and oxen being piled
one upon another and sent away, they are hung on books
in these cambers, and reach London by fast train, in good
saleable condition. The latest novelties on the South
Western line are the improved rolling post-offices. They
are superior large passenger carriages in point of size and
workmanship, and they are fitted up with letter-boxes,
stamping benches, writiog. desks, moveable nests, and bril-
liant swinging lamps. The ends are padded to prevent is-
jury to the clerks and sorters in case of collision. The
• ends open, and platforms let down to effect a communica-
tion between two offices. !Attars and newspapers
between the times of pouting arid delivery have
to be examined, charged with postage if necessary, recorded
! if registered, sorted, counted, and placed in bags; but
owing to the vast amount of oorrespoodence there is not
mom in the ordinary post-offices for such operations. On
the South-Western line, between Loudon and Weymouth,
there are about 20 t.towns. Formerly, when a mail
! train started from Waterloo station it had a bag for each of
I those towns, and one of these was dropped, and bap for all
succeeding post-towns taken in at each station, se that by
1 the time the train was half way ou its journey there was
an accumulation of a hundred begs or so in the train. The
rolling post-offices do away with this accumulation. Each
post-town sends but one bag to the train.
' and the correspondence for the next pot-town
lis picked out of this bag by the time the train
readies the "tattoo. It is not even neceerary sow
to stop at each station foe postal purposes, for apparatus has
been invented by which a bag can be dropped and another
taken in while the train is in rapid motion. It le not ire.
probable that some day a large portion of the correspondence
of the country may be posted and delivered without p ing
through ordinary offices at all, and that alett edmpped into a
letter-box on the South-Western line may be handed over
to a postman at a Scotch railway station to he delivered.
There are now not only rolling but floating post-
' offices. The Atlantic, Mediterranean, and St. George's
Channel mail steamers have pat-Offiees on board,
where all necessary postal operations to which
epistolary correspoodence is subjected can be canted
ow. Our forefather, would be much surprised at
Wee postal wooden,. They would never have dreamt that
the work of a government department consisting of reading,
writing, account keeping, sod dexterous manipulation,
could be carried on in ships running 14 miles an hour is as
Atlantic storm, or in vehicles going 50 miles an hour oa the
road. The only thing to cap these marvels will be the dis-
covery of means to regulate the motion of balloons', when
there will doubtless be attached to St. Martin'ale-Grand. in
1 oddities to the merlin and rolling clerks, a staff of flying
dirks, sorters, and red mated guards. Perhaps " per
northern halloos " will one of these days be as common a
! rider to the address of a letter as "per Mediternmesa
1 packet." or "per Great Northern Moe " is now.
Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur-
-1 enamel: Nominate's Pore Tea very theirs at Pa. 4d. and 4s
. High Stemlard ' at ca. 4d. (formerly In ed.l, la the elveagent
and wave clenelan• imparted. Agents in *very sown awl: It
la peeleeth—LArbeelleemeat.)