The Express.
London, England, 1855-07-26 00:00:00

TRAFFIC RETURNS.

14th. PM- Ma- Total, Total
RAILWAYS open. OCIVAIS. OhlodlAO. LW. 11154.
Week ending July 14. A A A a
Edinburgh and elnegow ......142 6,618 13,108
We. k ending July lb
Caledonian ....................11 6,610 6.450 113169 12,466
Brest het .hern .. ..... 281 11,785 9,636 19,621 18,486
Week ending 31r17-21.
Belfast and Ballymena ..... ... 662 270 819 860
Cork sod 70 18 .. o Bandn... ... ..... 29 7
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Week euellnl July 22. -.-
Lando', and South Metora 13,911 3.447 17.358
London and North Western 553* 33,890 22,230 67,845 10.854
Manchester, South Junetlo.n
and Mir =ham
lleottlab Central
Beira«. and County DOWD .....
IMaachemer. Sh.lield, and Liu-
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they have no longer tie limitations held out to them by
their former, publican emnloyen, and they have succeeded
in establishing a readtag club, which is very well supported.
There are at present 140 men in the service of the Corpo-
ration, and the returns of the helmet entered for
shipping between the 27th November, 1864 and the 28th
May, 1865, eabibit the following results:—'total tons en-
tered, 227,170; hove by aliens, 16,876; by the corporation,
127,410; by publicise, 83 886; showing an excess by the
corporation of 43,625 tons, of which the corporation hove
for colliers, 89,420, and for merchants, 22,126; while the
publicans hove for colliers 38,430, and for merehanu 40,880, CRYSTAL PALACE.-811ILLINO LAT.—JULY 26.
giving an excess by publicans for merchant. of 18,765 tons. admissions on payment, 8,361 ; ditto by season ticket*.
The average wage. per week of the men employed by the 618.—Total, 8,979.
corporation was 15. sd. per man, from 31st December to AUSTRIANS IN ITALT.—A duel we. fought on the
the 19th May last. The old system of middle men and 17th at Placentia between Count Zonardi, of Parma, and
public house aguicy still prevails to a large @snot, and the an Austrian officer. The latter received a wound in his
ballast heaven not in the employ of the corporation are in head, and the former a slight one in the hand. This is the
a pitiable coadition. third duel of the kind fought at Placentia within the last
GOODWOOD RACEB.—The ensuing week will again twelvemonth.
see many or. the Dawns of glorious Goodwood. Notwith- LETTERS FOR TUE COLONY OF VICTORIA, AU&
steadiog O.* drawbacks which the country geosindly, and TRALlA.—General Post Office, July, 1856 —As some mis-
ruing ser/etially, is suffering from the war, we have still a apprehension exists on the subject of the notice ly
fair Innwpett of an average meeting, and an average meet- issued, requiring that the postage of all letters for Vieth-
tog at fgoodwood is only equalled by one or two other places. via shall be paid in whence, at the rate of one shilling the
That the sport will be of considerable interest may be gleaned half ounce when the letters are conveyed by packet, and
from, the fact that we shall gee the first favourites eightpence the half ounce when they are conveyed by Pil-
fer the ensuing St. Leger and Derby, vie., the redoubtable vats ship, the Postmuter-General finds it necessary to ex-
(ltulaton, and the victorious offspring of the Flying Dutch- plain that this regulation is confined to letters addressed
man, "Fly-by• Night." Oar allies, the French too, will to the colony of Victoria (formerly known as the district of
furnish a formidable competitor for the Cup, in the ikons Port Philip), and that it does not extend to letters ad-
of Burn Rothschild's Baroneino, a 3-year old colt, that ran dragged to New South Wales, Routh Australia or any
second for the French Derby this Spring, and it is other colony than Victoria. The following is a list of the
rumoured that they will have a second string to principal places in Victoria Alber'oo, Avoca, Ballarat,
their bow in "Royal Quand Memo," • 6 year old, Bailin, Bendigo, Beechworth, Belfast, Sculls, Bruns-
whose shape and appearance rumour asserts would wick, Buninyong, kiiiyen,etChepstow,
Melbourne, Mount
do credit to any breeding establishment in this country. mington, Geelong, KCilainstoler:
The Goodwood Stakes will, most probably, he decidedly Alexander, Port Fury, Portland, Praha's, Richmond,
shove the average in interest and speculation; a tarp awn- Sandhurst, Wangaratta, Wannambool,
her of horses from some of the most powerful sad hahlon- ROWLAND RlLL,BetustarE
able stables have been backed for it. Altogether there will RAIZ OP A WIFS.—Tha antiquated and disgrace.
be, derive g the four days, 28 races to be decided, 21 of which fel farce of selling a wile has taken place at Think within
are already to be found in the *slender, and 7, vii the the pest few days. A blooming young woman, the wife of
Craven Stakes, Cowdray Stakes, Guess's Plate, Duke of Mr. W. Marshall, of Wombleton, near Kirby-Moorside, was
Richmond's Plate, Stewards' Cup, Chesterfield Cap, and led In a halter to the cross, and there sold for the sum of
Maier, Stake!, still to be entered for. The races coin- 2s. 6d., to a knight of St. Crispin. Mr. Marshall was 64
mesa on ',Tuciday, the lain day of July, and are COW- yells of age when he was married, end Mrs. Marshall map
panty one week later than they have bun of late years. 19. They, however, continued to live happily together for
—West Sasses Gcwtte of this el!ep. 16 years, but he finding that those infirmities so natural to
BASK OP NSW eOUTII WALES.—At the halt- old age were rapidly increasing, it was agreed between them
yearly meeting of this bank, held at Sydney, April 26, a that the knot which had joined them in wedlock for so long
report for the half-year ending March 31, wee presented a period should be severed. They accordingly left Womble-
and adopted, showing, after deducting rebate of interest on ton for Think (the place appointed for the isle) and stopped
current bit's, paying elle:pewee of the bank at the head at the Boyel Oat Ina, where an agreement was drawn up.
office sad brandy-, and making trunnion for all bad and They then repaired to the Cross, where she was sold to Mr.
doubtful debt-. the net profits amount to 38,7781. lls. ; to John Webster, of Oswaldkirk. The same day the penthouse
which is to be added an undivided proSt of last per, thus publicly advertised his bargain Purchase of a
1,9741, 19e. lid.; making a total of 40,7411. 10• 11d. It Wife.—l, John Webster, shoemaker, of Oeweldkirk, do
was resolved to appropriate the mount as follows : Ts pay- henby declare that I have purchased Mary, the wife of
mentor dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, William Marshall, of Wombleton, near Kirby-Moonide, at
26,0001.; increase of reeene fund, 9,8821. la. 10d. ; leaviag Think Cross, this day.—Signed W. Marshall, the mark
for equalisation of future dividends. 6,0604 9e Id. ; total, 11. of Mary Marshall, John Webster. Witnesses, Henry
40,7414 101. lid. The route had will thus be lammed Redd, William Cherala.—Think, Jalr 11, 1856.Lffeis
Si 90,00 K Mowry.