The Express.
London, England, 1863-01-05 00:00:00

OPENING OP THE METROPOLITAN RAILWAY.

The Metropolitan Railway will be opened for
traffic on Saturday next. Everything is ready ; signals,
points, switches, permanent way, retaining walla,
carriages, and all the et ceteras necessary for the eelsu4l
efficient working of a railway, are pronounced in eatisfactory
order, and on Friday next members of the Court of Alder-
men and of the Common Council, members of parliament.
and of various railway boards, and long-expectant share-
holders, will celebrate the close of an important public
work by a grand bstiquet. On Saturday, the directors of
the Great Western Railway travelled over the line, and in
their presence every signal was tasted, and found to, work
satisfactorily. On Tuesday again trains will run upon the
line at intervals of a quarter of an hour during the day, foe
the purpose of making the officials and servants more
fully conversant with the line. The station in Farringdoe-
street has been very tastefully fitted up as a banquetting hall
to accommodate 600 persons. The bands of the various
detachments of the City police assembled at the station,
and performed a selection of light and cheerful music, with
the view of their being employed at the banquet. Their
performances gave complete satisfaction to the directors,
end arrangements will be made, with the sanction of Mr.
1). W. Harvey, the police commissioner, for their atten-
dance at the banquet, in the character of musicians. The
question of fares has been one of mach consideration with
the directors, and they have decided that the most pru-
dent coulee will be to proceed cautiously with the working
of the line. They have their fears as to the effeeta of
" rush" of passengers until their employe* have become
better acquainted with the railway. It is this feeling which
has no doubt led them to place the fame at very much
higher rates than the public genera/1y were led to expect,
sod which must be considerably reduced U the directors
hope to compete successfully with their rivals, the
buses. For the whole distance the fare will be : First.
class 6d., second 4d., third 3d. ; return tickets 9d., Gd., sad
lkl., according to dui For intermediate stations, or to or
from Portland-rod station to Farringdou-street or Pad-
dington 4d., 3d., and 2d. ; return ticket being respectively
6d., 4d., and 3d. Parliamentary trains will run at the Ma-
-1 ;edited rate of Id. per mile, butt!), fare by them will, in
reality, be no lower for the third class than by ordinnaarryy
trains, as the distance is 3i miles, and the ordinary thW-
clime fare, 3d. The company are not bound by the act to
run what are called "working-men's trains," which are
required by all acts peened during the last two years. in
asses where the railway lies destroyed say dwellings of the
poorer classes. The Metropolitan Railway has not touched
any property of this description. It will do so, however, in
the course of its extension to Finsbury, and by the act au-
thorising that portion, the company are bound to run a
train eight and mender/ at very reduced ratea. It was •
part r 4 the project of the late Mr. Pestles to have •
number of workmen's dwallineps erected at Wormwood
Scrubs, to which the working clauses would be ccaveyed
cheaply by the railway. No colony of the sort has yet
I been founded ; but when established the company will,
it is understood, start these parliamentary cheap trains.—
&waver.

SUNDAY EXCURSION TRAINS.—At the monthly
meeting of the National Sunday League held at the office co
Friday evening the following address to the public was
unanimously adopted :—"To the Public.—The National
Sunday League wee established to obtain the opening on
Sunday of the British Museum and similar national institu.
time, but notwithstanding ttutt a large majority iu all large
towns was known to be favourable to the proposition,yet
did Sabbatarian organisation io tta unscrupulous usi of
manufactured petitions !suppress for a time the wishes of
the people. The league has therefore given battle to this
oegameatioe io ita efforts to suppress the bends in the parka,'
to prevent the working class shareholders in the Crystal
Palace from having Sunday admissioo," to keep the Botanic
Gardens of Dublin shut to the public,' and in various isolated
attempts 'to stop Sunday excursions.' By the public
voice and a liberal prima it has been defeated, and now that
a combined and general attack is made on the Sunday ex-
cursions, the committee of the league I. stepping forward
to defend the rights of conscience and liberty of the subject,
believe such support will be received as to insure another
victory over an ambitious but fast expiring Sahlaitananisat.
—By order of the executive committee, R. M. Menem,
hon. secretary.-4, Beaufort•buildinp, Strand." The meet-
leg adjourned until Tuesday evening, when memorials in
favour of Sunday excursions will be ironed for general sig-
nature.

HORRI ELI DI♦TH OF ♦ WOILE11•N. —Thomas
Fogg, a yams man employed in repair* the roof of a
house in Daolby Bisset, Li.erpod, on Saturdey lamming,
missed his footing sad fell headlong upon the railings
beneath. Ha remained fora short time impaled and in
the greatest cesosivable agony, and his body was with
great difficulty massed from the spikes of the rails. He
died minuet immediately. The dewed was a single man
sod lived is Lioeolettest.

HINNINOIII7I.-0a Saturday morning,
a little before two o'clock, • fire was discovered on LW aa-
tsesivepem isle of Meters. Brooks sad doe. Ithawakera, is ,
W ' -street, Biratiogbam. The dames bed speed
rapidly before lbe erg nee arrived. The roof sad two
upper storks wore soeeo datstroyed, as was also a good deal of I
stock, coosistias of gas furniture, bowels, sad Wises. Tbo
property destroyed bee bate estimated at upwards of COOL
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