The Express.
London, England, 1863-05-19 00:00:00

TRAFFIC RETIJRNB.

Yllr P. lifer- Total, Total,
ILLTIWATIL open Megan &swills* 1861 PM
Week ending Feb. 8. a A IL
Let lads= :
Bengal Division 661 8,627 4,256 14,883 7,861
Nartb-West Previa 2791 2,482 2,7= 3,285 4,141
Week ending April 3 I.
Detroit and Milwaukee
Nook ending May L
Buffalo and Lake Huron lint
Great Western of Canada 366
Week ending May 3.
Ottoman

- 4431 3,151

- 1,141 1.437
11,151 9,743

751 .21

Week ending May 15.
Cork an I Yot4bal and
aQueeditown Mrect MII 927 91 419 411
Week ending May 16.
London, Brighton, and 8
Coast 2501 12,481 4,177 16.608 17,135
South Mo9le= — 13,915 5.406 10,521 20,177

RAILWAY AND PUBLIC COMPANIZS IN PAD LIA-
NWT.— Yesterday, in Earl Doooughmore's committee, the
°sae of the West Hartlepool Railway Company underwent
further scrutiny, Mr., Rowley and others being examined
at considerable length relative to its objects. Mr. Burke,
Q.C., instructed by Mears. Baxter, Rom, Norton. and
Spoffornis addressed the committee at length, on behalf of
the debenture sod hood holders, and the room having hien
cleared, the committee, after a brief deliberation, decid:d
that, in their opinion, " the preamble of the bill is rat
proved ; that the committee think it their duty to lay before
the house a statement of the facts disclosed in the midair*:
and that they will further draw the eiiontion of the home
to the necessity of providing same sufficient salegatrd for
persons lending their money to railway companies either
on mortgage or bond." A committee, consisting of
Lord Wodehonse (chairman), Earl of Shrewsbury.
Duke of Manchester, Lord Camoye, sad another noble lord
whose name could not be ascertained, met to consider the
knot the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company
to enable them to construct—l. A railway from Stahel,
landenuare to join the South London Railway at Noshed.
2. A line from the South London Dear linnbsed Cemetery,
eroesiog the North Keut at Lewisham, sad thence
Greenwich-park to Croom's-hill. 3. A branch throthght
Park end Greenwich marshes, and terminating wont.
Woolwich Dockyard. 4. A line from the Thames Junction
near the Grand Surrey Canal, to the south entrance of the
Thames Tunnel. 5. Aline from Victorialeridge, &Woes,
to the Wandsworth-read, with a 000tinuation to
the Victoria-station, with branches from Wands-
worth and Battersea to the Crystal Palace.
Counsel for the promoters having intimated to
the committee that the proporsd lines 2 and 3to Green-
wich and Woolwich were abandoned, together with that
portion of the bill for an extension of time for the purchase
of lands in the neighbourhood of Ludgate-hill and drawler's,
the committee took the usual evidence and pealed the
other portions of the bill. They also paused the Mercantile
Marine Service Association (Liverpool) Bill, and will mks
the Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway today. In the
Doke of Richmond's committee on the proposed extemion
of the Midland Company into London, Mein. Cubitt aol
Brydone, engineers. and Mr. Denison, M.P., chairman. of
the Great Northern Railway were examined in oppositim
to the undertaking, the use for which it is stated will
terminate to-day. In tee Commons the committee of which
Mr. Adair is chairmen passed the Metbley branch of the
Bradford, Wakefield, and Leeds Railway, but threw oat
the Low Moor extension. The case for the Oswestry and
Newtown and other Companies Amalgamation Bill was
opened in Mr. Bowes's committee. Mr. Denison, M.P.
and Mr. Seymour Clarke were examined as to the merits of
the proposed March and Spalding line. Further evalenoe
was adduced relative to the Edinburgh and Duofernase.
The cam for the promoters of the proposed new Bright,t
line was closed, and Mr. Atkinson having addressed the coos'
mitt** fey landowners. Mr. Slight, the secretory of
the
Brighton Railway, was examined at length by Mr. Vern
wether, Q.C.. with a view to show the nonmsemitial DMUS
, of the project.