The Express.
London, England, 1856-12-13 00:00:00

MADRAS RAILWAY.

The following is from an official source :
The last mail from Madras has brought accounts of the
result of the first three months' workirg of this railway,
commencing on the let of July and ending as 30th of
September last.
The line la open silty-five miles, from Madras to Arcot.
The coaching traffic returns, during this period, show
39,903 passengers, and the goods traffic, 7,::70 tons con-
veyed. The total receipts, from all sources of traffic, hare
beta—rupees, 66,685. Of this the working expenses
amount to 65 per cent , leaving 45 per cent., or rupees
25,607 profits. to be applied a reduction of the advances
made by the East India Company on account of guaranteed
interest on capital.
Tee cost of this section of the railway was stated by the
Right Hoe. the Governor of the Presidency, Lied Harris,
en the ommedoe of opening it for traffic, to have been only
6,6001. per mile, inclusive of the rolling stock. But making
taboret allowsnee for contingencies and an under estimate,
and assuming the actual cost to amount to 7,5001. a mile, or
487,6001. in all, the first three months' profits, say 2,4004
would be equal to a dividend at the rate of shout 2 per cent.
per annum on that capital, after paying working 'spasms.
The returns for October eahibit a steady increase of traffic,
and the government have had to relax in some degree their
reerietioes on tie running of trains, which have hitherto
obits-acted its n 1 development. The goods traffic, is
particular, bad BO much increased, that instead of a hell
train running every second day at the outset, a daily goods'
train each way had become nec sssss y, and was too heavy to
be worked by any but the company's heaviest engines.
This result for a commencement, and en a comparatively
limited portion of the railway, is considered favourable, and
gives expectation of vs ry satisfactory results when the first
difficulties of traffic have been overcome, and the mileage is
extended, as it shortly will be farther into the interior.

The first of the course of lectures on " The Four
Georges," which are now so well knows, was delivered lut
evening by Mr. Thackerey in the Assembly Fres-
trade Hall, Manchester, to a num.r.ma and fashionable
audience. _

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The Prince of Monaco has recently visited the
&sprees Dowager of Dust's at Num.
Prince Carioi, ambassador of the court of Naples
to London, is at present in P.rls on private sifsirs.
The Turkish General Ismail Pasha has arrived st
Marseilles on his way to Pers.

The Paris Vderie, commenting upon the annourer,
meat in the Presse—that the change of pro: rietorehip will
not invoke any change in the politics of the kernel, says
it would bane been better If M. Millard had been a little
IMO explicit and bad 'WV d whs. h of the many political
Cores of conduct followed by the paper is not to he chained.
No crosses of the Legion of Honour will be given
in France this year on the tccuion of New Year's Day, in
consequence of the great number of decorations lately
granted.
It appears quite certain that the Swiss Diet will
grant an amnesty to the Neufchatel prisoners immediately
after the judgment abaft have been delivered.
The Cuts of Cracow reproduces the statement made
during the war that St. Nurnberg is about to be fortified.
Thee, as now, Generale Bohm and Todleben were named as
having been charged with the execution of the project.
A letter from Berlin says := Seizures of news•
paper' have been very frequent of late ; we have bad one
almost every week."
Ths criminal tribunal of Frankfort•upon•the-Mains
tows has, within the last few days, tried various person
who, on the 18th September, 1848, were emoted to the set
of throwing up barricades in the streets of that city. The/
were condemned to various periods of imprisonment, none
of which exceeds three years. These men have been dr
mined in nod awaiting their trial upwards of eight years.
A petition to the Chamber of Representatives of
Belgium is being sigoed at Brussels by smell traders and
werkmee, praying that on account of the dearness of feel,
, the bill for renewing the prohibition to export Belton
con, and placing a duty on the import of foreign cons and
meat, may be rejected.