The Express.
London, England, 1853-06-23 00:00:00

SAFETY OF RAILWAY LUGGAGE.

has always been felt by the

public at the want of arrangements at railway stations for
taking care of luggage. A :passenger while travelling by
rail oftentimes wants to remain in some particular town on
the line for an hour or a day, and he 'must either take his
luggage with him, paying for porterage, or run the risk of
losing it if he leaves it at the station. A gentleman named
Wilkins has invented a plan by which this inconvenieses
Ma be remedied. This plan
pesos for porterage, and, a the same time yields • hand-
MOM revenue to railway companies. It isnow in operation
OA the Southampton railway, and answers exceedinglywell.
When a train, say a down train, arrives at any particular
station, a porter Attends with a book about the size of the
London Directory. It contains tickets Lot' stiff card-board
bound in the book. Each ticket is about three inches long
and one inch wide. It is partly cut, so that two separate
parts of it can be easily torn off. The tickets are numbered
differently, but each of the three parts of • ticket has the
same number. The outer part of the ticket has a leap of
tape gummed to it. Suppose a person arrives at a station
and is not going on by train for an hour or two, or a day,
and is desirous of leaving a carpet bag or a trunk at the
station, he pays one penny, and in a moment the taped por-
tion of a platform ticket is fastened to the handle of the
carpet-bag. This portion bears, as has been already stated,
a printed number also; the words " depoeited at Winches-
ter," or whatever the station may be, and likewise the
words " for down train." Another portion of the ticket,

with the same number maths bet, is ties off and given to
the owner of the carpet bag, to be presented at the station,
when she article is wanted. The words ' for down train"
is omitted on this portion. The part of the ticket that is
left in the book corresponds with that given to the pas-
senger, and is a check on the money-taker. The railway
company then becomes reponsiVe for the safety of the
property. Luggage is divided into three classes,—that for
down-train, fur up-train, and to be left till called for, and
should be sorted into three 'Efferent compartments at the
station. For each division there is a separate book of
tickets. If a person wart to find or steal a ticket, and
apply for property, he wr.uld be instantly detected, because
he would have first to say whether the luggage was for up
or down train, or to left till called for, which be could
not do unless he nsw.ied it. There is no necessity for any
address to be on Iwsgage. One penny per package per diem
is charged fora 'elattorm ticket.

DCRILVA CITY ELECTION.—The nomination for
the City of Durham take, place on Friday, the polling on

Satur:tay. Notwithstanding the unwating of Lord A. Vase,
or. the ground of bribery, it is apprehended that the tories
I will again resort to the mine means of success. Dlr. blow-
! bray is their candidate.

ELECTION EXPOSURES.

TAUNTON.
SIR J. Iid.M.DEN DELT ELECTED.

Yesterday, the committee, atter hearing Mr. Ma-
caulay and Ilr. Jame', rewired, after dt.lo,erating an hour
and a bait: _ _ _

" That Sir Jahn Bounden, Bart., is duly elected •
burgess to serve in this prtsent parliament fur the borough
of Taunton.

" That Thomas Coombe. was bribed with 8/. to give his
vote for Sir John Itrnviden.

" That:Charles Webber was bribed with 7!. to abstain
from giving his vote nt the last election.
" That it was not proved that the aforesaid acts of bribery
were committed with the knowledge and consent of the
said Sir J. I:, mod ..n or his agents.
"That it appears to the committee that no means were
employed by Sir J. ltamsden to procure his return for the
borough of Taunton at the last election that were not
strictly legal and coLatitutional."