The Express.
London, England, 1867-10-25 00:00:00

TRAFFIC RETURNS.

Mae Pais Mar- Total, Total.
RAILWAY& open. Seegers. shandies. 1867. 186 e.
Week ending Jul 27. 6 /I 4 A
Great Southern of India 144 619 416 935 812
Week ending August 24
Madras-Booth West Line 492 - - 43,561 8,942
North West Line 163 - -. 1,694 974
Week ending August 31
Bahia and San Franebeo 7Bl 123 118 328 371
Bombay, Sunda &Central L 102 2,279 919 .3,11r4 2,402
Week ending Oct. 18.
Belfast and N. Conntlea - 1,289 1,133 2,3f5 2,339
Dublin and Meath U 118 144 312 32.2
Londonderry& Coleraine
Week ending Oct. 19.
North Eastern 1329 21,230 64,085 75,365 74,131
Week ending Oct 90.
Belfast and County Down Ni 511 279 800 704
Brecon and Merthyr 72 300 1,120 1,420 1,3,9
Bristol and Exeter 1341 4,213 3,341 7,514 7,034
Great Eastern
Great Western 1211 32,876 40,835 74.711 78,233
North British
Mater .. 144 1,833 1,509 3,342 1,276

• Traffic temporarily interrupted through damage caused by
excessive floods.

THE REPRESENTATION OF DORCHESTER.—FoT
many years past the representation of the county town
of Dorset has been equally divided between the liberals
and conservatives, each party returning one member, but
by the Reform Bill the borough has one of its representa-
tives taken away and this it has been felt will materially
alter the state oethings at the next election. In 183•2,
when Mr. R. R. Sheridan, the liberal member, was first
elected, he stood at the head of the poll by a considerable
majority, but in 1805, when there was a contest, Lieut.
Colonel Sturt, the conservative member, headed the list
by a majority over Mr. Sheridan of 13. A severe contest
is looked for in 1869 in the event of both the present
members offering themselves, but a surprise has come upon
the electors on Mr. Sheridan announcing his retirement into
privatelifeattheclose of next session. In his address henrys :
" Were I so fortunate as to be again chosen for the support
of those opinions, there could not be a doubt that one of
the results of the proposed changes in the constituency
would be to place many of my friends, who have hitherto
been my most strenuous supporters, in a very delicate and
trying position. Under the most favourable conditions to
myself, much acrimony and bitterness would be created,
followed probably by a lengthened period of ill-will and
beartburnuigs. I reside too near our county town, and
have too many friends amongst the inhabitants, who would
be sufferers in my cease, to desire success at such a out."
Mr. Sheridan has represented Dorchester for 16 years."
CASES OF OUTLAWRY. —lt will be remembered
that some six or seven weeks ago two men, profeuing to
be Greek merchants, absconded after obtaining large quan-
tities of Manchester and Yorkshire manufactures, chiefly
on the false pretence that they were purchasing on behalf
of the French government. These men, D. ftodetty and
L. Galipoliti, were to have surrendered yesterday at the
Manchester Court of Bankruptcy, before Mr. D. C.
Macrae, the registrar, for the purpose of undergoing their
last examination. They did not appear, however, and
having been formally summoned by name in the usual
form by the crier of the court, they were declared outlaws.
The debts proved against Rodetty were 13,0001. and against
Calipoliti 11.1.101. Messrs. Sale, Worthington, and Co.
were the solicitors on behalf of the creditors.

THE FENIAN OUTRAGE AT MANCHESTER.—MT.
W. P. Roberta, solicitor, Manchester, on behalf of the
prisoners committed for the murder of Police-sergeant
Brett, has transmitted the following letter to the Home
Secretary, in reply to the communication refusing to post-
pone the trial :—" Gresham Chambers, Princess-street,
Manchester, Oct. ' Allen and 25 others.'--Sir,—l
have your letter of this morning, in which you decline to
accede to the prayer for a postponement of these trials.
Permit me to request you to reconsider this determination.
It is impossible to instruct counsel in time. No counsel
are retained, for there is no money to retain them with,
but during the next six weeks money will come in. Briefs
ought to be in the hands of counsel at least a fortnight
before the trials. The work is immense of analysing all
the cases, and it requires time and industrious labour.
The case is very much out of common. Twenty-six men,
all of them accused of murder, and all with evidence
against them that, in the present state of excitement, may
sentence them to death. It is easy to talk about being
' firm' and so forth. My impression is that if the trial is
thus pressed on, the men will elect not to be defended at
all. I feel compelled to ask you to satisfy yourself of the
truth of the memorial, and to grant its prayer.—l am, sir,
your obedient servant, "NV. P. Roeurrs."

ANOTHER FENIAN HOAX IN LIVERPOOL.—At the
Liverpool police-court yesterday, • young man named
Cummins, said to be a tailor, was charged with stealing
two shirts from a public-house In Earle-street. Before the
case terminated it transpired that the prisoner had caused
the police authorities of the town a good deal of trouble
and anxiety a few nights previously. He called at the
police office, and announced with some pomposity and
officiousness that he had been sent over by the Manchester
authorities with information to the effect that the
Fenians intended to cut off the Liverpool gas supply. The
result was that • large number of extra officers, together with
sonic of the heads of the force, were kept on the qui rive
during the whole night, but nothing occurred to justify
the warning. Cummins next told the police that if
7 guineas were given to him, he could find out the where-
abouts of Colonel Kelly. Suspicions being aroused that
Cummins was an impostor, he was sent adrift, and no-
thing further was seen or heard of him nail his arrest for
stealing. The case was remanded.

The Birmingham POSi gives currency to a rumour
that government intend to prosecute some local numufac-
turers or merchants—names not stated—for supplying
known Fenian, with consignments of rifles and revolvers.
There is no doubt (it says) that two years ago a cod =my
guns, quite as dangerous to the users as to the enemy,'"
were surreptitiously shipped to Ireland, and were traced
and captured through the instrumentality of the then
Mayor and the police. The gossip (it adds) is no doubt a mere
revival of that scandal ; if it is not, there is still no proba-
bility of any such prosecution, as even if arms have found
their way to Ireland from Birmingham, both vendor and
buyer would take care to give the transaction an ordinary
business oomplexion.

RELIEF Or TRUSTEES AND EXECUTORS.—Ey the
new County Court Act, trustees, executors, and others
with fund. not exceeding 5001. may, in their own relief,
pay the same into a Poet-office saving, bank in the name
of the registrar aad also transfer severities to the same.