The Express.
London, England, 1867-08-29 00:00:00

TRAFFIC RETURNS.

13160371 11Des I. Mer- Total, Total,
J
Week aidi °pm nisiers. shand 1887. VV.isk
aiding June U. 6 6
Great Indian !entomb' 352 6,307 13,768 13,725 12,624
Week ending Jane U.
Northern of Buenos Ayres. 19 - - 630 375
Week ending June 29.
Madras-6onth West Line. 496 - - 7,633 9,638
North West Line. 153 - - 1,646 763
Week ending July 6.
Bombay, llas,&l34otral L 306 2,427 1,273 3,700 5476
Week end July 13.
Bahia and SAO Prandsw 761 166 US 384 417
Week endht August 23
Meer's& and Mnis
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 301 188 489 '.s.o
Waterford and Limerick
Week ending August 24
Pembroke and Ten by - - 492 -
nding Au Week egust 25
Cornwall
Bristol and Exeter 1361 5,465 3,057 8,622 7.907
Great Eastern 7091 24,486 11,919 38,404 36,010
Groat Northern
Lancashire and Yorkshire. 403 27,687 26.743 64,340 82632
London, L'hathani, & Dover
& Met. Its. & Branches . 138 15,240 1,763 17,003 14,891
Metro. Mc of LC. & D 159 2,974 247 3,221 3,044
London & North Western-LUG 67,530 09.034 138.584 133,000
London and South Western - 22,796 7,535 30,333 -14sacheater,8ont6Junction,
and Altrinchain - 1,215 494 1,619 1,631
Manchester, Shemeld, and
Lincolnshire 686 8,032 14,682 29,064 21,104
Midland BBO 27,038 33,727 00.735 58.0113
North Staffordshire (.1/.&C ) 366 - - 6,906 8.633
South Devon
Ulster .. 1061 1,036 1,227 2,913 g ten

STAINES, WOKINGRAII, AND WOKING RAILWAY.
—The twenty•ninth half-yearly general meeting of share-
holders was held yesterday at the offices, No. 1, Brood
&actuary, Westminster, Mr. J. Garrard in the chair. The
report has been published, and it was taken as read. The
Chairman, in moving its adoption, referred to the falling
off in the passenger traffic, which be attributed to the
disinclination of a large number of persons to travel on the
line to Ascot, in consequence of the accident which took
place about two years ago. He regretted that they could
not come to mare satisfactory arrangements with the Lon-
don and South Western. The directors were now and
always had bass doing their utmost to obtain the beat
possible terms from that company, but they had not met
with much encouragement. The report was adopted, and
the dividend recommended declared.

WEEKLY RETURN OP THE REPORTED CASES OF
CATTLE PLAGUE IN GREAT BRITAIN.—For the week end-
ing August 24 one treat outbreak has been reported,
at Low Esb, In Durham. One case of cattle plague is
reported to have occurred during the week. The diseased
animal was killed. There was one healthy animal
tered to prevent the sp dof the disease. The tool
number of cattle to have been attacked in Great
Britain since the commencement of the plague is 275,924,
and 56,901 healthy cattle have been slaughtered to prevent
the spread of the disease.
THE RIVAL SEA SERPENTS. --SOdlUl Point and
Chicago are rivals in offe • sea-serpent attractions to
visitors. Lake Michigan and Lke Ontario each bouts
its serpent—or let us rather say, to coin a timely alliter•
tion—its lake leviathan. Chimp, espousing the cause of
the Michigan monster, says it le forty-five feet long and
marvellous to behold ; Salim Point avers the Ontario
wonder is "thirty feet long," and as big round as
" a man's body," or as the liberty pole, which
is of those dimensions." The Chicago people, who
of coarse scorn Sodus Point as a rival watering-
place, say their own monstrosity is the bigger—
but then they are lees definite in the description
of it, at present it being apparently a sort of marine
" What is it ? ' On the contrary, Sodus tells us definitely
that five men in a boat saw the Ontario serpent, with its
head elevated "several feet above the water," and its
" hugs form entirely visible near the surface." It plunged
as they rowed for it and disappeared but it " resembled,
as it lay on the water, the liberty Pole" of Big Sodus.
Everybody who knows Big Sodus liberty pole knows what
that means. Now, then, which shall first be captand—
the serpent of Ontario or the one of Michigan? Here is a
chance for Chicago and Sodus Point, end we promise to
applaud, without local prejudice, the adventurers who in
either lake shall first draw the sinuous prodigy to shore.—
.New York Times.

The government contract for ram was yesterday
awarded as follow, viz. :—Henry White and Co., for
52,000 gallons ; Thomas Lowndes and Co., 12,000 gallons.
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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

BIRTHS.

00wPOCK.—August 20, at Arthur-road, N., the wife of C. Op-
DSVAof a eon.
IN.—August IR, at Edgeware-road, Efyde-park, the wit's
of R. Dowden, of a son.
Eo6looooD.—Auguat 26, at Lotion Farsonace, LI:1040h . the
wife of the Rev. J. Hosegood, M.A., of • too
HAMILTON. August 26, at Temple Sheen, Mort:Ale, the It& id
R. O. C. Hamilton, Eq., of a eon.
][VISA Y.—August 66, at Chalvey-park, !Gough, the wife of E.
F. Murray, Esq., of a son.
TLEN.—Auguat 26, the wife of the Rev. A. Tien. of a loot btd.'