The Express.
London, England, 1867-02-16 00:00:00

TRAFFIC RETURNS.

Mlles Mer- Total. Total,
61.11. WAY. open. srosers. ehandtse. 1806. I+lo6.
Week eliding Do U.
Zastlliii2ll ll•'2* 12,0.1 93,t.:4 40.6/6 20.4111
. _

Week ending Jan. 24 1867. 1.8.861.
Detroit cud Si absentee 169 3,838 4.933
Week muting Jen. 26.
Great Wertern of can Ada . 366 11,831 11,4111
Meek endlur Jan. 14
SAustrianLombanty&C.L
(South Auitrton Lane —lO9l 6,800 29,119 36,919 33,667
hyper Hair Including
the Veneta= Lines, ..1401 14,328 36,64.1 34.971 30,6 M
Week ending Feb. :1.
Loadon,Tillaury..tiontheud •763 348 1,061 I,IE
Week ending Vela 9.
Pembroke and Teary .... 27 217

R.AILWAV TRAFFIC RFA'ZIPTH.—The traffic re-
ceipts of railways in the United Kingdom, published foe
the week ending February 9, amounted, on 12,614 miles,
to 645.928., and for the corresponding week of 186 i,
on 12,198 utiltos. to 673'431., showing an increase of EA
miles and of 15,6.111. The -roes receipts en 14 of tl
principal tallw.ps in the United Kingdom animated f•
the week on 9.1149 miles t0.515,V.W.,axil for the coffeepot&
ing week of last year, on 9,039 mile*, to 53 l ,4titil., skewing
an increase of 150 miles, ant18,6)3/. The increase On the Great
Fasters, amounted to 271.; on the t treat Northern to 2,6171. g
on the Great Southern and Western to 444/. ; on the Great
Western to 2.18 N. ; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire to
2,87.31; on the London and Brighton to 7841.; on the Mae.
cheater, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire to tool.; on the Mid.
land to I;s7n/. ; on the North British to Lem. ; on ti
North Eastern so 1.700/.: and on the South Eastern to
I,lW—total, 15,510 f. But from this must be deducted
1,541/., the decrease on the Caledonian, Effit. on the Lon-
don and North Western, 1,015' on the London and South
Western, leaving the increase as above, 13,879!. The re-
ceipts on 52 other lines in the United Kingdom amounted on
3,545 miles to 100,6391. ; and for the corresponding week
of last year on 3.459 miles to 96,4371., *Lowing an in-
crease of 86 miles, and of 4,209/. The goods traffic on fps
14 systems of lines above amounted for the •eek
SAV.V., against 327.5791., showing an increase of 1,4751,
The passengers. parcels, mails, kc.. traffic a. tho e lined
amounted to 1.11,4,013/., against 961,527/, for the own,
'prowling Aerial of last year. showing an increase of
5,4%/. The total receipt. for the peat week chow an
increase of 4151. as compared with those of the preceding
week, ending the 2nd inst.
BRUTALITY .PF SPANIARM—If ever there was a
brutal nation it is the Spanish. They are by nature
capable of every kind of refinement; but in the mean-
while there is an undercurrent of brutality in them that
is far less well covered over than the Tartar beneath the
Russian skin. However the taint may have been origi-
nally abed into the blood, it is unquestionably kept up and
fostered be the beloved bull-fights, to which the aged or
worn-out favourites of the gentry are consigned by their
tender and affectionate masters, who make parties to go
and see them tortured by the bull. We shall never forget
the deep impression made upon ourselves at the only bull-
fight we have witnessed, of how deeply an absolute love
of crueity is inbred in them. There were some three or
four ladies in the box with us, and two boys, one of five,
the other aix years old ; they were gaily-dressed, bright
little fellows. full of joy at attending the funcion. It
happened after a time that one of the wretched horses
was half-killed by the bull exactly beneath our box. and
was left to lie there ; whereupon these little petticoated
boys nearly fell out of the box in the ecstatic clapping of
their hands and Remains of delight, as they minutely watched
the still quivering bowels of the poor beast that lay spread
on the ground ; and, actually encouraged by their mother
and her friends, mimicked the convulsive shivers that
paced through his mangled carcase ! Some of the younger
women and girls certainly did screen their eyes front the
horrid sight ; but all the men, high mid low, roared with
delight over the fallen and dying creatures—C,'.o,ol
ifega:ine for February.