The Express.
London, England, 1866-01-19 00:00:00

TRAFFIC RETURNS.

Mlles Pas. Mee, Tots!, Total,
lan.WaY3. open. stingers. chandlae. 1866. 1866.
Week ending Nov. 11. IL Z A A
Great Southern of Judie 79 348 481 829 928
Week ending Dec. 9.
Bahia and San Francisco. 761 IE9 670 859 604
Week ending Jan. b. 1866. 1866.
Dublin and Meath 35 163 112 301 210
Week ending Jan. 19.
North Eastern 12071 14,159 42,591 66,749 63,442
Week ending Jan. 14.
Belfast and County Down
Bristol and Ezeter
North British
Ulster 1059 1,336 1,147 2,493 2,330

PROPOSED RAILWAY THROUGH HolaOhrt.--Lant
evening a meeting of owners and occupiers of premises in
Holborn sod pleas adjacent, convened by advertisement
and placard, was held at the workhouse in Little Gray's-
ino-laoe, to consider the Mid London Railway Bill, which,
it was alleged, threatened the total demolition of a consi-
derable portion of that great thoroughfare, and to determine
upon the course to be adopted for the protection of those
whose interests were likely to be affected by the contem-
plated undertaking. Mr. Webb, churchwarden of the parish
of St. Andrew's, was called to the chair, and observed that,
although the Mid London scheme might greatly facilitate
the transit of traffic going east and west, it would yet
prove a serious injury to the inhabitant" of the Holborn
district, not only to those whose booms were to be pulled
down on the south, but to these who would have
to remain on the north. There was no public
necessity for the line, and in sheer self-defaces
it was their duty to oppose it. Mr. Mese&
of the firm of Corbyn arid Co., moved a resolution con-
demning the project as an unjustifiable and onneceeeary
terference with the rights of private property. He explained
that the proposed line commenced at Shepherd's Buab, sod
after reaching the Marble-arch, it by some means avoided
Oxford.street, got into Bloomsbury, thence into Liecolo's.
inn-fields near the Great Turnstile, where it entered Holborn,
taking in the whole of the south aide, including Middle-
row, and then got lost somewhere in the neighbourhood of
Field-lane. The project was one that would inflict 'sat
injury upon the inhabitants without conferring any corre-
sponding good upon anyone, and therefore its opposition
was demanded just as much upon public as private grounds.
The resolution, having been seconded by Mr. Bumpoa, was
unanimously assented to, and a second resolution was
moved by Mr. Lloyd, and seconded by Mr. Brandon, declar-
ing it to be the opinion of the meeting that the line
ought to be opposed to the utmost, the mover protesting
that the public had had enough of London, Chatham, and
Dover speculations. Mr. Hamann, one of the engineers of
the line, endeavoured to show that the fears entertained
upon the subject were greatly exaggerated. So far from
injuring the neighbourhood, the work, by widening the top
of Chancery-lane, would considerably improve it. Middle-
row was already condemned, and beyond that the street
was 100 feet wide, the level of the line 20 feet below the
surface, and it was proposed to tunnel in such a manner as
to form no obstruction to the streets. The extent of the
has was five miles from end to sod, sad the Holborn part
could be made in boor or five months. This explanation,
however, did not remove the apprehensions of the meeting,
and on the motion of Mr. Lloyd, seconded by Mr. Mather,
two members of the Holborn Board of Works, a memorial
to both the Metropolitan Board and their own board was
I agreed to, praying them to oppose the bill.

• -
-HE RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT BECIIMIAIL —The
&In-is of the railway train and bridge, destroyed neer
Beckenham, on Monday morning last, under the circum-
stance, reported in oarimpressioo of thelsth, have atletrigth
been raised, and the body of the unfortunate man,
John Matted, recovered. The remains of the poor fellow
were found to be shockingly crushed, owing to the enor-
mous weight of the railway waggons, and fragments of the
bridge, which were piled over him. It appear, that at the
moment of the accident, when the engine had past got on
to the bridge, the engine-driver noticed an oscillation, and
said to the stoker " Masted, the bridge appears to
sh.dre r The deseeial turned, apparently with the view
of putting on more steam for the purpose of carrying the
engine and train more quickly over the vibrating structure,
when the whole mass was precipitated with amazing sud-
denness downwards into the river beneath. The precise
morneot when this happened is indicated by the hands of
the deceased's watch, which were found pointing to the
hour " 4.5." The works of the watch were no doubt
stopped instantly by the fearful concussion sad by the
water of the river.

THE LIFEBOAT FATALITY ♦T GOBLESTON.—Lip to
yesterday no farther bodies had base reoovered. The wea-
ther has completely moderated off tbe east oast. Tele-
graphic commuziastkla with the metropolis has also been
re-establiabod.

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