The Express.
London, England, 1867-04-11 00:00:00

TRAFFIC RETURNS.

Miles Pas- Mer- Total, Tots!,
WeekRAILWAY,.
Feb. 3. open. meager% ekandmie. 1367. :MX
ending
Great Indian l'eninrul4 Bl5l 6,889 37,249 4033 3.".•731
Week ending April 5.
Limerick and F3nds
Limerick and Foynes 26} 103 5 104 Ist
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 160 704 370 14
Waterford and Limerick
Dublin, Wicklow, & Wex-
ford
Week ending April 6.
Pembroke and Tenby
• • Vre4k ending April 7.

Gienw

130
..2f4

983 1,1413
8 1.014

2.146 2.1 Z
1.9(.6

Great Northern
Lancashire and Yorkshire 403 17,174 26,003 44.10 14.401
London, Chatham, & Dover
& Mel Ex. & Branches . 134 7,303 1,750 9,00 vel
Metro. of LC. & D 1,012 231 2.154 -4:11
London & North Western. 13191 48,823 *946 117.720 111,411
London and Smith Walken 16,985 8,015 23,073
Manchaster, Sheffield, and
lAncolnaldre 246 4,988 14,685 19,673 :19,4:.
Ilaocbeeter,SouthJunction,
and Altrincham
Midland 875 16,417 36,505 52.013:45,77
North stadordshire(l9&C ) 165 0,545 611
South Devon
Ulster 1 1,626 1,529 3,16/ 3,00

• Easter Monday. f Good Frklay and Ileuter week.
f Later week.

IRON MASTERS' QUARTERLY MEETING.—The
terly meetings of the ironmasters of South Stafford.'
commenced yesterday, at Wolverhampton ; the intern
was moderate, and the proportion of buyers was mull
that class contented themselves with making inquiries
ascertaining the feeling of producers. The actual amount
business done was limited, and the best that can br
is that the trade is not in a worse state than it was th.
months ago; in some respects a little more is being .1.
than there was at that time, but the power of product!
is still too great, sothat pricesrmuain almost ruinously kw
The pressure on that account is so strong, Out makers sk
are in an easy position pecuniarily would in many Meta •
ref t.se orders were it not to avoid severing old 000110114'A.
The demand for finished iron on account of America has Linn
off ,the little impetus given to it a fewweeks since beingcstwil
bye demand in anticipation of the new tariff becoming:....
I The market for pig iron of South Staffordshire is a .:31e
firmer. It was mentioned that this commodity
been oversold. Consumers now find it an aeleantag. t.)
buy pigs the make of this district, instead of those of
north Best all mine, Staffordshire, hotblast, are
quoted at N. 10e. per ton ; cold-blast, 4/. as. to 4!. lw
.sorrtlinStaffordrlTirer° some of nthtrine is very
eh 1.24
works
.(44 •
I instance) are fairly engaged. All circumstalces taken:.,w
account, the iron trade of this district has leen in a Sere
state of late than at any time since 1843 ; for. altbn4lh
prices were lower at that time, wages and other abuse
I are now fully fifteen per cent. higher than they were tiro
Manufacturers and merchants' quarter-day was a ,e 1
tame affair yesterday, in consequence of the dal ees
trade throughout last quarter. There were not belt tie
number of accounts to be collected, and the atuowsts ere
scarcely three-fifths of the average.
THE CATTLE PLAGUE. —ln the week eudil4
Gth April one attack of cattle plague has been repornis
being a decrease of four on the return for the prevka
week. This is • fresh outbreak of the disco,. and it.,
cursed on a farm containing 31 cattle, at Biding Nord
Field, near Warkwortb, in the petty sesaio.lal division d
Beat Coquetdale (County of Northunderlmell ; rht
animal, a bullock, was killed by older of thr inypectaa
One healthy bullock was slaughtered from Lasing here it
contact with the diseased animal.