The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-07 00:00:00

TRAFFIC., RETURNS.

Miles Par Hen Total, Taint,
RAILWAYS. open. wingers. shandies. 1847.
Week ending Nov. 9. A L g s
Great southern a India .. 144 635 409 1,001
Week eliding Dee. 7
Madras-13outit West Line. 492
North West Lion 163
Week ending Dee. 28.
Raids and Sau Francisco .. 761
Week ending Jan. 26
London,Tilbury,lesouthend
Week ending 3 31.
Dublin and Meath
Week ending Feb. 1
Llynvi and 'honor,:
North Eastern
Week ending Feb. 2
Brecon and Merthyr 72 ff. 9 954 1,213 1.171
Bristol sod Exeter 1341 :1.097 2,9 0 0,057 6.4.9
Great Festena
Great Western 1358 29,411 37,248 86,000 66,411
lianchester.SoutiaJtuvetion,
and Altrtnehatu
North British .

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U 136 106 246 21;

301 - - 594 :I+
.1242 15,645 D 0,166 65,711 G 4

- 953 206 1,t37
. MEI 7.633 16.733 34.412 !CA

RAILWAY AND OTHER BILLY BEFORE PARLlA-
mENT.—Yeaterday the examiners upon standing order
proofs of railway and other private bills now pending in
parliament, resumed their duties, and transacted the
following business. In Mr. Frere's court, held in Com-
mittee.room No. 16, the standing orders were declared to
have been complied with in the cases of the unopposid
petitions of the St. Ives and West Cornwall (Junction)
Railway, the Burry Port and Gwen Dreath Valley Rail-
way, the Llynvi Valley Gas, the Belfast Central Railway,
and the Newry and Armagh Railway Bill'. There was no
appearance entered by the parties to the International
Communication between England and the Continent
opposed) Bill ; nor to the opposed bill of the Dublin Abbat-
toirs, Markets, and Improvement Bills. In the court
presided over by Mr. l'algrave, in Committee room No.
17, the standing orders were declared to have been coo.-
plied with in the following unoppored capes : —The
North London Railway, the Norwich 'Union Life Insurance
Society, and the Dundee Reclamation, Esplanade. ;aid
Streets Bills. In the case of the opposed petition of the
Dublin (City) Gas Bill the examiner declared that the
standing orders had not been complied with.
CALEDONIAN RAI LWAY.—A meeting of sou°
Edinburgh shareholder' in the Caledonian Railway CO,
pany was held in that city on Wednesday, at which dissatis-
faction was expressed at the mode in which the min
mittee, appointed at the special general meeting of
shareholders held in Glasgow last week, had carried out
the instructions given to them ; and an agreement wascos....
to that it is expedient to have it more equitable repu-
sentation at the board of directors than has been avaind
by the recent change effected by the committee.
THE OUTRAGE IN CLERK ENWELL.—TIic Man,
Thomas Chatterton, who was wounded on Wednesday by
a pistol bullet near Clerkenwell, is at present in St. Lac
tholomew's Hospital. The ball entered the neck behind
the angle of the jaw on the right aide, making v
Icy
ery
small wound. It is supposed to be still in the neck ;
it is deemed inexpedient at present to search for it. Mr.
Hessian, the house informs ns that no important
I structures have been dividsurgeoa, ed, and the patient is doing
Medical Journal.
THE MURDER OF A GIRL IN I
RE.-DUMFRIESSHR
Robert Smith, the young man who is charged th
arm;
murdered a girl near Annan, and also with having at-
tempted to murder a woman near the same place, was et-
stuined on Monday, at Dumfries, before Mr. Boyle Bop.,
sheriff-substitute, first, on the charges of rape, murde,
and robbery ; and, secondly, on the charge of attempt to
murder. It is understood that the prisoner made a ful
confession of the whole of the crimes charged against 111:11.
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