The Express.
London, England, 1850-07-26 00:00:00

101)03; FRIDAt JrLY 26.

rty •to deeply interreted in railways. se
r,„00; er ceoesaw•re, that every feet
filw:„1 with t` e is of Larrumee ; sad is coo.
I.reeers ;$ leer elms of railwiy facts mere
-ra that that wirier relates to the program
si,Taret of their traffic; for OR traffie de-
am!fatibtr of locomotion, and, to some
!. ',ltr:artv and chew/mean of fiapply—all of
r1:21,t • :.nre tree ta the public. A tenors, jut
Er-4:70 yo:tanscr.t by the Railway Commissioners,
es•T,,r, bee tnerefor• more interest than the
waiter ma loesareete issuing from that costly,
sad cot at M.C.Jerrr 41.tar:icat of the mato.
31st ~ 1619, there were is
p,..04 erre:ita .11:11 miles of railway is the Usited
0-.olieg en ii.ersue of 393 miles from the
Wet hew rending. Oa the extent of rail open
bine) there trave:kd no fewer than 63.841,339 pa..
tt a total cost of 6,27'1.892/. la. 7d.
tt,“ see ic the sue period received for the eon-
eCr 0! elide
tberren 3,3296061. is. 31d., figures
7,.0 the wVe 6,031 miles a total receipt is
; iftl/., or c ,nsiderably more than one-
ii!.!of;ll..! whole income of the great Russian empire,
vt,st, yrobably &es not exceed eighteen millions

6.277.592/. so derived from passengers,
Lo:- •-•. r rye from let elms carriages, 2,530,9681.
. -o•.
• d. 11 ,392/ from 3rd, 1,104,6811. from parlia.
m -•
▪ are J
. • ;as 4 6781. from "mixed ;"the numbers
a
in those d.ffireerat classes being-Ist clue,
• '''" d
23 351 650 •• 3rd, 15 686 911 rlia-
-7.0.2...r.; ;.5 • ••• . ;ps
''n-erv. I: '203.410; mad mixed," 136,755. Thus
b, wen that in this country railway passengers
2;;;;e vetrlr three j Almelo, at least, for every inha-
igant in the United limgdoin.
TO interest of rail ray ststisti% lies, however, is
Ecru }r.chiefly. In the half-year ending June 30,
•:767,-417 pusengers :ravelled on 5.447 milms ar
ac it of 2.822 6731, against 95,073,672 on
6.1 '1 ev of rail in the eurceediug half-year at a
). •
of
4531 , ,
'5l Of this increase of upwards of sin
eon
;:re of passenger-, it is important to note that
116t.,,,,T.1.• of three millions was in the paths=
that nearly ore half of the i
Mfrs of IS'49 tor,' place in that class in which the
lumber of passengers h re a proportion not reaching'
outhird of the twat number of pusengtre
• I.y cal in that set'. This fact io railway sta-
te:los is in all probahility, strongly illustrative of an
a:4nd of labour for tie working classes ;
•• •;.e coot and difficulty of convey a ncebithesto,
ayee `tin ere:tic lmited in disposiog of their in-
f:_or• : sic, ln miter as railways open up pew labour
want. to them, th- ir tendency is largely to increase
the E..% 'total of material comfort and of national
• ti y. Cheap railway travelling, it is only fair
b:::! le inert ale to assume, is to some extent
miti-
gs: "
- 'hese evils to tre industrial dames of the law
of :..meet, which so forcibly stru. k Sir ROBERT
tee close of his ilia-trious career.
Ini• pecuniary worth of this great increase in par-
lismerary passengers is act, however, large to rail-
ways. •-.e increase of three millions in numbers
soar ;:.ducing an augmentation of 180,e00/. in the
Temp:. of the half year. WI il.t an itmesse of
Moot ..ori,iroo in the first class passengers increased
I e receipts from that source by nearly 160,00041
This rsquhie disparity of receipts is, of course,
mewl b) the shorter defences travelled by the par-
liastrary train pamergere.
The railway which, apparestly, carries the largest
;umber of parliamentary train passentren. both ab-
solutely and comparative 4 is the l'arkarfeers and
Luttaskire line : La. out of a total of 2,793,764 pm.
veneers carried in the fact half year of 1819 on It, no
fewer than 2,079,523 are set &we as having goes by
parliamentary trains; whilst of the 3,387,743 passen-
gers carried during that half year on the Nora
)Peter", only 1,337,336 were parliamentary puma.
The bad policy originally adopted by the Great
irs.lern, in reference to three traitor, would seem to
be still persisted in: foe out cf a total of 1,220,430
passengers for that half year, but 227,263 were by
parliamentary trains; the column for third-class
trams on that line, in the ',turn, being blank.
In purely agriculturel districts, the comber of per.
/eras travelling by firm-class carriages is amoll: thus
es the Batt VneolasAire line, out of 91,695 mem-
gtraosly 7,751 were first clue; nearly one-half sell
the total number travelled by the parliamentary
baits. and on the 11.neldester, Jliefield, and Lincoln-
00', out of 1,191,341 passengers 86.5,439 were by the
parliamentary trails. Whilst on the pleasure lines
centring in London, the rumber of first and second
t pimento» is unusually large and parliamentary',
passengers much fewer, in Scotland economy, as
might to expected, prevails. On the North Brigid*
Kt-half i's customers travel at the rate of a penny a
ICA on the Caledonian the proportion rises to quite
tie:Ali:rd., and so also on the Scottie,' Malland. Is
based, on the contrary, the opposite characteristic is
dinoverable. On the Midland Great Inger".
for inetuce, not 20,0(10, oat of 114,000, were
taillamentasy passengers ; and on the short
lo•;/•04 ara Ennysouten line nearly one-half
war. atond-claw passengers. On the whole, it
wee yl appear that the number of lower class pekoes-
gen is ..ntreasirg at a very rapid rate. But then It
is 101'.. recollected that, as a general rule, they are
shor. jt.arhey passengers ; and the probability is, that
the pruLt on the longer journey passengers is mach
gr. etr.
',le Ware in these returns will, we think, dissp-
v.v. general expe-c•stion • and it is the meet,
Lower rate at which goods traffic developed
itself in 1419, t! an the rate at what'll
passenger traffic increased. The increase ad
pasaenuers in the :seer half, consequent priscipallg.
to doubt, on the nucleated mileage in operation, mar
from 2,,,22,C:41. to 3,435,2181. ; or 632:5361.
Whereas the go ds trifle only roes from 2,633.2631.
to 2,w05,4144., showing may aa increase of •Mg
more Than a quarter of a million. And what makes
this comparatively small increase the more remark.-
Milt is, that the cot-chiding half is generally looked
on he the better of the two for goods traffic ; the great
atippirg trade going chiefly on in the autumn.
Oa the whole, however, them returns, if not
1.3, e .
624tefe must be conaidered satisfactory; for though
a,e arises principally from the greater mileage
yen, se Lich brings in a larger capital for dividend,
still the it:crease goes beyond the requirements of the
greater linkage. And though sound economical
Beirut mu-t admit that the measure of railway ad-
Mises to the country very nearly accords with
their remelts to their proprietary, there really seems
tittle doubt that a steady continuance of commer-
thi Ind general prosperity will yet pull most of them
Walk the adversity which now depresses them.

IT ie with sincere and unmitigated psis that we
can et'entina to the answer made last night by Lord
J',ii ltusam to .11r. BAILLIE'S question retpectirg
the report of the royal IX mreiss;os appointed to in-
cult'', to Ceylon, into the an henticity of the procla-
metioae attributed to Capta'n WATSON. That answer
In'+t unlike the antecedents of the noble lord, and
unserlly of him. It affirms a prin,iplu utterly in-
cots:-tent with justice, and indicates a most unwise
It will he in the recollection of oar readers that
Captain Wirrsrnts pmi•ively declared the signatures
I!ached to the proclamvtiose to bet forgeri.e. A come
!°"'n, we. bleu• d to investigate the mater in the
island. Two of the ablest and most lion)urable
lawyers on the Madras esteiblishment were nomi-
Istil to act on the commission. h. y elnductsd
the long and intricate investigation with uniform or-
fairness, and acu enese. After careful and