The Express.
London, England, 1857-09-02 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 2, 1857.

I FROM L. 437. Nromrs GAZETTE.

FRUITS OF 211 E RAILWAY 818 fEJI LV
FRANI.B.

(Frau Ciaiiymeni.)

One of the most important revolutions effoeted by
rsilweys in Franco• tonwets In the 174.12,0)4110, of pros wions
to large centres of ppalation. On the three line, of Paris
to flana, Paris to Lyons, and Lyons to Marseilles, the
quantity t>< milk alone conveyed amount. to 60,000 tons.
:this hen of outhamsection in now brought to Paris even
fn. a distance of 240 1.1... Aces (150 mitre) ; butchers'
meat is received from a distance of 300 kilometres (168
mike); and fruit, pulse, and garden produce in general
arrive in Paris from all parts of France, without distinction
of distance. The circulation of gwde of all kinds on the
prinelpil line. of Prunes antountel in 1854 to 373,497 tone
on the Northern, to 260,443 Gam on the Eastern line., to
220,831 on the Wester*, to 296.693 on the Porta and Lyons
line, to 210,000 tat the railway from Lyons to the Mediter-
ranean, aad to Y 20,565 tons on the Orleans sad adjoining
lines. The following shown the propmtion in *hot the
latter line alone provide. Paris with certain articles, viz. :
Firewood, 6,035 tns, or 40 per cent. of the coneuropri n of
Perla ; ohs:coal, 12,412 tons, or 79 per cent. ; four, 85.707
tuns, or 62 per cent. ; seeds, pulse, 18,332 tons, or 49 per
cent. ; path, 134,001 tone, or 30 per cent. ; wool, 8,t27
tone, or 48 per cent. ; wince, 96,116 WIN, or 82 per cent.
The following are the ratios of the rapidity of conveyance
sad oast :

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As instils** peke of eaneepansa, Ilimehes, remelt may
eel bear eampMloa with rays" when Wee Is of 00000
dary isspw•assa. InJoed, alchemy It much of the trunk 'which
was tsresariy mcempolided by three and canal.. hie been
tnissismed to railway., that an canals still continues to
Mama Thu, In 1853, the conveyance on riven and
canals was 2.192,888 time, and in 1864 it wax 2,235,975. Au
railways were originally intended only for the conveyance of
Lb.:imbues of coal-mines and ironworks, thaw two
of trade hove been benefited by them to
an enormous mufti. Tlins, while the coal mine. in the
basin of the Loire only aced 683,000 tons of
coal in 1830, their uce In 1864 rove to
2,000,000 tons. On I Northern sad Eastern
line., the qoantitko of coal conveyed In 1863 were
mopectively 369.000 and 182,000 tons ; to 1854 they roes to
691,000 and 329,000 tons. La the diotrict of Bt. Etienne, the
quantity of coot iron produced in 1834 did Ott mooed 8,300
tom; but the railway having intmituced a saving of from 8
to 10 por cent. in the conveyance of the ore from the border.
of the }thou.. the produce rose to 10.400 tons in 1842, and
is now upwards of 40,000 tons. On theist of January, 1854,
the tu'al =Tiber of railway carriages on all the French lime
was 3,687, offering accomnindotion for 118,482 quorums;
the number of railway waggons for goods wao 21.416,
capable of containing 130,000 tons. The conveyance al
good• on railways has been constantly ea the Immo
since 1860, s• will appear from the follswfmg table
come. aom of PIOPMISII Pe
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COURT OF BASK RUPTCY.—SEPT. 1.
(Beton, Mr. Commissioner Yonblanque.)

IN THE BRAILAUPTCT OF TUAKRII AZOINALL KINK AND

0 YOKO/ CLAY.

1111i1V464, lifting himself up and jumping upon me with al
hi• might.

CrotWeiamined —I swear positively that I was sober whew
the delendanta assaulted me. I did not go into Marguire's
room end pull the heir out of his wilds bead.
The evi•lenos of the complement woo fully corroborated
by three witaeams.
Mr. Wood, for the defendants, said his instructions were,
that the injunes which the complainant had sustained bad
arisen fonts her falling downstairs while in • ewe of Intoxi-
catin. He then °tiled two Witll.l4lol, who stated that on the
morning of the assault the axoplainant wee recited from
dnnk, and that she had quarrelled with some of the neigh-
bours who had not at all incerfend with her. Two other
witnesses also stated that the complainant was the first to
commoner the row, by rushing into the defendant Maguire's
room, and dourishing a three-legged stool over the head of
hie wife. None 01 the MitneSdfie, however, contradicted the
statement of the complitinsint with respect to the brutal and
ruffianly conduct of the defendants.
Mr. Alderman Cubits itentenoed Mseguire to two mouths'
imprisonment, with hard labour, and ordered O'Brien to pay
• tint of 405., or in default to be imprisoned 14 days.