The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-31 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

• BARRISTER CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING • OGNSTABLIL
James Beard Moffatt, barrister, of Essex-court, Temple,
was charged before Mr. Knox with being drunk and dis-
orderly, and assaulting Police-constable Andrew Da rid-
son, 143 C.
Davidson said that about 5 &dock that morning he
was at the corner of Cranbourno-street, when ho heard
cries of " Police in the direction of Leicester.
square, and on going into Bear-street he found the
prisoner and another gentleman amongst several prosti-
tutes, making • great noise, pushing the doors and
ringing the bells. He requested the prisoner to go away
quietly, but he refused to go, stating that he would not
be ordered about by • policeman, and struck him
on the chest, further remarking that he (the constable)
could not do as be liked now that old Dicky Mayne was
dead, and as the prisoner would not go away he took him
into custody.
The pr sonar said ha wee certain he did not hit the
constable.
Mr. Knox said the prisoner, from his position, ought to
know better than to hays acted as he bad done, he not
being like one of the poor wretched creatures brought
baton him. He would hay, to pay • fine of Mb

WAND6W6Rfa.
6WOLTLI APPLICATION.

Among the anlicante for advice was a man who dated
that he marrild a woman, and she died this month. He
counted that she was his lawful wife, but while she was
lying dead and in her coffin her lawful husband came for-
ward and claimed her.

Mr. Dayman wished to know how he !thew that the
other men was her lawful husband.

Applicant—He came and claimed, and brought his mar-
dm. linos. I hare found that she hes run me ores bead
and ears in debt. I wish to know if I ern liable.
Xi. Da —Oh yes, as she was living with you es
your lawful wife you are responsible for her debts.
applicant WI the court eritiently disappointed at
the information which he had motive&

TIM PETITION AGAINST 1111 LORD ADVOCATIL—.
At a meeting of the conservative committee of Glasgow
and Aberdeen Universities, held yesterday, it was resolved
not to with the petition which had been presented
lioncrieff, the Lord Advocate of Scotland.
Mr. Whiteman, examiner in the Audit Depart-
ment, suddenly dropped down deed yesterday marnang in
Somerset-house.
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TEE Swessr..•ltDra.—The coroner's jury,
after several sittings, returned a verdict of wilful murder
in this cue against some person or persona unknown. The
victim, it will be remembered, was an aged farmer, of
Velindre, near Swansea. . .

Tu•YitercUYAcrs.—lt has been ascertained
that the amount eended by the late William Walker, of
Bolling Hall, Bradford, in connection with the firm of
Wood and Walker, and Walkers and Co., by working
shorter hours, in order to prove the practicability of the
system subsequently introduced by the Factory Acts, and
in promoting the passing of bills, has been no less than
60,104
RAILWAY FACTS.—The number of miles tra-
velled by railway trains in the United Kingdom in the
year 1867 was 148,542,827. Upon an average, therefore,
41 miles were covered by trains in every second of time.
The length of line open at the end of the year was 7,844
mile,' of double lines and 6,403 miles of single, the total
length of railway being thus 22,091 miles. In five or
seven years the extent of line will probably be such that
it would reach round the globe. Adopting an estimate
which has been made, that the season and peri-
odical ticket-holders travelled upon an average
about 350 times each upon their ticket, the total
number of passengers earned in the year in the United
Kingdom exceeded 329,000,000, or more than 900,000 per
day. The number averages 11 journeys in the year for
every man, woman, and child in the kingdom. The re-
turns rendered appear to count more than once any pas-
senger who in his journey travelled over the line of more
than one railwayeompany ; but such cases are a small mino-
rity. Eleven pummels in 100 travelled first class, 27 se-
cond class, 62 third clam. Ten years before, in 1857, 19
travelled first dada, Si second cram, 56 third clam The
railway has been more thrown open to the masses ;
178,000,000 people travelled third clams in 1867. If the
329,000,080 yeseengers in that year saved 900,000,000
hours by travellin by railroad instead of by common
road, the saving off time was equal to 22,8111 years.
BED AND Boils]) Ow RAIL. The Republican
says The present week has seen fully initiated • new
and marked era in railway mina* the in action of the
Pullman dining ears on the Chicago and St. Louis route
It was that energetic and wide-awake management that
earliest co-operated with the creation and intro-
duction of the Pullman's palace system, and they
were the first to realise among our American roads
the full perfection of a sleeping ear. After careful investiga-
tion, they have now adopted the dining car as the twin
feature of progress, so that hereafter pass gars between
Chicago and Bt. Louis will both lodge and feed while
speeding forward on their journepkaThis shortens the
running between St. Louis about 8 minutes. It gives
the passenger • freedom from the and penalties of
wayside feeding places. He can eat when he likes. He
need not get something to eat before leaving,' but will
reserve himself and his gastric forces against such a time
as he can leisurely take hie seat at the elegant
table, and dine in • sixteen-wheeled restaurant
parlour at thirty miles an hour. The new
line went into operation on Monday, and consists
of the splendid new cars—Southern, the Tremont, and the
Brevoort, named after popular hotels. Each has two
saloons that will seat 24 passengers on either side of the
cuisine department, which occupies tbo centre of the oar.
Thus 48 diners may be busy at one time. The oar is to
run in the centre of the train, and is open at all hours,
with a bill of fare that enables these cars to amply justify
their names in the substantial reproduction of our best
hotel tables, and which we reluctantly forbear presenting
entire, just to show what railroading has become on the
prairies. The travelling public are already loud in the
praises of the new system, which is *attain to be favourite
oa all through roa&"