The Express.
London, England, 1857-03-14 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

The traffic returns of railways in the united king-
dom, published for the week ending March 7, amounted
to 409.361/., and for the correeponding week of 1866, to
382,937!, showing an increase of 26,424/. The gross re-
ceipts of the eight railways having their termini in the
' metropolis amounted for the week ending as above to
171,7111., and for the corresponding week of last year to
162,208%, showing an 1110701110 of 9,6031. The increase on
the Eastern Counties Railway amounted to 2,3181. ; on the
Great Northern to 1,1031.; on the Great Western to
1,8994 ; on the London end North-Weston to 2,7181.; on
the London, Brighton, and South Coast ,to 6161.; on
the London sad Beath-Western, to 9321. ; and on the
South-Eastern to 184 ; total, 9,6042 But from this must
be deducted 11., the decrease on the London and Blackwell,
leaving the increase as above 9,503/. The receipts on the
other lines in the united kingdom amounted to 237,6601.,
and for the corresponding period of 1856 to 210,7291., sheer-
ing an increase of 16,921/. in the receipts of those lines,
which, added to the increase on the metropolitan lines,
makes the total increase 26,4241., as compared with the
corresponding week of 1866.

MEETINGS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK.
Monday: London and Paris Joint-stock Bank, London,
Bristol, and Exeter, Bristol. Tuesday: Newcastle and
Newcastle•on-Tyne. South Devon, Plymouth.
Wednesday Dement Mines Company, London. Illinois
Central, New York. Thursday : Great Western, Pad-
dington. Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee Edinburgh.
Friday: Chester and Holyhead, London. Calcutta and
Burmah Steam Navigation Company, London. Saturday:
Cornwall, Truro.

EAST KENT RAlLWAT.—Yesterday a Venial
meeting of the proprietors was held at the offices of the cepa-
piuiy, No. 2, Meer gate-street, for the purpose of authoriamg
the board of directors to borrow not exceeding 233,3331,
6a. Sd., and also to issue from time to time, ea they may think
fit, without any right to a dividend in preference of the
original shares or with a right to such preferential dividend
to the extent of 61. per cent or lees, ouch of the Dover
extension abates as have not already been issued. The mislay
of the secretary was also to be raised from 3001. to 4001. per
annum. Sir J. Tylden, Bart., occupied the chair, and
moved three resolutions, which were adopted newton.
A PHRENOLOGIST IN TROUBLE.—In the morning
he made most ample apologiesis was very earnest in ex-
pressing his gratitude for my laity. I took the liberty
of asking him what bumps he ailed those in the neighbour-
hood of his eyes. " Well, sir," he mid, " youask me •
plain question, I'll give you a plain answer. I got into a
muss' down at the store but night, and was whipped ; and
I deserved it too." Ae ho was so penitent, I did not prey
him for further particulars; but I heard from another man
the same day, that when at the store he had taken the oppor-
tunity of an audience to lecture them on his favourite eubject,
and illustrated his theory by fralin several head., and
giving very full descriptions of the characters of the indi-
viduals. At last he got hold of a man who must hare had
something very peculiar in the formation of his cranium, for
he gave him • moat dreadful character, calling him • liar, •
cheat, and • thief, and winding up by say* that he was •
man who would murder hie father for five dollars. The na-
tural conrequence was, that the owner of this enviable cha-
racter jumped up and pitched into the phrenologist, giving
him the whipping which he had so candidly acknowledged,
and would probably have murdered him, without the con-
sideration of the live dollars, if the bystanders had not inter-
fered.—Tlitre Fears in Califormo. By J. D. Bortbwick

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