The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-19 00:00:00

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.

LONDON, BRIGHTON, AR?) SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.—
Traffic return for the week ending; Dec. 15,
1855
Corresponding week last yeas • 10,745 11 7
Total of the half-year to this; date, 1855 378,644 1 11
Total of the half-year to thin date, 1.854 366,878 17 10

LONDON AND SOUTH-EA 6 TERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re-
turn for the week ending D, NI. 15, 1853 £15,053 6 5
Corresponding week last ye: u • 13,463 16 10

increase. in 1855 ....

GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WMSTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffie re-
turn for the week ending DE*•. 15, 1855 £5,623 19 9
Corresponding week last yes r 5,114 3 3

in crease in 1855..

2514 16 6

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(This Day.)

LONDON, Dec. 19.—Wind this day at noon, E.,
fresh breeze and fine frosty IV eather.
PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 18.-- Wind E.S.E., blowing hard
—Arrived—Merchants Own, from Charleston, for Havre ;
Emigrant, New York, for Bremen, with head and stem
started, bowsprit sprung, &c., from contact with the Wal-
ter Hood, from London, fn. Sydney, N.S.W., arrived
here with bulwarks and stancheons damaged. Sailed—
Margaretha, for Bahia.

(PER ELECTRIC) TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning.
Arrived.—Oak, from Cork ; Belle, Aberdeen.
Sailed.—Maria, for Tyre; SJuth-Western, (s.), Jer-
sey ; Duke of Cornwall, (s.), London.
The fine clipper-ship Virginia, bound from Hamburg,
for San Francisco, brought up in Southampton waters,
having been ashore; she will go into the large graving
dock for examination to-morrow.
LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning.
Wind S.
Arrived.—Orontes, from Constantinople; Sebastopol,
Quebec.
Off.—Excelsior, from New York; S. Charles, New Or-
leans; Mercury, Prince Edward's Island.
QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 17.
Wind S.E.
Arrived.—General Hewett, from Callao ; Canvass Back,
Baltimore; Cognath Mendelli, Alexandria.
HOLYHEAD, Dee. 18.
Wind S.E.
Arrived.—Sabina, from Dunkirk ; White Mouse, Africa;
Capricorn, Havre ; Catherine, Nantes ; Peaguse, Bor-
deaux.

WARRENPOINT, Dec. 17.
Wind W.
Arrived.—Eliza, from St. John's, N.B.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Wednesday. 9.51 a.m.
Wind E. ; tide, last hour's flood ; weather fine and
frosty.
Arrived, Dec. 19. --Challenge, from Prince Edward's

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.
Jenny Pitts, for Rio Janeiro, Dec. 1, 39 N., 24 W.
North Star (ship), outward bound, Nov. 4, 13 N., 27 W,
Adelaide (brig), outward bound, Nov. 20, 37 N., 34 W.
Ocean, from Liverpool to Newfoundland, 49 N., 24 W.
H. J. Woolley, from Callao to Queenstown, 51. N., sup.
plied with water.
Rosario, for Pernambuco, Dec. 2, 49 N. 12 W.
H.M.S. Caesar, for Queenstown, Dec. 10, 51 N., 8 W.
Mary Ann (Dutch ship), Nov. 4, 9 N., 28 W.
W. H. Thurley (American ship), Nov. 6, 11 N., 28 W.
Mary Wood (barque). Nov. 11. 22 N., 24 W.
Chevalier, Nov. 14, 27 N. 38 W.
C.4ezustuß (Dutch barquey;Nov. 21, 34 N., 36 W.
Roe, from Africa to Liverpool, Nov. 30, 47 N., 27 W.—
crew sick, and supplied with two men.
Henry Clay, from Liverpool to New York, Dee. 7, 27 N.,
SO W.
Saucy Jack (s.), for Queenstown, Nov. 20, 38 N., 10 W.
Euxine, bound S., Dec. 11, 50 N.,10 W.
North Fleet, Dec. 3, 38 N., 10 E.
Eveline, same day.
Queen (s.s.), Dec. 4, 38 N., 6 E.
City of London, Nov. 28, off the Isle of Tenedos.
Gironde (s.s.), same day.
Great Republic, Nov. 29, off the Isle of St. George.
Ewen (s.s. tpt.), Nov. 30, 36 N., 20 E.
Crimea (brig), bound E., off Tariffe.
Arethusa, bound E., same day.
Egyptian (s.s.). Dec. 13, 41 N., 10 W.
Evening Star, from London to Melbourne, 7 N., 23 W.
Dorothea, of London, for Rio Janeiro, Dec. 11, 48 N.,
9 W.

Margaret, of and from Halifax to Liverpool, N0v.28, 45
N., 17 W.

Thrombin Castle, from Shields to Arica, Oct. 2, 59 S.,
76 W.

Fanny S. Paley, from New Orleans to Liverpool, Oct.
16, off Salt Key Bank.
Wilbur Fisk, from New Orleans to Liverpool, Oct. 18,
off Mantino Reef.

Sardinian, from Savannah to Liverpool, Oct. 19, 33 N.,
78 W.

Eliza Bowell, from New Orleans to Liverpool, Nov. 16,
off Key West.
Geo. A. Hopley, from Charleston to Liverpool, Nov. 25,
34 N., 73 W.

The Genoa Gazette announces that on the 11th a French
steamer entered the port of La Spezia, on her way to
Marseilles with a prize, having captured a Russian vessel
off Leghorn, sailing under Tuscan colours.
CLYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY, Tuesday,
Dec. 18.—Admilisions on payment, 788 ; ditto, by sea-
son tickets, 229 ; total visitors, 1,017. Corresponding
day last year, 1,215.
METROPOLIS' MANAGEMENT ACT.—The vestrymen of
the parish of St. Mary Abbott's, Kensiraton, at their
meeting, on the 12th inst., elected Mr. Wm. Hawkes,
of No. 8, Lansdowne-terrace, a member of the Metropo-
litan Board of Works.

THE VINTAGE IN PORTUGAL—According to the Coin-
merrio, a respectable Oporto paper, all the worst antici-
pations of the vintage of the Alto Douro this year will be
realised. A list is given of 45 cultivators, possessing 68
vineyards, and their produce for 1855 is compared with
that of the average of former years. The result is 386
Pipes against 5,156. Taking this:las a guide for esti-
mating the whole production, it is presumed that it will
not this year exceed 7i per cent. of the average quantity.
EXPENSIVE PROCESS IN A COUNTY COURT AGAINST A
FRIENDLY SOCIETY.—A case has just been decided, the
first under the Friendly Societies Act of the 18th and
19th Victoria, cap. 63, which shows the expensive pro-
cess under the new act. The plaintiff had been removed,
for alleged transgression of one of the rules, but the
County Cour'; .Tudge ordered him to here-admitted, and
the society to pay the costs, The costs were 101. 12s. 2d.
MR. EDWARD OLIVER'S AFFAIRS.—We understand
that the statement which has been going the round of
the papers to the effect that Mr. Oliver's estate will only
pay 2s. 6d. in the pound is perfectly erroneous. The
creditors have already received a dividend of 2s. 6tl. in
the pound ; and, in addition, we may remark that all
vessels belonging to the estate already sold, and pur-
chased with his (Mr. Oliver's) bills at 103. in the pound,
were purchased with a banker's guarantee to return 2s.
6d. in the pound, if the estate pays 7s. 6d., and ss. if it
pays ss. in the pound. There is also to be taken into con-
sideration the fact that the freights earning by the ves-
sels in the Government employment in the Black Sea
have yet to be handed over to the trustees. In addition
to this, there are also several ships belonging to the
estate yet unsold.—Manchester Gnardian.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.--A
farmer, named Guscott, who resided in the neighbour-
hood of Exeter, was apprehended a few days ago at
Plymouth on a charge of stealing a number of sheep from
his neighbour. While in custody he made an attempt
on his life by cutting his throat and stabbing himself
in the side, but the injuries were not fatal. On Fri-
day he was conveyed to Exeter for examination before
the magistrates, and when between the Starcross and
St. Thomas's stations of the South Devon Railway he
suddenly broke away from the constable, and had nearly
succeeded in jumping out of the window of the rail-
way carriage, but was fortunately caught by the legs,
and held securely until the train arrived at St.
Thomas's station, whence he was conveyed to the Devon
County Gaol.
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY OE CANADA.—Sir Allan
M‘Nab, the Prime Minister of Canada, inade the follow-
ing remarks on the railway, at a dinner given to him at
Hamilton, on the 29th ult., on the presentation of a ser-
vice of plate, for his successful exertions to secure the
charter of the Great Western Railway,
so ably presided
over by George W. Burton, Esq,, Sir Allan's old politi-
cal opponent, viz..—" I would remark that I happened
to be associated with gentlemen of great enterprise and
activity in our endeavours to accomplish this great
work- I feel satisfied that by our united efforts we have
accomplished a road which is second to none in the pro-
vince, if in the world, and I do feel proud that I was one
of the number who have so happily succeeded, and
though we had to encounter much opposition and many
difficulties, that road has become a great fact, and there
it is before you • and it has, I am fully convinced, con-
ferred a great benefit upon this city, and upon the pro-
vince at large.'.: