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

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.

LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.—
Traffic return for the week ending] Doe. 15,
1855 £10,636 3 6
Corresponding week last year 10,745 11 7
Total of the half-year to this date, 1855 378,644 15 11
Total of the half-year to this date, 1854 366,878 17 10
LONDON AND SOUTH-BASTBRN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re-
turn for the week ending Dec. 15, 1855 ‘15,053 6 5
Corresponding week last year 13,469 16 10

IncremeeinlBss ... £4,588 9 7

GLASGOW AID SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffie re-
turn for the week ending Deo. 15, 1855 £5,623 19 9
aarresponding week last year 5,111 3 3

Jvaxsa,se in 1855 8514 16 6

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

Lowpox, Doe. 19.—Wind this day at noon, E.,
fresh breeze and fine frosty weather.
PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 18.—Wind E.S.E., blowing! hard
—Arrived—Merchants Own, from Charleston, for Havre ;
Emigrant, New York, for Bremen, with head and stein
started, bowsprit sprung, &c., from contact with the Wal-
ter Flood, from London, for Sydney, N.S.W., arrived
here with bulwarks and stancheona damaged. Sailed--
Arle.rgaretha, for Bahia.

(PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON. Wednesday Morning.
Arrived.—Oak, from Cork ; Belle, Aberdeen.
Sailed.—Maria, for Tyne ; South-Western, (s.), Jer-
sey ; Duke of Cornwall, (I.), 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, Alexaniria.
HOLYHEAD, Dee. 18.

Wind S.E.
Arrived.—Sabina, from Dunkirk ; White Mouse, Africa;
Capricorn, Havre ; Catherine, Nantes ; Peaguse, Bor-
deaux.
WINIENPOINT, Dec. 17.

Wind W.
Arrived.—Bliza, from St. John's, N.B.

(BT SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAM.)
GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 9.51 a.m.
Wind E. ; tide, last hour's flood ; weather fine and
frosty.
Arri Ted, Dec. 19. —Challenge, from Prince Edward's
Island.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.
Jenny Pitts, fur Rio Janeiro, Deo. 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 Pernamhuco, Deo. 2, 49 N., 12 W.
Ca3sar, for Queenstown, Dec. 10, 51 N., 8 W.
Mary Ann (Dutch ship), Nov. 4, 9 N., 28 W.
W. H. Tburley (American ship), Nov. 6, 11 N., 28 W.
Mary Wood (barque), Nov. 11, 22 N., 24 W.
Chevalier, Nov. 14, 27 N., 33 W.
Gezustus (Dutch barque), Nov. 21, 31 N., 36 NV.
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, Dec. 7, 27 N.,
50 W.
Saucy Jack (I.), 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, came day.
Queen (s.s.), Dec. 4, 38 N., 6 E.
City of London, Nov. 28, off the Isle of Tenedos.
Gironde (9.5.), same day.
Grout Republic, Nov. 29, off the Isle of St. George.
Etrien (so:. tpt.), Nov. 30, 36 N., 20 E.
Crimea (brig), bound E., off Tariff".
Arethusa, bound E., same day.
Egyptian (s.s.). Dec. 13, 41 N., 10 W.
Evening Star, from London to I,lelbourne, 7 N., 23 W.
Dorothea, of London, for Rio Janeiro, Deo. 11, 48 N.,
9 W.
Margaret, of and from Halifax to Liverpool, N0v.23, 45
N., 17 W.
Dunrobin Castle, from Shields to Arica, Oet. 2, 59 S.,
76 W.
Fanny S. Paley, from New Orleans to Liverpool, Oct.
16. off Salt Key Bank.
Fi•lz, from New Orleans to Liverpool, Oct. 18,
off Mautino Reef.
Sardinian, from Savannah to Liverpool, Oct, 19, 32 N.,
78 R.