The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-01 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE "WEEK.
Miles Opened. Receipts,,

Railways.

1863. 1862.

1863.

Belfast and N, Counties 136 138
Belfast and Couuty Down 49 49
Blyth and Tyne 2B 28
Bristol and Exeter l2l 1114
Caledonian
Cockermouth& Workington Bl 82
Cork and Bandon 2O 20
Cork, Piaci:rock, & Passage 6l 61
Cork and Youghal . 32 324
Cornwall 561 531
. -

Deeside
Dublin & Belt ast Junction .
Dublin and Drogheda
Dublin and Meath

17- 17'
63 63
75 63
23 23

Dub. &Wicklow and \Vexid
Edinburgh and Qlaagow

9li 43
1694 164

Furness, &c -6,
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrtk.,&E.Union

Great Northern 353 351
Great North of Scotland 5B 58
ortitn. & Westn.(lrel.) 7l; 711
'it.Soutlin.& NVestn.(lrind.) 373} 829
Great Western 1056! 1032 i

Inverness & Aberdeen Juno MI
Inverness & Perth Junction 1191
Irish orth-Western 145 145
Lancashire & Yorkshire 4j2 9951
Limerick and Ennis... 24.1 241

Limerick and Foynes 26! .26,1
Llanelly 461 461
London & North-Western
London and Blackwall 5l 51
London & South-Western
Loud. Brighton, &S. Coast 251 2416
London, Chatham, & Dover 72 721
Do. Metropolitan Extension 104 51
Lond., Tilbury, & Southend
itan.,Sheffield,& Lincoinsh
Mauch. S.J un.& A ltrincham 9l iii
Maryport and Carlisle
Metropolitan
Midland (incl. N.-Western),

31 -
641 614

..and 0 —.—. _di
Midland Gt. Westn. of hind 2,9 i 192 k
Monkland
Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal l4 14
North British, Edin., Perth
and Dundee

4106

N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 1095 10771
North London 9 9
North Staffordshire 254 252

Oswestry and Newton...
Rhymney
St. Helen's Canal & Railway
Scottish Central

50 42
19 19
52 52
89 89

Scottish North-Eastern l3B 132
Somerset and Dorset 66 39i

South Devon
South-Eastern 306 306
Tall Vale 57 65
Ulster
Vale of Clwyd
Vale of Neath 391 251
' ...

. ..._ _....
Waterford and Kilkenny 3- 31
Waterford and Limerick 77 77
West Cornwall 27& 27&
W. llartlepoolllarbr.&Rail 52 52
W'haven.Cleator,& Egrmnt 7 7
Whitchaven Junction l3 13
Whitchaven & Furness Jun 35 35
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.

2,140

.64!
1,255
6,324
17,696
211

124
379
1,350

218
1,441
1,604

455
99,198
1,662
21.29 d
1 ~b 54
4,49

brs
1,0 4
16,,53
1,233
1,435
i,936
42,428
4,652
1,687
;673

1862

Antwerp and Rotterdam
Austrian B2B 828
Belgian Eastern Junction 26 2,1
Bombay, Baroda, & ten. India 185 167 t
Buffalo and Lake Huron I b 1 161 t
Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 Ib9
Dutch Rhenish loBf ref

135
2,320

1,821
690
1,800
6,202
15,605
SO!
209

425
8 5,2
564:,7
876

302
1,141
738
3,705
552
945
932

1,647
31.614
148

174
517
92,023
1.5b31
16.14)3
17,071
3 CHI

1,033
14 910
),U,7
1,33

1,167
32,219

40,310
4,616
1,5 5
2,465

10.535
59.258
3,059
7,4169

332
2,467
2,996
5,360
3,940

976
3:,134
2
2,004
3, OS
4,172
3,659

Ma. COXWELL'S BALLOON AT WOOLWICH.
Every preparation was made at Woolwich Arsenal
yesterday morning for the ascent of Mr. Cozwell's large
balloon, but as Mr. Colwell and other gentlemen were about
to enter the car, it was observed that a thick, hazy atmo-
sphere was gathering overhead which would render the
taking of observations practically nugatory, and the ascent
was therefore deferred until this day (Friday) when it will
take place at eleven o'clock, from the i:oyal Arsenal,
should the state of the weather prove favourable. The
balloon is now inflated with 75,000 ft. of gas, and it is in-
tended to make a high ascent, the object being not for
purely military purposes, as on a former ascent at Woo 1
wich, but to enable Mr. T. Glaisher to make a report to the
British Association as to the state of the atmosphere at
various altitudes about the period of the shortest day, it
being a matter of doubt with scientific men whether the
higher rs glens are much colder in winter than in summer.
Mr. Glisher has presented Mr. Colwell with a barometer
bearing the following inscription :—" In admiration of the
judizment, skill, and great i,resence of mind displayed in
the several badoon accents ma le fr..in W(Averbstopton and
other places in 1862 for the British Association, this baro-
meter is presented to H. Coxwsll, E,(1., by his fellow-
travellsr, James Glaisher,
PRESIDENTSHIP OF ST. BARTHOLEISIEW'S HOS-
ftie solicitor of St. Bartholomew's Hufl-
pitel has intimated to the City Solicitor that no cause will
he shown against the nisi for a mandoomis to admit Mr.
Alderman Rose to the office of president, the governors
being advised that it will be more convenient to state thel
objectioas to the right claimed by the City on tho r !ul.
t e Writ. E Hihoy term the writ
ia,uel, and if no extraordinary delay should suporvme;
question in April.—C
Press.miy
look for the argument of the