The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-02 00:00:00

lONIAN ISLANDS.

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It may be remembered that when Sir HENRY WARD
last convoked the present lonian Parliament, he held
out a promise of several important retorms, which
seemed to be ardently wished for by the lonians, pro-
vided the spirit of the new Parliament were more con-
ciliatory than that of the preceding one. It appears.
however, that the Lord High Commissioner's wishes
have again been thwarted. In a proclamation addressed
1 to the lonian people, dated the 18th inst., he says in
conclusion:—
" I have now only to return my thanks to those members
of the majority who have honourably redeemed the pledge
given upon their election, by supporting a plan which they
thought conducive ti the true interests of their country.
Their names compr:se all that is most distinguished in Corfu
and Cephalonia for talent and integrity. They have been
opposed by men whose objects and characters I leave to the
judgment of their fellow-citizens.
" For myself, I can only say, that I have exhausted every
means that some political experience could suggest to bring
this matter to a happy igaue, and that having been thwarted
in my designs by men whom I could neither satisfy nor lead,
I have not to add to the mortification of failure the belief that
it has been cauftd by any want on my part of frankness or
conciliation."
A telegraphic dispatch from Trieste states that intel-
ligence had arrived from Corfu that 22 bankruptcies hid
taken place at Zante, to the amount of about 1,120,000 f.,
and that others were expected.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.
LONDON AND NOATII- WESTERN RAILWAY.—RdUrn 01
Traffic for the week ending March 28:-
I'assengers, parceLs, mails, &c. £22,145 7 9
Dierchandise 18,428 18 0
Cattle .. 789 0 8

Total ... 2,:363 6 5
Corresponding week last year ... 41,465 15 11
Ncte.—The returns as published are exclusive of the
traffic of the liuddersfieldCanal and Shropshire Union, North
Union, Preston and Wyre, South Junction, Manchester and
Buxton, and Buckinghamshire Railways, and of the propor-
tion of traffic deducted under agreement with the North
Staffordshire Company.
LANCASHIRE AND YORKSDIRE RAILWAY. (250
open.)—Traffic for week ending Mar. 28 .£15,891 10 3
Corresponding week in last year (260
miles open) ....£14,770 2 7
Tux GRIAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.— (Miles in work, 2411,
—Return of Traffic for the Week ending March 21, 1852 :
Passengers, parcels, carriages,
ehrocrisl esa
n,ddisoeg sa,naan
minerals
138 3M2
Cattle 141 2 5
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Tutal £10,867 3 10
COrreaponding week, 1851 (236 :
Passengers. parcels, &c. ',738 11 '
hiewhandise, Cattle, &c. 3,509 17 1

Total ••• £7.248 8 3
LoNDox AND SOU/It-WESTERN RAILWAT....-AMOU/lt, of
Traffic for the week ending March 28 :
Passengers ••• £6,724 10 P;
Goods ... •• • 2,639 7 8

Total ••• £9,263 18 4i
Corresponding week last year... 8,933 17 6
NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY. (Miles open, 112.)—
Return of traffic for the week ending March 21:—
Railway and canal ... £4,780 0 0
Corresponding week last year ... 4,766 0 0
Note.—The above is exclusive of the receipts available
under the agreement with the London and North-Western
Railway Company.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the
week ending March 2s :