The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-24 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day,

LONDON, Dec. 24.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Easterly ; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather
cloudy and cold.

PILL, Dec. 22.—Wind W.S.W.—Sailed—Penelope, for

Africa.

PLYMOUTH, Dec. 23.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Volun-
;eer, from Havre for Liverpool, with loss of jibbootn and

other damage.

OFF DOVER, Dec. 22.—Wind Arrived—Margarel
from Calcutta.

FALMOUTH, Dec. 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Eagle,
from Rio Grande.
TROON, Dec. 24.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Portia, for
Demerara.

QUBENSTOWN, Dec. 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Lady
Seholefield, from Callao for Liverpool—Mary Jane, from
Demerara for Liverpool.

OFF CROOKIIAVEN, Dec. 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived.
China, steamer, from New York.

CLYDE, Dee. 23.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Morning
Star, from Old Calabar—Thistle, from Quebec—Amoor,
from Manritius.

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning.
Arrived—Frederike, from Gothenburg—Moselle, from
Antwerp—Onega, from Dantzic.

DEAL, Saturday Morning.
Passed, back-of Goodwin Sands, on list--Fahrenheit
From Danialc,
Sailed, in tow—Ciminar and Briton's Pride, for London.

Railway Traffic Returns for the Week.

Railways.

Miles opened. Receipts.

1864.

1863.

Belfast and N. Counties 136 136
Belfast and County Down.— 49 49
Blyth and Tyne 2O 13
Bristol and Exeter l2ll 1211
Caledonian
Cambrian
Cockermouth & Workington 54 84
Cork and Bandon 2O 20
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 324 27
Cork and Youghal • • 61 61
Cornwall 656 651
Deeside l7 17
Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63
Dublin and Drogheda 75 75
Dublin and Meath
Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd 914 91i
Furness, ezc 5O 6
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eas tern,Nrik.,&E. Union
Great Northern 387 353
Great North of Scotland 6B 68
Ut. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7l 7/§
rilt.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 387 3931
Great Western 1222 1169
Hull and Hornsea l3
Inverness & Aberdeen Juno 1174 1064
Inverness & Perth Junction ii 94 1191
Irish North-Western 145 1454
Kent Coast 27 27
Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 403
77 20 t
4321
Limerick and Ennis... 244 24f
Limerick and Foynes 261 261
Llanelly 4
LLoi ynndvo in
s, N
Valley
or t h
-Western
12
London and Blackwall 5l 54
London & South-Western
Load. Brighton, &S. Coast 267/ 2611
London, Chatham, & Dover 72 721
Do. Metropolitan Extension 114 101
Lon.. Tilbury, & Southend
Han.,Sheilieid, & Lincolnsh
Manch. S.J um & Altrincham 94 04
Maryport and Carlisle 2B 28
Metropolitan
Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6MI 641
Midland Gt. Westn. of Irind 262 2591
Monkland 7ll 711
Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44
North British, Edin., Perth
and Dundee
N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 1095 1095
North London 9 9
North Staffordshire 254 254
Rhymney l9l 194
Scottish Central
Scottish North-Eastern l3B 1321
Somerset and Dorset 66 66
South Devon
South-Eastern 306 306
Tail' Vale 57 57
Ulster
Vale of Clwyd
Vale of Neath 431 434
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31
Waterford and Limerick 77 77
West Cornwall 271 274
W.Hartlepool Harbr.&RaiL
W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO 10
Whitchaven Junction l2 12
Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Austrian B2B
Bahia and San Francisco .. •
Belgian Eastern Junction 261
Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 1851-
Detroit and Milwau.kie
Dutch Rhenish
Eastern of France
Eastern Bengal llO
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada 1335
Great Central of Belgium 22J
Great Indian Peninsula 553
Great Luxembourg 134
Great Southern of India .. • • 79
Great Western of Canada 345
Madras
Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant
Northern of Canada .
Northern of France 697
Norwegian Trunk
Ottoman
Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 1967
Paris and Orleans 1616
Pernambuco 771
Scinde lO5
Do. Punjab, &c 32
South Austrian
Southern of France 0... 823
Victoria
Welland 25
West Flanders 75
West & N- Westn of France lO4l

828
76f
261
1851
189

1864.

1081

1,901

670
1,951
6,337
19,0.9
1,493
311
326

374
1,431

298
1,3
1,570

'275
2,155
2,983
8,257
3 ,364
33,362
1,625
446
7,630
64,975

1,248
),131
1,601

790
34,240
155
163

2.140
642
1,255
5,324
17,768
1,448
257
352
129

1,036
1,098
1.692

235
35,624
154
334

19,561 19,313
59,355 54,938
3,143 3,060
8,513 8.33

966 950
5,454 6,179
4,846 4,823

828 658
3,593 3,59$
19,932 19,388
5,310 6,005
2,513 2,404
147 135
2,727 2.320

453 302
1,183 1,141

1335

5381
134

754 738
4,340 3.705

565 552
937 932
891 916

37,648 82,219

345 322

6,361 6,360
5,356 3,861
68,175 63,221

2,5,466 25,864
6,594 6,316

4,551

3.807

79 527 512
3!5 12,367 12,925
446 6,392 4,590
650 17,185 17,223
94 1,8)0 1,088
697 60,154 57,0 4
44 7,059 888
481 546 345
1788 139,088 136,682
1611 67,418 68,100
774 669 518
105 2,01,0 1,533

32
1505
770
196
25

291 215
5 ,901 48,189
28,239 27,351
10,163 8,013

1,021 969
1,962 88,458

ORTH AMERICAN AND WEST INDIA STATION.—
The British fleet on the North American station has sailed
from Halifax for the West Indies. The flagship will winter
at Jamaica instead of Bermuda, as usual, owing to the
yellow fever prevailing in the Wands. The Challenger
will remain at Halifax until January, when she will be
relieved by a smaller vessel of the squadron and proceed to
England: