The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-08 00:00:00

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.

GREAT NORTHERN RAIL NVAT.—Traffic return for the
week ending Feb. 25,i,1855 £17,917 4 3
Corresponding week last year 18,762 5 3
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD HAILNYAY.—Traffic return for
the week ending March 4, 1855 £4,038 14 2
c.orresponding week last year - 3,880 2 6

Increata is 1355
LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re-
turn for the week ending March 4,1855 £17,928 7 6
Corresponding week last year 19,003 11 10

GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Traftio re-
turn for the week ending March 3,'1855 £4,922. 9 10
Corresponding week last year 4,521 12 4

Increase in 1355

£lOO 17

TIIE PUBLIC ITEALTII AND NUISANCES ROIIOVAL
BILLS.--Yesterday an influential and numerously at-
tended public meeting of manufacturers and others was
held at the London Tavern, Bishepsgate-street, to cm-
cert such steps as might he deemed advisable to oppose
the objectionable clauses of the Public Health Bill, 1855,
and Nuisances Removal Bill, now before Parliament.
THE SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR THE COALWHIPPERS.—The
committee, who received. subscriptions for the coalwhip-
pers of the port of London during the frost, request us,
on the part of the men, to return thanks to the bankers,
brewers, and others, so liberally contributed to alle-
viate the sufferings of nearly 6,000 persons. The sum of
7861. 15s. ad. was subscribed. This money was promptly
distributed, under the direction of the oomintttee, in
bread, meat, coals, &c.,. and is. each to 1,333 men.
THE CHANNEL MAIL SERVICE.—The following steam-
packets io a carry 'the mails between Dover, Calais, and
Ostend :—Empress (L'lmperatrice), 308 tons, 100-horse
power, new vessel; Queen (La Reine), 308 tons,loo-horse
power, new vessel; Ondine, 280 tons, 70-horse power ;
Violet, 300 tons, 128-horse power ; Onyx, 300 tons,
121-horse power ; Dover, 260 tons, 108-horse. power.
The two filet are new vessels, and have made the most
rapid passages. The Empress brought Lord Clarendon
from Boulogne to Dover on Sunday last in 1 hour and
41 minutes ; the Queen took the mail and 40 passengers
to Calais on Monday night in 86 minutes, These two
vessels run between Dover and Calais, making one pas-
sage to and froth daily. The Onyx and Violet run be-
tween Dover and Ostend alternate weeks. The Dover
and Ostend mail service is performed only thrice a
week by the English packets ; the Belgian Government
steamers run the alternate days ; but an offer has beenlately made to the Belgians to absorb their portion ( . f
the service into the English and French mail service
under the Fame management, by which it is estimated
the Belgians would save from 6,000/. to 8,0001. per an.
num. The arrangements of the company provide that
one steam-paoket shall be kept always ready at Calais,
and one always ready at Dover, for immediate special
service.
VALUE OF GROUND IN THE CITY.—Some [land in
Finch-lane, opposite the Australasian Bank, recently let
on a building lease by the Merchant Taylors Company,
produced about 151. a foot as ground-rent, the depth
being about 70 feet. The new buildings on the south,
side of Cornhill, recently erected by Messrs. Savory and
the County Fire-office, are subject to a ground-rent of
1,2001. per annum. The frontage is about 54 feet, and
the depth about 80 feet, and, calculating as in former
cases, the cost,per acre amounts to 470,0001. Agaile—
the block of buildings called " Royal Exchange-build-
ings," occupying an area of from 4,000 to 5,000 feet,
produces a grass rental of 10,0001. a year. Travelling
westward to New Cannon-street, a piece of land oppo-
site
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par annum. The superficial area
of this piece is about 1,600 feet, and calculating the
grouad-rent at 30 years' purcha,se,ewe find its value is at
the rate of 840,0001. per acre ! Much has been written
about the value of the triangular plot of land between
New Cannon-street and St. Paul's. The area of this
plot is 6,270 feet, and we understand a positive offer has
been made to take it at a ground-rent of 2,000/. a-year,-
whieh produce, at 30 years' purchase, the sum named
e
(60,0001.) lasing at .the late of 420,000/. an ace.. lv
need scarcely give any additional examples to
the
prove
enormous value to which land in the city of Lond 1
en las
arrived.--T4 o -Maack".