The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-30 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOIL THE WEEK.
Miles Opened. Receipts.

Ettilways.

1864. 1863.
£ Z
2,024 2.069

Belfast and N. Counties 136
Belfast and County Down 49
Blyth and Tyne . 28
Bristol and Exeter l2ll
Caledonian

'765 651
2,059 2,517
6,292 6,652
18,014 16,140
262 314
3 8 344

Cockermoutli& Workington
Cork and Bandon

Cork, Blackrock, & Passage... 61
Cork and Yong-hal
Cornwall J GSI
Deeside l7
Dublin & Belfast J unction 63
Dublin and Drogheda 76
Dublin and Meath

1211
245

147 104
452 412
1,865 1,562

Dub. & Wicklow and Weittd 9l*
Edinburgh and Glasgow 173
Furness, &o 5O

Glasgow & South-Western l9B
Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E.Union 863
Great Northern 353
Great North of Scotland 6B
tit. Nortlin. & Westn. (Irel.) 7l
Gt.Southn. & Westn.(lrlml) 873
Great Western lO5Bl
Inverness & Aberdeen Juno BBl
Inverness & Perth Janction 1191
Irish North-Western 145
Lancashire & Yorkshire 402
Limerick and Ennis..

18
104
5)
198
663

Limerick and Foynes 26.
Llanelly 46,
London St North-Western 122,
London and Blackwall 6,
London St. South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 261!
London, Chatham, .1; Dover 721
Do. Metropolitan Extension 10,
Han.,Sheffield. Lincolnsh
Mauch. S.J un.& Altrincham 9:
Ilaryport and Carlisle 2B
Metropolitan
Midland (incl. N.-Western) MI
Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 259,
Monkland
Monmouthsh. Rail. St Canal 44
North British, Edin., Perth
and Dundee

71!
82to
10561
861

... 414

N-Eastern and Stock. SI DarL 1095
North London 9

410é
1079!
9
264

North Staffordshire 254
Oswestry and Newton..
Rhymney l9i
St. Helen's Canal & Railway O2
Scottish Central . B9
Scottish North-Eastern l3B
Somerset and Dorset O6
South Devon
South-Eastern BO6
Taff Vale 57

2.,0 305
1,3 '2 1,386
1.010 1.511
21! 177
2,410 1,774
8,003 7.703
3,331 2,867
8,030 8,316
30,;05 29,1.7
31,5 3 20,160
1,718 2.001

138
39&
75*
808

Ulster

105}

Vale of Clwyd.
Vale of Neath 321

105 i
10
251
31

Wateriord and Kilkenny 3l
Waterford and Limerick 77
West Cornwall

571 571
9,587 9,280
61, 0') 67.664
1,273 1,405
1,3a1 —1,h09 1,060
37,320 32,080
156 152
116 159

W. Haztlepool II arbr.& Rai 1 112
W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt 7
Whitehaven J unction l3
Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. _

Antwerp and Rotterdam 52
Austrian B2B

684 601
99,527 90,937
1,882 1,741
22,149 21,664
19,212 17,395
4,111 3 426
1,45) 400
15,053 15,614
1,362 1,208
1,552 1.259
2,1u2 3,941
45,428 41,203
6,016 6,472
1,688 1.460
2,791 2,718

Idahia and San Francisco 761
Belgian Eastern Junction 26
Bombay, Baroda, & ('en. India 165
Bud'alo and Lake Huron l6l
Detroit and Milwatikie lB9
Dutch Rhenish

13,123 12.220
58.'480 52,779
3,545 3,,69
8,815 8.001
1,105 1,097

I«i►stern Bengal
Eastum of France 1135
East Indian

Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O.
Great Indian Peninsula 553
Great Luxembourg 134
Great Southern of India
Great Western of Canada 345
Madras

-876 .874
2,3''.7 2.091
5,400 6,033
5,040 6,034

Madrid, Saragossa &Clean t 650
Northern of Canada 94
Northern of France 697
Norwegian Trunk
Ottoman .. 4B;

671 '569
3.865 1,636
19,680 18,567
5,615 5,552
2,613 2,:377

Paris, Lyons, & Meditcrrn 1805
Paris and Orleans l6l+
Pernambuco 77a

48
1713
1494

Royal Daniql.

Sainbre and Meuse 6B
South Austrian
Bouthern of France .... 770
Victorian 196
Welland .... 25
West Flanders 75
W. and N.W. of France. 932

1468
680
196

.154 179
2,714 LIM

-416 358
1.182 1,2 5
bBB 731
4.266 4.007
808 713
1,070 800
1,055 850

1,312 1,164
29,160 22,492

476 -
335 285
3,261 2,390
2,102 1.826
4,675 3,536
4,577 3.969
1,687 1,318
62,732 57,3,57
26,6 , 5 19,981
19,053 14,8 8
12,012 8,657
4,4'5 4,971

406 487
14,90! 13,5t9
4,717 4091
18,059 17,641
4719 1,847

818 A

133,934 131,214
66,885 66,161
1,252 1,192

1,422 1,451
52,783 47,6.7
28,210 33,690
10,358 8,880

1,077 983
45.948 42,022

THE DEATH OF MR. J. G. EDGAR, an author
whose name is well-known to boys of tho present
generation, is announced in the London Review to-day.
His " Crusades and Crusaders," " Wars of the Roses,"
" History for Boys," and similar works, were published by
the late Mr. David Bogue, and had a large circulation
amongst juveniles. Mr. Edgar, who was a genial, kindly
alaL, was only in his thirty-seventh year.
THE RIGHT HON. JAMES WILSON'S STATUE.—
Lord Palmerston has announced his intention of subscribing
to the fund for the erection of a statue of the late Mr,Jawe3
Wilson, financial minister of India.

SUICIDE OF SIR THOMAS FITZGERALD.—We
understand that letters have been received in town
stating that at an early hour on Wednesday morning Sir
Thomas Fitzgerald committed suicide by drowning himself
in the river Suir, adjacent to his residence at Golden h ills,
near the village of Golden, county Tipperary. Sir Thomas,
who was the son of Sir John Judkin Fitzgerald, held the
commission of the peace, and was the grand juror of the
country. lle was in the prime of life and of prepossessing
appearance.—Dublin Post.

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LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR THE
ENSUING WEEK.—Monday---Royal Institution, at
2, Anniversary ; Asiatic, at 3 ; Entomological, at 7 ; Ar-
chitects, at 8, Annual General. Tuesday—horticultural, at
3, "Cool Orchids," Mr. Bateman; Anthropological, at 8,
" Palleography of the New World," Mr. Bollaert ; " Health
of British Troops," Mr. Bendyshe ; Photographic, at 8,
Engineers, at 8, "Manufacture of Coke," M. Pernolet ;
Royal Institution, at 3, " Animal Life," Professor Marshall.
Wednesday—Society of Literature, at 8f ; Society of Arts,
at 8. Thursday—Antiquaries, at 8 ; Linnean, at S ; Royal
Institution, at 3, " Music, 1600-1750," Professor Hullah ;
Chemical at 8, " Organic Peroxides Theoretically Con-
sidered," Sir B. Brodie. Friday—Archaeological Institute,
at 4 ; Philological, at 8; Royal Institution, at 8, "Indium,"
Professor Roscoe. Saturday—Royal Institution, at 3,
" Metallic Elements," Professor Prankland,--ilthen(ston.