The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-28 00:00:00

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.

TRE GRLAT NotairElni RAILWAY.— (Aliles in work, 285}
.Return of Traffic for the Week ending Oct. 17, 1852:—
Passengers, parcels, earring-oe,
horses, dogs, and mails £6,727 4 11
Merchandise and minerals 7,1t48 15 6
Cattle 493 1 8

Total .. .•• £14,419 2 1
Corresponding week, 1851 (2411 miles) :
Passengers, parcels, &c. £&503 14 11
Merchandise, Cattle, &c. ... 5,444 2 4
•

Total ... •
...£11,247 17 8 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY..-.l.Taflie for t"h
week ending Oct. 24:

RAILWAY.
.PasAencr,ers, parcels, &c.
Goods •• • • __ _

Total

Passengers

... £2,487 7 6
... 852 17 0

-- - ... £3.340 4 6
HT/SAM-BOATS.

TOTAL.
Passengore, parcels, &c.
Goods

... £3Ol 3 5

• .£3,611 10 11
▪ 852 17 0

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Total X 3,641 7 11
CorrespolVing week last year ... 3,128 0 5
LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. (260 Oil°
open.)--Traffic for week ending Oct. 24...£17,171 19 1
Corresponding week in last year (260
miles open) ..
...£15,516 10 2
GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—TraIIIe
the week ending Oct. 23, 1862:--
Passengers (26,334), goods and
parcels, horses and carriages.. £4,843 13 9
Corresponding week in last year 4,055 4 6
CORK I`ND BANDON RAILWAY.—(2O miles open)—Return
of Traffic for the week ending Oct. 23, 1852:
Passengers, parcels, &c. £lOB 19 8
Merchandise, cattle, &c.... 47 19 4

Total .. .. £156 19
Corresponding week in 1851 (10 miles open) :
Passengers, parcels, &c. 34 0
Merchandise, cattle, &c.... 7

Total ..

••• ... £34 8

COUNTRY MARKETS

OCT.EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, OCT. 26.—There were 10
the meal market to-day 5 sacks oatmeal, each weighing
2801bs. imperial, which sold at 295.
EDINBURGH HAT AND STRAW MARKET, OM 26."".
Oat straw, from 6s Od to Os Od per kemple of 16 stones tog
wheat ditto, bs Od to 6s Od; barley ditto, 4s Od to in "
Hay, from 7d to 9d per stone.
DALICEITH, Ocr. 21.—The relative weight per four bushels
of the three prices of wheat were 18st 121 b, 18st 31b, and 1•1
61
61b. Oats, 13st 01b, llst 91b, and lOst 81b. Barley, 16st 91b,
15st 51b, and 14st 51b. Peas and beans, 00st 01b, 00at
011 h
and 00st 01bs.
Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior.
318 Wheat .... ..... Z 2 8 0 £2 3 6 £1 15 0
648 Oats
923 Barley llO 0 15 6 12 uh
Peas and Beans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 u

Average of wheat l2 is Hid.
DALIIITII MEAL MARKET, OCT. 25.—There were 1,11
the market to-day 76 bags of oatmeal, 2 bags of barleys"'
and 2 bags pot-barley ; sales dull. Oatmeal on the te?
down 6d per bag, second the same as last week, and the
lowest quality Is per bag down; top price of barleymeal tke
same as last market; pot-barley is 6d per bag above the reel
of last market.
Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second Third.
imperial • ••• ••• 28s Od 26s Od 24s id
Barleymeal, per ditto 20s Od Od --5
Peasenleal
••• ... —a Od —a Od —6 mod
—s Od —a Od —5 "",
Potbarley ••• ... 25s 6d —a Od Od

COAL MARE

Prices of Coal per ton at I
Bate's West Hartley 15s 6d
Buddle's W. Hartley 16s Odl
Jonassolins Hartley l4s 6d,
Newton Main
North Percy Hartley lss 6(1
Pelton Main
Ravensworth'sW.Hart 158 9d,
Redheugh Main
Stewart's Hartley 15s Od
i'anfield Moor 143 81
Fantleld Moor Butes l4B Od
Wylam ..... .t
163 Od

X.-YESTERDAY.
the close of the market :

- Wall's End, &c.
Brown
Gosforth
Harton
Hebburn
Heaton
Hotspur lli 9d
Johnson
Eden Main
Belmont 175 6d
Braddyll
Eletton
Ships at market, 137....

Haswell ....... ...... .......... 183 „,0;1
u"
Keepier Grange
Lambton
Pensher • l7B Ou
Plummer
Riehmund l7B Oi
Russell's Hetton
Scarborough .. 178 00
iStewart's
IWhitwell
Cass op ... l7B 61
Kelloe
!South Kelloe l7s SI
!Thornley
Backhouse l7B Od
Pease's West l4s 9,ii
Tees ..... .... 18a vu,
Woodhouse Close l6s 51
DerwentwaterHartley 15s 9'l
Fothergill Aberdare
Steam- 2os Oa
Nixon's Merthyr and
Cardiff
" 2lO 01

~Sold, 86 linsold, 61.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL, Ocr. 27.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market continues Mill'
and good for all stocks currently dealt in. We have free
buyers for the new account. which begins to-morrow. Th.
following are the committee's authorized quotations .—Birice,ir head, Lancashire, and Cheshire (late Chester and Birlanheaul
21% ; Caledonian, 27%; Eastern Counties. 12 5.16 ; East
Lancashire, 1914 ; Great Northern, 20%; Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 871 A ; ditto, Fifth shares, 31% dis, ; Leeds
Northern (late Leeds and Thirsk), 163 A ; London find
North Western, 120; ditto, Fifth shares, 3 p. ; Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 32K, ; Midland, 78 756 ; New'„s.
castle and Carlisle, Quarter shares, 45; North British,
North Staffordshire, 4 9-16; South Eastern and Dover,
Yo; k and North Midland, 26%; Quebec and Richmond'
% prem.

MANCHESTER, Ocr. 27.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—There has been a moderate extent
of business at rather higher prices. Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire Junction, 617:2 dis.; Caledonian, 26:34 ; Eastern
Counties, 12 3-16ths; East Lancashire, 19,,i ; Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 57%; London and North Western, 119 N
Midlands, 77%; North Staffordshire, 4i dis.; SouthEaeterno
21. The market closes firm.

BIRMINGHAM, Ocr. 27.
13C1
STOCK EXCHANGIL—This market was steady to-day, a,
the prices of shares looked firmer. Shrewsbury and ,
miugham Preference stock was done at 11%.