The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-21 00:00:00

THE MEDD ERRANEAN.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steami-i
Bentinck, Captain A.. Kellock, arrived at Southarel ,ton
yesterday at five p.m., and landed the mails in char g a of
Lieutenant Ellerman Admiralty agent. During the
homeward voyage of the Bentinck son experienced mo-
derato winch; and fine weather. The Bonfield: v )uld
have been here early this morning, but unfortun it ely
grounded in a dense fog about five miles below C et• wes
while under charge tif the pilot.. Tile greatest t Er-
lions are used by the omp::.ny to prevent delay in the
delivery of the mails, and a smell steamer is regul a rly
dispatched to await tine arrival of their steam-ships
with the India and Cb ina mails, and, as meal, the D nitre
of Buccleuch steamer v tas lying below Cowes all rii ght,
but the weather being so thick, she saw nothing of the
Bentinck, although wb en she grounded they could not
have been but a short d.istance apart. The spot w I; ere
the Bentinck grounded being a soft bottom, it is be-
lieved she has sustained little or no injury.
Her dates of sailing .were—Alexandria, Octobe r 7,
10.15 ta.m.; Malta, 10th, 11.45 p.m. ; Gibralter, 15th
1.30 p.m. The freigbt or the Bentinck consists of 753:
bales of silk, 39 bundles of elephants' tusks, 901 cases
of shawls. 23 bales of wool, 122 cases of silk piece
goods, 101 packages conch/ ies.
Ships Observed on the Voyage.—October 15, passed,,,
off Tangier, a squadron of three frigates end one steam
sloop, under Dutch colorer s, an adm,ral's flag at the
mizen ; their names wer a the Doggerbetnk, Prince of.
Orange, Sumatra, steal; t-sloop Getleh. They were
steering to the westward.
Stations of her Majesty 's Ships.—Malta :—The Cey-
lon, Resistance, trooper, Spiteful, steam-sloop ; and
Triton, Merlin, and Medina steamers. Gibraltar; An-
telope steamer.
Stations of Vessels of War of Foreign States.—Alex-
andria; French steam trigEtt e Magellan and brig Fabert,.
Austrian brig Triton.

RAILWAY 11VT ELLIG ENCE.

THE RAILWAY PROJECT.

The Mid• Kent and London and South-W*3oam June-

tion Railways are about to be formed under influential:
patronage. The Mid Kent line is to commence at a
point upon the Brighton ]hallway, between the New
-
Cross and Forest-hill stations, or by a junction with the
South-Eastern North Kent line, near Lewisham, as may
he hereafter determined upon, and to proceed direct to
Bromley, Farnborough. and the head of the Cray Val-
ley, Chelsfield, Halshead, and Shoreham to Ox,ord ;
thence by Kem*ing, Seal, Wortham, Mailing, and All-.
ington, to Maid tone. A branch is also to run from At.
ford to Riverhead, Sere nooks and Tunbridge. The
South-Western Junction Railway is intended to com-
mence at a point between the Nine Elms and Wands-
worth stations of the London and South-Western Rail-
way, and to proceed to Clapham rise, Brixton-hill,
Herne-bill, and Dulwich; arid, after crossing the Lon-
don, Brighton, and South-Coast Railway by a bridge,.
to fall into the Mid-Kent line, near Sydenham, forming
also a junction with the London, Brighton, and South-.
Coast Railway. This junction, it is stated, has also been
laid out so as to form a convenient West-end railway to.
the Crystal Palace. The capital required is a million
sterling in 201. shares. The preliminary announcement
has also been made of the West-London Junction Rail-.
way, to be incorporated with the proposed Mid-tent
and North-Kent Extension Railways. The line is pro-.
jetted to cress the Thames from Pimlico to Vauxhall,.
then through Stockwell, Clapham, Brixton, Streatham,
Dulwich, Camberwell, Peckham, to New Cross and
Lewisham, thence through Bromley to Sevenoaks, Tun-.
bridge Maidstone, Rochester, Chatham, Sittingbourne.,
Faversham, Canterbury, and Dover. The whole length.
of this line would be 110 miles. There appears at pre-.
sent to be a great deal of competition for the new home
lines. It is probable that only a few of them will be,
able to secure the sanction of Parliament.
BRAZILIAN RAlLWAY.—Proposals for a Brazilian
railway, with a guaranteed minimum dividend of 5 per
cent., are expected shortly to be brought forward. The
line, however, will be in the province of Pernambueo„
and not in Rio de Janeiro, although negotiations, which,
aro likely soon to bo completed, aro also in progress fe
a similar undertaking in that quarter. The plan of th e
route extends from the city of Pernambuco to a point of
the river San Francisco, above the great falls of Pardo
Affonco, and its entire length will be 300 miles. This
distance is to be divided into three sections, for the first
of which, 75 miles in longth, and terminating at the
village of Agua Preto, the present concession has been
granted.

LONDON AND NORTIC.W ESTERN AND MIDLAND RA-EL..
WAY COMPANIES.—Propossio for the amalgamation of
the London and North-Yiresktern and Midland Railwayr
Companies will be submitted to the shareholders of ball
companies on the 3d of November, at special general
meetings.
LONDON AND NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY.—Tb
company is disposing of several of the locomotive cu.
glues that have lately been running its passenger trains,
to make room for as many new ones, recently construct-
ed on an improved principle, of greater speed.
RAILWAY CONTROL.—An important decision, upon
a point never before settled in England, was given in the
County Court of Yorkshire,. held in this town yesterday
(Thursday), before Mr. The mpson, the deputy judge.
The plaintiff was Mr. Raikes, the banker, and the de-
fendants were the York and North Midland Railway
Company, one of whose trains being a " heavy" one--
that is, unusually full of pasiaengers--bad arrived M
Milford Junction half an hour too late for the Great
Northern quick train for London. The jury gave 31.
damages.—Hull Packet.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.
LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST
RAIL WAY.
Traffic—Week ending Oct. 16, 1852 ... £12,627 6 0
Traffic—Week ending Oct. 18, 1851 ... 11,857 5 6
Total of the half-year, to this di its' 1852 ... 222,602 910
Total of the half-year, to this du, te, 1851 ... 237,178 10 11
Total number of Pasaenagers—Week ending
Oct. 16, 1862 ..., 71,148
Il
Passengers ... Z 9,905 19
Goods 2,721 6 1

... ...

Total... L 12,627 6 0
Total miles open, 1852, 1734 ; ditto, 1851, 173 X.
I UMW AT.
London Terminus 011c.t.E1A8S,T1E85R2N.
Gross traffic receipts for passeilgers
and goods, week ending Oct. 16,
1852 ... L 18,530 13 4
Ditto, Oct. 18, 1851 ... ... 16,487 17 9

... £2,042 15 7

Decrease in 1852 ...
London Terminus, Oct. 18, 1852.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLwAy....Traitio for the
Week ending Oct. 17:— _

_
ItAILWAY.
Passengers, parcels, &c.
Goods ••• ..• •••

£2,800 19 1
•f• 927 2 1
•••

Total £3,723 1 2
grESU,BOATiI.

... £3Ol 12 10

Passengers

•••
•••
TOTAro

Passengers, Wee% I"'
Goods ... ••• •••

£5,102 11 11
... 027 2 1

... £4.029 14 0
corregpToontAg
week last year 055 11 2
3,
Traffic for the week ending
Coax ex 13expow RA.p. WAY..—(2O miles open)...
atilt
of Oct. 16, 1852 Ura
assengero, parcels., &c.
merchandise, cattle, &c. ... £lOO 12 9
50 19 8

Total ... ••• ... Zl5l 12 b
corresponding week in 1851 (10 miles open) :
passengers, parcels, &c. ... ... 34 16 1
lerchandise, cattle, &c.... ... 2 911

Total .. ... ... £37 6 0
GLASGOW AND SOUTH.WESTERN RAlLWAT.—'iraffic for
the week ending Oct. 16, 1852 :
Passengers (21,099), goods and
parcels, horses and carriages.. £4,267 5 0
Corresponding week in last year 3,893 16 8

LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. (260 miles
Open.)—Traffic for week ending Oct. 17....£17,2;'.0 4 5
Corresponding week in last year (260
miles open) ...£15,815 5 0
THE GREAT NORTHE,EN RAILWAY.—(MiIes in work, 2851)
—Return of Traffic for the Week ending Oct. 10, 1852:

Passengers, parcels, carriages,
horses, dogs, and mails .£7,078 4
Merchandise and minerals 7,325 2 IL
Cattle 536 13 6

Total .. ... £14,940 1 2
Corresponding week, 1851 (2411 miles) :
Passengers. parcels, &c. £7,489 5 9
Merchandise, Cattle, &c. ... 5,544 17 6

...X116034 3 3

Total •••

AMATEUR PERPORNANCE.--Last evening the :nem.
bers of the Elocution Class at the London Mechanics'
gave a dramaticdescription in the
theatre of that establishment. Ipnefirtfiotrumtiaonne,e Soofustharinatpht:rn-chruedilidtiantigies,
The entertriement con-
sisted of sAlections from Love, The Hunchback, The
Man of the
World, JuliusCasco., intespersed with pieces
of a lighter description, and a few amusing recitations.
The whole .of the parties, ladies included, were well
up" in thou parts.