The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-24 00:00:00

EAST INDIAN.

The report of the direetotsstntesthat no additional mile-
age had been opened i'n-Bengal during the half-year, but
it was expected that the line from Benares to Mirzapore
would have been completed and ready for traffic by the Ist
of the current month. In the North-West Provinces an
additional length of 481 miles from the Toondla Junction
to Allyghur was opened on the'lst of March, so that on the
30th of June last the company had open for traffic 935 k
miles. On the Jubbulpore line the contractors, Messrs.
Warings and Hunt, were making reasonable progress. The
permanent way and work, 44 1:40,6
9, maintained in efficient
order during the half-year at cost Per train mile.
The number of passengers conveyed on the Bengal division
during the past half-year was 1,392,600, of whom 13,978
were first- class and 45,909 second-class passengers. The
gross traffic receipts on this division for the half-year ending
the 30th of June last had been £391,832 and the net receipts
£198,082. The net traffic receipts from the opening of the

line to the 30th of June last had been 81,085,135. On the
North-West Provinces the average length of line in work
for the half-year was 304 miles. The permanent way and
works had been maintained in efficient order at a cost of
rather less than 91d per train mile. The working expenses
had been 49'67 per cent of the gross receipts. The number
of passengers conveyed during the half-year was 287,917,
of whom 2,956 were first-class, and 5,823 second-class pas-
sengers. The proportion of railway materials included in
the traffic returns of the past half-year was about 221 per
cent. The gross traffic receipts for the half-year ended
30th Juno last have been £124,532, and the net receipts
£62,675. The net traffic receipts since the opening of the
line for public traffic had been £298,048. The board had
been informed that the Government of India was favourably
disposed to the construction by the company of the line to
the Kurhurballee coalfields, and that the surveys which the
board suggested last February were progressing.

TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR, THE WEEK.
Miles Opened. Receipts.,

Railways. _,,,_____"_.:___
1863. 1862. 1863. 1862
£ £
Belfast and N. Counties • 135 136 2,046 2.005
Belfast and Comity Down .• •• 49 10 724 690
Blyth and Tyne 2B 28 1,921 1,910
Bristol and Exeter l2ll 1211 6,426 6,568
Caledonian
Cockermouth& Working-ton. • 84 81 305 317
Cork and Bandon 2O 20 421 337
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage •• • 61 61 149 192
Cork and Youghal 321 824 391 341
Cornwall 654 534 1,554 1,371
Deeside l7 17 288 284
Dublin & Bell astJunction.• • • 63 63 1,380 1,521
Dublin and Drogheda .......• 75 63 1,712 1,766
Dublin and Meath .. .... .
Dub. & Wicklow and. Weald s4i 481 2,076 1,828
Edinburgh and Glasgow 1694 169} 8,372 7.762
Forth & Clyde Junction
Furness, &c 5O 5") 2,435 2,651
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eas tern,Nrik.,&E. Union
Great Northern 351 351 33,5u7 30,891
Great North of Scotland ...
Gt. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll 664 459 432
'4t.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 3734 329 8,328 8,041
Great Western 10564 1032/ 62,197 63,096
Inverness & Aberdeen Juno- 864 864 1,937 991
Inverness & Perth Junction 1191 - 1,812 -
Irish North-Western 145 145 1,795 1,703
Lancashire & Yorkshire 3951 395} 34,480 32.320
Limerick and Ennis... 241 241 207 247
Limerick and Foynes 261 264 154 163
Llanelly 461 461 628 519
London & North-Western
London and Blackwall 5l 1,821 1,831
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2611 241 20,323 21,94
London, Chatham, & Dover 72} 72* 5,679 4,568
Do. Metropolitan Extension 104 54 1,355 280
Lond., Tilbury, & Southend
Man.,Sheffield,&Lincolnsh
Manch. S.J un.& Altrincham 9} 0} 1,287 1,051
Maryport and Carlisle 2B 28 1,402 1;487
Metropolitan 3l - 1,a87 -
Midland (incl. N.-Western) 641 6141 44,415 41,615
Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 2591 1921 4,419 4,083
Monkland 714 714 1,780 1,515
•_ . ,_

Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 0" 14 2,523 2,480
North British, Edin., Perth
and Dundee

N.Eastern and Stock. & Darl 109510771 57,646 53,848
North London 9 9 3,213 3,094
North Staffordshire 254 252 8,577 8.071
Oswestry and Newt0n......., 50 42 1,221 1,067
RhymneY 194 194 942 884
St. Helen's Canal& Railway., $2 52 2,102 1,976
Scottish Central
Scottish North-Eastern....., 138 138 5,120 4.792
Somerset and D0r5et......., 66 394 610 387
South Devon 7sk 754 3.783 3,472
South-Eastern 3o6' 305 23,844 24,759
Taff Vale 57 55 5,689 6,227
Ulster 644 51 2,005 1.818
Vale of Clwyd.
Vale of Neath 324 251 2,401 2,020
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 495 404
Waterford and Limerick
West Cornwall ......... ... .
W.llartlepoolllarbr.&RaiL.„ 48 48 4,816 4,125
W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt„ 7 7 639 570
Whitchaven Junction.....,,. 12 12 910 784
Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 803 744
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Antwerp and Rotterdam...,. 52 52 1,637 1,428
Austrian ..... 828 828 37,406 4',123
Belgian Eastern Junction.... 264 204 453 409
Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 1851 1321 1,459 899
Buffalo and Lake Huron ..... 1614 1614 2,434 2,026
Detroit and Milwaukie ....... 189 185 5,221 4,580
Dutch Rhenish ........... 1082 1082 4,997 4.894
Eastern of France......,....... 1167 1081 57,920 57,059
East Indian ....... ....... 9331 639 - -
Grand Trunk of Canada, ..... 1090 1090 19,695 18,394
Great Indian Peninsula ...... 5384 4374 4,676 4,303
Great Luxembourg .. - ...... 134 134 4,710 4,755
Great Southern of India .... 79 79 461 461
Great Western of Canada..., 345 315 12933 12,887
Madrid, Saragossa &A.licant .. 650 490 19,706 18,287
Northern of Canada .......... 91 94 1,707 3,234
Northern of France .......... 725 125 60,154 61,631
Norwegian Trunk ......... 44 44 864 1,463
Ottoman
Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn lBO5 1676 154,089 146,662
Paris and Orleans 1614 1431 17,182 67,201
Pernambuco ................ 774 -- 371
Royal Danish - -
Sambre and Meu5e.........,, 68 68 1,442 1,454
South Austrian
..... 1430 1315 58,864 58,872
Southern of France ...... ...... 770 680 30,095 27,659
Victorian .................... 196 151 7,113 5,065
Welland •-...* ...... . . 25 25 520 517
West Flanders .............. 75 75 1,057 984
W. and N.W. of France . ..... 932 813 54,617 48,373
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Lord Palmerston's Church Patronage,

As the time when the appointment of one of the highest
spiritual officers of the Church is under consideration it ma
be interesting to glance at the nominations to the episcopal
bench which have been made during Lord Palmerston's
Premiership, representing es they do a larger amount of
ecolisiastical patronage than has fallen into the hands of any
Minister in modern days. The present Prime Minister came
into power in Feb., 1855, upon the overthrow of Lord Aber-
deen's Government, consequent Gn the adverse vote of the
House of Commons on the conduct of the Russian war and
Pc
held office until defeated in Feb., 1857, on the Cons ir y
Bill. After remaining in opposition for 16 months, Lord
Palmerston again assumed the Premiership in June, 1859,
so that the noble viscount's reign, as First Lord of the Trea-
sury has altogether extended over a period of 7 years and 4
months. During the year 1855 not a single vacancy occurred
amongst the right rev. occupants of the episcopal bench,
but in the following year Lord Palmerston was called upon
to make no less than five appointments—namely, to the
bishoprics of Carlisle, Durham, Gloucester and Bristol,
London, and Ripon.
The annual value of' these sees re-
spectively is as follows—London, £lO,OOO ; Durham, £8,000;
Gloucester and Bristol, £5,000 ; Carlisle, £4,500 ; and
Ripon, £4,500--showing a total annual value of £32,000.
To the sea of Ripon Dr. Bickersteth was appointed—Dr.
Longley, who had previously held it, being translated to
Durham. Dr. Villiers was installed at Carlisle, Dr. Baring
at Glocester and Bristol, whilst the metropolitan see, vacant
through the resignation of Bishop Blomfield, was conferred
on Dr. Tait, Dean of Carlisle. In 1857 there was but one
vacancy, and that was in the see of Norwich, value £4,500.
To this bishopric Dr. pawn was appointed. Passing over
the interregnum in Lord Palmerston's power, which took
place during the years 1858 and 1859, we come to 1860, a
year in which many rich pieces of ecclesiastical patronage
fell to the disposal of the lord of Broadlands. In May
Dr. Musgrave, Archbishop of York, died, the revenues of
the BCC being £lO,OOO per annum. Dr. Longley was now
translated from Durham to York, Dr. Villiers was trans-
lated from Carlisle to Barham, and Dr. Wadegrave was
placed in the vacant see of Carlisle. The same year also
witnessed vacancies in the Bishoprick of Rochester and
Worcester, each of the value of £5,000 per annum. To the
former was appointed Dr. Wigram and to the latter Dr.
Philpot. Dr. Villiers aid not long survive hia translation
from Carlisle to Durham. Ho died in 1861, and was suc-
ceeded by Dr. Baring. Tho translation of the latter
prelate rendered vacant the see of Glocester and Bristol,
which was given to Dr. Thomson. But it was not until
the autumn of 1862 that the richest pieces of Church pre-'
ferment fell to the disposal of Lord Palmerston. In the
month of August in that year the venerable Primate of
Ireland, the Right Rev. Lord John Beresford, who had
been in failing health for many months, was gathered to
his fathers at the age of nearly 90 years. The value of the
primacy was about £14,500 a year, and to it succeeded a
near relative of the deceased, the Right Rev. Lord Marcus
Gervais Beresford, aforetizsie Bieliop of Kilmore, Elphirt,