The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 1, 1863..

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

TRAFFIC RETURN'S.

The traffic receipts of railways in the United Kingdom
amounted, for the week ending the 25th of July, on 10,813
miles, to £630,160, and for the corresponding week of last
year, on 10,401 miles, £613,530, showing an increase of 439
miles, and of £16,630 in the receipts. The gross receipts on
the following 15 railways amounted, in the aggregate, on
7,631 miles, to £103,896, and for the corresponding week of
1862. on 7,373 miles, to £198,892, showing an increase of
258 miles, and of £5,004 in the receipts. The increase on
the Caledonian amounted to /1,144 ; on the Great Southern
and Western to £157; on the Great Western to £511; on
the Lancashire and Yorkgrire to £3,038 ; on the Manches-
ter, Sheffi -Id, and Lincolnshire to £1,77; on the Midland
to £2,376; on the North British to £1,769; on North
Eastern and Stockton and Darlington to £2,242 ; total,
£12,964. But from this must be deducted £2,595, the de-
crease on the Great Eastern; £2,027 on the Great Northern,
£582 on Lond. and N. Western ; £997 on London, Brighton,
and South Coast; £489 on the London and South Western;
and £1,270 on the South Eastern, together £7,960, leaving
the increase as above, £5,004. The goods and mineral
traffic on those lines amounted to £223,491, and for the cor-
responding week of 1862 to £215,803, showing an increase
of £7,688. The receipts for passengers, parcels, &c.,
amounted to £280,405 against £283,089, showing a decrease
of £2,684, the comparison being with an International Ex-
hibition week of last year, The traffic receipts on 63 other
lines amounted, on 3,212 miles, to £126,264, and for the
corresponding week of last year, on 3,031 miles, to £114,638,
showing an increase of 181 miles, and of £11,626 in the re-
ceipts. The total receipts of the past week show an increase
of £11,885 as compared with those of the preceding week,
ending the 18th. inst.

Miles Opened. Receipts.

Railways.

1863. 1862. 1863. 1862.
£ £
Belfast and N. Counties 136 136 2,488 2.335
Belfast and County Down 49 49 820 651
Blyth and Tyne 2B 28 1,719 1,717
Bristol and Exeter l2ll 121} e,993 7,1&9

Caledonian
Coekermouth& Workington Ai

230.
8i

18,248 17,104
352 285

Cork and Bandon
30 20 362 :;19
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6} 334 230
Cork and Youghal . 3a 32k 702 511
Cornwall 534 634 1,485 1,514
Deeside l7 17 - -
Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 1,364 1,380
Dublin and Drogheda 75 63 1,890 1,846
Dublin and Meath - 179 -
Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd 544 481 3,315 2,639
Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l 31 1,282 1,144
Edinburgh and Glasgow 1694 164 6,i 75 8.625
Forth & Clyde Junction
Furness, Sic 5O 5) 2,958 2,237
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.Union
Great Northern 351 351 30,808 34,35
Great North of Scotland 5B 68 1,627 2.130'
(it. N orthn. & Wes tn. (Irel.) 714 i67} 482 366
'it. Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 354} 329 8,830 8,679
Great Western .. . ... ~
Inverness & Aberdeen June 866 681 1,649 1,332
Irish North-Western 145 145 3,632 1,746
Irish South-Eastern 2s} 25} - -
Lancashire & Yorkshire. 395i 3954 36,250 33,212
Limerick and Enni5........ • • 24 244 188 180
Limerick and Foynes .......
Llanelly 4Q 46
London & North-Western
London and Blackwall 54 6t 2,121 2,225
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2505
Lpono.dmone,tCrohpaotlihtaman, t_:,,Dteonvseiro.n 71201
Lond., Tilbury, & Southend
slan.,Sheffield, & Lincolnsh
Blanch. S.J un.& Altrincham o}
61441 4. 141: , '525:269891 4211,103557837
CNar._lwisleestern)
6428_13_1
Ikt
Metropolitan-
MidlandarYlrt(i andlei .
Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 2594 1925
,4,478 3,977
Monkland 7l 711 1,441 1,717
Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,514 2,429
North British, Edin., Perth
and Dundee .
N-Eastern and New. & Car 1079}
North London 9
254
North Staftbrdshire
Oswestry and Newton 5O
Rhymney l9/
St. Helen's Canal& Railway 52
Scottish Central
Scottish North-Eastern l3B
Somerset and Dorset 391
South De~ on
South-Eastern 306
Stockton and Darlington
Taff Vale 55
Ulster
Vale of Clwyd
Vale of Neath 2s}
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l
Waterford and Limerick 77
West Cornwall 271
W.Hartlepool Harbr.&Rail 4B
W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt 7
Whitehaven Junction l2
Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Antwerp and Rotterdam 52
Austrian B2B
Belgian Eastern Junction 261
Bombay, Baroda, &:. en. India 185}
Buffalo and Lake Huron l6ll
Detroit and Milwaukie lB5
Dutch Rhenish lOB4
Eastern 01 France lO7B

4101 14,271 12,502
10611 55,050 52,808
9 3,427 3,517
252 8,305 7.994
42 1,241 1,002
19i 847 973
52 2,002 1,911
66 3,984 3,419
138 5,590 5.527
391 364 347
754 3.955 4,018
306 28,1;6 29,446
183
55 5,805 5,211
51/ 2,130 2,044
10 197 208
251 2,567 1,861
31 392 370
77 1,240 1,180
271 831 824
48 4,598 3,285

7 707 483
12 826 633
35 866 (58

52 1,03 1,266
828 29,112 33,155
26} 293 291
132} 2,966 1,039
1611 2,166 1,695
185 3,0: 9 3,216
1081 6,078 5,391
1060 51,5 s 414,149
631 k 20,160 11,20 e
V,9U 15,414 13,878
4372 11,4:8 6,745
134 4,446 4,347

East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O
Great Indian Peninsula 425
Great Luxembourg 134
Great Southern of India
Great Western of Canada 345
Madrid, Saragossa StAlicant 439
Northern of Canada
Northern of France 6.7
Norwegian Trunk
Ottoman ...
Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 1491
Paris and Orleans 1340
Pernambuco 774
Royal Danish 69
Sambre and Meuse 6B
South Austrian ... 1430
Southern of France .. .. 777
Victorian 196
Welland.... .... 25
West Flanders ..... 75
W. and N.W. of France ' 758

79 567 119
345 8,538 8,286
435 19,712 16.886
94 2,111 1,838
691 -
„--

-174 894 1.019

40 372 :43
1354 125,994 123,190
1201 57,932 55,7,0
682 77

69 gi 691
FR Mil 1,377
1315 47,610 53,281
777 24,029 216;4,
143 9,743 5,1
25 371 41„%,
"
75 1,155 1,042
758 43,655 40,301

NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE.

It appears that the directors of this company have decided
on recommending a dividend for the past half-year of 3i
per cent. per annum, carrying forward a balance of £3,700.
The dividend for the corresponding half of 1862 was at the
rate of 3 per cent. per annum.

WORCESTER, BROM YARD, AND LEOMINSTER,
An adjourned special meeting of this company was held
at Malvern on Thursday, Mr. C. Hastings in the chair, to
consider a provisional agreement with the West Midland
Company for working the traffic.
The CHAIRMAN having stated the object of the meeting,
The SOLICITOR read the agreement, which was to the
effect that the West Midland or Great Western should work
the line for 52i per cent. of the receipts, and the Worcester,
Bromyard, and Leominster Company were to receive the
remaining 471 per cent. ; the West Midland were to allow
a rebate in the event of the receipts of the Worcester, Brom-
yard, and Leominster line being insufficient to pay the in-
terest and other fixed charges.
The CHAIRMAN congratulated the company on the eatis-
factory character of the agreement, and moved its confirma-
tion•
Mr. KING, M.P., seconded the resolution, which was
carried, and a vote of thanks to the chairman closed the
proceedings.

The Representation of Pontefract.

(From the Leeds Mercury.)

Last right a meeting of the electors of Ponte-
fract was held at Knottingley, to hear an address
from the Liberal candidate, Sir Edmund Heed. The
candidate was introduced by Mr. John Carter, of
Lime-grove, Knottingley, who said they wou!cl all
agree with him that Mr. Milnes, who had so pro-
perly been raised to the Peerage, had served them
well and truly for a period of 25 years—(hesr)—
and he hoped he might enjoy for many years the
high honour conferred on him by her Mejesty the
Queen. (Applause.) He had much pleasure in
introducing to them, Sir Edmund Head,
who for many years had been governor of
New Brunswick, in North America, and likewise
of the united provinces of Upper and Lower
Canada. He believed that from Sir Ed-
mund's knowledge of practical questions, he
would represent them most ably in Parlia-
ment, should they be fortunate enough to send him
there as their member. (Hear, hear.)
Sir EDMUND H. HEAD, who was warmly re-
ceived, said he had come before them as a stranger,
and he felt that in order to secure their support he
must explain to them the grounds on which he
sought to represent them in Parliament. The state
of the case was this :—Mr. Mimes had been elevated
to the Upper House. He rejoiced in that elevation,
because he felt that Mr. Mimes fully deserved it,
and he asked them to send in his place a member
who would support that Government by the advice
of which Mr. Milnes had received the dignity that
had been conferred upon him. (Hear, hear.) Tne
question was on what principles he came before
them, and he would say that he came before them
on the great principles of civil and religious liberty,
which had been maintained, as he understood, by
their representatives for a long time, and which, he
believed, they were all deeply and heartily attached
to. (Hear, hear.) The principles of civil and re-
ligious liberty were dear to the people of England.
(Hear, hear.) Whenever an advance had been made
in that direction, by what party had it been made ?
He asked them, whenever civil and religious liberty
had been promoted, whenever toleration had been
extended, whenever the rights of those who did not
belong to the Established Church had been advanced,
or whenever the rights of those who claimed a
lower franchise and wished for additional power in
consequence of superior qualification to wield it,
had been extended, who fought for them? The
answer was the great Liberal party. (Hear, hear.)
And who opposed the granting of those rights as a
general rule ? He did not wish to attack any party,
but he would say that those rights had been fought
for by the Lberal party, and opposed by the other.
(Hear, hear.) That was the great distinction in the
two parties. They might find every day questions
arising in which the two parties differed very little
one from the other. There were not many ques-
tions now which formed a test, but that was because
the Liberal party had fought out the questions,
and the others had been obliged to give them up.
(Hear.) That was the reason there was so little
difference, because the other side had been forced to
adopt the results fought for by the Liberals. (Hear,
hear.) There was, however, a real distinction be•
tween the parties. When they wanted to know
what a man would do hereafter, they ought to look
at what he had done before. (Hear, and applause.)
He asked for the support of the electors as one be-
longing to the Liberal party, as one who would
support that Government which had conferred an
honour on their late representative, and he looked to
these who had recognised the merit of their present
representative (Mr. Childers) to return one who en-
tertained the same principles and who was ready to
abide by them. (Applause.) With regard to do-
mestic questions, he should always lean to that side
which he believed to be in favour of free govern-
ment and of increasing the rights of those who were
fit to use them ; of extending religious liberty, and
of allowing every one the right of exercising his
own opinion. (Hear, and applause.) In that con-
sisted the true principle of the party with which he
would, if returned, identity himself in Parliament.
(Hear.) He thought, as a whole, the present Go-
vernment deserved the confidence of the people.
(Hear.) He did not say all the measures that had
been adopted by them met with his approbation, but
he thought the general current and tenor of their
measures were towards those principles of libe-
rality which ho had been attempting to de-
scribe. (Hear. hear.) He thought, in another
matter of paramount importance to the people
of England, of paramount importance to the
industrial classes, the present Government had done
their duty, and that was in keeping the country in
a state of perfect peace. Government had so admini-
stered the foreign affairs of this country as to keep out
of war as much as possib'e. He looked upon war as
the greatest curse that could happen to the human
race, the greatest evil that could occur to this or any
other nation. (Hear.) He was not prepared to sub-
mit to insult from any nation—(hear, hear)—nor
was he prepared to support any Government that
submitted or truckled to any nation ; but there was
a wide distinction between that and going readily to
work and involving the country in endless expense,
and perhaps on account of a people with whom we
had nothing whatever to do. While we had every
sympathy with foreign nations who made efforts on
behalf of their own independence—while he rejoiced
that Lord Palmerston had thrown the moral weight
of England in the scale in favour of Italy—(hear),—
while he saw the noble efforts put forth by the Poles
to free themselves from Russian oppression, yet he
trusted nothing would be done by the English Go-
vernment that would stir up a war with those coun-
tries. (Hear.) lie did not wish to see the taxes,

which were already heavy enough, increased in con.

sequence of a war on behalf of a foreign people. His
policy, therefore, was for non-interference, except so
far as expression of ()Tinian was concerned, for those
who were tyranised over, because the work of libera-
tion from tyranny must be performed by the people
themselves. (Hear, hear.) It was not for foreign
nations to spend their money and waste their
blood in trying to put right what, after all,
they might leave in a worse state than when they
began. (Hear.) He believed the present Govern-
ment deserved the support of the people, and for
that reason he was prepared to give it his support.
(Applause.) He would not say that he would sup-
port that Government through thick and thin. He
should exercise his own judgment. (Hear.) He
knew that in this country no Government could
be carried on except by the machinery of party,
and therefore it was necessary sometimes
to support the Government, even when there might
be a question upon the policy of the measure
itself, simply on the ground that if that Govern-
ment were turned out they would get one that was
worse, and have imposed upon them matters that
were worse than those they felt it to be their policy
to support. (Hear.) All that was perfectly con-
sistent with the exercise of proper and discreet
judgment on questions which arose from day to day,
and that judgment, if elected, he should always
endeavour to exercise in a manner most consistent
with right and most in accordance with the feel
ings of his constituents. (Hear, hear.) There
were certain questions which affected all parts
of the country, and some of those questions
did not admit of being solved satisfactorily to
everybody. lie knew very well that some in
that neighbourhood had had reason to be discon-
tented with the operations and changes in the na-
vigation laws. Ho was quite awake to the import-
ance of the British interests in the coasting trade—
(hear, hear)—alive to all that depended upon thrir
commerce, and upon the trade that took place from
one port to another within our own seas. He could
not at that moment pretend to tell them how far it
was possible to right the grievances which existed
under the present order of things, but he should be
happy to receive from any of them such infcrina-
,. tion on any of these grievances as they might be

disposed to give—(hear)—and if returned he would
do his best to set those grievances right, or to bring
them under the notice of those in authority. (Hear.)
He entered upon that contest trusting, he hoped
not in vain, to the sympathies of the Liberal
party. The question before them was a per-
fectly simple one, It was this,—Would they
send to the House of Commons a member who
represented the principles of that party which was
supported by their present member, and which was
supported by Mr. Mimes; or would they send a
member to the House of Commons whose vote would
neutralise the vote of the other member, and render
the voice of Pontefract es, in effect,go3d for nothing ?
(Hear.) If they sent one man connected with one
party, and another connected with the other party,
it came to pretty much the same thing as if they
did not send any anybody. (Hear.) If they did
not want to do that, they must take a Liberal
candidate, and if they did not think him fit he hoped
they would get another, and it would give him
very great pleasure to see him elected. (Cheers.)
Sir Edmund said he was ready to answer any ques-
tions which might be put to him, but none being
asked.

Mr. MOOREIOUSE expressed his confidence that
Sir Edmund's principles were in unison with those
of the majority of the electors, and stated that it
would be ungrateful in them to weaken, even by a
single member, that Government which had con-
ferred so distinguished an honour on their late
respected member, Mr. Monckton Miines. (Cheers.)

Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.

The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, ac-
companied by the officials of the department of tt e
Controller of the Navy and engineering work, paid
their annual official visit of inspection to Sheerness
dockyard yesterday. They arrived at the dock-
yard about half-past 11 a.m., in her Majesty's yacht
Enchantress, Master-Commander John E. Petley.
The party consisted of his Grace the Duke of
Somerset, K.G., First Lord ; Vice-A dmiral the
Hon. Sir W. F. Grey, K.C.8., Rear-Admiral C.
Eden, C. 8., Capt. the Hon. Jr. R. Drummond, C. 8.,
and Mr. J. Stansfeld, M.P., Junior Lords ; Rear-
Admiral the hight Hon. Lord Clarence Paget, C. 8.,
M.P., First Secretary ; Rear-Admiral R. S. Robin-
son, Controller of the Navy ; Col. G. T. Greene,
Director of Admiralty Engineering Works ; Mr.
E. T. Reed, Chief Constructor of the Navy ; Capt.
R. Hall, private secretary to the Duke of
Somerset; Sir R. Mayne, and other officials. Their
lordships on landing were met by Vice-Admiral air
George R. Lambert, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief
at the Nore ; Capt. Charles Wise, A.D.C., superin-
tendent of the yard; Capt. W. K. Hall, C. 8., of her
Majesty's ship Cumberland, guardship of the Sheer-
ness steam reserve; Capt. J. Fulford, of her Ma-
jesty's ship Formidable, flagship ; Col. W. R. Ned-
ham, R.A., Garrison Commandant ; Lieut.-Colonel
Talbot, R.A., commanding First Depot Brigade
Royal Artillery; Col. S. Freeth, R.E., commanding
Royal Engineers, and the head officials of the seve-
ral departments connected with the yard. Their
lordships visited first the Capt.-Superintendent's
office, where they were engaged for some time in
the transaction of official business. They pro-
ceeded afterwards to the naval barracks, which
were thoroughly inspected. The screw steam
frigate Arethnsa, 35, recently brought forward in
this yard for the first division of the steam reserve,
was next inspected, and the serviceable appear-
ance of the vessel called forth their Lordships'
warm commendation. Passing onwards to the east
mast•house, a large number of boilers lying in front
of the factory department attracted their notice,
and were duly examined, after which they visited
successively the mast-houses, boiler shop, coal store,
the new well now being constructed by Mr. T. Tilley,
contractor, of Ealing, and the vessels Terrible, 21,
paddle-wheel frigate, 1,850 tons, 500 horse power,
and the Scylla, 21, screw steam corvette, 1,467 tons,
400-horse power. Their Lordships and suite were
then escorted to the official residence of the Capt.-
Superintendent, where they partook of luncheon.
They afterwards inspected the new slaughterhouses
erected by order of the Lordships for the supply of
beef to the navy. Returning thence to the
dockyard, a large modal of the yard as ex-
hibited and explained to them. The inspection con-
cluded with a visit to the Conqueror (late Waterloo)

78, screw steam line-of-battle ship, 2,845 tons, 500
horse power, lying in the harbour. Their lordships
dined at the Admiralty-house with the Commander-
in-Chief, and left Sheerness in the Enchantress at
11 o'clock p.m. for Chatham.

Her Majesty's iron steam storeship Industry,
Master-Commander Edward C. T, Youel, was yes-
terday undocked at Woolwich, after being surveyed
and repaired. On being hauled into the river by
the steam tug Bustler, both her tow-ropes parted,
and the tide making slowly up at the time, she
drifted foul of the flagship Fisgard, and also carried
away the figurehead of the steamer Kite lying at
her moorings, and recently brought home from
Bermuda, condemned. Having sustained some slight
injury, she will be detained for a few days for re-
pairs, after which she will proceed to Deptford to
ship victualling stores for Ascension.

The Dauntless, Capt. Dickson, left her moorings

in the Southampton Water on the 25th ult., for a
cruise, to exercise night and general quarters. She
made her number off Portland, and on Thursday
night returned to her berth off Netley Point.
Mr. Tucker and Mr. Leffey, principal foremen of
shipwrights in Woolwich dockyard, under special
sanction of the Board of Admiralty, have entered
into the service of the Turkish Government for the
term of three years, and will leave Woolwich this
morning, the former for Glasgow and the latter for
the Thames Ironworks, to superintend the construc-
tion of four iron-cased ships of war of heavy burden,
which are already commenced.
The following appointments were made on Thurs•
day at the Admiralty;—Lieut. Albert P. Still and
Lent. James A. Boxer to the Marlborough ; Mal-
colm M'Neile, midshipman, to the Marlborough ;
Alex. M. Gardiner, midshipman, to the Phoebe;
John P. Ripon, naval cadet, to the Phcebe ; Victor
A. Bradshaw, Richard W. Fawkes, and Edward J.
Fellowes, naval cadets, to the Meeanee ; Claude H.
S. Buckle, Fred. T. Deane, and Cecil Wright, naval
cadets, to the Marlborough ; Gr.°. P. W. Freeman,
naval cadet, to the Revenge ; Samuel B. Kemble,
naval cadet, to the Orlando; Wm. Macleod, sur-
geon, to the Russell; Edward Brown, engineer, to
the Asia, for the Albacore; Wm. Herd and John
Davis, assistant engineers, to the Hawke; G. R.
Bissaker, Robert Ditchburn, John Barr, George
Murray, Thomas Scott (B), Josh. Hughes, T. S.
Blyth, F. M. C. Richards, and Thomas J. Richards,
assistant engineers, to the Marlborougb, as super-
numeraries for disposal.

A detAchment oTfFlßEoyAalltAl‘lrYti'llery, consisting of
draughts from the A, B, and C batteries of
Wool
with, and inspected by General Sir R. nacres,
com
manding the garrison. The detachment ccnsisted of
Captain Oldfield, Captain Bazalgette, Lieutepnraenstis.
O'Connor, Smythe, Richmond and Bradnell, five ser-
geants, three farriers, and 247 rank and file. After
the inspection they proceeded to Gravesend and
cuib.o ked on board the troopship flohnesdale, for
Calcutta, totill up vacancies ereattd in the 16th, 19th,
and 22d brigades stationed in the Bengal

doley.
Dtainfr, the past few days a number of riou-no
1 " dav(,
::10°yffieederian of
telegraphicthe noy a loipoorgftni
ocielis.B
at :,,,ae;
rilout-
stations, have arrived at head quarters ,Chatham, in
uheieni:
readiness to proceed with the detach me
of loyal
Engincers about to be dei,prAched to the East for the
~,
purpose of being employed in layini,
down the tele-
graph throughPersiatolndia, The lion-commissioned
officers and men who will Le e,-,-iP '
loyed on this duty