The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-07 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK.

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The traffic receipts of railways in the Utited
Kingdom amounted for the week ending 28th Feb-
ruary, on 10,611 miles, to £500,803, and for the
corresponding week of last year, on 10,217 miles, to
£464,805, si,owing au increase of 394 miles, and of
£35,998 in the receipts. The gross receipts on the
following 14 railways amounted in the
.aggregate,
on 7,268 miles, to £388,423 ; and for the corre-
sponding week of 1862, on 7,032 miles, to £364,200,
showing an increase of 236 miles, and of £24,214
in the receipts. The increase on the Caledonian
amounted to £553; on the Great Eastern t0£1595;
on the Great Northern to £3,319 ; on the Great
Western to £1,778; on the Lancashire and York-
shire to £1,220 ; on the London and North-Western
to £5,813 ' • on the London Brighton, and, and South
Coast to £1,392 ; on the London and South-Western
to £3,027 ; on the Manchester! Sheffield, and Lin-
colnshire to £1,541 ; on the Midland to £2.161; on
the North British t0£991 ; on the North-Eastern to
£2,010; and on the South-Eastern to £912; total,
£24,315. But from this must be deducted £lOl,
the decrease on the Great Southern and Western,
leaving the increase, as above, £24,214. The goods
and mineral traffic on those lines amounted to
£226,556, and for the corresponding week of 1862
to £208,551, showing an increase of £18,005. The
receipts for passengers. parcels, &c, amounted to
£161,867, against £155,658, showing an increase of
£6,209. The traffic receipts on 65 other lines
amounted, on £3,343 miles, to £112,380, anal for
the corresponding week of last year, on 3,185 miles,
to £100,596, showing an increase of 158 miles, and
of 111,784 in the receipts. The total receipts of
the past week show an increase of £8,021. as com-
pared with those of the preceding week, ending the
21st of February.

Miles Opened. Receipts.

Railways.

1863. 1862.
£ X
Belfast and N. Counties 136 136 1,826 1,800
Belfast and County Down 49 49 665 538
Blyth and Tyne 2B 28 1,640 1,572
Bristol and Exeter 1214 107 5,437 5,363
Caledonian
Cockermouth & Workington 8,4 81 262 191
Cork and Bandon 2O 20 317 302
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 64 64 162 196
Cork and Youghal • • 324 27 309 221
Cornwall 53/ 531 1,125 1,075
Deeside l7 17 234 224
Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 1,234 1,306
Dublin and Drogheda 63 63 1,425 1,584
Dub. & Wicklow and We'd d 484
31 481 1,555 1,184
Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l 1,065 1,1.5
Edinburgh and Glasgow 1694 . 1694 6,534 6.382
Forth & Clyde Junction 3O 30 203 204
Furness, Ac 5O 50 2,796 2,170
Glasgow & South-Western - 198 198 8,012 7,119
Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E.Union- 644 614 26,258 24,663
Great Northern 330 330 28,840 2'4,621
Great North of Scotland 5B 68 1,811 1.647
ii t. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7l/ 711 426 304
qt.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 329 329 6,846 6.947
Great. Western 992 9641 51,426 49.648
Inverness & Aberdeen June 734 739 966 ,91
Irish North-Western .
Irish South-Eastern 251 251 231 201
Lancashire & Yorkshire 395i 3951 31,080 29,860
' Limerick and Ennis... 2l 244 176 152
Limerick and Foynes 2 264 89 120
Llanelly 4 462 501 540
London & North-Western
51 5/ 1,630 1,320
London and Blackwall
London & South-Western
14,022 12,030
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2474 2411
London, Clnatham & Dover 724 72i 2,779 1,511
Lond., Tilbury, & Southend
Man.,Shet6eld, & Lincolnsh
Manch. S.J un.& Altrincham 94 gi 3,03 1,030
Maryport and Carlisle
Metropolitan 3l - 2,166 -
Midland (incl. N.-Western)„ 630 6141 38,064 35,903
Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind.
Monkland 74 714 1,531 1,579
Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,404 2,264
North British, Edin., Perth
and Dundee
N-Eastern and New. & Car 8944
4.
North London 9
North Staffordshire ...
•••• . • • 254
Oswestry and Newton
Rhymney •
• 191
St. Helen's Canal. & Railway, 524
Scottish Central .. . ...
Scottish North-Eastern....-
.... • . 132
Somerset and D0r5et.,,.,,... 391
South Devon
South-Eastern ... .• .. - ..... 306
Stockton and Darlington ....; 185
Taff Vale 5l
Ulster 5l
Vale of Clwyd.
Vale of Neath 251
Waterford and Kilkenny,
Waterford and Limerick
West Cornwall 271
W.HartlepoolHarbr.&RaiL
W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt 7
Whitehaven Junction l2
Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35

1863. 1862.

345#
8673/4
9
252

10,883 9,889
38,054 36,044
3,043 2,626
7,816 7,201
899 538
86S 651
2,075 1,911
3,075 3,002
4,586 4,578

132
39&
754
306
161

i5O 227
2.865 2,768
16,137 15,225
9,678 7,959
5,805 4,875
1,798 1,904
130 139
2,031 2,161
335 345
1,284 1993
715 681
3,923 4,017
623 391
843 682
792 579

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Antwerp and Rotterdam 52

1,035 927
20,201 29,447

kiiitAriaif
Belgian Eastern Junction 26}
Buffalo and Lake Huron l6l}
Detroit and Milwaukie lB5
Dutch Rhenish lOBl
Eastern of France.
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada lOO
Great Indian Peninsula 495
Great Luxembourg l3l
Great Western of Canp.da 345
Madrid, Saragossa &Alioant O9
Northern of Canada ... .....
Northern of France 7Ol
Norwegian Trunk
Ottoman ..
Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 1491
Paris and Orleans 1340

241 246
2,537 2,9 6
3,437 2,099
2,660 2,536
41,5 ,5 47,415
16,206 11,224
18,534 17,674
8,162 5,499
4,,53 3,512
13,985 11,381
15,911 12,203
1,671 1,132
47,174 48,196
860 814
212 207
117,319 107,965
57,584 51,524

Pernambuco 771

1364
120}

Royal iTanish 69 0
Sambre and Muse 6B 68
South Austrian
Southern of France 777 777
Welland.. ••.. 25 25
West Flanders ..... 75 75
W. and N.W. of France 758 758

iii 478
1,408 1,341
53,767 5 1,5!9
22,18 22,727

GREAT WESTERN.

956 917
38,478 33,981

The adjourned hall •yearly meeting of this com-
pany will be held on Friday next for the purpose
of receiving the report of the committee of share-
holders appointed on the 13th of February, under
the following resolutions passed at the general
meeting of the Great Western Railway proprietors,
held on the 13th of February. 1863, viz. :-
1. That the Great Western Railway Company requires
rest ; and that no further extensions, amalgamations, leases,
subscriptions, or guarantees be undertaken, such policy
having proved injurious to the original shareholders.
2. That the East Glocester Railway be aband med.
3 That the clause in the Amalgamation Bill providing
for the continuance in office of the directors be altered, tc
give an opportunity of reconstructing the Board by an early
election of the members representing the Great Western
Railway.
4. That a committee be appointed to confer with the
directors as to the mode of carrying out the foregoing reso-
and that the meeting be adjourned, at the close of
the business of the day, to the 13th of March, for the pur-
pose of receiving a report on those subjects.
5. That the said committee do consist of Sir William
M.P., Benjamin Lancaster, Esq., Thomas C, Brown,
Esq., Thomas Adams, Esq,, R. W. Giles, Esq., John.
Mortimer,
and Richard Withers, Esq.
t Esq.,
The following is the report
" Your committee have had several conferences with the