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repairs were made before she left the island. She
is at present in a very leaky condition, nd will
probably proceed at once to Portsmouth, where her
crew will be paid off and she will be repaired. She
was put in commission at Plymouth, July 17th
1857, and has been employed two years in India,
and two years at New Zealand, during the war
with the natives. Since then she was stationed at
Sydney.
The construction of the new experimental ship,
the Research, at Pembroke Dockyard, is to be
pushed on as rapidly as possible. Additional hands
have been placed on the work, and others will be so
when the vessel is far enough advanced for the pur-
pose. The Research is the second of the three ex-
perimental vessels now building from the designs of
Mr. E. J. Reid. She is about 1,200 tons burden,
yet with this large tonnage it is intended that her
armament shall be four guns only, of the heaviest
description, however,—viz., 110-pounders. This
fine vessel will be rigged for ocean service, and will
be iron-cased with 49-inch plates. With this heavy
armour, however, it is calculated, from her peculiar
build, that her draught of water will be less than
with wooden vessels of the same class.
By the promotion of Capt. George Ramsay, C. 8.,
to the rank of Rear-Admiral, a captain's good ser-
vice pension is placed at the disposal of the First
Lord of the Admiralty.
The Duke of Somerset returned-to his official re-
sidence yesterday from visiting the Right Hon.
the Speaker of the House of Commons, at the
Ossington-park, Notts. Capt. Alfred P. Ryder has
entered on his duty as private secretary to his
Grace.

The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. James Buchanan
to the Geyser ; and James Redgrave, acting second-
class assist. engineer, to the Dromedary.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK.

The traffic receipts of railways in the United Kingdom
amounted for the waek ending the 22d of November, on
10,499 miles, to £518,067, and for the corresponding week
of last year, on 10,186 miles, to £499,972, showing an increase
of 313 miles, and of £18,095 in the receipts. The gross re-
ceipts on the following 14 railways amounted in the aggre-
gate on 7,221 miles, to £405,127 ; and for the correspond-
ing week of 1861, on 7,006 miles, to £392,901, showing an
increase of 215 miles, and of £12,226 in the receipts. The
increase on the Caledonian amounted to £1,170; on the
Great Eastern to £94 ; on the Great Northern to £273;
on the Great Western to £1,993; on the Lancashire and
Yorkshire to £5l ; on the London and North-Western to
£3,273 ; on the London, Brighton, and South Coast to
£1,236 ; on the London and South-Western to £2,726 ; on
the North British to £405; on the North-Eastern to
£1,006; and on the South-Eastern to £1,410; total,
£13,637. But from this must be deducted £669, the de-
crease on the Great Southern and Western; £648
on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire; and
£94 on the Midland ; together £1,411, leaving the in-
crease, as above, £12,226. The goods and mineral traffic on
those lines amounted to £239,597, and for the correspond-
ing week of 1861 to £230,870, showing an increase of
£8,727. The receipts for passengers, parcels, &c., amounted
to £165,530, against £162,031, showing an increase of £3,499.
The traffic receipts on 64 other lines amounted, on 3,279
miles, to £112,940, and for the corresponding week of last
year, on 3,180 miles, to £107,071, showing an increase of
99 miles, and of £5,869 in the receipts. The passenger
traffic on the principal lines shows a falling off of £6,560 as
compared with the preceding week. The total receipts of
the past week show a decrease of £4,553 as compared with
those of the preceding week, ending the 15th inst.

Miles Opened. Receipts.

Railways.

1862. 1861. - 1862. 1861.

X £
Belfast and N, Counties 136 136 2,007 1,867
Belfast and County Down 49 49 6u7 563
Blyth and Tyne 22 22 1,263 1,614
Bristol and Exeter l2ll 167 5,375 5,629
Caledonian 230 £3O 16,173 15,0C3
Cockermouth& Workin,gton B4 81 308 3 5
Cork and Bandon 2O 20 359 309
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l 61 173 17
Cork and Youghal .. ...... 324 27 306 213
Cornwall 534 531 1,133 1,010
Deeside l7 17 266 284
Dublin & Belfast Junction.-
Dublin and Drogheda 63 63 1,532 1,659
Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd 4Bl 481 1,574 1,426
Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l 31 1,121 1,118
Edinburgh and (Alas ow 1691 1691 7,328 7,693
Forth & Clyde Junction
Furness, &c 5O 5) 2,655 2,327
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E. Union
Great Northern 330 330 28,187 27,914
Great North of Scotland 5B 58 1,828 1,803
Gt. Northn. & Westn. (Ira) 57 451 397 317
rit.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 329 329 7,619 8,•.'88
Great Western 992 9611 52,484 50,491
Inverness & Aberdeen Juno 731 731 1,011 847
"It IlkvtLeirtrailasettegin
145 130 1,804 1.767
24 226
Lancasnue & I orksnire 39 595 311468 31,418
Limerick and Ennis
Limerick and Foynes 2 2 158 200
Llanelly 4 4 511 489
London & North-Western
London and Blackwall sf 54 1,616 1,371
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 24l* 2414 16,057 14,-21
London, Chatham, & Dover 721 724 2,095 1,592
Loud., Tilbury, & Southend -
Illan.,Shefileld, & Lincolnsh
Manch. S.Jun.& A ltrincham
Maryport and Carlisle
Midland (incl. N.-Western) 630 61 38,716 38,810
Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 1921 1921 4,128 4,022
Monkland 7ll 71 1,559 1,562
Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,502 2,567
North British, Edin., Perth
and Dundee
N-Eastern and New. & Car._ 894
North London 9
North Staffordshire 248
Oswestry and Newton l2
hymney l9
1
St. Helen's Canal& Railway 52
Scottish Central . 5O
Scottish North-Eastern 132
Shropshire Union.-
Somerset and Dorset 394
South Devon ..... .....
South-Eastern.
Stockton and Darlington
Taff Vale ...........
Ulster 5l

345 k
8671
9
246

10,701 10,226
41,156 40,150
3,152 2,723
7,669 6,923
855 613

915 759
2,085 1,981
3,231 3,409
5,565 5,028
1,000 1,020
376 -

132
291

75i
806
161

2,928 2,845
18,181 16,771
1r,410 9,046
5,296 5,154
1,667 1,854

Vale of Clwyd.. . 10
Vale of Neath 251
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l
Waterford and Limerick 77
West Cornwall 27-3/4
W.llartlepoolliarbr.&ltail 39
W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt 7
Whitehaven Junction l2
Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35

.130 118
2,064 1,704

412 338
11,303 1,489

752 731
3.742 4,421
570 406
800 680
749 635

1,153 1,240
40,090 53,372

26} 323 324
1611 2,377 2,351
S 5 5,061 5,063
.08l 3,884 4,034
60 52,469 54,209
571 8,730 8,730
,90 20,450 20,129
501 4,799 3,987
.28 4,418 3,851
45 14,269 10,563
:35 15,894 12,810
94 1,831 1,525
SO 58,60 56,049
44 893 948

315 225
138,172 140,785
00,578 58,126

623 525
1,567 1,354

1234
777

26,468 26,382
385 435
851 829
38,399 45,616