The Sun.
London, England, 1865-11-06 00:00:00

Railway Traffic Returns for the Week,

Miles Opened. Receipts.
Rafters..- --- ..---.----... ------,------"-- -
- --1. 1865. 1864. 1865 1861
£ z
Belfast and N. Counties 931 991 2,200 1.812
Belfast and County Down
Blyth and Tyne . 28 28 2,302 '4023
Brecon and Merthyr ........ 61 61 1,063 1, 60
Bristol and Exeter l2lk 1211 6,5t1i 6,45'l
Caledonian, Scottish Central 403 408 27,599 25,768
Cambrian
Cocxermouth K & Penrlth .. 34 192
Cockermouth and Workin
_ __ ___

Cork and Bandon 2O 20,

402 372

Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 61 t A 378 141
Cork and Youghal
Cornwall 654 65A 1,628 1.525

Deeside l7

Do Extension
Dublin & Ikeif astJ unction.... 63 63 2,429 1,435
Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 2,061 1.706
Dublin and Meath
Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd lO6 Olk 2,999 2,1 4
Forth and Clyde Junction
Furness, (to 5O 5 ) 3,519 3,0.6
Glasgow & South-Western.
Gt. Eas tern,Nrfk.,&E. Union
Great Northern 404 365 39,189 ;37,295
Great North of Scotland 5B 53 1,393 1,4 , t
Do Branches 42 4! 1,061 90
Gt. Northn. & Westn.(lrel.) 7ll 711 603 523
7t.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 3B7f 3874 10,431 7,591
Great Western l2BO 1255 69,613 68.318
Hull lk Hornsea
Highland ... 246 246 3,603 3,124
Irish North-Western 145 145 2,010 1,743
Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 403 37,970 33.808
Limerick and Ennis.
Limerick and Foynes 26} 26f 136 130
Llanelly 46f 464 671 713
Llynvi Valley
London & North-Western
London and Blackwall 54 54 1,819 1,777
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 29l} 2674 20,452 18,648
London, ,Chatham, & Dover; c 134 121 1 8,637 7,915
all Metropolitan Extension 'l2 11} i 1,800 1,350
Do. Kent Coast
Lon., Tilbury, & Southend
Nlan.,Shetlield,& Lincolnsh
Manch. S.Jun.& Altrincham 9} 9} 1,311 1,302
Maryport and Carlisle
Metropolitan 34 Ilf 2,557 2,31.5
Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6774 651} 48,593 47,763
Midland Gt. Westn. of hind 2601 260} 5,197 4,545
llonmouthsh. Rail.. ;c Canal 44 44 2,144 2,739
North British, Edin., Perth

and Dundee ,
N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 12064 11601 68,428 63 978
North London 9 9 3,414 2,993
North Staffordshire 258 258 8,391 8.383
Pembroke and Tenby - ll4 114 115 70
Rhymney l9/ 191 0,153 1,032
Scottish North-Eastern l3B 138 6,434 6,917
Somerset and Dorset 66 66 1,006 881
South Devon ,..... 98 794 4. -36 3,756
South-Eastern 315 303 22.796 22.259
Taff Vale 6l 61 5,892 e,087
Ulster
Vale of Clwyd
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 329 ,76
Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,871 1,751
W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt lO 10 650 587
Whitehaven Junction l3 13 1,063 982
910 853
Li u.
828
. .
Whitehaven&FOßElGN DI4
828 44,128 16,256
Austrian 761 764 360 379
Bahia and San Francisco
'Cu or nwe sz
:
264 264 366 403
Belgian Eastern .1 unction
3,433 1,616
189 189 9,833
5,717
Detroit and Milwaukie
1084 11'81 0,761 t,,196
Bombay, Baroda, & ('en. India 306 1851
Dutch Rhenish
rn 01 Erance , . 1176 1428. 77,397 71'293
Easte
.. 110 110 1,572 1.607
Eastern Bengal
1126 11054 25,911 19,717
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 1335 :31.196 21.676
Great Central of Belgium 285 261 7,493 6,366
Great Indian Peninsula 590 553 11,140 9,154
Great Luxembourg 134 134 5,560 4.913
Great Southern of India
Great Western of Canada 31.5 3t5 17,563932 12,5113°
Madras
Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant tB / 650 17,681 18,631
Northern of France....,...,, 728 728°1
582:81
Northern of Canada ... .....
6743
614,47L1
Norwegian Trunk
Ottoman .. ..... .. -
Paris, Lyons, & Alediterrn 1967 1781 156,540 151,174
Paris and Orleans 1616 1611 77,978 72.966
Recife and San Francisco, &c 774 774 721 512
a:1 Sede.. . 105 105 1, 79 1,716
Do. Punjab, &a 253 45 1,294 49
South Austrian, &o .. . 1651 1527 64.9 ,2 65,830
Southern of France 523 770 29,563 21,666
Victoria
Welland.
West & N-Wn. of France

THE GREAT SUNKEN LAKE IN OREGON.—
Several of our citizens returned last week from a visit to
the Great sunken Lake, situated in the Cascade Mountains,
about 75 miles north-east from Jacksonville. This lake
rivals the famous valley of Sinbad the sailor. It is thought
to average 2000 feet down in the water all round. The
walls are almost perpendicular, running down into the
water and leaving no beach. The depth of the water is
unknown, and its surface is smooth and unruffled, as it
lies so far below the surface of the mountain that the air
currents do not affect it. Its length is estimated at 12
miles, and its width at 10. There is an island in its centre,
having trees upon it. No living man ever has, and prob-
ably never will, be able to reach the water's edge. It lie's
silent, still, and mysterious in the bosom of the " ever-
lasting hills," like a huge well scooped out by the hands
of the giant genii of the mountains, in the unknown ages
gone by, and around it the primeval forest watch and ward
are keeping. Tho visiting party fired a rifle several times
into the water, at an angle of 45 degrees, and were able to
note several seconds of time from the report of the gun
until the ball struck the water. Such seems incredible,
but is vouched for by some of our most reliable citizens.
The lake is certainly a most remarkable curiosity.—
Jacksonville Sentinel.