The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-30 00:00:00

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK.

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Miles Opened. Receipts.
. Railways.. - ~..--,.....-.....
1862. 1861. 1862. 1861.
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. X X
Bkllymena and Pert Rukh - , •---, - - _
Belfast and N, Counties . 136 136 , 2,323 2,226
Belfast and County Down: ;49 • -49. • 679 624
Birkd., Lana.? &Ches. Juno -, , - , - -
Blyfh and Tyne 22 ' 22 ' 1,573 1,694
13ruitol and Exeter .1214,, 1251 7,431 7,096
Caledonian 230 £3O 16,874 16,364
Cockermouth•kWorkington 8* 84. 310 215
Cork and Bandon 2O 20 289 337
Corkrßlaokrock, .1z Passage, 6l 61 266 250
Cork and Youghal • 321 274 1,63
253
Cornwall . - 531 631 1,666 1,609
Deeside l7 17 95 434
Dublin& Belfast Junction.. 63 63 1,404 1,421
Dublin and Drogheda 63 63 1.930 1,929
Dub. &Wicklow(in.Kingst ) 484 484 2,726 2,825
Dundalk and Enniskillen - -
Dundee and Arbroath l7l 171 - -
Dunden,Perth,& Aber. Jun.. 31 . 31 . 1,217 1,241
East Anglian - - -
Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.lJnion 646 616 29,617 28,990
Edinburgh and alasgow
Edinburgh, Perth,& Dundee - - -
Forth & Clyde Junction
Furness 5O 5'.) 2,424 2,248
Glasgow & South-Western 198 198 9,189 8,907
Great Northern 330 330 32,291 27,674
Great North of Scotland
qt.Southn. & Westn.(lrind ) 329 329 8,810 8,915
Great Westcrn 9781 9431 67,141 59,851
Inverness & Aberdeen Juno 73. 55 1,264 1,143
Irish South-Eastern 251 251 196 197
Lancashire & Yorkshire 3951 3951 37,735 44,201
Leominster and Kington
Limerick and Ennis.
Limerick and Foynes 2 2 132 134
Llanelly 4 777 570
London & North-Western
London and Blackwell 5l 2,247 1,847
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2411 231 24,605 24,353
London, Chatham, I
& Dover 721 721 7,097 2,602
Lond., Tilbury, & Southend 421 421 2,482 2,474
Blan.,Sheffield, & Lincolnsh 236 236 14,735 15,115
Manch. S.Jun.& Altrinchami 91 91 1,262 1,311
Maryport and Carlisle I 28 28 1,211 1,206
Midland (incl. N.-Western) 621 614* 45,842 42,299
Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 192 192* 4,233 4,149
Monkland 72 56 1,%25 1,510
Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,555 2,203
Newcastle and Carlisle 7Bl 784 - -
North British (incl. Selkirk
and Galashiels)
- North Devon 35 35 -
N-Eastern(Bedale.SzLeybrn) 8784 867* 48,102 46,015.
North London 9
„..9 3,169 2,644
North Staffordshire 246 246 6,315 7,638
Oswestry and Newton...- l2 42. 1,200 696
Rhymney l9l 191 1,015 672
St. Helen's Canal & Railway 52 52 1,982 1,842
Scottish Central
Scottish North-Eastern l32k 1321 5,567 5 560
Shrewsbury & Birmingham - - ,
- -
Shrewsbury and Chester - -
Shrewsbury & Hereford
Shropshire 'Union 291 291 900 914
South Devon .. 751 754 4,125 4,103
South-Eastern
South Wales l7l/ 1711 - -
S. Yorkshire and River Dun 118 118 - -
Stockton and Darlington
Taff Vale 5l 54 5,806 4,895
Ulster 5l 51 1,801 1,817
Ulverstone and Lancaster - -
Vale of Clwyd.
Vale of Neath 35 88 1,i46 1,961
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 401 407
Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,131 1,346
West Cornwall 274 274 1,009 946
W. HartlepoolHarbr.&RaiL 39 39 4,102 4,905
West Midland. - -
_
W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt 7 7 478 380
Whitehaven Junction l2 12 690 6ul
Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 659 626
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL
Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 1,654 1,559
Austrian B2B 673 36,126 40,169
Belgian Eastern Junction 261 26* 313 252
Buffalo and Lake Huron
Detroit and Milwaukie lB5 185 3,357 2,171
Dutch Rhenish lOB4 1084 5,644 5,430
Eastern of France. ..... ..• • 1032 1032 54,212 57,006
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada 1090 1090 12,335 11,717
Great Indian Peninsula... • 4374 3504 5,212 3,758
Great Luxembourg 134 128 4,611 3,586
Great Western of Canada 345 345 7,886 5,767
Lyons and Geneva 142 142 7,107 6,570
Madrid, Saragossa.tAlicant 301 284 17,181 13,581
Northern of Canada ...... • • 94 94 1,870 1,985
northern of France 7Ol 623 57,223 51,356
Norwegian Trunk 44 44 1,526 1,606
Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 879 879 98,175 92,475
Paris and Orleans 922 922 55,896 58,944
Pernambuco .. 60 - 666 -
Royal Danish 69 69 791 788
Sambre and Meuse 6B 68 1,461 1,269
South Austrian
Southern of France ....
Welland..
West Flanders •• 75 75 1,184 1,129
IW. and N.W. of France.... 750 750 46,103 49,079

THE THAMES EMBANKMENT.—A commencement
has been made with this important undertaking. On Wed-
nesday and Thursday last several barges were moored in
the river, immediately opposite the newly erected mansion
of the Duke of Buccleuch, and gangs of labourers have
since been busily employed in driving piles into the bed of
the river. It is said to be the intention to bring into opera.
tion the steam windlass for working the " monkey," or pile
driving machine, by which a great saving is effected, both
in time and manual labour. These windlasses may be seen
daily at work in driving the piles at the works of the new
railway bridge now erecting on the eastern side of Black-
friars-bridge.

How THE STEAMER HERO GOT INTO CHARLES-
To.N.—The steamer Hero arrived at Charleston Bar at two
o'clock on the morning of the 25th of July. The Hero was
drawing 1211 feet of water, having a heavy cargo on board,
and was unable to cross the bar at that time, there not be-
ing a sufficient depth of water. The engines were ordered
to bo eased, but she touched the bar slightly without sus-
taining any damage. The boats were then lowered, when
the passengers, with their baggage? and most of the crew,
left the ship. The captain, chief engineer, and some of the
crew, however, remained with her. In about an hour the
chip floated, after having thrown overboard about 40 tons
of coal and sulphuric acid. The Hero then proceeded up
the river, running through the blockading fleet, and
arrived safely at Charleston, The crew in the Mall boat.
observing the steamer afloat, pulled for her, and were towed
safely into port. The chief engineer, Mr. Miller, a native
of Glasgow, we regret to learn, died of congestion of the
brain at Charleston two days after, and was buried there.
The Hero is expected (if successful in running the blockade)
with a cargo of cotton at some English port shortly. The
above information was supplied to us by a passenger by
the steamer Australasian, who left Charleston on the 30th
of July.