The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-31 00:00:00

RAILWAY BILLS

Yesterday the bill of the Birkenhetd, Flintshire, and
Holyhead Railway was thrown out. The are of the Merthyr,
Tredegar, and Abergavenny, to authorie a lease of the line
to the London and North Western aid Shrewsbury and
Hereford, or either of them, was openel and evidence ad-
duced. The North-Eastern Companys opposition to the
Hull extension of the Lancashire and Torkshire was com-
menced. The Lords passed the bill of he Launceston and
South Devon, but that of the Midlant Company's exten-
sion between Rowsley and Buxton s adjourned until
Monday.
THE THAMES EMBANKMENT.—Yegirday, on the reas-
sembling of this committee, the Hon. Mr. Cowper in the
chair, after hearing Mr. Sergt. Wranglam and Mr. Burke
for the bill, Mr. Phinn. Q C., for the Metropolitan Board
of Works, and Mr. Hope Scott fur the City Gas Company,
the committee decided on giving two arcies of the embank-
ment, with a headway of Bft., in front of the company's
gasworks, instead of a headway of 4ft., as proposed by the
Metropolitan Board of Works. Mr. Segt. Wrangham was
then heard at considerable length on belalf of the promoters
of the measure, and said that in order togive due legal effect
to the decision of the committee at then preceding sitting,
he had to propose that, with a view tr afford time for the
further consideration of the best means of relieving the
thoroughfares of the metropolis in connexion with the em-
bankment, it should not be lam ful for he Commissioners
under the powers of the Act, or withou' the further sanc-
tion of Parliament, to lay down any reel way over that part
of the proposed embankment situate letween Whitehall
Stairs and Westminster•bridge, and tint nothing therein-
before contained should prevent the dedcation of the last
mentioned portion of the embankment t 9 such public pur-
poses as Parliament might deem expediert. The promoters
had had no opportunity of dealing wit this part of the
subject, as developed in Mr. Penneth,rne's plan, and it
would leave the question open for fu:Lher consideration.
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TRAFFIC RECEI/TS.
The traffic receipts of railways in he United Kingdom
amounted for the week ending the 24th of May, on
10,191 miles, to £526,137, and for the corresponding week
of last year, on 9,936 miles, to 1583,11 E, showing an increase
of £255 miles, and a decrease of £56,981 in thereceipts, The
gross receipts on the following 14 railvays amounted in the
aggregate, on 6,629 miles, to £402,29T; and for the corre-
sponding week of 1861, on 6,483 mile 3, to £454,521, show-
ing an increase of 146 miles, and a decrease of £52,224 in
the receipts. The decrease on the Caledonian Railway
amounted to £613, on the Eastern Conaties to £2,312, on
the Great Western to £2,874, on the Lancashire and York-
shire to £21,466, on the London and North Western to
£4,872, on the London, Brighton, and South Coast to
£3,677, on the London and South Western to £333, on the
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire to £5,541, on the
Midland to £5,860, on the North Eastern to £4,821, and on
the South Eastern to £1,646—total, £64,015, But from this
must be deducted £741, the increase on the Great Northern,
£907 on the Great Southern and Western, and £143 on the
North British—together, £1,791, leaving the decrease, as
above, £52,224. The goods and mineral traffic on those
lines amounted to £202,401, and for the corresponding week
of 1861 to £203,996, showing a decrease of £1,595. The
receipts for passengers, parcels, &c., amounted to £199,896,
against £250,525, showing a decrease of £50,629. The
traffic receipts on 66 other lines amounted, on 3,562 miles,
to £123,840, and for the corresponding week of last year,
on 3,453 miles, to £128,597, showin; an increase of 109
miles, and a decrease of £4,757 in the receipts, The great
falling off in the traffic of the past week as compared with
the corresponding period of 1861 arises from the depression
of trade in the manufacturing districts, but chiefly from the
comparison being made with Whit-week in 1861, as shown
in the passenger traffic. The traffic receipts of the past
week show a decrease of £1,233, as compared with those of
the preceding week ending the 17th inst.