The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-21 00:00:00

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK

716
651

1,3167

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.

THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—Traffic return for
tho week ending July 10, 1853 (283 miles) £36,250 9 11
Corresponding week last year (2234 miles) 10,644 9 6
LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.-7 'raffle re-
turn for the week ending July 17, 1853 ,£20,( )73 9 9
Corresponding week last year lB,j Z-1 7 0
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic :return for
the week ending July 17, 1853 £54246 511
Corresponding week last year 4, 579 12 10

Increase in 1853 £66 6 13 1
CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffic ram m . for the
week ending July 16, 1853 21; 92 15 0
Corresponding week last year li; 31 19 1
WATERFORD AND KILKENNY RAILWAY.—Trai E c return
for the week ending July 16 (29 miles) ET 51 5 1
Corresponding week last year (13 miles) • 1.66 0 7

THE PACIFIC MAILS.— According to the pr usent ar-
rangements of the Australasian and Pacific Stea in-packet
Company, which is about to run powerful ste. liners on
the Pacific, in connection with the Royal Mai a Steam-
packet Company, those steamers will touch at 25 Luckland,
in New Zealand, on their outward voyages, And pass
through Cook's Strait's, touching at Nelson or Vi m
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ton on their homeward voyages.
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held at the last named cit .y on the
13th, 14th, 15th
of widows and' and 16th of September, for th o benefit
named. The orat°rphans of the clergy of the 16 tioceses
delssohn's ~
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jaci)pos selected for this festival a .2. e Men-
tion," and Ilanders ‘a‘nll,(l " Christus," Hayden's.' " Crea-
The principal peformer les4ah"
and "Israel in .k :g,ypt."
vello, Mrs. Weiss engaged are Madame CIS ra No-
Mrs. Locke y • Air
_, 'Madame . Lolce Castellan Miss Dolby, and
doni, Signor Tagliafico, andYliMerr. 'Weiss, Signe r Gar-
grove leads the band, as usual, lr Formes. Mr. I f. Bla-
strumentalists are all the leadin' nd
among the ct ief in-
London concerts. As usual, tile men of the op} ra and
cathedrals have places of honour a
ainiiss of till 3 three
Amott, of Glocester, being conductor e•
M.
the,/ a, Mr„
shend Smith, of Hereford, organist ; and Mr.. 13( Town-
Worcester, pianist. The entire orchestra will col )npe' sof
300 performers. The festival will be held and ellx. reprice
especial patronage of the Queen, the Duke of Be aufort
being the President, and• the following the vice -presi-
dents :—Earl Fitzhardinge, Earl Somers, Lord 3 ,yttel-
ton and the Bishops of Glocester and Bristol, He: reford,
1 and Worcester. The stewards of the festival an 3 Lord
I Leigh, the Mayor of Glocester (Mr. Washboun 1), the
Hon. Ashley Ponsonby, M.P., Sir W. Russell, 2 .fr. R.
N. Kingscote, M.P., Mr. W. P. Price, M.P., 2 'fr. J.
R. Mullings, M.P., Mr. G. IL Bengough, Mr. R. P.
Davies, Mr. W. H. H. Hartley, Mr. C. J. Mond c, Mr.
R. Potter, Mr. J. Ford Sevier, Mr. T. Turner, ar d Mr.
John Waddingham ; Revs. Sir J. H. C. Seymo• ur, H.
A. S. Atwood, F. T. J. Bayley, Dr. Claxson, L. B.
Clutterbuck, T. Evans, Canon Hutchinson, a: ad H.
Barrow 4Y423.5 .

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 21, 1853.