The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-09 00:00:00

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.

LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re-
turn for the week ending Nov. 5, 1853 £15,896 9 2
Corresponding week last year 14,077 0 4

Increase in 1853 £1,819 8 10
LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.—
Traffic return for the week ending Nov. 5,
1853 £13,793 6 10
Corresponding week last year 11,572 14 9
Total of the half-year to this date, 1853 281,112 7 5
Total of the half-year to this date, 1852 257,683 17 5
GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WiSTERN RAILWAY.—TraffiO re
;,urn for the week ending Nov. 5, 1853 £ ',657 18 11
Corresponding week last year 4,084 2 7

Increase in 1853

573 16 5

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PLYMOUTH, Nov. 8.
Her Majesty's steam-frigate Terrible, 16, Captain
M'Cleverty, received Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons yes-
terday afternoon, and sailed immediately for the Medi-
terranean.

The Avon steam-tender, Master-Commander A.Vei
arrived on Sunday from Portsmouth.
The screw steam-frigate Imperieuse, 51, Captain R.
B. Wrtson, steamed out of harbour yesterday, with sails
bent and topgallantyards across.
The screw steam-ship Agamemnon, 91, fitting for the
flag of Rear-Admiral Lyons, will go out of harbour to-
morrow, to try her rate of steaming at the newly-mea-
sured mile.
The transport Diligence is preparing to sail, with rig-
ging and spars from this port to Pembroke for the Pique,
which is ordered here preparatory to her being put in
commission.

WOOLWICH, Nov. 8.
APPOINTMENTS.

Clerk William T. Richards (1849), recently clerk of
the Phoenix screw steam-sloop, during her voyage to the
Arctic regions and back to Woolwich, is appointed to
the Neptune, 120, guard-ship of ordinary, at Ports-
mouth.

William Ladd, to be master shipwright at Malta Dock%
yard.
Joseph Large, assistant to the master shipwright at
Sheerness Dockyard since 1849, to be assistant to the
master shipwright at Woolwich Dockyard, vice Henry
Chatfield, promoted to be master shipwright at Deptford
Dockyard.
William R. Robinson, to be assistant to the master
shipwright at Sheerness Dockyard, vice Joseph Large,
to Woolwich.
The Archer screw steam-sloop, Commander James N.
Strange, arrived at Woolwich yesterday afternoon from
Leith, where she was engaged in protecting the Scottish
fisheries, and has commenced shipping in the basin to-
day, preparatory to being paid off.

PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 8.
The Amphion, 34, screw, Captain Astley Key, Pro
tens., received wages Spithead to-day, at the hands of
Rear-Admiral Superintendent Fanshawe.
The Rhadamanthus, store-steamer, Master Com-
mander Below, went into the steam-basin to-day to land
boilers and machinery belonging to the Cvesar, 90.
The Medea, 6, paddle, Commander J. C. Bailey, was
inspected to-day by Rear-Admiral Corry, and her crew
put through the great gun and small-arm exercise, with
target practice, the commander-in-chief having been
engaged in attendance on their Royal Highnesses the
Duke and Duchess of Brabant.
The Fearless; steamer, -Master Commander Bourchier,
left this afternoon for Sheerness.
The emigrant ship, which we reported as having been
afflicted with cholera, has shown a better bill of health
to-day, which may be attributed to the prompt and de-
cisive measures of the active consul, Mr. Vandenburgh,
and the skill and energy of Mr, Piercy, the medical