The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-21 00:00:00

THAMES EMBANKMENT.

Notices of intended application to Parliament in the
next session have been given for an act to isicorporate a
company to make an embankment and railway along the
north side of the Thames from Queenhithe-stairs to West-
minster-bridge ; and a branch rail xay from a point op-
posite Whitehall-place to the Westminster Terminus rail-
way, near the Grey-coat Hospital, Westminster. It is
also proposed to construct' a public carriage road and
footways, chiefly on the embankment from Chatham-
place, Blackfriars-bridge, to Whitehall-place. It is in-
tended (if necessary) to enable the London and North-
Western, the Great Western, the London and South-
Western, the London, Dighton, and South Coast, the
West of London and Crystal Palace, and the Western
Terminus railway companies to subscribe to the under-
taking.

LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re-
turn for the week ending Nov. 18, 1854 14,841 7 3
Corresponding week last year 14,286 9 9

Increase in 1454 £554 17 6
LONDON, BRIG HTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.-
Traffic return for the week ending Nov. 18,£11,315 9 10
1854
Corresponding week last year 11,087 8 3
Total of tho half-year to this date, 1854 323,468 18 7
Total of the half-year to this date, 1853 295,298 17 2

THE DECEMBER MAILS FOR AUSTRALIA.—A Liver-
pool correspondent reports, that owing to the Govern-
ment having required the services of the mail steamer
of the 4th proximo, the Postmaster-General has entered
into an arrangement with Messrs. James, Baines, and
Co., owners of the Liverpool Black Ball Line of Aus-
tralian Packets, to despatch their; celebrated clipper,
James Baines, on the 9th proximo, with the mails for
Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Zee. The vessel in ques-
tion is one of the swiftest in the world, having made
her maiden trip from Boston to Liverpool in 12 days.
The James Baines will sail under the command of
Captain C. M‘Donnell (late of the Marco Polo), who
is bound, under a penalty, to deliver the snails in
Melbourne in 65 days, but from his experience of the
ship (it having been built under his superintendence),
he anticipates making the passage in even shorter time.
MAILS FOR SOUTH AMERICA..—The following- notice
was issued from the General Post-office yesterday—viz.
"The South American Steam Navigatien Company not
being prepared to despatch a. steamer to Brazil, the
River Plate, &c., on the 24th instant, the next mails
will be despatched from London on the evening of the
30. h inst., and from Liverpool on the morning of the let
prox. A mail for Rio de Janeiro will be made up at
this office on the evening of the 24th inst. for convey-
ance by H.M.S. Brisk. Letters contained in this mail
will be liable to the packet rate of postage—viz , Is.
w hen not exceeding half an ounce, 2s. alien exceeding
half an ounce and nut exceeding an ounce, and so on.
Newspapers will he conveyed without charge. All let-
ters and newspapers intended to be sent by this vessel
must be addressed 'By H.M.S. Brisk.'"
THE TELEGRAPH.— A correspondent writes : There
is much talk at Berlin about tic arrest of a banker ac-
cused of having corrupted the telegraph clerks. He was
the head ofs.a band who have frequently succeeded in
stealing official despatches. A despatch from Count
Nesselrode to the Russian envoy at Dresden has been
found at the residence of one of the parties inculpated.