The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-23 00:00:00

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK.

Miles Recelpth.
opened, NAME OF RAILWAY.
1854. 6 1853. 1.54.
1090 2,010
X 4
72 Aberdeeni.. -BRITISH. -
.......... •... .....
37% Belfast and Ballymena •. • ....... .... 793 763
17 Belfast and County Down • • •• • • • • • • .. 265 259
33 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 2,287 2,512
28% Bolton, Blackburn, and West York •• • • 882 1,028
104% P.ristol and Exeter ...... ..... ...... . 6,850 6,700
189% Caledonian.- ... ...... - ...... 11,100 11,413
142 Edinburgh and Glas,,,,ote ..... ........ 5,453 5,812
434 Chester and .... • • ...... •, 6,u40... 6,u40 6,697
6% Cork, Blackroclt, and Passage ......
238 280
1 401 1,057
.
20 Cork and Bandon .. • • .... .......... 7
56 Dublin and Behest Junction • • • . • -• 1,358 894
118 t ,512
187
8534 Dublin and Drogheda...- 1,a5
. .........
6 Dublin and Kingstown .............. .
16% Dundee and Arbroath ..... - - .... 21 538
31 Dunlee, Perth, and therdeen Junction 610 894
19 Dundalk andEnnlakillen. ..... 189 254
68
81% East Lancashire •• • ....... -•••• • • • • 8,4081 6.370227
417 Eastern Counties and Norfolk .......1
Eastern II a! mi •.--..--•• .. .. - .. 21750, 22,150
78 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee...... 3,075 3,088
6 Exeter and Crediton.. ••..- - - - - 124 112
22 Furness Railway ... .... .......... 630 1,114
171% Glasgow, and South-Western • • .... • . 5,586 ' 6,819
283 Great Northern and E. L........... 18.877 19,849
188 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 7,172 5,447
819% Groat Western •••... . . .. - - ...... 23,915 23,257
25% Irish South Eastern ................ 254 192
90 . Lancaster and Carlisle ... ....-__. 6,685 • 6,383
260 Lancashire and Yorkshire ..... 20,156 21,769
Leeds Northern ...... •• • • • • • ... - .. - -
181 Liverpool, Crosby; and Southport.... 554 548
65334 London and North We5tern......... 55,830 55.083
83% London and Blackwall ... ..... 1,591 1,588
174 London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 15,476 16,919
253% London and South We5tern......... 15,252 14,944
46 Londonderry and Enniskillen ........ 502 559
- Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. - -
167% Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 8,876 8,988
934 Manchester and South Junction...... 701 757
28 Maryport and Carlisle ••••-•• . • •• - - -
498% Midland .....- .................... 28,936 29,156
126 Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... 3,223 3,149
87 Monklands •.••••••••• • - • - • • • • .... 901 1.033
78% Newcastle and Carlisle.. - ........ _ 3,065 3,441
149 North British ............ •• • . ...... 4,881 4,934
- North Staffordshire - .............. - -
47 North-Western ............ __ .. •,, 1,141 1,302
82 Scottish Central --- . • .... .. - _
2,587 2 9 Scottish Midland ......... 58
. ...•
,
29% Shrewsbury and Birmingham ...... - -
45 Shrewsbury and Chester ...... ...... 2,122 2,328
29 S'hropshire Union .................. 749 926
258 Smith Devon ----.•...• . .. .. - .. 2,797 2,483
88% South Eastern- -- - .......... _,„ 20,745 20,264
162 South Wales ...... -- , ......... „ 4,705 4,456
85% South York., Doncaster, and Goole - 1,705 1,776
40 Taff Vale •• --..................... • 3,045 3,579
26 Ulster . .................. _____ 1,203 1,206
75 • Watertbrd and Limerick - .......... - -
25 West Cornwall ...... .............. 661 806
'l2 Whitehaven Junction ... •..••• . • •• - 306 403
682 York and Newcastle, and Berwick &
York and North Midland & Leeds 32,533 34,794
FOREIGN. s.
574 Dutch Rhenish .................. 2,111 Lan
185 Lyons and Mediterranean •••••• •• •• 7,512 8,712
63 Monterean and Troyes .............. 1,169 1,095
•63 Namur and Liege ................... 1,946 1,900
444 Northern of France •• •• •• ••••• • • • •• 32,138 36,044
697 Orleans and Central* ..
240 Paris and Lyons .... •••• - • • ...... 19,021 24,903
84 Paris and Rouen. ...... ••• • • • ...... 10,925 11,027
392 Paris and Strasbnrgh • ... ••• • • • .... 27,073 28,135
59 Rouen and Havre- .. - .. • . 4,726 4,781
132 Western of France •..••• • .. I 7,712 7,746

• The receipts include the traffic ou the Orleans and Central,Or-
Leans and Bordeaux, and Tours and Nantes.

CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAL—SEPT. 22.
—Admission at the doors, 4,889 ; admission by season
tickets, 635 ; total, 5,524.
POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN PRUSSIA AND
ENGLAND.— A letter from Hamburgh, of the 14th inst.,
in Voss's Gazette, says : " M. Schmuckert, Postmaster
General of Prussia, arrived here this morning from Ber-
lin, to confer with a high functionary of the English
Post Office, whom he had appointed to meet here. It
is said that this interview relates to the conclusion of a
new convention between England and Prussia relative
to letters and telegraphic despatches."
ACCIDENT TO AN EXCURSION STEAMER.—NARROW
ESCAPE.—The Satellite steamer, while on her passage
from Bangor to Liverpool on Thursday, broke down in
her machinery, and had to be towed into Liverpool, her
passengers having been previously landed. She had 50
or 60 passengers on board. The Satellite, until recently,
was a Thames River-boat, and has since her arrival here
been engaged in excursion trips.—Liverpool Chrmided
BOILER EXPLOSION AT DUKINFIRLD.—On Thursday
morning a large steam-boiler at the mill of
near
Ashton-under-Lyne, burst aboutfield
Messrs. om-
lins and Bradbury B
, cotton-sp halinners, _
-paf st six o'clock,
rail rTaY
killing the engineer, and destroying
a good deal of
property.
SUICIDE OF A JOCKEY.yesterday morning, at an
aged 21, a jockey and
early hour, John MolYn
committed suicide by
groom, in the service
extensive ale biewer, E r
of the wards of Guy's Hospital.
cutting his throat in
d ointted into the above hospital on
ofa.3,,fer:sxuomila:fidler, the well-known
The deceased was a
the 4th September
re:sulting from injuries he had re-
sustained a compound
f m a spirited horse belonging
being thrown ro
ceived on
which he was galloping on Epsom
to Mr. Chandler,
Although immediate assistance was obtained,
Downs.
' paid to the sufferer, from the nature
attention
and every
t was deemed advisable to send the de-
ceased of the injuries
fracture of the kneei,mnst having
and constant attendance from the
by the next train to Guy's Hospital, where he
received immediate
house surgeon and medical officers. The fracture being
greatly reduced, the deceased for some time went on
favourably, but from the fact that the deceased had been
in the habit of living too freely, it is supposed the in-
juries he had received preyed upon his mind, predis-
posing an attack of delirium tremens. No suspicion was,
however, entertained that the deceased contemplated
suicide, particularly in a crowded room, where nurses
and other officials were constantly passing. The deceased
must 12tve secreted the knife and watched his oppor-
tunity, when all was quiet to commit the fatal act, as on
its discovery by the nurse, and the dresser and the
house surgeon being called in, it was found that the
injuries he had received were of so extensive a character
that be died sheet inuseiPAtelY•