The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-17 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL, DEC. 16.

The Sirius, from Nova Scotia for this port, has put into
Beaumaris, short of provisions.
The Margaret, from Quebec, and the John Rutledge,
from New York, for this port, have put into Crookhaven.
Tho Camertonian and Richard Battersby, hence, at Cal-
cutta.

COWES, Dec. 15::-The Nacleschaa, for Antwerp, has put
back, and been towed into, the harbour, reported to be
leaky.—The Eothen, which sailed from Hong Kong for
Valparaiso on April 17, arrived at the latter port on Oct.
31.—The vessel reported Dec. 12 is on shore on the Maplin
Sand, and assisted off, after throwing part of her cargo of
gas-pipes, &c., overboard, is the Hero Wetherall, from
Gateshead, which has since arrived in the river.
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 6.—The Norden (schooner), of Wisby,
from England, was stranded in Saliema Sound in the night
of November 26, and it is feared will become a wreck.
ANTIGUA, Nov. 23.—The Ouzel Caney, of Dublin, from
Demerara to Queenstown, put into English Harbour Nov.
14, making water, having struck the ground in the Esse-
quibo River, and part of crew refusing to do duty.
TONNING, Dec. 10.—Tho report of a vessel named the
Albe, from Stockholm to Chili, having been lost off the
Eider, was a fabrication.

HARTLEPOOL, Dec. 15:—Several colliers, light and laden,
put in here this afternoon during a strong breeze from the
eastward, with a very high sea, some of the laden vessels
striking heavily on the bar. A Danish, a French, and an
English brig are on shore to the southward, the two last
laden.

MONTEGO BAY (Jamaica), Nov. 24.—The Fawn, from
Halifax, N.S., was driven on shore in this bay during a
heavy swell, Nov. 23, and will be a total loss, as she now
lies on the reef near the shore, with the waves rolling over
her.

ANTWERP, Dec. 14. The Emilie, Bordeaux to this
port, put into Quimper, Dec. 11, leaky, and was dis-
charging. _

Polio PLATA, Nov. 6.—A vessel, supposed to be a
barque, bottom upwards, sheathed with Muntz metal, and
laden with white pine timber, &c., has been fallen in with
off Maynron Bay—a hole cut in her, and her cargo is
landing.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.

The Alvens, of Bristol, Dec 11

The Louise (brigantine), of Riga, Dec. 12.
An American ship, showing red flag, with "H. Queen"
on it, also a swallow-tailed flag quartered red and yellow,
and blue cross, the same day.
The William Ed ward (brig), from London to Rio
Janeiro, Oct. 1, lat. 16 S. long. 32 W.
The Chanticleer, (brig), from London to the Mediter-
ranean, Nov. 26, lat. 44, N., long. 42 W.
The Sorper, from Liverpool, bouid west, Dec. 2, lat. 49
N., long. 10 W.
The Eximonia, from London to Port Phillip, lat. 39 S.,
long. 24 E.
The Robert C. Shaw, from London to the Indies, lat. 27
S., long. 73 E.
The Allerton, from the Clyde to Melbourne, lat. 16 N.,
long. 27 W.

A brig, out 100 days from the Clyde to-San Francisco;
Sept. 7, lat. 56 S., long. 76 W.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR TUE PAST WEEK.

Miles •
opened, NAME OF RAILWAY Receipts
1853.
-- ---• - 1852 18i54.
ORITISFI. --- -
72 Aberdeen -- - .... --• . • - 41.5 0 1,815
37% Belfast and Ballymena ..... •.. - - 593 705
17 Belfast and County Down.... -•• •• 192 212
33 Birkenhead, Lancashire, And Cheshire 1,357 1,621
~- Bolton, Blackburn, and West York .• ..- -
.55% Bristol and Exeter ........„....., 3,807 4,621
189% Ca1ed0nian......... .... .......... I 13,462 14,030
89% Edinburgh and Glasgow ...........
9 '''s Chester and Holyhead..... .......... 3,120 3,538
~,6% Cork, Blackrock, and Passage .. .... 131 152
A). , Cork and Bandon . .... ... ...... . 142 239
s'; Dublin and Behest Junction ...... . . B7O 8.,2
6 % Dublin and Droitheda. .... ..- - . 1,00 ; 1,04 i
6 Itahlin and I:Solstown .... .. .. .. - .. 551 615
16% Iturviee avid Arbroath .... - - ..... 49 • 436
81 Dundee, "erth, and Aberdeen Junction , 754 -
19 Dundalk and Enniskillen • ........... 156 173
68 East Anglian... - • • .............. r 26 805
~8135 East Lancashire .......... „ ...... , 4,263 4 199
322 Eastern Counties and Norfolk .. - .... 14,402 1",4 2
95 EastertfUninn.........; .. „ ...... 2, ;24 2, 21
73 Eiinburgh, Pei 11, end Dunclee...... 2,3,9 2,504
6 Exeter and Crediton - ......- - - •• 93 115
19 Furness Railway •••••..•• - •• .. •• 413 J 407
171% (Maslow, and South-Western •• • ... - 3.873 4,510
283 Great Northern end E. L.••........ 13,750 16,750
188 Great Southe •n and Western (Ireland) 4,445 4,890
3193 Great Western ••••••• • • • • • - ...... 16,374 2 ,12,1
2514 Irish South Eastern •••••• - - - - - 184 2!1
90 Lancaster and Carlisle •••• • • • • ...... 4,418 5,207
260 Lancashire and'Yorkshire ........ 17,411 17,505
Leeds Northern .. • • .. • • • • •• •• •• - - - -
181 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... 323 261
5533( London and North Western... ..... 44,686 4G,1( 8
'34 London and 81ackwa11.........• .... 1.06 I 1,049
173% London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 9,290 10,353
2533( London and South Western, ........ 9,•.82 11,258
41 Londonclerry.and Enniskillen .... - - 377 i 423
- Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. - -
167% Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 6,249 7,389
934 Manchester and South Junction.... - 497 54 s
28 Maryport and Carlisle • 1.... _ 655 6;5
498% Midland •• •• • .. ••• • • • •........... 23,260 24,461
126 Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... 2,223 2,55.5
37 Monkiands -;•--•• - .. - •- • • 843 969
78% Newcastle and Carlisle.... .. . • .... 2,495 2,777
149 North British .... .. •• -..•• • . • ..... 3,856 4,1:3
North Staffordshire - . • . . . . • . •• • • •• - -
47 North-Western ...
50
32 Scottish Midland .-- - - • •-• ••• • • 627 1,022
Scottish Central • •
.• • • • • • • •
••• • •
.1 ••••• • • • • 1 2,486 2,731
. •• •• • • •
291% Shrewsbury and Birmingham -•. .. . 644 747
47 Shrewsbury and Chester
29 Shropshire Union -..-. • • . • • • • - - 552 663
58 South Devon - ...... .•.--- • • • • .. 1,634 1,678
288 % South Eastern .... ...... ---_ .. .. 11,655 12,675
131 South Wales ........ ...... ......., 2,347 3,551
77 South York., Doncaster, and Goole - 1,428 1,527
40 Taff Valo --••••••....••.• • • • • • • .. 2,615 3,372
36 Ulster . ........ •••••• • . •
68 Waterford and Limerick • • .......... 445 59,i
25 West Corpwall ...... ............. 459 44,l
12 Whitchaven Junction ............. „ 271 287
682 York and Newcastle, and Berwick &
York and North Midland & Leeds 23,380 24,791
FOREIGN,
571 Dutch Rhenish ...................., 743 9..11
183% Lyons and Mediterranean .......... 6,541 7,964
63 Montereau and Troyes .............. 882 1,025
63 Namur and Liege ................... 1,215 -
443% Northern of France ................ 24,081 25,584
577 Orleans and Central* ............... 19,766 27,969
240 Paris and Lyons ................... 13,703 16,768
84 Pariii and Rouen. .. .. -..- - '' 6,103 7,375
392 Paris and Strasburgh • ... ••••• • •• •• 11,479 19,531
59 Rouen and Havre • • ... ....... •• ... 1 2,63:3 3,115
.. 1
66 Western of France.. .. -