The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-17 00:00:00

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.

LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.—
Traffic return for the week ending May 13,
1854 £11,382 8 2
Corresponding week last year 10,505 19 6
Total of the half-year to this date, 1854 204,359 3 4
Total of the half-year to this date, 1853 173,786 15 6

LONDON AND 80IITH-EASTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re-
turn for the week ending May 13, 1854 £16,142 9 1
Corresponding week last year 14,210 10 11

Increase in 1854..

. £1,931 18 2

GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—TIaffio re
turn for the week ending May 13, 1854. £5,016 3 0
corresponding week last year 4,622 10 0

Increase in I 851:.

£393 13 0

PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is
about 3 per mille discount (according to the last tariff),
which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d, per
oz. for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.094 ; and,
the exchange at Paris on London at short being 24 971,
it follows that gold is about 0.48 per cent. dearer in Paris
than in London. By advices from Hamburg the price of
gold is 421 per mark, which, at the English Mint price
of 3/. 17s. 101 d. per oz. for standard gold, gives an
exchange of 13.31 ; and the exchange at Hamburg on
London at short being 13.31, it follows that gold is 0.06
per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The
course of exchange at New York on London for bills at
60 days' sight is 1091 per cent., and the par of exchange
between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent.
it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.08 per cent.
against England ; but, after making allowance for
charges for transport and difference of interest, the pre-
sent rate leaves no profit on the transmission of gold
either way between the two countries.

FOREIGN.
10 9 Antwerp&Rotterdam
5 3 Belgian Eastn. June. 6 1
20 8 Beziers to Graissessac 4 3 d
20 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and
Central India,Scrip id —4 p pm
Central of Italy
20 all iharleroi & Erqueliu —
171 all Demerara
20 14 Dijon and Besancon p
20 9 Dutch Rhenish 4l 4 d
20 all East Indian ll 2 p 213
20 2 Do. Extension 1 d
5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula 4 X P
20 10 C,ld. Junct. of France
25 7i Grd. Trunk of Cana& 5 dl9
100 30 Do. Debentures 9 7 d
100 all Do. do
20 10 Gt. Central of France 1 —l4 d 9
201 all Gt.WesternofCanada
Shares l9 —2O 191
Do. Bands (Ist is.)'s7 ...p
201 all Ramilton & Toronto lip
100 all Do. 6 per cent.
20 5 Lake Const. & Basle „,
5 all Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c
pref die
20 15 Luxembourg •—
5
10 10 Do. (Railway) 3 3
5 2 Do.PrGf — 1
5 3 Do. (Canal) l4
10 5 Do. 6p. et. pref.__ 1. lid
20 8 Lyons and Geneva •„ 1 d
20 12 Lyons & Mediterran. .••
20 131 4adras 4 par
331 331 ilaria Antonia
10 all Do. do. New
2(?' 2 !Melbourne Dk, &Ry — •••
20 all Namur & Liege (with
interest) 6l 74
20 all Do. (ex interest) —•• „.
16 all Northern of France 3lk 311
Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds
20 all (fmy. B. & Ams.Shs ) •
10 all NorwegianTrunkPref S —9 Xn
20 10 Paris and Lyons l5 1549
40 all Ditto Bonds
10 all Paris and Orleans 43 „14'
20 all Paris and Rouen._ 35 —37 „
20 all Paris and Strasbourg 30k 304 29k xd
20 10 l'arisCaen & Cherbrg. Pm
104 10 Quebec & Richmond ... •• •
20 all Rouen and Havre • •••
20 12 Royal Danish •2l —11 d
5 2 Royal Swedish —
20 all Sambre and Meuse •8
81
6 Do. 51 p. cent. Pref ...
20 6 Southern of France ••• —pm
20 8 St. Andrew's and
Quebec (A) —
8i all West Flanders 3 4
10 all Do 54 per c. Pref ••• d
20 10 Western of France 3 4 p
10 7 West. of Switzerlad 3
20 2 Wiesbaden
•••
20 15 Zealand