The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-29 00:00:00

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK.

Miles
NAME OF RAILWAY. Receipts.
opened,
1853.
BRITISII. 1852. 1853.
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72 Aberdeen ..........••••.• ••-• • • • • £1,687 1,895
37% Belfast and Ballymena •• .... •• •• •• • • 695 773
17 Belfast and County Down - .......... 221 247
33 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 1,737 1,961
26% Bolton, Blackburn, and West York -..- -
85)4 Bristol and Exeter • ....• -...• •• •• • • 4,996 5,608
189% Ca1ed0nian............. ***** •'• •• 14,146 15,872
8914 Edinburgh and Glasgow .• •• ••
94% Chester and Holyhead 3,641 4,754
6% Cork, Blackrock, and Passage •• .. .• 153 168
20 Cork and Bandon .. - _ _ ........ • • 157 174
56 Dublin and Belfast Junction ........ 993 1,379
53 Dublin and Drogheda. ... -.. *
6 Dublin and Kingstown
)6% Dundee and Arbroath .............. 516 521
31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 665 -
19 Dundalk and Ennisldllen.... •• •• •• • • 180 -
68 East Anglian.- ..., _ .....• • • • •
••
..
683 Bl% East Lancashire - ....... ...... ....• 4,517
,911
858
322 Eastern Counties and Norfolk- -.• • • 17,919 149,075 95 Eastern Union .
.• .•.••• • • • • 2,518 275
78 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee.-- ,826
2,496 2,720
6 Exeter and Cred1t0n.......... _., ..
133 141
19 Furness Railway
•• • .
..
171 li Glasgow, and South-Western •••• .. • • 505 603
4,844
283 ' Great Northern and E. L....... •• • •
14,419 19,2 4,99419
188 Great Southern and Western (Ireland)
5,192 6,258
319% Great Western ......•
251,E Irish South Eastern .........• •• • •..... 20,430 22,753 233 219
........
90 ! Lancaster and Carlisle... • . ....... . 5,548 6,562 260 Lancashire and Yorkshire.... ..... ...• 17,172 17,614
70 Leeds Northern .......... • • •....... -
181 I Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... 376 360
553% London and North Western ......... 50,892 53,347
53 London and Blackwall .. -- _ _ .... lAS 1,192
173% London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 12,795 13,012
253% London and South Western. ........ 12,624 12,286
41 Londonderry and Enniskillen •.. ••• • • 412 485
1134 Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. - -
167% Manchester, Sheftield, and Lincolnshire 7,030 7'66;
9% Manchester and South Junction...-. 555 7263
28 Maryport and Carlisle •••••••••• •• •• 643
498% Midland .• •• • ••••••••• • • • •• •• - 24,052 25,609
709 2,911
126 Midland Great Western (Irish) ••• • • • '
1 010
881 •37 Monklands - • • •• . • - - •• •• • • •• - -
2
78% Newcastle and Carlisle.. •• .... •• •• • 2,428 2,844•
149 North British
-
232 North Staffordshire •• • • .... •••• • • • • 931 1,188
47 North-Western • ... •••••••••• • • • • • •
50 Scottish Central .................. } 2,850 3,184
32 Scottish Midland ••.•-••• • •• • • • 846 814
29% Shrewsbury and Birmingham •• •'• :: 1,777 1,851
47 Shrewsbury and Chester ...... ..
..
.. .
642 687
29 Shropshire Union .. ••••• • •• • ....
•• , 2,050 2,320
58 South Devon ••••••••••• •• •• - ..
•• • ..
16,766 17,519
288% South Eastern ••••• • •• • • ....... '.
~ _ 2,620 3,840
131 South Wales .. •••• • • • • •:',, . "aa'ale - 1,110 1,504
77 South York., Doncaster, and
••
•• .... 2,820 2,774
40 Taff Vale --•••••••• •• :' ••••„..... 1,106 1,178
.
36 Ulster. • ... • • • • • • • .. 537 778
494 630
50 Waterford and' Limeri.ck.::: '••• ;, ..
..
..
..
..
..
25 West Cornwall ••• • ••
........
•• _ _ 247 253
12 Whitehaven Junction
682 York and Newcastle.
MidnladnßderiLcekedScs 26,479 30,089
York and North
FOREIGN.
1,114 1,004
5714 Dutch Rhenish
:::::::::: 7:338 8542
050 1,118
1831 i Lyons and medTiceoryraLie.a.n..
63 Montereau and
...•
••
•• • •
••
•• „ _ 1,267 1,731
Namur and kiege
...•
••
••
••
•• „ „ 28,143 31,867
23:274 36,914
6 3
a of i• ranee
413 Si N°rterna d central... • •
16 526 19,550
577 Orleans
and Lyons „ „ ........„ „ „
240 Paris and Rouen. ••••••••• • - •• • • • • 7,675 9,244
pais a....
••
••••
.. •• 17,955 21,132
84 .. d Strasburgh •• ..
392 Paris an Havre ... .., •
Rouen I•• _ _ ... 3,248 3,864
59 R---nra of France •• • • 4,297 4,785
fiG Western

* TL ,
include the traffic on the Orleans and Central Or-
e receipts
ans and Bordeaux, and Tours and Nantes lines.

CLOSE OF A BUILDING SOCIETY. ._TESTIMONIAL TO
NV. F. WRITE, ESQ.—A meeting was held at the Albion
Tavern yesterday to celebrate the termination of the
London Provident Building Society
the chair was oc-
cupied by William Foster White, ; president of the
association. During the evening s;.l.'report Ntas read,
from which it appeared that
athesociety was established
nearly eleven years since'
society. Upwards of 28,00081 a terminating
.building
expended, and the non-participators. bad been received and
so. had received a.bonus
of 25/. The purpose of the society from beginning to
end bad been accomplished with marked unanimity and
cordiality. The work of the associationbusinbeingbcodmplleted,
it only remained to wind up the sesffecyt
wasec declaring
the society at an end. A motion to thise
seconded, and carried unanimously. The roceedlinu put,
seconded,
took a more agreeable turn.. The trusteesp andg
other officers had prepared a testimonial for the accept-
ance of Mr. W. F. White, consisting of a handsome
massive silver flower centre-piece. The subscribers had
kept their own councils up to the moment of the pre-
sentation, so that the testimonial, as well as the neat
speech with which it was introduced by George Faunloe,
Esq., was as unexpected as it was gratifying. The piece
of plate was accompanied by an inscription to the fol-
lowing effect :--" To William Foster White, E.N. This
memorial, together with a silver flower centre-ornement,
is presented by the members of the London Provident
Building Association, as a testimonial to mark their esti-
mation of the ability, zeal, and unwearied assiduity with
which, for a period of more than ten years, he has per-
formed the duties of president, as well as in appreciation
of the courtesy and urbanity at all times manifested by
him towards all connected with the society, and specially
to acknowledge the disinterestedness and generous dis-
position displayed by him from the commencement to the
termination of the society. London, Oct. 24, 1853."