The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-29 00:00:00

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS•

LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN ILAILWAY.—Traffie r
turn for the week ending Dec. 24,1853 £14,145 7 4
Corresponding week last year 14,141 8 7
£3 18 9

Increase in 1853..

LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY:"
Traffic return for the week ending Dec. 24,
1853 £10,898 12 3
Corresponding week last year 11,158 6 7
Total of the half-year to this date, 1853 359,224 9 •,3
Total of the half-year' to this date, 1852 326,567 4 '
SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for tbe
week ending Dec. 25, 1853 £1,699 6 10i
Corresponding week last year 2,472 17 1O
THE GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Tra.ffia return for
the week ending Dec.lB, 1853 £18,544 8 4
Corresponding week last year 15,165 11
LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffie re'
turn for the week ending Dec. 25, 1853 £17,862 311
Corresponding week last year. 17,755 10 11
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for
the week ending Dec. 25, 1853 £4,236 2 1
Corresponding week last year 3,389 9 4
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Increase in 1853 2316 12 9
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COUNTRY hi ARK&TS.

EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET--

DECEMBER 27.
There was a large supply of straw of all descriptions lo
the market. The prices were as follow :
Oat straw, from 8s Od to 950 d per kemple of 16 et°ll„e".
tron ; wheat do., 7s 6d to 8s Od ; barley do., 45 6d to 63 u"
Hay from 10d to 12d ; new ditto, Od to Od per stone.

EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET—Digo. 27.
each
There were in the market to-day, 30 sacks °Ames], ,c
weighing 2801bs imperial, which sold thus :-28 at. 2" 3
2 at 26.2 s Od, and 0 at 0/. Os.

DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—Dm. 26.
There were in the market to-day 115 bags oatmeal', 14Ir.
of barleymeal, and 2 of pot-barley. Sales were cliLt d
The top price of oatmeal 2s 6d up, second is 9cle llar
/13" m"
and third is up from last market day. &Aqua :.
as last market on the top, and the second quality sa tie
Pot-barley is 2s up on the top price since last week.
rrh ircl.
Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. I Second. --- oi
imperial
Barleymeal, per ditto
Peasemeal, per ditto
Flour, per ditto —s Od Od
Pot-barley, per ditto

LEEDS, DEC. 27. I
Our arrivals of grain continue very limited. As 5
at this season of the year, business is inactive, and burr
purchase only for their immediate wants. Holderglu
equally indifferent, and we make no alteration in the fi'V
of wheat from the rates of Friday. Barley and beans 51
steady in price. Oats and other articles as before.

NEWCASTLE—DEC. 27.
637 tb.
The number of beasts in the market to-day was Rig
quality of which was middling, but trade was brisk at, bia;
rates, and all were sold. The number of sheep was 4,1 rto
the trade steady, and all sold. Prices :—Beef, 60 CPthb,
8s per stone ; pork, 6s to 7s ; and mutton 6'ad to 7d Per

COAL MARKET.—Dzo. 28.

Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market
A. d.:

fi,
S.

.24 6, Wallsend., &c.
..27 0 Whitwell
33
,Denison
Kelloe .35
Lawson .. . 32 ()Tees 35
Northumberland E. 26 0 Whitworth 27
Eden Main .34 0 West Whitworth ......... 25,
Braddyll . 35 0 Adelaide Tees ............. *
Haswell Z 5 0 Watney'sAnthracite...•••?!
Plummer 34 0 Gwaen Cae Gurwen ....••';r
Stewart's 35 ClPerkins' Anthracite .....•33'

Old Adairs
Wylam....,

Wallsend, &c.

Ships at market 29 I Sold 2l.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL, DEO. 28.
rot,
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been very
without any material change in prices. Caledonian, '''6lj;
Eastern Counties, 13$ ; Lancashire and Yorkshire,' o
London and North-Western, 104 • Midlands, 63 ; I.4°r A
British, ; South Eastern and Dover, 18i ; Nort4llo3
A, 250.

BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 28.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been withoilt-0
animation to-day, and no transactions were quotec.
'Change. The quotations remained much the same as
terday.

LEEDS, DEC. 28.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The leading features of the s 1 Orl
market this morning are much the same as yester
Exceedingly little is doing in any kind of shares, and '
Cations, though marked as yesterday, are only nomin;,P
the absence of actual sales. In North-Westerns there I P",,
a few transactions at Eft ; a slight decline upon yestera.g?