The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-22 00:00:00

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.

LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re-
turn for the week ending June 18, 1853 £17,459 4 9
Corresponding week last year 14,012 16 2

Increase in 1853 £3,446 8 7'
LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.—
Traffic return for the week ending Juno 18,
1853 £13,622 4 4
Corresponding week last year 10,752 9 6
Total of the half-year to this date, 1853 254,104 16 3
Total of the half-year to this date, 1852 225,889 19 4
GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re-
tvurn for the week ending Juno 18,1853 £4,730 4 10
Corresponding week last year 4,030 8 9
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Increase in 1853

£699 16 1

THE IRISH EXODUS.—The emigration mania is said
to have somewhat abated in parts of the kingdom, the
approach of harvest being probably the main cause, but
the western counties still contribute their full contin-
gent Ito the vast Irish population now settling down
beyond the two great oceans. The departure on Friday
of a large body of emigrants from Galway was
marked by a ;painful and characteristic scene. A
poor man namediFrancis had struggled through the
agitated crowd that besieged the platform, in order to
bid his brother farewell. He had been previously in a
delicate state of health, and, exhausted and overcome by
his struggles and intense emotion, he fell into a swoon,
and shortly afterwards expired.
SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES.—The committee some
time since appointed by the Society of Antiquaries to
frame a new set of regulations for the government of
that body, have, we are informed, given in their report,
—and we are led to believe that it is of a character to
imply a complete revivification of that long slumberous
body. The present state of the matter, we understand,
is, that the report has been referred back to the con.-
mittee for their consideration of certain amendments sug-
gested by the council ; and we hope ere long to be
enabled to give our readers who have followed with in-
terest the recent proceedings within this society, some
idea of its provisions. Meantime, we may say that the
reduced subscription is fast justifying itself as a source
of revenue, and the soreness which attended the dis-
cussion of that question is, we have reason to think, as
fast wearing out.—Athoucunt.
TESTIMONIAL. —Mr. Samuel Smith, the writing
master of St. Olave's Grammer School, was lately waited
upon by a deputation of youths, educated in the school,
but now in the employment of the highly-respectable
firms of the Messrs. Scovells, Jeremiah Pilcher and
Sons, and Charles Curling, Esq., wharfingers, &c., for
the purpose of presenting him with a very beautiful
i the
oss school, in the
are
ear almost
y the boys 1837.
HUNGARIAN of
w
inkstand, as a small token of their esteem and regard.
•Mr. Smith was also presented with a silver tea service,
D
nay, even handsome ; tall, elegant figures, yet plump
small feet, oval faces, hair,•
long dark hanging braided
into two tresses,
. far down the back ; rather dark all
com-
plexion,pretty—
it is true, but. at the same time dark, animated
eyes, red. lips, exquisitely beautiful teeth- and brisk and
lively withal in manner and gesture.—Sce'ites of the Civil
War in Hungary.