The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-27 00:00:00

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK•

Miles
opened, NAME OF RAILWAY. Recelo'
1854. _„
1853. 1854_,.•
BRITISH,
72 Aberdeen .. .£1 652 1.9.,29
•
••••••••
37% Belfast and Ballymena .... 697 B'. 17
33 Belfast and County Down •,
25
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 2,790 -.,9174
26 Bolton, Blackburn, and West York •. .• 9' 5 703
10431 Bristol and Exeter 4,778 5,703
307 Ca1ed0nian.............
Edinburgh and Glas,Tow ........... 4
94% Chester and Holyhead..... „ 4,785 A -.4 4
6% Cork, Blackrock, and Passage •• •„• 146 2104,1
20 - Cork and Bandon .. •.. •• •• •• 14,455 16.175
194 '"
064
56 Dublin and Belfast Junction
•• • • •• •• 865 -
106 61% Dublin and Drogheda.. 1,168
6 Dublin and Kingstown 1,095 913
;33
16% Dundee and Arbroath 545 ;37
31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeenjunction 77' -196
19 Dundalk and Enniskillen- .. •• •• .• 183 '
68 East Anglian.. ..... • 792
784 23-
81% East Lancashire 7,015 5.
417 Eastern Counties and Norfolk....
21 001 99,334
Eastern Uni0n.......... •
•• j '
.2241
78 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee.- 2,175 Th 96
6 Exeter and Cred1t0n........- •• 124 3
19 ; Furness Railway ... ............. 906 1,073
171 Glasgow. and South-Western- 5
...... 4,785 -,280
,75
21,3 Great Northern and E. L.........., 15,1.68 17.,46
188 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 5,540 0,;76
319% ' Great Western .... 22,662 21169
25 4 Irish South Eastern 155
90 Lancaster and Cer1i51e.............. 5,420 0.• 0
260 Lancashire and Y0rk5hire............ 23.113 19'."-
- Leeds Northern .................... 400
191 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport •• .• 398 n ,96
5,3% London and North Wester.l .• .. 55,475 5N87
5% London and 81ackwa11.........• .• .. 1,735 104,
173% London. Brighton, and South Coast 13,853 12.0
;41
253% London and South We5tern......... 14,721 1407
41 Londonderry and Enniskillen 414 "
- Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. -
167 Manchester, Sheffleld,and Lincolnshire 11,139 324
11
9% Manchester and South Junction .. 1,724 ;Re
28 Maryport and Carlisle •• 775 ""
498% Midland •• ••••.. •• • • . g 5.912
... 27,16' -0
126 Midland Great Western (Irish) .. 2,739
„-'/9
37 Monklands ........ •• ••• • •• 987 1.7"45
78% Newcastle and Carlisle.. • 2,896- 3.A0
119 North British •• •• ••
- North Staffordshire •• .............. 010
47 North-Western 1,104
82 Scottish Central .• •• •• •• .••••• •• •• 2,802 358
Scottish Midland •• ••5
29% Shrewsbury and Birmingham 772 9204
4) Shrewsbury and Chester• ••• 1,863 2,...;;
29 Shropshire union •••• • • • 688 I,"i
58 South Devon- .••.•••••.• •• •• 2,251 9.'-
‘
188% iota Eastern .... ..... ........• •... 18,542 16,468
- South Wales
87% South York., Doncaster, and Goole .. 1,521 I'soB
40 raft' Vale .... 3,10063'
36 Ulster . ..............• •• •••• •• 1,029 1,338
75 Waterford and Limerick 567 71
25 West Cornwall ...... ............ 613 667.-
12 Whltehaven Junction 259 3."
682 York and Newcastle, and Berwick &
York and North Midland & Leeds 27,015 30,7g9
FOREIGN.
574 Dutch Rhenish
- 0--
185 Lyons and Mediterranean • •• - • 5,536 ,56
ej
63 Mon.ereau Troyes .............. 1,01.1 I,n' 5
74
63 Namur and Liege 1•••• •• 1,465 %Ai
414 Northern of France • ••••••••• •• •• • 25,864 28.7,4
697 Orleans and Central* , ............. 24 844 321.;29
240 Paris and Lyons 16,163 15."2"0
84 Paris and Rouen. ..............• •• 8,110 6111
392 Paris and Strasburgh • .• 19,070 20,561
59 liouen and Havre•
118 Western of France •• . •• • •

• The receipts include the traffic on the Orleans and Central, W.
leans and Bordeaux, and Tour. and Nantes.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL, MAY 26.
There was a small attendance of buyers to-day, and the
business done in wheat and flour very trifling, at a decil'a
of 2d to 3d per 701b5., and is 6d per barrel. Oats Of
oatmeal maintained their value. The same remark 1136‘i
be made in regard to barley, beans, and peas. Severr
large parcels of Indian corn found buyers at 6d per cli
decline. Prime yellow Indian corn 41s 6d to 425, gD
white 41s to 41s 6d per qr.

WAKEFIELD—MAY 26.
The arrival of wheat reported this week is modero
but of other grain short. Millers to-day purchase ver;
sparingly, and fresh wheat must be noted is per qr. leo
money. In barley little business passing. Beans *
sale. Oats maintain their price, but shelling is 6d per load
cheaper.

EXETER—MAY 26.
CORN.—In our market wheat may be quoted from 10s 3'l,u
to li)s 9d. Malting barley, 48 6d to 5s Od ; grinding do., vo;
Od to Os Od. Oats, 3s 7d to 38 9d. Beans, Os Od to
Od. Peas, 00s Od to 00s Od.
CATTLE.—Prime beef, lOs 6d per score ; cows and c •
151. to 1,1. ; butchers' calves, 4,,d to 5d per lb., real;
calves scs to 70s each. Sheep, hid to 7d. Lambs, 6d„
7d per lb. Store hogs, !arge size, 40s to 65s each; slip b,
00s to 00s ; 15s to 255. Rough fat, 5d per
Pork carcases from 9s Gd to lOs 3d per score. 611
FLOUR. —Fine, 62s Od to 63s Od; seconds, 60s Od to
Od per sack.

INVERNESS.-MAT 23.