The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-03 00:00:00

RAILWAY TRAM PIC IN 1852.

It appears that the gross rec oipts of railways in the
United Kingdom for the year 1852 have amounted to
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15,543,6101:, being at the rate of 2,1181. per mile per
annum. With regard :to the traffic returns published
weekly, they show a progressive increase during the
past 11 years. In the year 1;842 they amounted to
4,341,7811. ; in 1843, to 4, 842,6501. ; 1844, to
5,610,980/. ; in 1845, to 6,609,230/. ; in 1846, to
7,689,870/. ; in. 1847, to 8,97 5,6711. ; in 1848, to
10,059,0001. ; in 1849, to 11,013,8201. ; in 1850, to
12,757,9851. ; in 1851, to 14,507,910/. ; and in 1852,
to 15,543,6101. The capital expended on the rail-
ways of which the traffic is published weekly,
amounted in July 1842, to 52,380,100/. ; in 1843,
to 57,635,0001. ; in 1844, to C 3,489,100/. ; in 1845,
to 71,647,0001. ; in 1846, to 83,165,100/. ; in 1847, to
109,528,000/. ; in 1848, to 148,200,0001. ; in 1849, to
181,000,000/. ; in 1850, to 219,762,700/. ; in 1851, to
229,175,2301. ; and in 1852, to 39,967,453/. The ex-
penditure on those new and old lines, the traffic returns
of which are not published woekly, amounts to about
8,626,1001., making, with the 39,967,453/., a total of
248,593,5531. expended on 7,338 miles of railway, being
at the rate of 33,879/. per mile. Deducting 45 per cent.
for working expenses from the* gross receipts of 1852,
will leave for interest and divid.Aend 8,548,9851. ; which
on the capital expended would be at the rate of 3-44 per
cent. per annum. It is probable that the amount to be
divided among the holders of railway shares, bonds, and
debentures, after the next half-yearly meetings in February,
will not be less than 4,500,000/.

A HEARTLESS SWINDLER.—A. young femme eltambre,
named Bulot, appeared yesterday (Thursday) before
the Tribunal of Correctional Police to complain of a
young man named Legagneux, for having swindled her.
She had, it appeared, put an advertisement in a news-
paper for a place, and as a proof of her respectability,
had imprudently made known that she was possessed of
1,600 francs in Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Stock, of
880 francs in the Savings' Bank, and of 1000 francs in
cash. Legagneux went to her, and, representing him-
self as a physician just commencing business, proposed
to her to be his housekeeper, at a liberal salary. She
consented, and at his request advanced him 1000 francs.
He made love to her, and promised her marriage. He
thereby persuaded her to sell her stock and withdraw
her money from the Savings Bank. He then, on dif-
ferent pretexts, got the whole of it from her. At length
the poor girl found that he had employed the money in
establishing a young woman in business, and in paying
his tradesmen's bills ' • she also found, what was still
more mortifying, that he was married. Seeing clearly
that she was swindled, she laid a complaint to the po-
lice, and he was arrested. It was then discovered that
he had previously been condemned to three years' im-
prisonment for forgery, and to six months' imprisonment
for swindling. The tribunal sentenced him to two
years' imprisonment.—Galignani..
SUPPLY OF WATER IN LONDON AND PARlS.—Whilst
in London the supply of water to the population is about
112 quarts per day a head, in Paris it is only 60—and of
that quantity a great part is allowed to flow in the
streets. Water, too, is very unequally distributed in
the different quarters ; thus, in the 12th arrondissement,
where the streets are very narrow and dirty, there is one
borne Fontaine (a small fountain destined principally for
washing the gutters), for every 35,000 square yards,
whilst in the 4th, 6th, Bth, and 9th arrondissements
there is one for from 3,000 to 9,000 yards. In the Ist
arrondissement, in which the streets are wide and airy,
there are 312 such fountains ; but in the 12th there are
only 120 to 182 streets.