The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-03 00:00:00

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.

THE GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for
the week ending Jan. 23, 1853 (2851 miles) £13,055 0 1
Corresponding week last year (2414 miles) 10,608 310

LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.—TraffiC re-
turn 4'or the week ending Jan. 30, 1853 £17,119 10 3
Corresponding week last year 15,111 9 4
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for
railway and steam-boats for the week ending
Jan. 30, 1853
Corresponding week last year 2,362 8 11

Increase in 1853 £7o) 9 10
GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re-
turn for the week ending Jai. 29, 1853 £3,928 12 11
Corresponding week last year 3,618 6 4

Increase in 1853 £3lo 6 7
CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the
week ending Jan. 29, 1853 £l6O 9 11
Corresponding week last year 96 0 10

STOREKEEPING. AT BENDIGO DIGGINGS The fol-
lowing pai titulars are extracted from a lettere receivedou
Liverpoolyrshirefrofomr
gentlemanrnan,
who inl e
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by
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wards of a year ago, and who is now
or granted
prosperouslypursuing the career of a storekeeper in Peg Leg Gully,
Bendigo Diggings :—" I will take it f
that you have heard of my prosperity inthe won-
derful land of gold. The date of this will
show you that
lam still in the diggings, and there, too, have
I ever
chance toreturn remain for a year or two longer, by
of which time I hope to be in a position to to the
' dear auld toun.' Up to the present time I have been
most fortunate in my new business—storekeeping—
having cleared for my own share something to the tune
of 1,0001. or 1,2001. ; so you see I have no reason to
regret leaving home, but rather the contrary. My
pai.ner is a Mr. T., belonging to Cam n pbeltow -
who
came out in the same ship as myself—a fine steady lad
he is, too. We have now two stores. He attends
one and the other; and in these we sell all sorts of
goods, as you may guess,' at rather handsome profits.
Not altogether clear of the hat trade, either. We sell
lots of these Jim Crow ones, only here get 108. for one
that at No. 27, High-street, would hardly have brought
two bob ! Certainly, it is wonderful to see so milch
gold houkit oot the grun', more like what we read of
in story-books, when we were boys, than a substantial
reality. To think that a man has only to sink a hole
some 10 or 15 feet deep, out of which he might get
501 b. weight of gold ! I know some claims that have
produced upwards of 100 lb. weight in a few days, and
that, perhaps, taken out by a couple of men who
were never possessed of a five-pound note in thbuteir lthe
ife-
time before. Of course, Many aro unsuccessful,
generality of those who are industrious can't failhe
to
earn from 500/. to 1,000/. per year at digging. T
quantity of gold thamon t has
ths— beensomethi dung like gout of
70 this doristri 80
ct
during the past 11
tons' weight- is a proof of the correctness of my state-
ment ; because at no time has there been more men ac-
tually at work in the mines than 40,000. To be sure,
there are thousands of others who keep stores and bakers'
stalls, also women and children, who swell the number
10,000 more ; but, to go to the outside, say 50,000 dig-
gers. Reckon 70 tons of gold at 31. per ounce, and see
the average that each man must have earned. Verily
there never were such chances for the l
wiabouring
man. I expect that every poor o'erlaboured ght' in
the old country will make a struggle to come out here ;
and so they ought, too, because there
is room enough
for all. Man ! money here is as plentiful as black-
berries on the Barrack hills in harvest time. No grind-
ing of soul and body for a scanty subsistence ! Let
artisans of all classes come in thousands ; e
we they will
find plenty to do, apart from diggin b
g, and ll paid
far doing it. The profession of a compositor pays well,
something to the tune of is. 6d. per thousand. --Liver-
pool Standard.
THE BURGLAVY AT RAVENSWORTU CASTLE.—On
Tuesday, Henry Norris, valet to the Hon. Thomas
Liddell, was again brought up before the Durham county.
magistrates; at the Police Court, Gateshead, on sus-
picion of being concerned in the burglary committed at
*RaVensworth. Castle on the morning of the 31st of De-
cember last, The bench decided that the prisoner had
been remanded long enough, and that as no material
evidence had been added to that of the previous exami-
nation, the prisoner must be discharged. It is currently
rumoured that all the servants at the Castle are ab to
leave, in consequence of the unpleasantness created by
these proceedings.