The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-29 00:00:00

THE MILITIA.

The training of the lot West Yorkshire Regiment of
Militia at Pontefract is proceedi:.g very satisfactorily,
and the men are making good progress. Previous to
attending divine service last Sunday each man who
acknowledged himself a member of the Church of Eng-
land, was presented by the clergy and churchwardens of
Pontefract with a neat Prayer-book. The committee of
the Mechanics' Institution have thrown open their read-
ing-room free to the men during their period of training,
and have ordered additional newspapers for their use.
The 34 West Regiment at Doncaster are also very for-
ward in their training duties, having commenced bat-
tilion drill on Wednesday, the eight day after their
arrival.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETUR-VO.

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK.

Miles I
opened, NAME OF RAILWAY. Receipts.
1853. I
1853. 1854.
BRITISH.
72 Aberdeen .. --............_ ..... £1,135 1,1550
3734 Belfast and Ballymena • • •••• •••• •• • • 711 948
17 I Belfast and County Down• • - ....• •• .. - -
33 I Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Chegire 1,809 2,285
- ! Bolton, Blackburn, and West York .. • • 811 873
8556 I Bristol and Exeter ...... • ........... 4,728 5,128
19% ; Ca1ed0nian............ • •••••• • • • • 1 13,127 15,814
894 Edinburgh and Glasgow .• ••••• •• • •
84% Chester and U01yhead.•............. 3,508 4,532
96% I Cork, Blackrock, and Passage •••• •• 163 224
20 I Cork and Bandon .. • • ............ - 185 200
56 Dublin and Belfast Junction • • .. • • • • 7:33 936
62% Dublin and Drogheda.... • . • ...... 1,035 1,563
6 I Dublin and Kingstown • • - -
16% , Dundee and Arbroath ..•• -•• • • . • • 469 498
31 1 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 703 873
19 \ Dundalk and Erualskillen ••..••• • •• - • -4
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68 East Anglian.... •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 1114
61 East Lancashire.. • • • • • •• • • 4,550 5,429
311%% Eastern Counties and Norfolk... •-• 1 18,833 21,102
95 Eastern Union •••••• • • • • • • ••• • •
78 ; Edinburgh, Perth. and Dundoe.• •• •• 2,657 2,024
6 ! Exeter and Crediton.. ••..•••• • • • • •• - -
19 ; Furness Railway ... .............. - -
171 Glasgow, and South-Western• •••• • .. 4,575 5,177
283% Great Northern and E. L......... - 19,226 16,438
188 I Great Southern arid Western (Ireland) 5,235 5,769
319% Great Western .................... 18,051 23,756
2514 . Irish South Eastern •••• • • • •
90 Lancaster and Carlisle
260 Lancashire and Yorkshire.. •
- , Leeds Northern ...• .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • -.-
181 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport•• • • 325 4-1
553% London and North Western ..... .... 50,411 55,040
5 London and 81ackwa11.............. 1,041 1,515
17314 London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 9,995 14,391
2531 London and South Western. ......... 10,983 14,810
41 Londonderry and Enniskillen
- Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c - -
167% Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 6,765 8,047
91* Manchester and South Junction•• •• • • 589 727
28 Maryport and Carlisle • • • • • • •• • • •• - - -
498% Midland ..... .......... _
126 Midland Great Western (Irish)
- -
784 i Newcastle and Carlisle - -
149 North British •• - • • • • • •
- North Staffordshire •• • ..... •••• - - -.-.•
47 North-Western •.... .....
50 Scottish Central •• .• •• • • ...... ••.. 1 2,793 2,998
32 Scottish Midland ••••• • • • • ... •• .
29% Shrewsbury and Birmingham - -
47 Shrewsbury and Chester
29 Shropshire Union .. •••••••••• •• •• •• 622 796
58 South Devon ........ .
'28814 Sontl Eastern.• •- -
1621* South Wales ...... •• • • .......
77 South York., Doncaster, and Goole
40 Taff Vale • 2,842 3 316
36 Ulster . ...............• ••
68 Waterford and Limerick
25 West Cornwall ......
12 Whttehaven Junction .•••••••••••••• 225 280
6t,2 York and Newcastle, and Berwick &
York and North Midland & Leeds 25,673 28,672
FOREIGN.
5714 Dutch Rhenish ••• •••••••• •••• 992 1,210
183% Lyons and Mediterranean •••••••• • • 5,623 8,131
63 .Montereau Ind Troye+ 1,050 1,449
63 Namur and Liege
413% Northern of France - .... ... •••. . .
577 Orleans and Central* ............... 25 491 131,409
210 Paris and Lyoi,s .......... •• ...... 14,62 115,7,0
81 Paris and Rouen • . •
392 Paris and Strasburgh .............. 17,504 21,800
59 Rouen and Havre.... ...... •• ••. .. 3,, 9.) 3,t 82
jot Western of France ...... ............ , 4,515 , 6.087