The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-05 00:00:00

RAILWAY RETURNS.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail
ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the
respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same
week in the previous year:

aleck
ending

Last
week.

'444
8.”,,,
t ,
%.-
u.

NAME OF RAILWAY.

May 30

June 1
Muy 30

Amiens and Boulogne .•• •• •• ••
Arbroath and Forfar •• •••• •• ••

Chester and Birkenhead •••••• • - • • • •
Dublin and .............Drogheda••
Dublin and Kingstown • ..... • • • . • • • •
Dundee and Arbroath . • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Edinburgh and Glasgow . -• • • • • • • • • •
Eastern Counties and North Eastern• .
East Lancashire .............. • • • • • •
Eastern Union.. • • • . • . • • • •...• • • • • • •

993
1,391

401
3,654
12,040

Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ......
Glasgow and Greenock • • • • • •• • • • • •

616
2,708
1,263

Gravesend and Rochester •• •• .. ••
Great Southern and Western . • ......
Great Western,&c.. • •
Ipswich and Bury .!.!.•• •• •• •• •• • • ••

1,357
21,354

Lancaster and Carlisle .. • • • • . • .. . • ..
London and North Western, &c... • - •
London and Blackwall•... • ....•
London and Brighton
London and South Western . ........
Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc..
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire
Maryport and Carlisle • . . • • • • • • • • • •
Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham • •
Newcastle and Carlisle • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Newcastle, Berwick, and 'forth Shields
North British .. • • • •

512
1,576
47,245
1,578
10,240
9,652
10,314
3,185

'632
23.920
2,312

730
1,633

948
2,148
1,940
8,067

Paris and Rouen . • • • • • • • •

Preston and NV),e•• •• •• •• ••

Rouen and Haire .. • • • • • • • •

Shrewsbury and Chester •• •• •• •• •• ••
South Eastern and Branches ..•• •• •.
South Devon . ... . ..............

Taff Vale • • • • • • • • • •

June 1
May 29

Ulster . • • • • • • • •

Whltehaven Junction ...........

York and Newcastle . ........

York and North Midland . ..........

2,980

497
10,386
1,255
1,607

284
8,413
6,430

384
3,4 lb
9,411

2,303
1,094

20,927

40,833
1,339
6,653
9,639
8,454
1,941

637
16,703
2,200
514
1,475

6,297
809

7,880

1,381
579

6,506
5,564

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
From the Votes and Proceeding of the Rouse of Commons.)

FRIDAY, JUNE 4.
STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.

The following Resolutions were reported from the above
Committee :-
1. That in the case of the Cornwall and Devon Central and
Plymouth Railway petition, the standing orders ought_not
to be dispensed with.
2. That in the case of the Bingley Improvement petition,
for additional provision, the standing orders ought to be
dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to introduce
their additional provision, if the Committee en the Bill shall
so think fit, with the exception of that part which gives
them any powers for the recovery of water-rates than those
conferred by the Waterworks Clauses Act 1847 ; and that
the Committee on the Bill do examine, in the first place,
how far such order has been complied with, and do report
the same to the House on the report of the Bill.
3. That in the case of the London-bridge Railway Termini
petition, for additional provision, the standing orders ought
not to be dispensed with.
Second resolution agreed to.—Report to lie on the table.