The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-12 00:00:00

MENT of the PEOPLE.
(From the Kilkenny Journal.)
We are not at liberty at present to publish the name
of the gentleman who has furnished us with the annexed
suggestions, but his position in society is one which
renders him peculiarly interested in the well-being of
the country. We commend his plan to attentive consi-
deration, and purpose on a future day to return to the
subject, and offor some observations of our own in con-
nexion with it : _ _

SUGGESTIONS for the IMMEDIATE and GENE-
RAL EMPLOYMENT of the LABOURING
CLASSES on USEFUL and REPRODUCTIVE

WORKS.
It is proposed that special sessions shall continue to
present in each electoral clistrict such gross sums as may
be necessary for the employment of the people ; that
when so presented, same shall be assessed and charged
on each ratepayer, according to the Poor-law valuation,
thus :

Name—A. B.
District—Goa ran.
Valuation —4Ol.

• -Increase
Total of Total of on the
1845. 1846. whole
year.
`,..e •£
Dublin And Drogheda • • • • 38,272 39,221 949
Eastern Counties .. • • • • ;268,205 438,794 170,789
Edinburgh and Glasgow -. • • 139,785 180,018 ,40,231
Great Western • • • • • • 892,895 963,478 69,583
Landon and North •Western • • • 1,860,488 1,979,583 119,094
London, Brighton, and South Coast 319,084 368,582 , 49,498
London and South-Western.. • • 353,104 354,388 1,284
Manchester and Leeds • • • • 334,853 387;416 52,563
Midland • • • • • • • • 717,934 801,303 83,369
Newcastle and Carlisle .. • • 86,586 101,616 15,030
Norfolk.. .. • • • • 31,533 74,009 42,476
glebield and Manchester • • • • 51,226 • 96,229 45,073
South-Eastern.. • • • . 318,593 394,998 76,400
York and North Midland '• • • • 158,721 296,065 137,344

The only company whose revenue has been materially
affected in a different direction has been the Dublin and
Kingstown; and here we regret to remark a decrease on
the year of upwards of 3,9001. The greatest per centage
of increase has been on the Norfolk, a line whose traffic
is almost wholly agricultural. Ls fares are very mode-
rate, and its traffic principally what may be called
" short.' On this railway, though there has been only
an addition of 11 miles to a line already 59 miles in
length, there has been the enormous increase of upwards
of 135 per cent. So much for encouraging agricultural
traffic in a thinly populated district ! L?t us hint to the
Great Western, and to the South •Western likewise, to
ponder on this fact. On the York and North Midland
the increase has been 86 per cent., the mileage extended
from 53 to 162 miles. On the Sheffield and Manchester,
with a mileage increased from 19 to 49 miles, the in-
crease has been upwards of 82 per cent. The next
greatest increase, and great it is, considering the pro-
portionate amount of mileage, 124 miles in 1545 and
161 miles in 1846, is on the Eastern Counties; here we
find the increase to be as much as 62 per cent. On the
South•Elstern the mileage has increased from 88 to 140.
and the increase in the traffic has been 23 per cent. The
London, Brighton, and South Coast traffic has increased
15 per cent., with mileage from 60 to 112 during the
latter part of the year. That of the Manchester and
Leeds has increased 16 per cent., with mileage extended
from S 4 to 117. Oa the Midland the increase has been
11 per cent. On the London and North-Western and
Great Western each 7 per cent., with increased mileage
on each of some 20 miles. On the South-Western the
traffic has been nearly stationary as to receipts, with a
slight advance however ; as to numbers of passengers,
the increase has been considerable, occasioned by the
liberal redaction of fares, to which the company adhered,
even with decreasing receipts, for a long period. If we
make the required deduction for working expenses and
for extensions opened, we shall find the increased
value of the old railways over last year amounting to
about fifteen millions sterling ; a fact which sufficiently
shows the absurdity of the present depressed value of
such property in the market.