The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-29 00:00:00

LATEST RETURNS OF RAILWAY

TRAFFIC

This table contains returns of the gross re-
ceipts of the principal railways of the United
Kingdom for passengers, cattle, and goods, from
.1
oIY 1 to December 31, 1840, as made to the
Committee of Privy Council under the provision
of the Act 3 and 4 Vic., c. 97, also the length
of each line the rate of travelling per hour, in-
Vuding stoppages, and the highest and lowest
4ares, as far as they can be ascertained.
EXPLANATION.
1.• signifies total length of the line.
Passengers, with the gross receipts for the
last half year.
111ixed train, conveying cattle, goods, &c.,
with gross receipts.
Pares (highest and lowest).
R•Rate of speed per chile.
1. ARBROATH AND FORFAR-L.
P. 2,118/. ;M. 2,774/. • 4,892/.
P. 1•7008 d. and 0.8749'd. (about IM. and id.)
p er
R. 13 and 12 miles per hour.
2. BRANDLING JUNCTION-L. 171 miles.
P. 12,95 N '. • M. 1,422/. ; 13,374/.
r. I.ld. R. 16 miles.
DUBLIN AND KINGSTOWN-L. 6 miles.
F• 20,933/. ; M. 233/. ; 21,2081.
• 2d. and Id. R. 18 miles.
EASTERN COUNTIES-L. 126 miles (partially
opened).
P. 12,856/. ; M. 327/. ; 13,183/.
3•20 d. and 1•66 d. (3 1-3 d. and 1 2-3 d.) ;
" 211 miles.
5. GLASGOW AND AYR-L.
P. 18,892/ ; F. 2d. and Id. per mile.
R. 20 miles.
6. GRAND JUNCTION-L. 97l miles.
• I-. 138,1711.; M. 3.),1821.; 210,7331.
istance.
dr* -----; R. 4111. and oh. 22in. allowed for the
7. GREAT WESTERN-L. 118 miles.
11,.. 126,3031. ; M. 15,100/. • 141,4031.
, 2.843 d. and 1•139 d. (less than 3d. and
11- '2
and 15 miles (open
8 ).
LANCASTER AND PRESTON JUNCTION-
L. 20 miles.
10,716/.; M. 900/. ; 11,616/.
th.",.55. and ls. 6d. • 7 R. 45 in., and 1 h. 5 m. for
9. Ittistance.
IVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER-L. 311 miles.
70,4321.; M. 52,0641.; 122,4961.
•Os. 6d. and 4s. 6d • R. 1 h. 20 m., and 111.
50m. •
for the whole distance.
• LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM-L. 1141 miles.
' 289,195/.; M. 79,027/. ; 368,2221.
3•482 d. and 1•25 d. (about 31d. and lid.)
221 and 1;-.3
F.
LONDON AND CROYDON-L. 101 miles.
r
• • • 16,741/ M. 1/ • / 4011 • 18.142/.
12 T R. 21 miles.
LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN-L. 77 miles.
F.
113,0161.; M. 21,123/. H. 136,139/.
13-`'.; 3 1-3 d. and 1 1-9 d.; R. 231, and 13 miles.
'IANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM-L. 40miles
partially open.
P. 8,506/. ; M. 5,4371.; 13,963/.
I'. 3d. and 2 1-5 d.; R. 22 miles.
11;1' MANCHESTER AND BOLTON-L. 10 miles.
• 9,910/. ; M. 3,4591.; 13,363/.
-1:• 3d. and 11d. ; R. 131 miles.
-Ebbi."3. MANCHESTER AND LEEDS-L. 50 miles.
F• 24,891/. ; M. 6,5361.; 31,427/.
3(1. and Id.; R. 15 miles.
P'
16. MIDLAND COUNTIES-L. 57 miles.
33,2141.; M. 6401.; 33,214/.
•r• 2d. • H. 01 I- miles.
17• NEWCASTLE
2
•
• I;ii ,• 17,5531.; M. 27,4091.; 44,963/.
,„ • 2 1-3 d. and 11d. per mile ; R. 20 and 17

F,
18. NORTIT UNION—L. 22, miles.
-1.-• 26,247/. • M. 33(3/.•• '26,603/.
p. 7 7
R. 1 h. and 11 11. for the distance.
19. ULSTER RAILWAY—L.
P. 4,0721. • 7 M. 122/. • 1 5,0941.
R. 23 miles per hour.
ST
3-A
4FFORD and RUGBY RAILWAY.

(From the Railway illagazinc.)
our readers will have perceived that, for some
h?aths past, we have nct taken any part in support of
C •
s line, heyond a simple statement of facts as they
~s4ve arisen. We have fancied, whether right or not
sse -
cannot tell, that ell the efforts which might have
e°, and which the character and power of the op-
pesin
to g parties required should be, made, have. not been
13e catty the measure out to a successful issu
ite ; , an
rise the cause of our saying so little about but I
Crt
th °Pinion of the merits of the project remains un-
-auged.
. .
tleitl regard to the conduct of the House in rejecting
ti's Measure, a few observations may not be out of
eee• It will be remembered that this is the third
During
this line has hcen brought before Parliament.
rturing the last Session but one 212 sitting days were
t:4llstinled before the standing orders, and 459 objec-
e°li3, raised by the interested London and Birmingham
°-Pony, reduced to nil. Sixty-one days of business
,
eii„atso afterwards spent in the " Committee on the
L
it , which drew up a Report recommending—because
was obvious the time had been eked out beyond that
f,,eiutsary for getting through the House—that "every
Y should be afforded to the promoters ofte
ill
in a future Session, which the rules of the House
/lilt admit of."
4,:rhe Bill, therefore, as far as it was possible, was
tlill,.,ady promised by the Committee which represented
si,e tines; anii, consequently by the House. What,
the ii
must be the surprise of every considerate
0,4-t°' to see the Bill, upon its second reading, thrown
to and not permitted to go even to a Committee, or
Suatirl the stage it did at the last Session! Lord
li might glorify himself that he has succeeded,
h}. a
lie not at the same time rendered this august
10-tealhly perfectly ridiculous in the eyes of all
er and thinking individuals? In the year 1839, the
t,'Llse, after the most searching and lengthened inquiry
,ier bestowed on any measure ever brought before it,
tirut„NtillY passes a Bill, and in the year 1841, the same
ft-ri,,"se, without any additional reason assigned, and
ie(3-4„,,the flippant observations of an individual evidently
ste.4;naut of the subject, and, what is worseedealing out
atit'ealents, if he is rightly reported, which are ipse facto
tee:B4e, rejected the self-same measure—that is, the
telottre it had previously approved, and, as far as it
14,14' Promised to pass. If the country is to witness
otlt, Puerility and fickleness as this in the assembly of
is '
isrePresentatiees what possible confidence can it have
leg': wisdom or, what respect for its decisions ? The
ssrta wanderings of a weathercock company e just as
'lll. and the babble of a gossiping of old
form at tea as respectable. In the House we look
eonsstency at least, if we do not expect much
•18110
the l°°' but it would appear, by the late conduct on
is Stafford and Rugby Riilway, that even this element
i,stsenger at St. Stephen's.
ere °td St inley has accused Sir Robert Peel of misre-
V/4,,sen,ting' the case of the Stafford and Rugby Rail-
tee't; but the fact is, it is Lord Stai 1..) himself who has
isa i.guilty of misrepresentation. He says the House
to sat, to sanction the spending one :million and a half
No-ye ten minutes between Liverpool and London.
tvsew' the House was asked no such thing. The House
tree "ked to save nine mile • and a half, or about twenty
fosdutes every journey for all the country north of Stal-
she:4and south-of Ru 1) • 'A •t i- for Liverpool, Man-
g ) ia ,
Abe:lsar, North Wales, Scotland, and London, &c., and
*tele, e a 4,000/. a-year money to the tratline and tra-
iiao'n Population. The real object, therefore, of the
hof It.l
6 to save one-third of en hour, and about
teet• expense, in the distance between Rugby u
tlit4
word, objects which we should think well deservingelention of the House. We are aware the Lon-
foli-tZud Birmingham say it will be only ten minutes,
at RtY assert that ten or fifteen minutes will be lost
'tool gbY in the change of lines. No doubt they
loss ; reduce it to ten or five minutes, or ma ike t a
leel,V ;;° that amount if they could ; but we imagine
etiroas obstructions, if attempted, would soon be
4411 the House, in the prolongation of the Stafford
ttosi's`i,,agby line to London. So much alive are these
Pass-dlthis, es t 0 that they promised, if the Bill had
4° th-e4!•lley would afford every facility in their power
tut eevs offset.
the ,to return to Lord Stanley. Upon reading
ish f' I°l°l2 Lord's speech one is so struck with its child-
tia4lY and absurdity, as to wonder wh it, in the
all that is good, could have induced
it e*
-00,e to pay any, the least attention to it ; fact
ithiserB4' supremely silly that we cannot help thinking
tatet ~Noble Lord is grossly misrepresented or he
tties, uto,s spoken after a more than usually good din-
he n de says Sr Robert Peel hail represented that
fun t'"Pesed reileay " was for the benefit of the import-
lauchuw" of Liverpool and London, and would be of
114,1 i Pliee tr; see people of North Wales, Scotland,
enithireland," and then areoes, " it. might be so if there
t'trei,eue a terminus beyond' a terminus. The real
lKta'ast:' and the only places that would benefit by the
ra.e-4, were the important towns of Rocky and Staf
art What the Hun.r Member means by "it might
tore there could be a terminus beyond a terminus,"
eoea.ses cur comprehension altogether, but the arrant
itiduerir of ft, asp applied te the subject in debate,
thle3ee" us to ima,ine that his mind "2 en'
the -4 upon his recent t 6 dinner wh;le his lips were upon
bee ay, and that he meant. to say "it might hove
betterha for us if each had had a bottle beyond the
ti(i :file took." However this may be, the obsess's-
'Hon. Member, that " the only pl ices that
ti etit by the measure were the important towns
1„
e hush}, arid Stafford," that is, the points where the
11140 eta the two railways it joias, characterised by so
titn:4nce or misrepresent ition, that we are asto-
the ouse i not seen :in a moment. Were
•Stenie'tiw a tiY
to terminate at each of these towns, Lord
Y might hove been partially right, but the merest

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