The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-30 00:00:00

RAILWAY R

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:—

4,
_ 0
Week Last a. ,
4
ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week. `4,' F.
e ).g
.£ Z
ICYy. 21 Arbroath and Forfar • • 192 198
20 Chester and Birkenhead••••••••••••• 515 514
19 Dublin and Drogheda.. - - .. 671 616
24 Dublin and Kingstown • • 620 870
22 Dundee and Arbroath . .............• 269 281
21 Durham and Sunderland ... - .• 692 707
21 Edinburgh and Glasgow . ... ........ 3,255 9,427
22 Eastern Counties and North Eastern•• 8,051 5,480
21 East Lancasihre .................... 765 -
15 Eastern Union .........„.......... 422 -
21 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr .. •• - 2,060 1,857
21 Glasgow and Green0ck......... • • 932 773
- Gravesend and Rochester... •• - 117
21 Great Southern and Western •••••• • • 843 -
22 Great Western, &c • .
-- Hartlepool ...... - 1214
&c. ... 36,221 21 London and North Western, 33,367
...
22 London and 81ackwa11............ • • 735 704
21 London and Brighton ..............• 6,748 5,003
- London and Croydon. ..... • - -
22 London and South Western .--•• • • 8,556 8,895
889
- Manchester, Bolton, and Bury -
..
21 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc.• 8,101 7,341
22 Maryport and Carlisle ••••••- • • • • • • 517 -
21 Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham ...• 17,354 14,981
21 Newcastle and Carlisle .. .... ........ 2,000 1,669
- Newcastle and North Shields.. ••• • • • - -
21 Newcastle and Berwick -• • • 496 42G
22 Norfolk.. • ..... ...... .............. 1,306 1,. 24
21 North British .. •••• • • - ...... ..... . 1,143 -
- Paris, Corbel], and Orleans ••••• • • • • • - 5,672
23 Paris and Rouen ... • ............... 5,904 4,998
21 Preston and Wyre.................. 541 394
21 Sheffield and Manche5ter............ 1,822 1,066
21 South Eastern and Branches .• •• • ... 6,678 8,375
20 South Dev0n....... . .............. 559
21 Taff Vale • ... ... •.
739 601
21 York and North Midlnivi .... ..
21 York and Newcastle ... :........... 5,714 4,324

DANGEROUS CONDITION Of A PUBLIC THOROUGH-
FARE.—Friday evening an inquest was taken before Mr.
William Baker, at the Five Bells, in Threecolt-street,
Limehouse, on the body of James Webb, a smith. It
appeared that the deceased was in the employ of Messrs.
Blythe and Co., engineers, in Fore-street, Limehouse.
On Tuesday afternoon he went down a passage, leading
to the river, adjoining the premises of the David and
Harp public-house, Fore-street, and by some accident
fell into the river and was drowned. Mr. William Dane,
the landlord of thb David and Harp, stated that the pas-
sage adjoining his premises was in a most dangerous
condition, and accidents of a similar description were
occurring daily. The passage was formerly a plying
place for watermen. There was no barrier to prevent
persons fr,:na entering the passage, and any person un-
acquainted with the localitywould inevitably be drowned.
The coroner said it was lamentable to hear of such cases,
and he would write to the surveyor of the highways, and
he had no doubt but that the evil would be rectified.
The jury returned a verdict of Accidental death."
DEATH or Ceriell'ltirGo.'=-Died on Friday, sud
denly, at his residence, 57, Seymour-street, the Canon
Riego, brother of the celebrated and ill-fated General
Riego. The Canon Riego having lived for many years
in this country, was known to a Considerable circle, by
whom he was much respected and beloved. His literary
attainments were varied and extensive. and he possesed
in an eminent degree the fine qualities of the Spanish
character, combined with a rare and captivating sim-
plicity, and a generous enthusiasm, which in advanced
years lost nothing of its youthful freshness. His death,
which is supposed to have been caused by disease of the
heart, will be deeply regretted.
Nor
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Frat the Crown
LONDON:
Friday DISTRESSED
evening
a publicN
meetingE ED L WON twa
heldand Anchor Tavern, Strand, in support of the society
recently formed for assisting the distressed needlewomen
of London. Mr. Luke Hansard presided. Mr. Roper
THEiday
explained the objects the society had in view, and in-
formed the meeting that the needlewomen of the metro-
polis were still in a most deplorable condition. The
registration office adopted by the society had proved
useful, and the plan of becoming security for materials
placed in the hands of poor but honest needlewomen had
been attended with the most beneficial results. Several
addresses were delivered, and some frightful-cases of
destitution were mentioned. Eventually, resolutions
expressive of sympathy with the distressed needlewomen
of London were passed ;'and others pledging the meet-
ing to support the society.
THE COUNT DE MONTEMOLIN.--HiS Royal High.
ness, we are informed, usually spends the morning in
transacting business, and afterwards receives visitors.
Besides several distinguished foreigners, his Royal High-
ness received on Friday the Earl of Charleville, Captain
Ryder Burton, R.N., and Mr. Peter Borthwick, M.P.
His Royal Highness' accompanied by the Marquis di
Villafranca, General Don Juan Montenegro, Colonel
Merryp, and Mr. Borthwick, inspected the works of the
new Houses of Pdrliament, and was pleased to express
much interest and admiration at the design and progress
of this great national work.
BRISTOL Srrl IR MARKET. Nov. 27.—The trade
have shown no (ii,positiun to get into stuck this week,
and the transactions since our last are quite unimportant.
.—Bristol Mercury.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

NORTHERN COUNTIES UNION.—It is currently ru-
moured in Westmoreland ;that: the York and Carlisle
Railway, now amalgamated with the Yorkshire and
Glasgow Union, and the Leeds and Carlisle Companies,
have abandoned the portion of -their line for which they
obtained a separate Act last session, from Bishop Auck-
land, in Durham, to Kirkby Stephen, in Westmoreland.
The immense tunnel of two miles in length, which would
be required on Stainmore Fell, through a strata of solid
limestone rock, is, we understand, now looked upon as an
insurmountable difficulty—that is, the undertaking would
occasion the expenditure of so large an amount of ca-
pital, that the probability of an adequate return ever
being realised is thought to be problematical. About
two months ago the projectors of the York and Carlisle
line, endeavouring to obviate the difficulty, had a partial
new survey made, by which they sought to carry their
line from the south-eastern extremity of the proposed
tunnel, over the summit of Stainmore—leaving the ori=
gival line to the south-west, and proceeding northward
4 miles, close by Brough to Ilall Garth, where they
turn again to the south-west, and run into the
original line at Smarldale (at which place the York-
shire and Glasgow Union line, adopted by the
united companies, is crossed), and proceed for-
w•ard thereon to Tebay, near Orton, joining the
Lancaster rind Carlisle Railway there. The adoption of
the course, however, is found to be quite impracticable,
ovving-to the steepness of the gradients over Stainmore,
and the promoters therefore have no other alternative
but to desert the undertaking—a result much to be re-
gretted, as the railway promised to be of great utility,
not only as a traffic, but as a passenger line, and the
benefit alone which it would have rendered the county
of Westmoreland and the southern districts of Cumber-
land by bringing coals, now so dear an article, at amuch
cheaper rate, would have been vast. At Appleby and
Kendal, the average price of coal throughout the year is
is. per cwt., the former town being supplied from the
West Pits in Durham, and the latter from Wigan, in
Lancashire ; whereas, by a transit on the -York and
Carlisle line, coal from the Durham pit, of by far the
superior quality, could be laid down at each place at not
more than 6id. or 7d. per cwt.
GREAT NORTHERN (LONDON AND YORK).—About
75,000 tons of iron rails will be required for the forma-
tion of the entire line during 1847 and 1848.
.The first
instalment of sleepers on which to lay them amounts to
500,000.

There are no fewer than fifty-six applications to Par-
liament for new lines and extensions in Norfolk and
Suffolk.

A rather rough rencontre took place the other day be-
tween a surveyor and EOM' labourers, on the property of
Mr. N. Mickleth wait, at Taverham. The parish con-
stable and his myrmidons drove them off and lodged
them in custody.