The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-19 00:00:00

Passengers

Cattle - ...* ... 7,244 30,000
Sheep ... 27,105 120,000
51erchandise by land ... tons 151,155 371,154
Coals by water tons 285,000 313,854
Thus it will be seen that under each head a vast in-
crease has taken place, and yet a great amount of goods
and coals is still carried by water.
In the case of the Manchester and Leeds Railway the
same results are seen:—

Estimated Number
number. realised.
Passengers ...
„., 207,888 1,674,946
Goods by land and water, tons 358,958 507,852
The whole quantity of goods carried before the
Alanchester and Leeds Railway was established was
106,486 tons, and now 507,852 tons are carried by rail-
way, which is more than the whole amount before car-
ried by road and canal ' together, whereas the traffic on
the canals remains.

The Midland Railway is a line now under Mr. Hud-
son's management. The York and North Midland Rail-
way was constructed
under his eye, and has been
maniged by him throughout
B this ts railway was begun the whole traffic in
goods and coals was as followt:;,,
sierebandise by land
72 by water
Coal by water

... 5,547 tons
... 95,100
... 98,000

Altogether
.. 198,647 tons
The quantity of goods and coals now carried on the
York and North Midland Railway is 351,022 tons; the
water traffic, as in the other cases, being still carried on.
The number of passengers estimated was 185,660; the
number carried in 1845 was 464,755. This is worth
being borne in mind, because Mr. Hudson has always
been a mark of attack, as keeping up high fares. That
he must have increased the public accommodation is
evident from the fact that 279,095 more passengers were
carried in 1845 than belore the railway was constructed,
viz., an increase of 150 per cent.
The South-Eastern is one which has been much com-
plained of. The result stands thus:—

Estimates-317,252 passengers...... 63,079 tons goods.
Returns-1,477,892 ditto ...... 204,100 ditto.
The Great Western Railway has been attacked for
want of accommodation, and high fares. Here we find—
E3timates-821,145 passengers...... 140,710 tons goods.
Returns-3,876,222 ditto ...... 371,326 ditto.
These figures include those of the Great Western and
13ristol and Exeter Railways.
Having taken these data as a sufficient guarantee of
he validity of estimates of railway traffic when made by
;ompetent parties, Mr. Brown proceeds to give, from
diaterials of his own, returns of traffic in thirteen dis-
tricts in Ireland. _

The total length of railway which would supply these
listricts is 411 wiles, and as a further guarantee of the
Accuracy of these returns it may be mentioned that three
Jf them refer to lines of railway of a total length of 90i
.niles, or nearly one-fourth of the whole for which Acts
.it .Parliament have been obtained, and the works of all
.hree of which are in progress.
We perceive that it is not Mr. Brown's object to re-
cominend any of these lines for execution. He only
orings forward the statistics which he had in his pos-
.)ession, and which illustrate satisfactorily the resources
,t Ireland.
In these thirteen lines or districts the estimated
.raffic is—
eassengers ... •• ••• £2,206,584
Agricultural produce and building mate--

rials ... ••• tons 361,053
Goods and Merchandise . . tons 274,420
Merchandise, and agricultural produce by •
water ... ... tons 118,587

Minerals and coals 273,977
liorses and catttle 483,572
Sheep and pigs 461,791
The total estimated traffic on 411 miles of road is as
follows:

Vassengers
Guods... ...

... £2,206,584
... tons 1,023,210

The total estimated traffic on 702 miles Engli6h rail-
way was:—

L'atisengers