The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-11 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:

Week Last
ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week.
ee
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July 4 Arbroath and Forfar ••• • • •
- Bristol and Birmingham .•••••• • • • • • • -
- Chester and Birkenhead .••• • • • •• • • _ 694
2 Dublin and Drogheda •••••••• • • • • • • • • 862 880
- Dublin and Kingstown ••••••• • • • • • • • - 1,489
5 Dundee and Arbroath .••••• • • • • • • • 374 344
4 Durham and Sunderland .•..• • 524 714
4 Edinburgh and Glasgow . ...• •• •• 3,324 2,707
6 Eastern Counties and North Eastern•. 10,0;.3 5,214
4 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ••• • • • 2,112 1,873
4 Glasgow and Greenock. •••••• • • • • • • 1,208 1,177
4 Gravesend and Rochester• •• •
- Great North of England • • •••• • • . -
5 Great Western . •••••••• • • • • • • .• 21,696 18,631
4 Hartlepool . ..... ................... 874
4 London and Birmingham, &c..•..• • 40,291 37,338
5 London and Blackwall... ...... 1,526 1,484
4 London and Brighton ............... 6,910 5,224
7 London and Croydon . 1,942 1,826
- London and Greenwich ........ ..... -
5 London and South Western ......... 8,299 9,062
5 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury ...... 1,202 1,007
3 Manchester and Birmingham........ 4.547 3.927
4 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc•• 6,911 6,941
4 Midland Counties .•••••• • • • • .• ...... 17,251 16,696
4 Newcastle and Darlington .. •.• • • ... 2,935 2,746
4 Newcastle and Car1i51e........
7 Newcastle and North Shields.• •••• •• 620 595
5 Norfolk •••••••• .• • • - • • • 2,0;6 425
- North British .. •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • -
- North Union and Bolton and Preston -
6 Paris, Corbeil, and Orleans ••.. • • 7,053 6,096
6 Paris and Rouen •
4 Preston and Wyre .
4 Sheffield and Manchester ••••..• • • • • • 1,987 815
4 South Eastern. ...... ............... 9,240 6,433
4 Taff Vale ••••••.• • • • • • • • 1,298 1,052
5 Ulster .•••• • . .• ..... ......... ..... 577 - 561
- Yarmouth and Norwich • • ........
4 York and North Midland ........... 5,811 -
Lord John Russell, as far as the primary materials

Lord John Russell, as far as the primary materials
are concerned, has shown great capacity in the construction
of his Cabinet. His prompt and perceptive mind has fixed
upon the very men whose business-like qualities, general
talent, and recognised standing in the Senate point at as fit
components of a Ministry capable of as much external
strength as internal aptitude and harmony. In the eleva-
tion of our representative, Sir George Grey, to the most im-
portant and responsible office of her Majesty's Chief Secre-
tary of State for the Home Department, his Lordship has
placed that Right Hon. Baronet in the precise position in
which his active and comprehensive mind, his thorough mas-
tery arid judicious control of the complex machinery of Go-
vernment, can be best exercised for the lasting benefit of his
countrymen. It would be as unworthy of ourselves as of the
Right Hon. Baronet, were we to speak of his appointment in
any way that should approach the commonplace commenda-
tions of the day; it is sufficient, therefore to add, that it is
an exceedingly high honour—appreciated, we are sure, by
the constituency in general—to have such a man as our re-
presentative in Parliament, a man who gives the strongest
promise of yet being at the head of the councils of this
mighty:empire —Devonport Independent.
WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, JULY 10.—The supply
of wheat is liberal; of other grain only moderate. There is
a fair inquiry for fresh English wheats, at a slight decline.
For foreign, prices are about ls. per quarter lower. Grinding
barley in tolerable request. Beans firm, and fully as dear.
Oats and Shelling each sell slowly, at previous rates. Malt
rather higher.
PEDESTRIAN FEAT.--Y3sterday a match to clear 400
stones from the ground, each being placed a yard apart, was
performed by. Ellis, on
.Bennington common. The stones
were fetched singly.
The stipulated time was forty minutes,
and the stakes 10/. The match was won with three minutes
to spare. The groun4 actually run over wartii ix* five
fuloge, sad 240 Yard,.