The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-05 00:00:00

RAILWAY RETURNS.

RatLwaY TBAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail-
ways for the past week—that is to say, ❑p to the date to which the
respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same
week in the previous year:—

Week Last tie,
ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week. F.
Dec. 27 Arbroath and Forfar ••••••-• • • • • • • • 168 163
- Bristol and 8irmingham.............-•
-- Chester and Birkenhead .•••••• • • • • • • - 531
25 Dublin and Drogheda•
30 Dublin and Kingstown
28 Dundee and Arbroath ........ 232 215
27 Durham and Sunderland . • ..........• 537 617
27 Edinburgh and Glasgow •• .. ••• • • • 2,372 2,136
29 Eastern Counties and North Eastern. • 7,424 4,305
27 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr .... • • 1,718 1,356
27 Glasgow and Greenock• ••• • •• •• 681 678
Grand Junction . • • • -
27 Gravesend and R0che5ter............ IGI -
- Great North of England •• •••• •• • • -
28 Great Western . • . •. 17,719 14,739
29 Hartlepool . .•......• 845 -
27 London and Birmingham, &c. .. •• • - 31,513 28,573
28 London and Illackwall..... .. 681 614
'27 London and Brighton •
30 London and Croydon
- London and Greenwich ............. - - --
28 London and South Western . ...... • . 5,740 5,464
28 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury ...... 867 763
26 Manchester and Birmingham........ 3,654 3,269
27 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc.. 5,256 4,903
27 Midland Counties • • • • 16,058 12,782
27 Newcastle and Darlington .. • . 2,280 956
27 Newcastle and Carlisle ••••. • • • • .
28 Newcastle and North Shields.. •
28 Norfolk . • 1,253 247
26 North Union and Bolton and Preston 1,525 1,542
- Paris, Corbeil, and Orleans -
29 Paris and Rouen .••• • ..
27 Preston and Wyre•• •• •••••••• •• •• 404 300
27 Sheffield and Manchester .. •• 1,428 656
27 South Eastern ••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • . • 5,522 4,849
27 Taff Vale • • • • • • •
............................574 596
- Yarmouth and Norwich •••• • • • • .... •-
27 York and North Midland •••••• • • • .. 5,708 4,298

THE MILITIA.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,-At this moment, when numerous industrious
artisans are disturbed with apprehensions arising out of
the proclaimed intentions of the Government, in refer-
ence to the militia to be called out and embodied, it
may not be amiss, perhaps, to suggest a mode of reliev-
ing many of those who may not otherwise be- able to
obtain for themselves substitutes; and more particularly,
if its adoption will convert to a " tower of strength"
what is now an incubus upon the country.
_

It is a fact, the evidence of which may be collected at
any time by the not over-worked rural police, at the
multitudinous nightly gatherings in all the " cadger," or
low lodging-houses, of the kingdom, that there are rainy
thousands of able•bodied men, neither gentle nor sim-
ple, too idle " to work," but not too proud " to beg," to
say nothing worse of them ; aryl to take up whom, by
some forcible persuasion, constraining them to become of
some service to their country, would be to confer a boon
on themselves, raising them from idleness and disgrace
to comparative usefulness and honour, and at the same
time relieve useful members of society from the neces-
sity of leaving their homes and occupations, and meet
equally the necessities of our common fatherland.
I am, Sir, yours faithfully, •
RICHARD HARRISON•
Redditch, Jan. 2, 1846.

MANNING THE NAVY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,-In your evening paper of yesterday there is an
able article on the subject of manning the navy. Pray
take it into your consideration how desirable it would
be to make use of an enormous, though useless force, at
present in existence—the preventive force. Every Par-
liamentary inquiry has shown the absurdity and impos-
sibility of their preventing smuggling, and they cost the
countryfully one million per annum ; remember, also,
that when the abominable corn laws aro gone, the land-
owners will be sure to require the extinction of this
monstrosity.—Your obedient servant,
Jan. 2, 1846. vox.