The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-27 00:00:00

LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST
RAILWAY.

Traffic—Week ending Oct. 25, 1851 ... £11,390 4 8
Traffic—Week ending Oct. 26, 1850 ... 10,721 15 7
Total of the half-year, to this date, 1851 ... 248,568 15 7
Total of the half-year, to this date, 1850 ... 221,559 2 8
Total number of Passengers—Week ending
Oct. 25, 1851 ... 62,921
Passengers ... ....£9,225 17 11
Goods 2,11;4 6 9

Total ... £11,390 4 8
Total miles open, 1851, 173 IA ; ditto, 1850, 1711p1.
London Terminus, Oct. 27, 1851.

THE WEATHER. IN THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND.—
High winds seem to have been general over the north, and
both the Morayshire and Caithness papers take notice of the
violence of the gales. It is satisfactory, however, to know
that little grain remained exposed to the adverse influences,
excepting in those western parts of the country where the
crops are generally late. In all other parts of the north the
grain crops were secured in tine condition, and the reports of
the yield at the mill are decidedly favourable. Potato-lifting
goes on briskly ; and we hear little of disease, excepting from
a distance. A considerable quantity of rain has fallen, and
the Ness now runs in a broad majestic flood, contrasting most
favourably with the small, gentle, scarcely-moving stream
which it was lately and for so long a time past.
REPRESENTATION OF KILKENNY.--WE learn that
Sergeant Shee intends to offer himself to the constituency of
the county Kilkenny, in the room of the Hon. P. S.
Butler, the present Member, who, with his family, is said
to be about to emigrate to America. The llon. Mr. Butler
belongs to the once princely house of Mountgarret.—D aily
Express.
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LOLA MONTES.—The much talked-of engagement
of Lola Montes with Mr. Barnum, has, it appears, not been
concluded, as the lady in question has been dancing at se-
♦eral of the provincial theatres, and lately at Lyons, but
without success. The Salut Public of Lyons publishes a
warlike epistle from the Countess to Dr. Vernon (of the
Constitutionnel), in consequenc eof some sarcastic remarks
upon her in his journal, in which she warns the doctor
that, in case of the attacks upon her being continued in
the Constitutinne 1, she will send him a challenge to fight a
duel—not with sword or pistol, but arms more familiar to
him—two pills—one of them poisoned; each of the comba-
tants to swallow one ! Whether this letter be bona fide, or
a pleasantry on the part of the Salut Public, we have no
means of knowing, but the joke is a good one.— Galignani,

Thursday, being the half-yearly sacramental fast,
was held here in the usual decorous manner, the shops being
all shut and business entirely suspended. The churches
were well attended both forenoon and afternoon, though the
favourable character of the weather induced many parties to
leave town in the early part of the day. The Caledinian
Railway, which ran cheap excursion trains:to Carlisle and
back, was remarkably well patronised, and the other lines
felt also a perceptible increase on their ordinary business.
But the great outlet for the migratory population was the
river, the steamers on which, from a pretty early hour in the
morning up till two o'clock in the afternoon, left the
Broomielaw packed from stem to stern with their living
freight. At least twenty boats quitted the quay during the
time specified ; and, if the moderate average of 400 passengers
per boat be taken for each steamer, no fewer than 8,000 in-
dividuals left Glasgow by this mode of conveyance.—
Glasgow Mail.

Mr. Edward Joseph Darley is appointed a member
of the Legislative Council of Ceylon, during the temporary
absence of Mr. James Swan.

After a pause of some duration, the Literary Guild
theatricals are about to recommence. Bath and Bristol will
be the provincial towns first visited by the amateurs.
MONSTER BOILER.—A boiler of immense size was
drawn through the streets yesterday on a waggon, to which
were attached no less than twenty horses. This huge ma-
chine is, in fact, only one-fourth part of the entire boiler,
which weighs upwards of eighty tons, and is intended for an
iron frigate at present in course of construction at Birken-
head.—Liverpool .lournal.
THE PRICE OF A Box OF TOFFEE.—Mrs. Sandi-
ford of Everton village, presented to the young Princess and
Princess, through the Coantess of Sefton, a box of toffee.
its
receipt, Majesty has directed Colonel Phipps to acknowledge
receipt, and to forward 51. for her acceptance in return.
Circulars have been issued from qv. Horne-office,
in pursuance of a Parliamentary address, to all the town-
clerks in the kingdom, requiring a return of all municipal
electors within their respective boroughs.