The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-13 00:00:00

SCUT!' STAFFORDSHIRE.

A special meeting of the proprietors in•tho above com-
pany was held at Lichfield on Wednesday, for the pur-
pose of obtaining their sanction, according to the sttod-
ing orders of the .1-2ouse of Lords, tow Bill, now before
Parliament for constructing a branch to connect the
South Staffordshire with the Stour Valley and Lciadou
anti North-Western Railways, in the parish of Tipton,
in the county of Stafford. Mr. R. C. Chawner presided.
Mr. WAGSTAFF, the solicitor, having read the provi-
sions of the bill,

The CE AIRMAN Explained that the proposed breach
would not be more than half a mile is leugtb, and the
cost about 6,000/. Mr. M'Cleen, the lessee, had made a
traffic arrangement with the London and North-Western
Company, and it would be to the interest of that gentle-
man and to that of the shareholders generally that the
proposed branch should be constructed. It it was not
done by them it would be done by somebody eke. They
would secure a good division of traffic., and it was desir-
ablo that the arrangement should be at once completed.
He moved that the Bill be sanctioned, and the motion
being seconded was co..rried unanimously.
The meeting then broke up.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURN S.
THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—(MiIes in work, 236.)
—Return of Traffic for the Week ending... June 1, 1851 :
Passengers parcels, carriages,
horses, dogs, and mails ....£7,2C6 IS 5
Merchandise and minerals ... 3,5f:9 14 2
Cattle • ..• ••• 205 7 9

Total .. £10,942 0 4
Corresponding week, Juno 2, 1850 (193 miles) :
Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £1,572 18 7
Cattle ... ... 1,502 13 0

Total £3,075 11 7
EASTERN COUNTIES AND NORFOLK EAILWAY....TrAfiII:
return for the week ending June 3 :
Passengers, parcels, &c. ...£10,037 11 10
Merchandise, cattle, and cartage 5,894 19 3

Total ... £15,932 11 1
Corresponding week of IMO ... 16,758 3 S
BRISTOL AND EXETER RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week
ending June 1:
Passengers
Goods
Parcels ...
Mails ...

... £2,957 0 7
.. 1,077 8 6
... 191 9 11
... 223 4 2

Total £4,449 3 2
LONDON AND BLAGKWALL RAELWAY.....Amount of revenue
for the week ending June 8:
Passengers
Goods

... ". £1,245 1 1
... ... 24 5 0

Total £1,269 6 1
Corresponding week last year ... 1,027 1 3
SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM BAILWAY....TIACIC
ceipts for the week ending June 8 :—.
Passengers
••• £303 5 2
Carriages, horses, and parcels 9 4 5
... Live stock 38 10 3
••• ••• •••
Merchandise and minerals ... 320 17 8

Total ... £671 17 6
Corresponding period last year.. 7SI 2 6
SHROPSHIRE UNION RAILWAT.—(Open 29 miles.)—Traltis
for the week ending June 8 :
Passengers, parcels, &c.
Goods and live stock

... £395 15 7.4
... 193 0 10,E

Total £SSS 16 61
Corresponding week last year ... 545 6 01
MANCHESTER, BUXTON, MATLOCK, AND MIDLANDS JUNC-
TION RAILWAY.—Return of traffic for the week ending
June 8 :
Passengers, &c.
Merchandise

£167 8 10
60 16 0

Total ... -.. ... £228 410
Corresponding week last year ... 154 '9
4
SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the Week
ending June 8, 1851 :
Passengers (11,106), parcels, horses,
and carriages ...
Goods, cattle, &c....

... £973 7 3
... 827 410

Total . 1,800 12 1
Corresponding week in last year... 1,398 16 1

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, JUNE 12.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market to-day was extre.nelY
flat, and but trifling business transacted. Taff Vale New
Shares were done at 214 p,
LIVE.ReOOL, JUNE 12.
STOCK EXCHANGE.---The share market was very fiat to-
day, with prices tending downwards. The transactions were as
follow : —East Lancashire, 14714—Lancashire and Yor/tshir. e,
541,a c. London and North-Western,
—Midland, Halves, 17A; c. dis.— South-Eastern and lover,
23%—York and North Midland, 2 t:,;.i. .
New Quarters, 3% C.
MANCHESTER,
STOCK EXCHANGEmembers
Very few afternoon for the Whitsuntide holidays.
done was limited;
—The ExchangejuNE
came in the morning, and the businep
heightened prim., The
but the increase in London trafficwasl2e.losed again this
transactions were as follow
South-Eastern and
1243 4 —North Staffordshire, 8 dis.
Dover, 23:11. :—Londand North-Western,
STOCK Excnexax.--The shareovtraffic relearns market this morning,
earns of the grin
at-
tributable mainly to the improved
urns,
with an inclination to a fat
BIRMINGHAM. JUNE 12.
..
cipal lines of railway, w
of holders of stock to sell, the sales effected were not nu-
merous. At the close of
ther advance of prices, bu:a owing to a reluctance on the part
and there was a tendency downwns.
ket became flat,
'Change a reaction occurred, tin
mar
The on
transactions reported were—Midland (for next
account),
dland (Bristol and Birmingham), 13214.
Shrewsbury a
nd Birmingham Stock was steady and in
ly
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