The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-05 00:00:00

PROMOTIONS.

Commander William Backhouse Monypenny [(1841)
to be Captain.
Commander Henry John Douglas (1844) to be
Captain.
Lieutenant John Crawshaw Bailey (1844), command-
ing the Sharpshooter steam-sloop on the south-east
coast of America station, to be Commander.
The Aboukir hired convict ship, surgeon-superinten-
dent Benjamin Bynoe (1836), Mr. J. Carwell master,
arrived cff the Royal Arsenal yesterday, to take on
board male convicts for Hobart Town,

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.
LONDON AND NOKTII- WESTERN 11.4.mwAr.--Retnrn of
Traffic for the week endineNov. 30:—
Passengers, parcels, mails, &c. £20,590 9 2
Merchandise ... ... 18,082 14 10
Cattle ... 1,348 210

Total ... ... £40,021 6 10
Corresponding week last year ... 38,508 9 4
LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.— Amount of
Traffic for the week ending Nov. 30 :
Passengers
Goods

... £6,005 3 9i
... 2,7.46 010

Total ... ,£B,FOI 4 7i
Corresponding week last year... 8,575 18 5

NOILYki STAFFORDSHIEIS RAILWAY. - (Al i les open, 11 2. )
Return of traffic for the week ending Nov. 23 :
Railway and canal .- ... £4,614 0 a
Corresponding week last year ... 4,351 0 0
Note.—The above is exclusive of the receipts available
under the agreement with the London and North-Western
Railway Company.

BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY. —Traffic for the week
ending Nov. 23:
Passengers
Goods
Parcels
Mails

... £1,897 14 1
.. 1,171 14 3
... 178.1 3
... 223 4 2

Total ... ... ... £3,470 13 9
SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER RAILWAY....-TTAffiC receipts
for the week ending Nov. 30 :
Passengers
Parcels, horses, &c. •••
Merchandise, mineralr, &c. ...

... £503 15 1
39 7 4
933 2 4

Total .. £1,476 4 9
Corresponding week last year ... 1,362 0 9
LONDON AND BLACKWALL RAILWAY.—Amount of revenue
or the week ending N0v.,30
Passengers (73,805)
Goods

... R 498 6 4
... 85 0 0

Total ... ...
Corresponding week last year ...

... £733 6 4
743 18 10

MANCIIEsTEN, BUXTON, M.LTTACK, AND MIDLANDS JUNG.
nos ltemwAT.—Return of traffic for the week ending
Nov. E 0

Passengers, ...
Merchandise ...

... £35 19 3
... 64 10 6

Total ... •.. £lOO 9 9
Corresponding week last year 102 18 2
CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.— (189 i miles opened.)— Return of
traffic for the week ending Nov. 23 :
Passengers, &c.
Goods, &c.

• £2,850 3 34
▪ 4,763 0 0

Total
~, .£7.613 3 3i
Corresponding week last year ... 6,876 8 4
GREAT SOUTHERN AND NVETERN (IRELAND) RAILWAY
(188 miles). Return of for the week ending Nov. 29 :
Passengers, parcels, &c. .. £3,421 9 5
Merchandise and cattle 1,138 11 3

Total ... .... ... £4,560 0 8
Corresponding week last year ... 4,223 1 1

The mercantile letters •from Paris yesterday throw
very little light upon the state of feeling of the commercial
and monied classee. On the whole, however, they indicate
great distru,t and timidity. No apprehensions are expressed
of any immediate convulsion in financial or trading affairs,
but there is an evident belief that a long period of uncer-
tainty has now to be passed through, and that every means
should be taken so as to be prepared against even the most
extraordinary possibilities. The balance of opinion seems
to be that Louis Napoleon may succeed for the time in main-
taining his position, but that as everything must continue
to depend upon the troops, the revival of commercial confi-
dence is out of the question. The unexpected rife which
took place yesterday in the price of the Ilentcs, and which
carried them to the point at which they stood before the
violation of the Constitution, is accounted for by the state'
ment that large purchases were made for the purpo9e- doe";
also said that the brokers forced most of their clients to close
their accounts, and as these parties baci...bteg
sellers, there was consequently a large an3°;Ei,h a few days
ugga back.
It appears that the price of gold at Pairgobout 6s. Bd. per
back was at par, was yesterday 3 _Per,PI presumed that some
1001.) premium. It may, therefore,p
anxiety existed to obtain it torthe urpose of hoarding. For
London have also risen.—
the same reason short bills on
Times City Article.
REGENT'S
CAN
oAi:'.77— y
aesTdhae half-yearly meeting of th;a
at the offices, City-road,t
company was held ry in the chair. The mipu ea of
thf
the Marquis baying bee read and confirmed, the repor of
last meeting
the directors was ea
d. It stated that the Act of Parliament
enablingr
the company to enlarge the reservoir on the river
Brent, and
supply water for manufactories and steam.
.
e toedthe royal assent on the sth of June last,
engines' -- "nivthe necessary steps were taken for caging the
anal that
works into effect during the course of the summer 1652.
Measures had also been adopted for the execution of other
works, and the committee had deemed it expedient to
modify the toll on coal, with a view of aiding the traders
upon
the canal to meet the competitioß in that article.
the half-yearly account was
The balance of profit shown by
11,7301. 15s. Md., which, with the surplus of 4111. los. 10d.,
made 12,1421. I Is. Bd., being sufficient for a dividend of 10s.
a share, leaving a balance of 5081. Ils. Bd., applicable to the
next dividend. After some discussion the report was adopted,
as also a resolution declaring a dividend of les. per share.
SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW.—A very, im-
portant change is about to take place in the regulations
under which the prizes are given by this club. Up to the
present time animals of all breeds have been put into indis-
criminate competition with each other. It is now proposed
that for the future short horns shall compete with slapc.t,
horns, Herefords with Herefords, Devons with Dnetvioonnas,stail
and that finally all the winners in the diff,erenttase
be brought together, and a gold medal
which proves to be the' best, irrespecotinveTuresday next, the
givoep breed.te
At
timthael
meeting of the members, to be held
the report of the
"dered, and
opening day of the exhibition, the subject of this new classi-
fication of animals will be cons a preliminary prize-sheet
committee appointed to prepareto be exhibited have already
will ba read.
The animals
large number are expected to be
very
today
begun to arrive, and a
received in the courseand to-morrow.
ofwhich took place in Tullatnore,
The public ball
of the Earl and Countess of Charley J L
fashionably 1 i
under the patronage of
and
manor
tut, : 1
on Wednesday last, was
I Waded.,