The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-04 00:00:00

RAILWAY RETURNS

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK.

Mlles
NAME OF RAILWAY. Receipts.
opened,
1850. 1849. 1850.
RRITISIL
-
72 Aberdeen •• .. £834 11,12.4
37% Belfast and Ballymena •• 429 570
17 Belfast and County Down.. .......... - 258
351,E Birke Lancashire, and Cheshire 920 1,277
27 Bolt. , ' rn, and West York. .. 421 653
851 Bris • eter 3,134 3,582
160 C 5,996 6,470
94% • 1,196 2,365
32 st Junction 278 484
749 877
6 4 stown
18% 305
31 1) . ;, and Aberdeen Junction 578 605
19 Dun' ;h . Enni5ki11en............ 137 170
67% East Aug 650 584
79 East Lancashire 2,577 3,883
322 Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. 15,477
.15,247
95 ERSICITI •••.• • • .. • 1,874 -116 Edinburgh and Glasgow ........ 2,867 3,424
71 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee.. • . • . 2,115 2.076
18 Furness Railway ... .............. - 216
171% GI asgow, and South-Western.• • • .... 2,958 3,330
22 Glasgow, Paisley, and Greeneck 858 825
236 Great Northern and E. L........... 2,966 8,305
188 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 3,238 3,678
262% Great 'Western . .
90 Lancaster and Carlisle...-. ..... . 3,309 4,165
260 Lancashire and Yorkshire . 10,021 13,456
39 Leeds and Thirsk .................. 614 969
123 L Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport • . 65 261
518 M London and North Western, . . 37,183 41.553
5 London and 81ackwa11.............. 547 745
1711 y London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 6,870 8,073
239 London and South We5tern......... 8,561 9,587
is Londonderry and Enniskillen 99 111
113( Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. 90 114
167 N Manchester, Sheflield,a.ndiLincolnshire 4,720 6,366
9' Manchester and South Junction...... 327 399
28 Maryport and Carlisle • • - 686
49614 Midland ....... ........ 23,921 23,809
50 Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... 943 1.003
60 Newcastle and Carlisle.. ,„ 1,991 2,171
146 North British ...... • • • • • 3,129 3,064
222 North Staffordshire •• • • .....• •• .• 3,942 4,628
47 North-Western •... .
45 Scottish Central
32 Scottish Midland 331 446
47 Shrewsbury and Chester ............ 1,693 1,222
30 Shropshire Union 489 499
68 South Devon.. . • .............: 1,506 1,645
234 South Eastern ........... ... 8,454 10,510
75 South Wales - 978
.......
69 South York., Doncaster, and Goole - 1,203
40 Taff Yale 1,546 2,007
657 837
25 Waterford and Limerick ..... ....... - 336
13 West Cornwall ...... ............, 276 310
12 Whitehaven Junction ....• .......... 224 -
293 York and Newcastle, and Berwick ... 11,241 13,852
256 York and North Midland ........... 5,843 6,899
FOREIGN.
751;i Amiens and Boulogne. 1,042 1,187
435 549
63 Montereau and Troyes 646 963
336 Northern of France .......... 16,940 17,350
143 Orleans to Bourges (Cent.) 2,814 3,142
72 Orleans to Bordeaux 2,410 2,763
82 Paris and Orleans ...... ......... 7,880 7,728
86 Paris and Rouen . . •.•
59% Rouen and Havre .

DEATH OF MR. CHARLES HIE.

'LE.

We have this day to record, which we do with feel-
ings of deep regret, the death of Mr. Charles 'dibble.
The melancholy event occurred yesterday morning, at
five o'clock. Mr. Ribble had been for many years in a
state of ill health, and for a long time past his friends
apprehended a fatal termination to the complaint under
which he laboured. His vigorous mental faculties re-
mained unimpaired until the last moment of his life, and
he continued to manifest the same profound interest in
everything connected with the Licensed Victuallers' So-
ciety, which he had done during the long series of years
with which he was connected with that body. Indeed,
Mr. Hibble's attachment to the various institutions con-
nected with the trade, continued to increase, instead of
diminishing, until the close of his existence. Nothing
could exceed the interest he felt in the prosperity of this
journal; and he looked forward with the greatest gratifi-
liaets "t.a
w wsaris tt enrequests
dying,anditbeforewassuehisofdeathconstantly to the Pro
vincial Association of Licensed Victuallers, made under
the Morning that they would
stand byAdertiser, and make every pos-
sible effort, now that it is about to be permanently en-
larged, to extend its circulation in all parts of the coun-
try. He finished a letter only an hour before his death,
which he had previously begun, most earnestly request-
ing them to do everything in their power to promote
the success of the double sheet, both as an act of friend-
ship to him,
and also as the best way of benefiting the
trade. Mr. Ribble was for many years the Parliamen-
tary Agent of the United Towns Association of Li-
censed Victuallers, in whose service he laboured with a
zeal and ability which could not be surpassed. He en-
joyed not only the official confidence, but the personal
friendship of the leading members of the trade, both in
London and the provinces; and the announcement of his
death, though anticipated for some time past, will be re-
ceived with deep and universal regret. In his demise
society generally, as well as the body with which be was
mere particularly connected, has lost a man of great
in-
telligence, sterling integrity, and eminent usefulness in
the sphere of life in which he moved. lldr. Ribble was in
his fiftieth year.—Morning Advertiser.

MERKLAND : A STORY OF SCOTTISH LIFE. By
the author of " Passages in the Life of Mrs. Margaret Plait-
land."—ln the author's former work we had the model of a
perfectly good and amiable woman, who, with excelikent
sense and warm affections, was probably unqualified (through
the softness and simplicity of her temperament) to grapple
with the outer world struggles, of which she knew little or
nothing. In " Merkland" are portrayed the characters of
two Scotchwomen, who present various points of contrast to
the excellent Mistress Maitland. They, like her, have tra-
velled little from home ; but they are conceived in a sterner,
of not stronger, mould. " Mer;land" is an able picture of
Scottish life when reflected by friendship and affection, and
there are passages in the story which, for genuine unaffected
pathos and profound appreciation of the springs of human
motives and passions, have been surpassed in no book since
Fielding wrote his immortal prose epic.—Weekly eta•oxiede.
The celebrated astronomer, Schurnacker, died at;
Altona on the 28th tilt.

DAILY WEATHER TABL
State of the Wind and Weather at each,4 owing
places at Nine o'clock yesterday morni •.4. time
are arranged in order of latitude. Yl`
PLYMOUTH—Wind N., calm—foggy. T 1
PowrsmouTH—Wind W., calm—rain.
ILtsTlNGs—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—rain.
SOUTHAMPTON—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—rain.
FOLKESTONE—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—rain.
TUNBRIDGE—Wind N. W., calm—rain.
BASINGSTOKE -Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast.
GREENWICH—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—rain.
SWINDON—Wind N., light airs—foggy.
OXFORD—Wind N.E., calm—foggy.
CoLcHEsrks.—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
ButmtHatt-pt ind W.,_calm— partially cloudy.
PETERBOROUGH—Wind N.E., calm—scud.
YARMOUTH—.Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless.
lloLyttnaH—Calm cloudless.
MA NCHISTEE—Wind N., fresh breeze—overcast.
LANCASTER—Wind E., calm—principally clear.
WHITBY—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
SHAP—Wind N., gentle breeze—foggy.
Catzustx —Wind N.W., gentle breeze—foggy.
ElzArrock;-Wind N., gentle bream—principally clear.
BERWICK—Wind W.—gentle breeze—cloudless.
EDINBURG# —Wind S.W., calm-cloudless.
The returns from the following places indicate the state of
the wind and weather on Thursday morning at nine
o'clock :

KixosToirg (DvELLN) —Wind W.`. W., gentle breeze—
foggy.
MULLINGAR—Wind W., calm—overcast.
PooLE—Wind W , hard wind—scud, rain.
LEIGHTON Wind S.W., heavy gale—overcast.
CAMBRlDGE—Calm—foggy.
PETERBOROUGH—Wind S.W., strong breeze—partially
cloudy.
CoNwAY—Wind W., gentle breeze—cloudless.
HOLYHEAD'—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
LEEDS —Wind W., calm partially cloudy.
LascAsTEß—Wind S.W., calm—overcast.
DAELLwroze—Wind W.N.W., strong breeze—partially
cloudy.
SHAY—Wind S., calm—partially cloudy.
WHITZHAVX:i Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast.