The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-01 00:00:00

RAILWAY TRAFFIC .RETURNS.

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK.

Miles -Receipts.-
e ?one& NAME OF RAILWAY.
1856. 1856. 1855.
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BRITISH. og A
115 Aberdeen .. •• • • .... •• • • ••• • • • ••• • • - --
37% Belfast and Ballymena ••••••.. • • • • • • 1,103 879
17 Belfast and County Down.. • • • • • • • • • . - -
33 I Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 2,773 2,715
263 1 Bolton, Hiackburn, and West York .... - -
117 Bristol and Exeter •• .. .• •••• • • • 7.370 6,933
191% Caledonian..., ...... •• • •••••• • • • • • • 14774 12,692
9414 Chester and Holyhead • • .... •• •• - -
6% Cork, Blackrock, and Passage ...... 339 201
20 Cork and Bandon .. • • ...... •....... 206 210
56 Dublin and Belfast J unction ........ 1,239 1,190
63 Dublin and Drogheda.. • • ......... 1,585 1,576
73( Dublin and Kingstown •• •• • • ........ 1,289 1,282
16% Dundee and Arbroath ..............720 638
31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 1,152 1,057
36 Dundalk and Enniskillen .... .. • ..... 444 355
67% East Anglian.... • • .... ..
93 East Lancashire • •
262,81432:
263,,525735
417 Eastern Counties and Norfolk ...... "I
Eastern Union •.••• • • . • • „ .... 3
142 Edinburgh and Glasgo'n
183 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee ...... 7,260 6,469
6 Exeter and Credit0n.......... ...... - -
22 Furness Railway •• . .............. - -
183% Glasgow, and South-Western .. .... .. 7,013 6,503
283 Great Northern. • ...
203% Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 7.783 6,171
388 Great Western •••• • • • • ............ 28,192 27,670
2534 Irish South Eastern ••••••••.. • • • • • • - -
90 Lancaster and Carlisle..
286% Lancashire and Yorkshire
- Leeds Northern .................... •- -
161 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... - -
637 London and North Western .. „. G 9,050 64,781
5% London and Blackw a 11.... •
183% London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 16,440 17,460
267 London and South We5tern......... 18,338 17,091
60 Londonderry and Enniskillen ........ 704 553
- Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. - -
173% Manchester, Shefileid,and Lincolnshire 10,110 9,404
934 Manchester and South Junction
28 Maryport and Carlisle •• •• •• • • ....„ 1,091 1,024
49834 Midland .... •-••••• . • • - .. .. ~ . 31,422 30.174
12634 Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... 3.530 2,936
52 Monklands •• • • • • • • •• • • • ..- • .... - -
783{, Newcastle and 'Carlisle ............ .. - -
149 North British ••.. • • ................ 6,020 5,745
233 North Staffordshire •• • • ........... - -
47 North-Western .................... 1,109 1,130
873{ Scottish Central .............. -
32 Scottish Midland ••••• • • • • • - -
29% Shrewsbury and Birmingham ...... 1,914 1,490
48 Shrewsbury and Chester ............ 3,548 2,219
30 Shropshire Union .. - - - - 738 820
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5734 South Devon ....................... 3,138 -
289 South Eastern ................ ...... 24,014 23,828
111%. South Wales ...................... . 7,075 6,237
97 South York., Doncaster, and Cools .. 2,484 1,900
39 Taff Vale • • • • • • • • • • • . • • .. ~........ 4,616 -
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77 Waterford P_nd Limerick ............ 1,178 876
273(, West Cornwall .. •. • . -..... •••• • • • 656 802
12 Whitehaven Junction . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 459 35d
682 York and Newcastle, and Berwick &
York and North Midland & Leeds.. - --
FOREIGN.
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109 Dutch Rhenish • • •• - .............. •-•
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328 Lyons and Mediterranean •......... - -
63 Montereau and Troyes .............• - _
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- Namur and Liege .. •......,, ...... •• _ -
445 Northern of France • ... • • •• • • •••• •• - _
- Orleans and Central .. - _
359 Paris and Lyons ....•••• - -
84 Paris and Rouen. ...• • • • • •• • ..... " - -
566 Paris and Strasburgh •••••• • • •• - "
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- Rouen and Ilavre...• •••• • • •• •:' • •
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- Western of France • • • • ..• •• " • "

The Duchess of Orleans, accompanied by her sons,
sass the Prose of Brussels, arrived at Augsburg on the
24th, and was to continue her journey on the following
day for the baths of Staokelberg.
HONOUR TO A CRIMEAN OFFICER.—A. grand demon-
stration in honour of Lieutenant-Colonel Soulden Oak.
Icy, 661,h Regiment, took place at Bishops' Castle, on
Wednesday. The town was lavishly decorated with
arches, ornamented with evergreens, flowers, and ban-
ners. The bailiff and other members and officers of
the corporation waited upon the gallant colonel at
Oakley House, the residence of his brother, where
he is at present stayirg, and presented a con-
gratulatory address to him. Colonel Oakley, whole
health has suffered greatly from the Crimean campaigns
received the deputation with great cordiality; but his
reply to the address presented to him was read by his
brother, tbe Rev. Arthur Oakley, the gal!ant ooinnels
for the present, having entirely lost the use of his voice.
In the evening a grand banquet in honour of Colonel
Oakley took place at the Castle Hotel, Bishops' Castle,
which vial attended by all the elite of ti at part of Shrop.
shire. `Ye trust that the gallant colonel may 400 n be