The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-09 00:00:00

TRAFFIC RETURNS.

LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTBRiT RAlLWAY.—Traffic re-
turn for the week ending July 5, 1856 221,623 13 5
Corresponding week last year 20,721 15 0

Increase in 1856
LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.—
Traffic return for . the week ending July 5,
1856. £17,097 9 3
Con-esponding week in year 15,761 5 1
Total of the half-year to this date, 1856 17,097 9 3
Total of the half-year to this date,lBss
GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WRSTERN RA.lLWAY.—Traffic re-
turn for the week ending July 5,1856 £6,473 14 0
Corresponding Week last year , .6,367E15 3
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Decrease in 1856 £lo3 19 7

GREAT LIIXEMOURG RAILWAY.—Traffio return for the
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Naval and Mitiry Intelligence.

Lieutenant-General Sir Colin Campbell' will have the
command of the ,troops .tn, be piicarpppd, uti Shortiplige,
numbering about. 5,000 men. Among the regiments
constituting this division will- be Tneltided some of those
vider Sir Colin's co‘nmand- in,,:_,tbe
_Highland, Di-
vision in the ,
Colonel Trollope, of the 423 .Regiment,- Who-lately
cenunandect a, brigade in the Crimea, Will, we under-
stand, proceed to Canada to fill a staff appointment of
similarrank,•in the room of Major• Genera- Home Home;
who returns to-En,gland. 1
As some reports have appeared injurious .to the cha-
racter and discipline of the Foreign LegiOn at Dover, it
may be right to state that at a meeting of •the, directors
of the Dover Sailors'. Home, which took place a few
days ago, it was resolved that the secretary should be
requested to (3/Press to Lieut.-Colonel Raines the great
satisfaction of th,e, direqcrs, at the exemplary behaviour
of the soldiers "of We British SWisS Legion, who in' large
numbers have4tvailed themselves of the opportunitiea
afforded to them for reading in that institution.
The SecOrid'l3a.ttaliem of the Fusilier Guards is ex-
pected to arrisre at: Liverpool from Windsor early on
Thursday morning, to embark at 10 o'clock on; board 04e
screw steamer Indus for Dublin.
The steamer Gorgon has arrived at Liverpool for the
gun-boats ,Goat and Garland ; and the steamer Salama&
,der Is expected there for the gun boats Kestral and
Clown, which: will complete the number ordered by Go-
vernment at Liverpool.
The Diadem,steatn-frigate is in a forward state at-Pem-
broke D'Oekiard. She is'the first laid"clown of the neW
claea-menrefOvea. x, of. her. size- and weight Of metal, of
which two more, the Aria4pe and Galatea,rbave just been-
ordei-ed t 6 he bitilt at Nr.f4h und'D;eptford', Although
the Diadem is only-to carry 32 guna, yet these are all to
be 68 pounders, and it is thought that she will be able
to l'carry_B-4'4. The Diidein is being pushe'd. forward,
with all rapidity, a large number of hands' beinx: ern•
ployed upen.her. This frigate is longer than the Duke
of Wellington; 131 guns, ship of the line, and will have
engines of 1,000-horse power. Her burden- will be up-
wards of 2,500.t0n5, and she promises to prove a model
of strength, beauty and speed. •
The huge chain lighter in the service of Woolwich
dockyard was on Monday towed up to. Poplar for the
purpose of embarking Mr. Horsfaii's monster gun,
which had been received at the railway station from
Liverpool. The gun was received on board the barge
with safety, but with some difficulty, on account of its
enormous weight— 26 tons. It Was thence conveyed to
Shoeburyness, where it•will undergo a course of experi-
mental trials.
. Messrs. Lucas Brothers have commenced framing and
sinking 10 gun casting-pits within the enclosure of the
newly-erected gun foundry in Woolwich Arsenal. These
pits are to be 300 feet in length, 181 feet broad, and 27
feet deep. To prevent accidents, which might result'
from an e,scape of any portion of the metal while, in a
state of hydrostatic fusion, which will take place in these
pits, -41)ey are. to, be lined with a solid substance of
wr }tight iron, enclosing a thick body of .coner‘te and
Poi Vaud cement about eight feet deep.
The'followineuppointreents were 'made yesterday at
the Admiralty.:—Captain Sidney Grenfell, to the Ame-
thyst ; Commander G. T. Colville, to the Camilla.