The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-07 00:00:00

Railway Traffic Returns for the Week,

Miles Opened. Receipts
....,
1860. 1865. 1866 1855
£ Z
Belfast and N. Counties 931 991 2,233 2.251
Belfast and County Down 49 414 1)81 5 5
Blyth and Tyne . 36 'e6 1,708 1,761
Brecon and Merthyr ........ 68 64 1,275 1,5 5
Bristol and Exeter 1341 1211 5,692 5.'243
Caledonian, Scottish Central, 552 562 32,242 32,855
Cambrian l3O 130 2,020 2,132
Cocaermouth K & Penrlth .. 318 318 361 235
Cork and Bandon 2O 20 333 191
Cork, Blackrock, &Passagre 6B 61 144 128
Cork and Limerick Direct - -
Cornwall 658 638 1,519 1.495
Deeside . 17 17 215 295
Do Extension
Dublin & Belfast J unction.... 63 63 1,561 1.499
Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 1,4 • 6 1.449
Dublin and Meath
Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd lO6 100 2..60 2.420
Forth and Clyde Junction
Furness, &c B5 85 3,9,69 3.9J2
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E. Union
Great Northern 422 101 32.454 30,097
Great North of Scotland 212 241 2,84( 2,641
Gt. Nortlin. & Westn.(lrel.) Bll 711 780 588
9t.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 4191 8871 - -
Great Western l3llt 12804 62,304 60.818
Highland
Hoylake - - -
Irish North-Western 145 145 1,839 1,797
Isle of Wight ....... ...•• .. 12 8 279 66
Lancashire & Yorkshire 4u3 403 46,373 42,202
Limerick and Ennis..
Limerick and Foynes 261 261 73 1,9
Llanelly 461 161 615 170
Llynvi Valley
London & North-Western
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast
London, Chatham, & Dover ; i 1351 la 1 9,435 8.207
all Metropolitan Extension j 124 1 i 2,234 2,360
Do. Kent Coast
Lon., Tilbury, & Southend
Londonderry and Coleraine 364 351 380 369
Ilau.,Sheffield,& Lincolnsh .. 246 246 22,587 21,561
Manch. S.J un.& Altrincham.. 91 91 1,557 1,656
Maryport and Carlisle
Metropolitan . 4l 34 14,781 4,021
Midland (incl. N.-Western).. 697 6171 52,331 51,136
Midland GtWestn. of Irind... 2601 2661 3,951 3.302
Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal.. 44 44 2.187 2,636
North British, Edin., Perth
and Dundee
N-Eastern and Stock. & Dart 12201
North London ll
North Staffordshire 258
Pembroke and Tenby 278
Rhymney 224
Scottish North-Eastern 143
Somerset and Dorset 66
South Devon ...... 1101
South-Eastern 330
Taff Vale ............
Ulster
Vale of Clwyd.
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l
Waterford and Limerick 77
West Cork. •... l7l
Wrexham, Mold, &014
W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Austrian 822
Bahia and San Francisco
Belgian Eastern J unction 268
Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 306
Detroit and Milwaukie lB9
Dutch Rhenish lOBl
Eastern of France
Eastern Bengal llO
East Indian .... 11291
Grand Trunk of Canada 1377
Great Central of Belgium 285
Great Indian Peninsula 784
Great Luxembourg 134
Great Southern of India
Great Western of Canada 315
Madras
Madrid. Saragossa itAlicant BBB
Northern of Canada .....• •• •• 9_4
Northern of France ...... •• • . 701
Norwegian Trunk
Ottoman
Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 2151
Itt'aecrii fseaannddOsralne 0r1ean5........
in.
rsa.
n.
0. i 8.0.0... ie
Sclnde... ... .
Do. Punjab, ... .. .
1253
South Austrian, &c. .......
Do, l'iedmont lines 619
Southern of France 960
Victoria
25
Welland .. . .... f F
West & N-15'n. orance .. 1215

Railways.

7173
12)7}
II
258
11;
191
138

25,259 26,892
70,209 70, t 32
4,737 4.307
13,z03 8.777
219 lu4
961 791

1.693 1,0 8
3,849 3.501
23,681 19 485
4,654 5,z30
2,570 2.657
1.9 140
128 237
1,191 988

10Si
10

14
10 633 67,

822 53,7)9 50,870
701 799 b 72
261 312 372
306 8,314 7,378
189 4,. 75 5,,i36
108/ 6,052 6, 'l3
1551 7',0:33 6 461
110 2,216 2,810
1129 42,263 4 ,7U4
1377 56,203 28,418
2.,5 6 310 6.993
590 16,383 21.846
134 5,344 5,63
79 1,2 6 717
315 9,669 '10,377
6il 1 7,698 10,377
778 2 ,7,7 17,974
N 1,0)8
724

44 -
48} 908 76:
20 6 148,952 147,956
IS 8 76,814 74,456
77) 1,116 927
105 1,893 1,193
253 1.296 1,452
1691 71,009 6 ,075
619 19027 16,583
823 30,336 3u,01!
254 10, ,18 11,064

25 66t
1151 44!;3%

It appears that the ascertained stock of cotton at
Liverpool at the end of the year proves, as usual, to
be considerably above the estimate, the amount
being 516,778 bales, an excess of 90,020.
Intelligence has been received at Constantinople
of the surrender of two fortified places occupied by
the insurgents in the western part of Candia. The
Cretans lost 200 men, and the remainder fled in
confusion to the coast, seeking refuge on board
vessels lying in readiness to receive them.

The total value of the prizes to be given at the
Paris Exposition is $160,000 in gold. In the de-
partment of arts there arc sevepteen grand prizes,
valued at $4OO each ; thirty-two first prizes, valued
at $l6O each; forty-four second prizes, valued at
$lOO each ; and forty-six third prizes, valued at
$BO each. Besides these there arc to be various
other grand prizes and allowances of money, of a
total value of $10,000; 100 gold medals, $2OO each.;
1,000 silver medals, 3,000 bronze medals, and over
5,000 "honourable mentions."