The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-30 00:00:00

OFFICIAL TRAFFIC RETURNS.

LONDON AND NORTH Wyzrzsar.—Week ending Aug. 22 :
Passengers, Am £36,178 0 0
Goods, kn. , 27,169 0 9

TJtal £63,347 0 0
Corresponding week of last year 271,251 0 0
These returns include (both for the present and corresponding
week) the traffic of the Buckinghamshire and North Union Lines,
but not the traffic of Huddersfield Canal, Shropshire Union, Pres-
ton aad Wyre, South Junction, and Manchester and Burton Bail-

ways.
OILICSTEI AND HOLTHZAD.— Week ending Aug. 15 :
Passengers, &c.Z4,969 0 0
Goods, U. 2,439 e 0

Total
Corresponding week of last year £7,211 0 0
This indludes the steamboats and Mold and Caernarvon Branehes.
EAST A.Noiasiv.—Week ending Aug. 15:—
Passengers, &c. 2436 11 6
Goods, &C. 445 4 3

Total £68115 9
Corresponding week of last year £79l 0 9
Iskricssnias .&ND Yosicsniaz.—Week ending Aug. 22:
Passengers, &C.
213,486 0 4
Goods 15,296 0 0

Total £28,782 0 0
Corresponding week of last year 229,015 0 0
This includes the Blackburn line traffic.
ELsT laricssuraz.—Week ending Aug. 22 :•-•
Passengers, aro £2,531 • 0
Goods

Total,

.... £7,535 0 0

Corresponding week of last year £7,707 0 •
This includes the Blackburn line traffic.
UOCIATZII CARLIBLF, &c.—Week ending Aug. 15 :
Passengers and parcels £5,067 6. 1
Goods, &C.

Total £8,01819 6
Corresponding week of last year —27,917 3 4
WarrznAux JuricnoN.— Week eliding Aug. 15:—
Passeagers and parcels
Goods, ko

Total 2485 19 4
Corresponding week of last year 2425 9 2
SaurroL AID Exarza (117 miles open.)—Week ending Aug. 15
Passengers, lc. £5,506 8 2
Goods

Total £7,479 2 7

Exirrma AND CRZDITON—Week endiig Aug. 15 :
Passengers
GaAs, am 4O 6 0

Total £lBl. 8 5
MANCIIESTII, 5017TH JUNCTION, AND ALTIILNCHAY.—Week ending
Aug. 22 :

Total traffic /833 12 1
Corresponding week of last year ...21,476 5 4
MAN CIIESTZR, BIIETTIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE— Week ending
Aug. 22:
Passengers and parcels £4,688 3 •
Goods, &c 5,530 1 7

Total £10,218 4 7

Corresponding week of last year...211,5H 12 5
This return includes half of the Manchester South Junction and
Lltrincham receipts; Grimsby Dock duties, &c. ; and Chesteraeld
Canal receipts.
BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE JUNCTION. —Week
ending Aug. 22:

Passengors, &c.
Goods

~.21,646 0 0
.. 1,187 0 0

Total £3,135 0 0
Corresponding week of last year 23,299 0 0
MIDLAND (567 i miles open).—Week ending Aug.
Passengers, parcels, me
14,355
1 10
Goods, fie.

Total £31,208 3 8
Corresponding week of last-year...£33,609 16 7
NEwcsortz AND Csitunk—Week endir g Aug. 14 :
Passengers L1,788 6 4
Goods 2,002 4 5

Total £3,790 1$ 9
Corresponding week of last year 23.870 12 3
Nolan Drrox—Week ending Aug. 15:—

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Total traffic
Corresponding week of last year
EinsOPSHIBI UNION (291 miles open).—Week ending Aug. 22:
Total traffic £o33 0 0
Corresponding week of last year £BOO 0 0
TAIT VALE (40 miles open).—Week ending Aug. 22. :
Total traffic £3,832 1 6
Corresponding week of last year 43,916 18 2
FIIRNRSS (22 miles open).—Week ending Aug. 22 :
Total traffic £1,155 0 0
Corresponding week of last year £1,338 0 0
NORTH BRITISH (149 miles open).—Week ending Aug. 22 :
Passengers,&c £3,475 17 3
Goods, cattle, ste 2,664 2 11

Total £6,14/1 0 2
Corresponding week of last year, 6,4231. 19s. td.
GLAsoow AND SONTH WESTERN.—Week ending Aug. 21 :
Gross receipts
Corresponding week of last year
rannilunon AND GLasoow.—Week ending Aug. 14 :
Total receipts £6,197 15 81
Corresponding week of last year 6,4961. 19s. 314.
Soffrrisu CERTRAL.—Week ending Aug. 51 :
Total truffle
Corresponding week of last year, 3,4181. 15s. 46.
Barman NORTH EASTERN—Week ending Aug. 14 :
Total receipts £4,075 0 0
Corresponding week of last year, 4,0351. os. 9d.
CAutnortils (1981 exiles opea).—'Week ending Aug. 22 :
Passengers and parcels
Goods, do.

Total £14,506 4 7}
Corresponding week of last year (2 St miles open), 15,6911. 16i. 11d,
fREAT NORTII OP SCOTLAVD.—Week ending Aug. 14 :
Total traffic £1,614 16 2t
Corresponding week of last year £1,531 611

BILFAST AND BALLTMDNA (05_.milee open).— Week ending

Aug. 21:-

Passengers
Goods

£9GO 12 3
457 9 3

Total £l,i4B 1 6
Corresponding week of last year £ 1,394 13 5
BELFAST AND COUNTY DOWN (17 miles open).—Week ending
Aug. 22:

Passengers, tc.
Goods

£298 8 8
88 12 4

Total
Correspoiding week of last year, 358/. lls. 2d.
LONDONDERRY AND EnniskitrAir (60 miles open).—Week ending
Aug. 21 :

Passengers,
Goods, &c.

... £BO7 9 6
... 237 14 1

Total £1,405 3 7
Corresponding week of last year £7o2 2 5
WA.TWILTORD 4141 D X.ILICZN NT (al miles open).—Week ending
Aug. 21:—
Passengers and parcels £249 17 6 ,
Goods, ko. 124 2 0

Total £373 19 6
Corresponding week of last year, £647 15 6
GZEAT SOUTIIIIHN AND VrESTERN (IRKLAND) (2031 miles open)
Week ending Aug. 21 :
Passengers and parcels £5,383 1 0
Goods, &c.

Total 7,030 6 16
Corresponding week of last year £6,620 16 3
ihsrEa.—Week ending Aug 22 :
Passengers and parcels
Goods, &c.

Total £1,569 11 6
Corresponding week of last year _21,377 7 6
SAstsaE AND MEUSE—Week ending Aug. 20:—
Gross traffic £1,115 10 11
Corresponding week of last year _21,038 15 4
GREAT LUXEMBOURG (78 miles open)—Week ending Aug. 22
Passengers and parcels £BsB 16 I
Goods, &c,

Total 21,482 3 4
corresponding week of last year (3S miles 0pen)....e1,001 18 3

THE FINE A RTS COMMISSION.

The eleventh report of " the commissioners appointed for
the purpose of inquiring whether advantage might not be
taken of the rebuilding of the Palace at Westminster—
wherein the Parliament is wont to assemble—for the purpose
of promoting and encouraging the fine arts in your Majesty's
United Kingdom, and in what manner au object of so much
importance might be most effectually promoted," has just
been issued. The following are the novel points :—" A
grant of public money, amounting to £1,500, was appro-
priated to the painting of 28 whole length portraits
of personages connected with the Tudor family, to be placed
in the apartment called the Prince's chamber, as propcsed
in the appendix to our seventh report. Of such portraits,
executed by, or under the direction of, Mr.Ricbard Burchett,
fifteen have now been completed. In our ninth report we
had proposed that twelve compartments in the same room
should be filled with metal casts from models of bas reliefs,
to be provided by a competent sculptor. Ten of such
models, cast in metal by Messrs. Elkington, Masan, and
Company, of Birmingham, have been fixed in their places
in the Prince's chamber. Referring to the same
your Majesty,
Majesty,
locality, we stated in our last report that John Gibson,
R. A., had been commissioned by us to execute a statue of
sides, and
d the with
recessb2so
with figures of Justice and Clemency at the
reliefsthe
north
tthhe sideof
principalul e apartment. pedestal,
Suchto be
placed
deservedassate n
, statues and accompaniments have been completed and placed
taiciecsoerdwinegrhiya.
haveTb
The elic taste and completionaeral
approba-
tion. With reference to the principal corridors connecti •
ng
the Central Hall with the two Houses of Parliament, we
have recommended that the method of fresco should be
employed instead of oil painting. In the Peers' corridor
two subjects have been accordingly executed in fresco by
Mr. Cope, and in the Commons' corridor two subjects have
been executed in the same method by Mr. Ward. It lie
proposed that the remaining compartments shall be also
painted in fresco by the same artists. We propose to
commission Daniel Maclise, R.A., to paint in fresco one of
the subjects in the Royal Gallery, at the price of £l,OOO.
',l_t thee date of our last report, four frescoes, relating
to the legend of King Arthur, had been completed by
tool'
Wm. Dyce, R.A., in
of large dimensions,
since been prepared fo
regard to the Peers'
your Majesty's robing-room. A car-
and highly approved by us, has
troll,i.nother fresco of the series. With
to be executed in fresco,
appendix to our seventh report, have been committed to
John Rogers Herbert, R.A.
that the artist has completed'
large cartoon for the subject of 'Moses
Tables of the Law to
the Israelites ;'
an
toare enabled to state
we
our
entire satisfaction a
l bringing down the
lout we trust that the
fresco from the same will proceed without
interruption,"

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WILLS.—The will of the lion. Sir enldhoialooc:loAo,e 17th
Abney
n
Hastings, Bart., of Willesley Hall, Ashby de n
ot ou
and Cavendish-square, was proved in Lo
of August. The personalty sworn under
crieaths the books, pictures, Sze., at Willesley Hall, t's be ea-s
heirlooms, and go with the landed property. To yfr.
William W. Abney, £5,000. The house in Cavendish:
square, with the furniture, he has bequeathed to Lady Edith
Clifton, together with the bulk of the property, appointing
her residuary legatee. There are a few pecuniary legacies
to his executors and friends, and to those of his establish-
ment ; £lOO to the Derby General Infirmary, £lOO to the
Leicester General Infirmary, •:-.)t) to the poor of Packing-
too, gad small legacies to other prisbes.