The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-31 00:00:00

The West Riding Reform Meeting.

(From the Leeds Mercury.)
The following characteristic letter from Mr.
Fawkes, of Fernley, will be read with interest. It
has the clear sharp ring of the genuine reform metal
so familiar to Yorkshiremen more than 30 years
ago, and contrasts forcibly with the hollowness in
certain quarters once supposed equally true. It is
cause for regret that Mr. Fawkes's voice cannot
now be heard as of yore in the Cloth Hall-yard of
Leeds. Writing to Mr. Baines, M.P., he says :

" Farnley Hall, Otley, March 27, 1866.

" Dear am delighted to see by this morning's
Mercury that the West Riding is on its mettle, will prove
faithful to its hustings professions, and is calling for a
public array in defence of the very sober, sound, and honest
measure of enfranchisement reform introduced by the
Government, and endangered by some would-be Liberals,
but who, it is evident, are only reformers when it suits
their convenience to appear so.

" My infirmities, I more than ever regret on this occa-
sion, have long prevented, and still do so, my presence at
a public meeting. But as I took locally, though what few
will now remember, some part and great interest in the
promotion of the Reform Bill of 1831-2, I should, however
useless and selfish the wish now, be very sorry not to be
allowed the opportunity in some way openly to recognise
in this Government measure a most satisfactory reparation
at last of that great blot upon the bill of '32 of its not recog-
nising as entitled to the franchise those operative classes
from whose intelligence and industry England had become
what she was. Would you, then, gratify me so much as to
allow my name to appear among the requisitionists for the
West Riding meeting ? and believe me very truly yours,
" F. H. FAWKES.
" Edward Baines, Esq., M.P., Leeds."

Railway Traffic Returns for the Week.

Receipts.
~,„..---..........._,
1863. 1865. 1806 1865
£ £
Belfast and N. Counties 9.11 991 2,006 1.817
Belfast and County Down 441 44 691 610
Blyth and Tyne 36 86 2,428 1,83 1
Brecon and Merthyr
Bristol and Exeter 1214 1211 6,193 6,2, 8
Caledonian, Scottish Central 4154 408 26 347 24.317
Cambrian l3O 121 1,9;8 1.868
Cockermouth K & Penrlth
Cockermouth and Workin
Cork and Bandon 2O 20 401 336
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l ti 147 13
Cork and Youghal
Cornwall 651 653 1,688 1.752
Deeside , 17 17 2,6 294
Do Extension
Dublin & Belfast J unction ... . 63 63 1,299 1.267
uublir. and Drogheda 75 75 1,395 1.395
Dublin and Meath
Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd lO6 911 2,3 )2 2.167
Forth and Clyde Junction
Furness, &c 5O 5 ) 4,093 2.412
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E.Union
Great Northern 4Ol 401 33,8)5 33,161
Great North of Scotland 5B 55 1,541 1.715
Do Branches 42 41 1,123 1,166
tit. Nor tiin. & Westn. (Irel.) 8:1 714 652 421
'lt.Southn. & Westu.(lrlud.) 3Bl 88;1 8,462 79 ,3
Great 1V et,ern 1294 1270 65,631 63.116
Ilu'l & Hornsea
Highland
Irish North-Western 145 145 1,714 1,531
Lancashire & I orkshire 4u3 403 41.512 36 110
Limerick and Ennis..
Limerick and Foynes 264 26} 112 78
Martell},
Llynvi Valley
London & North-Western
London &. South-Western
Loud. Brighton, &S. Coast... 2034 267, 17,617 15,151
London, Lhatham, & Dover; 1 I;i4i 12/ 1 7,989 6 5,2
all Metropolitan Extension (12 111 j 2,1.31 1.675
Do. Kent . oast
Lou., Tilbury, & Southend
Ilau.,Shellield,& Lincolnsh
lianch. S.J un.& Aitrincliam.. 04 91 5,409 i. 187
Ilaryport and Carlisle
Metropolitan
Bidland (inel. N.-Western) 6771 0634 48,1 7 44.678
Midland Gt. Westn. of Irtnd 2Ol 2604 9.9.4 4 111
lionmouthsh. Rail. & Canal l4 44 3,015 2,911
North British, Edin., Perth
and Dundee
N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 12074
North London ll
North Staffordshire 258
Pembroke and Tenby lll
Ithyinney 194
Scottish North-Eastern 136
Somerset and Dorset 66
South Devon
South-Eastern 315
rat!' Vale 6l
Ulster
Vale of -Clwyd.
VVateriord and Kilkenny 3l
Waterford and Limerick 77
Whaven,Cleator,&Egrmnt lO
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Austrian B2B
Bahia and San Francisco
Belgian Eastern J unction 264
Bombay, Baroda, & , en. India 306
Detroit and Milvvaukie lB9
Dutch Rhenish
Eastern of lerance l5 ,1
Eas tern Bengal .....
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada 1377
Great Centrai of Belgium 285
Great Indian Peninsula 6_4l
Great Luxembourg l3l
Great Southern of India
,ireat Western of Canada - 31,1
Madras
Madrid, Saragossa SzAiicant 778
Northern of Canada ........•• 94
Northern of France 724
Norwegian Trunk
Ottoman ..
Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 2006
Paris and Orleans lB2l
Recife and San Francisco. &c. 771
Sc.nde lts
Do. Punjab, &e 253
South Austrian, szo 1798
Southern of France 863
Victoria
Welland 25
West & N- Wu. of France

Mlles Opened.

6561 23,6.32 2.637
11601 65.687 60,7;4
v 4,452 2 973
258 8,179 7XO
97 48
191 1,0 5 1,0;,4
138 5,439 tO
66 1,121 838
79i 8.901 8,580
308 19,361 17 6 7
61 6,7_2 5,00
1051 2,5.7 2.89*
10 136 161
81 V 9 10 t
77 1,2 9 1,261
10 123

828 30, 16 32.571

261 369 330
IBs} 8,103 4,293
189 4.1•90 5,693
It 81 5,879 5,666
14c3
110

2125 1,573

11051
1077 25,896 25,107
281 7,275 6, 44
585 41,310 21,9 i 5
134 6,110 4,6 8

79 63 486
315 16,167 8.931
671 5,541 7,:-149
713
91 2.062 1,361
724 57,653 54,31,1
44 69J 682

481 581 439
197' 14 ,Bz6 13'),443
1618 7,159 68,304
778 1,371 155
105 2,297 2,1 0
45 1,8.8 243
1648 At 543 49,• 93
823 2 ,132 26,781
251 14,767 12,21:4
25 .31 104
1016 60,147 42,747

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COURSE OF EXCHANGE
Amsterdamßopttietrtocia . short. ii 18
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Brussels
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Milan
Genoa
Naples

DEATH OF MR. GEORGE RENNIE, F.R.S.—We re-
gret to announce the death of Mr. George Rennie, the
eminent civil engineer, who died yesterday afternoon, at
his residence in Wilton-crescent. He was the son of an
eminent father, who established an impailalal,lo name by
his great engineering works.