The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-29 00:00:00

cause he too frequently shocks the strongest pre-
judices and most deeply-rooted convictions of the
majority ; but if his hearers could divest themselves
of personal antipathies, they would be forced to oval
that no one among them better deserves the palm of
eloquence.

Railway and other Companies.

TEME VALLEY.

This project is fora line of railway from Wor-
cester to Tenbury, running up the valley of the
Teme. The length is 21 miles, and it passes en-
tirely through an agricultural district rich in fruit,
corn, and hops. The only towns which it serves are
Worcester and Tenbury. At Newnham, three
miles from Tenbury, it is proposed to run into the
Tenbury and Bewdley line, thence to Tenbury, or
to make another line by the side of it. At Tenbury
it is to unite with the short line running into the
Shrewsbury and Hereford line at Woofferton. The
railway route from Worcester to Tenbury at Pre-
sent is 33 miles, via the Severn Valley and
Ten bury
and Bewdley lines.

GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA.
The traffic receipts on this company's lines for
the week ending the 6th inst. amounted for local
passengers to £5,707, for foreign passengers to
£1,564, for mails, &c., £976, for local freight and
live stock to £10,433, for foreign freight and live
stock to £1,886 ; total, £20,566, against £22,427
for the corresponding week last year, showing a de-
crease of £1,861.

SOUTHERN AUSTRIA, LOMBARDY, AND CEN-

TRAL ITALY.
The traffic receipts on these lines, 1,658 miles ill
length, amounted for the year 1865 to £2,892,200,
and for the year 1864, on 1,527 miles, to £2,726,1371
showing an increase of 131 miles and of £166,063.

PIEDMONT.
The traffic receipts on these lines amounted on
649 miles for the half-year ending 31st Dec. last to
£643,260 ; and for the same half of 1864, on 591
miles, to £649,712, showing an increase in the mile-
age of 55 miles, and adecrease in receipts of £6,452.

PNEUMATIC DESPATCH.
The report of the directors states that the tube to
Holborn was completed and the engines were worked
on Nov. 7th last. The directors had hoped that the
early completion of the Holborn viaduct would Wive
enabled the tube to be carried over it to the City,
but it now appeared that the plans are still unsettled.
The tube from Holborn towards the City was new
laid as far as the corner of Hatton-garden, with the
exception of the brickwork curve out of the Holborn
station. The directors found it impossible to nego-
tiate the debentures of the company, except at ex-
orbitant rates, and the board and the contractors/
having perfect confidence in the ultimate success of
the undertaking, had therefore taken up debentures
to the amount of £20,000, and advanced £12,000
on the security of the company's property. The de-
lay in the carrying out of the Holborn viaduct
would render it necessary for the tube to be carried
under the existing streets and over the Fleet sewer,
which it was hoped would have been avoided by the
construction of the viaduct ; and pending the con-
sideration and settlement of these points the dire'
tors had determined to test the cost and facility of
working by a series of carefully recorded expert"
ments, which were now in progress.