The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-08 00:00:00

RAILWAY TRAFFIC! RETURNS.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic
retarn for the week ending May 3, 1857 £61,186 0 0
Corresponding week last year
GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the
week ending April 26, 1857 £23,573 11 10
Corresponding week last year 22,528 14 2

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return fo
the week ending May 3, 1857 £5,348 0 0
Corresponding week last year 5,144 0 0

Increase in 1857 £2o4 0 0
LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.—Traffio re-
turn for the week ending May 3, 1357 £22,456 14 11
Corresponding week last year 21,619 6 5
GREAT LUXEMBOURG RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for th•
week ending May 3, 1857 £9oo 8 2
Corresponding week last year . 516 8 9
LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY.—Traffio re-
turns for the week ending May 2, 1857 £10,921 J. 4

Taa 13arTrail MUSEUM.--The museum will be open on
Saturday, the 9th inst., and the new reading-room and
library will be open to the public till the 16th inst. The
museum is also to be opened to the public on Saturdays
during the months of May, June, July, and August, in
addition to the usual days—Mondays, Wednesdays, and
Fridays.

ROYAL Barns BANS.—The settlement of the list of
shareholders liable to be assessed in discharge of the
liabilities has been proceeding concurrently in Chancery
with the inquiry before the Court of Bankruptcy, but it
is understood that the liability of the shareholders in the
majority of cases will be contested by appeal to file
superior courts.
CONFIRMATION AT ST. PANCRAS CHlJRoll,—Yester-
day afternoon the Bishop of London held a confirmation
at St, Pancras Church, which was more numerously at-
tended than on any former occasion. The number of
candidates, was about 800, including 36 aged workhouse
women, and a number of charity children. The service
commenced at three, and did not terminate till nearly
six o'clock.

FIRE AT A PIANOFORE FAOTORT.—Last night between
10 and 11 o'clock, a fire broke out on the premises of
Messrs. Cooke and Co., pianoforte manufacturere, in
Long-acre, but the building and contents were saved
from total destruction by the speedy arrival of the en-
gines and a plentiful supply of water. Considerable
damage has, however, been done, and most of the pro-
perty in the show rooms was uninsured.
EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT IN A LEIPSIC BANIL—A
letter from Leipsic, of the 30th ultt, says : " The com-
mercial community of this city were thrown into con-
sternation yesterday by an event which is of very rare
occurrence here. One of the partners of the banking-
house of B. and Co., left his house clandestinely the
night before last, taking with him shares and secu-
rities to an amount of a million of francs. It is feared
that a still larger deficit will be found in the accouts with
foreign countries with which this house did a very exten-
sive business. The retreat of the fugitive has not yet
been discovered ; it is believed that he has succeeded in
reaching Hamburg by railway, and thence embarked
in one of the steamers which leave daily for England.
This event will have a very disastrous effect on the fair
which is still going on, as a nember of the foreign pur-
chasers have letters of credit on the houie in question.
It has been remarked that at the present fair the Rus-
sian and Polish dealers pay for their purchases in gold
pieces of five silver roubles, instead of, as before, making
use of drafts or commercial bills. The abundance of
specie in the hands of these foreigners is attributable to
the permission which has been recently granted of ex-
porting from Russia whatever amount they want for
their j.nrney abroad. Formerly not more than fifty im-
perials in gold were allowed to cross the frontier at the
pante time.