The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-18 00:00:00

£l9l 11 5

LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. (260 miles
open.)—Traftic for weekending Oct. 13 .....£14,345 10 9
Corresponding week in last year, (1964
miles open) .. ...
...
....cll.
,297 0 3
SHROPSHIRE
.UNION RAILWAY...-.(Open CO miles.) —Traffic
for the week ending Oct. 13 :
Passengers, parcels, &c. ...
Goods and live stock 1

£294 6 1i
165 4 6

Total £159 10 74
Corresponding week last year ... 420 13 6i
SOUTII WALES RAILWAY.— Return of traffic for the week
ending Oct. 13:—
passengers
Parcels ...
Goods ...

*** X 772 15 6
••• ... 30 5 8
92 8 9
Total (exclusive of mails)... 895 911
CALIDONIAN 114ILWAT.—
(160 miles opened.) —Return o
,raflie for the week ending Oct. 6 :
Passengers, &c. £3,346 6 3
Goods, ex. ,4,998 3 10
Total
•.. £7,344 10 1
Corresponding week last year 6,705 7 10i

from the
OPENING OF THE RAILWAY. The partial opening
nraoiwlwoayurtoanthoeisstcoirtys
of the Journal a century ago, to ascertain as nearly as we
of
couldthe
in those days. In
opening the number for Thursday, October 18, 1750, we find
Monday, the 22d of this instant October.oing
it advertised that— "The Owners of the Worcester Stage
Coach give this Publick Notice, that they shall begin on
jhoagsgeindduacloendgus to turn to our file
Bell Inn, in the said City, to London, Tce a Week, in
Three Days, continuing Monday and Thursday, as usual."
We perceive that the citizens are now allowed twenty
minutes more time than they were before the opening of the
rail, and we sincerely hope that a corresponding time will
be allowed by the Post-office in posting letters.— Worcester
Journal.— [The same journey may now be done in about as
many hours !—ED. Sun.]
The Midland Railway Companyhave made an
experimental reduction of their fares on the Syston and Pe-
terborough Railway • but the period Ring year at which the
change has been made, and then tr alteration in the
charge for short distances, will perate against immediate
beneficial results to the companY• If the directors would
make some further reduction is the spring, and thus by in-
ducing large numbers to avail the
of railway locomo.
tion create a taste for travelling, the
at y would no doubt find
their receipts considerably increased the end of the year.—
Stamford Mercury.
RAILWAY ARCADB AT LONDON-BRIDGE.--A rail-
way arcade, similar to that of the Lowther arcade in the
Strand, is being constructed by the South-Eastern Railway
Company, on the left-hand side of the approach to their
terminus, on the property in their possession abutting upon
Tooley-street. The design is rather an elegant one, and
consists of a succession' of ehope on either side for the sale of
fancy and other articles in requisition by railway travellers,
with a large refreshment room in the centre of the thorough-
fare which fronts the railway terminus. The building
between 100 feet and 200 feet in length, has its basement it;
Tooley-street, from whence it rises upwards of 60 feet, divided
into two stories of 39 feet each, the upper elevation forming
the arcade, on a level with the railway, and the lower part
in Tooley-street, forming e range of ordinary shops. There
are rooms above the shops; and the floors throughout the
building are fire-proof. The front is to be in the Italian
style of architecture, and the building, upon which a large
number of men have been at work for the last two months,
is to be completed and open by Christmas.
BOOKSELLERS' PIICVIDENT INSTIIUTION.— Last
evening a meeting of the board of directors and members of
the above institution was held in the committee-rooms, in
Paternoster-row, for general business. The directors' report
was congratulatory, there being during the past year a
steady increase of members. The permanent stock at the
date of the last audit was 18,461/. invested with the Com-
missioners for the Reduction of the National Debt; and up-
wards of 400/. had been expended in relief to distressed
members and their widows, making a total so disbursed
to the amount of 2,037/. The receipts for the year were
1,523/. 18s. 6d. The expenditure, including 878/. ss. l ld.
further invested, left a balance for the current year of
176/. 6s. sd.
REV. G. C. GORHAM. This gentleman was
seriously ill last week, but we are happy to say that the dis-
ease has taken a favourable turn, and he is rapidly
recover-
ingenExeter ,flying rot.