The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-13 00:00:00

Passengers
Parcel; H. C. and D. ...

£ll2 8 9
NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY. (Miles open, 112.)
Return of traffic for the week ending Dec. 1:
Railway and canal ... £1,410 0 0
Corresponding week last year ... 3,'80 0 0
Note. The above is exclusive of the receipts available
under the agreement with the London and North -Western
Railway Company.
LONDON AND BLACK WALL RAILWAY.— Amount of revenue
for the week ending Dec. :
Passengers
Goods

Total

... £659 12 1
... 32 10 0

Total ... £6q2 2 1
Corresponding week last year ... 568 7 3
SNREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM RAlLWAY.—Traffic re-
ceipts for the week ending Dec. 8 :
Passengers £264 9 1
Car, iages, horses, and parcels ... 23 15 11
Live stock .• ••• ... 18 18 10
Merchandise and minerals ... 234 15 5

Total .. ... £5ll 19 3
Corresponding period last year.. 242 3 7

MANCHESTER, BUXTON, MATLOCK, AND MIDLANDS JUNC-
Trox ItattwAy.—Return of Traffic for the week ending
Dec. S

Passengers, ticc. ...
Merchandise ...

... £45 0 1
... 66 1 2

Total ... •.. Xlll 1 3
Corresponding week last year ... 81 19 7
SHROPSHIRE UNION RAILWAY.--(Opeß SO miles.) —Traffic
for the week ending Dec. 8 :
Passengers, parcels, &c.
Goods and live stock

... £2Ol 14 1
... 150 14 7

Total £352 8 8
Corresponding week last year ... 331 18 6}
SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. —Return of traffic for the week
ending Dec. 8 :
Passengers
Parcels ...
Goods

... £532 6 9

... 49 1 0
.. 116 6 0

Total (exclusive of mails)... 697 13 9
CAL!DONIAN RAILwAr.— (160 miles opened.)—Return o
traffic for the week ending Dec. 1:
Passengers, &c.
Goods, &c.

..„ £2,068 3 10i
... 4,093 l 11

Total .. ....£6,161 5 9i
Corresponding week last year ... 5,882 4 1

SHIP NEWS.

STORNAWAY, DEC. 6. —The Enterprise, from Ulla-
pool for this port, struck on a rock on the sth instant,
at the entrance of the harbour during a gale from the
S.W., and sank in deep water; crew saved and one pas-
senger drowned.

YARMOUTII, DEC. 10.—The schooner Twyford, of
Southampton, has put into the harbour with lose of
bowsprit, spritsailyard, having been in collision with the
Downcastle, of Whitby. The Clara Jane, of and from
Sunderland for Shoreham, has put into the harbour, with
loss of bowsprit and cutwater, having been in contact
with the brig Veracity, of South Shields, on the Bth inst.
PENZANCE, DEC. 9.—The Hero, from Batavia for
Amsterdam, has arrived off with loss of cutwater, &e.,
from contact with a Swedish brig, of Stockholm, on the
Ist inst.; the latter disappeared in about five minutes
after coming in contact. _ _

Aya, DEC. B.—The Providence, of and from Belfast,
was on Brest Rock, N. of Gervan, yesterday morning,
but was assisted off, and got in here last night with but
very little damage.
WARKWORTII, DFc, 9.—The sehooner Ariel, of New-
castle, from Dunkirk for Leith, was on shore on Bon.
dican Rocks yesterday, bilged and filled; part of cargo
landed in a damaged state, and remainder expected to
be discharged to-morrow should the weather permit.
CZOMER,‘DEC, 9.—The Clio, of and from Stockton,
for London, got on shore at Sheringham this morui:g.,
but was assisted off, and proceeded, although rather
leaky.

WELLS, DEC. 9.—The Ripley, of Sunderland, was
ashore esterday morning in very thick weather, to the
westward of the harbour, but was assisted off, and pro-
ceeded.

CAPE TOWN. TABLE BAY, OCT. 25.—The British Tar,
which drifted on the bnr at Natal on Sept. 29, has been
condemned, and sold here.

The Petite Marmerite, from Nantes for Bridg►ewattr,
got foul of the schooner Swift yesterday in Morte Bay,
but was extricated with assistance; neither vessel re-
ceived damage.

The Baltasara, from Arica for Queenstown, put into
Valparaiso on Oct. 3, having sprung a leak, and was
discharging.

GRAVESEND, DEC. 12.—Wind W.S.W., light, thick,
with rain.

Arrived—E!izi Ann, from Charente; Nautilus, from
Flamburgh; Coq, from Cherbourg; Kate, from Villa
Viciosa ; Susan, from Altea; William Jolliffe, from
Havre; Antwerpen, from Antwerp; Batavior and the
Earl of Auckland, from Rotterdam; Lord John Russell,
from Harlingen; Magnet, from Amsterdam; Fame, from
Calais; Ada, from Mogadore; Ocean, from Rotterdam;
Jesio, from Newfoundland; City of Rotterdam, from
Dunkirk; Tom Pringle, from Cuba; St. Michael, from
Callao; Benjamin B. Greene, from the Mauritius; Gle-
norchy, from Calcutta; Lady Elizabeth, from Dania;
Paramatta, from Munsurcottah; Bolivar, from Bombay,
Sailed—lndian Chief, for Ceylon; San Giacomo, for
Naples; Henrietta, for Memel; London Packet,for the
Baltic; Agamemnon, for Moulmein • Castle Lachlan, for
Jamaica; Columbine, for Havre ; Soho, for Antwerp;
Ant, for Naples; Fyenoord, for Rotterdam; Menai, for
Calais; City of London, for Dunkirk; Stadt Dordrecht,
for Dordt; Tropic, Jamaica.
VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.
Sir John Pixie, from London for Auckland Isles, Nov.
7, in lat. 9 N., long 24 W.
Hong• Kong, from Batavia for Rotterdam, Nov. 10, in
lat. 13 N., long. 27 W.
Chilian, from Landon, Nov. 18, in lat. 25 N., long. 34 W.
Lumley, from Quebec for Buenos Ayres, Nov. 24, in
lat. 3.5 N., long, 32 IV.
Marianna, from Bombay for Queenstown, Oct. 14, in
lat. 32 S., long. 11 E.
Joseph Sanderson, from Calcutta for Liverpool, Nov. 7,
in lat. 5 N., long. 23 W.
Lucerne, of Bremen, standing south, Nov. 8, in lat. 6
N., long. 32 W.
Venus, of Dundee, from Buenos Ayres for London,
Nov. 24, in Ist. 34 N., long. 33 W.
French ship, New Jersey, outward bound, Dec. 6, in
lat. 45 N., long. 10 W.
No. 1,874, fiat distinguishing pendant (Christy and
Jane), Oct. 17, in lat. 26 S., long. 37 E.
No. 5,608, second distinguishing pendant (James LULUS.
den), Oct. 22, in lat. 21 S., long. 29 W.