The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-18 00:00:00

On Thursday an important meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce, including most of the large and influential
manufacturers of the district, was held in the rooms in
Town-hall-buildings, King-street, Manchester, for the
purpose of considering the propriety of memorialising
Government for the repeal of the duty on cotton wool.
The attendance of members was large. Several gentle-
men addre,sed the meeting, who all agreed in condemn-
ing the tax in the strongest terms. In the end a memo-
rial to the Lords of the Treasury was unanimously
adopted in favour of the immediate repeal of the tax.
Upwards of 500 tons of hay have been completely de-
stroyed between Banagher and Meelick, by the rising of
the waters of the Shannon.

The relatives of the late Mr. Arthur Gloster, of Moy-
lish, have offered a reward of 8001. for the discovery of
the murderers of that gentleman, on the 4th November
inst., near Rathlooba, county of Clare.
In consequence of the high winds and extremely
boisterous weather which has prevailed for the last
week, and particularly during the early part of it, nearly
the whole of the steamers trading to and from the Con-
tinent have been considerably behind their usual time,
and several of them have been prevented from making
the voyage at all.

RAILWAY RETURNS.
RAILWAY Taarrtc.—The following are the Total Receipts of
ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the
respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same
week in the previous year :

Week Last
ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week.
to
cc.3•S
A _
Mgr. 9 Arbroath and Forfar ••••.••• • • • • • • • 112 T 37
8 Birmingham and Gloucester •.••• • • • • • 2,249 1,667
- Brandling Junction ..••••••• • • • • • • • • - 807
9 Bristol and Gloucester ••••••• • • . • • • • 949 -
8 Chester and Birkenhead • • •
7 Dublin and Drogheda• •• • • ••• • .. -
12 Dublin and Kingstown •.••.•• • • • • • . • 656 665
10 Dandec and Arbroath .•. 228 216
Darham and Sunderland . • . • . • . • • • • • • - 808
9 Edinburgh and Glasgow .••••• . • • • • 2,153 2,062
10 Eastern Counties and North Eastern • • 3,845 3,139
9 Glasgow, Kihnarnock, and Ayr .•• • • • 1,360 1,220
9 Glasgow and Greenock• •••• • • •• •• • • 663 756
8 Grand Junction •.•• • • • ..... •••• • • • • 7,782 6,787
9 Great North of England •• • ....
10 Great Western •• • 14,567 12,144
8 Liverpool and Manchester ••• . •
9 London and Birmingham
10 London and Blackwall ••••• • • . •
9 London and Brighton .•• • • • • • 4,278 3,433
12 London and Croydon
14 London and Greenwich ............. 670 677
10 London and South Western . .• • . 5,181 5,113
10 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury •. • . 824 719
9 Manchester and Birmingham ...... • . 2,822 2,416
9 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc•• 6,500 5,465
9 Midland Counties .
9 Newcastle and Darlington 953 -
9 Newcastle and Carlisle.. •• • .
9 Newcastle and North Shields.. •• • . 325 341
8 North Union and Bolton and Preston 1,474 817
11 Paris, Corbeil, and Orleans 5,593 4,823
11 Paris and Rotten ..• .. ••.
9 Preston and Wyre • • 293 237
9 Sheffield and Manchester •• .. 579 451
14 South Eastern . ............ ••• • • 4,034 3,073
9 Taff Vale • .• • • 717 592
10 Ulster . 631 561
10 Yarmouth and Norwich . . -
9 York and North Midland . •...