The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-11-02 00:00:00

But, yesterday,

oldest families in the county palatine
his death was again so currently reported, and so exten-
sively credited, that we deem it desirable briefly to state

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from his horse. and several of his ribs were fractured.
On the severe injuries thus sustained, supervened a para-
lytic stroke, depriving him for a time of all consciousness,
as well as of the use of one side. In this condition of the
unfortunate gentleman, Lady de Trafford died ; and at
first her decease was carefully concealed from him, as the
worst consequences were naturally apprehended from so

violent a shock to the nervous system as must
by the communication of the sad event. However, on
the return of consciousness, Sir Thomas himself began to

be cans

it was communicated to him with
as much precaution and care as could be used. The fune-
ral of the deceased lady was fixed for yesterday morning,
and was to have been quite private ; but, as the room in
which her remains temporarily rest adjoins that- of Sir
Thomas, it was feared that the arrangements of the fune-
ral might disturb him, and affect him injuriously in his
present precarious state; and it was accordingly deter-
mined to postpone the funeral for a few days. On inquiry,
yesterday, we learn that the state of Sir Thomas was con-
sidered rather more favourable on the whole, though, of
course, under the circumstances, improvement must at
best be a somewhat slow process. The postponement of
the funeral of Lady de Trafford. in all probability, led to
the report of he decease of Sir Thomas. W 4 believe all
the family are now assembled at Trafford-park.—Matz-
cheater Guardian, of Saturday.

suspect the fact; at

TRAFFIC RETURNS.—The traffic returns for the week
ending Oct. 24th, on the undermentioned English lines of
railway, are as follows : 1852. 1851. 1850.
£ • £
London and North-Western.... 50,802.. 46663.. 45,071
Midland ..-.. •
Lancashire and Yorkshire.-- . 17.172.. 15,516.. 14,614
London and South-Western .... 12,624.. 11,385.. 10,485
London and Brighton ..
Great Western
South-Eastern ......
York and North-Midland 9,402.. 8,072.. 8,201
Manchester, Sheff. and Lincoln 7,039.. 7,049.. 6,316
Bristol and Exeter
York, Newcastle, and Berwick.. 15,668.. 14,916.. 13,811
Shrewsbury and Chester .. 1,777.. 1,636.. 1,520
Eastern Counties and Norfolk .. 17,919.. 15,120..14,938
Great Northern .... 14,419..11,248.. 7,044
Chester and Holyhead... 3,641.. 3,128.. 2,853
North Staffordshire
Leeds Northern ...
South Devon..
South Wales 2,620.. 1,520.. 924
East Lancashire
Birk. Lane. and Chesh. June 1,737.. 1,381.. 968
Eastern Union..
Lancaster and Carlisle ....... 5,548.. 4,534.. 4,330
London and Blackwell
Newcastle and Carlisle ........ 2,335.. 2,283.. 2,249
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 846.. 672.. 583
South Yorkshire..
Stockton and Hartlepool ...... 2,113.. 1,821.. ..
Taff Vale
North Western ..... ........ . 931.. 639.. 494
The total receipts on the above lines being £266,923,
against £235,982 in the corresponding week of last year;
the' increase is shown to be £30,941. The number of
miles open on the above was, in 1852, 5,034, and in 1851
4,776, showing an increase of 258 miles. The returns for
the corresponding week in 1850 on the above linea was
£217,932, and the mileage 4,695/. The receipts per mile
per week, for 1852, on the above lines is £53 Os. sd. ; in
1851, the receipts were £49 Bs. 2d. ; and in 1850, £4B
2s. 3d., so that the increase of 1852 on 1851 is £3 12s. 3d.,
and over 1850, £4 18s. 2d. The takes of the week are
now assuming their fair standard of comparison with the
takes of previous years ; and, upon a general estimate of
the gross takes of the present year, from the Ist of January
up to the present time, our conclusion is. that the total
receipts up to the 31st of December will not fall short of
£15,000,000, being a million in excess of the receipts of
1851 l—Railway Record.