The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-19 00:00:00

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SMITHEIELD.—Meadow Hay, 31 5s Od to 4l Os Od ; Clover
ditto, 31 10s to 41 15s Od; and Straw, 1/ 3s to 118 s per load.
Trade steady, at our quotations.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 3l 5s to 4/ 2s Od ; Clover
ditto, 31 83 to 41 12s; and Straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ Os per load.
Supply good, and trade dull.
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 3/ 5s to 41 Os Od; Clover
ditto, 31 103 to 41 15s ; and Straw, 1/ 3s to 1/ 8s per load.
A full average supply, and a sluggish demand.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
GREAT ',VE*ITIIN, AND LONDON AND NORTH-

WESTERN.
It appears from a comparison of the speed and fares of
the express trains upon These railways that the speed
of the fastest train between London and Bristol on the
Great Western is 43 talks ner hour, end on the London
and North-Western, between London and Birmingham,
40 miles per hour; the difference in favour of the former
company being three milessr hour. The speed of all
the mixed ttains between Lopndon and Plymeuth, and
Landon and Liverpool,
is 35 miles per hoar on the
Great Western, and 361 miles per hour on the London
end North-Western bring ono mile per hour in
favour of the hitter. The average fares per mile on
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the Great Western are—far first class, 3.068 d., and for
second class, 2.5021.; while on the Loudon and North-
Western the average is, fur first class, 2.6761, and for
second class, 2.l7Bd.—showing a difference in favour of a
passenger travelliug by the London and North-Western
Railway of, 0.392 d. for first class, and 0•324 d. for second
class. A comparison of the time occupied and fare
charged on a journey of 246;3, miles on both lines,
shows a diff‘ retie° iu time in favour of the London eve
North-Western of 34 minutes by a first class train. and
of 12 minutes by a mixed train; and also at the same
time a eavini of Bs. 10. for that distance by the first
class, and of 6s. 81 by the second class, the
fares on the Great Western Railway for the first
class being 635., and for second class 50s. 6d.; while
on Ono London and North-Western the fare for the first
class is 548. 11d., and for the second dais, 435. 101. By
the snail trains the average speed per hour is 25 miles
on the Great Western and 28 miles per hour on the.
London and North- Western, the difference in favour of
the latter being 3 miles per hour. The average fares
per mile on the former railway amount to 2.7241. for
first class, and 1•867 d. for second class; while on the
latter railway they amount to 9.419 d. for first class'
and 1.775 d. for second class, showing a difference in
favour of tho latter of 0.315 d. for first class, and
0•692 d. for second class. A comparison of the time and
fares calculated on a journey of 2464 miles shows a saving
in fsvour of the London and Narth-Western of 58
minutes, and of 6s. 3:1. in first class fares and ls. 101 in
second class fares. By the ordinary trains the average
speed per hour on the Great Western is 25 miles, and
on the London and North-Western 261 miles, being
miles in favour of the latter. The saving in first class
fares:being 0.583 d., and in second class fares 0.291 d. Per
mile also in favour of the latter company. A compari-
son of the time occupied on a journey of 2631 miles
shows a difference in favour of the London and North"
Western of 21 minutes, the time occupied by the Great
Western trains being 9 hours 53 minutes; by the LT-
don and North-Western, 9 hours 32 minutes. The
saving in the first class fares is 12s. 4d., and in the
second class fares, 65.10. in favour of the tatter conspenY•
—Times.

CABINET COUNCIL THIS DAY).—The Ministers
assembled in Council this afternoon at one o'clock, at the
Foreign-cffice. There were present—The Earl of Derby
(Premier), the Earl of Lonsdale, the Marquis of Salisbury,
the Earl of Hardwicke, Lord John Manners, the Right Hon.
Mr. Henley, the Lord Chancellor, Mr. Herries, Mr. Secre-
tary Spencer Walpole, the Right Hon. Sir John Pakington,
the Earl of Malmesbpry, anfl the Duke of Northumberland.
A considerable and select number of persons have
met for several evenings at Willis's Rooms, St. James's, to
hear a series of lectures by Mr. Carter Lee, and witness, by
way of accompaniment, certain " shadowy" illustrations by
Alfred Crowquill, the whole entertainment being announced
under the title of " Sketches and Scratches." Its maul
subject, and we might say pretest, is music; its object to
inform, perform, and reform; the end kept in view by the
lecturer to amuse. Thus, we had plenty of advice, censure,
and remarks, as to what music is, and as to what it should or
should not be ; anecdotes of musicians of all ranks, classes,
and denominations; the violin, the flute, the concertina
rivalling each other in the lecturer's hands; funny adven-
tures, curious characters, and a superabundance of puns,
good, bad, and indifferent; and if the audience was not
always in a roar, they were at least in uninterrupted good
humour. On one point alone we perhaps differ from gr.
C. Lee. That the success which has attended the exertions of
such men as John Parry, Albert Smith, and others
led to the present attempt, may fairly be as-
sumed ; now, we scarcely think that the gen;
tlemen whom Mr. C. Lee introduces in " shadowy
forms to his audience, are one and all fit subjects for illus-
tration, and we venture to question the propriety of his per-
sonalities, however harmless, to brother musicians, brother
lecturers, and brother exhibitionists. This point reserved,
we were much pleased with his budget of eccentricities, his
performances on the piano, the violin, the flute, and the con-
certina, of which instruments he proved himself a perfect.
master. His style is good, his delivery rapid, his actil3o.n
forcible, his deportment gentlemanly, and while 13
" Sketches" went off with spirit, his " Pictorial dissolutions
elicited a good deal of laughter. Wishing him, therefore,
every success, and recommending his "Sketches" to all
lovers of fancy, fun and frolic, we advise our friends, ere
this season—now rapidly drawing to a close—has actually
closed upon them, to hear Mr. Carter Lee's notions of the
" Close of the Season," as sung by him in the course of his
" Sketches and Scratches," whose evolutions and dissolutions
are not intended, we understand, to extend beyond the pre-
sent month.
GUY'S BOAT CLun.—This afternoon at five o'clock
the members of the Guy's Hospital Boat Club row their an-
nual scratch match from Putney to Mortlake, for the pre-
sentation prizes awarded by Dr. Lever, one of the principal
physicians to the above named institution, which consists . of
silver oars and rudder of exquisite workmanship. The prize
will be contended for by three crews in four-oared cutters with
their respective steersmen.
CRICKET.—AT Loon's,—Marylebone Club and
Ground against the University of Cambridge. This match
was finished yesterday, the University winning by five
wickets.

THE ACCIDENT AND LOSS OF THREE LIVES AT
ROTHERHITIIE.—Yesterday (Friday) afternoon, Mr. \Va-
han' Carter, the coroner for Surrey, opened an inquest at the
White Lion public-house, Princes-stairs, Rotherhithe, on
the respective bodies of Mrs. Lydia Whitlock, aged 25, Isa-
bella Whitlock, aged 1 year, and Mary Ann Castle, aged 40,
the three unfortunate persons who perished through the
sinking of a monkey-boat, off Caen's-wharf, Rotherhithe, on
Tuesday night last. Some particulars of this lamentable
occurrence appeared in our journal of Thursday last. The
jury having viewed the bodies, which were lying in the
adjoining dead-house, they returned to the inquest-room, and
re.urneda verdict in each case of " Accidental death."
COMMON LAW REFORMS.—The Bill to abolish cer-
tain offices and fees in the common law courts, as amended
by the House of Commons, was on Thursday printed.
The Megmra has just accomplished a wonderful
passage from the Cape. It will remain recorded as a proud
fact in the annals of the Admiralty, that this gallant ship
has at length completed the run in only twice the time
taken by an ordinary commercial steamer. The Hellespont
sailed a fortnight after the Megeera, and arrived about a
fortnight before her. The total time occupied by the com-
mercial steamer was thirty-five :days—her Majesty's
screw steamer took sixty-one days to accomplish the same
distance. This may be considered as a triumph. We invite
attention, however, to the performances of an emigrant
sailing-ship, the Bride, Captain Nattrars, which made the
passage from Plymouth to Port Philip in seventy-five days,
that is to say,,,in only fourteen days more than that occupied
by her Majesty's steam-ship Megmra in the run home from
the Cape. The Bride -a mere sailing ship—reached the
Cape on her outward voyage in forty-four days ; the Me-
gwra, with steam power, accomplished the homeward run
in sixty-one days. This, however, may be considered a
great success for the Admiralty.— Times.
THE CASE or MR. MURRAY. —lt appears by a
letter received from the uncle of Murray, living in the Mor-
nington-rcad, from Mr. Moore, the British Consul at An-
cona, that he does not expect that the extreme penalty of
the law will be inflicted on Murray, whom he considers in-
nocent or the dreadful crime imputed to him. He adds that
the universal voice in Ancona is against him, and that he
stands singular in his opinions regardmg him, which has led
to many hot disputes with the local authorities and others.
He thinks Murray has been very imprudent, and his im-
prudence has led to the present deplorable results. He con-
siders his life perfectly safe now, but how far he can proceed
in demanding his liberation he does not yet know, for the
fact of his having been a paid agent of the Papal police du-
ring the revolutionary turmoil in the country weakens his
hands in defending him. Mr. Freeborn, the British Consul
at Rome, also writes :—My private opinion is, that Murray's
sentence will be commuted, his life saved, and ultimately
his liberty obtained, but unfortunately he has brought him-
self into his present perilous situation by acts of the most
reprehensible imprudence.

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lian colonies, all of which convey emigrants, and we are
informed that several other ships have been chartered to
meet the increasing demand for passage. At Liverpool,
Glasgow, Leith, Hull, and Bristol, numerous vessels are also
advertised for the same destination. The emigrants from
London mostly belong to the middle classes, and include
many persons who carry with them stocks of goods,
in-
tending to establish themselves as storekeepers, or in otheren
retail business, in Australia. A number of
previously engaged in the large wholesale andhryenottuaefl,
in the City, as also several bankers' and merchants
have either left or intend leaving for Sydney and
to seek their fortunes in the gold fields. Amar
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