The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-26 00:00:00

Railway Traffic Returns,

The last week's rai&way receipts, ascertained. up
to this day, are, in round figures, as under:—

1864. 1863.
Great Western £67,787 £6t,474
North-Western

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South-Western
Brighton
Midland
South Eastern

Great Northern
Lancashire and Yorkshire... 63,202 34,330
North Eastern
Bristol and Exeter
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 20,111 15,443
These returns, with one or two exceptions, are of
a vary favourable character compared with those of
the same period of last year. Oa the Great
Western the increase is £3,313; North Western,
£15,700; Midland, £8,105; South Eastern, £4,435;
Lancashire and Yorkshire, £18,872 ; North Eastern,
£10,592; Bristol and Exeter, £818; Manchestei,
Sheffield, and Lincoln, £4,668. The South Western,
however, shows a decrease of £2,014; Brighton,
£503 ; and the Great Northern, 1268.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCEL(This Day,)

LONDON, May 23.—Wind this day at noon—North-
West; moderate breeze and fine weather, but a littlu
cloudy.
PLixoUTH, May 25.—Wind S,E.—Sailed—Zehore,
for Singapore.

SwANO EA, May 24.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Samson, for
Rio J aneiro.

NEWPORT, May 25.—Wind N.—Sailed—Henry Clark,
for New York.
BRISTOL, May 25.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Queen
of the Sea, from Pernutnbuco.
EHIELDS,,May 25.—Wind N.W,—Sailed—Melancthon,

for Jamaica.
CARDIFF, May 26.--Wind S.W.—Sailed—Charles De-
vontosh, for Rio Grande.

THE DERBY.—The time of running the D3rby,
as taken by Benson's chronograph, was as follows :-1362,
2.45 6-10; 1863, 2.52 2-10; 1864, 2.44.

A letter from Bourgtheronlde (Mire), in the
Nouvelliste of Rouzn says, " The corn crops present
a reoarkable fine appearance in this neighbourhood, and if
the weatLer continues favourable for the earing and flower-
ing, the harvest will undoubtedly be quite as abundant as
last year's. The ears are beginning to appear, and will b©
out Lull in a few days. The colsa crop is not so good as it
was last year. Spring corn of all kinds looks promising.

A fire broke out-three days ago in the village of
Saint-011e (Nord), by which, in less than an hour, 19 cot-
ti i,asgoerse,l4 barns, and 14 stables, were destroyed. The con-
flagration began in the dwelling of a day-labourer named
whose wife was engaged in heating the oven, when,
having thrown in a fresh lot of fuel, the lames escaped by
BOMB fissure and communicated to the thatched roof, and
then with great rapidity to the adjoining houses.
A tremendous storm burst three days ago over
the town and neighbourhood of Bouchain
(pas_de.Calais).
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violent claps of thunder succeeded each other, almost with—
out interruption. Four persans who were at work in the
fields were knocked dowa by the lightning. One was killed
on the spot; another has been ever since suffering from a
violent nervous affection of the limbs; the other two

escaped with trifling injury.
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acid, applieu to the place, will stop the inflammation, and
take away all pain.—Cealignani.
ALLEGED POISONING IN FRANCE.—A letter
from Berne says :—" At the moment when the IA
Pommerais ttial is still fresh in men's minds, a double
arrest in this city has caused considerable emotion. The
parties are M. Hermann Demme, a young profea sor of
medicine at the University of Borne, and the widow of a
banker named Trumpy, the charge against them being to
have poisoned the latter. Id. Demme, as medioal atten-
dant to the Trumpy family had been at different times
called in to effect a reconciliation between the hue-
band and wife, who did not live very happily tege-
ther. M. Demme thus became a friend of the family,
and, in 1862, accompanied them in a tour in the East. 111.
Trumpy died some months since, and in consequence of
different rumours which became current, an inquiry was
instituted, the body of the deceased was disinterred, and on
examination death was found to have been caused by strych-
nine. No idea was at first entertained of a crime, but rather
of suicide caused by unfortunate speculations on the
Bourse. M. Demme was, however, suspected of having
furnished the poison, . The judicial authorities on continu-
ing their inquiries have now formed a different opinion, and •
the Ni idow and M, Demme have both been arrested."