The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-10 00:00:00

Cmnmence at 7.

itoyAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the
Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER.
Last Five Nights of the present Season.
Crowded with rank and fashion.
Production of an entirely ;Jew original Travestie of a very
popular subject, by F. C. Burnano, Esq., entitled FAUST
A.,.,11) MARGUERITE, in which Mr. and 3L s Charles
stattiews will appear. The new scenery bS the celebrated
artists, Messrs. Darason. and Sons ; the incidental Ba:let by
°scar Byrne.
Bc-engagement of those ce'ebrated and popular artistes, Mr.
an i Mrs. Charles Mathews.
Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular
names of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr.
Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Piul
Bedford, Mr. F. itobinson, Mr. Ashley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews,
Miss Herbert, Mrs. Ftank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss
Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentworth, and
Mrs. Stirling.
EVERY EVENING, at 7 o'clock, A DAY AFTER THE
WEDDING. Miss Herbert, and Mr. F. Robinson.
At a quarter-past 8, a new Travestie, entitled FAUST
AND MARGUERITE: Mr. Chas. Mathews, Mr. J. Clarke,
Mr. Ashley, Mr. Montague, 31r. W. H. Eburne, Mr. W.
Chamberiaine, and Mrs, C. Mathews.
At ,0, USED UP. Mr. Charles Mathews ; Mrs. Frank
Matthews, and Miss Patti Joseph
To conclude with UNDER THE ROSE. Mr. Ashley, and
Miss Cottrell.
On Friday, 12th August. Benefit, and last night of the pre-
sent engitemeni, of Hr. and Mrs. Chas. Mathews, a new and
original t,omeuv, in 3 acts, by Arthur Sket hley, Esq., en-
titled HOW WILL THEY GET OUT OF IT, in which
Mr. and Mrs. C. .nATHEWS will appear.

pOUNTRY and SEASIDE DRESSES.
,J Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street, have now in stock a
variety of WASHING bILK. DRESSES, sultatle for the
country and seaside, and at the c earing-out pace of only
X 1 I.s. 6d. the dress.

JAY'S,
247, 249, and 251, Regent-street.

BLACK SILKS.—The price of Silks in the raw
material has already r sen 15 per cent., and it will soon
reach a far greater per-tentage. Messrs. JAY, therefore,
invite their numeruus patrons to take advantage of the stock
they have on hand, which they can now dispose of on favour-
able terms ; but the same qualities will naturally b. more
Co >tly as the price of silk fluctuates to a higher average

JAY'S,
247, 249, and 251, Regent-street.

COALS.—The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S
COALS.
Direct from their own Collieries.

Marquis' 23s. per ton. I Double 20s. per ton.
Top 02s. „ Deep ....215.
Well screened and delivered within live miles of their De-
pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, south Wharf,
Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N.
Best Coke
Terms cash.

JOHN SCO TT, Sole Agent.

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The Weather—Sun Office, Aug. 10, 1861.

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This day at Two o'clock 66

Barometer-29.98.

WIND —W. ; strong breeze, and fine.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS D& .—Morning, Ga. 303a.—Afternoon, 6a. 50m.
ro-A02.R0w.-Morning, 7h. 12m.—Afternoon, 7h. 40m.

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1864.

It 8!81319 that public interest is not to be Buffered
to die out regarding the dangers incurred by the
present system of railway travelling. The awful
catastrophe on the North London Railway is still
fresh in our recollection. The judicial investigation
respecting it is incomplete. The murderer, if
tracked, yet unsecured, when side by side with the
report of the inquest comes the narrative of another
railway journey performed at imminent risk to life,
if not resulting in actual physical injury. Fate is
certainly against the directors, shareholders, or
other railway authorities who wish to avoid trou-
blesome and expensive changes, and whose motto is
thu old favourite,

"What we did with yesterday,
We'll e'en do with to-day."

The murder of Mr. BRIGGS was heard with the
greater horror in our households because it was felt
to be a catastrophe that might befal any happy
home; and the same feeling attaches itself to the
report which one of the gentlemen who took part
in the journey the other night has furnished to the
public. The thread of the story is, that five gen-
tlemen were occupying a carriage in the express
train to the north on Thursday evening last.' Just
before the train which started at 9.15 p.m. left
Kieg'seeross the guard pushed into the carriage a
man in. a sailor's dress, who was seemingly some-
what intoxicated—not a very pleasant companion
under any circumstances for a journey from Lona
don to Edinburgh. They had not proceeded far
before the man, who was suffering from an attack
of delirium tremens, declared he had been robbed,
and rushed wildly about the carriage. At first
the other passengers tried not to notice him, but
when it came to launching out blows in every
direction, and trying to get cat of the windows,
it was time to interfere; but so strong was the
madman, added to the strength given by the frenzy
he was in, that it took four of the other passen-
g'rs to eecure him, and these had to exert their
utmost strength. Oce of those present, an elderly
gentleman, was naturally unable to render much
assistance, and was seriously terrified. The
others were not very well satisfied with their
position, as unwilling keepers of a lunatic,
for the distance of eighty milea,without any means
of securing him save a slender strap for his hands
end their pocket hauderchiefe for his feet. " Neces-
sity is the mother of iuvention," and the necessity
being urgent and the danger imminent, they made
• the moat of these appliances, but it was
necessary
for two of them to hold him down on the eeat all
the way. They did not resign themselves to this
position without a struggle) but their efforts to
elerm either guard or driver were to'aliy unavail-
ing. The occupants of the next carriage heard the

commotion, and endeavoured to second their efforts.
Other passengers became alarmed, but shouts and
screams were alike useless, and away rushed the
train through the darkness, remorselessly bent on
reaching P.terborough, the first station where the

iron horse draws breath on his northern journey.
At one moment; indeed, there was a gleam of hop e