The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-23 00:00:00

MONUMENT TO "DELTA."

On Monday a meeting was held in the Town-ball,
Musselburgh, to consider the propriety of erecting a
ml,iumeht to the late Dr. Moir (Delta), in his native
pia e. Provost Campbell took 'be chair.
The. Rev. Mr. BEVERIDGE m,)sed. and Mr. FORMAN
rPclndeti. in el' qw,nt speeches, that a monument to Dr.
Moir, wh,se ge,kius and taste had shed a livtre on the
literature of his country, and whose amiable qualifies
had endeared him to the community, be erected in his
native place. _

Mr. 'JAMES KEMP moved a resolution agreeing to
°den anb3oription hats, and appointing a committee to
take charge of the money retied, remarking that for e
long time he had been Dr. Moir's next door neighbour,
tilad_w,ll knew hie kindness of heart.

Mr. JOHN BLACKWOOD seconded the resolution ;
and in doing so stated that Professor Aytoun and
other friends were expected to have been present.
but wee unavoidably prevented from attending. He
then read let erc from Mr. Sheriff Alison, Civvies ack-
ens, E q., S4muel Warren, Eq., J. G. Lockhart, Esq.,
and the Rev. Dr. Croly, enclosing sue scripfions to the
memorial, and testifying their warm appreciation of Dr.
Muir's eminent literary talents, and regret for his loss.
The PROV,ST stated that apologies for absence had
also been received from Mr. Moncrieff. M.P., and from
Mr. Sheriff Gordon. The Provost also intimated sub-
mriplons already received to the amount of nearly 801
The R v. Dr. STEVENSON, in a few appropriate re-
marks, mos,. d that a mating or the subscriber. be again
callf.d in three mooths to consid,- r the description and
site of 411 e monument to be erected.
Mr. LEES sec oiled the r,-solution.

Ail th. re-olutions mere carried with acclamation.

The meeting sepsrar.(id witb a vote of thanks to the
provost.

SEABORNE MAILS.
1N dignities that the mails ere sent frog. tne General Post-olliet
ly the ligAt —and t by the morning--ctispatch.]

Wneu made uo, 111 erem wnet wben
PLAC2I4. (General Post-office' port dis-
due.
London. I patched.
...•••••••••••••
Amei(bßit. pkt.) IT April 23 .. !Liverpool April 26
Imerica (by pkt.) N ILty 4 .. ;Liverpool April 23
America (by U.S. pkt.) M A.p :11 i 8 .. ..!Sonthempt.
Africa (West coast).- Nll4th of the month 'Plymouth May 2
Alexandria* •....... N 19th & 30th at me.lDover .. April 28
Beighun •• N Daily .. Dover ..
itr all .. • .. M 9th of the month Southampt. May 16
Buenos Ayres .. M '9th of the month (Southampt. May 16
Calif irnis.(viaChasres) Mi2d & 17th et month Southampt. April 20
cap,. of Good Hope N 114th of month Plymouth.. May 3
Constantinople* N 7th 17th 217th of mo Dover .. April 20
()entre! America .. M2d & 17th of axon. ISouthampt. April 20
Channel Isles N Mon., Wed., & Fri. Southampt. Ts. M. Sat
Chili •• bf !IT th of the mouth (Southampt. April 20
France & N Twice daily .. !Dover .. Twicedaill
Greece* •7th 17th 27th of mo ;Dover • • April 20
Hamburgh N Tuesday & Friday 'London .. Tees. sat
i4olland .. .. .. 'l4,Wednes. & Satur.Londen .. Wati,That
Honduras .. . N 17th of the mouth Southampt. ,April 20
Ireland .. M& N Twice daily .. ..IHolyhead Vl`wicegall,t
India (via Southamp.) 20th of the month Southampt. (May 20
India (via Marseilles) N tit& 24th ef month !DOver .Slay 1
Mediterranean (via
ctoutliarr-,ron) .. Id 20th of the month &nal:tempt. May 20
r:fediten anean (via
Marseilles) N Bth/424th ofmonth Dover • • May I
Mexico .. M2d of the month.. Southampt. May 5
Madeira M 9th of tke month Southampt. May 16
Malta* .. •• r 7th, 17 th, I 9 th,27 th }Dover, April 24
1 & 30th of month
Naples* N bth 15th 25th of me. Dover April 21
Papal State.* N 6th 15th 25th of mo Dover .. April 2/
Peninsular.. M 7th 17th 27th et moiSouthampt. Apr 1 26
Peru ••.• .• M 17th of the month iSonthamoLlApril 20
Tuscany* N sth 15th 25 Lb. of mo! Dover • •
,April 2
West Indies 21,17 th of the month Southampt. April 20
West Indies (except I
Havanna & Nassau) At 9d of the month .. Soathampt.lMay 5
• The malls to those a °entries thris Marked (*) are conveyed by
French packet viii Marseilles.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.
BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY. —Traffic for the week
ending April 11 :
Passengers
Goods •••
Parcels .••
Mails .••

... ... £2 817 0 7
... .. 1,191 7 9
... ... 275 4 6
... ... 223 4 2

••• ••• ••• .£4,496 17 0
SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER Ren.wAT,—Traffic receipts
for the week ending April 18;
Passengers, &c•£673 9 3
Merchandise, raineralP, &c. ... 975 2 2

Total

Total .. ••• ... £1,648 11 5
Corresponding week last year ... 1,597 13 9
MANCHESTER, BUXTON, MATLOCK, AND MIDLANDS JUNC-
TION lialtway.—Keturn of traffic for the weak ending
April 11 :—Passengers, &c. £l3l 18 8
Corresponding week last year ... 136 14 9

CkAlBoliNlt CON4OLS MINING COMPANY.—Yester-
day a numerous meeting in this matter WAR bekl before
Master in Chancery Richard% to appoint an offiAal manager
to settle ano wind up its affairs and liabilities, which amount
to about
7,000/. hlr. Bagshawe proposed Mr. Harding; Mr.
Roxburg proposed
Mr. Turquand; Mr. Torr proposed Mr.
Quitter; and Mr. H. Harris pr ip.ised Mr. IVryghte. Major
Tyndall and Captain Harriott, tw ► of the direcrors, were ex-
amined, and deposed that being unable to carry on the com-
pany's concerng, they bad preen ed the petition to wind it
up, and, after considerable discussion, the .faster appointed
AIL 'tYryghtedioislogulapr, with ar. L safe 13 hie