The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-11 00:00:00

THURSDAY EVENING,

MARCH 11,

MAIN LENIN.

Passengers £923 6 0
Parcels, IL C. and D. ... 75 17 10
Goods, cattle, &c 59s 16 6
Mails "' ... 575 0 0

Total
... £2,173 0 4
MOLD.

Passengers £29 8 4
Parcels, 11. C. and D. ... 1 14 lt
Goods, cattle, &c. - 1(5 14 (1

Total £146 17 3
STEAM-LOAM
Passengers ... £145 11 9
Parcels, H. C. and D. 24 10 4

Total ... ... £l7O 2 1

NE TV METROPOLITAN RAILWAY:
We are informed that it is proposed to connect the
Great Northern Railway at the present King's-cross
Station with the Loudon and South-Western Rail-
way at the Waterloo Station, the distance being only
2/ miles. This line when made would by means of
the East and West India Dock Rail way connect all
the narrow gauge railways on the north side of the
Thames with the London and 'South-Western Rail-
way. Besides the great facilities which this line
would afford for the transit of goods merchandise
and coal to and from the southern counties it would
most materially assist in augmenting the suburban
traffic of existing railways by giving three central
stations, namely, at Guildford-street, near the
Foundling, at Holborn, near Red Lion• street, and
at the Strand, near St. Clement's Church. Access
to these stations would be given by a circular in-
clined plane, or by ascending and descending rooms.
As this line would for the greater part of the way be
in tunnel, it would not therefore in that portion be
necessary to purchase any building property. The
tunnel would extend from the King's-cross station to
the south side of the Strand near to Essex-street,
and owing to the slight interference with the building
property, Mr. Hamilton Fulton, the engineer esti-
mates the total cost of construction at 750,0001. The
proposed bridge across the Thames near to Essex-
street would be constructed with wrought iron girders
at a comparatively small expense, and also be made
to afford accommodation to foot passengers and the
steam-boat traffic. From the river to the Waterloo
station the railway would be carried on a viaduct
through inferior property in the neighbourhood of
Upper- S tamford- street.

COMMISSION OF LUNACY.
A commission of lunacy was held yesterday it Love-
grove's, the London Coffee-horse, Ludgate-hill, before
Mr. E. Winslow, one of the masters in lunacy, and a
jury of twenty-one freeholders of the city of London, to
inquire into the state of mind of Thomas Horatio Richard-
son, of 23, Old Bailey. Mr. Archibald Smith appeared for
the party upon whose petition to the Court of Chancery
the commission was issued, the alleged lanatic'e half-
sister, a lady named Farne ; and before the proceed-
ings commenced the lunatic's brother, Mr. Richardson,
addressing the Learned Commissioner, mild he dis-
claimed any participation in the inquiry, which he con-
sidered unnecessary, and most unfriendly on the part of
those through whose instrumentality it had originated.
His brother certainly was imbecile, and had been so
from childhood, but he was inoffensive- and harmless,
lived comfortably and apparently happy, and en-
joyed life as much as any person then in that
room. It appeared from then e
upon which
no dispute was raised, that the subject of the
I inquiry was entitled to 4,5001. in the Three per
Cent. Consols, to 445/. under his father's will, of
which his brother was the only surviving trustee, and
to two small annuities ander the will of his mother.
Mr. Richardson, the brother, stated that the alleged he.
natic was incapable of managing his property, but was
perfectly competent to take care of himself—in fact, no
one had ever entertained the idea of putting him under
restraint, and he never committed any act that led to
ge had money to nieviessithede
any unpleasant results.
pleased—he never spent it wastefully nor extravagantly
—he always conducted himself with propriety
theatres, and mixed with society, but his mind was ex-
cessively weak. The alleged lunatio WO3 brcught into
the room, and was questioned by the Commissioner,
reply to whom he said ho could not tell what pryeer 1;r:,
he was possessed of, the month, or the year; he "eeard
not toll how maey twice two
- were, but i
that he took care of himself, and that hisl e knew
brother
took care of the money. Ile lived very happy with hits
brother, and was so comfot table
that he wished for no
ch
He had the appearance ofi an imbecile.
The jury found that Thomas
was of unsound mind, and had
the q
dbee
n °ratio Richardson
incapable of faking care
in of himself or propertyof December, 1826;
and at the same time expressed a desire that the unfor-
tunate gentleman
should not be removed from his
I brother, Mr. E. J. Richardson.
The Commissioner said that would rest with the Court
of Chancery; bat as fa
gestiOn of the far as he was concerned, the sug-
J",Y Would receive every consideration.'