The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-03 00:00:00

... ••• £421 8 5
-- 25 0 6

Passengers •••
Parcels, H. C. and D.

Total
SCOTTISH CENTRAL itAILwAY.---Traflic for th
Weekending May 30, 1852
o Week
'Passengers (11,608), parcels,horsez,
and =dans ... £1,115 14 6
Goods, cattle,
al ftc. ••• !,62 3 7
2,077 18
Corresponding week in last year.— 1,830 14 0
Peal', June 2, 1852.
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been
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ferAßKstr.-11re are enabled to state t.. a
fees corporation of
the city of London agreed unanimous'
Y vdays ago, to
purchase 60 acres of land in Copenhagen-fields.e for the new
SITE Or THE METROPOLITAhNat NEWth CParlia-
amount, apart from the special purpose sum 45,000/. The land is said to ba more than worth the
TChatetlper-imceairske7ts.
oiT. hpeerpauerrcen,asmallsgactchoerdeinntgilrye-
oltsenflorm:wghicthheit has
purchased. —morning Advertiser.
EDUCATION IN lILELA.ND.
mentary papers printed on Wednesday wan one containing
the annual report of the Commissioners of Education M Ire-
land to the Lord-Lieutenant, fei the year ending the 25th of
March last. A list is
given of the students selected to fill the
royal scholarships. The Commissioners regret that from the
want of funds they had been obliged to defer outlays on some
schoolhouses which were required.

When made up MI Fr.= what
PLACES. General Post-office port die- When
London: patched. ""e•
America (by Brit. pkt.)N Juno 4 .; .. Liverpool ..
America (by U.S. pkt.) N ;June 1 .. Liverpool .. Juno 9
America (by U.S. pkt.) 31 June 9 .. ...Southampt. Jane 3
Australia (via South-
ampton) M Southampt.
Ditto (via Marseilles) N .. Dover
Ditto, via C. of G. Hope NAugust 2 Plymouth..
Africa (West coast)•. N 114th of the month Plymouth June 3
Alexandria* •• N I.9th & 30th of me. Dover .. June 18
Belgium •• •• N !Dover .. Daily
Brazil •• .• 111 9th of the month ISouthampt. June 16
Buenos Ayres •• M 9th of the month (Southampt. June 16
California(viaCharrez) Ml2d & 17th of month Southampt. jJune
Cape of Good Dope N 25 & 14th of June 'Plymouth.. 'Jane 3
Cape de Verde N August 2 .. Plymollth • •
Constantinople* .. • • N 7th 17th 27th ef mo Dover .. May 30
Central America .. 11112 d & 17th of mon. Southampt. June 5
Channel /idea •• N' Mon., Wed., &Fri. Southampt. Tn. Th. Bat
Chili • • . M 17th of the month Southampt. June 5
France .. M& N Twice daily .. ,Dover • • Twicedaily
Greece* •• •• Nl7th 17th27thof mo IDover Mav 30
Hanaburgh Tuesday & Friday London .. Tees. Sat.
Holland •• Wednos. & Satan .London Moa.Thur
Honduras . Nll7th of the mouth' Southampt.June 20
Ireland &N j Twice daily .. Holyhead.. Twicedally
India(via Southway.) 34,20 th of the month Scuthanapt. Juno 20
India (via Marseilles) Nlftth& 94th efmonthlDover .• June 17
India, via C. of G. Hope N'lsth of month Plymouth..
Mauritius .. N 15th of month Plymouth..
Mediterranean (via
Southairptcn) ..
I2oth of the month Sonthampt. June 17
Moditen anean (via
Marseilles) .. N,gth& 24th of month Dover .. June 17
Mexico 11412 d of the month.. Southampt. Juno 5
Madeira 3119th of the month Southampt. Juno 16
',7th,17th,19th,27th Dover Juno 10
Malta* & 30th of month
Naples* .• •. •• Nlsth 15th 25th ofmw Dover .. June 12
Papal States* N sth 15th 25th of molDover .. Juno 12
Ip'eeninsular.. M 7th 17th 27th e f moiSouthampt. Arrived
M 17th of the month Southampt. June 5
Tusrucan:y.e. N sth 15th S 5 th of mo Dover .. June 12
ttrAo M 17th of the month Southampt. June 5

Peru .• M
Tuscany* .. .•
West Indies
West Indies (except
Havanna & Nassau) 3111 d of the month ..[SouthaEnpt.
* The mails to those c ountries thus marked (5) are conveyed by
French packet via Mars& nes.
The India mail, via Southampton, will be made up on the evening
of the 19th instant, in consequence of the 20th falling on a Sunday.
The Peninsula mail will be made up on the morning of the 28th
instant, in consequence of the 27th falling on a Sunday.

DEATH OF THE HON. EDWARD CHARLES HERB
hevrERT.
last
—This gentleman died at the seat of his nep, the
Earl of Carnarvon, Highden House, Hants, on Sunday .
He was in his fiftieth year, and was the youngest son of
Henry George, second Earl. He married June, 1833, Eliza-
beth, daughter of J. Escott, Esq., of Hartron House, by
July, 1840, he has left issue, two sons,
whom, who died,
ESCAPE or A CONVICT FROM THE BATH PRISON.--
A convict under sentence of three months' hard labour for
pocket-picking, named George Wright, alias Mersey, lately
contrived to make his escape from the Bath gaol, in a manner
as astonishing as it was ingenious. It appears that the
doors of the cells which open into the corridorave double
the
locks, and every precaution is taken at nig litho turn
bolts twice. Oa the night previous to Wright's escape, the
officer on duty turned the key once, and attempted to give
it the second turn, but finding it would not move, heconcluded
that some officer had been beforo blue and turned it
once, and that he himself had given it the additional turn.
The next morning, when the prisoner was missed from his
cell, it was ascertained that he had prevented the second
turn of the lock bolt by inserting one of the plates con-
taining the number of cells, which each prisoner has in his
possession on being locked up. By this means he was enabled
to force back the bolt, so as to let himself His next.
difficulty was to getr,out of the prison, and this he effected
through a window in the corridor which opens upon the roof
made his rug into a rope,
of the chapel. Having by cuttin,.
it into pieces and tying a loop at. the end of it, he fixed it
to a hook or nail, and thence let himself down into the yard
Here it De
but a great obstacle to his flight still pre:ented itself in th ;
lofty exterior wall at the back of the building.
s , but
ingenuity was exceedingly put to the test, t a-
"
Pears, his
having met with a piece of lead piping, he managed to bend
it into a zigzag shape so as to form a series of steps, and with
the aid of his rope and blanket he scaled the Wall and got
clear off.--I3ath Chronicle.
EXTENSIVE FARMING.—A. friend in South America
writes that he is now spending a month with a farmer who
owns a thousand miles of pasture, and
larger than Scotland, while he has get a patch of corn
°
he has to boil the fodder for them in a yoticaninoal:ly cattle that