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

PROPOSED RAIL-WAY CAPITAL FOR
NEW RAILWAY WORKS.
The following is a careful statistical statement, com-
piled frem the various of estimates laid before
Parliament by the undermentioned railway companies,
applying for Acts for now works this ses.ion, and in-
volving the raieiug of addition capital:-
Basingstoke and Salisbury ... •.• £280,000
Bristol and Exeter (Yeovil branch)
... 23,594
Chester and Holyhead (Extensions) 380000
Corris and Machynnleth Railway 12 000
,
... •••
Cork and Bandon 40,000
Deeside
••• ••• ••• ... 106,000
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire 79,000
Dorchester and Exeter Coast ... ... 490,000
Dundalk and Enniskillen . 227,200
East Anglian (Deviations and
new linos) ... 35,000
Eastern Counties (to River None) ... 18,345
Eastern Counties (Junction with East and
West India Docks) ...
••• 50,000
Eastern: Union and Great Northern Junction 120,000
Edinburgh and Glasgow •• •.• 4,000
Exeter and Yeovil
••• ... 650,000
Forest of Dean Central... ... • 20,000
Furness and Pile Harbour
.. ••• ...
45,000
Frome, Yeovil, and Weymouth ..• ... 550,000
Great Western (Purchase of ~-"'..Kennett and
Avon Canal) ... _
Kells and Cavan ••• •••
Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax Junction
Leven ...
Lancashire and Yorkshire ...
Limerick and Foytses
London and North• Western and Buckingham-
London and North-Western (Chester to Birk-
enhead and Branches) .. 550,000
Londonderry and Enniskillen and Coleraine 152,000
London, Tilbury, and SLiuthend 400,000
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ... 83,000
Middlesburgh and Guiabnrgh ••• ••• 72,000
Midland Great Western of Ireland (Longford
and Cavan Branches) ..• •••
Monmouthshire Railway ..-
Newmarket and Chesterford
North and South-Western and• Brighton and
Dover Junction (Wandsworth to Croydon) 85,000
North Staffordshire (Sandbach to Birkenhead
and Colwich to Wolverhampton) ... 300,000
North-Western ••• ... 2,500
Nuneaton and Leicester 150,000
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton (Ex-
tension of Time, &c.) 72,000
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton (Ex-
tension, Wolvercot to Oxford) ...
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton (Wol-
vercot to Brentford)
... 830,000
Shrewsbury and Chester ... 17,000
Shropshire Union (Branches) ... 322,789
Somersetahire Central ... ... 48,000
South Staffordshire ... 178,000
South Yorkshire (Isle of Axholme Extension) 300,000
Vale of Neath 72,000
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••• 10,000
••• 181,000
... 185,000
••• 20,000
... 15,000
... 120,000

50,000

... 300,000
... 80,000
73,000

70,000

Wolverhampton Junction
Worcester and Hereford
York and North Midland ••• ••• •••
York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Bishop Auck-
land branch) 190,000
York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Thirsk and
Malton branch)

... 104,000
... 220,000
60,000

Total ...

... 100,000

£3,642,428

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.
LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Return 0,
Traffic for the week ending March 7:—
Passengers, parcels, mails, &c. £22,262 5 7•
Merchandise ... ... 17,897 5 9
Cattle .. ... 1,013 17 3

Total ... £41,173 8 7
Corresponding week last year ... 39,404 12 3
Note.—The returns as published are exclusive of the
traffic of the Huddersfield Canal and Shropshire Union, Nerth
Union, Preston and Wyre, South Junction, Manchester and
Buxton, and Buckinghamshire Railways, and of the propor-
tion of traffic deducted under agreement with the North
Staffordshire Company.
• Liverpool races.

THE GREAT NOETHEEIC RAILWAY.— (Miles in work, 2411'
.Return of Traffic for the Week ending Feb. 29; 1852:
Passengers, parcels, carriages,
horses, dogs, and mails ... £4,386 2 11
Merchandise and minerals ... 6,259 16 5
Cattle ... 156 5 1

Total .. £10,802 4 5
Corresponding week, 1851 (236 miles) :
Passengers, parcels, &c. £3,861 12 3
Merchandise, Cattle, &c. ... 3,901 15 11

Total ... £7,763 8 2
LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAT.—AMORRt o
Traffic for the week ending March 7 :
Passengers £6,500 19 1
Goode ... 2,376 17 9

Total ... ... ... £8,877 16 10
Corresponding week last year... 8,522 8 1

LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. (260 miles
open.)—Traffic for week ending Mar. 7...£16,477 8 3
Corresponding week in last 'ear (260
miles open) .. ]2 1
NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY. (Miles 0pen,112.)
Return of traffic for the week ending Feb. 29 :
Railway and canal . ... £4,687 0 0
Corresponding week last year ... 4,585 0 0
Note. —The above is exclusive of the receipts available
under the agreement with the London and North-Western
Railway Company.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY,Trfiffie for the
week ending March 7 :

MAIN LINE:.

Passengers ...
...
Parcels, H. C. and D. ..
Goods, cattle, &c. ...
Mails ... ...

£923 6 0
75 17 10
593 16 6
575 0 0

Total

... £2,173 0 4

•••
MOLD.

Passengers ...
...
Parcels, H. C. and D. ...
Goods, cattle, &c.

£29 8 4
1 14 11
115 14 0

•N •••

Total
... £146 17 3
STEAM-BOATS.

Passengers
Parcels, 11. C. and D. ... ...

... £145 11 9
24 10 4

Total

£l7O 2 1

NEW METROPOLITAN RAILWAY.
We are informed that it is proposed to connect the
Great Northern Railway at the present King's-cross
Station with the London 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 Railway 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-Stamford-street.

COMMISSION OF LUNACY. •
A commission of lunacy was held yesterday at Love-
grove's, the London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill, before
Mr. E. Winslow, ono of the masters is 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 lunatic's half-
sister, a lady named Farnell ; and before the proceed-
ings commenced the lunatic's brother, Mr. Richardson,
addressing the Learned Commissioner, said 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 the evidence, on which
up
no disp ate was raised, that the subject of the
inquiry was entitled to 4,500/. in the Three per
Cent. C onsols, to 4451, under his father's will, of
which h;is brother was the only surviving trustee, and
to two small annuities under the will
of his mother.
Mr. Richardson, the brother, statedhat the alleged lu-
natic was incapable of managing his property, but was
perfectl:r competent to take care of himself—in fact, no
one heel ever entertained the idea of putting him under
restrain t, and he never committed any act that led to
any an pleasant results. Ile had money
to nee as he
pleased —he never spent it wastefully nor extravagantly
—he always conducted himself with propriety—visited
gwhatsi at
theatres, and mixed with society, but his mbirnodu
ex-
cessive ly weak. The alleged lunatic was
the ro.)m, and was questioned by the Commissioner, sin
reply •to whom ho could ho saidnot tell what property
he we s possessed of, the month, or the year; he could
not t;ell how many twice two were, but he knew
that be took care of himself, and that his brother
took care of the money. He lived veryhappy
with his
brother, and was so comfortable that hewished for no
change. Ile bad the appearance
of an imbecile.
The jury found that Thomas Horatio
was of unsound mind, and had been
incapable of taking care
of himself or property since the 24th of December,
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and at the same time expressed a desire that the unfor-
tunatel26;
gentleman Should not be removed from his
brother, Mr. E. j. Richardson.
The Commissioner s •
of Chancery; but
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far as he was concerned, the sug-
gestiou of the jury would receive every consideration.

MARCH 11, 1852.

PARIS THEATRICALS.'
ITALIAN OPERA.—The never-failing Barbieri di
Siviglia was played for the first time this semis en
Saturday, for the rentrie of hi. Lablache, our old
favourite, who was received with loud and cordial
demonstrations of welcome, from as brilliant an au-
dience as we recollect to have seen within the walls
of the Salle Ventadour. The secret by which this
truly great artiste has retained his powers, of course
not unimpaired, but still wonderfully preserved, is
soon told ; it lies in two little letters, simply the dif-
ference between use and abuse. A thoroughly
educated musician, he has known how to use his
voice without abusing it. His Dr. Bartolo has been
noticed too frequently in these columns to admit of
any thing new being said upon it. His acting was
humorously whimsical, as usual, and though the
shaking of the long journey from Italy had left some
traces of fatigue in his voice, he went through the
part with as much spirit, and as much to the satis-
faction of the audience as we ever beryl him.
Calzolari was of course the Almavive, and largely
shared in the applauses of the evening; the
serenade " Io son Lindoro" was charmingly given,
and his share of the duo "Ah ! the d'Amore ' wes
not less successful. Belletti made a Figaro par ex-
cellence; we never before heard him to so much ad-
vantage. The volubility, ease, and distinctness, with
which he gave the rapid passages which abound in
the music of the character, were most masterly, and
Figaro must be classed among M. Belletti's greatest
successes in Paris. Basilio found a fair representative
in M. Susini, whose fine bass came out well in "La
Calunnia." This brings us to the Rosina of the night,
Mdlle. Cruvelii, which we approach with some re-
luctance. Though this gifted young artiste can never
fail to please, the impression she produces as the ward
of Bartolo is very far from that created by her Elvira,
Norms, Fidelio, and other parts of the highest class,
the recollections of which should not be disturbed by
the assumption of characters for which her talents are
unsuitable. Among the most effective and most ap-
plauded morgeaux of the evening, was her singing
lesson, "Al dolce Incanto," with Rode's variations,
which she gave with, considerable brilliancy, particu-
larly the second, which was followed by acclamation.
At the close of the opera, all the leading artistes were
recalled by general demand, and bowed their thanks
amid loud marks of the satisfaction of the public.
GRAND OPERA.—After a temporary absence from
the boards, Mdlle. Priora has, with a courage
worthy a better occasion and more success, made her
re-appearance, in that most poetical of all choregra-
phic creations, La Sylphide ; for, although Mdlle.
Priora was much applauded, it was evident to her
most fervent admirers that the qualities required to
represent satisfactorily this child of air are diametri-
cally opposed to those which she possesses. Mdlle.
Priora's substantial and well-rounded order of beauty,
jet black eye, and Olympian brow bespeak the
bounding Gitane, born under the torrid skies of An-
dulasia or Calabria; her elastic, but firm and vigo-
rous step is marvellously adapted for the bolero or
zapateado ; but for the transparent nymph of the
clouds, both her appearance and style of dancing
are singularly ill-suited. As a danseuse and pan-
tomimist, Mdlle. Priora ranks after Carlotta Grisi
and Cerito. Compared with Taglioni, whose name is
inseparably connected with La Sylphide, her per-
formance appears to still greater disadvantage. Let
us hope Mdlle. Priora will speedily take her revanche
in some ballet better adapted to her talents. As the
young Highlander, M. St. Leon acquitted himself to
the entire satisfaction of the spectators ; the other
parts were filled with ability.
OPERA NATIONAL.—The directorship of this
theatre being now vacant, in consequence of the sud-
den death of M. Seveste, the privilege, temporarily
granted to the brother of the deceased, has become the
object of competition among a host of candidates.
Only two, however, out of the number are spoken of
as having any serious chances of success: M. Du-
prez, the celebrated tenor, and M. Jules Seveste, the
director ad interim. The privilege is to remain, to
use a legal term, in commission, until May with a
view to facilitate the winding-up of the affairs of the
theatre. M. Duprez's Joanita has already had one
general rehearsal ; and its representation is fixed for
Tuesday next. Mdlle. Duprez and Poultier, for-
merly of the Grand Opera, will sustain the principal
parts.

GIMNASE.—This theatre has been so far favoured
by the inconstant goddess as to be the debouche chosen
by Mme. Georges Sand for her two or three last
dramas. Close on the footsteps of ber Mariage de
Vietorine, we have to record the production here on
Wednesday of Les Vacances de Pandolphe, a three
act comedy, in which the celebrated romanczere has
successfully imitated the style and animation of the
Italian school ; refining the buffoonery which is one
of its characteristics by her polished and easy style.
Les Vacances de Pandolphe is one of the most at-
tractive and elegant little dramas as yet given to the
stage by Mme. Sand. The scenery and dresses are
in a style of splendour very unusual at the Gymnase;
the costumes, designed a Za Watteau, by M. Duda.
vent, the son of the authoress, deserve especial men-
tion. Mmes. Rose Ch6ri and Brassine, and MM.
Numa and Bressant, distinguished themselves in the
principal parts. Mme. Sand's name was received at
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the conclusion of the performance with sincere marks
of gratification.

A change of some importance has taken place in
:he personnel of the Opera Comique. Mlle. Wer-
;heimber, whose successful debut in Le Carillonneur

de Bruges, was mentioned in our last notice, ending
herself unequal to the fatigue of continuing the cha-
racter in that opera, requested the annulment of her

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engagement, a demand which was immediately com-
plied with by the Direction. Mdlle. Darcier has since
been engaged. It will be a cause of regret to the
public should this young artiste not persevere in her
career ; her style fitting her in an eminent degree for
the Grand Opera, or the Italian stage, where her
noble organ would with time and study enable her
to rank among the first contralti of the day.
A novelty in one act, by M. Adam, Le
Lain, and another, Les Bareaux Verts, by M.
13azin, are in preparation. A rumour is in circulation,
which, if correct, is of considerable importance to this
theatre, namely, that M. Roger is about to quit the
Grand Opera and to return to these boards. Recent

circumstances arising from the representation of
Guillaume Tell before the President, give probability
to this rumour.

A descendant of one of the great Guelphic families of
Italy, the Piccolomini of Sienna, Aldlle. Clementini-
Piccolomini recently made her debut as a cantatrice,
at La Pergola, i❑ Florence, and excited great enthu-
siasm. Her s uccess is said to increase at each suc-

cessive performance; as yet she has only appeared in
Lucrezia Borgia, and a popular bziya, called Crispin°
e Comare. Her organ is described as a mezzo-so-
prano, of great`power and extent; Mdlle. Piccolomini,
inaddition, is said to be young and beautiful, quali-
ties that never do any harm cn or off the stage.—
Galignani.