The Sun.
London, England, 1837-03-30 00:00:00

List.

The Bishop of Norwich was much better this clay
than for some time past.
We have it now ascertained, upon official authority,
that the Dissenters of the Scotch capital are considerably
larger in amount than the members of the Established Church
of Scotland.

A sensation has been created in the village of
Lewisham, Kent, by the elopement of a lady with an elderly
man who has been for many years in the service of the family
in the capacity of gardener. The lady's father (a gentleman
in the city, connected with the India House) is lately de-
ceased, leaving her a handsome property ; but in part she is
subject to the controul of her brother, who has been sojurning
in Paris.

The long-talked-of monument to the late Duke of
York is soon likely to grace our metropolis. The Victoria
steamer has brought from London the pedestal of this under-
taking. It is of wrought bronze, and measures eight feet in
height, with an inscription to the memory of the late Com-
mander- in- Chief. No site being yet fixed upon, the artist
has not transmitted the statue, which is now finished, and of
the same material, until the Committee procure a suitable
situation for it. The pedestal, which must weigh from two
to three tons, arrived in Edinburgh on Friday.—Caledonian
Mercury.
The railroad from Brussels to Antwerp, eleven
leagues in length, cost only 3,375,000 f. or 306,000 f. per
league, all the locomotive materiel included. The railroads
projected in Belgium are on still more favourable conditions ;
the average prices on the different lines will be 500,000 f.,
or a little more. In France, the valuations are about a
million, although the private railroad of Epinac has cost
scarcely 250,000 f.
Santa Anna had a narrow escape for his life on his
passage through the interior to Washington. Had he gone
by way of Cincinnati, as he contemplated, a father of that city,
who had lost a favourite son in the massacre of Fannin, had
determined to shoot the President at sight. Fortunately for
our character as a people, the ice prevented the boat from
reaching its place of destination, and he went by way of Lex-
ington.—New Orleans Paper.
STEAM AND SAILING VESSELS.—The great ad-
vantage in point of safety which vessels navigated by steam
possess over sailing vessels is, perhaps sufficiently evinced by
the diminished premium at which insurances can be effected on
them,
being about one-third less than on sailing vessels for si-
milar risks. The last autumn and winter, however, afford a
striking proof of this advantage. The immense loss of life
and property by the shipwreck of sailing vessels has been such
as to call the attention of the Legislature to the subject ;
while, notwithstanding the very large proportion of the carry-
ing trade now conducted by steam vessels, and that they are
generally employed in the most dangerous branch of navigation
—the coasting. trade—it is a remarkable circumstance that,
during the period alluded to, which has been so disastrous to
sailing vessels, not one steam-vessel has been wrecked.
On Saturday last a respectable family at Axminster
were thrown into a state of great excitement in consequence
of the second daughter, aged 17, having attempted self-de-
struction by swallowing laudanum. It appears that the un-
fortunate child was severely chided by her mother for having
delayed on an errand, and on this account committed the above
rash deed. Medical assistance was sent for, and Mr. Maddock
promptly attended, and immediately dislodged the contents of
the stomach, after which she recovered.

RAILROAD STATISTICS.—The number of pro-
posed railways, including diversions, extensions, and branches,
in England and Wales, for which plans have been lodged in
the Private Bill Office in the present session, is seventy. five,
of which only forty-eight are under the consideration of Par-
liament ; these amount in length to twelve hundred and thirty-
three miles, and are estimated at the sum of nineteen millions
three hundred and fifty-two thousands seven hundred and
twenty-six pounds, or fifteen thousand six hundred and ninety-
five pounds per mile. The whole length of tunnelling is
twenty-five miles ; and the number of bridges, exclusive of
viaducts and culverts, two thousand eight hundred and twenty-
five, or nearly two and a third per mile. The weight of iron
required for the rails is one hundred and ninety-three thou-
sand five hundred tons ; and of stone for the blocks, two mil-
lions six hundred and seventy thousand tons. The area of
land required to be taken is upwards of fifteen thousand acres;
and of felt for the chairs, one hundred and thirty acres. These
railways, if carried into execution, would employ at least five
thousand men and fifteen hundred horses for three years, for
the earthworks alone,— TVhitshaw's Analysis of Railways.