The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-30 00:00:00

Railway Traffic Returns for the Week,

Niles Opened. Receipts.
Railways. •-___..........___
-.,
1865. 1864. ~"
1865 1864
E E
Belfast and N. Counties 9)l 99 ;2,2 5 2.018
Belfast and Comity Down 49 49 921 783
myth and Tyne 2B 28 2,494 2,396
Bristol and Exeter l2ll 1213/4 8,,,74 7,552
Caledonian, Scottish Central 4OB 408 2S 177 27,541
Cambrian l3) 121 2,70) •2,061

Coc••ermouth K & Penrlth 3ll - 617 -
Cockermonth and Workin 9 9 350 312
Cork and Bandon 2O 20 374 357
Cork, Illackrock, & Passage 64 14 220 k 53
Cork and Youghal
Cornwall 2 . , 651 654 1,801 2.027
Deeside l7 17 577 532
Dublin & Belfast Junction.... 63 63 1,921 2.014
Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 2,:)20 2.284
Dublin and Meath
Dub. & Wicklow and Wexid lO6 911 3,986 3,751
Forth and Clyde Junction
Furness, &c
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern.Nrfk.,&E.Union
Great Northern 404 365 34,534 33,411
Great North of Scotland 99 99 0,591 3,263
ul. Nortlin. & Wes tn. (Irel.) 7ll 711 441 465
lt.Southn. & Westn.(lrlnd.) 3871 38-4 9,471 8 356
Great Western l2BO 1236 76,090 76,413
Hull & Hornsea
Highland
Irish Isiorth-Western 145 145 1,956 1,6.8
Lancashire& Yorkshire 4.3 403 46,926 46,818
Limerick and Ennis... 241 241 183 203
Limerick and Foynes 261 261 111 114
Llanelly 464 4.4 701 7;io
Llynvi Valley 01 434 441
London & North-Western
London and Blackwall 5l 5/ 2,190 2,140
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast... 272 2674 25.691 23 876
London, Chat ham, & Dover ; f 134 127 1 14,328 13.1.6
all Metropolitan Extension tl2 111 i 2,7 0 2,500
Do. Kent toast
Lon., Tilbury, & Southend
Man.,Sheflield,& Lincoinsh .. 2464 2 6 20, '42 18,514
Blanch. S. J un.& Altrincham.. 91 91 1123 1,487
Maryport and Carlisle
Metropolitan
Midland (incl. N.-Western) 5721 651 51,234 40.574
Midland Gt. Westn. of hind 2601 2601 5. 02 4.732
Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 4l 14 2,939 2,:03
North British, Edin., Perth
and Dundee
N-Eastern and Stock. & Darl 11915 1164 7'4245 72,735
North London 9 9 3,596 3,337
North Staffordshire 258 258 8,2:33 1.044
Pembroke and Tenby lli 114 179 172
Scoyttim
Rhney 14)4 1 1,136 948
sh North-Eastern l3B 138 6,900 6,685
Somerset and Dorset 66 66 1,131 988
South Devon
South-Eastern 3OB 306 28,957 28,397
Taff Vale 6l 61 6,703 5,527
Ulster 1054 1051 2,660 2.531
Vale of Clwyd.
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 5.3 442
Waterford and Limerick 77 77 3,870 1,536
W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO 10 654 693
Whitehaven Junction l3 13 974 1.( 69
Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 879 987
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.

Austrian B2B

828 33,351 35,053

Bahia and San Francisco 7611 76/ '422 '327
Belgian Eastern J unction— 261 26,1 335 319
Bombay, Baroda,& C•en. India 300 1851 5,975 3,,x9
Detroit and .111ilwaukie lB9 189 7,334 4,4.6
Dutch Rhenish
Eastern o 1 France

Eastern Bengal
East Indian

1,567

Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 1.335 26 110 20,557
Great Central of Belgium 295 295 7,018 5,999
Great Indian Peninsula 590 5534 15,743 6,706
Great Luxembourg 134 134 5,713 4.726
Great Southeen of India
Great Western of Canada 345 3:5 12,500 9,806
Madras
Madrid, Saragossa diAlicant 6B) 650 19,724 18 638
Northern of Canada ... .....
Northern of France
Norwegian Trunk
Ottoman
Paris, Lyons. & Mediterrn
111697(6215078
11
3677
08129131 1 3 867
101 , 71;15) 135669;54161j
Paris and Orleans
Recife and San Francisco. &c. 774 774
Sc nde
Do. Punjab, &c 253
South Austrian, &o 6BB :353
Southern of France e23 770 32,115 31;158
Victoria
West Welland.
0225195161 19:329225671 17E
03: :8:9216119241 51
9-13 ::
66
554. 2 7:8587

The Temple Church, which is undergoing a tho-
rough cleansing, is to be re-opened for divine service on
Sunday, the Ist of October.

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ANOTHER FATAL ALPINE ACCIDENT.—An acci-
dent of the same distressing character as that upon the
Matterhorn occurred on the Swiss Alps, on Wednesday
last. A Herr Hopfner, from Dresden, attempted the ascent
of the Ditlis at Engeiberg, with a guide, when both unfor-
tunately perished. The bodies were recovered the evening
before last and brought into Engelberg.
THE WOLVERHAMP TON MURD ER. —The prisoner,
Charles Christopher Robinson, has broken the silence
which he had hitherto maintained. Lying in a private ward
that had been specially prepared for him in the South
Staffordshire Hospital, he asked the officer who is placed
to guard him if Harriet (the murdered woman) was dead.
The officer replied that she was. At this the murderer ap-
peared somewhat distressed; but he followed up the inquiry
by asking, "What was done with the 18s. 6d. ?" referring
to the money that, at the time of his arrest, was taken out
of his trousers pockets. Afterwards he went off to sleep.
On awaking another officer was on duty by his bed. To
him he said, " How is Harriet ?" The officer, not know-
ing what had been said by the other policeman, replied,
"She is better." "You tell a different tale from the other
man" (remarked Robinson) ; "he said she was dead." He
was then again told that the girl was dead. Robinson then
said, " 1 did not know what I was about when I did it ; I
loved her as I do my own life." Having said this ho re-
sumed his former quietude.
FRENCH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.--At the last
sitting a paper was received from M. Souviren, who
proposes a method for producing ozone in sufficient quan-
titywil tol
r eamc te
ma sbae
rp rtehsaetr vi ant i va e
recenta g ai againstrt
chloeleorfao. u OsOur re aders
recom-
mended a similar course. Another paper was sent in by
Dr. Burq, who advocates copper as a preservative from the
same disease.—M. Guerin-Meneville communicated certain
researches of his on the nature of the wood of the ailan-
thus or Japan varnish-tree, the leaves of which, our readers
are aware, constitute the natural food of a' species
of silkworm. It appears that this wood, far from
being soft and of no use, is on the contrary exceedingly
serviceable. M. Raoulx, a civil engineer, finds it superior
to oak and even to elm, which is preferred by wheel-
wrights on account of its strength and flexibility. The
density of the wood of the ailanthus is 0.713, against
0.604 of elm, and 0.751 of oak ; its tenacity is repre-
sented by 32, while that of elm is 24, and that of oak only
19 ; and its flexibility is 0.033, that of elm being 0.023, and
of oak 0.027. It takes polish very well, and though very
hard it does not spoil the carpenter's tools.—M. Coul-
vier-Gravier sent in his list of the shooting stars ob-
served during the 9th, 10th, and 11th inst., this being one
of the periods of the year in which the phenomenon in
question is most frequent. The average maximum was 58
per hour ; the real maximum, 75 per hour, occurring on
the 10th. On the 16th the average fell to 15 per hour; on
the sth it was 20. The phenomenon has been on the de-
crease since 1864, and accordingly this year there has been
a diminution of five shooting stars per hour compared with
the numbers marked htEt year.