The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-05 00:00:00

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.

The Maria Catherina (Dutch barque), bound S., Aug.
24, lat. 11 N., long. 26 W.

The Syrian, of Sunderland, Moulmein to Falmouth,
Sept. 16, lat. 40 N., long. 33 W.
A barque, showing No. 6,851, Sept. 1, lat. 35 N., long.
69 W.

The Coronet (ship), Sept. 17, lat 46 N., long. 44 W.
The New Zea!ander, Liverpool to Australia, Aug. 2
lat. 47 long. BW.

The Echo (Danish brig), Sept. 16, lat. 49 N., long. 10 W.
The Mars, from Greenock, out 49 days.
The Juno, Lisbon to Newfoundland, lat. 47 N., long.
31 W.

The Arabia, Quebec to Liverpool, Aug. 20, lat. 45 N.,
long. 48 W.
The William Money, lat. 22 N., long. 37 W.
The Sharley, Batavia to Boston, Sept. 0, lat. 41 N.,
long. 67 W. _ _ _

The James Carmichael, bound S., Aug. 24, lat. U N.,
long. 26 W.

The Olivia, same day.
The Dahlia, from Sunderland to Ceylon, Aug. 25, lat.
11 N., long. 25 W.
The Alida Maria, from Liverpool to Valparaiso, with
loss of maiutopmast and foretopsail-yard, Aug. 25, lat. 13
N., long. 26 W.
The Custan, from Hamburg, bound south, Aug. 27, lat.
14 N., long. 28 W.
The Franklin (American vessel), for Australia, Sept. 17,
lat. 33 N., long. 38 W.
The Kirman, Finlay, Aug. 22, lat. 41 N., long. 27 W.
The Harriet, from Newport to Alicante, and Brothers,
from Oran to Queenstown and Falmouth, Aug. 17, off
Cape St. Vincent.
The Lisbon, from New Orleans to Liverpool, Sept. 4,
lat. 24 N., long. 82 W.

The Heiena,-frona New York to Australia, Aug. 25, la'
36 N., long. 44 W.

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The Native, to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, bound E.,
Sept. 10, lat. 44 N., long. 62 W.
The Star of Empire, from Boston to Liverpool, Sept. 11,
lat. 42 N., long. 66 W.

The Westmoreland ship, Sept. 12, lat. 41 N., long. 59
W.

The Medernsch, from New Orleans to Vigo, Sept. 7, CO
miles W.S.W. of Tortugas.
The Menado, from Rotterdam to Batavia, Aug. 25, lat.
14 N., long. 27 W.

The Siam, from Cardiff to City Point, Sept. 2, lat. 44
N., long. 48 W.
The Richard Thornton, from Batavia to London, Sept.
22, lat. 42 N., long. 24 W.

RAILWAY COMPETITION.-132 MILES FOR A SHILLING.
—However extraordinary it may appear that a person
may be conveyed by railway in England at this rate,
where travelling is generally understood to be so
much more expensive than on the continent, the
fact is, nevertheless, placed beyond dispute. On
Tuesday last two German tourists were proceeding
on the London and North-Western line to Stafford, when
the conversation turned upon the high prices charged
in this land of liberty, as compared with, in this respect,
less favoured countries, for everything the traveller
either on business or pleasure has occasion for, more
especially for hotel accommodation and the ordinary
modes of conveyance. A commercial man, who un-
derstood German, joined in the talk, and, taking up
the cudgels in defence of his own country, challenged
the Austrians—for such they were—to name any
German railway whereon the charge for travelling
by the ordinary trains will be as low as ls. f0r132 miles,
offering, on his part, to mention an instance of an Eng-
lish line where that was the usual rate of fare. The fact
was, of course, doubted and disputed, and, after some par-
leying, the usual mode of settling such questions in this
country was resorted to—viz., a bet. The bagman hav-
ing thus secured his customers, at once stated the case
of the Shropshire Union line—a branch in connexion with
the North-Western—whereon the third class fare
charged for the distance between Shrewsbury and
Wellington-11 miles—is one penny, and added, that by
going backwards and forward between those two places
12 times, the traveller would have accomplished the 132
miles by railway for twelvepence. The statement
was confirmed by other persons in the carriage, the fo-
reigners, without raising any cavil at the somewhat ques-
tionable manner in which the wager had been won, ad-
mitted the loss, and paid the penalty—a bottle of wine
—at the Stafford refreshment rooms. During the last
three years, in consequence of the competition between
the North-Western and the Great Western Companies,
the inhabitants of Staffordshire and Shropshire have been
enjoying advantages in the shape of low railway faresas
which the people of other districts must regard
almost fabulous. Wheresoever the lines of these two great
rival companies run in the same direction, or between
the same towns, a rate of charge. has beento athdeopttreadvhely,
both which, though extremely gratify
in
public, must be anything but satisfactory in its re-
sults to the shareholders. In the instance quoted by
our friend "the bagman," the trains run every hour at
°in!
6d. for 90 miles.s
the penny fare, and theroahrreewtswboorytr, Wolverhampton,
and run daily by
each company between
Shrewsbury,
casean 6d d Birmingham,
gahadmisiatnhceefoarfe
60s bothmle
miles, and
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, in
THEert rao tfio No the. It is CAB AND OMNIBUS ACT.—Yesterday, a
aperto(vli6de&d_ Ith7atV afteriet. cap.tbe 1t
533) came into
of October
every person desirous of obtaining a license to keep, use
operation.
new
and let to hire any metropolitan stage or hackney car-
riage, must apply in writing to the commissioners of
police, in order that they may cause an inspection to be
made, and if the same is found to be in a fit and proper
condition they shall grant a certificate to that effect, and
upon its production at the office of the Inland Revenue
Board, a license is to be granted. No license is to be
granted without such certificate. Henceforth cabs,
omnibuses, and horses must be in a proper condition, or
the police commissioners will give notice to the owners,
and if worked after such notice a penalty is to be im-
posed, and in default of payment a commitment to be
ordered for any time not exceeding a month. On the
10th inst. the licenses will expire and new licenses will
be granted on the reduced scale,

MARRIED.
On the sth of Auc,ust, at Inanda magistracy, Port Natal:.
W. H. Acutt, Esq.,° of D'Urban, to Agnes Mary, youngest
daughter of the late Rev. John Harries Williams, rector 0-`,
Llanelieu, Brecknockshire.
On the Ist inst., at Longdon, Staffordshire, the goy,
Matthew Anstis, M.A. Fellow of Exeter College, oxford,
to Maria Elizabeth, relict of the late Henry Grimes, jun.,
Esq., and daughter of the late Sir George Chetwynd, Bart,'
of Grendon-hall, in the county of Warwick.

DIED.
At his residence, on Brook-green, on the Ist inst., 10'
Thomas Jordan, late of King-street, Hammersmith,
aged 67.
On the 22d of July, suddenly, at Patras, in Greece, aged
8 years, Frederick Thornhill ; and on the 15th of Septegy
ber, aged 18 years, of inflammation of the brain Flanraer
Rodney, only sons of Thomas Wood, Esq., her 'MajestP
consul for the Mona at that place.
On the 28th ult., at St. Clement's, Jersey, in the 2:0
year of his age, John Tindal De Veulle, Esq., late of the
7th Hussars, eldest son of the late Sir John De Veulle,
Bailli of Jersey.

On the 3d inst., at St. Mary's-road, Peckham, Ann, relict
of the late John Salter, Esq., of the Strand, and Bexle9P
Kent, aged 77.

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