The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-05 00:00:00

Railway Traffic Returns for the Week.

The last week's railway receipts ascertained up
to this day are in round figures as under :—.

1865. 1864.
Great Western ... ... £78,848 £77,114
North Western ... ... ... 123,690 116,421

South-Western ... ... ... ... 27;721

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26,175

Brighton ...

••• 1.911 ••• 000 27,177 23,351

Midland ... ••• ••• ••• ... 53,818 52,568
South Eastern • 32,001 30,364
Northern
fo. 40,84 r" 39,644
Yorkshire ... 43,315 39,184
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North Eastern ...73,463 69,357
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 20,508 18,728
Great Eastern ... 36,065 35,831
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7,275
London, Chatham, and Dover ... ... 10,012 10,829
These returns, when compared with those of the
corresponding period of last year, are generally of
a very satisfactory character. On the Great West-
ern there is an increase of £1,734; on the North
Western of £7,269 ; on the South Western of
£1,546 ; on the Brighton of £3,826 ; on the Mid-
land of £1,250; on the South Eastern of £1,637;
on the Great Northern of £1,197 ; on the Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire of £4,131; on the Bristol and
Exeter of £535 ; on the North Eastern of £4,106 ;
on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £1,780;
on the Great Eastern of £234 ; and on the London,
Chatham, and Dover of £2,183.

DARING ROBRERY AT HAMPSTEAD.--
At the
Hampstead police-court yesterday, three young
men, named Davis, Taylor, and Leather, were charged
with stealing articles of jewelry from the house of a gen-
tleman named Squires, at Upper-terrace, Hampstead-heath,
to the value of between £7O and £BO. The prisoners were
the house of a lady named Coate; near to the
observed on Tuesday afternoon by some workmen engaged
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tainedr they watched the young men. The passage win-
dow, opening at the top, was raised up, two of the work-
men rang the bell violently, and two of the prisoners
jumped out of the window, and were captured by the
workmen. The other prisoner, Leather, ran away, and
was captured by another workman. A policeman was not
to be found, and the prisoners were taken by the workmen
to the police station. Another man, who had been seen in
company with the prisoners watching, escaped. One of
the prisoners on his way to the station threw a box away
containing several gold rings, and on another was found a
gold watch, several bracelets, and other articles, worth
£7O, which Mr. Squires identified as his property. The
two female servants in the house heard no noise, and was
not aware of the robbery until the men were in custody.
Mr. Inspector Ayliffe asked for a remand. Mr. Prance, the
magistrate, said the conduct of the workmen was most
praiseworthy. The prisoners were remanded.
A case of suspected murder has just occurred near
Rouen. Two mornings since the body of a woman
unknown, about 50 years of age, was found on the shore
of the Seine, having apparently been left by the receding
tide. There was a large wound on the forehead, and blood
had issued from the nose. The body was recognised as
that of a woman who had been seen, on the previous even-
ing, walking along the banks of the river from Rouen to
Sotteville. Near St. Etienne-du Rouvray she was over-
taken by a labourer of Oissel, who walked with her as far
as the Ile Longboel, where they parted, the man passing
over to the island, and she going along the road. This
man, when arrested and interrogated, declared that the
woman was a total stranger to him, that she had merely
asked her way, after which they took different roads, and
he saw her no more. As his account, however, appears to
involve certain contradictions, he is detained in custody
and the police are still investigating the affair.
The Journal de Charleroi gives an account of the
accident which occurred onMonday week during the
procession of Feuillen, at Fosses, near Namur :—" About
six in the evening, Capt. William, of the British navy, who
is staying at Namur was walking, accompanied by a lady,
along the road where the procession was to pass. As the
foothpath was crowded by Zouaves from Malonne, Captain
William, in endeavouring to clear a passage, pushed aside
the musket of a Zouave, who immediately struck him with
his bayonet, and wounded him in the temple. As the
captain attempted to defend himself he was assailed by
a number of Zouaves, and an officer cut him in the hand
with a sword, At last the captain got clear of his
assailants, but sprained his ankle in doing so. Captain
William complains that ho appealed in vain for help to
the gendarmerie forming part of the procession. A judicial
investigation into the affair has been commenced."

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HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL, Oct. 2.
The Queen went out in the morning with Prin-
cess Louis of Hesse, and in the afternoon her Ma-
jesty went out driving with Princess Louise,
attended by the Marchioness of Ely.
Sir Charles Wood had the honour of dining with
the Queen and royal family.

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The Royal Family in the Highlands.

Prince John of Glncksburg, who has been on a
visit to the Prince and Princess of Wales, left
Abergeldie Castle on Monday forenoon for the
south.

On Saturday her Royal Highness the Princess of
Wales, Prince John of Glucksburg, the Princess
llilda of Anhalt, and several of the suite, joined a
party from Cordavon Lodge at Lochbuilg, and en-
joyed boating and fishing for some hours. The
party also had a pic-nic on the shores of the loch.
The royal visitors returned home about six in the
evening.---Dundee Advertiser.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess
d'Aumale and the Prince de Conde have, during the last
few days, been honouring the Countess (Frances) Waldo-
grave and the Right Hon Chichester Fortescuo, M.P.,
with their company at Chewton Priory, the countess's seat
in Somersetshire. A select company had the honour to
meet the royal party.

The Maharajah and Maharanee Duleep Singh
have arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Hartrop Castle,
Gloucestershire.

Their Highnesses the Prince and Princess Gage-
rine have left Claridge's Hotel for Pavia.

Field-Marshal his Highness Prince Alexander
and Princess Bariatinsky have arrived at Claridge's Hotel
from Paris.

The Duke of Northumberland and Lady Louisa
Percy arrived at their residence in Portman-square yester-
day evening from Alnwick Castle.

The Duke of Hamilton arrived yesterday at the
family mansion in Arlington-street from Paris.

The Marquis of Westminster has arrived at
Grosvenor House from Eaton Hall, Cheshire.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Kildare left the
Duke of Leinster's residence on Carlton-house-terrace yes-
terday for Worksop Manor, on a visit to Lord and Lady
Foley, before they proceed to Ireland.

The Earl of Derby is considerably improved in
health, and is gradually regaining his strength. Some
short time must elapse before he can resume walking
exercise, as ho was much weakened by his recent attack
of gout.

The Earl and Countess of Charlemont left town
on Saturday for their seat in Ireland.

The Earl and Countess of Enniskillen and Lady
Charlotte Cole have joined the party assembled at Ormond°
Castle, Kilkenny.

The Earl and Countess Russell and Lady Mary
Russell left Dublin on Tuesday morning for Holyhead, on
their return home to Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park.
The Earl and Countess Delawarr have removed
to Knowle Park, from Buckhurst Park, Sussex.
The Earl and Countess of Cardigan have been
entertaining a select circle at Deene Park, including Mr.
and Lady Evelyn Bruce, Colonel the Hon. D. Finch, Hon.
Arthur Morgan, Colonel Jenyns, and Major Mackenzie,
A.D.C., &c.

Lord and Lady Charles Percy have arrived at
Keele Hall, from Bishopthorpe Palace.
The funeral of Lady Raglan is to take place to-
day. In accordance with the wishes of her husband the
funeral will be strictly private.

Baron and Baroness de Bille have arrived at
heir rtsiclenco at Wimbledon from a tour of visits in Ire-
land.

Baroness de Clifford, Mr.W. 11. Schneider, M.P.,
Mrs. Schneider, and Mr. and Mrs. Kelynge Greenway have
left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square.

The Right Hon. Edward Cardwell is in Scotland,
and will succeed Sir Charles Wood in attendance on the
Queen.

THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER AT AN
OTTER HUNT.—On Thursday and Friday last the
Duko of Argyll and a distinguished party, including the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Marquis of Lorn, Lord
Archibald and Lord Walter Campbell, Mr. W. IL Gladstone,
M.P., Col. Campbell of Skipnoss, Capt. Morton of Fairlio,
Capt. Campbell of Glendaruel, Capt. Scott, of her Majesty's
ship Victory, &c., joined in the excitingsport of otter hunt-
ing. On both days the party started shortly after 5 a.m.
A large body of professionals were in attendance, with the
Fairley pack, numbering some 13 hounds. On Thursday
the river Aray, one of the fine streams flowing through his
grace's property, was searched without success, the only
scent met with leading into a covered drain which opens
on the river near the Maitland. On Friday the meet was
in Glenshira, where, after a keen search of a four-mile
stretch, in the course of which the hounds several times
gave tongue without leading to a view, a fine otter was
dislodged from a cairn neat Rob Roy's House, at the head
of the glen. The creature at once made for the river,
and a most exciting chase ensued. Owing to the low state
of the river much dodging in the water was out of the ques-
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Morton wielded the horn with great spirit throughout, and
was ably seconded by those who took an active part in the
sport.

GALLANT RESCUE.—Mr. George Dodson, who so
gallantly rescued Edwin Deane on the 10th of June from
drowning, while bathing in a large pond near Hurstpier-
point, has been presented with the Royal Humane Society's
bronze medal. The father of the lad has also presented
Mr. Dodson with a handsome gold lever chronometer
watch. Mr. Dodson is one of the under-masters at St.
John's College, Hurstpierpoint.
EXCITING SCENE BETWEEN A CLERGYMAN AND
lils PARISHIONERS.—Evenwood, a colliery village, some six
miles south of Bishop Auckland, was on Thursday the
scene of unusual excitement. Some twoyears ago the Rev.
C. Palmer was appointed incumbent of the parish, which is
the centre of a large coal district ; and, there being neither
church nor school connected with the Church of England,
he was desirous of erecting suitable edifices both for reli-
gious and educational purposes as soon as practicable
Subscriptions were obtained, and a piece of ground given
by Col. Stobart, of Etherley, on which 12 months ago a •
commodious school was built. This work completed, the
rev. gentleman at once set about erecting a church, and for
this object a site on the village green was granted by the
Ecclesiastical Commissioners. Some of the parishioners
disputed the legality of this means of disposing of the
ground, and on its being rumoured that formal possession
of the green would be taken on Thursday for the purpose
of building a church, with a cemetery attached, the vil-
lagers gathered in considerable numbers about the middle
of the day. Amongst the company were some of the prin-
cipal inhabitants, who expressed their determination to
prevent, by every possible means, any attempt to de-
prive them of their place of recreation by turning it into
a graveyard. The Rev. C. Palmer arrived on the green
shortly after twelve o'clock, accompanied by Mr. Eivers, .
of Darlington, agent to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners,
and stated to those assembled that the ground belonged to
the commissioners, who had the power to grant leave to
build a church upon it, with a cemetery attached. Mr.
Eivers stated that the commissioners derived their power
from the 52d and 53d Grorge 111. The whole assembly
then declared that they disputed the right, and would do
all they could to prevent the consummation of the under-
taking.
The Messrs. Vart, son. and jun., Mr. J. Wright,
Mr. Browbank, and Mr. M. Bowman were the principal
speakers on the side of the public, and the Rev. C. Palmer
and Mr. Eivers on the other. Mr. Palmer spoke of the
serious expense of building ground, whereas he was getting
the place in question as a free grant from the commission-
ers. To this there was a general cry by the dissentients
that they would raise a subscription to buy ground in a
suitable place, but they would not have their green made
into a graveyard. Mr. Palmer, ho waver, persisted, and
about 6 o'clock, Mr. Ross, architect, from Darlington, ar-
rived, and having procured " stobs," proceeded to place
them in the ground at which he intended to be the four
corners of the church ; but as soon as he attempted to
drive in the first one, Mr. Bowman stepped forward
and said, ".We don't intend to allow that," and suiting
the action to the word, he kicked the piece of wood,
and broke it to pieces, and following Mr. Rose to the
other three corners, made all the " stobs " disappear by •
tha same process. Mr. Palmer requested Superinten-
dent Henderson to take Mr. Bowman into custody, but
Mr. Henderson suggested that the more judicious course
would be for a summons to be taken out against Mr. Bow-
man for wilful damage, so that the case might be tried in
a proper manner—a proposition which was approved of by
many present. The incumbent then stated that he would
write to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners; and the opposi-
tion party intimated their intention of memorialising the
Bishop of Durham on the subject. Accordingly, on Satur-
day morning, a deputation of the most influential inhabi-
tants and principal landed proprietors of the neighbourhood
waited on the right reverend prelate, at Auckland Castle,
and his lordship promised them to go to Evenwood to see
the place, and to do all he could to amicably and peaceably
settle the dispute; and here the matter now rests.-11reto-
castle Chronicle.