The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-02 00:00:00

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURN,g.

LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.—
Traffic return for the week ending Feb. 25,
1854 £9,879 4 0
Corresponding week last year 7,065 1 8
Total of the half-year to this date, 1854 73,875 17 10
Total of the half-year to this date, 1853 66,321 4 0
LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re-
turn for the week ending Feb. 25, 1854 £12,590 13 0
Corresponding week last year 9,886 5 8

Increase in 1854 £2,704 7 4
THE GREAT NORTHERN ItAthwA.Y.—Traffio return foi
the week ending Feb. 19, 1854 £18,563 19 2
Corresponding week last year 12,441 1 1
LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.—Traffic re-
turn for the week ending Feb. 26, 1854 £18,137 19 4
Corresponding week last year 17,328 11 10
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—Traffic return for
the week ending Feb. 26, 1854 £3,791 17 9
Corresponding week last year 3,036 14 7
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Increase in 1854 £755 3 2

GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—TraffiC re
turn for the week ending. Feb. 24, 1854 R 4,506 17 6
Oorresponding week last yoar 4,218 10 5

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Increase in 1851 4;233 7 1
CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffia return for the
week ending Feb. 25, 1854 £l6O 6 11
Corresponding week last year

THE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.—Yesterday
a special general meeting of the proprietors in this so-
ciety was held at the Loudon Tavern, for the purpose of
confirming or otherwise the alteration of the rules
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INCITING A BOY TO ROB HIS MASTER. policies into a larger amount of reduction of premium at
Ann Mary Iqnatia Adams was placed at the bar be- an earlier period would have been paid under the old
tore Mr. Bingham, charged with inciting James Pyke law. For this purpose some portion of the much larger
Coombe, a lad about 15 years of age, to rob his master, reduction which would have accrued at later periods of
Mr. Needes, pawnbroker, Old Compton-street, Soho. life is used as the purchase-money of a corresponding
It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner was annuity. The Chairman, in answer to a question from
servant to the prosecutor. A short time ago she left a shareholder, stated that the alteration of the rules
his service, and before she left she told the lad Coombe would have no effect upon the table for calculating pre-
that she was about getting married, and asked him to miurns. He concluded by moving the confirmation of
get her some things towards her marriage establishment the alteration of the rules. The motion baying been
from Mr. Needes. He consented, and took from his seconded, was put, and carried unanimously, after which
master's warehouse a tablecloth, two frocks, a pin, two the meeting separated.
petticoats, a brooch, two salt cellars, and a number of EXTENSIVE FIRE IN SPITALFIELDS.—Yesterday fore-
other articles, which he gave to the prisoner. The noon, between nine and ten o'clock, the inhabitants of
articles now produced are part of those which he gave Spitalfields were greatly alarmed in consequence of the
her. The prisoner subsequently gave him a few half- sudden outbreak of a fire in the extensive premises be-
pence for his trouble. lenging to Mr. James Jaquin, engineer, 25, Wood-
John Edward Needes, pawnbroker, Old Compton- street. The firemen were enabled to prevent the con-
street, said in consequence of information he had re- flaffration from destroying the adjoining houses, one of
ceived, he took stock, and missed a considerable quan- which, belonging to Mr. Dubois, No. 24, has sustained
tity of goods. He accompanied the officer to prisoner's considerable damage by fire and water, and the furniture
lodgings, where they found the titicles now produced. by removal. The total loss, it is feared, will amount to
Witness was not able to identify them, as they were for- 1,500/. Mr. Jaquin was insured in the Sun Fire-office,
feited pledges. When charged with the robbery, prisoner and Mr. Dubois was insured in the Atlas Fire-office.
said she confessed to the whole of it. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.—This popular ex-
Ryland, 191 C, said about six last night he went to hibition has just received the addition of two magni-
-27, Greek-streeet, where the prisoner lodged, and found ficent portraits by the Emperor Napoleon's painter,
her there. He told her 1-. e was a constable, and the Robert Le Fevre, representing his only surviving
nature of the charge against her, to which she replied, brother, Jerome, and his late Queen. These paintings
" I thought so." He searched the place and found the have just been placed in the Napoleon-room, and now
things produced, as also some duplicates ; he then took occupy the only remaining panels, and thus complete
her into custody, when she at once confessed her guilt. the gallery of the Napoleon family. The pictures are
Prisoner, who made a rambling defence, was fully 1 admirably executed, and are calculated to become i
committed for trial. highly popular.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET. -(THIS DAY.)