The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-11 00:00:00

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.

THE GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for
the week ending July 31, 1853 £17,384 12 1
Corresponding week last year 12,370 10 9

LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re-
turn for the week ending Aug. 7, 1853 £21,390 19 0
Corresponding week last year 19,255 7 6
CHESTER. AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for
the week ending Aug. 7, 1853 £6,646 3 4
Corresponding week last year 4,305 0 5

Increase in 1853 £2,341 2 11
CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffie return for the
week ending Aug. 6, 1853 £249 4 10
Corresponding week last year 248 14 8

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

SHEERNESS, AUGUST 9.

The Wildfire, steam tender to the Waterloo, Second-
Master Mr. George Brockman, returned from Chatham
at 7 45 at.m. this day, after being laid on the ways to
clean her copper, preparatory to her leaving for Spit-
head with Vice-Admiral the Hon. Joceline Percy, com-
mander-in-chief at the buoy of the Nore ; and on receiv-
ing !the gallant admiral on board, left here at 3 p.m.
Wind, E., moderate ; weather fine. Barometer, 30 ;
thermometer, 78 in the shade.
The Waterloo, 120, Captain the Hon. Montagu Stop-
ford.—Vice-Admiral the Hon. Joceline Percy returned
to his duty last evening. The commodore's broad pen-
dant was struck, and the admiral's flag (white at the
fore) was again hoisted.
The Myrtle, steam tender to the Monarch, returned
from Chatham at 9 a.m., and at 1 30 p.m. came along-
side the wharf to take on board James Hagerty, a ship-
wright, who had unfortunately fallen from a stage rigged
under the hawse-holes of the Ganges into the bottom of
the stone-dock No. 1, by which he received a simple
fracture of the upper part of his left. thigh. Immediately
the accident occurred he was conveyed to the dockyard
surgery, where Mr. John Jeffcott, Assistant-surgeon of
the yard (in the absence of Mr. James Wilson (b), sur-
geon of the yard) promptly attended, and after setting
the fractured limb he was conveyed in a cot on board
the Myrtle and taken to Melville Hospital, Mr. Mark
Hamilton, MD., Assistant-surgeon of the Monarch,
proceeding in the Myrtle, in attendance on the unfortu-
nate man. The Myrtle returned again at 5 40 p.m.
this day.

The Cyclops paddle-wheel steam-sloop this day steamed
out of the fitting-basin and left for Woolwich, at 2 30
p.m., to bring other parts of the machinery for the
Royal George, 120.

The Cressy, 80 guns, new screw steam-ship, arrived
here at 3 15 p.m., this day, towed by the steam-vessels
African and Fearless, and has been placed at the har-
bour moorings of the yard.

The Ocean, New Coal Depot—The heavy stream
moorings have been completed for this ship ; she is now
permanently berthed at them, and ready to take in coals
for the use of the steam navy at this port.

A considerable saving in labour will be effected in
sending the coals into the hold fore and aft by an inge-
nious process adapted by Mr. Robert Lawes, the store-
keeper, which consisted of shifting shoots attached under
the hatchways, which can at pleasure and with dispatch
be made to convey the coals either forward or aft, star-
board or port ; so that no trimmers are required in the
hold. In addition to this, the "coals are eased into the
hold on an inclined plane, whereby they retain their
size—an object most desirable in such fuel. The John,
Potter master, from Wales, will commence her discharge
to-morrow, availing herself of a new mode of discharge,
adopted also by Mr. Robert Lawes, by which the dis-
charge will be expedited quite 40 per cent., and with
less labour than heretofore.

A coroner's inquest was held here this morning
(afloat), by Mr. James Lawes, coroner for the city and
boundaries of Rochester, on the body of a man unknown
(apparently a labouring man), when a verdict was re-
turned by the jury—" Found drowned." The body was
found floating near the Garrison point yesterday.

SINGULAR CASE OF LOCKJAW.—A man died at Led-
bury, on Tuesday week, under rather remarkable cir-
cumstances. Freeman, the constable, was on duty in the
market about 11 o'clock, when his attention was called to
a man named D. Jones, who was standing by the side of
his cart, containing p otatoes, peas, and beans, which he had
brought for sale. When the constable went up to him he
was in the act of recovering a halfpenny from the inside
of his 'cart, in order to give change to a woman, who
first give intimation as to his condition, and was groan-
ing badly. The poor fellow told Freeman that he
had had a stroke, and in something like ten minutes he
became insensible. What followed was thus detailed to
the coroner, on Thursday, when an inquest was held
at the union workhouse :—" I at once ran for Mr.
Griffin, the surgeon, and in the hurry I saw Mr. Dunn,
surgeon, coming down the street, and he came to him.
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