The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-25 00:00:00

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.

THE GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffie return for
the week ending N0v.13, 1853 £18,115 9 6
Corresponding week last year 14,237 2 6
LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re-
tarn for the week endine,. Nov. 20, 1853 £17,483 9 2
Corresponding week last year 15,C40 7 1
()NESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for
the week ending Nov. 20, 1853 £3,615 0 1
Corresponding week last year 3,219 7 4

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Increase in 1853 £395 12 9
SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAlLWAY.—Traffic return fo. the
week cycling Nov. 20, 1853 E,,764 17 Oi
Corresponding week last year 2,5P 16 86
CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the
week ending Nov. 19, 1853 6'201 2 1
Corresponding week last year llB 10 9

ROYAL ARTILLERY,—WOOLWICH, Nov. 24.--Captain
Burrow's company and Captain Stace's company of the
Royal Artillery, just returned from Canada, assembled
in heavy marching order to-day, and were inspected by
Colonel Willis, inspector of drills, who was accompanied
by Brigade-Major Bingham, and the officers commanding
and adjutants of the battalions to which the companies
belonged. 33 remarkably fine young men, recruits,
mostly agricultural labourers, joined the garrison yester-
day, having been enlisted at Bristol and its vicinity.
THE ROYAL MOSES.—Those who have visited Mal-
vern, will remember the vast quantity of donkeys who
rejoice in the cognomen of "The Royal Moses." Their
history is as follows :—When the late Queen Dowager
was at Malvern, she frequently ascended the hills on
donkey-back ; and on all such occasions patronised a poor
old woman, whose stud had been reduced, by a succession
of misfortunes, to a solitary donkey, who answered to the
name of " Moses." At the close of her visit, her Majesty,
with that kindness of heart which was such a distinguish-
ing trait in her character, not only liberally rewarded the
poor old woman, but asked her if there was anything that
she could do for her which would be likely to bring
back her former prosperity. The old woman turned
the matter over in her mind, and then said, " Please
your Majesty to give a name to my donkey." This her
Majesty did. " Moses" became "the Royal Moses."
Everybody wanted to ride him; the old woman's custom
increased ; and when the favoured animal died (for he is
dead), he left behind him a numerous family, all of whom
are called after their father, "the Royal Moses."—
From Notes and Queries.
A BULL NOT IN A CHINA SHOP BUT AT A WATCH-
MAKER'S.—On Monday evening a bullock of enormous
size ran away from a drove of five or .ix which were
being conducted from Smithfield towards Islington, and
after a variety of dodges and adventures, made his way
into Old-street-road, and then bolted into the shop of
Mr. Stanger, a watchmaker and jeweller, and made
directly for the back parlour, where Mrs. Stanger and
the family were, causing, of course, the most terrible
alarm, and threatened to outdo the celebrated bull in a
china shop, in the destruction of the more costly
property by which he was surrounded. An im-
mense crowd assembled about the premises, and among
them numerous thieves from the notorious Vinegar-
ground, and their other haunts in the neighbourhood,
but Holland, one of the warrant officers of Worship.
street, happened very opportunely to be passing, and
with other constables kept off the crowd and protected
the articles in the shop-window while preparations were
made for the ejectment of the dangerous intruder. The
difficulty, however, was in what manner to accomplish
this, for the shop was small and narrow, and the animal
being one of the largest and most powerful of his kind,
could not be drawn out backwards ; but at length, his
horns being secured, he was forced into the rear, and
then led out through a side passage, without further
mischief than the demolition of glass in the interior of
the shop, for which, of course, the drivers, or the owner
of the animal, are held responsible.
DEATH OF THE OLDEST CLERGYMAN IN LONDON.—
The Rev. Dr. Harry Bristow Wilson, rector of the
united parishes of St. Mary Aldermary and St. Thomas
the Apostle, the oldest clergyman in the metropolis,
lied on Monday last in the 80th year of his age. The
rev. gentleman was born on the 23d of August, 1774,
and was for many years one of the masters of the Merchant
Tailors' School. On the 2d of August, 1816, he was
collated by Archbishop Sutton to the rectory of the
united parishes, which he held till the day of his
death, a period of 37 years. He was about retiring
from the active duties of his profession, and had ob-
tained the permission of the Bishop of London to ap-
point a curate who should take the sole charge of the
pariih. In a letter recently addressed to
.his parishioners
Or. ishioners
Or. Wilson expressed a hope that he might die in the
reading-desk or at the communion table, and that he
might be buried in the church without being taken home,
adding, that a London incumbent, whom he had for
years esteemed as a friend, had promised to read the
Burial Service over him.

ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.—On Monday, the
28th inst., the paper to be read is a " Journey into the
Balkan, or Mount Hiemus. With a description of the
defiles through this celebrated mountain-range, and a
comparison of the routes pursued by Darius, Alexander,
and Diebitch." By Lieutenant-General A. Joehmus,
communicated through Sir Roderick Murchison, with
diagrams made by Mr. Petermann, of—First, a map of
the Great Balkan, from Varna to Tirnova, and from
Varna to Burgas, on the Black Sea ; second, sketch of
the ground near Varna, showing the lakes, tumuli, and
sites of battles ; third, sketch of the marches of Darius,
and of Alexander the Great, to the Danube, and of the

passages of the Balkan, by karshal Diebitch.