The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-11 00:00:00

RAILWAY TRAFFIC .RETU.RNS.

LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.—
Traffic return for the week ending May 7,
1853

Corresponding week last year 9,776 1 8
Total of the half-year to this date, 1853...,-173,251 18 8
Total of the half-year to this date, 1852 160,842 5 2

LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re-
turn for tho week ending May 7, 1853 £13,575 11 3
Corresponding week last year 13,134 3 0

Increase in 1853,

£441 8 3

GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WISTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re-
'-urn for the week ending May 7, 1853 £4,393 17 10
Corresponding week last year 3,721 .0 7

Increase in 1853

£672 17 3

THE ARMY.—The death of Lieutenant-General Sir
Robert Arbuthnot, K.C.8., places the colonelcy of the
76th Foot at the disposal of Lord Hardinge. Sir Robert
was a very old and distinguished officer. He entered
the army in 1797, and served during the Irish rebellion
of 1798 ; was at the capture of the Cape of Good Hope
in 1806, whenco he proceeded on Lord Beresford's staff
to South America, and was actively engaged in the
operations before Buenos Ayres, in which he was taken
prisoner and detained for 13 months. Sir Robert shared
in the brilliant victories of the Peninsula, and received
the gold cross and three clasps for Busaco, Albuera,
Badajoz, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, and Toulouse, besides
which he was at the storming of Ciudad Rodrigo, and a
number of other actions.

COURT OF ALDERMEN.—Yesterday a Court was held
for the dispatch of business. After the Clerk of the
Court had read the official account of the proceedings of
the Court of Common Council on Saturday last. Alder-
man Copeland took the opportunity afforded by. the
notice of the course pursued by that branch of the cor-
poration on the occasion of the invitation given by the
Committee of the Great Industrial Exhibition of Dublin,
to express his regret that the other Court had declined
the honour. He moved "that the invitation be accepted."
Sir John Key seconded the motion. After some dis-
cussion the previous question was, upon the motion of
Alderman Wire, carried. Sir R. Carden remarked that
he had at a former court presented a memorial from
Captain Inglefield, complaining of the conduct of Mr.
Morgan, a broker, in some share transactions. He now
had a petition from Mr. Morgan in answer to the repre-
sentations of Captain Inglefield. He had been requested
to present the petition, which the petitioner said con-
tained a complete answer. It was ultimately arranged
that Sir R. W. Carden should bring forward the ques-
tion after having given formal notice of his intention.
The appointtnentment of a governor and a chaplain to
the New Prison at Holloway will take place on Friday
next. The Court then adjourned.

THE AUTHORESS col, 4 UNCLE TOM'S CABIN" AND
THE MARRIGE QUESTION.—Mrs. Stowe having, in the
" Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin," spoken of marriage with
the sister . of a deceased wife in language intended to
be ironical, but liable to be misunderstood as condem-
natory of such unions, has been requested to remove
all doubt by a declaration of her opinion. The follow-
ing letter has been received in reply :—" Edinburgh,
April 27, Dear Sir,—The question was discussed ex-
tensively in the Presbyterian Church in the United
States, and the New School Body (as it is called) gene-
rally held to the propriety of such marriages. I did
then, and still do, coincide with them in that opinion.
Very respectably yours, H. B. STOWS."
A MINIATURE STEAMER.--Early in the summer of
last year a small screw steamer was built of iron by Mr.
Laird, of Birkenhead, for the Maule River, South
America. The vessel is named the Fosforo ; her register
is 43 tons, and 40-horse power (engine by Mr. E.
Humphries); depth of hold 6 feet, length over all 105
feet. She left this port on July the 17th, when she was
loaded to a foot and-a-half of the water's edge. She
was rigged as a three-masted schooner, and had no keel.
The ship's company consisted of commander, two mates,
two engineers, two firemen, and six men. The Fosforo
arrived at Valparaiso on the 15th of November, having
touched at Madeira, Rio Janeiro, and Montevideo, for
the purpose of watering. The total consumption of
coals, of various kinds, was 160 tons, equal to 138 tons
of Welch coal. The passage occupied 121 days, 46 of
which were under steam and sail, and 28 days under sail
alone • having averaged 6 knots an hour all the way
out. 'The remainder of the time was consumed at the
various ports touched at, in coaling, and repairing some
trifling accidents to the machinery, and at anchor through
stress of weather in the Straits of Magellan. The Fos-
foro is the smallest steamer that ever performed so long
a voyage.—Liverpool Chronicle.
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CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.
(Before Baron Alderson)
CHILD MURDER.

Mary Anne Griffin, 22, spinster, who was remanded
from the last sessions, was indicted for the wilful mur-
der of James Griffin, her infant child.
Mr. Bodkin conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Bal•
lantyne appeared for the prisoner.
It appeared that the prisoner was a domestic servant
in the house of Mr. Hart, of Gloucester-place, in whose
service she had been about twelve months. On the
27th of February, she was taken unwell, and was unable
to join the servants at dinner. There had been nothing
previously in dyer condition to lead:to the suspicion that
she was enceinte; but, on some of herfellow-servantsgoing
into her bedroom they found that she had been delivered of
child, for a male infant was lying on the floor near the
fireplace, and she was herself on the bed in a state of
great exhaustion. The infant was alive ; but on examin-

ing it, a jagged wound was discover, on its throat, and
it seemed to have been done with some blunt insti u:neilt,
and apair of scissors covered with blood was' found
the room. On being questioned on the subject, she said
she did not know what she was about, and that she had
intended to throw herself, as well as the child, into tkao
Serpentine. The child lived 11 days after birth, and the
prisoner suckled it and treated it with great kindness.
Though she had concealed liar condition, she had made
preparations for her confinement. Several articles of
baby linen being
_found in her room, as well as!at her
mother's house.

Mr. Ballaniine addressed the jury on behalf of the
prisoner, contending that in consequence of a fall the
birth took place some time before she expected it would,
and that the wound was caused by accident, while en-
deavouring to deliver herself of the child.
Mr. Baron Alderson having summoned up the evi-
dence,
The jury acquitted the prisoner.

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