The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-11 00:00:00

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Males 995
Females . B9O

Total ..

1,885

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.

THE GREAT NORTHERN li,AlLWAT.—Traffie return for
the week ending April 30, 1854 £17,553 10 6
Corresponding week last year 16,766 16 6

LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re-
turn for the week ending May 7, 1854 £18,511 8 10
Corresponding week last year 18,456 13 7
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for
the week ending May 7, 1854 £4,356 12 7
Corresponding week last year 3,886 7 11

Increase iu 1854

£470 4 8

GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re
turn for the week ending May 6, 1854 £4,706 9 10
Corresponding week last year 4,393 17 10

Increase in 1854 £3l2 12 0
SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAY.—Traffio return fol the
week eliding May 7, 1854 £3,155 2 10
Corresponding week last year 2,782 0 10}

CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffie return for the
week ending May 6, 1854 £235 14 7
_ _

Corresponding weak last year..

~ 208 11 4

DEVONPORT ELECTION.—The nomination took place
on Wednesday, Mr. John Clouter, the Mayor, presiding.
Mr. John Beer, solicitor, of Devonport, proposed, and
Admiral Maurice, of Stonehouse, seconded, Sir John
Heron Maxwell. Mr. Tripe, surgeon, of Devonport,
nominated. and Dr. Shepherd, of Stonehouse, seconed,
Sir Erskine Perry. The show of hands was in favour of
the latter, and, a poll having been demanded, the elec-
tion was appointed to take place this day (Thursday).
LICHFIELD ELECTION.—On Tuesday, Lord Water-
park was elected for the borough of Lichfield, in the
room of Lord Anson, who has succeeded to the peerage
by the death of his father. There was no opposition,
and the proceedings excited but little interest. Lord
Waterpark, in returning thanks, said he was a thorough
ReFormer, and expressed his intention to vote for the
ballot when the opportunity should arrive.

ATTEMPT TO POISON A FAMILY IN LINCOLNSHIRE.
—On Sunday week, three shabbily dressed fellows went
to the Sun Inn, Little Gonerby, near Grantham, and
demanded to be supplied with beer, alleging that they
were on travel. Mrs. Wartnaby refused to draw them
any, and requested them to leave the premises imme-
diately, as they were intoxicated. The men became very
abusive, and she left them for a few minutes in the tap-
room, where a joint of meat was roasting before the fire.
They then departed, and Mrs. Wartnaby, upon looking
at the meat, observed what appeared to be a quantity
of dirt. Imagining that it might have fallen from the
pockets of the men who surrounded the hearth,
she poured the dripping out of the tin into a basin,
washed the meat, and cleaned the tin prior to putting
the pudding into it. At dinner the whole of the
family, with the exception of Mr. Wartnaby, were taken
seriously ill. Medical aid was directly procured, and
Mr. Arnold, surgeon, upon examining the dripping in
the basin, detected a large amount of copperas, enough
to kill 100 people. Had not Mrs. Wartnaby poured
the dripping from the tin, washed the meat, &c., no
doubt exists that the lives of the whole of the family
would have been sacrificed.—Stamford Mercury.
CHIMNEY SWEEPERS.—The Chimney Sweepers' Bill,
as amended in committee, contains the following clauses :
—l. Every nelson who compels, or any master sweep
who compels, or knowingly allows, any person under
the age of sixteen years to use or assist in the trade or
business of a chimney-sweeper, shall for every such
offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding 101. 2. In
all proceedings against any party accused of an offence
against this act the proof of age shall rest on the party
complained against. 3. All penalties awarded under
this act, and the costs and charges of and attending the
recovery thereof, shall be recovered and levied in the
same manner and under the same powers and provisions
as it such penalties, costs, and charges were awarded or
incurred under the recited act ; and all the provisions of
A_nits htisriabcet of.
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that act relating to appeals against convictions shall ex-
tend to l
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convictionsuL
derii
GRt BULGARIANS.—This
under
people are found i*
considerable numbers occupying the Greek provinces of
Turkey in Europe. They are evidently of Sclavonio
origin, and are considered by some authorities to have
been originally a tribe of Huns. They are described as
being brave, though cruel, hardy workmen, yet brutal in
their habits and manners, and they have a great aptitude
for pastoral and agricultural labour, so much so that
they are said to be the best agriculturists of European
Turkey. In form they are more heavy and massive,
and stronger, than their neighbours, the Albanians and
Greeks, having coarser features than these, and wanting
\ at the same time the acute, lively, and intelligent phy•
siognorny of these latter.
GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION.— Messrs. Grieve and Tel-
bin have further increased the attractions of their exhi-
bition in Regent-street by the addition of severai new
views, intended to illustrate the important events now
t ,king place in the East of Europe. It was only a few
weeks ago that they opened their new diorama of the
" route of the British troops to Constantinople ;" and. on
Monday for the first time was exhibited another entirely
ne a* series of dioramic pictures, presenting East ows ofofmany of the cities, towns, and places in the
cons
Europe, and of some already celebrated by the first
flict of arms during the present campaigns,
The
part contains views of Vienna, Belgrade,
er Orsova,
urg eve as
Kai &it with the Turkish camp by night,
G
seen from the Danube, Oltenitza, b,sGaitao tz' and Sulina.
The second part presents views of S e p
01, Trebizonde,
Varna, with a capital representation of the arrival of the
picture of
a
nope, painted
combined fleet there, and
from a sketch by Lieutenant O'Reilly. The whole of
these representations
are splendid examples of dioramic
anything hitherto produced by the
experienced artists painting, equalling
who preside over the Gallery of Illus-
tration.
They aro particularly interesting at the pre-
moment, and will, probably, increase in interest as
then war progresses. The third part of the entertainment
consists of the diorama illustrating the route of the
British troop, to Turkey, terminating with the beautiful
pictures of the Dardanelles, Constantinople, and St.
Petersburg.