The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-19 00:00:00

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.

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GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re.
turn for the week ending Jan. 15, 1853 £3,731 18 0
Corresponding week last year 3,142 15 10

Increase in 1853..

£589 2 2

ROBBERY OF £420 IN GOLD AND SILVER AT THE GREAT
NORTHERN RAILWAY STATION, KING'S CROSS. It ap-
pears that on Friday last the above sum was deposited
in the cashier's office for the purpose of paying the ser-
vants of that establishment, who receive their money
every fortnight ; but when the time arrived to commence
paying, the clerk so employed discovered that the whole
of the above sum had been abstracted from the iron safe.
Information was immediately given to the police, but at
present no clue has been found to the perpetrators of
this mysterious robbery.
POSTAGE IN INDIA.—The inhabitants of India will
probably ere long be placed in a position nearly resem-
bling that of the people of the United Kingdom in re-
gard to internal postage. A commission was some time
ago appointed to inquire into the various questions in-
volved in the subject, and especially one in regard to
which the greatest measure of popular interest is mani-
fested. Hitherto the system has been in India much like
that formerly prevailing in this country and in most
others. It is m
iderstood to be proposed that in future
letters shall be charged according to weight only, with-
out regard to distance, the minimum charge being half
an
or the thirty-second part of a rupee. The abo-
lition of practice of franking will follow. It will be
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observed that the
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A NEW TELEGRAPH.—It has been announced that a
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new line of telegraph between Liverpool, Manchester,
Birmingham, and London is about to be laid down, and
will be opened in the course of a few months. It has
been planned by a Liverpool association (the English
and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company), by whom a.
charter with limited liability has been obtained, and
whose capital is 300,0001., with power of increase to
600,0001. The line will consist of ten 'underground
wires, and is to be worked by Henley's patent.
JEROME BONAPARTE AT BOULOGNE.—On Wednesday
last Jerome Bonaparte (the ex-King of Westphalia')
made his appearance at Boulogne, with the beautiful
Marchese Bartolini (a Florentine widow of high rank,
to whom it is said he is privately married). On Thurs-
day morning he visited the Column, and stayed some
time regarding the ground where his brother's troops
were formerly encamped when he projected his invasion
of England with his flat-bottomed boats. On Friday
and Satuaday he was much on the pier, besides driving
in all directions • but yesterday morning (Sunday) he
departed suddenly to Paris, being recalled there by a
telegraphic dispatch.
RUSSIAN CATTLE MARKET.—From official returns just
published by the Russian Minister of the Interior, the
total value of the cattle sold in the market at St. Peters-
burg from 1842 to 1851 amounted to 36,764,451 silver
roubles (about 187,057,802 f.). The average price of
butchers' meat during the above 10 years was-Ist
quality, 7 7-10 copeks (38c.) the pound; 2d quality,
6 7-10 cop. (38c.) ; and 3d quality, 5 1-10 cop. (25c..).
The price of the Ist and 3d qualities remained nearly
same during the whole time ; the second quality
de

;dined about 2per cent. from 1842 to 1846.
[ADVERTISEMENT.]—Deafness—New Discovery,-39,
Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, observe, opposite the York
Hotel. The organic vibrator, an extraordinary power-
ful, small, newly-invented instrument, for deafness, en-
tirely different from all others to surpass anything of the
kind that has been, or probably ever can be prodF.ed„
it
being
enablesofthdeerfmpeerscoolnosurtoashetahre sdkiisnel,nietslnot
yltpeebrcenAtibalned;
at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing
noises in the ears are entirely removed ; and it affords
all the assistance that possibly could be desired. The
invaluable, for yachting,
Royal Exhibition—valuable newly-invented, very small,
powerful
waistcoatwhich is
found pocket
to
b e glass, the size of a walnut,
to discern minute objects at a distance of from four io
five miles,
and to sportsmen, gentlemen, and gamekeepers. Tele-
scopes, possessing such extraordinary power, that some
34 inches, with an extra eye piece, will show distinctly
Jupitees moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars.
They supersede every other kind, and are of all sizes for
the waistcoat pocket, shooting, military purposes, &c.
Opera and race-course glasses with wonderful power ; a
minute object can be clearly seen, from 10 to 12 miles
distant. Invaluable
newly-invented
spectacle.—S. & B.
Solomons
, Aurists and Opticians, 39, Albemarle-strevt,
Piccadilly, observe opposite the York Hotel.

COURT OF QIIFJLN''S BENCH-JAN. 18.

This was a special case, the facts of which were as fol-
lows :—A vessel bound upon her voyage was obliged to
go, by stress of weather, out of her due course • she was
dragging her cables, and for the preservation of the lives
of the crew, the captain ran her into the tidal harbour
Of Sancon, near Calais, at low water. She touched
the ground, and finally settled on the mud, in such a
manner that she was only lifted from her position
at extraordinary high tides. She remained in the predi-
cament for about two months. The question was—
whether this was a " stranding " within the clauses of
the policy of insurance, or a mere " taking the ground "
in the ordinary course of navigation.
Lord Campbell said that he was of opinion that this
was "standing " within the meaning of the memoran-
dum upon the policy of insurance ; and the other judges
concurring, judgment was given accordingly for the
plaintiff