The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-27 00:00:00

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.

THE GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for
the week ending Jan. 16, 1853 (285iimiles) 1113,232 16 0
Corresponding week last year (2414 miles) 10,364 3 5

LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re-
turn for the week ending Jan. 23, 1853 £16,527 3 1
Corresponding week last year 15,302 2 9
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for
railway and steam-boats for the week ending

Jan:23, 1853
Corresponding week last year 2,342 8 3

Increase in 1853 £B66 19 1
GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re-
turn for the week ending Jan. 22, 1853 £3,792 11 6
Corresponding week last year 3,521 11 7

Increase in 1853 £27o 19 11
CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the
week ending Jan. 22, 1853 £l5O 4 5
Corresponding week last year l5O 12 - 7

* That arrear had been chiefly caused by the illness of his
affable, industrious, and somewhat jovial predecessor.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

LAMBETH.—Henry Godshall Johnson, alias Captain
Johnson was again placed at the bar on a charge of ob-
taining by fraud and false pretences from Mrs. Sarah
Stewart, a widow lady, residing at Islington, cash and
railway shares to the amount of nearly 1,0001.
The lengthened testimony of Mrs. Stewart, and which
has already appeared in the Sun, was read over, and at
its conclusion the witness added that she certainly should
not have entrusted the prisoner with her shares or
lent him any money if she had not believed the state-
ments he had made, and which were to the effect that
he had held the appointment of comptroller at Antigua,
that he was nephew to Lord Palmerston, that he
should place the proceeds of the railway shares at
the London and Westminster Bank, where he repre-
sented she would get better interest, to her account,
that he was coming into money, 2,0001. of which was
to be raised upon a mortgage, and to be also placed
iiiclentltiiefield...onten actdeciWuesestltnwetner Bank. The Tahnedwigtness
iven
to the prisoner, and amongst the number was
one for 1001., which she said she had handed to the pri-
soner in consequence of his having shown hor a letter
from a Mr. Garner, who he represented to be the owner
of some slate quarries, and from whom he was anxious
to take a share in the property. The prisoner did not
say where the slate quarry was situated, or whether it
was in Wales or elsewhere. In a conversation which
the prisoner had with witness, he said " If Lord Pal-
merston should come into power it will be 4001. a year
to me." The prisoner had also represented himself to
her as a single man, and had made overtures of marriage
to her, but this she treated as a mere joke. He had also
represented to her that there was'a title in the family, and
that his father was a very old man. The witness added,
that she used to keep her plate at her banker's, but as
the prisoner kept a good deal of company at her house,
she took it home for his use.

Police constable James Brown, F 140, said that on
taking the prisoner into custody on the 4th instant, he
told him he was charged with stealing two gold seals
and other things from Mrs. Stewart, and also with ob-
taining railway shares and money by false pretences.
the prisoner said, "Where is Mrs. Stewart ? I can set-
tle with her in file minutes. I shall be ruined if I
should be locked up, as I am coming into possession of
4,0001., and if I should be locked up all night I shall
be a ruined .an. The seals I'vo got about me, and the
diamond ring I left in another country, and I can get
that for her. ' I took him to the station house, and on
searching him found 71. in gold, and 11s. 6d. in silver,
a gold watch, two gold seals, and the latter he said be-
longed to Mrs. Stewart. I found at his house 191.,
another gold watch, two diamond rings, a gold pin, two
brooches, all new ; and the furniture of the house ap-
peared to be all new, and of a costly description.
Mr. Elliott inquired if there was any testimony to be
produced as to the mode in which the prisoner had ob-
tained his livelihood for the last six months, for if, as it
had been alleged, he had been obtaining a living by,
fraud and imposition, it would go a great way to nega-
tive his pretentious that he was a man of property.
Mr. Binns thought that the fact of the prisoner having
lived at and having been recommended from the Prince
of Wales Hotel, in Air-street, Regent-street, was suffi-
cient to stamp his character. He (Mr. Binns) was not
aware that there was any further evidence at present.
Mr. Elliott expressed some surprise that the police-
constable Brown was was not in a condition after three
weeks' opportunity to inquire and find out to say some-
thing about the character and antecedents of the prisoner,
and having fully committed the accused on the charge
of Mrs. Stewart, remanded him to a future day for fur-
ther testimony.

SEAMEN REFUSING TO GO TO SEA.—On Monday the
ease of the Caledonia came before Mr. Mansfield.
Twelve of the seamen were brought up at the instance
of the commander, charged with refusing to go to sea,
according to the terms of their agreement. Captain
Richardson, of the Caledonia, deposed--The vessel is
registered 789 tons, new measure, and 12 years old.
She is now laden with 1,050 tons of coal. I cannot tell
whether there are more or not. I signed weight un-
known. She is drawing 20 feet on an even keel. Mr.
Hamilton is the broker. I shipped the men, and I pre-
sume they were aware at the time of the cargo. Tho
Caledonia is going to San Francisco, California. The
ship was classed "YE" at Lloyd's, an she was making
two inches of water in 15 hours when she was deserted
by the prisoners. One of the men alleged that she had
2 feet 6 inches in her when they left her ; but this the
captain flatly denied. Mr. Littledale, secretary at
Lloyd's, deposed that the surveyor, on going on board,
found the leak was not increasing, but on further exami-
nation it was found that the ship was defective in some
places. Mr. Mansfield said, from the result of the offi-
cial survey in the present case, it is quite clear tkat the
ship is not in a proper state to go on her voyage, and
that there is no excuse whatever for the seamen being
retained in custody. If the ship were repaired and could
safely go, and that were proved before hint, then, of
course, he should think it his duty to hold the seamen to
their agreement. But in the meantime they must be
discharged. The prisoners then left the dock.—Liver-
pool Standard.
THE FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT NELI OXFORD.—
OXFOID, WEDNESDAY.—An inquest was held this after-
noon before Mr. Brunner, at the Radcliffe Infirmary,
on the body of John Williams, another of the unfor-
tunate sufferers in the late fatal railway accident near
this city, who expired on Monday morning, at ten
o'clock. The jury, after a short deliberation, returned
the same verdict as at the late inquiry.
ELOPEMENT FROM STOURBRIDGE.—A considerable de-
gree of excitement has been caused in this neighbourhood
by the report that a medical man in the neighbourhood
had eloped with the daughter of a highly-respectable glass
manufacturer of this district. The male delinquent has
long enjoyed an excellent practice, is married, and has a
family of four young children. The lady is the,eldest
daughter of the head of a most respectable glass firm,
whose specimens in glass obtained a medal at the Exhi-
bition of 1851. It appears that the young lady, who is
only 18 years of age, was visiting a relative in Birming-
ham, and on Friday se'nnight under pretence of visiting
a friend, left the house, and was not heard of until her
distracted father received, on Wednesday morning, a
letter from her, dated Lisgard, Ireland, expressing her
determination to continue with her seducer, and that a
search after them would be fruitless. Subsequent in-
quiries prove that they left Birmingham by the Liverpool
train which arrives in time for the Dublin steamer.—
Wolverhampton 04ronicle.

MISCELLANEOUS.
Dividend Amount '
Nam.. of Company per of Paid. Price
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X. s. d. X.• s. d.
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&untied Mart •••• • • • • St. 55. 50 0 0 35
Australian ACrlonitarl 11. 100 0 0 85 0 0 252
Australian Trust • • 6l. per cent. 85 o'o
Australian Royal Mail 10 0 0 2 0 0
&nglo-Mexican Mint.. 11.10. 10
os. 10 0 0
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4284
British American Land 1 5
61 percent. 100 0 0 82 10 0 56
Do. 5 per cent Bonds 51. per cent.
Ditto, 6pr et. Bonds 61. per cent. —116 U
City Navigation Bonds 31 per cent. 97
Electric Telegraph (A) 25 0 0 20 0 0 22
Ditto.. •• •• •• •• (B) 25 0 0 710 0 8
Equitable Reversionry 5/ pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 117%
Ditto New — 50 0 0 10 0 0
Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp.c.lcbs , 21 100 0 0 100 0 0 100
Glea•SteamNavigation 10 p. ct. 15 0 0 14 0 0 30
Hudson's 8ay...... • • Stock.
220
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London Institution — 78 15 0
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Russell Institution 12 10 0 Price's Patent Cand. Co. 104 per cent. 20 0017 10 0 25%
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0 Royal Mail Steam 41, p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 106
8 2 South Australian 5l. per share. 25 00250 0 53
Trust and Loan Comp
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