The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-15 00:00:00

MILITIA.

The Ist Royal Lancashire Militia, under the corn-
wand of Colonel John Talbot Clifton, who have been
stationed in the Royal Marine Barracks, Woolwich, for
some time past, and doing duty there and at Deptford
Dockyard, were marched from the Royal Marine Bar-
racks at half-past 8 a.m. yesterday, headed by the bands
of the Royal Artillery and Royal Marines, to the Dock-
yard station of the North Kent Railway, and conveyed
by it to the London-bridge station, en route to Ports-
mouth.

The Royal Wilts Militia crossed over from Gosport to
Portsmouth yesterday morning. They are a ♦ery fine
body of men.

SIIIPPING STATISTICS.

According to the statistics of vessels entered inward,
the port of London shows an increase of 75, with 31,916
tonnage, the difference between 365 vessels and 205,186
tonnage in 1853 and 440 vessels and 237,102 tonnage in
1854. Liverpool exhibits an increase of 3 vessels with
161 tonnage, the arrivals in the former period having
been 129 vessels with 77,319 tonnage, against in the
latter 132 vessels with 77,480 tonnage. In the case of
Bristol there is an increase of 4 vessels with 3,157 ton-
nage, the difference between 23 vessels with:7,B26 ton-
nage and 27 vessels with 10,983 tonnage. The return
for the Clyde gives an increase of 7 vessels with 3,644
tonnage, the arrivals in 1853 having been 31 vessels with
11,277 tonnage, and in 1854 38 vessels with 14,921 ton-
nage. The total increase presented is 89 vessels with
38,878 tonnage, the difference between 548 vessels with
301,608 tonnage, and 637 vessels with 340,486 tonnage;
while the principal arrivals have been from Mauritius,
Madras, New South Wales, Calcutta, Ceylon, China,
Java, and Sumatra.
The statistics of vessels cleared outward present un-
favourable results, owing to the diminished activity of
the trade to Australia as compared.with the correspond-
ing period of last year. In the case of the port of Lon-
don a decrease is exhibited of 93 vessels with 19,657
tonnage, the difference between 472 vessels with 218,864
tonnage in 1853 and 379 vessels with 199,207 tonnage
in 1854. The return for Liverpool shows a. decrease of
68 vessels with 123 tonnage, the departures in the former
period baying been 262 vessels with 134,895 tonnage, and
in the latter 194 vessels with 134,772. The decrease in
the case of Bristol is 6 vessels with 1,286 tonnage, the
difference between 16 vessels with 4,666 tonnage in 1853
and 10 vessels with 3,380 tonnage in 1854. The
Clyde figures for a decrease of 22 vessels with 749
tonnage, the departures in the former period having
been 81 vessels with 29,566 tonnage, and in the latter
period 59 vessels with 28,817 tonnage. It will be noticed
in these instances, that, although the number of vessels
has decreased, the aggregate tonnage, except in the case
of the port of London, has nut proportionably diminished
—a circumstance showing that a larger class of ships is
now generally employed. The net decrease is 189 ♦es-
sels with 25,815 tonnage, the difference between 831
vessels with 387,991 tonnage in 1853 and 642 vessels
with 366,176 tonnage in 1354. The departures for Aus.
tralia, Cape of Good Hope, China, Singapore, Calcutta,
and Bombay exhibit the principal falling of.

INCREASE OF HYDROPHOBIA.-Yesterday Mr. Bed-
ford, coroner for Westminster, held an inquest at the
King's Head, James-street, Buckingham Palace, on
William Willet, aged 8 years, whose death was caused
by hydrophobia, produced by the bite of a dog in the
public streets. It appeared from the evidence of de-
ceased's mother, and a little girl who witne-sed the ca-
tastrophe, that as the deceased was playing in York-
street, adog which was passing bit him in the leg, and then
crossed the street and bit another child. The dog, in-
stead of being killed on the spot, was hunted by some boys
out of the neighbourhood, and had not been since seen
or heard of. Both children were taken to Westminster
Hospital, from whence, afterthe wound had been properly
dressed, deceased was sent home, no hydrophobic symp-
toms having set in. After the deceased had been an
out-patient of the hospital some weeks, the wound com-
pletely healed. The bite occurred on the 28th of April,
but nothing serious showed itself in the deceased until
last Friday, when he complained of pains up the leg, and
in the course of a few hours lost the whole use of the
limb. His mother thereupon called in parochial medical
aid, but deceased continued to get worse, confirmed
symptoms of hydrophobia set in, and, after enduring the
most excruciating agony, death terminated his sufferings
on Tuesday. The coroner said that he had never had a
case of hydrophobia until within the last month, and,
unless some regulations were laid down, he feared there
might be an increase of such calamities. The jury, in
recording a verdict of " Death from hydrophobia," added
that they hoped some steps would be taken by the Police
Commissioners to have all dogs found about the streets
without proper muzzles destroyed.
CONSUMPTION OF COAL IN THE METROPOLIS.-The
following abstract, from authentic papers, shows the
quantity of coal and coke, brought within the London
district by rail way and canal, and entered at the Lon-
don Coal-market, during the half-year ending the 30th
of ,Tune, 1854: January.-Per Great Northern Rail-
way,
34,905
tons 14 cwt.; London and North-Western,
15,855 tons 10 cwt. ; Eastern Counties, 8,455 tons
1 cwt. ; Great Western, 8,021 tons ; South-Eastern,
1,953 tons 7 cwt. ; total, 69,191 tons 12 cwt.
February.-Great Northern, 36,937 tons 13 cwt.;
London and North-Western, 24,501 tons 3 cwt. ; East-
ern Counties, 14,244 tons 2 cwt. : South-Eastern, 2,761
tons 1 cwt. : Great Western, 2,092 tons ; total, 80,586
tons 4 cwt. March.-Great Northern, 28,474 tons 7 cwt.;
London and North-Western, 22,361 tons 8 cwt. ; Eastern
Counties, 20,124 tons 12 cwt. ; Great Western, 10,509
tons ; South-Eastern, 1,099 tons 3 cwt. ; total,
82,568 tons 10 cwt. April.-Great Northern, 26,814
tons 10 cwt. ; London and North-Western, 24,888
tons 14 cwt. ; Eastern Counties, 15,096 tons ; Great
Western, 10,744 tons ; South-Eastern, 1,314 tons 9 cwt. :
total, 78,457 tons 19 cwt. May.-Great 'Northern,
23,947 tons 7 cwt. ; London and North-Western,
16,965 tons ; Eastern Counties, 10,614 tons 5 cwt. ;
Great Western, 5,342 tons ; South-Eastern, 1,854 tons
15 cwt. ; total, 58,753 tons 7 cwt. June.-Great
Northern, 23,430 tons 13 cwt. ; London and North-
Western, 17,178 tons 13 cwt. ; Eastern Counties, 14,965
tons 12 cwt. ; Great Western, 6,006 tons; South-Eastern,
,022
t°", 14 cwt. : total, 62,603 tons 19 cwt. The
total quantity of coals brought into London by rail, from
unary 1 to June 30, 1854, was 432,161 tons 5 cwt. ; in
the corresponding
; Februaryere-
crease in the present The
periodl last year, 296,361 tons. In-
alf-year, 13a, 99 tons 9 cwt.
entries by canal were
June, 1,584 tong 10 as follows :-January, 1,811 tons
4 cwt.
June 30, 14,945 tons 13vct,i4ot
tons 15 cwt • March, 3,449
tons 10 cwt.
2,,229 tons May, 2,551 tons
;Aril 3„:320
canal during the present half- Total'onr entries
o inm correspondingJanu ar y lto
year. 4,623 tons 19 cwt.
corresponding period in 1853, 140,423 tal increase by railway and
50,423 tons 8 cwt.
DISCOVERY OF BONES ()rand
Thursday
employment
of some days
Zal:nesozmn MARTYRSared wi tl3 the
IN
Mr. lunday, contrac-
Sa:sioTintieF imELeDn. -in
previous,
tor to the City Commissioners of Se
°thne
ing the ground for a sewer at the wewsteres,dwere excavat-
Smithfield, they discovered a quantity ofn burntef Long-lane,
bones and charred wood, at about four
or
five
e human
feet depth
from the surface. The bones were carefully taekeendepth
of, and after being put into a coffin, were deposited lant.'l,
churchyard. The remains are supposed to below:, to'
some the stake du
martyrs who forfeited their lives at th t
r-
ilig the progress of the Reformation.
HATCHING GROUSE.-On Saturday last we were shown
in the aviary of Mr. Bowstead, Duke-street, the novel
sight of a brood of young grouse. The birds, four in num-
ber, appeared strong and healthy, and were perfectly
tame. In another apartment a female was sitting on
about a dozen eggs. The nest is made of blocks of peat
moss; and the bird did not appear to be the least alarmed
at the approach of strangers. The old birds were also
quite tame, and picked up the crumbs thrown to them j
by the visitors.-Glasgow HeraW.

Year.
Route. Company.
1854-5. 1853-4.
Liverpool and Isle of Man • • .... 850 850
Holyhead and Kingstown...... City of Dublin 25,000 25,000
Aberdeen and Lerwick •. . • .. • • • • 910 900
Southampton and Channel Islands S. W. Railway 4,000 4,000
England and Hamburg' and Eng-
land and ltotterdam .. • • ...... General Steam - 11,620
Dover and Calais and Dover and
Ostend •• Dover Mall Co. 15,500 -
Southampton, Vigo, Oporto, Lis-
bon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar...... Pen. & Oriental 20,500 20,500
Liverpool and Halifax, and Boston
and Liverpool, and New York,. Cunard ...• • • 172,840 173,340
Halifax, Bermuda, and St. Tho-
mas's, and Halifax and St.
John's, Newfoundland .. Cunard .. .. • • 14.790 11,7 n 0
Southampton and West Indies .. Royal Mail.... 240,000 240,000
Ditto, Brazil, and Buenos Ayres.. Ditto .....• .. 30,000 30,000
Callao and Valparaiso .. ••.. • • Pacific ...... 25,000 25,000
Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius,
and Calcutta
England and IVest Coast of Africa African Ste• Co. 22,500 23,000
England and Alexandria, India,
China, and Australia..... 4 Pen. & Oriental 162,889 129,600
Aden and Bombay.. . Ditto .... 6,179 -
Bombay (by Red Sea) East India .. • • 37,500 50,000
Allowance of Government agents
on board the contract packets ••••.• • • • •• . 10,323 12,035
Wages, victuals, - 13,435
807,335 613,170
Expeuse of Queen's vessels and packet establish-
ments 5,491 22,042
Total 812,826 835,212