The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-29 00:00:00

Aberdeen ..

Amiens and Boulogne. ••••• • • • •• • •
Belfast and Ballymena • • • • • • • • • • • • ••
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire
Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroc, and W. Y.
Bristol and Exeter . .
Ca1ed0nian............ • • • • • •••• • • • •

176
1,18
~../

520
1,819
396
869
281

Chester and Holyhead ••••••
Dublin and Drogheda. • • • .••••
Dublin and Kingstown •• • • •. ••

401
4,017
6,812

Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen.... •• ••
East Anglian.... • • .• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Edinburgh and Glasgow . •• • •• •• •• • •
Edlnlur ;h and Northern . • • • •• • •
Eastern Counties and North Easturn • •
East Lancashire • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ' • • •
Eastern Union ....... .•• •• •• ••

802
1,037

Glasgow, Kihnarnock, and Ayr • • • • • •
Glasgow and Greenock • • •••• • • • • • • •
Great Northern and E. L. • • • • • • • • • •
Great Southern and Western • • • • • • • •
Great Western, Stc .•
Kendal and Windennere.... •. •• • •
Lancashire and Yorkshire • • • • • • •
Lancaster and Carlisle --
Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport. • • •
Londonderry and Eniiiski)len. • • ... ••
London and North Western, &e. .....
London and Blackwall. • •• •
Londcn and Brighton • •
Loudon and South Western . • •
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire
Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.. • •
Midland Great Western (Irish) • • • • • •

-818
3,033
2,433
14,181
3,528
1,564
3,009
1 0 4
2;306
3,331
20,170

5.1n7

12,117

133
43,542

960
1,100

Newcastle and Carlisle... • •

North British .. •• •• •• ••

Paris and Rouen . .. •••• .
Rouen and Havre .. .. •

Scottish Central .....

Shrewsbury and Chester • • .• • • • • • • • •
South Eastern. Arid Branches •• •• • • ••
South Devon • ....• „, ..............

Taff Vale •••.......

Ulster .

Waterford and Limerick, ...... ••.• •.
Whitehaven Junction ..•••••••••.••.
York and Newcastle . .......... • ...
York and North Midland ...........

778
12,011
10,C52
5,0b2
23,659
1,101

3,:85
7,277
2,889
1,505
1.446
12,641
1,605
2,287
661

196
13,261
7,567

WAR BALLOONS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

711
4.494
2; 45
15,778
1,307
1,402
°.718
1.,111

31)9
21,155

225
12,394
2,442

140
46,565
1,109
11,911
16,631
3,575
24,4' 4
1,183

2,863
6,b 16
2,5i9
1,211

83i
10,816
1,866
2,:91
715

299
13,666
9.855

Sra,—You may recollect that when Captain War-
ner's problem of the "long range" came out in the
form of a balloon it excited much merriment in the
House of Commons; in that assembly ridicule and
pomposity too often pass for sagacity and profundity.
But how stands the matter now ?

It appears the Austrians have made a trial of
aerial machines in the bombardment of Venice, and
intend to make another essay of them upon Comorn;
fortunately, however, they are not exactly up to the
thing, and it is to be hoped no one who understands
the subject will instruct them in so unholy a cause
as that of crushing the ill used Hungarians.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
ONE WHO HAS DABBLED IN
JEROSTATION.

Sept. 29.

A pension of 1001. per annum for dibtinguished
service has been granted to Major-General W. Jer-

vois from the Ist ii stunt.

Major-General G. P. lligginson has been se-
lected to fill up the vacancy in the establishment of
120 general officers at 1/. 53. per diem, from the

same date.,
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE RAILWAY PROGRESS. The
remaining portion of Bint hill, near Buckingham, is in
the course of removal, and it is believed that this, the
only obstruction between Brackley and Salidon-hill, will,
with the latter hill, also be cut through by the middle

of October. Between Islip and Bleeder Messrs. Smith
and Fountain have " gangs" at work, and have now

but little to do. Mesi-rs2e.larrick and Bulman are ar-

ranging for carrying on the works from Claydon to
Bicester. The lasing of the permanent road and the
ballasting from Brackley towards Banbury is proCeed.
in... It is ready to near Greatworth, and it is expected
that by the time that is done, Mr. Ruby's work from
that place towards Banbury will be ready to pass along.
A few days since, Sir 11. Verney, Bart., M.P., the
chairman of the company, travelled along the line from
Buckingham to Brackley by the ballast engine. lie
expressed his approbation of the forward state of the
works. Workmen have commenced clearing the ground
for the foundation of the station at Buckingham. This
will be a wooden one only—at least that for passengers,
which is to be on the Buckingham property.—Banbury

Guardian.
COMMISSION UNDER TILE CHURCH DIFCIFLINE
ACT.— On Tuesday morning the commission instituted
by the Bishop of Exeter to inquire into the allegations
against the Rev. Charles Rookes, rector of N 3 met Row-
land, in this county, was opened in the Chapter-honEe.
The commissioners were the Worshipful George
Martin, Chancellor of the Dioc,se (President); the
Venerable John More Stevens, Archdeacon of Exeter;
the Venerable John Bartholowew, Archdeacon of
Barnstaple; the Worshipful E. C. ilarington, Chancellor
of the Cathedral Church of St. Peter in Exeter; and
the Rev. James John Rowe, rector of Sr. Mary Arches,
Exeter. The rev. defendant was charged with offences
"against the laws ecclesiastical, and other irregularities
and excesses within the diocese, whereby he had brought
great scandal on the Church," Sze. The Court, on the
application of the rev. defendant, as we presume, was
closed against the press and the public, so that
.we are
❑ot able to :give any report of the proceedings. The
Rev. C. C. Rookes has determined to conduct his own
case.—Exeter Flying Post.
ST. JOHN'S, BETHNAL GREEN.—The parishioners
of Bethnal-green, aided by the friends of Church endow-
ment, baying now raised the sum of 1,090/. towards the
permanera augmentation of the above benefice, the Bishop
of London has liberally appropriated the annual sum of
150/. to the same purp'ae' out of the revenues of St.
Catherine Colima'', (of valich his Lordship is the
patron), on condition that &:7 of the pew-sittings be
declared free. There are thus secured in this clutch,

1,137 seats for the poor free and unappropriated for ever.
Plans hare been drawn by Mr. E. N. Clifton, architect,
for a parsonage-house, to be shortly erected upon
Bethnal-green, adjoining the church. In the list of
subscribers to the above fund appee.r the names of the
Queen Dowager, the Bishop et Lorislon, the Earl of
llarrowby, Lord R. Grosvenor, Mr. William Cotton, Mr.
H. Mcrenron, Mr. R. Hanbury, Sir E. N. 13u.3:10n, &c.
WEYMOUTH.—MELANCHOLY DEATH.--.With regret
we record the death of Mr. Thomas Hellier, son of Mr.-
Helder, maltster, &c., of Cerne, an articled assistant of
Mr. A. Sansom, surgeon, of this town. This unfortu-
nate youth, who was 18 years of age, was found dead in
his bed early on the moaning of Tuesday week. A note
in his own handwriting was found on the table to the
effect that he had swallowed several drachms of strych-
nine and laudanum, a quantity more than sufficient to
cause instant dissolution. An inquest was held in the
course of the morning, before J. Wallis, Esq., coroner,
when the verdict found was—" Temporary insanity."—
Sherborne Journal.
ACCIDENT.—On Saturday, John M'lntosh, weaver,
Newtyle, was sent on a message from that place to Dun-
dee, and having indulged rather freely in liquor, he, at A
late hour at night, in passing the quarry at Logic Spout
(after visiting a sister who resided in the Blackness-
road), fell over it, a height of about 40 feet. He lay
there in a state of insensibility until Sunday fort moll,
when he was accidentally discovered by some persons
passing. He was then conveyed to the Royal Infirmary,
where it was found that he had sustained a lacerated
wound on the scalp, with fracture of the bone and de-
pression, with a skin wound on the knee. We are glad
to learn that the patient is doing well.—Dundee Courier.
APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH Lire.—The
marriage of the Hon. C. Neville, second son of Lord
Braybrooke, and the lion. Florence Maude, second
daughter of Viscount and Viscountess Hawarden,
is to be solemised in the course of next month. A large
family circle will meet in town to attend the nuptial
ceremony.
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.—A boy 13 years of age,
named William Ballantine, was about to take a message
to his father, a journeyman in the employ of Mr. Guth-
rie, tailor, in Bond street, when, upon opening the door
of the workshop, an iron pillar, which stood iu a leaning
position against the wall, fell suddenly forward, dashing
the poor boy to the ground with fearful violence, felling
upon his head, and indicting injuries of a deadly charac-
ter. The lad was conveyed in a senseless state to the
house of Mr. Love, surgeon, in Brook street, when that
gentleman, aseertaiLing the great amount of injury done,
advised the immediate removal of the sufferer to the Mid-
dlesex Hospital. Upon an examination of the boy's
wound by Mr. Gilbertson, house-surgeon, the whole of
the left side of the head was found to be denuded of its
scalp, with a fracture of the skull, extending over por-
tions of the frontal, parietal, temporaral, and occipital
bones, or the whole of the left side of the head, from
front to back. The poor little fellow has remained
wholly insensible from the time be received the blow,
which is likely to terminate fatally.
N EWARK.—Wednesday was the cheese market.
which is generally considered the largest market during
the year, and the day being remarkably fine, brought is
very large attendance of most respectable people. There
was a great deal of cheese shown, but the sale was not
anything like so rapid as on former years; indeed,
cheese seemed a drug, and many dairies would have to
be taken home. Prices were lower than last year; new
milk cheese, first quality, from 535. to 5Ss. per cwt.; two
meals, 40s. to 445. per cwt. There was a large quantity of
stock of all descrip:ions, sheep, beasts, pigs, and horses;
prices were low, but a good deal of business was trans-
acted. Beef from ss. 6d. to 6i. per stone; mutton, 40.
to sd. per lb.--Lincolnshire Chronicle.