The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-22 00:00:00

RAILWAY TRAVELLING.
A case ievolving, a question of great importance to
business persons way decided on the Bth instant, at
the Exeter District County Court, before John
Tyrrell, E-A., the Judge of that court. It was an
action brought by Mr. John h ull Terrell, a sone:tor
at Exeter, against the South Devon Railway Com-
bany, to recover compensation for his loss of time in
eing detained at the railway station at Starcross,
where, on the 3.1 of July last, he had paid his fare to
be conveyed to Exeter. The time-table stated that a
train would leave Plymouth at fifty-five minutes past
six, arrive at Starcross at twelve minutes past nine,
and reach Exeter at twenty-seven minutes past nine,
but it did not arrive at the Starcrosa station until an
hour after its time, and did not reach Exeter until
twenty-five minutes past ten. Some of Mr. Terrells
clients, with whom he had appointments at his office,
were kept waiting, and his business was delayed,
The Learned Judge said his impression was, that if a
train were five minutes behind, or if it were obstructed
by a drift of snow, or a high wind, or was by any
unavoidable accident prevented from fulfilling its
time, that would be a good answer to an action ; but
Whether the company were unreasonably behind
their time or not, would be in all cases a
question for a jury. If the company thought they
might suffer their servants to be as indolent as they
pleased, and to be one hour behind time, they might
just as was claim a right to be three hours behind, or
not to come at all, after having led the public to wait
for them at a particular hour and place. The com-
pany were bound to show that the delay had not been
Caused by any wilful neglect on the part of their
servants. They could not certainly be bound to a
few minutes at every station; but in this case the
jury would say whether an hour was not an unrea-
sonable time. If snow, or bad roads, or the wind and
rain, had caused the delay, they would not be liable.
And so, if a train were delayed by an exceedingly
strong wind against it, or by the rails being so slip-
pery that the engine could Lot act, even if the delay
Was an hour, the company would not be liable, but
the company would have to show that there was such
a cause. Here the fact of the delay was proved, and
no accident or unavoidable cause was shown on the
part of the company. With regard to damages, he
laid it down as a matter of I.aw that any man being
detained one hour after his time, did sustain damage,
whether much or little. The jury must estimate it
at something ; and the amount must depend on his
position. The jury found that there was a contract
to carry passengers at a certain time, and that there
was unreasonable delay, and they awarded 103. as
compensation.—Trade Protection Record.

RAILWAY RETURNS
RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail-
way-a for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the
respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same
Week i n the previous year:—

.
.6 .F.
Week Last G. u
eliding NFAMEOF RAILWAY. week.
C. .
C. ••'' '"°
t 5 t 4
U lt
........._ ------ -
X £
Sept. 15 Aberdeen .. ••••.••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • 635 520
- Amiens and Boulogne ....... • • •..... - 2,623
15 Belfast and Ballymena •••••.• • • • • • • • 422 360
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire - 875
16 Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and W. Y. 421 241
16 Bristol and Exeter •••••••• •• • • - - .. 4,303 _
9 Caledonian. .. ••••••••.•. . • . • . • . • • • 7,037 5,008
16 Chester and Holyhead •.... • • .. 2,0, 4 -
13 Dublin and Drogheda...• •. • • • ... - 756 797
18 Dublin and Kingstown .. •• • ........: 787 1,008
15 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen • • ...... 1,038 1,009
16 East Anglian.... •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 644 807
15 Edinburgh and Glasgow .•••,•. • • • • .• 4,014 4,463
16 Edinburgh and N orthern •••••• • • • • • • 2,419 2,13.5
16 Eastern Counties and North Eastern • • 14,343 16,215
9 East Lancashire •• - .... •••••• • • • • • • 3,813 1,477
1G Eastern Union •••• • • • •
15 Glasgow, Kilinarnock, and Ayr •• •• •• 3,12 G 2,910
15 Glasgow and Greenock • •
16 Great Northern and E. L•••.• • • • • • 2,806 -
15 Great Southern and Western •••• • • • • 3,388 3,325
16 Great Western, &c ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 19,771 21,485
- Kendal and Windennere• •.. • • .... .. - -
16 Lancashire and Yorkshire ••••• • • • • • 13,270 14,559
9 Lancaster and Carlisle .••• .. .. ...... 4,079 2,871
16 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport •• • 122 -
15 Londonderry and Enniskillen. •••.. • • 127 119
16 London and North Western, &c. ..... 8
43,426 46,17
16 London and Blackwall.• •• .. •• • • 795 1,215
15 Londcn and Brighton .••••••• • • • • • • • 11,999 11,531
16 London and South Western . • ... •. • • 40,863 11,565
15 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 4,96 i 3,668
16 Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.... 23,258 25,387
16 Midland Great Western (Irish) • ....• 1,097 1,053
-
- Newcastle and Car1i51e..............- -
Norfolk
16 North British .. •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 3,205 3,122
15 Paris and Rouen. ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 7,395 6,531
15 Rouen and Havre .. •••••••• • • • • • • .. 3,014 2,855
16 Scottish Central •••••••••• • • . . • • . • • 1,7.12 1,447
16 Shrewsbury and Chester ••••••• • • • • • 14 9 849
15 South Eastern and Branches •• ••• • • • 12,5 . 6 10,989
9 South Devon ••• • • ... .••••••• • • • • • • • 1,764 1,838
15 Taff Vale ••••••••••.... • . . . • . • • • • .. 2,349 2,:42
16 Ulster .• • ... ..... .... •••-••• • • • • • • • 651 777
8 Waterford and Limerick,- -•••• • • • • 271 -
9 Whitehaven Junction .• ••••••• • • • • • • 213 180
16 York and Newcastle .••••••• • • . • . .. 13,944 13,841
15 York and North Midland .- - ....- 6,2j2 10,044

A CHAR LIST I i BY PUNCH.
(From Punch.)
To the Queen's Most 'Excellent Majesty.
May it please s our Ahjesty,—
Whereas Death, the great Gaol-Deliverer, has by
Cholera set free from Westminster Prison, Joseph Wil-
liams and Alexander Sharpe, fouliz,h men, foolishly
Preaching the Charter, by means of pike and blunder-
buss,—
Punch humbly prays that your Majesty will, in this
season of political tranquillity, and of grave mortal
chastisetn,nt, give orders for the release of certain rnis-
guidpd men, it is hoped better irstructed for the future
--and thereupon pardon and set tree William Vernon,
Ernest Jones. Little Cuff.-y, and other such off. nders,
now made harmless by the common sense and the com-
mon loy4lty of the English people.
And your Petitioner will ever Print and Pray,—
PUNCH.

VISIT OF THE DUKE or CAMBRIDGE TO MAN-
cIIESTER —On Thursday the Duke of Cambr dge, at•
tended by Baron Knesebeek and Mr. E. B. Horafall, late
Mayor of Liverpool, visited Manchester, and took a
hasty look at the various processes of tha cotton and
other manufactories. On the same day the Chevalier
Bunsen, the Prussian ambassador, his son, and a party
of distinguished foreigners and strangers, accompanied
by the Lord Bishop of Manchester, visited the museum
of the Manchester Natural History Society. The whole
party were greatly pleased to learn the liberal terms on
which au institution calculated to do so much good is
made easily available to all classes of SOCiety.
HORRIBLE MURDER AT SEA.—A most horrible
Murder was discovered to have taken place on the 14th
of August last, on board the ship n ashington, which
arrived at New York in the lett« r part of the same
month, from Germany. It appears, that, on the 23d
instant, while the stevedores were engaged in discharging
the cargo, they were attracted by a stench proceeding
from the hold of the vessel. On examination, it was
discovered to proceed from the body of a man which was
found lying among the boxes, with his throat cut from
ear to ear, and iu a much decomposed state. At an in-
quest which was held on the body, the captain stated
that he arrived at New York from the river Ems, on the
23d of August, with 175 steerage passengers ; that the
lower hold of the vessel was stored with goods in
boxes ; that on the 15th of July one of the pas-
sengers was missed ; that search was made for
him throughout the ship, buS no trace of him
Could be obtained; the passengers said that the deceased
had jumped overboard; the night that deceased was
missed was very dark and stormy, and the crew were
engaged on the upper deck. It was stated by several of
the crew that during the voyage the passengers were
quarrelsome, and from the fact that the deceased was
known to have money about him, which was missing on
the discovery of the body, little doubt remained that he
had been robbed and murdered. The name of the de-
ceased was Carl Pretesh, a native of Prussia, and he was
twenty-ono years of age. It was proved that the
Wound in deceased's throat was inflicted before death,
and was sufficient to have caused his death; but though
st most searching inquiry was instituted, no clue could
be obtained to the guilty parties. The verdict was,
" That the deceased came to his death by a wound in-
flicted on his throat by some of the steerage passengers
of the ship Washington, on the night of the 14th July,
who are unknown to the jury."
ELOPEMENT AT ULTERSTON.—Tbe fairer portion
of the inhabitants of Ulveraton were on Wednesday last
thrown into a pleasing state of excite went by the report
that an elopement from that town had taken place the
previous day. The parties are a gallant son ot Escula-
Pius and the fair daughter of a wealthy gentleman re•
aiding at Urswick. Fortunately for the enamoured
couple, the electric telegraph, that fearful enemy to pil-
grims on their way to tiretne, is quite unknown in this
part of the country ; and so well were measures taken to
balls pursuit, that ere this doubtless the blacksmith will
have tied the indissoluble knot. The last accounts of
the fugitives was from Wicham, where they took coach
for ltavenglass, and from the latter place they would,
no doubt. proceed by rail to the land of the mountain
and the flood. It is supposed that the parties have been
prematurely hurried into taking this step from a fear of
the threatened proceedings of that old hunks, Lord
Campbell, in the next session of Parliament, respecting '
Scotch marriages.—Lancaster Guardian.
ACCIDENT TO LORD ALEXANDER RUSSELL.—On
Thursday morning last, as Captain Lord Alexander
Russell (of the Rifles) was driving along the Abbot's
Leigh-road, for the purpose of being present at the
bridal breakfast at Leigh Court, the drag upset while
turning a corner, when his Lordship and a servant were
thrown out, and the latter had his leg fractured in two
places. The man was taken to the infirmary, where he
now lies. His Lordship escaped with a few bruises and
a violent shake.--Dorset County Chronicle.
REMAINS OF ROMAN ART.—One of the most
beautiful specimens of tessellated payment ever found
in this country has just been discovered in the principal
street of the old town of Cirencester, the site of the
ancient Corinium. A piece was found some few weeks
ago, which was taken up with a view to its preservation,
by laying it down again as the floor of a museum, and
on pursuing the excavations, at the suggestion of one of
the Archmologicsl Societies, the present beautiful spe-
cimen was found. The room measures twenty-five feet
square,_ and contains nine circles, of nearly five feet
diameter each. Four only are at present wholly ex-
Posed to view. They contain bold and well- executed
beads of Ceres and Flora, and t xceedingly spirited re-
presentations of Actaeon and his dogs, and Silenus riding
on his ass. The whole of this portion of the room is in
most perfect preservation, but it is feared that the re-
intieder will be injured by the foundations of a house
which stands near.