The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-03 00:00:00

BRIGHTON RAILWAY.

This magnificent undertaking is very nearly corn
pleted, and will he opened throughout in a few days, to
the great delight and accommodation of the public,
who are put to frequent annoyance by some of the coach
proprietors. One of these people, a Mr. Capps, or captious,
renders himself particularly obnoxious by his conduct in
the booking-office, sometimes keeping passengers so
long that the time is up for the departure of the coach
before they can get their tickets ; on other occasions ac-
tually refusing the money because the time is up,
although two hours are allowed by the Directors to per-
form a journey of only thirteen and a half miles ! The
disappointment thus created excites very just in-
dignation ; and is, of course, injurious to the in-
terests of tho Railway Company who pay heavily
for the use of these coaches, amounting per Week
to about twelve hundred pounds—a sum which will
be saved immediately the line is opened to Brighton.
This circumstance operates no doubt on the feeling exhi•
bited by Mr. Captious, who is indifferent about
the Railway, in the forlorn hope that those who are dis-
appointed may go by one of his three-legged coaches to
town in something less than seven hours.
Notwithstanding the time taken to perform the journey,
to Hayward's Heath by the coaches, passengers are con-
veyed to London by the railway in less than four hours,
and when the line is opened, the whole distance will _be
travelled in about two hours ! Indeed, we understandlt
is in contemplation to have one train perform the journey
„in. about an hour and a-half from London to Brighton..
This will be a wonderful accommodation to the .public;
especially to those whose time is limited. A personi
can go down and enjoy the sea breezes or the;
bracing air of the Downs for about eight or:
nine hours, and be back to London in the time'
now occupied travelling on the dusty road We;
have before impressed on the Directors the expediency
of making the fares as moderate as possible, and they.
may depend on a large return. • In this case a
proper liberality will prove its own reward. We
have now travelled on the line repeatedly, and can,:
from personal observation, bestow our unqualified praise
on the management. Everything is admirably ap- •
pointed—always excepting Mr. Captious and Co.—
and when the whole line opens, London • will
fiy to Brighton, to enjoy the splendid attrac-
tions of that first of watering places. When a
tempest prevails from the south-west, the seacoast at
Brighton presents a scene magnificently sublime—the
mountain wave rolling onward in all its stormy terrors !
It will be worth a " Jew's eye" to go down and behold
such a spectacle for one hour. The road distance is re-
duced about two miles by the railway, being only 50'-
2
miles—nearly a direct line.

THE MARKETS-THIS ply.
CORN EXCHANGE.
The arrivals of English grain this week have been mode-
rate, but of Foreign Wheat considerable. The Wheat trade
was heavy and hardly supported Monday's prices. In Barley,
Beans, and Peas, no variation. Oats met a slow sale at last
quotations. Very little done in Flour. London Averages':—
Wheat, 9,176 qrs. at 775. 4d. ; Barley, 2,433 qrs. at 435. 1d• ;
Beans, 1,340 qrs. at 445. Bd.; Peas, 571 qrs. at 48s. 10c1.
SMITHFIELD.
The supply of Cattle was short, the
demand brisk for the
best qualities ; for the middling and ordinary sorts a rsductio,n
in price was submitted to. Of Sheep and Lambs theansduPPta
was middling, with a good demand for the m
latter rather more in request. Of Pigs the sukprppolyreklw.:rss,roatthheerr
short, the demand good, particularly for
small
short, the trade
sorts a good trade. Of Calves the supply was short,
Pigs, 415 ;
gond. Beasts, 452; Sheep and Lambs,
Calves, 267.
ss. ; Veal, 4s, BEitlee.f ,
to 355. Pork, 4s. 4d. to Sc. 4d. ;
Lamb, 4s. 10d. to 59. 6d.
MARKET.
The market was in a tra
COLONIAL
ss. 6d.
45.10 d,; Mutton, 4s. to
riqut;ile
1
MAKET.state, declinea fnd,:rmi privately
ayrltiitetllees.busi-
ness was doing, and prices on
MARKET.
The The Market was
in a dull
2s. lid. for Company's Congou
, state,cash: and For pFrirceees
,drerealdinee declined
real
prices cannot be given.
RldeKrsETwere firm. 4k the
the s •
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was '
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quiet,O TALLOW
but M hAo
valTuheeofMpa.rke. spot , and 48s. 9d. for deliveryt
in last three months.

DEPARTURE OF THE GREAT WESTERN.--
WEDNESDAY EVENING, - SEP. l.—The Great
sailed this day on her 42d trip across the At-
4t'
carrying with her the very full complement of
IB:"Rie;sisetir)
passengers,
assengers, and a very valuable cargo of woollen
goods, &c. A deputation of the Society of Merchants
went with her to the Holmes, in order to take soundings
at dead low water of the highest spring tide, with
view to giving evidence before the Port Commissioners
now in. Bristol, as to the capabilities of the Bristol
Channel, but as the press' was not permitted to accom-
pany them, we can know nothing of the results of the
survey.

The St. Petersburg journals record the death of
a man named Mercian Fedotoff, in the government of
Vladimir, at the age of 120, retaining his intellectual fa-
culties till the last.