The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-20 00:00:00

RAILWAY RETURNS.

hAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail-
ways 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 In the previous year :

iCs
Week Last gt,
ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week. F,.. t,
8 bo
Q ..9
--- - _
£ £
Feb. 13 Arbroath and Forfar • - ...... ••• • • • 153 171
12 Chester and Birkenhead. •••••• - • • • • 408 499
11 Dublin and Drogheda •.• • • • ••••• • • • • 621 649
16 Dublin and Kingstown ••••••• • • • • • • • 531 671
14 Dundee and Arbrwth ....... •••• .. • • 250 255
- Durham and Sanderlr i ............ - -
-- Edinburt;a and Clas•.,, .T .• • • •••• • • • • - 2,582
14 Eastern COV nii es and: 0:1'1 F :IL ' on- 8,070 6.3 -i 5
13 East Lanu.silh'e • . -
7 Eastern Union ...................... 427 -
13 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and A 3 r••• . . • 1,925 1,764
13 Glasgow and G reenock.• ....... .... 830 748
- Grave. end end Rocli e-ter •••• • • • • .... - -
13 Great Southern and Western ...... • • 1,037 -
14 Great Western. £: '3 •••.••••• • • • • • • • • • 13,266 15,299
7 Ipswich end Bury •• • • .... 352 --
13 London and North Western, &c.... • 31,918 34,333
14 London and 81ackwa11.............. 607 677
13 London and Brighton ......... ••• • • • 3,955 4,260
- London and Croydon . - -
14 London and Soul-1 Westet a•••• .• • . 4,543 5,280
- Manchester, Bolton, and Bury ...... - -
13 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc.. 6,677 6,003
13 NianchestcY,Shetlield, end Lincolnshire 1,659 1,440
7 Maryport and Carlisle .............. 587 396
13 Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.... 15,831 14,854
13 Newcastle and Carlisle. ....... ...... 1,872 1,560
- Newcastle and North S'aields• • • ... -.- -
13 Newcastle and Bet, sic ............ 444 409
14 Norfolk.- ••.. • .
13 North British ............ ~ ....... . 1,263 -
15 Paris and Rouen •
13 Preston and 1,1" :-.? .•.. .
12 Shrewsbury and Chester .. •••• ... •.. 302 -
13 South Ea.•=tern end 13ran::.,es •• . • .... 4,939 4,889
12 Scuth Devon .
929 1,249
14 Ulster . .... .... ... .. 617 657
13 York and Nev.- -',.stle . •....... ••• • . • 7,465 6,322
13 York and North Mid1and........... 4,975 4,511

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE WRECK OF THE SPIIYNX STEAM-SLOOP.
PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 19.—The wind ever since last Saturday
has been blowing strong from the S.W., with squalls of rain
and thick weather. Nothing could lie outside the Wight,
consequently Captain Austen, with the Echo, the African, and
Monkey steamers, with the yard lighters, were obliged to get
shelter inside the island in Yarmouth Roads. The vessels
remained there to be ready to take advantage of any favour-
able change in the weather; but none occurred before the
tides " took off." On Wednesday Lieut. Thompson with the
Victory's men, returned to Portsmouth in the African. Cap-
tain Austin, Mr. Bellamy, and all the shipwrights and rig-
gers have this morning returned from Yarmouth. The
lighter and yard vessels and steamers have also come up, and
no further attempt will now be made. The Sphynx still re-
mains in the same state as formerly. It was a mistake that
she was driven broadside on. She lies with her bow to the
sea, and the recent spring tides, although the rollers come in
heavily, have not further injured. Next springs are again
spoken of as to another attempt to float her; but we think
as the sea does not appear to injure her, that the next at-
tempt will be deferred till May, when there will be a better
chance of fine weather.

WOOLWICH, FEB. 19.—. The Undine steam•vessel (late the
Ondine) has.been purchased by the Board of Admiralty for
her Majesty's Government, and will be employed as a packet.
le was naiige.ted to this port from Blackwall yesterday
afternoon. - Her power is 106 horses, and her speed' was as-
certained on the recent trial to be 15 miles per hour.
The Cyclops steam9Vessel was brought from Sheerness on
Wednesday' to'Woolwich, to have her machinery thoroughly
overhauled and repaired.
The Kite steam-vessel was taken into the basin yesterday
to have her engines 'put in, which will occupy-about two
months, when she will be brought forward for commission.
The Mastiff surveying-vessel, Commander Beecher, is in
dock for the purpose of baring her bottom examined, and
will be ready to leave this port to resume her duties, about.
the end of March.
The Terrible steam-frigate, Lieutenant Murray command-
ing, has a number of hands put upon her, to be made ready
for rervice with all dispatch, and she will be completed in
about three weeks.

The Odin steam-frigate, Captain Williams, of the Ampb ion,
when she passed Woolwich yesterday afternoon from Dept-
ford for Greenhithe and Ireland, had 367 tons of meal on
board. Her ports and scuttles have been caulked, being
near the water owing to the depth of immersion, although
she had not any of her, zuns, shots, shells, or powder on
board, and only a small supply of stores and provisions with
twenty-eight tons of water on board for her crew. The Odin
is a sister ship to the Sidon steam-frigate, and appears as
much too deep in the water as the latter was light when
she left Woolwich.

The Lightning steam-vessel, Master-Commander Petley,
left Woolwich this morning for Liverpool.
Vessels in the Harbour—William and Mary yacht, Am-
phion steam-frigate, Black Eagle, Minx, Teazer, and Cyclops
steam-vessels, and Woodlark surveying-vessel.
In the Basins—The Gorgon, Dwarf, Kite, Niger, Charon,
Ariel steam-vessels, and Terrible steam-frigate.
In the Docks—The Vixen steam-vessel, and Mastiff sur-
veying- vessel.
CuATtram, FEB. 19.—The Antelope, one of the three
steam-packets for the lonian Isles, arrived from Woolwich on
Saturday, and is forthwith to be fitted for service. She is
now lying alongside the sheer hulk.

. .
The Arab,l6-gun brig, building, is nearly ready for launch-
ing, and is ordered to be fitted for service at sea ' • therefore
the principal fittings will be completed before she leaves the
slip.

The Rochester, Sedgwick master, sailed on the 18th with
stores for Sheerness-yard.
A new steam-packet for the Dover station, to be named
the Vivid, is ordered to be constructed on the design of Mr.
0. W. Lang, master shipwright's assistant of this yard.
It is understood that the Shannon steam-vessel is to be
appropriated to the use of this port, instead of the Fearless
at Sheerness, for a voyage to Gibraltar.
Oning to the crowded state of the barracks at Chatham,
and the unusually large number of recruits that are daily
arriving from different parts of England, Ireland, and Scot-
land, it has been found necessary to remove 700 men to the
artillery barracks at Brompton. The garrison contains 35
depots, the whole, with the exception of the 2d battalion of
the 60th Rifles, form the provisional battalion, and contain-
ing nearly 4,000 men. This month 500 recruits have joined,
and on Thursday a number of young men from the Dublin
district arrived for the battalion.

[ADVERTISEMENT.] —TEAS AT WHOLESALE PRICES,
No. 2, BUCELERSBUHY, CHEAPSIDE.—FamiIies whose
consumption is large, and study economy, will derive
considerable advantage at this establishment. One uni-
form price is affixed, by which the purchaser of a single
pound can obtain it on the same terms as the trade.
Black Tea 2s. Bd., es., 3s. 4d, 3s. 8d , 45., 4s. 4d., ss.
Green 3s. 4d., 3s. Sd., 45., 4s. 4d., 55., 65., 7s.
Coffee. 9d., ld., Is., Is 2d., Is. 4d., ls. 6d., Is. Sd.
One pound sent free to any part of town. Orders from
the country forwarded the same day ; and when the
quantity is for 61b. weight (tea only), the carriage is
paid to any part of EngIand.—MANSELL and Co.
wholesale tea dealers, 2, Bucklersbury, Cheapside.
PROVISIONS FOR InELAND, PORTSMOUTH, FEB.
19.—As there are not any men of war, of small tonnage, at
this port, which can be made available to take meal over to
Ireland, the Admiralty have directed that vessels shall be
hired for the purpose, and Mr. Davis, the master-attendant
of the Clarence Victualling Yard, has been endeavouring, at
Portsmouth, or Southampton, to take up tonnage, of small
craft, capable of stowing some thousands of bags of meal for
conveyance to Ireland. One vessel is to proceed to Clifden,
county Galway, as soon as loaded, and another to Dublin, in
charge of Government officers. The Dauntless is taking in
stores, &c., for her crew, and goes to Tobermory, in Scot-
land, directly she is filled with meal; and a small vessel is
also to be hired here, to be loaded with provisions to accom-
pany the Dauntless, and afterwards employed in distributing
them on the small islands in the Hebrides and Orkneys,
tinder the direction of the commissioner.
MONTE VIDEO.—By the William Piele, which ar
rived in the Mersey yesterday, we are put in possession of
papers from that city to the 16th of December last, but they
are entirely devoid of any news political or commercial. It
was reported that Riveira was up to Uruguay with a force
of 3,0J0 men. In commercial matters there was a stand
still. Trade was dull, and very little business of any de-
scription doing.
DREADFUL FIRE AND Loss OF THREE LIVES.—
NEWTOWN, UONTGoatKRYSHIRE, -- Early on Wednesday
sehTeecenhds
out g
onee thecooing
of h
t premises
e
hinloearndinlgnnla,stanad firealthoughbroke
the
North Wales Assurance Company was on the spot, under the
Shropshire
management of Mr. D. Thomas, Jun., the Company's Agent,
and every exertion used to stop the progress of the flames,
nearly the whole of the premises, together with the furni-
ture, &c., were consumed. We are grieved to add that Mr.
Peplow, landlord of the inn, the ostler, and Mr. Ferry, malt-
star, of Clunton, near Bishop's Castle (the latter was staying
there for the night), were all burnt to death. The furniture
and stock were insured in the above-named fire-office, but the
loss is considerably grsater than the amount for which they
were insured.-- Shrewsbury Chronicle.

APPREHENDED FEVER ON BOARD THE IRISH PRO-
VISION SQUADRON.—We are glad to state, with reference to
a report which has prevailed, that the famine fever in Ire-
land had made its appearance on board her Majesty's ships
on the coast, and to ascertain the truth of which report
Dr. Lindsay, R.N., Deputy Inspector of Hospitals, was dis-
patched by the Government on Sunday last to Ireland, that
dispatches have been received in London from the naval
Commander-in-Chief at Cork, assuring the authorities that a
strict investigation has taken place, and there are not the
slightest grounds for apprehending so direful a calamity.
The crews of the ships are healthy, notwithstanding their
incessant and arduous employment, night and day, in the
humane task of conveying provisions to the distressed popu-
lation on tse coasts.