The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-13 00:00:00

SURREY THEATRE.

boon ',day~'.'r. Davidge produced to a most crowded
Itorteht. adaptation by Mr. Haines, of Mr. H. Ai
n
" Tower of London." Nlr. Haines has adhered
txi;;;. "asely to the original work, and the Proprietor has
to
et,ti Ilitasell to do every justice to the piece, by sparing
gay xl) !lase upon the dresses and scenery, both of which
ge:gr' at sarisfaction to his numerous patrons. The actors
4,411'411, wt re ‘‘well up" in their parts—more so than
seem' pieces., and ali went off well, though many
!egret that they saw so little of that este-
ivourite Mr. V.. Smith. Where all did so well
‘"hu„lul be almost invidious to particularise
orY\T we eanc.ot avoid noticing the exertions
Que''s* 11. Vining as Queen Jane, Miss Grant as
of cent, Nlary, a lic-1 Mr. Saville in the part
the s4t"be Cholnondely, whose acting greatly tended to
terit--"Y of the piece. Gog and Magog were. repre-
do, e(l 41..511 their 1-n,•,th, isut, luckily, they had little to
a.hilnuh their size created a laugh, it was evi-
-1„),."." Pr.:mad to lir, majority to witness the precarious
avti.'olß)'" tr %he upper :ran. The scenery and " Tableaux"
tpntit!f.d4,gly good, and Mr. Saville announced the
,f the iece every night till further notice
ud hcering.
UN

THE AN'S AND THE
MAILS.

The snail train from London, which ought to have
reached Manchester at half-past six o'clock on We lnesday
morning, did not arrive till nine, arid the saute train did not
arrive on Tuesday morning till half-past nine. These de-
lays were not occasioned by any of the trains being actually
snow-bound, but chiefly by the slipping of the engine and
tender on the rails.
MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL.—There has been no ma-
terial interruption on this line ; some of the trains, as is
usual in the winter season, being a little behind time.
MANCHESTER AND LEEDS.—The first train which left
Manchester on Wednesday morning, on reaching Little-
borough, was detained for some time, owing to a heavy
drift of snow which had lodged on the line. The carriages
were detached from the engine, which was run forward for
sonic distance to clear the way, and then returned for the
passengers. Between Todmorden and Leeds the impe-
dimenta were stil greater the engine and tenders were
again detached, and driven forward, in some instances,
more than two miles, and then returning for the passen-
gers. A ;great number of workmen were employed in
clearing off the snow, by whose assistance the line was ul-
timately cleared, and the subsequent trains enabled to pro-
ceed without much interruption or delay.
The London mails which ought to have reached Man-
chewer on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings were de-
tained about three hours each morning, and subsequently
they have all been more or less too late. The York mail,
which left this town on Wednesday morning at nine o'clock,
on arriving at Littleborough was so much impeded that it
was necessary to yoke eight horses, which were continued
to Halifax. On the same evening the Colne and Burnley
mail, which should have reached Manchester at six o'clock,
did not arrive till ten, having had to cut its way through
eight or nine feet of snow between Burnley and Skipton.
The north mails, which are due here by six o'clock in the
evening, did not reach till seven o'clock ou Tuesday and
Wednesday mornings. Throughout the whole of the week
the deliveries at the Post-office have been more or less too
late.—Manchegter Chronicle.
PLV)POSED RAILWAY FROM LONDON T 3 STAINES.—
Oil Mon lay a most numerously attended meeting of the
owners if property and occupiers of houses within the
parish of Kensington. who will be affected by the projected
new railway front Kni,,-,htsbridge-green to Staines, was
new, pursuant to pubic notice, in the large loom of the
Swan Tavern, at Old Brompton, for the purpose of adopt-
ing measures to prevent its being carried into effect. Mr.
S. Carter Hall was called to the chair. Mr. Martin (the
solicitor for the opposition) then read from the book of
reference attached to the plans the names of the parties
whose property would be most materially affected by the
railway, amongst which were Lord Kensington, Earl
of Harrington, Earl of Listowell, Lady Hothans,
Lady Langford, Sir Charles Cockerill, the Westminster
and West cf London Cemetery Company, and Messrs.
Gunter. Hutchins, and Poupart, the extensive market
gardeners, &e. It also appeared that the site of the new
church and burial ground at Brompten would also be
required for the purpose. Letters were then read from
Mr. Cresswell, M. P., and the Count de Peperi, excusing
their absence and expressing their decided opposition to
the measure. The following resolutions were carried una-
nimously :—" That the meeting views with great alarm the
proposal of an intended railway, to be called the Staines
Railway, and which in their opinion will most injuriously
affect the parish of Kensington and destroy the interests of
the neighbourhood. They therefore resolve to oppose.the
said railway by every means in their power.—That it is
highly desirable that all necessary proceedings be taken
for effectually opposing the said measure in end out of
Parliament." A committee was then appointed to conduct
the proceedings in opposition to the Bill, and to collect
subscriptions to defray the expenses ; and thanks having
been voted to the Chairman, the meeting broke up.
EFFECTS OF RAILWAYS.—The important turnpike trust,
comprising the Fisherton, Wilton, Heytesbury, &c. lines
of road, was last week put up to be let by auction for the
forthcoming year, but not a single bidder appeared. It
is said that the present lessee, who also rents several other
lines of road, is now losing 161. per week by his turnpike
speeulatiens.—Salisbury Herald.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE•

(LLOYD'S.)

LONDON, JAN. 12 —lt commenced freezing yesterday at
about 8 30. eat., and continued through the night, with
a light fall of snow.--Wind this day at neon, light airs at
W. S. W., and very mild weather.
CLYDE, JAN. 9.—Arrived the George M'Leod, Dick.
son, from Singapore ; Union, Crawford, Demerara ;
Eukaw, Tucket, Charleston.
YoUGIIAL, JAN. 7.—Arrived the Active, Kehoe, from
St. John's, New Brunswick.
WARREN POINT JAN. 9.—Arrived the Heroine, Logan,
from Vera Cruz. It has blown a heavy gale to-day at S. W.
BELFAST, JAN. 9.--Arrived the Hampton, Balderston,
from Miramichi.
Scannortouou, JAN. 11.—The Sovereign, Bolton, of
Whitby, has been got off File), Brig, and put on the main.
WATERFORD, JAN. B.—An ived the Paleinon, Long-
ridge, from St. John's, New Brunswick. The Eliza, Ro-
bertson, which put in here yesterday leaky, has come up
to the Quay to refit.
WAM:FLEET, JAN. 10.—The Arctic, Herby, from Mal-
don ; Waterford, Deskett, of Weymouth ; and Unanimity,
Flitt, of Wick, are on shore near here. The first, it is
expected, will become a wreck, but the others are expected
to be got off.
LIuERPOOL, JAN. 11.—. Wind E.—Arrived the Jamaica,
Pratt, from Bahia ; Elliabeth Radcliffe, Lima—sailed
11th Sept. ; Rival, Nassau; Britannia, Cook, New Or-
leans ; Sheffield, Allen, New York—sailed Ist October.
Off Port, the Patriot, King, from Calcutta ; New York,
New York—sailed 19th ult. Sailed the Higgenson,
Hogg, for Barbadoes. The Leonidas, from Quebec to
Dublin, was fallen in with 21st Nov., in lat. 48, lon. 30,
waterlogged, crew saved, by the Columbus, Crapper, arrived
here. The Hannah, of Dartmouth, with loss of master,
first and second mate, and one seaman, was fallen in with
29th November, and a navigator and one seaman put on
bard to assist her into port, by the Roscoe, Huttlestone,
arrived here. The Mountaineer steamer, to Swansea, on
shore near the Menai Straits, has sunk in deep water.
HULL, JAN. 11.—Wind N. E.—The Caroline, from
London is on the Dolphin Point at the entrance of the

umber.
BRIDLINGTON, JAN. I.—The Mercy, Clark from Yar-
mouth to Sunderland, and the Alexander from Sunder-
land to London, ran on the rocks off Flamborough Head
yesterday morning, and are both much damaged, but ex-
pected to be got off.
DEAL, JAN. i —Wind W. S. W., squally.--Arrived the
Prince George, Fov.er, Halifax ; Orion, Vanderlinden,
from Batavia.'
GLOUCE3TER, JAN. U.—Arrived the Wild Irish Girl,
Atkinson, from Quebec.
BRISTOL, JAN. 11.—Arrived the Cosmo, Beale, from
Nc.v York.
Dovm, JAN. l I.—Off port, Oronto, from New York.
PoaTsweurit, JAN. var able ; seven r. M. N.
—Sailed the Thomas Blake, Hay, for the Mauritius.
CM', ES, JAN.ll.—Arrived the Neptune, Hilken, from
Baltimore.
The Great Liverpool ',steamer has put into Brest
Roads short of coals.

VESSELS SPOKIIN WITII.--Tbe Christopher Columbus
from I loiland to Batavia, Sep. 9, in the Straits of Sunda;
Peet Hein Harvegh, Batavia to Rotterdam, Nov. 25,
lat. G 23 W. ; Alexander, Bremen to New Or-
leans, sth ult., lat. 25, lon. 63, by the Orion, Vanderlin.
den, arrived in the Downs. Laura, Rio Janiero to Trieste,
Nov. 1, lat 23 S., lon. 34 W. ; Acasta, for the coast of
Patagonia, 231, lat. 11 N., lon. 25 W., by the Venus,
Martin, arrived at Falmouth. Nancy, West Indies to
Bordeaux, 24th ult., lat. 42, lon. 20; May, Boston to
Liverpool, 27th, lat. 46, lon. 19; Felicity, of Greenock,
for Liverpool, Ist inst., lat. 47, lon. 11, by the Orion,
Vanderlinden, arrived in the Downs. Segismunde,
of !Bremen, lat. 13 S., lon. 33 W. ; Antigua Packet, for
DemerLra, lat. 32, lon. 26 ; Harrison Chilton and Wilt-
shire, from Venice. 7th inst., lat. 41, lon. 7 ; Cyrus, of
Dundee, Bth, thirty miles S. S. W. of Scilly, by the Plum-
stead, Lim, arrived at Liverpool. Folkstoue, London to
China, Nov. 2, lat. 6 N., lon. 23 W., and Chieftain,
Liverpool to Bombay, 4th, lat. 7, lon. 23, by the George
M'Leod, arrived in the Clyde. Kiblain, Shaw. from
Calcutta, 4th ult., lat. 6 N., lon. 25 W. ; Sydney, (brig )
13th, lat. 23, lon. 37 ; William Shand, Potter, 16th, lat.
27, ion. 41 ; Mercury, 20th, lat. 37, lon. 30, by the Bil-
ton, Rigby, arrived at Plymouth.

Tice speech of the Governor of Ceylon, on open-
ing the session of the Legislative Council on the 16th of
last October, contains statements of the revenue of the
colony. It appears that during the year 1840 the de-
crease on the cinnamon revenue has been considerable, the
receipts on the duty being 53,0211. from January to August
in 1839, and 26,01 Q/. during the same period in 1840,
showing a decrease of 27,0111. The sales of the same
article during similar periods realized 29,8541. in
1839, and 10,958/. in 1840, according to which
the decrease is 18,896/. Had not the sale of the
cinnamon lands produced nearly 5,0001., the deficit
in the revenue would have been still greater. The
revenue from arrack and toddy given for the same
months 28,841/. in 1839, and 30,6241. in 1840, showing
an increase of 1,7831. ; while that of salt was 19,903/. in
1839, and 17,094/. in 1840, showing a decrease of 2,8091.
These are the three great articles of revenue. Pearls in 1840
have produced nothing, and the Governor entertains
no hope of an early improvement in that source.
Ile thinks it an object of importance to consider how
the cost of the steam-vessel built for the purpose of
protecting the pearl banks can be limited. Among the
ordinances to be introduced during the session was one
for prohibiting the importation into Ceylon of foreign sugar,
and also of sugar being the growth of a 13ri!ish rssestion
into which foreign sugar could be legally imported. For
this the Governor cites as a precedent, the ordinances of
other colonial Legislatures, observing, at the same
time, that the present supply of sugar is from
Indian presidencies, which will not be iiirecietl by the or-
dinance, while the poor inhabitants of the island would be
equally independent of its operations, since they use a na-
tive manufacture from the palm-tree. Tue admission of
coal and coke duty free, and also the reduction of the cin-
namon duty by 61. in the pound, were also proposed, all
the three measures having been urged on the Government
of Ceylon by the Chamber of Commerce. The °Mi.
zian;,es respecting the coal and coke, and the reduction of
the cinnamon duty, were passed, which seems likewise to
have been the case with the one respecting foreign sugar.
RURAL POLICE.—:& special inceting of Ma-
gistrateb was held on Monday at the Shire-hall, Hertford,
for the purpose of taking into final consideration the pro-
priety of adopting the provisions of the Rural Police Act
in the county of Herts. There were for the adoption of
the rural police, 38 ; against it34—majority 4. A me-
morial was then drawn up, and signed by the Magistrates
pi est, nt, for the sanction of the secretary of tate.
ST. PETERSBURGII, DEC. :29.—The Grand
Duchess Helen, and her three daughters, did not arrive
in this city till Wednesday last. The severe cold had
greatly hindered their journey on this side Warsaw, and
delayed their arrival for several days,