The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-08 00:00:00

RAILWAY RETURNS.

RAILWAY Tearric.—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:—

I Week
Last ri i
ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week. 2 „,,,
P.
-.-., a
x x
Feb. 27 Arbroath and Fortar ••••••••• • • •• •• 220 115
26 Chester and Birkenhead .•• • .
25 Di.blin and Dr•••flieda ••• • • • ••••• • • • • 6113 630
Mar. 2 1611.1 in :wit Kingstown .. ...... • . 1581 888
Feb. 28 Dundee and Arbroath .•• ........ 287 275
Durham and Sunder land ..... ........ _
IMinhurgh and tils.gow . • .. —• .
28 Eastern Counties and North Eastern •• 9,6.2 6.314
27 East Laneasihre •• ... ...... ..... 675
21 'vast crn Union .•.• • . •............. 471
27 Glasgow, Kiiinarnock. and Ayr •••• • • 2,057 1,850
27 Glasgow and Greenock
Gravesend and Ito•licster• •.•
27 Great Southern and Westar. •••• •• 1,0E•C•
lei Great Westerii.:kc • ... ...• •• • • 15,0'3 13,301
21 Ipswich and Bury ..... ——. , .. .... 39:,
21 London and .N wrth Western, &e..•• • • 34,801 35,017
28 London and 81ackwa11.............. 728 727
27 London and Brighton. •• .• •••••. •• •• 5,232 4,358
Londok and Croydon .••.. •• •.......
28 London and South Western . •....... b,354 5,783
Manchester, Bolton, and Bury ......
27 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc.. 7,286 7,026
27 Manchester, t4heilleld, and Lincolnshire 1,759 1,590
21 Maryport and Carlisle •• .• .. —...• • . 645 400
27 Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.... 16,575 14,877
27 Newcastle and Carlisle ••••••• • • • • • • • 1.948 1.875
Newcastle and Korth 5hie1d5........
27 Newcastle and Berwick •••••••• •• •• 503 462
28 Norfolk ............... ...
27 North British ...... • ...... .. ... 1,378
Mar. 1 Paris and Rouen •••••••••• • • • • • •• 6,132 5,238
Feb. 27 Preston and Wyre 563 493
26 Shrewsbury and Chester
5,760 8,042
2267 Southlttennk.. an...d..8.r.an.c. h..".. :::: :::: •
1,715
939
28 Ulster.•••••••••-•••••••••••••• 773 641
27 York and Newcastle . .............. 7,695 6,238
27 York and North Midland. •......... 5,373 4,457

Ma. O'CONNELL'S HEALTH.—We feel most happy
in having it in our power to inform our readers that the ac-
counts received last night from London give a moat favour-
able account of the progress of amendment of the health of
Mr. O'Connell.—Dublin Evening Post of Thursday.
VACHER'S PARLIAMENTARY COMPANION. The
February edition of this excellent little manual furnishes, in
addition to its usual valuable contents, the resolutions of the
House of Commons with respect to Private Bills, and the
alterations made, in the course of last month, in the Standing
Orders. The lithographed plans of the Committee-rooms;
Westminster Hall, with the position of the different Law
Courts; and the House of Commons, with the various rooms
abutting to it, cannot fail to be of infinite value to those
whom business or pleasure may lead towards St. Stephen's.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE IMPERIAL GAS COM-
PANY'S WORKS.—On Friday Monr. i
William nquest,
University the
Imperial Gas and Coke lUatnei vaenrsei
engine
Co e ldergi
Ne.
eHr oas
tp ittna
el ,
Com-
pany's Works, Battle-bridge, King's-cross. At four o'clock
last Sunday morning deceased went into the gas-works. At
six o'clock W. King, stoker, found him lying on his side,
close to the boiler, insensible. There were no external in-
juries on his body, and he was removed to his lodgings. On
Monday he was admitted to the hospital, and died on Wed-
nesday. When the body was opened, two frightful fractures
of the skull, which were the immediate cause of death, were
detected, but how they were inflicted it was impossible to
conjecture. An open verdict was Thursday
accordinglyrsda3 evening,
HOUSE ROBBERY.-OH rbetween
seven and nine o'clock, some thieves broke into a house in
Paradise-terrace, Lambeth-walk, the residence of a widow
lady named Howard, and stole a quantity of wearing apparel,
silver spoons, &c. In one of the drawers which was broken
open there were eight sovereigns and other moneys, which
fortunately escaped their notice. They entered by the
street door, and having ransacked the place got clear off with
their booty.
ETON MONTEM.—The Provost and Head Master of
Eton feel it incumbent upon them to apprise Etonians, and
those interested in the welfare of Eton, that the abolition of
Montem has been erroneously represented to be still an open
question. That custom was abolished in January last by the
ovost of Eton, in entire con,urrence with the Head Mas-
ter, when her Majesty the Queen had graciously lot to their
sole responsibility the decision of a question upon which they
hid fully ma e up their minds, after the strongest convic-
t tion that the evils :wen 'sot upon Montem wove irrome-
diablr. and much too serious to admit of a continuance of
that custom.—Francis Hodgson, o vost. Edward C. Haw-
trey, Master. The Lodge, Eton College, March 5, 1847.