The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-23 00:00:00

and a half from town, where is the Balconibe station. The
line now makes a considerable detour to the east of the read ;
in one place nearly Vito miles from it. passing ty Muster-
green, Burgess-hill, and nut meeting the road azain until it
reaches Recomb, 46 miles from London. It then crosses to
the west, and keeps very close to the road to Brighton, which
it enters on an eminence near the old Church, fifty-one miles

from town.
There are five tunnels—Merstham, 1,800 yards long ; Bal-
combe, 1,120; Hayward's Heath, 220; Clayton, 2,200; and
Patcham, 480 yards long. Merstham is about 18 miles from
town ; Balcombe, 324 ; and the Clayton, 45 miles. The
principal shaft of this tunnel is no less than 270 feet below the
surface of the earth.
(From the Brighton Guardian.)
The morning was at first cloudy; but by about ten o'clock
the mists dispersed, and the' God of day" broke forth in
auspicious splendour to welcome the achievement of one of the
mightiest triumphs of " mind over matter"—of human skill
over the irregularities of surface, that modern science has yet
presented to the notice of the British public. It would ill be-
come us in this place to detail the geological difficulties that
were to be overcome in the completion of the line of railway ;
and it would be much worse taste to allow any little feeling of
misconduct by the Directors of the line towards this Journal to
interfere in the acknowledgement of its general benefits and
utility to the community at large. At an early hour in the
morning, the national ensign was hoisted on the steeples of
our churches, the bells of St. Nicholas poured forth a merry
peal, and many of the inhabitants were seen hastening to the
terminus to witness the departure of the first train to London.
That left at a quarter to eight and took up, we believe, about
thirty passengers, an my of whom went only as far as tiayward's
fleat.h to meet and return with the first train down from
London.
It should have been observed that the Directors of the Com-
pany came down in a train consisting of four carriages at half-
past two o'clock on Monday afternoon, and were received at the
terminus by the local officers of the station with great enthu-
siasm, an elegant dejeuner a la purehette being provided for
them. _ . .

•
The first down train yesterday arrived about twenty minutes
to one o'clock, and on its appearing in sight the bands of the
Scots Greys, the promenade concerts, the theatre, and the
town, struck up the national anthem, in which they were ad-
mirably joined by a party of professional and amateur singers
under the management of Mr. Harroway of the theatre Both
sides of the line for a considerable way down, as well as the
splendid balcony of the terminus, were crowded by a very
large concourse of the most influential and fashionable re-
sidents of the town and neighbourhood, all of whom ex•
pressed their gratification at the completion of this stupen-
dous undertaking. As far as regards the exertions of the
Directors themselves to give an eclat to the occasion, lin.
pattiality compels us to state that there was a niggardli-
ness in their arrangements utterly unworthy of the public
spirit by which alone they ought to have been actuated. We
have had the singular good fortune to have been present at
most of the openings of the other lines of railway in the king-
dom. We witnessed the triumph of Stephenson on the works
of the London and Birmingham Railway,—we were present
at. the opening of the London and Southampton line,—we
were honoured by an invite on the occasion of the Great
Western Railway displaying its " proud pre-eminence" over
every other similar means of transit in Great Britain,—
we were participators in the festivities of the Greenwich and
Croydon Railway Companies on the completion of their pro-
jects; nay, more, we claim to ourselves the distinguished
honour of having received a special commission to chronicle
the national fetes on the completion of the Belgian chemia de
fee at Ostend, in the autumn of 1838 ; and we unhesitatingly
declare that there was yesterday a perfect absence of all the
civilities and boa hommie, if we may use the expression, on
the part of the Brighton and London Railway Company,
which generally characterise the full developement of these
speculations.
In the evening the entertainment to the Directors adver-
tised in our last number, came off with great eclat at the Old
Ship Tavern, the dinner and wines not only doing credit to the
liberality of the Committee, but also to the taste of the cele-
brated proprietors. We must also mention that the room was
very tastefully decorated by Mr. Fox, and that the vocal and
instrumental music afforded great satisfaction and was ably
conducted by Mr. Harroway of the Theatre Royal.
There were also a grand display of fireworks and other
entertainments at the Royal Gardens, besides partial illumina-
tions and amusements in different parts of the town to cele-
brate this great event, which is, we trust, pregnant with advan-
tages of the highest order to Brighton.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
(LLOYD'S.)

LONDON, Sm. 22.—Wind this day at noon S.W.
DEAL, SEPT. 21. W ind E. N. E., fresh. —A rri ved the
Theresa, from Calcutta. Arrived from the River the Wool-
sington, for Ceylon; Maria, Somes, Singapore. Sailed the
Sarah, for Cape of Good Hope ; Ontario, New York ; Copy,
Africa; Lord, Malta; James, Bermuda; Martha, Washing-
ton, New Orleans.
LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 21.—Wind S.E., fresh.—Arrived the
Elizabeth, Price, from Pernambuco, sailed 13th ult.—on the
12th, 13th, and 14th inst. experienced heavy gales from N.W.
from lat. 41. lon. 24 to lat. 45. lon. 17., split sails. lost bul-
warks, &c. ; George Marsden, Montreal. Sailed the Hindos-
tan", for Bombay; Agnes, Barbadoes ; Oriziculo and Tyrian,
New Orleans; Goodwin, Philadelphia. Arrived off, the High-
lander, from Valparaiso.
DOVER, SErT. I9.—Arrived off, the Odin, from Leith, for
Buenos Ayres; Penelope, ditto for ditto.
PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 21.—Wind S.E., fresh.—Arrived
the Ajax_.! Thomson, from Leghorn.
OFF ST. ALBAN'S HEAD, SEPT. 19 —Arrived the Minuet,
from Batavia; Phya, of Sunderland, North America.
:OWES, SEPT. 21.—Arrived the Carl Wilhelm, Ludering,
m Bahia.

FALMOUTII, SEPT. 20. —Nil had E. S. B. , strong breezes.
Arrired the Rover, from Odessa. Sailed the Tagus (steamer)
for Vigo. Arrived off, the Lady Sarah, Bayley, from Jamaica
St. George, Havannah.
OFF FOWEY, SEPT. 20.—Arrived the Lord Lowther, Pat
• m, from Calcutta.

PEZANCE, SEPT. 20.—Arrived the Amitie, Normantier.

The Mary Ann, from Trapani to New York, foundered on
the 25th ult., 90 miles west of Sicily. Crew saved by the
Rover, Stamp, arrived at Falmouth.

VESSELS Sem: EN WITH. —The Eliza, from Calcutta to London,
22d ult., lat. 13, lon. 27 ; Sophie, Otto, South Seas to Bremen,
25th, lat. 16, lon. 25, by the Earl Wilhelm, arrived at Cowes.
Feronia, Jamaica to Bristol, 14th, lat. 27, lon. 79 ; Reward,
from London, 11th inst., lat. 45, lon. 31, by the Elizabeth,
arrived at Bristol. Jumbo, London to Launceston, July 20th,
lat. 29, lon. 23 ; Surprise (ship), by the Runac, arrived off
Portland. Barque Tapley, May Bth, lat. 5, lon. 85 E. ;
Venus, Buenos Ayres to Antwerp, 3d inst., lat. 36, lon. 39, by
the Cassiopa, arrived at Liverpool. Harlequin, bound to the
Cape, 2d ult., lat. 11, lon. 23 ; Louisa Bailly, bound to China,
Bth, lat. 14, lon. 25 ; 111ontefiores, bound to Colombo, 12th,
lat. 16, lon. 28, by the Prince Albert, arrived off the Wight.

FEARGUS O'CONNOR AT BIRMINGHAM.—•
On Monday night Mr. Feargus O'Connor held a meeting in
Birmingham, and his speech on the occasion was more inflam-
matory than ever. He spoke for nearly two hours, abused all
the old leaders, condemned the Anti-Corn-law agitation, and
denounced Mr. Ray, of Dublin, and the Repealers, who had
prevented the Irishmen from joining in his agitation in Bir-
mingham. He was, of course, a Repealer, and whether the
Irishmen would have liberty or not at his hands, he was detel
mined on giving it to them. He said it was his intention,now
that they had separated all the wheat from the chaff, and got
out the Whigs, to combine all real Reformers in England and
Scotland, and arouse the people against the Tories. As he had
always said. " the Whigs were devils, but the Tories were
devi:s in hell, and they must put them out."

CORONERS' INQUEST•—On Tuesday forenoon
Mr. Wakley, Coroner, held an inquest at the City of Hereford,
King-street, Baker-street, on the body of Frances Goodrich,
aged thirty-three, whose death occurred under the follow-
ing . circumstances : Mrs. - Mary Clarke, an independent
lady, resicing at No. 12, Nutford-place, Bryanston-square,
deposed, that the deceased was formerly in her service,
as cook, but left to be married, and on her husband dying,
deceased, with her four children, came up to Islewerth,
and subsequently went into the union. On Saturday
last, witness hearing that she was very poorly, went
down to see her, and found her fretting very much, and
crying violently, saying that she felt very unhappy about her
children. Witness then proposed for her to return to town, and
got into an omnibus for that purpose. On alighting deceased said
she felt very fatigued, and just opposite that house said she could
go no further. They entered the parlour, when deceased said
" put your hand here," pointing to her heart, and on doing so
she found it beating violently. In the morning she went to
see how she was, and on going into the room found her in bed
dead and cold, her hands clasped as in prayer. Witness did not
think that she took anything to destroy life, but had no doubt
she died of a broken heart from difficulties. The Jury, after
passing a very high eulogium upon the exemplary actions of
Mrs. Clarke towards deceased, returned a verdict of " Natural
, death "

THE CANADAS IN 1841.—The great and
varied interests which have of late years attached to the
Canadas, both Upper and Lower, are doubled at the
present moment., in consequence of the many changes
attendant on the recent troubles, and a concise work is
much wanted that shall put us in possession of the nature
and extent of those changes, both actual and perspec-
tive. Such a work, it appears, we are on the point of
receiving from the pen of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry
Bonnycastle, whose official position in Canada afforded
him unusual facilities and advantages for the execution
of such a task. The title of Sir Henry Bonnycastle's
book expresses precisely the work we stand in need of
The Canadas in 1841"—for it is only from the most
recent survey that we can hope for an, account of the
actual state of those vast public works which have lately
opened to us in " the Far West" such unlimited pros.
pects of national advantages.
THE INVISIBLE VENTILATING PERUKE;
OE, GENTLEMAN'S REAL HEAD OF HAlR.—These inimitable
perukes, designated as above from the close resemblance they
assume to the natural hair, having been worn Without disco-
very even jay members of the same family, are strongly re-
commended to the notice of every one requiring this addition,
either on account of baldness, grey hair, or as a restorative by
shaving the head, an infallible remedy, if adopteil in time.
An extenfive assortment of these articles, of every.ahade, form,
and kind, enabling the purchaser to see the effect before order-
ing, in private apartments devoted solely to the abOve purpose
at the inventor's, Ross and Sons, 119 and 120, Rishopsgate-
street.

The Government Inspector of Railways, Sir
Frederick Smith, after a very careful survey of the whole of
the Brighton Railway, gives it as his opinion, in his Report,
that this line is one of the best constructed, and consequently
the safest in the kingdom. It is said that this coiielusion is
principally induced by the great width and solidity of the em-
bankments, and by reason of the cuttings upon the line being
through adhesive strata of chalk. It certainly presents many
features of great interest which are not to be found on other
lines. Where a departure from the ordinary coach road has
hitherto been effected it has generally been Aojposot a great
lots to the lovers of the picturesque, buttere.tietkelevation of
the embankments secures a ,continually changing scene of a;
lovely a country as the eye could desire to rest upon. Added
to this, the invigorating and health-inspiring breezes from the
ocean are not impeded in their passage, and their presence is
made deliciously apparent to the grateful traveller' long before
the " Town of Palaces," Brighton, appears in ,sight.t The,a
fast trains reach this place in an hour and threeTeualrineiit
of
period of time neither too long nor too short, in t
the
man of business,
which can be made one of the most delightful trips'
science of steam" has yet presented to the
s to he very likely
seeker of pleasure, or the invalid. appears to be-
that this line will shortly be the principal c the proud

tween London and Paris:
Died, at Appin House, on the 10th inst.,
Robert Downie, Esq., of Appin, aged 70. Mr. Downie passed
the earlier part of his manhood in Bengal, where, by his intel-
ligence and diligence in business, he acquired an ample fortune.
Not long after his return to his native country, he represented
for several successive Parliaments the burgh of h
Shetirling, in
which town he had been educated;. and, thoug did not
often speak in the House, his business habits and general
knowledge of the affairs of the country rendered him an effi-
cient and useful 31eiriber. He. also took an active interest in
many public undertalcing,s whicti have proved of great import-
ance to his native country.—Scotch raper,

• DESTRUCTION OF THE SHIP
INDIA BY FIRE, AT SEA.
In° JANEIRO, JULY 25.—1 t is my lot to descsibw
to you one of the most melancholy events in the annals,
of tslip disasters sthich has occurred for years, tent:-
peree with the merciful interposition of Providence ins
*Living multitudes of human beings from certain de-
struction. On Monday the 19th instant, our ship the
India was in fourteen degrees south latitude ; after
breakfast one of the passengers came to the cabin and
repo: ted that a strange sail was in view. Not having
seen one for the previous fourteen days, we were all on
deck instantly ; but it was too far distant to notice (stir
signi Is, and as she was sailing in the same line with us,
we k pt in view of one another all the forenoon, and
Came rather nearer after lunch, at 12 o'clock.
Tile writer states that he returned to the cabin, and
tl e proceeds with his narrative :
I had not sat above half an hour, when I was sur-
prise I by a cry for water by the second mate, who was:
runn ng from the stair leading to the store-room to
wards the saloon. I immediate'y sprang towards the
door of the stair which leads to the store-room, where
the c else was but too apparent from the smoke and
Na a moment was to be lost ; tie men were
juin), diately call d aft, with all the pails cud pitchers;
they could lay hold of. Tuis was done with the utmost.:
alter ty ; the sum ly of water was, however, far from
stiff, :eat. We had a pump behind the binnacle, bat
its bora was very trifling ; some flung buckets over the
ships sides, but in the hurry these were drawn up
scarcely half lull. Ail this time, although some of the-
heeds were breaking up the vessel to get at the seat of
the fire, it was rapidly gaining ascendancy. It being
evident that we could not 'save the ship, our whole
cnerzies were directed to the preservation of our lives.
" When I came forward all was one scene of con-
fusion and despair, the women wringing their hands in
the most heart-rending manner, and this, mingled with
the :creaming of children, presented a scene it would
bo e sin to attempt describing. During this interval
guns of distress were fired to attract the attention of
the vessel in the distance. But in the meantime
we sent away the jolly boat with five seamen, to over-
take or attract her attention to our situation; as it was
apparent that unless she came to our assistance every
soul on hoard must perish. They next commenced
cleering the long-boat of pigs, goats, &c., which were
toast overboard. Tee boat was strong and heavy,
and it was with difficulty got over the side. After it
was over, it was immediately filled with the children,
and Is many of the females as it could hold, with four
men to row them towards the vessel, and the gig was
lose red and lay off about 50 yards to prevents its icing
swatiiped•
" It was by this time evident that the vessel in view
was aware of our situation, as she appeared to be bear-
ing down upon us, though still about nine miles dis-
tant, and although to the windward of us, it was not
unreasonable to conclude at the time that our vessel
wou d not float till she reached us, as she was now one
glowing mass of flame from stem to stern below, and
risirg through the hatches, and running up the rigging
with incredible velocity. In less than one hour from
the commencement of the fire her mainmost was lying
over her lee-side, and the foremast, from being stayed
to the jit-boom, was brought forward across her bows,
and carrying along with it the jib-boom, of which I
shall have occasion to speak hereafter.
" Several of the crew and passengers who could
sties were now floating out towards the vessel, and the •
bowsprit was literally crowded and down the martingale:
Tne captain and the first mate had by this time take n
the water, and nothing but despair was now depicted
on every countenanCe- A number of the men re-
mained perfectly cool unt:er these awful circumstances,
but at the same time every one'a attention was devoted
to his own individual safety-, Fathers, mothers, and
chihiren might all be found its different positions, in
search of . and trusting to such means of deliver-
ance as they thought best ; and a great number
were now floating in all directions, on pieces of
wreck. A spare ma,t, which had been thrown over,
had upwards of twelve clinging to it, and as they were
nearly all on one side, it was continually revolving,
which caused them away:* to drop off, and the whole, I
be;isve, perished. The foremast, svhich was lying
across the bows, was crowded, and also the jib-boom.
I proceeded along the martingale arid lair: hold of a
rap: ; whether I went down or was pushed, 1 betas.; not
but I slid down, and when near the water I found the
rope too long, allowing me to go quite over the head,
and with the rolling of the vessel the next mo.liallt,
psnded about five or six feet."
The writer of the narrative describes his sufferings
after he contrived to reach the mast, stating his belief
thst he remained in this most perilous condition up-
wale's of an hour and a half. By this time the decks
were all burned, and the boats of the strange vessel had
reached them. Sa great was the rush that one of the
bo s was upset, and upwards of five or six men drowned
by this accident. Tneir own boat bad now leached
them. By the management of the second mate all let
on the wreck were brought away eefely.
The strange vessel proved to be a French whaler
for the South Sea Fithery, about the i'he of the India,
and well found in provisions. Every attention was
pail to the wants of those saved from /he wreck, of
whom many were actually naked, and none had Leen
alie to save anything.
" The total number on board the India was 2: 4, of
whom 18 perished—viz., 16 steerage, one cabin klas-
senster, and the boatswain.
" Tile fire originated thus :—The second mate and
one of the boys were drawing off some gin, and as the
cau.l!e was too short for the lantern, they took it oat,
and when placing it, it fell between two barren-, where
some of the spirits had been spilled, and in a moment-
the whole seal in a blaze, the store-room being full of
eau vass and other combustibles.
e We arrived to-day in the harbour of Rio Janeiro.
At the time of this accident we were 600 miles from
lani', and our boats would not have held one-third of
the oassengers, and so rapid were the flames that we
cot l I not save a single article of bread or water, nor
etc provide ourselves with a compass."
No blame could be attributed to the captain or offi-
cer , who all did their utmost at first to extinguish the
fire, and when that became hopeless, to save the il;ves
of the passengers and crew.

IMPORT OF WHEAT AND FLOUR.—Between
the sth bzul the 11th instant, there was imported into Liver-
pool. London, and other ports, 119,223 quarters of wheat;
16,ii:13 sacks, and 9,469 barrels of flour. Total, this yetar
1,421,342 quarters of wheat, 419,101 sacks, and 303,Cf3.5 ►tip'"
rely of flour.

FOREIGN MACHINERY AND MANUTAC--
TUI:E.S.—As a proof that foreigners are fast putting up ma-
chinery for competing with this country, we may state, that
the American ship Henry, Capt. Pierce, was lately char-
tere,l and cleared from Liverpool for Ostend, there to be laden
with machinery and workmen for the manufacture of cotton,
to t c conveyed to Vera Cruz, and put into work' in Mexico..
The machinery was made at the Phcenix Works in Ghent.—
llitt qchester Guardian.

The Macon papers observe that the Prefect of
that place, who was absent on a tour with his family during
the ,ate disturbances, returned the moment he heard of theme.
Nine inhabitants and six soldiers are in the hospital for their
wounds. The total number of persons arrested is twenty. The
town is perfectly tranquil.
On the 15th of March a melancholy accident
oceerred at New Zealand, in the death by drowning of Francis
Att.erton, Esq., and David Malcolm Kemp, Esq., the latter
Asqistant-Surveyor on the Government establishment at New
Zc. laud. They had proceeded with a young friend, Mr. Ro-
bin-on, in a small each:, to an island about five miles from the
man land, and had nearly reached the shore on their retu: la,
win a squall caught the vessel, which filled with water and
went down. Mr. Kemp, being unable to swim. sunk imme-
diately; Mr. Atherton endeavoured to save himself by swim-
ming, but being encumbered with a great coat, soon shared
the same fate ; Mr. Robinson succeeded in reaching a small
rock, and was saved.—Liverpool Conner.
LEITH PIER.—Workmen are now engaged in
ren oving the rounded balustrade at the end of Leith Pier,
which has a. long formed the terminating point of that ti;..
ligl:tful promenfde, in order to connect the pier with the 1".7_
for ; i hatthe
workpu r p
tented portion, which has been so long in contemplation..e r.:
rinapaidsl7tfeerlafrodr.warndnieess ;
ob-i rye the piles that are intended to be driven into
etbdon''bt
owseillagoe
will extend 1,000 feet. —Edinburgh Advert:ler• of
A BEGGAR'S HONEsTy.—A circumstance,evening
rate occurrence took place in Liverpool on SatutTracycurd. A
we.-k, and one which, we think, deserves a placefoa
sailor, was
middle-aged man, rather decrepid, in the g-arbwoien a
girl about
soliciting alms in one of the principal streeis.
Lawless, to in
thi• +een years of age, the daughter of Mr.u,
want, to give him
Fte.e;o:edvadditimai
Kara-street, was induced, from his appareetd
on having been
whit she supposed to be a penny, and Pas- de'd'a short dis-
d r didn't
ta.t., e, the beggar again accosted her,
c‘roitwnn
piece. ' The as-
you make a mistake? You gaverireendaed give you a penny."
sent. to collect a debt. When she bad prro,,c_ en My
,ea ,
to
tocished girl replied,, " Yes, I iiiliog,, and received from the
He gave her back the five shillings:
th toiful child all the copper she had' which was funri,ence, for
wleeh he also appeared gratifiedn.
broke over Peronne a
A violent ,thunder atoll
fell twice on the town ;
few evenings back. The
lightning
once near the powder 3
t first supposed to be dead. The se-
• it that lie was a
h kaubouro• de Bretagne, and
iniered by
heuse in t e
coz:d time it struck a
c in a room, where 5 years ago, about
tagazinc, where a sentinel was so much
did consiricrsblc damag.ear,
the pert Beranger was knocked
the same time the
,3.
time in his life.
net states that the announce-
Vie Constitution
h 'obtained the '
', a house at Leipsic acing concession for
don n by the eleoeftrienuid and much injured, for the second
nu." o' 1 ,ten St. Petersburgh and Moscow, is premature.
11.'`•ici,t"),1,Y,g.,'' it says, ‘.‘ has yet been decided on the subject, but
is spoken of,
an English Company to
..which, it is said, the
,governmentßus.-
will guarantee a minimum of interest. It is
•• .
to St. etersburgh, in which case the length of
:ali' d that the line is to go 50 wersts round by the Wolga, so as
to i•onvey corn
.1, railway
A WOMAN KILLED BY A BULL.-- We
(.Iyr Advertiser) have seldom been called on to record a
mi re lamentable event than the following, which took place
oti Wednesday at noon. Mrs. Hunter, in Laigh Thornyflat.
ne r Whitletts, a widow of advanced age, having gone out to
a.,-.4 the herd-boy in driving the cattle from a field of wheat
into which they had broken, was attacked by the bull, and so
dreadfully gored and bruised that she died in about an hour
and a half afterwards.

The Chamber of Accusation of the Correctional
Tribunal of Aix has just glken its decision as to 246 persons
arrested for the attempt at revolution at Marseilles on the 23d
11l arch. Thirty•one are discharged, seven are to be tried by
the Tribunal of Correctional Police of Marseilles, sixty•two are
to be brought before the Court of Assize, on charges of revolt,
&c. The remainder are to be placed at the disposition
of the Preeureur du Hui, it not being.proved that they were
connected with any political conspiracy.