The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-31 00:00:00

o
Week Last 11,2:
ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week.
Q.E
•
Aug. 22 Arbroath and Forfar ............... 274 223
- Bristol and Birmingham ............. -
21 Chester and Birkenhead ............. 715 771
20 Dublin and Drogheda... ....... 975 1,006
25 Dublin and Kingstown ...........• • • 1,140 1,226
23 Dundee and Arbroath . ..............339 346
22 Durham and Sunderland .•••••• • • •• • • 541 467
22 Edinburgh and Glasgow . .. 4,373 3,058
23 Eastern Counties and North Eastern • 8,826 5,190
.23 Last ern Union ...... ••••••..• • • • • • • • 478 -
22 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ••• • •• 2,878 2.471
22 Glasgow and Greenock.. ..... • • 17,104 1, 30
22 Gravesend and Rochester.... .• • • 304 -
23 Great Western .•••••• • • • • • . 19,873 18,807
22 Hartlepool • . ••• • • • 954 1.151
22 London and North Western, &c.. •• - • 47,656 44,657
23 London and Blackwall • • 1,382 1,392
22 London and Brighton .•••• • • • • 9,896 7,662
- London and Croydon •
23 London and South Western. •••• • • • • 7,809 8,523
23 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury .... •• 1,262 931
- Manchester and Birmingham •••• • • • • -
22 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc 7.974 7,777
22 Midland Counties .• . 20,941 17,944
22 Newcastle and Darlington 3.290 2,855
22 Newcastle and Carlisle ••••••• • • • • • •• 2,397 1,816
- Newcastle and North 5hie1d5........- 516
23 Norfolk.. ••••••.. • • • :• • ........ •• •• 1,719 1:331
22 North British ••••••••• • • • • • •• • • 2,249 -
- North Union and Bolton and Preston -
- Paris, Corbeil, and Orleans ••••• • • • • • -6, 46
24 Paris and Rouen .••• • • • 8,033 7,210
22 Preston and Wyre.....• ••• • • . •• •• 1,320 1,212
- Richmond .
22 Sheffield and Manchester •.•• • • •• .... 2,404 1,641
22 South Eastern- •••• •• • • 10,544 8,823
21 South Devon.. • ..... . ........ 1,068
22 Tall Vale •••• • • • .................. 1,393 1,2c0
23 Ulster .•• •• . 636 4
22 York and North Midland .•-• • • • .... 8,351 6,578

• FATAL ACCIDENT IN CHEAPEIDE —On Thursday
night Mr. J. Payne, the deputy-coroner, held an inquest at
St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body of John Price,
lately residing at No. 13, Lambeth-hill, Upper Thames-
street. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased was
a coffee-roaster, and on the night of Monday last, while in
the act of crossing the carriage-way, Cheapside, he mas
knocked down by one of Messrs. Chaplin and Horr e's heavily
laden waggens, and before the driver could stop the horses
the near f,re wheel passed over his body. lie was raised up
by the foot passengers, pLiced in a cab, and conveyed to the
above hospital, where he (lied on Wednesday night from the
effects of sevsr, injury to the lower part of the abdomen,
compound commuted fracture of the right hand, andiPpture
of the ,bladder and pelvis. The jury retnrrreterlierdict of
"Accidental death."
An inquest was held on Friday at the London Hos-
pital, by Mr. W. Baker, jun., touching the death of Thomas
Silky, aged twenty-seven, a carman in the the employ of
Mr. Sedger, cowkeeper, cf Rotherhithe. On Wednesday
evening deceas( d was driving a waggon, drawn by time
horses, and laden with an iron tank, from his master's house
in Rotherithe to Bow-common, in Devonshire •street, Mile-
end-road; he attempted to get on the ah'fts, and in doing
so, he fell under the wheels, his heat' being crushed in a
frightful manner. Verdict—" Accidental death."
THE FIRST or SEPTEMBER —Tuesday next will call
our sp-rting friends to the field, and from all we learn there
is a most satisfactory prospect for them—a promise of fair
autumn weather, a clear country, and plenty of game. The
spring being favourat le, the birds were hatched early, and,
consequently, they are forward, wild, we are told, and
strong on the wing; but the coveys are large, and as the
sportsman will this year be nowhere impeded by the v het-
ting of scythes and the rumbling of harvest waggens—in
fact, having "the country alt before him where. to choose,"
except where some grim gamekeeper growls Cerherus-like
round the winged ones, they will have little difficulty in fill
ing their game bags; and we hope the successful will not
forget to discharge their obligations to their friends as well
as their barrels.—atehnsford Chronicle.
THE LATE ROYAL YACHT :.•:QUADRON REGATTA, AND
PRINCE ALBERT.* Cur.—ln consequence of a protest having
been entered by sonic of the con.petitors in the sailing match
for this cup, against it being awarded to R. Carnac, Baronet,
the owner of the yacht Heroine (the alleged winner), on the
grounds that the start was not an equal one, and that the
Heroitv, nearly ran into the Drift. when rounding the flag
boat. The subject has caused a good deal of dispute, and the
Duke of Beaufort will claim the cup, and hand it over to the I
commute to be sailed for in a future match.
FATAL COLLISION.—On Friday evening, between five
and six o'clock, several gentlemen were sailing on the river
in a smart yacht, of about nine tons burthen, and in tacking
off Vauxhall she came in violent collision with a small skiff,
in which were three pereous, named Gerard, Walker, and
Nurse, who live together in the Belvidere-road, who were
proceeding up the river to Mortlake, to spend the evening
with a relation. The skiff almost instantly filled and went
down, leaving the three unfortunate persons struggling in
the water. An alarm was instantly given, and several per-
sons rowed to the spot, and succeeded in reecuitg Walker
and Nurse, after they had sunk several times. Unfortunately
Mr. Gerard was never seen to rise again. The yacht was
instantly put about, and rendered every assistance in their
power. No blame whatever could be attached to the persons
in her. The drags were used as soon as possible, but the
body could not be found.
' THE MENAI TUNNEL—INTERESTING QUESTION -
Have any calculations been made as too the probable from
tm
likely
south-west,to producedbe
or
north-east,
a heay
o,
n g
the the f wi
proposednd, e th er f
structure?ro
We have had ample proof of its destructive character upon
suspension bridges similarly exposed, presenting, compara-
tively speaking, a small surface to the action of that powerful
and at times irresistible element, whereas this tubular bridge
is to be 450 feet long, 30 feet high, and 15 feet wide, offering
13.500 square feet of rigid surface (exclusive of the width
under the roading) to its resistance. With every confidence
in the genius, capacity, and talent cf the eminent man who
designed the tubular bridge, further and more satisfactory
information would be exceedingly interesting to the profes-
sion, and I have no doubt to the public at large.— Corespon-
dent of the Blade,.
A latn-ntable proof of how far the force of the ima-
gination will lead a person was given on Friday last at Soia-
sons. A pastry-cook of that place, named Dodment, while
fishing on the banks of the river, suddenly fancied he heard
a voice saying,' You will hang yourself, you will hang your-
self." Tormented by the sound which never ceased ringing
in his ears, he returned home and communicated the cir-
cumstance to his wife, who endeavoured to convince him that
the voice was only imaginary. Dodment, however, persisted
in saying that he still heard it. His wife then becoming
alarmed at the state of her husband's mind, ran to seek one
of her sisters who resided near, and, on her return after only
a few minutes absence, found her husband banging in an
outhouse.
A MAD BULL IN LINCOLN'S INN-FIELDS.-011 Fri-
day afternoon, between the hours of three and four o'clect ,
the neighbourhood of Lincoln's Inn- fields was thrown into a
state of considerable alarm and excitement in consequence of
the sudden appearance of a mad bull, which ran round the
fiel(;A several times in the most furious way. The infuriated
. animal had broken leose front some slaughter-house in Clare-
market, and upwards of halt au hour elapsed before it could
be secured.