The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-30 00:00:00

ASt R 11-14 601iNTIFIR
The Public are informed that the following ALTERATIONS
fr„M
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bit made in the TIMES of DEPARTURE of the PASSENGER
`INS, on and after the Ist April next :
The . DOWN TRAINS
Train aresent leaving Cambridge at 6,15 A.m. will start at
ats..,"°ek. and to
additional Train will leave Cambridge on Sunda) 5,
o'clock, A.M.
The Train leav
London at 2 P.M. on Sundays will depart at
The Hertford Train, leaving London at 2 P.M., will be dispatched
a o'clock.
The Brentwood Train, at present leaving London at 2 rat.. will
..ict at 2•15 o'clock

UP TRAINS.
Th„., • Train leaving Yarmouth at 10'30 A.m., will start at 10•16.
The 2.30 P M. Train, from Yarmouth, will leave at 3 o'clock.
74416 Train, leaving Brandon on Sundays 8•6 A.m., will start at
"19 and will cease to be in conjunction with a train from
I
1..„1118 Train from Yarmouth, on Sundays, at 1 P.m., will start at
Y.
ALial additional Train will leave Yarmouth. for Cambridge, on Suu-
-7.1.4 at 6 P.M.
"11 Train from lertford, on Sundays, at 11'15 A.m., will start at
au 50
va and after the above date the through Trains between London,
t.inbridge, Ely, Brandon. Norwich, and Yarmouth, will be expe-
til,4ol , and will leave the intermediate stations earlier than at pre-
Particulars of which may be learnt en reference to the Cosa-
rare time-bills, which may be had on application at any of the
nations, or coach-offices in connexion with the Company, on and
""kr the 27th instant

By order.
General offices, Shoreditch, London,
March 27, 1846.

GREAT WE STERN RAILWAY.
I:4DITION*L EXPRESS TRAINS.
~.ooand afar rEDNESDIY, the Ist of April, an additional Express
:51n, for the conveyance of ilrst and second-class passengers, will
irsdaily, excepting Sundays, from Exeter to Paddington, at
Half-
cmt 6 o'clock in the morning, calling at Taunton, Bristol, Bath,
to'lPenham, Swindon, and Reading, and returning from Paddington
r•xeter at Half-past 6 o'clock in the evening, calling at the same
IP°lOl, and performing each journey in 414 hours.
cons.quence of this additional Express Train, the 5 o'clock train
na leave Paddington at 4.45 o'clock, and the 5.30 short train to
lialdenhead, at 5.45 o'clock.
jorther particulars and time bills can be obtained on and after
ottday nest, the 30th inst., at all the Railway Stations.
By order of the Directors,
C. A. SA.UNDERS, Secretary.

SOUTH DEVON R AIL WAY.
LOINS ON DEBINTURZ.
The Directors of the South. Devon Railway Company are ready
,„
receive LOANS, for a term of Three Years, on the security of
DRBRITTURRS, bearing interest at the rate of Fire
1* Cent. per annum, payable half-yearly.
•Application to be made to the undersigned, at the South Devon
'all.way-ofnee, Bedford Circus, Raster.
WILMA)/ CARR, Seeretary.
.27th February, is4s

NATIONAL LOAN
SOCIFUND LIFE ASSUft-
ASCE ETY,
26, CORNRTLL, LONDON.
Capital4boo,ooo.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This institution offers important and sulastant-V1 advan-
ta
geg with respect both t- Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities.
The assured has, on all oecasions, the power to bernw, without ex-
-I?eose or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid,
!gee table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion
ki• interests to moot other convenicnces or necessity. Assurances
terals of years are grante4 on the lowest possible rates.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled
,
Directors, a the last annual investigation, to declare a third
°"ltis, varying from au to 75 per cent. on the premiums paid on
'soh Polley effected on the Profit scale.
EXAM PLEB.

OVA 00 ;41 4-004 0004 SO tiAti tAii
thIS day week. '
LETCtSTER.—Wd regret Karel unable to report any im•
provement in the dethand for manufactured goods this week.
Worsted yarns are flat, and spinners produce cautiously.
There is little doing in wools, without alteration in prices.—
Leicester Journal. .

EGYPT.
THE EGYPTIAN TRANSIT COMPANY.
CAnto, MARCit 9.—The. Egyptian Traroit Company, as
constituted under the directorship' of Mr. :I:hurbuln, may
now be considered u brought to a close, and thOre appears no
rea.,on to doubt that in a few days the new.l.Nrkish ma-
nagement, appointed by the Viceroy, will come kit° opera-
tion. The question, however, of the delivery over to the
Viceroy of the stations in the desert is not yet settletTi, and
it appears that the Bombay Steam Fund Associatioo., to
whom they belong, decline ceding them to the Egyptic.•ll
authorities, although they are willing to do so to the British
Government, and the association has written to :his effect to
ColoneLßarnett, the tlritish Consul-General, Tequoting bim

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also. to protect their intere,,sts. .
Untbrtunately, the- English Cabinet has evinced such a
complete supineness in this really impoitaut matter t.;f.. the
transit of English passengers .and goads through Egypt. that
the Viceroy has- seen ,he could have his Own. way entirely,
and having been worked. upon for a considerable time past
by the French representatives and emissaries in this country,
really appears to have been so thoroughly frightened into the
belief that the English intend to take possession of Egypt,
as to determine his Highness to thwart any such vier Vo by

every means in his power.
But the Viceroy hes been further materially aided in hjs
final decision of taking the management of the transit into
his own hands, by an arrangement just agreed to between
him and Sir John Pirie,,who has been sent here on behalf
of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
The latter, very much to the surplise of most people, with-
draw all opposition to the transit service being performed
under Turkish management, in consideration of the Vice-
roy's agreeing to puredease the hew iron steamer Delta
(which has been lying idle at Alexandria for many
months), for 7,0001. sterling, also all the Company's old
carriages, harness, &c. ; the Company to be permitted to
transport throagh Egypt all their own goods in transit, and
also agreeing to keep up their present es'ablishments, like-
wise their two steamers ore the Nile, the Cairo, and Lotus' to-
gether with a steam-tug on the Mahmoudie Canal. The
Viceroy's Turkish Company is to carry the passengers and
their baggage between Alexandria and Suez, and his Highness
has consented to reduce the charge for each passenger, from
15/. to 121. sterling. The present employes, many of whom
are Englishmen, are to be continued under the new Turkish
management. It will soon be seen bow the new system will
work ; even if it should go on well at first, it is scarcely pro-
bable that regularity, punctuality, and civility will be main-
tained under Oriental inanagement.
The grand object which at present engrosses the Viceroy's
httention is the Rartftztrttrelifri*beltseparastionti fonxe—
cuting which his Highness is pushing on with all possible
activity. In short, he scarcely thinks of anything else, and
to show his anxiety on the subject, he lately went down to
Alexandria, taking them all by surprise, and this merely by
his personal presence to force all his steamers to drag out of
the harbour, in spite of wind and weather, the large pon-
toons destined for pile driving and other works. In effecting
this, his Highness su.veeded in damaging several cf the
steamers, and causing the loss of another, which was destined
for the river navigation. What may be the result of this
grand attempt to • dam up the stream of one of the principal
rivers of the world, remains to be seen. There are many
who consider it will only cause great mischief, and that the
sonderful advantages predicted by its promoters will vanish
before the difficulties to be contended with. If the Viceroy
lives, the work will be persisted in, should it not only cost all
the money now existing in the public coffers, but the re-
venues of several years to come, besides, it is to be feared a
terrible sacrifice of human life.
The stupendous fortifications which for some time past
have been erecting round Alexandria, are still proceeding
after the plans of a talented French officer. These fortifica-
tions already extend to the whole circuit of the city, in de-
tached forts, Paris fashion, besides heavy batteries erected
seaward. No doubt the monster guns which some time
Since wert? cast in England, expressly by his Highness's
orders, will be mounted on these fortifications. They were
cast by Walker and Cu., and from a written memorandum
it appears somS' of those guns were proved, and their capa-
cities tried, previa,us to their being sent out on Sandwich flats,
by a part of the Royal Artillery. One gun weighed 18 tons, -
being 13 feet in length, 15 inches bore, carried a 460-pound
solid shot, or a 330 hollow shot, with a charge of 42 pounds
of powder. and at an elevation of 10 degrees. The solid
460-pounds shot was projected a mile and a half. Another
of these guns weighed 11 tons, 12} feet in length, carried a
solid shot of 130 pounds, and with a charge varying from
29 to 32 pounds of powder, at an elevation of 10 degrees,
threw a shot 1# mile and 178 yards; while at 20 degrees
elevation the shot was projected 2i miles and 269 yards.
There are those who say that Alexandria is now nearly
ready for French occupation, and many more who firmly be-
lieve that this will undoubtedly take place as soon as a good
excuse, or the chapter of accidents, will admit. Probably
this may not happen in the lifetime of Louis Philippe, but
afterwards how soon none can tell.

—Zunis.

AN IMPUDENT THIEF.—On Wednesday forenoon ft
man dressed in the garb of a sailor entered the shop of Mr.
Clapham, residing at 72, Porter-street, and desired to be sup-
plied with half an ounce of tobacco. On receiving the article
named, he tendered a sovereign in payment, and the requi-
site change was then handed to him. Whilst the fellow
was disposing of his cash, Mr Clapham incautiously took from
his desk a purse containing a number of sovereigns, into
which lie also deposited the sum he had received of the party,
and then placed the money in his desk. The man then
ordered sonic vinegar, to procure which Mr. Clapham had to
walk to another part of the premises, but it would seem the
fellow had merely given the second order to distract the
attention of the shopkeeper, for on returning with the liquid,
he refused to accept it, and walked out of the shop. Mr.
Clapham had not, however. his suspicions aroused until
some time after, and on going to the desk before referred to,
he discovered that he had been robbed of the purse and
twenty sovereigns and a half sovereign.—Hull Advertiser.
THE LATE EXTENSIVE ROBHERIES.—A meeting of
magistrates, merchants, and tradesmen of the town, friends
_of Mr. I. Daniel and Mr. C. Gardner, was held at the
Town hall, on Saturday last, and numerously attended. The
object was to raise a subscription to alleviate their condition,
consequent upon their recent heavy losses, occasioned by their
premises being broken into and robbed, as stated in our last.
Amongst the gentlemen present were Joseph Jones, Esq..
ex-Mayor; Thomas William Palmer, Esq. (J.P.); Thomas
Wilson, Esq., Messrs. T. and B. Jacobs, Alexander, Hutchin-
son, Barnes, J. Robinson, solicitor ; J. Glover, Cortis, Hart.
W. Field, B. Oates, W. Collinson, Taroni, Co Main, Evans,
T. Abbey, Savage, T. White, &c. &c. The Mayor, Alderman.
Thompson, and Charles Whitaker, Esq, each sent intima-
tions of their concurrence in the object of the meeting, and,
the two former stated that they would each have been present
if they had not been prevented by pressing engagements.
The most perfect unanimity prevailed, every speaker expressing
the pleasure which it gave him to aid so laudable an effort ; and
it was resolved at once to commence a subscription. The meet-
ing resolved itself into a committee to carry out the object,
with power to add to their number; and a sub-committee,
consisting of the Mayor, the ex-Mayor, Messrs. B. Jacobs,
Alexander, Evans, Palmer, Wilson, Cortis, W. Collinson, M.
C. Peck, Field, Oates, Cowham, Abbey, and Savage, was
elected, as a committee of management to receive subscrip-
tions, and to apply them to the purposes of the subscription,
under the direction of the general committee. It was also
resolved that subscription lists be placed in the banks and
other public places. Mr. Cowham was elected treasurer and
hon. secretary. A number of gentlemen immediately put
down their names for 51. each.—Hull Advertiser.
A mysterious case if extensive poisoning has taken
place at Barrow, near this town. On Friday se'nnight the
daughter of Mr. Lockwood, of the Lion Inn, was seized with
violent sickness and other alarming symptoms, immediately
after partaking of a meal of sausage rolls. The illness conti •
nued till Sunday evening, when, as she got worse, Mr.
Barker, the surgeon, was sent for, who found her labouring
under very distressing symptoms of having taken metal.
lic poison. A child of Mr. Cooper, sister-in-law of Miss
Lockwood, having eaten a tart, immediately became sick,
but did not suffer any ill effects. Mr and Mrs. Lockwood,
their two sons, and the maid-servant, were also taken ill after
partaking of the pastry. During the Monday a char woman
of the name of Adkin and two men named Frost, of Barrow,
and Sargeant, of Hargrave, ate some pudding and sau-
sage-rolls at the house, and Sargeant carried home a roll
and gave it to his child, when all were taken ill, and
Frost suffered very severely, and is still unable to work.
Mr. Cooper and his apprentice took part of a sausage-roll
and a tart, but although one was sick and the other felt ill,
they did not experience any alarming symptoms; making in
all twelve persons who have suffered more or less. It appears
that the flour from which the pastry was made stood he a
pantry in the yard, but how the poison was introduced re-
mains a mystery, as Mr. Lockwood has never, to his know-
ledge, had any mineral poison in the house, although he had
had wheat steeped in a narcotic liquid for the purpose of
catching mice. Part of the vomitted matter, and also part of
the pudding and sausage-rolls, were forwarded to Mr. Nunn,
of Bury, for analysis.—Bury Post.
VINDICATION OF THE LEAGUE.—National revolutions
have generally been bought with the price 9f blood; they
have too often resulted only in the substitution of one
despotism for another; they have almost always been con-
fined in their effects to a single country. We are on the eve
of a revolution precisely the reverse.
It has been peaceful
in its operation ; it will be world wide in its blessings. All
honour be to the League that has prepared us for the change,
This League was born in contempt—it rose amidst sneers and
contumely into popular favour—it has flourished amidst
calumny and reproach—it has triumphed amidst the acclama-
tions of its once most- violent opponents. We cannot agree
with those who look upon the past existence of the League
as an evil, only justified by a still greater one. It may be.
that gentle and peaceful agitation is as necessary to thisalu-
brity of the politial atmosphere as to that of the material
world. Nay, that its severest storms have the same utility in
the economy of the one as of the other. If so, the League has
proved not au evil, but a good. It is certain that it has used
its vast influence for high and noble purposes. In all respects
it has been an intellectual agitation. Its magnificent
bazaars, rightly considered, have been expositions of the
triumph of mind over matter. Its tracts and lectures have
embodied the soundest doctrines of moral and political
science. With the knowledge of the true principles of inter-
national intercourse, it has infused an intense love of inter-
national peace. It has awakened the most generous emo-
tions of the national heart. It has practicalised religious
creeds, imbuing all of them with more of the true spirit of
our common Christianity. It has softened the asperities of
party, and created higher standards of right and duty for
political leaders. If it has curbed the power of the aristo-
cracy, it has purified the press, and exalted the people. On
every suitable occasion it has repudiated the doctrine of phy-
sical force. It was not the League, but a Minister of the
Crown, who, while acknowledging that its agitation waa
not of force but of reason," said that if reason were not
yielded to, " some day force might be added." The League
has never fur a moment lost sight of the efficacy of its wea-
pons or the justice of its cause. And when it has fulfilled its
mission—when its mighty organisation shall have ceased to
exist with the enormous wrong which called it into being,
the names of its leaders—no less wise than powerful—Cob-
den and Bright, and Wilson and Villiers—will long be re-
membered as benefactors to their country and mankind.—
Report of the Liverpool Anti-Monopoly Association for 1845,
GAME-LAW MORALITY.—On the northern circuit, at
the instance of Mr. Charles Waterton, the philanthropic natu-
ralist, some men were indicted for trespassing upon his grounds
in search of game. Mr. Waterton was examined :—" Mr.
Sergeant Wilkins asked the witness if a spring-gun did not go
off ?__Witness Does not the law of this country forbid the
use of spring-guns?—Mr. Sergeant Wilkins: That, sir, is not
an answer to the question.—Witness: It the law forbids the use
of spring-guns, I want to know whether a man is bound by:
the law to criminate himseliF We consider this quite wort e 7
of the Jesuit's Collage, and one with which the learned ser-
geant very significantly expressed himself " satisfied." The
witness then wound up by saying—" There was, indeed, a tre-
mendous explosion 1" Artless Mr. Waterton. Ile bad no
objection to prosecute poachers for breaking the law., bat it
was not for him to "criminate himself" by owning tr, a syste-
matic violation of the statutes. And this is game-1
-r.vt morality