The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-10 00:00:00

NAME OF RAILWAY.

Week
ending

Oct. 3
2
1
6
4
3
3

4
3
4
3
3

Sept. 27
Oct. 3

Arbroath and Forfar •• • •• • • ..... • •
Chester and Birkenhead . • • • • • • • • • • • •
Dublin and Drogheda. • • • • • - • • • • • • • • •
Dublin and Kingstown • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Dundee and Arbroath ...............
Durham and Sunderland... • ... • . • • • •
Edinburgh and Glasgow . •• • •••• • • • •
Eastern Counties and North Eastern..
East Lancasihre (six days) ..........
Eastern Union ..
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • ...
Glasgow and Greenock• • • . • • • • •
Gravesend and R0che5ter............
Great Southern and Western . • ......
Great • Wester!' ,&c • • •• • •
Hartlepool • • • •
London and North Western, &c
London and Blackwall—
London and Brighton •
London and Croydon . •• • •
London and South Western
Manchester, Bolton, and Bury
Manchester, Leeds. and Hull Assoc
Maryport and Carlisle
Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham
Newcastle and
Newcastle and North Shields•
Newcastle and Berwick .•
North British
Paris, Corbeil, and Orleans..
Paris and Rouen
Prestcn and Wyre...... ..
Sheffield and Manchester....
South Eastern and Branches ...• •
5D0v0n........ ........
Taff Vale . .
York and Newcastle
York and North Midland . ..

Last
week.

805
1,239

658
4,206
10,034

429
2,462
1,057

882
20,435

1,023
43,953
1,076
10,697

7,747

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2 'eo.
t to '-
e)

7,441

744
1,029

724
2,894
6,370

539
21,226
2,209

1,951
920
I9G

19,819
1,143
40,127
1,006
8,211

7,642
1,031
7,307

18,771
1,732
464

531
1,601
1,347

1,401

8,170
951
1,970
11,052
1,080
1,355
744
5,957
7,617

7,320

594
1,208
8,395

1,102
592
5,l GO
5,588

We are happy to announce, on excellent authority,
that no obstacle of a legal kind is opposed to the laying
down of the broad gauge to the contemplated station at
Jesop'e Garden. The work will be commenced as soon
as Mr. Brunel and Mr. Stephenson have agreed upon the
manner in which the alteration shall be mace. The
former, we believe, is not satisfied with the addition of a
single new rail to those already in use; but wishes, for
the sake of security, to have the whole re-laid, and the
permanent way repaired where necessary. We under-
stand the only cause of delay is Mr. Stephenson's in-
ability to give the requisite attendance for adjusting this
matter—a hindrance which we hope will soon be re-
moved.—Cheltenham Chronicle.
LARGE ARRIVAL OF AMERICAN FLOUR.—The
New York packet-ship, Northumberland, R. H. Gris-
wold, commander, arrived on Thursday in the London
Dock with 5.000 barrels of flour, each weighing one
hundred weight and three quarters, a large quantity of
cheese, and 3,000 kegs of turpentine.
THE SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL SOClETY.—Yesterday,
at two o'clock, the quarterly court of the Seamen's Hos-
pital Society for sick and diseased seamen on board the
Dreadnought, was held at the office, No. 74, King
William-street, at which were present the Earl of Wal-
&grave, Mr. J. Labouchere, Mr. A. Young, &c. Mr.
Sanders read the report, which showed the receipts to
amount to 2,180/. 10s. 4d., including 6301. Is. 2d. balance,
5111. 15s. donations, 114/. 6s. 6d. annual subscriptions,
5851. dividend, 1201. 16s. from the Merchant Fund, &c. ;
and that after paying the expenses, there was in hand
4471. 14s. 11d. The total sick had been 750, the out-
patients being 474. There were now 149 sick. The
report was unanimously received and adopted. Among
the life governors is the Emperor of China. Thanks
were voted to the chairman, and the court broke up.
WINDMILLS IN HOLLAND.—There are 13,000
engines of this description in Holland, averaging a force
of 90,000 horses power, of which 60,000 are required to
keep the country above water.—he Builder.
THE NEW ROYAL MARINE BARRACKS AT WOOL-
wicn.—This splendid range of buildings, constructed
on the site of the old Marine Barracks for the accom-
modation of 1,000, with excellent officers' and staff non-
commissioned officers' quarters, and offices for the re-
cords and transactions of the division, is now nearly
completed, and partly occupied by the shoemakers and
tailors of the corps. The buildings are constructed in
the strongest manner and of the best quality of mate-
rials, and perfectly fire-proof. The partly underground
in front, and level ground in rear, or kitchen story, con-
tains large fire-places, with ranges, and every conve-
nience for cooking. The floors of the kitchens are laid
with large freestone slabs, 12 feet by 6 feet, and the re-
maining portion with asphalte or a composition of a
similar description. The water cisterns in the kitchens
are formed of an excellent quality of slate, admirably
joined together. The shelves are of cast metal, and
the supports of the brick arches of the roof of the
kitchens of the same material. The stairs are of wood,
but covered entirely with sheet lead. The first and
second stories in front, or sleeping rooms, are spacious
and without one particle of wood in any of them, the
roofs being formed of bricks supported on cast-iron
beams, and the floor formed entirely of the asphalte
composition. The mode in which they are warmed
in winter, and ventilated or supplied with cold in sum-
mer, is by means of a revolving fan eight feet in dia-
meter, which will be wound up daily, and operate by
weights, in the same manner as a church clock. The
landing places are formed of the best Rockhill paving
slabs, and the outer stairs consist of 10 steps of granite
with granite balustrades, connected with light but sub-
stantial railings. On the south-west front of the prin-
cipal range of buildings on the first and second stories
are numerous arches with iron railings about three feet
six inches high, and betwixt the arches and front of the
rooms a spacious pathway cepable of allowing six men
to walk abreast, and extending the whole length of the
building, with the exception of the two wings. The
detached buildings are also in a forward state, and when
the whole of this extensive barrack is completed it will
be of a very superior description to the quarters for-
merly occupied by this corps. The Ilebe receiving ship,
at the west end of Woolwich dockyard, is now nearly
ready for the reception of 300 of the single men, and
officers having the charge of them. A space extending
the whole length of the vessel has been inclosed to avoid
any connection with the dockyard, and a wicket gate
opened leading into the road to Charlton pier. Every
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THE POTATO DISEASE.—We are glad to hear that
many persons at Ilucknall Torkard and the neighbour-
hood, who are digging the* potatoes, find them much
better than they anticipated, both in quality and quan-
tity.—Nottingham Journal.
By the will of the late Richard Simmons, M.D.,
of 3, Cumberland-place, Regent's Park, the National
Gallery becomes possessed of pictures to the value of
nearly 4,000 guineas (all originals); amongst them the
" Idle Servant," " Blind Fiddlers," " Judgment of Pa-
ris," &c. This lamented gentleman's father was physi-
cian to George 111. ; and that Monarch left the late Mr.
Simmons a pension of 5001. a year (which reverts to the
Crown) and his gold watch. He is supposed to have
died worth 80,0001., the principal part of which goes to
his widow.
The King of Prussia has conferred upon Miss
lierschell the large gold medal of merit, as a reward for
her scientific work.