The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-12 00:00:00

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ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week. F 0 c
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Feb. - Aberdeen -
6 Amiens and Boulogne. •••••••• • - •• • • 928 ....
Jan. 81 Arbroath and Foliar •••••••• • • • • • • • 176 210
Feb. 6 Chester and Birkenhead .•••••• •• • • • • 662 127
- Caledonian. ........... .. .. - -
- Chester and Holyhead. •••.••.• • • • • •• - -
6 Cockermeutk and Workington •• • • 100 -
3 Dublin and Drogheda• ••• • • ••••• • • • • 657 678
8 Dublin and Kingstown ••••••• • • • • • • • 688 860
5 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen •••• • • • • 661 284
6 East Anglian..... •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 431 -
6 Edinburgh and Glasgow .••••• • • • • • • 3,273 3,141
5 Edinionrgh and Northern •••••• • • • • • • 612 -
6 Eastern Counties and North Eastern • • 10,472 0,291
I East Lancashire .. • • .... •.••.•• • • • • • 1,012 671
Jan. 30 Eastern Union •.••••••••• • • . • • • • • • • . 1,082 457
Feb. 5 Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge... 728 710
5 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr .• •• • • 1,634 1,860
5 Glasgow and Greenock.• ••.• • • • •• • • 913 360
6 Great Southern and Western •••• • • - 1,754 996
6 Great Western, &c •••••• • • • • • . .. .. 16,839 15,903
o Kendal and Windermere- ..... .. .. SO -
5 Lancashire and Yorkshire.. ••••• • • • • • 7,901 7,572
4 Lancaster and Carlisle ••••••• • • • • • • • 1.037 _
- Leeds and Thirsic... ••.••••• • • • • • • .• _ -
5 Londonderry and t nniskillen.. • • .... 135 -
6 London and North Western, &c. *4,651 34. 446
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6 London and Blackwell.. •••••• • • • • •• 635 654
5 London and Brighton .••••••• • • • • • • • 6,201 6,334
6 London and South Western .•••• • • • • 6,178 1,800
5 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 1,989 1,648
6 Maryport and Carlisle ••••••• • • • • • • • 523 887
5 Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.• • • 17,944 16,698
6 Midland Great Western (Irish) •• •• • • 606 _
- Newmarket.• •••••- - .• - - ..... ••• • • - -
6 Newcastle and Carlisle ••••••• • • • • • • • 1,974 4764
1,611 1,194
5 North British .. •••••••••• • • • • ' • ' • • • ,1•716 1,348
5 Paris and Rouen .•••••••• • • • • • ' • • " °o'.4° 6,004
5 Rouen and llavre .. •••••••• • • • • • • • • 1,861 -
- Scottish Central .. - -
6 Shrewsbury and Chester
5 South Eastern and Branches •••• • • • • 6,263 5,940
4 South Devon... ..... ..•••••• • • • • • • • 636 908
5 Taff Vale ••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • " • 45" 1,358
382 719
6 Whitehaven Junction .•• • • ..... ••• • • 154 -
O Wishaw and Coltness .••••••• • • • • • '• 773 749
* York and Newcastle .••••••• • • • • • • • 9,1143 8,416
I York and North Midland .••••• • • • • • •5652 5,120

York and North Midland. •• •• •• •

ALARMING FIRE IN TPIS ClTT.—About two o'clock
this morning a fire broke out in the upper rooms of the
Victoria Life Assurance Company, King William-street,
London-bridge. Those in the house made their escape,
and the alarm having been givvn those present, with
the aid of a good supply of water, somewhat arrested
the progress of the fire iill the arrival of the firemen,
when, through the latter's exertions, the lower part of
the establishment escaped destruction. The cause of
the fire was not ascertained, but the property destroyed
is believed to be insured.
We have just risen from a perusal of the "Peasant
and his Landlord," a novel by the Baroness Knorring,
which has been just introduced to us from the Swedish
by Mary Mwitt. So many fertile brains have been at
work during the last twenty years in the composition of
narrative fiction, that we had thought invention was well
night exhausted. But this new work proves to us how
likely Nie are to be mistaken when we would reckon by
an every day standard the resources of genius. The
" Peasant and his Landlord" is one of the most powerful
and interesting books we have ever read, reminding us
of the greatest works of fiction in the best way—namely,
byits profound originality.