The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-07 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

SOUTH- WESTERN .—On Saturday the viaduct extend-
ing this railway from the Nine Elms station to the
Waterloo-bridge-road was completed; the rails are laid
down nearly the entire distance, the station at Waterloo-
bridge-road is rapidly advancing towards completion,
and it is confidently anticipated that the trains will com-
mence running ou this extension early in July.
LEEDS AND TLIIRSR.—This line which has been opened
for coal and goods traffic from Thirsk to Ripon since the
Ist of January, was inspected by Capt. Laftan, one of the
Government inspectors of railways, on Friday week, in
company with Mr. Cash, the managing director, and Mr.
Bourne, tha company's resident engineer. The inspection
was completely satisfactory, and all necessary prepara-
tions were made for the opening of the line for passenger
traffic on the following Thursday, June 1. The certificate
of the Railway Commissioners arrived on Tuesday morn-
ing, and a free trip was given to the shareholders, friends,
and supporters of the company, resident in Ripon, Tnirsky
and the neighbourhood, on Wednesday. A train consist-
ing of 18 carriages, filled with passengers, started from
Thirsk at nine A.M., and another from Ripon at half-
past ten, consisting of the same number of carriages,
also well filled. About 1,000 persons were conveyed
each way in the course of the day.—Leeds Paper.
BUCIINGIIANOLIIRE.—The first sod in the formation
of the railway from Brackley to Banbury was turned at
Farthinghoe on Monday last.
CRURNET.—The works on this line, between Ut-
toxeter and Burton-on-Trent are making great pro-
gress, the excavations and embankments being in a
great measure completed; the greatest portion re-
maining to be done is at Stretton Hill, near Burton-
on-Trent. The permanent rails on a great part of the
line near Tutbury, Scropton, &c., are aready laid and
ready for use. Engines will be immediately put on the
line to expedite the works, and it is understood that this
part of the Churnet Valley line, that is between Uttoxe.
ter and Burton-on-Trent, will be opened during the pre-
sent summer, in connexion with the line from Uttuxeter
to the Potteries.—Derby Mercury.

The Rev. Robert Montgomery, M.A., minister of
Percy Chapel, made a most powerful and eloquent ap-
peal on behalf of the Langbourn Ward Charity Schools,
at the church of St. Monis Backchurch, Fenchurch-

street, on Sunday morning last, to a most respectable
and crowded congregation. His text was from the 2d
Epistle to Timothy, 3d chap., 15th Terse. A liberal
amount was collected.
ALLEGED MURDER AND SUICIDE AT BRISTOL.—
On Monday the bodies of Maria, Edward, and John
Hill, mother and children, were exhumed for the pur-
pose of being submitted to an examination, rendered
necessary under the following circumstances :—ln Octo-
ber last the wife of Mr. Thomas Wellington Hill, a
retired builder of Bristol, died somewhat suddenly, and
her death was followed in a short time afterwards by
the decease of two of her children. No suspicion was
attached to any party at the time of the death of Mrs.
Hill, and not until application was made by the hus-
band for the amount of a policy effected upon the life
of the wife in the National Loan Fund Assurance
Society. As the policy was to a large amount, 3,0001.,
and was only effected four months previous to the death
of the insured, the parties in the insurance-office
disputed payment, and caused inquiries to be made
respecting the death of the wife, and it was dis-
covered that her illness had been attended by vomit-
ing. Mr. Hill having threatened the insurance society

with an action, they caused the body of the wife and
also the bodies of the children to be disinterred, and the

intestines given to Mr. Herapath, the celebrated chemist,
for analyzation. During the time the bodies were being
disinterred the suvected party committed suicide by
means of essential oil of almonds which he had pro-
cured—a portion himself and another portion by means
of a sister—from two druggists' shops. Mr. Hill wrote
a note previous to t&king the poison, in which he said,
in disconnected sentences, that "his head suffered
severely from mental distraction. Ills mind was bowed
down by the attempt of a powerful party to crush him.
Ile was not guilty of the atrocious charge," &c. An in-
quest was held upon the body on Monday evening, when
a verdict of " Temporary Insanity " was returned. The
inquiry respecting the death of Mrs. Hill and her chil-
dren will be resumed on Friday. _

RaGam:. ScnooLs.—Last evening a public meet-
ing was held in the Crown-court School-room in behalf
of the ragged schools recently established in Brewer's-
court, Great Wild-street, Drury-lane. Lord Kinnaird
having taken the chair, the secretary read the report.
The building in which the school was held was the gift
of a benevolent gentleman desirous to improve the con-
dition of the poor children of the neighbourhood.
Owing to the want of sufficent funds the committee could
make provision for none but boys, 150 of whom had
been admitted. The state of the poor in Great Wild-
street:might;be judged of from the following statistics:—
In 155 houses were found 700 families, containing 1,500
souls : of these 30U could not read, 350 were without
the Scriptures, 1,150 attended no place of worship, only
12 were communicants, 640 children were capable of
going to school, and only 150 went occasionally.
THE WESTERN GRAMMAR SCHOOL.—A meeting
of the inhabitants of Brompton was last evening held in
the great room of this institution (which is in connexion
with King's College), in Alexander-square, where an
official statement from the committee was made as to the
objects, progress, and position of the establishment. The
chair was occupied by F. Godrich, Esq. Resolutions
were passed expressive of the high satisfaction which the
course of education adopted had given to the parents of
the pupils—of the great benefit which the establishment
conferred upon the inhabitants of the district—and of
thanks for the anxious superintendence bestowed upon
all the interests of the institution by the committee of
management.
NOVEL CRICKET MATCH.—An interesting, and,
we believe, unprecedented, match at this popular game
came off at Blunt's Ilall, Wratting, on Wednesday last,
in the presence of a numerous assemblage of the elite of
the neighbourhood. The contending parties were Mr.
Goodchild, of Wratting Hall, and his two agricultural
pupils, against the Rev. W. Syer, of Kedington, assisted
by his faithful and well-trained retriever dog, Carlo.
Mr. Syer winning the toss, went in first, and succeeded
in scoring 4S runs in his usual excellent style. The op-
posite party then in succession took their bats; but from
the agility and superior fielding of Carlo (who through-
out did his duty under admirable command), they only
scored 6 runs iu their first innings; continuing their
second innings, however, fortune smiled upon them, and
the two innings amounted to 71 runs, leaving their rev.
antagonist 23 runs to get in his second innings, in which
he only scored 7 notches. Mr. Goodchild and his pupils
therefore came off victorious.—lpswich Express.
MEETING AT NEWCASTLE..-- A public meeting,
convened by placard, was held on the Town Moor
at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on Sunday last, to sympa-
thise with John Mitchel, and express its opinion
ou the reform movement. A large number of per-
sons assembled, but the proceedings were conducted
entirely by Chartist orators, by whom the meeting
had been got up. No attempt was made by the
authorities to prevent the gathering, as there seemed
no disposition on the part of the Chartist leaders to
disturb the peace of the town and district, as in other
parts of the country. Mr. William Ross occupied the
chair.
We have reason to believe that Count de Mirasol,
who was sent on a special mission by the Spanish Go-
vernment to this country, with the object of furthering
the maintenance of amicable and friendly relations be-
tween the two nations, is on the point of returning to
Madrid.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, June 6.
Their Lordships assembled at the usual hour.
ROME.
Lord RODEN presented petitions against diplomatic
relations with the Court of Rome.
COLLECTORS OF CEaS (IRELAND) BILL.
Their Lordships, on the motion of the Marquis of
CLANRICARDE, went into Committee on this Bill.
The various clauses were agreed to, and their Lordships
resumed.