The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-03 00:00:00

BA.NIEING DI

Proprietors' capita 1,14,553,000
Rest
Public deposits (in-
eluding Exche-
quer, Savings-
banks, Commis-
sioners of National
Debt, and divi-

dend accounts) 9,698,409
Other deposits 8,482,239
Seven day andother
bills

£36,922,950

M. MA
Dated the Ist day of Januari

BRIGHTON RACKS.—We are pleased to hear that
the subscription for the intended Spring Races is going on
very satisfactorily; and that there is little coubt that they
will come off at the period named, and that there will be n:
lack of sport. It is intended to have three races and a
hurdle race The hitter always affords plenty of " fun for the
million." Sho.:ld the funds prove sufficient, a portion of
them will Le devoted as stakes for a steeple chase, to take
place on the following day.—Brighton Gazette.
_ _

A ship of 420 tons burden, built expressly as a
packet between this port and Valparaiso, will ba launched
from the building-yard of Mr. T. Roydon, Baffin-street, this
day. She will be commanded by Mr. Bartlett, late of the
Robert Whiteway.—Liverpool Advertiser.
ASYLUM FOR FEMALE ORPHANS, WESTMINSTER-
BRIDGE-ROAD.—On Thursday afternoon, the general quar-
terly court of the Governors and Directors of the above cha-
rity took place at the board-room in the institution. It was
stated that there were ten candidates for the office of
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chapel of the institution, in the
Cam-
bridge, the President of the asylum. After the usual routine
business, such as passing and examining bills, ice., had been
transacted, the majority of the meetiogexpress-ed themselves
highly gratified by the flourishing prospects of the institu-
tion, and then broke up.
1-11GLI TlDE.—There was another unusually high
tide in the Thames on Thursday afternoon, and considerable
damage was again done on both sides of the river. Passen-
gers could not laud from the steamers at some of the
customary places.
The Rev. Frank Hewson, incumbent of Southall,
Middlesex, has been presented by the Rev. Frederick Brown
to the living of Christ Church, Milsea, Somerset.
CUSTOM-HousE.----It will be gratifying to the
friends of Mr. J. Rolls to learn that that gentleman has, by
an order from the Lords of the Treasury, been restored to his
former situation of landing waiter in her Majesty's Customs,
and that all arrears of salary, amounting to nearly ',OW,
are to be paid to him, and that he is to be promoted on the
first vacancy.
DEATH BY SCALDING.—An inquest was held
Yesterday (Wednesday), before Mr. Delassaux, Coroner, at
Ashford, on the body I,f a child, named Charlotte Elizabeth
Taswell, whosa death had resulted from scalding. While
seated around the kitchen fire, on the 23d ult., with a number
of other children, she attempted to stir the coals, when the
top bar of the range broke, and a saucepan of boiling water
fell over, by which she was severely scalded. and died the
same night. A verdict of "Accidental death" was returned.
—Kenti.4 Observer.

SWINDLING EXTRAORDINARY.—The case of unsuc-
cessful swindling attempted against Mr. Fergusson,
watchmaker, Mauchline, and noticed in our columns of
last week, turns out to be of very serious import, being
only one of a series of systematic and fraudulent trans-
actioni, carried on by collusion between a young man,
of the name of Aitken, belonging to Ochiltree, and a
young woman belonging to Catrme, of the name of Bor-
land. Three separate cases have been discovered, the
first of which was an attempt, by means of a forged
letter, to obtain a sum of money from Mr. Muir, merchant,
Kilmarnock, wherein the young woman succeeded, having
got the sum of 10/., which she actually handed over
to Aitken, her paramour. The other two cases oc-
curred at Mauchline, on Friday se'nnight ; the one
being a f trged order from Mr. Smith, banker, Catrine,
to Mr. Goldie, merchant. Mauchline, for a quantity of
cloth, &c., and the other a similar order from Mr. Cuth-
bert, Ochiltree, to Mr. Ferguson, Mauchline, as noted
last week, both unsuccessful. Through the vigilance
and activity of two of our rural police (Mr. Williamson,
and Mr. Bryson, Cumn-ck) the offenders were
aP
headed on Saturday, and committed to Ayr gaol on
Seaarre i't:rjbait last—the very day on which, it is said, they
were to have been proplairm.d, in order fur marriage.—
Correspondent of Ayr Observer.

Narrow Broad
Guage. Guage. Narrow Gauge.
Time Time r.----A-1
each each Time Time
Mile Mile lost gained
in in in in
Passed the Seconds. Seconds. Seconds. 'lSeconds.
first mile- h. m. s.
post at ... 2 938
2 2 11 48 130 122 8 0
3 2 13 18 90 118 0 18
4 2 14 34 76 90 0 14
5 2 15 52 78 80 0 2
6 2 17 11 79 74 5 0
7 2 18 25 74 75 0 1
8 2 19 40 75 68 7 0
9 2 20 52 72 68 4 0
10 2 22 5 73 74 0 1
11 2 23 18 73 73 0 0
12 2 24 30 72 70 2 0
13 2 25 48 78 65 13 0
14 227 8 80 6i 15 0
15 2 28 26 78 66 12 0
16 2 29 40 74 68 6 0
17 2 30 54 74 67 7 0
18 2 32 12 78 67 11 0
19 2 33 34 82 68 14 0
20 2 35 0 86 68 18 0
21 2 36 22 82 69 13 0
22 2 37 44 82 69 13 0
23 2 39 0 76 69 7 0
24 2 40 18 78 69 8 0
25 2 41 40 82 72 10 0
26 2 43 0 80 71 9 0
27 2 44 20 80 71 9 0
28 2 45 34 74 71 3 0
29 246 50 76 70 6 0
30 2 48 14 84 69 15 0
31 249 32 78 71 7 0
32 250 50 78 74 4 0
33 252 8 78 73 5 0
34 253 25 i 7 71 6 0
35 2 54 42 77 70 7 0
36 256 0 78 70 8 o
37 257 28 88 70 18 0
38 259 0 92 71 21 0
39 30 30 90 71 19 0
40 3 155 85 70 15 0
41 33 18 83 70 13 0
42 34 42 84 72 12 0
43 34 42 84 73 11 0
44 3 8 8 118 102 16 0

This shows that in the 43 wiles the narrow gauge lost
397 seconds and gained 26 seconds only; the less, in fact,
being 5 minutes 53 seconds.
From this table it is seen, that with good weather to-
day, the same engine upon the same line, and going over
the same gradients (for curves there are none), took 80
tons 43 miles in 58 minutes 30 seconds, or in 15 minutes
23 seconds less than she took 50 tons yesterday with a
side wind against her.
The average speed upon the narrow gauge line, with
the 80 tons, will be seen to have been about 44 miles per
hour, with a maximum speed of 50 miles per hour, while
the average speed of the broad gauge was 47i miles per
hour, with a maximum speed of 55 miles per hour.
The 80• tons train was not brought back again to York
by the same engine.
I have not heard what experiments will be tried to-
morrow.—ile, aid Col respondent.

THE BIRDS IN Sr. JAMES'S
collet
tion, which belongs to the Ornithological Society, at the pre-
sent time contains upwards of 300 birds, including 21
species and 51 distinct varieties. Although some of the
specimens occasionally wander to some distance, but few com-
paratively are lost, as they generally return, even after a
long absence. the secluded plantations and islands being
quite congenial to their habits.
The mortal remains of the late Col. Gurwood were
removed for interment, from Brighton, to the Tower, where
his obsequies will take place. The appointmeot of Lieut.-
Governor of the Tower, which has become vacant by his
Wellington.
demise, is in the gift of the Duke of