The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-01 00:00:00

NAME OF RAILWAY.

Week
ending

Amiens and Boulogne . • • •• • • • • • • • • • •
Arbroath and Forfar •• • .••••• • • • • • •
Chester and Birkenhead . • • • • • • • • • • • •
Dublin and Drogheda. • • • • • ...... •,••
Dublin and Kingstown • • .• • • • • •• • • •
Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen • • • • • • •
Edinburgh and Glasgow . •• . ..
Edinburgh and Northern.. • • • • • • • • • •
Eastern Counties and North Eastern..
East Lancashire .. ...
Eastern Union • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr . • • • • -
Glasgow and Greenock... ......

Great Southern and Western ...• •• •
Great ..... ........

Kendal and Windermere .... •• • • •
Lancashire and Yorkshire ..... •• • •
Lancaster and Carlisle • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Londonderry and Enniskillen • • • • .. • •
London and North Western, &c. .....
London and Blackwall.. • . • • • • • • •• • •
London and Brighton . • • • • • • • • • • •• • •

London and South Western. • . • • •
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire
Maryport and Carlisle • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham • •
Midland Great Western (Irish) • • • • . •
Newcastle and Carlisle • • • • • • ••
Norfolk... ..
North British • • • • •

Paris and Rouen . •• • • ••• • •• •• •• • ••
Houcn and liana .. • • • • • • •• • • •• •• • •

Shrewsbury and Chester
South Eastern and Branches .• • • • • • •
South Dev0n...................

Taff Yale • • • • • • .

Ulster . ..

Whitchaven Junction .•• •• • •
York and Newcastle . •• •• •• •• • •

Last
week.

137
679
747

640
3,259

560
12,554

829
1,110
2,004

922
1,990
21,367
99
8,698
1,124

108
40,385

722
8,957
8,604
1,997

494
22,973

753
1,698
2,159
2,090

243
3,282

9,754

636
7,753

405
2,114

766
1,646

792
1,038
19,558

--
8,149

39,2E2

700
6,164
5,919
1,858

453
18,861

18.5
12,327
7,907

1,897
1.492
1;152

314
6,789
709
1,242
7Th

6,870
6,015

York and North Midland. •• • • • • • • ••

A CIIRISTMAS-BOX —A poor man with a wife and
large family, residing in the vicinity of Woodford, re-
ceived a letter on the morning of Christmas-day, in-
forming him that a distant relative had bequeathed him
2,000/.

THE ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS.—Her Majesty's ship
Plover, which, as we have before stated, is intended to
go to the relief of Sir John Franklin and his brave com-
panions, has completed all the necessary preparations,
and will sail this day (Saturday) as was originally pro-
posed, from Sheerness. She has been admirably pre-
pared in every respect for this service, through the zeal
and energy of the dockyard authorities of that place.
She will touch at Plymouth on her way down Channel,
and we give this final notice to those who may have
friends iu Sir Jobs Franklin's expedition, to whom they
may wish to have letters conveyed, that they must send
them under cover to Lieutenant More, of her Majesty's
ship Plover, Plymouth, so as to get there before Satur-
day next.—Literary Gazette of this day.
MELANCHOLY DEATH OF A YOUNG WOMAN.—A
female, named Ann Matthews, about twenty years of
age, expired yesterday, in the London Hospital, from
the effects of injuries she received under the following
eircurnstatices:—lt appears that, on Christmas eve, Mr.
Braidwood, the superintendent of the London Fire Es-
tablishment, whilst passing along Leadenhall-sheet, had
his attention directed to the shop of Mr. Alexander,
No. 101, by perceiving an unusual glare of light therein.
Having crossed the road, be perceived the unfortunate
deceased in the place, with her clothing on fire, and the
flames mounting over her head. He rushed into the
building, and, with a great deal of trouble, succeeded in
extinguishing the fire, but not before the poor creature
was frightfully burned over the whole of her person. A
stretcher having been procured, Mr. Braidwood directed
some of his men to carry her to the above hospital, which
was accordingly done; but, notwithstanding that every-
thing was done that the nature of the case required, the
deceased, after suffering the most excruciating agony,
died at an early hour yesterday. Upon making inquiries
it seems that, from some accidental cause, the clothing
of the young woman became ignited whilst she was in
an upper room, and being unable to get the fire subdued,
in her fright ran down stairs to the spot where she was
found.

FALL OF A HOUSE IN DUDLIN.—A public-house,
kept by a widow, named Potts, upon City-quay, exactly
Opposite to the principal entrance of the Custom-house,
fell on Wednesday morning, about nine o'clock, with a
tremendous crash; fortunately, however, owing to the
exertions of a police-constable on duty in the neighbour-
hood, the inmates (20 i❑ number) were aroused in time
to escape with their lives. There was only one of the
inhabitants hurt, an old woman, whose leg was fractured.
An adjoining house fell a couple of years ago, and the
housrs immediately in connexion with Mrs. Putts's ap
pear to call for the immediate inspection of the Wide-
street Commissioners.
KiazoN MURDER.—Travis has been com-
mitted to Lincoln Castle, and was delivered into custody
there on Friday last. A very remarkable circumstance
is said to have come to light connected with the horrible
tragedy, which we should certainly have felt inclined to
discredit wore it not said to be most indisputably true.
It appears that a person named Whelptoa, well ac-
quainted with the murdered man, had a most remark-
able dream some weeks ago, in which he thought he saw
Mr. Copeman returning from Kirton late one night, and
when between tbat town and Grayingham he was
attacked and murdered. The dream made a great im-
pression on his mind, and he therefore mentioned it to a
friend, who strougly urged him to go to Mr. Copeman,
and tell him of it. After much persuasion, he did so,
but Mr. Copeman only laughed at him for his fears. Not
long uftei, Mr. Whelpto❑ had the same dream again, and
he again consulted the same party as before. It had so
taken hold oLhis mind as to render him very unhappy,
and he again, after much remonstrance, waited upon Mr.
Copeman to inform him of it. The repetition of the
dream evidently affected the unfortunate gentleman, and
he solemnly promised his kind monitor never to be so
late in returning home from Kirton, as bad often been
his practice. That promise he faithfully kept until the
day when the dream was fulfilled, and ho met with the
awful fate detailed in last week's paper. Edwin Land-
seer, the celebrated painter, has, we understand com-
missioned a friend to purchase the dog whose faithfulness
and affection were so touchingly developed in the recent
melancholy occurrence. That the afflicted friends of
the deceased will be induced to part with the animal is
not probable, but there is no doubt that every facility
will be affonfed to Mr. Landseer for the accomplishment
of the wish which dictated the desire to possess the dog,
and that he will ere long have an accurate likeness of
the faithful creature, which has furnished one of the
most affecting incidents to be found in the records of
canine sagacity and sincerity. The murderer has been
committed to Lincoln Castle for trial at the assizes.—
Lincoln Mercury
GERMAN HOSPITAL, DALSTON.—His Royal High-
ness the Duke of Cambridge on Thursday last again pre•
sided at the meeting of the house committee of the Ger-
man Hospital, and afterwards was present at the dis-
tribution of presents by some friends of tbs institution
to the patients in the wards, and the nurses and other
officials, when a German Christmes-tree was lighted up.
On the 20th the Elbe, at Ilamburgh, began to be
frozen over, and by the 22d the ice was sufficiently strong
to bear small carts on it.:
FOREIGN POTATOES: _The vessel Concordia, arrived
from Hamburgh, has brought an entire cargo, com-
prising fifty tons weight of potatoes; and the Matilda
Mari, arrived ix the river from the same port, has
brought eighty tons weight of this vegetable, the pro
duction of the Hanseatic province mentioned.
LOVE AND LAW .—A young lawyer, who had long
paid his court to a lady without much advancing his
suit, accused her one day of " being insensible to the
ipower of love." "It does nct follow," she archly re-
plied, " that I am so because I am not to he won by the
power of attorney." "Forgive me," replied the suitor,
" but you should remember that all the votaries of
Cupid are solicitors."
The Union of Rome of the 16th states that Sicily
is in a thorough state of revolt, and that from the 12th
there had been no telegraph communication received at
Naples from Calabria, the people having destroyed the
telegraphs. We think it right to observe, however, that
the accounts in the Roman journals from Naples are
generally marked by gross exaggeration.
RESTORATION OF SOUR MILK OR CREAM —We
are informed that milk or cream, when it is turned sour,
may be restored to its original sweetness by means of a
small quantity of carbonate of magnesia. When the
acidity is slight, half a teaspoon full of the powder to a
plat of milli will be sufficient.