The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-28 00:00:00

SOUTII-EASTERg RAILWAY.

Gross traffic receipts for passengers
and goods, week ending Oct. 25,
1831 5 5
Ditto, Oct. 26, 1850 12,424 6 1

Increase in 1851 ... ... £I,COI 19 4
London Terminus, Oct. 27, 1851.

GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN. RAlLWAY.—Traffic for
.he week ending October 25, 1851 :
Passengers (24,287), goods and
parcels, horses and carriages.. £4,055 4 6
Corresponding week in last year
for Glasgow and Ayr, and
Glasgow, Dumfries, and Car-
lisle Railway's •••
Glasgow, October 27.

... £3,315 6 7

on the 7th of August, and was only
ACCELERATION OF THE EAST INDIA AND CHINA
Bongand a half in its transit, being the quickest
MAns.—The outward China mail, of the 24th of June, ar-
last homeward mail from India, China, &c.,
rot
einvr
ter3de,
..ctaottri
rdle.leo
tn,ligalyi
.es
was delivered in London on the 17th instant, giving seven
clear days for replying to letters by the immediate outgoing
mail. By a paper, printed with the evidence taken before
the Select Committee of the house of Commons of last ses-
spast the mails have been delivered at Lon-
don and Calcutta respectively in time to afford, on the
nieoanr
lon s\ team a
years
e acommunication
nearly on
average, from five to ten days at Calcutta, and from six to
eight days at London for replying to letters by the first out-
going mail. The contract with the Oriental Company only
provided for an interview of a day or two at London for re-
innedipaetreieodutgitoing mail, and none at
C also
appears that the
steamers arrived at Calcutta twenty-.two times in advance
P lei Calcutta. tt toe .
vur
of the overland express, established earl Bombay. The im-
provements ix the vessels which have produced these results,
letters
ibeyg the immediate
above
it also appears in the evidence alluded to, were commenced
by the company upwards of three years since.
EXECUTION AT GLAsGow.—On Friday morning
Archibald Hare suffered death for the rnurder of Ronald
M'Gregor—apparently from drunken frenzy or bravado.
Although not a doubt existed on the mind of any one as to
the guilt of hare, the duty of the officials was rendered ad-
ditionally painful from the determination with which he
continued to protest his innocence. He was 25 years of age,
short, and strong built, and his manner throughout the
period of his imprisonment was wonderfully courageous and
self-possessed. At a little past 8 o'clock the wretched cul-
prit ascended the scaffold, and on taking his place on the
drop faced the multitude with great firmness. Having sig-
nified to the chaplain that he was going to address the
people, the Rev. Dlr. Smith retired a few steps behind, and
Hare, raising his voice to its utmost pitch, in order to be
heard by the crowd, spoke nearly as follows :—"Fellow-men,
I am going to die for a crime of which I am innocent, but I
pray God to forgive all those who have persecuted me. All
of you beware of dram-drinking, and beware of Matthew
Miller, and take warning by me this day to keep out of bad
company, and to put your confidence in the Lord, for He
will never leave you, He has given me grace this day, and
I care no more for death than any person going to his bed
this night, for I have found favour with Christ Jesus our
Lord." The rope was then adjusted by the executioner, the
drop fell, and the wretched man, after a protracted Waggle,
ceased to live.—Glasgow Citizen.