The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-27 00:00:00

ItAILWAY*IARE liARKETS.

BRISTOL, FEEL 26.
Sroca EXCHANGE.—The share mar&et continues inactive.
The only transactions reported to-day were—Tat£ Vale, 170
ex div.—Ditto, Quarters, 40. .

1,1 V Eta,,UL, FEB. 26.
STOCK EXCHANGE. - The share market was again dull
to-day, and there appeared to be very little demand for any
kind of shares. The transactions were as follow: Bir-
kenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire (late C. and B.), 191,—
Caledonian, 11,,i—East Lancashire, 141 A—Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 57—Ditto, Fifths, 7 5-16 dis. Ditto (\Vest
Riding Union, 5,-,14 dis.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport,
43 dis.—London and North-Western, 1311 A —Ditto, New
Quarters, 53,5, p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ,
3234—Ditto, Preference, Il%—Ditto, 61. New Preference,
p.—Midland, 601 A—Ditto, Halves. 151 N dis.—South-East-
ern and Dover, 251,4—Y0rk, Newcastle, and Berwick, 20%
—York and North Midland, 2414.
MANCHESTER, FEB. 25.
STOCK EXCHANGIL—There has been but a small amount
of business done to-day, but prices were firm. The trans-
actions were as follow :—Sheffield, 33%—Matlock, 3 3-16
dis.—Sheffield (New Preference), 7-16 p.—South-Eastern
and Dover, 2534—Leeds Stock, 573—Ditto, 20/. F., 19-16
dis.—North Staffordshire, 7 dis.—Fleetwood, 7 dis.—Chester
and Birkenhead, 221., 5 dis.—East Lancashire, 13 15-16
Eastern Counties, 6i—Sheflield Preference, 11%—White-
haven and Furness, 7%.
YORK, FEB. '25.
STOCK Exctrasoz.—The transactions to-day were as
follow :—Great Northern, IS—North Staffordshire, 1054
South-Eastern, 204—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (New-
castle Extension), 15,7,.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.
LONDON AND NOBTII- WESTERN RAILWAY.—Return of
Traffic for the week ending Feb. 23 :
Pasaengers, parcels, &c. £21,542 2 5
Merchandise 17,40 i 5 4
Cattle ... 711 12 9

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Total „„ £39,660 0 6
Corresponding week last year 37,913 010
Note.—The returns as published are exclusive of the
traffic of the Huddersfield Canal and Shropshire Union, North
Union, Preston and Wyre, South Junction, Manchester and
Buxton, and Buckinghamshire Railways, and of the propor-
tion of traffic deducted under agreement with the North
Staffordshire Company.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAT.—Return of traffic for the
week ending Feb. 23 .£13,194 13 4
Corresponding week last year... 12,932 13 1

LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. (260 Liles
open.)—Traffic for week ending Feb. 23 ....£13,513 19 2
Corresponding week in last year, (219
miles open) .. ...£11,037 7 4
NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY. (Miles open, 112.)
Return of traffic for the week ending Feb. 16 :
Railway and canal . £4,527 0 0
Corresponding week last year ... 4,095 0 0
Note. The above is exclusive of the receipts available
under the agreement with the London and North-Western
Railway Company.

LONDON AND BLACKWALL RAILWAY.—AMOUnt Of TE3YOMIO
for the week ending Feb.
13:—
Passengers
Goods

.- ..£7Bl 7 5
... 2l 0 0

Total ... £BO2 7 5
Corresponding week last year 596 7 11
SIMOPSIIIZE UNION RAILWAT.—(Open 29 miles.)—TrafHe
for the week ending Feb. 23:
Passengers, parcels, &c. ••• £294 13 3
Goods and live stock ••• 188 9

Total 4483 2 4
Corresponding week last year ... 9 oi

It is a mistake to imagine that the violent passions
only, suchansgaumiabiastionitanisd, love,oftea cmanasttreiuranapthhemoYaelt_heicrellizt;
Idleness, languid
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ALLEGED MURDER OF A WIFE EY POISON. —A
painful degree of excitement has been occasioned in the quiet
market town of Chipping Sudbury, Gloucestershire, in con-
sequence of the arrest of Air. D. Hathway, the landlord of
the Fox beer-house, and a young woman with whom he has
been upon terms of improper intimacy, named Carey, upon
a charge of having caused the death of Mrs. Jane Hathway,
the wife of the former, by the administration of arsenic to
her. The male prisoner is about 30 years old, and the female
about 20. The deceased was a fine young woman, some years
the junior of her husband, and very respectably connecteq
An inquest was held on the body, and from the evidence
e,
ad-
duced, it was clearly proved that she had taken
hadheDen
given to her by her husband in some onion broth.e T
de-
ceased sufl'ered excruciating pains immediately
irhi
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densiutis.:)et.maso
custody.
[ADVERTISEMENT. though she had for some time previously been
that the very unwell. Evidence further went to show
The contents of the
hus-
band had frequently ill-treated her. enlyocacfasteriown-aai
occasionally
l ath, of Bristol, when
stomach were analysed by Mr. e
into the system; and he
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Showing that it had absorbedbeennnts
of the intestines. The inquiry
also found it in the eon
Holloway's Pills
substancei
removedeenrrseePodff"r' from t ni otef
this a most TISEMENT. j ,
of Dropsy effected by their use.—Mr.
extraordinary Cure of wast AadDjovuErßned, and the
ip
George Rowley, of Tobago, rishonadersauwff
during which perlod he underwent the
1 upwards off tappingfive ears,
five times, his malady was most skilfully
operation 0
several practitioners, notwithstanding which be got
his strength and health failing so fast as to
der any hope ,
of recovery almost vain. As a last resource
render
ied Holloway s Pills, and by persevering in their use ac-
' he L, to the directions affixed to each box he was completely
tgrreaadtueadubyywone,
curedcor in a few months, and he is now restored to a good luta
of health.—Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Hollo-
'
I way's Establishment, 244, Strang, London.
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THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson.
THIS EVENING,
Will be presented by her Majesty's SzrvaritS
The Petite Comedy entitled
THE LADY AND THEDEVIL.

Wll.llove, Mr. J7AideisOn ; Jeremy, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Signor
Rafael, Mr. J. W. Ray; Claudian, Mr. 11. Butler ; Zephyrina, Mrs.
Nisbett ; Negombo, Mrs. Griffiths.
After which, a new grand Operatic Spectacle, entitled AZ AEL,
THE PRODIGAL. Renben, Mr. Vandeuhoff ; Azael, Mr. J. Ander-
sen ; Amenophis, Mr. Emery ; &whorls, Mr. Cooper ; Sethos, Mr.
Rafter ; Jeptitele, Miss F. Vining ; Nefte, Mrs. Walter Lacy ; Lto.,
Wadlle. Victoria. Legrain (Premier Sujet do Opera de Paris), who
has been expressly engaged for the occasion, and will make her
appearance every evening.
SYNOPSIS OF SCENERY, INCIDENTS, &c.
ACT 1.
INTERIOR of REUP.EN'S TEN T,
Opening at the Back to the Dtstant Des,rt —Sunset.
The Travellers—the Evening Repast—the Gift—Departure of Azael
with the Caravan for Memphis.
Camels of the Desert.
AcT
The GREAT SQUARE of MEMPHIS.
Arrival of Azael.
Sacred Process' mof Apis. The Offerings,
Ma, and Troop of Almees.
Grand Pas de Fascination by Madlle. Victorine Legraln.
Zne ensemble by Madame Louise, Waddles. Falser, Julie, and
Coryphees.
_

he Gamester—False Dice-:::Ci;ers Prodigality—the Love Token
VIEW near MEMPHIS.
Reuben in search of his Son—the False Friend.
Interior of the TEMPLE of ISIS.
Orgie.
Grand Pas de Poignards by the Corypheos.
♦zael recovers the Stolen Scart—the Secret Spring—Azael surprised
in the Sacred Temple—the " Human Victim."
The Doom of the Prodigal.
Acr 111.
TENT of NEMROLTD the Camel Driver.

nivel of Travellers—Degradation of the Prodigal—the Slave—the
False Friend—the Gift Restored—Despair of the Prodigal.
The Dream.
The VALE of AZAEL'S BIRTH.
The Harvest Festival—Azael mourned as Dead—Return of the

Prodigal.
Appearanee of the Spirit of the Desert.
To conclude with THE INNKEEPER'S DACIGUTEIt.

'THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMAI ICE 7.
Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompten.
THIS EVENING, _ _

Will be performed A new and original Comedy, called PRE-
SENTED AT COURT. Charles the Second, Mr. Stuart ; Captain
Montague, Mr Howe ; Rochester, Mr. Davenport; Marquis de Fla-
mer, Mr. Selby ; Geoffrey, Mr. Backstone ; Anne Franklyn, Miss
Reynolds , Miss Middleton, Miss A. Vining.
To be followed by a new and original comic drama, called GOOD
FOR NOTHING. Tom Dibbles, Mr. Buckstone ; Harry Collier,
k.
Mr. Howe ; Young Mr. Simpson, M Clark ; Nan, Mrs. Fitzwilliam.
D
To conclude with the Nautical a of BLACK-EYED SUSAN.
William, Mr. Davenport; Admiral, . Rogers; Cal taro Crosstree,
Mr. Porsche ; Gnatbrain, Mr. Buckstone ; Jacob Twig, Mr. H. Bel
ford ; Susan, Miss A. Vining.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Under the direction of Madame Celesta.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed an entirely new grand Drama, 3 acts, entitled
13ELPHEGOR THE MOUNTEBANK; or, The Pride of Birth.
Duke de Montbazon, Mr. Hughes ; Count de St. Cyr, Mr. Boyce ;
the Chevalier de Rolac, Mr. 0. Smith ; Guillaume, surnamed Bel-
pliegor, Mr. B. Webster; Ajax, alias Mr. Merryman, Mr. Wright ;
Captain Pufferes, Mr. Worrell ; 31adeliene, Madame Celeste ; Nini
Flora Aphrodite Stilz, Miss Woolgar.
After which a new Ferce called THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS ;
• or, The Shilling Hop. Captain Kiteflyer, Mr. Boyce ; Major Stiff,
Mr. Freeborn ; Ur. Panels, Mr. Wright ; Alexander Panels, Miss
Chaplin ; Mr. Firkins, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Tom crop, Miss Wooigar.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean and Mr. Koala:.
THIS EVENING,
A Juvenile Night.
To commence with the Christmas Pantomime, called ALONZO
THE BRAVE AND THE FAIR IMOGE]..IE ; or, Harlequin and the
Baron all covered with Jewels and Gold. Clown, Mr. Flexmore ;
Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; and Columbine,
Miss Carlotta Le Clercq.
After which TO PARENTS and GUARDIANS.
To conclude with BETSY BAKER ; or, "Too Attentive by Half."
Characters by Messrs. J. Vining, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, and Miss
Murray.
Children under Twelve years of age admitted at Half-price.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame VestriS.
Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed
A ROMANTIC IDEA.
After which an entirely new and original Fairy Extravaganza,
to be sailed KING CHARMING; or, the Blue Bird of Paradise.
Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, llorncastle, Suter,
Bellingham, and Honner; Madame Vestris, Mrs. Frank Matthews,
Miss Ellis, Mrs. C. Horn, Miss George, and Miss Martindale.
To conclude with

THE RINODOVES, in which Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews,
Basil Baker. Mrs. F. Matthews, and Asa M. Oliver will appear.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farren.
Great hit of the historical Romance of Sestus the Fifth.
THIS EVENING,
Will he terfor ned SEITITS THE FIFTH ; or, The Broken Vow.
Atter which THAT ODIOUS CAPTAIN CUTTER.
To conclude with CHAMBER PRACTICE.

,trLsrs ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Linder tha Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highmes
Prince Albert.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty.
Rxtranrdinary aeries of attractive novelties.
THIS EVENING

The Grand new Spectacle of JOAN OF ARC) or the Mall of Or-

Leavy, with new and costly costumes,

Together with Batty's Splendid Scenes of the Circle.
To conclude with an entirely new and original grand Eques-
triau Drama, entitled THE HORSE AND TILE OASTLER ; dr.
The Black Legend of Rotherhithe.
Box-einem open from Eleven till Four.
Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson.

Fill;:) WATER Al LONDON PRIDGE
ins DAY —Sforulng 0 rain. after 0 I Eveuing 56 min. after 11
To Adoasow —Morning 29 non. alter 12 I Evening 55 rein. atter 12

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, FEBRUARY 27.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
41—highest since noon yesterday.
2S—lowest this morning and during the night.
40—this day, at noon.

13Auoynrrau, 30-37.
Wr.Nu N.E.—dull, cloudy weather.

DAILY WEATHER TABLE.

State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following
places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations
are arranged in order of latitude.
limc,s.rowx (DUBLIN)—Wind S.S.E., strong breeze
partially cloudy.
PLY-mourn—Wind gentle breeze—overcast.
-POOLE, —Wind E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
-eOATSMOUTH—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
BRIGHTON—Wind N.E., strong breeze—partially cloudy.
HA WINGS —Wind N.E., fresh breeze—partially cloudy.
SOUTHAMPTON—Wind E., strong breeze—partially cloudy.
FOLKESTONE— Wind N.E , gentle breeze—overcast.
HasEgasTor..E —Wind N.. gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
GREEN WICII—Wind N, gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
SwirmoN—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—cloudless.
OxFonn—Wind N., calm—partially cloudy.
COLCHESTER—Wind N.E., strong breeze—overcast.
CANBELDGZ—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
YARMOUTH—Wind N.E., stormy—snow.
CONWAY—Wind E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
lloLyna..ar,--WindE., strong breeze—partially cloudy.
LIVERPOOL—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—cloudless.
Lzans—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—scud.
LearcesrEn.--Wind N.E., calm—partially cloudy.
Wiirrwr—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—snow.
Danwsovrox—Wind N.E., gentle breeze— overcast.
SeLap—Wind N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
BmarrocK—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
Iheia-vricK—Wind E., gentle breeze—overcast.
The returns from the following places indicate the state of
the wind and weather on Tuesday morning at nine
o'clock
CORK—Wind S.E., light breeze—light rain.
kl uLtniaaß—Wind E., strong breeze—overcast.
DARLINGTON—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast.
‘VIIITZHAVXN— Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
liEmocx—Wind E., bard wind—partially cloudy.