The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-01 00:00:00

LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST
RAILWAY.

Traffic—Week ending Aug. 30,1851 ... £14,480 2 1
Traffic - Week ending Aug. 31, 1850 ... 13,352 10 10
Total of the half-year, to this date, 1851 ... 134,663 17 6
Total of the half-year, to this date, 1850 ... 119,032 15 5
Total number of Passengers— Week ending
Aug. 30,1861 ... 97,211
Passengers ... £12,2.13 7 5
Goods ... ... 2,236 14 8

Total ... £14,480 2 1
Total miles open, 1851, 17314 ; ditto, 1850, 17114.
London Terminus, Sept. 1, 1851.

APPREHENSION OF HACKETT IN NEW YORK....
Tbis notorious criminal, who, it will be recollected, was con-
victed in this country of burglary, sentenced to transporta-
tion for fifteen years, and subsequently made his escape in a
most extraordinary manner from the Model Prison, at Pen-
tonville proceeded to the United States. Since that period
his brother has been convicted of felony and transported.
A letter recently received from America by Mr. Payne, one
of the United States police, who is over here to watch some
of his doubtfully honest countrymen who frequented the
Exhibition, states, that although George Hackett, the es-
caped convict, was eupposed to have had in his possession a
considerable portion of his ill-gotten wealth, yet his ruling
passion for plunder prevailed at New York, and among other
depredations he proceeded to the residence of a gentleman
named Williams, at a place called Newark, near New York,
and with others, not in custody. broke into the house, and
abstracted therefrom a quantity of plate, valued at 3,000
dollars. For this ()fence he was speedily apprehended, and
now lies in the New York gaol to await his trial, and should
he be convicted, will be subject to close imprisonment of
about ten years.
THE CRIMINAL LAW.—This day (Monday) Lord
Campbell's new Act on the administration of the criminal
law will come into operation. By this Act criminal courts
can order indictments, &c., to be amended where the va-
riances are not material to the merits of the case. In in-
dictments for murder and manslaughter the means by which
the injury was inflicted need not be specified, and in cases
of forgery and getting property by false pretences, it will be
sufficient to allege that the act was done to defraud, without
stating any particular person. A person indicted for felony
may be found guilty of a misdemeanour, and in an indict-
ment for misdemeanour which turns out to be a felony the
court may order another indictment. By this Act the sec-
tions in the 7th of William IV. and the Ist: of Victoria, which
allowed a person indicted for a felony to be found guilty of
an assault, is repealed, in consequence of the great difficulties
(as in the remarkable case of the Birds) which have arisen
in the construction of the enactment. There is a provision
in this Act authorizing any court, judge, or justice, including
Bankruptcy and Insolvency and County Courts, to commit
and order a prosecution for perjury. Among the improve-
ments effected by this Act is one enabling courts,
on convic-
tion for certain misdemeanours, such as conspiracy, indecent
assaults, &c., to add hard labour to the sentence for the
whole or part of the time. The Act (14th and 15th of Vic-
toria, cap. 100) extends to all parts of the united kingdom,
with the exception of Scotland.
BIRTH.—On Monday, the Ist September, in Port-
man-square, the lady of the Right lion. William Henry Lord
Lei-h, of a son and heir.

Railways. Pali. Nominal Prices. Business dole
to-clay.
Aberdeen Ins.
Aberdeen. No. 2, 7 pr. ct. 234 • • —•• •
Caledonian sot. . .. 10 7
Chester and Holyhead .. all IS 1534
Dund. Per. & Aber. Juno, all %
East Anglian (31. 10s.)
6 per cent. .. .. • • all —I %
Eastern Counties Exton.,
5 per cent. No. 1 .. all Par —34 P pm
Do. No. 2 .• • all % die par dls.
Do. Kew 6p. cent. Stock 10 10 %—lO % 10%
Eastern Union, Scrip
guaran. 6 per cent. • . all 10 —ll
Do. 101. Deben. Shares. all • •
East Lancashire, 6 per
cent. quarter shares ..
E. &W. York. June. 5 ths all • •
Edin. Per:& Dun. 51 p.ct. all %dia. par
Glasgow & 5.-W. Consol. 100 • •
Gt Northern, S per cent. all 13% 13% 13% %
Great South. & Western
(Ireland) eighths .. • . 5 134 P.
Gt. West. ( Wilts, ROM.,
Wevmoutt, ;fleck .. 100 9034 2134
Lancashire and York-
shire, F. 201... • • • •
Do. 6 per ct. Stock 100 129 —. 131
Leeds Northern, 6 per
cent., No. 1 •• 11 .• •• p
Do. quarters, 1848 8 .. •• p
London, Brighton, and
South Coast guar. 5 per
et., late Croydon thirds 100 .. .•
Do. pref., 6 p ct. Stock,
1851, frorn 50/. chars. E 100
Do. new guar.. 6 per et. 100
Lon. & N. West. (Ow. k
Nuneat.) 5 per cent. . 13% •• —• •
London &S.-W., sew 6 2% —2% p.
Stanch., Sheffield, and
Line., quar. shrs., No. 1 all 11 —l2
Do. new, 101. .. all 10% 113(
Do., 6/. % P
Midland Con. 6 p.c..tock 100 —• •
Do. Consol. Bristol &
Binning., 6 per cent... 100 127 129
Do. Bristol & Glouces. all .• ••
Norfolk Extension • . all 15 —l6
guar. 534 per cent. all • •
Do. Waveney Valley .. 2 • • *
North British • • .. 5 % 5 x.d 4%
0xf.W0r.&W01.151.6 p.c 6 —l% p
Shrewsbury and Birvi.
New Guaranteed .. all • • —• •
Shrews. and Ches. (Nor.
W. Min.) 8 per cent. all 15 1534
South Devon • • •• all 12 —l4 1234
South-Eastern, 434 p. ct. 10 ••
WestLondon,lstCl. (101.) all • •
Do. 2d Class de. (par) all • •
York, Newc., and Bone.,
Gt. N.of E. Pur. all 16 16% 16%
4
Do.
York and North Midland
H. and S. Purch. .. 10 2 134 di,.
Boulogne and Amiens .. all 103( 1034 18%
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon) .. all 16% 17%
Demerara •.. all • • • •
Dutch Rhenish .. 8 i din. 23 %
East Indian .. 16 2% a P.
Do. do. do. .. 90
Great Indian Peninsula.. all % AP.
Ditto ditto .. 334 % P.
Louvain ala Sambro 734 •
Luxembourg .. 1
Ditto „. 10 —2% 2
Madrid and Valentia•
Maria Antonia .. 4716 s 8d 8 —lO
Ditto, New • • • • 834 3 4
Namur and Liege .. • • all 534 6 57(3
Northern of Franca • • 16 1434 11% 14%
Orleans and Bordeaux .• all 33%
4 all. 4%
Paris and Orleans •• .. all 33 35%
Paris and Rouen •• •• all 23 —24 2334 x.d
Paris and Strasbourg • • 17 6 mi.
Rouen and Havre all 14 9%
Sambre and Meuse • • all
Tours and Nantes • • • • 16 dia. 6%
Tournay, Jurbise, Lan- oi
den, and [Dwelt ..•
West Flanders !! 1% ./9