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

SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.

Gross traffic receipts for passengers
and goods, week ending Oct. 25,
1851 ..• ••• ••• ... £13,426 5 5
Ditto, Oct. 26, 1850 ... .« 12,424 6 1

Increase in 1851
London Terminus, Oct. 27, 1851.

... £l,OOl 19 4

GLASGOW AND SOUTII-WESTERN RAILWAY,--TraffiC for
the week ending October 25, 1851:—
Passengers (24,287), goods and
parcels, horses and carriages.. £4,055 4 6
Corresponding week in last year
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for Glasgow and Ayr, a
Card
Glasgow, Dumfries, an
lisle Railways
Pow, October 27.
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-- - £3,315 G 7

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ACCELERATION OF TUE EAST INDIA AND CHINA
MAILS.—The outward China mail, of the 24th of Jane, ar-
rived at Hong Kong on the 7th of August, and was only
forty-three days and a half in its transit, being the quickest
on record. The last homeward mail from India, China, &c.,
was delivered in London on the l7th 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-
sion on steam communication with India, it appears that for
nearly two years past the mails have been' delivered at Lon-
don and Calcutta respectively in time to a:aonrdd,noonnethaet
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-
cp lai
Inegu
tt
ton .
Duringby thetbe immediate
i no
du t gi
to i
an
lge
nmaapipl
steamers arrived at Calcutta twenty-two times in advance
of the overland express, established via Bombay. The im-
provements is the vessels which have produced these results,
it also appears in the evidence alluded s
s to, were commenced
by the company upwards of three yearince.
EXECUTION AT GLASGOW,--011 Friday morning
Archibald Hare suffered death for the murder 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. Mr. Smith retired a few steps behind, and
Hare, raising his voice to its utmost pitch, in order to be
heard by the crowd, spokesearly as follows :—"Fellow-men,
einnee n never er
more leavefuyr ou
I am going to die fur a crime of which I am innocent, but I
pray God to forgive all those who have persecuted me. All
r this i
tos day,bi 3 andbe
bed
I care
found of_ you beware of drain-drinking, and beware of Matthew
Miller, and take warning by me this day to keep out of bad
company,w. and to put your confidence in the Lord, for He
this night, for I have with . favour Christ Jesus our
Lord." The rope death H than any given
personill eg
acgoinge
drop fell, was then adjusted by the executioner, the
and the wretched man, after a protracted struggle,
ceased to live.--G/asgow Cztizen. • ,