The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-21 00:00:00

RAILWAY TRAFFIC _RETURNS.

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LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTER/7 BATLWAY.—Traffie 11
turn for the week ending May 16,1837...,...£17,5:3 13 0
Corresponding week last year
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Decrease in 1857
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LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY'
Traffic return for the week ending May 16, - 6
1857..
Corresponding week last year 14,441 10 1
Total of the half-year to this date, 1857 234,947 1,6, 9
Total of the half-year to this date, 1856 229,855 7
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LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—T'"O
return for the week ending May 17, 1857 260,328 ,a 9 0
Corresponding week last year, 61,703 vos
GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return Ora 1
week ending May 10, 1857 £21,756 1, 0
Corresponding week last year 21,249 Ivo
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic retull,l 0
U the week ending May 17, 1857 £5,837 0
Corresponding week last year
212.4--
Increase in 1857 ......r £93 A "
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LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic j)
turn for the week ending May 17, 1857 £23,661 ,13 0
Corresponding week last year,....
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CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for °/;11
ending May 16, 1857 £272 f, 11
Corresponding week last year 255 'Ai
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GREAT LUXEMBOURG RAILWAY.-Traffic return ,-- 7
week ending May 17,1557„ £958 14 1
Corresponding week last year 638 4
LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY.—Traffic
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turns for the week ending May 16, 1857 —.212456 P"

MATERNAL CRUELTY.—On Tuesday evening gall „et;
quest was held at the Pickerinz Arms, Pickering-sn'
Lower-road, Islington, on the body of Amelia Owos'oll
years of age. The deceased was a servant, but being ifs
of place, lived with her parents, a porter and his `'eril
at 54, Huntingdon-street, Hoxten Old Town. sei°rfr
witnesses stated that at nine o'clock on Monday 123,,d
ing, Mrs. Owen was very drunk and making a brto
noise in the street, and that her daughter wanted beto!
come into the house, whereupon the mother flew 001
passion and beat her over the head with a whiP,„od
afterwards with a rail. They also deposed to the 11'
disposition of the girl, and several other instances c",liti
treatment by the mother. On Monday evening tbsi7ol4
was seen struggling in the water of the Regent's-c ei
taken out, and conveyed to the Ryder Arms! oor,
North-road, where she died that night. On a post' "00,
tam examination the scalp showed severe bruises!. o'
the brain was much congested, owing to the rupttelis
a blood-vessel. The surgeons were of opinion tba.,"ooo
might have recovered from the effects of the suba3s' id
had not the brain been in that state. The coroastr'djol
summing up, remarked to the jury that the ve,et
must be either manslaughter against the mother be
nothing, and he thought manslaughter could O,
made out. The room was cleared, and after some dbi
the jury agreed to a verdict that death was causeseb.
congestion occasioned by the blows inflicted, the
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mersion in the canal, and subsequent mental excio
and the following addendum was read to Mrs. 008 ou
"And the jurors express their great indignatilolla
disgust at the conduct of the mother of the said .6''t as!
Owen towards the deceased, and their regret tba!otas
being enabled by law to return any verdict criniio7,ol,
her on account of her conduct to her daughter, tbeljet,
without the power to inflict any punishment urtjorasti,
After this was read, the father of the deceased tools!
round to the witnesses who had given evidence as
"You see you can do no more."

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