The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-20 00:00:00

RAILWAY RETURNS.

We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums
received on the principal Railways of Great Britain for
the week ending on the day of the month prefixed to
each. The return includes the money received for
passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer-
chandise

-......---_.
Week__ Total.
Name of Railway.
ended £. s. d.
April 13 Arbroath and Forfar ll7 11 6
13 Birmingham and Derby Junction 1,476 14 0
12 Birmingham and Gloucester 2,229 6 4
Brandling Junction —
12 Chester and Birkenhead 558 8 7
16 Dublin and Kingstown 896 3 2
14 Dundee and Arbroath 222 0 1
13 Durham and Sunderland 322 7 3
13 Edinburgh and Glasgow 2,209 6 10
14 Eastern Counties and North Eastern 4,474 11 7
13 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr 1,334 3 0
13 Glasgow and Greenock 7ll 19 10
13 Grand Junction 7,607 0 9
13 Great North of England 1,518 6 0
14 Great Western
12 Liverpool and Manchester
13 London and Birmingham
18 London and Blackwall 774 13 4
13 London and Brighton
16 London and Croydon
18 London and Greenwich 758 9 10
14 London and South Western .......
11 Manchester, Bolton and Bury 866 15 4
13 Manchester and Birmingham 3,425 13 0
13 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc 6,533 7 6
13 Midland Counties
13 Newcastle and Carlisle 1,300 12 2
14 Newcastle and North Shields 378 11 10
13 North Midland
12 North Union and Bolton and Preston 1,371 16 5
9 Paris and Orleans - 5,418 0 0
15 Paris and Rouen 4,610 0 0
13 Preston and Wyre 233 12 8
13 Sheffield and Manchester 792 18 5

18 South Eastern
13 Taff Vale
14 Ulster 707 0 11
13 York and North Midland

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
FROM oux OWN CORRISPONDNNT.)
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.
COWES, Arm!, 19.—The general meeting of the members
of the Royal Yacht Squadron will take place at the Thatched
House Tavern, on Saturday, the 11th of May, when several
candidates will be ballotted for as members. There are also
eleven or twelve gentlemen proposed as honorary members.
The other meetings are held at Cowes the second Friday
in July, and the second Friday in August. There will be
this year an additional meeting in September for the election
of candidates ; this will be a great acquisition to gentlemen
who may have purchased yachts, and feel desirous of entering
the Squadron previous to proceeding up the Mediterranean
during the winter season.
The general impression is that there will be a brisk yacht-
ing season, and it bids fair to be the best on record. The Re-
gatta will take place in August ; and there will be two, if not
three, cups given by the Royal Yacht Squadron, to be sailed
for during that month, besides her Majesty's Cup of 100
guineas; the latter be sailed fur on her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Kent's birthday, the 17th August.
The Noble Commodore, the Earl of Yarborough, is stop-
ping at the Club-house. His Lordship has derived great
benefit in his health from the effects of the sea air.
On Wednesday the Royal Yacht Squadron cutter, Flower
of Yarrrow, again resumed her element from Mr. M. Ratsey's
yard, where she bad been hauled up and lengthened twelve
feet amidship. The alteration has been made chiefly to
afford greater accommodation for his Lordship's family, &c.
The Marquis of Conyngham has been frequently to and fro
superintending the refitment. The intention of the Noble
Marquis to have her converted into a schooner, for the pre-
sent, has been abandoned, and she will retain the same rig as
before, with the exception that the spars have been
lengthened in proportion. She is a splendid cutter, and now
admeasures, 182 69-94 tons by old measurement, and N.M.
114 1716-3500 tons.
The Ganymede, belonging to J. H. W. S. Pigott, Esq.,
was hauled up. on Thursday in Mr. Ratsey's yard, for the
purpose of having a thorough overhaul and refit.
Colonel Petre's new cutter, the Osprey, of 59 26-94 0.M.,
and 41 3492-3500 tons N.M , will be launched at Gosport
these spring tides ; and Mr. Hope's Zephyretta, of 180 tons,
will be launched from the same yard during the next sin ing
tides.
Mr. Lyon's new schooner, building in London, is not yet
named.
The Marquis of Conyngham's new iron yacht, Seaflower, of
35 tons, is nearly ready for
The Connnodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron's splendid
yacht Kestrel, is to be hauled up on Hansen's patent slip
early next month, to undergo extensive alterations.
FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.
Sir Richard and Lady Rycroft are entertaining Lord Yar-
borough and a party of fashionables at Oakhill House.
Lady Isabella Dachford's establishment leave Osborn
House this month, that her Majesty may have possession on
the Ist of May.
The following houses are let, but mostly for short periods :
Egypt House, Gothic Hall, Beach Villa, Adelaide Villa, the
7th and Bth Cottages, Trafalgar House, the Small Pavilion,
Oak Hill House, Nos. 1 and 2, Bath Buildings, Mr. Towns-
head's house on the South Parade, Grantham House, and
' several smaller ones. From the numbers applying for houses
there is every prospect of an early and full season. 'Tis ex-
, pected that eleven of the new villas in East Cowes Park will
be finished this summer; there are many others in progress.
a.

The announced reduction of the number of her
Majesty's Yeomen of the Guard, from one hundred to fifty,
is, we hear, forthwith to take place, but no diminution of the
number in the corps of her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentle-
men-at .Arms, consisting of forty, is at present in contem-
plation. The pay of a gentleman-at-arms is, we believe, 7
per annum, and that o a yeoman of the guard about
name amount.