The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-15 00:00:00

RAILWAY RETURNS.

We extract from the Itatlway Magazine the sums re-
ceived 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 Incr.
ehandize :
Week Total.
Name of Railway.
ended E. s. d.
Jan. 6 Birmingham and Derby Junction.... 1,170 17 9
5 Birmingham and Gloucester
6 Brandling Junction .. 690 8 4
5 Chester and Birkenhead .... 350 9 0
7 Dundee and Arbroath .... 248 1 11
6 Edinburgh and Glasg0w...
7 Eastern Counties
6 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr....... 1,548 4 4
6 Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock...... 818 5 5
6 Grand J unct ion, and Chester & Crewe 6,218 13 6
6 Great North of England
7 Great Western ...... 10,205 15 4
5 Liverpool and Manchester 4,206 4 3
6 London and Birmingham .. 12,322 12 3
11 London and Blackwell
6 London and Brighton
9 London and Croydon 213 11 81
11 London and Greenwich 6Bl 3 7
7 London and Scuth Western 4,847 18 0
4 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 9ll 14 7
6 Manchester and Birmingham
6 Manchester & Leeds & Hull & Selby 5,095 6 6
6 Midland Counties....
7 Newcastle and Carlisle
7 Newcastle and North Shields 299 11 1
Northern arid Eastern —
6 North Midland
North Union.
2 Paris and Orleans 3,782 10 7
8 Paris and Rouen ... 2,892 0 0
Preston and Wyre
6 Sheffield and Manchester ........ 669 15 I
11 South Eastern.. 2,248 13 4
Taff Vale..
7 Ulster....
6 York and North Midland 1,269 10 2

PRESENTATION OF TILE HUMANE SOCIETY'S
MEDAL TO A FRENCH SAILOR•—On Friday a deputation
from the Humane Society, consisting of Sir E. Codrington,
Captain Codrington, M.P., Mr. Ilawes, M.P., &c., presented
to Jean J. Gasvert, a sailor on board the French frigate
Cuvier, lying off Blackwall, a silver medal, for having, at the
risk of his own life, saved a gentleman of the name of Turner
from drowning on Christmas-eve. The gentleman had fallen
into the river from Blackwall-pier.
H. G. WARD, ESQ., 111. P.—We are rejoiced to
learn that our able representative Mr. Ward, in a letter to Afr.
Alderman Dunn, has arranged to meet his constituents in Shef-
field, on Monday, the 22d instant.
PREACIIERSIIIP OF LINCOLN'S INN.—On Friday the
Rev. J. S. Anderson, M.A., incumbent of Trinity Church,
Brighton, and chaplain to the Queen Dowager, was elected
Preacher of Lincoln's Inn, vice the Rev. Dr. LonEdale, pro-
moted to the see of Lichfield.

A grand Masonic ball will be given next week in aid
of "The Aged Masons' Asylum." The proceeds are set apart
entirely for this charitable purpose, and, we have no doubt, the
" brethren" will, as usual, show their liberality on the oc-
casion.

ENCROACHMENT OP THE SEA.—In consequence of
several falls of the cliff at Black-rock, the eastern extremity of
Brighton, the carriage road is considered dangerous, and a new
road is now forming, nearly fifty feet more inland, which
makes the third road made within the last twenty-five years.
One has been completely washed away. and the second is now
on the very brink of the cliff. Formerly cricket matches were
played by the Brightonians, on a green in front of the Aberga-
venny Arms Inn, which must now be occupied by the carriage
road.

FLUENCY or THE FAIR SEX.—Mr Yearsley,
speaking of the causes, varieties, &e., of stammering, observes.
It is of rare occurrence in the female sex, the proportion of
female cases being not more than seven per cent !" Married
men, we opine, have long been aware of this " great fact."
MANCHESTER UNION HoserrAL.—The Senate of
the University of London has recently recognised Cer-
tificates of Attendance on the Medical Practice and Cli-
nical Lectures of the Manchester Union Hospital.—
.3iedieol Gazette.

On the last Sunday in the old year, as the governor
of the Bingham Union Poorhouse was escorting the
inmates to the parish church, which hits been the
custom ever since the formation of the union, a number
of the paupers withdrew from the procession, and
entered the Primitive Methodist Chapel ; for this
breach of discipline, the governor brought them before
the magistrates on the 4th instant, when the Bench
decided in favour of the paupers, allowing them the
privilege to attend what place of worship they thought
proper, so as they returned in the proper time to the
workhouse. On Sunday last, they embraced the privi-
lege of attending the Wesleyan chapel in the morning,
rudtho Primitive Methodist chapel in the afternoon.—
Nottingham Rerior.
While fishing for pike in the river 'fill on Thurs-
day week, John Carr, Esq., of Iledgeley, hooked and
killed a fine specimen of sea trout, or Salmo Trutta
Marina, weight six and a halt pounds, a circumstance not
usual at this season of the year.—. Newcastle Atirerti.ser.
THE COMMAND AT TILE Noart.--;- Sir J. Chambers
White, K.C.8., Vice-Admiral of the White, is appointed
Commander-in-Chief at the Nero. We unders'tand that
Captain William F. Martin (1824), son of Admiral Sir
By am Martin, G.C.8., is nominated Flag Captain. Sir
J, Mitt) 4U heist 145 flag va bard We CanerchTa.