The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-10 00:00:00

Miles
NAME OF RAILWAY. I Receipts.
opened,
1850.
1849. I 1850.
BRITISH.
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72 Aberdeen .. ..... ... ••••.. • • .. ..... £662 £1,829
37% Belfast and Ballymena .............. 564 621
17 Belfast and County Down.. ........ - - '264
16 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 1,045 1,341
14 Bolton, Blackburn, and West York - - 422 582
85% Bristol and Exeter .................. 5,1:11 4,921
160 Caledonian.... .. .. ..... .......... • • 6,226 6,842
94% Chester and Holyhead • • .... •• .. 3,006 3,540
22 Dublin and Belfast Junction ...... - 259 361
53 Dublin and Drogheda.. .. ......... 927 1,135
7% Dublin and Kinststown • ••••••••• •• • • 2,859 1,319
16 lhindee and Arbroath •• • • • • • • .... •• - 525
31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 673 806
19 Dundalk and Enniskillen • ... - - •• • • 161 153
67% East Ang1ian........ •••• - . .
75 hi East Lancashire • • .......... •••• • • • • 3.855 3.951
322 h:astern Counties and N0rf01k........ 16,510 16,169
95 Eastern Union ••••--..••- • • • • • • • • 1,781 2,521
57;4 Edinburgh and Glasgow ..• •••.• • • - 3,870 4.899
71- Edinburgh, Perth, and 'Dundee- ..• • 3,072 3,149
18 Furness Railway ... ..........„ ~ _ 405
100 Glasgow, Paisley', and Ayr ••-- - • • 3,454 3,334
221,E Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock .•.. 1,356 1,475
143 Great Northern and E. L.- --- • • 2,382 3,389
188% Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 4,414 4,332
230 Great Western •.••--••• • • • • • • • .• 18,487 18,302
90 Lancaster and Carlisle . ... -.. ...... 2,644 4,2 t 8
245% Lancashire and Yorkshire........ •• • • 14,426 16,012
39 Leeds and Think .................. 971 1,249
123!1 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... 206 288
470 London and North Western ... - ..... 52,031 51,492
516 London and Blackwall- ••••••• • • • • • 1,075 1,281
1711' London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 17,350 17,027
239 London and South Western. ••-• . • • i 2,577 14,383
15 Londonderry and Enniskillen ........ 143 las
11% Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. 222 222
160% Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 5,187 6,137
96 Manchester and South Junction -- .. 426 514
28 llaryport and Carlisle - .......... _ 655 587
49134 Midland ••• • • .•-•.-•• - •• • • •• - 23,887 24,146
50 Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... 1,356 1,331
60 Newcastle and Carlisle.. - .....• .. • • 2,187 2,476
135 North British .........• .•.•.• .• ..• .. 4,010 4,124
262 North Staffordshire ................ - 4,796
37 North-Western .• .. •.. • .......... _ - 596
45 Scottish Central ....... ...... . • .... • 1,530 1,801
32 Scottish Midland , .. 424 524
2934 Shrewsbury and Birmingham ........ 140 755
47 Shrewsbury and Chester ...... .... . • 1,614 1,739
30 Shropshire Union .................. 314 . 482
58 South Devon ........ . ...... ..
234 South Eastern ••.•• • • • ... .
75 South Wales ..........
......
......
1,279
69 South York., Doncaster,'and Goole - - 1,692
4(1 Tall Vale ••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • •• 1,938 2,299
36 Ulster . ... .
13 West Cornwall .. - _ _ ...... _ 291 312
12 Whitehaven Junction .• ••••... • • • • - 239 246
29014 York and Newcastle, and Berwick ... 14,100 15,462
256 York and North Midland .••••• • • • • • 8,966 9,942
76% Amiens and BoFti°lßolgi.2 . .... •••••• • • • • 1,541 1,944
44 Dieppe . ...................
...... .
806 876
20,02
36363
Northern Mon terea uo
of
Francend l' Tr0ye5......... e.g. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . .. ..
.•
16,80r3 9321
143 Orleans to Bourges (Cent.) .... ..
72 Orleans to Bordeaux - -
82 Paris and Orleans
85 Paris and Rouen . .......... •••• • • •• 7,300 8,196
59% Rouen and Havre ...........• •• • •

MANSLAUGHTER OF A WIFE
BY HER HUSBAND.
LIVERPOOL, AUG. 9.—Yesterday morning, at me
o'clock, an unfortunate married woman, named E lea
R.id, was killed by her husband, in their lodelogs, 37,
Bridport-street, Liverpool, under the following circum-
stances:—The prisoner's name is Rofert Reid, a native
of the north of Ireland, and is well known in Liverpool,
Bolton, and elsewhere as a very clever singer of Irish
comic songs, and has latterly been engaged at Mr. Sad-
dler's, of the Master Humphrey's Clock, Great Charlotte-
street. Reid and his wife (a woman of very considerable
personal attractions) occupied apartments in the House of
Mr. Clegg, Bridport-street, and had become a nuisance
to the family in consequence of the frequent quarrels
which took place between them. Yesterday atternoon
both parties went over to Cheshire on pleasure, and re-
turned in time for Reid to attend at the " Clock." At
twelve o'clock Mrs. Reid called at Mr. Saddler's, in order
to accompany her husband home. Both left the house
amicably together, and proceeded home. When they
had reached Bridport street, a person named William
Parker (who lives in the same house), overheard
the two quarrel, and Reid exclsimed to his wife—" I'll
serve you out, my lady, for coming for me to-night." A
female lodging in the house, named M'Donald, opened
the door for them, when Reid immediately kicked his
wife. The deceased rushed into the parlour, and was
followed by her husband, who inflicted a very severe blow
with his fist, just beneath the kfc ear, when she fell upon
her face on the floor. He then left her, and ran upstairs.
The inmates of the house were instantly alarmed, and
Sergeant Wright (who was on duty in London-road)
was called in. He found deceased quite inanimate, with
blood issuing from her nose and ears, and sent for Dr.
Wilson, who was promptly in attendance. The doctor
at once pronounced life to be extinct. Reid, on hearing
that his wife was dead, appeared extremely sorry at the
fatal issue of the quarrel, and begged the officer to anew
him either to poison, hang, or drown himself. He was
taken to Rose•hill Bridewell, where he remained until
half•past four, when he was conveyed to the main bride-

A coroner's inquest was held on the body of the un-
fortunate fctnale to-day, when the jury, after a full
hearing, returned a verdict of manslaughter against the
husband.

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THE NEW POPULATION ACT.—Yesterday the new
Population Act, for taking the census, was issued. IL con-
tains 27 sections. The census is to be taken on Monday,
March 31, of all persons in houses on the previous night.
In England, persons to be called " enumerators " are to
be appointed to take the accounts, through the Secretary
of State, by the Registrars of Births and Deaths. The
parishes are to bear the expenses, and Parliament to re-
itnburse them. The Secretary of State is to adopt means
to take an account of the number of houseless poor on the:
night of the 30th of March, and of persons travelling and
on shipboard. In Scotland the sheriffs are to appoint school
masters to take an account. The census is of Great Britain
only. Schedules are to be filled up by occupiers of houses,
and for refusing to give answers, or giving false answers, per-
sons are to he liable to a penalty of not more than 5/. nor
less than 205., to be recovered in a summary manner by dis.
tress or imprisonment.
EXHIBITION or 1851.—We understand that an
Government of Wurtemberg have'appointed a commission tt,
take charge of the interests of that country in the approach-
lag industrial contest. M. Santtar is the chairman of the
committee.