The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-24 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

RAILWAYS.

In Mr. Laing's paper appended to the evidAeeerce
aken before the Select Committee on Railways, the ;05
is a curious table, showing the rate of different items
of,expenditure per mile of railway upon some 01
principal British and Foreign lines. tor/
From this table it appears that the Parliament don
expenses of the London and Birmingham and Londe,
and South-Western Companies have been about 6 or
per mile ; and of the Great Western and Manches_ct
and Leeds, 1,0001. per mile ; while the London S.
Brighton cost, under this head, 3,000/. per jsc'
There appears to be no corresponding item In the
counts of the Belgian and French railways. sce!
The " Law Charges, Engineering, Directionithem
have varied on English lines ; but on all of on'
they have been enormously large. Thus, the Lay,
don and South-Western Company have had ttiSol3,
under this item, 900/. per mile; the Grand Jun'pster
1,200/.; the Birmingham, 1,500/. ; the 311111 the
and Leeds, 1,600/. ; the Brighton, 1,8001 ; $l3l It
Great Western no less an amount than 2,500/.0.
seems that the average per mile on the Belgian rsrif
ways, under this head, is 4301. ; and on the
and Rouen Railway, 8001.
mos 1.9
Under "Land and Compensation," the dine.; Cir
equally remarkable. Thus the Newcastle anuorsed
lisle Company paid, per mile, 2,2001. • the ths
Junction, 3,000/. ; the South:Western, 2,2001.; the
Manchester and Leeds, 6,1501.; and the Birill'n,at
and the Great Western precisely the same--tropOL
6,300/. ; while the Brighton paid no less than ly'oueo
per mile. The average of the Paris and";gafst
Railway was 2,3001.; and of the Belgian lbw'
2,750/.
In " Railway Works and Stations," the al erasene;
is greater still. For example, the Newear.,""ctient
Carlisle cost 12,000/. per mile ; the Grand 0107oir
15,000/. ; the South-Western, 18,450/.• the P. GrO
ham, 38,280/. ; the Brighton, 38,0001; blefolsor
Western, 40,000/. ; and, beyond all the rest, 13er
Chester and Leeds, 41,400 l.! The average
gian railways is 10,600/. per mile; and of the
and Rouen, 17,000/. heels
per e
The " Carrying Establishment hes
on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway,
‘,"$01•I
Grand Junction, 2,000/. ; South-Western, '
,40_ spa
Birmingham and Brighton, 3,000/. • Manchester ip
Leeds, 3,600/.; while the Great Western 111/s'oB
0,.
this item, far out-topped all—being 4,8 008
average of the Belgian Railways is preciselLtbeera-,"
as the cost, in this respect, of the South-West mil.namely, 2,350/. ; and of the Paris and Rouen
way, 2,400/. of thew,

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POST-OFFICE." ESPIONAGE.—A most disgc C,
transaction was brought to light in the House tee 0'
mons on Friday night last, and was also the seidtidoe
discussion in the Lords on Monday night. -11-...„ee- Olt
was presented from three individuals comPliw'—`post"
their letters bad been detained and opened at the
; tbst
Office. Sir James Graham unblushingly avni!--t 1/1°
letters had been detained and opened, and that he
by his orders it was done 1 He had the riceeor
said, as Home Secretary, to do this, and he That
cised it, but why or wherefore he refused to state' WO.
such a power is possessed by the Home Seerewlefeev
not disputed, but that it was exercised was neverrtaiulf
dreamed of by any one. The public at large had ce„d ditif
guatioula roe
no knowledge of the existence of such a power,ern. 4
will hear of it with as much surprise as indi
was believed that correspondence in this country ef, hiss'
carried on with perfect freedom, and withont the sal
danger of a violation of the trust; Sir James Grai!as :pig'
destroyed the delusion ; and we now find that t,h:
lish Post-office is merely the bead-quarters of
jesty's principal Spy, Sir James Graham, rihns held stion it is to rival the fame of Fouche, when herownaL
similarappointment under Buonaparte.
AN Usituctor ExPosE.—On one occasion, Jp7;rury'
whose business it was to play in the tragedY at
dardep'
lane, had to begin also the farce at Covent ad beet
e
The play on thisvening at the latter house is al to
short, and was brought even earlier than Ts" tsle°
conclusion, by no encore of the songs havingands'
place. After a lapse of some ten minutes, Le mould
once became impatient—(" unruly," as
___3ll.ll„t43,3l,disc
have said)—and messengers were accor7ls' roce•---
patched, demanding Bartley's instant attes
hi tragedy
Bartley, considering that a per centege on -- lied
might easily be spared, or more readily be ..P, E, farce,
another, than the absence of his merry face 'skips 5"
" My Neighbour's Wife," kicked off his bu_day it/
Drury,--and -running-to Covent-garden, was sPe_iiirig on
his dressing-room, where be instantly began Pt„elvhs!
his well-remembered pantaloons. But being and
agitated by the importunity of the prompter's. wore
in a considerable state of perspiration, he us.,u,e way
than usual difficulty, so that the pantaloons " gelt IP
arrear that ever freeholder experienced. This,
ra _ effect-
in the struggle, presenting the most gracelessoicorse
augmented the delay, and the delay had the sa.
_ewever,,
on the patience of the auditory; they were, IT owe
Nei!lon n
pacified by some timely explanation, and
thro-r
spectable grey trousers, and went comfortably
ter quarter of an hour Bartley appeared in his ow mg,
Lis part.—Ainsworth for June.

The Queen and Prince Albert, the Ladies 01_690
tlemen of the royal suite and the household, 20601
Divine service yesterday morning in the
v
Royal, Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and .1,
Leslie• Courtenay officiated. 01
Her Majesty and Prince Albert took th-Ar --
walk in the forenoon of Saturday in the rat e§
dens of Buckingham Palace. His Royal 11 it'
Prince Albert afterwards rode out on horsebac
06
tended by Major-General Sir Edward B°lv
Equerry in Waiting.
The Royal Family were taken airings on Sattirdil
in the royal gardens.
01011
The Queen and Prince Albert left Buni"l3o- to
Palace at seven o'clock, on Saturday evenlinkwitt
honour the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland
their company at the ceremony of the christeietbe
Stafford-house Her Majesty was attended 'Jai
Duchess of Buccleuch, Mistress of the Robes;
the Marchioness of Douro, Lady in Waiting. ,estc';
The royal suite followed in three of her M")Lo'rrl
carriages, and consisted of the Earl Delew,,arrhos
Chamberlain ; the Marquis of Exeter, K.11„1"„ roick,
of the Stole to Prince Albert ; the Earl of IV ar"in is
K.T., Lord in Waiting; Captain Meynell, Gren.
Waiting ; Col. Arbuthnot, Equerry in Waiting, le
Major-General Sir Edward Bowater, Equerry
Waiting to Prince Albert.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duellessoo.4
Cambridge attended Divine service, yesterday °gr.
ing, in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley-street
roness Ahlefeldt and Baron Knesebeck were in sc
iug on their Royal Highnesses.
Her Royal Higness the Duchess of Cambriclo.sge
went on Saturday morning to Kew,returning toy
in the afternoon.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloteester
visited the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge 3.
terday.
t, ss of
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Due-eh
Cambridge honoured the Italian Opera with
presence on Saturday evening. . the
A deputation, consisting of Lord Howard, gr
Rev. V. H. P. Somerset, the Rev. 3. J. Smith,'O
J. Labouchere, Mr. J. Tollemache, M.P., Mr. '!„/"14.
Wilson, Mr. Rochfort Clarke, Mr. Bridges, "I'(i
V. Sidebottorn, Mr. P. White, Mr. A. Gordoc,hs
Mr. G. 3. P. Smith, had an interview with the Mgd
Hon. W. E. Gladstone on Saturday, at the ogee
the. Board of Trade.
Lord Heytesbury had an interview with Sir Robot'
Peel on on Saturday.
A deputation of country bankers, including
Rochdale, Mr. Melville, and Mr. Spooner, had
op
terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer...A.
Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-sna
The Duke of Wellington and Sir F. Trench st.
tended the early service in the Chapel Royal, the
James's yesterday. The sermon was preached 11
Hon. and Rev. N. Grenville.
The Duchesses of Beaufort and Stitherland,thel‘l9;
guises of Anglesey and Salisbury; Lords Effingls:ls.
Bandon, Wilton, Cawdor, Mulgrave, Leveson, .100
therton. Ebrington, and Wrottesley; Ladies ..,
and L. Gower, attended the daily service yesternere.'
the Chapel Royal, St. James's. Prayers were
„i
by the Rev. W. Hall; the sermon was preen"
the Hon. and Rev. N. Grenville. The
musics oti•
vice was Nares in F, and the Sanctus in E', l".#811),
The anthem, " Awake unto the Lord" (Till -elf
was sung by Messrs. Horncastle and Chapman'
George Smart presided at the organ.
The Duke of Montrose, the Marchioness of or
bury, Lords Delawarr, Godolphin, Canterbury, saa
tilupe, Forester, and Norreys ; Ladies Wilton ter
Ernest Bruce, attended the afternoon service Yes
day in the Chapel Royal, St James's.
Sir Edward and Lady Kerrison had a dinner 'rol.
on aturday at their residence in Great Staubbreo
street. The company included the Duke and Dur,„ls
of Cleveland and Lady Augusta Poulett, the
and Marchioness of Blandford, Lady Louisa Chun
the Earl and Countess of Malmesbury, the 3{7p
of Salisbury, Monsieur Aulaire, the Earl sad
chester and Lady Caroline Strangways, Vise°6°.ver
Viscountess Holmesdale Lord Seaharn, Lord St od
dale, Lord Curzon, Mr. W. Peel, Mr. Tomline,
and Lady Mahon,
.1 01
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Counnl,
on Saturday. The Lords present were the Lora I;ht
sident, Lord Brougham, the Vice-Chancellor gn:11,
Bruce, and the Chancellor of the Duchy ofCcrow
Dr. Addams was heard on an appeal
Prerogative Court, " Panton v. Williams krve
heard at a former meeting). Lord Brougham 6-
judgment. The Court then rose.
The following memorandum of the business
Court was issued on Saturday :
" The Judicial Committee of the Privy enoocil
will resume its sittings on Monday, 22d July. 01
" Their Lordships will dispose of all the cases
down for hearing on or before the 18th July.
" All cases not set down on that day, will be r
poned until after Michaelmas Term.
" Privy Council-office, June 22, 1844."