The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-13 00:00:00

RAILWAY SHARES.

St. Germain ......... .
Versailles, R. 8............• 550 •• 555 .. 560 .. 555
L. 8.•...
Rouen ..•••••••••.........1110 ..1105 ..1105
Rouen tolHavre..
Orleans . . ll6O ..1162 50 ..1160 —ll6O
Strasburg to Bale 316 25 .. 316 25 .. 313 75 .. 313 75
Avignon to Marseilles•• •• .. 957 50 •• 965 .. 957 50 .. 962 50
Bordeaux to Teste ..•• .... 250 • • 250 • • 225 .. 225

)AILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, FEB. 15.

St. Germain . 1079 50 —1072 50 ..1071 25 ..1071 25
Versailles, RM...
L. 8............. 400 ••• 400 .• 380 .. 382 50
Rouen 75 . 1118 —llO5 ..110G 25
Rouen to Havre.. •• • • •..... 897 50 857 50 •. 895 .. Bjs
Orleans
Strasburg to 8a1e.......... 316 25 .. 316 23 .. 312 50 . 312 50
,ivieinon to Marseilles.. •• .. 955 .. 966 .. 955 . 962 50

The petitions alluded to by Mr. Wallace, in his
speech of Tuesday evening, on railways, do great
credit to the several parties at Hastings and at Bir-
mingham, by whom they were prepared and signed
for presentation by the Hon. Member for Greenock.
We wish to speak to the great question ' advo-
cated by that gentleman, without distinction of po-
litical parties—Chartists, Radicals, or any other. It
is not merely reasonable, but it is matter of essential
right and fairness and, propriety, that those among
the poorer of the working classes, who, when they
travel by railroad, can only pay for second or third-
class accommodation, should he provided by the
various Railway Companies with such carriages as
will neither endanger health, nor put life or limb in
jeopardy. We have been often disgusted, even
on the most important of our great working lines,
at observing the utter want of all provision, in the
vehicles to be appropriated to their second and third-
class passengers, against the inclemency of the
weather or for the personal accommodation and ease
of the passengers. No body of her Majesty's subjects
are better entitled to Le better used, within the limits
of a reasonable relation between the scale of the fares
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have endured and must always periodically encounter
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are experienced,
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LATE RESCUE FROM DROWNING
AT LEITH.

We publish with much pleasure the following letter from
Mr. George Robins, of London, in reference to this case, the
particulars of which we gave in our paper of Tuesday last.
A man had fallen into the Dock at Leith, and had sunk
twice, so that all hopes of saving him were at an end, when
James Carnie, one of the Custom-house boatmen, bravely
leaped into the water, and, at the imminent risk of his own
life, rescued the drowning man. The suggestion of our cor-
respondent we consider a very just and proper one, and shall
be happy to take charge of any sums which may be trans-
mitted to us in behalf of James Carnie :
TO THE EDITOR OF THE EDINBURGH ADVERTISER.
Covent-garden, Feb. 6, 1845.
Sir,—l have just read, in one of our morning news-
papers a paragraph extracted from your journal, the
Edinburgh Advertiser. It relates to an act of so much
bravery and kind feeling, that I think, if you will take
the trouble of corroborating this tale, there would not
be found wanting in our metropolis, as well as yours, sym-
pathy and good feeling enough to induce a little subscription
in favour of the intrepid man, Carnie, who so courageously
risked his own life to save a fellow-creature. I feel that it is
the duty of all those who possess the means, to encourage
such acts of bravery and kind-hearted feeling as you have re-
presented, to do something that will act as a stimulus on
future occasions. It is not enough to read of it and put by
the paper, with the frozen compliment of " What a tine
the l r
e public w
otbeapathetie on such Occasions; something
no
required to encourage him at a future
fellow,"
ltuli tagiving a solitary shilling, as a reminder that
substantial
isperiod to risk his life, as he evidently has done in this case ;
and my sovereign is very much at his service, if you will take
charge of it ; but do pray write three or four lines in corro-
boration of this act of revery-, in order that others who may
not yet have read this extract may see it, and do a little to
encourage and reward more generally such acts of heroism.
—I am, your most obedient servant,
GEORGE ROBINS.

Messrs. Ransom, the bankers in London, will kindly re•
ceive any contributions.

FIRE INSURANCES.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
am rather surprised that no one has drawn public
attention (that I am aware of) to the duty payable on fire
insurances. Double the amount is paid to Government as
tax to what the companies receive to enable them to pay for
the rebuilding of all the houses that are burnt down, clerks'
salaries, and all other expenses, including a remunerating
profit for themselves. If all this can be done out of half the
duty, surely the other half une would think quite sufficient to
be paid as duty, to insure protection to the public. Now
there is a surplus revenue, would it not be a suitable time to
press it upon the Premier's attention? Should you think
with me on this subject, you will please to notice it in some
way in your widely-circulated journal, and you will oblige a
numerous class of readers, including your obedient servant,
Stepney-green, Feb. 12, 1845. J. V.

THE OVERLAND JOURNEY TO INDIA.—The follow-
ing details of a journey recently performed by Lieutenant
Waghorn prove that a trip to India and back is quite as
practical as any of the common continental tours, and we
have no doubt that in a short time we shall find it the
fashion of the day. Mr. Waghorn left London on the 26th
of September; he reached Marseilles on the 4th of October,
arrived at Alexandria on the 11th, remained in Egypt eleven
days, where he had audiences with the Pacha, left Suez on
the 22d, and arrived at Bombay ou the 10th of November.
His stay at Bombay was 23 days. He left it on the 2d of
December—got to Suez and Cairo on the 20th, had another
audience with the Pacha, left Alexandria on the 23d, was
detained at Malta a day and a half, and arrived •at the
Motherbank on the 9th of January, and landed on the 11th,
after performing two days' quarantine. The total absence
from London to Bombay and back, including stoppages and
the delays abovemontioned, was 107 days, or 70 days' only
actual travelling.
LOWESTOFT, FEB B.—LOSS OF THE EMERALD, OF
BELFAST.—The Emerald, of Belfast, Harrison, from
London to Aberdeen, with guano, struck upon the Barnard
Sand, about twelve o'clock last night, the wind blowing
strong from the N.E., with snow storms, and shortly after-
wards sunk. The crew took to the rigging, and at daylight
this morning (Saturday), a boat from Kessingland Beach
rescued them from their perilous situation, and landed them
in an exhausted state, destitute of everything.—lpswich
ThleVlaAT guardianslN
Express.
AwNerAe about it, thinking that
NAME P— jekrtrythe S. Thomas's Union
last Friday, one Henry Phillpotts applied for relief'.
the application was about a type and forerunner of dis-
tress that would be found with the head of the family—
for many would have it that it was same connexion of a
Right personage.
Reverend
The Rev. A. Atherley was
in the chair. He kept his countenance remarkably well
at first, but when an ancient guardian roared out " bring
in the Bishop," the Reverend Gentleman was agitated
with an uproarious cacehination. 'Twas not the Bishop,
but a hard-working man of the same name.— Western
Times.
EARLDOM OF PANMURE.--A. petition of Mr. W.
Mauls, praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased
to adjudge and declare " that he has right to the titles,
honours, and dignities of the Earldom of Panmure, and Lord
Brechin and Navar," was presented by command of her Ma-
jesty on Tuesday to the House of Lords, and it was referred
to the Committee of Privileges.