The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-09 00:00:00

Name of Railway.

Total.
X. a. d.

Mar. Arbroath and Forfar —
2 Birmingham and Derby Junction 1,193 17 ...
1 Birmingham and Gloucester 1,735 0 7
2 Brandling Junction 716 12 0
1 Chester and Birkenhead 4OO 16 4
5 Dublin and Kingstown 721 7 1
3 Dundee and Arbroath lB6 4 11.
2 Durham and Sunderland 5BO 14 3
2 Edinburgh and Glasgow 1,795 9 9
3 Eastern Counties and North Eastern 3,185 15 7
2 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr 1,079 6 2
2 Glasgow and Greenock 613 0 7
2 Grand Junction 6,911 1 11
2 Great North of England 1,166 10 1
3 Great Western
1 Liverpool and Manchester
2 London and Birmingham
7 London and Blackwall 598 8 4
2 London and Brighton
5 London and Croydon
London and Greenwich —
2 London and South Western .......
Feb. 29 Manchester, Bolton and Bury 6BB 9 11
Mar. 2 Manchester and Birmingham 2,621 17 5
2 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc 5,267 9 4
2 Midland Counties
2 Newcastle and Carlisle 1,294 15 1
3 Newcastle and North Shields 314 11 5
2 North Midland
1 North Union 1,074 11 4
Feb. 27 Paris and Orleans 3,517 12 0
Mar. 4 Paris and Rouen 3,528 0 0
2 Preston and Wyre 2lO 10 8
2 Sheffield and Manchester 468 12 10
7 South Eastern
2 Taff Vale
3 Ulster 525 9 8
4 York and North Midland

PARIS and STRASBURG RAILWAY.
We have already noticed this project with some de-
gree of favour, being much impressed with its import-
ance to the mutual interests of England and of the Con-
tinent. We are glad to learn that in France the sub-
ject •is met with a sort of national enthusiasm—
all the shares allotted to that country, amounting
to upwards of one million sterling, having been
disposed of within twenty-four hours after the publica-
tion of the prospectus in the French papers. This
striking re-action of enterprise in France—for three
years ago it was found impossible to complete one great
line, for want of the necessary capital—is, of course, to
be attributed to the great stimulus given by the co-ope-
ration of the Government to such undertakings. It is to
to be understood that all the compensation for lands and
buildings on the line is met by the State, conjointly with
the Departments and Communes, while the State of
itself is at all the cost of termini, stations, and indeed all
the precarious portion of the investment. The line is
286 miles in length; the total distance from Havre Ito
Strasburg, a direct line across the French Continent,
being 430 miles, a " railway hour " further than from
London to Edinburgh.

FIVE MEN DROWNED.—On the morning of Mon-
day last, during the continuance of the storm, five fishermen
from Clogher were lost. They had proceeded to sea on the
previous evening, and were overtaken by the gale. The boat
which the unfortunate men were in was found drifting about
at the Nanny-water. By this melancholy occurrence, 16
children are left fatherless and unprovided for.—Drogheda
Journal.

Yesterday morning the steam-boat Prince of
Wales was placed in a most perilous situation for nearly an
hour, in consequence of getting jammed between the shore
arch of London-bridge and the new pier recently thrown out
at Fishmongers' Wharf; the boat had a number of passen-
gers, who were in the greatest state of alarm from the ap-
prehension of the vessel breaking her back, in which case
serious loss of life must have resulted. It is quite time that
the City authorities should interfere, and not suffer piers to
be run out into the river in places such as this, to the immi-
nent risk of life and property, as well as impeding the navi-
gation of the river.
THE COTTON MARKET.--During the last week
not less than three New York packets have arrived, bringing
advices from that city to the 16th ult. The state of the cot-
ton market, in the various parts of the Union, has been watched
with a lynx-eyed curiosity by the commercial world here.
Oa this side the " short croppists" have recently showed
symptoms of drawing in their horns, which may be attri-
buted to two causes—first, the recent accounts show that the
estimate of 1,800,000 bales for the present year's crop will be
tolerably near the mark, which, with the stock now on hand
in Liverpool and elsewhere, exceeds by nearly 200,000 bales
the stock of the corresponding period last year.— Willmer and
Smith's European Times.--[rhis journal is published at
Liverpool in time for the departure of the steamers to the
United States, Canada' India, and the colonies, with the po-
litical and commercial intelligence up to the latest hour. To
-iereantile men of these places the prices current of the
the L.- Liverpool markets, which are admirably classed
London -ill be found very useful.]
and arranged,,,_
and giving dramatic 40 g 4 Orleans.rA
""" Wallack, says ti: "

Si

COURT CIRCULAR.
The QUM, mid Prince Albert -Walked yesterdayforen°s3
in the Royal alifdens of Buckingham Palace. mace.
Their Loyal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the.P—erm
Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken an airing /44
in the Royal Gardens.
Sir William C. Ross R. A.,had the honorer of subiniLtiAirost!
the Queen yesterday, on his return from Brussels, thtf,sta
tures of the Queen Of the Belgians and the Princess Ltlisp
of Belgium, which he had painted by command of her .1" st
Histoval Highness Prince Albert presided Yestecrd‘low:ool
meeting Of the Commission for Promoting and Entet,
the Fine Arts in the rebuilding the Palace of West ini?,"..dyl
The meeting was held at half-past two o'clock at.trjori
House, Whitehall. The Prince was attended by Sir •`'
Bowater, Equerry in Waiting.
The other Commissioners present were then ra.shert4
Lansdowne, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Colborne, 51.40
Harry Inglis, Mr. Henry Gall y Knight, Mr. Pcgeole
Hawes, Mr. Hnry Hallam, Mr. Rogers, Air*,
Vivian, and Mr. Thomas Wyse. Vince
Shortly before live o'clock his Royal Highnellgho
Albert took his departure, returning to
Palace, attended attended by Sir Edward Bowater.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent lei Quee.
Court, Worcestershire, the residence of her Majesty the vricie
Dowager, at ten o'clock yesterday morning
ravelled r Dilab., the
from which station her Royal Highness t
Gloucester and Birmingham Railway to Birmilighelitir
from thence proceeded to town by the London and
_..;00,
ham Railway. On arriving at the Euston square tel-encei
the Royal Duchess immediately left for her I'd:. ir
Clarence House, St. James's, where her Royal IljilLuiinyti
er
rived at half-past six o'clock last evening. d bolos
Highness was attended by Lady Fanny Howard en
1
Sir G. Couper. rd Fob°
A deputation on the poor-laws, consisting of L° choleol4
Grosvenor, Lord Ebrington, Mr. Williams, 11,1r..5 10014
Mr. Muntz, Captain Pechell, Mr. LallgStOn, Mr.
Lord Alfred Hervey, Sir C. Napier, Mr. H. Broweett;; yes'
Duncombe, had an interview with Sir dairies Grp.°
terday at the Home-office.
The Health of Towns Commission had a meetiag?.‘aeri
day at Gwydyr House, Whitehall. The Coltol 7,0 (31
present were the Duke of Buccleuch, Sir Henry 004
la Beche, Dr. David Boswell Reid, Mr. Riche joce
Hunterian Professor of the College of Surgeon* Air' •
Ronald Martin, and Mr. George GrahaM.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colo ~e
from the Governor of the Mauritius, and from the (
r-
-14/00
of Sierra Leone. Dispatches were received in the
from the Governors of the West India colonies. ~,rt re°
Sir James Graham had an interview with SirS
yesterday. , •
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ADULTERATION OF TORACC •

MANSION-HOUSE, DONCASTER, MAKCiI
THE QUEEN AGAINST 13TROOD AND .SON•
This It ZS an information for the adulteration of W_.U,l7, beef
the detection Of which the officers of excise have reckP"... ifool
very active under the immediate directions of A,' sik,°'
the Hon. Chairman &the Board of Excise. Dr. na4,10
the Excise-office, attended for the Crown, and 2(ll:'„.isieto.
the defence. After a long: investigation, the A.
convicted them in the penalty of 300/., which they ull
to one-half, with the condemnation of a large q
tobacco, which will be destroyed.

GUILDALL, LINCOLN, MARC' 6. uo
In an information here for a similar offence, "Toe
attended by Dr. Bateman for the Crown, and Mr.
for the defendant. The Magistrates convicted in t,..7tobscrns
of 500/., and the condemnation of a large quantity t°° ipOw"
which will be destroyed. Professor Graham, of the
University, attended to prove the adulteration.

ARISTOCRATIC MORALITY'
(From the Cork Southern Reporter.) u
From the rather unenviable notoriety Whic'd
parties in a case tried in the Court of Coninlt4
fob i,
London, on Tuesday last have obtained, the ren„,
which we have transferred to our columns, wilsoi!
less be read by many who have heard the stto
which for some time past have been put forwarre
side with stern pertinacity, and met on the °to pot
indignant denial. And before we advert llovefore108:,
cularly to the object with which we make this reA 005
it is right that we should express our full areopass
concurrence in the arguments of the Learnea ed, OP;
for the defence, in the verdict which was rettna
bf
in the approbation with which it was recelv "
crowded Court.
Since the occasion when the noble defendant/ t.
Lord Brudenell, in command of the 15th Husaall,"
garrison, brought Captain Wathen to a Cop dpi
on charges of alleged breaches of military d,72, A
which he was afterwards unable to substano.tilictoa
which recoiled upon himself with no very sagtiscotifini
conclusions, he has been anything but a public the 15.1,
Subsequent to that occurrence the command 1,05
was given to Lieutenant-Colonel Badcock, wn he
ship was transferred to the 11th Hussars, ivi"-biat
present commando, and which we must also (I° dear'
justice of admitting is considered to be at I ow;
in es effective and creditable a state as '1,134
cavalry regiment in the service. ID .„,--satrie
command the Earl of Cardigan had serious 71 the
standings with the officers of his regiment, 90" oar'
cumstances having been brought under tablictife a
their details tended still further to contain ",000,1
nion which prevailed as to his Era
while in a high and responsible Posiwi,—/edi
to excite, to say the least of it, a very strong r
against him in the public mind. Of this his ilegolicis:o4r.
Counsel seemed quite aware, and the Learneat,
General took occasion to refer to it in his argaw," of
to urge upon the jury that the "unpopularity OOS
noble defendant was in some measure relied urthigOh;
other side to create a prejudice against him'in do; ~"
With this matter we have, however, nothing t° d%
jury acted, as it appears to us, with correct aft,e' 00;5,
tion, and in accordance with the evidence bei°"'„oting
But it is in reference to the morale of the transae:pirs
we purpose offering some observations. What "v'farts
does it not present of the shameless proflit, hitt
prevails among that order to which the title? I
classes" is supposed exclusively to belong 41,
only from such revelations as those which h!toso
taken place that we obtain an insight Joe on;
" social system," which rules and regulatea,e OPTe
tocratic world. But we almost forget that "who v-of
of our rulers—those hereditary legislators _of! of
long to that class which forms the second ,'OOlA#
the Constitution—the Supreme Legislative u°oooos
the Empire. On the faults and follies of such Pe..sviof
of!
we must not look with too censorious an eye- Rea 0.
sheltered by that dignity within which theote;„o,
" vile democracy" must not presume to par potorr,
among their own circle they lose no caste by the
of their vices.
ora.

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SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—Han--fie rle
of Saul was given on Wednesday night at Ex, does co'-
is is strictly a dramatic work, and, abounding as
citatives, it is somewhat heavy, and nothing but s 0617)00
relieve the long scenes of declamation. Of come 04f
night's performance, there were many omissions, 0041;
by no means judicious, such as the beautiful song,, 011,
like youth," and the tenor song of "By Joni/Teel of 00
swear." We missed, too, the great oratorio scu„roarP
Hawes in David. There is no singer who can 4%00
vocalist in this style. Miss Dolby sang with Ler, id,
many of the songs were out of her natural reg of
Rainforth and Miss Cubitt sang with great ;sPV
and Phillips, in Bartleman's celebrated song °` mpssrse•ool'
in my bosom," appeared out of his natural c°„ed p ,4000
choruses were executed with general vigour,. 'peordd,
particularly " Welcome David, mighty King; oer
in Part 2, which, in fact, is an organ concerto, `°_on YOor
PRISONER KILLED IN APPLEBY GA01.110,0,t0
day last, Edward Relph, late of the village cf too
with T. Graham, J. Brown, and another, about ei jsbenr,
ago, was committed to Appleby gaol, to hs,,
_r „sole, otif
poaching in the preserves of the Earl of -1-Zortuill,
Thornthwaite-hall, in Westmoreland, votrpoescis 60,k
killed by the wheel of the treadmill. " fre 'll
be o
an inquest was held on the bod, in the gaol, _ cow 0,
Thompson, Esq., one of they coroners for th;rBo 0 10
'Westmoreland. It appeared, from the facts &orred9o4,
waitingor
den ce, thnaetarßtehl pe
ftehrethtime
purposet eaecfcident 0_ dtitiLl
going c'ilit`e
being a person of low stature, his head, by si° has
_AO ce
other„ came in contact with the wheel, wis,icn
revolving at the time, and fractured his tie
Accidental death. noo
Aft of GENERAL POST-OFFlCE.—Yesterual of A b.,
following notice respecting the future transinissl, lOW
and newspapers to Sydney and Port Ig toter te'
order of the Postmaster-General :—" The Postn! 00060
ral having now ascertained that an overland poisii.p, rf teo
tween Sydney, New South Wales, and Port F, 0144_
and newspapers posted hereafter, addressea „tit hf,l
towns in the settlement of Port Philip will be r' shiPote,
to Sydney, unless specially marked by Priva e acitet:h;;;,:i
ters not so marked will be charged with the
ie'
Is., &c. Newspapers will be sent free of posttio_,ol
gulation does not apply to letters and 11e1f5P1r:....010•rii.,,
to the other British Colonies in Australia, 'pot
men's Land, South Australia, West Austral"' 10
Zealand." jeer
THE DUKE OF LEEDS.—This nobleuNferooo
considered to be a spirited rider, has met witlitio borlefe&v.„;
pent at Melton Mowbray, in consequence of t,OO retie; 01,17 f
with him, while hunting, from which place he..eistet, tiff I,st
the Clarendon Hotel, in order to have the frOPLalt
medical attendant, Mr. M'Cann, of Parlianie'l seriow"
whose care his Grace now is. We are 10,,PtP0 be °f ater
the injuries, which were supposed at firs' 1100 y
nature, are going on favourably.' „ scloo iroe
The following specimen of the thelliffc pee d
abroad" hangs in a conspicuous position f yebo7:•'•
of our fashionable town :—" Lost 28th PAY °,ootainb fon°
Winchcombe st a small red merocker Cr
, eave
Ring with Emmeral Set in Diamods.
the same and will Bring it to the cryer's °"'" of tije
gineas Reward."—Cheltenham Chronicle, wept
Lord Castlereagh has become Pr
ee,os 0,
_4 0'
Thames Regatta Club for the forthcoming of thWbefOri
-ALmAca's.—The Ladies ratronesses ban!, d,
•es 0. osv-og,
semblies have determined to cemmence ase the 25t11 „
Easter. The opening ball is appointed for :,ing..e00.7.40
on which day her Majesty is 0 hold her _e osenip.
dree eon .
James's. From there not being any none • ,
night, and the influence of the mere an ,10,0 o _O4O
first ball, the attendance is likely to be more_:„;.of to'
to
numerous. The Ladies Patronesses remain Piw-
„„oets Soft° '
as last year. eter the r be
THE REV. Mn. HEAD.—Thecos , ,t t
ceedingsou
that the
osfllb
the
eriapcttiioonn ginottuhpe
EtoeediesefriseaYtitchal
.101.
Rev. Mr. Head, has been sufficient for ten,c,Fb;r
the.'" ADY,
Bishop of Exeter's legal expenses in the U"' e?.: 10e,
charged; they. were not so heavy as iv?l, d
further sum raised will go to Mr. Ilead
tetice,
ea the "aest
Somerset rece.v sloe •
psuriffveerderhitmo
of
fhhe
isexlitveiinitg.of 1,500/. by the sell Ails
Lord and Lady Fitzroy .1 that Ore fir
tressing intelligence by the overland anal the
son, Captain Arthur Fitzroy Somerset, 0'
rnorGemlits' the
Guards, Military Secretary to the G
ivErlalehnabraoirpoueegrh., severelyhmadanbyeeninquiries :::111:dsetd,
ne in
er e
st b
o:
the day preceding at Lord Fitzroy
asto,nd,,ffit°chibie cl!l;44os'
thope-street,till
rseant,datthtehaendswateer :.fasthuiCesdl:erte” a, coal.
petted. dt:tl
presPe
Peunit3eLdio
existing corn-laws now amounts altogtelleuci
PthEeTasoeNso.—f
cTohneuntoontaslag,nittupr_i!_tt:
!till:146o
4071.
by 13,249 persons ; for a reduction ofu.
petitions, signed by 5,975 persons ;
the Poor-law Amendment Act, 33 petin
snow fortor.aibatguecsieodtegol