The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-15 00:00:00

RAILWAY RETURNS.

RAILWAY ThisFic.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail-
ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the
respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same
week in the previous year:

,:::,
Week Last om e
ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week. Z F.
. r
~. . . ... . .
- -
£ X
Dec. 6 Arbroath and Forfar ••••••-• • • • • • • • 179 154
- Bristol and Birmingham •••'•" ' • • • • • - -
503
5 Chester and Birkenhead .•••••• • • • • • • 421
4 Dublin and Drogheda• 651 549
9 Dublin and Kingstown •. • ... .. „„ • • 636 655
7 Dundee and Arbroath . • ...., „ „
.... 250 244
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6,133
3,585
659 741
2,327 1,982
miStdivaeGir noc k , and Ayr .... .. 1,809 1,420
6766
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6 GIIIIIew and Greenock...-. ~ , .... 703 676
- Grand Junction ...... ..., ........ _
Gravesend and Rochester...." - • - - Great North of England ••.•••• • • • - •-
_
7 Great Western ... • • ....... 15,626 13,035
•••••• • • • • • 8 Ilartlepool ..... 1,172
6 London and Birmingham, &c...... • . 31,028 24,513
7 London and 131ackwall.• • ..... ••• • • • 717 642
6 London and Brighton.
9 London and Croydon .••••••• • • • • • • • 674 932
- London and Greenwich .•.•••• • • • • • • - --
6 London and South Western . ........ 5,006 4,986
7 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury ...... 893 805
5 Manchester and Birmingham........ 3,643 2,855
6 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc.. 5,703 5,129
6 Midland Counties ................... 15,117 11,533
6 Newcastle and Darlington .......... 2,502 1,011
6 Newcastle and Carlisle.. ••••.• • • • ... 1,603 1,573
7 Newcastlo and Ifoi th Shields.. .•• • .. 415 319
946 175
5 North Union and Bolton and Preston 1,442 1,448
- Paris, Corbeil, and Orleans •.• • • • .... - 4,886
- Paris and Rouen ..... ••.•-•. • • • . • . - 3,999
6 Preston and Wyre 390 317
6 Sheffield and Manchester-- •.•• • • • 1•03•5 631
6 South Eastern.. •••••• • • • • ..
1,032 910
7 Ulster
555 623
.
- Yarmouth and Norwich - •-
4,742 4,575
6 York and North Midland.

EXPLOSION AT THE SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY'
STAmox.—Friday evening, shortly before Live o'clock consi-
derable alarm was created in the immediate vicinity of Niue
Eli a, Vauxhall, in consequence of a report being raised that
the terminus of the South Western Railway had taken fire.
It appears that the water of the Thames overflowed and
filled the cellars underneath the principal entrance, and there-
by displaced the gas-tittings, which caused the gas to escape
about the building. A gas-fitter was therefore sent for to
examine the place, and on his applying a light to one of the
burners, the gas which had escaped became ignited, and ex-
ploded with a noise resembling the discharge of fire-arms, at.
the same time tearing up a portion of the lining boards in the
ladies' waiting-room, and demolishing the upper part of the
doorway. The entrance-hall and money-taker's compart-
ment were also considerably injured. Whether tie cellars
below are much damaged it is impossible to tell, as they have;
at present upwards of six feet deep of water in them.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
ROLLS' COURT, Dec. 13.
LORD NELSON V. LORD BRIDPORT.

Mr. TURNER, on the part of the defendants, con-
tended that the claims of the plaintiff could not be sus-
tained. and went at great length into the arguments on
the side of the appellant, to show that, according to the
um aping of the terms of the will of Lord Horatio Nel-
son, and the evidence that had been adduced, the case
eirlearoured to be made out had failed. He also pro-
ceeded to argue that the distinction of a feudum dep.
derails, as given by the plaintiff's counsel, was at -va-
riance with that of some of the most eminent writers.
'I hese arguments occupied the time of the Court
(liiriug the NI hole day.

VIOE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Dec. 13.
(Before the VIM-CHANCELLOR of England.)
THE EARL 01 DARTMOUTH V. THE SHEFFIELD SUNCTION

RAILWAY COMPANY,
Mr. BEznism, applied today, ezparte, for a special
injunction to restrain the defendants, the Sheffield June-
ti, t Railway Company, their workmen. servants, and
agents, from cutting down trees and doing other acts
Upon the lands of the noble plaintiff. The plaintiff had
to objection to the Company entering upon the lands
under the Company's ConsolidA.tion Act, to bore and
tLke levels, but he objects to their cutting down trees,
which they were proceeding to do, and to prevent which
he applied for an injunction.
il:s floistortt, without the least hesitation, granted
the injunction.
(Before Vice-Chancellor WhutAx.)
PIIILISY V. SIBLEY.

'l'tiis case appeared on his Honour's paper for a
further hearing to-day. Mr. Anderton and Mr. Bolt
ceneluded their arguments in reply, on behalf of the
plaintiff Sibley and infant, who appeared by his repre-
eentatives, to complain of a mal-administration of trust
on the part of the defendant.
llis HONOUR, in giving judgment, remarked with
;'rat severity on the conduct of the plaintiff, who had
filed the bill without intimation of such intention being
given to the defendant. That course, he said, was
Lever resorted to save in cases where there existed a
probability that parties would remove to evade the suit,
a suspicion which could not have been entertained in
the present instance, situated as the parties were. In-
timation ought to have been given, and, even if a breach
of trust had been made out, they ought to have appled
to defendant to repair the breach. But as this had not
been done, his Honour doubted whether defendant
was not entitled to the consideration that if application
had been made, the money would have been paid, and
on that ground whether he were not entitled to the costs
of the suit. What affected his Honour's judgment on
this point was, the evidence put in bearing pain-
fully against the trustee, and the defendant's
answer, which was by no means satisfactory
to the Court. Previous to the month of June there had
btea a long correspondence, and from June till August,
when the bill had been filed, there had: been a great
lapse of time, without any reparation of past default by
fulfilment of the trust, whereas the defendant's answer
would have led the Court to suppose he had been all the
time anxiously looking for the opportunity of profitable in-
vestment of the money, and had been employing Mr. Blag
for this express purpose. In a letter the defendant ex-
pressly said the money had been invested ; after this
letter Mr. Blag, on behalf of defendant, said the money
hid been invested oa defendant's farming stock; that he
could not therefore repay it at the time, but would do so
alter harvest ; the truth of which statement is denied
by the defendant, but Mr. Blag does not deny having
made it. His Honour could not help remarking on the
effect this evidence could not but produce on the Court,
to the prejudice of the defendant's case, especially as in
his answer he merely says the money, 2651., was all the
time either in his own hands or in the hands of his banker.
Altogether, the Court was of opinion that this trustee
ha I been guiity of a breach of trust, and ordered that
he should pay the costs of the suit.
The mother of the infant was continued guardian, and
appointed, pro tempore, trustee of the infant's estate. '

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Dec. 13.
(Before Lord DENMA.N.)
MCIR V. WARD.
This was an action taken by the plaintiff, who is an
architect, against the defendant, to whom he had f 4r-
nished drawings, plans, and specific itions for a large
private residence; bat the rate of per centage demanded
by the phindir the defendant considered too large, and
therefore resisted the claim. The Jury found fur the

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dec. 13.
STEWART V. STEELE.
This was an action to recover damages for the injury
(Sitting at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before the LORD
CHIEF JUSTICE and a London Special Jury.)
done to a ship belonging to the plaintiff, by the Enter-
prise, a steam-ship of great aiz and burden, running
into it.
This was the second trial of the case, a rule for a new
trial having been obtained in the course of last year.
The case for the plaintiff was not concluded when the
Court rose, and it is expected to o_!cupy the Court at
least two days.