The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-07 00:00:00

RAILWAY RETURNS.

We extract from the Railway Record the sums
received on the principal Railways of Great Britain for
the week ending on the day of the month prefixed to
each. The return includes the money received for
passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer-
chandise:—

Week
ended

Name of Railway.

Total.
£. s. d,

Aug. 31 Arbroath and Forfar lB5 19 7
30 Birmingham and Gloucester 3,027 11 3
31 Brandling Junction 1,099 14 4
31 Bristol and Gloucester .
30 Chester and Birkenhead 652 15 9
29 Dublin and Drogheda.— ......
Sept. 3 Dublin anclKingstown 1,424 18 2
1 Dundee and Arbroath 512 15 1
Aug. 31 Durham and Sunderland 732 18 8
. .

- 31 Edinburgh and Glasgow 2,840 14 5
Sept. 1 Eastern Counties and North Eastern 4,708 1 6
Aug. 31 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr 1,702 18 0
31 Glasgow and Greenock 1,140 13 0
31 Grand Junction 9,166 3 10
31 Great North of England 2,228 9 11
Sept. 1 Great Western

- ,
Liverpool and Manchester
Aug. 31 London and Birmingham
Sept. 1 London and Blackwall 1,537 11 9
Aug. 31 London and Brighton
Sept.l 3 London and Croydon
5 London and Greenwich B9B 4 8

2 London and South Western ....... 8,563 8 7i
Aug. 29 Manchester, Bolton and Bury 909 2 6
31 Manchester and Birmingham 3,358 4 3
31 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc 8,696 1 1
31 Midland Counties
• 31 Newcastle and Darlington 1,049 16 2
Sept. 1 Newcastle and Carlisle 1,906 17 10
1 Newcastle and North Shields 502 0 0
Aug. 30 North Union and Bolton and Preston 1,894 16 9
Paris, Corbeil. and Orleans
Sept. 2 Paris and Rouen 6,796 0 0
Aug. 31 Preston and Wyre 652 12 4
31 Sheffield and Manchester 782 15 11
Sept. 5 South Eastern
Aug. 31 Taff Vale
Sept.l 1 Ulster
_ __ . . .._ . _

1 Yarmouth and Norwich ....... ....... 391 9 1
Aug. 31 York and North Midland

THE EXTENSIVE ROBBERY FROM A RAILWAY MES-
SENGER.—This morning information was received at the
various Metropolitan Police-stations, that the bags which
had contained the gold and silver, being a portion of the
1,3001. which had been stolen in an ingenious manner
from a messenger belonging to the Great Western Rail-
way Company, on Thursday afternoon last, while on his
journey from Paddington to the Bank, on the roof of
one of the railway omnibuses, were found about four
o'clock, under the second arch on the Surrey side of
Vauxhall-bridge. There is no doubt that they were
placed there to throw the police off their guard. Up to
this time, neither the thieves or the money have
been traced.

NEW Hors.—Two pockets of new hops, from the
neighbourhood of Birling, Kent, were yesterday sold by
Messrs. Horton and Hart, in the Borough, at the rate of
101. 2s. per cwt. A large supply is expected in a few days.
MELANCHOLY Loss OF LIFE.---EXPLOSION OF FIRE-
D AMP.—The, inhabitants of Wrexham and its neighbour-
hood were thrown into a state of great alarm on Monday
last, upon intelligence reaching that town of one of the
most melancholy accidents which has ever occurred in
that neighbourhood. It appears that on the morning
above mentioned, four men were being lowered into the
pit of the Cheshire Vron colliery, Brymbo, near Wrex-
ham, the property of Mr. Moulson, when an explosion of
fire- damp took place. The shock was so great that the
poor men were blown into the air. The body of one of
them was picked up in four pieces ; the other three were
taken up quite dead. We understand that at the time
twenty eight men were employed in one part of the pit,
several of whom were dreadfully burnt, and are not
likely to recover.—Liverpool Mercury.
DEATH AT THE LONDON TERMINUS OF THE CROY-
DON RAILWAY FROM EXCITEMENT.—Last evening Mr.
Payne held an inquest at Guy's Hospital, on the body of
Samuel Fowling, aged forty-six, a labourer on the
Croydon Railway. It appeared in evidence, that on
Thursday morning deceased was working on the line at
the London terminus, when another labourer on cross-
ing a plank, caused it to tilt up, and in its fall it struck
deceased on the foot. He thought the affair was wilful,
and flung the plank at the other man, and also struck
him with his fist in the face. The other man did not re-
turn the blow, and went away. Immediately after de-
ceased, in carrying some water in pails, slipped and
spilled some, upon which some of his companions jeered.
He got up hurriedly and went to the pump to replenish
the pails ; and whilst doing so, he sank insensible on the
ground. He was taken up and conveyed to that hos-
pital, in which he expired the same evening, Mr. Samuel
Stocker, the house surgeon, said from excitement, caused
by the occurrence of the morning. Verdict—" Apoplexy."
BEES.—The long set of wet weather in July and
part of August had made the keepers of bees almost de-
spair. So late as the 26th of August, it was considered
in the upper districts of the county that there would be
scarcely any produce for these industrious insects this
year, but it has proved otherwise. Every day from the
above date the bees have stored on an average from three
to five pounds' weight of honey.—Glasgow Chronicle.
IMPORTATION OF WALNUTS.—The steamer Antwerp,
which arrived at the St. Katharine's steam-wharf on
Thursday afternoon from Antwerp, had, in addition to a
full complement of passengers, and a variety of fruits of
different sorts, a large quantity of walnuts on board,
which were landed immediately, and cleared for the Lon-
don market. This is, we believe, the first importation of
walnuts from the continent this season. Fruit of all
kinds is very plentiful at present, in consequence of the
extensive importations from abroad, and the superior
kinds of fruit are remarkably cheap, peaches, nectarines,
&c., being offered, of very excellent quality, in the mar-
kets at the low price of one penny each.
STRANGE INCIDENT.-011 Thursday, an inquest
was held before Mr. Carttar, coroner for the West Di-
vision of the county of Kent, on the body of an infant,
which was found under the following circumstances :
It appeared that on Tuesday night a paper parcel, with-
out any direction, was left on board the Ruby, Diamond
packet, on the return from London to Gravesend. The
steward of the Ruby having taken it in charge, supposing
it to be forgotten on board, deposited it in the Diamond
office, where, it being apprehended that what it con-
tained might spoil, it was opened on Wednesday morn-
ing, and found to contain the body of a new born infant.
Notice of this strange incident having been given to the
police, the body was taken by them in charge, and on
Thursday, Mr. Jones, surgeon, by the direction of the
coroner, having made a post mortem examination, stated
that the child was born alive, and in his opinion had
lived for some hours—that death might have been
caused by want of medical aid at the birth ; but he had
no doubt but that the child was born alive. There
being no clue to the party who had brought the parcel
on board, or who had left it there, the inquest was ad-
journed until Monday next, directions being given to
the police to post hand-bills in the mean time offering a
reward to any person or persons who will give informa-
tion which may lead to a discovery of the party or
parties implicated in this criminal transaction.
The Conservative Government has ceded another
conciliatory point, to which it is our painful duty to
direct public attention. Although England has never
had an Ambassador, nor a Charge d'Affaires, or even an
avowed accredited agent at the Court of Rome, yet her
interests have always been guarded, and communica-
tions to St. James's, made through the instrumentality cf
Hanover, or the Grand Duke of Tuscany, that duty
being committed to an attache belonging to one or other
of those embassies, who, it is scarcely necessary to add,
was a member of the Protestant Church. Of late years
the business was done through Lord Burghersh, our
Ambassador at Florence, and Mr. Aubin was the gentle-
man selected for that purpose. The present Cabinet,
however, has viewed the affair in another and a new
aspect ; and although a solemn declaration was made
that no diplomatic appointment or promotion was to take
place, except in regular official routine and according to
seniority, yet Lord Aberdeen bas gone out of the usual
course, and selected Mr. Petre, a Roman Catholic, to
watch over the interests of Protestant England at the
Court of the Sovereign Pontiff. This is the last—and
our friends will agree with us, that it is not the least—
concession made to Popery in modern times, and by a
Conservative Government.—Dublin Evening Mail.
FESTIVITIES AT STOWE.—The preparations for the
celebration of the majority of the Marquis of Chandos,
on Tuesday next, are progressing with unusual activity.
All the principal residents in the country have been in-
vited to partake in the festivities, and a very numerous
assemblage is anticipated. On Tuesday upwards of 2,000
poor men, women, and children, will be regaled with a
good dinner, under booths erected in the park. Rustic
games will succeed the dinner, and in the evening their
will be a grand display of fireworks from the lawn in
front of the mansion. On Wednesday addresses will be
presented to the Duke and Duchess, and also to the
Marquis of Chandos, by the Mayor, burgesses, and inha-
bitants of Buckingham, and the same evening there will
be a bal costume, at which all the visitors in the house,
as well as about 500 members of the principal families
in the county, will be present. On Thursday the Noble
Duke's tenants will dine with his Grace. On Friday the
Corporation of Buckingham will be entertained at
Stowe, and Saturday will be devoted to the enjoyment
of the servants upon the establishment. At Bucking-
ham an ox will be roasted whole in the street, and the
principal inhabitants will dine together in the Cobham
Arms. The poor, to the number of 2,500, are to have
a pound of bread, a pound of meat, and a pint of beer
each, and the whole arrangements for tha week are on a
scale of the most extended hospitality.
WELLS.— Several serious, and a few fatal, cases of
typhus fever have lately happened, and are now in
course, in this town.—Sherbourne Journal.