The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-27 00:00:00

RAILWAY RETURNS.

We, extract from the Midway Magazine the sums re-
ocivcd 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 incr.
chandize :
' T otal.
ended Name of Railway. R.. s. d.
Jan. 20 Birmingham ,and Derby Junction 1,270 15 9
19 Birmingham and Gloucester
23 Brandling Junction
Chester and Birkenhead —
21 Dundee and Arbroath ..
20 Edinburgh and Glasgow... 1,796 18 1
21 Eastern Counties
20 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr . .... 1,122 16 6
20 Glasgow, Paisley, and Greeno,.k 643 4 3
. 20 Grand Junction, and Chester & Crewe 6,438 4 11
20 Great North of England
21 Great Western
19 Liverpool and Manchester 4,122 19 0
19 London and Birmingham .. 13,630 4 a
25 London and Blackwall 625 3 4
20 London and Brighton
25 London and Croydon 227 9 10
23 London and Greenwich 715 1 10
21 London and South Western 4,569 16 64
18 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 736 0 2i
20 Manchester and Birmingham ... 2,541 3 1
. 20 Manchester & Leeds & Hull & Selby 5,251 8 2
20 Midland Counties....
20 Newcastle and Carlisle
21 Newcastle and North Shields ...„
Northern and Eastern
20 North Midland • 3,791 J 8 8
North Union....
16 Paris and Orleans 3,316 5 0
22 Paris and Rouen ... 2,732 0 0
20 Preston and Wyre 204 8 6
20 Sheffield and Manchester 467 10 11
• '25 South Eastern
20 Taff Vale..
• 21 Ulster
20 York and North Midland 1,394 4 8

LYCEUM THEATRE.—We are informed that this
theatre will open on Monday with a company of whose abilities
fame reports loudly. One of the attractions will be Captain
Harvey Tackett, who intends to adopt the stage as a profession,
and appears on Monday as Falstaff, in the First Part of King
Henry the Fourth. Mr. Wentworth makes his second ap-
pearance in London as Hotspur. Mr. and Mrs. Keeley are
engaged to have a " few words together" at the opening, and
play in a new afterpicce by Mr. H. B. Peake. The attempt
has caused considerable excitement amongst the amateurs of
the drama.

ISLINGTON LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY.—
The annual meeting of the proprietors was held in the theatre
of the institution on Thursday last, Charles Woodward, Esq.,
F.R.S., in the chair. The annual report announced, as in
past years, an increase of members and attractions; 630 mem-
bers were enrolled on its books at Christmas, and the library
now contains 5,600 volumes.
STATE OF TRADE.—LIVERPOOT..---At no former
period have we experienced so much activity in the sugar trade
as during the last three weeks. This speaks well for the trade
in the interior, but it is in great measure accounted for by the
fact that our very large stock has lately kept prices lower here
than in any other market in the kingdom, especially for brown
descriptions, chiefly in use among refiners; and this business is
now carried on here to a very small extent, the London and
Bristol houses supplying, in great measure, the requirements of
the neighbourhood. The strike for higher wages amongst col-
-IMrs will seriously affect the manufacturing business of this
port, for most of our large manufactories, consuming coal to a
vast extent, will immediately curtail their operations, rather
than. pay the advanced prices for coal, and this course has
already been adopted by some houses. The salt manufac-
turers, too, have, in consequence, given notice of an advance
of from twenty to thirty per cent. ; for coal being the only
article consumed in making salt, the expenses arc, of course,
seriously increased, and the advance must have the effect of
diminishing the demand, probably one half, salt- being an ar-
ticle more frequently taken by captains as ballast than for the
supply of actual owners, and lately it has been a precarious
trade with the American ports, losses, even at late prices,
having frequently resulted from shipments ; so that the ad-
vance stated will in a great measure atop this trade. Yet even
here, where the effects of such a strike are so immediately
-felt, nearly every house prefers suffering the temporary incon-
venience that must ensue, rather than aid the endeavours of
the colliers to compel their employers to give higher wages.—
Liverpool Mercury.
TROTTING MATCH AGAINST TIME ON BLACK-
HEATH.—Yesterday a match was run between the fifth mile
stone, opposite the Green Man Hotel, Blackheath, to the
seventh mile stone, at the foot of Shooter's-hill. The distance
to be run was twenty miles within two hours, by a pony in har-
ness, drawing an ordinary gig. The pony was 13 hands high,
belonging to Mr. Bedwell, a sporting gentleman at Camber-
well. The match was for 201. A numerous party assembled
at the starting place shortly before three o'clock, and the preli-
minaries having been arranged, the signal for starting was
given at five minutes after three; the pony being driven by
Mr. Creasy, coach proprietor, of Peckham, who handled the
ribbons with great dexterity. The ground was rather heavy,
but the first four miles was performed in 21 minutes. At the
eighth mile the pony appeared somewhat distressed, and took
about a minute longer to do the distance, and continued, with
little variation as to speed, and improved in condition to the
last, leaving 29 minutes to do the last four miles, which was ac-
complished in 24i minutei, winning by four minutes and a half,
without the pony being in the least distressed. Betting was
even from the commencement of the match until the last four
miles, when the pony became the favourite at 5 to 2.

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FIRE AT BERMONDSEY.—Last night, shortly before
ten o'clock, a fire broke out in the private dwelling-house in
the occupancy of Mr. William Cooke, situate at No. 17, Pro-
spect-place, Bermondsey. The flames, when first perceived,
bad obtained a strong hold of the first floor back, and great
fears were entertained for the safety of the entire building.
An immediate alarm was spread, and information of the out-
break was dispatched to the various brigade and parish engine
stations. In a very short space of time several engines reached
the spot. 'I he inmates and strangers having exerted them-
selves in the interim, they happily prevented the fire spreading.
The damage done, although confined to one apartment, is
somewhat considerable. The origin of the fire could not he
ascertained. Fortunately Mr. Cooke was insured in the Sun
Fire-office.

A CURIOUS FACT.—In a small village in Derby-
shire the clergyman and clerk at the Established Church have
both been Wesleyan local preachers.—Derby Reporter.

SINGULAR CASE.—Yesterday an inquest was held
before Mr. Wakley, on the body of br. Swiney, of whose mode
of living some curious particulars were recently published.
Harriet Halliday, housekeeper to the deceased, said he had been
ill for some months previous to his death. He had for some

time past entertained a great disgust of food. Mr. Knaggs, a
surgeon, on seeing him, told him to try to eat something, and
recommended him to take a little wine and water,
but he refused to do so. Witness never knew him
to make any attempt upon his life. There was no
foundation for the report which had appeared in the
papers, stating that the deceased had starved himself
voluntarily. lie used to endeavour to swallow food, but
was unable to do so. Mr. Knaggs stated that deceased had
on one occasion sent to witness for some hydrocyanic acid.
Witness sent him two drops diluted with water. Deceased took
it in order to stop a retching to which he was subjeet. The
acid would have that effect. Deceased wanted five drops, but
witness would not give it. Erasmus Wilson, a lecturer on ana-
tomy in Middlesex Hospital, had made a post mortens examina-
tion of the body, the heart of which was in a state of inflamma-
tion, and was so diseased that scarcely a vestige of its muscular
structure remained. The appearance presented by the heart
would fully account for death. Indeed, it was matter of much
surprise to him that the deceased had lived an hour in such a
state. The jury returned a verdict of " Natural Death, pro-
duced by dropsy and inflammation of the heart."

EARTHQUAKE 1N PERTIISHIRE.—The following is
a more detailed account of the earthquake briefly noticed in
our last :—At Uomrie, on the 14th inst., at half-past twelve at
noon, a smart shock of perpendicular earthquake was felt.
At five minutes past one a second shock occurred, which,
although rather less, continued longer. There were three
slight sounds heard preceding the first-mentioned shock, two
betwixt the shocks and one about a quarter of an hour after the
last, and two during the following night. The weather during
the preceding week was variable—frost, snow, and rain al-
ternately prevailing. The day on which the shocks occurred
was calm and frosty, with sunshine. The sky at the time
had a whitish hue. About half an hour after the se-
cond shock a thin stratum of clouds was formed,
which vanished about three o'clock. At the time of the
shocks the smoke from chimneys did not ascend, but
spread along the ground. The momentum of the shocks was
nothing to the momentum of the groat shocks of 1839 and
1841. Still, they were severer than any shock since that
time. The accompanying sound was very loud on the present
occasion. The second shock resembled very much the motion
and the noise that is produced in a house when a heavy gig
passes swiftly along a new metalled road, only the motion and
the sound of the earthquake does not last so long. Monday
and Tuesday the shocks were fresh. At Aberfeldy on the
same day (the 14th inst.), two very smart shocks of earth-
quake were distinctly felt, as well as in the neighbourhood ;
the first between 1 and 2 o'clock p.m., and the next about
half-past 2 o'clock p.m. The noise produced resembled the
hollow sound• of a heavy carriage ; both shocks lasted several
moments.—Edinburgh Witness.

Ma. DAVID BARCLAY, M.P.—lt is understood in
Sunderland that David Barclay, Esq., M.P. for that borough,
has expressed his intention of voting in the ensuing session of
Parliament for a total repeal of the present corn-laws. Mr.
Barclay, though always favourable to a fixed duty in preference
to the sliding scale, has not hitherto been in favour of a total
abolition. The accession to the ranks of the repealers of the
corn duty, of a gentleman of Mr. Barclay's experience, caution,
and commercial standing, is of considerable importance, and
would indicate that a change of sentiment on the question is
making considerable progress among humane, independent, and
enlightened men of all parties. Mr. Barclay is a member of
the Council of the Royal Agricultural society of England, is in
politics a moderate Whig, aLd in mercantile engagements is a
member of the eminent firm of Barclay, Brothers, and Co.,
West India merchants.—Newcastle Advertiser.
RUSSIAN BARBARlTY.—Everything was after the
Russian order. What influence the Russians have ex-
ercised, especially here, under their General Kisselef,
was not lost out of the memory of my former journey.
They had then a sweeping method of going to work with
the rude Wallachians and Gipsies, and could soon-settle
accounts with them. Twice every week were always
ten or twelve Gipsies or Wallachians, useless or criminal
fellows, conducted to a public square, from the prison or
house of correction; here they were stripped naked to the
middle. Some one was there standing ready, who took
the poor prisoners on his back, and held his hands fast
over his shoulders, while another seized the feet; a. third
carried the weapons, an armful of great sticks as
thick as one's thumb ; the fourth stood waiting and ready
to strike. A Russian drummer gave the signal on his
drum, when a hundred strokes were counted on the naked
body of the culprit, which caused him to utter the most
horrible outcries. A second signal was given by the
drummer, and a second hundred was told out to the un-
happy wretch. In this manner he received from three to
four hundred strokes on the back. After this execu-
tiop, the poor prisoner presented a dreadful spectacle.
The flesh hung in rags from his back, and you saw lit-
tle but the naked bones. They had then. spirits dashed
over them, at which they shrieked again horribly with
the agony. Finally they a ere conducted to the salt-
pits, where they were compelled to hard labour from
four to six years. But the majority of them sank under
it,—rarely did any one return.—Wanderings of a Jour-
neyman Thilor.
DEATH BY DROWNlNG.—Yesterday Mr. Wakley
held an inquest at the Lord Hill tavern, Hermitage-street,
Harrow -road, on view of the body of a very fine young girl,
Mary Anne Hawkins, aocl 13, who had been drowned
.by
accidentally slipping oft a barge into the canal. Verdict,
" Accidental death."' _