The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-16 00:00:00

RAILWAY SHARES.

St. Germain .....7..1010 ..1010 ..1010 "1010
uuen........ ~ ~ ~ „....1032 50 . 1032 50 ..1032 50 ..1032 50
Versailles, R.8.L... . . 4
B 7. .. . .
.... .... 18905 ....
19855 .... 4415 .. 9
0 .. 43,50
....1710902 50
....1710972 5500
°ricotta ••
Rouen to Havre. •
Strasburg
_to Bale ••••• • • • • • 300 •• 310 .30
.. 310
..
.. ...............
1700092 50 ....1710972
5500
Avignon to Marseilles• . 932 50 .. 931 50 .. 932 50 .. 932 50

RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, DIN. 16.
Si. Germain
..........1015 ••1025 ..1012 50 ..1012 50
Versailles, It. 13.••• •••• •••• 49S •• 495 .• 495 .. 495
380 • 385 .. 340 .. 385
amen ••1040 ••1032 50 —1035
Rouen to Havre.
Grimm,
.•...• 109$ "1107 50 ..1095 ..1102 50
933150
,33000
930227
550,
siltrvignasbouragtotomßaralseem..oB....:::
,33000

ANOTHER FACT.—BIRIIINGHAM, DEC. 14.—Mr.
Joseph Sturge, it appears, has withdrawn his name as
a member of the recently organised Committee fur the
promotion of public baths and pleasure-grounds in this
town, because, as he alleges, the Committee have con-
sented to receive nearly eighty pounds from Mr. Alfred
Ormonde, which sum being a part of the profits arising
from two evenings' entertainment at the Town-hall, by
a number of French artists, who exhibit the character-
istic dances of all nations, which entertainments, and all
such, are deprecated by Mr. Sturgo ! What next ?
From a Correspondent.
SOUTH SHIELDS, DEC. 14.—BRANDLING JUNCTION.
—Another serious collision between the quick passenger
train and some coal waggons took place un this railway
between the Felling and Pelaw stations, near Gateshead,
on Friday night, about nine o'clock, but fortunately,
more from luck than good management, it was net
attended with loss of life ; the only person who suffered
severely was the engine-man, who was much injured in
the face. The accident arose in consequence of a coal
train having given way by the breakage of a wheel,
which threw the train off the line. From the frequent
complaints and accidents on the line, and, particularly,
the late occurrence, where so many broken limbs and
heads took place, it ought to stimulate the Directors to
use every means to avoid such disasters. On the meet-
ing of Parliament no doubt some measures will be taken
by the Legislature as to railways generally; and as rail-
way traffic has now assumed a momentous question, it
is only right that the numerous projected schemes and
speculations should be narrowly watched, and stringent
restrictions made to protect both public and private
rights.—From a Correspondent.
DEPARTURE OF FOREIGN MAILS.—The next mails
for the West Indies and Mexico will be made up at S .
Martin's-le-Grand to-morrow 'morning (Tuesday), the
17th instant. The mails for Hamburgh, owing to the
ice in the Elbe, are now sent by a special messenger,
via Holland. The next mails to India, Egypt, Malta,
Greece, &c., are to he dispatched from Southampton o❑
the morning of the 3d of January ; and the next mail to
India, via Marseilles, on the evening of the 7th of Ja-
nuary. The mails for America will be made up on the
evening of the 3d of January, and dispatched on the 4th
from Liverpool. by the steamer Cambria.
ALLEGED CONFESSION OF A MURDER.—Some
years ego, a man named Thomas Willey, was tried in
Exeter, for the murder of a person named Cropp,
tailor, who was found drowned below Trew's Weir. He
was however acquitted from some defect in the evidence.
On Friday last he died, in a state of great misery, in the
Exeter workhouse, and it has been reported that, pre-
vious to his death, he confessed to the chaplain of the
workhouse that ho was really the murderer, and that two
other men were implicated with him in the foul transac-
tion]. This is not exactly correct. That ho saw the
chaplain, very shortly indeed before his death, is quite
true, and it is also true that he appeared most anxious to
make some communication to him, but his condition was
such that he was not able to articulate more than a word
'or two. It was the chaplain's impression from his
manner, and from all that he saw at the time, that he
was really about to make a confession of the crime of
which the Rev. Gentleman was aware` he had been ac-
cused, and he addressed him accordingly—but as there
was certainly no confession in express words, and as the
man became insensible almost immediately afterwards
and remained so until the time of his death, it is right
that so much, at least, should be stated.—Devonport
Independent.

ST. STEPHEN'S, WALBROOK.—In the action of
trsver brought by the Lord Mayor (perpetual church-
warden Gibbs) against Mr. Flight and others, to recover
possession of the minute-book of the select vestry, seized
and taken by the latter, the important ques Lion of the
authority of the select vestry, which has agitated the
parish so long, will be raised on the trial, which is ap-
pointed for to-morrow, at Guildhall, before the Lord
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and a special jury.
Sir Thomas Wilde and Mr. Sergeant Channell will ap-
pear for the plaintiff; aed Mr. Sergeant Talfourd and
Mr. Adolphus, for the defendants. Notice has been
given by the defendants' attorneys to the plaintiff's to
produce the accounts of the Lord Mayor (as church-
warden) relating to the parish.