The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-26 00:00:00

RAILWAY RETURNS.

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RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts 0f tue
ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to whic"o3 AII
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respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the o'
week in the previous year:—

week In the previous year :
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d•••
Week • a oi;
Last XS 1
ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week. t .-..
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Cd.........::,....
—....--- s
X 152
AI ril 19 Arbroath and Forfar .——..•••• • • •• 168 2,144
18 Birmingham and Gloucester ••• • ..
18 Chester and Birkenhead .•••••• •• • • • • 490
17 Dublin and Drogheda• •••• • • • • 714 j6B
22 Dublin and Kingstown ••••••• • • • • • • • 955
20 Dundee and Arbroath .—••••• • • • • • •• 330 365
19 Durham and Sunderland ............. 413 .09.)
lt, EditAurgh and Giasgow .•• • • • ...... 2,439 .4:475
20 Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. 4,560 ,'l5O
1.1 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ...... 1,616 "790
19 Glasgow and Greenock• •..
14 Grand Junction •••••• • • • • • • ........ 9,498 8'
19 Gravesend and Rochester.. ••••• • • • • • 138 , 526
19 Great North of England
15,
20 Great Western ..... . ...... . ...... .. 1 ,904 -, 02
Hull and Selby •
18 Liverpool and Manchester ••••• • • • .. 5,049 7,,095
19 London and Birmingham ....... .. -. 19,002 1;', 94
20 London and Blackwall— •••• • • • ..... 1,020 :',764
19 London and Brighton. ..... ......... 3,69.1 0,295
22 Loudon and Croydon .
24 London and Greenwich .•••••• • • • • • • 1,167 c 40,
19 London and South Western ....... .. 5/. 37 -'O7 :
20 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury ...... 973 345
18 Manchester and Birmingham •• • ..... 3,868 ?'874
19 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc.. 5,637 .',aos
19 Midland Counties. ••••••••• • • • • • .. 10,845 -489
19 Newcastle and Darlington •• •• • ..... 1,165 ~c 6
19 Newcastle and Carlisle ••••• • • • ..
20 Ncsscastle and North Shields.• •. •
1,1
North Union and Bolton and Preston b 535
21 Paris, Corbeil, and Orleans _.5,688 ~..3
Paris and Rouen . ..... ••••••• • • • • •• . _. 4' 3'„
27.
19 Preston and Wyre................ '. 39u '
.523
19 Sheffield and Manchester ...... •• •. 647 .se
24 South Eastern .•
19 Taff Vale .......................... 919 697
Ulster . ...•.•..
19 Yarmouth and Norwich • .
19 York and North Midland ........... 2,481 ‘,'

COMMISSION or LuN AC Y.—Wed nesday, the
on the commission of lunacy instituted against Mr. Nelson Weinft.-.
sumed. After hearing many witnesses, among whom was rs•-•
Munro (who was examined in Dalmas's case), and who glee 'LA
his decided opinion that Mr. Nelson was of unsound mind, es
as others who were as positive that he was perfectly senel;44
Learned Commissioner summed up, and the jury having re". 01;
for about twenty minutes, returned a verdict—" That Mr. ?le' d
was of sound mind, and perfectly capable of taking care Will
himself and his property." CIS
ARMY MOVEMENTS.—The Ist Dragoon Guards
(King's Own) are to march in the early part of May from Cani.,t`'.
bury to Exeter ; at the same time of the year the 3d Drag7til
Guards are to march from Ballincollig to Longford • the
(Royal Irish) from Cahir to Glasgow; the 6th Dragoon 'Guards 't
not sail this year for the Cape, but they positively will the Male;
Ist Dragoons ( Royals) from Dublin to Ballincollig ; the Ag'ig
Hussers remain in Dublin until October; the 11th from DuPlio
to Cahtx ; the 16th sail in May for Gibraltar; the 44th have sa
to
for Dublin ; the depots of the 33d and 92d move from Cork ;
Michelstown and Youghal ; the 61st for India; but the 6°t
(Rifles), as we hear, do not leave England this spring.
DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT MURDER AND R°s;
BERY.—lnformation of the following daring attempt at murder
robbery has been distributed throughout the City and metroP°ll!a▪
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Police districts :—On the night of Monday last on Mrs. Mere." t;
the wife of a gentleman residing at No. 196, Upper ThaMeeltrso-
going into her bedroom, between twelve and one o'clock, she
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much alarmed at finding a strange man standing in the rooms ,„d
though much alarmed, Mrs. Meredith with great presence of re'"
was withdrawing from the room, when the villain rushed en big
hors
and attempted to stab her in her neck with a knife. On seeing "..,4
raising the knife she seized his arm. and in the scuffle her 137;
was cut, and the ruffian, extricating himself from her gre'l4
down stairs from the second floor, and effected his escape 137,,...he
front door before any person could come to her assistance.
perpetrator of the outrage is described as being about forty Year._
age, rather tall, dark complexion and dark whiskers, dreier"▪ t_
dark clothes. His coat is supposed to have been torn up thebe.6;
and the front of his shirt to be stained with blood from his
ha
been seized there during Mrs. Meredith's endeavours to detain h'
MEDITERRANEAN AND EAST INDIA BIAII"„S;no,
Mails for the Mediterranean, Egypt, Ceylon, India, and
via Marseilles, in coenexion with the packet which sailed g"'
i.he
Southampton on the 20th, a ill be dispatched this evening'
ndi,.
next mails for Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt. I_ the
and China, via Southampton, will he dispatched hence o"
morning of the 3d of May; and those for the same destinatle:;
via Marseil!es, on the evening of the 7th of May. The Genat'l;
will take out the mails for Sydney, New South Wales, on the '':tbe
inst. (Wednesday next) ; the Severn is appointed to take 001
West India mails of the morning of the 2d of May. the licittuw'

for the American mails of the 3d of May.
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RUNNING MATCll.—Wednesday morning a °eh.
match for 5/. a.side (the previous one having taken place
Bth inst.), came off in the Kensington-road, between Jones i
of Knightsbridge, and George Brady, of London. Shortly ce:rx
seven o'clock the men were at their post, and every tiecestarl.,,d
:augment having been made, they started, Brady leading dal's.
maintaining his advantage, from which Lees was never able °sic.
place him, and ult'mately finished as he liked, his antegodisoist..7o.
ing given up some time before the completion of the
Brady evidently, from the commencement, bad the advantage'
()r4speed being tar greater than his opponent. Both men we" a
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excellent condition; the distance was one mile.