The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-12 00:00:00

RAILWAY RETURNS.

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RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Reccipt9 „ thl
ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to whic;0110
respective returns are made, together with the recelpti of tb.
week In the previous year :

41'i!
Week Last 1.! _re;
;'-
ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week. ''
11
--- ............ ---
X 131
A; ril 5 Arbroath and Forfar ••• • • •
.. 189 . ,06
4 Birmingham and Gloucfater •.•• • • • ... 3,601 ,
....
Brandling Junction .
....•
Bristol and Gloucester
4 Chester and Birkenhead. •••••. • • • • • • 572
3 Dublin and Drogheda• •.• .... ... 616 --.901
8 Dublin and Kingstown ' .. ........ 90 216
6 Dundee and Arbroath .• • ... ...... ... 291 ,
5 Durham and Sunderland .. 673
1 2,37°,
5 Edinburgh and Glasgow-. ••• .• • ••••• 2,79. jot
6 Eastern Counties and North Eastern • • 4,510 0
b Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ••• • 1,836 1'550
5 Glasgow and Greenock ••••• • • • • •• • • 997
Grand Junction ..•.•••• •••••••••.• 1,804 1,1"6
b Great North of England •••• • • • • .... 1,804 ~040
6 Great Western .• • • .... ..... ........ 16,419 17,46
4 Liverpool and Manchester • •
5 London and Birmingham .••• • • • .... 17,976 11131
6 London and Blackwall• ••••• • • • • .... 1,046 ."340
5 London and Brighton .••• • ..
8 London and Croydon.
1,
10 London and Greenwich .•••• • • • • .... 1,032 016
7 London and South Western. •••• . . 5,59,1 "..„,'
Manchester, Bolton, and Bury •. • • Obi
4 Manchester and Birmingham •••• • • • • 3,7 9 0!
5 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc.. 7,016 ,',P
5 Midland Counties ... •••• . • .• ........ 10,737 '....'
5 Newcastle and Darlington ••.•• • • • • • 1,193 013
7 Newcastle and Carlisle •••• • • • • ...... 1,503 30
6 Newcastle and North Shields.... •. • . 397 1, 143
4 North Union and Bolton and Preston 1,402 4541
Paris, Corbell, and Orleans ••••• • • • • • -- 454
7 Paris and Rouen ..••• • • • - ........ 5,141 9
I Preston and Wyre •••••••• • • • • • • • • • 372 01
5 Sheffield and Manchester.. ••••• • • • • • 676 4113
10 South Ea5tern............
Z
5 Taff Vale •• •
6 Ulster
1, ...,,
5 Yarmouth and Norwich ............279 691
,
5 York and North Midland . ..... .. ••••• • • • • 2,43 2,431

The Qneen and Prince Albert, attended by the , 104
and Gentlemen in Waiting, left town at twelic oc for
this day, escorted by a party of Light Cavans
Claremont. The royal party urd expected tOTetu
town on Monday next.

ERRATUM.—In the leading article of yesterdtsol
the Universities of Cambridge, for " the main argue.' dritli •
Mr. Christie, though he had not the ability to see itserol
was directly in its favour "—read " the main arguni
Mr. Goulburn, &c." Oise'
THE FREE CHURCH.—We refer to the fale
thi
°
ment of the Free Church (Exeter.) The engraving
intended edifice of Christ Church shows that it will rflooceld'
the ornaments of the city. The building is rapidly
ing, and we hope that the friends of this good osnilice°/
hand their donations to the Treasurer, Mr. Crofts. os
who give promptly, give twice, as the proverb g
Western Times.
From the Kent Herald it appears that the
Sessions have quashed 21 of the convictions of tile's",
end Magistrates against Rowe, the touter for the Sls:ria eAJ
Packet Company, thus settling the point that so ,o
word of mouth within the door-way of the Conipail4%aotir
is not contrary to law. In two cases in which the sooy:
took place in the street the convictions were confloneo or_,4
SPAFIELDS' I3IIRIAL-GROUND.—Yesterday -ni.jet%
plication was made by counsel on the part of the P_„Nrbett;
of Spafields' burial-ground to Baron Rolfe, at Ginn. ft.;
remove the case by certiorari into the Queen's Bevr-dea '-
atte,er
to
Wakeling, vestry-clerk of Clerkeuwell parish,
oppose the application, on the ground of the d
which the public would be exposed by such 'cletaP.r d•Ct
application was refused, leaving the parties to thel4"
tion as to taking the case into a higher court. Th„epTerllei;
excitement still prevails in the neighbourhood 01rttd
well on the subject, and the prosecution will be supOn.ned
e
t
Government. Messrs. Clarkson and Bodkin are reto the Il
the prosecution, and the most eminent counsel for
fondants.
There teo
WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FRIDAT.----- ,4 -
large arrival of Wheat this week ; the quantity .-s-ke:r01410
market depressed, and prices are again rather in giod
buyer. There is, however, no desire to press 8-.1-I°''
:Lse.apae:.qußaretacirid:linneot avalra;gienblu,isiliunee.ss wNoona
alteration
be .dnine'h'eta
very dull, and ls. per quarter lower. Oats and
articles.
On Wednesday, the magistrates t0efra74:...800:1?
brought forward the case of John Barney Bales, theseTo,
at-mace, who appeared as a witness in the Yarineet.,tp
der. He is charged with having assisted the
the prisoners in getting up a case against the Prer.:4o:l:
and having given his evidence with a leaning toala'o7id
prisoners. An inquiry was to take place into h,9
before a full bench of Magistrates, yesterday W./ /
Norfolk News. 00
t Intl Of_
SUPPOSED MURDER.-011 Thursday 185---n...b.cb-
was held at Salisbury on the body of a woman, "1n rie
found in a ditch running into the river Bourne•vosyj
course of the inquiry it appeared, that the womgln„,edsriti
or mistress of a inan named Woolford, who travets'ini;i,
the country with a learned pig, and had left Salieuebe bow"
two daughters a fortnight prior to the discovery ef.,:d
The evidence of the landlord of the White Lion, f: ~reol„
his servant, went to prove that the whole party obc.jst
salute habits, and that the woman had been miolliboli_s
week before the others left the house. The inquest
journed till Monday next, in order that a surg-11
examine the body.
LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILITAL-..'bv"
TRAINS.—A trial was made on Tuesday, with a turinee,io
train, from London to Birmingham, and the digr.he t:;ai
accomplished, with thirteen minutes to spare.
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run daily on and after the Ist of next month.
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TROTTING RACEOF Two MILES. —On
mate:i between Watts' cob and Merry-grey
under saddle two miles, was decided near Thorn cob
Streatham. The stakes were 1001. a side, and the 70041
the favourite in betting. The preliminaries bein4 he did
the race commenced, the cob taking the lead, wble-opcoo4
for a half a mile, when the mare came up and theY4optilif
the first together, occupying 3 min. 16 sec. vOO
at a rattling pace and were neck and neck till iv.,`„l bl 4
hundred yards of the goal, when the cob was presert, SP"
rider and duly answered, and went in the winnere4.4
yards. me. two miles were trotted over in 6 ado.
THE SHAPWICK MURDER.—Sarah Freetnat t
executed on Wednesday week; the hour is not g,„O,
The prisoner is daily visited by the Rev. Mr- 14;tteOwItt
curate of Magdalene Church, through whose pioesho' egb
and advice it is hoped she will, by Providence,
ebtete7 cit;of,
to a right state of mind.--Somerset County Gaz
DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE DI
FROM BLAC K FRIARS -BRIDGE. —Yesterday afterno..,tell
four o'clock, much alarm was created at Black •4
by a determined attempt at suicide by a child bauner3
old. It appears the mate of a billy-boy on the
of the bridge heard a desperate splash in the wet,,pietj
rently close to the bridge, and then observed °`", burotill
floating in the water, which heat last perceived'eliga
body. With some difficulty he succeeded ingettlev
and found it was a child in an- insensible state., terroi
mediately conveyed it to the Glazier's Arms, in #
where Mr. Hutchinson, the surgeon, promptly at iptP
by great exertion was enabled to restore &hinte,.
then stated that her name was Caroline O'Brien, tm.:
fourteen years of age, and lived with her pare2.7,oooole
hope-street, Clare-market, until lately, when s"e -erg, p,
situation at Mr. Deady's, Gloeeester• stree:. sue rir
She was to return hoe], ~..r brit .
Ito
of the week one of ; '
which she did. 11,.
next day, and she • .`
make away with herse.4.
being taken to the Union wayrkhouse until co. Air .
covered.;

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BIRTHS. osordsys-
,
On the 6th inst., at Woodhouse, near Lougi•-- 00004''
lady of Thomas Cradock, Esq., of a son. ~, a j,
On the 7th inst., the wife o George Reece, Ems'' r
gardens, Hyde-par, of a son. %sr JCS
to
On the Bth inst., at St. Leonard's-on-Sea, , 5.
ford, of a son. Ot'
On the Bth inst., at the Vicarage, Godmershaolv .4'
wife of the Rev. Alfred Lyall, of a daughter. r
On the 9th inst., Mrs. John Wickham Floirer' , off
0/
hill, Croydon, of a daughter. tiltilister' 4'
On the 9th inst.,. in Queen-squarerplace, Wes-- ‘
lady of the Rev. Henry Burney, of a son. ,frl
On the Bth inst., at Clarence terrace, Islington,
off i
e„ ort,
M'Kenzie, of a son.
On the 9th inst.. the lady of Alfred Keyser, Esq., %'
crescent, Hyde-park, of a son. • if'
1•1 41RIIIED. eScefY
On the 10th inst., at St. Matthew's, Brixton, t,01: V.
G. Watkins, jun., M.A., Incumbent of St. Jehn 01' ./
bar, Middlesex, to Sarah Lea, eldest daughter
Pritchett Bousfield, Esq., of Camberwell. ge, 4l4*
On the Bth of January, at St. Mary Abbotta,,o
.."
George Edwin Taunton, Esq., of Liverpool, to 577010%,
second daughter of the late J. R. Oliver, Esq.
bury, and Upper Clapton. d Po)
do the 20th of January, the Rev. John payll,ter_
nial Chaplain, to Louisa Ann, second daugu. rid
Wells, Esq., of the Stock-Exchange, and
c.kba'

On the sth ult., at Quebec, William rg' 94.'
On the sth inst., Mary, widow of the late R. iso7
of Sittingbourne, Kent. rt bit t,60
On the 6th inst., at Ealing, Ann, widow of E....,c—n°roes`
On the Bth inst., at the \Vhite Ladies, near " rroi'
sti
Ingram, Esq. Kemble thotob
,-,,,nk ara, fe
On the Bth inst., at Huntington Lodge, . --- b ,I.
Thomas Lund, Esq., aged
66. shires
On the Bth inst., at Chili Lodge, Ley urn, l'c'rk 94
w ray, Esq. An, 01.4113' vs* ,
On the Bth inst., in Nottingham-plac,e, Thos Ilse-pl3r
,
On
iOn tthhee Bth inst.,
iest.. CAhnedrrleeswivJioapepu, E
aes,q.e.,
sogf.rile sto.:.tori,
. DIOb
change. di-0
gin the Bth inst., at the Triangle,Hacicnep
Hoby, widow of the late Mr. G. Hoby, of St• iiiirgl .
Piccadilly

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