The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-14 00:00:00

RAIL WAY RETURNS.

We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums re-
ceived 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-
chandize

Week
ended Name of Railway. Miles Total.
Opened. X. s. d.
Nov. 5 Birmingham & Derby Junct. 48 1,297 0 9
4 Birmingham and Gloucester 55 1,806 17 9
0ct.29 Brandling Junction 25 861 18 1
Nov. 4 Chester and Birkenhead ..
6 Dundee and Arbroath ...
5 Edinburgh and Glasgow
6 Eastern Counties
5 Glasgow and kyr 40 953 3 2
5 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 221 690 18 7
Grand Junct., Chester &Crewe 113
5 Great North of England 45 1,302 1 5
6 Great Western
Oct. 8 Hayle
Nov. 5 Hull and Selby
Lancaster & Preston Junction 20i
4 Liverpool and Manchester 3l 4,196 3 5
5 London and Birmingham__ 1121 16,298 16 93
10 London and Blackwell 3s 471 0 6
5 London and Brighten
Ditto Shoreham Branch 5l
8 London and Croydon lOl 267 6 6
JO 1.,.nd0n and Greenwich 3l 746 6 2
6 London and South Western
3 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 10 615 10 3
5 Manchester & Birmingham
5 Manchester and Leeds
5 Midland Counties ... 571 2,533 2 2}
5 Newcastle and Carlisle 6oi 1,549 19 b
3 Newcastle and North Shields 7 844 17 10
6 Northern and Eastern ...
5 North Midland
4 North Union 221 908 a 8
5 Preston and Wyre l9l 129 5 1
5 Sheffield and Manchester 7 127 12 5
10 South Eastern
5 Taff Vale
Ulster 24 426 13 4
5 York and North Midland 2B 1,b63 4 2

lIER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO
WALMER CASTLE.

WALMER' FRIDAY EVENING.—This morning, at
sunrise, theßoyal standard was hoisted on the tower
of Weimer Castle, announcing the presence of the
Sovereign.

At nine o'clock the Thunderer line-of-battle ship,
under the command of Captain Pring, manned the
yards, and saluted her Majesty with a discharge of
one-and-twenty guns.
The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert
rose this morning at their usual early hour, and break-
fasted at half-past eight o'clock.
At half-past nine her Majesty and the Prince, un-
attended, walked on the Wellington Beach upwards
of half an hour, notwithstanding there was a stiff gale
blowing S.S.W.
Several heavy showers came on in the afternoon,
which prevented her Majesty and his Royal Highness
Prince Albert from taking a carriage airing.
The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal are in
excellent health, but have not left the Castle to-day,
in consequence ofthe unfavourable state of the weather.

The Royal dinner-circle this evening was the same
as yesterday, including those only in the suite of her
Majesty and his Royal Highness :—Viscount Lord
Sydney and Lady Portman, the Lord and Lady in
Waiting; Lord Charles Wellesley and Col. Wylde,
the Lord and Equerry in Waiting ; the Dowager
Lady Lyttelton, the Hon. C. A. Murray, and Dr.
Prcetorius.

His Grace the Duke of 'Wellington, after receiving
her Majesty and the Prince at Walmer Castle last
night, took his departure for Dover Castle. Captain
W atts, as Captain of Walmer Castle, will act in his
official capacity during his Grace's absence.
The only additions to the Royal dinner-party to-
morrow, it is expected, will be Mr. and the Hon.
Mrs. Anson, Lady C. Cocks, and the Hon. Miss
Devereux.

Should the weather prove favourable, his Royal
Highness Prince Albert will visit Dover Castle and
other places of importance on this part of the coast.
To-morrow morning (Saturday) his Grace the
Duke of Wellington will leave Dover Castle for
Strathfieldsaye.
The Annual Harbour Sessions was held at Dover
to-day, at which the Duke of Wellington presided.
WALMER, SATURDAY, Two, P.M.—The boisterous
south-west gales which sprung up yesterday increased
last night, and a tremendous sea is now rolling in the
Channel. Her Majesty could not possibly have
selected a more favourable season for witnessing the
varied and magnificent effect of the ocean when
lashed into fury by the storm. The violence of the
wind this morning prevented either of the French
mail-packets from entering Dover harbour, and
shortly before nine o'clock they were seen in company
with a French passage-boat, beating their way down
the Channel towards Deal, where, after laying-to for
some time, the bags were landed by the boatmen of
that port. Her Majesty, who was at breakfast when
the mails passed, sent out to Captain Lane, the super-
intending Governor of the Castle, to learn their name
and destination. The packet which should have
reached Dover last night was also compelled to put
into Ramsgate harbour. Vessels are continually
beating about in distress, and the boatmen and pilots
are all activity and bustle.
The rain fell in torrents this morning until half-
past ten o'clock, about which time the clouds broke,
and cleared off before eleven. Her Majesty and the
Prince were again on the beach, unattended by any
of the household. On this occasion they walked to-
wards Deal, and, although their previous trip on Fri-
day was reported to have set the inhabitants on the
qui vive, their privacy was uninterrupted by any indi-
vidual. A storm of rain again coming on, obliged the
Queen and Prince to make a hasty retreat to the
Castle; but before the entrance was gained the sun
shone out, and the walk was extended towards Dover
Cliffs. The wind was very high, and a little incon-
venient to the Queen, but both her Majesty and the
Prince seemed to enjoy the breeze very much, and
after viewing with much apparent interest the waves
dashing on the beach, they returned to the Castle a
little before twelve o'clock. During the walk a
poor man, who has in his possession a very curious
dog, saved a few weeks ago by the Deal boatmen
from the wreck of the Russian timber ship, was ac-
costed by the Queen, who desired to know what kind
of animal it was ? The poor fellow related its his-
tory, and appeared well gratified with the result.
Her Majesty's known partiality for canine pets will
elucidate this fact, which might otherwise appear
somewhat singular.
Shortly after mid-day the clouds cleared off, and
the sun shone out brightly. The carriages were
ordered for three o'clock, and it was generally believed
that her Majesty would proceed in the direction of
Dover.

The readiness and zeal displayed by all in the almost
vain endeavour to make the Castle a suitable abode
for Royalty is very praiseworthy, and though the ac-
commodation it affords is certainly not of the first
order, her Majesty is said to have expressed her most
perfect satisfaction with the arrangements.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert returned to the
beach last evening about four o'clock, and walked a
considerable distance along the strand, but the wind
was so high that it was with the greatest difficulty
she could stand against it. She, however, persevered
for some time, and only returned when the clouds began
to thicken.

Prince Albert, after returning from the beach,
walked to Walmer in company with Colonel Murray,
and her Majesty, in company with Viscount Sidney
and Lady Portman, spent some time in the galleries
of the Castle. The Hon. George Anson arrived at
Walmer last night, in company with the Hon. Miss
Devereux, from Herne Bay, to which place they had
proceeded by steamer. A residence on the Parade
has been engaged by Mr. Saunders for Mr. Anson
and Viscount Sidney.
The Royal dinner party last evening consisted only
of those who dined with her Majesty and the Prince
on Thursday. No invitations have been issued for
to-day, and it is stated to be her Majesty's desire that
her sojourn at Walmer should be as private as possi-
ble. During the gale this morning a French fishing-
boat of considerable burden brought to at a very short
distance from the shore, opposite Walmer Castle. Its
extraordinary appearance attracted the attention of her
Majesty, and the character of the vessel was explained
to her. There is a law against French fishing-boats
coming within three miles of our coast, while our
Gallic neighbours have forbidden English fishermen
to appear within three leagues. The infraction of
such an enactment, under the eye and observation of
the Sovereign, would have been the acme of impu-
dence ; but it is due to the captain of the boat to say
that no such illegality was attempted.
The Thunderer is still lying off; but the wind has
obliged Captain Pring to keep her " taut," and the
top-gallant masts, which were lowered yesterday,
have not been again raised. The Royal salute fired
from the ship yesterday morning, was on account of
that of the previous night having been made after
sun-set, in answer to the one from the battery of the
Castle on the arrival of her Majesty.
The Duke of Wellington presided yesterday at a
Court of Wardens of the Cinque Ports, held at the
Council Chamber, Dover. The surveyors and en-
gineers of the railway were in attendance, and some
very important business was transacted relative to that
undertaking. It is finally arranged that the terminus
shall be brought close to the South. Pier.

The weather is still fine, and seems likely to con-
tinue so.

It is generally rumouredthat Prince Albert is about
to succeed the Duke of *Wellington in the high and
honourable office of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports,
and that his present visit in company with her Ma-
jesty is but the preliminary to future trips of a some-
what different character. The advanced age of his
Grace, and his expressed wish on more than one occa-
sion to be relieved from official duties, would appear
to strengthen the rumour into fact.

DOVER.
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
OCT. 11.—His Grace the Duke of Wellington ar-
rived last night at the Ship Inn, having received her
Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert at
the boundary of the Cinque Ports, and having from
thence attended the Royal party to Walmer Castle.
This morning at eleven, his Grace presided at a
meeting of the Commissioners of Dover Harbour, at
which, besides the usual business relative to the main-
tenance of the port, and the improvements now carry-
ing on, some interesting matters would, it was under.
stood, be discussed, An application from the South
Eastern Railway Company, for a site for the Dover
terminus, will be considered, and, it is reported, with
much favourable disposition ; and some ingenious
plans with reference to the proposed harbour of re-
fuge, are to be submitted to the consideration of
the Board.

It is expected the Lord Warden will leave Dover to-
morrow for Apsley House, en route for Strathfieldbaye.
The weather to-day is very unfavourable for her
Majesty's visit to Walmer, but she was on the beach
this morning before 9 o'clock, walking towards Kings-
down, accompanied only by her Illustrious Consort.

There must be either something impracticable in
the Poor-law Bill which renders it unfit for Ireland,
or sonic flagrant mismanagement on the part of the
Commissioners and Central Board, which nullifies its
operation—when we find the consequence of its appli-
cation in so many places either a refusal on the part of
the people to pay the rates, or debt, embarrassment,
and bankruptcy in the particular unions. It is not
long ago since the secretary of the city of Cork Union
declared that concern to be bankrupt ; and now the
Board of Guardians of the Middleton Union, in the
county of Cork, announce themselves, by public ad-
vertisement, in a similar predicament ; and have fairly
cut and rnn from the concern—abandoning the poor
to their fate, and leaving the establishment on the
hands of the unfortunate master.—Dublin Mail.