The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-09 00:00:00

RAILWAY RETURNS.

We extract from the Railway .iliagazine the sums re-
ceived on the principal ltailivays 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 mar-
chandize :
Week Miles Total.
ended Name of Railway. •
Opened. £. a. d.
Apr.so Birmingham & Derby Junct. 48 1,145 8 7
29 Birmingham and Gloucester .55 1,677 0 11
23 Brandling Junction 25 538 16 11
29 Chester and Birkenhead ..
May 1 Dundee and Arbroath .... l6l 216 17 84
1 Eastern Counties
Apr.3o Edinburgh and Glasgow
40046
757 85 1
11)
46 2,016 15 0
30 Glasgow and Ayr ..
30 Glasgow, Paisley, &Greenock 24 1,
30 Grand Junct., Chester &Crewe 113 8,986 3 9
30 Great North of England
May 1 Great Western
- 1 Hayle
Apr.3o Hull and Selby
30 Lancaster & Preston Junction 201 424 14 8
29 Liverpool and Manchester 3l 3,832 2 1U
30 London and Birmingham— 1121 17,404 18 8
May . 5 London and Blackvvall ......
Apr.3o London and Brighton
30 Ditto Shoreham Branch ....„ bi
133 7 10
May 3 London and Croydon
5 London and Greenwich 4 909 15 9
3 London and South Western
Apr. 29 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury lg 534 14 0i
May 1 Manchester & Birmingham
Apr.3o Manchester and Leeds
30 Aiidland Counties ... ... 571 2,700 13 1i
30 Newcastle and Carlisle ......
28 Newcastle and. North Shields 7 338 11 1
May 1 Northern and Eastern ... ...... 30i 1,437 /3 11
Apr.3o North Midland
4,026 7 Pi
29 North Union
30 Preston and Wyre l9l/ 190 13 7
May 2 Sheffield and Manchester.....: • 7 273 14 2
1 Ulster
apr.3o York iod Diortlz Nidlapi

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF CHANCERY, May 7.
The Lord Chancellor sat in Lincoln's Inn- hall to-day.
NEEDHAM V. NEEDHAM.
The arguments in this part-heard case were resumed and
conluded to-day. The case came before the Court upon
motion to discharge an order of his Honour, the Vice-Chancel-
lor of England, whereby he ordered the discharge of the defen-
dant from the Fleet, to which prison he bad been consigned for
contempt, in not putting in his answer.
The LOAD CHANCELLOR, at the conclusion of the argu-
ments, gave judgment, discharging the order of the Court
below, and thereby continuing the incarceration of the defendant.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)

.
PORTSMOUTH, MAY 7.—The Benbow, 72, Captain
Houston Stewart, and Daphne, 18, Captain Dulling, ar-
rived on Thursday from Gibraltar. The former sailed
yesterday to Sheerness, to be paid off. The Daphne is
placed under quarantine at the Motherbank, in conse-
quence of having Turkey carpets on board. On receiving
pratique, she will proceed to Chatham to be paid off.
The Belvidera, 42, Hon. Captain Grey, arrived at Gib-
raltar on the 19th ult.
The Lizard, steamer, left Gibraltar for ,Malta, on the
20th ult.

A French line-of-battle ship, frigate, and brig, were
cruising off Malaga, on the 18th ult.
The Dido, 20, Hon. Capt. Keppel, reached Port Prays,
all well, in three weeks, from. Plymouth, on the 13th of
February. She watered in the course of that day, and
left again in the evening for the Cape of Good Hope and
China.

The Lime, 20, Commander Blake, left Trincomalee
on the 18th February, for the Cape and England.
The North Star, 28, Capt. Sir E. Home, left the Cape
of Good Hope for China, on the 27th February.
The Rose, 18, left Bahia for Rio de Janeiro on the Ist
March.

The Kite steamer left Lisbon fur the Coast of Africa
on the 22d ult.

The new steam-frigate Geyser, Commander Carpenter,
is to be at Spithead by the 12th inst. She will take etc
supernumeraries for the China squadron ; also tw,,
flat-bottomed boats, and despatches for Admiral Sir
William Parker, K.C.13.

The Styx steam-frigate, Captain Vidal, is about to
leave England, for the purpose of surveying the Western
islands ; she will return home in November next. She
was to proceed from Woolwich to-day for Plymouth, on
her way to her station.
The Satellite, 18, was commissioned at this port yes-
terday, by Commander Gambier.
The complements of the Cleopatra, 26, ani Talbot,
26, re-commissioned at Sheerness, are to be two hundred
and forty men each.
The Rhadaman thus, steam transport, left Woolwich on
Sunday, for Leith, to convey from thence to Go,port,
the Depot of the 71st Regiment.
The Avon and Tartarus steamers, have been paid off
a.,Weolvvich, this week. The former was recommis-
sioned on ThurSday, for Capt. W. F. Owen, by Lieut.
Kortright, for the surveying service.
The Alban, steamer, arrived at Woolwich on Tuesday,
to make good her defects.
The Monkey, steam tug, arrived from Sheerness on
Monday, with the Marines of the Ganges, and returned
the same day.
The Emerald tender arrived,on Tuesday with Super-
numeraries from Plymouth.ro
The transport Premier arrived on Monday, from Ha-
lifax, with returned stores, and invalids from the different
regiments there. She sailed for Chatham on Wednesday.
The Lightning steamer returned to Woolwich, from
Plymouth, on Saturday last.
The ship Adelaide arrived at Spithead from the River,
on Thursday, and is taking in provisions, stores, and
boats for the China expedition. She also takes out Com-
mander Hawes, appointed principal agent for transports
in China. The ship Lowther is daily expected at Spithead
to take in a similar cargo.
The Success, hulk, was towed out of harbour to Spit-
head, on Monday, and there moored with two lighters,
preparatory to further operations for the removal of the
remainder of the wreck of the Royal George, under the
superintendence of Major-General Pasley, of the Royal
Engineers.

Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Royal
George, President, Winchester, Satellite, Volcano and
Echo (steamers), and Sylvia (cutter.)
At Spithead—Resistance, Adelaide (transport.)
PLYMOUTH, MAY s.—The Agincourt, 72, Captain
Bruce, was paid wages in advance on Monday, and is
expected to sail to-day for China. The Malabar, 72, Capt.
Sartorius (iastead of being paid off as was reported to
be intended), is ordered to be ready for sea immediately,
and it is said she is to go to the East Indies. The De-
von lighter sailed on Thursday with stores for Pem-
broke yard. The Emerald tender arrived on Friday
from Portsmouth, with gunners for the Agincourt, and
has returned to that port. The Magnet packet, Lieu-
tenant Griffiths, arrived on Saturday from Fal-
mouth ; she is to be paid off at this port. The Dili-
gence transport sailed the same day with stores to
Pembroke. The Quail tender arrived on Sunday from
Woolwich with stores ; and on the same day, the Alban
steamer, Mr. King, sailed for Woolwich, to have her
machinery repaired. The Netley tender sailed en Tues-
day for Glasgow, and will bring the men who navigated
the Spiteful from Pembroke to that place, to this port.
The Volcano steamer, Lieut. Featherstone, arrivej on
Tuesday from Portsmouth, and sailed the same day to
relieve the vessels detained in the Channel by adverse
winds. In Harbour—Caledonia, San Josef, Crocodile,
Philomel, Nightingale, Magnet, Contience. In the
Sound—Malabar.