The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-15 00:00:00

RAILWAY 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 ;he money received for
passengers, parcels, carriages, hbrses, mails, and mer-
chandize :
Week . Miles Total.
Name of Railway.ended Opened. £. s. d.
Aug. 6 Birmingham & Derby Junct. 48 1,549 17 7
5 Birmingham and Gloucester 55 2,037 5 4
July 30 Brandling Junction 25 796 8 5
Aug. 5 Chester and Birkenhead ..
7 Dundee and Arbroath ..,- l6i 360 12 9i
6 Edinburgh and Glasgow
7 Eastern Counties
6 Glasgow and 4.yr .. ...
6 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenoek. t:.2 1,003 17 2
6 GrandJunet , Chester &Crewe 113 10,642 8 7
6 Great North of England 45 1,797 13 2
7 Great Western
Hayle -
6 Hull and Selby
6 Lancaster & Preston Junction 20i 549 18 5
5 Liverpool and Manchester 3l 5,751 4 11
6 London and Birmingham ll2* 20,672 3 0
11 London and Blackwall ......
6 London and Brighten
Ditto Shoreham Branch
9 London and Croydon
11 London and Greenwich 32 845 2 3
7 London and South Western
4 Manchester, Balton, and Bury 10 5% 14 1
... Manchester & Birmingham
6 Manchester and Leeds
6 iVaidland Counties s7i 3,276 4 2i
6 Newcastle and Carlisle 6o* 1,699 5 0
... Newcastle and North Shields 7
7 Northern and Eastern ...
6 North Midland
5 North Union
6 Preston and Wyre
7 Sheffield and Manchester 7 230 15 2
11. South Eastern - — 4 O. 932 0 8
. 7 Ulsti.r
6 York and North Midland 2B 2,237 0 7

Private letters have been at length received from
H.M.S. Minden, dated Cape of Good Hope, May 18th.
It appears she was a week getting clear of the Chan-
nel, and encountered very heavy weather ;• indeed, it
was considered, not only unsafe, but highly improper,
to tow her to sea, and leave her in the situation
shewas in. During the eastern gales she then en-
countered, she leaked through all her lower deck ports,
and in consequence of some scupper holes forward not
having been plugged np, a large quantity of water got on
the lower deck, and before it was discovered where it
ensile from, large part of her valttable cargo stowed
there, consisting of medical stores, tv,c., was under water,
which it is coastal witl be spoiled s and they were obliged
to take down and destroy some of the hospital fittings in
the wash-house anti bath -room, ere they could get at the
source of the mischief. That a ship worth nearly a mil-
lion of re.onsy should not have been made more secure
before she was thrust Out to sea in a foul wind, is passing
strange. She did not touch at tray port on her passage
to the Cape, or meet with any homeward-bound ship.
One man died on board, - and another felt overboard
during the first gales and was drowned.' She exchanged
colours with a French frigate, and signals with the ship
Ganges and the John M`Vicar of Liverpool; the latter
kept company several days. The Minden was not par-
ticularly uncomfortable, and sailed pretty well, con-
sidering she was under frigate's topmasts and sails. She
occasionally went 11k. 6f. in strong winds. Her Majesty's
ship Southampton, bearing the flag of Sir E. King, the
Wolverine, which arrived en the 18th from Plymouth,
and a Dutch' frigate, were lying in Simon's Bay.—
Devonporl Independent..
FATAL ACCIDENT AT SLR JOUN YARDE BULLER'S
—On Friday an inqaest was held by Mr Higgs, at
Charing-cross Hospital, on the body of Diana Sher-
burn, aged 58, the wife of a'stablekeeper in the service
of Sir John Yard* Buller.. -Charles Sherburn, the
deceased's husband, said that he lived at No.
'
Scotland-yard, and now, whilst the family are from
town, resided with his Wife over the stables. On
Sunday evening last, a little before eleven o'clock, he
returned home with his daughter, and went into the inner
room for the purpose of going to bed. He had undressed
himself, and was going into it, when the deceased
went out to throw some slops into the yard out of
a pail. He heard a noise as if the pail 100 fallen,
and at the same time his, daug-hter called out, "Father;-
mother has fidlen out of the window." He imme-
diately ran into the yard, and found his wife lying
upon the stones bleeding from a wound in the
head, andquite insensible. A police-constable came up,
and she was removed to the hosisital. In throwing the
water from the pail, she overbalanced herself and fell
out. It was usual to have a bar across the door, but
it was not up when she fell out. sir. J. C. Brown,
hotise-surgeon, said deceased was bleeding from a wound
in the forehead, when admitted. On. examining it, he
found the skull to be fraetured. Sliedied .
!! on Thursday,
.
from the effects of the injury...- Verfligts-7,,,A,q14ntal
from
death a fall." , 7 '

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DOWN. UP.
Departure Arrival Departure Arrival
TRAINS. from at TRAINS. from at
Rugby. Derby Derby. Rugby.
let
2d ...... 945 12 10 E;; 2d
3d
4th 250 530 E ;i 4th ...... 440 7 0
sth S4S 10 50 . sth ...... 730 10 0
6th Mail 12 20 M 249 M 6th Mail 10 40 12 50 M
ON SUNDAYS.
Ist
2d
34
4th l2 20 M 2 4951 4th Mail 10 40 12 50 M
The times of arriving at and departing from Nottingham and
Derby are nearly the same.