The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-31 00:00:00

RAILWAY RETURNS.

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We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums
received on the principal Railways of Great Britain
Miles
Opened.
x T.
ota
al..
d.
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 Name
i &of
DnearilbwyaYJ'unet. 384 1,043 17 4
21 Birmingham and Gloucester... 55 1,341 13 5
ended
Jan. 15 Birmingham
15 13randling Junction
22 Chester and Birkenhead ..
... Dundee and Arkroath
93 Easters Counties
22 Glasgow and kyr ..
22 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 224 622.18 11
15 Grand Junct , Chester &Crews 1034 6,477 8 2
22 Great North of England 45 1,101 14 8
23 Great Western
22 Hull and Selby .
22 Lancaster & Preston Junction 20i 437 10 10
21 Liverpool and Manchester 3l 4,313 10 19
22 London and Birmingham ll2l 13,735 111
27 London and Blackwell 34 544 8 0
22 London and Brighton
22 Ditto Shoreham Branch .....• 50 1 122 510
25 London and Croydon
27 London and Greenwich 3l Of 2 5
22 London and South Western
20 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 10 565 19 64
24 Manchester Sr Birmingham
22 Manchester and Leeds
22 Midland Counties
.. Newcastle and Carlisle 6oi No returns
20 Newcastle and North Shields 7 300 8 6
23 Northern and Eastern i 27
...
22 North Midland
21 North Union ... 25 - 994 8 0
22 Preston and Wyre • • 194 197 19 7
. Sheffield and Manchester...... 7 No returns
23 Ulster
22 York and North Midland....., 23 1,257 6 11

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EXTRAORDI NA RY WORK.—David Squire,
smith, of Barnstaple, undertook a short time since, in
order to decide a small wager, to make four dozen horse-
shoes, in a workmanlike manner? in the short spa •e of
three hours. The wager came off on Monday, and he
accomplished his task in the unprecedented period of
two hours' and twenty-five minutes, including seven
minutes, lost time occasioned by a slight accident. We
are informed that he made twenty-two shoes within the
last hour. A comp font judge was called in to examine
the work, and he pronounced it properly executed.—
Western Luatiimry. _

DEATH FROM VOLUNTARY DESTITUTION.
—On Friday afternoon an inquest was held before Mr.
Baker, the Coroner, at the London Hospital, on the body
of James Bond, aged thirty-seven, of No. 1, Russia-lane,
Mile-end. Abraham Andrews, police constable, 385 K,
said that, on Monday evening last, he was on duty in
Russia-lane, Mile-end, when he saw the deceased leaning
for support upon the ledge of a parlour window. Seeing
that he was extremely ill, he led him to the station-
house, and sent for Mr. Storey, surgeon. Deceased then,
by the advice of the surgeon, was taken to the London
Hospital. Witness then went to deceased's house, not
far from where he had found him. He saw no furniture
in it except one old chair, a table, and a saucepan, there_e
being no bed or anything for him to lie upon but tpe7
bare boards. There was no food in the house, and !?,, _
ceased, when searclicd, had only five farthings ;ill:
pocket. Hannah Lane, of No. 2, Bate's Plad"w'usCon-
end, said that the deceased was a painter,i
He sidered very clever in writing in paint..
t for his sup-
he chosen, earned much more than. sufficient
It was his
port by working diligently at his business. could, had
condition, and
eyeeeased was ad-
wouw:ailnrt
.th eAonfn lfdeoraoevd:.
custom to work for a few days, and he
off and not return to it
a untilvecbro_yyn.iidpi
ieemtslhlaseetttlinidtb:
He always appeared in
lived in the house entirely
last, labouring, apparently,
from on Monday e ven!ng
H tt 13 .
.pparently,
Hinxton, the house-surgeon, said a
from disease of the brain. le a rl uted his death to
disease of the brain, but accelerated by disease and pri-
vation. Verdict—" Natural death, but accelerated by
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privation.