The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-21 00:00:00

RAILWAY RETURNS.

We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums
received 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. £. s. d

Feb.l2 Birmingham & Derby Junct. 384 1,010 14 4
11 Birmingham and Gloucester 55 1,302 16 0
.. Brandling Junction 25 No returns
11 Chester and Birkenhead ..

13 Dundee and Arbroath
13 Eastern Counties
... Glasgow and kyr ..
12 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 22i 573 15 8
.. Grand Junct , Chester &Crewe 1034 No returns
12 Great North of England 45 1,341 10 A
13 Great Western
12 Hull and Selby
12 Lancaster & Preston Junction 20a 475 8 10
11 Liverpool and Manchester 3l 4,056 15 1
12 London and Birmingham ll2ll 13,409 7 2
17 London and Blaekwall ......
12 London and Brighton
12 Ditto Shoreham Branch
15 London and Croydon lO. 296 8 0
17 Lrndon and Greenwich 3l 760 11 10
13 London and South Western 93 3,793 10 6
10 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 10 599 15 1
14 Manchester & Birmingham
12 Manchester and Leeds
12 Midland Counties 57 2,503 2 (.)
12 Newcastle and Carlisle 6Ol 1,324 11 4
10 Newcastle and North Shields 7 328 5 8
13 Northern and Eastern ...
12 North Midland
11 North Union
13 Preston and Wyre l9l 143 7 11
14 Sheffield and Manchester...... 7 208 211
.. Ulster
12 York and North Midland 23 1,465 15 2

A HORSES CONFIDENCE IN HIS RIDER.—
The confidence of a horse in a firm rider and his own courage
is great, as was conspicuously evinced in the case of an Arab,
possessed by the late Gen. Sir Robert IL Gillespie, who being
present on the race-course of Calcutta, during one of the great
Hindu festivals, whin several hundred thou and people may be
assembled to witness all kinds of shows, was suddenly alarmed
by the shrieks of the crowd, and informed that a tiger had es-
caped from his keepers ; the General immediately called
for his horse, and instantly grasping a boar-spear, which
was in the hands of one among the crowd, rode to attack this
formidable enemy ; the tiger probably was amazed at finding
himself in the middle of such a number of shrieking beings,
flying from him in all directions, but the moment he perceived
Sir Robert, he crouched with the attitude of preparing to
spring at him, and that instant the gallant soldier passed his
horse in a leap over the tiger's back, and struck the spear
through his spine.—The horse was a small grey, afterwards
sent home by him as a present to the Prince Regent. When
Sir Robert fell at the storming of Kalunga, his favourite
black charger, bred at the Cape of Good Hope, and
carried by him to India, was, at the sale of his effects,
competed for by several officers of his division, and
finally knocked down to the privates of the Bth Drarmons,
who contributed their prize-money to the amount of five
hundred pounds stet linw, to retain this commemoration of their
late Commander. Thus the charger was always led at
the head of the regiment on a march, and at the station at
Cawnpore was usually indulged with taking his ancient post at
the colour-stand, where the salute of the passing squadrons was
given at drill and on reviews. When the regiment was ordered
home, the funds of the privates running low, he was bought
for the same sum by a relative of ours, who provided funds and
a paddock for him, where he might end his days in comfort, but
when the corps had marched, and the sound of trumpet had de-
parted, he reused to eat, and on the firs opportunity, being
led out to exercise, he broke from his groom, and galloping to
his ancient station on the parade, after neighing aloud, dropped
down, and died.—Colonel Smith on the Horse, in tire Na-
tural Library.
THE INDUS.—A correspondent, on whom we
can rely, has favoured us with some interesting information as
to the navigation of the Indus and the British craft now on it.
Sir Alexander Burnes had thought that a vessel of four feet
water might always ascend it in safety ; but it is found by ex-
perience that one drawing more than three feet water is useless,
from the perpetual shifting of the river's bed and channel, and
the peculiar formation of its bars. Vessels of that draught
have ascended to Loodieana on the Sutledge, and could reach
Kalabagh on the Attoek branch ; the Rava branch is navigable
to Lahore ; end the Chcenab is believed to be navigable to a
considerable distance from its junction with the main stream
near Wultaun. There are at present only three steam-vessels,
all of iron, on the Indus—the Comet, Planet., and Satellite ;
the first of forty-hoise, the others of sixty-horse power. They
draw thirty-six inches of water. A smaller vessel, the Meteor,
is under repair at Bombay. Two of the Euphrates steamers, of
fifty and forty-horse power have been ordered to Bombay, most
probably for the Indus. The communication between Bombay
and Kunatchee is kept open by the Indus steamer ; but it draws
too much water for the river.—Sunday Paper.
THE RULING PASSION.--All Ohl man was
found drowned in a bog-hole, in the barony of Tyrawly, a few
days since, with a sheep tied round his neck. It seams that he
had been crossing the bog at night with the sheep, which he
had stolen, on his back, and that falling into a bog-hole he was
drowned before he could extricate himself. At the last Assizes
for this county the deceased was arraigned for sheep stealing,
and plelded guilty ; but he was allowed to withdraw his plea,
and was acquitted by direction of the Judge, a flaw having been
discovered in the indictment. After his escape then, he took
to the same trade ; and at length met his death in the extraor-
dinary way we have related.—Mayo Constitution.
HOPKINS AND DREWITT'S BANKRUPTCY.—
ARUNDEL ItANL.—At a meeting held under this fiat, at the Nor-
folk Arms, on Monday, the 14th intant, the solicitor to tbeassignees
laid before the Commissioners, for their decision, several cases in
which two or more persons, jointly indebted to the estate, claimed to
set off notes and cash balances (their separate property) against the
joint debts, and vice versa, the consideration of which occupied the
meeting till a late period; but the Commissioners postponed their final
decision. We arc glad to find that, upon a mature examination of the
accounts, they confirm the first statement, and promise a larger pro.
bahle surplus than was then shown. The separate estates will, after
discharging the respective claims in full, leave a cousiderable sur-
plus to pass to the joint account. A dividend of at least 103, in the
pound, will be declared so soon as the law will permit; and we
hear that notwithstanding the heavy expenses attc.neant on bank.
ruptcy, from 18s. to 20s. in the pound will be ultimately paid to
the creditor!: wits the probability of a surplus.--,Brightors Gazette.