The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-05 00:00:00

NAME OF RAILWAY.

Arbroath and Forfar •••••••• • • • • • • •
Birmingham and Gloucester • • • • • • • • • •
Chester and Birkenhead . • • • • • • • • • • • •
Dublin and Drogheda. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Dublin and Kingstown • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Dundee and Arbroath .
Durham and Sunderland . • ......
EditAurgh and Glasgow . •• • • • .• • • • •
Eastern Counties and North Eastern..
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • . • • • •
Glasgow and Greenock • • • • ••• . • • • • •
Grand Junction .• ....
Gravesend and Roehester..... .....
Great North of England • •
Great Western . • • .• • • .
Bull and Selby • • • •
Liverpool and Manchester • .........
London and Birmingham
London and 81ackwa11..............
London and Brighton.....
London and Croydon . ..
London and Greenwich
London and South Western. • ....•
Manchester, Bolton, and Bury . .
Manchester and Birmingham • • ......
Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc. -
Midland Counties. •
Newcastle and Darlington ..........
Newcastle and Carlisle ....... .
Newcastle and North Shields• • ......
North Union and Bolton and Preston
Paris, Corbeil, and 0r1ean5..........
Paris and Rouen
Preston and
Sheffield and Manchester......
South Ea5tern•..........
Ulster . • .
Yarmouth and Norwich ............
York and North Midland

May I
April 26
27

May I
April 26
27

158
3,64:
609
7,9

63:
2,856
4,694
1,661

847
9,193

141
1,7‘,3
16,563

5,227
18,,A2
1,222
3,972
1,175

986
6,150

926
3,70
5,95,
11,192
1,173
1,356
367

6,016

449
727
4,42
926

227
2,432

EXTRAORDINARY CELERITY OF THE PRESS.—An
estpress edition of The Sun of Friday, reached our office about
day.break on Saturday morning, containing a full report of Sir
Robert Peel's speech on Scotch Banks, delivered in the House of
Commons a few hours before. Copies were, through the public
spirit of Mr. Murdo Young, the proprietor of The Sun, distri.
buted to the Exeter banks, the reading-rooms, and several mercan.
tile firms of ,-he city, by whom this early intelligence wa► properly
appreciated.— Western Times.
THE ECLIP,E OF THE SUN, &e.—On TRE'Sday
next, the 6th inst., an annular eclipse of the sun will take place, g
forty-nine minutes after seven o'clock in the morning, which will
be visible throughout England, and, should the atmosphere continue
in its present clear and almost cloudless state, will prove most
interesting. On Thursday, the Sth inst., another interesting astro-
nomical phenomenon, that of the transit of Mercury, will take
place at nineteen minutes after four o'clock in the afternoon, which
wtll also be visible in this latitude.
DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—On Friday forenoon, ab, )w
twelve o'clock, the vicinity of the City-road, Islington, was
volved in the greatest excitement in consequence of the falling in
of several houses adjacent to the Sportsman public.house, and
which is likely to prove fatal in its results. It appears that some
old and dilapidated houses belonging to the proprietors of the
" Working Orphan School Charity," City-road, had become con-
demned and untenantable, and were sold with the ground on
bui'ding lease to Mr. Piayst, of the City-road. For some days
past labourers were employed pulling down the houses and remov-
ing the old timber and rubbi►h, until four of them remained to
be pulled down. Yesterday forenoon the labourers re-contmenced
their work, and were engaged in pulling down a party wall, which
suddenly gave way, and in an instant the whole of the premises fell
upon the unfortunate men and buried them in the mine. An out-
cry was immediately raised, and crowds of persons assembled on
the spot. In about a couple of hours they succeeded in finding
the body of Michael Martin in a state of insensibility and con-
siderably injured, and within a short distance Martin Owen and
Johd Day, a labouring boy, were also found lying apparently dead.
Two other men were also found much injured, but not dangerously,
they being in possession of their senses, but nearly suffocated.
Several medical men were speedily procured, and every humane
assistance afforded the unfortunate sufferers until they were con-
veyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where Michael Martin,
Martin Owen, and John Day remain without hopes of recovery,
but the others were enabled to proceed to their homes, but in a
weakly state, with severe bruises.
SUPPOSED CHILD MURDER.—Ott Frid iv Mull in'2*
as a man, named Brands, living in New-square, St:Bride's, was
going down hobin Hood.stairs, Shoe-lane, about halfpast four, he
observed a bundle. He took it into Shoe-lane, when, on opening
it, he found the contents to consist of the body of a male child,
which was covered with paper, the external wrapper consisting of
an old piece of calico. There WAS nn mark upon either. The
deceased was given to a City policeman, who took it to the West
London Unio❑ Workhouse, West-street, Smithfield. The upper
part of the body presented a livid appearai.ce, and the,e was a
bruise upon the skull. The police were yesterday making inquiries
to discover the unnatural parent.