The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-16 00:00:00

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week in the previous year : __----
Week Last cc.i. $ 4
ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week. t 3:'..".
C..) -L....
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£ 18,
Aug. 9 Arbroath and Forfar •••• • • •
Bristol and Birmingham .
8 Chester and Birkenhead .•••••• • • • • • • 832 679
7 Dublin and Drogheda • • ..... ••••• • • • • 838 991
12 Dublin and Kingstown ••••• • . • • ..... 1,197 379
10 Dundee and Arbroath . ..............461 531
9 Durham and Sunderland .•• • • • ..... • • 633 36P
9 Edinburgh and Giasgow .••• • • • ... • • 3,284 ;7/0
10 Eastern Counties and North Eastern • • 6,247 7°,43
9 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ••• • .. 2,071 ?1,"64
9 Glasgow and Greenock ••••• • • • • .... 1,280 Vog
9 Grand Junction •••••• • • • • • ......... 18,325 lv
-- Gravesend and Rochester •••••• • • • • • • 2-379,
Great North of England •••••• • • • • • • o'm
10 Great Western .•• ••
•••• • • • • ......... 20,226 11,x56
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Ilull and Selby ••••• • . • •
Liverpool and Manchester .
..480
9 London and Birmingham .••••• • .- • - 24,100 A:, 05
10 London and Blackwall.... •.• • • ..... 1,327 IV
9 London and Brighton .......... .
12 London and Croydon .•••• • • • •
London and Greenwich .•.•••• • • • • • • 820
9 London and South Western .••• • • .
10 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury
8 Manchester and Birmingham.. •• • •
9 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc 7,854 ':. 560.
9 Midland Counties . 19•,18 1'043
9 Newcastle and Darlington
9 Newcastle and Carlisle.. •••• • • •
10 Newcastle and North Shields •••• • • • • 515 1,991
9 North Union and Bolton and Preston 2,279 5,01
11 Paris, Corbeil, and Orleans •••• • - •
11 Paris and Rouen .••••• • • • • •
9 Preston and Wyre.. •• • • ..... .
9 Sheffield and Manchester •••• • • • • .... 1,324
,51.1
9 South Eastern ••••••• • • • • • • ......... 8,080 "80.5
9 Taff Vale . ...
10 Ulster .•.
Yarmouth and Norwich •••••• • • • • • • 3,310
9 York and North Midland .•.• • • •

COURAGEOUS CONDUCT OF A NAVAL OFFICS/I;ts
We have to record an act of great courage and humanity, river,
in keeping with the characteristics of a British naval ofheiag
On Friday night last, at half-past ten o'clock, the night bi ber
pitch dark, with heavy lain, Mr. Rodney Carter, mate,;,aea
Majesty's ship Daring, arid Mr. Richard Carter, Illids".lu
of the same ship, were proceeding along the pier at sivatho
bine Quay, Cove, in search of a boat to get on board, egbeniglits
latter gentleman, owing to the extreme darkness of these 00'
stepped over the edge of the quay into the water. Be
cumbered with a heavy great coat, and not knowing ";,, t• he
swim a stroke, with a strong ebb tide making down, wag Gt
most imminent danger, when his companion, Mr. Mehl yid
ter, gallantly plunged in after him, and succeeded +3oo'
hold of him as he was sinking the second time. By great Rater
tions he contrived to keep his young shipmate's head overdiSt'
for upwards of ten minutes, until a boat was sent to their 7;,114
ance from the Peru, where the watch on deck was attraer:l,oo
the noise in the water, and lanterns having been precureuiderr
were rescued from their perilous situation, though eel° ,
bly exhausted from their long struggle. The gentlenievtberr
understand, though namesakes, are not related to eaeh..,°„desi
and, considering the imminent peril of his own life bk. r'riottf,
Carter incurred, we feel certain that his gallant and illerit°Coll
conduct will not be unappreciated or unacknowledged
Southern Reporter.
FEARFUL ACCIDENT.-011 Wednesday e/7,,er,°.
about ten o'clock, a horse and gig belonging to Mr. Lel of '
Deptfurd-bridge, surveyor, having been left at the (I°_,° to;
house in Sydenham, the horse started off at great sr-vtil
wards Lewisham, and continued at a galloping pace Ihiget
reached the Plough Inn, at the extremity of the latter est
distance of four miles, when it came in contact with a bye
wooden fence on the side of the Ravensbourne, which 111900 °
to pieces, and the horse and gig were precipitated a distbserel
eight or ten feet into the water. A dairyman, named d,
tu
ran out of the Plough and jumped into the water, Ow
great difficulty and imminent risk, succeeded in rules
animal by cutting the harness, &c., and drawing the horse
• of
neath the bridge to the opposite side of the road. Os •
'IUSSAC GRASS.—We learn that Mr. Mathe ottti
Achany, lately imported from the Falkland Islands a Vis
of Tussac grass seed, part of which was sent to the been 1
sown in half an acre of deep moss land which had beeo
posely improved and enclosed by Mr. Nicolson, tad° eptiit
Cell. The seed was put into the ground about the sod 0
June last, and in 14 days the grass made its appears this 510,4
now nearly covers the ground. Although its grovit 1;‘,
it is steady, and from the success that has attended
is
experiment, little difficulty is anticipated in raising thiVnef•
lPi
any extent on the moss lands of the Lewis.—lnverness uvotow
THE INQUEST ON MR. DEAN.—We undeolol
ir
that the Directors of the London and BirminghaM
vvas icaP
have dismissed Umsworth, the engine driver who oy• io
cated in the late accident, from the service of the CMPrdelal,a
report having gone abroad, in consequence of ear ofin
this dismissal, that the Company were unwilling t°
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their own rules in this case, we are requested to sired, ,
Umsworth was suspended as soon as the accident oeeti„„blli
that the sentence of dismissal was deferred until th!„,,rifea
tion of General Pasley's report, which was only
the railway authorities yesterday morning.—Times' of t of
CHRISTIANIA, AUG. I.—By a resolution
froorsb,
Storthing, sanctioned by the King, relative to the Prot giber be
the Christian religion out of the pale of the established Pio
they are allowed the free exercise of their religion' „on n• tee
right to form separate communities. Also, that a e
leave the established church to join such a colon°
er ,
above nineteen years of age. W P
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CHARITABLE SOCIETY OF DANcEits•--xfoclaiapi.
ceive that the performances at the Haymarket olt,'ancers:4o
for the benefit of the Charitable Society of maolar pS
Teachers of Dancing, which, in addition to the ret' rly
dramatique of that theatre, confessedly the first center.,
in the British dominions, the elite of the Adel Phi "%err/it:7l
Madame Celeste at their head, have volunteered their less
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in addition to which those wonderful children, --,-!3vb st do
Anglaise, from the Lyceum, will appear. Wit" Irogt 3°
tions, we anticipate a house crammed to overflor.strity, •
large surplus for the funds of this most deserving,enterela v
PIGEON-FLYING MATCH FOR 51.--A-es s
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match, to fly two pigeons from Dover was decided td avor d S
tv
of 51. The birds belonged respectively to Rayn3enh), adoef,
hope (amateur fanciers, of the Kent-road. Borong ta
arrangement was that the pigeons should b 3 conveYetatione"dy
destination, and flown at one time, and usnPires. Ito h°_,o
the home of either traveller, and the time of arric3ci
served, and the first bird in to win. The 0 wiDifethe air f~
gers" were tossed at twe o'clock, and after smiles, and
one minute they made their exit for their &011ie, his b°l",
sixteen minutes past three Raymond's pitcheti3„ distal' aI
the other occupied twelve minutes longer. IP' ,roelte
calculated at about seventy-eight miles, which Os
seventy-six minutes. plll7O
AT AILS „se.,
ARRIVAL OF THE GIBRALTAR %.,001.r-
AMPTON, AUGUST 15.—The Oriental Comparii'si: loch
the Pacha, Captain Burney, arrived here at
morning, and landed the Peninsular and 4iCejal Per
snails, which were forwarded to London by' Aa sl), Gth;ce
at three o'clock. Her dates are, Gibrellar, '1119; ad"
diz, 7th ; Lisbon, 9th ; Oporto, loth ; Vie°' itasd '27
runna, 12th. The Pacha has a full fruit cargo
seegers.