The Sun. — 1846-05-08 (London, England)

MADRID AND . VALENCIA RAILWAY.—Mr. James Stovold, Engineer, left London on Saturday last for Spain, to make a practical survey of the first section of the line, between the towns of Valencia and San Felipe. aante to The Journal des Chemins de Fera tnnii,luene four companies which had united to form company that which the Chamber of Deputies had conceded the railroad from Bordeaux to Cette, were respectively entitled to the the Espeleta Company to ytlat of Baron Sarget and one followingon t of Hubertwo, oafr s hsoa r es— per cent.am e;l Mr. Mackenzie, to one uut of four, or 25 per cent. ; and the other two companies (Casalle and Schnt•ider), having only issued the number of shares allocated to them in the fusion, will effect no reduction in their promises. According to the same journal, the Prefect of the Lower Seine bad sent engineers to survey the country between Dieppe and Abbeville to establish a railroad between those two towns. The receipts of the first section of the Paris and Bordeaux line, between Orleans and Tours, had been during the Ist week, 13196 f. 60c. • in the 2d,. 23,484 E i 70c.; in the 3d, 41,416 f. ; and n the 4th:43,957E—in all, 122,054 f. 30c. From the Ist of May, all the stage coaches proceeding to and from the south of France will employ that conveyance, and the administration calculated on a daily receipt, for travellers alone, of B,ooof. or 9,000 f. The receipts of the Paris and Orleans Railroad during the week ending on the 28th ult. amounted to 170,407 f., exceeding by nearty 16,000 f. those of the corresponding week of 1845. ThoTse of the Paris and Rouen road, during the same interval, 'were 150,397 f,, or 20,000£ more than last year. MURDERS IN ENGLA'ND,—Mr. John O'Connell, Metn. her for Kilkenny, moved on the 12th of February for a return of all murders that have been 'committed in England since the Ist of January, 1842; specifying the county, Bte , where such murder had been committed, with Other particulars. It appears that the ordinary criminal returns received at the Home.oftice, having reference to criminals, and not to 'ate parties against whom offences are committed do not in any Ir,stance state the condition in life, and not in at:, ht. to murder stances the to,:ines of persons mnrdered or attempted to he .: uv.eraered nor do these., contain any record of murders or attempt,, apprehended. further t There was therefore no direct means of famishing t !den in cases where accused parties have beer. tut particular Inforrrattion required by the address, A stimMary of the whole is at! lied, showing the number of inquests, convictio . 116, etc. From the totals given, it Is proved. that the number of ir 'quests was 440, of which 228 were infanticides. For murder the convictions were 58 ; fdr manslaughter, 51 ; for concealment of tof rth, 27 ; and under the term "various," 4. There were 20 fount% g tin t total stated. There ',insane self-destruction of the accused, 2 ; accused died in prison, 4 ; no bill or acquitted, 99; and cases not ascertained, 190 : match] o followed. There were of attempts to murder 65 attended with bodily injury, and 17 IG6ovoefrnthmeeant atisndedhlortu linsane; 36 eases in not attended with bodily injury, and 10 Nu ultn which reward or bill found,, r the parties: Ivel re acquitted, wwpardehriecohn2;9wh eacrsoenwvia sct offered ines iso l ) and one which the trial was postponed. Of rewardsi, ofroe,ed there were 35; 28 in cases of murder, and 7in cases of at*iempts 41 marder. There were 8 of the rewards paid, and in 12 CA, • 0,5 . eenviek .011.1 followed, of whch 11 were in cases of murder, and I . In C 455 of as `tempt to murI ' der. In four ca es where coal beenvictions t, ,s,k Placee the 4 'wards offered med, bat not paid. Ir , One case of Mud% r, and four do not appear to have claimed. , In one cue „fa, acquittal, the reward was clot oases of attempt to murder, pardon IT, $ offered with put •uniitry reIrani 04 the part fil Quyttrumen. 9ti pea, ,