The Sun. — 1838-09-04 (London, England)

ACCELERATION OE MAILS.--.On the 17th of September there will be thirty-eight miles of the Southampton Railway open to the public, .which it is expected will give two hours' acceleration to the arrival of the mails at Exeter, Devonport, and Falmouth, leaving only seven miles to complete the line on the Western route as far as Basingstoke, fortyeight miles distant from the General Post-office, when, at the least, two hours and a half, if not three hours, may be lessened, so that letters, &c., will arrive at Exeter at half-past nine a.m. This advantage, added to our present loss of time at Taunton, where our letters remain two hour end a half every (lay, would, by a direct coach freq.; Rxeter, enable us to be served with the London bags, and from all other ports on the Eastern side, and North from York, by about half--past one or mid-day. By this arrangement the Bristol mail would remain as it :9; and, in feet, U is separated for the present, for the branch .from Taunton is a perfectly distinct line. We know that a nei,ehb mring town, under the patronage of some of the leading gentry, is endeavouring to establish a direct mail-coach to and from Exeter—it consequently behoves us to be on the alCrt ; for it cannot be denied that ie every point of view Barnstaple ought to be nerved the firit.—North Devon Advertiser. A horse employed in the colliery at Johnston, belonging to Messrs. Marycharch and Owen, lieeerfordwest, was a month ago miseing, end tie trace of him could be discovered. Last week, however, as some boys were cutting some furze at the brink of an old coal pit, about 12 fees deep, they discovered the lost animal at the bottom. Assistanceid being immediately procured, the poor horse w from the confinement which he had suffered from was released k food or water, and annoyed by flies, which badeeawteern.haowleistbiontuot his flesh, and, owing to careful treatment,' he has now nearly recovered his former condition. Thirst seemed to be the principal, sufr`7l4o endured by the horse, as maedaiateythonrehist release be rushed to his old water' difficulty forced from it. Hun.eirnt'aPicceo'mapnellwedsh7m tog endeavera to eat some dry roots which were at the bottom of the pit, but, proving too hard to masticate, they were feline' stuck roc in his mouth.—Welslo ?Wit An inquest was held yesterday at St. Thomas's HoTital on the body of Miss Jane Childs, aged 19, the daughter of a respectable tradesman residing in North AnclicYstreet. Miss Childs, after taking a large quantity of arsenic,b 4 4 pPQtI —1111; PH Esther to the city in an omnibus, where she was taken very ill, and after confessing that she had poisoned herself, was removed to the Hospital, where she died, It appeared that fur some months the girl Ind beam in the habit of reading relieem 11404 a'oging psalms, and addressing fervent appeals her sisters on the subject of religion, and frequently kissing them. She was accustomed to call herself the worst of sinners, and to say that she had sold her soul Potted the evil one. A rhapsodical letter tQ 1•119 elPct was totted on her porsoll, in which, 'weever, she stated that although 't a miserable, ttnii4lY wretch, it was not owing to religion," Deceased had lived on tlic beet terms with her family and friends. Verdipt,Temporary derangement. Thomas Williams of Pencoyd, an old man, upwards ' of 80 years of age, committed suicide on Sunday, 26. th under the following circumstances:—The unfortunite man had, by great ega„ley, bayed nearly', 761, on which he was subsisting, when some miscreant broke into his cottage, and robbed him of every farthing he possessed in the world. On applying to the guardians for relief he was offered ilea 7to- Which he refused, and went 4:7 tAnd hung 13irpsgl. , The late fine weatite, has enabled our farrnerl to i carry the greater pot of their wheat crops in good ; and should it continue the harvest in this part of the country will be completed in about a fortnight.—Aylesbury Nov 4%