The Sun. — 1864-02-22 (London, England)

RAILWAY NEWS.—It may be matter of interest at the present time, when the subject of circular railways for London is under the consideration of Parliament, to hear what has peen the result of the e hemin de ?er de (Jointure de Paris, which encircles Paris, north of the Seine, as Mr. Fowler's proposed Outer Circle Railwarwould, if constructed, encircle London north of the Thames. The Paris lino extends from Auteil, just outside the fortifications, by P 4007, Les Batiga9llo2 Montmartre, La Chapelle,  Belleville, St. Mande (outside the Place do Vol'o round to the stations of the Orleans Rai ces to the Jardin des Plantes. The line also COO acs b the various railways across which it passes' t.its enabling merchandise to be readily carriedyber means from one metropolitan station to soe,t , 8A This railway was opened on the 14th of JalY, art and the results of the enterprise since that date the now before us, ai reported by the company t°l t. shareholders in Paris on the 14th of February a6s3, It will be sufficient if we state the traffic 08thii The total number of passengers conveyed over an line during the entire year was 205,607, beiDtrgaffic average of 589 per day, or 32 per train. Tnto was worked between five stations until the ole of November, when two other stations were op With one of which Belau., is " en correspondanco' Wets the Vincennes Railway. The results, as rePcre, money, were by no means satisfactory. 311f,+ ceipts ceipts were found to have amounted to I,°9'' and the expenses to 1 293 7-2 f showing a loss -, 197,4601. on the working. " I too increase is expected in the traffic on the cornP•heo. of th© line round the south of Paris (Nbieb';ltlf Although a ever, will involve the construction of two ;°tors bridges over the Seine) we believe the Tor'', of the Chemin de Fer de Ceint re de Paris L'a is not fre: discovered that the traffic of a greatu city oneb suburb of it to another : and the discoverYtPrra, ably, may not be without its interest to the. rcPsy jectors of the proposed similar circular round London. considea..bla ra  Murder of a Wife at Hirwain, shire, and Suicide of the Murderer.  gas o 4 The village of Hirwain, Glamorgayshire. Saturday thrown into a state of the greatest esclb-:, ment and consternation, in consequence of 1" as coming known that an engineer, named, !her Williams,i had murdered his wife by stranghti'A to whilst asleep, and had afterwards put a perlo 00 his own existence by hanging himself from aa,1,,. crook in the ceiling of the kitchen of his dwells house. The first alarm was given by a little !of a daughter of the deceased couple, who ran °,,-,tho the house screaming and terror, an .gija on being interrogated said that her father„vea mother were both dead. The neighbours at first 'lot that she was suffering from some childish fear',o,s on entering the house they were horrfled at fin bed, the man hanging by the neck, as already descrloo ,still from the ceiling of his kitchen. They eat; the body as speedily as possible and found 1. ea warm, but the vital spark had fled. Their tbecl, went upstairs, where the wife was found 11 t• ss and apparently asleep. There were no indlca-i°oo of any struggle having taken place, but tile,:ies woman was quite dead, and on her body examined it was found that she had been atrellgaich apparently in her sleep, by means of a cravat' svc, to was found drawn so tightly round her throat fl-ase be to an extent embedded in the flesh. In her as. also the body was not quite cold. It has berepred certained that the murderer and his victim tiou to bed as usual on the Friday night,' and there and be no doubt that he got up at an early hnnii;vier .having. first despatched his wife in the In'a-rt of indicated, went into the garden, cut down a PA-Vbat a clothes. line, and hanged himself with it., crime motive led to the perpetration of the douhAe.dtbat hes not been ascertained, but it is ?f in I%T . years ho was not fort; old, had that-2eli en t bad health, and had suffered n his s ieilrtil that lunacy may probably have led to the 'oece tragedy. Information of the sad event wasno' the sent to the coroner with a view to an inquest bodies.