The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-09 00:00:00

FRIDAY EVENING,

pared for it, at a short distance above high water-
mark. The pontoons, which were constructed under
the superintendence of Captain Claxton, and answered
their purpose admirably, were then removed. Their
buoyancy had been calculated to an inch, and there
was three feet of freeboard. They were constructed
out of six iron barges, used for the Neath Canal,
one bsrge being inverted over another and the two
" married" together.
Early in the afternoon, the most difficult operation
having been successfully performed, and " Success to
the South Wales Railway" toasted on the top
.of the
tube in first-rate champagne, the second operation of
lifting the tube to a level with the railway com-
menced. For this purpose three sets of chain-lifting
tackle are employed, the lower parts of these chains
being of three-inch iron, each tested to bear a weight
of 80 tons without injury. Suspension rods at three
points pass through the diameter of the tube. These
chains extend from a timber framing at the top of the
east pier, 180 feet above the railway level, and are
worked by three double crabs of great power, worked
by twelve men to each. This process was being pro-
ceeded with when the last available train left Chep-
stow. Great credit is given to the principal foremen,
to whom much of the important work of floating this
tube has been intrusted—Messrs. Crew and Whitting,
of whom, with Mr. Pope, such favourable mentio❑
was made in the relief of the Great Britain steamship
from Dundrum Bay.
Only one accident occurred. One of the workmen
fell from a scaffolding into the water, but was picked
up by one of a fleet of boats employed in assisting at
the operations.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKE

iTS.

BRISTOL, APRIL 8.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was buoyant to-day.
The tansactions were as follow : —Bristol and Exeter, 90k—
Great Westerns, 885;1--West Cornwall, 4: dis.
LIVERPOOL, Aran, 8
STOCK EXCHANGE,—There was an improved feeling ex-
hibited in the share market to-day, and a good business
has been done at improved prices. The transactions were as
follow:—Caledonian, 18—Ditto Greenock guaranteed, 15
—Eastern Counties, 9 5-16—ll
71 ull and Selby, 109—Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire, • -1/2—Ditto, Fifths, 6 5-16 dis.—Lon-
don and North-Western, 123
--Ditto, New Quarters, 5 p.—
Midlan(i, 64:—North British, 814—South-Eastern and
Dover, 21;x;.

MANCHESTER, APRIL 8.
STOCK EXCITAN9R. —The business to day was very limited
in amount, but prices generally were well sustained. The
transactions were as follow :—Lancashire and Yorkshire,
71,,,—Ditto, Fifths, dis.—Leeds, Mel., and North,
1 9-1 G p.—Midland, 6.1%.
SIRMINGHA
M, APRIL 8.
STOCK EXCHAICGR.—The share market has been ex-
tremely firm to-day, but there was very little business doing
on 'Change. There were, however, several sales effected in
private and for other
—S markets. London and North-Western
were done at 1231,ioutb-Eastern and Dover, 21'/A.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS
BRISTOL AND Ex TER RAILWAy. —Traffic for the week
ending March 28:—
Passengers
Goods ...
Parcels ... •••
Mails ...

••• ... £2,254 19 6

••• ••• 1,294 14 0

... 174 3 6
... 223 4 2

Total

••• ••• £3,947 1 2
SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER RAlLWAY.—Traffic receipts
or the week ending April 4 :
Passengers £630 18 7
Parcels, horses, &C• ••• 31 14 7
Merchandise, minerals, &c. 1,006 15 8

Total £1,669 8 10
Corresponding week last year ... 1,636 5 2
LONDON AND BLACKWALL RAILWAY.-- Amount of revenue
knr the week ending April 4:—
Passengers
Goods

••• ••• .£BO t 8 4
••• •• ••• ••• 29 10 0

Total ••• £833 18 4
Corresponding week last year ... 917 19 1

MANCHESTER, BUXTON, MATLOCX, AND MIDLANDS JUNC-
TION RAILWAY.—Return of traffic for the weak ending
April 4 :—Passengers, &c. ••• £B3 16 0
Corresponding week last year ... 122 811

SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILIVAT.—Traffic for the Week
ending April 4, 1852 ;
Passengers (7,052), 'parcels, horses,
and carriages ••• £BO5 5 5
Goods, cattle, &c. 1,079 10 3

Total .. 1,881 15 8
Corresponding week in last year... 1,659 6 6
Perth, April 6, 1852.
GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN (IRELAND) RAILWAY
.88 miles). Return for the week ending April 3:—
Passengers, parcels, &c. £3,235 6 5
Merchandise and cattle 989 12 3

Total ... £4,224 18 8
Corresponding week last year ... 4,273 1 5
CORK AND BANDON RAILWAY.— (20 miles open)—Return
of Traffic for the week ending April 3, 1852:
Passengers, parcels, &c. £96 13 11
Merchandise, cattle, &c.... 34 2 6

Total ... £l3O 16 5
Corresponding week in 1851 (10 miles open) :
Passengers, parcels, &c. 31 13 11
Merchandise, cattle, &c. ... 1 4 3

Total .. ... 00* 35 18 2

MONMOUTHSHIRE BOROUGHS.

TO THE EDITOR OF TETE SUN.
Sin,—ln your paper of last evening you comment in
no measured terms upon the proceedings which took
place in this town at the late election, and had you
confined your observations to the-garbled and exagge-
rated statements contained in Mr. Lindsay's letter to the
Times, I would not trouble you, having already ad-
dressed a letter to the editor of that paper in reply; but
I find the following paragraph, which I cannot allow to
pass unnoticed:—
" The police, who behaved exceedingly well, bad se-
veral hundreds in custody at the same time.
Now, the truth is, that the largest number of persons
in custody at ono time was sixteen, and the total number
in custody during the week was less than thirty.

I Omit to your candour to insert this letter.,
I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
HENRY JOHN DAVIS, Mayor of Newport.
Newport, April 8, 1852.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Stu,—The statement in The Sun newspaper of last
night, that several hundred persons were in custody at
Newport during the election is utterly untrue. Not
twenty persons were in custody during the whole of the
election, and only two cases resulting from it came be-
fore the magistrates for adjudication. There was no
disturbance at any of the polling booths, and not a
single voter was pravented from recording his vote.
Several of Mr. Lindsay's statements want the important
Sir, yours, &c.,
element of truTthll.-olmama,s
Newport, April 8. 1852.KESSICK, Justice's Clerk.

MR. J. L. TOOLL,'S ENTERTAINMENTS.
On Wednes
b, evening Mr. J. L. Tonic, of the City
gave .is second drawing-room enter-
tainment at the Literary and Scientific Institution,
Carter-street, Walworth. The hall was much crowded,
in fact, not a few had to go away without obtaining
day
Histtionic Club, n•
even standing room. The performance commenced with
Mr. Toole's witty little
Piece of Table Talk," entitled,
" Trying a Magistrate," which he gave in a manner
which called forth the most rapturous applause. In the
other characters which Mr. Toole assumed, ho met
"
with equal success. Ills Paul Jry was admirable, and
his Robert Tyke, in a selection from the School of
Reform, fell nothing off The selections for the even
jug's entertainment were admirably adapted to show
Mr. Toole's versatility of talent, and the manner in which
he did his part in all of them showed that he has talents
of no mean order. In the different selections he was ably
assisted by several gentlemen, members of the City
Histrionic Club, whose entertainments have met with
much success at the different metropolitan institutions.

afsun.rd
Gentlemen,asneh shooting, °1313: ta.i nr
s egci
Gamekeepers,loemadroel ns , optie i a n s ,
inches,39
eyiseesntaalktinl2g,to 14 miles;
[ADVERTISEMENT.]—_
with
Theloyal Exhibition.--A
valuable, newly-invented
and Tourists.--Te be had at Messrs'
they
aul ls es powerfulanswer
eoperson
v terr
every
ps
uc waistcoater np eo rs purpose
pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be
seen and known lit miles d'istalorearp:;:shu:
on the Race-course, at the
they are ?civaluable
yachting,- to sportsmen
possessing such extra-
xtraandAlbemarle-street,
eye
pi
mosticeccae
P. *
dilly, opposite the York-hotel.
ordinary powers, that some,,3i
Telescopes—Anewane
will show distinctly, Jupiter s Moons, Saturn's Ring, and the
Double Stars. With the same Telescope, weighing nly three
important invention in Telescopes,
ounces, can be seen a person's countenance 31 miles distant,
and an objec • t
from 16 to 20 miles. They supersede every
other kind for the waistcoat pocket, and are of
sizes, with increasing powers accordingly. Opera and
Race-
course glasses, with wonderful
powers ; an object can be
clearly seen from 14 to 16 miles distant. Messrs. S. and B.
Solomons, Opticians, have inventedt invaluable preserving
immediately h
Spectacle Lenses, ey are placed before • imper-
fect union, every object ars clear
app distinct, . h
and distinct, the most
aged defective sight becomes.bright
and brilliant, is brought to
its youthful, natural, and origin& state. The Invisible Or-
ganicV'brator and all kinds of Acoustic instruments for relief
of extreme deafness.-39' arle-street, Piccadilly, op-
posite the York Hotel.
THE CONVICT KEENS.—This Culprit still conti-
nues to remain in his usual sullen mood. On Wednesday,
he appeared rather nervous, and otherwise exhibited signs of
us night he
fear. During the previo _ . slept soundly. and
whilst awake, talked jocosely with the two men who sat
up with him. The criminal becomes more attentive to the
Rev. Mr. Rowe's doctrines ; but as soon as that gentleman
leaves him, he begins to talk to the turnkeys about the fun
he has had while travelling with gpsYs. He says that
his wife and mother would never have informed against
him if he had not left her (his wife) to follow gipsys.
He eats well, and sleeps soundly, and is in good bodily
health. During the Wednesday evening, , g, he observed seve-
ral times that the time was getting snort. ri.
-p to yesterday
afternoon he had made no confession, but still denies that he
threw the child down the well, and says that his wife has
1 rjured herself.
ExTRAORDINTART DISPATCH.---In the case of mur-
der at Axbridge, reported in our assize intelligence, a most
extraordinary succession of events followed with surprising
velocity. The act of murder was committed on the morning
of the 26th of March ; death occurred on the 27th ; a post-
nwrtem examination was made, and the funeral took place
on the 28th; the prisoner was examined before the justices
and committed for trial on the 290 ; he was sent to Taunton
' gaol on the 30th; a true bill found against him on the 31st;
and he was tried, found guiitY, and sentenced to be trans-
ported for life on the Ist of April. Thus the crime, prelimi-
nary examination, trial, and sentence: of the prisoner, and
the death and burial of the victim, were encompassed in the
, brief space of one week 1--,Bath Gazette.