The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-20 00:00:00

EVENING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1852,

IND fA.
The chief event of importance which bad occurred
at the seat of war, since the departure of the last
mail, had been the capture of Prome, by a fleet of
light steamers, under the command of Captain Tarl-
ton. The capture had been effected with the greatest
case and the loss of only one life, and there was
every reason to believe that the steamers might have
reached Ave. with little difficulty, as the river was
found to be navigable during the rainy season for
steamers of light draught all the way to the capital.
Under these circumstances, the Fabian policy of the
commander in Burmah gave rise to considerable
discontent.

The Calcutta Englishman gives the following Sc
count of the successful expedition :
"RANGOON' JULY 16.
" Something at last worth telling has been brought
fleet about by the gallant little that was sent up
some short time ago at the earnest recommendation
of the Commodore to reconnoitre Prome. It was
pretty well guessed that Captain Tarlton, the com-
mander of the expedition, would speedily follow
his reconnoitre by something moret hd.ecisive nod
satisfactory, and those who ieere h
rited
qualities of the gallant sailor had the us e.g .0
'
s d of
him have had their opinioriof hidsivcitdiaesrac:ter justi-
fied. The river below Proms
two streams ; the left of these is the deepertself into
of
the two, indeed the only navigable channel
at
any
other season of the year than the present
the left bank of this, that is the left bank of the
river, the Burmese were located in great numbers,
and on this bank, in very commanding positions,
were stone bastions mounted with cannon, which
could entirely enfilade that branch of the river.
Through this our friends of course thought the
fleet must pass to reach Prome, and well had they
provided to contest severely the passage. But, to
their disappointment and great grief, the steamers
took the other channel, namely, the right branch, and
thus got into the main river comparatively unarmed
by the guns on the formidable bastions. On reaching
the stockade at Prome, the garrison appearing a very
feeble one, the:marines and seamen were landed, and
the place, with no resistance, taken ; 28 guns, including
some mortars, were captured, and have been brought
down. One seaman only was killed, two officers
wounded, and those severely. Lieutenant Elliot, of
the Royal Marines, received a ball in his foot. where
it still is, and, some of the bones having been frac-
tured, it is feared be will be lame for life. Mr. I
Fraser, of the Pluto, is severely wounded in the arm.
The river is said to have risen eighteen feet since
the commencement of the rains, and all the naval
authorities declare there is water enough to float
any steamer here, not only to Prome, but to Ave, if
need be. Why not then take advantage of the
season ? Why not send up as many men as can be
spared at once with instructions not to stop at Prome,
but go straight to the capital ? One European regi-
ment and two native corps with a company of
artillery are ample for the protection of this place,
which is, you may say, under the guns of the ship-
ping—besides which we are in a friendly country,
and cannot be surprised, and as long as our steamers
are wending their way towards Ava there is no chance
of a concentration of force against us here. It is
hoped that:the Governor-General, will at once see the
propriety of taking advantage of the season when the
river is so deep, and pushing up troops as high and
las rapidly as he can. All the natives on the banks
Id the river told our people in the steamers, that be-
tween Prome and Ave there was not a Burmese army
of any description to stop us; so evident is it that the
Burmese have not reckoned on the facility with which
our steamers can make way against the stream, and
so fully have they reckoned on our adopting in this
war the same tedious system of an advance by land,
in which they were able so to harass us in the last,
and which very system our commander proposes to
adopt. If his Judgment does not alter, may it be
overruled, is the devout wish of every one who has
the interests of this force at heart, and the speedy ter-
mination of the war, if such it can be called.
"The seamen and marines on landing at Prome
found the place vacated for them ; they remained 24
hours there, and some went a mile and a half into
the country without seeing any appearance of the
enemy. So different is the climate up there, that ac-
tually dust was blowing about, which shows how little
rain had fallen lately. Capt. Tarlton deeply regretted
he had not a regiment with him, and that his
instructions did not admit of going higher up, for,
from what was there learnt, it seems that between
Promo and Ave there would have been nothing found
to prevent the latter place being attaied. It does,
indeed, seem a thousand pities that his n
wishes could
not have been carried into effect. Such a move
now would bring this unsatisfactory expedition to
a close in three months and less. By the
tedious method of a march it will take a year at
the very least to do so. When the steamers, after
passing up the right branch, had got into the
main stream, numbers of Burmese were seen cross-
ing the left branch in boats, upon which some of
our steamers turned back, and ran in among them,
firing into the enemy's boats, and securing severe:',
among them the one which belonged to the com-
mander of the army there, a son of Bandoola, on
which was a splendid flag. It was reported that a
steamer belonging to the King of Ave had left for
Ava only the day previous to the arrival of our
steamers. The Commodore is exceedingly anxious to
secure this, as she is a light craft, and would be of
great use. No one knew before that the King of
Ave possesaed a steamer besides the one taken and
burnt by the Tenasserim in April. All are anxiously
expecting some decisive move will be ordered by the
Governor-General when he bears what has taken
place at Prome, and is informed of the present favour-
able state of the river, and the mildness of the weather
up the river, compared to what it is even here ; and
even in Rangoon all say this is a very mild rainy
season.
" The assistant-surgeon of the Fox was slightly
wounded in the shoulder, making three officers
wounded, and not two only, as mentioned."
It is stated in a subsequent part of the same letter
that it was a village on the banks of the river that
warned our steamers not to take the left channel, as
there were guns in a strong position guarding it. This
friendly warning of course saved many valuable lives,
and further proves the amicable feelings of the natives,
and their anxiety to throw off the yoke of their Bur-
mese masters.
Not a drop of rain had fallen in the three days from
the 17th to the 20th of July, and the warm weather
was again setting in. The thermometer rose to 85
and 86, which, as the Englishman observes, is warm
for Rangoon.
A postscript to this intelligence, dated the 31st of
July, states that an immediate advance on and occu-
pation of Promo is expected, and reinforcements will
at once be sent down from Madras and Bengal. The
troops that are to march from Madras consist of two
brigades of infantry, viz., two European and two
native regiments, and also two troops of horse artil-
try. Nothing had transpired as to the number of
roops that were to join from Bengal.

the mayor and corporation of Carmarthen base given to
u;,--(Loud cheers.) Allow me, Ledies and Gentlemen,
to congratulate you at this ancient borcugh of Carmar-
then 'acing put into railway communication with the
metropolis—and the distance is now reduced in time to a
few hours only--of the mightiest empire in the world.—
(Loud c;hecre.) You have a magnifieeet country, splen-
did land, and very lovely women—(Renewed cheetiug)—
but what is the use of all these advantages if nobody
will, or rather can, come and see them?—(Laughter and
cheering.) Hitherto Wales has been a kind of terra in-
cognita, a sort of back settlement, known only, or, I may
say, chiefly, for its excellent butter and not very good
oats—(Hear, hear)—but I am happyto see that you have
now a communication which introduces you by railway,
not only to the rest of South Wales, but to the whole
of England, and I am much mistaken if Carmarthen
does not thereby find itself a place of fashionable resort.
And, allow me to say, that 1 look forward to the time
when the electric telegraph veil be extended to Carmar-
then, and when Mr. Junes—if there be any gentleman
here who rejoices in that patronymic—(Laughter)—may
ask hie friend Williams, in London, to c. me down here
and dine with:him at tour o'clock —(Loud laughter,
and eh( em) Now, had I ventured bottle two years since
to make a prediction of this kind to my countrymen in
this district, I should have been looked upon as a very
fit suej.-ct for coneienment to the county lunatic asylum.
—(Laughter.) We have had a delightful meeting after
a nest ,plenuid journey ; and here permit me to observe
that I know of DO pleasure equal to that of travelling in
a broad gauge carriage of the Great Western Railway.
The great 1)r. Johneen once said that of al; the pleasures
f life he knew none to comp ire with that of travelling
in a pest chaise at the rate of ten miles an hoar in the
company of a pretty woman.—(Laughter.) Now
if he had enjoyed the opportunity of which we have this
day availed ourselves, of travelling on the broad gauge
at the rate of fifty miles an hour, in the company of
seven pretty women—[the compartments of the breed-
guage carriages hold eight passengers]—it is not too
much to say that he never would have sobered down to
write his dictionary. It is a source of great gratification
to contrast the prospects of the South Wales Company
at this moment with what they were three years since.
When I joined the company the notion of reaching
this town by rail was considered to partake of the
fabulous, and the achievement of such a task was looked
upon as chimerical; and my colleagues in the direction,
although they were most anxious to accomplish it, shock
their heads, I assure you, very mournfully, whenever wo
spoke of the subject; but we persevered, and, as you see,
success has happily attended our efforts. I speak the
sentiments of my colleagues as well as my own when I
say that this meeting compensates us for all the
difficulties, discouragements, and annoyances we' have
experienced—(Loud cheers)—and a great fact ."3—as
the clown says in the Christmas pantomime—" here' WO
re"—(lmmense laughter, followed by long-continued
acheering.) The reality seems to me like a dream. _To
the young men present on this occasion I would recom -
mend that they should bear in mind the sentiment with'
which we were animated in prosecuting this great work
—not to despair in times of difficulty, and to remember
that when things are at the worst they sometimes mend.
mans, sad contra audentior ito." We persevered, and for
To put it in the words of a Latin author—" Tune cede
p
my part I was strongly induced to do so from the
recollection of an old story that I heard from
a West Indian naval captain, in reference to the
examination of a neero as to his qualifica-
tions for a p
bound to Port Royal, and had a squall
ilot. He was asked—" If you had
charge of a shi
ahead, a squall astern. and a squall cn both' bows,
how would
swia
you behave?" Sambo, without hesitation,
answered—.
laugher.) NoAw
we gll
were
ai l ahead,
menacedi
squall on each of the bows
? I would crack on, carry
through all, and steer north- "—(Lond cheering and
. squallwit
hseayseterran, and a
I squalls.
ti a
We were threatenedsquall from the share-
holders, with a squall from the landowners, and then we
had what I may call a Great Western squall, but we said
—" let us carry on and steer
cheers.) We did so—.,,
He
r
e
north-west."—(Loud
w
and Carmarthen has the benefiet are"—(Laughter)
and
our exertions.
(Cheers.) We have now completed the second stage of
our great enterprise, and we hope soon to
Pem-
broke friends; for I too, like the Chancellor of toulr; Fern-
chequer, claim to see something loomingine theEx-
future."—(Loud cheers.) Indeed, lam specially b„nd
to do so, because I am one of the directors of
pany which is going to build steamers so large that
Miltord Haven is the only port from which they can
sail. The Hon. Gentleman then again thanked them
for the reception which the Mayor and corporation of
Carmarthen had given to himself and colleagues, and for
the enthusiastic manner in which the toast had been re-
ceived, and resumed his seat amid loud cheering.
Several other toasts followed, and the company broke
up at six o'clock.
At night there was a brilliant display of fireworks in
the town.
We have, as did the speakers at the publics breakfast,
called the journey from Swansea to Carmarthen the
opening of this portion of the line, but we learn
that the Government inspector has refused permission
for the public opening, in consequence of some incom-
pleteness, as we are informed, at the level crossing of
the Llanelly line. It is supposed that this will delay the
public opening for a week or ten days.
It was stated that on the return journey last night a
genth man of the name of Williams tell from one of the
carriages. At the time the express train left yesterday
it was not ascertained whether he had left or fallen
from the train.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
THE SOUTH SOUTH \VALES RAILWAY.- —OPENING
FRONI SWANSEA TO CAI-MAIM-IEN.
CARMARTHEN, SATURDAY MORNING The chairman
of the South Wales Rehr ay (Mr. Talbot, M.P.) and
several of the directors, wills the chief .offieers of the
company, were entertained here yesterday at a public
breakfast, given to them by the Mayor and corporation,
in celebration of the approaching opening of the line
from Swansea to Carmarthen. The celebration was ge-
neral and enthusiastic at Carmarthen end along the
whole of this portion of the South Wales Railway ; and
the inhabitants of the principality amply testified
their sense of the great advantages which the
construction of a railway through the district must
necessarily confer upon them—and sot to the popula-
tion of South Wales alone. The line from Chepstow
to Carmarthen—about 100 miles—runs for the
greater part through some of the most delightful
scenery to be found in Great Britain, a.3d the recom-
mendation which the railway has to the traveller is, that
40 or 50 miles of rich and diversified views of mentor:in,
valley, and liver can be 50111 from tho railway itself.
Knowing from txpernnee that the best way " to look
at the country" ees CO n ride outside," I jumped on the
engine attached to the seven e'cicrl:rOew a morning tra:n
from Chepstow to Swabs; a. The weather was delightful,
and I prepared myself for a d a),'s erjeymern. There are
few things mope exhilarating than a mountain bre( zA, a
good cigar, and 50 or E 0 miles an hour on the foot-plate
of a ltentnotive—for yon may smoke on an engine. At
Newport the bard of the 48th Regiment joined us, en
its way to the public breaktest. A description of the
country through which the line runs between Ncwport
and Swansea does not fall within the circle of my duty,
but I may in passing observe, that from at least twenty
portions of the railway I lied an excellent view of so -nery-
amidst which the tourist might enjoy himself for au
entire season. The Vale of Neath, as seen from the
summit of the heavy incline about a couple of miles be-
yond the town, presents one of the most beautiful views
to be found in the whole of South Wales.
At Swansea I found a large party preparing for the
trip to Carmarthen, amongst whom I noticed Lord Vil-
hers and several other directors of the South Wales
tihtaeiltwrZYnCvveams paln2y.o'cTlohcke,tireanedfiaxefedwfomr
thoureen two
carriages,powerful
in engines,wh ieh
was not a vacant seat,
proceeded down the branch to the junction with the
line, at which point it had
been arranged
the train,
now increased to 21 cart'
preparatory to starting
fortagds, should be marshalled,.
Carmarthen. At this tepot,
where we found Mr. Talbot
from his magnificent estate,' vho came elrevn the line
there attached to sitinhxuet teedesenpaoaf rtre.ti re
seven-
teen thatf.
thousandh persons bad severalthrough fourteen miies of
which the line passes,
as-
sembled, and the reception
di-
rectors was one that indicatedtey
of the
tsatisfac-
torily their due appreciation
tages to the principality of the completionothoef thaisdviamn--
slowly
been portant trunk railway. A third engine having
at-
tached to the train, the signal of " all right" was
D.
crowd.oo
the steam was put on, and the party
onwards, amidst tremendous shouts from the
movedw given
;
The first engine was taken charge of by Mr.
the locomotive superintendent of the Great Western
Railway Company, by whom the South Wales line Li;
worked, and upon the foot-plato were Mr. Matthews,
the deputy-chairman of the latter company, Lord Vil-
liers, one of the directors, and Mr. Brodie, the superin-
tending engineer over the construction of the line from
Swansea to Carmarthen. The second engine was driven
by Mr. Martley, the deputy-locomotive manager of the
South Wales Railway. The line has a slight curve to
the right immediately beyond the junction of the Swan-
sea branch, and on looking back from the commencement
of the curve a very good view is obtained of Swansea,
with its copper works, the white smoke from the latter,
and the high hills beyond, made partly bare from the
pernicious effects of the smoke itself. A short distance
onwards the Carmarthen turnpike road is crossed,
and the line takes its course through a heavy
cutting, spanned by several stone bridges, and then
skirts some high ground on the left. A short tunnel
succeeds, from which the line enters a fine open country.
About a couple of miles beyond the tunnel we were sa-
luted with several pieces of " ordnance" from some
copper works on;the left, and before we reached Car-
marthen this mark of distinction had been bestowed
upon us at least 500 times. A few miles beyond the
tunnel the line descends for a considerable distance a
gradient of lin 52. In running down it the steam of
the engines was,
of course shut off, and the tender
breaks applied, but we still descended at a pretty good
pace, the steam of the third engine blowing off great
guns at the safety valve. The first station, Loughor,
is a short way beyond the incline. Here the chairman
and directors were greeted with the cheers of about 1,000
persons and vigorous firing from a number of small
cannon, the firing being kept up the whole time
the train remained at the station. The river
Loughor is crossed upon a long wooden bridge, a
portion of which is swung for the accom-
modation of the navigation. From Loughor the line is
nearly level for some distance, and much of the scenery
through which it passes is exceedingly picturesque.
Shortly before arriving at the Llanelly station the line
crosses, on a level, the Llanelly Railway. The number
of persons congregated together to witness the arrival of
the train were several thousands, a large proportion of
them being workmen from the copper-works in the
neighbourhood. At Llanelly one of the engines was un-
coupled, and left us. While the train was at the station
addresses were presented to the chairman and directors
by the Town Council and Chamber of Commerce.
Beyond Llanelly the line proceicle upon a slight em-
bankment across some maisti land, but between this and
the next station, Petribrey, there is much exceedingly
pleasant scenery. Near rembrey, wle re a smell floating
dock has been built, sonic extensive copper-works have
recently been erected, and there is no doubt that the
extension of the railway to the piece will greatly
increase the Wei prise of the people in the vicinity.
As at the other stations, there was here an abun-
dsnce of powder expended in honour of the opining of
the line.. From Pembroy to rear Kidwelly but one line
of rails have been completed. The permanent way is,
however, nearly ready for laying down the second line.
A few miles beyond Pembrey one of the young ladies of
the principality presumptuously pitted the speed of her
beautiful little dark brown pony against the power of a
couple of brood-gauge engines. As we got a clear view
over a small piece of woodland between the train and the
turnpike road to Kidwelly we saw the young lady in
question with her becoming high-crowned and tapering
••• •••
beaver gallopping along at a rare pace, and as we were
at the moment steaming at the moderato rate of about Total .
twenty miles an hour, the gallant little steed managed Total miles open, 18
to keep a few lengths behind us; but for him the pace London Terminus. Sept.
was killing, and the steam was partially shut off to --
give the fair young lady tame o /coming up with us. PAM)
It was of no use, however; the locomotives with their
There is so much
heavy train had got too much way upon
the following extra('
them, and after we had run about a couple of miles
Mining Journal, lb
we regretted to see the pretty rider check her fleet little readers for renewin,
animal and return. At Kidwelly addresses were pre-
us it is one of extr
sented to the chairman and his colleagues by the mayor
led hase of Mr.
and aldermen. Kidwelly is the oldest borough in Carmar-Lee
and
he made in F.
thenshire, and the mayor and aldermen, dressed in an-
utility, as well as
cient official style, and with their ancient insignia of
and maintenance
authority, and the characteristic leek in the button-hole, desire that area
were really something worth looking at. The harbour
of Kidwelly has been blocked up for years past. and Mr. oceanic, should '
thi
Talbot, in thanking the mayor' and aldermen for their n
address, very happily observed that the advantage which "We obser
nature had originally bestowed upon them, in the shape Australia, one
of a harbour, having been long lost, art had now fortu- tained on her
place. From Kidwelly to ono of her vet
nately come to supply its
Carmarthen there is a succession of fine views, and ciple, must a
from no railway in the kingdom is the scenery more soft a tingle float
and pleasing than from the mouth of the Towy to the connexion I
latter town. At Carmarthen the chairman and directors eccentric nr
were received by the mayor and corporation, and from tained. T
the station to the market-place—say a mile—the road steamers t
and streets were literally crowded. Throughout the yens, whit
line of procession there was a profusion of evergreen than the
arches and welcomes of the heartiest character. compare,
At half-past two o'clock, between 700 and 800 ladies this nov
and gentlemen sat down to a very elegantly prepared speed '
dejeuner. The mayor presided, supported by Mr. vibratic
Talbot, the chairman of the South Wales
coorfdetiiie. ofM
Company,Etoi Mr. .
WY f
Matthews, the deputy chairman, Lord
ahret
Colonel
dnel Villiers;BarnardM,
cr.omJmonaensd,Carmarthen; upon,
and South Wales district; Mr. J."ropplesl
Phillips, M.P.; P___
Mr. H. Vivian, M.P., for Swansea; Mr.
for Truro; M. D. Morris, IVI P
—.-- ; the f Vivian, M.P. une_l:l,
.following directors crest
of the South Wales Company,.
Captain Bulkeley, Mr, G. Ii ',Rm.., Mr. S.
_l?k%, Trni
Lewis, Mr. A. F. Pull; and by mhdeerlezo,
Lord Lieu- cap
tenant of Glamorgan and Sigh Sheriffs • iof ther counties 5t.4
of Pembroke, Cardigan, andC riffs
he
moors the
Carmarthen;
and members of the corporations of the msyoTS
and members ot the corporations of ero" if
oCnraYonu'thMsh.Pir.: navlg
west, Pembroke, Tonh pishuard, Nidwelly, 2(
Llanelly, Swansea, &c. AYm'ong thoseg present we ob-f ell:
served Mr. D. Goooh, the locomotive superintendeat o
the Great Western ;Railway; Mr. Frederick Saunders, I
the secretary of the s hW I
,„.011t— .. 11_05 Railway' and many
other of the officers of those companiesand
the mug loyal
The cloth having been removed,
and customary toasts having
, been gieeveSie honour to pro-
The CHAIRMAN Stlid--1 have
pne nr
" Th e health of the
nose that you drink in a
bum-South Wales Railway."
Chairman and Directors of the
is not my intention to detain
—(Great cheering.)
eintwinerate the many important
you by any attempt W
obviously result to you from the
advantages that swat
the
principality of that great work,
introduction
int; which to Carmarthen you have this
the coropleotio
eineelebrate; but I should not be doing my
day met
t did not remind you of the gratitude—the
duty
specialif debt of gratitude which is due from the in-
of the southern districts of Wales, in the first
babitantsthe
honourable chairman of the company, Mr.
place to
e d cheers)—for his distinguished services
Lou
Talbot—%
ting the extension cf the line in all its in-
in promo
heers)—and next to his colleagues in the di-
tegrity—(C . .
• for the zeal and cordiality with which they have
rectum
supported him in carrying out the pledge he gave two
seers ago, that the railway should not stop at Swansea,
__(Load and continued cheering.) The only return we We are authorized to state that the funeral of the
can make to those gentlemen is by availing ourselves to late Duke of w enin
gton will be a public one, but the
the utmost possible extent of the great advantages whichrespecting it are not yet definitively settled.
arrangements
the line offers to us of opening new mat kets for our pro. The Earl of Derby bas not returned to town, but leaves Bal-
duetions, and holding communication with our E ' '
nglish moral to-day, and an impression prevails in well-informed
ueen and his Royal Highness Prince
neighbours, to whom we are united by common laws and quarters that the 9
instittnions, though I regret we are not altogether • Albert will take their departurefor the south about the same
by a common language. I will not detain you
longer,united time.—Times.
Thurs-
but merely call on you to drink with all the 0,,.. a
74,,,RAND DAL MASQUE AT CREMOILNE.OIa
honours day night a grand bal masque is to be given at Cremerne-
" The health of the Chairman and Directors
South Wales Railway, and the greatestpossible of the gardens. Thenporeuprarations _ are on a scale of at
tai-
success trade and sple d
~ and there is. every reason to believe
to their noble uudertaking."—(Loud
cheers.) that, as an entertainment of the kind, it will be unsurpass-
The toast was then drunk with three times three, and able. The state of the weather will of course determine the
an
one cheer more, which was reiterated again and ee'ain attendance of visitors; but even if the evening be only or
Mr. TALBOT rose to return thanke, and was receivedagain.
narily favourable, an immense crowd may be anticipated.
- •Under these circumstances, it may be predicted that upon
with enthusiastic cheering. He said--I very much wish
that I had greater power of voice so that I might be no previous occasion will this popular al fresco place of
amusement be seven to greater advantage.
beard by every one in this vast assembly in the acknow- A line of screw steamers is about to commence
ledgments I have to make, on my -
and that of
own part running between Southampton and 139tdettux.
nay colleagues, for the very magnificent reception which

The following are tho gradients cf the newly•opened
portion of the line:—lmmediately after leaving the
htatiun which fcrma the junction with the Swansea
brauch, the line rises with a gradient of 1 in 50 for a
distance of one mile aud a half, wi ich brings you to the
entrance of the Swansea tunnel. Through the tunnel
_ .

(the length of which is half a mile) thWrise is 1 in 70,
with a short level at the west end. The bee then Mils

towards Carmarthen 1 in 50 for 24 miles, and after this
the line is practically a level all the way to Carmarthen,
merely rising from 2ft. to Wt. to meet roads or tramways.

LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST
RAILWAY.

Traffic—Week ending Sept. 18, 1852 ... £13,807 12 1
Traffic—Week ending Sept. 20, 1851 ... 15,078 2 5
Total of the half-year, to this date, 1852 ... 168,380 12 1
Total of the half-year, to this date, 1851 ... 180,502 7 &
Total number of Passengers—Week ending
Sept._lB, 1852 ... 86,850
Passengers ... ...£10,891 0 5
Goods 2,416 11 8

Total... ... £13,307 12 1
Total miles open, 1852, 173 LA ; ditto, 1851, 1731 A.
London Terminus. Sept. 20, 1852.

PADDLE WHEELS.
There is so much additional matter compressed into
the following extract from the current number of the
Mining Journal, that we need not apologise to our
readers for renewing their attention to the subject. With
us it is one of extreme interest, as our personal know-
ledge of Mr. Lee Stevens, and of the successful progress
he has made in demonstrating the superior propulsive
utility, as well as the great saving in the construction
and maintenance of his wheels, create in us the strongest
desire that steam navigation, inland, coastwise, and
oceanic, should be immediately improved by their adop-
tion:--
" We observe (says the Mining Journal) that the,
Australia, one of tae Austrian Lloyd's steamers: ,i_'' an.
tained on her voyage to Alexandria by the sunalaniug'
ono of her wheels, which, being on the feathering ffeven
ge
xl ei
ofino awtitghivethsewoaythuerpsr
prin-
ciple, must always be liable to great destruction
upor in its
aconinn
eccentric motion by which the f
owners of sea-going
ob-
tained. This should be a
hint
stoented by Mr. Lee Ste-
steamers to adopt the neictss6oss-cfeor actionthe p peculiar
liarthan the common
whfeeestahering wheels. Beyond which,
aer, lighter, and stronger
ore than four times so as
power, and gets entirely rid of
invention gives increased
speed with the :ice these circumstances, the corn-
vibration.
vans,ctho ims p
nowawrhe which,
moathwit'bh eesiffiihdeseeinienet beingl
wheels
'hteeaserti cheap
ees id 7 1
steam
suchsup
ear
ido ere icdleariamt us m i n
vigorouslyste
tors of steamers of every class. There
p the Pr°prie
and to spare, however many scraw-
ls plenty o
re substituted for sailing vessels, or built for
popene.," 8 B the Custom-house returns of registered
new mole.
made by order of the House of Commons,
steam-vessels,
,i ags should press carry
o u
l its
1852, there then belonged to the
op to January 1,
m 1 218 commercial steamers of various
United Kingdom ,
navigation
wore propelled by wheels, and
softies, of which 1,164 .
Capacities,
and whose gross burthen, exclusive of
54 by screws,
engine-rooms, amounted to 185,366 tons; so that,
Pu-ana: forming
room
their engi
it paddle-wheel steamers only increased in the ratio of
20 per cent., with the vastly extending demand for their
exclusive use, and those propelled by screws should be
annually doubled, it would take many years to bring
the latter to an equality. And it would seem that the
directors of the new company are not wanting in confi-
dence as they have determined to guarantee
one dividend per annum to the shareholders,
out of the proceeds upon the foreign patents
granted to Mr. Lee Stevens, irrespective of the
reasonable calculation of a second annual dividend
from the returns upon the English patents. So that the
shareholders will be insured an immediately-accruing
interest dividend (if we may so term it) of not less than.
three per cent. per annum, with a profit dividend, out of
which alone the office and management expenses will be
deducted, and which second dividend
may run from
three to ultimately 30 per cent. more. Whilst thus
fully satisfied of their commercial position, they are nott
less so of their legal one, as the most eminent authority
on such matters, Mr. Carpmael, of the Patent-office,
ffi
ce
has certified to them that the specification and claim
a s far put
as
in by Mr. Lee Stevens is perfectly valid. A
the inventor is concerned, his scientific
only hope that his pecuniary recompense uto, recorded
portionately satisfactory to him.'
s
from time to time in this journal, beicg s
indisputable,ccemay be pro-
we