The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-15 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY EVE.NING, JULY 15, 1852.
Liberals. Miaisteriallsts.

WIGAN (2).
R. A. Thickness°

Col. Lindsey
WILTON (1).
H. A' Court
WINCHESTER (2).
J. B. Carter
Sir J. B. East ...
WINDSOR (2).
P. Grenfell ••• Lord C. Wellesley ••• •••
WOLVERHAMPTON (2).
Hon. C. P. Villiers
J. Thornely
WOO 'STOCK (1).
Marquis of Blandford
WORCESTER (2).
0. Ricardo •••
•••
W. Laslett
•.• ••• •
WORCESTERSHIRE, EAST (2).••
Hon. Captain Rushout
J. H. Foley ...
WORCESTERSHIRE, WEST (2).
General Lygon
F. W. Knight
WYCOMBE (2).
Sir G. Dashwood
Mr. T. Smith ••• ..•
YARMOUTH (2). „.
C. E. Rumbold
Sir E. Lacon

•• • 0

••• ••I
YORK (2).
W. M. E. Milner
•••
J. G. Smyth
YORKSHIRE, NORTH (2).
E. S. Cnyley ..„
Hon. E Duncombe

••• 0
... 0

THE GENERAL, ELECTIO

STATE OF POL(THIS DAY.
EAST SURREY.
TEN O'CLOCK.

Alcock
King
Antrobus
Cleasby

••• 521
... 519
••• 429
••• 406

••• ••• •••
ELEVEN O'CLOCK.

King...
Aloook
Antrobus

••• 971
••• 975
••• 744
••• 711

Cleasby

•••
T WELVE O'CLOCK.

King
Aloock
••• ••• ••• 1,361
.. 1,364
Antrobua •••- •.• .•• ••• 1,091
Clettaby ••• ••• ••• ••• 1,034
NORTH WARWICKSHIRE.
Birmingham Poll, 10.45 eat.
Craven ...
Skipworth
Newdegate
Spooner
Coventry Poll, 10.45 £M.
Newdegate
---
Spooner
Skipworth
Craven

••• 271
271
••• 176
182

Coventry Poll, 1.30 P.

Craven
Skipworth ...
Newdegate
Spooner ...

• ' 413
••• 407
• 265
••• 255

SOUTH ESSEX.
Chelmsford Poll, 10.45 A.m.
Buxton
.. 109
Bramston ••• 96
Smyth 71
Chelmsford and Stratford Poll, 1.30, P.M.
Buxton . . - 486
Bramston 411
Smyth 347

••• ••• ••• •••
Romford Poll, 10.45 A.M.
Bramston
Smyth
Buxton

Maldon Poll, 10.45 A.M.••
Bramaton
Smyth
Buxton

MaTdon p.m
Bramston
Smyth
Buxton

••• ••• •••
EAST SUSSEX.
Lewes Poll, 10.45 A.M.

Fuller
Frewin
Dodson

OXFORDSHIRE.
OXFORD, 10.45 A.M.

Henley
North
Harcourt
Norreys

WHITBY.
CLOSE Or TEE POLL.

Stephenson... ...
Phipps ••• ••• ••• •••
HADDINGTON BURGHS.
CLOSZ or THE POLL.
Sir H. Davie
Mr. Swinton ••• ••• •••
LIMERICK (CITY)-10 A.M.
Potter
Russell ... ••• ••• •••
O'Briea
M'Donnell ..• ..• ••• •••
CARLOW (BOROUGH)-1.30 P.M.
Sadleir ••• ••• ••• 006 112
Browne - •
92

NEW ROSS.
Duffy returned.
CARLOW.
Sadlier returned.
DUNDALK.
Bowyer returned.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
York, Manners, and Ball returned.
EDINBURGLISLIIRE.
Hope returned.
DURHAM (SOUTH).
Vane and Ferrer returned.
LEICESTERSHIRE (SOUTH).
Httifori and Paeke returned.
YORKSHIRE (EAST).
Hotham end Duncombe returned.

COURT CIRCULAR.
OSBORNE, WEDNESDAY'
Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, their
Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Rent, the Princess
Royal, and Princess Helena, attended by the ladies and
gentlemen in waiting, embarked at Osborne Pier in the
Royal yacht Fairy, yeiterday afternoon at six o'clock,
for a cruise, and returned at a quarter after seven.
The Princess of Salerno, and the Duke and Duchess
d'Aumale, are expected to arrive to-day on a visit to the
Queen.

The Marquis of Blandford bad an interview with ,Mr-
Secretary Walpole yesterday, at the Home-office.
Viscount Stratford deßedcliffe had an interview Wit,l.l.
the Earl of Derby yesterday, at his official residence 'l'
Downing-street.
Mrs. Abbot Lawrence, wife of the American Minister,
and Miss Lawrence, have left their residence in Picca-
dilly for Paris, for a few days.
Earl Fortescue had an interview yesterday with
Mr. Secretary Walpole, Mr. Newdegate had also an
interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman at the Bowe'
office.

Dispatches for the Governor of the Cape of
Elope, and also for the Governor of the Maarilius, were
sent off last evening from the Colonial-office. Good
El

ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mr. Mitchell has brought his season to se end, his
excellent French company having performed
It was,, indeed,
and the
evening for the last time.
an entertainment especially addressed to the more
fashionable classes, by the larger portion of whom the
neverthe_town is now deserted. The house last night,
lees, was much better than might have bees expected.
The " grand tier" had not its usual brilliant sePeet, but
the other parts of the theatre were well filled,
and applause. There was of course
performances of the evening went off with great spirit
admirable
the second
The pieces were La Nuit aux S'oullistst
scene Les Tribulations dun Choristtf;e
act of Le Gamin de Paris, Levssor's comic
and La
&cur de Jocrisse. In these pieces
comedians Levassor and Latour, who have been
the stars of this theatre for a considerable time, were
as richly humourous and as warmly received as usual.
Especial notice is due to M. Leon, whose performance
of Bouffe's celebrated part in the Gamin de Paris, was
worthy of that actor himself. Levassor was loudly en-
cored in his comic scene, but he excused himself, sayingu
(doubtless with perfect truth) that be „a quite unable
to go through it again. Mr. Mitchell, as lessee of St.
James's Theatre, has for many years shown himself a
but this season he
most judicious and spirited manager,
has excelled himself, for we have not only had a constant
succession of the finest performers the Parisian boards
can produce, but we have had, in the masterpieces of the
German stage, an entertainment equal,' new and inte-
resting. We trust that Mr. Mitchell will prosecute his
undertaking next season with unabated spirit and equal
Success. nOtitinhiyenegtsotecrndleie.

Board of Customs
iant v e
baggage,t o the
That when cigars
PASSENGERS' BAGGAGB.—The
have issued the following new regu
admission of small quantities of cigars brought to this coun-
try in baggage of parties from abroad for private use, it ap-
pearing that cigars are now frequently
unaccompanied by the owner, via.:—"
are accompanied by the proprietors Sibs. be allowed to pas.
sengers arriving from the continent, or other short voyages,
and 71bs. to passengers from the East or West Indies, or
laimtiP3osrterdel
other distant voyages, without fine or special application
being made to the Board in each ease, provided they shall
appear to be unconsumed stores, but should the quantities
exceed those stated, application must be made to the Board
for their directions as to the amount of fine to be levied;
that when the cigars are not accompanied by the proprietor
any portion of the voyage, a fine be levied upon the whole
quantity on application to the Board in the usual manner :
and when a passenger proceeds overland from India, accom.
PanYing his baggage and effects as far as Malta, &c., and
then forwards the same to this country in another vessel, the
Board will decide as to the remission of the fine or otherwise,
according to the circumstances of each case."
These regu-
lations are to be made generals and acted upon at all the
ports in the United Kingdom for the future.
CRICR E v SURREY.--This match
ET.— NGLAND • Was
brought to a close at Lord's last evening, in favour of Surrey_
by two wickets. Score :—England-Ist innings, 218 ; 2nd
innings, lot. surrey-4st inning; 196, 2nd innings, 125.

RAILWAY SURE R NNUATION.
TO 21HE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR —A ny scheme havii;g for its object the future
welfare of a large, intelligent, and heavily-tasked class
of men, is sure to meet with the approbation of the
public, and encouragement from that great moral reflex
of the public mind and opinion—the Press.
It is under this conviction that I request the favour
of your inserting a few remarks upon the important
subject of "Railway Superannuation," relative to the
recent publication of a pamphlet on which a leader ap-
peared in your impression of the sth inst., and I hope
ample ground for my trespassing upon your columns
will be found in the interest evinced by you in your ad-
vocacy of the scheme, and in the truth contained in the
old homely proverb, that " No one knows where the
shoe pinches but he who wears it."
This scheme, if carried into effect, will be unrivalled
in magnitude and the wide extent of its operations. It
is excellent in all points but one, and the exception is of
so great importance as apparently to neutralise all pro-
posed advantages. It is to this objectionable exception
that I wish to draw attention, it having been generally
pronounced to he unsound and inequitable by those
who are shortly (to carry out the figure of the proverb)
to wear the shoe. It runs thus:—." No return from the
fund to be made in the case of a clerk dying before he
has been superannuated."
As, however, the whole amount of a clerk's subscrip-
tions are to be returned in case of resignation, and there
are full twenty-five resignations to one death, it is diffi-
cult to conceive why such a clause should exist, espe-
cially upon the plea that is advanced for it, " that the
funds would suffer by any return being made in the case
of a death."
The problem that twenty-five cases of resignation
would not affect the fund, but that one case of death
would, surely requires solving.
The death of a clerk, being a married man, would
thus be a double calamity to his family; his death being
attended by the loss of the many years' deductions
from his salary.
In the case of two men who have subscribed to the
fund for twenty years, supposing one to die and the
other to resign, the subscriptions of the former are for-
feited whilst those of the latter are returned. It will
be readily seen that there is no analogy between these
cases and those of common annuities, and therefore no
ground for thus laying a fine upon death.
Tho alteration or modification, therefore, of this
clause will afford unbounded satisfaction. Its retention
must produce the opposite effect. I trust that it only
required attention to be drawn to the matter to perfect
the scheme.
Reiterating my thanks for the interest you have
shown in the matter, and assuring you that the removal
of tho above inop•-ioiat.Prev will eladden the hearts of
hundreds of railway officials, I am, sir, yours. P_,4. •
CLERICUS.

SOUTH WALES RAILWAY.
OPENING OF THE BRIDGE ACROSS THE WYE.
The private opening of the Wye-bridge, the span of
ptheoesmion aionare
arch of which, constructed on the tubular sus-
afternoon. principle, is 309 feet, took place yesterday
Brunel, Amongst Captain Simmonds
those present we observed Mr.
Captain Claxton
.Tsimonds (the Government Inspector),
tart' of the South W -, Mr. F. G. Saunders (the secre-
ales Railway), Mr. J. Bennet (Mr.
Brunet's manager) Jur.
Potter (directors of the. Paull'
Mr. Lewis, and Mr.
eßorgei roeet
engineer
rn
ofM
resident engineer), Jur. il'.°L..ppany), Mr. G. Owen (the
Mr. M. Lane (the resident rt.h
the Great
Mr, Dibben, Mr.
Western Railway), Mr. Edwards,
superintendent of
Sayer, Mr. Medley (the locomotive Ms
the South Wales Railway), Mr. F. Clarkpee
superin-
tendent of the line), Mr. Snead, banker, of
Chepstow,
&c. There was present a large number of ladies resi-
dent in the neighbourhood of Chepstow.
The bridge merits an extended notice, from the no-
velty of its construction, the difficulties with which the
engineer has had to contend during the progress of the
works, the cost at which it will be completed, and the
almost perfect rigidity of the structure, as evidenced
yesterday, under a very heavy weight.
The engineer, in throwing a bridge across the Wye,
had these difficulties to overcome. The stream is ex-
tremely rapid—the tide extraordinary (rising, as it does,
44 feet)—the bed of the river covering the solid rock
some 40 or 50 feet, and the elevation at which it was
necessary to carry the railway being 50 feet above high-
water mark. To meet these difficulties Mr. Brunel de-
termined to carry the main span of his bridge over upon
cast-iron cylindrical tubes, and to derive the chief sup-
port of the roadway laid upon them from a boiler-plate
tube fixed high above it, and having diagonal chains
fixed to horizontal girders, across the bottom of which
the permanent way of the line should be fixed.
The bridge—which we had the pleasure of crossing
with the testing train yesterday—may be very shortly
described. The width of the Wye at this point is about
600 feet. The bridge consists of four arches, and it is
the one on the Gloucester side, of 309 feet span, to
which the tubular suspension principle has been applied.
The sides of the roadway are formed of two vertical
girders, 8 feet in depth. They partake of the cellular
principle, but the cells are triangular, and afford a power-
ful resistance to compression from the peculiar form of
their construction, and the bottom of the roadway is
formed of a web of wrought iron to resist extension.
The two side girders are connected together by cross
girders, upon which the timber flooring is laid. Upon
the flooring the ordinary ballast of the Great Western
Railway is deposited. These girders rest upon the cast
iron cylindrical pillars to which we have already alluded,
and such is the nature of the bed of the river, that the
pillars had, on the average, to be sunk 48 feet before the
solid rock could be reached. Upon the solid rock all of
these pillars rest. As an instance of the labour imposed
upon the engineer in this portion of the work, we may
mention that in sinking the pillars, such an influx of fresh
water was met with, that an engine of 30 horse-power
was constantly required to get rid of it. The tubes are
fifty feet out of water at high-water mark. In a line
with and at an elevation of fifty feet above the roadway
is the cylindrical tube or standard. The end on the
Gloucester side of the river rests upon a stone arch, and
the other end upon iron work running up from the cylin-
drical pillars. The tube is nine feet in diameter, and
has a curve or camber of two feet six inches is the centre.
From this tube the main chains by which the roadway is
principally supported run disgon2llY from either end to
a point fifty feet from the centre, and for about 109 feet
or the roadway the main chains run horizontally. The
adjustment of the road• girders is effected by screws act-
ing upon the suspending chains, and by wedges under
two vertical trusses about 103 feet apart. By driving
in these wedges, which move upon rollers, the suspend-
ing or supporting tube is made to keep its orighmeal curve
or camber, and this, with the assistance of t
nt the
rr roadway.
screw,hciewaavy
will give at all times the proper rigidity tou
Of the practical rigidity of the bridge r
proof.
y
weight wo shall presently give a satisfacto
evesytYhing,having
A few minutes before two o'clock,
the strengtn of tne
been stated to be complete for testing
couple of trucks—
bridge, an engine and tender, and a
mostd the
entlemen whose names we haveabove
one containing a brass band, and
ee
ant cah ecrr at e
at Clic
g
started from the temporary 6tB"°jl;etween tPhset"'
station
proceeded through the deep cutting
.s were upon the
and the bridge. Several thousand person
heights of the cutting, and as the engine
whichgioa was met
moved upon
the bridge they
sent forth a hearty cheer,
side of the a large by a louder cheer from the workmen
and
con-
course of persons assembled on the other
Wye. This was but a preliminary trip—the weight
that had gone over the bridge was not more than about
seventy tons. The real and practical test followed.
Two engines, with their tenders, were attached to ten
trucks loaded with 100 tons of iron rail and stone,
the whole weighing upwards of 200 tons, and the
steam having been put on, the train crossed the bridge
at the rate of about ten miles per hour. Mr. Brunel
and Captain Simmonds were in the centre of
the main span, and upon of the vertical girders, for
the purpose of observing to what extent the train would
affect the rigidity of the structure. The load we have
mentioned—viz., upwards of 200 tons, was taken across
the main span of the bridge several limes, and the
greatest deflection was barely seven-sixteenths of an inch.
It was calculated by Mr. Owen, the resident engineer,bl
that the greatest moveable weight that could os
be brought on the bridge at one time would be about
one ton per foot run, or 300 tons over a bridge of that
span. That load could only be produced by forming a
train of locomotive engines. It was stated that this
portion of the bridge was testeditn
on the ground before it
position, was erected in its present by loading it with
nearly 1,000 tons, and that the deflection
sion did not exceed one inch and a half. The weight of
the tube is 220 tons, and of the chains, plates, &c., 120
tons, together 340 tons, or 720 tons for the tw
way over a span of 300 feet. Tho ironwork
of othemoets of
other
portion of the bridge
weighed about 700 tons, making
the total weight of iron used in this bridge, 600 feet in
length, for a doubleline of railway, about tone.
line ;
We may congratulate the shareholders of this u
upon the realisation of the great project. 5° long
as the break in the line existed at Chepstow the seer
chandise traffic would necessarily be limited, but a great_e
can
increase may now be counted upon, since coals b
conveyed from the Welsh coal basin to Lon
to
while
other places at a very inconsiderable cos s.
the large quantities which,g with
other heavy merchandise, will produce convey
rai r).

crease. -
The bridge will be fully open for traffic, it is stated,
on Monday next, though about this thero is some uneer-
P to-
ected
tainty. The Government inspector is ex
morrow, and afler his decision the time for conveyino.th.
passengers and traffic across the bridge will be fixed.

AIL WAY ACCIDENT.
DREADFUL -"" Yesterday morning several
BURNLEY, ,-,1:71,
monster excursion -I
f Y
the tral 13•—Yesterday
T teachers, left Burnley,
children,
plafces,
up-
wards of 5,000 friends of
the town of York,
Goole, LivcrbP-we;leyan Metbodi Tlle Goole train,
Sundayooi. an d schools
vibe r 0
sts, consisted of about
the various
some 1 200 persons, and reached
lay, on its return, about 11.30 P.M., every one de-
lighted with ,containitig c .
15" n ' "th the days' Lghted wi trip to the sea, and quite twine-
p red for the most tearful railway accident which has
ever occurred in this neighbourhood The train had
urtived within a few hundred yards of the station,
when it was brought to a stand for the purpose of
detaching the engines (according to the usual prac-
tice), and running the train on to the main line,
which is nit emplo)ed at this station for the ordinary
passenger traffic; hut before the engines could be die-
posed of', the train,
from its weight, was again in mo-
tion,and, before the pointsman could attend to his duty,
had passed on, down the incline, to the usual passenger-
plattorm, which is adapted only for a short train, and
terminates in a strong stone wall. The train entered
the station with considerable impetus, and dashed against
thebei
being
rbuffersraised
protecting
e d coropiete
pieces by the concession. ltyheonweanldl: two of the carriages
and almost shivered to
on. The scene which ensued was
most lamentable, and almost baffles description, the
_ means of mothers far their children being mingled with