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

FRIDAY EVENING'

pared for it, at a short distance above high wafer-
mark. The pontoons, which were constructed under
the so perintendence 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 barge 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
worked by three double crabs of great power, worked
by
yast twelvepier, men
180 feet above the railway level, and are
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 Whiffing,
of whom, with Mr. Pope, such favourable mention
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.

RAIL WAY
SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, APRIL 8.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was buoyant to-day.
The tansactions were as follow :—Bristol and Exeter, 901/2
Great Westerns, 88 %s—Nest Cornwall, 4918 dis.
LIVERPOOL, Arm 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, 1834—Ditto, Greenock guaranteed, 15
—Eastern Counties, 9 5-16—Hall and Selby, 109—Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire, 711/2—Ditto, Fifths, 6 5-16 dis.—Lon-
don and North-Western, 12334—Ditto, New Quarters, SP.--
Midland, 64%—North British, 814—South-Eastern and
Dover, 215/8.
MANCHESTER, APRIL 8.
Srocx EXCIIANGE.—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, 6% dis.—Leeds, Mel., and North,
1 9-16 p.—Midland, 64%.
BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 8.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—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 markets. London and North-Western
were done at 123%—South-Eastern and Dover, 21%.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.
BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY. —Traffic for the week
ending March 28:--
Passengers ••• ... £2,254 19 6
Goods ••• ••• .. 1,294 14 0
Parcels ... ••• 174 3 6
Mails ... ••• —• ... 223 4 2

Total —• ... £3,947 1 2
SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER RanwaT.....Traffic receipts
For the week ending April 4 :
Passengers ... £630 18 7
Parcels, horses, Sze• ••• ... 31 14 7
Merchandise, minerals, Sze. 1,006 15 8

Total ••• £1,669 8 10
Corresponding week last year ... 1,656 5 2
LONDON AND BLACKWALL Rmiwkr.--Arnount of revenue
for the week ending April 4 :
Passengers £BOl 8 4
Goods ... ••• ••• 29 10 0

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

MANCHESTER, BUXTON, MATLOCK, AND MIDLANDS JUNC-
TION RAILWAY.—Return of traffic for the weak ending
April 4 :—Passengers, &c. .•• ••• £B9 16 0
Corresponding week last year ... 122 811

SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAlLWAY.—Traffie for the Week
ending April 4, 1852
Pase,engers (7,052), :parcels, horses,
and carriages ... £BO5 5 5
Goods, cattle, &c. ••• 1,079 10 3

Total .. ••• 1,884 15 8
Corresponding week in last year... 1,689 6 6
Perth, April 6. 1852.
GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN (IRELAND) RAILWAY
.188 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 1G 5
Corresponding week in 1851 (10 miles open) :
Passengers, parcels, &c. ... 31 13 11
Merchandise, cattle, &c. .; 1 4 3

Total ..

35 18 2

MONMOUTHSHIRE BOROUGHS.]

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—In your paper of last evening you c,amtnent in
no measured terms upon the proceedings svhich took
place in this town at the late election, an .d had you
confined your observations to the garbled iind 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, had se-
veral hundreds in custody at the same time.
Now, the truth is, that the largest numb er of persons
in custody at one time was sixteen, and the total number
in custody during the week was less than thirty.

I trait to yo!ireandour to insert this letter. -
I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,.
HENRY JOHN DAVIS,
Newport.
Newport, April 8, 1852. Mayor a

TO THE EDITOR OF THE S UN.
Sin,—The statement in The Sun newep %per of last
night, that several hundred r .:xsons were U i custody at
Newport during the election is utterly u. ntrue. Not
twenty persons were in custody during the
pfhole of the
election, and only two cases resulting from i.t came be-
fore tha magistrates for az.ljudication. Ti here was no
disturbance at any of the polling booths, and not a
single voter was prevented from recordir 4; his vote.
Several of Mr. Lindsay's statements want Os a important
element of trurtibil.-olmalis RESSICK, , Sir, yours. &0.,
Justie e's Clerk.
Newport, April 8, 1852.

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MR. J. L. TOO LA'S ENTERTAIN A lENTS.
On Wednesday evening Mr. J. L. Toole, of the City'
enter-
tainment St the Literary and Scientific Institution,
Carter-street, Walwortb. The ball was nit ieh crowded,
Hntsftarciot,ninc(?Ctluab gave his second drawing —room room w
had
even standing pom. The performance corn t nenced with
Mr. Toole's witty little piece of " Table Ta Jfk," entitled,
" Trying a Magistrate,"
to go away with( )at obtaining
which he gave i ;is a manner
which call( d forth the most rapturous appli t use. In the
other characters which Mr. Toole assui o ed, he met
his lt,bert "Ike., In a selection from t' i e School of
Reform, fell
.nothing off. The ,
His Paul Jry was ad :ctiirable, and
selections for the even
. were admirably adap I.ed to show
of talent, and the mart ner in which
he did his part in all of thou, showed that h 4 3 has talents
of no mean order. In the different selections, he was ably
assisted by several gentlemen, members ,of the City
Histrionic Club, vibes!, entertainments hs eve met with
much success at th© different metropolitan institutions.
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ea
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THE CONVICT NEE-E. This culprit still conti-
nuesll to remain in his usual se
otherwise n
mood.
Oil Wednesday,
he appeared rather nervous, and
. exhibited signs of
fear. During the previous met thelept a ioundly, and
whilst awake, talked jocosely with two men who sat
up with him. The criminal becomes more at t entive to the
Rev. Mr. Rowe' s doctrines; but : soons as t. b. at gentleman
leaves him, he begins to talk to the turnkeys a ibout the fun
ho has had while travelling with gipsys.
. He says that
his wife and mother would never have info a med against
him if he had not left her (his wife) to f a how gipsys.
He eats well, and sleeps soundly, and is in good bodily
health. During the Wednesday evenings he o t 'served seve-
ral times that the time was getting short. Up to yesterday
afternoon he had made no confession, but still ' 1 enies that he
threw the child down the well, and says that his wife has
perjured herself.
EXTRAORDINARY DV?.
,ITCEL—III the . 3tase of mur-
der at Axbridge, reported in our assize intelli; essnce, a most
extraordinary succession of events followed es. eth surprising
velocity. Toe act of murder was committed on . the morning
of the 26th of March ; death occurred on the 27th ; a post-
mortem examination was made, and the funei 'ail took place
on the 28th ; the prisoner was examined befoi ea the justices
and committed for trialon the29th ; he was set et to Taunton
gaol on the 30th • a true bill found against him on the 31st;
and he was tried,' found guilty, and sentenced to be trans-
ported for life on the Ist of April. Thus the ci Setae, prelimi-
nary examination, trial, and sentence: of the 'prisoner, and
i the death and burial of the victim, were encon apmed in the
1 brief apace 9f one week i —Bath Gazette. .