The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-20 00:00:00

THE GENERAL ELECTION

INGENIOUS INVENTION - AUSTRIAN

RAILWAY.

STATE OF POLLS.-(THIS DAY.)
MIDDLESEX.
FIRST DAY, TEN O'CLOCK,
Grosvenor
Osborne
Blandford

! TO THE EDITOR OF TH X MORNING ADVERTISER
Sir,—Perceiving the above in the different newspapers, I
consider it right to inform you that three years ago I sub•
milted the principle of placing ,looking-glass on the engine;
to be illuminated by different coloured lamps, supplied the
railway guards for such purpose, and that I submitted my
suggestion to a civil engineer (Mr. Francis Whishaw, of
Adelphi, London), with the view of testing the same as
worth a patent, but that gentleman (who is connected with
the Society of Arts, and would have submitted it to them on
pay behalf) found, from information, that the railway peop
'a England would not allow anything to be placed on the
engine.

... 569
474
...
~ . 430

ELEVEN O'CLGCK.

Grosvenor

Osborne ... ... ...
Blandford ... ... ...
TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Grosvenor ....•--.
••• ••• " -----
' 1,539
Osborne ..• ." —• ... 1,234
Blandford ... ... 1,171
ONE O'CLOCK.
Grosvenor ... ••• ••• "1. V
746
Osborne ..• ... ... 1,417
Blandford ... ••• ... 1,247

What English railways objected to, Austrian railways
have adopted, and I merely wish to show that, so far as I
know, it is the invention of an Englishman, and that it is
three years 01c1.—I am, Sir, yours most respectfully,
ROBERT Torakm.
P S. The Society of Arts were offering a premium at the
time for a good principle to prevent accidents, and give
speedy Communication between guard and driver.
2, Doris-street, Prince's-road, Lambeth,
July 19, 1852.

HERTFORDSHIRE.
CL,SE OF THE POLL, FIRST DAY.
Halsey
••• ... ... 1,866
Afeux •
... 1.851
1.4.1
••• •••
Trevor 1 tn
••• ••• ... 1,830
. 1,596
••• ...
Puller
... 1,521
... •••
••• ... ...
BosaL quet ... ... 1,481
SECOND DAY.
Bishop's Stortford Poll, 10.45 A N.
Meux
... 181
..
Halsey •••
177
Lytton ... ...
... 175
• •
Trevor ••• ...
140
•••
Puller ••• ...
...
Bosanqu •••
... ••• 136
et „,. 130
...
Hitchin Poll, 10.45 A.M.
Trevor
•••
•••
•••
Lytton •••
....
••• ••• •••
Brion quet ...
•••
Halsey ••• •••
•••
••• . .
Puller —. •••
Meux ••• 44 •
•••
poll, 10.45 A.m.
•••
Hertford ...
...
...
Trevor ••• ...
•••
puller •••
•••
•••
BOSSUpet ... •••
••• Lytton •••
••• •••
••• Halsey ••• ••• •••
••• •••
Meux •••
•••
Watford poll, 1074.5 A.m.: . _ _

EXPERIZiII'NTS ON -ANCHORS.
SHEERNESS, JULY 'S.—Conceiving that a descriptiw± !,f
the gear to ue used at the second series of triah,, which will
commence on Friday next, on the beach. may be interost-
ing to the nautical world, we now furnish a brief statement
thereof.

The anchors will be cast in a depth of water of about two
fathoms, and placed parallel to each other, at a distance of
18 feet apart, and be hove up to the beach by the following
mode :—A pendant unites the two purchases in one, with a
block on the bight, through which the pendant reeves, thus
forming a traveller, one end of the pendant being made fast
to one of the purchases, the other end to the other purchase
—the pendant rendering through the block on the bight
according to the resistance of either purchase placed on the
anchors. _ _

s, and the The pendant ropes are of 8 inches and 20 fathom
single block to each is of 26 inches.
The small purchase leads from the block on the pendant
to an anchor secured in the ground in the centre, between
the two large purchases (close to the capstan), the fall of
which, traversing through a leading block, is then hove
round the capstan. The blocks composing the purchase are
two double ones of 18 inches each, and one single leading one
of 16 inches, 113 fathoms of 5-inch rope being used for falls.
A very excellent drawing of the anchors and gear has been
made by Mr. G. Penry, of the dockyard.

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227
208
128
125
125

SUCCESSFUL RESULTS OF THE APPLICATION OF
ELECTRICITY IN THE WHALE FISILERY.—We alluded,
several weeks since, to certain experiments by Mr. E. A.
Heineken, of Bremen, to test the applicability of electricity
as a means of facilitating the capture of whales. Mr.
Heineken. who is now in the United States, has recently
received intelligence from Bremen which is of much interest,
relating to the success of this invention, as practically
tested on board the Bremen whale-ship Averick Heineken,
Captain Georken. The Averick Heineken left the river
Weser last July, for the Pacific Ocean, having on board
three rotation machines of various sizes, in order to ascertain
the degree of power necessary to secure sperm or right
whales; one machine containing one magnet, another four,
and another fourteen.l3,
ICBaspltain Georken, in a letter dated
experiment we made with thew writes as asinfvoelnlotwiosn:—LThuepofinrset
New Zealand, Dee.
magnet. Tlih
shark, applying the electricity from the machine with one
electside, and
afte,rafter being struck, instantly turned over on
ricity for a few wem had poured in upon him a stream of
machine the shark becameeents by turning the handle of the
next fell in with a blackfi stiff as a piece of wood. We
thrown into him and the m As soon as the whale.iron was
machine handle turned the fish
began to sink. The operator then ceased turning the ma-
chine, and the fish immediately rose, when the machine
was again set in motion, upon which the fish lay stiff on
the surface of the water, and was
alongside of the
ship. At this time we made use of thne f
magnet ma-
chine. We saw sperm and other whales,
fastaenn lowered our
boats, but were unsuccessful in getting take
;Whitlhem, as
they disappeared on our approaching them
other times the weather was too boisterous to permeitauts allte
lower our boats. Thus we had but one chance to try the
experiment upon a whale, which was made with the four-
magnet machine. The whale, upon being struck, made one
dash onward, then turned on his side, and was rendered
perfectly powerless. Although I have, as yet, not been
fortunate enough to test the invention in more instances,
I have the fullest confidence in the same, and doubt not to
be able to report the most astonishing results on my return
from the Arctic seas, where I am now bound."
ASCENT OF MR. COXWELL —On Monday evening
this celebrated aeronaut ascended in company with two gen-
tlemen from the Royal Grecian, City-road. The continental
fame connected with Mr. Coxwell and his balloon Sylph
drew together a large assemblage of spectators, who were
delighted with the huge and handsome machine that had been
engaged in such adventurous enterprises abroad. Mr. Cox-
well, on rising, took at first a north easterly direction, but on
attaining a greater elevation, the balloon fell into a southerly
current. The aeronaut having promised to descend as near
as possible to his residence, the wind being in that direction,
alighted accordingly in Edmonton marshes.
FRIGHTFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT —A most melan-
choly accident, and which has been attended with fatal con-
sequeces, occurred on Saturday evening to an engine-driver
..„ ... ... e 837 named Stanley, at Gobowen, about 18 miles from Shrews-
... ... ••• 3,609 bury, on the Shrewsbury and Chester line. The unfortunate
...
~• ••• 2,478 man had got off the engine at a siding, and was examining
LOUCESTERSHIRE. the machinery to see that it was in proper working order
and not overheated, and at the same time the stoker was en-
/ THE POLL, FIRST DAY. gaged in filling the boiler with water, when most unfortu-
.. ... ..• ... 3.112 nately three or four waggons which were moving down on
... ... ... ... 2,680 an inclined plane towards the engine were allowed to pro-
-0 nee ceed too rapidly by the person who had the charge of them,
and who, it is supposed, did not apply the brake as vigo-
rously as he ought to have done. The consequence was that
the waggons dashed with great velocity against the engine
which Stanley was engaged in examining, and the unfor-
tunate man's arm was caught in the machinery, and he was
thrown down and the engine went over him, tearing his arm
out of the socket and mangling him otherwise in a most
frightful way. As may be supposed, life was immediately
destroyed. The inquest was held upon the body yesterday,
when the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death."
CLOSING OF Bow CHURCH FOR REPAIRS.—On
Sunday the ancient church of St. Mary-le-Bow Cheapside,
which was built by Sir Christopher Wren, was dosed for the
purpose of undergoing extensive internal repairs. This
church unites the parishes of St. Mary-le-Bow, St. Pancras,
Soper-lane, and Allhallows, Honey-lane, and on these three
parishes has just been levied a rate of Bd. in the pound to
meet the expenses of the repairs.
THE HULL MURDER.—FURTHER DISCLOSURES
—The grand jury, at York, on Friday, ignored the indict-
ment against Snape and Smith, accused of the garrotte mur-
der at Hull. Mr. Justice wiehtnsen then fixed Wednesday
and while the grand jury
(to-morrow) for the trial of the prisoners upon the coroner's
the evidence then before
commitment. In the meantime,
at York were deliberating upon
u ring and combining a
go InAnCbl,..further towards the
them, the police in Hull were accl
chain of evidence which tray
conviction of the guilty peal, ,r• %uc:note, which it is
stated the murdered man had in 1115 P ket, was, about a
fatigable in 'lie it as
Humbe,r-stret. Yesterday
ofofrtthneigHhutlalghoa,nrkeetu;rnanedd ie•nittehreaunsuinaldecourse of burisineyss, to
wone
traced back to a tradesman in
d rivatelv examined
Shakspeare Hotel, was apprehended abn p .
the man who changed this note, through the porter of the
we, appear on Wed-
at the police court, and be will Prebasae. Two women have
of Snape, and the
nesday as a material witness in the
mour
use where he was ap-
also been apprehended, one a paria
other the keeper of the lodging-ee
prehended.
pRINTERS.—A gentleman
iiii a
sp smallsins
th piecee
reason o
ef printedl
t hye
A CURIOSITY TO CALICO
paper, which is evidently
in Blackburn has in his possession
calico carefully wrapped up in ~
eaeof which ther
not of modern make, on the outsi
following memorandum,
h the enclosed cloth was
been preserved molly
Peel, now Sir
this otherwise insignificant relic ,
such care :—" The block from whic
printed was the first ever cut bY .
apprentices ton Thomas
near Blackbrn, with
Robert Peel, Bart., when he and his brother Jonathan,
now of Accrington-house, were
Yates, of Moorgate Fold, Livesey,
whom they were boarders."—
Blackburn Standard.
BRITISH OAPHAN ASYLUM, CLAPHAM RISE.—
Yesterday an election of seven children into this i
Itnstitution
took place at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate. appeared
by the report which was presented to the meeting that,
during the past year, sixteen children had been elected by
the subscribers and three admitted by purchase. The ave-
rage number of the children in the asylum during the year
was one hundred. The report of the examiner to the schools,
the Rev. James Hill, expressed in the strongest terms the
marked improvement in the schools, bothmore of the boys and
girls, and stated that they never presented unequivocal
signs of general good health, and the same attention to the
interests of the children to which the examiner had averted
on former occasions, appeared to be continued. Their in-
dustrial training kept pace with their literary progress ;
while their cheerfulness, their fondness for voluntary exer.
rises, and the good feeling subsisting between the instructors
and instructed, and among the pupils themselves, was highly
yteoa r
2,4 amounteds2t
15 eto
.sa
gratifying. The receipts during the
2,8351. 18s. 4d., and the disbursements
leaving a balance of 352/. 28. gd. ~
SmuGoLING.—On Friday, the 16th instant, the
eredat the
ed
Queen's
Captain Gowland, captured off the
IVsliegiolafnsth,
erpepvyen
au el
acrugtet cutter,
ver
skiff filled with half-anchors of
foreignizre swpasiritsdeolify Geneva brandy, 84 in number, which
Saturday. warehouse, Loudon, on
ROYAL
GENERAL ANNUITY SOCIETY.—On Sunday'
morning last the Rev. J. Jessopp, preached a mess
eloquent sermon, at the parish M.A.,
sear, ~,.r.w..
ington, in aid of the fu P church of
.t. M frsir for'
funds of the above society, Vinil i
established in 1827, for the purpose of providing annuities
tradesmen,
decayed merchants, bankers, professional men, their
their widows and clerks, as also for single fernalte rev.
daughters, from all parts of the United singdolu.v. 2 "All
minister took his text from Ecclesiastes, elisP*,:"'es reference
is vanity," which he most ably expounded, an,u_erving sym_
to the institution, described it as peculiar aes
Loseforr wbo in early
pathy and support, from its providingensitaesey, but reduced
life had enjoyed every comfort, and ev_heee, if no such aid
in old age to misery and distress.s
ble
compelled, as a last
could be obtained, would perhaptha
„ walls of a workhouse.
resource, to seek shelter wierilu-nds, the society were cora-
From the present state of thin,
ndreds of applicants. In a
pelled to refuse admissioeotouppeal the Rev. Gentleman pleaded
most powerful and pathentinual
subscriptions in support of the
for contributions and responded to by a liberal collection at
institution, which setsvening the Rev. J. J
- essopp delivered
the doors. In thediewerse at the same church, also on be-
another admirabilesn and which was attended with similarly
half of the sir e../
successful res
„ilts.so
FATAL ASSAULT, —On n Saturday
Bawrisr,
„Deer, living in Ch tes er-road, Manchester, named
e elm; a oldenTi Saxon,
er Bveenjawihne following circulasstbanructeasl.ly assaulted Three and killed
FIRE AT SOUTH-END FARM, HAMPSTEAD.—J. es- under t- young men,
ed James Weldon, William Pratt, and James Drummond
terday
terday or
shortly before eleven o'clock, a fire broke a
d -I°,l attacked and beaten •
a half-witted labourer whom they
out in the premises of Mr. J. Prickett, cow-keeper An
-- had 0 posite Mr. Saxon's shop. This labourer, an industri-
dairyman, known as the South-end Farm, situate in Bond- wriest P
hard-working man, is often followed and plagued by the
street, Hum stead. The fire originated in the cow-he:et,
the children in the n*
a range of premises nearly 100 feet long, and owing _t
be to see threeehbourhood, but Mr. Sxon wdas indignant
young men attack and beat him, an called them
great quantity of straw and hay in the place, t ,e
periee by some opprobrious name. The consequence was that the
spread with more than usual rapidity, so that aro
get'. A three men attacked Mr. Saxon himselt, and knocked him
the dwelling-house was placed in imminent land•
fr.,..
fir with great force upon the flagged pavement. Not content
number of the inhabitants hastened to the r
sPetiot en fire ,
ceeded in cutting off that portion of the building
the
Se" parish, with this, as he was staggering from the effects of the fall
towards his own door, Weldon struck him on one side of the
from that part already in flames. The engines promptly at-
London Brigade, and West of England office, e
ee, but not until head, and knocked him headforemost upon the pavement
tended, and the fire was eventually sub: Fortunately the 'gain. Mr. Saxon was raised in a state of insensibility after
one-half of the building was destroree.
Fire- three
this blow, and died in the course of a few minutes. The
and were brought
before the ma-
sufferer was insured in the Phoenix . is
„ Tactics the Of •
art , three men are in custody,
gistrates yesterday, but remandeduntil a surgeon could make
TACTICS AND STRATEGTh•-:
Archduke Charles. Decker a post mortem examination of the body of the unfortunate
War, strategy its science," says the tee Arke." Military Review deceased.
considers this " splitting the hair t
j 4 current at N ISCREW S
. apies TnE GLASGOW STEAMER.--This ship sailed
X report
RUSSIAN FLEET.--- et probably visit the Clyde on Saturday last, • h
• fleet might ports of from the with SO passengers, and
that a large Russian
au_g and a visit from the King of of the largest cargoes of fine goods which has ever left
ug one
the Two Sicilies before
_,frow'ken „4 ,
tlic port
Sweden anklionTsY 11/ )1W F

_.........
Trevor. ... •••
•••
Bosarquot ...
... •••
••• ...
...
Puller —• •••
... ... ...
Halsey •••
• Meux ••• ••• ••• ...
••• ••• ••• ...
Lytton Nv',Rig LINCOLNSHIRE.

CLOSE or THE POLL, FIRST DAY.
Christopher... ••• ••• ... 4,405
Stanhope ••• ••• ... ... 4 378
ebOiMeleY ••• ••• 3,730
SECOND DAY.
Grimsby Poll, 10.45 AN.
Chohneley
Christopher ••• •••

261
188
148

giiStanhope... Lincoln Poll: •••

Christopher ... 463
Stanhope ..• ••• ••• ••• 370
ChohneleY . 321
DUCKINGLIAMSHIRE.
clog OF THE POLL, FIRST DAY.
Dupre ••• ••• . . 1,520

LDejealliesvPreta.:.e.dißiiluhek.":..n...gBhEaCmON.P.DolZ::;o:. 4 5 A M.

... 1,486
... 1,002
... 476

Disraeli •••

Dupre ••• ..• ... •••
Cavendish ... ••• ••• •••
Lee ... ••• ••• ••• •••
BERKSHIRE.
GROSS POLL, FIRST DAY.

Vansittart ••• ••• ••• ... 1,434
Palmer ••• ••• ••• ••• 1,340
Barrington .. ••• ••• ••• 1,320
Walter ••• ••• ••• ••• 85
SECOND DAY.
Reading Poll, 10.45 A.M.

Vansittart ... ... ••• •••
Palmer ... *** ••• •••
Barrington ... ••• •••
Walter ••• poll 1•••••
Reading Poll, 1, P.M.

Palmer .••
Barrington ...
Vansittart ...

... ... ... 50
.. ... ... 40
••• ... ... 36

Walter ... ••• ••• •••
EAST SOMERSETSHIRE.
CLOSE OF TEE POLL, FIRST DAy.
Miles ••• ...
~,, ... 3.837
Knatchbull ... ... •.• ... 3,609
Elton ••• ••• ••• -.. 2,478
WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE.
CLOSE OF THE POLL, FIRST DAL
Kingscote ... ... ... ... 3.112
Hall ... ... ... ... 2,680
Berkeley ... ••• ..,• ..„ 2,088
Mr. Grantley Berkeley resigned upon the announce-
ment of the numbers.
CUMBERLAND (EAST).
Wigton return, 4 P.M.
Salkeld ... , , ... ... 230

148
Ho ward ... ••• ••• •••

Marshall ••• ••• •••
... 140
GROSS POLL, FIRST DAY.
Howard ... 2,141
Manahan ... ••• ... 2,037

Salkeld

... 1;755

HattlotonTdil*,rd .
NORFOLK (WEST).
94
Haw 71
poll, 10.:t., A N.
Boutin& ... ... ... ••• 20
DENBIGHSHIRE.
CLOSE OF THE POLL, FIRST DAY.
Wynn 1,828
Bidduiph . .., 1,409
Begot ***
***
1,289
SOUTH WILTS.

Salisbury Return, 1 P.M.
Herbert
Wyndham :::
Long .. ••• •••
•••

AYR It 41111G11S.
Gross Poll at Ay r.
Crawford ...
•••
Boyle •••
••• ••• •••
Gross Poll at Irvine.
Boyle ••• ••• ... •••
Crawford ... ••• ••• •••
Inverary return, 9.30 A.M.
Boyle ••• ••• .11 ...
Crawford ... •••

152
97
105