The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-16 00:00:00

THE BRAZIL MAIL.

SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 15.—The Royal Mail Com-
pany's steam-ship Tay, Captain Mose, with the Bra-
zilian mails, arrived this evt ning, at half-past five o'clock.
The latest dates by this arrival are Buenos Ayres,
June 1; Monte Video, 5; Rio Janeiro, 15; Bahia, 20;
Pernambuco, 22; St. Vincent, July 1; Teneriffe, 6;
Madeira, 8; and Lisbon, 12.
The Tay brings 34,9991. in specie, diamonds and pre-
eciaorg.
usestones to the value of 36,0001.ih,nispatnaEdatiofurllde Porto,
general
A railway for locomotives was to be commenced on
the 29th ult., to connect the village of Petropolis with
e water
the city of Rio Janeiro.
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he fell in with her Majesty's steamer Harpy on the 20th
of June, in latitude 32 deg. weary in great distress. The
Harpy was out fifty days from Pernambuco. Her ma-
cbhoianredr,yanwdashaodattoodf
making use of all the panels and every description of
woodwork when the Flor de Porto parted company with
the Harpy. The captain had commenced breaking up
the lower deck for fuel. The wind was north by north-
west, fresh, which led the commander of the former to
believe that the Harpy
distil the
shehad
required. They were no water or fuel on
would not be able to reach Fayal.
RIO DE JANEIRO MARKETS, JUNE I.—A less amount
of business was transacted than in April, and after the
departure of the Teviot steamer the produce and money
markets afforded but little interest. Discounts ruled at
4 to 4i, but the amount of but.iness was very limited.
Exchanges—London, 26:i at the first-rate, although
business was transacted at 27.
BUENOS AYRES MARKETS, MAY 29 —The wholesale
markets since last advises show great elasticity, and sales
had been freely made at increased rates. Stocks on
hand, consequently, were limited. The money market
was quiet, with easy accommodation, and confidence
buoyant. Bills on England per doubloon 645. per ounce.

THE MEMBERS FOR THE C ft is not generally I
known that the four representativesiTr.for the city of London,
on the first day of every new Parliament are dressed in
scarlet gowns, and sit all together on the right hand of the
chair in the House of Commons, nest the Speaker. The
custom is in full force, and was carried out on the first day
of the last Parliament, as doubtless it will be on the mem.
l)lage of the new Parliament- Baron Rothschild, therefore,
is one of those representatives of the people who, if he pleases,
may not only demand the seat in the House
to which he has
been elected, but also a seat of state on the right ii... of the
.
OPelkOZ CS the AM 07 of the "W ""1914 sus

Your correspondent has conclusively shown that the
actuaries acted wisely and judiciously, when he says that
there are 25 resignations to one death; but there was
still another reason for their advising as they did, which
was, that had they given the preference to a return in
case of death, there would have been no possibility of
securing a similar advantage to those who might
leave the service; whilst now, by a very simple
arrangement, and at the trifling cost of a few shillings a
year, every subscriber can, by insuring his life for the
amount of premiums he pays, secure the advan-
tage contended for by your correspondent. And
thus we see, that the proposed association will
secure to the subscribers this most important
advantage, that if they do not participate in the benefits
contemplated by the association, they or their represen-
tatives will receive back the whole of the contributions
they have paid to the fund.
I submit, Sir, that these are benefits which could be
secured by no other means than by the adoption of the
scheme which you have so ably and so consistently
supported, and I cannot doubt but that this opinion will
meet with concurrence from all railway officials, when
they are made acquainted with the bearing of the terms
of the proposed scheme.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
C. J. BRYDGES.

York-road, 16th July, 1852.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Bnt,—The powerful manner in which you have advo-
cated the question of railway superannuation will secure
you the gratitude of hundreds who have wasted years in
the service of railway. companies,
to prevent the • at salaries so low as
possibility of their making provision,
however trifling, ter the future; and those who, like my-
self, can look back on twelve years' service will feel more
than doubly grateful.
As regards the vaxed question
of returning payments
in case of death, one import/7:lf t pant seems to have been
overlooked, it is that only
payments will be re • turned, the half paid by the proprietors of
each
i wcompany
e
of course being retained for the fund, and sucha
the case if a clerk withdraws from the society.
If my ideas are correct, and the point fairly con-
sidered, I cannot see how in common Justice it can be
decided against us.
As regards the proposition of insuring that sum, it
does not appear to have been considered that the low
rate of railway salaries *ill not admit of so many draw-
backs, as few can know the per-tentage to be deducted
for losses, bad money, Stc., &c.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
SPES.

.'`PORTING INTELLIGENCE.
LIVERPOOL JULY MEETING.--THURSDAY.
Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas; three yrs old, 7st 71b;
four, 9st; five, 9st 61b; six and aged, 9st 91b. Two miles.
Mr. Henry's ch f Butterfly, 3 yrs (W. Sharpe) 1
Mr. Osbaldeston's Mountain Deer, 4 yrs .. ...(Hiett 2
Mr. Phillips's Le Juif, 4 yrs (Marlow 3
Even on Butterfly, and 6to 4 agst Mountain Deer. on
by half a length. Le Juif beaten off.
The Foal Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft, for three yrs old;
colts, Bst 61b ; fillies, Bst 31b ; 31bs allowed, &c. Once
round and a distance. (4 Subs.)
Mr. Payne's br c. Wingenund walked over. Sir R. Pigot's
Filius withdrew his stake.
The Produce Match of 200 sovs. each ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies,
Bst 41b; one to the post. T.Y.C
Lord Derby's br c Umbriel (A. Day) 1
Lord Glasgow's Miss Sarah f
6t05 on Umbriel. Won by a neck.
The Liverpool Cup of 290 sovs. in specie, added to a handi-
cap Sweepstakes of 25 SOW. each, 15 ft., and 5 only if
declared; the winner to pay 30 sovs. to the judge, and 15
towards the expenses, and the second to receive 50 sovs.
out of the stakes. (10,,i Subs., 44 of whom declared.)
Mr. G. White's Colsterdale, 4 yrs, Est 61b (Carroll) 1
Mr. Palmer's Goldfinder, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (Charlton) 2
Lord Eglinton's Lucio, 3 yrs, 6st 31b (Wells) 3
Lord Clifden's Poodle, 3 yrs, sst 131 b (Sharrard) 0
Mr. Palmer's Doubt, 6 yrs, 7st 71b (Knott) 0
Lord Glasgow's cby Ithuriel sst 71b (car. sst 111 b (Smith) 0
Betting-6 to 4 agst Poodle, 3to 1 agst Colsterdale (tak ),
3to 1 agst Goldfinder, and 6to 1 agst Lucio. The race was
between the first two from the distance, and was won with
difficulty by half a length; the rest tailed oil: Run in 3
min. 33 secs.

Cossack was scratched at twelve, and Herbert at two
o'clock.

The Derby Handicap of 10 sous. each, and 80 sow. added
by the Earl of Derby. One mile. (22 Subs.)
Lord Eglinton's b h Elthiron, 6 yrs, Bst 31b ...(Marlow) 1
Mr. Payne's ch c Faux .pas, 4 yrs, 7st 61b (Flatman ) 2
Mr. Hargreave's bl h Osbaldeston, Bst 6lb ...(W. Sharpe) 3
Mr. Flintoffs br c The Reaper, 4 yrs, 6st bulb ...(Wells) 4
Lord Derby's ch f Iris, 4 yrs, 8A ..................... (Hohnes) 5
Betting-6 to 4 agst Elthirou, sto 2 agst Faux-pas, 4to
1 agat Iris, 5 to 1 eget Osbaldeston.
Won by a length, Osbaldeston a bad third.
The Selling Sweepstakes of 5 :ova. each did not fill.
(ay ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LATEST BETTING ON THURSDAY NIGHT.
GOODWOOD SWUM.
12 to 1 agst Chief Justice 1,000 to 60 agst Termagant
12 to 1 agst Bushranger 1,000 to 69 agst Cariboo
13 to 1 agst Weathergage is to I agst Champion
14 to 1 agst Houlakin 20 to 1 agat The Brahmin
14 to I agst Don Pedro
GOODWOOD CUP.
2 to 1 agat Stilton.
GER.
LIVERPOOL St I,X Grit--taken
. Even on Alfred the Gres
Claverhouse has arrived
IPSWICH RACES.—THURSDAY.
Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. ri
for t ree yrs olds, 7st
71b ; four, 9st ; five, Oat 61b ; six, and aged, 9st 91b.
Two miles.
Mr. Stephenson's Waverley, 3 Yrs
Mr. Brown's Dangerous, 3 yrs ...... ..
Mr. Grimpsey's Pine Apple, 3 yr 5.....
Mr. Rogers': Pancake, 3 yrs .••.•...•.•
Mr. Firman's CEdipus. 6 yrs ...... .- • .... dis.
1 added
The County Members' Plate of 5'...9 to a Sweepstakes
of 3 soya, each, the second to save his stake. Heats.
Two miles.
Mr. Tabberrer's Liberty, 3 yrs, (I°°l' ) ............... 1 1
Mr. G. Drew's Odiliam, 4 yrs, (1000 ..... .......... ... 2 2
Mr. J. Warrener's Coons, 4 yrs, (100/ )... - ............ 4 3
Mr. Reed's Victress, 5 yrs, (100/) ..... ... ............... 5 4
Mr. Sare's Miss Sarah, 3 yrs (1000 ••••••• .............. 3dr
Mr. St. Quintin's Lady Love, 3 yrs (1001.)
The Ipswich Stakes of 3 sous. each, and 30 added; second to
save his stake. Heats, two miles.
Mr. Sare's Fidgety Girl, 3 yrs (601)- ••.... (Bennet) 1 1
Mr. Cook's Queen Guinever, 3 yrs (404)
.. •-••• 3 2
Mr. Smith's Valentine, 5 yrs (401.)• ............. .......... 2 z 3
Marpessus and Serene were distanced.
The Hurdle Stakes of 5 sovs. and a purse added , for horse
belonging to officers of the 4th Light Dragoon s
each. Heats, one mile and a half. s; list 71b
Mr. Hunt's Signal ...... ••••••• - ............ (0
Mr. Adlington's Welcome .. .............. wner) 2 1 1
Captain Portal's Paddy ............. .............. 1 2 2
.................... 3 3dr

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AMERICAN OCEAN STEAMER very great im-
provement has taken place recently in the speed of Ameri-
can Ocean Steamers. The Washington, Hermann, Hum-
boldt, and Franklin are now making their Atlantic passages
in almost as short a time as Cunard's best steamers. The
Franklin has just run from New York to Cowes in about 10*
days. The Washington and Hermann were the first ocean
steamers the Americans built, and they were comparative
failures; the Humboldt and Franklin were the next steamers,
and they exhibited a decided improvement. Then came
Collins's steamers, the Atlantic passages of which have been
extraordinarily rapid. The defect of the first Americas
ocean steamers was in their machinery ; fractures in i_tl„
consequent breaking down, were frequent. The As!re En_
used to laugh at the labour and expense bestowed yL"
glish in giving a smoothness and polish to some
- that rougher
steam-packet machinery, and they imaginesnsa. They
and cheaper machisery would answer the u
PPulish given
soon found out their mistake. The remarkable for the purpose
to machinery by the English manufacturer
av, n
i the mate-
of detecting by a microscope the slightest
tees
annd down
They have
break
pbtiorngtions of
rial previous. to. its use, and
The
frAanictericanns
it, They
learnt a
of machinery is avoi • . „fug 0
pini ro
an steamers, and
lesson, and they are rapidly
t the swiftest. As far as
those vessels now rank lad°,7,`, Yankees have a decided
I."Tbe Washington, the first
altered the machinery of their first
the
tihsor Dn'"CrEiltlillicbralert is a fine model. The
navaladvan taargcheiteocvteurre
ocean steamer built by tout Tons of
hrileggisinegviadevnetssteol,aanlyso,entos
Americans have better notions
of the American ocean steamers
who has seen the
es
and Southampton, and the heavy rig of
some
ereof s
tpbeeedico, la
that touch at Cows,
on :aettr:bilable to their being over-rigged.
west India Mail packets. The slowness
of the latter is P TOWNS LINE
a or THE TOWNS Or THE GREAT
OPE'l_„/PI-RaiLwAT.—The portion of the Great Northern
NORMS.. slender rig
tending from Peterborough to East Retford, was
Bolivia,' " neral traffic yesterday. There was no festive
opened io Oe
dernonstration either by the directors or the public. The
first train left Rexford at 6 A.M., and, notwithstanding the
early hour, many persons were assembled to witness its de-
parture. The train reached Peterborongh in two hours and
oven minutes. Another train was dispatched from Peter-
borough at 6 15 A.M, and arrived at Retford at 8 46, being
four minutes within its time. Owing to the bad understand-
ing which prevails between the Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire, and Great Northern Companies, the public are
compelled to make a circuit of nearly two miles in order to
reach either station from the other, although the two are
only about 300 yards apart. The opening of the above por-
tion of the Great Northern reduces the route from London to
Sheffield 16 miles, London to Wakefield 16 miles, London
to Leeds 22 miles, and London to York 30 miles.

ELECTION OF SCOTTISH PEERS.—The following
representative Peers were elected at Edinburgh yesterday .
—The Marquis of Tweeddale, the Earl of Morton, the Earl
of Home, the Earl of Strathmore, the Earl of Airlie, the Earl
of Leven, the Earl of Selkirk, the Earl of Orkney, Lord
&afield. Lord Saltoun, Lord Grey, Lord Sinclair, Lord El-
phioatone, Lord Blantyre, Lord Colville, and Lord Polwarth.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—The able article which you inserted in your
impression of yesterday, relative to the letter from
" Clericus" on the important subject of railway super-
annuation, would seem to render it unnecessary for
any further reply to be made to the objection
pointed out by your correspondent; but as it is
possible that complete silence might lead to misap-
prehension, I trust you will permit me, as one who
has ventured lately to take a somewhat prominent part
in the discussion of the qua shim), to say a few words
upon the point raised by " Clericus."
I quite admit that the point is a most important one,
and one which, //possible, ought to be met in a liberal
Spirit. But it must be borne in mind that the provi-
sional committee would not be justified in acting, ex.
eept under the advice of the actuaries theylhave con-
stilted. This advice is, that it will be practicable to
return the amount paid by a subscriber should he leave
the service, but not in the event of his death.
This advice was sought, in consequence of urgent re-
presentations made to the provisional committee, that
their original intention upon these two points was
causing a serious amount or dissatisfaction.
The eminent actuaries consulted, Mr. Ansell and
Mr. Neison, approached the consideration of the ques-
tions submitted to them, with an earnest desire to give
such an opinion as would secare the greatest benefit to
the subscribers, consistently with a due regard to the
stability of the fund. They felt that in the present
position or the known data connected with this subject,
it would not be prudent for them to recommend both
points to be granted, and accordingly turned their at-
tention to the question as to which it would be most de-
sirable to concede.