The Sun.
London, England, 1837-06-06 00:00:00

The rise at the Madeley summit, one in 180, %vas at

tained at the rate of 22i miles per hour. This summit has
been the theme of considerable controversy during tile pre-
sent Session of Parliament, and has formed an object of
much discussion in the recent investigations before the
Committees on the South Union and Cheshire Junction
Railway Bills. It is now satisfactorily established that the
summit in question is perfectly practicable for all the pur-
poses of railway travelling. The Directors of the Grand
Junction Railway, in consNuenee of some recent experi-
ments on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, have in-
troduced on their line, a new species of wooden keys, fast-
ened to rails fixed upon blocks, four feet apart, which en-
able the carriages to run more smoothly, and without so
much of that rumbling and disagreeable noise, which is ex-
perienced on the railways now in use.
The Grand Junction Railway will, we believe, be thrown
open to the public in the course of the next month. The
day of opening will be decided upon by the Directors at
their meeting on Wednesday next, when all the prelimi-
naries will be settled. The Company have 100 carriages
and 200 waggons now ready,- the former bLing the moat
finished and elegant things of the hind, whether as regards
comfort or splendour, ever seta on a railway in this coun-
try. Most of the engines have been manufactured by
Messrs. Stephenson and Company, of Newcastle. The
great depot of the Company at the terminus at Birmin,-
ham, being yet in an unfinished state, (which in extent and
magnificence will surpass that of the Liverpool and Man-
chester depot in Lime-street) the Company have secured
about un acre and a half of ground as a temporary depot in
Vauxhall—which will answer every purpose of practicabi-
lity until the former is ready.
In terminating our brief account of the first trip made
on this great national work, we can..ot avoid payin,, a pass
ing tribute to the talent, zeal, discretion, and indefatigable
perseverance of Mr. Locke, the engineer, under whose su-
perintendence the undertaking has been brought to so suc-
cessful a conclu6ion. - Other engineers have invariably ex-
ceeded their original estimates, not unfrequently by doubti
the amount—to Mr. Locke, however, belongs the credit o&
having so cleverly managed the Herculean task entrusted
to his keeping, as to keep below instead of exceeding his
original estimate. But his ability has been_too frequently
and warmly 'eulogised in Parliament, and elsewhere, to
render any weak tribute of ours at all necessary.
The Directors of this undertaking have also managed ad-
mirably, and no slight degree of credit is due to them on
account of the able manner in which they have condtv:ted
' the affairs of the Company, arrd the benefit which they Lave
conferred, not m'crely on the shareholders individually, but
on the public at large, in the completion of this stupendous
undertaking.

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GEORGE THE THIRD AND TIIE SCOTCIIMAN.
—A Scotch oflice,-, of no very cx4raol-dinary merit, tut who
had risen to high employments by pemonal assiduity and the
arts of a courtier, was is the presence of George HI., at
Windsor, in company with one or two otters, at a moment
:;hen ceremony was banished. That simple-minded and -well
meaning monarch was a little apt to ad nit of tangents in the
discourse, and he a-adder:lv exclaimed, D—, it .:-,pears to
ms that you and I are of a height ; let's measure—let's
measure." The General placed his back to that of the King ;
but instead of submitting to the process of tr.ewurcmcnt, he
kept moving his head in a way to prevent it. Another tangent
drew the King off, and he left the room. ‘• Why cNiii-t• you
stand £6ll and let him measure, D— ?" saltedalookcr-on:
you kept bobbi..g your head so, he could do nothing."
.g Well, 1 didn't know whether he wanted to be taller or
shoi t:r !"—" England," by Cooper, Aztaor of " Tl:c
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thies of a large class of readers, nav^.l and alit ry nica, and
usually contains articles of a most stirring animated kind. Of
snob a sort arc the "Three :.,:entlis a ith the Carligts," and
the " Sketches of Naval Life," in this NutoLcr, both of iAhich
contain many exciting scenes c.:(1 decripti,l:7. The " Notes
on the late Czttastr4lie at Ilernani," which aic accompanied
by reflections on the preseut war in Spain, will- be :::re to ar-
rest the attcntion of all who are familiar with the record de-

bates ill tlln Eiiusa of Commis on the subject, ttic mare
especially as tl:e Jrticl,7 i 3 the projuetion of lea ofilccr
who bas been an eyc-witness of the greeter peat of the cam-
paign...—Such.