The Sun.
London, England, 1836-05-20 00:00:00

IRELAND

RETURN OF MR. O'CONNELL FOR KILKENNY.
DUBLIN, MAY 18.—O'Connell was returned yesterday
for the ancient and important city of Kilkenny. Mr.
Kenny Purcell, the conducting agent for the Liberator,
started with the Sheriff's return, for Dublin, at half-past
twelve, and reached the Post-office here at twenty minutes
to seven o'clock. Our readers are aware that the English
mail is closed at a quarter-past six, so that this extraor-
dinary effort on the part of Mr. Purcell unluckily failed to
realize its object—viz., to effect the arrival of the return in
London on Thursday, by which means O'Connell would
have been enabled to take his seat on that day. He will,
however, be sworn in as representative for Kilkenny on
Friday, before the House rises for the recess. The malice
of his enemies will have kept him just four days out of the
House. Mr. Purcell's exertions on this important occasion
have been of the most active description. He left London
on Saturday evening, and reached Kilkenny on Monday ;
started from thence at the hour above stated, and per-
formed the journey to Dublin, without the advanta,ge of
perfect previous arrangements, in about six hours, being at
the rate of thirteen miles an hour, stoppages included.
The election terminated on Tuesday last by the triumphant-
and unopposed return of Mr. O'Connell. It began at
eleven o'clock, and ended in ten minutes. Not a moment
therefore was lost in unnecessary talk. All the arrange-
ments were completed in a manner that reflects infinite
credit on the patriotic citizens of Kilkenny.—Dublin free-
man's Journal.
THE WEATHER.—The long continuance of dry Ivather
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in this quarter, is beginning to disquiet the farmers, no al-
ways remarkable for their extreme contentment. For se-
veral days past the sun has been hot, and for part of tile
time the wind has been cold and parching. Within the last
few days, the wind has changed to the south west, without
however those moist influences heretofore its uniform at-
tendants. Since the change to this point from the north,
the dews have been copious and refreshing, and the crops
that are above ground look well. The plougbing for late
potatoes has been rendered difficult by the hardened state
of the earth. We understand much rain has fallen in
London since the commencement of our unusually dry and
hot weather.—Cork Herald.

PADSTOW BRE AKWATER AND
PLYMOUTH AND PADSTOW RAILWAY
COMPANY.

Having just obtained the cop of a Reort, said to be matte by,
" the Engineer, Surveyor, and Secretary,' to the Committee 01
the above Company, in which they have ventured to make seine
remarks on the " Duke of Cornwall's Harbour and Launceston
and Victoria Railway Company," in the hope, no doubt, thereby!
if possible, to prejudice the minds of ill-informed persons on the
subject, I think it incumbent on me to make some few observations
in reply, and at the same time to disabuse the minds of strangers
who unwittingly may have formed any favourable opinion of this
attempted Padstow scheme. But first I would ask the prom
of it, who is the " Engineer" by whom the Report was mad
From their present prospectus and advertisements it appears the
have no engineer. It is true in a former prospectus they statedy;
that Sir John Rennie and Mr. George Rennie were their engineers,
but both those gentlemen have since withdrawn, and, as I haPPIS
to know their reasons for so doing, it seems fit that it shou r
be publicly known. Sir John Rennie withdrew in consequence
his being connected with the Duke of Cornwall's Harbour Com'
pany, as our consulting engineer, considering, it probable that the!:
plans might interfere with ours : but Mr. George Rennie had °!,`
free consent to continue their engineer, and his resignation did r
in fact take place until after he had sent down one of his assistant!
to Padstow to examine the spot, and it is believed he returned Vitt`
'an unfavourable report, since it has not been published. it 111_2Y/
therefore, be fairly inferred, that his withdrawal is to be ascriben
solely to his bad opinion of the project. The projectors of the
Padstow Breakwater are now unable to announce any engineer as
being connected with their undertaking. Of Mr. Ilarnes, their
surveyor, I know nothing further than that I hear that he is a 1011"
noising young architect, but he evidently promises more on tlie pre-
sent occasion than he ever will be able to perform.
To proceed with an examination of their report in the order in
which it appears, I would first refer to the Breakwater, which they
to make across the Dunbar (or, as it is most prope").
called in all the old charts, Doom-bar) Sands ;—an ominous earn
"
truly, when they admit that forty vessels have been wrecked ler
it within those few years, especially in connexion with the a",::
joining bay, still called " Hell Bay." On this fatal sand ba111"
studded with the masts of vessels now imbedded in its all-absorb-
ing bosom, do the wise architect and secretary, also the
office of engineers, intend constructing a breakwater. 'But here,
they have reckoned without their host. They have not stopP,
to inquire what would be the effect of such an erection, even 1'
it could be accomplished, on the country in general. They
have kept out of sight a most important circumstance, or perhaer
it did not occur to them, that the whole of the interior 41,
the country, for several miles up the river Camel and on each
side of it, is now supplied with sea sand for manure froa
this very sand-bank, and that if their breakwater were made, then'
sands of agriculturists would be deprived of that manure on ach,il'
their success chiefly depends. At present there are nearly 100,m:
tons of sand carried annually from this bank, and yet it does nOl
appear to diminish, in consequence of an equal quantity being con"
stantly accumulated by the action of the tides. The effect of 01
breakwater would be, to prevent the admission of the sa.nsWit,.haan
therefore in a few years the supply would be exhausted. -t
then, would become of all the farmers in the district? Whense"
would they obtain manure ? Is it to be supposed that the laws'
owners will quietly look on, and see themselves and their tenant"'
ruined? Will the Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway Company suffer
themselves to be deprived of the profits which they now obtait,l,
from the conveyance of nearly 30,000 tons of this sand per annum.
I am confident they will not ; and, in confirmation of this, it %IA
yesterday in my presence stated, by a landowner from the neirt
bourhood of Bodmin, and who is a Director of that Railway C
pany, that one million sterling would not be a sufficient comp ens''
tion to the country, for the loss they would sustain by the !`.feet of
a Breakwater in that position. Will any persons, after this expOile'
be found so foolhardy as to embark in this wild project—to sink their
money in this sand bank ? If so, its doom may easily be foraseen.,4l
Now let me call the public attention to the Company 01!
which I have the honour to be connected, and of which I glory,
being the projector. lam happy to be enabled to state that It
merits have been sifted by a Committee of the House of Comnicti;'
and by them the Bill was yesterday unanimously approved of.
John Rennie has also made highly favourable report on the
ciency of our plans and estimates, fully corrobora'.ive of the oPIA,
nion of Messrs. Hopkins, our engineers. Admiral Sir Edviar;
Codrington was a member of the Committee who reported on °on
Bill, and put many questions to our witnesses in reference te t.
harbour we propose making, the answers to which are highlY,esa-of
factory. He was also pleased publicly to state that the acial?t if
our entrance, 250 feet, will be abundantly sufficient, and that A
more than ether harbours where there is a greater run of tick,'
of
pilot who has had twenty years' experience of the coast wa& one 0
our witnesses, and he satisfactorily proved that our harbour, ber
proposed to be constructed, will be the best and safest that cola it
made on the whole coast, accessible at all times of the tide ; I°oo
may be added, that it will afford accommodation for more than
vessels of the largest class usually navigating those seas. those
The projectors of the Padstow Railway affect to doubt_thiga
facts, and represent it as an important feature in their under"""oata
that it will connect the market towns of Plymouth and Dev.geni the
and they state that we shall merely connect Launceston. -I"- four
facts are, that they intend terminating at Saltash, which is
or
miles from Plymouth and Devonport, and moreover on tlwoi 011
posite side of the river Tamar, whilst we have d.eterrailn pea
extending our railway from Launceston to Plymouth 2nuoloas
vonport, going into one or both of these important and P°V auo-
towns. A railway is also about to be made from ours at A'satsa•
completingceston to Exeter, thereby an uninterrupted railway s''root
munication from the metropolis to our harbour—an imPc.',„g
advantage, especially as our harbour is certain of bee°ll3",-,-,ade
packet station to Ireland, and an intimation has already been 1-rorn.
by a Bristol merchant that he will establish a steam packet „oso,
Bristol to our harbour as soon as our works are constructed! a
„sae,.
shall then supply the interior of the country, and even 131P—have'
and Devonport, with Bristol goods ; but in our Prospectus whe
Willi
made no calculation for the very great additional traffic Ishi,c, es or
naturally arise from the construction of these extended fin!
Railway. We have merely reckoned with reference to ourrPorni tbe'
undertaking, and we have reason to believe that of itself, f, opa
present population and state of the country, it will yield
cent. per annum on our capital, and, consequently, whefn_gitebeasuacalio
lines are completed, very considerably more. Besides th
_l3;itly
and weighty objection I have stated, none whatever can Pk,a to
exist to the formation of a safe Harbour at Padstow, or inoe, 90
a dozen such harbours on that dangerous coast, where they !caratter
much wanted, could it be accomplished; but it may become a•an of a
of serious inquiry in alfuture session, whether the constructon
Railway nearly parallel to ours, and having the same object. i",„Tin,iisa
of opening a direct communication between the Bristol and
Channels, will ever receive the sanction of Parliaments
GEORGE ROSS,
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Managing Director of the Duke of Cornwall
Launceston and Victoria Railway Company'
3, Copthall-buildings, 19th May, 1836.

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