The Sun.
London, England, 1836-06-29 00:00:00

TO ADVERTISERS.

It will be seen by the
.following extract from the Stamp
Office Returns, that THE SUN is now the Leading
Evening Paper, in point of circulation, as the Lists
for the Months of March and April last will
show :
Sun
Globe and Traveller 132,000
Courier 70,500
True Sun, and Weekly True Sun 58,500
Shipping Gazette 13,000

Our attention has been called to a pamphlet by a
TSPAPER C Shareholder of the London and Brighton Railroad,
hree o'C
without a Vunnel, as containing the "most accurate and
;.;y authentic statement" of the merits of the several lines of
t,,. 0.. c
road projected between the metropolis and that delight-
ful watering-place. It is not for us to attempt deciding
upon the merits of either line ; but in a question in
which the public is so deeply interested, we consider it
' - /•,
lt, our duty to place the question as it has been submitted
to us before the public. Be it, however, borne in
, mind, that we do not identify ourselves with a single
b
J TY
statement made by the writer. The following is his
.ing that two ears will
estimate of the relative advantages of the three prinei-
We hazard little in predir-!‘ y
not roll over Lord LYNDT:iuRST'S
l wig without pro- pal lines :
cluein" Of the three propositlonsbefore the Committee of the House
g a Reform in the-I :ouse of Peers. Even while of Commons, viz., Sir J,Jhn Rennie's, Mr. Stephenson's, and
we write the good work is going forward, silently in-
other3ir.
to Lundyon's'acitcoisuir.rP;ragable that the first is inferior to the
:s,of the great length of its tunnels,
. and the
deed, but iiresistiUy—so strong is the conviction of dangerous steeply_
ofits melmed planes. Including Shore-
the necessity or such Reform on the minds of the ham, it is 55,1., miles in length, and has no ewer than five
the intelligent portion of the community. Vain will itnugninveil;s4,dsof/o.trgthitifeuEl slyp.seicnimmeonfsßofi Tartarus by way of prepar-
be their Lordships' efforts to stem the flood-tide which 22 i'..ndulating inclined planes, of which'
ristep9rOesfeenetts,pberesmidiele, kor the distance of 22 mileseowesaoprirldk plains
them
isls chains, and require the
is now setting in against them. They may storm and
they may bluster, talk of an invaded Constitution, and pg9oam•eirnuottes. Another of
17 Ihs'
per
ton t
ht
milemile6so pereh
lihosur,
itoir
a demoralized people ; but the flood will make its way, a rise of 47 feet per mile, and will require a station engine
and a power of 29 lbs. per ton, to work it 9 miles per hour, or
for all their Xerxes-like swagger. Indeed, until this
181 minutes; the whole together snaking 24 miles 3 chains,
g question be brought to something like a definite or 1073 minutes. The remaining 31 miles 37 chains may he
settlement, national improvement must, to a certain travelled at the average of 30 miles an hour, or 631 minutes.
Consequently,
extent, be at a stand-still. Their Lordships obstruct horse-power, wo'uld take 10 carriages with 180 passengers, a well-constructed engine of 10 tonsor
tons,
or in
us in every stage—at every turn of our career. They 20 tons of goods, between London and Brighton and Shore-
confrontthoanrn, in 2 hours and 51 minutes, at the cost of 2s. 6d. per
us, not only in the broad highways, but in
the very bye-ways of Reform. Not a question of any The second, or Mr. .tephenson's line, is 56 miles 51 chains,
importance to the popular welfare can we moot, but and has only
..four tunnels—one fewer than Sir John Rennie's.
.
there they are, to embarrass it with a thousand teas- per moileemnt sans along the speed of 28 miles '22 undulating planes,
of which 5 rise 16 feet
of the road 17 miles
er
ing, frivolous objections. Surely it is full time that p l
11eu..., or 07} minutes. One plane of 1 mile 12 chains
these factious proceedings should he put an end to ;
tr).'•°(37.. 16 1-10th. per mile, the speed 161, and 3 minutes; and
and this can only be done by so re-modelling
.ie remaining 274- miles may be traversed at the rate of 30
6,- miles per hour, or 55 minutes.
an engine of 8 tons or 8 horse-power,
Upper House as to bring it under popular
control
10e
n i, carriagesondon with
and 18013 passengers,
rihton
and or 20
Shoreham,
s in
and giving it an interest in advancing, r"jt'ner than re- a-wood's, between
tarding, the march of equitable Le;'islation. Till this, 2 hours 354 minutes, at the cost of 2s. 3d. for each ton, or
assirg
or something like this, be dry?.-e, Reform will never pro- perTphe t h: d,er.
or Mr. Cundy's line with the terminus near St.
ceed beyond a snail's 1.,a.T-:e. At present, it is rather a name Peter's Church), is 54 miles and 60 chains, without a tunnel.
. _ It contains. only 6 inclined planes, the steepest of which is 15
than a thing—a. sound than a substance—at least, if feet per mile for 7:1.. miles, the speed 18 miles in 1 hour and
are compare it with what we had a right to expect it 22 minutes. Another has a rise of 144 feet per mile, speed
would have been, when Old Sarum was disfranchised, mileslB
Bem peesr hourch i for 9 mihlsi;) ahnd
.the. relrni ainiinoghgrfadtients
inosn wo-te
the
se e
and Sir CHARLES WETHERELL got leave to retire, mile;o 11i
l miles 3' enhsa, , ns
Iv h
i o
h t rlise is 37 feet 6eiencrieesr
without his braces, into.the cahn bosom of domestic pe.r mile.: 5 miles 1 chain of level; and 10 miles 60 chains
uith a rise of 5 feet per mile ; making together 37 miles 40
felicity. We have no ill _will to their Lordships; we chains, at 30 miles per hour of time, or 75 minutes.
hr.ve not the slightest desire to deprive them of their Consequently, an engine of 7 tons or 7 horse power, would
ttawkeelo carriages with 180 passengers, or 20 tons of goods, be-
stars, garters; and ribands—pretty playthings which ate
en b London and Brighton and Shoreham, in 2 hours 7 mi-
nutes, essential to _aristocratic nutevs., at the cost of 2s. 2d. per ton, or per passenger.
stocratic enjoyment. No, we would
37\miinthutaestr,ain of eight, this line could be traversed in 1 hour
as soon think, of taking away his bells and coral from a
sucking r:aild :—in Gon's name, let their Lordships Thus,
retain all such baubles, but let them not seek to inter- Rennie's line, 551 miles, would require 2h. 51 min., and cost
2s. 6d. per ton, or per passenger.
fee; pith our happiness. Let them not thrust them- Stephenson's, 56 miles, would require 2h. 353 min., and cost
Bclr.'es between us and the sunshine of Reform ; but 2s. 3d. ditto.
respect our tights as we respect theirs. insist Cundy's,we2
54 miles, would requireh. 7 min., and cost 2s. 2d.
ditto—AND WITHOUT A TUNNEL.
'"--as the Constitution entitles us to do—on equal
ttahkirsirnoap.pst,l2,,oa
apparently
nty ley
trains,
slightwofon2d tons
ofunls variationdifference
cost, which l
I,e
may would
31., oa 1 goods s o dl2smade by
obbeservethat.
justice for Ireland. Why, then, should their Lord-
pter
trains
i las ,theyo f a savinge
rosn
271.111 r.
ships say 44 nay," to such a reasonable demand ? It Cund'y's line would be
Thus the public, by its adoption, would gain 3011. per bday 'and,
is not they, but the Irish people, who are interested
averaging 300 days per annum, no less an amount than 9 0, 01 •
iii 'Altinicipal Reform—is it for the former, then, to besides saving time, the most precious of all '0
e '
the if
heavy ermines,
off shortcurves, the extra expense of expenditures,
VeSa;
refuse the boon ? But their blind wilfulness only re- caPing
and tear of . the peril of steep. inclinations, and,
coils on themselves. " Even-handed justice commends
above all, the nuisance and danger of miles of dark and noi-
the poisoned chalice to their own lips," for with the some tunnelling."
muh disgrace
very same tenacity with which they persist in holding A statement which, if true, reflects
0
Ireland in vassalage, do we persist in a reform of their on one of the gentlemen above-mentioned,c is detailed
own institution. Their Lordships have had a long, in pages 4,5, and 6of this tract. As we have nothing

The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day
at 20 minutes past Three o' Clock.

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LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 29, 1836.