The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-23 00:00:00

HULL

11,11 —and
---Hull fact et, Nov. 11, 1788.
A FEW TiiE IT-IS-SAIDS IN HULL.

It is said Ihut, notwithstanding the cold weather
generally experienced lately , The Sun has had much in-
fluence on " the powers that be" in Hull, and great has
been the warmth in consequence.
It is said, so anxious were the Mayor, Aldermen, and
Councillors of Hull to " seize upon the opportunity of
appearing at Brocklesby, that they drove up in their
omnibuses, with six horses each, to the wrong entrance
Was it to that which leads to the culinary department ?
—not unlikely, we opine, as they would have to rise
early ; and Mr. Alderman Jones said at the meeting of
the council, that " it won't do to be hungered."
It is said that not one of the Hull magistrates accom-
panied their chief to:Brocklesby, and the absence of
some is accounted for by their pertinaciously avoiding
the practices of the Bench, of others who only trust
themselves upon it upon extraordinary and special occa-
sions, thereby showing they have little or no zest for the
dignified office ; others, it is said, are connected with the
Dock Company, one as chairman of that company, one
as deputy chairman, and one as ex-chairman ; some
more are interested, !and no doubt have, with their
officers, the idea that Grimsby is a rival port ;
some six or seven others have what is technically called
"passed the chair " or, in common parlance,
been Mayors, and perhaps thought they had
little chance to fill the high office again, therefore would
not by their presence, either as magistrates or members
of the council, shed their benign influence upon the de-
putation.

It is said Prince Albert felt so peculiarly the danger-
ous situation in which he was placed when laying the
foundation stone of Grimsby Dock, that he was dumb•
foundered by thinking it not unlikely the floods might
come.

It is said many of the Hull people had very long faces
on seeing the extensive preparations for carrying out the
immense works at Grimsby; a smile, however, enlight-
ened their countenances when the Earl of Carlisle caused
an elongation of the faces of the Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire Railway shareholders by referring to
Birkenhead, it being deemed ominous.
It is said that some of the original holders of Great
Grimsby and Sheffield shares, who have paid up like
men,would like rather to see some of their capital, which
has been long sunk, floating in 1851, than themselves,
which latter Mr. Rondell held out as probable.

THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
EFFECTS OF THE SNOW STORM.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE 'SUN.
Sin,—Certain damage occurred to the telegraph poles
in some districts of this railway from the saow• storm of
Thursday last, between Pluckly and Ashford, Hythe and
Folkstone, and especially between Ashford and Hythe,
and to a small extent elsewhere. The peculiar circum-
stances of the case deserve tir place in the history of
meteorology. _

The day opened with heavy driving rain and much
wind; before noon there was a slight respite, which gave
place to mingled snow and rain, that continued through
a greater part of the night. All was well until six P.M,
and probably later. Frost now attended the snow, and
it began to congeal with the rain about the telegraph
wires. This process continued until the wires along
their whole length were each inclosed in a coating of
snow about the thickness of a man's arm; this accumu-
lated weight required little aid from the wind (which
inched blew a gale) to bear down the poles. Before
midnight some 60 or more poles, either singly or in sets
of two, three, and in some cases of four or five, were
broken short off at the ground, and as many more were
overthrown.

I visited the various scenes of the accidents the fol-
lowing morning, and from the examination I was en-
abled to make of the snow cylinders, I believe that each
yard of wire was surrounc:ed by not less than 101 b. or
121 b. of congealed snow. Each pole had to sustain a
weight of from 2,0001 b. to 3,0001 b., and in some cases
double this. In places where poles withstood the pres-
sure, the wires were so extended by the weight at nearly
to touch the ground;
_and on the snow leaving them they
nearly recovered their original position—an interesting
proof this of the value of iron wire. In the cases where
lengths of copper wire were exposed, they have not re-
covered their original position.

•- •
The district between Ashford and llythe felt the
storm most, and presented all the features of mid winter.
Fortunately the broken poles are not in one continued
series, or we should have sustained a serious interruption
to our signals. Thunder and lightning occurred near
the coast during the night. Many limbs of trees were
broken off by the snow.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
CHARLES V. WALKER,
Superintendent of Telegraphs.
South-Eastern Railway Telegraph-office,
Tunbridge Wells, April 21.

SIR. J. FRANKLIN'S EXPEDITION,

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
The following has been received at Lloyd's from the
Admiralty:—

" Twenty thousand pounds sterling reward, to be
given by her Majesty's Government to such private
ship, or distributed among such private ships, or to any
exploring party or parties, of any country, as may, in
the judgment of the Board of Admiralty, have rendered
efficient assistance to Sir John Franklin, his ships, or
their crews, and may have contributed directly to extri-
cate them from the ice.

" H. G. WARD,
" Secretary to the Admiralty.
" London,-March 23, 1149."
" The attention of whalers, or of any other ships or
parties disposed to aid in this service, is particularly di-
rected to Smith's Sound and Jones's Sound, in Baffin's
Bay, to Regent's Inlet, and the Gulf of Boothia, as well
as to any of the inlets or channels leading out of Barrow's
Strait, particularly Wellington Strait, or the sea beyond,
either northward or southward.
" Vessels entering through Behring's Straits would
necessarily direct their search north and south of Mel-
ville Island."

LET US GIVE THANKS.
Let us give thanks, with grateful soul,
To Him who sendeth all;
To Rim who bids the planets roll,
And sees a " sparrow fall."
Though grief and tears may dim our joys,
And Care and Strife arrest,
'Tts Man, too often, that alloys
The lot his Maker blest:
While sunshine lights the boundless sky,
And dewdrops feed the sod—
While stars and rainbows live on high—
Let us give thanks to God.
We till the Earth in Labour's health,
We plant the acorn cup;
The fields are crowned with golden wealth,
The green tree springth up;
The sweet, eternal waters gush
From mountain and from vale;
The vineyards blush with purple flush,
The yellow hop leaves trail:
And while the harvest flings its gold,
And cowslips deck the sod—
While limpid streams are clear and cold,
Let us give thanks to God.
The flower yields its odour breath,
As gentle winds go past;
The grasshopper that lurks beneath
Chirps merrily and fast;
The ring dove coos upon the spray,
The larks full anthems pour;
The bees start with a jocund lay,
The waves sing ou the shore;
llossinnahs fill the wood and wild,
Where human steps ne'er trod;
And Nature, like an unwean'd child,
Smiles on its parent,
God.
Say, Brothers, shall the bird and bloom
Thus teach, and teach in vain?
Shall all the Love-rays that illume,
• Be lost in clouds of pain?
Shall hearts be dead and vision blind
To all that Mercy deals?
Shall Soul and Reason fail to find
The shrine were Instinct kneels?
Ah, nol—while Glory lights the sky,
And Beauty paints the sod—
While stars and rainbows live on high,
Let us give thank to God.
—Weekly Dispatch.

EuzA COOK.

The Observer of Sunday, April 22, gave five folio
columns of the execution of Rush, with other matters
connected therewith. In the whole, the Observer gave
thirty-nine of their folio columns, including a profile
wood-cut accurate likeness. In the Observer of April 1,
were given ten columns ; that of April 8 (with a
gratuitous supplement), twenty-four columns ; and the
Observer of April 22, five columns. The public are in-
vited to compare, the Observer on this occasion with any
other journal. The extensive publication of the Observer
commences ut five o'clock Sunday mornings. Monday's
edition, at four in the afternoon.

THE SECRETARY TO TRIO ADMIRALTY.--We believe
that it is now pretty well understood in official circles
that Mr. John Abel Smith, M.P. for Chichester, will
succeed Mr. Ward as Secretary to the Admiralty. The
latter gentleman will proceed to the seat of his Govern-
ment at Corfu, as Lord High Commissioner of the lonian
Islands, in the course of ten days or a fortnight. Gen.
Lord Seaton, whom Mr. Ward succeeds, is daily expected
in England. The Sharpshooter, screw-schooner, Lieut.-
Commander Bailey, had been sent to Corfu to embark
the Noble and Gallant Officer and family for conveyance
to Trieste, en route to England.—Morning Paper.
THE ROYAL EXCHANGII.--CASE OF COMPENSA.
TION.—A Court of Compensation was held on Saturday
before the Recorder and a special jury, to assess compen-
sation to the trustees of the Merchant Seamen's Society,
for the loss of certain apartments, held on lease from the
corporation, on the north aide of the Royal Exchange,
which was destroyed by fire a few years since. Fourteen
years of the lease were unexpired at the time of the fire,
and no terms could be agreed upon for granting fresh
lease of rooms in the now edifice. The only doubt was
as to the construction of the Act as to the basis of the
calculation for compensation. Sergeant Shoe for the
claimants, and the Attorney-General for the corporation,
agreed on a verdict for 6001., on the calculation that the
improved value of the property at the time of the fire
was 601. per annum, the premises being leased at loot.
per annum.

- REPORTED RETIREMENT OF LORD DENMAN.-----It
was reported in the vicinity of the Common Law Courts
on Saturday, that Loral Denman will not take his seat
again upon the bench, in consequence of his health and
increasing years. His Lordship is in the 71st year of
his age.