The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-16 00:00:00

CARDINAL RULES FOR RAILWAY

MANAGEMENT.

Had these rules been strictly followed how many
millions might have been saved, and how many direful
accidents prevented.
Every line of railway should be uniformly straight
and lev( I.
Every rail should be convex, in order to Oiminish the
friction, and thereby insute economy in the constant
work on railways in each direction throughout the year.
The wheels of locomotive engines in pat titular, as well
as of all other carriages, should have a true perpendicu-
lar bearing so as to avoid all lateral strain, which now
tends so generally to the destruction and rapid wear and
t ear of rails.
Down and up trains to be scrupulously confined to
their respective lines of railway, and on no account
whatever to be allowed to interfere with each other.
Every railway should be of the same uniform gunge
throughout the country.
Had these plain rules, so enthusiastically reiterated by
me on all occasions to the Government and public gene-
rally been earl jell into execution, how much more cheer-
ing would the s! are lists he to the r -speetive sha•eholders.
The common interest of the public in railways is pa-
ramount and must command the determined ir:fluence of
the legislature over the silly clamour about the vested
rights of railway companies. Most assuredly the public,
by and from wham alone the railway companies can
prosper, a ill never succumb to the present arbitrary
rates and fares.
The miserably declining stare of railway property can
only be improsed by ad.)pting rules of common sense,
intelligible to the meaneit capacity.
The lowest tariff of rates tied hires possible will unerr-
ingly guide us to the most permeuent state of prosperity,
and would infallibly increase the revenue in a tenfold
degree. One quarter of the rates and farts now charged
w.li eventually ba condemned as exorbitant and intol-
erable.
Let the same economy be practised on railways which
characterises the appliercion of steam power foe the mil-
lion in our manufactories, and on boat d our vessels, and
the welfare 01 all classes will be universal.
These rules are so impartial to all that none but the
ignorant or arrogant will dare to dissent from them. All
railway companies, however wealtll or importlnt, will
nevertheless bend to put.li opinion, and more particu-
larly so as they' will find it their inv.riable interest to
secomuodate their only customers to the utmost.-
1 humus Gray. the " Railway Pioneer.•'

DEVONPORT REGATTA.
HANDSOME PRIZE FOR, co.APEnnoN.
At this Regatta, which takes place on Wednts lay,
July 28th, we have much pleasure in stating that a hand-
some cup, presented by her Majesty and Prince Albert
will be competed for. This mark of royal favour will,
doubtless, be followed up by others, perhaps not to so
large in amount, but still sufficient to render this regatta
one of surpassing eclat and pleasure. The following
letter was received by Mr. Joseph Beer, the Honorary
Secretary of the Regatta, announcing the int,,ntioa of
her Majesty :
"37, Curzon-street, July 5, 1847.
"Sir,—ln reply to your letter of ale Ist inst.. I have
much satisfr cti ,n in informing you that her Majesty and
P. ince Alb, rt have been most graciously pleased to give
a Cup, to be contended for at the approaching regatta
this year, at Devonport! I trust that this mark of R tyal
(..your will be duly appreciated by the residents, to
whom I have much pleasure in making the announce-
ment, through you.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
" H. TUFFNELL."
" Mr. J. Beer."

CAUTION.—GOLD WATCNES AND JEWELLERY.--
Caution is often necessary to be observed in our
dealings with entire strangers. We have received a
communication to the following effect, which shows
the necessity of this :—a well-dressed person, calling
himself the son of a Polish Count and refugee, has tor
some time past been about the country in various direc-
tions, taking advantage of
personswath by persuading them
foldto allow him to leave 010
Having accomplished that, the watches, &c., on approval,
riastt intimation hies
dupes afterwards receive is aletterci usually from some
Mosaic solicitor, requesting
imtne
f"unaun of
before the parties have time to reply,et payment ; and
a writ" is served upon them for the
a tllhee copy
amount.
So well does he spread his net, that if
only touch, they are entangled in the trap set for them.
The decoy which he mostly uses in the first instancee
is, to represent himself as the son of a Polish Ccunt
in distress (his parent) whom he is supporting by his
exertions. lie then states that he is the agent of a
society formed to encourage young people to save their
money, and that on buying his gold watches, he wants
no money until he calls again, his object being to further
the interests of the society, &c. His first aim in coming
into a neighbourhood is usually to search out the church
clergymen, and, if possible, to have some dealings
with them so as to become possessed of their
names, end the names of its many of the respectable
parishioners as possible. This 'done, his game com-
mences. Such has been the extent of the fellow's
peculatiocs, that justice to society demands we
should place the unwary on their guard, fur the
watches ire not worth in common, more than half.
the prices earged, and the parties are tql. often iii-
duced to pay foii them at the exorl i ant price, together
with their costs of the writ, &c., ratio r than. suffer
exposure of their folly, or run the risk of a trial with a
man who, even in the event of their whiling, would pro-
bably- have decamped out of the country, and be nowhere
to be found. We he bear to mention the man's name,
hoping this hint may be sufficient to put a stop to his
c6re,,r, by awaktraing the suspicion of the public.— Leeds
,cur
6ir Bcllin;harn GrPhata bus be3ti elected Vice.
Commodore of the iloya Yacht Squadron, in the room
of the Marquis of Donegal.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, July 15.
Their Lordships assembled at Five o'clock.
MUSSEL FISHERIES BILL.

Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition against this
Bill from a place in Scotland, which he characterised as
ene of the most incredible pieces of legislation ever
sought to be perpetrated. The petition which the Noble
Lard said was most respectably signed, besought their
Lordships not to pass the Bill. The Noble Lord said
he felt very much disposed to move that the Bill be read
a second time this day three months, during which
period the muss Fla might remain undisturbed, but he
should refrain from doing so.—(Laughter.)
JUVENILE OFFENDERS BILL.

On the motion of Lord DEVON, their Lordships pro-
ceeded to consider the reasons of the House of Commons
for disagreeing to certain of the Lords amendments with
respect to this Bill. _ _ _

The Marquis of WESTMINSTER considered that
their Lordships had adopted a very unwise course in ex-
punging the clause which left it to a person brought be-
fore a magistrate to elect whether he should be sum-
marily committed or tried by a jury.
Lord BEAUMONT agreed with his Noble Friend,
and regretted that the alterations complained of had
been made.

The subject then dropped.
(A motion was put from the chair sun carried, as we
understood, but its nature, or, in fact, what became of the
matter, we were utterly at a loss to divine, from the low
tone in which Noble Lords spoke. It would seem that
many Noble Lords are determined that their proceed-
ings, no matter how much they may affect the public,
should not reach_the.p,i2blic)„