The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-13 00:00:00

12,0001., which it declares at the same time cannot be col- NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
I et ed. A loan therefore is demanded to prevent twelve bun-
' 1 wretches from being turned out to die. The Scarier union ~
r PLYMOUTH, MA.Rcit 11. —ller Majesty's steam-vessel
~i - ,
I-4- wants a moan. The Cavan union, has even fingered
Bloodh -
ieut(
g‘ • .... „ '..; 'll‘.l'r Robert Phillips,
a trifle of the Government money. What is to he done, , dispatches fir the Admiralty, she brings the letters ofcame
in 11, s I;)ruin 11 nod Oporto. Besides
if the guardians of these western and southern unions
will not, or cannot, collect the rates? Dissolve them, and the Oriental and Peninsular Company's steam-ship
send down paid officers. The paid officers can
,easily assess, Tiber, lost oil' Oporto on the 21st ult. The Bloodhound
but l'ow are they to collect? Does it seem likely that any is the bearer of letters from her Majesty's ships Trafalgar,
considerable rate can be got from the occupiers? If not, is 120, Captain J. N. Nott ; Hibernia, 104, Captain P.
there any provision for putting receivers upon the estates of Richards ; Canopus, 84, Captain F. Moresby ;Superb,
y ;
the landlords? We really do not see how, if the law is to be 80, Captain A. L. Corr America, 50, Captain Sir I'.
vindicated in the west and south, it will be possible to stop
Jackall
Maitland •, Thetis, Captain Codrington ; the steam
short of a system in which local agency will be entirely at sloo Medea, Commander Hammond ; and the steam-
an end, and by which the administration of relief will become
Since she came in harbour the Bloodhound towed
It a Government operation, the rents being collected as;vessel,Commander Western.
rates to defray the expenditure. What, then, is to be done?
It is-clear that some other large measure, something more from Barnpool into the Soend her Majesty's sloop
than an extension of employment which loans to landlords Mariner, 12, Commander Mathison, under a salute from
will create, something which will reduce the pauperism of her Majesty's ship gaeen, 110, Captain Sir H. J. Leeke.
those districts within manageable limits, is an indispensable The Mariner is this day to be paid advance, and in-
preliminary to the working of any poor-law. Here lies the spected by Admiral Sir John Louis, when she will be
deficiency of the Government policy. When is it to be, or ready for sea.
is it to be supplied? PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 12.—The Curlew mortar-ves-
sel returned to harbour last evening, the official experi
mental trial having been declared eminently successful.
Colonel Armstrong, of the Royal Artillery, and Captain
Chads, of the Excellent, were the officers appointed by
the Admiralty to report upon this trial, which took place
at St. Helen's yesterday, under the personal superin-
tendence of the inventor, Lieutenant Julius Roberts, of
the Royal Marine Artillery, and in the presence also of
Captain Henderson, C. 8., of the Sidon steam-frigate,
Captain Wilford, Royal Artillery, Professor Main, of
the Royal Naval College, Lieutenants Schomberg, Bits-
table, Heins, &c., of the Royal Marine Artillery, Lieuts.
Hodgkinson and Burroughs, of the Excellent, and other
officers.

AMERICAN NEWS.

It is unnecessary to detail the principle upon which
Lieutenant Roberts' mortar is suspended, as a minute
detail was given with the report of the first experimental
trial.
Yesterday the firing commenced soon after eleven,
with shells (loaded) weighing 2001 b. each ; two dis-
charges being made with 51b. of powder each, two with
81b., two with 121 b., two with 151 b., and 18 with the
full service charge of 201 b. The times of flight with
each of these discharges were as perfect as from any
mortar fixed on a land battery at an elevation of 45
degrees—the angle at which Lieutenant Roberts's mor-
tar was suspended—thereby proving the correctness of
range it would always give (4,200 yards) with a full
service charge.
The whole of the pillars and framework which sup-
ported the mortar were not in the sligh tesedegree shaken
or moved. The deck planking was a little raised by the
explosive effects of the charge. After proving most
satisfactorily the efficacy of the mortar slung upon Lieu-
tenant Roberts' plan, a trial was made of it" fixed" after
the usual manner, to see the difference of the two prin-
ciples more forcibly. The mortar was therefore secured.
as well as its peculiar position would admit, by means of
chocks behind, to prevent its recoiling, and to cause the
shock to act downwards, 0.3 in land or other fixed mor-
tars, and fired first with a charge of 51b. of powder,
which produced but little consequence beyond the chocks
being forced out and the muzzle jumping upwards; two
other discharges were then made with 1216. and 201 b. of
powder, which produced a strikingly manifest impression
on the vessel, causing her to plunge deep into the water,
forcing the muzzle of the mortar upwards with a sudden
jerk and striking it forcibly against the cross bar, on
which it is mainly suspended, flattening the edge of the
muzzle and also the links of the chain cable supporting
it. The, ship also commenced to show considerable
weakness from the concussion, which left no doubt but
that a succession of charges fired upon this " fixed"
principle would soon destroy the vessel. This most in-
contestibly debided the question of the vast superiority
of the slung over the fixed mortar.
The Bloodhound steam-vessel, Lieutenant. Commander
Phillips, arrived at Spithead this morning from the
Tagus, last from Plymouth, where she yesterday landed
all her dispatches, mails, &c. She left Lisbon this day,
fortnight, when the Hibernia, Trafalgar, Canopus, Su-
perb, America, Thetis, and Jackall steamers were there
The Thetis was ordered home to repair the damages
she sustained by getting aground on entering Lisbon.
The Superb and America were to accompany her to the
chops of the Channel, to which time they would compete
in sailing under the orders of,Captain Corry, of the
Superb. The Jackall iron steamer had been aground,
discovered that the iron on her bottom was worn to
and on being hauled up on the beach at Lisbon it was
within a quarter of an inch in thickness. Commander
G. Blane, late First Lieutenant of the Spartan, has come
home.
The Mariner naval transport, Lieutenant Still, agent,
arrived this morning from Bermuda with 210 convicts,
whose let ms have expired, under the charge cf Surgeon
M'Crea, RN., and old stores. Captain Frankland, late
of the Alarm ; Captain Noble, late Commander of the
Vindictive ; and Lieutenant W. E. Shaw, late of the En-
dymion, came home passengers in her. She will dis-
charge such of her returned prisoners as have belonged
to the naval service into the hulks at this port, and pro-
ceed with the remainder to the river, where they will be
placed at the disposal of the Home Secretary.
The African steam tug, master commanding Barker
(acting), sailed to-day for Sheerness.
The Monkey steam tug, Mr. W. Bryant, second
master commanding, sailed for Woolwich this evening.
The Talbot, 26, Captain Sir Thomas Raikes T. Thomp-
son, Bart., is hourly expected here from Soath America
with a second freight of money. We do not clearly
understand the terms on which the naval authorities
manage these things, but we apprehend it is scarcely
reconcileable with the principles of strict justice for one
officer, and that one too, a man of title, and, we may
thence presume, of fortune, to bring home two freights
in the course of one term of service, when there are so
many poor officers to whom such a matter would be a
real God-send. The Talbot is ordered, on her arrival
here, to be paid off all standing, and to be immediately
recommissioned to carry meal and other provisions to
Ireland. It is understood she will be officered and man-
ned from the flag ships.
CHATHAM, Marton 12.—The Antelope steam-packet
is alongside the Shere hulk, and is now masted. She
has also received on board a sufficient quantity of ballast
to bring her down to the proper draught of water to
enable her to proceed on a trial trip, which it is expected
she will make in a few days.
The Terpsichore corvette, building by Messrs.Wigram
at Blackvvall, will be ready going out of dock on the
18th inst , when she will be immediately towed to this
port, to be fitted for commission.
.The Sanaarang, 26 guns, in dock, fitting for a guard
ship,at Gibraltar, will be undocked next, spring tides.
She is nearly coppered, and will be ready to proceed on
her voyage about the end of this month.
The Rochester, Sedgwick, master, sailed this day with
stores for Portsmouth and Plymouth dockyards.
Messrs. Rigby and Co. have taken the contract for the
internal fitments of the new school for the dockyard ap-
prentices at the sum of 315/.
John Yokes, storehouse labourer, which situation he
has filled for some years, has been, superannuated on a
pension of 20/. per annum.
The Royal Dockyard battalion for the service of this
yard, is to consist of 12 companies;
comprise 75 men. A four gun battery is to be imme-
diately constructed at the east end of the yard for the
service of the battalion. each company will
A distressing accident occurred on Wednesday to
Edward Benton, a sawyer, in the employ of Messrs.
Baker, of Lambeth, and who are the contractors of the
new works carrying on for the enlargement of the yard,
who had his right leg broken by a piece of timber cant-
ing on it. The sufferer was immediately taken to Mel-
ville Hospital, where he now remains.

RAILWAY RETURNS.
RAILWAY TBAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail-
ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the
respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same
week in the previous year:

4
a,
WeeS Last a, tz
ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week. X-,ch
U 5
to
c.) .5
X x
Mar. 6 Arbroath and Forfar •••••-• • • • • • • • 212 iB7
5 Chester and Birkenhead .
_ 7 Dublin and Drogheda •••••••• • • • • • • • 734 621
9 Dublin and Kingstown
7 Dundee and Arbroath .
Durham and Sunderland .• •••••-- •• • •
6 Edinburgh and Glasgow . ... ........ 3,234 2,965
7 Eastern Counties and North Eastern • • 8,655 6,664
6 East Lancasihre •••••••••• • • • • " • • • • 797
Feb. 28 Eastern Union ••••••••• • • • • • • • • ..... 413
Mar. 6 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ••• • • • 2,157 1,952
6 Glasgow and •••• 807
Gravesend and Rochester.• ••••• • .. _
--
6 Great Southern and Western •••• • • • • 1,045 ._
7 Great Western, &c ••• • • ..... - ***** • 15,708 16,075
Feb. 24 Ipswich and Bury
Mar. 6 London and North Western, &c 35,320 35,875
7 London and Blackwall.••• • 7Ol -
6 London and Brighton .••••••• • • • • • • • 5,076 4 412
Londou and Croydon.
7 London and South Western - ......
~,••8
6 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc..
6 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire
Manchester, Bolton, and Bury - „„.
747759? 700
Feb. 28 Maryport and Carlisle •.-•• • • • • .... 1,619
528 '436,
Mar.
66
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oßrainstdolc,aarldisißel.r.m..l7h..m.n......... rt,,,0nn13,, 14,915
Newcastle and North Shields- ..„ .. `Lv" 1,718
6 Newcastle and Berwick •• •• - „,...
1,560011 446
67
NorthN o ro 1 k..
British .. . . .. .. : .. : : .•
••
••
•• :
•• : •• :
••
••
•• : •• : .. 1,194
8 Paris and Rouen .
540 477
65
sitherestowsnburyand
alnVdy re
Chester... ... .... .... : .. ..... ...... ......
319
6 South Eastern and Branches ........
5 South Devon ........ .• . .... .... - - 5'7_6_6 571%9
6 Taff Yale ........................ ~. .:22_8_
7 Ulster . ........ •• •• •• •• -..- ..... .
.' dUI
6 York and Newcastle .••• • • • • ....... 724 96°835
'6
York and North Midland .........., 8%'2.06. 6,584
o t9b 4,593
wti,vlaol 55, ls
927

A NEW ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.--The Eco Sau-
murois states, that at this moment there is being established
teaolmtlrain is Passim";
on the Tours and Nantes Railroad an apparatus composed of
an iron wire extending from one end of the railroad to the
moment, will designate the number
wire, and, by means of small pistons placed at intervals "of
passage at each
abnyt l Y
a!
interruptingng tthe
e
o2othoeyr.ardAs r:Welbeecntreivcecruarrternatiniiss to pass
mpaosstwiohcnoicnihstst,
point of the railroad will be indicated to the fixed machice
machine will receive information
to the speed of the train in motion,
passing. By these means
(tbat , hhylf 1
neet ti
oiedkesl currentieetrpcemoteesrtvoitocevrbreyem ofofesrneeteth.omeoni ffidoi
fixed
la; asestn small
and as to the position occupied by it. It is unnecessary to
insist on the importance of such an indication. By always
knowing the exact position of a train on its passage, it will
enable the conductor to moderate the speed of the trains,
and to send assistance with greater promptitude in case of
accident, so as to prevent the interruption of the road as
much as possible.
THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAF II IN THE Crry.--Ile
intention of forming the central telegraph station at the
Royal Exchange has been abandoned, owing to the limited
space that could be allotted it in that building, for a more
commodious and extensive site in the neighbourhood of
Moorgate-street. It is expected that in less than twelve
months the proposed subtei ratiean electric telegraphs from the
several metropblitan railway stations will be completed and
brought to one point.