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London, England, 1847-07-29 00:00:00

T!I 17,1 SIT LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 29, 1847.

thought that they had a right to superintend its
disposal. He vas also opposed to the endowment of
the Rowan Caiholic CI-lurch, and, indeed, to
the endowment of any church whatever. He
was a ducidfd supporter of the Navigation-laws.
If returned he would do all in his power to forward the
interests of the constituency.
Mr. KEITH next addressed the meeting, advcca irg
vote by ballot, &c.l
A show of hands then took place, which was greatly
in favour of Admiral Dundas and Mr. Salomons.
A p )11 NN as demanded
.on behalf of the other c
indi-
dates.

THE CITY OF LONDON.
STATE OF THE POLL.
NINE O'CLOCK.

Russell ...

-. 1,185

Puttison ... ... ... ... 1,171
Larpent ... ... ... ... 1,155

Rothschild ... ... ... ... 1,161

Dlasterman

Johnson ... ...

Bevan

••• 835
...

Freshfield ... ... 785
Payne ... ... 76
TEN O'CLOCK.

Russell ... ... ... ... 2,424

Mattison ... ... ••• gee 2,399
Larpent ... O“ ••• ... 2,334
_ _

Ruttischild ... ... ... ... 2,319
IVlaAerman ... ... ... ... 2,008

Johubun ... 1,701
Bevan ~. 1,751
Freshfield ... ... 1,621

... 153

rent, would deviate directly at right angles; to prevent
this, two small points of ivory are inserted on the dial
plate en each side of the needle, at a short distance
apart. When a communication is required to be made
from one station to another, attention is called by the
ringing of a bell, which is effected through the agency
of an electric current. When this is done the signalling
commences, which, as it proceeds, is written down by the
receiving party. The letters of the alphabet, figures,
and a variety of conventional signals, are iedicate d by
the single and combined movements of the needles on
the dials. The left-hand needle moving once to the left
indicates a stop or termination of a word; turned twice
in the same way, it indicates A; three times B; first
right and then left, C. Movements are thus made to
indicate all the letters; those towards the end of the
alphabet are shown by the parallel movements of both
needles simultaneously. It might naturally be supposed
that several wires would be required to transmit infor-
mation to so many places; but this difficulty is obviated
by making the earth transmit the electric current,
which is also a discovery of Messrs. 'Wheatstone and
Cooke. The Electric Telegraph Company have, how-
ever, another machine in the course of construction, by
which still more rapid communications can be effected,
so that from 1,000 to 2,000 letters can be sent in a mi-
nute to any required distance. This will be effected
by the combined efforts of electricity and steam-elec-
tricity effecting the indication of the letters, and steam
supplying the motive power to the machine. The mode of
communication by this instrument will be effected by ra-
pidly running, by means of steam, a long slip of paper,
of about an inch in breadth, over a coil, through which
the electric current would pass to two metallic points
connected with the wire, if it was not intercepted by the
paper, which is a non- conductor. Where it is intended
to send a message, a narrow slip of pa, er is perforated
in double columns, with combinations of long or short
holes, and this is done in such a way as to
give a different
sign or mark for each letter of the alphabet. Of course,
previous to sending a message, it is necessary that each
letter of the message should be separately stamped out
of the paper,
steam power. On the top of this perforated paper the
and this is easily effected by means of the
two metallic points connected with the wire rest, they
are prevented taking up the electric current from the
coil wherever it is covered with the paper, but in its
rapid movement the points are constantly being brought
in contact with the metallic surface of the coil, and they
thus take up the electric current through each perforated
space, and it instantly passes to the other end of the
wire, at however a great a distance it may be. At the
extremity of the line there is a similar apparatus to
receive it, and upon which a narrow slip of blue paper
is rapidly passed. The termination of the wire rests on
this paper, and whenever the electric current passes from
it, it produces a discolourment of the paper in small red
spots, and in such a way as to form combinations coin-
ciding with the perforations made in the paper at the
other end of the line. The clerk or compositor has then
to decipher this message, and it is either copied into
writing or at once put into type. This instrument is
intended only for the transmission of long messages,
public news, and matters of that kind.
In the company's offices in the Strand, to which the
public are admitted by tickets, there are a great variety
of instruments, many of which are of great interest. The
appliances to which electricity is made available by
them, for either great or small objects, is most extra-
ordinary. For instance, on the one side you see the
telegraph through the instrumentality of which Tawell
was taken, and on the other you see an instrument in-
tended to be placed in an omnibus, which will indicate
the number of persons who got in or out of it in a day.
Again, there is the electric clock, which is now the pro-
perty of the Electric Telegraph Company, one of which
will work any number of clocks with the greatest accu-
racy, and near it is a little magnetic instrument which is
to note the number of times the door ot a banking house
or other building opens in the course of a day. The appli-
cationer to
, for as yet they
arG of:conducting or
u
exigencies of life is
daily
beingo th i p
es
x toewn
tied
Among ether
ing
projectselectricity
we unelerstand that it
is intended immediately to establish eh ctric communi-
sin viewwiisthstill
respect in
t s
to iiranc37*
communi-
cations between all the fire-engine establishments in the
metropolis, so that when a fire breaks out in one locality,
the fact can instantaneously be communicated to all of
them, on its reaching one of them. The company have
er
The following is a list of the towns to which com-
munications now go several other otherprojects in view, which, however, we cannot
from London are already opened, or to which
they will be opened by the commencement of the year
by m
enenashofDtohveer, elFoeetlrlitcstottnlee,granhl—ltarnsgate, Mar-
gate, D
Canterbury, Maidstone,
Tunbridge, Gosport, Southampton, Winchester, Dor-
chester, Bristol, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Peterborough,
Yarmouth, Huntingdon, Hertford, Northampton, Co-
ventry, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Stafford, Chester,
Lincoln, Chesterfield, Hull, Sheffield, Bradford, Liverpool, Manchester, Leicester, Derby, Nottingham,
Halifax, Wis-
beach, Lowestoft, Cambridge, Chelmsford, Ipswich,
Roch-
dale,Roth
eYrioiarkm,'Edinburgh,
Glasgow, Scarborough, Bridlington, Stamford, Nor-
wich, St. Ive's, Ware, Colchester.
Darlington,Barn sley,lVsaelt‘evfinaesldtieL,
Beeedrsw,ick,

UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.
MATRICULATION.-1847.
EXAMINATION FOR HONOURS.
MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.
Routh, E. J. (Exhibition), University College.
Edger, Ebenezer Rust, University College.
Bridge, John, University College.
Gillett, Joseph, private tuition.
Malleson, William Taylor, University College.
Clare, James, Stonyhurst College.
Giles, William, St. Edmund's College, Ware.
S Bamber, John, St. Edmund's College, Ware.
Johnson, Joseph, Stonyhurst College.
Odling, William, Guy's Hospital.
Ray, Joseph, Wesleyan College Inst., Taunton.
Chambers, Benjamin Ellis Coates, Wesley College,
Sheffield.

VISIT TO
about ten TtenCoA'eliocßkiNin'SthelmSoiernAingNaDnd.
Her Majesty's brig Spy arrived off this island on the
A26th Vofl
February,was boarded by George Adams aird some more natives
shortly after she hove to. George Adams is the son of
the celebrated John Adams, the father of the colony
Went ashore in cutter, piloted by George Adams..
Landing-place a very small sandy beach with many
rocks, and in the least breeze impracticable. We were
met on the beach by sonic of the natives, who cordially
welcomed us to Pitcairn's Island, and showed us the
way to the market-place up a steep and rugged path,
winding along the cliff, and through a beautiful variety
of all kinds of tropical flowers and shrubs. The scene
when we arrived at the summit was picturesque in the
extreme. The whole of the natives, men, women, and
children, headed by Mr. Nopps, the schoclmaster, had
assembled in a space of about half an acre square,
carpettd with thick soft grass, and canopied overhead by
the spreading branches of cocoa-nut trees, to meet the
strangers, all of them being dressed in their gayest. Their
welcome was warm, all of them advancing and shaking
us by the hand, and addressing us iu perfectly good
English. We We-e extremely pleased by their quiet and
decorous behaviour. As soon as we had made acquaint-
ance with them all, we were led through gently w inding
paths to the principal village, where the courthouse and
church stands, as there were one or two slight disagree-
ments about land, which they wished to be brought
before Lieutenant Wocldridge, commander of the Spy,
and who very speedily disposed of them without their
having evinced, either during the investigation or after-
wards, the least fee ling of discontent or displeasure.
The church is a neat building, well arranged, with a
pulpit and benches, and is used as well for a court,
house as a church. Mr. Nopps, the schoolmaster, per-
forms the various offices. We were shown the old gun
belorq,ing to the Bounty, that had been under water fur
56 years, and which was now lying near the court-house.
We visited old Adams's house and grave, the last of
which is situated in a beautiful spot next to his wife's
grave, and kept in trim order. After rambling about,
and visiting one or two of tire inhabitants who were not
well (one of whom had wounded himself with his gun
while out shooting goats a short time before we arrived,
but was doing well), we returned to dinner, which had
been prepared for us at M'Coy's house, and consisted of
pork, yam, and sweet potatoes. Each family on the
island take it in turn to entertain strangers when they
arrive, and never accept any reward. Their food is
principally vegetables, of which they have almost every
kind, and twice a week either meat or fish; but there is
difficulty in getting the latter, us the fishing ground is
bad and water very deep. The animals on the island
are goats, which are wild, pigs, and fowls. Their houses
are the perfection of cleanliness and good order, and
each person has his plot of ground to cultivate. Their
form of government is simple. They elect a magistrate
every twelve months, upon which occasion every man
and woman above eighteen is entitled to a vote; and, if
married before that age, they are allowed a vote in con-
sequence. The magistrate then chooses an assistant, and
the remainder of the people choose again another, who
acts as a sort of check, which is, indeed, little wanted—
for there is no place in the world where such perfect
unanimity and good feeling exist as in this happy island.
The number of inhabitants is 134, but the island can
support many more, and they increase but slowly. The
island itself is only four miles and a half in circum-
ference. We heard with pleasure that, though several
whalers touch there, yet, in no instance, had any impro-
priety been committed ; 46 whalers, mostly American,
had called during the year 1846. They all appeared to
talk of Adams with the greatest respect, and seemed to
have a strung feeling of the crime that their ancestors
committed in mutinying. They talked in the most affec-
tionate loyal way of " our queen," and appeared exceed-
ingly proud of being English—but complained that they
were so neglected, the Spy having been the first man-of-
war which had visited the for more than three years.
They, however, were quite satisfied when told that the
exigencies of the service lied lately prevented their being
visited so often. They begged earnestly for a visit by a
man-of-war as often as she could be spared from other
duties ; but, as George Adams remarked, they " could
not complain, as the Government had already been
kinder to them than they deserved." Before our leaving,
the women came after us with little presents and keep-
sakes, such as leeks of hair, whale's teeth, and other
little curiosities, refusing to be rewarded in any way.
We took some of their names down, as they struck us as
being as pretty as the fair owners themselves—Marian,
Louisa, Emily, were among the prettiest. Marian
Christian was a beautiful girl, with quite a Grecian cast
of countenance, and very kindly allowed her likeness to
be taken by one of our party. Their way of dressing
the hair is odd, it being rolled up in`a conical fashion at
the back of the head. Their dress, when they do not
wear the European one, is simple, consisting of only a
sort of skirt of some dark colour, with an upper short
petticoat of white stuff, and a handkerchief tied loosely
round the neck. At Lst, having loaded the cutter with
eatables, which was obliged to he off on account of the
increasing surf, and it being nearly sunset, we were
obliged to bear ourselves very unwillingly from this
enchanted island, though all came round to beg us not
to go, but to stop one night—only one—with them; and,
finding they could not succeed, accompanied us down to
the beach, where we embarked in canoes to take us off
through the rollers to the cutter. They embraced us all
most affectionately, asking us to write and remember
them to their friends in England, particularly to Capt.
Hunt, formerly of the Basilisk, whom they seemed to
have a vivid recollection of. The embarkation in the
cutter was accomplished safely, and we gave them three
hearty cheers, and, accompanied by George Adams and
Christian, we got on board the Spy; and after their re-
maining a short time with us, and being very much de-
lighted with a couple of rockets that were fired, they
bade us good-bye, when we filled and made sail for Val-
paraiso.—Nacal and Military Gazette.

UNPUBLISHED POEM by ROBERT

BURNS.

The Aberdeen Herald has received from a correspon-
dent the following poem—one of Burns' earliest compo-
sitions—which has never, to his knowledge, been printed.
It bears strong marks of his powerful style, and was
obtained from one of the belles of Mauchline, " Miss
Smith she has wit," the mother of Dr. Candlish:—
In Tarbolton, ye ken, there are proper young men,
And proper young lasses and a', man;
But ken ye the Ronalds, that live in the Birrels,
They carry the grie to them a', man?

Their father's a laird, and weel he can spare't,
Braid money to tocher them a', man—
To proper young men he'll clink in the han',
Gowd guineas a hundred or twa, man.

There's ane they ca' Jean, I'll warrant ye've seen
Few bonnier lasses or brave, man—
But sense an' guid taste, she'll brag wi' the best,
And a conduct that beautifies a', man.

The charms o' the min', the langer they shine,
The mair admiration they draw, man;
While peaches and cherries, and roses and lilies,
They fade and they wither awa', man.
If ye be for Miss Jean, tak' this frae a frier:,
A hint o' a rival or twa, man—
The laird o' Blackhyre wad gang thro' the fire,
If that wad entice her awa', man.
The laird o' Braehead has been on his speed,
For mair than a towmond or twa, man—
The laird o' the Ford will straught on a board,
If he canna get her at a', man.
Then Annie comes in, the pride o' her kin',
The boast of our bachelors a', man;
Sae sonsy and sweet, sae fully complete,
She steals our affections awe', man.
If I should detail the pick and the wale
0' lasses that live hereawa', man,
The fault wad be mine, if she didna shine
The sweetest and best of them a', man.

I 100 her mysel', but daurna weel tell—
My poverty keeps me in awe, man—
For making o' rhymes, and working at times,
Does little or naething at a', man.
Yet I would not choose to let her refuse,
Nor hae't in her power to say—na, man;
For though I be po r, unnoticed, obscure,
My stomach's as proud as them a', man.
Tho' I canna ride in weel-booted pride,
Or flee o'er the hills like a craw, man,
I can haud up my head, wi' the best o' the breed,
Tho' fluttering ever sac braw, man.
My coat and my vest they are Scotch o' the best;
0' pairs o' quid. breeks, I hae twa, man;
And stockings and pumps, to put on my stumps,
And ne'er a wrang steek in them a', man.
My sarks they are few, but five they are new,
Twal hundred as white as the snaw, man:
A ten-shilling hat, a Holland cravat—
There are no many poets sae braw, man.
I never had frien's, weel stockit in means,
To leave me a hundred or twa, man;
Nae weel-toehertd aunts to wait on their drunts,
And wish them in h-1 fur it man.

I never was canny at hoarding o' money,
Or claughtint thegither at a', man;
I've little to spend, and naething to lend,
But deevil a shilling I aw, man.

EXTRAORDINARY AND FATAL ACCIDENT TO A
YOUNG WOMAN.—Last evening Mr. Bedford held an
inquest at the White Hart, Little Windmill-street,
Haymarket, on the body of Jane Yeo, aged 20, who met
with an accident of almost an unprecedented nature. Mr.
Henry Harding, surgeon, said that on Monday night he
was called in great haste to the residence of the de-
ceased, No. 15, Little Windmill street, and there found
her supported by her sister, and both of them covered
with blood. The deceased was bleeding from a wound
in the throat, about five inches in length, and •-which
reached to the vertebra:. She died in a few seconds.
He was shown the broken pieces of a basin upon which
it is said she had fallen, and he had no doubt that the
wound was caused in that way. From further evidence
it appeared that the deceased returned home at half-
past ten o'clock, and was dancing across the room,
amusing her sister, when, falling over a box she bad not
seen, her throat came in contact with a washhand basin
on the floor, and broke it. One of the pieces entered
her throat, and inflicted the wound described. Verdict,
"Accidental death."
RARE PLANT.—There is now in bloom in the
.hrehhory at H,.r.,r.e1!, near Ki,
W. K. Bbeet, Esq., a plant of the i'horatiutn teIlaX of
, or
New Zealand flax, which h bdieved to be a rare occur-
rence in England.
Tan OUTCAST.—Poor Shakspeare !
He has long
cl_ now he is lik
been driven off the English stage, an
to be turned out of house and home —Punch. • ely

THE GENERAL ELECTION

ASHBURTON.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT).
The writ for the election of a burgess for this borough
was received by the Portreeve, J. Sparke'Amery, Esq., on
Saturday last. This day (Wednesday) the bells from
St. Andrew's tower ushered in the morn, and at ten
o'clock a large procession was formed in front of the
Golden Lion Inn, from whence the new candidate was
accompanied by the principal Reformers of the town, in-
cluding rn st of the electors and non-electors, to the an-
cient chapel of St. Lawrence. The worthy candidate,
Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Matheson, was proposed
by R. Counter, Esq., and seconded by that well-known
Reformer, R. Tucker, Esq., both of whom, in their
speeches, alluded to the loss of one who was held in the
highest esteem by the whole body of inhabitants, their
late Member, James Matheson, Esq. ; but he being
about to contest the county of Ross, and regain it from
Tory thraldom, we hail the name and person of Colonel
Matheson (his brother) as our representative and friend.
Various speeches were delivered, and, there being no
other candidate, the worthy gentleman was declared duly
elected, amidst the greatest enthusiasm.

ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE.
Mr. Bunting has withdrawn from the contest.
BARNSTAPLE.
The nomination of candidates took place yesterday
morning.

The borough was very quiet. Never so little excite-
ment at an election before. No party appears to be
spending, and hence no drunkenness.
Mr. J. WHYTE proposed the old member, Mr. Frede-
rick Hodgson, as an old and consistent Conservative,
already known to the borough for twenty-three years.
Mr. G. HARRIS seconded the nomination.

Sir B. WREY proposed the Hon. J. W. Fortescue
(second son of Earl Fortescue), in the Liberal interest.
Mr. W. GRIBBLE seconded his nomination.

Mr. W. THORNE proposed an old townsman, well
known as the Tory agent at elections for many years,
Mr. Richard Bremridge, solicitor ; especially dwelling on
his claims as a friend to the poor, and the enemy of
Popish endowment.
Dr. BIGNELL seconded the nomination.

Mr. HODGSON spoke at great length. He said ho had
always been opposed to the endowment of the Roman
Catholic priests, and was so still. He had been a con.
sistent Conservative from the first, and should continue
to be so to the end.