The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-13 00:00:00

NEW STEAM COACH.

Art, infinite in its inventions, often meets with serious
difficulty in its endeavour to adapt them to the ends
which 'it would wish, and is often compelled to call in
the aid of subaltern means, to succeed in bringing the
invention into any activity or efficient operation. Thu,s; -
great as was the invention of the steam-engine its en,
yet, unaided by the subservient iron-tram, it was a use"
less and unmanageable invention ; the two appeared t°
be by necessity inseparably wedded, and so would mall
persons say who had not seen the exhibition of yesterdst
Travelling like an ordinary carriage along the Nov
this vehicle, planned and invented by Mr. Squire,
announced to exhibit its powers along the Totten)3o3:
road. The only objects perceivable were an iron basks',
behind, filled with foundry coke, and in front a vessel
plenished with water to supply the waste of the end.
The carriage had four rows of seats, and accommodol'
sixteen, the conductor included.
Starting by a stop-wateh, the engine with fo
its Port Y
left. the York and Albany Hotel, Regent's Park, at ur
o'clock, and proceeded steadily at its outset along tha,...
smooth plane of the Tottenham-road. Speed seal
creased from the mail-coach rate of ten miles an 11011 r
to that of sixteen. The noise usually attendant of
t.
these engines was, with the exception of the hies 11
the escaping steam, scarcely audible, and aft°l.,.l
pleasant progress for 13 minutes through a delighto •
country, it arrived at the Manor-house at Tottenham'
having in that brief time completed a distance of foLtr
miles and a half. The most noticeable feature in tT.:
engine made itself apparent at this terminus, namely,
to
masterly command with which the engine was made
turn by the conductor, forming in this evolution an et
of a circle which comprehended not more than a leogt
and a half of the engine itself ; the act managed, tet4
with as much ease and adroitness as an equestrain reins
a steed.
On returning, the velocity was somewhat diminishes
by the resistance of a strong wind, and the grout's°
ascent of the road ; but the actual retardation was__
slight, as only to add a minute and a half to the time u`'..o
cupied in return, thus completing a distance of rof
miles in less than twenty-eight minutes • the see':
en
the engine, in fact, averages at the rate of 'from nil79u._
to twenty miles per hour. Its wear and tear will b. b;
little from the Tottenham-road, while the wheels, bon
horizontal and very broad, actually serve its
smooth the roads, instead of cutting them °P, to ob-
ordinary narrow carriage-wheels. It was curious
the
serve the peculiar distrustfulness of the horses along
road as the engine passed.
The experiment altogether was very successful, but till
we see how the machine works during the winter months,
and on newly repaired roads, it would be premature to
give any decided opinion as to its ultimate results.
rotkeresthtoe

SPCITITING INTELLIGENCE
T4TTERSALVS:=-YEart.llDAr.
ST. LEGEZ.—A report that Coronation had been 00/
the decline at Wolverhampton had some effect on the
odds in the early part of the afternoon, 6 to 4 having
been offered in two or three places ; his friends, how-
ever, " took heart," and at the close he Was very stead):
at sto 4. The other favourites were backed for small
sums, without undergoing any change from Monday 5
quotation.
THE DERBY.-23 and 25 to 1 were laid as WI
.;
acre, 25 to 1 against the Hester colt, 30 to 1 agsT"
William de Fortibus, and 50 to 1 to 501., a pony having
previously been laid out at ten points less. A dull after-
noon finished as follows :
ST. LEGER.
2 to 1 agst Scott's lot—taken
sto 4 agst Mr. Rawlinson's Coronation—take 6 toint
9 to 2 agst Lord Westminster's Van Amburgh--.
8 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Middleham---uu`e
10 to 1 agst Mr. Ferguson's Tearaway—taken
•
12 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's The Squire—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Eringo--taken
25 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Lampoon—tou.
DERBY.

20 to 1 on the field
25 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Wiseacre—taken
25 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Hester colt—taken An
30 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's WilliamdeFortibtts'
•
33 to 1 agst Mr. Herbert's Nessus
40 to 1 agst Mr. Pettit's Espartero
50 to 1 agst Mr. Coombe's Criterion—taken of
The Doncaster Cup' this year will be of the value s.
100/. only, and will be raised by subscribers of 10 fo,
each, with 50 added by the Corporation. The weights
altered, and those who have laid 12 and 15 to 1-
Hyllus will have the worst of it, as he is entitled to 7 w'
allowance as a maiden horse.

WOLVERHAMPTON RACES.--WEDNEsDAt•
The Wrottesley Stakes of 10 sous. each, with 20 addeui
3 yrs, 7st 41b ; 4 yrs, Bst 71b ; fillies and gelding.,„°,l,
lowed 3 lbs ; winners this year 3 lbs extr. Once
(Six subs.) L+N 1
Mr. Mostyn's Prince Caradoc, 3 yrs......(Cartivriguv 2
Mr. Fowler's Sunflower, 3 yrs .............................. e

Mr. Skerratt's Lydia, 3 yrs .............................••••
Lord Chesterfields Mohneux 4 yrs .....................
Sweepstakes of 30 soya. each, ft ; colts, Bst 61b ;
filk
8t 31b. Once round. (Three subs.)
Mr. Griffith's ch c Hereford walked offLer
The Holyoake (Handicap) Stakes of 20 sovs. each, h.,0
with 50 added ; the second saves his stake ; trrs
round and a dstance. 40 subs, 31 of whom pig
sovs. each. 1
Mr. Price's July, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (Cartwright) 2
Major Hay's Retriever, 5 yrs, 7st 81b ................ 3
Mr. Clarke's Recorder, 5 yrs, 6st 121 b ..............••••
fir,
following also started, but were not placed:--3,,1'a,
Collins's Isaac, aged, Bst 61b ; Mr. Goodman 's Isabe
6 yrs, 7st 61b; Mr. Stubbs na Garland, 6 yrs, 7st 21b.
The Himley Park Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 addea,
for the beaten horses ; 3 yrs, 6st 101 b ; 4 yrs, Bst ;
yrs, Bst 91b; 6 yrs and aged, Bst 121 b ; mares, &e., 11:
owed 21b ; winners extra. Heats, once round. (55051
Mr. Denham's Compensation, 6 yrs (Whitehouse) 1 „'
Mr. Skerratt's Hudibras, 3 yrs ........................ 0
0 3
Mr. Jones's Sister to Broadwath
Lord Chesterfield's La Gitana, 3 yrs
Lord Warwick's Melodrame, 6 yrs 0 ar

LEWES RACES.—WEDNESDAY.
sous.;
tiie each,seco n
dh
sfat,veasndhissosuialykeif
ThdeecLiaerweeds,
New course. (10 subs), of whom 3 declared.
(Chapple) I
Mr. Kelly's iluon, 3 yrs, 7st
with Sta k ess 0 addedof
20
Mr. Shackel's Cantle, 4 yrs, 9st .........................••• 5
2
Mr. Verral's Maid of the
good race Mill, 6 yrs, Bst 71b...........
A .
Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, with 35 added. New Courie•
Heats. (Four subs.)
Mr. S. Smith's Little Tom, 6 yrs (Wakefield) 1 0 I
Capt. Barnett's Battledore, iged, 9st 31b. 2 0 dr
Mr. Clifton's Playfellow, 3 yrs, Gst 81b 3 0r
The first was won by a head and the second a dead heat.

MORNING SUN.

KINGSTON RACES.--MoNDAY.
Bweepstakes of • 5 sovs. each, with 33 added. Heats,
• about two miles.
Mr. Barrow's Catherine, aged, 10st.. ......... 1 2 1
...
J.Bosley's Cleanthes, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b... 3 1 2
Muscott's Bircher, 4 yrs, 7st llb 2 dr
Mr. Key's Fitzgambol, 3 yrs, ist 41b :4 dr
Smythies' bc by Safeguard, 3 yrs, 6st 111 b 5 dr
The Hurdle Staxes of 3 sovs. each, and 25 added. Heats
Once round and the long length, over three hurdles.
Lieut. neynard's Tipthorp, 6 yrs, 12st (Owner) 2 1 1
Mr. .T. Herbert nd Safety, 4 yrs, lOst 51b
Mr. E. Herbert nd Wiltshire, aged, 1 Ist 91b 3 dr.
The Hack Stakes of 2 sovs. each, and 25 added, the
second to save his stake, and the winner to be sold for
351., once round, were won in two heats by Mr.. Morgan's
Rambler, 5 yrs, beating four others.
The Pony Race was won in four well-contested heats
11 Rory O'More beating Radnor Lass and two others.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.
The Half-yearly General 'Sleeting of the Shareholders
of the above Railway was holden yesterday, pursuant to
notice, at the Station of the Company, Shoreditch.
CHARLES BOSANQUET, Esq., in the Chair...
The CHAIRMAN stated he had no intention of address-
ing the Proprietors at any length. This was the tenth
fleeting they had held, and he was afraid he should be
guilty of tautology if he at all enlarged upon the nature
of the undertaking. Since the last meeting he was happy
to inform the Proprietors that, the whole of the contracts
between this and Colchester were now let, and that the
Works were progressing with great rapidity, and there
was no doubt that the line would be opened all the way
to Colchester, fifty-two miles from London, in September
of the ensuing year. Independently of other difficulties,
this railway, though it traversed a rich and fertile coun-
Y, though it passed through many towns of great agri-
cultural and manufacturing importance, had not met
With much support from the owners of property through
the country which it traversed; now, however, that a
Portion of the line (171 miles) had been opened, these
gentlemen were coming round, and that favourable opi-
nion was now vouchsafed to this undertaking, which it so
eminently deserved. There was only one other point to
which he would allude ; the Directors had been charged
with bringing forth deceptive accounts of the .state of the
Inlet they had taken an opportunity of denying this on
their oaths before the public, and they now asserted on
their honour, before this meeting, the correctness of those
accounts. On the estimate of Messrs. Braithwaite and
Locke, the whole of the line from beginning to end, could
be completed at an average expense of 45,000! per Mile;
that expense included the .Lie&on viaduct, which had
been a very great expense. Owiffg to the large sun ► paid
for the purchase of land, excluding the London vi; tcluet,
the average cost would be 34,0001. per mile; the •whole
cost of thedine from beginningto end would be 2,300,0001.
After this, let no man say money had been extravagantly
expended in this undertaking; there was not the slight-
est doubt that this railway would amply remunerate the
Shareholders for the expense and trouble they had under-
gone; it would redound to their credit and private good,
and, as far as they were concerned, be one of the most
lucrative proceedings of their lives.—(Loud cheerS.)
The Report was then read, from which it appeared, in
addition to the statements of the Chairman, that there.
was now in the hands of the Treasurer a clear balance
of 14,444/., affording a dividend of ss. per share;, but
that this dividend would not be payable till after the next
nteeting in February.
W. LAURENCE iIEYWORTH, Esq., moved the adop-
tion of the Report; he wished, however, to have „ no.
reserved fund; he would like to have the balance at once
divided amongst the shareholders. He considered the
formation of a reserved fund was but the keeping back
of the money of the present, for the future shareholders.
After 'some further discussion the Report was unani-
raously adepted.
, Mr. SWIFT proposed that the stint of 1001. be given
13,7 the Cotepany for the promotion of religious instruc-
tton amongst the labourers on the line.
Messrs. RA.THBONE, GIBBES, ESDAILE, and others,
seconded the motion.
Mr. LAURENCE HEYWORTH, MT. COPELAND, and
others, -opposed it.
A good deal of discussion ensued; and the. motion was
ultimately amended by the addition of:" any proprietor
objecting to this outlay, and giving notice to that effect
Within a month, shall be allowed to withdraw his.portion
• (1f the amount;" which amendment was carried by a. ma-
Jority of one.

CHEAP BREAD! CHEAP BREAD
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
the
subject has been mentioned before, but we repeat
`.',it contradiction of the Tory lie, for the sake of our
Correspondent's letter.]
_,Stu—The subjoined paragraph, taken from the Man-
'jester Courier, I found transcribed into the columns of
e Glasgow Courier, and have inclosed it to you, in the
benighted
that you will have the goodness to enlighten the
"tlighted ignorance of those two Tory journalists on the
elibieet of American Currency. The shilling of which
they speak, they will be pleased to note, is not sterling,
but the sixth part of a dollar (Pennsylvania currency),
the intrinsic value of which, rating the dollar at, say
48. 2d., its full value, will, of course, be Sid: English, for
the loaf of five pounds' weight.
Perhaps the two journalists in question, having, of
Course, no other object in view - than an exposition of
truth, will quote the price of American flour, and. show
Ow many pounds of it may be had for a shilling, or, to
att've them the trouble, perhaps, I may as well say that
a barrel of 19 6lbs. weight, net, may be purchased upon
ati average at something less than five dollars—say for
11. sterling, 91b. 4-sths for a shilling English money.
: would simply ask these sapient reasoners, if what
they argue be the facts of the case, how Comes it that
"'ley are so alarmed when tie ~.I..liLivn of those intamous
1100 r-starring laws are hinted at ?
Here is 'the paragraph alluded to :--
--AMERICAN " CHEAP BREAD."
The' following is a verbatim copy of an advertisement
' flan Amqican paper
" LARGE BREAD.—Five pounds of baked bread for
18. at W. S. Wilkston's bakery, 4, Madison street, cor-
ner of Chesnut ; warranted as good as any in the city."
The ab ove cannot be too widely circulated, as it will tend
to expose the fallacy of the Anti-Corn-law League in
their late exhibition through the streets of this and
other towns in England of ,the large American shilling
loat; and,the small English shilling loaf. The best
bread is sold in this town, where we are subject to a
Corn-law, alOO. for the 61b. loaf, and in the land of
Plentri—America, where there is no Corn-law, and where
We are to have so much cheap flour from, it is advertised
as cheap-51bs. for 18.—very near a halfpenny per pound
dearer than in this town.—lllanchester Courier.

I am, Sir, your obedient servnnt,
An ENGLISH RESIDENT in the UNITED STATES.
Glasgow, 9th May, 1841.

DiJ]ILIN CITY REGISTRY.
SATURDAY.
Registered. Stand. Rejected.
Liberals 2O ... 10 ... 1
Tories 5 ... 1 ... 1
The Liberal claimants cases stand over on the most
n'zvolous objections. Any case where a claimant appears
to register out of a shop, although in many instances
Paying over 20/., the agents for the Tories require the
ease to stand over to give them an opportunity to dis-
prove the value ; yet, in nine cases out of ten, they are
obliged to admit the value, after having an opportunity
of their hired valuators inspecting the premises.

MONDAY.
Registered. Stand. Rejected.
Liberals 2O ... 2 . • 3
Tories 2 ... 4 ... 1
Gross majority for Liberals, 83.