The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-06 00:00:00

SEAHAM HARBOUR.

The following is a copy of a letter addressed to th•
Marquis of Londonderry, by the Chief Commissioner of
Customs:—

"My dear Lord Londonderry,—lt has fallen to my
lot, in my official duties, to visit the ports op the eastern
coast of England. I have now seen Bridlington,
Whitby, Scarborough, Stoekton, Middlesborough, Har-
tlepool, Sunderland, Seaham, Newcastle, and flie.4wu
Shields. Of all the places which I have seen, Sealeain
strikes me with the greatest awe and amazement ; and
I cannot help writing a few lines to yen, its author and
proprietor, to express the great delight which I expe-
rienced in seeing the extraordinary work at that
place. If you were the person to conceive, as it
is well known that you were the liberal patron
to execute, the ngble works of that harbour, you
deserve praise for being the boldest engineer that ever
undertook to overcome the almost insurmountable ob-
stacles of nature. I gazed with admiration and surprise
at the persevering energy which could create a safe and
magnificent harbour out of such a place ; and I cannot
bnt wish you success and reward for your patriotic ex-
ertions. 'The works at Sunderland, both completed and
now in progress, gave me the greatest pleasure, after
your works at Seaham ; and from all that I have wit-
nessed at the places mentioned, I.cannot but express the
great astonishment which I experienced at seeing the
untiring and unlimited exertions of man in this part of
the empire to increase the national wealth.

" Believe me, dear Lord Londonderry, yours most
truly. ' "G.E. M. DAWSON.
" Newcastle, March 24th, 1847."

BRETT'S ELECTRIC PRINTING
TELEGRAPH.
An opportunity was afforded us on Saturday of wit-
nessing the practical application of Mr. Brett 's electric
printing telegraph, at the office of the company, in Par-
liament-street This telegraph has for some time past
been successfully worked in America, and reports have
reached this country of communications having been
regularly made by it between Philadelphia and Pitts-
burg, a distance of 300 miles, with the most extraordi-
nary accuracy and celerity. It is also stated that the
message of the governor to the Legislature of New
York, delivered in Albany on the 7th of January, con-
sisting of two columns and a half of solid nonpareil
type, was published in the city of New York two hours
after its delivery, having been transmitted sentence by
sentence by the te!egraph in question; and that measures
are in the course of progress for the extension of this
wonderful invention throughout the whole of Lower
and Upper Canada, embracing at the same time Wash-
ington and New Orleans. The apparatus is thus de-
scribed in the prospectus of the company :—" At one
extremity of the line is fixed a small box containing a
row of keys (similar to those bf a pianoforte), and marked
with the letters of the alphabet, which is connected by
'single wire to a printing machine at the other extre-
mity, containing a wheel, having on its circumference
corresponding letters. A alight electric power is suffi-
cient to regulate the motion of the whole, and the in-
stant that a key representing any particular letter is
touched at one end of the line, the corresponding letter
of the type wheel prints, and the alarna-bell rings, at the
other. The communications are printed on a scroll of
paper of unlimited length, from which any portion of the
correspondence may be cut off at pleasure." The expe-
riments at which we were present on Saturday were
satisfactory in the extreme ; and proof was given that
between 80 and 90 letters could be impressed with ease
in a single minute upon the recipient paper, while the
consecutive letters of the alphabet were even taken down
in so short a time as eleven seconds ! The appearance
of the typography is clean, but the lines are slightly
irregular. It is, however, beautifully clear and legibVt
and whatever defects there may be on the score of sym
metry may, no doubt, be easily removed by a little
mechanical consideration. The advantages which this
telegraph enjoys over all others are too obvious to need
mentioning. Correspondence can be transmitted from
place to place, no matter the extent of distance, copies of
which may be simultaneously secured at all the inter-
mediate stations, and printed news thus fly over the
surface of the land with the incomprehensible velocity Of
lightning.
In a letter addressed to Sir Robert Peel, in July, 1845 e
by Mr. Brett, the attention of the Government was in•
vited to the following proposals:—lst. The immediate
communication of orders and dispatches to all parts of
the empire, and the instant return of answers to the
same from the seats of local government, &c., all deli-
vered in an unerring and printed form. 2d. A general
telegraphic post-office system, uniting the chief and
branch offices in London in connexion with all the offices
throughout the kingdom, for transmitting messages 01,
business, &c., from merchants, brokers, tradesmen, and
private persons. 3d. The application of the appara4 to
police, military, and naval arrangements. That the in-
vention contains within itself these and other advantages
cannot for a moment be questioned; and it can hardly
be doubted that, before long, the British public will more
or less be in possession of them. Mr. Brett is likewise
the originator and patentee of an oceanic line upon the
same principle, which be affirms to be equally simple and
practicable.—Morning Paper.

To THE LADIES.—The high and universal cele'
brity which Rowland's Kalydor continues to maintain,-as
active yet mild and soothing extirpator of all impurities of the
skin, is, during the period of spring, most pleasingly evinced.
This preparation, eminently balsamic, restorative, and jet
gorating, is equally celebrated for safety in application, 09,
unfailing efficacy in removing all impurities and discolors Of
tions ; and imparting a healthy freshness and transparency
the skin and complexion. Its universally great demand OP
cites the cupidity of unprincipled shopkeepers, who give the
title of " Kalydor" to compounds of their own manufacture,
of the most deleterious character, containing mineral &stria.
gents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and, by their repel-
lent action, endanger health. It is therefore imperative cal
purchasers to see that the words " Rowland's Kalydor" are 00
the wrapper. All others are fraudulent counterfeits.
HULL STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL (s.—The sales
this day were—Eastern Connties, York Extension.
% dis
Mallon and Driffield Junction. p.—North British, Halves,
lsYB—Ditto, Quarters, 775. 6d.—Ditto, Extension (NM'
13g. 3d. p.—Northern Counties Union, 10s. 6cl.—Shropshire
Union, 11A

STOCKGLASGOW EXCHANGE, APRIL 3.—The sales
this day were—Airdrie and Bathgate, 78s.—Ayr and Gallo'
way, 41s.—Ballochney, 461/2—Caledonian and Dumbarton-
shire, 42s.—Direct Bombay and Madras, 3s. 6d.—East
75. 6d.—Edinburgh and Perth (New Co.), 605.-:;
Ditto, Halves, 21s. 6d.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 61%
—Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 75/13—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and
Ardrossan, 53/4—Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monkland Junction'
51/2—Manchester and Southampton, 28s.—North British,
33.—Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 27s.—Stirling and Dun'
fermline, 80s. 6d.
CANINE ATTACRMENT.—A short time ago Mr.
Bell, of Beathwaite-green, sent his man to bring home 0
pony which he had purchased of Mr. James Holme, Uf
the Strickland Arms, Sizergh Fellside. When the ma
was bringing the animal away from his former owner he
found that a large dog of the bloodhound breed had ae•
companied him from the Sizergh Arms. The man stopped
on the way for a short time at the Duke of York public-
house, but upon his attempting to resume his journey the
dog entered a very significant growling protest, which,
upon the man's pTrsisting in the attempt, deepened into
rather alarming demonstrations of hostility. Apparently
the animal, though he had no objection to his equine
companion taking a short journey under his safeguard,
had conceived in his doggish mind a suspicion that things
were now going too far, and that he was really about to
lose him. He became at last so furious that nothing
would pacify him, until the man was compelled to turn
the pony's head the other way, and take him to his for..
mer owner.— Westmoreland Gazette.
The following guns have been mounted at Tilbury
Fort : —East Gunline, fifteen 32-pounder guns of 56 cwt.
East Covertway, twelve 32-pounder guns of 56 cwt.
West Gunline, thirteen 32-pounder guns of 56 04'
North-East Bastion, six 32-pounders of 56 cwt. South-
West Bastion, three 32-pounders of 56 cwt. South
Bastion, one 32 pounder of 56 cwt. All the above are
mounted on dwarf traversing platforms. Remaining
flanks, nineteen 32-pounder gnus of 33 cwt. on common
carriages. Total for Tilbury Fort, 69 guns. Grand
total for the defences of the Thames and Medway, 142
guns. In addition to this large armament, batteries are
to be erected at Coal-house Point, a few miles below
Gravesend, at the entrance to sea reach, and on the Isle
of Grain, opposite Sheerness.—Chelmsford Chronicle.
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