The Sun.
London, England, 1840-12-14 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, DEC. 12.
IRISH MANUFACTURERS-THE DUKE OF
LEINSTER AND THE EARL OF CHARLE-
MONT.

Among the many meetings recently held to promo e
the use of Irish manufactures, was one that took place
here yesterday in the Rotunda.
His Grace the Duke Of LEINSTER and Lord CIIARLE
MINT, whilst declaring themselves in favour of this new
movement, repudiated an exclusive system. " I beg most
distinctly (said the Duke of Leinster) to be understood,
that although in attending this meeting, I am sincerely
anxious, in every way in my power to promote the manu-
factures of my native country, I am also decidedly against
any exclusive system —( Hear, Le It I thought there
was any fecli:tg of that sort actu,tting those who got up the
present requisition, I most certainiy wAild not have at-
tkirled to give it my countenance support.—( hear,
hear.) I understood it to be a meeting called solely for
the purpose of promoting Irish manufactures, and I join
most cordially in that "
The Earl of CHARLEMONT joined with his Noble Friend
In giving expression to the iitiKlo sen.iment.
Mr. John O'Connell, M. P., and Mr. Grattan, M.P.,
were present. The latter gentleman proposed the forma-
tion of a Committee to carry out the objects of the
Ineeiint•

Vlr. J. O'('ONNELL 1 eked upcn the meeting Rothe molt
ortattt that tt),,k pktec to Dut.t:lll, and be ha,i no
cbdt ptozi.ttuus ui.o ukl)s w tc,r
Ireland.

A PROTESTANT DEAN AND HIS CATHOLIC PARISHIONERS.
It is ultc,ys grati!)ing to r,eurti instances of the goOd
feeling's of the Irish peasantry, especially when manif-isted
towards those of a d•ff.rent creed ; and in cases K here the
Protusratit clerg) man of a parish has gained the esteem
and riff.-etion of his Roman Catholic neighbours, and good
feelings are mutually manic, sted, it speaks well for both
parti, s. A %cry gratiktag instance of the existence of
such feelings occurred in a remote part of the ceuntry,
in the course of t;:,. present week. The Dian of
Achoury having left borne for Dublin, last Monday,
his Roo.an Carbolic parishioners, in b;s absence, assem-
hh,rl for the purpose of drawing home a large qu,:ntity of
the Dean's turf, which was still on the Bog. At nine
o'cluek on Tuesday morning, the family of the Deanery
were ezeprii•ed by a nirit of upwards of 120 men, some with
cars and horses, ,39111‘,' with donkeys and some with creels
on their backs, all carry eag turf to the yard, where it was
bolt up in a stack by willing hands. At five o'clock iii the
eactot.g,lhe last luad arrives, accompanied by forty then,
ado° bad been, duriog the day, employed at the Bog filling
the carts and cribs, and wi!h a fiddler seated on the top of
the load mei illy engeged in the exercise of his prulessionai
poActs. From five to seven o'clock, parties of twenty.
five at a time in succession partook of a hearty dinner in
the servants'-hall; arid all being teetotal-rs, tr,ilk consti-
I wed their he%erage, in which they drank health, long life,
and every happmess to the worthy Dean and his I.dy, and
their children On the foliowing day the fragments were
distributed am-ngtt the poor.
Let none despise this " simple annal "—though it re-
cords a transaction in which the humbler classes were alone
employed, and which occurred in a parish " remote from •
coies," it aff,nds an adiLtional proof ut the gratitude of a
people too little accustomed to kindness and conciliatio
le
n,
and is calculated to convey a lesson to thole who,
they deny the existence of such good feelings in the
breasts of their fellow-countrymen, have never exerted
themselves to deserve the good-will of a grateful and a
kind-hearted people. —Dublin Evening Post.
Rumou RED FATAL DUEL.—It is with pain we mention a
rumour which prevailed through town yesterday evening,
to the effect that R. D. Browne, Esq., M.P. for Mayo,
had been killed in a duel with Colonel Fitzgerald
Freeman's Journal —.[We (Dual Evening Post) have
been assured by the friends of Mr. Browne,
letters from Mayo this morning, that this report is t nun: y
wl-A? recciveid
unfoun.led.]

GENERAL POST-OFFICE MONEY ORDERS.--
This day the Postmastcr-General's order relative to the
.i cablishmeht of branch offices for the receipt and pay..
meta of money came into operation. Ihero are upwards
of thirty branch offices within the late twopenny post
limits, and about forty without the three mile circle.
This judicious arrangement will afford great facility to the
public, and aill facilitate the transmission of smolt sums.
This, in conjunction with thi• last gencriil order for the
reduction of the rate of commission, will be of the greatest
importance.

EVENING EDITION.

ACcIDPNTS ON MAIIr,W.I.`:S

TO THE EDIT6II OF THE SUN.
Lowlands, near Harrow, Dec. 12.
Sett,—The evidence given before myself and my bro-
ther jurors on the ir quest held at Harrow on the
bodies of the two unfortunate men, who were lately
killed on the London and Birmingham railroad, in con-
s, queues ot a collision of two engines, iihuedontly
total li:fficiency the present
by mans of lights of various kiwis and colours, to at"
tract with certainty the attention of the engine di ivers ;
while the same evideuce clearly established that the
engine whistle was a signal that could not fail to be
heard by the engine driv,,, under ell cireumsfative...
and was a sound so peeu:i.v.- in itself it could uot
be mistaken for Way other.
These facts have led me to the conclusion that all
night- signals, and day signals also, fors topping ,the
engines, which is, in fact, the only important end to
be attained by signals, with refereece to
dangers of all
should be refuraitle to the en ne whistle.
llt is manifest, that to refer every signal to the eye
(which delicate organ can at ordinary times scarcely
tc in railway locomotion, to meet the mere current
of opposing air), in cases of storms of wind, rain'
sleet, snow, or hail (to all which the engine
openly exposed) is a most unreasonable plan ; while the
total cormealnient from the eye of al such sign4s,
where .hors curves of the line occur, and in seasons of
fog, and falls of snow, and other hard weather, render*
their adoption a perfect absurdity. Moreover, the eye
in these cases is not by any means so well to be de'
pended upon as a medium through which to releive
warning as the ear. The eve must be turned la a Par"
driver is
titular direction to be availed in any degree, and to be
effectually available the mind also should be engage.i it)
directing its energies ; and it is perhaps mote then ea°
be expected of unman nature to keep sip that constant. ill'
tense, and anxious watch for sign.ls addressed to the er
under the suffering circumstances to which engine driver/
are exposed, and in bad weather and at night espeeiBill'
whistle
which the public safety demands. The eugiae
is free from all these objections the moment the beet:
is turned. Its shrill sound bursts all efficientlY
the ear of the engine driver, whether he will orer %-
be
wheth he be attending his machinery or giving
structions to his fireman or to the guard, wk,,ther
is looking one way or the oi.ner, or even it his era le
closed for protection against the weather ; lebetherdto
be standing looking forward, and thus fully esPe'e
be Leo
the elements, or comfortably sheltered behind t
di-
screen afforded by the ponderous machinery be
at
recting. All this clearly marks it out tornthe inapori
evsk_
duty of warning in time of danger
othing can
more easy than its application for that purpose.
A hundred different inventions might be suggestec_.
tions to which they should all be subjects The coast
as many minutes by a skilful engineer.
as follows :—The signal whistle should be close Pened
engine driver, and should be capable of being non the
while passing at full speed at the will of Per"" is
line not travelling with the engine or train lb° 'mot
drawing ; and the whistle should continue 01000,
sounding till its warning is obeyed by the stePPieg ° •
. come,
however,
the
engine. The invention should be sirnPle'
lue;Poo an.
portable, and easy of application to all —ilw°
part of the line. The following description i 3 °
simple apparatus, which I conceive • e the 211"
foregoing conditions, which I suggested darinD 11 of
quest alluded to, and which having been thought
.wee__e.
by several men of great engineering talent 30d "
th*
rience in railways, I am induced to publish throug
medium of your valuable and widely circulated PaParr
pro bono public°, which on all
I propose to have the distance posts e its)
railways I have observed occur every quarter ofda toist)
to
guaged to a fixed distance from the rail
; ve the
000
this post I propose to drive two staples
°ocket•
perfectly fulfils the
other ; into these staples, thus forminv a -9 d ter
I set a small gibbet at the place where it is require
The upper hes
to give warning to the driver to stop•
rixontal arm of this gibbet projects over the rails.
level with the handle of the whistle, which shouio br
placed a little to one aide of the dome of tut bui er foe
that purpose, and as the engine passes tbar place, 1•? e
gibbet striking against the Inmate opens the whis,tl l
and having performed this operation is instenti_
struck out of the way of the following carriage!
by a short fixed stay or rod screwed or rieettedt
on to the dome, just behind the whistle handle, btt
a little to one side of it. One of those gibbets
which told up and are therefore quite portable, sb°uld
be taken by each guard, and one kept at each statiew
house, arid at whatever part of the line it is requiret
1.,
that the engineer should have warning to stop, it
only to take the gibbet to the quarter mile poet
next beyond that spot and stick it in its socket,
t
when the engine will be warned in a manner if teae
must he heard and cannot be mistaken. Again,
hinder pelt of a luggage train break off in the
night (a very common occurrence,) the guard
th
is exposed to having the putt of the train he is left with
(tor he sits always in the last carriage,) run into by the
next coaling train ; but if he at once takes his gibbet
and goes back to the next quarter mile post, and sucks
it up, the warning to the next train he is in daneOr
from will be inevitable, and no collision need :.eke
place. I would recommend that this signal be 064
in this manner only as a signal to stop, and that in tee
next Act passed to regulate railway travelling (and etsm
is sadly needed) it be made a misdemeanor, with heavY
punishments attached, to disobey this signal.
In the hope that this communication may be use
to the public, I on, Sir, your obedient servant.
BENJAMIN ROTCH-
N.B. Drawings of the gibbet, wen its fitments eat;
plete, may be seen at Mr. Cha'in's, Soutbarapted'burc,
Mechanical Draftsman, or at Mr.R. C. Carp
Architect and Surveyor, 99, Guildford•street, Ruse°
square.

Th Editor of LIEUTENANTSneS alio tee! to gi."
his attention to the annexed of elaetition whicli
will be laid before ber Majestyeapyearl aril:est *eek' ("1.14
behalf of a neglected portion of the officyers of the Britio"
army—the Lieutenants who were placed on half-PaY at
the close of the war and allowed to remain ever since
in adversity, to ' i •the world idcd for
struggle with
and unattended to. And they would hope that thee(
cause will receive the support and advocacy of The Sum,
which will so much strengthen the justice of their cause*
igOeaFruesTolyirEe Agesy

Dec. 11, 1840.
To the Queen's Most Excellent
at the dose of
Army, who were placed on half-payl
nd Brother O
the war, on behalf of themselves a
cers of that rank similarly situated,
The Memorial of the undersigned Lieutenants of the
Most humbly approach your ;Majesty,• ken loyeltY
To tender the dutiful assurance of their unshaken
to the
to your Majesty's sacred person, and their fidelity
throne ; and to crave your Majesty's attention to this tor"
Petition.
Petitioners most humbly represent, that they bale beW
the rank of Lieutenant in the army, upwards of twenty',
five years, and were placed on half-pay by the reduction "I
their regiments or bAtalions, at the termination of the late
war, in 1814, or, subsequently, to the battle of Waterloo-
That several of them served in different parts of the
glebe with zeal and efficiency, and sustained many of she
privations attending on military lite, in the different parts
of the world.
Thai pc :i.ioners having been co placed balf-pay
Ca'
trars to !heir wish or desire, were deprived of obta
which they so fondly ming
rank in the Biitish army, to aspired.
Petitioners would therefore represent that their ease
ra:ly has been one of unparalleled disappointment, be'
eAU,C of their having been excluded under the foregoior,
circumstance, from further promotion or the advantages °I
he service ; and beir:g unqualified frets their professioa
tier oilier pursuits, their prospects in life were thereby en-
tirely blighted.
Petitioners in thus laying their humble memorial before
their Sovereign, are anxious to 'accompany it with an
humble assurance that thet are ant actuated by any wires-
sonAble motive ; and only pray that their Most GrAcious.
Queen will be pleased to confer on them one step of rank
(unattached or otherwise), above that which they have
held nearly thirty years ; and grant them, according to
your Majesty's pleasure, the small addition of sixpence per
diem to their sullistenee, which would not be considered
a burden upon the public ; nor would they prepuine to seek
such a bo,n were they not impressed with a belief that
their country would hail with pleasure any mark of Royal
favour conferred upon them a, old and deserving soldiers.
Petitioners would most humbly refer to the bountiful.
ntiiin your Most Grac,ous Majesty has been most gra-
and Navy ; and indulge the fond
ci,e;sly pleased tot eikow upon other ranks of their brother
peculiarfty of their own case will nut render
hOL.ftplue,e.
trish,,otf
tthhee A r y
Alnigßht ,sal Consort, io the gi°l
Almighty
them less deserving, Your Maj sty's consideration : all
which they most dutifully !ohmic to your. Majesty :
Arid
f yourt ph Brill h e
r that
e
jsty, thetn,
di
yourilre,
tilt,
honour and advautage Of
yeur loyal subjects ; and spare with long
health the Pi incest which Providence has beea
pleased to give the nation. life and

e
had
MISS JANE PREsT.—Mr. John Harrison, of White-
bave''ha, been compelled to abandon the suit which b
instituted against Miss Jane Prest, in the Ecclesiasti-
cal Court at R chrnond, for " perturba.ion" of a seat in the
parish church of Workington, and has been ordered to pal
the taxed costs of the suit 1 This may he looked Upon 25
a virtual admission that he had no claim to the niiput4
pew, that it, in point of fact, belongs to Miss Prest ;
yet the poor woman had to undergo an imprisonment 41.
twenty-four weeks in the common jail of Carlisle,
she was too poor to take legal steps to defend her right.
A more fligrant,:case of injustice and oppression was never
heard ; and it is gratify ing to find that justice is at length'
beginning to be meted out to the oppressor. The costs
which have been borne by G. H. Head, Ea+, will now
be refunded ; and we understand it is the intention of that
gentleman to present the amount to Miss Prest. NV
trust the matter will be followed up by calling the attention
of Parliament to the subject.—Carlisle Journal.: because
dreadful conflict between three of the keeper*:
of Sir Hugh Hoare and tliree poachers, took Pi"e
Stomton, Somerset, on Tuesday evening. After a hard
fought battle, one of the keepers inflicted a fatal blow. :a
the head of one of the poachers, which instantly .dei!aa
him of life. A verdict of "Justifiable Homicide" _i
h.:
been returned by the Coroner's Jury . The nareF_ef
deceased was Adams. He was the champion of Log
at singlestick.