The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-23 00:00:00

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M 23, 1846.

-RAILWAY ECCENTRICITIES.
Now price 6d.,
INCONSISTENCIESready, a MEN of GENIUS
EXEMPLIFIED in the PRACTICE and PRECEPTS of
ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL, Esq., and the Theoretical
Opinions of CHARLES ALEXANDER SAUNDERS, Esq., Secretary
of the Great Western Railway, Advocates of Break of Gauge.
THE ARGUMENT.
PART I.—Shows how Mr. Bruise!, in 1838, persuaded the Directors
of the Great Western Railway to adopt the Broad Gauge, assuring
them that this railway would have "
no.connexion with any other
of the main lines ;" and how, in 1845, he attempted to force a con-
nexion between it and the main lines, at Wolverhampton, Rugby,
Dorchester, 87.c.—How Mr. Brunel stated that carriages and trucks
would not pass from one railway to another, being different
s's'its h
pro-
perties, whereas snore than half a million are passing annually at the
having
present time.--How Mr. Brunel, in 1833, adopted the Broad Gauge,
for the express reason that the railway would be nearly level, and
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sharpest curves.—How Mr. Brunel said, in 1839, that " lie never re-
commended the Broad Gauge for the p
glues ;" and how, in 1845, it was his boast that he was building en
glues wider and lamer. How Mr. Brunel selected the Broad
Gauge because he could place the bodies of the carriages within the
wheels, and how he has always brought them outside the wheels.—
How Mr. Brunel advocates the atmospheric system, which in all
essential points is the exact converse of the Broad Gauge System.
Pam' II.—Shays what Mr. Saunders thought of competition In
1844, when he was a disinterested party, and what he said about
Competition when he was an interested party.
John.ollivier, 59, Pall-mall.

Now ready. Price 6d•
lIHE BROAD GAUGE THE BANE OF
I, THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. .With
an Account of the Present and ProspectiVc Liabilities saddled on
the Proprietors by the Promoters, of that peculiar Crochet:
By £. s. d.
" A barbe de fol, on apprend a rairc."
[Which, being translated for the benefit of country Gentlemen,
means]—
" Mr. Brunel has learnt to shave on the chin of the Great Western
Directors."

PRICE SD.

past one, and July 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankraptcy.
Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Brialey, Pan-
cras-lane, City.
Joseph Haynes, woollen warehouseman, Aldermanbury,
June 2, at two, and July 9, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Norton
and Son, New-street, Bishopsgate.
Ann Robinson, draper, Chester-le-Street, Durham, May 29,
at half-past one, and July 7, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-
'l yne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne ; Bell, Broderick, and Bell, Bow Church-yard,
City • T. and W. Chater, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Edmondson Cooban, brewer, Liverpool, June 9 and 29, at
twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official as-
signee ; Cornthwaite, Old Jewry-chambers ; Pemberton,
Liverpool.
George Jones, builder, Toxteth-park, Lancashire, June 2
and 30, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove,
official assignee; Berkeley, Lincoln's Inn-fields; Jones, Li •
verpool.
Thomas Hitt Harvey, merchant, Weymouth, June 3,. at
eleven, and June 25, at one, at the Exeter District Court.
Hirtzell, official assignee, Exeter ; Stone and Symonds, Dor-
chester;
Peter Stogdon, Exeter; Dangerfield, Chancery-lane.
attwelve, Rhodes, cotton •spinner, Manchester, June 8 and 24,
at the Manchester District Court, Fraser, Official
assignee,
Manchester; Gregory, Faulkener, and Co., Bedford-
row, London ; Hampson and Son, Manchester.
James Edwards,, iron founder, Digbeth, Birmingham,
June 6, and July
maetete Birmingham District
Court. Whitmore, official ass?' Birmingham; Hodgson,
Birmingham ; Vincent and C0.,6 Temple.
William Taylor, share broker, June 4, and July 4, at
twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Bitt_le.sto9, official
assignee, Birmingham;
Smith and Co., Bedfor-row, London.