The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-20 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—In your valuable paper of the 14th, you put a
question respecting railway signals, which appears to
me not of very difficult solution.
I think the easiest mode for passengers in a railway
carriage, to communicate with the guard, would be
through a speaking tube ; a mouthpiece attached to an
elastic tube should be fixed in each carriage, and a cer-
tain number attached to it; the tube should be connected
between one carriage and another in the same manner
as the feed-pipe of an engine is to the tender, and be
continuous to the guard's seat. Any person in the train
wishing to communicate with him has only to call the
number on the mouth-piece, and speak what he has to
say; the guard will then know whether it is necessary,
to come to the carriage where the person is, or to com-
municate with the engine-driver; which he can do by
striking a bell or a steel bar, which would give a certain
note corresponding with a similar one on the tender.
There should be several bars, each giving different
sounds, and on each should be engraved what is intended
for the engine-driver to observe, when he hears a cer-
tain bar struck by the guard. It appears to me that by
this means would be attained the desideratumQ youE
men-
tion.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. ,
OXFORD, SEPT. 18.—The Rev. Richard Ward, of Oriel 1
College, has been appointed to the Assistant Curacy of
Mells, Somerset.
The Rev. Walter John Trower, late Fellow of Oriel
College, has been elected Bishop of Glasgow.
The Rev. George Buckle, of Oriel College, has been
appointed to the curacy of Purleigh, Essex.
I'ir.blei.ißrbeyv.t Henry
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Perpetualoug h , ofc
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of
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presented to the Perpetual Curacy of Grinsdale, Cumber-
land—value 10S/. Patron, J. Dacree, Esq.
The Rev. J. Chambers. of All Souls' College, has been
elected Junior Classical Tutor of Queen's College, Bir-
mingham.
The Rev. John Sedgwick, of Magdalen College, has
been appointed Junior Mathematical and Classical Tutor
in the Ordnance School, Carshalton House.
The Rev. George Fereman, of Christ Church, has been
appointed a Surrogate of this diocese.
The Rev. R. P. Hassell has presented the Rev. Win.
11. Cartwright, of Trinity College, to the Rectory of
Butcornbe, Somerset—value, 2481. per annum.
The Rev. Edward Whitehead, of St. John's Collage,
has been appointed Assistant Curate of the Abbey
Church, Bath.
Ttio Rev. Adolphus F. Carey, of Wadliani College,
has been appointed to the Curacy of Badgwortb, So-
merset.
The Earl of Lovelace has presented the Rev. Andrew
Anderson to the Rectory of Culbone, Somerset.
The Patron has presented the Rev. J. Boyce to the 1
Viearage of Old Cleeve, Somerset—value 1
The Rev. W. M. Dupre has been presented to the Per-
petual Curacy of St. Margaret's Chapel, Brighton—value
1501. per annum.
The Hon. J. D• Bligh has presented the Rev. S. G3lll. 11
bier to the Perpetual Curacy of Sandgate, Kent—value
1921. per annum.
The Vicar of Bakewell has presented the Rev. Richard
1 byshire--value 871. per annum.
ghtoans,beDaenr-
t R, J, Beadon, lisq,, has presented the Rev, J. Slaltr

THE QUEEN ON .L 0 CHNAGAR.
CRATHIE-BRIDGE, SATURDAY.—Every act of Our
gracious Sovereign among us here on Deeside in-
creases, if possible, the feeling of admiration with
which she is universally regarded. The Queen out-
strips most "ladies nursed in pomp and pleasure" in
activity, energy, and undaunted spirit, while queenly
dignity and womanly grace characterise every act of
her existence. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, ac-
companied by some ladies and gentlemen in waiting,
set out this morning at nine o'clock to visit the
summit of Lochnagar. Much as Byron's beautiful
poem has done to surround this mountain with a halo
of romance to such as never climbed its
" Wastes that dern and dreary lie"—
to those who love the grandeur of nature and stand
upon the cloven summit, the poetic picture is firigotten
in the solemn wonders of the reality. Its great keight,
being the highest of the more easterly of the Gram-
pians, and the magnificent prospect that is unfolded
to the spectator, make it well worthy a visit; but.
the tremendous sublimity of the hill itself presents a
scene that fills the mind with such awe and astonish-
ment, that for a time everything else is forgotten, and
we gaze upon the rugged precipices as if they were
the ruins of a depopulated world.
Her Majesty chose a route seldom taken by visi-
tors—" through the pine-covered glade," in the valley
of the Garwald, a small stream that takes its rise at
the top of the mountain and falls into the Dee about
half a mile below Craig Clunie. The route, though
rather circuitous, is the most pleasant that can be
chosen. In the course of the stream are two rapids,
in which the fall is very considerable, especially in
the upper ; the little brawling torrent leaps from
ledge to ledge down a rocky declivity overhung by
birches and pines, where a scene of much natural
beauty has been enhanced by the efforts of art under
the guidance of an excellent taste. On a promon-
tory that faces the waterfall a seat has been erected,
from which a fine view is obtained of the fairy imita-
tion of the grandeur of a mountain torrent invading
the umbrageous solitudes of the forest, and, from its
foaming basin, dancing downwards over little cas-
cades, and twirling eddies here and there at the foot
of the rock, it makes, as one might imagine—
" Hyblean murmurs of poetic thought,"
all the way till it bounds in another miniature cata-
ract from rock to rock down the valley.
Up the burn side the scene continues to be very
pleasant, but the trees on the rocks became gradually
fewer and less verdant. The cran and black-berries
give place to the heather, and the view opens up of
the wild glen between Locknagar and Bullock Bowie.
The royal party were accompanied by two guides
and the Prince's game-keepers. Her Majesty and
the ladies rode upon Highland ponies, which can be
with little difficulty taken, and by a circuitous way
ridden to the top of the mountain.
On the summit the scene is one of the sternest
sublimity. On every side, except towards the east,
the prospect is bounded by mountains that raise their
heads to Heaven, like the fortification of the Titans,
some bearing the eternal snow on their hoary heads,
while down the valley many a sweet spot, em-
bosomed in woods and shadowed by hills, relieves
the gloomy splendour of the vast prospect. At
times the white fog is to be seer creeping over
the tops of the mountains and shrouding them
gradually from the view till the spectator himself
becomes enveloped in a cold mist on the cloud-capt
precipice. Such was, we regret to say, the fortune
of her Majesty while she stood surveying " the steep
frowning glories" that meet the eye on the very sum-
mit—the Royal party were overtaken by a storm, and
surrounded in a cloud of mist, so that no individual
was visible to another at a few feet distance, and the
consequence was, that they were entirely drenched
with wet. They were necessarily obliged to content
themselves with the scene immediately at their feet;
but that of itself is sufficient recompense for a longer
and even more laborious journey on two sides of the
hill. The summit rises in a sheer precipice of 1,300
feet from dark gloomy gorges, in which are outspread
black melancholy lochs, so deep that popular opinion
holds them to be fathomless and full of muddy " gar"
that characterises their denomination of the moun-
tain. One would scarcely be astonished, on gazing
upon them, to see the fabled Prometheus chained to
some rugged ledge, with the eagle of Jupiter gnaw-
ing at the Titan's vitals. While standing here,
" Among the grisly cliffs that guard
The infant rills of Highland Dee,"
the feeling of the spectator is no holiday feeling ; it
is no place for an everyday tourist, who sets out a
picknicking amid its wild magnificence. The voice-
less solitude pours solemnity and adoration into the
heart, aril he alone can feel its influence who can say
with Coleridge—
"And when I rose I found myself in prayer."
On such a place mighty truths are told, and it is on
such a place that the German transcendentalist should
stand when revolving the beautiful mysticism of his
pantheistical creed, for there he will learn the
difference between God and Nature—between the
simple grandeur of revelation and Christianity, and
the philosophical dream of a poetical my thologian—
" Man loves amid the vallies,
But he prays upon the hills."
Such a spot was worthy of a visit from our true-hearted
Queen ; and we would fain indulge a hope that,
when far away from Deeside and the loyal hearted
people whose love she has exalted to a chivalrous
devotion, like that of the days of old, she will at times
recall with a pleasant memory
" The crags that are wild and majestic:
The steep frowning glories of dark Lochnagar."
The royal party arrived from Lochn agar about
four o'clock.
Lord John Russell is at present on a visit to her
Majesty; he arrived last night from Perth, and drove
out this afternoon.—Post.

POSTAGE ON NEWSPAPERS.—On the 4th inst. an
Act came into operation for rendering certain newspapers
published in the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man
liable to postage (11th and 12th Victoria, chap. 117).
By this Act it is declared that the Postmaster-General,
with the consent of the Commissioners of the Treasury,
may from time to time, and at all times hereafter, charge
any newspapers printed or published in any of the Islands
of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, and Man, and sent
by the post in Great Britain or Ireland, with such rates
or duties of postage as the Postmaster-General, with the
consent of the Treasury, shall think fit, but not exceed-
ing the rates or duties to which such newspapers would be
liable if they were letters sent by the post, and the Post-
master-General may from time to time, with such con-
sent, alter or repeal any such rates or duties of postage,
and charge any such newspapers with any other rates or
duties not exceeding the rates to which such newspapers
would be liable if they were letters (or may exempt any
such newspapers from all duties of postage) in lieu
thereof ; and the rates or duties of postage from time to
time to become chargeable shall be paid accordingly,
and the money so received shall form part of the revenue
of the Post-office.
CITY COMMISSION or SEWERS. --- Yesterday, a
Court of Commission of Sewers for the city of London
was held in their Council Chamber, Guildhall.—Mr.
Deputy Corney. in the chair. Mr. Deputy Bridge
called the attention of the Court to the present system
of using deodorising fluids in the sewers. He believed
though these fluids caused a temporary cessation of the
stench, yet that in a few weeks they created a much
more offensive smell than before existed. Het
re
com-
mended that a committee should be appointed to
sider the practicability of carrying off the offensive
effluvium by means of shafts or chimneys. Mr. Alder-
man Laurence admitted that the deodorising fluids de-
served the censure which the worthy Deputy had passed
sed
upon them, but he was strongly opposed to the er
of chimneys throughout the City. No doubt the sewers
must be well cleansed, but he should recommend a good
system of flushing, such as had been adopted by the
Metropolitan Commissioners.—(Hear, hear.)—Mr. Con-
chr moved the appointment of a committee to consider
whether some additional remuneration should not be
given to Messrs. Daw, Hayward, and Tiehner, for the
greatly increased labour which those gentlemen had
undertaken in procuring the passing of the new Bill
through Parliament. The Hon. Gentleman paid a high
tribute to the energy, perseverance, and ability of the
gentlemen in question, and concluded by submitting the
motion of which he had given notice.—After a lung di,
cussion the motion was withdrawn, it being understood
that the matter might again come before the Court. A
rate of sixpence iu the pound for the ensuing half-year
was then agreed to, and the report of Messrs. Walker,
Brunel, and Cubitt, on the state of the City sewers,
having been ordered to be printed, the Court broke up.

The Judges all leave town this afternoon for
Clonmel. The'Commission will open unlike ordinary
assizes for the county at large. For ordinary pur-
poses the county has been divided into two ridings,
the assizes for the north riding being held at Nenagh,
for the south riding at Clonmel, with separate grand
and petit juries. It has been decided that this divi-
sion of the county does not apply to the case of
special commissions, and the grand and petit panels
will both be returned for the entire county.
Mr. Bull and Sir Colman o'.Loghlen are to appear
for Mr. Meagher; Mr. Henn, Q.C., and Mr. White-
side, for Mr. Smith O'Brien. It is said that the
Attorney-General claims Mr. Henn's services for the
Crown, and insists that the retainer for Mr. O'Brien
shall be returned.
THE PERIPATETIC PARLIAMENTS.
The Society for,Promoting the Annual Sittings of
the Imperial PRltment in Ireland for transacting
Irish.business, me esterdhy, at eight o'clock P.M., at
the Committee-room, at the Northumberland-build.
ings, when the chair was taken by Mr. Napier, in the
absence of Lord William Fitzgerald.
Letters were read from Lord William Fitzgerald,
apologising for his absence, and various letters con-
taining advice as to the proceedings of the society,
and suggesting other matters. Several other letters
were read, proposing alterations and amendments of
the proposed scheme, the substitution of other plans,
and enlargement of the sphere of operations, by sub-
stituting a variety of remedial measures. The sub-
joined resolution was, in consequence, submitted, and
unanimously adopted :
" Resolved—That none of these suggestions be
entertained or discussed, the" committee being pledged
to confine themselves to the high object of endeavour-
ing to secure a periodical sitting of the Imperial
Parliament in Dublin, for the consideration of Irish
affairs."

The following new members were proposed and
admitted, C. E. Walker, J.P., D.L. ; Sharman Craw-
ford, Esq., M.P. ' • Hugh O'Reilly, Esq., J.P. ; J. S.
Hamilton, Esq. ; W. Stern, Esq. ' • Chichester Bolton,
Esq., J.P. ; Augustin Barton, Esq. ; R. Grattan,
Esq.; Sir Richard Baker; T. M. Gresham, Esq. ;
P. Kearney, Esq., J.P. ; William Radcliffe, Esq. ;
Samuel Smith, Esq, J.P.'; Thomas Rotherham, Esq.,
J.P.; Peter Nugent Fitzgerald, Esq.; Toriano
L'Estrange, Esq., J.P.; the Editor of the Leinster
Express; the Editor of the Meath Herald ; James
Burke, Esq., Barrister at.law ; George Nesbitt,
Esq. ; James 111.‘Glashan, Esq.
" Resolved—That it is desirable that the public
mind should be extensively and accurately informed
as to the character of our project, and that the mis-
representations and hostility of a portion of the press
should be fairly and temperately replied to.
" Resolved—That sub-committees be appointed to
set forth severally, and more at length than in our
brief prospectus and statements—first, the difficulty
supposed to be in the way of the accomplishment of
the measure ; second, the advantages to be anticipated
from it, and to report the result of their examination
to the society."
Thanks having been voted to the chairman, the
meeting separated.
THE " GODLESS" COLLEGES.

The Evening Herald of last night announces that
Dr. Ennis, who wai sent to Rome by Dr. Murray,
the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, for the purpose
of inducing the Pope to rescind his condemnation of
the Irish Colleges, has failed in his mission, and
that the Sovereign Pontiff has solemnly re-affirmed
the condemnation of the Queen's Colleges, pro-
nounced some months ago by the Propaganda.
TIE ORANGEMEN AND THE COURT OF