The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-03 00:00:00

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3" SEPTEMBER 3 1846
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would be 4s. Bd., whereas the South-Eastern Company
now charge 6s. d., or between forty and fifty per cent.
for the elbow route. Ramsgate is seventy-two miles by
road, and the fare, therefore, should be 65., whereas it is
now charged Bs. Id., or thirty-three per cent. too high.
Whatever be the cause of this increase of faresohe
public may rest assured that the directors feel the neces-
sity of it. On this subject we shall offer a few observa-
tions in another notice.—Herald.

tenants at Cull ()Cie, arrangements and amicable for the
purchase of ab,oett two miles of the line near that village
were madse. e money was paid down and possession
given. T here are only a few claimants remaining un-
settled wit h or. this contract, and as they are all tenants-
at-will these swill be no difficulty in settling with them,
the proprietor :. in fee, the Marquis of Bath, having ar-
ranged wfth the company. Approaching Dundalk the
works hay te made considerable progress, and the con-
tractors h piing lately got possession of nearly all the
land requi sad are about to employ more hands. On the
whole line ender contract there are now about 1,300 men
employed, which number will in a few weeks be in-
creased to aicarly 3,ooo—Dublin Railway Gazette.
A NEW • RAILWAY SIGNAL.--A new railway signal,
intended i lo afford a certain and speedy mode of com-
munication.. between the guard and driver of a train, was
yesterday tried on the Eastern Counties Railway during
a trip made especially to exhibit the same from London
to Romfo rd. A party of gentlemen connected with
various ra ilq ay companies, and otherwise interested in
railway tr avelling, assembled on the invitation of Mr. J.
H. Dutton, the
,patentee, at one o'clock, at the Shore-
ditch tern litmus' where the nature of the invention was
explained to them by that gentleman in person. The
proposed contrivance is simple enough; and consists of
a small c, ipper tube, about one inch in diameter, at-
tached to the bottom of the engine and each carriage in
the train. On the engine, and on each carriage where
a guard is; seated, an upright tube communicates with
the longitudinal one beneath. This tube is supplied
with a swill brass whistle and mouthpiece. The action
may be thals explained :—A train consisting of twelve
carriages would probably have two guards, one sta-
tioned on the last carriage, and one about the middle
of the train. The guard on the last carriage wishes
to bring the train to a sudden stand, for this purpose he
blows through the mouthpiece attached to his upright
tube, taking; care, at the same time, by raising a small
brass lever, to render quiescent the action of his own
whistle. The attention of the driver and the second
guard is immediately arrested by the sound of the
whistles attached to their respective tubes, the steam is
shut off, the breaks applied, and the train stopped. The
chief advantages which Mr. Dutton's invention appears
to possess over others of a somewhat.similar nature
which have preceeded it, is the placing the whistle
at the extremity of the tube, instead of near the
mouthpiece, through which the air enters. By this
arrangement the sound is preserved, and heard very
plainly by the parties to whom it is addressed, even
when a train is at full speed. The trial yesterday
was with a. train of twelve carriages, and we believe the
experiment: was considered, so far as it went, perfectly
satisfactory. The break between the carriages is sup-
plied by an elastic wire and India rubber tube, which
is fitted and detached with great facility. The expense
of the signal, Mr. Dutton states, will not exceed 30s. per
carriage.

HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO
GUERNSEY.
(From the Guernsey Sun of Monday.)
In compliance with a wish expressed by his Excellency
Major-General Napier, a public meeting was held this
day at two o'clock, on the New Ground, for the purpose
of having communicated to the inhabitants of this Island,
the following most gracious Message from the Queen,
expressive of her Majesty's sentiments on the occasion of
her late visit to Guernsey. Precisely at two o'clock,
his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, attended by
his staff and the Colonels of the Royal Guernsey Militia
arrived on the New Ground, where his Excellency was
met by the Royal Court, the clergy, the constables,
most of the civil and military authorities, and an
im-
mense concourse of the inhabitants. His Excellency
was most enthusiastically cheered. Previous to reading
Sir George Grey's letter, his Excellency said,—
Inhabitants of Guernsey, I have called you together
this day to read to you the letter from the Home Secre-
tary conveying her most gracious Majesty's thanks for
the loyalty and promptness which you testified on the
occasion of her late visit to Guernsey. You welcomed
your Queen, the mightiest Sovereign in the whole world,
with a promptness that did you credit, and proved what
Guernseymen can do at so short a notice. When the
head acts it is well, when the heart acts it is well also;
but when both work together, all is sure to go right,
and I feel indebted to you fur the loyal manner in which
you received her Majesty. It was suggested to me to
call a meeting on Tuesday, but as you proved what you
could do when her Majesty took you by surprise, I was
determined to try you again. I was also advised to send
the letter to the newspapers, but I preferred reading it
to you myself, than to see it garbled in the columns of a
newspaper. It is my intention to have the letter of the
Home Secretary printed in French and English, and
posted on every. chu ..,,.toor. Such is a feeble outline
of his Excellency's -c., who was frequently inter-
rupted by repeated cheers.
His Excellency then read the following letter:—
Whitehall, Aug. 28, 1846.
Sir,—l have the honour to inform you that I have
received the Queen's most gracious commands to take
the earliest opportunity of expressing to you, as Lieu-
tenant-Governor of Guernsey, her sense of the affec-
tionate loyalty with which her Majesty was received
fuepeolinngtho occasion
sofattach of her late
inentand visit
to
devotion
t that island.
oher
Majesty'sTl
person and government so conspicuously exhibited upon
that occasion by the inhabitants of Guernsey, have been,
I am commanded to assure you, peculiarly gratifying to
her Majesty, and I am to request that you will, as Lieu-
tenant-Governor of the island, make known these her
Majesty's sentiments to her faithful subjects there.
I beg to offer you my congratulations upon your
having witnessed the loyal demonstration which has
called forth this gracious expression of her Majesty's
sentiment, and imposed upon you a duty which, upon
every account, must be gratifying to your feelings.—l
have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant,

• G. GREY.
Major-General Napier, &c., &c., Guernsey.
The above was listened to with respectful silence, the
gentlemen uncovering themselves. At its conclusion
the town band, which was in attendance, struck up the
national anthem, and three times three hurras made the
welkin ring, the 'Lieutenant-Governor giving the time.
His Excellency then said, that ho could not let a post
go without answering that letter. He would read them
his answer, and if it did not meet their approbation,
and if any individual, private or public, thought he
could do it more justice, he would transmit it for him.

His Excellency- then read the following answer:—
Havilland Hall, Guernsey, Aug. 30, 1846.
Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the reception
of your letter of the 28th inst., conveying her Majesty's
sense of the affectionate loyalty with which her Ma-
jesty's was received upon the occasion of her late visit
to this island.

I will immediately cause this her Majesty's sentiment
to be made known to the people of Gurnsey, and in their
behalf as well as for myself, I express our profound
feelings of gratification and pride, at this expression of
her Majesty's sense of our humble but heartfelt efforts
to display our attachment towards her Majesty's person
and Government.

I remain, Sir,
Your most obedient and faithful servant,
WILLIAM NAPIER,

Right. Hon. Sir G. Grey,
&c. &c. &c.
The meeting, after again and again cheering his Ex-
cellency, left the ground every one seemingly highly de-
lighted with, the results of this happy day. Most of the
streets in town were decorated with an unusual number
of flags.