The Sun.
London, England, 1833-11-02 00:00:00

UNDULATING RAILWAY.

We call the attention of our readers to the fol-
loWing document, which we have extracted from
the Liverpool Chronicle, as it goes to show the
rapid improvements making in every thing connected
with railroads and steam :
It was determined by the engineers who wit-
nessed the last experiments that another trial should
be made to prove the possibility, or otherwise, of
conveying, on an undulating line, double the load
Which the engine was capable of drawing, at a like
velocity, on the horizontal railway.
The only day of the week on which this experi-
ment could safely and satisfactorily be made was on
a Sunday : in consequence of which, on Sunday
last, a train of loaded carriages, weighing 350 tons,
exclusive of the two engines which moved them
and their tenders, left Manchester for the Sutton
inclined plane.
Ot this occasion it may, in truth, be said, that
there never was a more friendly assemblage of mer-
cantile men. It is well known to some of our
readers that the French Government have selected
a body of the most eminent engineers in that
country to visit England, with the view •of acquiring
all requisite information preparatory to the con-
struction of the intended French lines of railway.
These gentlemen, nine in number, were all present;
the English engineers who attended being Mr.
Robert Stephenson, sen., the Messrs. Daglish, Mr.
Dixon, and Mr. Badnall, in addition to whom
were nearly all the practical mechanics connected
with the rali way, and many others (among whom
was Mr. Case, of Summer-hill, and Mr. Garnett,
of Manchester), who felt a deep interest in the
result.

Mr. Badnall had proposed, as an extreme test of
the merits of the undulating principle, that a double
'load •hould be attached to the engines, which he
was of opinion could be moved with facility, and with
one engine on a curve; and it cannot fail to be in-
teresting to the world at large to know that the
experiments fully proved that his opinion on this
subject was correct. The following explanation will
verify our meaning :
EXPERIMENT I.—Two steam-engines, the Firefly
and Pluto, bought the whole train* of waggons,
weighing 150 tons, exclusive of engines and tenders,
to a given p:Jint at the foot of the Sutton inclined
plane, the velocity attained at this point being
about 19 miles per hour. The Pluto then lt•ft the
train, and the Firefly ascended with the load 575
yards in 116 seconds; the distance traversed by the
two engines to
generate the velocity before ascend-
ing being at least one-mile.
EXPF:RIBIENT 2.—Tee power of the Firefly being
the engine and load descended 575 yards
in
onds; the velocity attained at the foot of
ftieltle'7elipselta('ltie being far greater than at the same point
when ascending.
EXPERIMENT 3.—The Firefly and Pluto having
traversed one mile to generate a velocity of 15 miles
an hour, and the Pinto then leaving the train at the
foot of the plane, the Firefly and load ascended 315
yards in 90 seconds.
EXPERIMENT 4.—The Firefly's power being re-
versed, the whole train descended 315 yards in 6.5
seconds.

EXPERIMENT s.—The same engines and load,
working about 1t miles, attained a velocity of 18

( PRICE 71).)

miles an hour ; the Pluto left as before, and the
Firefly and load rose 457 k yards in 102} seconds.
EXPERIMENT 6.—The Firefly and train descended
4571 yards in 80 seconds.
N.B.—On this occasion some delay occurred in
reversing the power, which will account for the
comparative difference in time.
EXPERIMENT 7.—The two engines, as before,
attained a velocity of 18 miles an hour at the foot of
the ascent ; the Pluto then left the train, and the
Firefly shut off her steam, the whole train then rose
by momentum only, 323 yards in 70 seconds.
EXPERIMENT B.—The train descended (the Fre-
fly working) 323 yards in 66 seconds.
The preceding experiments undoubtedly prove
two most important facts, not only that a locomotive
engine can convey, on an undulating liue, double the
load which it is capable of conveying at the same
velocity on a level, but that it can accomplish this
by the employment of Duly half its power, which
last-mentioned fact was decided by the last experi-
ment.

The len;th cf the train was about 151 yards.

COURT OF BANKRUt'TCY, Nov. 1.

(B,fore Mr. Commissioner WILLIAMS.)
SOUTHALL AND MILNE'S BANKRUPTCY.

A meeting of the creditors under the fiat issued
against this firm was held to-day, for the further
proof of debts and the last examination of the bank-
rupts, who were coal-merchants in Pedlar's-acre.
The Court was fully attended ; some further alter-
cation being expected between M. ChamberF., the
Magistrate, and Mr. Pope, the assignee, the dif-
ferences between whom have already been before
the public. Mr. Chambers was in attendance.
Soon after the proceedings were opened Mr.
Gladdish applied to the Court for the amount cf
rent due from the bankrupts to him for the premises
they hold. He contended that as he had no oppor-
tunity to seize for his rent he was entitled to prove
for the whole half year ending in December next.

Mr. Commissioner WILLIAMS said landlords had
advantages- over all the other creditors. The
claimant could have seized for the rent due to him,
and he (the C.mmissioner) could not think of ex-
tending the law to admit such a proof.
Mr. Gladdish had no opportunity to seize, as the
premises were stripped during the night previously
to the expiration of last quarter.
_ .

Tne COMMISSIONER decided that the landlold
could not prove for the amount required.
A very warm and acrimonious discussion then
took place between Mr. Chambers and Mr. Pope re-
lative to certain bills of exchange, the amount of
which Mr. Chambers sought to prove. Ultimately
the question remains over for further consideration.

(Before Mr. Corowi,Nioner HoLnovo.)

TR AOR.
RICHARD LLOYD LAWE'S BANKRUPTCY.-EX

DINARY ACCUBIDIATIONS.

The bankrupt in this case (a master mariner) was
master of the ship Barrett Junior, and in 1822 was
engaged in trade off Valparaiso in a vessel called the
Laura. The
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whole 'property of the bankrupt, by which he became
encumbered with debts in India amounting to
68,000 sicca rupees, and liable to an interest of
twelve per cent. There was a policy of insurance
on his life for 15,000 sicca rupees, which he had de•
posited with Messrs. Alexander and Co. as part se-
curity for 50,000 sicca rupees which he owed to
them. Since the loss of his vessel the bankrupt
has been unable to pay his debts, and
tons of interest have increased hi' c?gageu'effis t"
200,000 sicca rupees, and at hogth his affairs were
brought before the lt....krupts' Court, and this day
was appoi,,,-.1 t,,. his last examination.
mr. Whitmore, the official assignee, proved a
debt of 121 400 sicca rupees, which originally was
only 35,000 sicca rupees, the high interest of India,
with compound interest, having rapidly augmented
the amount. The proof was allowed.
The bankrupt passed his final examination with
the general consent of his creditors.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HO USE.

Mr. Burridge, the proprietor of the Commercial
Hall, in Mincing-lane, brought up a bundle of un-
opened letters which had been left at his house,
post paid, directed to Mr. John Fro', accountant.
Mr. Burridge had every reason to suppose that thi.
Mr. John Free, if not the well-known Jose,.h Ady
of the Minories, himself, was the partner or assis-
tant of that worthy.
The LORD MAYOR said that his informant was
perfectly right in believing that there existed a con-
nection between Ady and Free. The name of
Ady now produced farthings instead of iovereigns
for the mock information which, by means of the
bank dividend book, the owner so extensively cir-
culated; and Ady's stock of knowledge was now
transferred to Free, who was pursuing exactly a
similar course of correspondence, putting the public
to great inconvenience, and inflicting serious injury.
Mr. Burridge was induced by his Lordsh;p's cha-
racter for protecting the public to come forward.
The manner in which Mr. Free had obtruded him-
self into the subscription room was a specimen of
the audacity of the firm of Ady and Co. He walked
in one day and said, in au off-hand manner, that he
wished to pay his subscription. Upon being told
that he could not be a subscriber without being in-
troduced by some respectable person who belonged
to the rooms, he mentioned twenty or thirty who
were of that character, but he produced not one.
A few days afterwards, when he (Mr. Burridge)
was from home, in walked Mr. Free again, but un-
accompanied by an introducer. He immediately
went to the table where the subscription-book lay,
and, entering his name paid down the amount.
Soon afterwards the postmen began to pay the
house a great many more vi,its than usual, and uni-
formly entered burdened with the effusions of Mr.
Free's correspondents. As some of the letters
contained what appeared to be sovereigns, and about
fifty had been brought to ►he house, the probability
was that the public was gulled by Ady, or some
imposter of that class.
The LORD MAYOR should take the liberty to
break open a few of the letters. The first his Lord-
ship opened was au answer to one of the letters
which had been so frequently Fitiblished with the
sigeto ore of My, promising considerable advantage
upon the payment of a certam sum. It was sa
follows :

" Cork, Oct. 22, 1833.

" Sir,—Should you feel disposed to prove to me that
you can be of such considerable advantage by any infor-
mation you can give me, I shall hand the sutn you require,
or even more, to any respectable person you may appoint
in C •rk, on recept of the above information, which I shall
expect you to communicate to me by reborn of post.
Yours, " RD. T. FOWLER, M.D.

_
" P.S.—I cannot comprehend what you mean by
placing in the midst of your letter, ' viz. 226/.' "
The following enclosed a farthing:—
" Oct. 26, 1933.

" Sir,—The inhabitants of Witham are greatly obliged
by the trouble you have taken for their benefit, and beg
your acceptance of the enclosed piec:: of money as a re-
muneration.

" To Mr. John Free, Commercial Hall."
Several of Mr. Free% letters were returned, of
which the following is a copy:—
" Gentlemen,—The undersigned is able to infra )ou
of something considerably to your advantage, and lung

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ta:be,ii:ingy2o,,urb,T,P4eLeotfitiwciiiy,arder or othee.
"JOHN FREE.
" Accountant, Commercial Hail, Mincing-lane.
" Value 100/. yearly for ever. No tletters received
The following answer to Mr. Free will, when the
writer sees it again, probably render any from Mr.
Ady's friend unnecessary:—
" Sutton, Oct. 31, 1831.
" Woodluidee, Suffolk.
" Sit—lshill be most happy to reward you for any
information that may be conducive to my advantage ; but
as I cannot afford to send you a sovereien, without know-
ing in what way, 1 must wait till you favour !re wlti, 'l,e
statement.—l am, yours, "R. FIELD."
The LORD MAYOR had had several complaints
made to him against Mr. Free, and had laid before
the City Solicitor a bundle of papers relative to that
person and Ady, whose name was in exceedingly
bad odour, in order to ascertain whether eritninal
proceedings could not be adopted against them. Sir
Francis Freeling felt extremely anxious on the point,
and certainly he (the Lord Mayor) would be very
glad, before he quitted the chair, to remove the Ady
nuisance altogether for seven or fourteen years, if not
for life.—(Laughter.)
Two respectable men, named John and Henry
Tirley, were brought before the LORD MAYOR by a
patrol, under the following curious circumstances:—
The patrol at half-past eleven o'clock oo the•
preceding night was roused by a call from a win-
dow. On going over to the hoto,e from which
the voice issued he saw tile defendants ringing to:
the door, and as they were strangers to the place
he took them into ,oistody, according to orders from.
above.—(A laugh.).
The sister of tile defendant—My Lord, I cave
him no such orders. I put my head out of the
window when I heard the ringing, and when I saw
the patrol with my brothers in cas:o4y I told him
who they were.
Patrol—l'll be on my hoath, please you, my
Lord, that the woice what corned out o' windy
cried out to me to remove that ere nuisance ; so I
tuck up these here gentlemen.—(Laughter.)
One of the defendant's—l/diet I tell you I
was on business ? Patrol—Yes, you did; but how
was I to believe you when the %voice out o' windy
corned down with a different sort of conversation.--
(Great laughter.)
The sister of the defendants—You had not any
right to mind that voice. It was only a lodger's
voice, and she didn't know they were my brother,.
Patrol—How did I know the weice lodgA in the
house ? It didn't say nothing about it, but only to
take away the nuisance.
The LORD MAYOR—It is evidently a Illititaf4
rhe patrol heard the lodger's order, and certiiirly,
although the ringers at the bed were not a nuisance
to their sister, they were to others in the house.
Patrol—Please you, my Lord, I couldn't tell ore
woice from another in the dm k.—(Laurthter.)
Defendant—lt was a very ugly mistake for us,
my Lord ; for the patrol rolled us in the rood, and
all because we called ro see our sister.—(A la-tole)
The LORD MAYOR—You must have provoked
him very much, for 1 know him to be a good officer,
although a person of no high literary pretension.
Patrol—My Lord, will you please to hear me
When I went all for to remove the nuisance from the
bell they were a pulling of, they collars me, and
shakes me; so as I was a hoflicer I was'nt to be
slicked, and we went down in the mud, and I was
above and they was below, so that put 'em in the
mess.-4A laugh.)
The LORD MAYOR—The officer was really atten-
tive to his duty, and the whole matter originated in
mistake, for which I am sorry ; but things of this
and
thatbetween
of a
lodger,
thee rg d, voice
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i of,
in a mis-
tress
the kind often do good. Now, this tumble in the mud
will prevent you from visiting at such unfashionable
hours again, and the officer will probably be able,
to
uext time,o of
ahouse
o
dark.—(Great laughter, in which the defendants
joined.) Go home. lam glad to see you in such
good humour after your fall in the mud.
Defendant—lf we are in good humour it was
your Lordship that made us so, and we'll think no
more about the matter.
xi A TTON-GARDELV.
UNSTA....„
'I) PUBLICATIONSY
Sears, a lad seven— esterday, Joseph
with having hawked t4ivoete.e.of age, was chureril
The Prophetic Annual, or ill„1„„a1,4vork entitled
Act of Parliament. to
The prisoner was committed for seven days.
Robert Abbott, footman, in the service of Miss
Longman, of Highgate, appeared to show cause
why he should not be adjudged the father of an die-
a ,itimate child, to which Jane BroAn, a middle-
,iged female, of ordinary appearance, had given birth.
The unfortunate damsel stated that she had lived
in the same service as the defendant, who was the
father of her illegitimate child.
Defendant's solicitor inquired when the intimacy
rook place ? Complainant—A fortnight' br fore last
Christmas.

Solicitor—Did he go into your bed-room, or you
,nto his ? Complainant (abashed)—l went into his
room.

Solicitor—You said it was a very cold night, and
without asking his consent jumped into his bed.
After hesitating, she acknowledged that that was
the case. -
Defendant was ordered to pay 3s. 6d. per week
for the support of his offvring.
THAMES OFFICE.
Yesterday, Captain Martin Wandless Green,
Master of the ship Ackeon, of Sunderland, last from
Irelan], with corn, and John Routledge, the Mare
of the same ship, were charged with c,immitting
most cruel assault on Joseph Cairties, appr,t-n-
-tice belonging to the vessel.
Mr. BRODERIP and Mr. CO3IIIE, after hearing
evidence, said it was a case of great cruelty, and,
after consulting together, asked tire prisoners if each
of them would pay 41. to the lad,
The Captain—Why should we do that ?
Mr. BRODERIP—I only wait for an answer. I'll
keep up no conversation with you ; do that, or re-
ceive our judgment.
The prisoners, after a long pause, said they would.
The money was directly aterwards paid, arid the
prisoners were sentenced to pay fine of a shilling
each, and be discharged, the Magistrates directing
that the boy should have proper medical attendance,
free of expense to -him, if regriire,!.

Wednesday an inquest was held at the Landon
I.! I ()vital, on the buy of George Watson, conductor to a
Bury stage coach, who wa, accidentally run nv -r on the
22,1. 'The injuries were slight, and it wa, exo-cted he
would have recovered in a few days ; but on Friday last
he became delirious, and grew worse, ur,t;l he tel a viciln
to delirium tremens. The majority of the patients who
'die in this hospital sink under the same malady. The
medical attendants stating, that such patient, have been
addicted to drinking ardent spirits, which, if they would
ckuowledge, would he obviated by a moderate al owauce
while under medical treatmeot. The feet, however, is
seldom discovered until the change of diet has produced
0, fatal eff, et, and placed them past remedy. Verdict—
Acellental death.

At Davis' Straits, on the 6,11 of July, Mr.
T,,oinam Osten, mate of the ship Truelove, of. Hall, was
struck by the tail of a whale, which hit over the
temples, and forced one eye out of its socket on to his
cheek. H expired on the spot. istAther the beat nor
any other of the crew received any hurt.

THE PARSON'S DA UGHTEB.—The story of
:
this novel is highly interesting, but its great beauty is its
great migin lily of style and peculiarity 1:f
ticatineut, its
witticisms, its " nonmenses " its satire, and its sly
In every psge we find that nature has been drawn from---
not the nature of humble life, not the people of the hills
and the valleys, but the dwellers in the world and the
butterflies of the drawing-room. Theodore Hook is a
writer of his own trims, and he has neither predecess'r
nor imitator—the urigin.l of his own graphic satirical_
d
school. He is the Crabtte of the ronti e and up:rer
W“iti y
classes, and they have little reason .to thank hint f r his
truths, lie tells the stories of them, but tire readi-r
draws the inferences. His ohject does nut urpe.ir oLe
to expos? them, but- in drawing truly Ise makes trivir ap_
the author of Gt
pear ridicitilous; .6 The P 4114011, alUghter
Sayino and Doings,"