The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-28 00:00:00

THE SUN,

MANCHESTER—Wind
:11;1.1,—SV.od W. —.2i,w0.1.
LEEDS— V, Intl . very fine.
YORK—Wind W.—cloudy.
LANCASTER—Wind S.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy.
SCARBOROUGH—Wind N.W.—cloudy.
NEWCASTLE—W ind W.—fine.
BEArroco—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
BERWICK—Wind W.— fine.
GLASGOW—Wind S.W.—fine.
EDINBURGF —Wind W.— cloudy.
The returns from the following places indicate the state of
the wind and weather on Tuesday morning at nine
o'clock
POOLE —Wind S.W. hard wind—overcast.
LEIGHTON—Wind S.E., strong breeze—overcast.
RUGBY—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—scud, rain.
PETERBOROUGH-4 d S.W., gentle breeze—partially
cloudy.
CREwE—Wind S.S.W., fresh breeze—showery.
Wormy—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—rain.
DARLINGTON—Wind E.S.E., strong breeze—rain.

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 28
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
69—highest since noon yesterday.
48—lowest this morning and daring the night.
60—this day, at noon.
BAROMETER, 29.8.
WIND N.W.—light breeze and cloudy.

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to law, their " lives and properties" are safe, but ,
the state (,f tra- proviuck.a tr. do-

minion of the Prince is rendered infinitely worse.
Unable or unwilling to curtail his expenses, the
Prince collects an equal amount of revenue from a di-
minished area, and thus the sufferings of his unfortu-
nate subjects are greatly increased. It can never be
too often repeated, that it is as much our bounden
duty, as protectors of a native state, to protect the in-
habitants from the oppression of the Princes, as it is
to protect the Princes from an insurrection of the
inhabitants, and therefore in all cases like this of the
Nnem, in which an annexation of territory may be
thought necessary, the invariable rule should be—all
or none.

It was our pleasing duty, not long since, to direct
the attention of our readers to the banquet given by
the authorities of Derby to Mr. PAXTON, and we
have now, with a like feeling of gratification, to re-
cord a similar honour paid to another of our emi-
nent scientific countrymen, Mr. ROBERT STEPHEN..
SON. Pew men, if any, at the present day are more
worthy of a marked tribute of esteem and respect
than that distinguished engineer, who has so honour-
ably earned his high position among the notabilities
of the age. The Menai Suspension-bridge has long
been one of the " lions" of the British Isles, but
the erection of its marvellous neighbour is a far more
extraordinary specimen of engineering genius. The
tubular iron bridge is, perhaps, the most as-
tonishing production of human skill with which
we are acquainted, immortalising the name of ROBERT
STEPHENSON in the annals of civilization. Not that
he was undistinguished previously in the world of
practical science, for he had long been favourably
known in connexion with his eminent father ever
since the earliest efforts of that energetically-minded
man to adapt steam locomotion to railways. The seed
sown by the elder STEPHENSON has borne a glorious
fruit. It was his unwearying perseverance, his clear-
headed determination, which reduced into practical
operation that union of power and speed, the deve-
lopment of which, although now an object of daily
familiarity to millions, was some twenty years
ago regarded as all but visionary. He lived,
however, to see his prognostications trium-
phantly verified in a revolution in the means and
rapidity of transit which fully carried out the con-
ceptions of his prescient ingenuity. And it is no flat-
tery to the son to say that he has fully inherited the
vigour and lucidity of intellect of the sire.
It must have indeed been a proud day for ROBERT
STEPHENSON when the completion of his gigantic
task was solemnly celebrated. No felicitations of a
coterie—no glorifications of a political party—no lau-
dations of a religions sect—but a gathering, represen-
tative of a universal spirit of honourable homage to a
master-mind, did him due honour. The neighbour-
ing nobility and gentry were, of course, the most
numerous on the occasion, but guests were as-
sembled from various parts, among whom we
find the distinguished name of JOSEPH PAXTON.
The guest of the evening spoke modestly of
the great work he had completed, hastening to share the
palm of merit with a friendly and valued assistant,
" whose excellent work was well known in all quarters
where engineering skill could be appreciated."
We have received no detailed report of the speeches.
made by the several orators at the banquet, but they
must needs have been, on such occasion, inspired by
a congenial tone, where the workman and the work
were so commanding in their worth. The most
colossal task ever presented to modern engineer was
successfully achieved in their immediate neighbour-
hood, and the man to whom that triumph of science
was due sat there, their honoured guest. The active
participators in the tribute cannot but have expe-
rienced sentiments of generous exultation at being
the organs of that applause and reverence of merit
which inspires every rational man of the community
on the consummation of the unparalleled labours of
the Prince of Engineers. _ _

A somewhat detailed account of the difficulties
necessary to be overcome, and the application of
successful agencies to the completion of the Britannia
[tabular Bridge, will be found in another part of our
impression, subjoined to a brief account of the ban-
quet at Bangor yesterday evening. We shall not,
therefore, enter here into a consideration of the works
which have now been happily completed ; but we
would not quit the subject of Mr. ROBERT
STEPHENSON'S deserved triumph without adverting
to a matter which has been very appropriately
brought upon the tapir by a morning contemporary.
GEORGE STEPHENSON died in August, 1848, and in
about eighteen months afterwards a committee was
appointed, at the annual meeting of the Mechanical
Engineers of Birmingham, to take measures to pay
some lasting tribute to his memory. Mr. GLYN was
requested by the committee to become treasurer to
the subscribed funds, and in December, 1850, the
printed list presented subscriptions to the " GEORGE
STEPHENSON Memorial" to the amount of 2,0001.
fine list, we are informed, embraces the names of
some of our most distinguished noblemen, men of
science, and capitalists; but it also enumerates sub•
scribers of less amounts infinitely more interesting.
There is a subscription of 321. from "116
clerks and workmen, employed by the Patent
Shaft Company, Wednesbury ; " one of 171
from " 317 overlookers and workmen, ,employed by
Mr. CLIMBS, contractor on the London and North-
Western Railway ;" one of 1/. 7s. from" forty-eight
ballast men on London and North- Western Rail-
way;" one of 10/ 3s. 6d. from "342 overlookers and
workmen employed by Mr. BRASSEY, contractor on
the Buckinghamshire Railway ;" one of 31. ss. from
" men on the North British Railway, Edinburgh ;"
and others of a similar description.
The matter since then seems, unaccountably, to
have dropped—unaccountably, because the name and
merits of the object of the proposed memorial are
still fresh in the minds of men, and there is no ex-
istence either of feelings of envy on the part of scien-
tific men, or of conscious neglect of desert during
the lifetime of its possessor, on the part of the public,
to intervene between the initiation and the carrying
out of the proposition. It is not that the distinguished
dead needs the blazoned marble or the sculptured
urn, for, as has well been said, " our railway system
is his monument," a monument more glorious
than the ever-during pile of CHEOPS or the
towering shrine of WREN. But we trust, for
the national credit, that a great man shall not
be permitted to remain without the visible
appreciation of national gratitude; nor can there
be a more just and seasonable opportunity for re-
viving the prosecution of this scheme than at a :mo-
ment when the son and associate of its venerated
object has brought to a conclusion an imperishable
memorial of hereditary genius and benefaction.

SAILORS' 11011111 In PLYMOUTH.—The first steps
have been taken for the formation of a sailor's home in Ply-
mouth, or Devonport, or both. During the recent official
visit of the Admiralty, at Devonport, the subject was talked
about, and the opinion of their Lordships on the propriety of
forming such an establishment, taken. The Lords of the Ad-
miralty were severally leased to express their approbation
of a proposal for a Sailors' Home; and, further, to promise
liberal subscriptitsns towards the funds for its erection and
establishment. The steward of the manor, E. St. Aubyn,
Esq., has promised, on the part of the trustees of the manor,
a tree site, most eligibly situated near St. Mary's Church, in
James-street, and, also, near the Dockyard Gates. Subse-
quently a number of naval officers and gentlemen have, on
two occasions, met Captain Hall, R.N., who has visited this
port for the purpose of promoting this most excellent ob-
ject, to arrange upon the course to be taken, and some ex-
tremely liberal offers of money have been made. It is,
therefore, expected, that the Home will be forthwith de-
cided upon ; and that in the lapse of a week or two it will
be in the course of erection.

GREAT NORTRERM—With the view to prevent ac-
cidents in the tunnels on this line, it appears that under.
ground telegraphs are now being laid through the several
tunnels on this railway, so as to enable the man stationed at
one end to communicate with the man at the other end, when
a train goes in or comes out of the tunnel. It is intended
that no second train shall be allowed, under any circum-
stances, to enter a tunnel until a communication is made that
the first train has passed out. On Saturday, at the Welwyn
tunnel, one of Mr. Henley's magneto-electric instruments,
which are to be used, was connected at each end, and the first
trial on this line was made by the patentee and air. Hitchins
in the presence of some of the railway officials, and Mr. Dob-
son, from Mr. Cubitt's, the engineer. The trial was re-
ported as most satisfactory. The great features in Mr. Hen-
ley's instrument are stated to be that no battery is required,
no attention necessary to keep it in working order, and that
its action is always certain.
Lord and Lady Brougham are still at Brougham
Hall, where it is understood his Lordship will remain over
the ensuing winter. His Lordship keeps little or no com-
pany, but there is an apparent improvement in his health.
SIR GEORGE GREY.—The Right Hon. Baronet,
accompanied by his lady and son, arrived at Dundee on
Friday forenoon by the Lightning Government steamer,
which left Hull on Wednesday evening. They left early on
Monday morning. The Right Hon. Baronet's sole purpose,
we learn, is an excursion for the benefit of his health, which
has greatly improved since he went on board the Lightning.
At present he intends coasting as far as Orkney, whence it
is probable he may proceed to Norway ; in this, however, he
is not decided.--Puticke,Advertiser.