The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-09 00:00:00

WELSH RAILWAYS.

With regard to the Welsh railways, we believe Iv?
may say that all the lines whose surveys were in 3 fort;
ward state have succeeded in depositing their plans
time.
In Carmarthen the Clerks of the Peace have tl;
ccived lans, sections, and book of references of
South Wales, Great North and South and Worcest,ei;
Welsh Midland, Carmarthen Mineral, and Welsh
land Continuion to Cardigan.
The plans, &c., of the following projected
were d, posited at the office of the Clerk of the Pence,:
the county of Pembroke, at Haverfordwest, on Sin",
night, after eight o'clock :—Welsh Midland, Great Nor' ,
and South Wales and Worcester, Milford and ilavenl
fordwest, Saundersfoot and Tenby, South Wales; :10
the plans, &c., relating to the two following were the
deposited at the office of the Clerk of the Peace for r
town and county of Haverfordwest—Milford and Osve
fordwest, South Wales. ads
In Cardiganshire we learn the following have .41,0
the necessary deposits:—The Birmingham and '-be
chester Continuation and Welsh Junction Railwal'hire
Great North and South Wales Railway, the Radnor!".
and Aberystwith Railway, and the Welsh Midland
way.— Welshman.

PREPARED WOOD FOR RAILWAY

SLEEPERS.

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In the Paris Academy of-ssos Siences, at its last ghee'
M. Arago read a long communication from M.Betinor
on the preservation of wood for railway and other ;as.
poses. It is now four years since DI. Boueherie
ento,
municated to the Academy a series of experipeiroisg
proving that he had discovered a cheap means of fey is
into the pores of woods liquids capable of Ong cisee
great durability and entirely new properties. wt 0
that time many patents have been taken out
re.
France and England for different modes of Pro,
serving wood, and each discovery has been
claimed as infallible, as Kyan's process was thous s•
ee
be for a time. Of all these discoveries, however, siss
only has been practically worked to any exterittize all
Payne's process, which consists in forcing out sod
and juices of the wood by an exhausting
supplying the vacuum by a mixture of iron ellusfel
As to M. Boucherie, the public, although thaelb,ol
him for the activity with which he had dement; hid
his theory by experiments, had begun to infer that ,elOO
(in the presence of Payne's process, a patent for Wb . Do'
been taken in France by Mr. Banner, who is at tel,-,,A
meat forming a company for working it on a largeeL—poo
abandoned all idea of turning his discoveries to a PTO'
account. Itwould appear, however, from the presenes 00.1
munication to the Academy, that M. Boucherie
been idle. He has, on the contrary, been contintlft
bi
experiments, and submitting them to the test of tied
order that any objection which might be offered
undisci
be replied to by facts. In November, 1842, one 13,a 0$
pieces of wood, of different kinds, of the length end
used for railway sleepers, were prepared by n • r
It is known to all persons who read the account gi..o• 04
the time of M. Boucherie's process, when he Prelor
his first paper to the Academy, that it consists in tA tels
troduction of solutions by a sort of filtration. see
containing the liquid, is placed in contact wi'Lisiej
end of the wood ; the pressure produced by
the level of the liquid a little above to Aid
the wood, suffices for its perfect impregnati°,,nithesB
the exception of the central part, or heart. See" -AO
pieces of wood were left in their natural state ;1,100
were impregnated to only half their length, an relict'
in the entire lengths. The liquids used wereY.' relic
neous acid, sulphate of copper, chlorurate Of pi eor
nated calcium, double chlorurate of sodium all ewe
cury. The wood was buried in the ground' at
Cod
depth of a few centimetres, in an enclosed yard, $
piegne, where they remained nearly three Yeers'fee
taking them up recently the prepared wood vlos pared
perfectly sound, and that which had not been Pre,ster
entirely rotten. As the process of preparation, ,seer
meat, and disinterment, was performed in the Pra oar
of the authorities of Compiegne, who have given., jollbS
tificate to the effect stated by M. Boucherie, Pay for
can be entertained as to the results obtained. S'ssifet
cherie's mode of preserving wood is not very canape
and it is attended with this great advantage—the ;001171
sorts of timber, which are never used in their 7.4otv'
state for railways or building purposes, on set:i'vrith
their want of durability, may, he says, be useuaestel'
much better effect when thus prepared than the deduct
timber in its natural state ; and thus, even after wale
ing the cost of the process of preservation, the syoe
is very great. We confess, however, that we I'olo
means convinced as yet that M. Boucherie's Faith
which is, in fact, but a modification of that o,,sotleo
Marjery, and others, is the best. Within the P
days we have seen in the journals a Paced
stating that the Directors of the Paris and Bee esee ,
way have been compelled to take up, in consequared
decay, some of the sleepers which had been preP i,lO.
the introduction of metallic salts. The 111°c/set of Pr
pregnation may not have been the sense as tt 000$'
Boucherie, but the results must be nearlY toes era
Payne's process is essentially different. Ile P sir $..4
wood to be prepared in a receiver, where Olio le-
juices are driven out by exhaustion, and the ea,;,,elfii:
then filled up with a material that is compao'besio:;
destructible. The cost of the operation mes,,,t's precg-
be quite as small, if not smaller, than with 1"
of M. Boucherie.'
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His Excellency Baron Dedel, acconsrdelentag°o
daughter, embarked at Dover on Saturday eto '4"
board the Princess Mary, for Ostend, on his wslisetlig_s,
Hague. His Excellency will be absent about Avf
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GREASE.—When the hair is becoming thin, anud_ is Ise
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of the two above-named articles, applied alternetesistieles
tanic water to cleanse the roots from scurf and es,ber einsi
and the bear's grease as a nourisher. If any fur' fitintosilt
was required of the virtues of bear's grease for ren_lotiti,or
preserving the hair, Mr. Catlin's account of the irtortb 0r
preserving
and the length of hair obtained by some of the 01'00
rican Indians, would be a sufficient answer. Rose.ed
119, and 120, Bishopsgate-street, who first intro:ll7u ibe ;its
of bear's grease in this country, and who fat a° other sie
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their names and address printed on the pot, or th% spr
their obtaining a spurious article. All vegetable e'
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BIRTHS. rlintsbiA
On the 4th inst., at Rhualissa, near Mold, -
bt
Alfred Truman, of a daughter. tbeSiv
On the 4th inst., in Brunswick-square, Brighten, of
Bend
rse
H on. Lady Headley, of a son.
On the sth inst., at Blackheath-hill, Ws. lien bide
a son, still-born.
On the sth inst., at the Guildhall, Mrs.
Richardson, of a daughter.
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MARRIED. acist Ster
On the 2d inst., at All Saints, Norwood, Frat, to ,:ete
son of G. Langstaff, Esq., of New
line, youngest daughter of M. W. Livermore, FA' „Of
hill, 'Norwood, Surrey. j CallifttlV
On the 3d inst., at St. Pancras Church, Mr. • ma
of Bedford-street, Bedford-square, to Mrs. Mqbs•l'.
wood, of Ilaynham-terrace, widow of the late
, vont(
wood, of Wells-street, Oxford-street.
Basinghall-streeofsse
oes, .tirs
to J Lime tert
On the 3(1 inst., Francis M. Walsh, Egg
est daughter of J. Croker, Esq., of Ballynageriles'ivich, 14°Itet'
On the 4th inst., at Claydon .;hurch, near P,. ieetel3
Rodwell, Esq., to Elizabeth, eldest daughter
Colonel Kirby, Royal Artillery. spa
DIED. ere, Ge°To4
On the 27th ult., at Buckland, Brecknocks TreslcLast
Charlotte, wife of colonel Benfield. Des Voeux, c`;‘, the IP'`
On the 28th ult., at Barnes, Surrey, Margar
daughter of Mr. C. W. Doyle. sirDee.bilfs. itP7blra
On the 2d inst., at Seapa.rk, near Forres, ?‘ Davie,
On the 2d inst., at Ventnor, Isle of Wigms toe'
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son of the late J. Pratt, Esq. "...„ansto
On the 4th inst., in Wyndham-street, DU
Miss Wyatt, aged 78. stre'"
On the sth inst., in Cannon-row, Perliain tl'‘
rianne, only daughter of J. E. Jenes, Esq. rst, sesse• '
On the sth inst., at the Vicarage, Wadh.ui
Rev. It Barlow Gardiner, "Vicar of that parls
esole
On the sth inst. Mr. Cornelius Ashley, of t" rods
f Angoste
On the Gth inst., J. Bowden.
On the 6th inst., G. Johnson, Esq °
Islington.

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