The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-24 00:00:00

DEATH OF VICE-ADMIRAL SIR J.
BRENTON, BART., K.C.B.
With much regret we give the information, which reached
us yesterday morning, of the death of one of the most distin-
guished flag-officers of the British navy, Sir Jahleel Brenton,
Bart., K.C.8., Vice-Admiral of the White, Lieutenant-Go-
vernor of Greenwich Hospital, &c., who died at Leamington
Spa on Sunday afternoon, in the 74th year of his age.
Sir Jahleel Brenton entered the service in 1777 ; was made
a Lieutenant on the 22d November, 1790, and as such served
on board the Barfleur in Lord Bridport's action off Cape St.
Vincent's, in 1797 (in which were also his gallant friends,
two of the Admirals at the present Beard of Admiralty) ; was
made a Commander on the 3d July, 1799, and in command
of the Speedy, 14-gun brig, in that year fought several gal-
lant actions in the vicinity of Gibraltar; three of the enemy's
vessels he captured during this command near Cape de Gatt,
under a heavy fire of musketry from the surrounding hills.
In the following month of October he destroyed four of the
enemy's vessels in a heavy surf, at the time exposed to the
guns of a fortification and musketry from the beach, and in
the next month, November, he displayed consummate skill
and gallantry in beating off two Spanish schooners, and ten
other armed vessels ; by these services he won his post rank,
which is dated 25th April, 1800. He was then selected by Sir
lames (afterwards Lord) de Samaurez as his flag-captain,-
and in command of the Cesar, distinguished himself in the
severe action offAlgesiras, of 6th July, 1801. Subsequently,
in command of the Minerva, when that frigate got aground
in a fog, and was lost near Cherbourg, he defended her during
a heavy fire for several hours, for which unsurpassable gal-
lantry he received the highest praise when acquitted at a
court-martial for the loss of his ship. In 1807, when in com-
mand of the Spartan frigate, Sir Jahleel assisted in driving
the French garrison out of Pezaro and destroying the castle;
in the following month assisted in blowing up the Castle of
Cesaratico, destroying a neighbouring battery, and compelling
the island of Sussin to surrender; assisted at the reduction of
Zante and Cephalonia, and particularly distinguished him-
self at the capture of Cerigo, where he was first in command.
These and many other important services did this gallant
officer render in the Adriatic. In the same ship, in 1810, in
concert with the Success, he fought a most gallant action
with and defeated a French squadron in the Bay of Naples,
in which action he was severely wounded. The gallant de-
ceased was created a Baronet on this occasion, and received
other honours, and on the Bth of February, 1811, had a pen-
sion conferred on him of 300/. per annum for the wounds he
had received. He obtained his flag promotion as Rear-Ad-
miral on 22d July, 1830, and as Vice-Admiral Ist July,
1840, and subsequently had another pension conferred upon
him of 3001. per annum for good service; he also received a
grant from the Patriotic Fund.
The gallant deceased was the son of the late Rear-Ad-
miral Brenton. He was twice married. His eldest son, Mr.
Launcelot Charles Lee Brenton, who succeeds to the baro-
netcy, was born in 1807.

ELECTRIC 'TELEGRAPHS AP-
PLIED TO RAILWAYS.
We inspected yesterday an electric signal telegraph, just
completed by Messrs. Cook and Wheatstone, intended to be
applied on the Yarmouth and Norwich Railway, which will
be opened on the Ist of May, and consists of but one line of
rails. The much greater cheapness of construction when
railways have only a single way, renders it very desirable
that they should be adopted, if means of working them can
be arranged, to avoid the probability of collision by meeting
trains. This object, is is asserted, can be fully effected by
the aid of the electric telegraph, and the experiment is
about to be tried on a length of twenty miles, from Yarmouth
to Norwich. The telegraphs which were shown in opera-
tion yesterday, at the rooms of the Society of Arts, in the
Adelphi, are intended to make signals from one station to
another, to communicate the instant that a train starts after
having previously ascertained that the line is clear. These
communications are made with the greatest rapidity, for by
turning the handle placed beneath the apparatus, the
pointer on a dial-plate points to " up" or " down" train,
and a bell is rung at all the stations simnltaneously, to
give warning that a signal is being transmitted. In addl.
tion to this simple dial-plate, there is what the inventors
call " a speaking telegraph," which has two moveable
hands on the dial that point to letters and figures marked
thereon, and by signals previously arranged any message
may be transmitted from station to station. This telegraph
is in all essential particulars the same as the one that has
been in operation for some years on the Great Western
Railway between Paddington and Slough. In the latter
telegraph, however, there is only one insulated wire required
because there are no intermediate stations ; but in the Yar-
' mouth and Norwich telegraphs, six wires will be necessary
for the communications with the different stations. The
action of the telegraph depends on the property of voltaic
electricity to deflect a magnetic needle, and the needle is
deflected to the right or to the left according to the direction
in which the electric current passes. To produce this effect,
voltaic batteries, constantly in action, are placed within each
apparatus. The peculiar advantage of this telegraph is the
rapidity with which the signals can be transmitted, it being
capable of transmitting as many as forty in a minute. This
application of electric telegraphs promises to be of great im-
portance in facilitating, and cheapening, and rendering less
dangerous locomotion on railways; we therefore subjoin the
inventor's own description of the mode of operation :
" To illustrate the practical working of these arrangements,
under the most difficult circumstances, I will now follow an
express (and therefore unexpected) train in its course from
Norwich to Yarmouth. A fixed time, say five minutes, be-
fore the train leaves Norwich, the superintendent having first
ascertained that the line is clear at the Brandon Junction,
will ring the Brundall alarum. He then turns his Norwich
handle to the left, which movement causes a corresponding
indication by the system of Norwich pointers at all the sta-
tions, and thus informs the clerk at Brundall and the other
stations of the line that an up-train is about to start if the
line is clear. If it be clear, the Brundall clerk (whose atten-
tion has been called to the alarum) announces the fact by
giving the same signal upon his own compartment. The
train being now ready, the Norwich superintendent gives
the usual order to start, and as the engine moves forward he
restores the handle of his telegraph to its upright position
again. The pointers of the Norwich system then, by becom-
ing vertical, instantly give notice to the other stations that
the up-train has left Norwich,' and is on its way to Brun-
dell. This serves as a warning to the clerk at Reedham, the
station beyond Brundall, to give the signal ' up-train' in his
compartment of the telegraph, that the clerk at Brundall
may be prepared to notify to the train upon its approach,
that the line is clear to Reedham.' Presently the train is
seen approaching Brundall; and, if,not intended to stop at
that station, leave to proceed is given to the conductor in the
usual way, and the clerk at the same time puts down the
handle of his compartment; whereupon all the pointers of
the Brundall system resume their vertical position, and an•
nounce to the other stations that the 'up-train' has passed
Brundall, and is on its way to Reedham, and the same
routine is repeated as long as the line is clear."

TRAFALGAR-SQUARE.—The whole of the terrace
walks within the area of the above promenade, will be finally
completed by Friday next, and this square will be opened to
the public on the Monday following. The paving laid down
in the above attractive quadrangle has been the work of the
Bastenne Bitumen Company. The former has been within
the last few days inspected by several influential parties, con-
sisting of the nobility and gentry, who have expressed their
highest approbation of it.
EXTRAORDINARY FEAT IN DRlVlNG.—Yesterday
considerable curiosity and wonder was exhibited by crowds
of persons assembled in the principal streets of the West-end
and the metropolis, to witness the performance of Mr. Emedy,
the master of the horse to ' Mr. Batty's establishment,
" Astley's Amphitheatre," in driving twenty highly. trained
horses—a feat never before attempted—attached to a four-
wheel carriage containing twenty persons, at full- speed
through the streets of the metropolis, without the slightest
apparent difficulty, and without a single accident occurring
--a feat which must be considered extraordinary from the
crowded state of the streets with vehicles of all descriptions
at this time of the year. Mr. Emedy was accompanied by
six beautiful dwarf ponies, drawing a four-wheel carriage,
driven by Mr. Smith, four ponies driven by Mr. Mason ; two
beautiful and extraordinary white mules, driven by Mr.
Stickney, and two perambulating vans and a number of out-
riders, consisting in all of forty horses, forming Mr. Batty's
stud of trained horses. The route taken was from Astley's
Theatre, through the York-road, Stamford-street, passing
along the Blackfriars and Westminster roads, over West-
minster-bridge, past Whitehall, through Cockspur-street,
Regent-street, Portland-place, Regent's-park, St. John's-
wood, Lisson -grove, Edgware-road, Oxford-street, down
Bond-street, St. James's-street, Pall-mall, Cockspur-street,
again past Whitehall, and °veil Westminster-bridge, to the
theatre, where the cavalcade arrived about three o'clock, Mr.
Emedy having performed the journey under all the circum-
stances in the incredibly short time of two hours.
The following extraordinary occurrence took place
on Friday at the barracks in the Rue Mouffetard, occupied by
the municipal guard. A large black eagle alighted on the
roof, and remained for some time perfectly quiet. While
the men in the barracks and a large crowd outside were
watching the movements of the strange visitor, an
officer went to his room for his gun in order to fire at it,
but before his return the royal bird rose majestically towards
the sky, and, after hovering for a few moments, pounced
suddenly down into one of the court-yards, and then soared
again with a young puppy in his talons. The loud and shrill
acclamations of the numerous spectators so far alarmed the
eagle, that, when at about a level with the roof, he dropped
his prey, and soared out of sight. The puppy fell into the
yard again, but was quite dead, the eagle having mortally
wounded it in the neck with his claws. Inquiry was made
at the Garden of Plants, but no eagle was missing there, and
the only conjecture left is, that the bird had escaped from
some private menagerie in the environs of Paris.
NEWFOUNDLAND AND BRITISH NORTH AMERICA
SOCIETY FOR EDUCATING THE POOR.—Yesterday afternoon
the twentieth anniversary of the above Society was cele-
brated by a sermon being preached by the Rev. S. S. M.
Anderson, M.A., Chaplain to the Queen Dowager, at St.
Dunstan's Church, Fleet-street, on behalf of the above So-
ciety, which was founded in 1824, and has for its purpose the
founding of schools for the education of poor children New-
foundland and Upper Canada, in North America. The
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tleman advocated the objects of the charity, and, after
Divine service, a collection was made in aid Of the
-funds of
the Society.
HAIR-CUTTING IN THE CITY PRISONS.—A few days
ago, as Alderman Farebrother, who was sitting at Guildhall,
committed two lads to the City Bridewell for one month
upon a charge of petty larceny, the worthy magistrate issued
some directions relative to the treatment of the prisoners, a
subject which, it appears, is now occupying the attention of
the Court of Aldermen. Ho said that. they must not have
their hair cut so close and in such-a manner that, upon their
liberation, they would be recognised as offenders against the
law, and consequently be unable to obtain honest employ-
ment; and that the prisoners might easily be kept clean
without the assistance of the barber. Those orders were to
be observed until the next meeting of the Court of Alder-
be, w
menhen some general instructions upon the subject would
RissouyedA.
L SOUTH LONDON FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY.
—The first flower show, for the
_present season, of this So-
ciety, was held yesterday at the Horns Tavern Kennington,
and was very fully attended The show, of course, con-
iu sisted for the most part of green-house plants, which were
heuigihas, perfection. Many
nolas, and heaths, any very beautiful specimens of
hyacinths,;ereeibitedrh; odaonddenitdruwmass,gecnaemraplal;
considered to be the best show, for the time of year, that
this Society had produced: The Royal Adelaide Cup, for
the best collection of miscellaneous plants, was awarded to
Mr: Curtis ; the prize of the gold medal, for the next best
collection of miscellaneous plants, was bestowed on Mr.
Bruce. Mr. Dickson's prize of a silver cup to amateurs, for
the best four auriculas, was awarded to Mr. Lidgard. The
other principal prizes were bestowed on Messrs. Schroder,
Atlee, Dickson (two prizes), Holies, and Cox. A band of
wind instruments attended in the afternoon, and played many
popular airs, which added materially to the animation of the
scene.

THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE DOVER
RAILWAY TERMINUS.--JObR Illatthews, aged 42, another of
the sufferers, expired at Guy's Hospital on Monday night, at
eleven o'clock. The injuries he received were principally on
the head. Inflammation having ensued, his case Dallicd all
skill.