The Sun.
London, England, 1829-09-05 00:00:00

intention to appear against them next week at
the Assi.zes at Salisbury.
(Signed) C. W. DANCE, Lieut.-Col. H.P.
N.B. I have omitted to observe, that the loss
of the expansion by the chains breaking, lessen-
ed our power one-third, and we travelled the
whole Way on one wheel only; i. e. one wheel
bolteo, to the axle.

On Saturday, August Ist, after having ex-
amined every part of the carriage, and found no-
thing injured except what has been before stated,
and having repaired the same, Mr. GUrney ran
the steamer, with the baroucht attached to it,
about two o'clock p.m. thwugh Pulteney-street,
Laura Place, &c. &c., for about an hour, to as-
certain whether the machinery was perfect.
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whole worked to admiration, with about halt the
power of the engine ; she ran from about nine to
eleven miles an hour.

On Monday morning, the 3d of August (to
avoid any repetition of the affair at Melksham),
Mr. Gurney having moved the carriages during
the middle of the preceding night by horses, till
beyond, the town of Melksham, they arrived
within six miles of Devizes.
During this operation the movement was very
slow and tedious, the steamer having the same
barouche attached to it, and only attended by one
post carriage with a pair of horses. The post-
boy appeared tired of the continual stopping, and
tedious advance. At half-past six a.m. Mr.
Gurney having got up the steam, he started ; and
in order to get away from the manufacturing dis-
trict without any chance of further molestation,
he laid on the full power of the engine. Such
was the rapidity of the movement to Devizes,
that the post-horses were completely blown, and
in a white lather ; the post-boy declared " that
instead of going slower with the steamer, as he
had expected, they travelled at such a rate, he
never had such hard work in his life as it was to
keep up with them."

- At the bottom of Devizes Hill, met the mail,
and another coach, which stopped to witness
their ascent to the top of the hill, which is re-
markably steep ; the steamer (with the barouche
invariably attached to it) ascended the hill with-
out stopping, at the rate of from five to six miles
an hour. On reaching the top the passengers on
the top of the mail cheered, and both parties
moved on respectively.
At Devizes took in fresh coke, and were most
kindly received by the inhabitants, particularly
Mr. Burt, who rendered peculiar assistance both
going and returning, which induced them not to
hurry. They therefore proceeded from Devizes
at about seven o'clock, at a steady pace to Marl-
borough, where they arrived without any re-
markable occurrence.

Here they were also very kindly received, and
great interest was expressed to know how the
carriage would go up Marlborough-hill ; Mr.
Gurney ordered the full power to be laid on the
engines, and the carriage ascended to the top of
the hill without stopping, at the rate of seven
miles an hour.

The people on foot were soon left behind,
and those on horseback accompanied the
steamer for several miles, showing great satisfac-
tion as they went along. The carriage came on
through Hungerford, Newbury, &c., at a steady
pace, to Reading, where they were met, before
they entered the town, by the late Mayor and
several other gentlemen on horseback and in car-
riages, who received them with the greatest civi-
lity, and accompanied them through the town,
where the'y were greeted in a peculiar manner.
Three persons got up behind, in addition to
the usual number, making in the whole seven,
and proceeded about three miles. Came on to
Cranford Bridge steadily, where they arrived at
a quarter-past five o'clock p.m.; thus making
the distance of 82 miles (from six miles the
Bath side of Devizes to Cranford Bridge), in
eleven hours, including all stoppages.
The whole journey was performed without the
slightest accident or stoppage.
It was observed by every person that no horse
took any notice of the carriage the whole jour-
ney. Nothing perhaps can possibly convey so
satisfactory a proof of the confidence of every
person, both in the machinery and safety of the
whole, as the fact that three of the engineers and
two of the gentlemen fell into a sound sleep at
different times during their homeward journey.
The opinion of Mr. Gurney and all the engi-
neers is that the machinery is in better order from
the work it had than it was at starting. As the
proof of it, the journey from Devizes to Cran-
ford Bridge was made in four hours less time
returning than it was going, and the carriage
seemed to work with more ease the latter part of
the journey.
The heavy rain which fell during the afternoon
drenched them completely, but made no sort of
difference to the progress of the carriage. The
rain which fell on the boiler and chimney made
no appearance whatever of steam or vapour,
which might have been expected.

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