New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-25
MISCELLANEOUS.

ine tbs 9b at his residence in Upper Haley s-eet,
London - says tn C0Hf Cue lar
MISCELLANEOUS.
R,uw,Y SIGNALS. - An ingenious invention II
about TO be put in practical operation on The e1a,n-
Western Railway. Every train viii nave gntta-
rercba tube extending it, whole length. LIS tube
viii be formed OF parts which are attached 20 emu
other by a spring clip, that the eogth OF the tube
can be made TO correspond with the length Of any
train This tube il connected with an aTpump "a the
guards van in the front, aud with the gard van az
the end of the train. BY stroke o. this pump the
air Is forced through the tube 10 the sppos e end OF
the train and produ a very loud and ehlll whistle
AZ a mouth piece attached 10 the tube IN each guaris
van and TO mouth-pece when eNtehds aso 'lo'c 70
the engine driver. Printed instructions are TO be
placed in the Lands of guards, engne-drvers anG
sokers which state that whistle means " Look
"out," two whistles signify Caution ana three
whistles denote danger" ms Information oou-
vey,d by either of the guards 10 one an
other and TO the tngiDe-drlver and s5oker WI
cause, it IL hoped, such lookout 10 front such
a use of the brakes attached IN each guards N"n'
ard such regulation Of the speed OF tram
a. cannot fail to secure great degree OF safety
AnOtLer invention about 10 be used on the Soutb-
Western Railway is the following: Two lights, one
red and the other white, are 10 be hxed 70 al arm al
certain distance from each other ana az certain
angle and be connected with the axle OF one OF tbe
wheels of the last carriage of each night tram, anG
caussd TO revolve by the motion Oi the uail. zee
speed at which they turn Will be- governed oy the
sne.d of the train which il will al-o indicate 10 warn
and guide the drivers OF trains coming atttr. Inc
present lights railway canieges ean at distance
BE- scarcely distinguished from hXed Aghts, abd u y
imuossblr at times guess until collision - illtnl.
rent whether the light seen ahead Is the one atacAed
10 the first or last carriage OF train, and consequent
" whether the train with such light Il coming To-
ward or going from another. To ooVate thiS lncon.
yenience and danger the revolving Nights Wiz bo H"5J
t6ectual for even II train IS stopped ana the re-
yoyine lights are rest, the angle at which they ere
| placed viii render them distinguishabe ana easy o.
| recognition tLoi"oh i'"Ve'
! THr pRoPosrp CAvAL AcRoss THE I,TENUs oE
srtz-Tba Courier de HdrSsiH,s OF the 81 lnstant
| published the following letter, dated 10th ut:
"The International Commissioners sent to survey
the line of the projected canal across the lstbmus o.
Sue a1ived here or the 10TH after Journey in Up
per Egypt where the Niccroy had requested them TO
study the best system FOR irrigation Tor that country
and Middle Egypt. Their report on the question -
already in tie Viceroy hands The Lay Of their ar.
rival the Commissioners visited our roads,ead, and
| employed the whole of the 18th, 18th and 10th IN
taking eoundugs in h. Gull. whore the moles OF the
canal are 10 be constructed lhey MARKED out
seyeral points, and particularly the sites Of three
rocks situate about two leagues from the extremity
| Of tI1 bay, and AZ equal distance from both banks
Those rocks are well known to seamen, and present
no impeachment TO navigation. According 10 The
| observations made and the facts asccue!ned on
board the English corvette stationed tor tho lac
three years in the Gulf at the distance OF eight bo
metres from the town. the roadstead OF SueI may be
considered of the safest I'M the world. The anchor
age is exec lent, and occasion dd the corvette
sustain the least damage in its water. The north
winds which prevail there nearly the whole year, and
those from the south, which scarcely last two months
a,e not sufficiently violent to endanger navigation,
and the captain of the corvette declared that during
the three wears his vessel remained there, the COM
murcations with the store had not been once inter-
| rpted by bad weather The same cannot be said Of
| many roads The commissioners visited to-day the
quaies of Attaka three leagues TO the southwest OF
the town. which to supply the stone necessary for
| the works of art of the canal. They shortly to
| lea for p,usum the lshlnus SOUIl
north and there every reason 10 believe that they
will have completed their exploration in the fret dsys
Of 1856. Soundngs are being prosecuted in the moan
time ION the ismus along the line OF the future canal
and hitherto the results described in the proc5Srt
| tour which the commissioners have begun to Il
anime the spot, continue TO be most satisfactory.
| SUICIDE III SwALLOWISG A RsD-HOr PoEER.-
| On Sunday evening" the 23d OF December, at 10
o'clock a man in the prime of life, but whose appear
| ancc betokened poverty and misery, entered the
| Crantbam Arms, Dyer street, Leeds, and having
| called for pipe sat down moOdiy by the ire. Two
or three persons were sitting IN the roou' oat the
stranger was not heard to speak word. After sitting
thus for ten minutes, the man put poker into the
fire. and when il had become red hot took out, aud
knocked against the floor to remove any excrescence
on t. He then deliberately put the redhot end OF the
poker down bis throat. The persons present caught
hold of him. and having removed she poker from bis
possession, bathed his mouth With warm water. The
man was ultimately removed TO the Mendic!ty Once
| where every attention was shown hlni and, N an
gwer 10 injuries a. to the OF the rash act be
only replied that it a very foolish act, and be oid
not know wi at BE- doing His tongue, throat and
under lin were much burnt from the effects OF which
! be died last Friday. The only information can b.
gained about the deceased is, that his name Is Thomas
Barker and that he came from Bolton, in Lancashire,
An inquest held on the body az the Court-bouse
! last Saturday, before John Blackburn, esq, when
verdict was returned that Thomas Barker died from
the effect of the burns which he had willluy caused
on limsef but there was no evidence 10 satisfy the
Jury a. TO the state Of his mind. Leeds Nercury
| ANCIENT STRCcrUREs-Ninevehw was l. miles long
wide AMI 40 miles round with wall 100 feet high, end
th.I enough for three chariots abreast. Babylon
90 miles within the walls, which were 70 feet thick
and SEQ t.et high, with 100 braZen gates. The Tenn
pie of Diana al Epbesgs according 20 Flry -eQn red
800 years to complete IT, and -sppOrte by ~ p
lars, 20 feet high, having been raised by as many
| king, The argest Of the Pyramids i Al feet ~
and $50 on the sides is base covers u acres TEE
stones are about 30 feet in length and tie layers
EOS. IL empoyed 800 coo men in building. The laby
ninth Of Egypt contained 800 chamber ant IL halls.
Thebss in Egypt, presents ruins % miles round, aud
lad leo gates. Carthage was - mile round Athens
was % miles round and contained 25Jo00 citzens and
iOO coo slaves. The Temple OF Dephos war % r:h q
donations that il plundcred OF 100000, and Nero
carried away from il 2nO statues. The walls .! Roue
were 10 nilts round.
M,RRf,GE WITH Z Orc ssED WIrf's SsTFR,-
Tn Glasootr Scotland MT OF recent date, says:
SIN The course VI argument by counsel, IN the oa-e
before the Court Of Sessions recently respecting TIE
"leralitv of a marriage with a dec ased wiles sister
one Of the counsel said i was doubtful POINT whe1.t
such marriage wa prohibited n the LeytcGl Law on
(Which Lord Arlnilan remarked that he vas rpr-fd
"uou. of the counsel had referred 20 jacob ruarryns
two sister, and 10 the fact that 90 sav onr "6- de-
"sccnded rom one OF them.