THOMAS. TURNBULL, ESQ,

West Coast Times, Issue 92, 3 January 1866, Page 3

THOMAS. TURNBULL, ESQ,

Harbor Master, Westhunl.

Sin, — We arc surprised that the men connected with tho* Harbor. Department hero hove received no pay since about Angus}- last, and beg to apply td you for an explanation of the some, with the request that you will give it your prompt attention, otherwise it will bo necessary for us to take proceedings against the poor fellow for their accounts, which havo remained unsettled since August. One especially seems a cage of great hardship, he having been discharged two months ago and kept waiting all this time doing nothing, to get his cash. Yesterday wo advanced him money to purchase a boat as a means of getting a livelihood, and wo cannot help thinking-it a disgrace to your department that ho should bo driven to such straits, with mon'oy from government lawfully duo to him. We got an order signed by Hugh Hamel and James Stalker two months ago, but one and all referred our frjends to Captain Gibson, who again said ho would ,havo to consult some one else, <vo.

To save f iirllici' trouble, please let uh kuow at oucc it they are to bo paid, and wbeu ?

Yours truly, Hammond k Daviks.

An cxtiaordinnvy genius lias been discovered in Ireland, iv tno person of a lad 16 years of ago. The lad has con&tructcd, entirely unaided, a piece of machinery in full motion, occupying a ground bpacc of eomo'7 or 8 feet square, and driven by-a&inall water-wlicel about d feet in diameter. On close inspection it was found tbafc the various wheels, cogs, crauks, and spindles wove entirely of wood, and wero performing simultaneously tbo varied opoiations of pumping, churning, bammoring on an anvil, porpendicular paw, diagonal and circular saw, &v., but so cloverly adapted to tlicso respective useti, that the. whole was driven with the moat perfect and cosy motion by the water-wheel already alluded to. The lad iv the son of a blaoksraith living iv, Knoolcrutb, county Wioklow, and ])a| nevei' bsen JO wileg from l»to IflßWi