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    STKEET liAILWAYS-^TllEIR CONSTRUCTION AND. WORKING.*

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    man " The Government , " lie continues , " evidently considered it preferable that the largest forcewhich England had ever despatched from her shores should incur the chance of failure in its object , than that the simple and easily applied plans of a jttmor post-captain , should asyain jeopardise the reputation of his coin . mander-in-rfuef :. Yet , while this animosity was . being- directed against him in Ins professional capacity , he had shortly before received from George the Third , the highest decoration of the Order of the Bath for his professional services . ¦ , . Nevertheless , the offending and © vei-ofhcions post-captam was not to be again employed , if possible . Ho entreated in yam to . permitted to return to his fri-ate . &or had his ofienees only this exclusive standing . He had dared , also , to associate with such persons as Sir Francis Burdett and Major Cartwright—nay , more , to act with them : for he had attended the famous meeting , held

    at the Crown and Anchor in the Strand . Moreover , m the House , his Lordship had exposed the waste of the public money , and the p 3 eiilafion that existed . The He-man Cardinals standnot alone m their infainv . They can bo matched on English ground—not nity years ago . " In proof , we may cite the case of Lord Dxindi-nald a Grandmother . This excellent old lady , as the widow ot Captain ( Hlchiist , had received a pension of £ 100 , not only during her life , but for eight years after her death . . " Some patriotic individual had been drawing her pension , as though she were still living . " His Lordship was naturally disgusted at a fact like this—but the ministry of the day was only disgusted at the exposure . Like the Roman Cardinalate , they aided ait suppressing truth , from the pure dread of scandal to the Cabinet . Oug . it we not to be thankful that we live not in such days .- That we do

    not , is a cheerful evidence of social and political progress . To relieve the House of his presence , Lord ¦ Bundonald was peremptorily ordered to join his ship " hi a weep , " and that in a capacity as subordinate as the one occupied before any of _ these S 3 rvices had been performed ! nay , more , "in spite ot my pointing out to himhow , with a tritiing force , I could do far more tnan I had done—a proposition which he treated with contemptuous silence . There is nothing vrorse in the records of the Admiralty , 3 yen at that period . " ' .. ¦¦ , n To every annoyance that was possible , Lord Dundonald was subjected by the authorities on system . Among other matters , the Maltese Admiralty brought him into debt for vicious eqad ? mr naticm , instead of awarding remuneration for the numerous prizes taken bv the Imperieuse in tho Mediterranean . . .- ¦ ¦¦

    The princlpal officer of" this Court was a Mr . Jackson , who held two offices / that of proctor and that of marshal . The latter pliice he performed by deputy , the former in person . Every prims ,, therefore , placed in his hands as proctor , had to pass through his hands as marshal ! whilst as proctor if was further in his power to consult himself as marshal as often as lie-pleased , and to any extent he pleased , Aa extract from his charges in this way is given in the volume , Lord DiuidoHald having- the bill m--. his possession . ¦ . On one occasion , the latter , pending a debate on tho yubje . ct , msted together ah exact copy of the cliuei-ent . sheets of which tlie miot chaes was composedformed them into a huge roil , and , amjdst

    rg , the astonishment and laughter of the House of Commons , unrolled it along- the floor of the house , when it reached from . tho bpoaker S table to the bar . Lord Duriclon aid's complaints , however , were pooh-poohed ; and he resolved , with his usual Onerg-y ,, on getting-all positive proof . He therefore embarked in his yaeht , Juhe , jor Gibraltar ; where ho again embarked onboard a bria--o £ -war bound to 3 ViaJta 3 a » a . then demanded of the . Admiralty Court flmt Iho prize accounts in question should be revved . Tho . tablepi . , loess Plight to have been hung up in the court ,, but w » w not ; , it \\? as louncl vyafered up , behind the door of the judge's retiring- chamber , bwjl Duhdonald took it ; down , and placed it in the possession of a brother 1 Ru iucci

    5 > flBSer , f This : " Rape , of the Table ; became t ^ e ; o * fl . hiu-poyous ' p ' oem ; but the jiulg-o was furious , and £ ord DunUonu , d ivaa . arrested und , er circumstances which made the arrest peculiarly . ^ rbciou ^ V ^ nd subse ( Ciuenjtly tried . The ientirp . statement is well kvpi'thw carq ' ftii perusal . . , .....,, , , Lvr ^ Dimcloriald , having escaped from i > ri- » - - ^ . -. vv ;« U in ivn ^ land with the needful documents and proofs ' 1 U Wva . JU . puyo . oi Commons , ftutihe iresiilt waq / . as might luvve b 6 en , ami jludeod was , oxpected . ^ he ^ tjifn . pn ^ . 1 ¦ #$ iftWdabiiod Uk fune r yrl \ w ftut ^ ontyfelfc Jhat move Mv ^ meu 8 u _ i : fs , muslb ( e ! tako , na ^ ninsfc , i ^ miwd sp daring aftd ao rqvo- ; Sjt ^^^^ W ' ^^ a ^ lSv « "QW ofienqo hy snp ^ ng fouliWoWrt'faTOUi ^** . , : ' vA , lii ^ uriun eTiKwuMnVl tiis n 1 n . nH . ibi' attadlcinc and

    ^ t voMAn jmQihf * 'flooft ' to ; , ihe I ' viwcqBe ^ eut , who , witR ¦ tho pSlfffy . fM-W ^ ii ^ t ^^^ - ^ i ^ ' 'Buf thpv atojed that they MM i > V bo 4 iVWqa , aH ' tho mrtt MsW htf ^ ma aang-erous bq 5 m . ty ) V $ m pSw # Sp « lfif .- ' tea . pundoniUd acduiosccs m this I ' emavUa'b 6 fpy ^ Mii " , % hud Itio same plan been knqNyn to tho Mia in tho ^ tol ^ inn ' totitmvUVot' a mropoah in Jndm would ljkyo \ esppLd . ' ; ^ i \ ii ; tlvr \ vn't <>\ havVthq ^ U . « ° Hyfeply'oh the wbipct , over oonsultea , by th ^ Gjoverwinent coxjeovwm ^ b ' ein '; % ate fo ' v ' t ^ ctitioHa , aji 4 in iiivour df iwi'dmbion ^ UVy . "' THa-tXbixlPinndoiiald ' s li ' oroism prooocdod fro » ifi A ' j fomatotiio twin o | biSa ) aTid'th ( ii ! l 3 > feliflh 0 ovonimpnt « ai-o HlVaic ^ J ^ nth ^ msjs -of all p e ^ aHS % s ^^ &d ; v ^ :. ni ^ h ^ ¦ M ^ WTO'HjWi ? 1 ' ¦; S % W » SftlM ^^^ S'S ? w |^^^ SS |^^ : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ . ¦¦ nr ^ ' ^ \ " ¦ ; ; " ' . ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ .. ¦ IwiliiilHiiSi ^^

    my marriag-e not the least so . " An orphan daughter of a family ot honourable standing in the midland counties , Miss Katheriue Corbett Barnes , was the lady selected ; but his uncle , the Hou . Basil Cochrane , had chosen for him another bride , and opposed tho match :- They wore accordiug-ly secretly married at Annan in Scotland : but their union was not long- kept-concealed , and Lord ¦ Dundonald consequently did nut inherit a shilling of his uncle's property . It is evident that Lord Dundonald did not go the way to make monej '; yet it was afterwards affected to be believed that this same man could be guilty of a fi-aiid on the Stock Exchange , in order to raise the price of funds in his ow-ii favour . It : was the case of u brave and--somewhat incautious man contending against " a weak and wicked Government . " Of the notorious transaction

    called the Stock Exchange trial , it would be folly at this time to enter into full detail . It is sufficient to say that Lord Dundonald had nothing- whatever to do with it—was entirely innocent of the sameand that trusting to his innocence , ho did not think it needful to p repare for his defence . By those perversions of lm j udicial authority which were familiar to Lord Ellenborough , the evidence was forced into connection with Lord Dundonald , and the jury were misled into a balict' that he was somehow associated with the conspiracy . The legal form of a conspiracy , with which he had nothing to do , was also made to tell unfairly against Lord Dundonald , so as to shut him out from the opportunity of a newtrial . Lord Dundonald was condemned to fine , imprisonment , and

    the pillory ! This monstrous sentence rebounded , however , on the sentencer . It was Lord Ellenborough , not Lord Dundonald , who lost his character by it- Lord Ellenborough became .-unpopular to such an extent that future juries would not credit his charges , and refused the verdicts that he expected . Disgrace , aud a broken heart , became tho portion of the judge , and an early death . Length of days , a complete vindication of his character in the two ¦ volumes before us , the recognition , of the . nation , and a tomb in AV estmiristev Abbor , were the ultimate reeompenee awarded by Time to the brave , ttic suffering , the injured ,, and the heroic Lord Dundonald ; now crowned by the national judgment as one of his country ' s Worthies .

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    THE adoption of a system of horse street railways . in 14 is metropolis being : iiow an acknowledged necessity , ifc becomes necessary to consider how they shall- be constructed and worked , ™ as to become of the greatest utility ; und cause the least possible inconvenience to other trauic . : , j- Tlie question first suggested to our mind was the g-uuge , ior in the olden time of tho ¦ iSrht introduction of our locomotive railways ,, there was a -fieruc contest , called " . Tho Battle ot the Ganges , as to whether 7 feet or 4 feet 8 ^ inches should be the national gauge of England , and winch ended in a drawn battle , viz ., each gauge to keep its own district . Now we hope no sne-h question will arise m London , but that whatever gauge ! is adopted at the . commencement will be the universal ono for the whole metropolitan district AVel ^ nje attentivel y ' pevuged Mr . G . V . Tram ' s . pamphlct _ dn " £ treet Eail-¦™ i , v 2 nd Mx . Charles Burn ' s pamphlet on " Hoi'se Railwoys iov Branch Lines , etc . " Mr . Burn states the guu-e of the Pars S 5 \^ iles ^» toenffer . - irumPQiia to bo 4 fret 10 | . liiclw } . n ' lnla _ S at W in tl ! o United Stages is 4 feet $ } inches , being . tl , e ^ uo as , « ur own nnrrosv g ^ ge lpconTotive lined . ^ The «™» B « { fX . i ordinary carts and eiUT % es in IjSng-laud is * o loot ; and » f ^ »^ London oimubMs ^ , 5 fret 0 inohes . . Considering the inghtfaMj top-heavy loads of human bem-s these omnibuses cnvry , we do not cokder the lust-nymea . gauge i ^ onou-l ^ or them J > ut as * e me led to anticipate , from tlio'bpaptifol models mid htliogniphs ot-Mi . Train ' s patent railway .. cpm , th > t our now street OQuvpyancw \ ull notby any means ho so dawfforoaisly . top-hcayy , we coino lot ho > < . onchisftn that the best gauffQ Ifey tho inetropolitjni . atn-et nuhvn . vfl 1 be 5 foet Oinche ^ j fmfl laying down Mr . SamuoJ h pntent nj l , winch } w a iht tramway f * mohes , mid a nu * od rml o baroh . 5-8 thH ormvtridtvarid . a breadth of W juehoH , the c * I 8 lt £ of the rail in the voadwivy would bo but little . ftlt , BOJing that the i ° n « X ofVI roVdconf yances woulduse th 6 ^ Mv : un ^ winch tr , imw « y wo , uld pf itself luivo a , gritugo of from 4 ft , 10 m , to 511 , 0 Tliw-wo < ionuk \ bv would be u great advantage over n ¦^ l ; W ; - Saug'e ; u «) o « s tip construction of J » r . SamveV s rails wn « rovonj d o Sit tip purpoAoB of tho narrower gaujro ; i . e ., lO r tbo . flnt t ranvj , ny pprtion . of tfio vi . il to be laid oiitsido the itubud rnj lawcft I ohiwuto . as vepve 4 ontocl in the plate n Mr . Trmu * pamphlet ., _ Ai rtliei ton siddmfion also weighs with uswhi p vecomwondinff ^ 61 b . 0 ; «« V ; Tliopoaaowiwn ^ f twoU ft BaujBo gives a greater centre ol ui uty » Oekoandin ^ indies audpnssinL" round curves , am I woiUnt m « tin l favoMV an Tucrcaso of nodd o ^ f gi'ontov roof loads ; ft " « ll on si oh u giwg'fl would enrry word paasengors 11 « m fowxr ^ v 1 » eels on ? ho lS « w W Sk W 6 canii ^ m ixtty wa . y agree AVitlt Mr . B suffffwffi « V % io ' « iii ] m ? of thW'feot tor any street ovcoun tij BSSSPSw- ¦ We ' over quite w& that My .- llnms -nevw -lny rt J 3 iy at& Gl&oster station of the Midland Ito hvflr in the ohlea time > YVPW . tJlip . bv 6 aJc of pjwgo oxjs . tud thoro , tor it ho ^ j !; * ^; . would fip ' eal ^ fjQ ft glitip ^ ly o ? tho inconvenience of ft broiilc «« jyo . j oi neyov ym oonfu $ on Svorso co ^ ouncloa tlum at thnt 11 en ¦ «» J W * fli # . J « W * hundrodH of tons of .. oj-dl w » y gooj U ., uvdU ouhiw » okfaWw < bm »' P'i "M'to b » tvansfemd t o > ly , Tho < h "> thow

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    gg 2 The Saturday Analyst and Leader . [ Nov . 24 , 1866

    Stkeet Liailways-^Tlleir Construction And. Working.*

    STKEET liAILWAYS- ^ TllEIR CONSTRUCTION AKD WORlvlNG .

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 24, 1860, page 962, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2375/page/10/