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      this part of Ireland—no yacht sailed owned by a person bf that Christian name—no skin or scale has Seen left at the Coast Guard Detachment near Horn Sock , nor have my men or the fishermen alongthe coast , heard of or seen such a monster . I am sorry the public and the editor ofthe Cork Constitution should have been so shamefully hoaxed by persons from Bahdon ' whose names are known . —I am , sir , yonr obedient servant , Jamb Tbavbrs _, Lieut . Coast Guard . " ¦ , _^ . . ' _„„ . REPBK 8 SSIAH 05 of Cobk _.-Mt . . _Seqeant Mnr-• Bby , "having received confirmation from Mr . 5 ? a ° _Wof Hs _iStentionio retire as soon as the new _£ S _£ shall be av _^ lable , "haa announced hl 3 intention to commence his canvass of the constituency of the "beautiful city" on his return m the

      course ofa few days . _ . The Cote _» -sibbei Savings Bank . —ine morning tapers of _Tnesday publish a correspondence between the Lord Mayor and the Chancellor ofthe Exchequer on the subject of the Cuffe-street Savings Bank . Pressed by the importunities of the unfortunate depositors , Mr . Reynolds requests information as to the tune -when the sum voted by parliament will be in course of payment , to -which app lication Sir Charles Wood replied , " That anin-Testi gation into the pass-books and accounts of individual depositors must precede any payment ; and the first step was necessarily to appoint proper _persons to conduct tins inquiry . Till this has been < joue no step whatever can be taken for any _payaoest * * * Ton will recollect that in the _resolution of the committee it is expressed that the sum to be voted by parliament should be in aid of

      local subscriptions ; and this resolution , I think , lenders it necessary that an endeavour shonld be jnade to raise a subscription in Dublin for this purpose . " The Lord Mayor , in a lengthy letter , objects to charitable subscriptions , and says : —" _Eecollecting the case the plain case made out for fall payment from the pnblic Exchequer , I cannot , consistently -with my notions of duty and justice , be a party to any appeal to my fellow citizens for contributions towards the liquidation of a debt which , in my judgment , is due by the entire nation . " After a lapse of six days , the Lord Chancellor replied , and , _fiayjng- expressed regret that Mr . KeynoWs would not promote the subscrip tion , says : — "I shall now take the necessary steps for investigating the claims of depositors , and the payment ef such sums as the vote of parliament enables me to make . "

      The Tbkakt League ts "Wexford . —The winter ' s campaign commenced on Monday at a great meeting held at Enniscorthy . The new movement numbers in its _ranis nearly the whole mass of the Soman Catholic , aided by a . large proportion ofthe Presbyterian clergy ; while the old one seems to be abandoned to the harmless guidance of Mr . John ¦ O'Connell and the half-dozen tradesmen who make "holyday every Monday at Burgh-quay . The chair -was taken by Mr . Thomas Meyier , ot Harris-town . The principal speakers were—the Rev . Mr . Meyier , C . C . ; the Rev . Mr . Rogers , Presbyterian minister ; tbe Rev . Mr . Bell , Presbyterian minister ; Mr . Power the Rev . Mr . Murphy , the Rev . Mr . Devereus , parish priest ; Mr . Lucas , Br . _M'Knight , Mr . _Tvadd y , die . The speeches were exceedingly able , argumentative , and eloquent , and were received with enthusiastic applause . The resolutions were

      similar in their import to those recommended by the council of the League to be adopted at county meetings . The meeting , which did not terminate until half-past five o ' clock , was followed hy a pnblic dinner in _Nuznm ' s hotel , which was attended by a great number of gentlemen who took part in the previous proceedings . _AcCOCCHEMEST OF THE COESIESS OF CiABENDON . —On Sunday morning , at the Vice-regal Lodge , Phoenix Park , the Countess of Clarendon was safely delivered of a daughter . The Countes 3 and infant are going on favourably . Repeal _Association . —The usual weekly meeting of the Association was held in Conciliation Hall yesterday , Mr . W . P . O'Connor in the chair . The rent for the week was £ 16 Os . 6 _| d ., which included £ 5163 . contributed by Irishmen resident in Boston , America .

      RHVIOUEED COLLISION BETWEEN THE POLICE ASD Peasantry . —The Kilkenny Moderator contains the following : — "Yesterday ( Tuesday ) a report was current In our city of a collision attended with the Joss of life , having taken place on Monday morning at the Commons of Ballingarry , between the police and peasantry . It is said that five of the constabulary went to escort tbe sheriff , or bis bailiffs , in making a distress , and that an armed mob having attacked them the police fired , when one of the people was shot dead and several wounded . Johs Mitchel . —The Kilkenny Journal says , " The last account of poor Mitchel is supplied in an Australian paper , which announces the arrival of the _Neptune con-net ship at Hobart Town , and states that John Mitchel has received his ticket of leave , and on account of his delicate health will be allowed to reside at Bothwell , where he can enjoy the society of John Martin . "

      Chop _T-wrm ; —The Cork Constitution contains the following : — "At an earl y hour on Sunday morning a number of men assembled on the lands of Mondonnel , near _Rathcormac , accompanied with horses and cars , and cut down a field of barley , ¦ which they carried off . The landlord in this ease is the Hon . G . F . Colley , of Rildare , a gentleman who is highly spoken of as being an excellent landlord , allowing reductions to his tenantry when the season demands it , and draining and improving their lands at his own expense . Last Saturday the agent of the Hon Mr . Colley ( Mr . Ross ) went on tbe land

      and offered the tenant a reduction of twenty-five per cent on his rent for the year , and on its being refused he made another , offering him the entire of the green crops and a clear receipt if he -wonld surrender , but neither offer would be accepted . This is a very poor return to an indulgent landlord , which the honourable gentleman is well known to he . A few weeks previous 300 men with reaping hooks went on some wheat lands in the same _neighbourhood , where there were eight bailiffs in charge , and cut down and carried off all the wheat fit for cutting . The bailiffs , seeing the determination of the reapers , thought it best to cut and run .

      The late Attack os the Pouce at _Exnisxagg Bridge . —Xething further has transpired as to the authors of tbe assault on Wednesday night . Constable Kelly still remains alive , but there is no hope of recovery . The two other policemen are still seriously indisposed—indeed one of them danger ously so . —Mz & enny Journal . Fatal Accidext " ox the Cohraxd _Baxdox Hulwat . —On Monday , at the Chetywnd Tiaduct , Castlewhite , the subcontractor , under Messrs . Fox and Henderson , for the completion ofthe Cork" and Bandon Railway , commenced putting up the first

      rib ofthe iron work in presence of Mr . Aixon , engineer ofthe company , and Mr . Ronayne . The rib was hoisted to the top of one of the pillars , and was about being laid on its bed , when one of the men who had charge of the guide-rope suddenly let it ont , by which the weight ofthe rib was thrown on the sheer leg . Tbe consequence was that the rib , weighing sixteen tons , gave way , and it fell to the f round with a dreadful crash , by which it was roken to pieces . One of the " workmen underneath had his head cut off by the fall , as if he had been guillotined .

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      Highway Robbebv By Mistake.—The Followin...

      Highway Robbebv by Mistake . —The following singular adventure is related in the French journals : —A party of gentlemen met a few days since for a day ' s shooting , in the nei ghbourhood of Montereau . The house in which the sportsmen spent the night , was situated halfway up a declivity overlooking the high road . At about two o ' clock in the morning , one of the inmates hearing a noise , raised a cry that their vehicle was being stolen . The party were soon astir , and hearing a noise of wheels as of a coach going off , seized their weapons and rushed out in pursuit of the thieves , whom they

      soon succeeded in coming up with , thanks to a cross cut . The first ofthe party on the spot immediately seized the horses' heads , and stopped the carriage short . The peop le inside the carriage upon this immediately began to cry Thieves ! ' '—a degree of audacity at which our sportsmen grew exasperated , and cocking their guns they levelled them at the driver . The latter personage , together with the individuals inside the carriage , were seized with terror at this demonstration , and precipitating themselves from their seats rushed off into a neighbonring coppice , where thev were presently lost sl " Con _^ tulating themselves on the recovery of their carriage , the Bportsmen returned with it in triumph dead beaten , hut swelling with pride at their exploit . It was now determined the carriage should bsafel

      e y secured in the coachhouse , but what was their surprise at finding the place aheady _w f » St T ° _^ _^ hkh the servant had placed there the night before , without their knowled ge . The cry of « thieves" _Vhich they had considered as the height of audacity on the part of the travellers , was now accounted for , and the een-Uemen thus interrupted in their "journey were the lonafide owners of the carriage , which they had been but too glad to abandon , in order to save their lives threatened by a band of armed ruffians . The affiur wa 3 serious , and in order to avoid the accusation of robbery on the republic ' s highway , accompanied with violence and other aggravating circumstances , it was deemed expedient before _retiring to rest to knock -np the authorities , and apprise them ofthe circumstance on which they relied for their defence .

      Marshal Hayxap . —A letter from Prague , of the 17 tb , says *— " The general arrived here last ni ght , and this morning was seen walking on the promenade , dressed in plain clothes , and accompanied by an officer . He has the air of a dejected and desponding man . The treatment he experienced in London and Hanover , coming so suddenly upon bis contemptuous dismissal by the master for whom he braved the censure of the world and of his own heart , has made a deep and melanchol y impression npon the old man . He is about leaving for Grate , "Where his family is residing , "

      Desperate Affray "With The Police At Ekk...

      DESPERATE AFFRAY "WITH THE POLICE AT _EKKISHAGG , _IRELAND . The SRkenny Moderator brings the subjoined particulars of a desperate affray between the police and a party of marauders , in which the former appear to have been the greatest sufferers : — "Asensation of the deepest horror and regret was spread throughout our city on Thursday , the 19 th inst ., by the intelli gence having been carried here at an earl y hour of the morning , that three of the Stoneyford constabulary , whilst on patrol , had been attacked at _Ennisnagg , and beaten in such a brutal manner aa to be left for dead by their assailants . It appears tbat at twelve o ' clock on the night

      of Wednesday , constable Kelly , with sub-constable Arthur Holmes , and William Reardon , proceeded from the Stoneyford station , on patrol duty , and having had some cause of suspicion that an attempt at robbery was likely to bo made at Ennisnaggmill , they took up a position under the shelter of some trees at the northern end bf the old bridge of Ennisnagg , having the mill iu view at about fifty yards distance . The nig ht was , unfortunatel y , very wet , in consequence of which they were buttoned up in their watch coats , beneath which are worn their bayonets and cartridge pouches , which cannot thus be readily got at . They carried their carbines , but these , according to the regulation of the service , were not loaded . Having remained in this position

      for nearly an hour , they observed six men come towards them , having descended the hill on the left bank of the King ' s River , by a pathway leading from the new road to Kilkenny . Four of these men were a few yards in advance of the otber two , and upon theu * approach the constable challenged them , civilly asking , what was their business out at that late hour . The fellows did not seem disposed to make any courteous answer ; but one of them , after a time , said , rather sulkil y , that they were going to the fair of Bennet ' s-bridge . This response , even more than the dogged manner ofthe men , aroused

      the suspicion of Kelly . He told them they oould not be intending to go to Bennet ' s-bridge , as they were turning their backs to it in the direction in which they were moving , and , interposing himself in -their passage , . he demanded that they should stand and account for themselves . Immediatel y two men seized him , one of them pinioning his arms and the other striking him . He called to his comrades to fix tbeir bayonets , but whilst they were in the act of doing so , and almost instantaneously , each of them was seized , their arms pinioned to their sides by the grasp of one fellow whilst the others forced their carbines from them and struck

      them with them on the head . The struggle must have been a desperate one , as the roadway cf tbe bridge was quite torn up by their feet , pools of blood l y ing about , and a portion of the parapet wall , in two p laces , broken down . Holmes succeeded in knocking down the man who had caught him , bat he was immediately thrown upon him , and in their struggle upon the ground they grappled for the bayonet , with wbich they wonnded each other * Holmes having , be thinks , stabbed his assailant more than once , whilst he also received some stabs himself in the face , and the fellow hit his chin and nose in a shocking manner . Reardon received a blow from a carbine behind , which knocked him over the parapet ofthe bridge , though not into the

      water , and the force of the fall rendered him senseless . The two men who had been _engaged in the encounter with him then turned to aid their two friends in the attack npon the constable , who , being a strong and determined man , was making a fierce resistance . The poor fellow ' s great effort seemed to be directed to the getting of a cartridge out of his poach for the purpose of loading his carbine , wliich he appears to have retained for a long time . The pouch was found open , and a blood y mark , as if from his fingers , on the top ofa cartridge , but he didjiot succeed in getting it out , it may be supposed that when his original assailants were reinforced , as above stated , he was soon overpowered . His carbine was then taken and broken by the blows

      which it was used for the purpose of inflicting on his head , and , not satisfied with this , the ruffians jumped several times on the prostrate bodies of Kelly and Holmes , and tore stones from the parapet to hurl upon them as they lay bleeding and incapable of further resistance on the road . The constable became insensible , but Holmes , though much injured , retained his senses throughout . He heard one of the ruffians exclaim to the others , after they had several times jumped on Kelly ' s body , and himself , * They are done for now ; run boys . ' They then ran in the direction of Stoneyford ; and he , finding that his carbine lay by him on the road , by a desperate effort succeeded in loading and discharging it . There are two bouses within less than twenty

      yards of the place where the struggle occurred , and the noise ofthe shot brought the inhabitants out to ascertain the cause . These people finding the policemen weltering in then * blood , proceeded to get a horse and car , into which they lifted them , and conveyed them to the barracks of Stoneyford , scarcely half a mile distant , where the professional assistance of Dr . Bradley was promptly obtained . Mr . Shirley , of Stoneyford , also despatched mounted messengers to the police of _Kells , Callan , and Kilkenny , who were immediately on the alert in search ofthe ruffians , but , unfortunately , without success . Eiriy in the day Mr . Joseph Green , R . M ., and Colonel Wemyss , J . P _., with sub-inspector Trant and _Tortescue , arrived and held an investigation

      into the circumstances of the case , assisted by the Rev . Richard Pack , Mr . Prim , Ennisnagg , and other gentlemen of the locality ; however , very little information was _obtained , we believe , tending to throw a light upon the outrage , or reveal the parties concerned in it . Holmes and Reardon being both sufficiently collected , their statements were taken . They are in a very precarious position , the back of the head of the latter being beaten in with the lock ofthe gun with which he was struck , and all displaying other wounds ; whist the former complains more ofthe pain suffered from the manner in which his limbs were mangled by the fellows jumping upon him than of tbe bayonet stabs in tbe face , of which there are two or three , and the

      blows on the head , from which it is fearfully swollen . Poor Kelly ' s case was obviously the worst of all , and the doctor seemed to have little hope that he would survive . His head is mangled in the most shocking manner , and swollen to a great size , his ej es protruding and closed up . One of the wounds must have been inflicted with a sharp instrument , such as a billhook or hatchet , it being a severe cut across the side of the head and over the ri ght eye . He was not altogether unconscious of the persons who were attending him on Thursday , but he could speak very little , and that very unconnectedly . He bore the highest possible character in the constabulary force , and was held in much respect by his superior officers . ' *

      Latest Particulars . —A further investigation into the circumstances of this most unfortunate and mysterious transaction was made on Saturday last by Mr . Peter Blake , county inspector , but nothing farther was ascertained tending to throw light on the occurrence . Sub-constables Holmes and Reardon , though shockingly ill-used , arc in a fair way of doing well uitimately , but we regret to learn that the medical gentlemen entertain scarcel y any hope of constable Kelly ' s recovery . An extensive fracture has been found on the right side of the head , inflicted by a sharp instrument resembling a hatchet , and there also appears to be an extravasion of blood upon the brain .

      Aboutiox Of Capital Punishmext,—The Foll...

      _Aboutiox of Capital Punishmext , —The following is from the legislative message of Governor Seymour , of Connecticut : — " In the course of our legislation several attempts have been made to abolish the death penalty . The subject has , within a few years , assumed a practical bearing , which is beginning to be felt in our courts of justice . It is there we see the great difficulty which is often experienced in procuring a conviction at trials for homicide , rendered remarkable often for the evident guilt of the accused . The reluctance to render a verdict of guilt in such cases is undoubtedly owing , in many instances , to the effect produced on the

      minds of jurors by the terrible nature ofthe punishment , which requires blood for blood . On all occasions it is felt that the pity which is excited in behalf of those who have been found guilty of the crime , and sentenced to death , has the effect to cast doubt and suspicion on the law itself . Thus , too , horror of the crime is sometimes lost in the sympathy for the victim , and the punishment affixed to the crime becomes an act of the grossest injustice ; and thus , too , when a victim has been launched into eternity , many find it difficult to discriminate between premeditated and legal murder . I submit to tbe legislature whether the time has not come when we should blot from our statute book that relic ofa

      barbarous age , and substitute instead thereof imprisonment for life . " Seal Skj . n 3 . —A vessel belong ing to Denmark , which has arrived in the docks from Flensburg and Copenhagen , has brought from the former place 45 , 843 salted seal skins , consigned to order . In addition to the very large number of this description of skins brought on this occasion , the importation is further of interest , as they would not previously to the alteration in the _Navigation Laws have been admissible in this manner from Europe .

      Importation of Tallow . — It has been directed that the weight of tallow of and from the British possessions , landed under a duty entry , be taken from the wharfinger ' s account , in the same manner as is customary with respect to free goods , and that the wharfinger ' s account be also adopted with _re-8 a £ 5 ' the amount of tare to be allowed . A Cube op a _setebe Skin Disease bt _IIoilowat _' s Oikt-« r _| "T asd Pm . s . -James Jenkins , an agricultural labourer , -, _™ £ J- " farm near Newtown , suffered dreadfully from hww- _^ _kease of the shin , v . hich broke out in _^ n , ii _5 _- 0 U 8 P 111 _^ of his body ; the complaint was _friSS 1 y _^ pam , 18 bis constitution , ho had become low _mltirin _£ _* _, 2 V - De had _« _*» obt _™ "lief by _SK _^ _fl V or three medical men , hut their _remewav _' _spmT . _^ eletl . He _« " _•*"• commenced taking _Hollo-^^ _Wv . _TObbmg _tte 0 intmeHt _^ uin to the affected _TB _& _fcSS _^ _jSZS ? _' * ' _"

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      _...- _^ . ¦¦ __ _>_ — _ __ , , NUMEROUS RAILWAY ACCIDENTS . ACCEBE'SI ON THE GBBAT WESTERN RAILWAY . — During the night of the 20 th instant a serious and alarming accident occurred on the Great-Western Railway , near Wootton Bassett ., This Company , among , the series of excursion trains which they have been recently running , announced one for Friday ' last from Bristol and Bath to the metropolis and back , and we learn that about eight hundred inhabitants of each city availed themselves of the opportunity afforded . In order to facilitate arrangements , and prevent the necessity for one inconveniently long and heavy train , it was determined to send on the passengers by two trains , one leavimr Batbat about seven o ' clock , and the oll . er

      Bristol at about the same time , so as to leavo an interval of about half an hour between them . Itwas also intended to observe the same arrangement on the down journey , for which purpose the two trains were formed at the Paddington station ; but when the hour for departure drew close , the excursionists began to pour in so rapidly and promiscuously that it was found impossible to separate the residents in Bath from those in Bristol , and they were allowed to take their places in either train . The trains were started with punctuality , and the first reached its destination at Bristol at before twelvo o ' clock , and persons at the station awaiting the arrival of friends were told tbat the second train bad been heard signalled at Swindon , and that it would be in in about

      a quarter of an hour . It was not fated , however , that suoh should be the case . The second train made its journey with regularity so far as Wootton Bassett , but at about 200 yards from that station a terrible collision took place with a horse-box which was on the down rail , and which , as when the first train passed down the line was clear , must have got into that position during the quarter of an hour or twenty minutes which had elapsed between the passing of the two trains . The effect of the collision was most alarming , and had the train . been proceeding at its full speed it must have been direful . The engine and tender were thrown off the line and run down the embankment into the field below , where the engineer and driver were thrown off with

      violence , but fortunately . did not'receive much , injury .. The four first carriages followed the engine , and the whole train would doubtless have been drawn down but for the fortunate breaking of the chain which coupled the fourth and fifth carriage . Tho first carriage was turned over and over in its descent , and the passengers , who were thrown into the utmost confusion , and many of whom were considerably injured , could not be extricated until the roof had been broken off with a sledge hammer . A lady , named Lewis , who was said to be the wife of the hi gh bailiff of Bath , received a concussion , and was for a time insensible , but she is now happily considered out of danger ; a lady residing in the same city had her collar bone broken ; a third received

      some severe injuries of the arm and side . Dr . W . B . Herapath and Mr . H . Biggs , of Bristol , received wounds of the head and contusions of the person , and several others were less severely injured . The mail train arrived at Wootton at its proper time , but the down line had been so injured that it could not proceed . Mr . Brunei , the engineer , and Sir . Burton , of Bristol , superintendent ofthe company ' s police , were passengers by it , and rendered every attention to the sufferers . After a delay of about three hours the mail train took as many of the excursion passengers and carriages as it could accommodate , and proceeded on its way to Bristol , where it arrived just before five o ' clock . How the horsebox came to be upon the line remains at present

      matter of conjecture . At about 200 yards west of the Wootton station is a siding , which , with the main line , is crossed at a little below its junction with the main rail by a footpath . During the day the horse box and a luggage truck were on this siding , and the policeman whose duty it was to do so , expresses his readiness to make oath that he " scotched" them ( fastened them by plugs ) so as prevent their accidentally rolling from their position . The policeman having charge of the station has been g iven into custody . On Monday an inquiry into the cause of the accident was opened before the bench of magistrates at Swindon . At the conclusion of the inquiry , the policeman on duty at Wootton Bassett was convicted by the magistrates in

      neglect of duty , and sentenced to two months imprisonments . The prisoner and one of the porters swore that the horse-box which was broken into fragments by the engine of the excursion train , was on the siding properly scotched , " when the firs t part of the excursion train passed down about twenty minutes before , and it appears probable that not knowing that the excursion train was in two detachments , and that the second one was to follow , the horse-box was afterwards shifted off the siding . The regulations ofthe company provide that every siding on the line shall be properly " scotched , " tbat is lo say , that a large balk of timber shall be placed over the rails to prevent all egress from the sidings on to the main line , and it was the duty of the prisoner to see to this at all times .

      Fatal Accident Os The Edinburgh And Glas...

      Fatal Accident os the Edinburgh and Glasgow _Raixwat . — William Robertson , one of the guards on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway , was accidentally killed on Friday forenoon , the 20 th inst ., in the neighbourhood of the Linlithgow station . The unfortunate man was the . _-juard of the train which arrived here from Edinbugh at twenty minutes past nine o ' clock . He ieft Glasgow in charge of the express train at half-past ten , and was last seen alive at the Falkirk station , where he was actively employed in the performance of his duties . On approaching the Linlithgow station the break was applied in the usual manner , hut the guard was missed for tbe first time , and on a search being made for

      him the small box on which he sat on the top of one carriage was found to be empty , and his cap was discovered lying on the x _* oof of a truck some distance further along the train . The cap was torn and spotted with blood , which showed that its owner had met with a serious accident . This surmise was speedily confirmed by the discovery of his dead body lying stretched beside the rails , a few hundred yards westward from the station . The head and face' were dreadfully mangled , and from the extent and nature of the injuries received there can be no doubt that death was instantaneous . It is conjectured by some that while occupied on the top of one of the carriages , his head came in contact with the arms of the signal

      post , -which it appears approach nearer the _ti-ain passing below than tbey should do ; but had this been the case , it is thought his cap must have fallen , not where it was found , but without the rails altogether . The more probable supposition is , that in a moment of forgetfulness he neglected to stoop his head while passing below the iron bridge which spans the line at this point , and was thus deprived of life . The bod y was taken to Edinburgh , where the poor man resided , by the eleven o ' clock train , and delivered over to his sorrowing family . The deceased was a stout healthy man , about thirty-four years of age , was married , and the father of six children , the youngest not more than two months old .

      Accident On The North Kent Railway.—At T...

      Accident on the North Kent Railway . —At ten on Sunday night , an accident occurred at Stone-cross-gate , by whicb , it is thoug ht , one of the company ' s servants will be rendered incapable for further duties . It appears that a man , employed as gate-keeper , was in the act of signalising "Allright" for the up-train due at the time mentioned ; and , before he succeeded in crossing the rails , he was met by the engine belonging to the down-train which passed over him , thereby fracturing his ribs , and frightfully mutilating his right arm and leg . The unfortunate man was conveyed to Guy ' s Hospital at an early hour next morning , with little hopes of recovery .

      Accident On The Great "Northern "Railwat...

      Accident on the _Great "Northern "Railwat . — On Saturday night an accident of a very serious character , happened on this newly-oponed railway , and which there is every reason to fear will result in the death of the fireman , if not of one or two other persons who were unfortunately proceeding by the train . It appears that a very heavy cattle train , the first , it is believed , that the Great Northern authorities have run upon the line , on arriving at the Hitchen station , had to be taken across upon the down line , to make room for two up trains , which were then due . At the timo the cattle train was so driven upon the down line the eight o clock down train from the King ' s-cross station was also due . The red signal light was put

      on and a policeman was sent upon the l _« ne with the light to caution the driver of the down drain to stop . Whether the driver of the down train saw the red signal , or whether the cattle train was in advance—that is , on the London side of the Hitchin station—is not stated , and appears not to have been very correctly ascertained . The result , however , was , that the down train ran with great violence into the two engines that were attached to the _cattle-traip , all three engines , each of which is estimated at about £ 2 , 000 value , being so materiall y damaged as hardly to be able to run again . The driver of tho down train was thrown off the engine

      beforo ho could become acquainted with the danger of his position , and has sustained such severe internal injuries that fears were entertained for his lite . The fireman had his leg broken , and a lady who "was a passenger by the train , bad several of her ribs broken , and another passenger sustained fractures of limbs . Many others were injured . but , with the exception of those mentioned , they were not so severely damaged as to prevent their conveyance to their respective destinations . The authorities havo resolved on instituting a ri g id inquiry with a view to ascertain the causa of the lamentable accident .

      Eastern Counties Railway.—This Company A...

      Eastern Counties Railway . —This company are prosecuting several country earners for an extensive robbery of _tarpaufois . from the railway , amounting to about _£ 1 QQ _,

      —¦ 1 The Recent Accident On The Eastern ...

      —¦ 1 THE RECENT ACCIDENT ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY . _ , ' " " . ' - ADJOURNED INQUEST . Ihe adjourned investigation into the late fatal accident near Brentwood was proceeded with on Monday , at one o ' clock , before Mr . Lewis , the coroner . Four ofthe deceased were , buried on Saturday at Shentonfield , the parish in which the accident occurred ; the others were given up to their friends at their request . The funerals were all at the expense of . the company . On Sunday , tho accident was made the subject of discourse in the ohurohes and chapels of Brentwood . George _Kirby fireman was the first witness

      exa-, , mined : Was on the engine on tho occasion ofthe accident on Thursday morning . Was at the break . John Snowdon was driving . Ho had the entire direction ofthe engine , except that the guard was atthe foot plate . The guard had nothing to do with the working of the engine . The morning was very foggy ; one could not see before him more than thirty or forty yards at furthest . The whistle was sounded at Shentonfield station . It was also sounded between the two brid ges from Brentwood , and again whon the men were seen . The whistle waa sounded at the Three Arch Bridge , which is the second bridgo from Brentwood . They were not going moro than eight or ten miles at the most at this timebeing on the look-out they all

      , saw the men at the same time at about twentv yards from them . Put the break hard on . Itwas easy before . Saw Snowdon pull his lever over to reverse the engine . Tho men seemed to be standinginagroup . Snowdon pulled his lever over immediately on seeing the men . In a moment after the men wero struck down . The steam was shut off before , on the other side of the second bridge . It was shut off because the morning was foggy , and the rails were sli ppery . The engine was brought to a stand-still about 200 yards from where tho accident happened . Snowdon asked the guard if they should go back or go on to the station . The guard said it was better to go on , as by doing so they would be able to do more

      service . They were coming down an incline . Does not know where the iholine commences . Had no knowledge that the men were ballasting at this place . Has been on the line- the same time as Snowdon , about a month . Did not know that the line was generally being ballasted . Had been at work on the Birmingham and Gloucester line . Was not employed before on any other line as a fireman . Was a fitter on the Birmingham line . There was a fog signal at the twelfth post after the accident occurred . Had no white head li ght up . Had no head or tail-light lighted . Has the company ' s rules . The rule is to have a fog signal at the twelfth post on foggy days ; That signal was up . Saw the ballast engine , * saw it at the

      same time that he saw the men ; there was great steam over the engine ; tho ballast engine had no lig hts ; they were not talking when the accident occurred ; the rails were' wet , and they were going down an incline , which prevented them pulling up sooner than 200 yards ; would not undertake to say within what distance a train could be pulled up . James Jasson , second guard , examined . —Lives at Braintree , * was with the train on Thursday morning ; was on the fourth carriage from the engine ; it consisted of two seconds , two thirds , one first , and a van ; left Ingateson at eleven minutes before eight ; took out his watch and looked ; they were a minute late ; the morning was . very foggy when

      they got into Shentonfield ; they were coming at the rate of twenty-five to thirty miles between Ingatestone and Shentonfield . After passing Shentonfield they slackened pace coming up the bank . Between Shentonfield and the Three Arch-brid ge the driver whistled two or three times where there were men at work . The steam was shut off at the Three Arch-bridge and the whistle was sounded . They came on and three whistles were blown . Witness then applied his break directly . The three whistles was the proper signal . Knew nothing of the accident till he came to Brentwood . The train was brought to a standstill at about four posts from the Seven Arch-bridge . The incline commences at about half a mile from the Three

      Archbridge . They were coming at the rate of ten or twelve miles an hour when the accident happened , Knew that men were ballasting on the line , but did not know that they were ballasting that morning . There is no certainty as to the place where the men may be ballasting . Witness does not know that it is usual to give notice on this line where men are ballasting . Has not been upon any other line . They were two minutes before time when the accident happened . They were just up to time at

      Brentwood . Their time at Chelmsford is twentyfive minutes to eight o ' clock . They were a minute late at Ingatestone . —The Coroner * . If you were a minute late at Ingatestone , and were two minutes beforo time when the accident happened , you could not have come particularl y slow on account of the log ? Witness : Did not think they were coming at a greater speed than he had mentioned . They took in water at Brentwood , and should be there a little before six minutes past eight on that account .

      Edward MumnEAD , driver of the ballast engine , examined : Was withthe ballast engine on Thursday morning . Was at the _foot-plate on the left-hand side ( the side nearest the bank . ) The engine was standing and blowing Off steam . Was waiting to have the ballast trucks emptied . The signal man gave him a signal to go back ; witness sounded his whistle , and saw two ballast men on a truck which was not unloaded ; then heard a whistle from the passengers train engine . Called out to the ballast men to clear the road , for the train was coming-. Does not think they heard him . Saw the engine knock down one of the men against the step ol his ( witness ' s ) engine ; almost at the same time the engine went through the rest . Saw them lying

      dead when the engine passed . The train was not coming hard ; but could not say at what rate . The steam was off . The whistle was sounded , as he thought , about thirty or forty yards off . That was the first time he heard it . The noise of his engine would most likely have prevented him from hearing any previous whistle ; thinks it would prevent any person from hearing . Has been on tho line about a month working the ballast engine . Has been working the line progressively . Does not think a driver would know where he was ballasting . The day before thev were ballasting at Brentwood Station , Thinks a driver might expect to meet them at Brentwood Station , Has been before employed on the Edinburgh and Glasgow line for seven

      years and a half . It is not usual on that line to give notice where men are ballasting . Does not think men could see more than thirty yards before them , A man couid not see either the Three Arch-bridgo 01 * the Seven Arch-bridge on Thursday morning . Did not intend to ballast at the place of the accident that morning . His line ( the down one ) was protected backwards and forwards by fog signals . Tbe men could not have been on the line more than two or three minutes . They were laying down sleepers . This was on the down line . Heard the breaksman tell the men the train was due . The men were standing on the up line at the time . Men very readily stand on the line they ought not ,

      notwithstanding they may be told not to do so ; Edward Dury , fireman of tho ballast engine , examined—Was on tho right hand side of the engine . Was ordered to go back , and was doing so slowly when he heard tlio ganger call out . He turned round and saw the gauger hold up his hand . Did not know the train was coming till then . It was then but five or six yards distant . Tho blowing off of the steam from his engine prevented him from hearing . "Was for five years on the Great Western line . It is usual on that railway to givo notice to the drivers when any works are going forward on the line ono is going . Never saw a notice . It is usual to hear at the stations along the lino when any works aro going on .

      Several witnessos wero examined , but their evidence excul pated tho driver of the passenger train from all blame . The jury retired to deliberate about four o ' clock , and , after an interval of an hour and a half , returned with the following verdict ; " We find that tho death of tho nine men was occasioned by misadventure , but at the same time express our regret that more caution had not been exercised fer the protection of the men on the line . "

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      The Catastrophe on the Eastern Counties Railway . —Four ofthe bodies of the nine unfortunate men who were killed on tho 19 th inst . by being run over by a train were interred in the burial ground in the parish of Shentonfield , on Saturday last _* that being the parish in which the shocking catastrophe occurred . The place in which the bodies of the men were interred is about a mile and a half from "Brentwood , from which place a number of persons attended the funeral . The coffins were followed by a great

      many persons , including the men who had worked with the deceased on the Eastern Counties line . The other five bodies were previously carried away to the various places where the relatives of the unfortunate uieu resided , by whom they will be interred . Two only out of the nine were married men . The one bas left a widow and five children , and the other a widow and two children . For the families of the two married it is understood that a subscription will be forthwith raised , which it is not doubted will be headed by the directors of the Eastern Counties Company .

      The Society _qy Democratic and Social Propagandism . —Tho members of this sooiety met atthe City Working Man ' s Hall , 26 , Golden-lane , Barbican , on September 19 th , W . H . Cottle in tbo chair , when it was unanimously resolved that ' the weekl y meeting be held at the above place every Thursday evening , after the transaction of pvivate business . The meeting adjourned until tho following Thursday evening . Many provincial newspapers aro _publishing wood engravings of the building for . the Grep ' u Industrial Exhibition 00851 ,

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      EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS FOR THE RELIEF OF THE POOR . The state of Europe in which thfl claim of the ' poor to relief is recognised as a legal rig ht , and where systems of succour are administered under authority , are Denmark , Norway , Sweden , Mecklenburg , Prussia , Wurtemburg , Bavaria , the Canton of Berne , and lastly Great Britain .

      DENMARK . In Denmark each parish forms a distinct district for the management of its own poor . The right to relief belongs to every one who is not in a condition to gain his living by work , and who , without the aid of others , would be destitute of the necessaries of life . The persons in whose favour the law acknowledges the Obligation of assistance , are divided into three classes—the aged , sick , or infirm ; orphans , foundlings , and the children of parents unable to provide for their wants ; lastly , the families or individuals who cannot provide , by their labour , the supplies _nfceaaary for their own subsistence , cr that of their children .

      The poor of the first class are provided with nourishment , clothing , and medical attendance , either at home or in the parish poorhouse . The children , forming the second class , are placed in private families , where they are brought up or instructed at the expense of the parish , until tbey are old enough to be placed as apprentices , or go to service . The poor of the third class are so far relieved as they shall not experience actual want , but they are required to work according to their ability . The overseers find them employment at ordinary wages ; where their earnings are not sufficient , a complement of gratuitous relief is afforded to the poor , not in money , but in provisions or clothing . The Danish law establishes it as a princi p le that every person who has received relief under the poor law contracts an obligation to repay the sum received to the

      parish , and bis chattels and the fruits of his labour are made answerable for this repayment . _, On the admission of any one to relief , an inventory of his effects are made out , and tbe parish stamp is affixed to every article . Whoever receives , whether by purchase or g ift , any of the chatties so marked , is compelled , under penalty of a fine , to restore the same , or pay its value to tbe parish . Tbe overseers bave also a legal right of attaching any property of which the receiver of relief may become possessed at a subsequent period and inheriting in their official capacity the effects of those to whom they have made advances . Any individual refusing to pay his instalment of the debt he owes to the parish may be compelled to work for the latter ; and , in case of attempting evasion , may be imprisoned . Begging is forbidden , and is punished with imprisonment .

      The parochial funds , collected for relief are contributed to by the owners of land , by persons in trade , by domestic servants , and agricultural labourers—in fact , b y all who are hot themselves chargeable to the common fund , under the condition , however , that the tax shall not be so levied as to reduce the payer himself to a state of want . Since the introduction of this system' into Denmark distress has sensibly decreased . Tbe abolition of mendicancy , wbich , besides its demoralising influence , pressed with great wei ght on the rural population , is an immense benefit . On the other hand ,

      the small middle-class has fallen into difficulties , which increase every day . Sobriet y , that restraint which a man left to himself places upon his own appetites as a safeguard against misery , is met with in a lower degree than formerly . The ties of family have also lost much of tbeir strength . A man with a wife and four children may in Denmark earn 12 s . a week . The labourer ' s food consists of rye , oatmeal , potatoes , coffee , bu t ter , cheese , and milk . Provisions ' are cheap , and a family , where economy is observed , finds in the ordinary wages of labour a sufficient provision for comfortable subsistence .

      NORWAY . In this country the aged and infirm , the sick of all descriptions , all who have not the means of providing for tbeir own subsistence , are domiciled with the proprietors and such otber inhabitants of the parish as are able to support this charge . These more fortunate classes furnish maintenance and shelter to their distressed neig hbours , who in eturn render such services as they are capable of performing . The distribution of this burden takes p lace according to the number of poor on the one hand , and to the extent and value of the different farms

      on the otber . In each of these respects different parishes present great diversities . In some the number of the poor is so small , thatthe same invalid is allotted in tbe course of a year to five or six farmers , "who receive bim by trust There are other parishes where the same family keeps the year through one of more of these guests , whicb tbe law and their own charity have imposed upon them . The wages of workmen in towns vary from 6 s . to 8 s . Cd . a week . The agricultural labourers receive from 3 d . to 5 d . per diem , with lodging and board . The usual food of these / classes consists of salted

      herrings , oatmeal porridge , potatoes , and coarse barley bread . Once or twice a week only this fare is eked out with a morsel of lard or salted meat . SWEDEN . Every parish in Sweden is by law compelled to maintain its own poor . The funds for this purpose are furnished by voluntary contributions , legacies , donations , the produce of fines , and a property-tax . M . de Hartmansdorf , Secretary of State for Ecclesiastical Affairs , estimated in 1829 the number of individuals in receipt of relief at 63 , 348 among a population of 2 , 780 , 132 inhabitants , which g ives a proportion of one to forty-two . The provisions of

      the law against those who , being able to work obtain assistance by fraudulent means , are very severe * The wages of artisans are about tenpence a day , and of skilful agricultural labourers sevenpence a day ; while the less skilful of the latter are receiving as little as fourpence and fiveper . ee a day . In the southern provinces the agricultural classes live upon salt fish and potatoes . In the north a porridge and rye bread form the p rincipal food . Now and then the artisans taste meat . Mr . Liddel , the English Consul at Gottenburg has estimated the annual domestic expenditure of a peasant farmer at £ 10 15 s . 4 d . In the families of the labourers about two-thirds of this sum would cover the expenditure .

      MECKLENBURG . In the Mecklenburg every poor person has a ri ght to relief . The aged and infirm are lodged and boarded , and the poor who are in good health may claim employment and a residence . Every inhabitant who is able is bound to contribute to thc relief fund . In the towns the subscriptions are voluntary , but when the amount thus raised is unqueal to the expenditure , the overseers , who are namedb y the magistrates , may demand more . The wages of artisans vary in the towns : they range from 6 s . 8 d .

      to 10 s . a week * _, in the country they are about one third less . Besides their money wages , the work men receive their board and lodging from their em ployers . The agricultural labourers are rewarded by a sum of 3 s . 6 d . per week , with a dwelling , a garden , pasture for a cow and two sheep in summer , and forage for the animals in winter . With these advantages the labourer is able to live well , and frequentl y dines on meat , which in few ofthe European states finds its way to the table of the labourer .

      PRUSSIA . In Prussia the law compels each ( own and village to take care of its necessitous inhabitants , provided that the latter have no kindred able to succour them . The territorial proprietors are made liable to the same obligation . The towns and villages have their own laws and customs in all that relates to the ad ministration of relief to the poor . These different communities have such a body called the armen di . rection ( board of guardians , ) , whose duty is to superintend the collection of the funds , and their distribution to several sub-committees , formed of

      citizens taken from different districts , called _armsn . bezirke . The princi pal source of funds is private charity . In Prussia their exists _ao law imposing the obligation to contribute to the relief of the poor ; the customs and spirit of benevolence generally suffice , But when there is a deaciency , the poor-law administration comes upon the funds which were collected for other purposes , as lighting , paving , & c , and from these supplies the deficiency . Sach province Of Prussia has its House of Industry , where the _poov are provided with employment suitable to their - " trade and abilities *

      WURTEMBURG . The kingdom of Wurtemburg is one of the states whose inhabitants possess the right of receiving public assistance in distress . The population is divided into two classes , the freemen , and those who do not enjoy the droit de cite , called bersitzers the latter form a tenth of the whole . The freemen , who have acquired their title by purchase or birth have the fight to participate in the revenues of the district or parish of which they are members . The droit de cite may be obtained by payment of a sum inferior to that required for the right of freedom ; but that payment does not entitle the purchaser to the privileges of the citizens . Nevertheless , whoever is unable to command the necessaries of life by

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      trade or _labourer to obtain them by " the assistance 01 " [ en _* _-h _*» way claim the succour of tbe parish in which hehad either of : the ri ghts just mentioned . If a man is too poor to purchase the Jower right he is assigned by the police to some one parish . The care of the poof ii carried to a hi gh degree of solicitude by the government , so that a death from want in time of dearth would entail the , most _rigorow punishment on the functionaries . wbo might be found chargeable with neglect of the deceased . A great number of parishes possess a fund called phim corpus , arising from voluntary contributions and other casual sources , but principall y deiived from lands , wbich before the reformation were held by the catholic church , but whicti at that period , instead of undergoing confiscation by the government were set apart for the relief of the poor . In case of need recourse was bad to an

      old law , which permits magistrates to make a rate on tbe wealthy proportioned to their means and to tbe deficiency to be repaired . Persons in good health wbo apply for lelief are required to work at moderate salaries . It is often difficult to find employment for the numbers who apply ; on this account , establishments have been provided in the capital and some other towns , where the appli . cants are occupied in spinning and other analogous labour . Most of the towns have their poor-houses for the reception of the aged and infirm : where those

      are wanted , the poor are received into all the houses of the inhabitants in turn , or farmed out in small establishments . The wages of the workmen in towns range from Is . 8 d . to 4 s . 2 d . per week , and inthe country from 8 d . to 20 d . per week , beside board and lodg ing in each case . Workmen engaged by tbe year generally board and lod ge with their employers , receiving in towns from £ 4 12 s . to £ 5 , and in villages from _£ _i 15 s . to £ 3 103 , per annum . Women and children can gain from £ 3 10 s . to £ i 10 b . pa year ; so that the family is able to command sound nourishment , comprising meat once or twice a week .

      BAVARIA . In Bavaria each town and village is bound b y law to provide a house for the reception of the poer , except that in certain cases several villages are allowed to maintain a common establishment . The inhabitants are required to contribute according to their means ; every person is bound fo provide for his poor relatives . The aged and helpless poor are received into houses provided for them . The other poor , incapable of labour , whose physical condition does not require personal care , are assisted with money . The healthy and able-bodied are maintained

      in tbe houses of industry ; their _ill-conduct or idleness there is punished by the magistrates . Marriage is forbidden to persons without capital unless thejr have the permission of the authorities . The clergy who marry such persons without this permission are bound to furnish them with assistance in case of distress . This restriction is considered as having restrained population and pauperism in Bavaria within limits which otherwise they had long since transpressed . The labouring classes receive after the rate of 8 d . per diem in the counlry , and from 8 d . to is . 2 d . in towns .

      BEKNE . Tho canton of Berne has from the seventeenth century admitted the principle of public and legal relief for the poor ; when there occurs a deficiency in the public revenues , special taxes are imposed to make up the necessary sum . We omit here a detail of figures , whieh would carry scrupulous exactitude to monotony . HOLLAND . In Holland the poor ave chargeable to tbe different religious societies to which they are associated in each parish ; such is the leading principle of relief in that country . In case of the insufficiency of tha resources possessed by the congeegations , the distressed may apply to the magistrates who redress

      , the complaints . In many places there existB an authority of a civil c haracter , appointed to succour those who do not properly belong to any religious society ; in others , the burgomaster or his deputies administer relief . The hospitals and orphan _asylams are , for the most part , government establishments . Some are maintained wholly or ia part by their own revenues . Admission is not contingent upon reli gious opinions . Foundlings' are maintained at the charge of the locality where they are exposed . There are threo houses of industry , where the poor are admitted on application , under the condition of contributing to their own support by working according to their capacity .

      There are besides in various towns industrial charitable institutions , where work is provided for those who are in circumstances of pressing want . Besides those there are establishments supported by societies for certain specific objects , some destined for the relief of women in childbed , others for distributing provisions , and , in winter , fuel to the indi gent . In all cases the local authorities are invested with the ri ght of visitation and control over the receipts and expenditure of these charitable unions . Their officers are bound to furnish an annual statement to the government in order that the same may appear in the report made on this subject to the States

      General . The average annual receipts of the hospitals and houses of legal charity amount to £ 100 , 247 . The average number of persons annually relieved is 241 , 513 . Pauperism appears to be on the increase in Holland , which , after the canton of Berne , stands in the front rank of pauperism in Europe . Every ono has heard of the Dutch agricultural colonies . The question has too often occupied public attention to render it useful to do more than mention them here . The amount of annual wages ofa family of workers in Holland fluctuates between £ 10 10 s . and £ 19 , while in England it is more than double that sum .

      Condition Of The Ballast-Heaveks.—A Publ...

      Condition of the Ballast-Heaveks . —A public meeting of the ballast-heavers of the port of London was held at _Hawkstone-hall , Waterloo-road , on Tuesday , for the purpose of directing public attention to the wrongs and injuries suffered by them . The meeting was well attended , and many of the auditory were females , probably the wives of'ballast-heavers . Mi * . Thomas Elinn was called to the chair . Mr . H . Barthorp , the secretary of tbe committee , said if something was not speedily done'for tho relief of tho ballast-heavers the whole race would become extinct . The system had been pro * ductive of nothing but ruin and wretchedness to those who had the misfortune to be under its influence , and reflected nothing but disgrace on those who worked it . Under it the sober man had to stand unemployed , while the drunkard was taken in hand b y the publican and work was given to him .

      Ho was one of their brother slaves once , but was fortunately rescued . Within 100 yards of the office of the coal-whippers there worked some time ago forty of the finest men this country eould produce , but , in tho course of one twelve-month , they were all swept away . Their employer was in the habit of selling them firery ale ; these fresh men coming from the country drank it copiously , and not one was now left . Medical men had stated that there was more mortality among ballast-heavers than among any other class of men . Their days were spent in hard work and their nights in revelry . Great moral and social evils followed . Their wives , perhaps , kept a stall inthe neighbourhood ; some resorted to chemical factories , where the work was too hard even for men , and some resorted to a less honourable mode of obtaining a livelihood . In addition to this the ballast-heavers suffered from the

      system in a pecuniary point of view . The publicans , however , were not the only persons who were to blame . There was a class of men , consisting mainly of low lodging-house keepers , who came forward and offered to undertake delivery for a less sum than the other agents did it for , and the shipowners would then employ them . U pon this the old agents , the publicans , offered to do it as low , the ties of relationship prevailed , they got back the agency , and made up for their loss of profit by increased extortions upon the men they employed . No man could hope for-employment unless he was a drunkard * . tho moro he drank tho more employment he would get . for a ballast-heaver to sign the total abstinence _pledge would be for him to sign tho

      sentence of his own starvation . Hence they were all drunkards , and the evil consequences of drunkenness necessarily followed . Those who had taken up this matter on behalf of the ballast-heavers , for the poor fellows could not do it themselves , were endeavouring , to destroy the system , and the question was how- they were to accomplish their object . They had already presented petitions to the Ilouse of Commons , and to the Trinit y House on the subject . Ho believed that government were willing to move in the matter , and if they did , and tney brought in a bill , there would no doubt bo great opposition on the part of those who were gaining by the present state of things . Such had also been the oase with the coal-whi ppers ; but they procured a petition signed by 10 , 000 persons , and their cause

      trmmptieo . And tho ballast-heavevs , vfhose condition was as bad as that of the coal-whippers was formerl y , would also havo their evils remedied by legislation if their condition were fairly broug ht before the public . Mr . Green then moved tho adoption of a memorial to the Board of Trade , setting forth the evils under which the _hallast-heayers labour , and praying for an inquiry , and _*' _" » _, " ' . _£ } vernment were then satisfied that the _ey _^ a _^ ed , they would introduce a bill to w _^^ _^ ¦ £ ; the meeting then separate d . _»„«„„>» n _jr „ _nnther " irrand invention Amkhica ? _w _^ „ " ndcheap gas is said tobe in gas-lig Ming . P _« o _anti _^ cheap » & _^ _£ nge d iSo _peSanenfgas of twice the _dematj of coal g 9 t

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 28, 1850, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_28091850/page/7/