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      find Mr . Linden nukshuaaog ^ e ^ y ^ ^ the estate m » y * e pat to on his acconnt ^ S sny deficiency ( if there should be such ) fare m ? p » redwiththe 8 umat which ho was declared the purchaser . - - LipaoTKUBSi op Tbade in TJisibb . —There are very faTOurahle accounta of the linen and yarn trade in the northern province . The JJanner of EZrifrmentions , as an evidence of revived trade and inweasroff manufacturing prosperity , that no fewer than twelve lux spuming milk are now in course of erection in the immediate neighbourhood of Belfast * andthatalthongh allavailahleresonrces ofthe loca foundries , &c ., nave been brought into requisition jo meet the demand for machinery , the im portations © f flax-3 pinniog apparatus from England have been greater daring the past two months than at any period since 1 S 30 . ^ * t inri-Mr . Idnden . mak&him anat »~ -. t . 1 ; . * - .

      Serious Accidest io Me . Daxibl O'Cosjjeix Jox .-Killabxet , Dee . 18 . -An accident of a serious nature occurred to lit . Daniel O'Conuell youngest son 01 the "Liberator , " while out shoot ^ ing at Rockfield After discharging one of the barrels of his double fowling-piece , he was about reij m * gll' Z- % ° ^ her " ^ charged barrel exj Joded , ihattenngthe left hand frightfully . Medical Sid was instantly procured , and after the hand was dressed and bandaged Mr . O'Connell proceeded on foot , though suffer ing intensely , to the house of his uncle , Mr . James O ' Connell , lakeview . At a later date our correspondent writes : — " Serious apprehension is entertained that lockjaw will be the result of the injury which Mr . D . O'Connell sustained . She part injured was the right hand ; the palm , and the two forefingers , and the thumb were torn to atoms . "—Cork Examiner .

      Uisteb Pbotestaxt Association . —Lord Masaareene and Ferrard has addressed a letter to the secretaries of the TJlster Protestant Association , declining an invitation to attena their approaching meeting in Belfast . His lordship says * : —" The recent assault of the Pope on the supremacy of our { Sovereign ( who , undoubtedly , is the head and supreme governor of that church or body who follow- the form of worship established hy law in these realms ; has been justly treated by the loyal English people as an unwarranted insult , and I hare no fear ofthe religions liberties of this empire being impaired Jjvthe recent Ill-advised measure of the Pontiff . But

      injury to that great cause may accrue by a rerival of a senseless ' Ifo Popery" cry , particularly in ibis part " of the empire , where tfie vast majority of our fellow citizens profess the Bornish faith , and where the unhallowed spirit of party is so rife . Are we to deny Roman Catholics equal privileges because , had they the power , they would deny them fco us ? The Bible teaches ns to try to overcome evil with good—to Follow other things which make for peace . I beg most respectfally to decline attending your meeting , where I cannot but fear that some sentiments at variance with those of civil and religious liberty will he uttered , and some feelings contrary , to those of perfect charity evoked . "

      Fatal Accident . —A fatal and melancholy accident occurred on the 17 th inst ., at Clonakilty , in this county . Suh-inspector Feely , his son and daughter , a girl in her fifteenth year , having finished breakfast , the two former retired , leaving Miss Feely in the room . Shortly after she seated herself near the window , and opened her workbox , when a , a boy , whom Mr . Feely had recently taken into his service , came in to put slack on the fire , after which he took a gun belonging to young Mr . Peely , ¦ which had been unfortunately left in the room loaded , and having raised the cock a little , it slipped back on the pillar , and horrible to relate , the entire charga lodged in the poor girl ' s temple and the side of her h ' ead . Having continued to breathe for some time , she calmly and tranquilly resigned her soul to her Maker/—Cork Examiner . -

      Chows Soucitobship op TippEHAKT . —The vacancy created in the above office by the lamented death of John Cahill , Esq ., has been supplied , we understand , by the appointment of Patrick ^ irwan , Esq ., of Thurle 3 . —Limerick Reporter . Excehbebed Ebiates Court . — Baron Kichards announced at the sitting ofthe Court on Saturday last , that Mr . Woulfe Flanagan had been appointed a " Master , " in order further to facilitate . the despatch of business . The routine of his duties was stated by the learned Baron , and were analogous to those performed by the Masters in

      Chan-Aijwcatiok of Mosey ts the Escembered Court . —Between this and the 7 th of January there ¦ will be no sales ; but the Commissioners will have ample occupation in the apportionment of purchase money which has accumulated in court , amounting to £ 200 , 000 , amongst creditors and others baying claims on the estates sold . Heretofore no serious difficulty has occurred in the working of thh _ importantbranch of the Commission , although at the outset it was pretty generally anticipated that the contests between rival claimants , deriving under mortgages , would become a most fruitful source of litigation . _ " _ _

      . ... . " AGiiccLTUBE nr xmr "Wz 3 T . —The Ballinosloe Asricultural Society , of which the Earl of CJancarty is president , have just issued their tenth annual report , which , notwithstanding the many eanse 3 of depression , presents upon-the whole a favourable prospect ofthe future . Spade husbandry has been encouraged to an immense extent , hy which means a Taat deal of employment has been given to the peasantry . Preparations are" fceiag made for a more extended cultivation of the flax crop , and the ' opening of the railway from Gal way to Dublin in the worse of the next twelve months cannot fail to be of great advantage to the famer ,

      and must encourage the investment of capital in the improvement of the adjacent lands . The Romas Catholic Cleeby asd the Ribbos j 5 t 3 teji- —A correspondent of the Ltitrim Journal , in alluding to two murders recently committed in that county , says : — " On Sunday last , our exemplary parish priest of Ballinamore , Rev . P . Curian , after mass addressed his hearers in very strong terms on the recent murders . He thea said , ! I have , at the desire ef my bishop , to perform an act which I never , in all the course of my priesthood , had to perform / He then pronounced a _ curse a » ainai every individual who will persist in joining ifibbon societies from the 1 st of Jan . next , for five

      Ccmivatios of Flax . —The people of the south are bestirring themselves , and everywhere in that pwvinee there is increasing evidence of zeal for the extension of the flax crop . " In one case , " says the Cork Examiner : — " We have just heard ofthe intention of a gentleman to plant fifty acres of the crop , and other instances might he mentioned of preparations to lay down an equal or even a greater extent . From all appearances it is probable that an immense quantity will be produced in the n « xt ? ear Together with the sowing , arrangements are becoming general for the process of scratching ; and we hear of several parties who are about to erect the necessary machinery , both for their own convenience and that of the public . Mr . Dargan a enterprise , in establishing his mill , has given a OTeatWnl » tothemoveHient ' many persons not lavine before sufficient information on the subject , or bew " too cantioui to run the rish of expending their money for that purpose .

      ., _ .. „ . „ Aiieoed Pbhvehsios . — There is good authority for stating that a : Iimerick paper has oeen misinformed with regard to the allegation that lady Anna Maria Monsell has become a convert to the "Roman Catholic Church . . Loud Johh Robseia ' s Mahifjjsto . —A meeting of theclergy of the archdiocese of Armagh , very nuinerSy attended , was held in that city on the 20 th £ st In address to his Grace the Lord Primate ^' unanimously adopted , expressive of concurrence with their English brethren m their protest SsHhe recent aggression ofthe Pope . andprayfe , bis Grace to convey to them an assurance of the waland earnestness of the clergy of the Irish Setof the Church in the samecape . Theaddress represented , that as the Queen ' s prerogative S same in Irelandas inEngland , whatever mea" ™ r £ ™ h * Wonted to secure the latter from the

      SSJ'fiSiStfSKS sa-sssg tented , and a Teply received , it was agreed Mac is should not be made public .

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      DISTRESS IN THE SCOTCH ISLANDS t . £ h 7 ? £ h-S ? * ^ inhabitants of Ions % sama& £ thLca tft ^ v . tai T m P asse , * Gtogow .-and wStl Edinburgh . The Island of Ifcrra ^ from 2 S ? i e r batch of « nfemnt » se * <> " * . Vthe property of Col . Gordon of Cluny-a gentleman of great wealth . The tales of misery and of distress wmoh the people narrate are truly heart-rending , ihey have evidently ran off from the island , not only because famine prevailed , but also because of the cruel conduct of Col . Gordon's underlings Fl"t 1 of all they were ejected from their houses in which they and their predecessors resided under ~~

      the anfeiis of Barra for time immemorial ; and , after that they were most unwarrantably and unceremoniously dragged out of the temporary tents and " wigwams , " they erected for shelter on the sea shore , and in the clefts of the rock . Children were brought down in creels from the caves in the rocks , where they and their parents took shelter from the inclemency of the weather . Females were pulled out by the legs from the tents , by Col . Gsrdon ' s officers and by the constables . The heads of families were threatened with imprisonment if they should show resistance ; and they wereall informed that , if they dared to show any opposition to Cluny ' s orders , the military would soon come and cut them down like cabbages , or drive them over the rocks . :

      These unfortunate people , when they reached Glasgow and Edinburgh , excited much commiseration , and meetings were held in order that measures might be ; promoted for their relief . An op plication was made to Col . Gordon to assist in the work of charity . The following is the colonel ' s answer : — ,, . _ "Cluny Castle , Dec . 18 _ ' Sir , —Your letter of the 14 th being addressed to Edinburgh , missed me , and was forwarded here . Ofthe appearance in Glasgow , of a number of my tenants and cottars , from the parish of Barra , I had no intimation previous to the receipt of your communication , and in answer to your inquiry , « What I propose doing with the people V I say nothing - I am ; sir , with due consideration , Jons Gobdos , C . " The hardness of this letter is not atoned for by the following — '

      " n " Mr * Baird » the secretary of the Highland Relief Committee , having written to Colonel Gordon regarding tho parties who , it is atated , had been ejected from Barra , has received an answer , in which Colonel Gordon writes : —• The only notice I think it worth my while to take of what is Baid of me in the newspapers is to disabuse the public from the false assumption that the Barra people now in Glasgow were mercilessly turned out of their dwellings by me , or . by my orders , at this inclement season of the year . So far from that being the case , I had no intimation of man , woman , or child havin " left Barra at this time . Uor do the letters which I had from Uist , dated the 6 th inst ., make any allusion to such an occurrence . They must have left

      Barra of their own free will , and I am sorry they did so ; for it may be expected that they Will tell their story aa favourably as they can for themselves , which must lead to investigation , and then , I hope , the trnth will appear . It should be borne in mind that the majority of the present inhabitants were not originally natives of Barra , but brought there by the late proprietor from the surrouadmg islands , without regard to the characters they brought with them , the disadvantages of whioh I have dearly experienced—for they have uniformly thwarted all my efforts to put them in the way of maintaining themselves and their families by their own industry , and have rendered that property of no value , but rather a heavy incumbrance . ' Col . Gordon thus alludes to his ineffectual applications to government , and states that his agent has gone to London , if possible 'to get something done to ave the " West Highland proprietors from utter deand to

      struction , ^ after calling attention a statement which he sends , showing the receipts from Barra for the three years ending Martinmas last to be £ 1 , 273 lCs 5 d ., and the expenditure for that period £ 3 , 117 2 * . 8 d . —the . exce 3 S of expenditure over receipts being £ 1 , 853 6 s . 8 . — -he mentions that he' lately sent a cargo of Indian cornmeal for behoof of the poor people , and that as his 'feelings for them are rather compassionate than otherwise , ' he will forward a sum of mosey if Mr . Baird recommends it . ' At the same time he adds ' he will do no more than the law may compel him ; and should the Barra people unfortunately suffer , and casualties occur , he . will be sorry for it ; while he has the consolation of knowing that , if his efforts to reclaim and better the people had been met as was expected they would how have been beyond dependence on th * ount ? of others . '"

      In reference to the Barra Islanders , the followm ? paragraph from the Edinburgh Courant is interesting . The Rer . Henry Wright delivered a most appropriate and impressive discourse in St . George ' s Chnrcb ; in behalf of the Night Asylum Charity , nfcer which the collection was made , amounting to £ 1411 s . Oid ., which will afford seasonable relief to this excellent institution ,- at present sheltering the destitute and houseless Highlanders . We understand that further donations will b * thankfully received by the treasurer , Mr , White , 12 , Frederick-street , or any of the other office-bearers . Distbe 3 S is the Isle of Skyb . —The Presbytery of Skye , at a meeting held last week , resolved to appeal to government on tbe subject of the destitution which threatens to be so serious in the spring . The farmers and gentlemen of the district agreed to hold a meeting , which the sheriff convened , on a requisition to that effect .

      In answer to a letter of Colonel Gordon s , in respect of these unfortunate people , a Scotch gentleman thus sensibly writes to the Daily Hail : — " In the Mail of Saturday last I observed excerpts from a letter from Colonel Gordon to a gentleman in Glasgow , wherein the colonel excuseg himself by stating that he " had no intimation of any man , woman , or child having left Barra at this time , " and he concludes that they must have left Barra of their own accord . "Whether they left Barra of their own accord or not is not the question ; but were ihey'deprived of , and driven away from their crofts , of their own accord ? The people who have been

      deprived of their land to make room for sheep have not left Barra of their own accord , and in a few days they will satisfy the gallant colonel of this fact , and of what is done in Barra in his name . They are to start for Aberdeenon next week , and will present themselves before him at Cluny Castle , with all their poverty and rags . The colonel will know them at once , for no other proprietor in Great Britain can boast of cottars so well furnished with rags , and with everj other symbol of misery and want , the result of tbe mistaken policy of their landlord . —Toura reapeetiully , Donald Rosa . Glasgow , Dec . 21 st , 1850 . "

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      Escape of a 2 fu » from the Convent at Ba » . bubt . — There was an escape of a " Nun " from the Roman Catholic establishment in this town , the other day , says the Banbury Guardian . ; It appears that the young lady who took an opportunity of withdrawing from the convent was one of the Sisters of Charity , and wa 3 chiefly employed in the school where a number of children are daily taught . She was known in the establishment as Sister Antonia , and there is some uncertainty as to what her worldly name is . She is by some said to be highly connected . The convent at Banbnry is not the first at which she has been ; we believe she las been in a similar establishment in France and

      at Uottinchaui . Her dissatisfaction with a conven-. tnal life was first made known , out of the house , by letters , which she contrived to have conveyed by children in tbe school , to persons of the protestant faith in Banbury . An English New Testament , which bysome chance came into her possession , disturbed the opinions in which she had been educated : she determined on getting away from St . John ' s , and resolved to do so early on Monday morning , and again on Tuesday morning , but at the moment ofthe contemplated escape her heart failed her . Shortly after nine o ' clock , the school hour , on Tuesday , while the other inmates were engaged ,

      she took an opportunity of getting away unobserved ; and , for some reason , instead of going to the parties in Banbury with whom she had been in communication , and who had offered her shelter , she set off on the road for Oxford . At Adderbury , three miles from Banbury , she became tired , and 111 ouired for a Prote 3 tant minister ; she was taken to the house of the Rev . Mr . Crieketfc , an Independent minister , where she was kindly received , both . y Mr . and Mrs . Crickett , and with whom she is remaining . She has been supplied with clothing ; and the garments peculiar to the sisterhood , m which she went away , have been returned to the

      Thk Romas Catholic Chubch is Great Bbi-« , V-. The forthcoming Roman Catholic Directory SSSnSiSS the following in Its Statistics iffh SLS ^ A ^ v ^^ ^^ Tb I ^ A ^ s ^ S SftJS . VPtt ^^ ZSaSi stolic in the British colonies and S possessions F .

      apo Torte oKS ^ y I ^ thecuS gest that this phrase has reference to the custom at Dunmow , in Essex , of giving a flitch of bacon to any married couple residing in the parish , WHO UW in harmony for a year and a da ; . A man and in * wife who stopped short when on tbe verge of a quarrel might be said to have "just saved their bacon ; " and in course of time the phrase would D 9 applied to any one who barely escaped any loss or daDser . —lfotts and Querici .

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      THB I-A . TE FATAL" COLLIEftr ACClfrBSl AT MIDDL E DOTTItYN ; ABERDARE - ' An inquest was held on the Uth inst .,-and resunied on the 17 th , at Aberdare , when a number of witnesses were examined . ; Henbt Jenkins , collier , who said—I was fireman in the Middle Duffryn colliery , the top of the middle stall in the first cross heading . was bad and likely to ; fall ; and Ruck , . George Ready , and several more , were engaged in trying to prop it up while I was engaged in opening a fresh wind w ";> y . When we were so engaged a part of the roof fell ; and a blower came out against my candle , and an . explosion took place . I had been in the . stall about five minutes before , and there was no gas there then . I am quite certain that it was from my candle that

      the gas took fire . I had my lamp with me ; but as it did not give sufficient light to enable me to remove the plates , I had a lighted candle . I had been engaged about . an hour before taking up the plates . The roof of the stall had shown symptoms of falling ; and that was the reason I had taken up ttie plates .. I hung my lamp in the stall to show if there . was any gas in the stall , and am quite positive tnafc thei-o was no gas there until the part of the roof fell , when some gas came against my candle . The ,: stall in question formed part of tlic wradway , . that was tho roason I was so anxious to keep it open . I fell down directly I saw . the explosion , and as soon as it was over I got up and ran to the bottom of-. the pit . I was . quite sensible . the

      whole of the time .. The top ofthe stall was very unusual , and several men were collected near the spot , looking at the . precautions I was taking , and that was the reason they were injured . If they had \ been at work - in their places they ,. would not , I think , have been injured . There were about fourteen , I think , near me . Thomas Meredith was assisting me . I was , down at the bottom of the pit about seven . hours before I was carried up . The resident manager and fireman were on the spot when the explosion originated . . The following is a list of the , persons who suffered fatally from the accident ;—Edmund Beard , ageil 22 , hi teller , - married , but leaves no children—he was killed on the 12 th . instant : William Davis , aged

      17 , haulier , son of David Da vies , collier—he m-s killed on the 12 th instant ; William Saunders , aged 12 , doorkeeper , son of Daniel Saundcra , . collier—he was killed on the 12 th instant ; William Jones , sawyer , aged 17 , son of John Jones—he was killed at tho top of the pit ; David Thomas , aged 23 , collier , a single man—he died on the 14 th , from the effects of the fire ; Jamea Morgan , aged 20 , collier , a single man—he died on the 14 th , from the effects of the fire ; James Burgam aged 24 , collier , a married man ; he leaves a wife and three children—he died on the 16 th , from the effects of the fire ; Matthew Tingle , aged 35 , collier , a married man ; h has left a wife and six children—be died on the 19 th , from the effects of the firo . - The following persons ,

      it will be seen , did not suffer fatally : —Henry Jenkins , fireman—married , and has five children . He is severely burnt . William Meredith—under-ground agent ,-is a married man . He is severely burnt . Thomas Meredith , collier—son of Win . Meredith . He is much burnt . Richard . Wiggle , collier—a married man , and has five children , two of wJiom and himself are severely burnt . George Meredith , collier—a married man and has four children .. He arid one of his sons are much burnt . Peter . Price , collier—a single man , . much burnt . John Ruck , collier—a married man , with four children . He is slightly burnt . James Williams , collier—a married man , and has one child . He is much burnt . The inquiry was resumed on Thursday .

      John Jones said : The deceased William Jones wasmysqn . . He was seventeen years . of age , and worked with me as a pit-man in the saw-pit ,.. within eighty or a hundred yards of the Middle Duffryn coal pit where the explosion , took place . Last Thursday , between three and four o'clock in the afternoon , I wanted , aniaxo . I employ a wodgeboy , and-I sent him . for one to the carpenter ' s shop . The carpenter was-not within , . and the boy came back without it . My son ( William Jones ) on seeing him return , without the axeran every , step of the way with the intention of fetching it himself , and the " path which" he had to take passed' close by the mouth of the . pit . The last sight I had of him was when he wasover the bridge thnt leads to the carpenter ' s shop . The coal pit . is between the bridge and the shop , and my son was running as fast as he ' could . At that moment I saw the top , of . the pit

      flying up in the air , before . I beard the sound ofthe explosion , and in an instant the wedge boy told me—" ' ; There is . William in for it . " I ran there and saw John Lewis picking him up . He was' quite insensible . If he had been a , moment sooner or a moment later he would have escaped ; . There arc gates at tlie " mouth of iJie pifc to prevent anything falling into it ; and I consider , that my son was killed by being . struck by these gates , which were blown violently against him . His thigh was fractured in two places , and he ' ras dreadfully injured in his chest and head . There , were apprehensions of . a . second . explosion ' , arid Iha ' men . ran away fi ' otn the . place- ' . ; but I stayed , yri £ h ; fny ' son , an'd ' saw'his HpsT . nioYe . ; He . was . earried .. 'inio a house .. He did not speak at all . but groaned . He lingered till about-nine the following mprhirig , when he died , having ' been unconscious since the accident .

      ^ Thojias Williams examined : I am tn 6 , eliief under-ground manager , of the whole of Mr . Powell ' s collieries , , and live at [ Geliygaei \ ' It is my duty to direct all the under-grp ' und workings , and to see that theventilatiori ' of the collieries is . in a safe and effective state . I go occasionally to them all . I am the chief viewer in all . his collieries , tho plan of all tlie workings being arranged . by me subject to Mi * . Powell ' s " supervision . He has other .. surveyors besidesme . —Mr . ' Oakley : But you are the principal ono , and . others , are under you " . —Thomas Williams : It it about three weeks since I was under ' grimmfat-the New Duffryn . Colliery—that is , about a fortnight before the accident . There . are two shaftsat the colliery , one shaftfor pumping

      exclusively , and one for winding , the pumping shaft being the upcast and the winding shaft the downcast . The sectional area of the pumping shaft is 9 feetby 13-feet , and about 168 yard ? in depth . The area of the winding shaft is about 13 feet 6 inches by i 9 feet , and 105 yards deep . - The pumping shaft is partially occupied . by pit work arid scaffolds . I do not know what sectional area we have , independent of the scaffolds which are . there to carry the different stages of ladders . The pumps are in three lengths , and forinone all the way , They are fbrcing . pumps ; that is ,. there are two forcers ; the bottom one is a drawing lift . Previous to the accident , the winding shaft was divided for about 100 yards from the bottom . by a 9-inch brick wall ,

      or partition ,, which separated it into two parts . The side on which the winding carnage worked is 11 feet . O inches in diameter , by 13 feet ; tho other side , which is . intended , when completed , to be made tho upcast for the colliery , is 13 feet 6 inches by 6 feet 6 inches ; thepuinping shaft and the other part of the winding shaft to be the downcasts . At the ' time of the - explosion the means which I employed for keeping up a circulation-of air in the colliery was—placing a lanip at the bottom of the pumping shaft . A " lamp " is a large iron basket , about 18 inches in diameter , and is kept continually full of burning coal . I do not know whose duty it was to keep that lamp fed , and I expect it was kept full of fire by night and day ; that was left to Meredith . The area of the downcast would be

      upwards of 200 square feet , arid the upcast nearly 10 , 0 square feet , as they existed at the time of the explosion . The areaof some of the air passages m the pit itself is not more than 25 square feet ; and the whole ' of ^ he air circulating in the pit would be confined to one of those passages . We intended to make other arrangements for it . The whole of the single air current circulating through the pit has to pass by tho waggon road to the face of each siallralong the face of that stall * and . then to return by the side of the goaf or gob by a single air thirling to the next stall ; so that if any casualty happens in any of the waggon roads , in any of the stalls , or at the face of the 'stalls ; or to the airway between the gob and the'deep ; -pillar , ' the

      whole of the ventilation of the colliery-is liable to be intercepted ; but I ' -have not known it to bo the case . There has not been any time since the colliery has been opened-to ' make two airways , but it was bur intention to niake them . I have not yet taken the quantity of air " circulating in the WOVks , but I have judged if to be from 6 , 000 to 7 , 000 cubic feet per minute . - I am afraid that the seam of coal we are working at . the Duffryn colliery is a fiery seanu " -T consider it subject to give out blowers at the commencement-of the working . I believe that there are from 1 , 400 to 1 , 500 men and boys working underground in all Mr . Powell s collieries '; but the number of men employed does riot vary much when trade " is very brisk . I have considered it my duty to p btaimall the informat ! ° n I could on the use of the safety lamp . 1 he brick partition is all blown down , with the exception of butthere about

      from eight to ten yards ; - ' - a , re , thirty-five yards at rhe top which are not affected at all . The mortar in the part that was blown down had not had time to set : the work was quite green .-By Mr . R . Lewis Reece : The colliery is quite in its infanoy . -Thomas Wi hams : . Befoi ? the accident , W contemp lated making other air ouries Only about 2 , 600 tons have been worked there altogether . There were thurty-two , men employed under ground . We intended having a seam let there , for which the castings were £ ll ready Mr . Powell has anxiously expressed his SLeSre to employ the very be , t means for ventilation regardless of . expense .-Mr . BlackweU believed it was Mr . Powell ' s desire , to have his Series well vfnttlated Thomas Williams wd that he would much rather have , another pit for ventilating purposes than to divide a pit . Mr . Powell intended to . » i » k another pit . The inquest was thonfurther adjournei . the

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      THREATENED STRIKE ON THE -LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN ! EAILWAY . The following statement , respecting certain alleged grievances of the firemen and eng inemen employed on the northern division of the London and North-Western Railway , has been drawn up by Mr . Ilardman Earle , chairman of the Locomotive Committee . -We are sorvy to learn that some apprehension is entertained lest the enginemen should suddenly leave their work in a body , a step which cannot fail to cause great inconvenience to the public;— ____ . --. „— .. , , ... iti « Ti mtmrai ¦

      "The enginemen and firemen of the northern division having made a formal complaint to the superintendent of sundry alleged grievances , the directors of the Locomotive Committee , on Tuesday , the 17 th of December , met a deputation from the enginemen on the subject . "At this meeting the following enginemen attended to explain ' the sentiments ofthe general body : —J . Murphy , T . Stookdale , John Treshing-Jiam , J . Water ' worth , J . Allen , S . Buttorworth , G . Eaton , James Turner , P . Coleshill , J . Bowman , find E , Williams . "'•

      " To this deputation the chairman of tho Locomotive Committee read the following copy of resolutions , which , with other documents , had been transmitted to the directors , viz .: — "A Copy , of Resolutions agreed to by the Enginemen arid Firemen on tho London and North-Western Railway , Northern Division . . " « l . _ That the three mouths' system be abolished altogether . ' «« Thdt all those men that have signed the three months' notice their signatures shall be erased , and they be placed in the station they were in before signing the three months' notice . "' 3 . —That no engineman shall be enforced te take iiny but his own fireman , except in case of emergency , this being continually enforced , to ' the inconvenience of the engineman .:

      "' 4—That those men who . have been reduced for objecting to sign the , three months' notice be reinstated in their ' turmer positions . ' " The committee then inquired whether these resolutions correctly set forth the views and sentiments ofthe enginemen , and the reply was in the affirmative , after which a long discussion took plaoo with the . deputation of eng inemen , at the close , of , which tho committee stated , that in order to avoid any error or unintentional misapprehension , they would , after due consideration / send : a written answer to the demands of the enginemen , as declared in the resolutions above recorded . The

      following is their answer : — "la regard to the first resolution , 'that the three months' notice be abolished altogether , ' the directors will repeat now what they stated distinctly to the deputation of enginemen—t hat the system recently introduced of requiring from all new enginemen . and new firemen three months' notice before quitting the company ' s service was not adopted , as supposed by the deputation , in order to bring about a reduction of wages , biit simply with a view to obviate the acknowledged evil of a sudden stoppage of the line , occasioned ; perhaps , by some misunderstanding between the enginemen and the locomotive superintendent . It' must be evident that without the protection of such notice ihe

      whole' commercial and postal communication between England and Scotland and Ireland might be suddenly suspended ; or , if partially kept open , it would only be by means of new ' and inexperienced hands ; the public being thereby put to the risk of delays and accidents , which it is the duty of the directors by all practical means to prevent . But , while thus endeavouring to insure the good order and safety of thoiine , the terms of the ^ notice ( now objected to ) provide that for any en « in © man who desires to mako a bond , fide engagement with another company , or " who shall propose to go abroad , or , in fact ,, shall wish to quit the company's service for any valid reason altogether unconnected with a general strike , tho usual

      fortnight ' s notice will be deemed sufficient . It must be remembered , also , that the old enginemen are not required to subscribe to the notice . " The directors repeat that they have no . intention by this measure to reduce the wages of old and tried hands , nor to obtain the services of those who are disposed to sign for a lower rate of wages or remuneration than what similar duties are performed for at present ; nor do they grudge the present high wages of 7 s . per day as tbe reward of long and faithful service , but they expect , in return , a zealous and cheerful ' obedience to rules and regulations framed in a " liberal spirit ,, and calculated generally to establish ' a system which will ultimately secure the regularity of the line , 'the Safety of the public , and the well-being of the whole concern . ¦

      " The second resolution must bo considered as answered in the reply to No . 1 . ' - . " No . C— ' That . no enginemnn shall bo forced to take any but his own fireman , &c . ' ' ' The committee will engage that every engineman shall be provided with - a competent and efficient fireman ; and , a ^ a general rule , as is the custom now , they do not object to their remaining together . But they regret that they cannot be bound ,-under all circumstances , ; to comply with this demand ofthe enginemen , as it would bo surrendering their undoubted right to the control over their own servants , as well as yielding to . 1 diefation which would be subversive of all discipline in the establishment . . . ' « Ko . 4 . ~ « Tbat those men who have been reduced for objecting . to sign the three months' notice be reinstated in their former positions . ' ;

      " The committee deny . that any registered engineman or fireman has been reduced , or is intended to be reduced , for refusing to sign the three months ' notice . They . avow that they will give a preference to all those who aro candidates for promotion who are . willing to conform to this reasonable regulation ; and they are determined to keep ' faith with any who have signed , or who may hereafter sign , under such expectation , provided they are deemed to be equally well qualified to undertake the higher duties aa others who decline to sign . " Hamman Earle , " Chairman of the Locomotive Committee . of the Northern Division . "

      " Liverpool , Dec .-2 l . " . ; Upon this reply being received , a number of the Liverpool men took tho opinion of a professional gentleman , as to the effect ofthe 10 th rule in the book of-regulations issued for their guidance , which says , — " No servant is to quit the company ' s service -without giving fourteen days' previous notice , and in case he leave without such notice all pay then due will bo forfeited ; " and were advised that if they were ¦ willing to submit to-, the forfeiture , they need not eire any notice before quitting the company ' s service .

      Acting under the legal opinion we have above i-eferred to , the nieri of the northern' division of tbe line had a meeting at Liverpool on Saturday last , at which it appears ' it was resolved to leave the company ' s service on the following Monday evening ; but prior to carrying that resolution into effect , it was deemed advisable to take the opinion of tho men on the southern division of the line , to whom the regulation does not at present apply , on the subject . Accordiricly , a numerously attended meeting of the men employed on that portion of the line between' London and Birmingham took place 6 a Sunday night , at the Railway Tavern , Hampstead-road , wnen a deputation from the men em . ' nloved on the northern division having stated their

      case , alongdiscuBsion took place , which resulted in the following resolution being passed : — Thnt we the engine-drivers on the southern division of the London and North Western Railway Company , have heard with regret that a difference has arisen between our fellow-servants on the northern division of theiine and their locomotive superintendents , Owing to a recent regulation having been issued that the engine-drivers and firemen , prior to leaving the service of the company , shall give three months " notice , instead of a fortnight as hitherto ; and that , owing to the superintendent having refused to" withdraw that , regulation , a portion of the en"inemen and firemen on the northern division of the line , have' expressed an opinion that they ought

      immediately to resign their situations . We , the erigihe-di'iyei's and firemen of the southern division of the line' ; having taken into consideration all the circumstances of the case , do hereby express ^ our opinion—while deprecating tho proposed alterations in the rules under which we act , the more especially as , owing to the stringency" of the final clause in the agreement attached to those rules , we are bound , while : we continue in the service or the company , to conform to all regulations 'that may be from time to time issued for the better regulation of the compaiiy ' -howeYor tyrannical those regulationa may be-tbat the engineers and firemen Sf the northern division of the line ought not to resign their situations until a memorial , stating the

      grievances under which they labour has been presented to , and an answer obtained from , the whole hoard of directors , having the fullest confidence in their justice , and in their desire to redress any proved grievances under which their servants may suffer . But while expressing this opinion , we do further most respectfully protest against the adoption of the new regulation oh thenortherndivision of the line—believing that , if once carried out upon one portion of tho line , it will be app lied to'ewry eneineman and fireman in the service of the company , « t , Hfh : it . however emphatically ; such an intention

      may be denied , its object is , and must ultimately be , reduction of wages , and our body being destroyed piecemeal by a gradual introduction of new hands , while we are bound to the company for the lengthened period of three mouths—a conviction in w hich wo are confirmed by the expression in the circular of the locomotive committee , that theydo . not grudge the present high wages of 7 s . per dav , ' wages which , looking at the length of time we have to serve as firemen and engine-drivers before we ean expect to obtain them , we can orilv regard as fair and reasonable for us to receive shd our employers to pay . " _ , It willba therefore seen , that the men emp loyee .

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      on the southern division of tire- line , who had a contest with their employers about two year ' s since , ' ieprec ' ate ' ariy strjhc taking place until the opinion of the board of directors , " on the order of Mr . Trevethick has been officially obtained .

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      P hillip 3 ' s Patent Firk-Annihiiator . —An interesting experiment -was tried on Monday with , Phillips ' s patent fire annihilator at Poplar , near Messrs . Somes ' s yard . The object was to test the usefulness'bf this apparatus in-extinguishing fires in Fhips ; for this purpose -a vessel , the Wear , about 150 tons burden , was prepared , lying high and dry on the shore . ' The main hold was partly filled with old hogsheads , barrels , and bags , smeared over with , tar and turpentine , and filled with shavings , dry wood , and other combustible materials . About half-past twelve o'clock ^ pn a signal from Mr . Phillips , the patentee , who conducted the experiment , the hatches were closed , and this inflammablecargo fired . Adenso smoke was soon to be seen

      oozing from every crevice , affording a very sufficient proof that the fire was increasing under the deck . In about five minutes the hatches were opened , and , to the disappointment of some , ¦ a thick column of smoke ascended , but as yet no flame . Those better acquainted with the theory of Same knew that the presence of atmospheric air was necessary to pro * duce that phenomenon . It soon came , however , and a much greater ulazo than one would like ^ to witness at sea rose from the lower deck . Now came the time to put it out . On a signal from Mr . Phillips , the machines were brought forward , looking something like large iron watering pots , and the gaseous contents liberally poured down upon the flames . The effects wore soon visible . The less thante

      fire was gradually reduced , and in ' n minutes extinguished . A man went down almost immediately , and passed through the hold—showing that the atmosphere was pure and uninjured ; Although the wood of the barrels , &c , was charred , and showed the action of the fire , yet hardly anything was actually consumed . ' The apparatuses very simple in its construction ; each machine is made of sheet iron , of a cylindrical form , and about two feet in diameter and three feet in height . They have an inside casing perforated with holes at the sides , but only part of the way down . The mixture , made of simple chemical compounds , ia placed inside , and a small bottle , containing another mixture , with it . A Bmall quantity of water is contained at the bottom of the machine , between the two casings , and , as the gas is formed by the union

      of the two mixtures , rises through the perforated holes and mixes with them . The' water is only introduced to increase the expansive force of the , vapour . The machine being dosed , a screw < i 9 turned , which , pressing on the bottle ; breaks it , tho compounds mix , and the gas issues out through al tube with considerable force . Each machine' Will give 1 , 200 cubic feet of gas . Six of them' used for this day ' s experiment . It will be remembered that , some time' ago , a fire in a mine wa 3 extinguished by the introduction of carbonic acid gas , thus saving the enormous expense consequent on using water , which . has to bo all pumped out again ; The spectators remained on the deck of tho vessel during the whole of the experhrient , ¦ and experienced no inconvenience from the gas used . * . Ifc certainly was surprising to Bee in how short . a time the lower deck was eleav . In a few minutes there

      was none of that dense suffocating smoke which all must have experienced who have witnessed the extinction of a fire by water . The spectators were not numerous , owing , probably , to the unprpmiling foggy weather . Altogether the experiment was well worth seeing . ' . ' ¦ . ' , ' Jersey , Dec . 17 . —The schooner Intrepid , Jean , which arrived on Sunday , lias experienced thetrfost severe weather . " Sho was from Gaepe for Civita Vecchia . On the 30 th ult ., off the Westeralslands . sho was compelled to throw part of her'cargo overmateand two

      board , and lost Philip Vautier , the , seamen , by a eca which washed over ter ; iwtoiW f wotted everything , provisions and clothes included . S ^ V ^^^^ f Sa ^ aaffiSte the Ser managed to ^ J 8 g ]^»^ ffiS S ^ vTas greatl /; exhausted ^« ifkW # j |! Sothea for fifteen days ' , awfifu ^ M ^ Wi ^ SSbrt he and his ^ ISSSti pick out of the damaged # ^ W ^ S'fflP ^ EVERTWHERE ENDEAVOflft J& | & 3 W » jfS $$ | n ' ^ where you are at home . « v ^ sSSS * yZr ^ -j ™

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      Mr . Cobmw tsn the Wobkix * Ciasses . —Mr , Cobden has lately attended several meetings ot literary and Mechanics * InBtitutes . At the last ofthese occasions ( at Leeds ) , his allusions to dis-Ttiifmi economical questions called forth an expres-£ of dissent from Mr . Edward Baines ; and in ? ha oonrse of his assertions the hon . gentleman mad Se Sowing remarks :- " It is not a satisfactory Sine to ieel that we are constantly in danger of define ourselves tbat we are dealing with the ! -- ~ J the neoole . While wo are in fact dealing

      % k « ni » a , Very select portion of the popmlation T ^ ffi . f STot only of Mechanics' Insti-*^ S » SfttWK mtabtood to tto »»»» gj 5 £ jj , rfM > de . cUss ( Boartear ) . . T «« ™ |? . jMataoB <* DseM ^ BSBx ^^ i ^ . And the Pinny Cyclopedia the same . srsffirt ?^ jtssr- * - ( Applause ) . . „ A Sharp Sxw .-Tfaey say there & *« J »* down East , which saws so easy , that wWeay ouDg man was sitting on a log while the saw was nuuug - through , he w « sawed in halves , and did not to -cover it until the overseer told tun to roll ott .

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      THE LATE FATAL , SEWER ACCIDENT . T The adjourned iaquett upon the bodies ofthe two unfortunate men , ' WilKam Gardner-and' Edward Gomtuv . who perished in tbe new sewer in Scotlandyard , by the sudden influx of the tide , took place on Monday afternoon , before Mr . Bedford , iff the Board Room of St .-Martrn ' s Workhouse . ¦ ¦ ••¦¦ - ^ Mr .-FsANK FonsTBB produced plans of the sewer , showing the statebf the works previously to the accident . Healsoproduced his report thereon to the Commissioners , and placed it in the hands of the coroner , but it was not read . In reply to questions from the coroner , Mr . Forster stated that he had inspected the work several timesj before the sewer was

      driven up tothe blind dock near Scotland-yard , in order to satisfy-himself that ' the 'dam was sufficient . The portion of the sewer between the blind dock and Parliament-square being blocked out from Percy Wharf , was drained by two ' small steam engines and a hand pump : and , in order tohastea the opening of Parliament-street to the public , the old sewer in that street was destroyedi and the house drainage admitted into the new sewer , thus increasing the flow of water in the portion of sewer between the dock aad Parliament square . In the beginning of the week previous to the 16 th inst , one of the engines , being worked out failed ; and the flow of water overpowered the other . The work was consequently retarded on that side . One of the con ! rectors had informed him

      that , anxious to forward the work , he had agreed with ' . their foreman to drive a small " heading" between the two blocked-up ends of the sewer , separated by the bottom of tbe dock for the purpose of connecting the water-logged part of the sewer between the dock and Parliament-square , with the engine at Percy Wharf ; and accordingly on [ the evening of Saturday , the 14 ih , the " heading " was commenced by Perrott , the foreman , and a man named Gorman , brother to one ofthe deceased . The work went on without interru ption from six or seven o'clock on the Saturday night , to six or seven o ' clock on Sunday night—the same men being engaged upon it all the time . He ought to state that this operation * as carried on without his knowledge , or the

      knowledge of any other officer of the commissioners .- At ' he lime of high water oh Monday morning the water broke through the face of the " heading , " and the unfortunate deceased perished . It wag clear to him that the earth betweenthe " heading " and the bottom of the dock , had broken in with the weight of the tidal waters .: The earth ( fome of which was produced ) was a mixture of tough clay and gand , about four feet thick , which was not calculated to bear ' the weight of ten feet oif water upon it . He should not have veutured to drive a drift through such earth , with such . a weight of water over it ; but he believed rhe drift was closely timbered , and that great precautions had been taken to ensure safety . The earth was of a sort which might fall without the weight of water above ; and lie should no . t have ventured upon such a work with three feet of water over it . . Had there been some great object to be accomplished by ht ha ?

      it , he mig e been inclined , to ' risk the making of a tunnel in it with a small quantity of water over it , but he should not like to say whatquantity . Properly speaking , the operation was ho part of the contract—it was inexpedient to join the twoends ^ f the sewer , in order to get rid of the water . . He did riot consider it indispensable to make the draft , hut it certainly was calculated to expedite the completion of the work . He arrived at the opinion that such a tunnel would be unsafe from the natnre ofthe earth , and from general knowledge ofthe effect ofthe weight of water . Ten feet of water above the crust of earth over the drift would be 5 ib . per square inch j or 724 lbs . per square foot . If he had seen the earth , he should bave paused before driving a drift throsgh it with ten feet of water above . He should not have driven a drift under the dock , except he had . found the " earth had . been exceedingly sttong marl , or some < 4 her such strong earth . ;

      Mr . Perrott , clerk of the works to the contractors , was here re-eaNet i , at the request of Mr . Parry , and . he stated that in making the drift great care wa 8 taken to plank up the sides as they went on , at a distance of two feet six inches .. He examined the , drift three or four times on Saturday evening , and . five or six times on Sunday at hig h , water , to see if any ' cainethrough . 'but could detect none . , The jury , after forty minutes ' . consideration , returned a verdict of "Accidental death by drowning , " but they added ,, " the jury cannot , separate without expressing-their i opinion that great negligence is attributable to Messrs . Humphreys and Thirst , and their foremen , Messrs . . Wheeler and Perrott , in not consulting the engineers connected with the works of Victoria eeflrer . "

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      The Coustt Rates Expenditure , &c—At a very fully ' attended meeting of the vestry of St . ilarylebone , on Saturday last , P .. H . Bridgman , Esq ., churchwarden , in the chair , Mr . Nicholay . rose to'bring . forward a motion , of which he had previously given notice , for the appointment of a committee to prepare a . petition to parliament toco-operate with the other parishes to obtain a representative and responsible board in reference ' to county rates . expenditure , upon the principle that taxation without representation was an injustice . IJe complajned of the irresponsible character of the magistracy with ~ reg « rd to tho expenditure of county rates ^ They were elected for life , and the ratepayers had only to find the money for these gentlemen

      to spend without any control ... He knew that these magistrates , like many other-irresponsible boards , always pretended to be looking to the rights of the ratepayers . So said the commissioners of sewers —so 3 aid the Poor Law Commissioners and others ; but the people would be much more satisfied to look after their own rights and their own interests themselves . 'What they wanted was to have some representatives at a financial county board , to control the expenditure , that those representatives should he elected annually , and then , if they did not do their duty , the ratepayers could turn them out . Be . ( Mr . Nicholay ) was certainly , somewhat astonished when the gentlemen forming a deputation on this subject came before the Vestry , to hear Mr . Laurie take up the matter in the short way he did , in telling them that the vestry had got no money , and could not entertain it . ; Those

      gentlemen did not conw there to ask for money alone , although they had incurred considerable expense jn agitating this question in Lancashire , where , bad as the grievance was m the metropolis , it wa 3 much worke . St . Pancras had taken ; the _ lead in this matter , and had adopted a vestry petition , and appointed a committee to co-operate , and he ( Mr . Sicholay ) was desirous that Miirylobone should do the same . The position of the ratepayers , with respect to the magistracy , was like it used to be in that parish before the introduction of Hobhpuse's Vestries' Act ; and all they wanted was to apply ' the principles of that Act with . regard to the magistracy , or , at least , with regard to the appointment of a representative . financial board to control the county expenditure . "With . these rer marks he would move his resolution . ( Hear . )—Mr . Soderi seconded the resolution , and it was carried

      unanimously .. ' ISTENDED , . HARBOUB AT . BRIGHTON . —A print of thefpew . harbour on the recoil principle , " Tyhich it is intended to form at Brighton , has just been published by Mr . Grant , from the design of Mr . W ^ H . Smithy C . E . The proposed harbour is to be of depth of water sufficient for a three-decker . This will be found in less than two miles from the ah ' ore . The breakwater alone might' be adopted . From . £ 2 , 000 to £ 3 , 000 would be sufficient to protect the fisheries of the bay , and would have prevented the late loss of life at Worthing . It is well known that our fisheries are at this moment languishing for the . want of such protection . Within the last eighteen months , 500 human lives and £ 400 , 000 worth of property have been sacrificed for want of accessible harbours between the . Isle of . Wieht and the Goodwin Sands . The promenade ,

      which terminates upon the Slopes , runsaround the entire harbour , is supported by piles at intervals , and also by . the sections , which , having , friction rollers , may yield , and recoil beneath . The ! section , in the act , of lowering , represents , an entrance which maybe nsed occasionally , according to the direction of the wind . The keel-piece . of each sept tion is let " into the end frames , and is thus raised from and open at the bottom , to allow , a free pas * sage for the shinsle beneath . The braces and screwpiles , with the mode of bedding them , are , 8 hown on the shore at low water . It ia well known that these plans have the peculiarity , borrowed fronva natural principle , of not receiving af blow , as the section goes down to the bed ofthe sea ; and" is there jointed , Unlike all preceding floating breakwaters , the strength of the sustaining braces may be increased to an unlimited or the required extent , without the possibility of the sections sinking .

      Civil LiaT .-Pensions on the Civil List or £ 100 a vear each have been granted to George Petrie , Esq ., LL . D .. and J . Eitto . Esq ., M . D . Mr . Petne is a member of the Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts and Vice-President of the Royal Irish Academy of Sciences . He is author of the well known . treotiae on the " Round towers of Ireland , " and of many other antiquarian works . Dr . Kitto has been deaf and dumb from an accident when a boy , . in spite of which difficulties he travelled through many lands in connection with the Missionary "Societey , with his physical failings he has done much for the cause of biblical literature , and is the author of many works , such as the " Pictorial Bible , " « His tory of Palestine , " " Cyclopadia of Biblical Literature" Ac— Observer . . .

      , . , , , _ „ .. . . Umbrella . —It was introduced to Bristol ahout 1780 . A lady , now eighty-three years of ago , remembers its firat appearance , which occasioned a great sensation . Its colour was red , and it probably came from Leghorn , with which place Bristol at that time maintained a great tr ade . Leghorn hasbeen called Bristol on a visit to Italy .-iVbto anti ^ KitTATioir of Tortoise * . - The vessel Ada , which has arrived in the docks from Mogador , has brou ght the very large number of 5 , 000 twtOWeB as » portion of Uer cargo .

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      A man shows as scant a stock of ideas as of gallant ^ who wmpfe ^ s one woman at expense of another .

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      " On Tuesday morning Messrs , Finch , Walker , Hoavor , and Nolan , a deputation from the enginemen and firemen upon the southern division of the North-Western Railway , waited by appointment upon Mr . Glyn ; the chairman of the company , at the Euston station . —Mr . Glyn received them with courtesy , and listened with attention to their statement , which amounted to a request that ho would net as a _ mediator between the men upon the northern division of the line and the directors . They viewed the course which had been taken there as very prejudicial to the interests of the men , and they feared , " as the lines were amalgamated , that in May next there would be one general locomotive superintendence , and that the custom there

      adopted would extend to the men in the southern division . Mr . Glyn thsu addressed tho deputation to the following effect : — " That with respect to the long notice he must say , so far as he was aware , no intention existed to make any change whatever in the southern division . Speaking his own Individ dual views only , he was bound to tell tho men that whatever might be the views of the directors , the proceedings which the drivers were-now pursuing would , if persevered in , inevitably force the government to bring about , by legislative enactment , that which but for' such proceedings might never have been mooted as respected the southern division . He then cautioned them very earnestly not to come to any rash conclusion , and not to continue the present excitement , as their perseverance in such a course must cf necessity compel the directors

      to make other provisions for the conduct of the business of the company . He , as a director , had on a former occasion been the moans of bringing about an arrangement by which tho old hands who had sent in their notices were restored to their ; former positions ; but he was compelled now to say—not as a threat , but giving it as the advice of a friend—that if the men should choose on this occasion , without personal complaint , to qfiit their duty in furtherance of the objects of another and distinct body of men , he-could give them no hope of their being , either by his interference or otherwise , reinstated in the company ' s service . It was for them , therefore , to consider , not merely what Was due to him and to the compaay , but especially what was due ' to themselves and their families , wfc « must suffer from any rash proceedings . "

      . In the course of the day posters , of which the ? subjoined is a copy , were printed and distributed !—" London and . North-Western Railway . —Reduction of Tbaiss . —The public are informed that in consequence of . 1 threatened strike of the engine-drivers , it " is probable a very considerable induction of passengers trains may be temporarilymade on the line , and their attention is directed to the time-bills which will be issued in a few day ? . By order , Mark JJvisu . General Manager ' s-office , Euston Station , December 24 . On Tuesday night the mon had a meeting at the Railway Tavern , Camden Town , when the circumstances of the reception of thedeputation were

      detailed . Several speeches were delivered , and the men expressed themselves with coOlnOSS , but . great firmness . . They were determined to assert what they conceived to be their just rights ; the interest of one they regarded as the interest of all , and although they had nothing to complain of on the southern division , they would not stand by to see the rightsofthoir fellows encroached upon , . It was stated that an intimation had been given upon the Great Northern Railway that henceforth a month ' s notice would !> e required from the men upon that line . Up to this time few or none of the men had agreed to this proposal , and it is anticipated that if persisted in it may lead to a " tura-out " there . '

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      On Monday evening , at a late hour , a meeting of engine-drivers a : nd firemen of the southern division of the Jine took place at the Hail fray Tarern , in tho Hampstead-road , which was attended by a deputation from the engine-drivers and firemen of tho Eastern Counties Railway . The chair was taken by an old engine-driver ofthe line , and he stated thai at the last meeting on Sun . lay evening , it had been resolved to send a deputation to Mr . ( ilyn , the chairman of the North-Western Company , to explaifi the views and the fears of tho engine-drivers on . the recent proceeding s of thoir . fellow-workmen in the north . Some of the deputation were present , and they would state what had passed on the subject . The statement of the spokesman of the deputation was to the following effect : —The deputation was appointed to wait upon Mr . Glyn , but he waa out of town . However , they saw-Mr . M'Connell , chief of the locomotive department . He stated that it never was his iritofition to establish such a system as had obtained on the' northern division . As long as . he remained where he was the system proposed by Mi . Trevethick should not come into operation . He had also promised that a fair representation of their rase should be made to the directors . An engine-driver , one ofthe deputation from the Eastern Counties , stated that they had received intimation from Liverpool that the men thero had been told that if they would not accede to tho proposals of the superintendent , there were plenty of men from tho Eastern Counties who would . He begged to ask where they would find the Men ? Ho linew that they wito " standingout" for their rights , and he was convinced , under the circumstances , shey would not lend their aid to an oppressive company . The proceedings did not terminate till near nit < in ' ght .

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      DECEMBEfi 38 , 18 SCKI „ , „„ THE ¦ Nq ^ THjB R ^ SIlA . R , ^ f —¦—¦»„¦ ¦ <¦<¦?* ¦ 1 ¦¦ . ' . :

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 28, 1850, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1606/page/7/