The Express. — London, England, 1852-12-30 00:00:00

Vbe Court. WINDSOR, Dlr. 29. al dinner party yesterday consisted of the Kent, thy Drum* of Leiningen, the Prisons lloheolote, the lad, is welting to the Dachas I th•• hafUllelS de Speth it)e private toad was in attendance is the and performed the following NW. t r curd Itmess," t."Errire.sts," Hirai" . n mot Prater, 'Minted by the Marchioness of lion. Charles Grey. Coined &urine, aid n.! iltelaulph, left Windsor this morning by a .4 U.r Limit Westcra itaderoy, and proceeded um Velem. ,t, ranted the Duchess of Gloucester, and un it sitic et 20 minutia before two o'clock. a Aber.lees gave the first eabiast dinner to his re.terday ',smog, at his residuary is Argyll- at Rumen transacted business yesterday. ffis f State tor Foreign Affairs, et the korrignOStv. r et Newcastle attended yesterday, for the Int e CoknialSee, end hlr. Frederick Peel at 'isiler.Secntary of State kw the Colonies, in the Earl to Desert. smile attracted as Lord rnoideat, yesterday, at 'easel Otiee, Whitehall. . . _ . Ilea. .E. (Medawar attended at the official c ek e cheneellor of the Exchequer, in Downuig ,nlay, for the tint time. Slo:e,wortli attended at the Office of Works 114,1ainics, io Whitehall-place, yesterday, for the t. Henry Fitzroy transacted business, as Under I thane, at the Horne Office. yesterday, in the %Valiant Jollide. APPOMTNI EN TS. ,owing appointments have, we understand, an to those already announced : tieseral—Mr. Bethel!. west, Scot.and—Mr. J. Alancrieff. the Iteaeur)—Lord Alfred Ilene, and NU. be Admiralty—Admiral Bakeley. Jet ‘ , l the llotheehoid—Lord Dnunlastrig. OnlEshav—Ms. IE NEW ELECTIONS. ./IiGE GREY AND THE REPIUIERN TATION OF IIORPETIL NORPETH, WIDNZSDAT. 1 surprise was occasioned in this town, yea sin., when the mail brought the intelligence that had been moved for the borough, in the House a on the preceding day, in lieu of Capt. Howard, mated his seat. This circumstance gave rite to • conjectures. some imagining that the gallant I been nominated to the commend of • ship, or nor poet under the new government, and others, I consented to relinquish the representation in the Administration of Lord Aberdeen might 'A in parliament for some one of the eminent per aloud to high office under it. Mr. Cardwell, !, the President of the Board of Trade. The is solved by a circumstance which transpired in of the day. In the first place, Capt. Howard ddress to the electors, dated Eaton place, Loa- ICI2, in which he stated that " some domestic ild not admit henceforth of hie spending so in London as would be suitable for their repre- It became, therefore, his duty to acquaint them I taken the requisite means to vacate his seat in ." Simultaneously with this address a handbill netting the friends of Sir George Grey to as. Townie to be held in the evening at the Black it became a current rumour that the vacancy relentation bad been created with the view to mikes of that right hon. baronet in parliament of the new administration. That report was proved to be true, for at the meeting referred to ▪ s local agent of Sir George, stated that the gentleman bad consented to his being put in no s a candidate for the borough, and would this ✓oot himself among them to canvass the sloe learned gentleman also read the followiag ad. h Sir George Grey had issued to the 'opal men,—My former political connection with you in the last parliament for the northern division therland, and the zealous support which in two aunty elections I have received from the labs lorpeth and Bedlington, induce me to hope that t with • f ble reception in offering myself ate to 811 the va:sacy in your representation, he retirement of Captain Howard from paths , public conduct has long been known to you, sting your suffrages I do so in the fall belief inciples on which I have hitherto acted, and on still prepared to act, an time by which you your representative should be guided. It is y for me now to avow, as I lately felt it mw a, my continued adherence to the principle cent commercial legislation of which I was supporter daring the time when it en the strenuous opposition of • large party tent. The question in costumer'', hay submitted at the last general election to the the country, has been happily set at rest by the 'turnout declaration of the new House of Com post of the policy of unrestricted competition or opposition to what was termed a system of II through your favour I shall again haw' • House of Coissaoas, I shall give • woad Pip administration which has jest bees formal, ia muse and Acheloos ezteadea of • !pillory whisk 'may admitted to have feadased es largely to rem sad welfare of the of this country. I thing', aid in the of seassurso calms. prove and strengthen oar 'muftis; lastitutloms. vs the pleasure of wend*, ea yea persommily lay, and I shall feel gresigsd sad bosioureil by our coalidean said support. the honour to be, mama, your obedient sad ✓ast. " O. Our. !o, Dec. 28, 1862." ttee was embodied for serving the return t boa. hareaet. OXFORD CITY ELECTION. oy a pelgic minting of the electors was Tema Malo is bear a stateseat free the Right 'midst et the Board of Trade of hie Sews aod ma palls irrostions. here Toe a very wow as.,, the bilk whisk is me w lds et enstedslog penes% belts dower MIK whb ho pilthals ed by • snubs of So Op dames. swabs@ ern spoodl. and ether lighlpreepostalle nF liberal 'pities essopet the sweehossey. rails was uminesoly NIS M tho shaft sod the butane of as sooty is a hw Amy& SA he staled this be bolt pasessallt er isrez •U ter the blot twenty yeas. end se Eased his hiss ea so or two psis, toot plesesie is iotreduks _ to Us Mr. Cardwell the pessaid himself, sad as shims et awe this Ma best's don mess, of IS class to the asoldises sod rs uselaressey. lie named to So behind the led of Atierdeea. Lead Jib. Itssoll• set Mist owslirs et the geweresient is hiss of Iseseial reties. Nallooloiol ahem maths rad parliamentary ustars. he he pm. wan the Moms of Oommowo as ammo* ri b ion! eta oohed people, sod sewing hood's of id gated geseally that his essvictions were la arch a anus of p. The right his. (troth wasionally isoft speeded is the worse et his Ha our to amboiss„ ha Ina quo. Sr. Philliplsnemibe am Mess. open venni is pertionime se to straw he tree Whisks to the blast. Mr. 1 1 = d 11 with bet = selhosise st to he his., pedal, that pedlossosery robots was of isolowstowt. Ma sot elfjestModl Alin ray Waal be oapsosoka ot se es busk bet wombl Neatly um Me her I to sum tbo d ammo folooloisi to etitiameiee sisspilos sad intheidatios. 4 at havens of *des es sanitised by the with redisses te the *IS le.. peolkstea's 1:42 4 1b Ns. N. Cala piessob, lei Misr- Om Mr. GAM as sit rat pro ' to reprising So Sty is podbmiod. Mt. Ones a uswadiallih Me the east that as lodisponsble s ear sowlibmo the fro suprosoototisa sbodi tom ballot Oa a allow of had. Wei mum:WM IMO MOW by as eseerbelmig :h &Weary Elamlisalluerrils womosil.sall tits putted witbset mobs to rosy OW oussindos. Pr te state that astobboloogioi a. M•rosese of ipecting the ballet, Ile nibs bow oilman o w, . very avowable resspeies. The Ivan of the I the gunnies alas Shit Sod slew to lit. ,rh• imam to lemma the loollogo of tbs let be nest Seim a onset to the beilet cot do so, tho party am determined to and • rwillteato M Apposition, who will support ~101. Mr. Otsego Tbensesm. the late .sober war Hamlets, bee been immelmad by them LEEDS ELECTION. ction for this borough to fill up the vicaaq the Right lin. M. T. Baines harts' accepted Of President of the Poor Law Hoard, will take ' , today neat; the vats proelentatton to thee mit been issued this naNalwg. The liberal OM. e mes and ••••••••sly past a resaiselsa prangs:Wee aid Ms Vona le be she Poor Laws Beard, sad • . 6 Mar. 100 by every wane in thillif pew. The .sans rsturs have also met Why and weed Ifis sot oletion, move d by Mr. Pel/red sad sesseddel by "That in the 'Aim et ilds sisedig l• ss t to oppose the re-einem st Ms Blebs lee la the present eassrey la the 11,1411111Miatis inasmuch as it 14111“1111 time Is ass soy 014 THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30. 1852. THE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE 'LONDON ♦ND NORTH•WIBTIIN EAILWAT AT HARROW. HARROW, WIDNItanaT. This snorting, at 10 o'clock, Mr. Watley, coroner be the meters division of Middles's, and the jury naps, celled ea Friday last, on the body of Joint Bartholomew, the guard, killed by the late accident to the Liverpool an d Manchester express train, re-assembled at the Queen's Ants lan, Harrow station, further to prosecute their in vestigation. The proceedings again suited considerable interest, and Mr. Hayes, of the firm of Parker, Hayes, Burns, and Twiselee attended to watch the proceedings on the part of the North Western Company. Captain Wynne, govern. meet inspector of railway', Captain Bruyeres general superintanient of the line, Mr. Mennen, chat of the locomotive department, were 11:10 present. Previous to the inquiry being proceeded with, the jery, accompanied by the coroner, Captain Wynne, Mr. M'Connell, Mr. Sharpe, the h ea d o f th e fi r m of Sharpe, Stuart, and Co., of Liverpool, the makers of the engine, Mr. Edward Clarke, and other officials pen-sedn examine the tyre of the engine, which, in accordance with the directions given by the coroner on Friday lest, was placed en a groove by the side of the tails, in order that its strength might be tested. In order to ac complish this effectually, the tyre was placed on end, and • monkey, weighing 18 cwt., was raised by means of • triangle to the height of seven feet, each foot being equal te one ton in addition to the weight of the piece of iron. The weight was then, by mesas of a pulley, dropped sud- direly down upon the tyre. The effect was to close the aperture measuring 2 feet 6 inches, 5 inches. Themes weight was raised a second time, to an elevation of 20 feet, as far as the triangle would admit, and dropped as before, the only effect being to reduce the opening n inches more. The weight of the tyre is about 7 ewe. In order to afferd the jury an opportunity of judging of the quality of the metal, the tyre was severed by means of nicking. The metal presented a beautiful fibrous bright appearance. At the suggestion of the foreman of the jury the iron was then removed in order that it might be broken dose to where it was originally snapped. On the return of the jury to the inquest roes, The Coroner said the jury would remember that when they last assembled it was suggested that they should have sous independent pence, wholly unconnected with rail ways, to speak as to the qu a lity and manufacture of the tyre. It was left to the jury to name such a person, bet they having failed to do so, it was suggested that Captain Wynn, the government railway inspector of railways, should Rad such • person. On the evening of the sense day (December 24), he (the coroner) received a letter (rem Captaia Wynne, stating, that in accordance with the donee el the serener and jury, he begged to suggest that appilethies sherd be made to Minerellaudeley and Field, the affirms melesers, to instruct one of their practical foresees to re be an el imination of the tyre and state his whim [The letter was read.] He (the coroner), epee the Neel. ei this nett, sent to Messrs. Maudsley, and niesekei a ennleminkatioe from Mr. Mankley, stating that the only peens in his employ whom he should like to wan with a moor of such importance was away at present. He had Me received • letter from one of the jury suggesting a essalerea. That gentleman was Mr. Edwin Clarke, the angisser of the Electric Telegraph Company, and on both( written to by him (the coroner) he had upraised his lageess to un dertake the examination. The Foresee inquired whether Mr. Clarke was at all connected with railways The Coroner said he was only unseeted with railways so far as the electric telegraph was concerned. He was well emanated with the process of welding and the quality of iron, having been formerly connected with Mr. Stephenson's staff. Indeed, so fez u the quality of metal was con cerned, he had had very gnat experience, and he (the coro ner) thought it desirable that the jury should have the evi dence before them that day, which he believed would prove satisfactory. If, however, the jury were set satis fied, he would have the inqueetagain adjourned. He b egged also to state that he had received several enesynsouet tars from passengers and others relative to this ecearrenee. Of coarse, conducting as be (Mr. Waklsy) was a judicial inquiry, he should take no notice of anonymous comment awaits at all; but if any ponces present who were penta gon in the train, or others who could give any evidence, chose to tender themselves as witnesses, be would examine them. The room was open to any one. deny Orate was the first witness ermined. He said— ' was the driver of the mine of the express train from Liverpool and Manchester cm the night of the accident at Harrow. It took place, as atm es I can tell, on Wednesday night, the 22nd instant, about flee minute* past 11. It' occurred at the earn jest beyond the auxiliary signal on the London side of the Harrow Station. It was en the up line. The train had attached to it a part of the Midland train. The number of the engine tau 289; it was a , wheeled engine. The tyre of the left leading wheel some off. Our proper time to have been in LOAM was 23 minutes past 10—that is our time at Camden. Had the', accident not happened, I think we Mesa her pat to Camden at 20 minutes past 11. That wash hese been about an hour behind time. The last to the usident was at LWOW& After wil l Srg li errow Station, I felt a sudden jerk and saw ily ben the front of the elegise. =lei the whistle twice, and shut off the stem. The still keyejengleg, end I whis tled spin to was the peals. The mere asperesd hen the train, seal sued over to the Isla wigs I was thrown over lee the Mehl Miss the seethstained on her side. The engine 'hailed with her the teeth, and the coupling ins width atemild the teethe le the brake van was broken. law the emisees of the Win pen me be. has I was Wins off the UPS& I lest saw the guard, Jelm Bartheleasew in the leeks the at Leighton. I afilleafeefelef geoly at the Mara About two 'siesta, after mere was turned ever the pods train elite dem. I led reengei spill hen the hit I beard the beat of the peels Ode aegis , gad I the le the Moder limp arias as* leek th e Imo Arm the torrier desered the red light. the stpial M These ere 16 ear deem in teeth mei these Mr. If' (the thief et tee Iseethethse depertment) =Tthat whoa the seethe was tuned ever es IN side its, the merseith et eedi • teals wend run the cache to pass ea flee seas dhows. Sasso reeonei—The semen we were so mashissidad time was, that we sin 41 Wares tee late in staring. It is not venal te be se late with ea ewes train at start ing. We are related from waling our time b inereseed speed. We bane bra arieed up Mee the heav y velum* le hey der Iles. Our priori spell e nberm Leaden gad age* with ea egret lisla is 41 nthe n hem At lilting the mitisat beepesed we were going stheet 37 et 311 miles an hew. - I have been twelve is the employ of the m sad have used W k s meths a ma th . y, She bad bus =Birmingham about • Eht I beam She at la my satisiesies. It is the premise is plot with 61=leans with ea aerie pain eagles beam elite It. putpees. I Inge never made say eagedina t he mares linsiso _We menthe the teethe' Mile every Isansh end Mink =hal at Hugby. lea mined my teethe at Mashy es lbw el the The rath begs wag se men dm 14 ear putsf the read. The mese had allbeled the seeds rash. When we lild the reeds run reeplarly, we report it es the Wise of the peen ant way. When we ill bed teed we beak it, and this has been done several I time es mime M the heavy rains. I hare sever known the NM wane to It Ire been lately. I have never caw plied etre state tribe rad at Harrow. LZote j We wonid or 46 ninnies coming from te Seseew, Mai was under 40 m il es an hour . , There le a bra red bertlin Trine and Watford, sad that simile weeper men to other parts of the line. Hy*. Onslier-1 paw the tyre after It was of the wheth It was Of psi away from where the erne teased era% The read M barer at Harrow tins la then peels ef the line when al w Mu. , bleak" I Math it as alert the yards frees Ise where On treroad. was dr Is where the neer Wile I thee 614 t Jest the mils were pearly s hit. &Ord, esperetenthat_ ef police of the Lan des emd Ninth Waren Hallway, ides the body of the temeed. NM he was about 36 pars el gee, and that he bid been a guard is dr amisy ef the array 7 years. Hwy Peoliel,thithiresf Otani Mar, was next er mined. He nth the gerber erne mere was 216. I NC Leaden at 36 rimits es Illoplebb was ire agnates late. lam as aims etworsalias Harrow, and aerie ailed et re MI Irth en - sound the lin& About • limner if • rile her the 'Mies lam • while er Wensme ilea mid the Abram was &best l a i i . Zamile eneitelii—lngesibiely after I me the light •a press seethed out es te elev. lat ass egiered memo ,sielpell all the Mgr spirt her, barn bed get pee Ibe trout roe Into sone tar- Asp& The mere gm Seem of the Mee, sad after rimers Mega a yards the ems te a newt. When the I to Mar p i r e sege itelde eaetyse Attr u 4: n oses ed : Thiserse. entheneeth the leaks ma, on the down ile, ad showed ledge dish. _ _ By the jery.—l saw - twe puweemers get oat of the centre Imperialist of o anises, aid* I plaited forward. At this stew et the preaslies the broken tym of the whoa we brougha Melba reeek - to purommee of the to. etruedewe of the oiresw. It wUI be remembered that a pima eflthadbosa alelied elf elms to the pert which mapped he the of tasting the qaidity of the Ina. O ttild et emellsat quality, but the welds/ Thum limit Ilbsaps ~.mind by the earmer—l at Massbadre. ma en as esalweer eV wweldebe et the firm el " Sheep. IWO. eel Ow" The wpm Owl., wee weaulhelmeity the lam. The lism Were uggYod b 7 The lies wee wet of ear mtrallelor• ; we pmehesed it eisktibt la the shop el a tyre. T ie by wee dime by is. We lave supplied the mow by me t, wed the mese Ili was wed a lead tea deli we bed to Idle = the iliwebeiler sad et their Iles. The ague mai eget SAM We have clewed a Lim unimmt i rrossias led haler lithe woe dmerip- Ilea /wee pen ap the prim wee RIK mew lime Owe MIMS here bee best a sewilirehle sedwelha in the pin d meted& WI pay Ire me% awl hy leap lb awl impemi ambewirm we haveleew ambled to mere the aft et mweireation. We were beeod by oar eestrest is Oh ewe te supply the beet material, ; end a re duties is the 'weft of mat rim] wee not es item is the redwilie• el NM We purchased the boo et the Point Obeli red Asle-tree Compaey of Weilasiewylidailewed to le se by the Imp of our m I atreet. Owes hem bees be.. I have 'maimed the irce of obi* die the is com posed, .ad I doubt whether I have ever esemi hes or better polity. I shoold ame m the weight of Ile Ore to be I meet 7 cot. The is ear esistilimeat, on. trobod se the et tbe Iwwwis et war smiths, whose IMP Is ism. mks daily lopeetkets myself. We test the tyres It every possible way. We treat .tee le the eye ties It easesding. I have exanneed the broken tire, sad 1 de net flak that is its present stele it Whines either sousdniss • ssenisdaeas to the welding. The r. tides of the tire @ppm se have been robbed After the welding is esesplete we do ass az test. We plate the tyre es the wheal at Walk. allow tho 10th or 11th part of as itch In the diesseter et the tyro fur shrinking. I cannot acomint for the braskiag of the tyre if the welding is good. By the Jary—lf the tyrebreaka at all, it is sore to break of short. By the Comer—Whoa the welding of the tyre Is pro perly tad that part which is broken is as strong as any other. We warrant the engine by one contract to ran a thousand miles. [Mr. M.Oonnell observed that the engine had run a thousand miles.] If it will not red that distance without repair. we have awake them. I have no person here to give evidence as to the character of the welding. No one le the room knows more about it then Mr. M'Connell. I cannot pretend to account for the i accident, nor can I suggest any means by which suc► an l accident an be prevented In future. I don't know hew we can perform welding better. Our men do not emanate the work by contract; they are paid to much per day or per week. I have been a partner in my firm for 17 and in the trade 25 years. Of actual breakages of oar tyres I have known only three instances, though we boos loads 730 engines. One of the three instances occurred at the weld. - A pen on here interposed on behalf of the widow and children of the deceased, declaring that ho was distantly re lated to them, and had come 150 miles to represent them. lie said he shirild tort obliged to the coroner if he would ask the witness whether the accident di I not occur with a particular description of engine which had only bees re cently manufactured. In reply to questions from the coroner, put in conseqneace of this request, Mr. Slurp stated that the contract was entered into is the autumn of last year, and that there was no peculiarity in them, unless it were that their else was unusually large. He had supplied to the company 20 Wailer engines. Mr. Edwin Clark examined—l em the engineer of the Electric Telegraph Company, and reside at 448, Strand. I have made a great number of experiments on the strength of iron, of which I have published an account. At the time of making them I was with Mr. Hobert Stephen son. I have seen& great deal of welding. About every 120 yards there is a weld in the works of the Electric Telegraph Company. I have examined the broken tyre. The ins appears of excellent quality; it is, in fact, an unusually good piece of iron. I have examined the part where the fracture occurred, which I have so doubt wee the added part. Ido not think the Isaias of the iron was perfect at the weld. It appears to me that nearly half the weld was not in cohesion; two-fifths certainly were not. Weld ing is a very difficult process, sad requires to be damp with great care. If the temperature is either too high or too low, the weld is sure to be bad. The colour of the metal is the workman's principal guide. Welding is done both by night and by day ; and variations of light in crease the difficulty of the work. It appears to me that the fracture was not occasioned by friction, as supposed by Mr. Sharp. [The witness here explained to the jury, by refe rence to the fracture, his reasons for holding this opining.] It is very difficult to test the efficiency of welding. I am not aware of any mesas of doing so, except by putting a strain on the metal. The sound Ls not a safe guide ; and externally the iron in the present ease is perfect. In reply tea question from Mr. Sharp, The witness said—The ends of the tyre. do not fit ; but I do not think that is owing to the circumstance that the tyre had several blows. The damage done by the blows is quite distinct from the defect in the welding. By the Corousr—ln practice, we assume the welded part of • tyre to be as strong as the rest- We allow a strait of 10 tons to an unwelded bar, and only 7 to a welded ens. Mr. Jas. Edward M'Conaell, locomotive superintendentst the southern division of the line, examined—l am a no thuds:al engineer. I have no personal interest in the pre sent inquiry ; no complaint having been made against me In relation to it. I always examine new engines. Whoa ever we see anything which looks like a Saw, we test the tyre with special care, and if we discover a Saw, we con demn the tyre. I examined the tyre of this engine, and saw no imperfection. I have examined the fractured ends and the metal. I consider the quality of the iron very good. I have never seen batter iron. I have looked carefully at the welded part, end I consider the weld unsouad. The @swats breadth of the tyre is 51 inches. The extreme thleknem of the outer edge is 2} inches, and of the centre 2 MB, over the flange 3t. Three inches of the tri inches were sever properly united. Throe square inches of the surface I deem unsound. I cannot state the proportion of the mound to the unsound part. The Coroaer—What &Amelia' would you apply ? The witsess—l should call it a bad weld. (Laughter.) By the Coroner—lt is part of my duty to travel a good deal apes the line, arid I often travel on the engines them selves. Whipsawed And the road oat of repair, I make a retest to the @Vow et the p ntnt way, and it is his duty iMiedisavly to ram* lbe Mom I have never had any °unmask" Is mek tia r i Vet bim, and I have frequently Saud my whim an The sogias 2b9 is very lit Wired, bet the entire asset be lees than live or six hundred pew& By the Censer—Shall you all epos& Messrs. Sharp to make the dump good ? Mr. 11•Consell—I at sot prepared to answer that gut stiee. Capain Maki showed thst the question was then nada the esookbedies of the keel eillieen of the company. Mr. gimp asked the Idiom whether the engine had sot ran more then MOO mike Mr. linonnell mid he mold not speak positively on that point Mr. Sharp said it the thousand miles had been run the company email Imes so claim against him. Ice relit Mr a violin" from the piry, Mr. IlVonmeffi mid that it was the custom of the com pany to test :L By waive ter about a week before attaching them to • dales weld as many a 53,000 tree • year at Wolverton. After the teddies hes been executed we put the tyre an what we all fte@shing Meeks. We apply pewee emet to satisfy 011111111111111 that SIN to no limousi ne's; eel nuefteve that if the 11•8111 emesat of stretching boil bees applied to the brokea tyre its defective condition mold have beim discovered. All woos-set tyres are re- pissed at Welveresn. There are about 311,000 tyres of our own welding. end I have only knows' one to be fractured during my in years' experience. That elogle fracture se at the weld. I do not consider the welded part weaker thee the rest. The hammering at that point teude to the marl. I heard Mr. Clark's evidence on that bet did set eines, is it. Feeder** Daps examined—l em manger of eele s ir limo red Company. The tyre exhibited ' we mod `see lebioseit. I gave directions for he 1 meseileolsee to the Avemes of the smiths, John NuttelL Se hes ban segiopted bribe Arm about two years, hie had • pied dell et espodesee s mid km cow Leder hies. I he mpen the work every** It would take three spare= ot , as hest to make • geed weld, from three to Am ems being employed I. the week. Our sea are at posse geld by the der, mad I believe they were so at the time when AI wee made. After the weld is made the tyre k tMab • dual, mode to that described br Mr. M'Cossell mid I Weld like to ask Mr. MaCesmell le wise re aped the weldiag Welverion diem@ bees thee in posed use. (The maim here deindbei the Mere warp's mode el otreleldob _sod Mr. IPOsendl that of the millersy company, the only Mimes bolsi OM le the hamar ow a wade is mod, and is the WV. .amore.) I emesi see any imprison is the time moils& el The spiky of the meal et the Whom Wm in ',sp l it!. The wdll le • bed ese. The Mem of lhe bedtime o the well met be beans byte whole etsiiiimest, re the tyre pewee Ilmeoph teeny lisle. I ve se disk the tyre was 1 semi es the outside. I s m set peepers! tei say rol as tl i e l seeseeesee of nit sa snidest as be prevented. The mak wirer he bee mode • weld. might be pay great allesties to the melba oldie bee. That is ems of lb. beet Mob I sea think et. A ka•ssistis 'soh sap Of the weld medium always provost on In reply to tie COMM' Mr. ICConnell said it was the practice of the railway ampany to plain rivets as close as possible to the weld. The Censer to Mr. Beyer—What do you think of that prudes The Wltemo—Well, I think it's very peed. (laughter.) By the Commer—The forewarn of the smiths ts a steady aml lemplesee ems, ash beet smith I ever knew. Zabagliones havieg eine& I @aid be was enema to Newer any quer done v mlght be pet to bin respecting the gassed memegnesist et the line. The Onemmer mid the geseral management of the line did nut oppose to be at all is question. It appeared that the had gone to one of the first Arms for the es. mast end woo admitted that after a tyre was at work Pew mid dkor eel& b m e some defect whlib so external observ observation . *6 Caplets 7 Raba said then were 60,000 tyres belessing to a sehor ' 6 %.6 The " Aimed that Mr. M'Connell had eked the al SO Cagrjital midi WS was the sutler ea the seetb ; tha aggrepte et the whole lise wee 40,000. With the easesur's psembeiss ho would ache MS her two race. Be bed toss es ebessatiss is as et a eels papers to the east arl this was se el these maims which wire nen assups is the Noah WUSIMI Ibis ea toy ether railway. To that the any answer reptile was, that ate Nash Visitors Ilse was early age Peso as esturisit is say albs liao, k who salsa UP he aseilists shield be the =at _tease. Thee Pee 11$S.mist, l ls the easpeets eargisysest, spa white mast the easy et the petits is sone &pee dephisil ; tad it was shwa Impassible to press estalesal eassalles bat, he was haws to soy that. is the pest le• Mesh se awed to be attributable Si NMI* a the esstpsey. During the last itz swabs the sass of the corapsy bad had an sipriesdested Maids' le patina with--dilicoltis which dame IS IS pen' espeissee se he bad is,.. sot with S an. The 'Me at the Mee lad boss dliersasisd by bad weehes, sail the *an of bridges sad reels bad waded M issesse the Masi*, ; but be woe happy to say that lbw uses bed subsided, sad sawn were rapidly coming bark Is Sae sad piths, sad that they had weed thrash at stet spesedested pita ma ha of d iffi the eissest** esd et Wary time =Apt het bon sapested slur sibass_ The Comm iskat Cartel& Hsieh if he mulct say how mil Om aeiiot u thai Width formed the subject cf inquiry Wooesdabarmetwatadmiablezahlltsireethat(:C=Ot4L-urktltiy.;°,ozr that t e t e hi th e M IW the names. of nosh as moistest reemted by ears Is the weldiag. That clots of dim not Km ht the am of mines mode by the 00eibelli Wolf. The engine in question had hem in us but a very short time ; the rasa tibia it happened to be r=liover was in a good condition and of the best sow on; and the speed was titbit under the usual speed coasequesee of the state of the roads• In reply to the coroner. Mr. Sharp stated that be dil not desire to tall any wit- SMOKY. The Coroner than *linseed the jury. Ile said he could see no blame attaching to the company ; the blame appeared to rut solely with the workmen immediately engaged is snanufivturing the tyre. Messrs. Sharp and Co. had an io. retest in sending out the best engines ; for it was impossible theist accident °tibia kind could occur to one of their engines without their sustaining loss both i rkthe ir reputation and their trade. if he were on the jury the verdict which he would be disposed to return was one of accidental death, the im mediate cause of death being: the bad welding of the tyre. Considering how essay millions of persons had travelled on this line, he most say it was a remarkable fact that duritg his twelve years' experieou lie had never held an inquest on a first-class passenger. If any thing could skew the prudence, care, and forethought of the general ma numit:dor the di ff erent lines of this country, it was oath a fact as that. He had held inquests on two or three second class passengers, and on two or three third. He would here say that he should be very glad if the company would pad or cushion the insides of the second and thud clan carriages with ever so rough a material, because it would afford a protection to those who travelled in them, which was now enjoyed by fit st-class passengers only. The latter had almost entirely escaped injury iu consequence of their heads coming in contact with cushions instead of hard boards. When the head struck against a piece of oak, the skull, if it did not happen to be particularly , thick, must give way instead of the wood. (Hear, hear.) Captain Huish said he would take care that the sugges tion of the corner was conveyed to the board of directors, which was the utmost stunt to which he could go in the matter. The jury then retired. After being absent for about half an hour they returned a verdict of "Accidental death, caused by the fracture of the tyre of the leading wheel of the engine 289, sea fracture arising from the imperfect welding of the iron," adding a rceocumeutlatioa that some bettor means of testieg should be adopted, and a suggestion that Messrs. Sharp and Co. should make some provision for the widow and children of the deceased. THE RECENT lIUItRICANE. APPALLING DISASTERS AT SEA. Accounts continue to pour in from all parts of the coast detailing the dreadful effects, both on sea and land, of the hurricane of Christmas-day and Sunday last, adding enormously to the long list of catastrophes which appeared in yesterday's journal. It is gratifying to observe, how ever, that they report a considerable moderation of the weather. The wind remains in the same quarter, S.S.W. (in which direction it has been for so many weeks), but a heavy sea generally prevails along the whole range of coast In the Swin, and almost at the mouth of the Thames, the hurricane was as severely felt as In any other part. For upwards of 48 hours a tremendous sea existed. The Molise light-ship was swept away by its fury, great bane occasioned amongst the coasters and small craft, and a large ship named the William and Mary, from Texel, driven on to the Gannett Sands. She was between 600 and 700 tone burden, barque rigged, and in ballast, bound to London. Encountering the gale of Sunday night in the Swio, she brought up with two anchors and BO remained until between eight and nine o ' cl ock on the following (Monday) morning, &when a tearful blast of the hurricane drove her from her moorings on to the sand about three miles above the Trinity beacon. In vain did the crew try to get her off, the heavy sea carried her further on to the shoal, when she fell over on her broadside The position of the poor fellows on board then , became the most painful, the boats being stove in ; indeed I could they have been launched, their weathering such • surf was quite impossible. The crew took to the mainmast rigging, to which they lashed themselves. In this situation, exposed to the violent lashing of the sea and undergoing the greatest suffering, they remained the whole of the day. Night set in with all its horrors, the poor fellows' sufferings became more severe, expecting as they did every moment that the ship would go to pieces. About ten o'clock some smacks came up, and in consequence of. the territic surf which was running could only approach within 200 or 300 yards of the wreck. However the smacks, the Traveller and Simperer both of Colchester, contrived to cruise about the spot, ind by dint of gnat exertion ou the part of their crew, they, about 3 o'clock in the morn ing, accomplished th e preservation of the poor creatures, who were clinging to the rigging, including the master, Mr. Avery. As may be imagined, they were in a very ex hausted eoadition when got on board the smacks. They were taken on to Brightlingsea, near Colchester. where they were;landed, and received that attention which their state commanded. The ship has since goLe to pieces. The oc currence of other disasters during the tempest, nigher up the eastern coast, have been recorded. and between Yar mouth and Flamborough Head muen ultimate( appears to have been done the coasters. '1 he extent of die stet In the Channel is ;not yet accu rately know.. The ill-fated German emigrant ship Louisa Emilie, driven ashore near Dungeness, on Sunday night, has become a total wreck. She had between 60 and 70 Ger man emigrants on board. The number who met with a watery grays have been ascertained to amount altogether to about 40. She struck opposite the No. 3 Dungeness Coastguard Station. It is supposed that the master imagined himself fortisar off the English coast than he really was, end that being suddenly overtaken by one of those frightful Ss whisk prevailed daring the night, she was carried with Ireassieue forte on to the shore of the west bay. The Mild guard had previously observed the perilous position of theship, but could not by any means prevent thesetute which followed. The moment the ship Omsk, bine west Arid, in order to attract the nativist th ese en end le obtain assistance. Happily for them, as geese, of the oast guard were on the alert. The captain and crew lest Mime sending a life buoy adrift, which quickly gained the share. The coast guard then at tached life lines to it, and signalising the wreck, they were heeded of end iamb kik, by whirl' means 41 persons were saved, lade/ins the male and km-oth' crew. Unfortu nately at this nee ent Ike ship yielded to the fearful fury of the surf, she oentenensell to break up, and the whole of the unhappy heists win reandeed ky_lter perished. The exertions of the chiefhalms. el the beast Guard Station, with a Kr. Creasy, einseeled with Lloyds' agent, the beano= ef Lydd, in the poor creatures Ana lbe wink an spoken of in very high terms. Some of the survivors were in • complete state it nudity when e bght ashore. They wen sinned es Ifdd, aed th in haroubitants of the town mode Kau se esolbeleble as they could. A large Daintier ofdiseliedi semi, have brae& up at i Deal, Reinstate, &c., 'Mehl*, the Mena wee et fa neigh' a large ship called the Kkehen, fres Antwerp ke Liver , drove from her seseringe and went ea the Brake . By somas eznesedisary cinnunetareen she got liberated from the shed, snit befog nearly fall of water, went adrift. The mew ebeeideeM km, bat she was pt hold of by somas Kemple hymen, who eustrived to get her into harbour. Tde wreck with we briefly reported yesterday as bevies Iseppered within • died distaser of Bolt Head, has boa mosethlitod to have hem • bisque, supposed the Wiedeson at Lease, mid the% omey seal - belonging to her peelassi. Lower down towards lie seen& of the Channel, off the Cornish mut, math hews was occasioned. Two emi grant ships, both bound ihr Amotralia, had • most provi dential escape. They ere ssenlared the fall try of the hurricane, and kr a time were placed in the =ie peril. One oldie tissue woe the Patrician,kr. sommander, Wed to Illyilthey from London. The other ship was the illephia MAIM Mr. Bell, roaster, whisk left the Thanes • short time dem for Adelaide. She W aesrb made the onteree el the Channel when she =- the gale The Ni herbs over bar with gnat *de m% any* away stensilßrie, lba., sell washing OM bead those men, who palsied. With settees difficulty she seeleimit he run for Falmeeth. which she safely gained. Norms vessels have 14611. beam lost or eadosely damaged it this range of meth lfaiy josses took pins Ilan the storm as the north. wort mast. bream semitiethg e , esisse destrusties inland. • voor4 4AM tho Nem reetase, hew Liverpool bound W thelieftemweew was carried sabers to the northward et Lowe, Illemear, on Beady— b& aed the Eiretpart fdm mew oves& Ia the wieleity Port ha t yen. the Calder. tram dr New Toth ter Liverpool, was driven front her ea to • wet of woks to the north of the most guard atotke mad become • mesh. In that portion of Menosrabe Bay which WOW towards Inventors@ the huntress appears to have doe* a great monist of ;mischief. Several vessels were driven ashore in the bay, but no list has Mee obtained of their names. A ship, called the Rohe des Aug.., was wrecked on Christmas-day, a few miles to the eastward of Boulogne, sad " Lloyd's List" contains numerous ether disasters on that range of coast. All the reports agree that the hurricane occasioned greater destruction to life and property than that which occurred in Janaary, 1339. DIPARTITRZ OF FRB AILUICAN AND CANADIAN MAlL. —Yesterday, at thirty minutes past 11 o'clocklia the fammems,t as United States mail steamship, Baltic, Captain Onmatenit, sailed from the Kersey with the aqual 47 en, and a large general cargo of merchandise on hawed. Owing to her not arriving till Friday night it Ti vethe most strenuous exertions to get her reedy for sea t advertised time. — MIITitiCIIOLTriG'CIDENT TO A YOUNO LADT. , ... The daughter of a respectable farmer, named Pring, re slam is the little riling@ of Airliscornbe, neer Honiton, Does shire, was aceidentally killed whilst standing in the retiliWis of her father's home, on Christmas morning. It that the deceased had spent a mirthful Christmas to father's house, in company with • number of her f ri ends. It was intended to spend Christmas Day at the grandfather's hones, where • 1 family party was es. petted to assemble. The deawd was standing in the porebway with two other ladies, whoa her amis. • young sum, who was etumalaing • gut, accidentally bred it off, not being aware that it wee loe4ed, and the matents were lodged in the young lady's head, directly behind the ear. I She fell down instantly and aspired. The ether twee were slightly injured by the gia•shoW. Mi. CRAWFORD, lit.P., has gives nutle, that he will after the mow more for • select eousalttee to in. quire into the coistitution, melee, and proems of Sheriffs' Courts in Scotland and the office of sheriff, with • view to the introduction of:vrich reforms and alterations as may be required for the purpose of securing cheap and a eedy Justine to suitors in the above worth - tied oetoelple eoZekettly reemimat to magnet ElWhile the peeps a the borough.' HALIFAX ELECTION. The following address has beta issue! by Sir Charles Wood to be electors of the borough of Halifax: " Uestlenten,—Tbe rejection by the House of Commis sf the anancial proposals of Lord Derby's government bee led to their resignatioe of office. A new administratios has been formed, consisting of men who have taken a pee -1 eminent part in proomiag that sturdy edemas of impeom meat is our laws and iutitations which has generally characterised the legislation of the last quarter of • win hwy. It is the trot purr*e of the premed goveranseet to maintain and extend this policy ; sad, me far from emaidering such a policy to be, as it has been n eeseuted by its opponents, dangerous and &retractive, lam me vmeed that the welfare of the people and the stability of our institutions depend upon our legislation twirl properly adapted to the incressirg development and intelligence of the community. With this °carnelian, I have sat hesitated to take part in an administrat:oe founded on the principle of well-advised but certain program. By so &Mg, I have placed at your disposal the important trim of reprmating the borough of Halifax is parliament which 1 received from you not quite six months ego, and of which I now wisest the renewal at your kande. So short • time has elapsed since I hod • full opportunity of stating my views on dithered questions of public interest, that I will not now *espy your time by repeating them. I have never changed my opinions on public policy, when 1 have accepted odre Oder the crown. In the recent short session of parliament I believe that, in all may votes, I have faithfully represented the opinions of the great majority of the inhabitants of Halifax. I have voted, that the repeal of the scorn laws was • wise, just, and beneficial measure ; that the recent com mercial policy, firmly maintained sad prudently ex tended, will mast surely promote the welfare and eoutentment of the people ; and ageism doubling and estendiog the house tax, merely foe the object of repealing half the melt toz, from which, I believe, little or no benefit would have resulted, either to the pro ducer or the consumer. As sem as I can leave Leaden I shall hasten down to Halifax; and availing myself of the opportunity of explaining more fully my opinion, on public matters, I shall ask you again for a renewal of that con fidence with which you have so long honoured me, and which I prise as toie highest distinction that I can receive trove a body of my fellow-citizen.. " I have the honour to be, Gsatlemon, with every sentiment of respect and gratitude, your very faithful lereeen, "C 11.111,1• WOOD. " London, Dee. 27, 1852." GLOUCESTER CITY ELECTION. Our correspondent, writing front Gloucester yes ' terday. says: This city has been suddenly roused into • state of political activity and excitement by the approach of another parliamentary election, which is to be hotly con tested. Lk, apposatmeat of Rear-Admiral M. F. F. Berkeley as one of the Lords of the Admiralty, under the Abortion' ministry, has necessitated an appeal from the gallant admiral to his constituents for re-election, and, although the writ is net yet issued, the gallant admiral is already on the spot, and has issued an address to the ' electors, in which he continently arks for a renewal of the honour of representing them in parliament, alleging that ha has sot in the smallest degree altered or abated any of those political opinions which seined their forest on the last wad former occasions. He adds, "My vote has been given to ward off from yen the inflic tion of the double house tan, prepaid by the late government, and which I considered to be framed too mach with a view to class interaslN at the same time that it was a covert attack upon the electoral fran chise."—Adatiral Berkeley has been mavassiag the electors to-day. He is to be opposed by Mr. H. T. Hope, the late member, sad the assucensfal conservative candidate at the general election. Mr. Rope is muted to be at present abroad, bat his friends have determined to pat him in nomination, and as Mr. Hope has on a former occasion beaten the admiral "single-handed," the eosservative party believe that they as do the like again. A meeting of Mr. Hope's friends sad of the conservative or " blue " party generally, was held last night, at which resolutions were adopted fur appointing committees, dividing the city into districts, and commencing an immediate personal canvass of the electors. Mr. Hope's name was received with en thusiasm, and committees were appointed. Theme pro ceeded to work this morning, and both parties are now actively engaged in canvassing the electors. It is ex pe cted that the writ will be moved for to-day, , and tt the election will take plate seat Tuesday ' 1 1 SIR A. COCKBUR?I'S ADDRESS. To TIII ELIKTORS Or Till BOILOCOR or SOVINA Gentlemen,—The resignation of Lord Derby's ministry, consequent on the defeat of their &Memo to double the home tax, and to impose it oa the laf. Mum holders, bas led to the formation of another administration, I composed of the two greet para., who fir six years bare together maintained the principles of free trade, whose anion in the recant struggle has prevented the imposition of unnecemary and obsoaleue taaation end whine union is government ess sloes prevent the ;mewl of an odious polity and an unpopular ministry. U oder dis sew administration I have ameeied the sake of her Majesty's Attorney-General, Waded kat Ike piny of the goverment will be one of imprenemn aid on the grist Austin. of the day la kin awl= Worms, parliamentary repmandistiew awl esiewiel genera meat. By accepting oaks I have vacated the seat he which on four suoceseive vacancies year nalemes bee pined me. Per the Mk sins I gals mint the began et year Na hum& My pineal priadyin en thereughly nays to you, an hen Wren, melon yaw mwellem I hel earn that the pert 1 ten ea a man 'mien in nen*/ the Iterthar bbpsillat of direst tezetisa while uoicoompeoin hp eseementasie ednatage to the people, will here stet nib hearty I mature to leek= with essiliemes to the Mawr of bag mods ended year imamensibm As the Map sewing sill ei ies muet Ike pine M a wry mw nem he twilit,. Bat I slidt seek die eadiest sgparewolty at mediae yea is midis sad fully eselmines asp malimens, Ire ties nest of aor tan I tsust le yaw bsesisizsar a r e lz d ialk Me dean, sad spin whim at the bet iduemint vinery. I naleis, wildness, with nay esselissat of respect, Ten eldlied mael eberisat sanest, A. E. Conscax. 40, Mfinnistnet, May Fair, Dec. 29, IBM The following has beset gent to as for publication : I ast /In" Wales S. Mose, Choisines Day, DOI MT Dam iistageSellattrae day IR whim.' 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I will asly ean by way of tea. that say anneal of geoseethe width stay law his. r uins * yea, ia ethoglag elks it tho saw governeasss, asetswonisa apes - tin aura usy of se ibr the atesedes of her Jiakilials, Is, absolutely salaam what mews *alas the haatbisselities.—Faillskilh o udi mus athedenthsly yours, " 0 soaoa A. Dassaos. of names. " Right Hos. W. B. Oldness, IL?." • dr William lifoleswertrs theseleses of ethos with a not ia the tablas preents the " assinith " soder ea. users upset. BRIBEET AT MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. The tellseriet is the petition to Parlieneest yam of in saisdier Witm : la Tolbo gm tho Orr rasa Gnat arra rod Irked, isilimirt romblod. TM pillar of Is ualsoolApod bumpers mad Oben, bip=i me lebeldloate of lb, of Warman aad ite Araby, arm* Int year la ranee with the Ma rtial, of Misr to tar Veiled Llisidor, maw hem es et Imp lay is rehroass to realidpol sisslkaa I That, la away moslitasar, sii p of latiassel obs rater, sad olbandos astarloarly lassrpoesat to disiirrie tin relay letysreat sod area - llio darts of Iswarour Mies. posers heir nein tbsough aurrallailsold sad =Niegynotioss. tbeir res tech aebolliai lid bearpoosselage the psolivo vetnee—tties hinging the prairie of nyressegolive wrimielpil govrearrt tato =sad men poesiodies pears of rospoolablllty feeling Ma olbertask oirross for dr paths vet not lbs too of sash ammo by disboasst sad sepif eiyiod osailidelos. boa deo* rimed Era respossells dr ask prime womb sad petits Isoleirre to resort to sloalbir expediter is aii4elhass : Iris logroriag dr Errs! robag of satire realipel siaalitseastss, sat maisrlag M dart loperiblis be boasarable sun, adopting only boossiabio mom, to .sour a ward with say dress of 1 Mom _ _ _ Tour /fir thanks itarsart/y pray your \sword& beam limas such stasedlas•sta is the Ism as to th• baaaaralia haw ellen sees allbstudly Is the Mahal mai ammo youdame bat*, , math( sad latkaidadaa at saaidpal A LAURI CATTLII AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE MAIM= Is about to be eetablished near the Bishopetoke Railway Statioa, oc the South Western line. This statist [ wawa ikuthamptou, Doralsoster, Portsmouth, Salisbury, sad losioa. 1 THE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS. RURAL RETROSPECT.-RURAL PROSPECTS. TO THE 101105 Of THE DAILY Haws. SlE,—The present time is an epoch in the history ' of British husbandry ; a date from which certainty in rural affairs commences; a period to which the agricultural wind will henceforth refer as the time when it finally learnt the necessity of trusting to realities and realities only. Moralists may, perhaps with justice, regret the evil example, the flipper, I conduct, and gross political and personal prevarica tion of the Derby-Dierselite government though I believe the effect of their flagrant outrages on public thounur has been rather to disgust and ulienate mazy of their more respectable adherents, than to commend i them to any but the must reckless partisans. But the effects of the Derby-Disraeli exhibition of the Let six weeks on the minds of the aeric.ilite al public I have been extremely salutary. The readiness with which the once loud denouncers of tree trade, the impatient asserturs of tie: neces i v .or restored protection, yielded up their convictions —it ever they hail any—in the hope of ietaining place and patient.. e ; their miserabte shiltisig and shuffling to evade the expression of parliamentary opinion on their budget; and, though last not least, the absolute inefficiency of that budget to afford even a semblance of relief to what fat mess lia‘e been pleased to call their distress, ha% e combined to Impress indelibly on the sgricultur,ts that they must no longer trust to politics or politicians ise relief from any of the ills they are aunt to iouipla;n of. This is satisfactory; and to none more so than to 'arsons, like myself, who daiiy see and know that farmers really do labour under burdens and endure grievances of no slight importance, but that they have hitherto been grasping at the shadow and missing substantial relief by pursuing the will o' the wisp of the hour—protection, special burdens, or compensation—of which it pl e ased their landlords and their landlords administration to lead them in chase. Nothing short of the exhaustive process, the proving by demonstration the protectionists could do nothing for them, would have convinced tne farmers and the minor landlords that Lord Derby and his noisy crew could do nothing "tor the relief of agriculture," if ever so desirous, and farther, that they would not if they could. The result has been to show the farmers they can does other traders have done—help themselves. What the effect of that knowledge will be on the relations of landlord and tenant, on the progress of husbandry, and finally, on the condition of landed property, I forbear on this occasion to discuss, further than to note that I 'echos the changes which must ensue will be far greater than are commonly supposed, and that such changes will be all for good, though perhaps they may inter fere with some cherished prejudices and established errors in conuexion with the possession and manage ment of landed property. Circumstances recently directed my attention to the West of England. I felt curious to see what influence the failure of the Derby shuttle would have upon the farmers of that district. I Mond there as elsewhere that up to the very last moment certain partisan landlords were doing all they could to keep up the delusion that if Lord Derby could not restore protection, he would do "something'' for the far mers, while all the current fallacies against free trade we:c being i r worked perseveringly. For instance, whilst the question was in process of settlement, the Her. H. F. Yeatman, a Dorsetshire landlord of some notoriety, presided at the Sherborne Agricultural Society, and entertained his audience with just such a speech as he was accustomed to deliver before the corn laws were repealed. This gentleman seems to be afflicted with great fluency and a statistical flux, and for two mortal hours he poured forth is mane of incoherent and indigested figures and extracts—taken possibly from Blackicood = to prove that free trade had reduced the growth of corn, that trading capital and industry ought to be taxed to relieve land, and that prices have recently risen from the reduced value of gold, and consequently that the rise is nominal only. And about the same time another reverend orator, at the Yeovil Agricultural Society, indulged in profuse lamentations over free trade, as has tag brought "irretrievable ruin on the agricultural cease," a cause which he admitted "ti be rather lukewarmly supported just at present." It is wor thy of remark that some of the meet unscrupulous of the protectionist agitators have been found amongst the clergy, and the speeches of these men invariably abound in the most virulent abuse and invective. Even while the clerical agitators were doing their beet to keep up "obsolete" delusions, the more practical and rational men, at the same meetings, were by their comments offering complete contradiction to such frothy nonsense. Thus the chairman at Yeovil said they would all agree with him that within the last 15 or 20 years the science of agriculture had under gone so great a change for the better, and the im provement in farm buildings, stock, and tillage had been se great, that we seemed to live in another age." And Mr. Bide, a glove manufacturer of Yeovil, in reference to some suggestions made as to the ne cessity of not removing, protection from the glove trade "suddenly and rashl,r " remarked that he " had always expressed his belief that unrestricted competition would be the order and rule of the day ; that agriculturists must exert themselves, and manufacturers must do the same ; and that agricul turists must look to their own prosperity, or they would never find it. They must see what they are doing before they took their farms, and take them at the proper rate. It was far better for them to do so than depend on their landlords to return them . 5, 10, or 15 per cent. on the rent. In business, as in agri culture, it was always bad policy for persons to attempt to do more than they had the means to do properly. In trade . they should call it' over trading, and in agriculture they should call it taking a larger farm than they could properly manage." And these wholesome truth' were loudly applauded. So Mr. Pope, a tenant farmer, in re spending to a toast, said, " his advice was to econo mise their own resources. They must in these days endeavour to cheapen produce, and to farm in such away as would enable them to compete with all the world." Now lam told that this Mr. Pope has been a great leader amongst the protectionist farmers, and it is obvious that he was sobering down to a rational state of mind, notwithstanding all the counter-irritants of the protectionist parsons. At the Castle Cary Agricultural Society's meeting, how ever, held after the explosion of the Derby-Disraeli bubble, Mr. Pope, as well as Lord Derby, begged " most respectfully to bow" to the decision of the country, and thus formally divested himself of his protectionist harness. " Whatever," said the heroic Pope, " might have been my former convictions, however zealous I may have been as a member of the antral committee, and as a frequenter of 17, Old Bond-street, I now feel that I ought to bow to the decision of the country." Now albeit there was something of the mock heroic in the solemn renunciation of protection by Farmer Pope, after all that is gone and past, we must remember that these protectionist hrmers mainly gain credit amongst their Blasi by loving voice to what their neighbours Wok, eft swamp they think, on a sub. ject they are mei* peolbeadly ignorant of. And when the talking humors say, as Mr. Pope after wards said, the waft " would keep their minds open to the improvements of the day, and pay due attention to the suggestions of those who de voted their time and attention to agriculture," I know well enough that the same rational sentiment has :already become familiarised to the minds of the farmers he is accustomed to associate with. I have dwelt so long on the effect the settling the protection question has bad on the minds of the west country farmers, because I take them to be about the most backward of English farmers, and I know that in opinion the farmers of more improved districts have hitherto been a-head of them ; but every where it is good to have the question set finally at rest. Here. then, I say, let protection rest in peace; though the mischief it has entailed on English husbandry will not be at once repaired. The recent advance in the prices of all kinds of agricultural produce, partly the effect of season, partly the reaction from undue depression, has gone far to disabuse the farmers' minds from the notion that they must all be ruined, that is, if they ever entertained it to any extent. At present our great and very natural Arthhig is about the season. For the greater part otillibefioislim, since the second week in August, we r eae. 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