The Express. — London, England, 1864-12-20 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1864. THE CATASTROPHE ON THE NORTH KENT ItAILWAY. THE INQIJEST. TLc inqucnt upou the bodies of the unfortunate men who were killed in the recent lamentable collision in the Blackheath tunnel was opened yeetenley at the Rail way Hotel, Blackheath, before Mr. J. C. Cutter, one of the coroners for Kent. Mr. Freeland epramed to watch the ease on the part of the company. Mr. Moeller. a barrister, wee present on behalf of the signal man James Jones, to whose mistaken signalling the accident is attributable, and Mr. to Liston appeared on behalf of some of the sufferers. Mr. knight, traffic superintendent, was also present, as were Mr. Chapman, Mr. Cl.cdon, station-masters, Mr. Harris. and other odici.ds connected with the company. _ . The Coroner, in opening the proceedings, cautioned the jury not to be led away either by the magnitude of the acci dent o•r by the various accounts that had appeared in the newspapers to draw any conclusions but such as were fairly deducible from the evidence which would be laid before them. Their trot duty would be to aacertein the exact cause of the deaths of the unfortunate plate-layers, and then to say who was to blame, if any one, for the accident. The jury then proceeded to view the bodies, and on their return into court, _ Thomas Jones, a platelayer, residing at Beckenham, Wen. titled the body of his brother, William Jones, who he said was n years of ado, and unr.noried. He also identified the body of Wm. Wade, 23 years of age, a platelayer. Wade was a married man, with one child. He knew Wm. Seely, another of the platelayers, who was killed. He was :0 yaws old, and married; also Robert Morris, 20 years of age, unmarried. Edward Ningbold, of Charles-blunt, Old Kent-road, stated that he was timekeeper of the permanent way on the No. 1 district of the South Eastern Railway from London to Maidstone. He identified the body of a man who went by the name of Henry Smith, aliu Patchy, a labourer in the employ of the company. Jona, Wade, and Morris were labourers. Seely was a platelayer, 47 years of age. Joors had been in the service of the company three years, Wade ten years, Seely twelve years, Mani seven years, and Smith about six weeks. Witness was at the Brick layers' Arms station at the time of the accident. He ex plained that the labourers were under the platelayers. lhere was in fact only me platelayer. la reply to a question from the Coroner, Mr. Freeland stated that there were four persons in charge of the ballast train—the driver, stoker, guard, and breakaman. the eogine-driver,doker, and bruksman were under the orders of the guard. Thomas Dowsett •worn-1 live at Ashford, and am en engine driver in the employ of the South Eastern Railway Cowpat.y. 1 bad charge 01 ballast train on Friday from Dartoi .1. We started from Dartford at 3.5 p.m., with trm'is and two breaks. engine, and tender. The engine was fir-t. The trucks were all loaded with gravel ballast. It was an ordinary train for our engines, and use loading was not particularly be..,sy. but 1 do not know what aright of balla‘t was in them. The engine has a pressure of 110Ibs. to the square inch. Ido not know the bone.power. The first stoppage would be beta eel Dartford and Erich, about two miles this side of Ihutford. We unloaded eight tracks at that place. During the time that we unloaded the eight trucks as uncoupled and ran up to Furness aiding and Wok on nine. We thou went on to Abbey-wood and detached the eight empties, after wukh we proceeded to Charlton. station. sod stopped there by signal about 15 minutes. It was near about I o'clock when we stopped at Charlton. We then went on into the Illackheath tunnel. The train con sisted of 23 loaded trucks and two breaks. The ballast guard. the stoker. and myself were on the engine. It is the poet of the guard to bo on the engine. There was no one to the lust break. The guard on the engine receives all orders and gives them to us. The Coroner said —Then the first break is useless? Witness—There is no one in to work it. The guard orders where we are to .top +VA 1,010. ed or load. In case of swer ving, he would get o/ toe engine and into the break. the stoker would work the breaa on the engine. The breakswan, Thomas triads'', was in the break at the end of the train, an.; Lere were a,s or 'even men to the break with him. I saw thew get in at DArtfurd, and some got out where we unloaded the ballast. We rewired the order at Charlton to go on I. signal. We blacked the train between the Wool wich 'asap' and W0,1at...h Arsenal to let some men get out. V.. did not 'lack for aoV want of power of engine. We proceetled through the tousle! at a moderate rate, and had iot from half to three parts through when the engine began gipping. The to. r ro'cier—llad you tail Lihts on'. Witncu— I cannot boy. I did not go behLid the train. The engine slipped from the grata) , state of the rail and kept on stipples ti.l she came to a stand. The Whist guard ; on the cootie gut off and proceeded back to uncouple a poetiou of the train, but whether he had not got to the I vragg:a h- was gcing to uncouple, or whether he had un- coupled them when the other train ran into us, I canon; a Ile mane back to me and told me to go an with part of the trair. Before that he had come back, and naked me what I had moved the train for, and I said. "air good n,an i hare I.ot moved an inch," but I min I felt et if socuetumg Lad bone ou to us, and had given the ...Non, a jar. The coilitton bad occurred at that time 1 believe. Whence tau puyle we always uncouple ball the train. At that thin the tunnel wee full with our steam ; Lion ing off, and the 'team of soother train, and we could hardly Lear ourie:ves speak for the noise. He west hack vita 1:3 mate to prevent anythiug corning in, having first told rue to go on with the half of the train, arid I did so. I then went on with the to the Blackheath station, and in pass og the ;Opal-bx 1 held up my bends and told the aigno:man to Lord hard, sad I told coy mate to go to him, at/ tell hum that aciluettorg had occurred in the tunnel. and then I went on with the twelve trucks, and put them on a siding. I then went back to the station, followed by Lan caster, who had rvu up to the platform to tell them that the tunuel wee blocked. They went back with baud-hoops into the tunnel to see what the obstruction was. I did not leave the miue. I got some of the carriages that were standing on tea up liue at the statics, and backed them in tut the putp...e of conveying any of the passengers who were biome:it nut of the tuouel. I have been two years in the eetsece of the company. and iletiOtte to that I was driver so the ;Mat Northern eight years. I have also beep in India. Tire foal of tweuty.thire trucks %ea not heavier than what we had often brought before, but there was a little more dini culty whes we stopped at Charlton. 1 believe the gradtent in the tunnel is one in lie), and it is up LC't '. the into from Charlton to Blackheath. We wore all We hove to work the ballast train in between we ou:ii. We had to run to Bricleay en' Arms in that way iietweet trait•. If we were too close on a trsiu cos ciu about at Woolwica Atoned and Blackheath, but m.t. at Co:alto:1. I was under the orders of Lanc oc,r, the guard, as to whether I was to go on cr out. I cannot toy who the porter was who was a :tie! at alga:away. _kr:corning to the proper welkin_ of the signals so train could leave before the lino wan :r. It appeared to me as if some train or engine bad come it. front of us and forced us up. Al our trus.l.a were together batter ti bulftr. I sent my mate forward and myself that there wu ootLiui in front. IJo not Uwe, the of tLe e4ine and tender. When we carne toast we were in curve. which made it more dill calt t,, g t oi. lem perfectly satieied that we were on the carte. ad that would p.ol,lily be the !mown why I did not feel ti e ruin, n7ore. tba time I left Charlton the expre•, troy, was due at Wcolwich. There would be a dd. Wen- ah.t.* three or four minutes. . _ A .l . ,:rvnitu—rie queation would be whether the ballast train sh:oald have been shuated at Woolwich. Tee Comner—The t urd was the man who ordered him to go on. I don't thinle an)thin4 will arise on that part of the ma', bee nave the ex ;len, tr..,14 win stopi.ed at Charlton, and t , en there w, 4 a break (loan of the ballast train in tho Unto , ' . The • laneiot) in, %hat was do&e to prevent accident after the re.lienoi—Thettint.el wan wetter than usual. It l Laken us Insert• or thirteen minutes till we came to :and t five or six minutes after that that We n - OL. That an, thr e e minut e ., after I f e lt the The guard count not see, and we rout not hear •:n-lees *peek beesune of tie boar, of the steam Unse r= oat. d cot stop t Lat. 1 did not get off the engine till aft, i batten else twelve trucks nut. 137 Mr. W'.• diet —I sboold allow myself thirteen to fifteen minut..s to vine from Charlton to lileekheath to a ballast train. By r , e r —We have to ta'se notice of the elms Mein u s:.tnal, whether it wan at danger or not. Tuet si;nal was a.:l r‘l.t. I don't know how Want siznal in worked. 1:c ou ant WI bow long it take: w pas. weer tame to co from etterlton to Iftaekbeetit. 1 believe it 111 ai r. Pi•\tU uilnwem i* tl'o baK.k. Be M.. Fr•rland--I have ter.•t toms the diver of a pas. mintier between Charlton and I:6ekheath. The (..noner—t. direct, the number of trucks to make up a Irma -I do not know, but if we go for sleepers we put on m. , re. If there ts more then a• con more we put them off. I; tropes are generally tilltd in the same way, and 2: is ti..• ordinary By Mr. Freeltud. -The engine stopped for some time before it ewne t., a .tawl ; when It ..topped we mane on very I unt know whether the guard had fog I; a the duty of the breaksume and coder guard to run i tai a•op soy wlVAueitg tram. Whether he WILD 1112pyil.ti Nita for .ignAla I to not know. • " J u: man— i I )..si nylon of slipping before —No, we had not ; we entered the tunnel at the rate of 10 or 12 LltidS an hour. I have previously divided • train in the Li tckl.eatii tunnel and took the first part out and then went hark and Lionght out the other port. That was a few n.,ntlis ago, sod about three in the afternoon. As we get up to the 14.11100 we slack so as to infotio the signal man. Ou that o. cation the hreeksman ran tack with fog ai,roals Tht breakaman used to carry a few fog signals in be po- • ket. When we got back to tale the remaining part of the train out we whistled, and then if the fog signals were not wanted he would pick them up and get roan his break. We only have one ballast-train regu larly t,o tots line, hot WON of the other trains occasionally some down to Augerst.in wharf for sleepers. itobgrt Barclay sworn-1 live at Ashford, and am en engine stoker. I have been in the company's service tea yeas and a half. We came away from Dartford with trucks. When we enter the tunnel it is my duty to get on the sand box and keep the line sanded. If they do not stop us by signal at Charlton we generally get through the tunnel very nicely, but we have difficulty if we are stopped by signal at Charlton. On approach ing the curve we were going so slow that I got off, and thought I could put the sand down better with my foot. We wanted to get through the tunnel as soon u possible, not because there was a train behind, because I knew it would be stopped at Charlton, but be cause we did not want to detain it longer than we could help. The guard was going down to uncouple the train when I felt a shock. At that moment I was getting up on the break. It only seemed as if a train wu come on to us slightly. The guard then came back, and said he thought we had better go on, and we did. When I passed the sig nalman I said to him, "We have only brought half the train out ; we have left the other half in the tunnel ;" and he replied, " Oh, my goodness, what shall I do r or some thing to that effect. I said, " I don't know." The Coroner—Did you ask him for any explanation Witness—l went to lend my mate assistance. The siinal man did not say what he had done. I told him something had struck us behind, because I had ascertained that there was nothing in front. The Coroner—Did he say anything to that Witness—He said, "Oh dear, what .6111 do r At that time there was the green light at the Blackheath signal for us to go on. The Oval box is this side of the platform. 1 did not see the signalman enter his box. He was standing near the box door. He did not speak to me find. I said, "Don't signal us on, because we have left one half in the tunnel." Have you any authority to leave your engine?—\o, not without my mate's order.. I have been in the tunnel once before when we divided. We only felt a heavy bump from the collision. It must be heavy for us to feel it, there being so many carriages. I cannot say whether the car riages were uncoupled, before the collision, or whether Lancaster uncoupled them afterwards. I he ard him com plain of the train being moved. He was gone out of our sight at the time. From the time we entered the tunnel till the time we began to come away was about 10 minutes. It is rather difficult to siert from Charlton. •• By Mr. Woollett—When 1 passed the signalman on the engine I jumped off and spoke to him. By the Coroner-1 have been told by my mates that it is my duty when the train is going very slow to get off and put additional grit on the line. Generally sufficient sand gore down through the sand pipe. I hare been with my present mate mace March last. By the Jury—One down train passed no just as we entered the tunnel, and another just as we had come to a stand•stilL . . . William Henry Lancaster. the guard of the ballast train, was then sworn, and deposed—l am ballast guardsman, and hee at Ashford. I took charge of the train from Brick layers' Arms to Dartford. I left Dartford with twenty tracks of ballast and two tracks of stones. Altogether the load was I• 20 tons. That was a light load. I never put a heavy load on the North Kent, on account of the tunnel. I have brought thirty trucks through. We were stopped by signal at Charlton sixteen minutes, and I have sacertained it was in consequence of a coal train before us. I took my *as on the engine. It is the usual thing for the guard of a ballast a tmin to be on the engine, to give instructions to take up and let down trucks. I told the driver that we could not shunt across, on account of the down trains. When we entered the tunnel it was dry at tirst, but after wards the rails got very greasy. When the train came to a standstill I immediately got down to send the breaksmao down the tunnel behind, but before I could get to hint the collision occurred. I had not time to get to the back of the train. When I heard the collision I weut back again to the driver, and asked him what he had moved the train for,and be said he had not. I then went back and heard the people groaning. I uncoupled the train, and then went to the driver and told him to go to Blackheath and tell them of the collision. I an, certain that 1 bad not uncoupled the train before the collision occurred. When I went back to the driver first and complained of the train moving, he told me that it seemed to him as if something had come up to him in the front. 1 knew that was not a likely tiling, and I went in front of the train with my lamp, but timid nothing there. Then I knew that something must have happened at the back of the train. Them I went and uncoupled the trucks, and it was when I west to uncouple them that I heard the shrieks. The air in the tunnel was very thick indeed, two trains having passed and ours being in. We were in the Wooed ten minutes before the collision. When the part of the train was going oat I missed my foot and did not get into it, and I ran after it and got to Blackheath nearly as soon. fader ordinary eir cumstaoces it was the duty of the guard to go back end see that the breakaman went back to stop the trains coming on, but I could sot get back in the state the tunnel was. We had red tail lights and a tail board on, but it could not be seen 132018 than a few yards on account of the thickness of the air—not far enough to enable a driver to atop a train going at ordinary speed In time enough to avoid an accident. The semaphore signal was all right as we mitered the tunnel. We did not start from Charlton till the order was given "all clear." When I got to Blackheath the first person I saw was the driver of a down train who had just stopped at Blackheath, end I told him not to go on, that the tunnel was blocked. I secured that train, and went to the station-master, Mr. Chapman, end told him that there had been a collision in the tunnel, and asked him to telegraph to Loolon for assi , itaoce. (The witness here identified the man Jones as the signal man he saw by the box as he passed). He then proceeded—l re turned to the tunnel and succeeded in reacting the spot where the accident occurred. The men who were killed were lying on the rails near the engine boiler, arid the en gine itself was turned over and lay on the up rails ; a num ber of broken trucks were lying about. Ooe sal completely broken up. and the others damaged. The people were scream. ing awfully..tssoon as I got the place a little clear I ordered some fires to be lighted, that being the but thing that could be dose, and then the people were rescued. Tee nien killed were riding in a break carriage specially put on for them that they might ride comfortably. The breaks/v.5.0 was in his break alone. He le now at the Marine Hospital at Woolwich with three of his toes cut ad. One man named Richard Leet was not injured at all. If 1 bad tee med.' in getting further hack 1 should have gone to the breaksinen before I uncoupled the carriages, and have told him to go back through the tunnel, and keep goiog back. It would not have been my duty to attempt to take the train back because every yard would have been wrong. Mr. Wooller handed iu a rule of the company, stating that in cases in which the train was unable to proceed at a greater rata than six males an hour, the guard or under guard was to leave the train, and to go back and show the danger signal a mile from the spot where be was. j Mr. Freeland pointed out that that was in the more of a train not signalled by telegraph, and dal not apply in this I nse. - . . . . Examination Taunted—lf a guard were to get down in a tunnel like Elackheath,a down tram might be onto him in a moment, and .t was no part of my duty, tbi• being a ale nellad train, to go back. There are no shafts in the tunnel and on means of telegraphing, but for toe safety of wen worliag in it there are mandieles every fifty yards on each 14.10. t itir last shunting place would beat Woolwich Arsenal. We were 25 minutes ahe►d of the express. It was quits right to come on from there. We did not anticipate being stopped at Charlton, and probably on accou“t of the face we should have bad on, if we haul not been stopped at Charlton, we should have sot through the tunnel. Mr. Freeland said ti.at Mr. There was present to explain the si;nal system if necessary. The Coroner said that as this was a case in • Lich the signals were in perfect working order, but Lail btot mis applied, it would not be necessary to enter into ap• ist which 1.4 been very fully investigated on a previous occasion._ . . . David Tucker sworn—l live at Augerstein Junction, and am a signalman on the Sou• . h Eastern Railway. 1 have filled that poet nearly twelve mooths. Ito 1) . ..lay last I re- 1 , ceived a signal from Cliarlton at 4.14 with rape et to the ballast tram. The previous train wee a coal train from Aogerstein•whsrf, and the one previous to that was the' . 3.30 train from Woolwich. That train puled at 42 to 3.43. 1 received the signal at 3.ati, and pas:va it to Black heath. The coal train signal arm mine. 1 stopped the up train from Charlton at 3 :It. The signal was gist's to Black heath at the same tone, and the train would I.•ave at 4.1. I telegraphed to Chmlton " Lam clear." 1 had tho alien' for the ballast train at 4 11. 1 have three bran for a hallnat train snd two beats fora passenger train, and the sigwil for the coal train ea. three beats. The number of beat■ ale peods on where the train iagoing—if to Bricklayer Aiwa It is three beats, if to London bridge, two beats. It w, rive or sic minutes after 1 had teleginphod that the Wrist train arriv”.l. 1 repeated the three bats to Blae.,hvatli at 4.14. and the ballast tiaio came by io abet.: o , t. wloutu after. It passed at about a speed of twelve wiles w hour. ' 1 revived the clear signal down at 4.32. The Coroner—That would be two nunutea After the train came to a standstill. Examination reaumed—From the time at which I received the.signal to the time when the pas«Aii.;et train WWI due there was ample time to pernot th e ballast train to get throir4h. 1 sent the signal I.sta, " lase cow," ail soon as I recelied it. and then the f.at train wept up without atoppiug end rot: ed the tunnel About 4.36. It peneraily tekea three or four minutes for a train stopple; at Char lt onto reach the ' . . triune'. That would be tiFeelitaiuutes artrr the ballast train. We have a speaking telegraph, hut it was not used that day. I knew nothing of the accident till Sparks, the anent, cauw back out cf the tunnel, and then I atop), d the line all or. and down up at 4.7.4 i, and clown at The signals were in pelteet working order. and at the time I make the signals I put it down is a book by the clock in the ai o .nal bra. rioluetirues the air in the tunnel is very thick. awl the tell lights are not Tirade within a very few !rade. . . By Mr. Freeland-1 have general order from the super intendent to stud the rails at the entrance of the tunnel, but I did not do it on the day of the accident because the rails were very dry. Sir. Tyne, in answer to a question from the coroner, here exhibited the mode of installing—one way, "hoe dote," being indicated by striking a brill, and on the other line by beating a gong. At the request of Mr. Woollen the LiOth rule, which gives direction u to the mod* of applying detonating swards in case of the obstruction or stopp.ige of a train, and also as to the us of percussion lights, a.. read in connexion with the 175th, which provides for placing a portion of a train which it is impossible to move on a siding, and protecting the pert left on the line by the means mentioned in the 150th rule. The witness Lancaster, having been recalled. stated, in reply to Mr. Woollen., that the breakaman had recently bad a dozen fog signals supplied to hiss, and in point of fact had 16 in his possession at the time of the accident, but no per cussion lights. Mr. Freeland explained that percussion lights having been found defective had been disused. Charles Edward Bartholomew, assistant booking clerk at Blackheath, deposed that he worked the speaking telegraph. On Friday last, he said, I received • message from Charlton at 4.31. He read the entry. " From Charlton. Train welting, 4.31." That is the time we received the message. I enter the time. The words telegraphed were " Train waiting." My duty was to send some one out to tell the signalman that there was • train waiting. That was in formation for him. It is not usual to send an answer as to the cause, and I sent no answer. The signalman would get the information almost directly. Jesse Jupp, outsi d e on the South Eastern Rail way, sworn and de io the last witness telling him to go to Jones and te ll hips that there was • trainwai ting at CWirlton elation. He did so, and Jones said , "fiery well." He told me he thought there was something signalled up before, as they trays him three beets. I told him I did not know anything about it. I then walked back from the box. I went away from the office directly afterwards. Not • minute elapsed from the time that 1 had the message from the boy till I gave it to the signal man. He appeared very well, and was quite sober. Mr. Woollett—Did he seem as though be was not quite clear what it meant? . . . . . --..-- . Witness -.1 don't know, sir. 1 don't know anything about the signals. &Milan Card, signalman at the Charlton station, sworn that the ballast train arrived at Charlton at 4.2. At 1 ): 1 6 . 1 = cl e received the signal that she bad left the dock yard. She left at 4.14, and he signalled to Woolwich at 4.15. _ . . The Coroeer—Do von know the cause of the detention of that train for fourteen minutes! Witness—l had to stop all signals from 3.59, and did not receive the all clear signal until 4.13. Then the ballast train was started at 4.14, and I received the signal down all clear at 4.32. when I started the fast passenger train. By Mr. Woollett—Eighken minutes is longer than usual for a train to get from Charlton to Blackheath. Mr. George Claydon, station master ►t Charlton, sworn — I have been at Charlton twelve months, and was on duty when the ballast train left mid when the passenger train came up. I was on the platform. I was induced to tele graph with the speaking telegraph because the ballast train had been gone so long (eighteen minutes), and the guard and myself were wondering how it was. I got the" understand" ►nswer, and ►lmost immediately afterwards I received the " all clear" signal. The Coroner—Did the "all clear" signal appear to be an answer to your message Witness— It appeared to be an answer. The Coroner—Or had it been given irrespective of the =mugs Can you form any opinion upon that point s: Witness-1 should think there would have hardly been time, because alraost the moment I turned round from the instrument the train had started. Ths 4.;;r0 ;;;;;- 2 fl; 7 ;ll7lear" signal is given in an in. I stunt, I suppose? Witness—Yes, momentarily. Mr. Woollett—W hat was the menage you sent? Witness—" Train wading." Mr. Woollett—Now, at the time you received the "all dear" signal , did you not take it to be an answer to your massage ?—Yes. The train had been an unusually long time at the station, and I suppose the people were begioniog to grumble Yes. But for that message the signal would have stood at "danger" point ?—Yes. And of course you would not have suffered the train to have gone on? Certainly not. By the Coroner—The passenger train arrived a little late, her time at the dockyard being 4.15. She would not have stopped at our station bad she not been signalled to do no. By a Juror—The ballad train left the dockyard at 1.56. John William Cohen, Blackheath, a carriage cleaner in the employ of the mammy, sworn, and stated that he was standing on Blackheath platform, and saw the ballast train approaching. As soon as the engine and truck had passed me I ran round to Mr. Chapman, and told him that some thing was wrong, that the balsa train had parted. I looked for the tail light, and not seeing it I knew th..t a portion of the train with the break was behind. Jones, the signalman, was in his box at the time. The stationmaster came down directly. Mr. Edward Duncan Chapman, station-master at the Blackheath station, sworn—l have been 15 years in the employment of the company. As soon as I received the information from the last witness that the ballast train had parted, and part had come in, 1 ran to the signalman ' Jones and be said, "The ballast train has parted." I replied, " Well, I suppose yon have done all that is emcee sere • you have not given ' all clear.'" He said, " I am afraid I have dooe something; I am afraid I have given the clear signal." I did not want to bear any more, but told him to telegraph to Augerstein junction, and to Charlton, to stop all trains ; and I received in reply a message that the up train had left. Mr. Claydon, being here re-called, stated—l received a message from Blackheath that the bailast.train bad parted in the tunnel at 4.45, which 1 entered in my book ; and I replied immediately that the 2.40 train (we time the trains from their starting point) had left there several minutes. I blocked the line at once, and telegraphed to Woolwich to stop all trains from there Mr. Chapman's examination continued—Directly I re ceived the answer I spoke of 1 knew that eons calamity must occur, and told them to stop all trains at Lewisham. Within a minute or two afterwards I saw Lancaster come up, and he called to me to stop all trains. By that time the half-past four o'clock train had arrived from London. I immediately telegraphed to Mr. Knight, at his otbce in Lon• don, for assistance, and then I west down to the tunnel. The train was about 300 yards from the Blackheath end. We proceeded to get the people out., and everything that could be done to relieve the sufferers was done. Jones has been working the signals off and on for about 12 months. I considered him one of the most efficient men the South Eaatern Company bad in their employ, or be would not have been pieced by me in the aimed-box. I never hail had the slightest cause to complain, When I first spoke to him 1 did but know a hat had occurred, and I did not wish to ask him aoy questions tending to injure him. I spoke to ! him after the arrival of the ballast train. The aocident hail then occurred, it appears, bat until I compared the time- I thought that it must have occurred after the train had separated. By Mr. Woollett—The young man Jones is very much esteemed. and deserves it. He was acting signalman, and had been acting for three night, and live days, in consequence of the illness of the regular signalman. He was moat anxiously careful to do his duty. He entered the company's service as porter. The wages of a signalman are a guinea a weak, and of a porter Iris. Ile had said that he should not like to be a signalman altogether became of the confine ment, but he had never said he diked it, or that be would nut be a signalman for :Oa a week ; if be had I certainly should not bare permitted him to go into the signal-box. By the Coroner—He went on at 7 io the morning and , would have staid till 6 o'clock, one hoar beim; alloatsl for dinner. Those are the home of the signalmen. There are • three beats fur • coal waggon or a tallest train and two for ! a passage truth, and it is quite possible that three heats having been previously given for the coal train and the bal -1 last train he got confused when the message was taken to i him that there was a train waiting at Charlton. In fact, , that is how I think it occurred. Ido not consider the hours too lour, notwithstanding that the signalman must always be on the alert. It is not a very uncommon thing todivide a ballast train in the tunnel. No doubt that could he remedied by not loading so full, or giving moos 10001110. i rave power. . The Coroner, in reply to a question from Mr. Freeland. stated that it was his intention to proceed to Woolwich to- morrow (this day), and open the inquiry upon the body of Richard Hallam, but that after identifying the body he should adjourn the inquiry until after this inquest, therefore there would not be any necessity for any of the company's °Moen to attend except Mr. Clayden, the station master at Charlton. _ ''fl7eilquest was then formally adjourned to Thursday, the 29th Instant. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.—Dr.c. 19. Sittings at Nisi Prias in London.—(Belose Lord Chief Janice Erie and a Special Jury.) TOY T. THE LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY COMPANY.- ACCIDENT. _ . Thu was an action to recov ----- er4smages for injuries said to have been sustained by Mrs. Foy in jumping from a rail way carriage near the l.ondon•bridge station. Mr. Serjeant Patty and Mr. Murphy appeared for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Bovill, Q.C., and Mt. Hansen, for the defendants. The plaintiff in this case was a warehouseman, in busi ness in Alderinanbury, and residing at Sutton. On the 7th Nov., 1563, his wife travelled from Croydon to London in a second-class carriage, aod arrived near to the terminus about half-past one. The station at this time was full of trains, and therefore the one in which Mrs. Foy was drew up and came to a standstill before reaching the platform. A porter came up and told the pas sengers to jump out, end after some remonstrance it was found that they must alight there, aid a gentleman assisted Mrs. Foy out. Having his support, she jumped from the stzp of the carriage to the grand, where she alighted flat footed. She felt a jerk or strain at the lower part of the beck, and at night there was a pain in that region. The poor lady gut worse, and at present she was in a very bad state of health. She was afflicted with inability to walk, involuntary clutching of the hands. a nervous cough, and many other distressing symptoms. These symptoms sprang from disease of the spins, and having continued so long, it was feared that a long time must still elapse before a cure could be hoped for, probably a year or two. The plaintiff's case was that the disuse of the spine was originated by the jump from the carriage ; whilst on the other hand it was said that Mrs. Foy had been for some years suffering from a tumour in the womb, and consequent hysteria ; and accompanied by irritation of the spine, arising from uterine disease. It was these things, sod not an in jury to the spine, which caused the symptoms with which the lady was afflicted. Mr. Adams, Mr. Veldon, 1)r. Old ham, Mr. Cock, Mr. Spencer Wells, and Dr. Ramskill, all of them eminent men in the medical profession, gave their evidence upon one side and the other; the three last named gentlemen giving their opinion in support of the view taken by the defendants. In addition to the question of injury, it was contended for the defendants that there was no negligence, and conse quently no liability upon their part. Various contingencies must at times canoe a station to be crowded without any fault of the company. When Mrs. Foy was asked to alight she might if she had chosen have got down from one step of the carriage to the other, and so have reached the ground without any jump at all ; though having assistance she preferred to jump the distance, which was Irons 2 feet 6 inches to 3 feet. The jury [mod a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 500/. SECOND COURT. Sitting at Niai Prins in London—(Raton Mr. Justice Willa and a Common Jury.) HAIM P. EAHP.--COMEIs-sION FOR ESTABLISHING A COM PANT.. This was an action to recover .in paid-up there' as commission for establishing a limited liability company to take the Washington Hotel at Liverpool. Mr. lluddleeton. Q.c., and Mr. Gibbons appeared for the plaintiff ; and Mr. T. Jones for the defendant.. The plaintiff resides in Pimlico, and the defendant was an outfitter in LiverpooL The latter gentleman bad bought a site in Lime-street, Liverpool, for 12,000/., had built thereon the Washington Hotel for :10,0110/., and f urui,hed it for 14,000/. more, so that his total sr penditute nu :si,ooof. He °poised the establishment under th e s u periuteodence of Mr. Wickham, who had managed the refreshment department of the Crystal Palace. Mr. Wickham on the liith March, 1+46:1, wrote to Messrs. Dean, Chubb, sod Co., solicitors, of London, stating that the defendant was anxious to dispose of the hotel, and that he had advised him to get up a com pany to buy it. He wanted 65,000/. in cash, and 20,0004 paid up shares for the property, but be was willing to give worth of these shares to the promoters of the proposed company. Meagre. Dean, Chubb, and Co., did got wish to embark in the affair, but through them the plaintiff got into communication with the parties, and it was arranged that the pl►intitf should have 3,000/. in paid up shares if a company were formed through his efforts by • certain day named. A good de►l of negotiation took place, and ultimately a company was formed which bought the hotel through a Mr. Sparkes. A good deal of dia:nasion took place as to whether the purchase of the hotel had taken place in consequence of the exertions of the plaintiff, in such a way as would atlas him to his commission. Some points of law were also raised. Mr. Justice - 01 alles suggested that the case was one in which it ought to be arranged that a sum should be paid to the plaintiff for his work ; especially as by that course • lengthened litigetioo, and possibly a second trial, would be avoided. The counsel consultwl their clients, and also conferred together for some time, but without ICsult, although it was stated that there was not much difference between them. The counsel also had an interview with his lordship in Lis private room, but still failed to agree. ]lr. Justice Willem on Lis reborn to court, mid that be bad given the parties until the Gm of January to try and settle their differences. and if they could not do so by that day, be would himself settle the matter at chambers. IVFAVYR NTIRITT.-.IDRTLIERT FOR ♦ LADT. This was= action to recover 831. Ih. ad.. balance of an accouut fur 1281. lls. 34., for jewellery supplied to the de fondant's wife. Mr. Serjeaut Ballantine and W. Pearce appeared for the plaintiff ; and Mr. M. Chatuberi, Q.C., and Mr. Hennes for the defendent. In opening the case it was stated that the plaintiff was • jeweller and watchmaker in Connau.;ht.terrace, Edgware. read, and the defendant formerly held • commission as major in the Dragoon Guards. Mrs. Nesbitt was the daughter of Mr. Bishop. of Sunning ; one of her sisters married the Hoe. Mr. Rowley, another married Captain Lambert, the son of Admiral Lambert, of Sheerness, and the third was Mrs. Ferney. Mrs. Nesbitt was the niece of a gentleman then upon the bench (Sir John Kirkland). arid she was also connected with other families of very high rank. Major Nesbitt, whilst seining in lath% received • sun-stroke, and returned to England in 16J, and had since been so fleeted in the head that he was now under the care of • keeper. The plaintiff WAS formerly in the employ of Mr. harry Emanuel, to whom the lion. Mrs. Howley was • customer ; and ea soon as he set up in business for himself she became • customer of his, soil at her recommendation Mrs. Nesbitt also be came • customer. The plaintiff suppled her with the goods which now formed the subject of the &aim, and at that time she was living in good style, and he had no reason to suspect that there was anything like extravagance in her having the jewellery. However, wider the circumstances, his chant was perfectly willing to refer it to anybody to say what amount he should receive or he would be willing to take lock the goods at an extre mely moderate amount below what he had charged for them. Mr. Weaver, the plaintiff, said that the Hon. Mrs. Row ley introduced several customers to him, and amoug others her three sisters. When Mn,. Neabitt became a customer she was living at Abingdon Villas Wed, Kensington. She first went to his shop with Mrs. Feruey and Captain Cunningham. Mrs. Nesbitt had a quantity of stationery and some portraits of her children rod her husband, to give to her friends, besides jewellery. She paid 31W.. and re'. off the account ; and there was also 51. paid into court, leaving the amount doe $l. Ila . . er - ce . etaanTined—lle beard while be .as supplying the goods, that the major was tinder the care of • keeper from an asylum. Two other witnesses stated that Major and Mrs. Nesbitt lived in good style, keeping four or five servants and • poor phaeton. The hoc. Mrs. Rowley said that Mrs. Nesbitt asked ber for the name ore jeweller, and she gave her the plaintiff's name, but never went with her to his shop. Mn. Nesbitt said that she and her husband lived at Sun ning Dale before she went to Kensington, and that they lived there io good style, but quietly. She bad no private fortune when she married the major, but her brother had left her since 34/0/. The major took that money. She never told the plaintiff she 11“4 married. Some of her relations were very high. tier husband's solicitor defended this action, but for herself she "'imbed the bill to be paid. There had been no commission it, lunacy oleo her husband, but he was in an asylum under a medical certificate. Crow-examined- -In conseyietwe of his health the major had to sell his commissi v. lie got 5,0001. nt 6,000/. for it, but there were some debts to be paid which reduced the amount to 4,500/. liar husband bad so other means than this, Ilia solicitor had between September, ISti:l, and Sep tember, 1564, paid bar 27,51., besides paying some other debts. -- Mr: Justice Willem observed that goods for more than the amount now claimed were supplies' after January, when the plaintiff knew of the state of the major's health. Mr. Serjeaut Rallantioe- -1)4 you tell the plaintiff that you were the niece or the near relation of a duke? Witness—No. _ _ life . :dnstiCe*illes believed that a Duke of .Norfolk need periodically to ask all his comma to an euterteinmeet, till the number reaching I.OOC, the custom was discontinued. Mr. Chambers submitted that there was no case to go to the jury. Mr. Justice Will.. thought there was not. A man who was M a lunatic asylum less not answerable for jewellery suppled to his wife under the circumstances of this case. The plaintiff was consulted. - - - THE POLICE COURIS. MANSION•HOUSE William C7,rtnn, a young man about 19 years of . 1 r and Welle ,, niUmno.ter a lad about 16, were brought before the Lord Mayor , char ged with felooiously breaking and en. taring the shop of Mr. Alfred Fussell, 121, Chloral* with intent to steaL The shop at 121, Cheapside, is occupied by Mr, Purasell, who carries on the business of a confectioner, and the upper part of the bowie is occupied by Mr. Fox, a photographer, and both parties base a key to the street-door. The two prisoners were in the employment of Mr. Fox. On Saturday sight after business it was the practice of Mr. Pureed( to lock up what money happened to be in the till in the wine cellar, and it appeared that for several weeks money bad been missed between the Saturday night and Monday morning. The polio* haring been communicated with, Detective-officer Whitney secreted h:tostlf in the dim ,L,‘ Mr. Purnell on Sunday, and at about I o'clock in the e v the two prisoners came down the stain into the pa...age and having lighted • piece of candle one of them cart, Claxton got up to the fanlight over the shop door ,„ pushed out a piece of wood which was placed in r,s a ' , AI: to keep it fast ; the glass then swung open mid Ciaat. through into the shop. Whitney was at then time em:, r counter, and Claxton happened to go round and .aw 1.., He ran round the counter again, and Whitney caught L of him, but he threw the bottle which held the Met,. •,: candle at him and got away, and got through the ar.d both prisoners ran up stain. Whitney followed, „ ; found them in one of the top rooms, where lb• locked themselves in. auto° said he thought heard a noise, and thinking there were thine., r t•.• place went down to re. When at the Gambier said he would tell the whole truth, ti, that about six weeks back. Claxton told him tog„ • day, se he knew where to get some money. lie Claxton went into the shop through the window ..v. door, and returned with some money and gave loin.. , not ler than 27. e., and not more than :los. ; and day he told him to meet him, and they week! more. Mr. Purseell said he had missed about within the last six weeks. At Claxton's lodgitigs there a : found a largequantity of stereoscopic slides and phetlet. which were identified by Mr. Fox as his 'Nowt,. which were worth front 104 to 12/. The priemet u 1.. „ had been in his service for six years, and t. but he had any cause to suspect either of ti• .•.. . . key., it appeared, were entrusted to CLatoo, AS be i. r be there early in the MOrDiDc. Both prisoners were committed for trial. THE Pooa's-Box.—The Lord Mayor received I .1. H. M.; 10/., an annual gift, from Win. f . M. P. G. ; and the wood half of a 10/. note from. 1.. .Tarot—lt appears tube a very daog•roua practice. The Coroner—Yes, especially is; a tunnel, Ashere there are so weaned asgoalliog. It is bad enough when it has to be dose su the of en line. There ought to be a stoppage of the but altogether until it was prououoced safe. Witness—We always fiod the usacbitery sufficieet to produce sedate. We hate many times done this eott of tbiog, and !Live succeeded in keeping the trains back. The toacbs. eery of the signals is beautifully arrow/ed, but occasionally human agency fails no doubt. . . . . . . ?be Coroner—This is an act not of omission, but actual commission, for be ectwaly Airmen.] the tram to come on. Witneee— Yes, by error, by mistrke. In answer to further nnettions. 31r. Chapman stated that all unusual delays were invest'• gated at the Lead office. and the drivers and 'wads of the train examined, after which a caution was sent out to the diderent stations where necessary. lie also said that the engines were inspected daily by the drivers, and any defects report.A. lie should uy that the cause of the swppao in this case was want of power. By a Juror—They would not even in the daytime, on the open line, have run back to the station, for it was against all rules tubed, a train on the same line. The tunnel was walked through and examined every day by the gauger. Mr. dame, Jams Cudworth, of Ashford, locomotive en• gineer to the conipacy, said-1 know the engine attached to the ballast train. It was built in 1151 by Robt. Stephenson and Co. It is one of the largest ergines we have. the I.t-inch cylinder sad all the wheels coupled. On that line 120 tons would be a proper load for it. 1 account for the failure from the rails in the tunnel being slippery. It had wore than sufficient power in itself, but it could rot make use of its power. I Lave received no complaint of its Lein( out of order. The engine driver makes • report as to the effi ciency of the engine every day. The inspection is made day before they go out. The engine drivels never go out with crippled engine*. By theJnry--If the train had been ball the b ncth it was, the engine to add no doubt have taken it through tho tunnel. The engine wheels turned round; it had so much power that it made the wheels slip. Thos. Dowsett, the engine-driver,waa re-called, and stated that after the collision he discovered that the pumps of the engine we:, out of order; they had been several times looked to, but they were not right even now. lie was asked whether be could take a train to Loudon, and he could not oil account of the state of the pumps. lie had gone beck into the tunnel several times before he discovered that the pumps were defective. Mr. Woollet, on the part of Jones, the signal man. said that he wva quite willing to come forward sad state all he knew about the matter, but The Coroner said that as it was desirable to have all the witnesses they could first, he would lather cranium the breaksman Randall, who was at present in the hospital, before Jr nes made any statement. The inquiry roust be I first thoroughly exhimsted, and then if he chose to volunteer anything he could. It was then arranged, after some conversation, that the inquiry should he adjourned till Thursday, the 20th, by which time it WA hoped that Randa ll would have recovered eutliciectly to eaabletim to give his widow,. THE ANTI•TOBACCO SOCIETY. At the WestuUnster police-court yesterday Mr. nem, Reynolds, secretary of the British Anti.Tobsoco Society, 10, Camden-square, Camden-town, appeared to a summons charging "that he did feloniously and directly cease to be received by Mr. Charles Edward lunes, knowing the contents thereof, a writing demanding of the said C. E. lanes, with menaces, and without any reasonable came, the sum et 40 shillings. Mr. E. C. Morley, solicitor, King's Bench-walk, Temple. conducted the prosecution ; and Mr. Lewis, sen., of Ely piece, defended. Mr. Inner, a clerk in the War-office, was at the Barnes Railway Station on the sth of December, and having arrived a long time before the train by which he was to depart became due, he seated himself at the end of the platform, which was uncovered, and began smoking. A person came op to him, accompanied by a porter of the company, and requested the porter to take his name and address, for infringing the byo-laws of the company, acid he said he was an agent of the British Anti-Tobacco Society. Mr. limes gave his name and address, and put his pipe out at once; and after wards wrote• letter to thesecretary of the society aseollows: —"Sir,—Thie morning one of your society's agents took down my name and address, at Barnes station, for smoking. Will you allow me to submit to you the following explana tions, which he will be able to corroborate. Ist. Having more than half an hour to wait for the next train, I was sitting in the open air away from the station, and annoying nobody. fad. That on being requested to desist,l at once did so. On these two grounds 1 believe that, though I have made myself liable to your society's action in letter, I have not done so in spirit. Hoping this will meet with your favourable consideration, I remain your obedient servant, C. G. INNES." To which he received the following reply : " Dec.:.—Sir.—lshave no power to act loth' matter to which your letter refers. I am deputed to pay the rewards offered for the conviction of offenders as described in the bills which are in circulation, and those who spend their time in effort. to get the rewa rds would justly complain if they were not allowed to secure that object.-1 am, sir, your obedient servant, THOMAS REYNOLDS (Onlei&V T his was succeeded by the following " British Ants- obacoo So ciety. Eatatilished IS'3. 10, Camden-square, Camden New. town, London, N.W. President, If. E. Gurney, Esq. Vice•Prosident, The Right lion. the Earl oft Mayo, the Very Rev. the Dees of Carb•le, Sir W. C. Trevelyan, Banc, the Rev. Sir N. Chinnery, J. Leigh, Esq., B. Scott, Esq., N. Janson, Esq., J. R. Jeffries, Esq., S. Morley, Req., W. H. Ewing, Esq., H. Pesos, E.q., .1. Comp ton, Esq., R. Charlton, EN, G. Thomas, Eq., T. EN., Sir W. Johnston, and R. Barrow, I:sq. Secretary, Mr. T. Reynolds." The above was in print. and written under it the following : " Dee. 7, IBo4.—Sir,—l sent your letter to the gentlemen who have offered rewards for the conviction of smokers. 1 send you on the other side a verbatim copy of their reply ' It remains with you to decide whether the case shall be proceeded with, or whether you pay the fine and avoid the costs and exposnre.-1 am, sir, your obedient servant. THOMAS REYNOLDS, Secretary. P.S. I will not allow ace steps to be taken till Thursday morning." The letter referred to as encased was then put in, and was as follows :—" Dear Sir,—The reward Is offered to he given upon conviction. If the offender confess his fault and pay the fine, 10s., he may avoid • prosecution, and the rewards shall of course be given, in addition to what may be ob tained from the guilty party. The parties are thus secured against loss of time. The present case seems clear. If the smoker will not arrange matters quietly, and mast be pro secuted, the instant he is convicted the complainant' legally claim, and shall receive the reward, as well as the 2/. to which the offender is liable by the laws of the railway company." Mr. Bolts here said be thought Pe case hail failed upon the point that there was no absolute demand of money, but merely a suggestion that complainant might pay. Mr. Selfe then asked Mr. Lewis to explain to whom the 44M. was to go. Mr. Lewis replied to the man who discovered the offence, which was made clear in the letter complained of. Mr. Selfe—Nu ; be was to receive the rewards. if any one offended against the bye-laws of the company, and thereby made himself liable to a penalty, the fine went to the Queen , and it was highly indecent, to say the least of it, to induce any one to compromise an offence to divert the penalty from her Majesty's exchequer and put it into their own pockets. It was the phrase, "If the offender confess hie fault and pay the tine of 40a, ' that had induced tuns to grant the summons, as it was really asking' the complainant I to pay them. Mr. Lewis said that it would be given to the porters and others. . _ 3Fr:Selfe observed they had no more right to it than either he or Mr. Lewis had. Mr. Lewis pointed out that to sustain this offence a man must be put in fear, and complainant had not bees. Mr. Setts observed that on legal grounds this case failed, because the mosey must be demanded ; but here it wasoely suggested. It had been decided that such& suggestiou even where it was intimated that property would be des troyed, and the person who wrote the letter could give information about the destruction of the property, was not a demand, not a menace. Mr. lanes had behaved like • gentleman in the transaction, sod so far from being menaced or in a fright, he thought that the defendant was more likely to have been iu a fright at these proceedings than Mr. loses had been. and the menace must he such as to put a man in personal fear, and Mr. lanes had not been; there fore the case technically failed. He did not sit that. es an arbiter serum, to decide whether there was any propriety or impropriety in gentlemen emulating placards of this sort. IL must repeat he thought it very improper to attempt to divert from the crown tines which belonged to it when an offence had been committed, and he suggested they had better just change their title to the Anti-British Tobacco Society, which would confer an unmitigated amount of good. Mr. Morley inquired whether it was not a misdemeanour at common law! Was it not competent for the magistrate to commit the defendant under the lsth of Elizabeth, cap. :i (an act to redress disorders in common informers), by which it was enacted that if any person should, by colour or pretence of process, or without process epee colour or pre tests, of any matter of offence, Lc., he should be guilty of an offence). Mr. Self. observed that his colleague and himself, in anticipation of the hearing of this case, had looked closely into the matter, and had found by the statute of Elizabeth that it uuly referred to cases in which process might be taken in a eupettor court. Although magistrates, by some of the cases they Lid refined to, had concurrent jurisdiction with the superior courts, yet this was not a Mae cognisable in a superior court, mid therefore proceedings could not be taken before him under the statute. The summons was then 'hominid THE DISTRESS IN LANCASHIRE. A meeting of the Central Executive Committee w a s held yesterday, in the Manchester Town Hall, the lligh Sheriff (Sir J. K. Shuttleworth, mart.) in the chair. Mr. Maclure. honorary ' , screwy, reported that r3l. 4a. had been received during the last three weeks, and that the balance in the bank was 78,6111. 104. 2d. He also reported on the circumstance which bad led to a defalcation of 2,0441. in the moneys entrusted to Mr. Paine, the treasurer of the Huila relief fund. A letter was also read from the secre tary of the Hula) relief Lund, in which the following state ment wee made The grata made by the Central Executive and the Maosion.houseConunittees, ax., have ban regularly paid into the bank, the embezzlements being in sundry ilonaCout and subscriptions which, matted of paying into the hank. Mr. Paine appropriated to his own parposes. The amounts thus embezzled were subscribed by memben of the general committee. The committee have resolved to prosecute Mr. Paine, and are acting under legal advice. At a meeting of the general committee, held on Thursday laid, the committee pledged themselves to nee every effort to raise the amount deficient. As this will be a work of some weeks, I ant requested to apply for a grant for the relief of the distress the township in the meantime. It was resolved, " That a letter be sent expiessing the satis faction of this committee as to the resolution of the Hul a ,. relief committee to make up 'by fresh subscriptions the amount of the defalcations in the funds confided to the late treasurer." Mr. E. Ashworth inquired if the large reduction in the anionat of pauperism in Asliton.under-Lyne during the past week acme from increased employment in the mills or from additional men being engaged upon public works. Mr. Hugh Mason said it arose from both these causes. There was a reduction of 330 in the number of unemployed cotton operative* in the town of Ashton, and of 292 in the borough of Stelybridge : and there were also fewer of this class unemployed in Moseley. la addition to this the expenditure from the rates and the relief committees' foods had been lightened by the entire families of several hun dreds of men engaged on the waterworks, &c., being cut off from relief. The Hon. Secretary, in reply to • question from Major Egerton Leigh, stated that, from a report re ceived from the calico of the Public Works Act in Man chester, he found that on the 2fitlh ult. there were engaged on public works in Manchester (including the townships of Manchester, Ardwick, Chorltou, Chatham, and Hahne) aSti skilled workmen sod 208 factory operatives. The com mittee adjourned for a month. Du Barry's delicious health-restoring Revalenta Aral,lea F.s el restom perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lance, ticalthy liver, refreshing sleep. funetional regularity, and energy to the most disordered or enfeebled. removing speedily and cdectually Indigestion ,alyspepela,, habitual constipation, nervous, bilious. and liver complaints, fevers, he morrholda, flatulency, sore throats, catarrhs, colds, influenza, twists iu the head and eats, rheumatism, gout, Impurities, eruptions. hysteria, neuraigia. Irritability, sleepicsancsa, acidity, palpiLat. , u, heart burn, headache, debility, disri bes cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness, making fits, cough, asthma, bronchitis, consumption, Cc. 99.000 cures ennuall). tins, lib., 2a. 9d. ; 121 b., 211 s. 211 b., 4n.—flu Barry and Co.. 77, Russet-street, London : Phil. leetvectiesseekl 11pa, ten dealer and all mean and enceinte la the kingdom.— MARKETS. LONDON WEEKLY DOCK RETURNS.-Ir. importd. Deb Text Pr. t Stosa—W. I. Mats & trail Mauritius bags bast ladles bags I,lans ...... basleta la. Havana boxes enbs boxes FOreIgUMUNCOVACIO casks Beard Padua's' Do hags OM —W.I. _packages Do .. Dries. & bags Ceylon casks bo. brla. & bass Mocha packages Other E. India packages Do. do. _eases Brasil & Costs Rica bags COCOA . bags Reg Forelos cask& bags Do. hhds E.I tons SALTPLTRZ NergaVe 01 Conies WWI MS 171 11,764 2..14 I 34.', • 19.447 !151.':,,, 15,570 2,b90 7,389 '3'7 4'.; ' 965. `, • 1.1 - Eri '4 13 1. 147 0 1,•5 0 3: • • 74 , • 2.30) 17 SO! 1,f,e6 1,7t2 2 . 309 2. - 0 0 9 610 1,124 110,01 &r 3 I 3.),t7. en 7,=.; TALLOW.— MONDAY EVLND:G.—The tallow • • mains steady, being supported by the continued the trade demand on the spot ; speculatively nut a 4 - deal has been done to-day, but prime are full up to closing prices of last week. Spot, new, 411. std. ; .1. 40a. faL ; January, 41a. 3d. ; March, 42e. 3d. to 1 . 2.. April to June, 425. 6d. ; June, 43a. ; tsctoirr to Decer,.! r, 435. 6d. Town tallow, 41s. 3d. net cash. Taganrog p 1.,. •., 41a tid. ; beef, 41s. No North American utlenbg; American, 41s. 6d. to 42.. Ist pipe; Australian .I.s ••., 419.6.1. to 41s. 9d. ; beef, 39..44 to 40a. ;.:ood. C,. °- nut oil quiet. Cochin,37a; Ceylon, 365. ; Syduo, and 6ise, held for 365. ; inferior, 34e. to 3.55. Palen co.!, hoe Lagos. Palm-nut oil, :Ns. to 29a—(rroui the c:i :Oar of Messrs. Smith and Charles.) COTTON.—Livwoot, lha 19.—We have had a 1:.•: business to-day, loth rather dossier prices. Sak, to- ; 1.1,000 bales, including 7,000 speculation and export. American. Zid. to 27d. ; 650 Pernam, Sc., 26d. to 27 ; 1. ; Maranharn, 27d. ; 201) Maceio and Bahia. 21A. ; ; Egyption, 15d. to 291. ; 30 Smyrna, 17d. to 2ld. ; 12.2 .1 Surat, 12d. to Zkl. ; Madras, 18441. to 19J. ; 1.34eJA1. Scinde, 12d. to 14d. ; China, 15.1. to ; dop.ms, 17..td. to 17fd. ;100 Peru, dc., 274. to :CA WOOL AND WORST E D.—BRADFORD, DEC. l a.—There has been • firm tope, with great quietness, in to-da. market. There is • small legitimate demand for woe at the prices which have ruled for the last few market dxyz. The business in worsted yarns does not ipotesi*. The re ports from the coutinent, however, are • little mare en couraging. and, with the torn of the year, greet in this Meech may be expected. The Anierwan nears I•roa;tt by the steamer Asia has tended to • little more tirrincss in the piece trade, without, however, tending to more tmai- DOM Buyers seem to act with unusual caution, and are placing small orders for goods actually required. Altogether trade is of • dragging kind, and • more general demand for our fabrics is anxiously looked for by our manufacturers. Prices are not particularly clanged sisoe List week. There will be no market holders Monday next A meeting, con tested by the mayor, was held this morning, and it wios re waived to observe the day following elanstmastlay as • general holiday. CATTLE.—Liitaroot., DEC. 19. —TLis was the great Christmas market. The attecilsoim of buyers was by uo mecum as uuruerous as on former occasions. The demand &low for both cattle sad sheep, at lower prices for each. COALS.— Lonpon, Dr.c. 10.—Batea' West Hartley ; Holywell Maio, 14s. 941. ; Lambert's West Hartley. Gd. ; Tanfield Moor. Is.. :id. ; Wslam, lss. 6d.; Eden Main, .id. ; Walls End Bell, 21s. ; Walls End Framwallgata, 22.. 3d. ; Walls End Hatton, 2.35. lid. ; Walls End New Delmont, 22a. 6d.; Walls End ltnisers Helton, 22.. 9d. ; Walls End Taints% 21s. 'AL ; Walls End (:aaaop, 235. ; Walla End Hartlepool. 23e. ; Walls End Haugh Hall. Gls. ; Walls End North Hatt/a pool, 20s. 6d. ; Walls End South Kelloo, Zia. Jhips at marked., 30; sold, 2S. TRAFFIC RETURNS. MllesParlter- Total. Total I.AILWITI. opus. magors. chassMaL I&iL 1733. Week ending Dee I. AMolt and Milwaukee 159 G,3el f.3CO eek eudfug lhe Oren Wesh re of Canada 34$ Week ending Dec. e. S. Aust. A Lonkherue-t en (South Attet Lum 1091 1'.113 22 916 44..19 2.3 fLoothardo L.tne, natio( Central hal). IS3 1,724 4 .5 12,;;',•,7 Week enditig IR: - 16. Cork and YeeTbal and 44 treustcarn erect Week ending Dee. 1:. London, Brlgloan, and S COSA 9871 11,54.3 4.667 16.531 15.M1 South Eassern C 3) b 5 374 ENGLISH MONEY ORDER OYFICEN.—On the 2nd January, lnt.i, the following alterations will be made, viz.: —l. Money order *those will be opened in London and ate suburbs at—Bunhill•row ; Daman-street, Chelsea; Ham mersmith New road Leyton-street ; LupuestreeL Pimlico; Wapping Wall. 2. The designation of the following otli, es will be altered thus—Battle-bridge. N., will be called Pen tonville-road, N. • High-street, St. John ' s -wood. N. W., will be called Circu4road, St. John's.wood. N.W.; Lansdowne road, South Lambeth, S., will be called Thorns-road, Lambeth. S. And iu the country at —Aberaychau, Mon. mouth ; Batley (err, York ; Blue Pits, York ; Worcester ; Cowfold, *men ' • Dodwortb, York ; Northampton: Horton. Lancaster • Lotigton, Lam-Lat.! ; Park-laue, H. 0., York; South PLade, R. 0.. Tbornev, Cambnige ; Wombwell, York. The it.,mey ceder °thee at Sandal (Wakefield) is abolished. _ _ (AdVertirlelitellt.j--HOLLo . W•Y'S I'ILLN a apeC:IIC rem. dy for 'outplauste to w bleb fouales are Item \lts r 1,1 s aperaeneenf flaw)' 'ears, It Is mcouttatably pro•el Cost I. is 11./ luedkine aNti.Al 11011-way's l'.li• for the ru... .•f dt• s Is...ids-fetal to fowls 3. The ltiviporatlust au t purlf)ot,T ,, l , r• the of thole admirable wou plo.litee a weirs e r. volot In the ay gem They are rout, need .4 ran• h.slaatna • and are e • null and tunothota that they may he lat. n fly females of all age.. AA a medicine for fatal) taw Huilosa) . o Pule are tm• ANUltled, 10c...41114r, powerfully rellesudosts a. th.y are 111 t!'..l loAinshAlleta .4 slisetwe. they art as. geutly on the .tomach. st they may I.eglA.Al with the almost coundmaca and Ladle.% to paws ctuldreu. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. —..--. BILBROUGII. !tr.:ember ti, at 1....0nar.1 Villa. "•1h N0r....0.1, Sam>. the alb: of d. !Mir:ouch of a COCK 1:C RV. —lleccuaber at lhot krt...., the A. Cockburn. toy , . lanAlit..r. SI:11A --oetothlw 16. at Oroarenoti.l.tee, the w if , • . . Colonel T. SV Mahon, r.0.t.. (AI , of a gnu. STEl.llENs.lN.—Decetub,r 1.1, Mrs. stcpbetiseu, of Mt Nome. of a s CRWlch.—December 17, at FaL:mulsne. Roitterita. Mr s• Samuel I. Urwick, .1 4 sou. MA AR I AC FA. DETACH ERMlst—sig NElL—December 17., at 111 , 't White Abbey, hear Belfast. by the ILer..l. C. Kerr, • cberols. Esq., of lionautuoice, tot:rout:ma ...f C. M. skitmer. Eay., of Cariabrooke House, Isle of EV .INts—MILUX - 1 scember 17, of SitttheiCs keosingt oi.gardebs, by Ow Roe C. Cm at. y. M. I' 14 4... Es u, Co n stance A li ce. daughter of 'it. Mean t VElt Ell—N December IS, at st. Dublin. by the Rev. W. Nolout. E W. Verner. Lou, to Sella* Floemace, daughter of T. V. N %/Rout, Liki. Dlll2llB. BARRON.—Decembor It. at fraris, Francis Barron. Fe., . Ifilton Orange, Warwickshire, late loth Emmen, to 11,. *.:7111 year of Ma age —HAT. ItEt;ll . 6lll:ll ;. —Ueeenther 16, at Hanover crescent, 8r4ht.6 , . 11. - , Bet kwith, Eel , aged rt. PURNELL —tkeetul,er HI at Freeman,. Mary. the n H el Captain T. Purnell, aged 81. TBACy.. 7. Dentaabef 16, at epringneti House. Brixton-hill. Mr-. Sarah Tracy, age.' 75. WHlEllitt.—December 16. Marla, daughter of C. Milting. I . of Bridge -road. Ft. John Arwood. aged U. Printed end Published by Wlldidale KING Betas. of No. O. Lontbardateeet. In the City of Loudon, Printer, at the tWtce, to Letnbent,treet, in the Precinct of Whlttffiers.•• TIfIIIDAY, DLCIIYYit 00. 1804. /