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EASE IN WALXING. •.. Nt. BA DDELEY, of 130, STRAND, is in ,;--iv duced •to try- publicity ' f t, his much-admired PRI?- EARED L EAT HER (so no t e for estrnme SOFTNESS and uURABILITY ), in c mserr.ence of the patronage he has re- Leri c eived; and the ;gene ral given by him in mlnurac• eg the abovl I into ivio.rs, &c., on his pecul;a7 fitting ' n eiPle of con ibining r der.nce with ease. An extrniive as sortment of bas t ularht r , :, tides always ready on sa!e. Esta bashed 60 ye ar S. 11% ____ 13 0, Strai ........___ Lai , corner of Waterloo-bridge, London. T COMMERCIAL MEN. Pr BE . biSPOSED OF, under particular cir -011/Galn. 'stances, at less th an a f ourt h of its value, the, liu st ,'T AL RECIPE and GOOD-WILL of a SAUCE Render 48S " This Sauce is well - known to most commercial It nes aen, and acknowleclp,ed, to be su p er i or to most others. „ ad .ted i n t h e fi rst fourte.sa months of it s sa l e b etween eight any nine. hundred po un d s pro fi t, wh i ch, may now be trebled by . tpusning man upon the road. • • Fo r part i culars apply to A., 127, Fene_airelt• street. RDURING THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. OYAL POLY7I'ECI WIG INSTITUTION. Ibu One of th e l ea ding.oijects o' Ibi s I ns ti tut i on i s to com ,nicate SCIENTIFIC INSTR Y JCTION in a familiar and "%eating manner to Youth, trJcl in furtherance of this, a LLD of TWELVE LF.CTU.RES, by Dr. RYAN, M.D. 1.1 • 1) ., &c. , and Profess' a- BACHHOFFNER, will be delivered on this nrinciple fo-,. the ensuing Winter Vlcation ; euihracing Cr - lEAISTRY, 'P EfItIIsiTJCS, ELECTIt l- ELECTRO- C‘NETI'ziV the I'IIF:NOMENA anti HEAT. Cie EL ECTROT VIJE and tile NEW rITOGrtIPIIIC ttOCESS. —4hv valuable Appralts belonging t o t h e I nst i tut i on w i ll be • . 14 9eil in illustration of th e •.tibje•.:t of the Lecture. .1 he S tu d ents entering this. (.37,,s will have Free Admis s i on the Institution and its (laity lieetures during the period. be he Course will commence on F r id ay, the 234 inst., and, confirm e d on the foll awing .MotLia)s and Fridays until Terms, One Guinea. A Procpeetun may be had on, appli ,cation to the Secretary, 309, R egent - stret . t. ft. J. LONGI3OTTOSI, Secretary. ARTIFICLA ME:II6II,Y.—.A. CLASS under of MAJOR lIENIOWSKT, the Author of the Systern VArtificinl Me mory, tleignate(l.l 4 ..renotypic - C, on four come etive s:rdurd .sy Evenings 'will commence TO-MORROW, A je c n i t i v o,, at -sight•• 4s. the CuraFe 1 .'.40n-Members ; 2s. to /a te ts ?at the ' London 11.1.,cbanies' Institution, Chancery . I e I4 I , ; inT2:NCII CLASS, or . . 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Ti,- WoR KING COMP ANY, are onabled with theh -teNT MACHINERY, to exeeutc Chimney Pieces, Mc)- , s t ;;T:'''ts, Tablets, Slabs 1 . e. ; ' l , 7 orniture. and every description of 4 ' `'orb, witlt an no Juracy, rapidity of execution, beau ~,T durability o:Polis1-., and redtrctica of cost, which canno t b e Ained elsewl,ere. h ll Public are i - jvited to inspect their extensive SHOW ,MC, cc a t.i it i ng the largest stock in this cou n t r y. je k ,-e Trade- •Appli.;(l with. every description of Rough Slab .411 , or S's!aiitlinr,s; or Blocks sent to the Works cut to order p i eher-st reet . i g o l ywe ll -street, Millbank, Westminster. 3)ositi ase to be a(murate in copying the Addre ss , t o prevent Eim °ll, the p thit in Esher-streetany . having no connexion with any o th er Btablis _____h rnent but . \-DON FRIENDLY NATIONAL INSTITUTION. Under the Patronage of The Right Hon. Lord LYNDIJURST, Lord High Chancellor of GreP', 'Brit in. The Right Hon. 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AIACHE, TEA TRAYS.—A set three G o thi c-s h ape (including- largest size made) o;, .414, 1 Z 4 ; thr ee Gothic-shape 253. ; three Sandwich fits-all Ms.; and eve r y art i cle io Furnishing Hardware, un ; quality. i s h ere the primary consideration, hence nterrupted success for 50 years, and its present celebr i ty ih r , of the best and host extensive Furnishing Warehouse s ondon. :ALABLE K NI YES, Ivory handles, warranted, 1 Is. per doz. ; Ire7s e rts 95., t s, arvers 4s, per pair. - A sock of 200 sets to se l ect s ir , With balan ce hatidles, at 555., 605., and 70a. the lo ng se t rto pieces-- bone, and oth er h an dl es , B s . t o 15 3 , t h e eees, Stag , :handled C arvers , 3 s . 6,1 . per pa i r. I v , h e Estabh',nments of C. WATSON (late ALDERMAN) t 4 ,1 ranked p re - em i nent f or 5 0 years for their superior Table dr e g 7, tb e whole of which is mark-d with his name and ad c.'4nd subject to exchange if not appr ove d o f . 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In dressing Hair, it keeps it 1, 111 % 14°1 e ' curl, uninjured by damp weather, c . rowded . rooms, i 11 , 4 e, or in the exercise of riling. To Children, it is i.n -1),,.°1e, as it lays a f oun d a ti on f or a b eaut if u l H ea d o f Haw I 3 s• 61. is. ; Family Bottles (equal to four small), 4.. e A and double that s's-. 21s. per Bottle. l' 4l B Tl °N—Ask for ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL, 'tr lli te , that 'those , vords are printed on the scrapper, as much pLl'lls trash, is . now offered to the public as Macassar Oil, loftylliners app Arent respectability. 114, 1ei, I. '„Y 1 ,/ft: - Propri tors, A. Rowland an 1 Son, 20, Hatton ,'••• by Chemists and Perfumers. ALtp - -- , NIARLE-STREET, PICCADILLY, (directly .„ (opposite the York Hotel), and te l ,.‘ 6 , KING W ILLIAM-STREET, CITY. 'tIT AND HEARLYG.—TESTIMONIALS. yp",,The Messrs. S and B. 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Surgeon, 31, Golden-square. alker, Surgeon-' `), 3 Charlotte-street, Bloomsbury. ( era Surgeon, 46, Davies-street, Berk e l e y- square ti,4 pl a ,..ason, Esq., S urgeen ,N uncaton, W arwic k s h ire. " 4r,,"jle I r'g the above list of Testimonials before the public, ,;‘, Vis.r4s. Solomoris, Opticians and Aurists, state that their 2'o l tkl--. OPERATIVE VOICE CONDUCTOR, by rousallds of Deaf Person s h ave b een grea tl y b ene f i ted, tos 7 ca v i ; than a seven-shilling• piece, and wh e n fixed into Dog of the ear is soft and easy, and not more nucomfort wto lielisPe r ceptitile th an h aving a piece o f woo l i n i ts p l ace. t t i ( ti „e the faintest whisper at a public assembly is heard Jas"a .s e 4tietne, -. la ties the. orient new inv en ti ons are pa t ron i ze d b y t h e i r Ma sf's th e k p l . .ng and Queen of H a nove r a n d th e ir Roy a l High b bLnees,es Augusta and Sophia, her Serene High ti r • tows Esterliazy, the Princesses Mary and Rosa, )741. 0 ,1. t he Dneloess Dossager ..of Bedford, and their Graces Canterbu r y. th e l a t e D u k e o f N or f o lk, th e 144 11°.,,1-It'volashire, A rgy l e, Manchester, and tarlborough, Deet.% se : c. s e. t h , Messrs. 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One p.m., and proceed direct to Falmouth, where she will receive the Mails, and depart. on her outward voyage on the 17th of December, calling to land and embark passenflers at Corunna and Madeira. PaSsengers. parcels, Rte., will he carried by the Solway to all the British West Indies, except Berbice. Honduras, and Turk's bland ; also to Martinique, Guadaloupe, St. Thomas, Havana, Porto Rico, and St. Jag° de Cuba. Berths may be secured at the Company's office, • 53. Meorgate,treet, London 411 letters conveyed by these packets must pass through the Putt-ollice. All luggage intended for embarkation in the Solway must be on board early on the 14th of December. . . • LAW INTELLIGENCE. [have been a railway guard four-and-a-half years.. COURT OF QUEEIVS BENCH, Dec. 8. I was on th e Great Western line two-and-a-half years, (Sittings at Nisi Prius before Lord DENMAN and a and on the Northern and Eastern line. Middlesex Special Jury.) Cross -examined—I cannot say exactly the number CARPUS V. THE LONDON AN D BRIGHTON RAILWAY of carriages that were with that train. I was COMPANY. hurt, and ther e f ore cou ld not ta k e any account. , This was an action brought by Mr. Carpel, an emi- I cannot say who took the account. It would have rent' surgeon, to recover damages from the London been my duty if I h a d not b een hurt. There were 'and Brighton Railway Comp an y, f o r the injuries suf- 100 first-class passengers, and 60 second-class. From fend by him in consequence of the terrific accident Newcross to Dartford Arms we had two engines put which occUrrel on that line on the 2d of October, 1841. on to go up the ascent. When we got to the top of The Attorney-General and 'Mr. Hayes appeared for the ascent we left it. 'We put on two engines from the plaintiff, and the Solicitor-General, Mr. Thesiger, Hawley ' • the second was t o ena bl e us t o get up t h e and Mr. Swann for the def en d an t s . , ascent. We did not take it off when we got to the The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that the plaintiff top, because we had no order to do so. Both en was a surgeon eminent in his profession, and most gives were in front of the train. After the six-wheel probably well known by name at least to every one engine came a composite carriage with passengers in of the Jury, and the defendants were the proprietors it. The coupe carriage was two or three behind. In of the London and Brighton Railway Company, the composi‘e carriage, when we left London, there who, although they said that their railway was a pub- were only Mr. Carpue's two servants. The carriage lie highway, yet acted as common carriers conveying has three bodies, and they were in the body furthest goods and passengers on their railway. On the 2d from the engine. Next to the composite carriage came of October, 1841, the plaintiff took his passage in one ten or twelve first-class carriages, then another corn of the open *carriages; accompanied by two o f posite, and then a horse-box. We had two trucks and his servants. On the arrival of the train at Copyhold- two private carriages on them. The luggage was on cutting, about thirty-six miles. from Londoia, when the the top of . the carriages. Jackson was driver of the train, propelled by two locomotives ' was proceeding at six -wheel, and Goldsmith of the four-wheel. I was a very rapid rate, th e t ra i n ran off the line, the car- on the composite carriage next to the engine when the riage in which Mr. Carpue was was crushed—his accident happened. I did not hear or see any signal, two servants were killed on the spots and he himself but I have since heard one was made. I have heard so severely injured, 'that he was taken to Brighton that Copeland made the signal. He is here. I do n in a most dangerous ' stat e , w h ere h e r ema i ne d f or not know whether Hinge th e poli ceman gave th e sig some time ; and at the present moment lie was inca- nal " All right" or not. pacitated from performing his professional duties, and The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—When the accident oc would most likely so continue to the end of his days. curred did, you hear anybody say that Copley had Baron Rothschild and Mr. Seymour, who were pas- made the signal to slack ahead. Witness—l have sengers by the train in a first 'class carriage, at the heard it since, but at the time I was taken up sense time the accident happened, stated, that before ap- less, and did not recover until the next morning. proaching Hay - ward's Heath, the velocity with which Lord DENMAN—IWC cannot take as evidence what the train was proceeding greatly increased • that the you heard afterwards. rapidity with whi c h th e y were proceeding became the Re-examined—l was striding up .facing the en subject of conversation ; and that shortly afterwards gine, on the composite carriage, at the time the acci they felt the shock of the concussion consequent upon dent happened. Mr. Carpue was not in the carriage. the accident. Mr. Hotham was asleep when the ac- His servants were. There are policemen and plate cidcret occurred. They got out, and perceived Mr. layers stationed on the road, to give proper signals if Carpue sitting on the coupe of an open carriage, appa- there is any d anger o f th e t ra i n no t go i ng safely over , rently suffering greatly, . and seriously injured ; th e the ground. Th ere was more s t eam i n t h e f i rst en open carriage in which he had been riding crush e d, gine than in th e secon d. I did not o b serve any in the and his two servants killed. The train had been pro- six-wheel engine. ceeding with two engines in front. Arthur David Harford—l was under-guard when Professor Barlow, the Professor of Mathematics at the accident occurred: I was on the last passenger Woolwich, had examined the railway at the place carriage at the time. A short time before the acci where the accident occurred, on the sth of Octo- dent I felt the speed decrease, and in consequence I ber, the accident having occurred on the 2d of October. stood prepared to apply my break. I looked out, but He believed the subsoil in which the sleepe rs h a d saw no signal. This was about h a lf a m il e f rom t h e been laid to be composed of sand and clay. The place where the accident occurred. I felt a slight jerk sleepers were laid in the sand-ballast; they were not when the accident occurred, but not sufficient to do bedded in the sand, they were laid on it. If th e su b- 1 me any injury, or t o i n j ure th ose i n th e carr i age where I was. I got off and observed that both th e Soil were mud, it would give way. H e th oug ht i t was mud from wh a t h e saw. He saw mud running engines had run off the rails. I suppose we were then down into the drains, which he thought might be going at about 22 miles an hour. from the subsoil. In the cutting where the accident Cross examined—There were two composite carriages, happened, the gradient was a descending one. five first-class carriages, and one first class coupe Mr. W. Lucas was a passenger by the train when carriage, one horse box, and two carriage trucks, on The accident occurre d. It appeared t o himthat the the train. I did not know anythi ng a b ou t our being train was g o i ng w ith ve ry great r a pidit y before the behind time. We had no delay s , th a t l am aware of. accident happened. There was not a t en d er b e t ween We had not made us e o f more t h an t h e ord i nary ye the second class carriage and the engine. locity to make up for lost time. Our ordinary velocity Lieut.-Col. Sir F. Smith—l went to the spot some is from twenty-five to thirty miles an hour. We were weeks afterwards. I was Inspector-general of railways eleven miles from Hawley when the accident hap for upwards of a y ear . On level line s an d w ith r i s i ng pened. We had been goin g a t t wen t y - e i g h t m i les an hour before the accident happened. F our persons gradients I see no objection to having two engines in front, but on descending gradients. I should not ap- were killed. The guard, the engine-driver, and Mr. prove of them. If I must have them, I wou ld h ave Carpue, were severely hurt. Tho se w h o were kill e d them both ahead. I would have breaks at i n t erva l s . were in the carriage nearest the engine. 'With the No man can give you a distinct op i n i on, as I exception of the persons in the carriage neares t th e examined the nature of the soil at the place where engine, none were seriously hurt. the accident h appene d b e fore the line was in use. James Copley—l was employed to keep the roads Generally speaki ng , I thought the line was in good clear in the Copyhold cutting at the time of the acci order, when it was first used. The upper part of the dent. It was my duty to make signals to the trains. cuttin g was sand-rock, an d I think the lower part I hold my hand out straight if all is right—l hold it also. The ballast was laid on a sand-rock. On the up if they are to slacken speed. There had been a Birmingh am and Gloucester line they take off one of great deal of wet three or four days before the acci the engines when the gradients are increased, dent, and on those days I had given the signal to Cross-examined by the SOLICITOR-GENEitee—l slacken speed. Ididthe same on the day of the accident. inspect e d th e line carefully before it was opened. I That train did not appear to me to be coming quicker thought that in many respects the line was admirably than any of the others. The signal was obeyed; the done. A new line requires much more care than a six-wheel engine put all her steam off, and the steam line long opened, and must be used at a moderate rate of the four-wheel one was slackened. The accident of speed. Slips will happen on all raileveys. It is occurred after the train hat passed me. I heard of it always safer to have trains divided by an interval of soon after. I left the service of the Company about fifteen minutes, than to have a long train with two or the latter end of last June. The soil in the cutting more locomotives. is clay and sand-rock. The sleepers are laid on sand- Re-examined—If the steam were shut La front rock. the second engine, it would eventually diminish the Cross-examined—l was a labouring man in the speedof the train. The ruling gradient in the Brighton cutting, employed to get stone-rock for ballast by the line is 1 in 264 - The Great Western is a level line, side of the cutting. To get .rid of the wet we oleared with the exception of the Box tunnel. You may use the grips out as soon as we could. We had been at it higher velocities on the Great Western than on the three or four days before the accident, for the water Brighton. and the mud kept running down the slopes into the By the Counr—Having heard the evidence o grip. I should think the wet would soak in among Professor Barlow, Ido not agree with him in opinion the sleepers, and that might ma k e th e roa d rat h er as to the subsoil. I thi n k i t very poss ibl e th a t w h at looser. That was what we were guarding against by he sew draining was the supersoil, and not from the keeping the drains cleared. We had ten men em cutting itself. I did not test the soil under the ployed to prevent the wet getting among the sleepers, ballast. which would make the road lighter, and less firm to Mr. W. llatliway, surgeon, at Brighton, attended go on. It was all sand-rock th a t it was b a ll aste d the plaintiff after the accident. There was great with. We had men employed on purpose to get compression of the body, but no bones were broken. rid of the wet, but we could not get rid of it The chest was flattened, the pulse was fluttering, and all at once; because it kept coming down every day. he was suffering dreadful pain. Witness applied 100 The accident happened on Saturday. The drains leeches to him, and bandaged his body. He was not were cleared out by the Monday. There were only capable of motion for eight or ten days after. He five or six men employed before the accident, but ten, was in a dangerous state for at least five days. He I believe, after. I cannot tell to a man how many suffered dreadfully for a fortnight. In about a month there were before the accident. I will swear there he was able to leave Brighton to return home. were five. There were more put on after the accident. Prior c apable of practising as ' The train had passed me about 250 yards when th e asurgeon, nervous system is dis-• accident happened. It was about h a lf a m il e f rom me t o the b utn accident ow he hise whole Was ordered. Ido not think he will ever be able to follow when I gave the signal. I did not seethe train when his profession again. the accident happened. I was going home to din- Cross-examined—l think he is about seventy-two ner, and my back was turned to it. • There was no years of age. I understood he was practising as mischief done to the road. The ten men were em consulting surgeon at the time of the accident. - ployed in clearing the pipes and getting the ballast. Mr. George Simpson, surgeon, Bedford-square, has Mr. John Hardy, M.P.—I was a passenger by the known plaintiff 22 years. Had seen him shortly train on that day. lam Member for Bradford. I before he went to Brighton. Has seen him since was in the close part of the carriage, next the engine. his return. Saw him the day after. He was much I think I was sitting with my back towards the en affected, and burst into tears. He suffered greatly gine, in the centre seat. rfelt a great shock, and from the effect of the accident._ Plaintiff is not in a heard dreadful screams, and the carriage we were in state to continue his profession. He was before he was thrown' across the road and part-way up the hill. went to Brighton. I had been grumbling all the way that we should not Mr. John Roper, surgeon, New Cavendish-street, arrive at Brighton in time, and just before the acci has 'down plaintiff professionally twenty-four years. dent happened I was still complaining that we were Up to the time of the accident he was carrying on not going fast. I have been accustomed to railway business as a surgeon. Since the accident he-has been travelling. I have Lein on the railway frequently incapable of performing any surgical operation. He before. Ido not think we were going at any unree is improved, but I should be very doubtful of his sonable speed. We were gcing at from 23 to 25 miles recovering sufficiently to take an active share in the an hour. duties of his profession. Cross-examined—They were rather behind time, This was the case for the plaintiff. perhaps from eight to ten minutes. I do not remember The Scancrrost - Geeienal. submitted that the defen- Laving made any complaints within the hearing ofany dents had not received the prop er no ti ce o f ac ti on re - o f the servanteAf the Company. Mr. Carpue and his quired to be given by the 2 05th section of the Act. servants were in the open coupe behind the part of the 1 point. carriage where I was. for the defendants. He could n o t d ou bt, from all the been made to put the two trucks and those parts of the L then addressed the jury The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—If an arrangement had TheLor d s D OL E I N c es u e: R r ..G es E er N v E e ß d A the c i rcums t a nces of the case, but th at there was a strong train not containing living human beings between the feeling against the defendants.. ge - engines and the passenger carriages, do you think this were accident would have happened ? Witness—l think properly careful, these accidents would never happen ; nerally held that if the Direct ors not, because no accident occurred except to the pas but he found that let Railroad Die N o V f a s , R a a n u o r p o i a n d ir Directors be as careful sengers in the first two carriages. as they might, accidents would happen, and if he The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—If the proprietors of showed that this accident had occurred, not through railways would take the trouble to place a blank car any negligence o f th e defendants or their servants, riage between the engine and the carriages containing then they would do justice by returning a verdict passengers, do you not think that the chances of acci for them. The accident had occurred in 1841, and dent would be materially diminished ? Witness—Cer the plaintiff had not brought his action until seven tainly it would. months afterwards, and then without giving any The SOLICITOR-GENERAL—Suppose the accident notice of his intention of so doing, thus preventing had happened at the back of the train this would have them from tendering him compensation if they had been no prevention? Witness—Certainly not. been minded to do so. He should produce persons The SOLICITOR-GENERAL—lbelieve you attempted who were travelling by the train, who would prove to get some legislative enactment introduced on the that so far from the train going too fast it was going subject ? Witness—l did. slower than usual. He should call the officers of the The SOLICITOR-GENERAL—There was a great dif- Company, who wou ld prove that the steam had been ference of opinion on the subject ? 'Witness—There shut off, and state the rate at which they were going ; was. and in this case the charge was that the en- The SOLICITOR•GENERAL—And I believe the ma gineer had driven with too improperly great rap idit y, no t j or ity was aga in s t you ? that the Company had constructed Th e A TTORNEY -G ENERAL objected to the question. the railroad. That was not the question now at issue, Lord DENMAN—I believe we are all aware of what but if it had been, the evidence of Sir F. Smith was occurred. sufficient to show that the railroad had b een properly Re-examination continued—lt is not the custom on constructed. The charge was that of rapid driving, other railways to put blank carriages between the and he should distinctly meet the charge by the wit- engines the COURT—I think that two carriages shouldines and the passenger carriages. B nesses lie intended to call. What o ccas i one d th e engine to go off the line he could not explain, but he be placed between the engine and the passengers. One should prove that every proper and possible precaution be sufficient. would not had been taken to prevent accident. He sh ou ld p ro ve Mr. J. Wood, the son-in-law of last witness, was that the road had been properly constructed, p ro perly with him when the accident occurred, and did no t maintained, and that the train was not travelling with think they were going unusually quick. an improper degree of velocity. The Learned Gentle- Charles Goldsmith—l was driving the four-wheeled man then called the following witnesses:— engine at the time of the accident. I had been em- Thomas Kitchen—l am a guard in the employ of ployed by the Brighton and Southampton Railway the Brighton Railway Company, and was guard to Companies before - I joined the Brighton. I joined the train to which the accident occurred. It was a the train at Hawley. The four-wheel engine was first-class train, with upwards of twelve carriages. the. first. Jackson drove the other. We were going From Hawley we had two engines, a four and a six from 23 to '25 miles an hour. We were not going at wheel ; th e four-wheel first. As we entered the cut- any unusual or improper speed. Before the accident ting w h ere t h e accident occurred, the four-wheel happened Jackson had shut off the steam from his en engine had most steam on. This was at Copyhold gine. That was about a mile before the accident cutting. The rate we were going was from twenty- happened. I slackened the greater part of my steam. three t o twenty-five m il es an hour. I saw the drivers I saw Copley give the signal. I had slackened speed before we left ilewleP They were perfectly sober. before. I was very much hurt. I believe my engine • HUMMER Y, MAYOR. COMAION COUNCIL, holden in the Chamber of the Guildhall of the City of London, on Thursday, the Bth day of December, 1842, Resolved—That the continued and increasing depression of the manufacturing, commercial, and agricultural interests id thi s coun t ry , an d t h e wide-spreading distress of the working-class's is most alarming—manufacturers without a market, and shipping without freight; capital with oit investment, trade without profit, and farmers strug- • gling under a system of high rents, with prices falling as the means of consumption by the , people fail ; a working popu 'at ion rapidly increasing, and a daily decreasing demand for its labour ; union-houses overflowing as workshops are deserted ; Corn-laws to restrain importation, and inducing a starving laeople to regard the laws of their country with a deep sense of their injustice. These facts call for the immediate application of adequate remedies. That this Court anxiously appeals to the First Minister of the Crown to give practi cal effect to his declarations in favour of free trade, by bringing forward, at the earliest possible period, in the ensuing sei , sion of Parliament, such measures far securing the unre. striated supply of food, and the empl o y men t o f the people, as may effectually remove a condition of depression and distress, too widely prevailing and too rapidly increasing to consist with the safety of the community, and the preservation of our social and political institutions. ..MERE WE THE R. Wa3 the first knocked off the rail. I remained insen sible some time after the accident. Cross-examined—l; was first taken on as fireman. I had been a driver a month or five weeks. I had 245. a-week as fireman, and two guineas a week as driver. We might have been going 30 miles an hour shortly before the accident; we were about two miles from the place when we slackened speed. The place of accident was five miles from the top of the ascent. We went about two miles at the rate of 30 miles an hour. While going up the ascent our speed was 20 miles an hour. I did not slacken any more when I saw the signal, because I had slackened before. At the time of the accident I perceived a rocking. It was momentary. I no sooner felt it than we were over. There are no four-wheeled engines now used for passenger trains on the Brighton line. lam still stationed at Hawley. I drive a pilot engine. On the day of the accident I was driving a pilot engine. I was twenty-two on the 7th of last May. I was on the Southampton line as a fireman. I have been brought up to engine work for the last seven years, working in the shops. I was never employed as driver until I went on the Brighton line. I had been a fireman three years before that. I was a bricklayer's labourer before that. I have driven the engine of a ballast train since the accident happened. That was for about eight months. I did not drive a pilot engine then. I had the same wages. This is not the only accident I ever met with. I met with one since. Re-examined--That was on the Croydon railway, running into a train with a ballast engine. The matter was investigated before a Magistrate, and I was quite exonerated. •It occurred in consequence of a person standing before the signal light, and hiding it. The fireman is the assistant to the driver. It is usual for drivers to serve first as firemen. • By the COURT—On my return to work after the accident I was employed by the Brighton Company to drive a pilot engine. Shortly afterwards some slips occurred on the Croydon line, and I was then sent with a ballast engine to assist them, and after wards on my return to the Brighton line I again drove a pilot engine. Mr. W. Needham, a builder, residing at Brighton, had a full view of the train as it passed over the via duct, about half a mile from the cutting: It was then going at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour. Cross-examined—Witness was about , one-third of a mile from the railway at the time.. •2. J. Jackson—l was an engine -driver in the service of the Company at the time of the accident, and drove the six-wheel engine. • I have been driver in the service of other Companies. My engine was hooked to the carriages. Before the accident oc curred, at about a mile and a half of the place, I shut off the whole of my steam. I had had very little on before. I had lessened my steam when we came to the top of the incline. After I had shut my steam off the work was done by the pilot-engine exclu sively. The greatest speed we were going when the accident happened was 22 or 23 miles an hour. Cross-examined—l have been a driver nearly five years. Mr. T. H. 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I exa mined the state of the road in the cutting that morn ing, and found it in good order. There had been no raising of the rails. The road was in good order. The drains were in good working condition. I walked through the cutting on that day. I was the first person who came up at the time of the accident. The rails had been damaged by the engine running off them. I ordered them to be replaced ; the crooked rails were taken out and straight ones were substituted. Some trains passed over the road that evening. It took a very short time to repair the damage. Cross-examined—The wreck was all cleared away in a couple or three hours. The accident happened at one, we began to repair the road at four, an d i t was finished in a hour and a half. There were perhaps a dozen men at work at it. I think there were four bent rails taken out. I did not examine them so minutely as to know if they were cut. I saw they were bent and knew they must come out. 'lf there were any people working during the night, they were working at something else, not at the road. There were men placed in the cutting all night to watch. If there were half-a-dozen, then, that was the outside. I had the arrangement of the matter with Mr. Maude. I do not know if he is here. Mr. Rastrick placed him there under the Coupany. I did not leave till eight o'clock. I left a parcel of men there. 4 The ATTOR NE r - GENE a AL—What were they doing then ? _ --- 11''itnesa—Walking about. I will swear there was nothing done to the road but what was done within an hour and a half after we began the work: There were no men taken on to clear the drains. After the kn ' ll four-wheeled e ng i ne was accident, there had been men employ e d c l ear i ng the drains, and there might be more o r le ss employed after removed e h in e o eee accident dxatmhai nt foredn night. anythingti the There I was a portio n o f th e wreck removed that night, and some not. Persons were left to watch the portion that was left. There were several persons there who had been attracted to the spot by curiosity ; in fact, the cutting was full. The SOLICITOR -GENERAL said that was the case for the defence'. The ATTORNE Y- GENERAL replied, and contended, that in cases of accidents of this nature, Railroad Com panies were bound to sbow that they had not hap pened through their fault before they could be exone rated from the consequences of their conduct. He commented severely on the conduct of the defendants in not putting Mr..Rastrick, the engineer of the Com pany, into the box. He was in Court, and might have been called. It was to him that Barlow and Smith had been referred. The fact of the accident having occurred raised a prima facie case of negli gence against the Company, and that prima facie. case had not been rebutted. The Learned Coun sel commented severely on the careless manner in which, from the evidence of Mr. Stat ham, it appeared the operation of ballasting was conducted by the Company's servants, who, the day before, had left a st one o n th e ra il s i n th e flay- Hay ward's Heath tunnel, and who could say but that the same thing had occurred in the Copyhold cutting, and occasioned this accident ? Why, on the discovery of the cause of the accident in the tunnel, did not Mr. Statham immediately examine the whole line, in order to ascertain whether similar carelessness had left ballast en the rails on other parts of the line ? There were two trucks. Why did they not put one before and one behind ? Why, because it gave trouble ; and the lives of a hundred and twenty per sons were to be risked, in order to save the servants of the Railway Company trouble. It was the duty of these Companies to omit no reasonable precaution to ensure the safety of those travelling by railway. 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Assurances effected through the Head Office, 5, St. An drew-square, Edinburgh, or Agencies, before the Books are Shut for the Current Year, will have the advanfage of a FULL YEAR'S STANDING over those Assurances which may be delayed beyond that period. Copies of the Prospectus, Forms of Proposals, and every Information may be obtained at the LONDON OFFICE, 7, PALL-MALL. November, 1842. HUGH M'KEAN, Agent. VREEMASONS' and GENERAL LIFE AS SURANCE, LOAN , ANNUITY, and REVER SIONARY INTEREST COMPANY. 11, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. This Office unites the benefit of a mutual association with the security of a Proprietary Company, and cffcrs to.the Assured amongst others the following advantages : I. Credit until death, with privilege of payment at any time previously, for on3-half of the premiums for the first five years upon Assurar,ces for the whole of life ; a plan peculiarly advan tageous for securing Loans. 2. In Lean transactions, the lender secured against the risk of the b rrower going out of Europe. 3. Sums assured to become payable at given ages, or death, if previous. 4. Policies indefeasible ; , fraud alone, not error, vitiating them, and in c , se the Renewal Premium remain unpaid, the Assurance may be revived at any time within Six Months, upon satisfactory proof of health, and payment of a trifling fine. 5. Officers in the Army and Navy, and persons residing abroad, or proceeding to any part of the world, may be, as sured upon equitable terms. 6. I:nmedilte, Survivorship, and Deferred Annuities granted; and Endowments for Children, and every other mode of pro vision for families arranged.' All the rates will be found to have been computed as low as is consistent with security. JOSEPH BERRIDGE, Secretary. VICTORIA LIFE ASSI.TRii,NCE AND LOAN COMPANY. No. 18, King William-street , City. TRU STEES. Sir JAMES DUKE, Alderman, M. Chairman. BENJAMIN HAWES, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Benjamin Barnard, Esq. I Charles Baldwin, Esq. Solicitor, John Curtis, Esq., 410, P.asinghall-street. The principle of this Company is to allow to each Assurer such reasonable advantages, as may suit his particular, views. Thus, parties Assuring the Lives of others, may malc:p, their Policies secure, notwithstanding the Life Assured may gd"lout of the limits of Europe, without the necessary permission orlhe Directors having been previously obtained. Credit of half the Premiums for the first fire years, allowed on Policies effected for the whole term of Life. Parties who have been Assured for fire years will be allowed to borrow on the security of their Polivies, a sum equal to one-half the Premiums paid, less that for the first year. Advances are made to parties Assured in the Office, on real or undoubted Persor al Security, for terms not exceeding thr ee years, repayable by Premiums moderate. Participation in profits. Detailed Prospectuses may be obtained on application at the Office, or by letter addressed to the Secretary. WILLIAM RATRAY, Actuary and Secretary. SUPERIOR CANDLES. DAVIES'S CANDLES, 6d. per lb.; Wax Candies, Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. bd. ; Composite, Is. Od. ; Extra Fine Wax Wick Moulds, 7d. ; Transparent Wax, 2s. 2d. • Genuine Sperm, 2s, 2d. ; Genuine Wax, ; 21. 3d. Yel l ow Soap, 465., 545., and 60s. per 112Ibs. ; Mottled, 625. and 665. ; Windsor and Fait., Is. 4d. per pac ket ; Old Brown Windsor Soap, Is. 9d. ' • Rose, 2s. Od.: Cam phor, 2s. ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d. per b. ; Sperm Oil, Bs. per Gallon ; Solar Oil, 4s. Od. For Cash, at DAVIES'S Old-Established Warehouse, 63, St. Martin's-lane, opposite New Slaughters Coffee-House. THE DUKE OF CORNWALL'S HARBOUR AND LAUNCESTON RAILWAY COMPANY.—A meeting was held held yesterday, at the London Tavern, of the Directors and Proprietors of this Company, John Rushbottom, Esq., M.P., in the Chair, for the pur pose of recording the award in the case of the Company against Ross, their late secretary. It ap peared that Ross had made a claim upon the Company for about 50,0001., and had kept back some of the ac counts, involving the Company in litigation. An ac tion was brought against him by the Company, and the matter was referred to arbitration. The award read yesterday declared Ross to be indebted to the Company in the sum of 4901. The award was received, and ordered to be entered on the minutes of the Com pany. The Chairman stated that if the shareholders came forward, their next meeting would be their last, as the affairs of the Company would then be wound up. The meeting then adjourned. COLLEGE LIFE.—" What is college life ?" the un initiated of all grades in town and country have been asking from time immemorial, and until the fortunate advent of a certain "Peter Priggins, College Scout and Bedmaker," they have "paused for a reply" in vain. But the college life then offered to their inspec tion by that inimitable droll was, with all its humour and oddity, of a rather more circumscribed sphere than many readers might desire. The same clever writer (who now boldly avows himself by name), has therefore, as we understand, in his forthcoming vo lumes, entitled " College Life," pitched the tone of his revelations to the tastes of all classes of readers, and the result will doubtless be a work "of infinite jest," that will set more Christmas tables " in a roar," than half a dozen Joe Millers. The rn,pst correct report of the pugilistic contest be tween Freeman and Perry will appear in Bell's Life in London of December 11 ; also the particulars of the Great Champion Coursing Meeting at Newmarket. A recently-published census of Van Diemen's Land to the Ist J anuary gives the following totals': —m a l es , 34,504 ; females, 15,712. " The disproportion of the sexes," remarks the Australasiatic Revit.w, "is a grievous calamity." -- 0.....__., //v __ , 7 __,_,,- „ _c_-, :„:,-/f___€_- . ... , J x ' , . ' \ il: If i •l i r " :4'....ii -7 ; ' ..,, % y•tot s.',, -,„ .'' ' , , , 14 . .. ~, #,,,--:, 1 - .. • fr' e.-4.. 5 1 , 0 4 / 5-1 • • ' 1•_, •tio.t:''' '-,. l''''''' - -A-'' ' 'IL - li- - A • i,• ~ , a i 4 i - - -- i i ,* _ 4, 4 . \ l i t ....'• r n .s• ~ _ - **l7J .' '.. ~kft.. ''' ''* - efr" . 4 ' 4 : i e- , k, \ .? ' % , 4 " ' ' • .., 4,, , , -. I -----', ' ) I 4f ' C . t ,''' ! ' I It" . ' I , . • 7 ' ' ' j 1 P I I j 1 4r. '' .yr '''o', , , , , .. ). 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The bankrupt 'in this case was described in hi* schedule as a merchant and continental commission: agent of the Poultry. Few of our readers would re— cognise in this deOrtriPtion the gallant Captain Harvey Tuckett, of the 11th pr Prince Albert's Own Hussars, who fought Lord Cart:F and in an, con sequence of the wound received i n t h e zecontre, was th e cause o f the solemn farce enacted itt ;the House of Lords at the trial of that Nobleman by his some eighteen or twenty months ago, The amount of debts in his schedule was about 3,0001., and 1,0004. further was admitted this day, when the choice of assionees was proceeded with, and Messrs. Powell :and - Poinder were appointed, and accepted the trust. THE BANKRUPTCY OF LORD HUNTINGTOIVER. fit the cloie of the examination of Mr. Douglas in this case, on the ith inst., Mr. James proposed to examine Lord Huntingtower as to certain bill trans actions in which he had been mixed up with Captain Ilyng, as the Noble Lord, in a tart of his former examination, had made some statement which the friends of the Captain considered to reflect unjustly upon him. Mr. Nias objected to such an examination, as flat being connected with the proceedings under this fiat ; but • Mr. James persevered, and said that the evening before he had received a note from Lord Strafford, requesting him to put some questions to his Lordship in respect of his bill transactions with Captain Byng. Lord Huntingtower expressed his ready anxiety to answer any question which might be put to him, and stated that he had had bill transactions with Captain , Byng to a very large amount, and when he formerly stated that the Captain had given him no proceeds of certain bills which passed between them, it arose from the circumstance that he (Lord Huntingtowar) had been sued upon them, and he thought that the Cap tain would not have parted with them, without re ceiving some consideration. He had, however, been himself sued upon bills by which he received no con sideration, and he doubted not but that Captain Byng might have been treated in a similar manner, an d, therefore, that he had not been guilty of the slightest breach of trust in his dealings with him (Lori Huntingtower). Mr. Nias having heard this explanation, expressed himself glad that it had been given, but added that it should not be entered upon these proceedings, and not reported with them. kr. James—We must take our chance for that. The further hearing was then adjourned. ACCIDENT ON THE BIRMINGHAM RAIL WAY. A dreadful accident occurred yesterday upon this railway, which either has already, or in all probabi lity shortly will be, attended with loss of life. One account which we have received states that four per sons were killed, but other accounts, though they do not agree in this particular, agree in stating that four persons were seriously injured, and that the lives of at least two of them are despaired of. The accident occurred about half-way between the Tring and Berk hampstead stations, while the train was proceeding at the rate of thirty miles an hour, and was caused by the breaking of the axle of the engine. The near wheel of the engine was next broken, and the engine turned completely round and shattered to pieces, no portion of it remaining entire but the cylinder, which was driven by the concussion to a distance of thirty pards. The stoker was taken up speechless, but the engineer fortunately escaped with a slight hurt on the foot ; three passengers in the first carriage next to the en gine were seriously wounded, but all the first class passengers escaped without injury. The following is the official account of the accident given by the Company : The train which leaves Aylesbury for London at eleven, A.m., consisting of a second class carriage next the tender, two first class carriages, and another second! ' class carriage at the end, was passing over the em- banktnent, about three-quarters of a mile north of the North Church Tunnel, when the near fore-wheel of the engine was suddenly separated from it 'by the breaking of the fore-axle (which is four and a half inches thick) between the journal and the - wheel: The engine and tender were, in consequenee,,throWn over the near side of the embankment, which is there about 15 feet high, and the leading second class car riage over the off side. The other carriages remained on the road. The engine-driver escaped without in jury; his assistant was considerably hurt, and three passengers, who were in the second class carriage, which was overturned, also received severe, though it is hoped not fatal, injuries. The following is the official report of the surgeo.n who attended on behalf of the Company : " The names of the persons who were injured by the accident at North Church, Dec. 8, 1842 : , -- - "John Tomlin, of Boxmore--severe injury to the head and fracture of ribs. " Mary Bye, of Aylesbury —severe injury to the head. " John Pemberton, Company's stoker —concussion of the brain. " Matthew Lowe, overlooker, Berkhampstead—in j ury to back. (Signed) " THOS. BROWN, Surgeon, Berkluunpstead." On an examination of the fractured axle, it appears that the iron, with the exception of a very small por tion, is defective, although not externally apparent, and that the separation is so close to the wheel that at first view it would seem to have been made by knife. The circumstances of the accident will be fully re ported to the Board of Trade, for investigation by Gen..Pasley. The following curious anecdote is recorded by Aubrey, in his Ostenta or Portents, printed in 1696 —" Sir Walter Long's widow (of Draycot, Wilts) did make a solemn promise to him on his death bed, that she would not marry after his decease: but not long after, one Sir Wm. Fox, a very beautiful young gentleman, did win her love; so that notwithstandin her promise aforesaid, she married him at South Wraxall, where the picture of Sir Walter Long hung over the parlour door, as it doth now at Draycot. As Sir Wm. Fox led his bride by the hand from the church (which is near to the house) into the parlour, the string of the picture brake, and the picture fell on her shoulder, and cracked in the fall. It was painted on wood, as the fashion was in those days. This made her Ladyship reflect oa her promise, and drew tears from her eves!" BANKRUPCY COURT - , BRISTOL DISTRICT, DEC. 5.-- MESSRS. HODUOUSE AND CO'S. BANKRUPTCY.—This afternoon J. English, Esq., solicitor under the above fiat, in consequence of a summons from the Commis sioners, brought the proceedings in this bankruptcy into Court. It was finally ordered by Commissioner Stephenson who presided, that the Court would allow one month for the production of the proof of debts, &c.. and would then appoint an official assignee. Mr. Edward Mant 'Millet was to act as the official assignee in the interim. —Bath Chronick. The barque Chusan, Captain Laird, from China, out six months, lauded passengers and mails here 3-ester day mor n i ng b y the pilot-boat Pandora, of Dover, J. Collins, master. The Chusan spoke with the Cyrus whaler, Captain Spratley, on the 4th August, in Macassar Straits, with 300 barrels of oil ; on the 12th of Au gus t with the brig Lanothland, Rogers, master, from Sydney, at Batavia, desired to report the Rover whaler all well, with 2,000 barrels of oil ; on the 30th October with the brig Malden, of New castle, from London for Brazils, lat. 7.20 N., long. I •2500 W. i and on the 30th Nov. with the brig Fo rester, of Hull, from Liverpool, lat. 45.14 N., long. 10.40.—Brighton Gazette. STOURBRIDGB—TDE PREVAILING DISTRESS. —The number of applicants at the Union Poor-home is in creasing every week; a numbesi (amounting with their families to 39 persons) were so relieved on Fri day last, and reported to the C omm i ss i oners, as re quired by article four of their instructions. Ther are at present upwards of 260 inmates in the house, being the greatest number ever known. A great probability exists of a l arge number of persons bein out of employ in this district during the comin winter.— Worcester Chronicle. KEEPING LENT. —A high Churchman was once asked what made his library look so thin? Jib reply was, "My books all keep Lena' • '._, :D , control of till machinery and working;inf the. If they could show that it was purely an ace 4 • cat_ gi. - ating solely in causes over whicli they. h4;i ccol trol, then indeed they might be exoneratea ri'fi • responsibility, but it was for - them to.m.ake very. , clearly that the accident had been occas' 44.\ \ , , by causes over which they could exercise no conlrcikki-J--- - "'- order to escape from their responsibility. Hisltgalkid4 , N., •• ship then went through the whole of the- eviden commenting on it as he went along, and observing par ticularly that no person had been called by the defend.- ants,to contradict Professor Barlow's account of what he considered to be the cause of the accident, namely, the sinking of the rails from the weak state of the road. His Lordship also stated that under the cir cumstances he could not but consider it remark, able that' Mr. Rastrick had not been called, inas much as he was the engineer of the Company, who had had communication with I4fessor Barlow, and who must have been the most competent person of nay to form an opinion as to the cause of the accident, and who, if any previous negotiations had taken place be tween the plaintiff and.the Company, was most likely cognisant of it. Certainly, he thought Mr. liastrick ought to have been called. If it was their opinion that the plaintiff had sustained the injury through the negligence of the defendants, they would then give him a verdict for such damages as would afford him adequate compensation for the injuries he had m tained. 1V