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-, • .N • • r f r • ,) r / ) ' l 4 l e • , v . • 11; 141 4 / M • • 4%, 4, " •;„ ' l* 4 0 . : 1 1, 0 ‘ • • '7',; 7, s • , so k ik 1 ! j , ;A o ' ' #l " 4 ' )Zig. t - •-• \ .v re L • '4:3 • //), IP T t rt. 'RP *vc - 1 - ~-. _--e. LAI7STRALIA.N FREEHOLD GOLD MINE. _ The Committee of Management beg to inforM the Sharehold er's u_t the Company, that they have this day received advices from thaPr Agents, Messrs. Young and Co., of Sydney, dated Bth Nevem • ber:, 1852, announcing the arrival of their Engineer aed Chief Super- Intl tndent, and Staff of ten men, with their Plant. Bcc., per Surrey, ant 1 also the arrival of the ship Lady Fitzherbert, in which the Com ttee afterwards sent out twenty other Miners and Mechanics. the greatest unanimity prevailed amongst the men, and operations Nitlre abont:to be commenced immediately, with every prospect of Su weal. "-------,....,, ) to continue the operation of the engine is vastly inferior to that of the steamships. But a few pounds of coal—. anthracite only being used in the caloric ship, both on account of its greater cleanliness and portability —are needed to commence the operations of the machinery. There are no boilers or large furnaces, and the danger from fire can never be so great as to create apprehension, while, as an additional means of security against accident, the entire floor of the engine room is paved with a corru gated cast iron pavement, the plates of which are so care fully joinedtogether that the chance coals can neither pene rate to the wood work nor the water enter through thein terstices left in the bed -plates, as is frequently the case in steam skips. A number of advantages are thus com bined, not only in the engine proper, but in conneetion with its various appurtenances. The construction of the furnaces, and the small amount 'of fuel required to feed them, cause a great • largely i n accommodation for merchandise freight. saving i n th e stowage room of the vessel, by which it TiTh, 0 . ffrrbeig ig zi h t ta . g de e c o k f , the ship gains afrobomut aloo,4lonttos,niss. secured roomy and ciCanly. It is perfectly clear from stein to stern, in conseq s'ence mainly of the small space occupied by the machinery of the sbip, and affords, beside the freighting space proper, a considerable supply of store rooms and recesses, always useful for the stowage of precious articles. The coal hold is below the freight deck, and is abundantly spacious to contain the en tire mass of fuel required for the outward ani re turn voyage of the ship. It is, in fact, contemplated that the vessel will be able to cars), her coals for the longest trips out and back, even should the voyage be extended beyond the customary route of our packet steamers. The coal can not only be procured here with greater readiness, but the stowage of the amount required may be accomplished at one time, and a certain contract may be entered into, by which the owners of the vessel may realise a profitable sort of economy. The advantages are secured, beside, of a saving of room, se curity from spontaneous combustion, and a greater de gree of cleanliness from the use of the anthracite than by the employment of the British bituminous coals. It is not to •be lost sight of, in case the success of the' caloric principle shall be definitively established, that. the monopoly of the coal trade, for steamer supply, will eventually remain with the American dealers. The steam-ships can now carry a supply sufficient only , for a single trip.. To return to port they are compelled to lay in supplies abroad, and hence one of the ostensible rea sons of the expedition to Japan—the necessity of free coaling stations being felt by the steamers navigating the waters of the China Seas. The suggestion ja. 416 -- dental:lnt may possibly prove, true in theory, in the event of the final success of the new principle which is now about to be inaugurated. The experiments already made with the engines of the new ship promkee a very auspicious commencement of her career. Thkoporations of the machinery, so far 11 ,. c as the different portions have been tried, are perfectly smooth and accurate, and the revolutions of the wheels of the vessel have taken place with all the regularity and order which was to be expected of them. The prognos tics of success are very promising. The public will await the result with eager interest. But one opinion can be expressed in regard to the probabilities of the plan. The necessity of a new motive power is every day more pressing. Advantages must be gained by the application of the leading principles of nature to new uses, and the inventor who shall aoximplish this feat will entitle himself to the lasting grati tude of the commercial and travelling world. It is to be hoped, in view of the labour and ingenious re sources which have been expended upon a project that seems so feasible as this, tlit the honour of the new motor may be finally awarded to the studies of Captain Ericsson. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JA NIJARY is, 1853. By Order, WM. PIILSFORD, Secretary. No . 18,822.] Dated 17th January, 1853. UPPER INDIA RAILWAY COMPANY.--. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Scrip Certificates :for the New Shares in the additional Capital of the Company will be •given in exchange for Bankers' Receipts, on and after Tuesday next, the 18th day of January, at the offices of the Company, between the :hours of Twelve and Three. - [PRICE SD. The SECOND EDITION of BL ACK W 0 OD'S MAGAZINE, for JANUARY, is now ready, price 2s. 6d. CONTENTS.—SIavery and the Slave Power in the United States of America. —My Novel ; or, Varieties in English Life. Part XXVIII. —Letters to Enseblus about Many Things.—Lady Lee's Widowhood. Batt I.—Thomas Moore—Defeat of the Ministry. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. WANTED, a TRAVELLER, to represent an old-established House in the Varnish and Colour Trade. — Address (stating particulars) A. 8., 14, King-street, Greenwich. THE LATE FATAL RAILWAY ACCIJ )E NT. 'ERICSkON'S CALORIC SiilP. ADJOURNED INQUEST. OXFORD, J - n,l 1. 17. The coroner and jury again re-assembled V)- ay, by adjournment from Wednesday last, and proc e eded to conclude their protracted inquiry. Mr. Hest( n solici tor, appeared on behalf of the London and No ril-Wes tern Company ; Mr. Thompson represented Joseph Kinch, the guard of the 5.30 passenger, train f mm Ox ford, to which the catastrophe occurred ; Mr. : Mallam attended for Mr. Blott, the Oxford station mass Ge r ; and Captain Wynne, the Government inspector, also NI ratched the proceedings. Mr. Brunner, the coroner, having called , ver — the names of the jury, the following witnesses w , sre then examined : W. Henry Johnson—l am station master of th,l :North- Western Railway at Bletchley. I was there during Monday, the 3d day of January. The coal train ...arrived at Bletchley from Rugby at 2.30 p.m. It war;. due at 2 - 5. The delay was accounted for by slow tra elling. It started from Bletchley to Oxford at 3.10. I.t ought to have started at 2.45. It started twenty-five to mutes after time. The cause of the delay was that the Li erpool passenger train was late. It started with 3 engines: ; and it had 52 coal waggons, a goods waggon, and a break. lam aware of the 18th regulation for Station x tasters, which says that as a general rule no coal train sh a 11 have more than 40 waggons. The reason why we ha d more waggons than 40 on the day in question, was i.because the night coal train had been discontinued in cons e quence of the accident at the Wolvercott tunnel, and it 1, was ne cessary to have more waggons on, or we shoe tl d have been blocked up at our station. It mould ha i e been very unsafe to have divided the load on a single line—it would have created an extra train, and delayed ' ti le train starting from Oxford. I had _no order to dept a,l -t from the 18th rule, but we have a discretionary powe r The tail lamp should have been lighted at Bletchley r., but I cannot tell whether it was lighted. The 'Midland , express train stopped to take up passengers ; but that u -as no thing irregular. It is usual for the enginemen tc, put up their lamps when they are at the station, or as ti tey are leaving it. I had some conversation with Kinc 11 on the day after the accident. I asked him if he had :13 ad the doctor. He said that he had not, and I then et ant for the doctor. He did not appear to be uneons rd ious of what he was saying. Kinch said he did not kn.o w how the driver came to start the train, but supposed t hat the engineman must have mistaken the ballast train, for the coal train. Kinch also said; " I made the same m dstake, and was not aware of it until the train had start, ad, and I saw the ballast engine." He did not say • that he (Kinch) had started the train, but I think he sa id that the engineman started the train without his order By a Juror—The guard starts the train by Fa ,unding his whistle. Kinch never gave me to understa ,nd that lie had started the train. The only persons ani thorised to start trains at Bletchley are the station maa ter and the foreman porter. THE INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY, . _ (From the New York Da i ly 7. Times.) W. P ANDREW, Managing Director. 'Upper India Railway Company, 2, Moorgate-street, 15th - Januiry,'lBs . 3. No. 72, Lombard-street, and 24:Connaught-terrace. TRUSTEES. _ tHE CHARTERED AUSTRALIAN LAND, MINING, IMPORT• ING, AND REFINING COMPANY. -NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the holders of BANKERS' RECEIPTS may exchange - the same, on and after WEDNESDAY NEXT, for Scrip Certificates, 4)11 application at the Offices of this Company (from 11 to 4 o'clock), And on signing the preliminary agreement. ECCLESIASTICAL REFORM IN ITALY. Just published, in post Bvo , prica Half-a-Guinea, "URA DOLCINO and HIS TIMES ; Being an Account of a General Struggle for Ecclesiastical Reiorm, and of an Anti-Heretical Crusade in Italy, in the early part of the Fourteenth Century. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. I Richard Malin., Esq., Q.C., M.P. J. Campbell Renton, Esq., M.P. James Fuller Maddox, Esq. William Wilberforce, Esq The POLICIES are INDISPUTABLE, in terms of the Deed of Settlement of the Company, duly registered, and are thus rendered CERTAIN FAMILY PROVISIONS, and NEGOTIABLE DOCU MENTS of SECURITY. _ _ . This Company has introduced, as more peculiarly applicable to the Middle and Industrious Classes, a plan of SELF-PROTECTING INSURANCE, whereby in one Palley for one rate of Premium are combined an Insurance of a Sum payable either at death or on attaining a specified age, and a pension or annuity after that age ; and giving the full benefit of all Premiums that have been paid, although the payments should at any time be discontinued. ALEX. ROBERTSON, Manager. By Order of the Beard, G. FLETCHER , Sec 6, Broad-street-buildings, City, 14th January, 1853. By L. MARIOTTI, Author of " Italy, Past and Present," " Italy in 1848," &e. 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PTTR,SUA.NT to an ORDER of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause JAMES THOMAS DELAHAY against SAMUEL LOVEJOY, the Creditors of BEN JAMIN WEBSTER, late of the Turk's Head Public-house, Charlotte street, Portland-place, in the parish of Saint Diarylebone, in the county of Middlesex, Licensed Victualler, deceased (who died on or about the sth day of April, 1836), are by their solicitors, on or before the 15th day of February 1853, to come in and prove their debts or claims at the Chambers of the Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kindersley, No. 15, Old-square, Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex, or they will be peremptorily excluded the benefit of the said Order. Tuesday, the 22d day of February, 1853, at Twelve o'clock at noon, at the said Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the claims. Dated this 17th day of January, 1853. JAS. JOHNSTON, 100, Chancery-lane, London, Plaintiff's Solicitor. 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Just published, in 18mo., price as. cloth, PRACTICAL ENGLISH • COMPOSITION, Part IL, arranged in five Books and divided into appropriate Lessons : Forming an introduction to Argumentative Composition. By RICHARD RILEY, Principal of the Leeds Collegiate and Commercial School ; Author of various Elementary Works on English and Latin Grammar, Com position, Arithmetic, and Geography—a list of which will be found in Messrs. Longman and Co.'s ANNUAL SCHOOL CATALOGUE, Just reprinted for 1853, and to be had gratis of all booksellers, or free by rost on application to Messrs. Longman and Co. - - " The Second Part of Pllt4 litley's - ` Practical English Composition' rliBc , o - 5 evi4erice of much care and labour, and may be introduced into set - idols with perfect safety and every prospect of profit."— Educational Times. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman. PURSUANT to an ORDER of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in the matter of the Estate of ZLIZABETH LINDLEY BOWEN, Widow cl:ea.sed, aid in a cause STEWART against CATE, the Creditors of ELIZABETH LINDLEY BOWEN, late of Park-street, Grosvenor-square, in the county of Middlesex, the Widow ot John Bowen, a Captain in the Royal NaTy (who died many years ago, and wh ch Elizabeth Lind ey Bowen died tnt or,. 'about the mouth of Oeteibbl7lBs2); are'py their So- Bath's on,or before the 16th day of Febrtlary, 1853, to come in and Prole their debts at the Chambers of the Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard` Tobin Kindersley, No. 15, Old-square, ,Lincoln's-iun, Middlesex, or, in default thereof, they wilt be perentptortrexpludcd tromthe benefit of the said Order. Wednesday, the 23c1 day of Febr nary, 1853, at Twelve o'clock at noon, at the said Chambers, is appointed for bearing and adjudicating Upon the claims. Dated this 12th day of January, 1853. 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Due Notice will be given of the period for the Share holders who are entitled by completion, ballot, and seniority to exercise their rights of choice. WYLD'S FOLIO ATLAS, containing 67 Maps, including all the most recent Discoveries, full coloured, C. L. GRUNEISEN, Secretary. 33 , Norfolk-atreet, Strand, 15th January, 1853. 11 . 1. ils., half-bound in Russia. WYLD'S GENERAL ATLAS of the WORLD, containing 40 Maps, full coloured, 61. 65., half-bound. QUARTO ATLAS of the WORLD, containing 52 Maps, 21. 12s. 6d., LAURENT'S GRAND CASINO. A RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill -street, St. dames's, Lessee, Charles Emile Laurent, Onslow trouse, Brompton-road, Mr. Blott re-called—l consider the precauticr as taken by means of tae telegraph quite sufficient to pr e rvent the starting of the 5.30 train before the line was e. tear. It is not a regular thing for the signal man at the :bridge to know that the coal train has left Islip. By a Juror—Have you been on the platform .a suffici- half-bound. 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London : Wertheim and Macintosh, 24, Paternoster-row. ent number of times to know whether the pr: lc tice has been for the train to start while the red signaj is up at the bridge; or is it the custom that the green signal is put up before the train starts ? PATRON-H R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. ENTIRELY NEW EXHIBITION.—An OPTICAL and MUSICAL ILLUSTRATION of "A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM," Morning and Evening.—LECTURES by J. H. Pepper, MM., on the endless AMUSEMENTS of HEMISTRY, adapted to a Juvenile Audience; by Dr. Bachhoffner. on the PHILOSOPHY of SCIENTIFIC RECREATION; by Mr. Crispe, on BALLOON ING.—DISSOLYING VIEWS, including Day and Night Views of WALMER CASTLE, WALMER CHURCH, &c., &e. LONDON and WESTMINSTER BANK.— NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that in consequence of the alterations now in progress on the Bank premises, the ANNU GENERAL MEETING of this Company will be held at the LON DON TAVERN, in Bishopsgate-street, TO-MORROW, the 19th day of January next, at One o'Clock precisely, to declare a Div dend, and to elect three Directors, in the room of Frederick Burmester, Esq., Henry Hervey, Esq., and Charles Gibbes, Esq , who retire by rotation, but being eligible for re-election, offer themselves accor dingly. Mr. Blott—l believe the custom is for the - re d signal at the bridge to be up, and the moment the driv e 3r blows his whistle to show that he is in the act of star ting the red signal is lowered if the line is clear as far as, the man in charge of the bridge can see. Owing to the position of the engine, it would have been impossible for me to have stopped the train that night, even if I had been on the platform. The only thing I could have d one, if I had known that the driver meant to start, Nvo uld have been to have taken him by the collar and pultn( I him off the train. Admission, ls. ; Schools and Children under ten years of age, half-price. J. W. GILBART, General Manager. Lothbury, January 18, 1853. The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed, to prepare for the Dividend, until the 24th of January next. WEEK DATIL SUNDAYS Terrace Pier. I S 5 4 , Li 6' a 734 1 9 -8 t 9% ll}, 1% 11% 6 8% 11% - 134 -_ 3% 5 - Only. Direct Trains from the Boats marked f Omnibuses from Fencharch-street Station to all parts of London. every quarter of an hour. BBIJNSWICIE WHARF, BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the following Trains from the Fenchurch•streot Station. WSEE DATe. 3MIDAYII. 0 : 1 , . e. Time . 5 ti Time. 6,‘ - - _ _ 93( 11 it lilt — 31 / 2 *5 ' 3 5 I Passages marked * are run direct. 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Culverwell, M.D., 10, Argyll-place, Regent street, who may be consulted daily from Ten till Five, and Seven till Nine. ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. — Yesterday morning, between one and two o'clock as an engine, which had conveyed the mail train to Peterbo rough on the previous night, was returning to the north, its course was suddenly arrested near Essendine station, about twelve miles north of Peterborough, by the bed of the rails sinking to a considerable depth, carrying along with it, and almost burying the engine. The engine driver and stoker were both projected a considerable dis tance from the latter, but it is said neither of them was seriously hurt. The morning goods train from London arrived at the spot shortly after the accident, and as both lines of rails were rendered quite impassable, it was also brought to a standstill. The parliamentary train from London came up next ' • but, information tohaving in the meantime been given the various sta tions on the line, an engine and set of carriages were in readiness, on the north side of the place where the rails had given way, to convey the passengers forward. In transferring thew, however, by means of an omnibus from one train to the other, the Tehicle stuck fast in the middle of some water, with which, in consequence of the late heavy rains, the road was flooded. It was with the utmost difficulty the omnibus was extricated, and this was not effected before the [inside passengers were drenched to their knees, and greatly terrified by their unpleasant position. Up to last night the line was not clear, and all the trains between London and York yes terday had to be worked by the loop. They were all late, and the luggage train from London already men tioned did not arrive at its destination at all. The ac cident is attributed to the late continuous fall of rain, which has loosened the embankment. The railway au thorities regard it as a most fortunate circumstance that the slip did not occur during the progress of a passenger train, as the consequences must have been most serious. MELANCHOLY DISASTER.—SIX MEN DROWNED.—We are sorry to record a melancholy calamity which hap pened last Friday forenoon at sea, about ten miles oppo site the fishing village of Burnmouth, in Ayton parish. Several boats put out about five in the morning for fishing off the coast, when a tremendous gale began to blow from the south-east about ten a.m., accompanied with a heavy sea . About twelve o'clock one of the boats, called the Lively, suddenly shipped a sea, and went down along with her crew of six men. The nearest boat was about 600 yards distant, but could render no assistance on account of the fierceness of the hurricane and the great swell. The unfortunate crew, in fact, i Tik olfE, Warder. were never s een , an d th e o th er bo a t s r eached th e shore with the greatest difficulty, and with the loss of their li o nefj, This distressing event has made six widows, and no fewer wer than thi r ty orp h ans un d er f our t een years o f age.—B l LIGHTLY LIGHTLY GO.— Last week a private soldier o f th e lst Royals, ju s t arr i ve d a t N ew p or t f r om Worcester, was robbed of 471. in a noto r ious locality, Fields." ds " The Friars'He carried the notes loosely in his pocket ; they formed part of 50/, bequeathed to him' by his (Imaged father , Banks Ferrand—l belong to the Society of Friends. lam employed at the book-stall of the North—Western Railway—the Oxford station. I was there on •the after. noon of the 3d inst. I saw the 5.30 train preplring for starting. I did not hear any directions give] iby any one to the guard as to starting. I was not near enough. I was at my stall when the 5.30 train started. It was a short train, and the engine chimney was juerit outside the station. The guard's van must have been about 100 feet or more from where I was. The usual ord(Jr to start the train is the guard's whistle : but I did not hear that sound before the train started, Immediately before the train started, I heard the whistle of the engb le:, but it was unusually weak. Several officers of the. company were present when the train started. After the train started, Sergeant Gwynne rushed into Mr. Bl.ott's office, and said to that gentleman, "Did you staiet the train, sir ?" I then noticed general anxiety on th.e part of the officers of the company. I went up with them to the scene of the accident. I found the break screwed down, for I had to undo it before the carriage could be moved nearer the wounded. This being the whole of the evidence tendered, the Coroner, at the request of the jury, despatched the offi cer of the court to the North-Western Railway station, with orders to summon the first engine:driver he could find, as a witness at the inquest. In the interval, John Smith, the foreman of the engine drivers, said he wished to state that the driver is justified in starting before the red light is removed—he is only forbidden to pass the bridge before the signal is changed. Alderman Browning (a director of the Buckingham shire Railway Company) begged to take this public opportunity of acknowledging the great obligations which his company were under to the London and North- Western Company, who had afforded them every pos sible assistance through the means of their servants, and by the electric telegraph ; and he felt the more anxious to state this on account of the mistaken evidence--as he had no doubt it would turn out—which had been given by one of their officers. Mr. Thompson inquired of the Coroner whether he might be allowed to make any observations to the jury on behalf of Kinch, the guard ? The Coroner—No, I cannot allow that. No one is placed upon his trial here. This is merely a court of inquiry. The coroner's messenger then returned to the court, and announced that all the engine drivers belonging to the Oxford station were absent with trains, and could not attend to give evidence. The jury then adjourned for an hour and a quarter. On their re-assembling. William Bestell, engine driver, was examined : I have been in the habit of driving out from the Oxford station. I invariably start from the Oxford station before the red signal at the bride is lowered ; then I whistle, and if the red signal is not lowered, I do not whistle again, but stop. I have been in the North-Western Company's service for thirteen years. The Coroner - at length summed up.—H e sa i d he thought that he might now congratulate th em that as ury had, o ne an d all, ination of th e wit far as the taking of evidence was concerned, th e i r l a b ours upon this inquest were closed ; and it now b ecame his duty, if they required it, to read the evid ence over to them. npae sidse s so a ß ms ututochhree render d h t te o er u n g it thi attention unnecessary ct thees s au theexam e j a ra for him t o un d ertake so voluminous a task. If, however, there was any par ticular part which they wished to have read, he would do it with great pleasure ; but he thought they might at once proceed to dismiss various extraneous sub jects from their minds, as being the best mode of clearing the way to a calm and dispassionate consideration of other questions which called for more serious inves tigation. The jury had been summoned to inqniie into the deaths of seven individuals, and he be lieved they would have t no doubt as to the cause of each death having been the collision which took place on the afternoon of Monday, the 3d inst., or that those deaths were all immediate, excepting in the instance of Wilcox, who was carried to the infirmary, where he died in con sequence of the injuries he had received on the evening previous. The question as to the identity of the bodies had also been satisfactorily disposed of, as far as Siic of the unfortunate deceased were concerned. The identity of the seventh still remained in doubt, and perhaps might remain so for ever. No claim whatever had been made with regard to him, and no intelligence had been received by the company, or by the jury themselves, as to whose body it was. Another point which might also be cleared up at once was, that there could be no doubt of 'the collision having taken place, nor that it took place be tween a coal train from Islip and a passenger train from Ox ford ; and if he was not wrong in his judgment, he believBti they would concur with him that no blame whatever wai imputable to anybody connected with the coal-train, w hi c h arrived safe at Islip, was telegraphed thence to' Oxford, and acknowledged there; then passed on from Islip to the Oxford-roe KI station, where it was again telegraphed to Oxford and Oxford having answered "All right," it then proceeded on until the disaster took place which was the subject of inquiry. That morning's investigation, by the examination of the sta tion master at Bletchley, had further shown that there was no unnecessary delay at Bletchley ; and if they re ferred to the time-book which was given to the guard, and which was now in evidence, they would find that the coal-train was to leave Bletchley after the 2240 train from Bletchley. Perhaps, before dismissing that point, he ought to call their attention to the fact of three engines having been dispatched with a coal-train much longer than usual, and suggest for their consideration whether so stringent a rule as rule 18 ought to have been infringed without written instructions, and whether the explanation of Mr. Johnson, the station master, that it is'better for the advantage and safety of the general traffic, while it is all carried over a single line, that extra engines should be attached, and a greater number of waggons sent on by one train, than for the train to be divided into two, is a satisfactory explana tion, and whether that is a better course than the separation of an' inordinately long train into two. ThrA was probably a, matter which they would discuss se., e n they were deliberating on their verdict. The great ques tion for them to consider, however, was as to the sA hr ti ng of the 5.30 train from. Oxford ; and there he, thought they should begin by inquiring seriously wie.a 'whom that starting rested. They had heard from a. series of wit nesses that the guard was the person to start all the trains, and that lie should do it by his whistle. The book of instructions had been put in to show t • Wynne had very properly ths;-1, s e•ii ion to he fact that the regulation only applied to road-side stations. Now, certainly, Oxfor d could not 1., e called a road-side station. But it had been shown all through the inquiry that the custom had been for *le guard to start the train by his whistle; and althouglA some of the witnesses— Hayes and Gwynme in particular—said that they had known a train to start. by the words "All right," or a waive of the hand, yet it must be recollected that the evidence of Capt. liruyeres and Kinch himself was that the whistle 'orily teas used. He (the coroner) had en deavoured to collect from the evidence that portion which related to the company's servants, hecause his dec. trine as a coroner had always been, that where machines were under human agency some human agent ought to be' resposible for any casualties that might occur. They would no doubt agree with him, that some fault was attributable to Smith, the foreman of the engines, for leaving the station at four o'clock on the 3d instant, without leaving some o ne in his place in charge of the trains, and to examine the persons who had to conduct them before they started from the station. The evidence on this point was confirmed by Mr. Blott, who said that he was not aware that there was any one to discharge Smith's duty in his absence, and, indeed, that he did not know that Smith was away at all. Smith also stated that there was only one line for the traffic between Islip and Oxford, and that fact would leave no doubt on on their minds that there was greater risk at that parti cular point than on any other part of the line between Bletchley and Oxford ; and also that there was a still greater risk between Banbury -road and Oxford, in conse quence of the 'other line being set apart for the ballast engines in the use of the contractors, who were effecting repairs at the Wolvercott tunnel. Whether the precaution now adopted, of using a pilot-engine, ought not to have been adopted before, was a matter for their consideration ; and whether a further amount of communication with the station, by signals or otherwise, ought not to have been resorted to while there was this additional risk, or whether the company or its servants had used additional means of caution or not during that time, were also mat ters in the consideration of which the jury must be guiled in a great measure by the following facts which appeared in evidence—namely, that from the station to the bridge, a distance of 300 yards, there was only one policeman ; that at the bridge the pointsman who was also the sig nalman, had the herculean task of attending to fourteen sets of points besides the bridge and auxiliary signals. And although Captain Bruyeres had stated that they were only bridge signals for that part of the line only, it was evident, from what had occurred, that they were necessary for the security of trains and their passengers when starting from Oxford. Then, again, what other communication had they between the engine-house, the auxiliary signal, and Wolvercott tunnel ? None. A line of two miles was left without any signal, with out any policeman ; and except the platelayers, who left work at dark, there was not the least protection to the public. It was for them to consider, not only whether they would allow that inquest to pass over with a mere expression of opinion, but whether they should not suggest that the legislature ought to inter fere, by the enactment of pains and penalties, in order to prevent the recurrence of such disasters, arising from the want of precaution, and to secure better protection to the public in future. The coroner then went on to consider the important question by whom the 5.30 passenger train was started, and read over the evi dence of the various witnesses who deposed as to that point. He then proceeded to observe that if the jury should be of opinion that the driver was the person to blame, the culpability, although he was dead, would still attach to him in law. The explanation which had been given them of the cause of the accident by the witnesses whose position best qualified them to judge was this : The coal train had not arrived—the passenger train was waiting to depart. A ballast engine, with a white light, which might have been mistaken at a distance for green, came in on the same line, and went up to the ticket plat form, in the same manner to all appearance as the coal train would have done. It went on to the bridge, and then went back again, as the engine of the coal train might have done if it had been unhooked. In conclusion, the learned gentleman said that it was the duty of the jury to divest their minds of all that they had heard on this question, excepting what had been sworn to in that room. They must not let even the sad appearance of their fellow creatures, who had been hurried to so unfortunate and so untimely an end, have any effect in swaying their de ,cision. Their only duty on behalf of the Crown was to express that opinion which the evidence adduced would warrant as to the cause of this melancholy and fatal acci dent, and if they considered that one or more of the ser vants of the company had been guilty of such negligence as would make him or them liable to punishment, in a court of justice, they must declare that to be their de cision, without favour or affection, and without prejudice or malice. With regard to the starting of the train, if any one of the officers in charge of it had started it with out orders, or if any one who ought to give the order had done so before proper caution had been taken, his conduct would come within the legal definition of man slaughter. It would be for the jury to say whether they considered any one or more of the confidential servants of tne company had been guilty of that offence, and the party or parties might be sent to another tribunal to take their trial. • It would be for them to say whether there had been a general negligence throughout the whole of this sad tragedy—whether, in fact, what should have been one man's business had been re garded as everybody's business—and whether the precautions provided by the company were inefficient for the safety of the public. It might, under alI the circum stances, be their duty to inquire whether any suggestions might not be offered by which the company might adopt additional means of security for railway passengers; be causie the importance of their decision could not be over rated, inasmuch as it might be made—and he believed it would be made—the basis for future legislation. The jury then retired, and after an absence of several hours, returned the following verdict : " That the deceased persons came to their death from' a collision that occurred between a passenger -train and a coal-train, on the Bucks branch of the London and North-Western Railway. "That the collision took place in consequence of the passenger -train being started without orders from the station-master ; and they find a verdict of manslaughter against Kinch, the guard of the said passenger-train, on whom the responsibility of starting the train devolved ; and they think the engine -driver worthy of blame for proceeding at a much faster rate than is usual at first leaving the station. "It appears from the evidence that, in consequence of repairs now going on at the Wolvercott tunnel, the whole of the traffic between Oxford and Islip is now car ried on upon a single line, and the jury beg to express their opinion that in all such cases a pilot engine should be employed in order to lessen the probability of a colli sion. • " They consider also that a policeman or signalman should be stationed between the swing -bridge and Wol cott tunnel, as that part of the line appears to be at pre sent quite unprotected, and as it includes a level crossing. " It appears also that part of the line on which the accident occurred is the Oxford and Rugby line ;- that it is very difficult to distinguish on which an approaching train is travelling, until it is close at hand ; and they think that some distinctive mak should be adopted by the respective• companies, so th a t th e i r engines should be immediately recognised, both by day and night. And the jury b eg espec i ally to call the attention of the railway directors and the l eg i s l ature to the paramount imof portance some weans of communication being established be tween the guard and the engine-driver." The Coroner immediately ordered Kinch to be taken into custody. great experiment in navigation is now on the eve of trial. The caloric ship is undergoing the ,final prepara tions for her experimental trip, and will soon' be before the public for praise or censure. Our own port is des tined to reap the honour or suffer -the repoa,ch of its ulti mate success or failure. In a former article we alluded, in general terms, to the principles involved in the con struction of this vessel, but the public interest has been so largely drawn towards the enterprise, that a more complete description of th e plan which it is now proposed to prove, seems to be ;lot only desirable but necessary. Wise men have tong pondered the idea which Captain Ericsson is wording out patiently and hopefully. The need of new - motors has become more manifest with the advance of time and commercial prosperity. Steam has gone into disrepute, and proves itself untrustworthy, un safe, and expensive. Electricity hae been tried, and has not succee'ded. Caloric was something never known in its best sens'a until now, and the credit is due to Capt. Ericsson of •directing attention to an old agent of which new applica tions may produce the most remarkable results. The experiment now making is no ephemeral fancy, but is the Work of a quarter of a century of mature reflection and ililig-eut inquiry. The ingenious projecter, under whose auspices it is carried forward, has devoted his best ener gies to the task, and it will not fail through want of forecast, judgment, or ability. The public will assuredly accord to him their most hearty sympathy. The Ericsson, taking the name of her inventor, is a first class vessel of the ordinary steam-ship pattern, though combining in her construction many valuable improvements. She is owned by a company of mer chants in, this city, among whom is Mr. John B. 'Cach ing. The builders of her hull were Messrs. Perrine, Patterson, and Stack, of Williamsburg. Her engines are the workmanship of Messrs. Hogg, and Delamater, ,of city, The register of the ship is 1,903 tons ; her •' ai 250 feet, with 26 feet 6 inches depth in 'hold, and 40 feet breadth of beam : her paddle wheels which are sithilar to those of the Collins steamers, differing only in being somewhat smaller, are 32 feet in diameter, with., buckets of 10 f ee t 6 in. The decks are abundantly pro vided with life-boats, among which is one of Francis's celebrated " life-cars," ready to be cast off from the da vits at a moment's notice. Thus far, dry details. ' We now come to the first causes of difference which - are to be noticed as marking the contrast between this and the ordi nary steamship. The peculiar conformation of the boilers has served to produce very essential modifications 'in the exterior as' well as the interior of the vessel which we shall endeavour to describe as briefly as possible. To commence, - then, with the upper deck. In place of the solitary smoke-funnel commonly employed in the steam ships to convey away the smoke and gases of the furnace, the caloric ship presents 'four small tubes, gaily painted in white and gold, rising but, five feet above the paddle wheels, and only 30 inches each in diameter. Two of theSe tubes,, or chimneys, are intended for use, and two are for ornament and to preserve uniformity. The two corner chimneys are attached to the cylinders of the engine, and the remaining two protect the hold from the impure and heated air which would otherwise render a residence therein quite uncomfortable. By this arrange ment, Also, and in consequence of the peculiar construc-• tion of the engines, the upper deck of the vessel is en tirely clear. No impeding machinery serves to hinder free passage fore and aft. The four chimneys, each resting upon a neatly carved and painted octagonal pedestal, are formed, two of sheethion, and two of wood. They are the only noticeable alterations in the exterior of the ship, save the unusual clearness and roominess of the deck, where the .passenger may promenade pleasantly when the weather shall permit him. But the chimneys are not alone in their ventilating properties. Besides each pair of these pipes is a well, extending to the bottom of the ship, through which a current of cold air is carried down to the fire-room, rendering that precarious place as cool and comfortable as the upper deck, and effectually preventing all danger of con flagration from over heating. The mouths of these " wells" are carefully covered with tarpaulins, and the room occupied is hardly - equal to a hatchway. Through the open space thus afforded, an additional advantage is given for the working of the force pumps, the pipes of which are carried up through its entire length, projecting upon the upper deck in a manner very convenient for the seamen to work them to free the ship from water. The deck accordingly supplies three desi derata, viz. ventilation of the hold ;2, safety from fire ; 3, a means of preventing danger from leakage, by readiness of access to the pumps. The descent from the upper deck is accomplished, not as in steamships, by impracticable ladders, but by neat staircases, for which am pl e space is afforded by the position f the engine -room. The peculiarities of con struction of the vessel begin to appear in this region. The compact form of the engine leaves a free space on each side of the ship, from fore to aft, both above and below, thereby aff or di ng opportunities ' for easy transi tion between all parts of the vessel. The shaft which turns the paddle-wheels is concealed between decks, and offers no such obstruction to the midship section of the vessel as is generally to be found, even in the first-class steamers. The dining saloons are located aft of the engine, and the state rooms lie below —easy access to them being obtained by means of substantial and spacious stairways. The appointments of the saloons, state rooms, and other p ar t s o f th e vessel intended for e accommo dation of passengers, are very perfect, and expense has not been spared to render the Ericsson without a supe rior in these respects. The leading peculiarities of the caloric ship, it is well known, consist in the application of heated air to the propulsion of vessels. The radical alteration which is • accomplished by this plan in the construction of the en gine renders a description of the machinery unaccompa nied by diagrams a matter of some difficulty. The engine consists of two pairs of cylinders, connected in their ac tion, but not placed side by side. Each pair is composed of two cylinders, of which the lower one is much the larger. The upper is termed "the supply cylinder," the lower " the working cylinder." The diameter of the working or lower cylinder is 168 inches ; of the upper, 137 inches each. Their, bore, it will be remarked, is surprisingly large. The position of the cylinders is exactly in the centre of the vesssl. The magnitude of the lower cylinder of each pair, it will be noticed, is enormous, though, from the compact form of the remaining por tions of the machinery, the bulk of the entire mass is not so great as in the common steam-ship. • The operation of the engines is remarkably simple. A fire is kindled in the furnaces attached to the lower cylinders, the flames being removed to a distance of about five feet fiom the bottom of the cylinder, so that no actual contact can take place. The appli cation of heat serves to increase the temperature of the air already contained in the lower cylinder. The air thus heated seeks a vent, which is readily , found in a series of valves properly arranged for the pur pose. The cylinders being each provided with a piston fitting closely within it, but so contrived that the pistons of both cylinders operate simultaneously, the vacuum created by the escape of the air from the working cy linder causes the descent of the lower piston, which, of necessity, draws down with it the piston of the supply cylinder, and the work of the engine is fairly commenced in this wise :—A series of valves, each of which is two feet in diameter, is placed in the top of each supply cy linder, and these valves instantly open at the descent of the pistons ; a current of cold air rushes in, which passes down, following the piston of the upper cylinder, until it is stopped by the regenerator —a contrivance upon which depends the successful operation of the machinery. The air, having entered this regenerator, is converted from a cold into a warm current by the operation of the simplest philosdphical laws. The construucton of the " regenerator " is at once simple and ingenious. The invention of this remarkable feature of the engine is en tirely due to the genius of Captain Ericsson. Ile found, by a series of careful experiments on the properties of caloric, that the affinity of metals for heat was marked by peculiar circumstances ; that the absorption and ra diation of heat from metallic surfaces are nearly instan taneous, and that the expansive force of air when its volume is doubled by the application of heat was at least equal to the power of steam. To effect the prac tical application of this principle was the thing to be accomplished. Captain Ericsson found that his expe riments warranted a belief in the practicability of a new improvement in the construction of marine and loco motive engines, and he set himself to establish the truth or falsity of the idea which had been so happily sug gested to' his mind. Hence the construction of the so called " Calorie. Ship." But it is time to follow the action of the regenerator, and its effect upon the engine and the currents of air. The apparatus known as the regenerator is little more than a series of fine wire nettings of iron, placed side by side, to the thickness of 12 to 20 inches. As the air passes through this mass of metallic surfaces, penetrating through the minute cells formed in the interstices of the wires, it imbibes a greater volume of caloric, which in creases in temperature as the current approaches nearer degrees, to the fire be nea th. The maximum of h ea t a b sorbed by the air in thi s passage through the regenerator is 450 belowdegrees. s 30T degrees,h em ini m m ilm aki n ng ec a es n sa a r ig r e to be bee o fap4pBloieddegs, from at which poi n t th e volume of air which has entered the engine is ex ac tl y doubled, and by its expansive force sets in motion the crank connecting the during a revolution of the shaft, b m achinery, pro wheels are revolved, and the vessel I • which the paddle- The manner in which these v s . e is put in motion. transpire is quite remarkable. As ari°llB performances the regenerator has performed its the air passing through revolution of the crank—wh. h work in causing the the working cylinder • rests upon the piston of —it is made to re-enter the apparatus by the upward prehssure of the now ascending piston. As it passes thr reverse order, it loses oug the regenerator, in exact the volume of heat which it had be fore acquired and upper surface of becomes coo l er as it approaches the that the regenerator the regen erator. It will thus be seennerator presents two different surfaces — one, or the upper, is the cooler, because most directly opposed to the current of cool air entering the cylinders from above ; the other, warmed by the furnaces below, preserving a warm exterior ; 'and by this contra action r the current of air which is alternately drawn through ts of expelled from it, undergoes essential modifications n t ' Whole temperature. A very small per centage of - permitted i is perm volume of atmospheric air thus employe( to go to was t e. T he caloric pr i nc i p l e no use ' n volves of fuel required less expenditure of material. The supp ly - SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—As M. Cartier, managing di rector of the coal-pits of Chalonnes-sur-Loire, was step ping over a rope lying on the ground at the bottom of the well, by which the men ascended to the surface, the basket was suddenly let down, and the rope which was attached to it of course rose, and catching M. Cartier before he had time to withdraw, drew him up in the air at least 40 feet. He was so much injured by the fall that he died the next day. THE CONVICT KIRWAN.—The Cork Reporter, of Sa turday, has the following strange statement from Spike Island, where Kirwan is now confined, awaiting the order for his transmission to a penal colony :—" We have heard that indulgences and privileges of a very extensive nature are extended to this unfortunate man in the con vict depot at Spike. If report speaks correctly, the con vict's cell is truly a comfortable apartment, notwith standing its being a place of condign punishment. It has been stated to us Kirwan is allowed to enjoy all the com forts and luxuries he can procure with money, and that he passes the greater portion of the day in making sketches of the beautiful scenery by which his prison is surrounded, and is permitted thus to turn his profes sional abilities to account. The same journal states that two convicts, named Leary and King, effected their escape from Camden-fort on Saturday morning. PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS AT ASHFORD, KENT.— At Ashford Junction, as many of our readers know, the South -Eastern Railway Company have their locomotive workshops and depot, and here, as at other locomotive stations, the town will necessarily extend. There are already many evidences of movement ; houses are in demand, and are being built in several directions. In connecti on with this movement, we would direct atten- tion to the Henwood estate, a compact tract of land about 46 acres in extent, belonging to Sir E. Chol mondely Dering, Bart one of the members for the h co a u s n b t e y e , n w la h i i d ch ou tn fo m r a b n u d il s: lin s g in b ug y l ls ar r ly . fi G n o e d p win ros , p arc ectsa t d . The houses are all to be detached or semi-detached, with the exception of two blocks on the high road, with an opening between them to the church. Each house will have about a quarter of an acre of ground, and is so placed as to command a prospect ; and there is provi sion made for a collegiate school, and for some smaller houses in a convenient position. The market at Ashford is the best in the county ; capital brick earth and a good stone for walls are to be found on the estate. It is pro posed, in the first instance, to take very small ground rents, and it seems to offer a singularly good opening for energy and enterprise.—The Builder. AN INTERESTING CHARACTER.—A man of the name of James Farrell, alias William Johnson, alias Curley Jim, with sundry other aliases, useful to him at differ ent times, has managed to make himself exceedingly no torious in the north ; indeed, so attractive has he be come of late months, that several public servants were anxious to cultivate a closer acquaintance with him, and would gladly have offered him board and lodging at the public expense. A full-length portrait of the man has been given also in one of the popular prints of the day, viz., in the Polic e G azette- The fellow was concerned in no ess than from six to ten burglaries in the neighbour hood of Kendal, and the gang he was connected with have most, if not all of them, already crossed the seas. This fellow, however, overcome by the attentions he was receiving, modestly retired from the scenes of his ex ploits, and took up his abode in this town about five months ago. Help he has been engaged in very sus picious transactions, and this week notice reached the police station that such a man was " wanted" at Ken dal. In two hours he was lodged in gaol, and shortly after was on his way to the north.—Leeds Mercury. A POLITICA.I. VETERAN.— A letter from Rennes an nounces that Count Corbiere, former Minister of their Majesties Louis XVIII. and Charles X., and an ancient deputy andl 3 .‘er of France, died in that city on Tuesday last, in the 86th year of his age. He died in the full enjoyment of all his faculties, after having received the sacraments of the Church with sentiments of the most edifying Christian piety. Count Corbiere retired from public life in the year 1830, and terminated his long and honourable career, faithful to the last to his political opinions, respected by all parties. ... - = , h P ßib m le e So'ciety last week, that meeting of the Edinburg for some time at least, from statement o r A m N ad 74l U e ß b E y .-f o t rd wou a l n d ap r p:a i r n fr h o i m s s t p h e e ne fo h llo a nn hge he contemplates retiring, further n e n tain . A you c , h ' an ' sgaied has public ' and I shall not for the rest of my life, come over me, I the wi I I p h re e s t en t occasion. s d i probably, be so e m e u n c n h try t tehneashalbithaovf embeeeetnin;g butin public b can l ic with my fellow Lordship, "on :----" On say this, that, whenever m y vo i ce is required to main tain the liberties of my countrymen—either their secular liberties, when threatened by those who would invade them, or their Protestant liberties, when threatened by those who would touch one inch or one iota of our Pro testant bulwarks —my voice shall be at the command of those who wish to hear it ; it shall be raised in defence of Protestantism and the Protestant Bible • I no other, this a t l eas t w il l be the most glorious and if which I can a dd ress myself. " one add to DEATH OF SIR WALTER SCOTT'S GRANDSON. —Mr. Walter Scott Lockhart Scott, of Abbotsford, the only son of Mr. Lockhart, and grandson of Sir Walter Scott, died, unmarried, on the 10th instant, a t th e early age of 27. When Si r Walter died he left two sons and a grand son to perpetuate the lineage of his h ouse ; and i t is grand difficult ifficult to crossed conceive that ev en a c h ance thought could hand a abro his mind that all three should di e c hildl ess ad in the short space of twenty years. The only gra.ndchild, o f the great novelist now alive is Mr. but a Lockhart's only surv i v i ng child, Mrs. Hope. It was month ago that we were called on to chronicle the death, at 37, of the closest link in blood to Scott's great cont emporary —By ron : an d here are we now recording death, at 27, of the closest link in blood to Byron_s_ g r eat contempora r y —Si r W a l ter S cott. It rems as beif it were or d a i ne d that the children of the brain_ shall . the sol e creat i ons of great authors destined to en d Atltenceum. A CLEVER DOG.—An individual in Montrose . isin possession of a member of the canine race which owner, eho 1s ap parently far more sagacious than beautiful . R , it seems, has been in the habit of visiting a friend, about 16 miles distant in the country, pret_tY ve fre q " a not been so railway recently. However, the visits have frequently by evidently a frequent as his dogship desired. to 13 depend upon others high-minded animal, and scorning o otheraoous accustomed etdo seatt h e for his own pleasure, he went railway station, deliberately patiently till the train arrived at in a carriage, waited p took ti a country residence, house, and then residence, where he the station nearest his o -atj a e st o er o ' u s leaped off and made f h i s got safe, much to the astonishment of of his fhis host ; but if one from the pend uestail, greatly might judge to his own satisfaction. —North, British. Daily Mail. HOLLY AND MISTLETOE.—The holly and mistletoe, it is well known are used to decorate houses at Ch r i stmas, but very f ew people are aware of the origin of the cus tom. The holly was dedicated to Saturn ; and, as the fetes of that deity were celebrated in December, and the Roman s were accustomed to decorate their houses with h o lly, the early Christians decorated their houses in the • same manner, while they were celebrati ng their festival at Christmas, in ord er th at they might escape observation. The mistletoe was dedicated to Frig a , the Venus of the Scandinavi ans , and, as she was the go ' ddess of love, it was formerly a custom to kiss under the mistletoe. G R AVESEND STAR PACKETS, No ocher rackets call at the Grays, Greenhlthe, and Purffeet Piers, The Packets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting) FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND.