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THE CONFEDEILLTZ CZOISZLI.
'inns has no doubt that the Americ
soh determined to uphold their claims for cowl
the ravages of the Alahama as we are to •
./o people in the world could bear patiently
as they have sustained, bat nevertheless our t
unshaken. From first to last the Brill* govern'
d its beet to prevent any subject of the Queen
tbarkiog in illegal traffic, and we shall
content, when England is the belligerent,
As United States the neutral, if the I
ttrslity shall be performed as well as they we
1/4101•11,013 and Lord Russel'. The only issue
as far as the Times as see, is that no &gnomes,
ith Mr. Cashing" tssistmoe, will be come •
Men will remain em they are. The best mum
Amide' is time.
mite cattalo, toe Daily News observes, that
I summary dismUml of the claims of the I
trout th I Bell of dip'ornatio debate has added,
kof bittecnese to the a rife. Tnough confidentll
the supplition that these claims can become
cants of war, the Dilly News warns
against the flippancy with which the
being trea' ; against the affectation
that there is nothing 'scions in
istrances of the American 'government. There
of nominal pesos which has many of the dist&
of war. And, moreover, the present state of
,leaves open some questions which may become
at importance to oar oomperce and shippinj
reasons, notwithstanding whit has been writ
name of Eaglaad, the Daily News trusts tha'
log will yet be done to bring this dispute to an
tactical cattlemen', for it is one that can in no

liar:wed of.
he Star Nays that at p-esent we cannot complai
ited States of the encouragement of Fenian
4 or, it may be, the equipment of • Fenian
lout being met with the conclusive answer, the
down the rule that • nation is herself the i
how she has carried out the obligate
Ifiendabip to • neighboiriug power. "1
officers of the republic," Mr. Seward mi
s Earl Russell has said, "must be held to
eterpreters of au American statute than an 3
overnment can be presumed to be," or " the gce
,f the republic are the sole guar liens e their own
Cho little episode of the Fenian deputation, the
dwelt Fenian privateers, an l the reports of the i
Jamaica, combine to remind us that foreign I
TO the chance to do unto al as we have dons

Tug ME MIS IxPiamol.
The Times feels no disposition to impeach -
assumptions on which the jury in the above case
their verd cs. of " accidental death." The
as they thought, that "governors" should be
Wally secured, and is of opinion that when unskilled
men, who had given some evidence of
were emp'oyed in such a place as the
they should never have been left, even
minutes togelher, without effect' ual serpent
,e great que‘ton which touches us
all awing there reservoirs of gas to rate
thin in the heart of the metr .11 die. Dr. Lathe)
Inca gives neither confidence no: tatistsct on
people will retain a livelier impression of wt
tohis description, the exolosion of a gasometer
done than of the more coneoliog features of
The value of land In this city has now risen a
that it would probably answer the purpose of
in a mere pecuniary point of view to sell
and remove to a more distant sad cheaper sil
would give the public, security withou dea
panic., and the expedient should be taken
coesideratiol.
The Post emphatically demurs to Dr. Mille
went that there was us want of care, and
acquit the authorities at the factory of a r
befitting the oonseion ; a sort of negligenct
it been manifested in a private dwelling
leaky tube or as unstop') -el tap to stand
governor, would have elicited an infioity of r
The Herald oonaiders the result of
somewhat reassuring. There is a
of danger connected with the presence
factory, although there is sot all the danger
been imagined and talked about during t'
In regard to the socideet itself, it was e
sight to leave these governors for one mit
the plasterers and labourers were at han:
penile may be sure that unless they keep
in order for the future the form of public
to some compulsory measures for their removal.
The Telegraph says :—" The whole gas
out-lying branches" must at a very early
serious attention of the legislature. While
might be permitted to have their meters at.
the metropolis, their actual factories al
reservoirs should be inexorably banished

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join/BROOMS. that "it was an unavoidable circumstance, •arising
-------- `, from no Mint of attention on the p•art of any
nRIGISTAL GOLD CHAIN MANUFACTORY, person in charge--an sor.ident occasioned by no
‘"' 14 "21---1-------11111TT 411111n* °"11""D"' " want of Care on the part of the conipany or their
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JOHN BRl_________o4 MS GOLD CHAINS. " servants." So far it seems very clear that there
wan a grievous want of care on the part 48
JOHNBROODEWS GOLD Gls ARD CHAINS. the company or their
.se.rvants, in loavirg
_____--------_—.—. tho meter-house, such delicah
JOIENBROODEN'SGOLDALBKR.T CHAINK, and important apparamtnus,taminungwatohed and nn
guarded, at a time when strange workmen, iglu'
1: JOHNRROGMEN'SGMDBROOCIICILLINS. rant of all.
.connected.with.t_
_the No
g:Lini...::
--___---------- were pursuing theirhin it. • •
k help agreeing with the opinion which the jury
(PRIZE MEDAL AWARDED.)
AWN'S PATMATGSPORTMANTEAUS and undeterred. byCOI
I LADIES WARDROBE TEUNES, wttb atiRESSew IVIAGS, with these. expressions of opinion, d
rayed in very mild language, when they appen e
nrar ening& to their verdict a recommendation, " That
DESPATCH BOXES, WRITING and DRESSING CASES, and
We other articles be bozos sr continental travelling. Ilinetrated "would be advisable in future that the govern°
eatalagnes poet tree " should be covered up, or so protected that pe
Also dimes Barrack Parnitnre Catalogue of Portable Bed
steeds, Drawers, Emy Chain, Waahhand-stands, Canteens, RC., " sone unacquainted with the nature there
t • seed free.
J. W. ALLEN, Manufacturer eat Patentee, 37, West airead. " should not have WOKS to them, so that the
" I________--------• fatal accidents might not occur." No one can
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eaVERCOATS.—HAMILTON and KIMPTON charged with intentional carelessness in the math
kJ cal especial attention to the NEW WINTER OOODS for It is only a further lamentable instance of t
OVERCOATS, and invite an esrly inspection of the same. N.&
specimen garments al rte a), on band. fact that those on whose incessant care and m
80.10 e, Strand, °____._!.__t__--.--------°posl Exeter Ham dance hundreds of lives depend become by ha
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g2Nolllib3 I
erne llilllT. -BRd?W.NsucCOlt deadened
of of coosumption, diseases of tee chest. chrodc bronchi the risks, and, until some appall
accidentsuggests to them that there is danger
and comely', and debility of adults and children. Invariably that particular species of neglect, oontinue
pure, uniformly (=client, pabstable and easily taken. Universal net. as if the agencies under their control w
recognised to be incomparablysuperior to every other kin .
. ' Sold only in mewled Imperial hal ints, ts 6d. : Pints• As. Od.. as incapable of doing harm sa a flock of lam
rr9l" bY resPect•ble cbmgiaumd-or. ,15,t,'!"4116":&"" Of course, now the governors will be cove
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T'--------'1:----'----.-.------.-----.-....8411". over, and the next set of strange workman
be better watched. But who will assure us I
2.111 t (11l VP r tfiigo neglect of obvious prudence may not in
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other point result, to the astonishment of
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TO COR.IOPONDENTS. company and its officers, in some equally disasti
Advertisements Intended foe 0 The Impress " London Evening
Parler. must be et the Moe, 10, Boameriestrese. by Two Metre
o'clock on the day of pubikeelon. We cannot say, however, that we see in
• ---._-----=--_ probability any reason for the compulsory rein
namtitiir• of all such works from the precincts of the ml
TEN EvLirrio. TIME WEEKS AFTER M aRRIAGL-
VIED Or. Mr Charles Mathews, Mr. Howe : Miss Nelly Moore, polls. The theory on which this has been a
Mrs. IL Eitzwilliam. -THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Mesas. Charles
Mathews and Compton ; matkewa-and tna BALLET. cated—that the gas holders might become cha
with an explosive mixture of gas and air—is I
PRINCESS'S.
Tuts Emmen, AN AMPLE APOLOGY.-After which IT Is devoid of reasonable foundation. There is no
NITER TOO LATE TO MIND. blears. Vining, O. Idelvtile,
i 71,1eLd. D. Murray. b. wan.. F. vim... j. D. ~. D. mu,.• ceivable possibility under which such an e
ray, and B. Cathart . WNW L Xoolll=4l IL lodgers could take place. But a minor explosion,
LYCEUM. whatever cause, ia not more likely to be senor
• nub xviciiNo, THE versLarr AND HIS PROGENY. Mr.
l B. Widdicomb. -A nd THE WATCH CRY. Mtwara Pechter. London than in the country. All who have
B. Widdicomb, S. Emery. C. Hentiten. Earoored. Fitzpatrick, killed on this occasion would have been 1
! 1 and Clifford; Miss Elsworthy.-Coemence at 7.
sirrafrina.
Tits Frivolo, THE INFANTICIDL-The D'Aubans.-PoUL fl
though the works had been at Wokin . I
damage has certainly been done to oeighbe
4 ' 1 A DHOIL Mrs. S. Lena -Moor Bevani and his Automata- streets, but against this it is not unreasonat
GUY FA Mrs. a Grand Display of Fireworks weigh the damage caused by laying large mai
.--=--. ------------ a long distance, the liability to an escape at
HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BIUDOIL
point of these pipes, and the heavy addition
TWO DAT - Morale& 7t. ler.....Afternoon.. Sim aSni.
! rosioaaow - Morning, fitt. lena —Anew." on. 460. penes which would be imposed on all gs
..----------_ aumers. The better moral to draw from th
LONDON. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 11. affair is not to seek safety in remoteness, b
. . • --a— seek it in constant watchfulness, and in to
tat all who have to make or nee a
THE inquest on the late accident at the London commodity M
Gasworks has not been the means of investigating p
its rows what are the conditions under which
its cause in quite so full and satisfactory a manner in employment can be secured.
as was desirable. No evidence was adduced save
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such as the Company tendered, and Dr. LIrrHEBY
was the sole scientific witness whom the jury de- OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
aired to be examined. It is no disparagement of
(THIS DAY.)
that eminent chemist to say, that on a question --e--
involving engineering and mechanical, as well as
THE CONFEDERATE CRUISERS.
chemical science, it would have been important that
The Tim's has no doubt that the Am
an independent engineer and mechanician should
have been put into the witness-box. The question ara.as much diterrnined to uphold their claims for
'Won for the ravages of the Alahasna as we are
most essential to be considered was whether the
them. No people in the world could beer intim
explosion of the large gas-holder was produced by wow as they hen mudied, bat nevertheleu o
a force acting from without or within. In Dr. is unshaken. From first to last the British go.
LETEEBY'S opinion the force acted from without, did its beet to prevent any subject of the Qu
But he does not seem to us to explain very lucidly embarking in illegal traffic, and we i
i how a force acting from without could tear up the eßinsnt. when England is the b
and the United Slides the neutral, if th
large iron plates and bend them outwards. He of
neutrality emu be
performed as wen as they
declares, indeed, that if • true explosion of the gas Ler I peicac:eatee and erd Remy. Thethat n only o
a
im
• # took place within the large gas-holder, the affair, far as the Times CIO see, is
as
1 damage done would have been infinitely Oven with
Mr. Cashing's 'Blastulae, will be cog
greater, and that no such explosion could have thatmatters wi ll remtimaine. as they are. The best ri
taken place unleaa there had first occurred a these dimattefficulties is
i large ingressbe of atmospheric
destructive of the illuminating power. c air, such as would R's summary dainval of the claims of I
It is quite cattalo, toe Daily News ohserves,
fßoth swag
from
1 propositions are perfectly true, and were, indeed, tth I Bet iof dip'omartio debate has ad
element of bitternese to the write. Tnough oonfi
tI stated by us when the accident occurred. But ...; ; th
.....0.3 --e en •tion that these claims Clll I
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neither disposes of the possibility which we then d,rec; cause of war, the Dilly News 1
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also stated, that some subtle detonating nom- public agsinst the flippincy with
pound might have been formed, and explodedwhich
lion is being tree' el ; against the affectati
that there is
.nothing serious ii
by the concussion, the effect of which would have littitig
monstrance!' of the American 'government.
been to send off the plates from the inside in st ite of nominal peace which has tinny of thi
precisely the way in which Dr. LETIIEBY describes tales of ~..
And, inoreovir, the present stair
!! i I it, "es if from the action of a very local internal puts leaves open soot t questions which may bec
• " force." Now, it would certainly have been well theest importance to oar oomperca and shi
1 t - reasons, notwithstanding whit has been
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s if some authority versed in the phenomena which
explosions of gunpowder or steam produce, had
fortified Dr. LETHEBY'S position by assuring us
that what thus seemed to everybody as the result I,:re i
of a local internal force, had in fact been a cense- filename of England, th 1 Daily News trusts
thing will yet
i be dons to.tbringontehits,,dispute.to
sett amen', or 1 is
of. at can in i
The Star nays that at p-.sent we cannot con
queues of some peculiar action of a violent external United States of th . encouragement of Fen
force. If we could be so assured, the evidence Sion., or, It may be, the equipment of • Feni
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at the inquest tells us the rest ; but if there must wittont being met with the conclusive answer,
have been a partial local explosion inside the gas-
holder, it would then be the business of science to down tics rule that a nation is herself I
of f. bow elle has carried . out the ol
0 friendship to a neighboarteg power.
laid
tell us what compound, since not a compound of officers of the republic," Mr. Seward
Amer
air and gas, could have done it, and how such corn- as Eayl RaSsellau has said, " must be h
than
ell
pound came to be generated. interpreters ofAmerican statute
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s tlf, however, this point is unfortunately not yet government can be presumed to be," or "tt
so clear as could be wished, the origin of the min- of the republic are the sole guar liana o' their
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I I chance is in other respects plain enough. Attached The little epistle of the Fenian deputation, I
‘ ,about Fenian privateers, an l the reports of tl
: to the works there was a " meter-house," and in- in Jamaica, combine to remind us that tonsil
side this meter house were the " governors," for have the chance to do unto us as we here do
\III i . regulating the pressure of the gas according as the
consumption varied. Thew governors may be THE NINE EIieNPLOBIOII.
1' . roughly described aa resembling the gas-holders The Times feels no disposition to inspesc
1 i themselves, or inverted tube filled with gss, and assumptions on which the jury in the &boy
' • with the rim resting in water. They were in their verd cs; of " accidental in
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I 1 I . charge of a special attendant, whose duty was as they thought, that "govareon" should
always to watch them, but who had also the duty twiny secured and is of opinion that when
men, who had d given some evidence I
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.• . of going every hour to examine and note down the were erop'oyed in such a place as th
stock of gas in the holders. But on the day of the they should never have bean left,
accident there were plasterers at work on a scaffold minutes Woollier,
without effre•ual In
inside the meter-house, and within three feet of t,e great que.t. on which touches 1
li. . the governors. One of these men bad a few days of all wing these reservoirs of . gas to /
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before been noticed to put his foot on the of in the heart of the metr.p dm Dr.
most gives neither confidence nor i &tided'
governor nearest him, and had been cautioned not people will mein a livelier impression of
to do so again, for in the words of the witness, toils description, the explosion of a
gun
i ' " a few pounds' pressure on it would put it out done than of the more coneoliog featured
"of order." On one of the occasions when the The valu and I
eof ln is city has 1101 r ris
attendant in charge of the meter-house and that it would probablypoint thanswer the plows
governors was absent on his other duties, he found ID • mere pecuniary
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and remove to a more distrait sad cheeps
on returning that gas was escaping from the would give the Pnblio 't
' f . , governor in large quantities, and that the plea- without d
panice,and the expedient should be tit
terers were trying to stop it by pressing it down. connid•ratiol.
He ran to give warning, but on his return the 1 The Post emphatically demurs to Dr.
meter•house blew up. The great volume of mixed . ment Oast there was ne want of care, a
gas and air had drifted to the workshops, whore I acquit the authorities at the factor, of
befitting the ooranion ; a sort of nig
I lights were burning; and the flames ran along the I
, IF it tillground as along the fuse of a charged
reached the meter-house, and there !
mine lit been manifested in • private d.
a leaky tube or au unstopp -cl tap to a
1 • • governor, would have elicited an infioity
set fire to the whole. The result was I The Hctald considers the result
1 ' the explosion, which levelled the meter-house , somewhat reinsuring. There is
walls, shattered the neighbouring streets, and, !of danlior crainected with the i
I I 1 • according to Dr. Lrrazav, rent open the pi, factory, although there is sot all Me
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holders by a purely external force. Yet, while it bi."
killed • dozen men about the works, it strangely 411 imagined and talked about duri
a regard to the accident itself, it Ira
• ht to leave thaw governors for one
spared some who were actually at the door of the the plasterers and labourers were at 1
meter-house itself, and whose evidence formed the psalm may be sure that unless they Ire
I 1 chief explanation of the case. These all agree that •in order for the future the force of put
the plasterers must have accidentally tilted over
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the edge of one of the governors, and in trying The rekgraPh .1," '-"
The h°l6
to right it must have made matters worse.
We cannot, however, in this view of the case, out -lying branches ' must at a very se
serious litigation of the legislature. I
. e . i: might be permitted to have their met
agree with the opinion expressed by Dr. Lirtszsr, 1 the metropolis, their actual factorie
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