The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-24 00:00:00

THE LATE STEAM BOAT

LOSION.

ADJOURNED INQUEST.-(TIIIS DAY )

The inquest was resumed this morning at ten
o'clock.

Henry Robert Haisman, of 8, Temple-lane, the
engineer who had the c ire of the boat on the morn-
ing of the explosion, voluntarily tendered his evi-
dence. He said, lam employed on the Ant at pre-
sent. I have been employed occasionally on the
Cricket. The first time about ten or twelve months
ago. The machinery worked very well indeed. The
valves worked well. I frequently tried them. I
mean the loaded valves. I never tried the Salter's
valves until recently. I cannot, therefore, tell how
they worked when I first went into the boat. I again
worked the boat on the 15th of August. The ma-
chinery was at that time in first-rate condition.
At this time all the valves worked freely. You
cannot see the steam blow off from the
Salter's valves without lifting them as the steam
passes up the funnel. You cannot tell without lift-
ing them, and I lifted them the morning before the
explosion. I did not know at what pressure the
valves were working when I went into the boat
on the 15th of August. I noticed the mercury gauge
frequei. tly ; it indicated a pressure of 38. The
weighted valves lifted at that pressure. I say I
noticed this frequently. I looked at the gauge two
or three times during a voyage ; it was the only
knowledge I could obtain of the pressure. I never
applied any extra weight to the levers. There was
spunyarn on each lever when I first went on board.
I took charge of the boat from Clarke. The yarn
was tied six inches from the end of the lever. The
other end was brought into the engine-room. One
end was hung over a nail in the main beam, quite
loose, and the other hung on a small piece of bolt on
the opposite side, which performed the office of a nail.
Both ends were loose. When I went, one was hang
ing on the nail by a loop; the other was laid ove-
the bolt; neither were twisted. When I was the firsr
time in the Cricket found similar strings. Some-t
times one valve was without the string,
I used the yarn for the purpose of shaking the levers,
and freeing the valves by the jerk. I never twisted
the yarn round the nail or bolt at any time. Some-
times they were drawn by the fire and got burned.
Clarke gave me no directions about the string. I
only saw Clarke once working the Cricket. That
was the week before I left the company, four or
five months ago. Clarke and the foreman were in the
engine room. I did not notice the yarn on that
occasion. I never saw Clarke from that time until
I agreed to go into the company's service again. The
boat continued to work well up to the time of the ex-
plosion. .1 had nothing to complain of. I looked at
tine mercury gauge within a minute of the explosion ;
it was standing at 38 degrees, and the valves were
just lifting; and the steam was actually escaping
lightly. I think it escaped by the larboard valve, or
I could not see it. I am not certain. This was
about half-past nine. I did not notice the yarns at
the moment. I did, however, a few minutes before.
They were both hanging, one looped over the nail, the
other hanging. There was no one save myself in the
engine-room then. The last thing I did was to look
at the mercury gauge, to try the watercoc..k, and then
walked upon the deck. The water wss solid at the
middle cock. I left no one in the engine-room. I
stood on the deck with my back against the paddle-
box. Several of the crew were standing on the
sponson. Cripps and Nelsden were there, and I
spoke to one of them—l cannot say which. I was
not long enough on deck to notice whether the steam
blew off. I cannot swear that I did.
_I had scarcely

time to place myself before the explosion took place.
At 401bs. pressure the blowing off of the steam would
make a great noise—sufficient for any one to hear it
—under that pressure the noise would be slight. (A
piece of office tape was handed to the witness, and he
illustrated the position of the strings at the time by
allowing it to hang loosely from his arm—they were
quite "swag" to me, his own expression.) That
was the frequent position of the rope. I am quite
positive that with the yarn in the position I have
shown the valves were permitted to work. The
length of the string from the lever to the rail was, I
I think, about eight or nine feet. The yarn is in the
sight of those who work the engine. I never saw
the yarn operated upon by the movement of the
valves—it was an impossibility. The lever could
rise so gradually that the motion it might cause in
the yarn would not be seen. The motion of the
boat might move it. I never saw the yarn in any
other position than that I have mentioned. When
the valves were well open the string might rise, but
not much ordinarily. Two inches and a half were
about the play the valves required. I never saw the
yarn straight by any chance. When we left Dyers'
Hall wharf, where we laid three or four minutes,
nothing occurred. The boat had been five or six
minutes at the Adelphi pier before the explosion. It
was about to start for the fourth journey. The first
journey the steam did not blow off; thQre was not
sufficient steam. This was at Dyers' Hall pier, and
about half•past eight. The second time we left the
Adelphi pier, about nine o'clock, the steam blew off
as we came alongside, but there was not much. There
must, however, be a heavy body of steam for me to
discern it. I did not go into the engine-room after
the explosion; there was no engine-room, in fact, to
go into. I was not again on board the boat until the
examination took place. The boat was in the charge
of the police almost from the time of the explosion ;
and I have seen no one who had been on board since
the explosion. I cannot trace the explosion to any
cause. Within about six weeks of the first running
of the boat my attention was called to the starboard
boiler by Kent, who said the front tube plate was
started. I saw it ; it was bulged in the centre, and
leaked at the upper corners on the starboard side. I
can't say whether that plate had been flat or not. I
am confident it was at that time more convex than

By the COEONER—I was never in Citizen M.
By Mr. 111`Intyre—Examining the valves is seeing
that they do not stick and oiling them. I have been
employed on the Wasp. I recollect one of the
tubes bursting, the boiler did not burst. The stoker
was killed. I was the engineer. The boiler was
made by Mr. Spiller—it was high pressure. I used
to work that boiler at 40—the same pressure at
which I worked the Cricket, as near as I can tell.
In reply to a Gentleman—The witness stated that
the valves were not tied down on the Sunday before
the accident, as stated by a witness.
By Mr. Le Breton—l have found valves stick in
other boats--more on the Thames from the muddy
water. I never was instructed, in any way, to guide
myself by Salters' balance. A person looking from
the deck, unless the case was off, could only see the
string three or four inches from the lever downwards.
He would see the rope nearest the weighted lever.
Any one might imagine that the end of the rope was
fastened from the direction it took ; they could not
however, think it tight. I should suppose I was,
doing wrong if I altered the index of Salter's valves.
An engineer is placed in the greatest danger. The
valves might be tied without danger if there was not
much steam, but I never did so. I could always
weight the valves. It takes six minutes to perform
the ordinary voyage—sometimes longer from want
of steam. A person attending to the steam blowing
off at 38 might hear it. The day before the explosion
the engine-room did not become suddenly full of
steam.

To the jury—l went in the Ant the day of the ex-
plosion. I do not know who unscrewed the brass
bearings of the engines and boilers. I did not re-
move the string from the other boiler. The explosion
of the Wasp took place about two years ago. I re-
mained in the service of the company some time after,
until the boats of the company stopped for the season.
Pater never drove the engines. The weight of the
ball on the lever was about 331b5., not 661bs.

By Mr. Richardson—l saw some one doing some-
thing to the boat after the explosion, removing pieces
of the wreck, but I cannot say exactly who they were.
There were several persons. There was the captain
and the superintendent. I did not see what was re-
moved. My berth was at the side of the sponson,
and after the explosion I picked up a shirt and a
light waistcoat.
To a juryman—Any one coming into the boat
must have seen me standing on the sponson. I
fancied I had more pressure than the gauge indicated,
because the boat was superior in her speed to the
other boats ; alsu when I tried the steam cocks I
found that there was greater power than in the Ant
and the Bee without the gauge indicating it.
Mr. Lloyd, the Government engineer, was re-
called,l and explained two or three parts of his evi-
dence. He said the unexploded boiler began to break
at a pressure of 1201bs. to the square inch, and burst
completely;at:l36lbs. It could not, in his opinion, have
burst at a pressure of less than 1361b5. He would not
undertake to say that the whole of the bulging of the
front plate of the boiler was caused by pressure; it
seemed, however, to have been so caused. The pro-
bability was that the pressure was greater than he
had mentioned. They might assume that the pressure
on the two boilers was alike. If the rivets had been
better the elates would have been held more firmly
together. The rivets were loose and two short.
By the Foreman—lt appears, from what I have
heard, that the gauge did not indicate more than one
half the pressure on the boiler.
Charles Jenkins, of No. 4, Agar-street, Strand,
plumber, painter, and glazier—l was sworn on this
jury originally, but retired. I have seen the valves
with the strings tied to them, and I have made the
model which I now produce.—(The witness produced
the model, and said that even if the string was tied
that the valves could work. The witness said, the
model, or " muddle " as Mr. James called it, was
made upside-down, and that it belonged to a kitchen
boiler. The model caused much laughter.)
Mr. Poletti, the superintendent of the boats, was
next examined. He said he had nothing to do with
the machinery of the boats. He saw that the steam
was got up in time, and generally superintended
the affairs of the company. He never saw the
levers tied down. Spunyarn was used at present in
the other boats. He examined the valves on the
Sunday. Clarke was charged with tying them by
Edwards. They were not tied. He never saw them
tied. Edwards made one " oration" in the bearing
of the passengers, and I went at once into the engine-
room and taxed him with it. I said, " Clarke, have
you been tying the valves down ?" He replied,
"Do you think I am mad, Sir ?" I said, " If
you had I should have thought that you
were mad." I examined the spunyarn and found
that it was not taught—that it hung loose
over a nail in the beam. There was one
string to each valve. Had seen it repeatedly,
in the same position both before and after; subse-
quently I kept my eye upon them, and put my hand
upon those in the Cricket, and in other boats several
times. They were never tight in any of the boats.
I declare to my God that I never saw the string in a
position to impede the valves ! I have seen the ends
hanging down. I never knew anything serious
occur in the machinery. When anything occurred
I generally investigated it.
To the jury—Probably Clarke had sufficient time
to notice them if they were tied. I did not go down
the moment I heard the charge. I felt it my duty
to acquaint Mr. Smith with the circumstance the
next morning, and he came down at eleven or twelve
the next (Monday) morning. He sent me for Clarke,
and I went for him. Mr. Smith spoke to Clarke on
the subject. I disbelieved the report with respect to
Clarke. lam not positive whether they did, or did
not, go into the engine-room.
By Mr. M. Chambers—l was the person to whom
complaints were made in the first instance.
(The inquiry was not concluded when our report
left.)

the plate of the larboard boiler, the boiler that ex-
ploded. The leakage was corked and stopped. I
can't say that the leakage broke out again. There
were sometimes small leakages. I cannot recollect.
It-does not occur to me to say anything more. I
never heard anything about the valves being tied
until after the explosion.
By Mr. Chambers—l have been an engineer eleven
years, during which time I have worked steam-
vessels. I have been engaged in tugs, in the Citizen
boats, and other steam-boats above bridge. I drove a
Richmond boat about four years, with the exception
of four months when the boats did not run. The
boats always went to Mr. Joyce's to be repaired. I
did not speak to the proprietors respecting the boiler.
I always looked upon Kent at that time as the fore-
man. He came from Mr. Joyce's manufactory. I
was engaged by Mr. Joyce or Mr. Meecham to drive
the boats. I think they inquired into my competency.
The strings were slanting, and I do not think they
could tie the valves, looking at the position of the
weight—they were not perpendicular, and if they
were tied the ball would have a tendency to come
forward and keep the valves open. I never wore out
any strings. I struck one off. I should think a
quarter of an inch, or three-sixteenths a lift would be
sufficient to relieve the boiler. I never did anything
to prevent the use of the spring valves.
By Mr. James—The starboard valve had a string
to it on the morning of the explosion. The other had
not. I shook it off on the Sunday. The larboard
valve acted well on the morning previous to the ex-
plosion. When the pressure was at 38 the steam
would blow off, and this would occur frequently
during the day. We used to be at the piers twice
forty times during a day. I did not examine the
larboard valve between the Sunday and the Thurs-
day. I had every reason to believe that it acted, and,
therefore, I did not touch it. We have these cords
on the Ant and Bee. I have had them burned; they
have a pulley to lift them, and, as there is net much
wear, they do not require replacing more than once
in two or three months. I examined all the valves
on the morning before the explosion. The machinery
was in good condition. We had a good supply of
water, and good fires. The cause of the explosion
surpasses my knowledge. I should not say that the blowing off of the steam in the morning could be
heard by the people coming down the pier. I did
not walk out of the boat. lam not hurt I cannot
tell how I got upon the pier. I was sitting when I
came to. I never saw the steam blow off at 24. The
guage had been cleaned before I went into the boat.
It blew off at 38, with the weight at the extreme end
of the boiler. I will swear that the gunge did not rise
to 40 during our last voyage from Dyers' Hall pier.
It was at 40 at Dyers' Hall, and the steam
blew off strongly, but when we started it fell. It
does puzzle me how the explosion could take place
with the valves open and the pressure 38. The steam
might have got up whilst we were at the Adelphi
Pier. I raised Salter's valves with a broom handle
the morning before. I cannot tell at what pressure
they were. Nothing particular caused me to use the
broomstick. It was the first thing that came to my
hand ; it might be to save me the trouble of taking
the case of. I never looked at the index of Salter's
balance. There is an index for the engineer to look
at if he chooses to take the case of, but I never looked
at it, and I cannot tell whether the pressure was 40,
50, or GO. The broomstick cracked when I touched
the valve, but it had been broken before. Taking off
the case to look at Salter's balance would take about
five minutes. I cannot tell who removed the rope
from the other valve after the explosion. The pres-
sure was increasing when I left the engine room.
The fires had not been made up since leaving Dyer's
Hall. When Pater was my stoker the ropes were
placed as I have described. If the yarn with the loop
were brought straight the valve would still have a foot
to work in. lam sure I never twisted one of the
I ropes round the nail.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TAT TERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY.
CESAREWITCH STARES.
7 to 1 agst Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle,3 yrs, Bst lib
—taken
14 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Wood Pigeon, 5 yrs, Bst
1,000 to GO agst Mr. Disney's Cawroush, 4 yrs, 7st—t
1,000 to 60 agst Mr. B. Green's Rob Roy, 3 yrs, 6st—t
20 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Ulysses, 3 yrs, 6st—taken
20 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip filly, 3 yrs,
4st 121 b—taken
20 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Reminiscence, 3
yrs, 7st
20 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair, 5 yrs,
Bst—take 25 to 1
25 to 1 agst Mr. Parr's Giselle, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b
25 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress, aged, Bst Sib
25 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Lightning, 6 yrs, Sst Sib
25 to 1 agst Mr. Johnstone's Annandale, 5 yrs,
7st 121 b
25 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Marquis of Conyngham, 4
yrs, 6st
30 to 1 Captain Pettat's Newcourt, aged, 7st 121 b
33 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Crozier, 3 yrs, Est 61b
The above were the average prices at the close; in
several bets, however, against Rob Roy, Cawroush, and
Lady Wildair, higher odds were laid; 20 to 1, 25 and 33
to 1 laid by different parties against Marquis of Co-
nyngham.

Mr. Moore's Wolfdog, 5 yrs ... 2
Mr. W. Maycock's Bit Nibble, 3 yrs... ... ••• 3
Lord Orford's Footstool, 4 rears ... -.• ••• 4
Sir G. Heathcote's br cby Velocipi,de •• 5
'Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, h ft. Once

round.
Mr. Wilder's Spem Gregis, 3 yrs (Hon. S. Erskine) 1
lion. G. Ongley's Roderick, aged ... ... 2
Lord Strathmore's Miss Jean ... .. ... 3
Lyons, Master Stepney, and Chatham, also ran.
The Farewell Stakes of 5 sous. each, 3 ft and 20 added.
Once round and a dis.
Mr. S. Scott's Mosque, aged ... ...(J. Sharpe) 1
Mr. R. J. Shaftoe's Sharpshooter, 4 yrs ... 2
The Hunters' Stakes of 5 sous. each, and 60 added, the
second to receive and the third to save his stake.
Heats. Once round and a dis.
Mr. T. Price's ch, by Epirus, out of a half-bred
mare, 3 yrs ... (0 W ner) 0 1 1
Mr. Wesley's Elitnea, 4 yrs ~ „, „. 1 2 3
Captain Barnett's Limerick, aged ... 2 0 2

Several others started.
MANCHESTER AUTUMN MEETING.
THURSDAY.
The Broughton Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 40 added.
One mile and a half.
Mr. Swindells nd Louisa Newell, 3 yrs (G. Abdale) 1
Mr. Fox's Meaux, 5 yrs . 2
Mr. Robertson's Blackbird, 4 yrs . . ••• •" 3
The Champagne Stakes of 10 sovs. eacb, 5 ft, with 50
added, for two yrs old. One mile.
Mr. S. L. Fox's Le Comte, Bst ... (Holmes) 1
Mr. Green's Sylvan, Bst lib
••• ••• 2
Mr. J. Scott's Miss Cobden, 7st 51b
••• "• 3
The following also started, but were not placed:—Mr.
Jones's Vale Royal, ist 101b—Mr. Williams's b f by
Lanercost, out of Pluralist's dam, 7st 81b—and Lord
Chesterfield's b c by Don John, out of Game Lass,
7st 81b.

Won by a neck.
The Manchester Autumn of 100 sovs., added to a sweep-
stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared ;
the second to receive 25 sovs. out of the stakes. Two
miles.
Sir C. Monck's Gaiety, 3 yrs, sst slb (Charlton) 0 1
Mr. Meeson's The Dart, 5 yrs, Est 121 b ••• 0 2
Mr. Bell's Fiddlestring, 4 yrs, Est 71b ••• 3
Mr. Meiklam's Deloraine, 3 yrs, sst 51b •• 4
The following also ran :—Mr. Waller's Columbus, 5
yrs, Est 21b ; Mr. Bond's Comme-it-faut, 3 yrs, .sst 81b ;
Mr. J. Clarke's Maid of Lyme, 4 yrs, Est 21b ; Mr.
Disney's Cawroush, 4 yrs, 6st 21b ; Mr. Heap's Brown
Fly, 4 yrs, sst 61b ; and Mr. Shepherd's Squire of
Halton, 4 yrs, sst 61b. A dead beat. The deciding heat
won easy.
The Railway Plate of 701. Heats, two miles.
Mr. Arrowsmith's Bedale, 5 yrs ... (Abdale) 1 1
Mr. Legh's Maid of Lune, 3 yrs ... ... ... 2 2
Mr. Dawson's Bretwalda, 5 yrs ... ... 0 3
Mr. Clifford's Vanilla, 5 yrs ... ... 0 4
Mr. Stafford's Alexander, 6 yre 0 dr
OSWESTRY RACES—WEDNESDAY.
The Cup of 50 soya., given by Sir W. W. Wynn, added
to a Handicap of 15 sors. ; 10 ft., and 5 only if de-
clared. One mile and a half.
Mr. Smith's Master Downes, 5 yrs, 85t.... Walked over.
The County Members' Pla;e of 50 sovs., added to a

Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each ; heats. One mild and a

half. (Three Subs.)
Mr. Standish's Little Hampton, 6 yrs (A. Clarke) 1 1
Mr. Moore's Rochester, aged, 9st 21b 3 2
Mr. Jones's Smuggler Bill, 4 yrs, Bst ... 2 dr
The Oswestry Stakes of 5 sous. each, and 3 added ;
heats. One mile and a half.

Mr. Carter nd Linnieus, 3 yrs (Sly, jun.) 0 0 1 1
Mr. Griffiths' Gaslight, 5 yrs ... 0 1 2 2
Mr. Kinchant nd Piefinch, 3 yrs ... ... 1 2 0 3
Mr. Davies' Jenny Lind, 4 yrs ... ... 2 0 0 dr
Mr. Phillips's Tallyho, 6 yrs ... ... 3 0 odr
Mr. Phillips's My Lord, aged ... •.• 0 dis.
The Town Plate of 501. Heats, one mile and a half.
Mr. Smith's Master Downes, 5 yrs, Bst 81b ... 1 1
Mr. Jones's Smuggler Bill, 4 yrs, Bst 3 2
Mr. Standish's Little Hampton, 6 yrs, Bst 91b ... 2 3
LEICESTER RACES.—THURSDAY.

The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas. Thrice round.
Mr. J. Day's The Hero, 4 yrs, 9st llb ...(A. Day) 1
Mr. Wildman's cf by Johnny Boy, 2 yrs 7st 111 b ... 2
Sweepstakes of 2 sovs each and 30 added. Heats, twice
round and a distance.

Captain Campbell's Jack Cade, 6ys, 9st (Fletcher) 1 1
➢ir. Wildman's bf by Johnny Boy, 2 yrs, Gst 61b 2 dr
The Cup Stakes of 10 sovs. each. Twice round and a
distance.

Mr. Wildman's Megera, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b (Tomlin) 1 1
Mr. Raworth's Idolater, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b dis.
NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING, 1847.
The asterisk is prefixed to those horses now in training
at Newmarket. Several are expected from Goodwood,
Littleton, Danebury, Welwyn, &C.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 28.

The Trial Stakes of 10 sovs. each; for three yrs old,
7st 71b; four, Bst 91b; five, 9st 21b; six and aged,
9st 61b. A.F.
Sweepstakes of 10 sot's. each; for two yrs old, 6st 71b;
three, Bst 71b; four and upwards, 9st. T.Y.C. The
winner to be sold for 50 sovs., &e.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, and only 5 ft if
declared; for three yrs old, &c. T.Y.C.
The Hopeful Stakes of 40 sovs, each, h ft; for two yrs
old colts. Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 51b, &c; the second
to receive 501. Last half of Ab.lll. (28 Subs.)
Count Bathyany's Nourmahal—*Duke of Bedford's
Duplicity—Mr. Cooper's Slug—*Mr. Etwall's b c by
Venison, out of jEgis's dam—Lord Exeter's *Tippet,
Dove, and *risiphone—Sir J. Gerard's Lucy Ashton—
Mr. Grey's c by Earl of Richmond, out of Singleton's
dam—Mr. P. Godvy in's The Fostered Buck—*Sir J.
llawley's Lovelace—Sir J. B. Mills's Red Doe—Mr.
John Moore's Blaze—Mr. Mostyn's Daughter of Toscar
and Lady Augusta—Mr. Payne's f by Bustard, out of
Layla—*Colonel Peer* Teetotum—Captain Pitt's Holloa
—Duke of Richmond's Reflection—Mr. W. 11. Roberts's
Practice—Mr. Roles Sea-room and l'Egyptian Queen—
*Lord J. Scott's Rundisford—Lord Strathmore's Sweet-
sauce—Mr.Vernon's Glycina—*Mr. R. Watt's b or br f
by Lanercost, out of Cara, and b f by Touchstone, out of
Ohio—Mr. H. T. Worley's Grist.
The Grand Duke Michael Stakes of 50 sovs. each; for
three yrs old colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 51b. A.F.
(17 Subs.)
Lazarillo, Jack Musters, Planet, Projectile, Devil-me-
care, *Miles's Buy, b c by Lanercost, out of Lady
Berners—*gr c by Clearwell, out of Angelina—Conyng-
ham's Spider, The Irish King, Red Hart, Halo Marmesus,
Coningsby, *Sir Peter Laurie, Old Port.
The Buckenham Stakes of 300 sovs. each, h ft; colts,

Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 41b. T.Y.C. (3 Subs.)
Mr. Brook's John Orridge and The Idol—Mr. Mos-
tyn's Surplice, Loadstone, and Blackthorn—Mr. Wre-
ford's Whitstone, b f by Touchstone, out of Wadastra—
and Wild Deer.

Sweepstakes of 100 sovs, each, h ft. No weights or
course mentioned.
Colonel Anson's Contessa, *Sir J. Hawley's Cavatina,
and *Mr. Shelley's Doubtful.
Match, 100, h ft. First half of Ab.M.
*Lord Exeter's Cosachia, Bst 71b, agst *Col. Peel's
Vert Vert, Bst.

WEDNESDAY.
501; for three yrs old, 7st 51b; four, Bst 81b; five,
Bst 131 h; six and aged, 9st. D.I.
handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft; for two
yrs old. T.Y.C.
handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, and 5 ft if de-
clared; for three yrs old and upwards. D.M.
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each; for two yrs old, 6st;
three yrs, Bst 41b; four yrs, Bst 121 b; five yrs and up-
wards, 9st 11b. It.M. Winner to be sold for 1501.
The St. Leger Stakes of 25 sovs. each; for three yrs old
colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b. D.I. (8 Subs.)
Wanota, *Miami, Horn of Chase, Projectile, Glen-
tilt, ib c by Clearwell, out of Zipporab, Foreclosure,
and Administrator.

TUE
_SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 24, 1847.

FLANDERS MAIL.
BRUSSELS, SEPT. 22.—The Minister of War has just
addressed a circular to all the heads in the service of
the department, prohibiting them, under pain of dis-
missal, to make any communication whatsoever to
the public journals, or to speak abroad of what passes
within the beaureaus.

BRUSSELS, SEPT. 20.—His Majesty accompanied
by several aides-de-camp will set out to-morrow for
the camp of Beverloo, by the railway as far as Lou-
vaine. His Majesty will review the troops the same
day; on 'Wednesday the manoeuvres will take place,
after which there will be a grand dinner; on Thurs-
day a luncheon, after which his Majesty will return to
Lacken. The plan of attack between Louvaine and
Brussels, in the extensive plain of Linthoul, will
then be definitely arranged in the camp. The
grand general review will take place on the 28th.
After the review 300 musicians of the different regi-
ments of cavalry and infantry will perform several
pieces, and rejoin their several regiments as the
troops defile.
His Majesty will open the agricultural exhibition
in person, on the 24th of September. The Court has
g►one into mourning from the 19th to the 23d inclu-
sive, in consequence of the demise of her Royal High•
ness the Princess Hohenzollern Hechingen.
The penitentiary congress of Brussels opened this
day, in the grand Gothic Hall of the Stadt-house.
A large assemblage of foreigners, who have already
arrived here from all parts, were present on the
occasion.

THE HAGUE, SEPT. 20.—The Supreme Council
have lately decided on another point relative to the
application of the " Seven Children Law." A father,
whose seventh child was born while the law of Ni-
vose was in force, but who had made an application to
the State for the education of one of his sons, after the
introduction of the repeal of that law, requested per-
mission to go to law in this matter, free of expense.
The Supreme Council have, however, refused the
petition, and consequently, ex meritis causm, through
the operation of this law, a person who has formerly
possessed the right—during the space of three months
after the birth of his last child—to transfer to the
State the charges of the education of a son of ten
years of age, now loses the benefit of that term.
BAVARIA.—Mumcn, SEPT. Majesty the
King of Prussia yesterday paid a visit to the
Basilikas, the royal brass foundry and stain-
glass manufactory, where the painted windows
for the cathedral at Cologne are now in progress.
His Majesty set out on his tour at six o'clock this
evening. It is expected that. his Majesty on his way
on the Rhine, from Aschaffenburg, whence he will
make a short stay, will touch at Frankfort, and pro-
ceed to Bingen.
THE GALICIAN FRONTIER, SEPT. 12.—Accounts
just received from Cracow state, that the authorities
have just arrested two emissaries of the Polish Pro-
paganda of Paris ; upon them were found lists of
names, which included those of several individuals
to whom not the slightest suspicion had been pre-
viously attached. The new plans of the Propa-
ganda band of conspirators have precisely the same
aim as the revolution of last year—namely, by an
attack upon the police, the barracks, the persons in
office, in fine, by the complete overthrow and sub-
version of everything german to the country, to
deliver Poland from the domination of foreigners.
These seditious attempts will cause the Government
authorities to exercise redoubled vigilance, especially
m the case of those persons who now labour under
suspicion.

DUTCH FUNDS.—ANSTERDAM, SECT. 20.
Money. Bills
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent •••••• • .... 53% 54%
Ditto, 3 per Cent ••••.•.• • . • • • • • . 65% 65%
Ditto, 4 per ..............84%8 4 % 85 4
Amort Syndic, 4% per Cent • • •• . 84% 84%
Commercial Company, 4% per Cent .. 164 164%
East India Loan, 4 per Cent.. .... •• .. 8 4 $5
Exchange on London, at sight .... .• • . 12 05
Two months.— .•••.• • • • • • 11 90
On Hamburgh, at sight • ... 35 25
Two months... .. • • • 34 93
On Paris •••••••• • • • • • • • • 57 87
Two m0nth5....... •• • • .... 56 37
BELGIAN FUNDS.—BarISELs, SEPT. 21.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent •••••••• • • • • • •
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent --
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent • • •
Ditto Three per Cent ••••••••• . • • • • • • .
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto ..
Ditto,ditto,lB4o •• .•.•••• • • • • .• 98
D1tt0,d1tt0,1842...... ..
Ditto, 1844............... •••• • • .• •• • 91%
Ditto. 1836............... • • • • • • • • • • 90
Ditto, 1838 ..................... 67
Ditto of the City, 1832 •• • •.• • • • ••• .• 99
Ditto, 1843 •••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 96
Bank of 8e1gium.................... -
-Brussels Papers. Sept. 21.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.-VIENNA, SEPT. 15.
5 per Cont. Meta11ique5.......... • • • • •• • • 104%
4 per Cent. ditto • ..
3 per Cent. ditt0........ • • ••••••• • • • • • • 661,E
Loan, 1834 • • .• • • • • • • • • ...• 154
Ditto, 1839 .............• • • .• • • • • • • .. 118%
Bank Shares •. • • •••• • • .• • •• • • 1585
Esterhazy's Loan ........ . •
RAILWAYS.
The Northern, or Ferdinand ••••
Gloggiittz •• • • •••• • • •• ••• • • •• • • • 120
Vienna—Milan • • •• • •••• ••••• • • • • ••• • • 108%,
Pesth • • ...... •••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • 98%
Grosetto
Pestle Bridge . .•
Apenninen ............................
BORSENHALLE, Strr. 18.
Bills. Money.
Austrian 5 per Cents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 107
Bank Shares • ••• • • . •••••••• • • • • • • • • 1600
Anglo-ltussian Loan •••••••• • • • • • • • 102

Russian 5 perCont.;llamb. Certificate. 10114
Ditto Ist serieslnscription.. .. • • •• • • 106
Ditto,rlope andCo.,3d and 4th series.. 97
Ditto, in Certificate• •....•• •. --
New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. •• •• • • 89%
Ditto Stieglitz .... . ... . ..• •• • • 89
Spanish New 5 per Cent.............. 13% 13N
Ditto 3 per Cent .................. 223 i 22
Anglo-PortugueasLoan, 21.4 per Cent• • --
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. ••• •• 56
Ditto 3 per Cent. ................
Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844....
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ••• • • •
National Bank Share, ............ •• • •
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BitaLtx, Sarr. 18.

Bills. Money.
St.Schuld Sch., 334 per Cent —...••• • • • • • • 93 92J4
Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent ••• • • •
Foreign Exchanges .. ..... .................
Exchange on London, £1 Sterling, 3 Months 6 24% 6 2414

AN ANCIENT RELIC DISCOVERED.—The workmen
engaged in the repairs of St. Martin's chancel, in this
town, on Wednesday last, discovered on the wall, from
which an ancient tablet had been removed, a fresco
painting of a full-length figure, representing St. Kathe-
rine, with a crown upon her head, leaning on a sword, a
wheel by her side, and her feet trampling upon a pros-
trate figure, supposed to be the Emperor Maximim.
Underneath is a Latin superscription, written appa-
rently in rhyme ; but unfortunately some portion of it
is erased, in consequence of the plaster having broken
from the stone-work. The figure is supposed to have
been executed upwards of 400 years since. We under-
stand that the architects have taken a copy of the super-
scription, but we have not heard whether it is their in-
tention to preserve this piece of antiquity.—Leicester
Journal.

REPRIEVE TO LEITH THE MURDERER.—A com-
munication was received at Dundee, on Monday, from
the Home-office, by Mr. Duncan, M.P., in answer to
the petition recently forwarded, praying that Leith's
sentence of death should be commuted to that of trans-
portation. The basis of the petition was the petitioners'
abhorence of capital punishments, and the sentence being
passed on circumstantial evidence alone. The Home
Secretary's answer was prompt and decisive. He could
not feel warranted in taking a favourable view of the
case, so that the law must take its course. Preparations
were, accordingly, made for the execution on Wednes-
day morning, when, most unexpectedly, Tuesday morn-
ing's post brought a reprieve for fourteen days. Public
feeling here is certainly not in favour of killing by the
hangman. This altered state of matters is so far ex-
plained by the circumstance that Mrs. Roy, one of the
principal witnesses against Leith, was apprehended this
evening on a charge of being an accomplice in the poi-
soning. A new trial may now be rendered necessary.
CROWN COMMISSION. ANOTHER POST-OFFIC E
DEFAULTER.—Yesterday afternoon a commission was
opened at the office of the Sheriff of Middlesex, before
a jury specially empanneled to ascertain in what amount
William Adolphus Farley, of Fleet-street, London, was
indebted. The Chief Commissioner read the writ, in
which it was set forth that the said W. A. Farley was
indebted to the Crown for moneys received by him:and
for stamps. &c., in the sum of 3311. 17s. 4d., and that he
(the said W. A. Farley) being insolvent, and there being
a danger that the sum aforesaid would be lost to her
Majesty, the present writ had been issued for the more
speedy recovery thereof. The Learned Commissioner,
in addressing the jury, said that the evidence was on the
affidavit of Mr. Henry Wilson, a gentleman connected
with the Post-office, and the affidavit proved the amount
due. The jury found a verdict for the sum claimed.nnt
This is the second case within a few weeks in which a
commission has been opened at the above office on similar
grounds.
DEATH Or VICE-ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES DASH-
WOOD.—In our obituary of this day will be found the
name of Vice-Admiral of the White, Sir Charles Dash-
wood. This distinguished officer entered the navy in
January, 1779, and had thus been 68 years in the ser-
vice of the country, more than 40 of which were spent
at sea, and during his long and active career he com-
manded, for twenty years, ships of every rate in almost
every part of the world.
ROBING AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The annual
meeting of the members and friends of this society was
held yesterday at the King William, Nigh Roding,
which is situated about sixteen miles from Bishop's
Stortford. There were present T. N. Abdy, Esq.,
M.P. for Lyme Regis (President), Sir E. N. Buxton,
Bart., M.P., Vice-President, the Rev. W. Sheppey),
ALA , Rector of Rodinr, and a large number of the
gentry' of the county. Letters of apology were read
from Major Beresford, M.P. and Mr. W. Brampton.
The proceedings of the day commenced by the distri-
bution of prizes, after which a grand banquet was served
in a large marquee erected in a field behind the King
William. About 100 persons sat down to dinner,
amongst whom were, besides the gentlemen above men-
tioned, several members of the Royal Agricultural
Society. The whole of the proceedings went off with
spirit, and to the satisfaction of all present.
BRISTOL SUGAR-MARKET, SEPT. 22.—We continue
to have a good demand for all descriptions of British
plantation sugars, and prices are steadily supported, and
the brokers' offices are now rather bare of West India
samples. There is not so good an inquiry for rum, but
the few sales made are at fully former rates.

ESCAPE OF AN AMERICAN SLAVE

After having arranged everything to the best of
my knowledge, I saddled my pony, went into the
cellar where I kept my grass-seed apparatus, put my
clothes into a pair of saddle-bags, and them into my
seed-bag, and, thus equipped, set sail for the north
star. 0 what a day was that to me ! This was on
Saturday, in August, 1841. I wore my common
clothes, and was vet careful to avoid special sus-
picion, as I already imagined the administrator was
very watchful of me. The place from which I started
was about fifty miles from Lexington. The reason
why I do not give the name of the place, and a more
accurate location, must be obvious to any one who
remembers that, in the eye of the law, I am yet ac-
counted a slave, and no spot in the United States
affords an asylum for the wanderer. True, I feel
protected in the hearts of the many warm friends of
the slave by whom I am surrounded ; but this pro-
tection does not come from the laws of any one of the
United States.
But to return. After riding about fifteen miles, a
Baptist minister overtook me on the road, saying,
" How do you do, boy ? are you free ? I always
thought you were free, till I saw them try to sell vou
the other day." I then wished him a thousand miles
off; preaching, if he would, to the whole plantation,
" Servants, obey your masters ;" but I wanted neither
sermons, questions, nor advice from him. At length
I mustered resolution to make some kind of a reply.
" What made you think I was free ?" He replied,
that he had noticed I had great privileges, that I
did much as I liked, and that I was almost white.
" 0 yes," I said, "but there are a great many slaves
as white as I am." " Yes," he said, and then went
on to name several ; among others, one who had
lately, as he said, run away. This was touching
altogether too near upon what I was thinking ot.
Now, said I, he must know, or at least reckons, what
I am at—running away.
However, I blushed as little as possible, and made
strange of the fellow who had lately run away, as
though I knew nothing of it. The old fellow looked
at me, as it seemed to me, as though he would read
my thoughts. I wondered what in the world slaves
could run away for, especially if they had such a
chance as I had had for the last few years. He said,
" I suppose you would not run away on any account,
you are so well treated." " 0," said I, "I do very
well ; very well, sir. If you should ever hear that I
had run away, be certain it must be because there is
some great change in my treatment?'
He then began to talk with me about the seed in
my bag, and said that he should want to buy some.
Then, I thought, he means to get at the truth by
looking in my seed bag, where, sure enough, he
would not find grass seed, but the seeds of Liberty.
However, he dodged off soon, and left me alone. And
although I have heard say, poor company is better
than none, I felt much better without him than
with him.

try and see the other side, but I could see no bill,
mountain, nor city of the asylum I sought. I was
afraid to inquire where it was, lest it whould betray
such a degree of ignorance as to excite suspicion at
once. One day I heard a man ask another, em-
ployed on board a vessel, "And where does This
vessel trade ?" Well, I thought, if that is a proper
question for you, it is for me. So I passed along,
and asked of every vessel, " Where does this vessel
trade ?" At last the answer came, " Over here in
Kettle-creek, near Port Stanley." " And where is
that?" said I. "Oh, right over here in Canada."
That was the sound for me—" over here in Canada."
The captain asked me if I wanted a passage to
Canada. I thought it would not do to be too earnest
about it, lest it would betray me. I told him I had
some thought of going, if I could get a passage
cheap. We soon came to terms on this point, and
that evening set sail. After proceeding only nine
miles the wind changed, and the captain returned to
port again. This, I thought, was a very bad omen.
However, I stuck by, and the next evening, at nine
o'clock, we set sail once more, and at daylight we
were in. Canada.

When I stepped ashore here, I said, sure enough, I
Au FREE !—American Slavery.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen will hold a Privy Council on Tuesday
next, the 28th inst, at her .111,,jesty's marine residence,
Osborne, Isle of Wight. The Council will be held at
one o'clock.

Her Majesty and Princ© Albert, accompanied by
the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, and at-
tended by the Marchioness of Douro, Major-General
Bowles, and Colonel Bouverie, arrived at Osborne,
about two o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, from
town.

Yesterday afternoon her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent, accompanied by his Serene High-
ness Prince Ernest of Leiningen, and attended by
Sir George Couper, arrived at Osborne, on a visit to
her Majesty, from her residence, Frogmore House,
Windsor.

Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colo-
nial-office, from the Governors of the West India
Colonies.

THE POST-OFFICE.

The report on the Post-office, from which we re-
cently gave some details, contains, in addition, several
interesting particulars with respect to the working of
the department for money orders. Although an im-
pression generally prevails among the public that this
branch of the business is productive of considerable
profit, Mr. Hill considers that at present it is carried
on at a loss. The total commission received by the
money order department last year was 59,5501., but
the expenses are estimated at 64,449/. Of this sum
31,3181. was the cost of the three metropolitan offices
(London, Dublin, and Edinburgh), established solely
in connexion with the system, while the remainder
consisted of the following items—namely, 1,1364
paid as compensation to the parties by whom the
money order department was conducted before it was
made official; 9,9251., the charge for postage in trans-
mitting advices from one office to another; and
22,000/, the allowance (at the rate of 4/. for every
thousand orders) to each of the respective receivers
by whom the orders are issued and paid. Formerly
there was also an expense from the increased balances
which it was necessary to leave in the various offices,
but it now appears that, owing to the gradual accu-
mulation of unpaid money orders, there is a reserve
of capital in most of them sufficient to carry on the
business.
At the same time it is to observed that in Mr.
Hill's opinion the management of the department will
admit of modifications that may convert the loss into
a gain, and with that object he has made a report to
the Postmaster-General. At present there are no
less than 220 clerks, besides messengers and others,
employed in London alone, and whose chief duty it
is to check the general transactions connected with
money orders throughout the country. They have
about 10,000 letters of advice every morning, and
every order drawn is entered, one way or another,
ten times. Mr. Hill would simplify this, with the
view of reducing the enormous establishment, or at
least of admitting a large increase of business without
any increase of clerks.
It also appears that a proposition is under consi-
deration to permit the public to draw for sums be-
yond the existing limit of Si. At present this limit
is practically inoperative, because a party wishing to
draw for any larger amount, such as 101., for instance,
will accomplish his object by taking out two orders,
so that the only effect of this restriction is to give
the Post-office double trouble. It may be objected
that this alteration would bring the Post-office into
competition with the banking interest; but the rate
of charge, which would increase in proportion to the
amount (so that while it is Gd. for Si. it would be ls.
for 101.), would be sufficient to obviate the probability
of that result. The great convenience to arise would
be found in the means it would afford of transmitting
a sum of money from one country town to another
country town between which, as is the case in many
instances, no banking facilities exist.
In connexion with the details of Post-office ma-
nagement it may also be mentioned that it appears
from the report in question, that the subject of a
' Sunday•delivery has again been mooted, but Mr. Hill
is rightly of opinion that it would not be popular with
the London publi,.. It seems, however, that those
forward letters which reach London by the mails of
Sunday could be transmitted the same evening to the
country post-offices without any very large addition
to the attendance which is at present required.

When I had gone on about twenty-five miles,
I went down into a deep valley by the side of
the road, and changed my clothes. I reached Lex-
ington about seven o'clock that evening, and put up
with brother Cyrus. As I had often been to Lexing-
ton before, and stopped with him, it excited no atten-
tion from the slave-holding gentry. Moreover, I had
a pass from the administrator, of whom I had hired
my time. I remained over the Sabbath with Cyrus,
and we talked over a great many plans for future
operations, if my efforts to escape should be success-
ful. Indeed, we talked over all sorts of ways for me
to proceed. But both of us were very ignorant of the
roads, and of the best way to escape suspicion.
And I sometimes wonder that a slave, so ignorant, so
timid as he is, ever makes the attempt to get his free-
dom. " Without are foes, within are fears."
Monday morning, bright and early, I set my face
in good earnest toward the Ohio River, determined to
see and tread the north bank of it, or die in the at-
tempt. I said to myself, one of two things,—Free-
dom or death! The first night I reached Mayslick,
fifty odd miles from Lexington. Just before reaching
this village, I stopped to think over my situation, and
determine how I would pass the night. On that
night hung all my hopes. I was within twenty miles
of Ohio. My horse was unable to reach the river that
night. And besides, to travel and attempt to cross
the river in the night, would excite suspicion. I
must spend the night there. But how ? At one
time, I thought, I will take my pony out into the
field and give him some corn, and sleep myself on the
grass. But then the dogs will be out in the evening,
and if caught under such circumstances, they will
take me for a thief if not for a runaway. That
will not do. So, after weighing the matter all over,
I made a plunge right into the heart of the village,
and put up at the tavern.
After seeing my pony disposed of, I looked into
the bar-room, and saw some persons that I thought
were from my part of the country, and would know
me. I shrunk back with horror. What to do I did
not know. I looked across the street, and
saw the shop of a silversmith. A thought of a pair of
spectacles, to hide my face, struck me. I went across
the way, and began to barter for a pair of double-eyed
green spectacles. When I got them on, they blind-
folded me, if they did not others. Everything seemed
right up in my eyes. Some people buy spectacles to
see out of ; I bought mine to keep from being seen.
I hobbled back to the tavern, and called for supper.
This I did to avoid notice, for I felt like anything
but eating. At tea, I had not learned to measure
distances with my new eyes, and the first pass I made
with my knife and fork at my plate went right into
my lap. This confused me still more, and, after
drinking one cup of tea, I left the table, and got off
to bed as soon as possible. But not a wink of sleep
that night. All was confusion, dreams, anxiety, and
trembling.
As soon as day dawned I called for my horse,
paid my reckoning, and was on my way, rejoicing
that that night was gone, any how. I made all dili-
gence on my way, and was across the Ohio, and in
Aberdeen by noon, that day !
What my feelings were when I reached the free
shore can be better imagined than described. I
trembled all over with deep emotion, and I could feel
my hair rise upon my head. I was on what was
called a free soil, among a people who had no slaves.
I saw white men at work, and no slave smarting
beneath the lash. Everything was, indeed, new and
wonderful. Not knowing where to find a friend, and
being ignorant of the country—unwilling to inquire,
lest I should betray my ignorance, it was a whole
week before I reached Cincinnati; At one place
where I put up I had a great many more questions
put to me than I wished to answer. At another
place, I was very much annoyed by the officiousness
of the landlord, who made it a point to supply every
guest with newspapers. I took the copy handed me,
and turned it over, in a somewhat awkward manner,
I suppose. He came to me to point out a veto, or
some other very important news. I thought it best
to decline his assistance, and gave up . the paper,
saying my eyes were not in a fit condition to read
much.

TO SHAREHOLDERS IN RAIL-

WAYS

Gentlemen,—Having had some experience in
shares, allow me to give you a little advice, and
not to sell a single share unless you are unfortu-
nately compelled, as lam confident we shall see
things better, and that before long.
It may be that many of you are not aware
of the manner in which the business in shares
is transacted. Say this is the Ist of the month. I
sell transfer shares for the next account. These can-
not be bought in against me before the end of the
month, and this gives the " Bears " a chance of the
market. And in the late depression they have found
it to their advantage to press down the market ; and
many having become alarmed, have unfortunately
sold at ruinously low prices. I know-of no place
where this practice has been going on more than in
Manchester ; and, in order to protect the shareholders,
I write these few lines, hoping by this means, I may
prevent some of you from falling into the hands of
" Bears."

At another place, the neighbours, on learning that
a Kentuckian was at the tavern, came, in great
earnestness, to find out what my business was. Ken-
tuckians sometimes came there to kidnap their
citizens. They were in the habit of watching them
close. I at length satisfied them, by assuring them
that I was not, nor my father before me, any slave-
holder at all ; but, lest their suspicions should be ex-
cited in another direction, I added, my grandfather
was a slaveholder.

It. 23, 1847.

A SHAREHOLDER.

Company'sof the Dublin steamer
The chief engineer
in the most sudden and fright-
' met his death. the
SHOCKING ACCIDENT ON BOARD A STEAMER.—
attOnLigilvae,rwpohoeln,
athnde venagsinoeffert,hevvlsmle.
ful manner on Sunday night. The Queen waq• on her
Doyle, found it necessary to oil some of the working
joints of one of the engines. Whilst thus engaged the
vessel lurched, and the poor fellow was thrown off his
o f voyageAl an from
about Belfast
eleven
balance, and was caught by the side lever or workingn
beam of the engine. He was pulled underneeasthd,
wasad
before the engine could be stopped s_
head. The engines
mangled in a frightful manner, both sides of i
jaw being literally driven
into the
was taken up
were stopped at once, but too late—heesectably connected,
quite dead. The deceased was r
ap . head
lower
The commander
'oulfdthwe years,ofwas
promptly on the
Captain Church,
Queen was filling the
life was extinct. . The
spot, but .
anstebaurntetrw, twenty-seven
present was to have been the Queen's
gular that the This, unfortunately, was not
last trip on the station. ,
the
quay
at
accident. On the Queens leaving
station of the ill-fated Sea King steamer, and it is sin-
the only
shore, fell between the steamer and the quay, and was
Liverpool on Friday, a woman, in attempting to leap on
crushed to death.—Dublin Freeman.
TRIAL OF THE DEE BRIDGE GIRDER.—OUr own
correspondent writes from Chester, that the officers of
the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company, instead of
waiting the inspection and test of a Government com-
mission, and entertaining, it is presumed, doubts upon
the strength of the fellow to the broken girder, have
tested it themselves on the very eve of the appointment
of that commission. It was accomplished with railway
38
fracture
bars suspended from the girder, and the weight was
gradually applied and equally distributed over the centre
commenced cwt. 2
is divisionibn..unodf e trh
we
hrii
cbhit until
broke.it re ached
The
at the bottom flanges, and proved clearly that it broke
by tension. This experiment at once shows the fallacy
and utter uselessness of the tension bars in the manner
in which they were applied at this bridge. In addi-
tion to the bungling at the Dee Bridge, which " bangs
Banagher," they are now taking down the girder bridge
over the Chester and Ellesmere canals of 60 feet span,
in consequence of some fractures being observed in the
masonry at the quoins of the abutment upon which the
outside girders rest.—The Builder.
THE YOUTH OF THORWALDSEN THE SCULPTOR.--
When seventeen years old, says Andersen, he was con-
firmed, at which holy rite a curious incident occurred.
There was nothing external to distinguish him from
the other youths. But it had been stated in the
papers, that the pupil Thorwaldsen had gained the
small silver prize-medal at the academy, and so the
Dean asked him, " Is it ycur brother w ho won the
prize?" to which the lad proudly replied," It is myself."
So the Very Reverend looked at him pleasingly, and
then called him " Mr. Thorwaldsen." He often used
to relate in after life, that thin first title bestowed on
his art, gave him more pleasure than all the dis-
tinctions kings afterwards showered upon him.—The
Builder.
TuE TOMB OF A SCIPIO.—We read in the im-
partial of Franche Comte, that in digging for the
foundation of the Arsenal there, many remains o
Roman construction have been found, and of a vast
cemetery. A portion of one sepulchral monument
bears this inscription. " P. Cornelius Scipio," and has
set the local antiquaries to work.—The Builder.
We have been informed, on unquestionable autho.
rity that the appointment of Chief Commissioner of
' Poor-lai:-) has been declined by the Earl of Chichester.

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At Cincinnati, I found some old acquaintances,
and spent several days. In passing through some of
the streets I several times saw a great slave-dealer
from Kentucky who knew me, and, when I ap-
proached him, I was very careful to give him a wide
berth. The only advice that I here received was from
a man who had once been a slave. He urged me to
sell my pony, go up the river to Portsmouth, then
take the canal for Cleveland, and cross over to Canada.
I acted upon this suggestion, sold my horse for a
small sum, as he was pretty well used up, took pas-
sage for Portsmouth, and soon found myself on the
canal boat, beaded for Cleveland.' On the boat I
became acquainted with a Mr. Colony, from News
York. He was very sick with fever and agute,
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he was a stranger, and alone, I took the
care of him, for a time. One
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are not the man for me to have much to do with. I
found the spirit of slaveholding
the Ohio River.
No sooner had I reached Cleveland than a trouble
came upon me from a very unexpected quarter. A
rough, swearing, reckless creature, in the shape of a
man, came up to me, and declared I had passed a bad
five dollar bill upon his wife, in the boat, and he de-
manded the silver for it. I had never seen him nor
his wife before. lie pursued me into the tavern,
swearing and threatening all the way. The travel-
lers, that had just arrived at the tavern, were asked
to give their names to the clerk, that he might enter
them upon the book. lie called on me for my name,
just as this ruffian was in the midst of his assault
upon me. On leaving Kentucky, I thought it best,
for my own security, to take a new name, and 1 had
been entered on the boat as Archibald Campbell. 1
knew, with such a charge as this man was
making against me, it would not do to change my
name from the boat to the hotel. At the moment, I
could not recollect what I had called myself, and,
for a few minutes, I was in a complete puzzle. The
clerk kept calling, and I made believe deaf, till, at
length, the name popped back again, and I was duly
enrolled a guest at the tavern in Cleveland. I had
heard before of persons being frightened out of their
Christian names, but I was fairly scared out of both
mine for awhile. The landlord soon protected me
from the violence of the bad- meaning man, and drove
him away from the house.
I was detained at Cleveland several days, not
knowing how to get across the lake, into Canada. I
went out to the shore of the lake again and again, to