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THE SUN LONDON, THURS_DAY EVEINING, NOVEIVIIIER 269

lision with the Hereford train ; several of
the carriages were broken, and Mr. Shillibeer
and others were injured. A case of greater negligence
had never occurred, the cause of the collision being, he
believed, the neglect of the proper signals. Mr. Shil-
libeer was carried into an ante-room in an insensible
state, and it was ultimately found that he had received a
concussion of the brain, his upper left jaw was broken,
and his teeth dislodged, one of the facial nerves was
destroyed, and he had not recovered from the injuries,
and probably never would completely recover from the
injuries he had received. His whole nervous system
had been considerably shaken, and even now, in
the latter end of 1846, he could not endure the
night air without great pain and swelling in the
parts injured. He had already paid between 601. and
701. for medical advice, and yet the defendants considered
51. ample compensation for such desperate injuries—for
incapacitating him from attending to his business, and
entrusting it to others—for journeys to the country, in
the hope of restoring his health. If they wished to
afford impunity to corporate insolence, they would find
for the defendants, but he trusted they would
do their duty to the plaintiff and to the public,
and compel the defendants to do justice. They
disregarded public retnonstiance, and it therefore
rested with the jury to teach the Eastern Counties Com-
pany that, if they were guilty of negligence, and caused
erious end lasting injuries to those who were compelled
to travel by their line, they should afford due compen-
sation to the parties so injured.
Mr. Lawrence, engine-driver on the Eastern Counties
—Left for Stratford at six o'clock with a coke train on
the up line, intending to cross to the down line at a
short distance. He had not gone far before the train
came into violent collision with the parcel up-train, to
which no signal-light was attached. Considerable
damage was dune to the engine and some of the car-
riages. Saw Mr. Shillibeer, who was insensible. Some
one showed him a white light before he started.
Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant SHEA—Was dis-
charged immediately after the occurrence. If there had
been a signal light in the train the accident would not
have happened. A light was placed on the train the
next night. He had been six years in the service of the
company, and seldom travelled on that part of the line.
John Brundley, late inspector on the Eastern Coun-
ties, deposed to the condition of Mr. Shillibeer imme-
diately after the accident.
Mr. Geary, assistant to Mr. Ancorn, deposed that he
saw the plaintiff a quarter of an hour after the accident.
He was insensible, and there was a great deal of blood
about his face. His eye was considerably swollen.
Mr. Ancorn said he was in the habit of attending
many of the servants employed on the Eastern Counties.
When he first saw the plaintiff, soon after the acci-
dent, he was in a state of semi-stupor, in which state
he continued for nearly eight days, when he was
allowed to leave his room. There was a fracture of

the jaw-bone, and the facial nerve was so much injured
that until latterly he could scarcely bear the influence
of the night wind upon the part. The most serious
part of the injuries he had received had not yet
developed itself, and if the swelling, which was in a
morbid state did not subside, he would most likely have
to undergo an operation. In the earlier stages his memory
seemed impaired, but it had improved since he visited
Brighton. Ilis nervous energy had been greatly im•
paired by the accident.
Dr. Aston Key, surgeon to the hospital and to
Prince Albert, stated he had seen the plaintiff four times,
the first time early in this year. His left jaw and teeth
were displaced, and he complained of want of sight, of
smell, and loss of memory. The nerves above and below
the eye were very painful. There was a swelling in the
mouth, with respect- to which an operation might be
necessary. He first saw him in February, and the
last time a few days ago. He considered
when he first saw him he was suffering from concussion
of the brain. He had greatly improved ; a man who
had received such injuries was more sensitive to disease,
and could not enjoy wine or society so much as a man
whoha d not been so injured.
By Mr. Sergeant SHEA—IIe had improved, and would
no doubt continue to improve.
Dr. Garraway, of Guy's Hospital, agreed with the
last witness in his material statements.
Mr. H. W. Shilliber, a solicitor at Taunton, and couAn
of the plaintiff spoke to the great change which the ac-
cident bad worked in the plaintiff. Before it, he was
one of the best drivers in London, but now he was
nervous and irritable, and now drove a pony" He drove
him (witness) down to Westminster this morning. He
had visited him at Taunton, and at dinner took a mode-
rate quantity of wine.
This was the case for the plaintiff.
Mr. Sergeant SHEA then proceeded to address the
Court on behalf of the Eastern Counties Railway. He
mainly addressed himself to the mitigation of damages,
and considered that the case was one in which but
small damages would be sufficient. His Learned Friend
had imputed the greatest neglect to the company, but
they had done all in their . power to prevent the recur-
rence of such accidents by immediately discharging the
driver, who had been in their service six years, who, it
appeared was in a wrong track, and he, as well as the
other servants of the company, must have known that
the train was on the eve of its arrival. The
company deeply regretted the accident, and
at once admitted that the plaintiff was entitled
to compensation, and they had been willing to
afford him as much as they considered him reasonably
entitled to, but as his demands were unreasonable, they

had no other course left than to allow the matter to be
submitted to a jury, satisfied that justice would be done,
and that they would not be unduly sacrificed.
Lord DENMAN summed up, and left the amount of
damages in the hands of the jury, who, after a few
minutes' consideration, found a verdict for the plaintiff.
Damages, 5001.

EXCHEQUE tt.-( TH IS DAY.)

GRANT V. DICKER, MACKENZIE AND PRICE.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff (who sued
in forma pauperis), late a clerk in the employ of the
Irish West Coast Railway, to recover a sum of money
alleged to be due from the defendants, for services ren-
dered on behalf of the company.
Mr. Sergeant Wimurrs appeared for the plaintiff, and
in his opening statement, said that the plaintiff had been
employed as a clerk to the above-named company, and
that the three defendants were members of the provi-
sional committee. The plaintiff was engaged at a salary
of 10s. 6d. per day, and having occasion to go to Ireland
on business connected with the company, he was to re•
ceive, while upon that business, 255. per day, and it was
to recover the sum so due to him that the present action
was brought.
No evidence having been given to show the connexion
of the defendants with the company, the plaintiff was
onsuited.

The jury gave a verdict for the amount claimed.
THE ELY AND HUNTINGDON RAILWAY COMPANY

V. RYDER.

This was an action brought by the Ely and Hunting-
don Railway CoMpany against the defendant, one of the
shareholders, to recover a call of 21. 103. on 106 shares
allotted to the defendant.
The defendant suffered judgment to go by default.
Mr. BIRCH appeared as counsel for the.company, and
called evidenco in support of the case.
A question arose as to the liability of the defendant
to pay interest from the day on which the call was to
be paid. There was no count in the declaration to carry
interest, and the Learned Under Sheriff was at first of
opinion that notice ought to be given that the calls
were due.
Mr. BIRCH submitted that a general notice was suffi-
cient, and that it was not necessary that individual no-
tice should be proved.
Mr. ROBINSON said he thought there could be no
question that shares bore interest.
Mr. BIRCH quoted the case of the Southampton Dock
Company v. Richards (1 Scott's Law Reports, 219;, and
on that authority
The Learned UNDER-SHERIFF said the jury could, if
they thought proper, give interest by way of damages.
The jury gave a verdict for 2731. 7s. 7d., allowing in-
terest at five per cent.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY..

OLD COURT.

Henry Eames, aged 28, described as a servant, was in-
dicted for a rape on a child under ten years of age.
Mr. Payne prosecuted, and Mr. Prendergast defended
the prisoner.
The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty of the
capital offence, but Guilty of an assault.
Mr. Justice COLTMAN did not conceive that the
assault was comprised in the felony; he therefore
directed a verdict of Not Guilty to be recorded, and the
prisoner was ordered to be detained, in order that an
indictment of felony might be preferred against him.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen and Prince Albert drove out in th
vicinity of Osborne House, on Tuesday afternoon.
There was no addition to the royal dinner circle in
the evening.
The unfavourable state of the weather during tha
whole of the forenoon yesterday, prevented her Majesty
and her Royal Consort .leaving Osborne House. The
Royal Family were also prevented from taking their ac-
customed airings yesterday morning.
Sir Thomas Fremantle, Chairman of the Customs
had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer
yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street.
The Marquis of Breadalbane had an interview with
Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home-office. Mr.
Marjoribanks had also an interview yesterday with the
Right Hon. Baronet.
A deputation from Brighton had an interview with
Lord Morpeth yesterday at the office of the Woods and
Forests in Whitehall-place. The deputation consisted
of Captain Pechell and Lord Alfred Hervey, the
Members for Brighton, the High Constable of Brighton,
W. Calt, Esq., Thomas Altree, Esq., Thomas Freeman,
Esq., Lewis Slight, Esq., Clerk to the Commissioners of
Brighton.

The Right Hon. E. Strutt, and Major Brandreth, had
au interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer.

Tile Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a
general meeting yesterday.
Sir D;,‘ Lacy Evans had an interview with the Right
Hon. T. Milner Gibson yesterday at the office of the
Board of Trade.
The Bishop of Newfoundland had an interview with
Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer had a dinner party
yesterday at his residence in Eaton-square. Lady Mary
Wood had afterwards an evening party.
Lord and Lady John Russell left town ye'stcrday, on
a visit to the Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell, at Chenies,
Bucks.
The Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay left town yesterday.
The Lord Chancellor has left town for Brighton.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.
OXFORD, Nov. 24.—The second meeting of the Ash-
molean Society this term was held yesterday evening in
the Museum, Professor Powell in the chair. The
following candidates were balloted for and elected
members :

W. Spottiswoode, Esq., of Baliol College ; It. A. Le
Mesurier, Esq., Corpus College ; W. J. Waters, Esq.,
Wadham College ; A. Melville, M.D., Edinburgh.
The following presents were announced :—The Quar-
terly Journal of the Geological Society, No. 8, by that
society.

A Paper on the superficial - of Sweden, &c , by Sir
Roderick Impey Murchison, by the author.
Observations Meteorologiques fakes a- Taguilsk,
presented by Prince Dewedoff to Dr. Daubeny, and by
him to the society.
Some bones were exhibited by the Rev. 3". Wilson,
of Trinity College, found by Mr. Hewett, jnn., in one
of the barrows near Ilsley, Berkshire, in 1843. There
were six skeletons in the burrow, the skulls of all were
factured ; and some fragments of urns of unbaked clay,
found in a burrow opened in Blewbury Downs in 1846.
The urns were filled with bones, chiefly of animals.

PREFERMENTS.
The Lord Bishop of Winchester has instituted the
Rev. John Johnstone, M.A., to the vicarage of Overton,
near Whitchurch, Hampshire, to which are annexed the
sinecure Rectory of Overton, and the Curacy of Tadley,
all vacant by the death of the Rev. William Harrison ;
patron, the Bishop.
His Lordship has instituted the Rev. Frederick
Russell Mills, M.A., Curate of New Radnor, to the
Rectory of Hartley Maudit, near Alton, Hampshire,
vacant by the death of the Rev. T. Bissland, M.A.,
on the nomination of the Rev. Alexander Houston
Douglas, M.A., of Chester-square, Pimlico.
His Lordship has also instituted the Rev. Charles
Balston, 8.D., Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford,
to the Rectory of Stoke Charity, near Wbitchurch,
Hampshire, vacant by the resignation of the Very Rev.
William Buckland, D.D., Dean of Westminster; patrons,
the president and fellows of Corpus Christi College,
Oxford.

The Rev. John Henry Warneford, M.A., of Worcester
College, Oxford, Curate of Waddington in Craven, has
been licensed by the Lord Bishop of Ripon to the in-
cumbency of the new district of Salterhebble, in the
parish of Halifax.
The Lord Bishop of Durham has instituted the Rev.
Octavius James, M.A., to the Rectory of Kirkhaugh,
near Hexharo, Northumberland, vacant by the cession of
the Rev. William Bigland, on the nomination of Randle
Wm. Saunders.

. The Rev. Edward Francis, 8.A., of St. John's Col-
lege, Cambridge, has been instituted by the Lord Bishop
of Norwich to the Rectory of Shottisham, Suffolk, vacant
by the cession of the Rev. J. W. Darby, on the nomi-
nation of the Rev. W. Darby, the Rev. M. B. Darby,
and others.

The Rev. R. W. Kempley, 8.A., Curate of Castleford,
Yorkshire, has been licensed to the Perpetual Curacy of
St. James's Church, Fairburn, Yorkshire.
The Rev. T. Gleadow Fearne, 8.A., Incumbent of
rintwistle, Mottram, Cheshire, has been licensed to the
Perpetual Curacy of St. John's, Holmforth, Yorkshire.
The Lord Bishop of Worcester has instituted the Rev.
Henry Hill, M.A., Curate of Snettisham, Norfolk, to
the Vicarage of Aston Cantlow, near Alcester, War-
wickshire, on the nomination of the Rev. R. S. Caries.

IEXTENSIVE DESERTIONS FROM
THE liar REGIMENT.
The Montreal Courier furnishes us with some details
as to these desertions that will be read with interest.
We shall be doing our military a service by showing
them what they may expect in the American army, if
they should be base enough to betray their allegiance to
the flag of Britain. The Courier says :
" The reserve battalion of the 71st Regiment was sta-
taioned at Kingston, Canada West, until recently, when
it was relieved by the 46th Regt., and is now stationed
at Laprairie, with a detachment at St. Helen's. During
the time this regiment was in Kingston, we are informed
that up to some time in the month of July last, it
had lost, by desertion, about seventy men ; but from
that month until its recent arrival in Montreal, the crime
had ceased to a great extent, only three men having since
that deserted. We are told that two men of the 71st having
purchased their discharges—or having become entitled
to them by length of service, have found their wat to
Sackett's Harbour, at which piaci a recruiting party of
the regular army of the United Stat-rs was stationed.
They then enlisted themselves in the service of the
republic, and, furnished with civilian clothes, returned
to Kingston, where they hung about the barracks, and,
there is no doubt, persuaded the other men to desert.
It was not known to the officers of the regiment that
these men had entered the American service, or they
would not, of course, have been permitted to remain
about the barracks. There is no positive proof that
these fellows were sent purposely to seduce their former
comrades from their colours, but there is every
probability that such was the case, and the mere
tact of their having been permitted to revisit the
Canadian side of the lake after enlistment in
the American service, goes far to prove that such was
the fact. It is supposed that the soldiers were tempted
by the_offer of large bounties and better pay, with other
prospects of advantage; but, however, that may be, it is
certain that desertion to a very great extent took place.
We are told that an officer of the 71st went over to
Sackett's harbour, and meeting with one of the Ameri-
can officers stationed there, asked him if they ever took
deserters from the British service into their army; to
which he replied that they did not; upon which the
English officer took him to the American mainguard,
and there showed him three men of his own company.
The men very coolly saluted their former captain, and
the American officer shrugged up his shoulders, and
said that he could not be supposed to know who had
been soldiers, out of the numbers of old countrymen
who applied to enter their service. This was a false-
hood, for we deny the fact, that any man who has ever
been drilled can escape without being at once discovered
by the eye of a man who is himself a soldier. The Eng-
lish captain saw several more men of his regiment about
the barracks, most of whom tried to get out of his way,
evidently ashamed of themselves ; while others whom he
encountered unexpectedly, could not forget their old
habits, drew up as he passed, and soluted him. Some
two or three of the men, disgusted at their treatment by
the Americans, deserted from them in return and stir-
rendered themselves. It was then found that the poor
deluded fellows had been regularly victimised ; that,
although their seducers had promised them a large
bounty, &c., yet they were made to pay for so many
articles in the shape of necessaries, and at such extrava-
gant rates, that their great bounties soon vanished
into the pockets of the swindling Yankee quarter-
masters. They stated also that they were severely treated,
being confined to barracks after six o'clock in the even-
ing, and guard mounted at the gates by American vo-
lunteers, in order that they. should not escape after the
discovery of their victimisation. These men, it is sup-
posed, have all been sent to Mexico ; and if the truth
could be known, we believe it would be ascertained that
some couple of thousand of the army under General
Taylor are English deserters, and that the Americans
have a regularly laid and deliberate plan for recruiting
their ragamuffins by enticing away English soldiers
under false pretences. We are not sorry for the rascals
who desert—no treatment is bad enough for them, and
we only hope Taylor will take them where they will be
half-starved and „well. peppered ; but what are we to
think of a Government that tacitly encourages crimes of
the basest kind in the army of a friendly power, if it
does not actually authorise it, which one would almost
suppose to be the case.

DUTCH AND GERMAN PA PERS.
CRACOW.— (Fitoas THE GALICIAN FRONTIERS, NOV.
16.)—This is the day appointed for the proclamation of
the resolution of the three Powers for the incorporation
of Cracow with the Austrian monarchy. Count
Maurice de Deyme, Town-major of Prague, has arrived
in Cracow, as Imperial Commissioner, and will make
the formal proclamation at ten o'clock in the morning.
The announcement of this is to be sent by express to the
capitals of the three powers and will reach Vienna on the
morning of the 18th, where the execution of the act of
taking possession will be immediately published in the
official papers. In the manifesto of the Emperor to the
inhabitants of Cracow, that city, with its territory (24
square miles in extent, and 140,000 inhabitants) is de-
clared to be for ever an indivisible part of his Majesty's
dominions. The resolution for the suppression of the
Republic was taken, it is said, two or three months ago,
but the two German powers are stated to have insisted
on a further discussion of the matter in a conference at
Vienna ; in order to decide on mature deliberation
whether this extreme measure could be by any means
avoided. The decision of the conference was again for
tke absolute suppression of the republic. The reports
obtained from the authorities in all parts of Poland, it is
said, agreed that as long as Cracow should retain
its independent possession, it would not be possible to
preserve tranquillity and order in the several parts of
Poland. Many reports of the Provisional Government
of Cracow, on the impossibility of effectually maintain-
ing a regular police so long as the uncertainty of a Pro-
visional Government continued, and the uninterrupted
intrigues of the emissaries of the Polish Propaganda,
combined with an energetic prosecution of the matter on
the part of Russia, are said to hare hastened the execu-
tion of the resolution. As an equivalent for the acquisi-
tion of Cracow by Austria, Prussia is to have the lord-
ship of Hohenplatz, a district belonging to Austrian Si-
lisia, and Russia a small tract to the north of the Gali-
cian of Sarkspoli.—Algemeine Zeitung, Nov 20.
THE HAGUE, Nov. 19.—Her Royal Highness the
Princess of Orange arrived on the evening of the 13th at
Augsburg, whence she proceeded the following morning
to Munich. Her Royal Highness will go by way of
Coburg to Weimar.
His Excellency Count Schimmelpenninch, newly-ap-
pointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten-
tiary of the Netherlands at the Court of Great Britain,
arrived here by the train from Amsterdam.
ROTTERDASI, Nov. 20.—As a proof of the great im-
portance of the exportation to England, we may mention
that in the course of this week, no fewer than twelve
steam boats with oxen, fruit, and other provisions, have
left this city for that country.
THE HAGUE, NOV. 22.—The Provincial Tribunal of
Guelderland, delivered its sentence on the 19th of this
month, in the affair of M. Geptens, Vicar of the Roman
Catholic Church of Groenlow, accused of an attempt to
murder, with premeditation, which murder was pre-
vented by circumstances independent of the will of the
accused. The Tribunal pronounced him guilty, and
passed sentence of death upon him. After the reading
of the sentence, the President addressed the criminal in
an affecting speech, informing him that he had the
liberty to apply to the King for pardon. He exhorted
him to profit by the time which remained to humble
himself before God, and to implore forgiveness for his
crime.

We learn that his Royal Highness Prince Frederick
of Prussia will go to-morrow to Arnheim, by the train,
whence he will proceed to Dusseldorf, and that the
Prince of Saxe Weimar will set out, the day atter to-
morrow, for London.

IMPORTANT USES of MAHOGANY.
Mahogany, until of late years, has been regarded as a
rare and costly wood, applicable only to articlesof luxury,
few trades besides that of the cabinet-maker having had
any knowledge or experience of its qualities and advan-
tages. Time, however, has proved the fallacy of this
idea, and fully established its title to being the most
valuable wood which the world is known to produce ;
and, taking into consideration its many useful and pecu-
liar properties, it can, with truth, be said, that it is one
of the cheapest and best materials which can he emplo) ed
for the following important purposes :—ln house build-
ing ; in church building, for pews, benches, screens, and
pulpits, and even roofing and flooring ; in ship-building,
for the entire frame and planking ; in canal and dock
gates; in cabinet work ; and for carving and coach-
building; in machinery ; in railway and other carriages.
The above are some of the principal purposes for
which it is used; but now, owing to its low price and
better appreciation, it enters largely into the construction
of almost every article in which wood is employed.
To the ship-builder, the following remarks are respect-
fully addressed, as the subject is one of paramount
importance to the shipping interest of this country. It
is well known that, on account of the scarcity and
exorbitant price of high-class woods, the British ship-
owner is driven into a ruinous and unequal contest with
the foreigner, who, possessing inexhaustible forests at
home,-and having the additional advantage of obtaining
his wood untaxed,* as well as of procuring his stores and
crews on far more reasonable terms, is enabled to navi-
gate his vessels at lower freights in almost every part of
the world, excepting whore our colonial or cheaper-built
ships successfully compete with him. It is, therefore,_
manifest that the ship-builder of this country must look
to other sources than those he has been accustomed to;
in other words, be must seek his supplies in fresh coun-
tries, and his policy should be to give every encourage-
ment to the importation of first-class woods from all parts
of the world. The operation of the regulations of
"Lloyd's" had hitherto been to confine the building of a
" twelve years' ship" to a few favourite woods, difficult to
procure (excepting in the case of our own oak), thereby
limiting the source of supply to a few foreign ports, and
even from which the imports are yearly decreasing.
Lately, by a relaxation on the part of " Lloyd's," a wider
field has been opened for the British ship-builder, and, as
immense supplies of the best timber may be procured
from the forests of Honduras, Cuba, and St. Domingo,
the importers of mahogany only require encouragement
to furnish the proper shapes and dimensions to an extent
almost unlimited.
The consumption of mahogany in the royal dockyard
is considerable. The highest authorities iu the navy
have given the strongest written testimonials respecting
it, as it is justly held by them in great estimation on
account of its durability and strength, hating been
proved imperishable in ships of nearly a century old.
In addition to the above remarks, it ought to be borne,
in mind that mahogany, when proper!}'
the important and invaluable properties of great Lle
ancy and durability, slowness of ignition, flexibility, and
non-shrinkage, as well as being almost totally free from
dry rot and pernicious acids. It is, consequently, -
pecularly adapted for the frames and planking of steam-
vessels, as it resists every change of temperature, and
Ones not warp or shrink from excessive heat, or expand

from satur viola. The importers of mahogany have it in
their powi.*;, to provide ample supplies of the most suitable
curves ttia;i dituensions; and, instead of transferring the
ship- huiitlit ig trade to our colonies or to foreign powers,
we Alai:, vr, to wise legislation and judicious regulations,
have notbii tg to apprehend from the rivalry of other
countt:teA•

Matioaaany is found to work as freely and bend as
readily as a'azglisli.oak, as may be ascertained by inspect •
ing seine ' the IMO ships now being built, practically
demonstrating ;to those who are sceptical that it can be
turned round fiN.
.inos!, difficult curves without any
symptoms of " spallin,: or splitting. Its strength is
proved by its durability,
.since it wu:ild be scarcely
possible for the mahogany tinat.sau's of ships of war, which
are known to have lasted above a .7entury in a perfectly
sound state, to have been deficient in this e'.ssential
quality. Thomas and John White, the well
known ship -builders of Cowes, testify, as the result of a i
series of experiments, to " the strength of mahogany !I
over Engliih oak, East, India teak, American elm, I
American oak, &e.," and that it is the best wood for
ship-building purposes." The nen-corrosion of metals
is likewise a highly favourable property in this wood,
and this has I.,•een nacertained by the celebrated chemist,
Dr. lire, who, having tested samples of mahogany which
had been submitted for analysis, reports that " a decoc-
tion of the chips or shavings had hardly any chemical
reaction, ant scarcely aff,!cted iron and copper." The
mahogany which is the hest adapted for ship-building is
that which is firm, tough, and rosy, by which latter term
is maant the irreguiar direction or overlapping of the
grain of the woad, the soft or cedar-like kinds being
useful for the inside planking, whilst the hard and wavy
are suited for the outside planking and timbering. These
different properties were well understood by the Spanish
shipbuilders, who, by judiciously selecting such logs as
were of suitable t•-xture, succeeded in building ships,
some of which, even at the present day, are in commis-
sion in our navy, or, when broken up for age, have had
their mahogany timbers used in new ships. And it may
not be out of place to mention, on authority, that the
other kinds of timber which were in these old vessels
were decayed, whilst the mahogany was quite sound.
Nor let it be supposed that the old Spaniards cut ma-
hogany in their hlands alone : their archives attest that
even to the arsenal in, Cuba very much wood, cut on the
continent of America, was. shipped off for use there in
the Spanish na"y. Indeed the botanical character of
mahogany is essentially the same whether grown on the
continent or on the Islands of Cuba or St. Domingo.
The opinion of an eminent ship-builder, William Pit-
cher, Esq , of NorthLleet, goes to state, that "sound,
hard, and well selected Honduras mahogany is suited
for fill parts of new twelve years' merchant ships," and
"if long az.d well squared, it is very economical, the
offal being of much more value than that of any other
wood at present used for ship-building."
The specific gravity of Honduras mahogany being less
than that of oak and teak, it is calculated that a vessel
of 1,000 tons burthen would displace, when afloat, 100
tons water less than if it were built of the latter woods ;
and, as buoyancy is one of the highest qualities in a ship,
this characteristic feature ought to have much weight
with those who are desirous of producing the best speci-
mens of naval architecture.
We have abridged the above remarks from an excel-
lent circular reccroly issued by
.11e.isrs Chaloner and
Fleming, appended ta a list of the woods which are to be
sold by them en Monday next and the following day,
amongst which are numerous large cargoes of mahogany
and several lots of other valuable woods.
In addition to the iut resting particulars quoted,
Messrs. Chaloner and Fleming point out the utility and
beauty of raaliagany in the structure of churches and
houses, and fur machinery and other purposes. It appears
that rar.h!..gany is no* selling several pounds a load
cheaper than teak.

* The immense forests of South, and those of the greater
portion of North, America are practically of no benefit to the
British ship •builder, since the ship timber and masts from
these countries pay a duty of 265. 3d. per load.

sEitIOUS RAILWAY

A CCIDEN T

AT STOCKPORT.

A first and second-class train for London, said by
some to be a mail train, and by others called a select day
train, but not. described as either in the time bills, left
the London-road station at 20 minutes to ten o'clock on
Tuesday morning, and had proceeded to near Stockport
station, keeping its proper time, seven minutes to ten
o'clock, when it came into collision with another train,
which was shunting on to the up line of rails to get out
of the way and let it pass. The Stockport station is
about a hundred and fifty yards on the other side of the
celebrated viaduct over the Mersey, the up and down
lines being connected about midway of this distance by
points, and it appears that a train of empty coal waggons
belonging to Lord Vernon had arrived at the Stockport
station on their way to Poynton, but the superintendent
of the station expecting the passenger train down in a
minute or two, directe the driver to shunt on the up
line, so that the former might pass him and not be
stopped. The engine-man proceeded to obey the in-
structions given him, and was just backing his waggons
on up the line, when the train came on at a quick pace,
say of twelve miles an hour; all his waggons got clear
on the up line, but before he could get his engine
and tender clear also the engine of the train was down
upon him, and the left corner of his tender came vio•
lently in collision with the right corner of the passenger
train engine, carrying away the butler, a portion of the
wood work in connection with it, driving in the iron
work in front, breaking one of the cylinder plates below,
and then got clear. The force of the blow drove the
engine of the pasfenger-train against its tender, which
was forced under it, and both were lifted up at the end a
considerable height, and than fell off the rails, steam and
smoke and dust being pretty plentiful from the fire. The
force of the collision was communicated at once through
the train, and with so great a shock that the very last
carriage in the train, which consisted of five carriages,
showed a crack in which a man's finger might be laid.
The train had a pretty fair complement of passengers,
and immediate attenton to their wants was paid by
every one connected with the lire. So far as we could
learn, the injuries sustained were as follows :—Mr.
Thomas Tippett Cole, of Torquay, three front teeth in
the lower jaw knocked out with the gum, and a part of
the jaw, and his lower lip cut completely through. He
was in a second class carriage which followed the lug-
gae.van next the tender ; and he was thrown violently
against the opposite seat and thus received his injuries.
His wounds were dressed, and he departed for Torquay
in the course of the afterno?n, taking his teeth in
his pocket, for the purpose of aving them refixed, we
believe, if possible. Mr. Colc bore his injuries with
surprising fortitude, and exhibited his three teeth with
the usmest nonchalance to the bystanders. A clergy-
man, a first class passenger, with a cut on his forehead,
and bruises ab:ait his legs and other parts of the body;
a second-class passenger, a gentleman, a cut above the
eye, which is very much enlarged and swollen, and a
lady slightly hurt in the face, and bruised on other parts
of her person. Another gentleman, Mr. John Stone-
man, a lira-class passenger, hurt on the head, and a
lady slightly cut on the head. The names of
Mr. John Black and a Mr. Currie, or Cas-
sidy, were mentioned, but we cannot, with
accuracy, say whether they are any of the parties re-
ferred to tab eve or not. The guard of the train was
much injured, and though not presenting any outward
marks of violence, it is likely he has sustained severe
internal injury. The driver, John Ogden, and James
Walton, the stoker of the coal-engine, jumped off, and
escaped injury, but Chris. Winterbottom, the driver of
the passenger train, was caught between two of the
shunting rails and there fixed for some time, and has
received a sprain of the right foot; John Fox, the
stoker, has also been injured. The case as against both
drivers will be fully investigated by the company's offi-
cers, and proper punishment be awarded.—Manchester
Courier.

HIGHWAY ROBBERY, AND CAPTURE OF THE
THIEVES.—Last week, as the servant man of Mr. Wil-
liam Forshaw, of Tarleton-hall, Scarisbrick, was return-
ing from Liverpool market, where he had been with a
cart load of potatoes, ho was met about half a mile from
Aintree race-course, on the Ormskirk-road, by two fel-
lows, who, alter demanding his money, seized bold of
him, and succeeded in taking from him six sovereigns,
with which they made off towards Liverpool. After a
few minutes' deliberation, he determined to follow them.
and tying his horse to the nearest gate, pursued and
nearly came up with them at the canal bridge, about
half a mile from the place where he was robbed, but be
still kept at a distance, unperceived by the robbers.
When they arrived at Walton, to the young man's great
satisfaction, he met with two policemen in the street.
He exclaimed, These two men have robbed me of six
sovereigns," when they were immediately taken into
custody, and both confessed their crime, and gave up the
money, which they had divided. On the following day
they vre; e fully committed for trial. It is said that a
subscription will be got up in the neighbourhood to re-
ward the young man for his perseverance and success in
capturing the ro bbc rs. —Liverpool Courier,
A SLAVE-HOLDING D.D. WHIPPING HIS FEMALE
hE2dBwt ha
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Wesleyan, address,
oaft
SLAVE ON SABBATH MORNING, PREPARATORY TO
CeißnEc Ai
NG
nCnHal e t—Maerve.
Pittsburgh, stated, that he had lived in slave States
thirty-two 3 ears ; and, sp: aking of a certain D.D., of
his acquaintance, he adds:—" He was a slave-holder,
and
a severe one, too, arid often, with his own hands, he ap-
plied the cowhide to the naked backs of his slaves. On
one occasion, a woman that served in the house com-
mitted, on Sabbath morning, an offence of too great mag-
nitude to go unpuni,hed until Monday morning. -The
Doctor took his woman into the cellar, and, as is usual
in such cases, stripped her from her waist up, .and then
applied the lash. This woman writhed and winced
under each stroke, and cried, • 0 Lord ! 0 Lord I 0
Lord ! ! The Doctor stopped, and his hands fell to
his side, as though struck with palsy, gazed on the
woman with astonishment, and thus addressed her (the
congregation must pardon me for repeating his words),
Hush, you b—h, will you take the name of the Lord
in vain, on the Sabbath day?' When he had stopped
the woman from the gross profanity of crying to God
on the Sabbath day, he finished whipping her, and then
went and essayed to preach that Gospel to his congrega-
tion, which proclaims liberty to the captive, and the
opening ef the prison doors to them who are bound.' Mr.
Smith tiues not give the name, but, from various circum-
stances which he stales, there can be little doubt it was
the Rev. George A Baxter, D.D., of Virginia.-4nti -
Slavery Reporter.
MELANCHOLY SUICIDE AT MONKS ELEICII.-011
Monday morning, about 119 F-rant seven o'o!, It, a is-
trees tre•ks rig event Lek pinto 0' •,!- .
Baker, farmer and veto l.:‘ - - .
unit self-destruction. He
excited on account of the fire which ~ecLor,
on the adjoining premises, and which was at first sup-
posed to have been an incendiary act. Having passed
Sunday night in a very unsettled manner, he on Monday
morning put a period to his existence. He was in his
44th year, and unmarried.—lpartich Erpress.