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OPEN FOR THE SUMMER AND WINTER SEASON, 1846.
HALL OF ROME, GREAT WINDMILL-
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Professor TURNOUR'S TABLEAUX VIVANS, the only Ex-
hibition in London of the unequalled tableau of Venus Rising from
the Sea. Fifth appearance of the much-admired new Female Model.
Open every day, at Three o'clock; and Eight in the Evening.
Stalls, 25.; Boxes, Is. Gd. ; Pit, Is.

WESTMINSTER REFORM SOCIETY.
At a Meeting of this Society, held at Stannard's Hotel,
Covent garden, July 16, 1846 :
Resolved,—That this Society, frem its formation, having adopted
as one of its fundamental priuciples an abolition of the corn-laws, is,
now that those laws are virtually abolished, desirous of testifying its
gratitude to the workers in this cause, for their continuous and dis-
interested labours, which prepared the public mind for the reception
of those great truths so ably expounded and advocated by Colonel
Peyronet Thompson,: the Right Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers,
Richard Cobden, John Bright, Lord John Russell, and Sir Robert Peel.
THOMAS PROUT, Chairman.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
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26, CORNIIILL LONDON.
Capital X 560,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages
with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured
has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for-
feiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ;
also the option of selecting beneitts, and the conversion of his in-
terests to meet other conveniences or necessity.
Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible
rates.

T° THE L ADIE S.
It is universally acknowledged by every one_ of taste, that
however beautiful a woman may be, if her hair is deficient either in
quantity, quality, or colour, one of her greatest charms is wanting. A
complete remedy for all this is to t e found by visiting the establishment
of ROSS and SONS, and choosing either Head-dresses that surpass
Nature herself, Fronts, Bands, or Ringlets that assist her, or
splendid Plaits that, encircling the thin hair, give it all the appear-
ance of a luxuriant growth. The partings are so admirably con-
trived that the nearest inspection Is confounded, the transparency of
the web admitting the skin of the head to be seen through ; they
may be described as being as light as a feather.
Address Rosa and Sons, 119 and 120, 13ishopsgate-street, London,
who have lately invented the Depinguitory, for cleaning the Skin,
partings of Fronts, &c.

C OPY of a LETTER from WILLIAM
COURTNEY, Esq.

To 31r. Tnomes PaouT, 229, Strand, London

Church Farm, Barton Stacey, near Andover Railway
Station, Rants, October 26, 1844.
Sir,—l cannot help expressing My astonishment in the effect I have
experienced in taking your Pills fer the Gout. I was taken on Thurs-
day night so severely with it as to be with difficulty able to get our
of my bed, and after I arose I had severe pains, followed on with in-
flammation of the foot increasing. I took three of your Pills, and
within two hours I found the pain to entirely cease. I afterwards
took two Pills at a dose twice in the day, and I am, thank God, this
morning able to walk without the slightest inconvenience. I found In
a previous very severe attack very great relief; I had the pains in
my knees and thighs so very severe at that time, I thought I must
have died, and that it must have gone into my stomach. At that
time I had resort to your Pills, and they relieved me—within two
hours I was quite easy. The use of these Pills ought, really, to be
known all over the world. I have a brother, a young man, that
suffers horribly with it, and his greatest relief and preventive has
been your Pills. Make what use .'ou please of nu report.—Yours.

truly and respectfully, WILLIAM COtTATNE
Among the many discoveries that characterise the present age,' none
have contributed so much to the comfort and ease of the community,
nor conferred such a boon upon suffering humanity, as the impor-
tant discovery of BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS,
the efficacy of which has been tested by the approval and recom-
mendation of many of the greatest men of our day. They are effec-
tive for gout and rheumatism, in all its various forms, including
sciatica, lumbago, pains in the head and face, frequently treated as
tooth-ache, &e. They require neither confinement nor attention of
any kind, and invariably prevent the disease attacking the stomach,
brain, or other vital part.
Sold by Thomas Front, 229, Strand, London ; an by his appoint-
ment, by all respectable medicine vendors throughout the United
Kingdom. Price 2S. 9d. per box.
Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS, and ob-
erve the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229 Strand, London,"
impressed upon the Government Stamp affixed to each hex of the
Genuine Medicine.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
LIVERPOOL RACES.-FRIDAY (CONCLUDED).

The Grosvenor Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 5 ft, with 30 added.
One mile and three-quarters. (9 Subs.)
Lord Eglinton's Plaudit, 4 yrs, Bst 41b
The Bentinck Testimonial Handicap of 15 sovs each, 5 ft,
with a piece of Plate, value 1001., added. Stable-corner in,
nearly a mile and a half. (25 Subs., 15 of whom de-
clared.)
Mr. B. Green's The Conjuror, 3 yrs, 7st 10...(W. Abdale) 1
Mr. Meiklarn'slnheritress, 6 yrs, Bst 81b .. 2

Mr. Maher's Highwayman, 4 yrs, 7st 81b 3
The following also started, but were not placed :—Lord
Warwick's Yardley, 6 yrs, Bst 81b—Sir J. Gerard's Quebec,
6 yrs, 7st 71b—Lord Eglinton's Plaudit, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b
Mr. Worthington's Lancashire Witch, 4 vrs, 7st 61b—Mr.
Merry's bk c by Don John, out of Peri, 3 yrs, 7st—Mr.
Jaques's Spur, 3 yrs, sst 121 b.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Yardley (t), 7to 2 agst Peri Colt
(t), 7 to 2 agst Inheritress (t), 6 to 1 agst Plaudit, 8 to 1
agst the Conjuror, 10 to 1 agst Highwayman, and 12 to 1
against Lancashire Witch. The Conjuror waited to the
turn, came with a rush, and won by a length, the same space
separating second and third. Lancashire Witch was fourth,
Plaudit fifth, Yardley sixth, and Spur last.
The Selling Stakes, of 5 sous. each, with 60 added, for 3
yrs old, 7st; 4 yrs, Bst 41b; 5 yrs, Bst 101 b; 6 yrs and
aged Ost ; winners once 31b; twice, 61b; mares and
geldings allowed 3lbs; the second to save his stake, and
the winner to be sold for 150/. Heats.
Mr. W. H. Johnstone's Blind Hookey, aged ...... 2 1 1
Mr. Lancaster's Monsieur Perrott, 3 yrs
Mr. T. Dawson's Jane, 4 yrs
Lord George Bentinck's Best Bower, 5 yrs ...... 3 3 3
Mr. R. Mostyn's Chartist, 3 yrs 5 5 5
The first and second heats were won easily, and the third
by a neck.
LATEST BETTING
Gowan-0o
7 to 1 agst The Hero (t)
9 to 1 agst Jonathan Wild

—taken
9 to 1 agst Camera Obscura

—taken
5 to 1 agst Connaught
Ranger

7 to 2 agst Dawson's lot (t)
5 to 1 agst Pyrrhus the First
6 to 1 agst Sir Tatton Sykes
[0 to 1 agst Brocardo
10 to 1 agst Grimston

ON THE COURSE.
D STAKES.
22 to 1 agst Newcourt
25 to 1 agst Giantess—taken
25 to 1 agst The Conjuror—
taken
33 to 1 agst Humdrum—taken
33 to 1 agat Alamode—taken.

,EGER.
18 to 1 agst lago
25 to 1 agst Fancy Boy
33 to 1 agst Peri colt—taken
33 to 1 agst Shelforth—taken
1 50 to 1 agst Cranebrook—ta.

HORACE WALPOLE'S MEMOIRS OF THE REIGN OF
GEORGE THE SECOND.—We are requested to state that Mr.
Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, has this day pub-
lished the " Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Se-
cond," by Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford, edited with a
preface and notes, by the late Lord Holland, now first
printed in octavo, in three volumes, price 365, bound, uni-
formly with the " Memoirs of George the Third." Edited
by Sir Denis Le Merchant.
NOTlCE.—Messrs. Ferguson' of Holmo Head Works
(trading under the firm of Joseph Ferguson), having a second
time obtained an injunction in the Vice-Chancellor's Court
against the use of their trade marks upon Silesias, and it
having been deposed to at the trial that other houses besides
the defendant had so used them, Messrs. Ferguson give this
public notice, in the hope that it will be a sufficient warning
to the parties in question, and obviate the necessity of fur-
ther proceedings. .Holree Head Works, near Carlisle June
30,1846. _ _

L ADVERTISEMENT ]. —SIGHT AND HEARING.
Sent into the country free, by post. No. 39, Albemarle-
street, Piccadilly, Newly-Invented Spectacles, Powerful Teles-
copes, Opera Glasses, Microscopes, &c.—Patronized by his Ma-
jesty the King of Hanover, her Grace the DowageriDuchess of Bed-
ford, their Graces the Archbishops of Canterbury, York, and Dublin,
the Dukes of Devonshire, Norfolk, Argyle, Marlborough, and Man-
chester, Bishops of Exeter, Lincoln, Cork, Elphin, Kilmore, and Kil-
dare. Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, oculists and opticians, have
invented Spectacle Lenses upon a new construction. Immediately
they are placed before imperfect vision, either by day or candlelight,
that mist and dullness which appears before the eyes is at once re-
moved, every object becomes clear and distinct, so that the most aged
defective sight becomes bright and brilliant, and is brought to its
youthful natural and original state. Also the most powerful Achro-
matic Telescopes, Opera Glasses, Microscopes, Invisible and all kinds
of Acoustic Instruments for relief of extreme deafness. Caution—
Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, opticians, are not in any way connected
with a person of the same name in their immediate neighbourhood.
To prevent mistakes, be cautious, and observe—Only to be had at •9,
Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel.
. FROME.—The news of tho Corn Importation Bill
having been passed, was received in this town with every
demonstration of joy, and the church bells rang merrily on
several successive days. ' The important event Las also been
celebrated by some public dinners,• and others on a larger
5010 axe abot t 9 t4ke place.--Somereet County Gazette.

ACCIDENT C $N THE EASTERN

COUNT. lES RAILWAY.

On Saturday evenir ig a collision of a most alarming
character took place at St ratford, between the Ipswich up-
train, which was due at a bout four o'clock, but which was
twenty minutes behin d. its time, and a train of trucks
from Bamford. The Iy af;wich train had hardly been a
minute alongside the pi a tform, preparatory to the pas-
sengers leaving the ca :iages, when the driver of the
Romford train came u an the same line of rails, and,
regardless of the sign t made to him not to advance,
drove his engine,
against the hindmost c: =Hag° of the Ipswich train. The
as it ; is asserted, with unchecked speed
total destruction of th le carriage first struck was the
work of a moment, and then ensued a scene that
battles description, and . would, indeed, be but too painful
if we attempted to dep it it. In the words of one of the
witnesses, " Bodies we a.. a lying in all directions, some
with legs broken, oth, ni s with ribs fractured, faces
horribly cut and d isfigured, feet crushed, and
in some instances : half cut off, and others
apparently dead." soon as the servants
of the company could collect themselves they ren-
dered the utmost assistr ce to the unfortunate passen-
gers, Mr. Richardson, tl le station clerk, being particu-
larly active. It was fou all that between thirty and forty
persons had been injured yand anengine was immediately
sent off to the terminus at Shoreditch for carriages to
remove the sufferers to th a London Hospital. The car-
riages arrived in a few m ix lutes, arid a surgeon with them,
who proceeded to render This professional assistance with
the greatest zeal. In a i erry short time all that were in
any way injured were t aiken to the London Hospital,
with the exception of • e clime who preferred to be sent
home. When the alarm had somewhat subsided, it was
found that the engine bi ir 'ging the trucks had run into
the last carriage in the t passenger train, which was a
second-class carriage, an al completely shattered it, and
the buffers of a first-cla v.; carriage had forced-them-
selves into a second-cla-s s carriage, in which several
persons had their legs fill.ctured. The concussion was
so great as to do cos isiderable damage to every
carriage, and scarcely passenger escaped without
some injury. Provide anially, no lives were lost ;
but we cannot undertal to say that several of the
accidents may not yet 'have a fatal termination. As
soon as the distressing calamity occurred, information
was sent to Mr. Roney, ti ,e secretary, who was at Cam•
bridge, by means of thi electric telegraph, and that
gentleman, immediately e n receiving the melancholy in-
telligence, started for St a atford in a special train. Mr.
Mosely, the manager of t he traffic, and Mr. Samuel, the
resident engineer, in ti le meantime rendered every
assistance.

Our reporter waited I al) on Mr. Roney, together with
the representatives of ( Aber journals, and was received
by that gentleman with the greatest courtesy, unlike the
generality of the head officials at railways. He ex-
pressed himself desirous a affording the press every in-
formation, and for that
_purpose he called all the wit-
nesses of the accident ogether, and permitted them to
give, iu detail, what th. fy individually knew of the un-
fortunate transaction.
As the statements m: ad e by the witnesses furnish the
only authentic account •of° the affair, we will proceed at
once to give them in th Or own words:—
Mr. Richardson was tile first person called and ques-
tioned. He said—l am the station clerk at Stratford.
The up train, which lean ,s Ipswich at one o'clock, was
due a few minutes before four o'clock, but it did not
arrive until twenty minutA 35 after its time. We had had
a cattle train up from COlchester, which was just cleared
off into the sidings, why sr m the passenger train came up.
The bell was rung, as is usual, on the arrival or de-
parture of a train, and I came out of the office on to the
platform, and saw the I atisengers getting in and out of
the carriages. The trains was about to start for London,
and I had ran down the train to find the guard, when,
on looking round, I saw tE e engine of a train of trucks
coming towards the par Langer train. I then shouted
out to the engine driver ,af the passenger train to go on,
and ran towards him. As I came up I saw the
fireman of the engine falli vg to the ground. I then ran
to the carriages to see -what had happened. There
was a vacancy between t. tie engine of the trucks train
and the passenger trai a. One second-class carriage
was lying in ruins on the line. I then commenced
picking up those who wet. r injured. I saw a man lying
on the platform with his leg nearly cut off ; he was one
of our men, and there wt to another of our men with his
toe cut off. There were many others lying about, all
more or less injured. There were in all between 30 and
40. I should think the greater number injured were
those in the last carriago, which had been put on at
Romford. The train was: composed of an engine and
tender, two horse-boxes, a coach truck, a first-class car-
riage, several second and third-class carriages, and an-
other horse-box, a luggage van, and the second-class
carriage I have spoken of as being destroyed. I after-
words went with the one-die to the terminus to obtain
some carriages to take the injured parties to the hospi-
tal and obtain medical aid- The regular signal that a
train was then at the statitom, and any. other coming up
was to stop, was given. The signal is 300 yards from
the station ; it can be seen the same distance on the
other side, and, therefore, if the driver of the engine at-
tended to it, there was time to stop before he got to the
station. The signal known as Halle's, or the fan-signal,
was down, denoting that there was a train then at the
station. Had no obstruction ex.3sted the fan would have been
up. At that station there is a foreman, porter, a goods
man, a signal and point man, an under locomotive fore-
man, and a lad about eighteen years old, who does
errands and other work. At the time the collision took
place the signal man was attending to the cattle-train,
and the lad, Unwin, had been appointed to watch the
signal. I had told the signal man to attend to the cat-
tle-train, and had sent the lad in his place ; I saw him
there, and he never left it till the train from Ipswich
arrived, and then he pulled down the fan, the signal for
no other train to approach, and left it to attend to the
train. The signal is raised by windlass, and therefore
could not act of itself.

Mr. Kitson, the foreman of the locomotive de-
partment, said : In consequence of a communication I
received, I came on to the platform immediately after
the accident, and saw a lady, who was being led
away. I found the engine of the passenger train
forced ten or fifteen yards from the carriages. As I
ran along I saw two persons severely injured : one
said his leg was broken. The hindmost second-class
carriage was broken all to pieces. After sending to
London for carriages, we got the injured passengers into
this room as quickly as possible. There were five horses
in the boxes, and none of them were injured. A great
number of the passengers were very slightly injured, and
were enabled to proceed to London. None of these
were taken to the hospital. Neither of the engines got
off the line. The delay in the arrival of the train was

occasioned by its being heavily laden. It was only about
seven minutes behind its time. The driver who drove
the engine of the train from Romford is now in custody.
He says he shut off the steam, and that the signal was
wrong, that it was up instead of down. Ilis name is

William Clare ; the engine he drove was numbered 34,
and he had been about twelve months in the company's
service. The signal was down after the accident. All

the fans were opened. The signal consists of four piece;
of wood fan•shaped and of different colours ; when it is
intended for a train to stop, all the fans are down or

opened, and are so large that they are very easily dis-
cerned.

By the desire of the secretary we visited the signal
and saw it worked, and we must state that if the fans

were down when the accident happened, the driver of
No. 34 engine is in our opinion criminally responsible
for any lives that may be sacrificed by this untoward
event. On our retnrn, Edward Unwfn, a most important
witness, was called in, and he stated as follows :--I am a

messenger at this station, and am eighteen years of age.
I was at the signal post when the passenger train came
tip, and I put down the signal to give notice that a train
had arrived. I do not know what time it was, as I
could not see the clock, but the train was twenty minutes
behind its time. I was at the signal post to pull up the
signal for the passenger train when the cattle train was
cleared. When I left the signal to go to the station
I left three fans down ; at that time the road was

clear. I did- not Bee anything coming up.
I could state on my oath the fans were down
when I left the signal to come to the station. On my
arrival at the station I locked the doors, and then came
out on the platform, when I heard Mr. Richardson hal-
lowing out. I looked down the line, and saw a train
coming in. He shouted for the passenger train to go
on, and ran up, and then ran back, and called " Stop I"
to the other party. Mr. Richardson set me to stop at
the signal, and told me to turn round and look towards
the train coming dove the line, and I did so.
Mr. Roney, the secretary, here informed our re-
porter that the following persons were in custody :
William Clare, the driver of engine 34 ; William Quen-
lin, the stoker ; Thomas Green the signal-man ; and an
under foreman, named Nicholson. Mr. Samuel, the re-
sident engineer, gave them into custody, as they
ap-
peared to be the four persons through whose negligence
the accident had taken place. The secretary subse-
quently stated that he should release Green, the signal-
man, as it appeared he had been employed by the station-
clerk to attend to the cattle train. The men are now
locked up at the Bow station.
Mr. George Burford, a linen-draper, residing at Strat-
ford, attended by request of the secretary, and made a
statement that becomes of vital importance, in the event
of any of the sufferers dying, inasmuch as it confirms
the more material portion of the lad Unwin's statement,
and tends to strengthen the charge of culpability against
the driver of No. 34 engine. He said—l was coming
bridge the Point, when I saw a pas-
over the railway brid
senger train coming up, and directly it came up the
signal was let down. I had not left the bridge thirty
yards before up came another train. I took no notiee
then of the signal, and went straight home, I heard of
the accident afterwards. I am aware how important
what I have stated is; but it is the truth. When I heard
the other train I thought it was one coming down. I
could not have imagined that ono would be coming up so
quickly after the other. I heard the man Clare say to
Mr. Kitson that the signal was up, and when they saw
the danger they were getting in, then be shut off the
steam, and the stoker put on the breaks.
Mr. Kitson saiti when be was taking the engine driver
to Bow station, ho said to him, " What have you been
doing," and he said the signal was up.
Mr. Roney observed that the above was all the infor,-
natation he mad give the press relative to the owe of