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SINGULAR ACCIDENT IN THE LONDON-ROAD.—
Yesterday morning, about 3 o'clock, an accident of rather a
remarkable character happened in the London-road, South-
wark, of which the following are the particulars : It appears
that for some time past a drain has been in the course of
construction, in order to carry the sewage from the road
into one of the back streets. The earth having been exca-
vated to the depth of 5 or 6 feet, some 2 or 3 feet wide, and
7 orb feet in length,lwas shored roiled on Monday night:with
scaffold poles, and two men left to take care of the lanterns
and to see that the candles were not allowed to go out. The
men, it seems, either feel asleep or neglected to trim the
lights, for the latter went out and left the boarding in such
a condition that it could not be perceived by an ordinary tra-
veller until he arrived within a few feet of the hole. A man
driving a cab was placed in that dilemma; for, in passing
along the road, the horse dashed through the scaffolding,
and immediately fell into the k erture in the ground. The
cab, being too large to enter the sewer, remained above, but
the weight of the horse was so great that it broke the shafts
away from the carriage, and, being entangled against the
earth-walls of the sewer, it was found impossible to get him
out alive; and, after struggling for some time, the animal
became suffocated. The horse is described as being a valu-
able one; the loss will therefore be somewhat considerable,
as the vehicle is much damaged. The driver received a
severe shock by being thrown from his cab, but was compa-
ratively unhurt.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT CHATHAM.—A fatal accident
occurred in the dockyard on Sunday morning to William
Colesworthy, leading man of shipwrights. They were at-
tempting to dock the Tartar, hulk, on Saturday; but owing
to there not being sufficient water, the workmen were or-
dered into the yard on Sunday morning, at half-past twelve,
and while in the act of heaving the ship in dock one of the
bow hawsers broke, and struck Colesworthy,wh
skullY as
standing at the head of the dock, and fractured_ histo
a great extent. He was immediately takend to Bide expired
Melville Hos-
pital; but consciousness never returned, an
about noon on the same day.
AQUATICS.—Yesterday a race took place between
John Blackmore and John Allen, below-bridge watermen,
for 251. a side. The distance was from Erith to the Venus at
Charlton. The Fairy steam-boat, which was to accompany
the match, started from Woolwich for Erith, which it reached
about three o'clock. Shortly after the start took place, and
a very gallant struggle ensued Blackmore had the lead at
starting, which he kept for some time, closely followed by
Allen, who pulled up in fine style. The competitors were
then scull and scull for a considerable distance, when Allen
shot ahead of his opponent. He kept the lead, and reached
the Venus a short distance in advance of Blackmore, amidst
the cheers of his friends.
An inquest was held at Staplehurst a day or two
since upon the body of John Botting Saunders, head porter
at the Staplehurst station of the South-Eastern Railway. It
appeared in evidence that the deceased had just started a
pick-up train for Dover, and was seen walking by its side as
it passed slowly from the platform, with one hand resting on
one of the trucks of the train. From some cause he stum-
bled and fell, rolling from the platform upon the rails, when
it appears that the wheels of two carriages passed over him,
causing his death within four hours of the accident, Verdict
accordingly.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE CITY BBIDErW
Yesterday evening an inquest was taken by D
of thei body of
William
Payne, at St Bartholomew's Hospital, view
the House of
Samuel Evans, aged 15, a lad, an
,inmawteelio
of juvenile criminals, by
established for the reclamation
j was learning the
Occupation attached to the City. Bride well, an institution
teaching them a trade. Deceased,ek whowas
was on the
on the steps of a
duties of a seaman last Friday
when he
grounds. lie was aboutte to wrahtitelhings,
llonstae deck, a height of 26 feet,
ladder fixed to the shrouds otefwpaeobn;itgh,e
missed his footing and
alightine on hhios
He was picked
to picked up by Mr. Cairn,
the master,
the above institution,
where he , Lim w
died on Sunday last from lockjaw, the effect of the
hhaedadh.
conveyed
injuries received. Verdict—" Accidental death."
,'"*ANOTHER POACHING AFFRAY.—"At ten o'clock
Fast Monday night, the Earl of Scarborough's keepers, ten in
number, came in contact with about forty poachers, in Ruf-
ford Park, Notts. The poachers were armed with flails and
stones, and when attacked by the keepers, a sad conflict en-
sued, which ended in some of the keepers being wounded
(two of them severely, and one, named Roberts, dangerously,
and he is not expected to survive), and the poachers wounded
also, one of them a leg and another an arm broken. Some of
the poachers are knewn...Front a Correspondent.

CHEAP OMNIBUS CONVEYANCE.
On Monday evening a public meeting was held at
the Duke of Wellington, Brighton-street, Argyle-
square, St. Pancras, for the purpose of forming a
Cheap Omnibus Conveyance Association, under the
direction of Mr. Crawford, the originator of the cheap
omnibuses between Paddington and Hunkerforcl.
Mr. O'BnIN having been called to the chair, ex-
plained to the2meeting the object for which they had
been called together. He stated that it was proposed
to form an association for the purpose of conveying
passengers by omnibus on certain lines of road at
further reduced fares. The Chairman then read to
the meeting the different routes which had been de-
termined on by the committee, as also the respective
fares for each route, which were as follows :
To and from the Great Western Railway, Pad-
dington, to the Great Northern Railway,
King's-cress

To and from thr Yorlibire Sting-o, New-rood.. 2d.
To and fr-.n.: Paddington, by thiford-street, to the
B .t.ll
To and nom Totrenbara-court-road

To and from King's-cross to the Bank, and to
the Brighton Railway

Tu and from the Yor. and Albany to the Ele-
phant and Castle
To and from Waterloo bridge
To and from Mornington-crescent, Hampstead-
road, to Charing cross ............
To and from BArnsbary-atk to :tie 8ank........ 4d.
Tu and from the Angel, Islington .. .. 2d.
To and from the Flora Gardens, Bayswater, to
the Regent's- circus or Tottenham-court-road 2d.
He than said that this would evidently be a great
boon, and would, there was no doubt, be extensively
patronised by the public, as no one would pay four-
pence for that which they could obtain for twopence ;
at the same time it would be shown that the reduced
fares would return a handsome profit to the proprie-
tors. If it were taken into consideration that so long
ago as 1846 the public-spirited gentleman who was at
present engaged informing this association (he alluded
to Mr. Crawford) started a number of omnibuses to
ply between Hungerford and Paddington, at the re-
duced fares of twopence, when every article of con-
sumption was at least one-third, and in some instances
one-ball, dearer than at present; and if they also
considered, that owing to the repeal of the corn-laws
there was not the slightest chance that corn
would
in ever be subjected to the same fluctua-
tions prices as it had formerly been; but that
in all human probability every article of consumption
would be still further reduced in price—if, with all
these facts before the meeting, it were possible to run
an omnibus at a twopenny fare in 1846, how much
more must it be so in 1851, when the expenses must
necessarily be so much less, in consequence of the
reduced price of corn, hay, straw, and beans, as well
as every other article of consumption ? He also took
occasion to advert to the number of omnibuses that
had hem called into existence during the Exhibition,
and to the fact that now it was over this property
must necessarily be sold at a great sacrifice, and a
number of hands thrown out of employment, unless
some means were devised to call them again into re-
quisition. The establishment of the present associa-
tion would present the means of doing so, and upon a
basis, he had no doubt, which would be satisfactory to
all parties, and thus be the means of making that pro-
perty available which must otherwise be sacrificed.
The Chairman also pointed out to the meeting that the
only way in which areduction in the fares could be suc-
cessfully accomplished was by means of an association,
so as to be enabled to compete with existing interests.
One or two individuals could do but little against
a great monopoly ; but several might—and the
present, when so many omnibuses were likely to be
unemployed, was the very time when such an associa-
tion should be formed. Of the patronage of the
public there could be no doubt. That it would re-
munerate the proprietors would be shown to the meet-
ing ; the only thing wanting, therefore, was the spirit
and determination of a number of individuals asso-
ciated together for the purpose of carrying it out, and
which association, if once formed, he had no doubt
would be brought to a successful termination, and a
handsome profit be the reward of their efforts.
Mr. CRAWFORD then addressed the meeting, show
ing the practicability of the scheme, and proving from
acknowledged data that considerable profit., could be
derived from cheap fares. He explained to the meet-
ing the necessary expenses upon each omnibus, and
proved satisfactorily that, even under the most un-
favourable circumstances, considerable profits must
accrue.

Several omnibus proprietors having fully concurred
in all that had been stated, both by the Chairman and
Mr. Crawford, expressed their willingness to put on
omnibuses immediately the association should be
formed. A vote of thanks having been passed to the
Chairman, an adjournment took place till Monday
evening next, at seven o'clock, when the rules of the
association will be submitted to the meeting for its
approval.

MISERIES OF AN AMERICAN EDITOR.
Under this bead, the editor of the Boston Post thus
hits off some of the evils he is compelled to put up with
in his sanctum. Lcst some of our readers may be driven
to look into Webster to ascertain the signification of the
word ter eln ation, we can inform them that it means the
"act of boring." The editor of tho Post hits some of the
bores who rester him in the wive following:—
An Act from an Unpublished Dra:na.
DRAMATIS PERtON.E—An Editor and two Bores.
SCENE—Editor's Sanctum.
[Eutkr two Bores.]
First Bore—Good morning, Mr. Editor—fine day!
Editor (looking hard at his work, and scribbling
furiously)—Yes, Sir, fine weather, for people who hive
leisure to enjoy it—but it's nothing to me, sir.
Second Bore—Why, your's is tho prettiest business in
the world—l should like to be an editor myself.
Editor—lt has its vexations, however.
First Bore—Ah! indeed! What are they?
Editor—Why, perhaps the worst is bores—people who
worry an editor because they can't think of anything
else to do.
Second Bore—ls it possible.
Editor—Worse than that, its a fact.
First Bore—Well that is comical.
Editor—Yes—to you, perhaps—l mean to the bores—
but its confounded tragical to everybody else.
Second Bore (trying to change the subject, and return-
ing to the weather again)—Vegetation has taken a rapid
start.
Editor—Yes, sir—there's a lesson for some people in
that.

First Bore—And the trees are beginning to leave.
Editor—So they are—the trees are very reasonable in
that respect—they do leave some time other. Allow me,
gentlemen, to recommend their example to you ail
worthy of imitation. [Exeunt Bores in amazement.
Editor bolts the door and falls into reverie, from which
he is presently aroused by the devil's call for "copy."]

THE Hot. DUTY.—A meeting was held at Hurst
Green on Thursday, for the purpose of considering the pro-
priety of memorialising the Government to postpone the
moiety of the hop duty, due in November next, for twelve
months. The memorial was agreed to. In the coarse of
the proceedings, Mr. Fuller, one of the Members for Sussex,
said " he would do all that lay in his power to assist in
getting the postponement. He exceeding!), regretted_th at
more of the county Members were not with MT._ On a
pwrietvhi othuesmoc—camsiro.n
.11thoeYdd,hoafd obnlailydsotnoenoe.f tilieecowuenllt)kMneewm othaters
the farmers, in consequence of the blight in their hops,
combined with other circumstances, were now in very great
distress; and he felt confident that very many of them were
wholly unable to pay the hop tax. It was, therefore, their
duty to their poorer neighbours to memorialise the Lords of
the Treasury and the Chancellor of the Exchequer to do
musthebelieved,
e thinkiieNed nothing
was
be unanimous. As for Protection, as he told them eome
get-
tinglostwo ot
that
athree n k years
again.ag o,
That,they
aboutinevitably
to them, and they must, therefore, set about exerting them-
selves in another direction—namely, in getting a reduction
of taxation."

DETERMINED SUICIDE OF A SOLlClTOR.—Consi-
derable excitement prevailed on Sunday morning, in the re-
tired village of Tickhill, Yorkshire, in consequence of the de-
termined suicide of Richard Ellison, Esq., solicitor, and chief
resident of the place. It appears that, during the previous
week, the unfortunate gentleman had been, from some un-
explained cause, labouring under much depression of mind,
which at length assumed such an alarming appearance, that
it was deemed necessary to place a strict watch on his move-
ments, as it was apprehended that he would make an atteunpt
on his life. On Sunday morning he arose in appeferZs
better spirits, and walked in the garden, accompalue_t_
' usual by his attendants. After taking exercise for some
he contrived to elude kis watcher? vigilance, and returned
to the house unnoticed and alone. His absence ryas detected
almost immediately, and an alarm was raised,
the discovery of his body, on the dining-room Hoer,
etlecedte to d
dead. The unfortunate gentleman appears to have gone
.nflicted
was of a most frightful
di-
rect to his room, and there cut his throat. Inte gash
—indeed, the bead was almost s
e description,p
d A
on the right si ed extending
e.
nmg
gloom has beenareaxtt tfrhoemear
body, to
oei ear
only slightly attached
overdcaescteased(
the neighbourhood
was theeighbourhoodeldebsyt tshoisnuonfth
John
nd
Eevllenisotn,,asEtshge.,
estate steward to the Earl of Scarborough), was highly
.es-
teemed for his kindness and generosity to the neighbotring
poor.
GLASGOW, OCT. 11.--Cotton—ln wool we have
had a quiet week, but prices are unchanged. Middling
Orleans may be quoted 4%d. per lb. Less has been doing in
yarns and goods, and a :mall concession has been made on
certain birds of yarns. The dulness has been aggravated
by a dispute between the masters and operative spinners,
which threatens to end in a general strike. It appears that
the operatives demand a rise of 10 per cent., and with this
view have begun what is termed a " sectional strike ;" and
the workers have already been withdrawn from one mill in
the city and another in the country. Meanwhile the mas-
ters have held a meeting, and resolved that if the operatives
in these two mills do not return to their work they will close
all the other mills in the district on Monday, and make the
strike general. Thus the matter rests in the meantime.
Pig lion—Our pig iron market during the last few days. has
continued without alteration; quiet, but firm, and wan'
moderate amount of business doing. To-day pi ices are t:_01111.-
flatly 395. 6d. for No. 1, and 395. 3d. DIN warrants; NU.. 1,
GAIB, 395. 3d. to 395. 6d., and No. 3, 395, cash, seller'3;
buyers at 6d. to 9d. per ton less.
VARIETY OF SIIABSFERE.—I must repeat to you
isminhda di vtehr moreefi rst tpbaarnt
onean opinionconception.
Ihave
lil
lgt
ohne ledm,
p thattiednho man
of "Paradise Lost ;" all the rest is a transcript of self. The
"Odyssey" is a repetition of the " Iliad." When you have seen
one Claude, you have seen all. I can think of no exception
but Shakspere ; he is always varied, never mannered.
Archdeacon Fisher.