The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-12-28 00:00:00

SS TO THE

TENANT

tesatan.)

❑ animated debate which

The question was,
an address to Earl

.td that not one sentenc
.o the end at which a

ss could tal

•erogative in harmony

I to t

xpression, which

Theld, was

corporation as the recog-

lye; of the metropolis of Ireland?'

adicted, was proposed by Mr

)I)servatlons,

seconded by

Lord Mayor of the

was upon his legs to give utte

nough when we pronounce

of some of the coarsest of
Lys. Of Mr. Butt's speech
lers the injustice to furnish

aunt. Elsewhere his observations will
Mr. Butt achieved the difficult task of
and spirited retort upon the radical
pally vindicated the conservatives as it
ats in the wrong, without uttering a
ulated to awaken irritation or any un-

we say, was a task requiring no
so direct and decided ; nor can
Icpressing our warmest approval

ling which, under his guidance, the con-
Town-council have adopted, as well as
remarkable tact and practical ability
ore brilliant qualities, he has individu-
s, of course, unnecessary to state what
,ontrovexsy. The motion was rejected

)ur against eleven, and thus com-
oyal corporation of Dublin with the

DENT ON THE LIVERPOOL AND
ANCHESTER RAILWAY.

army.—lt is with deep re

.gret that I

particulars of another railway ac-
,.cknowledged evil, the per-
'lfares long ago dedicated
..idation of the public. The
es its name from the junction
d Junction and the Liverpool
'redly one of the most dan-

;0 cross thdrougt

with railway traffic in the kingdom.
curved lines branchhig from Liverpool
Grand Junction line there is the main

Liverpool and Manchester, another line
Messrs. Turner and Evans's colliery at
line leading to the chymical works of
ad Co., as also innumerable branches
together, and effecting a union between
The Grand Junctiohm.and the Liver-
Railway Companies use every effort for
afety to the public. A large number of
ien are on duty day and night ; bells,
means of giving notice of the approach
n adopted ; but, notwithstanding these

general Sigilance displayed by the
Lich I have had frequent opportunities
its are a matter of much too frequent

arisen from the cir-

1g the railway within a dis-
one leading from the Vulcan
srs. Muspratt and Co's

from Ile

employing a vast number of la:
)f Newton. Shortly after 5 o'clock
is Taylor, a fine lad between twelve
he son of the lockkeeper at War.
ey.canal, was sent for some milk to

a the Newton side of the rail-

iother lad of about his own
the line leading from Messrs. Mus-
e Liverpool and Manchester Railway.
peeing on to the railway a very long
ter to Liverpool was passing along
I on which they were standing.
Last waggon had passed them,
,enger-train from Manchester
shed across the line, thinking
bility of au accident. At this
xi, a pointman, stationed on the side of
ay were running, saw the Liverpool and
passenger-train approaching at its usual
lewhere about 30 miles an hour, and he
Drapany's servants called to the lads, but
e them fully acquainted with their clan-
ing across the line almost ia front of the
air-breadth escape," avoided the threat-
ames Taylor, the deceased, who was not
iehind his companion, jumped right in
It struck him with dreadful and death-
on as the train had passed, his body was
if the rails at a distance, as afterwards

til the 1,

Is from the spot at which he received the
3 were cut off by the wheels, and his head
its body were dreadfully mutilated. He
lin a pool of blood. No assistance, of
tdered to him, and he was carried a life-
home which he had left not more than
t in all the pride of youth and perfect

RDINARY COURAGE

occurred near Calais on Monday, the
st. The account of it was furnished to
unaux by a correspondent at Boulogne.
Boulanger, aged 75, and an (ancienne
inhabitant of a lonely and isolated
hamlet called the Beau-Marais, belong-
Saint-Pierre-les-Calais, the said house

:er only possesses, as regards fixed pro-
purchased by her about two years ago,
,'which she cultivated herself ; she also
. Being excessively avaricious, she is
those in the neighbourhood to have

e house, and having entered and
the fire, entered into conversation

gain her confidence
s (which was not the

I soon return; and the visiters, on hearing
kt eleven o'clock the same night she- was
d from sleep by a noise caused by heavy
,ok the house. On going down she perceived
its were hacking the door with a knife, and
their voices as those of the two smugglers
her house the same evening. She immedi-
arations for defence, and armed herself with
. The robbers now redoubled their efforts ;
stones against the door, took a two-pronged
..v's stable, and with it endeavoured to break
kt length two panels in the lower part of the
Ind an opening was made sufficiently wide to
push his head through first, and to squeeze
•wards. But the intrepid woman, stationing
door, with the block of wood in her hand,
eak the head of the first man who should
through. The robbers did not dare make

ley thrust the fork through the hole in the
str►ke the widow with it. She, however,
fork, succeeded in wresting it from them,
another weapon of defence against the

g the impossibility of effecting an entrance
the robbers endeavoured to beat down the
' The widow Boulanger barri-
upported by the block of

1 table

rst made use

int this new obstacle, the assailants
I broke the panes of glass ; but they
on bars, which they in vain
robbers uttered the most

defended by it
All this time t

ions and menaces of death against the
no-
who in vain called for assistance, for God
ter voice in the midst of the storm, and He
!r, but inspired her with all the energy of
I need in order to escape from her perilous

ssassins showed her their knives, and cried
mild cut her throat in the middle of the
they would leave nothing but the four walls
Being stopped by the iron bars of the win-
to tile garden and commenced an attack on
tchen, which communicated therewith, but
attempts even more than the other door.
the outside shutters of a window close by,
Ines of glass, but again discovered an in-
' in the shape of iron bars. The rob-
cow's stable, and began to break
which separated the stable from the
led without much difficulty, but their
I by a portion of the woodwork of the
'hoard built against it, they returned
upon the bakehouse, and thence upon
where they mounted the chimney, and
er of stones, which they threw down
lat they might fall upon the poor old
such a vigorous resistance; they
object. Not daring to go down the
ide, they tore off the thatch in order
ugh the roof, but, fearing lest they
ietrate that way, they finally rede-

only irritated the robbers; they

)me instrument wherewith to break
• the object of their first attack,
e a thick block of wood, they
g-ram against the door, wh'cfi
t this new missile. Certain

!rs uttered exclamations of joylibeit:
thought) soon be in their power as well
the possessed ! The unfortunate woman

d saw that her last hour was fast ap-
!c hours during which this horrible
1, had exhausted her strength and over-

I can fight no longer (said she to her-
le in my own house. I must save
le then, after having endeavoured to
rength, quickly drew the bolt of the

towards the farm of Davielly, which
her lonely dwelling. But, in order

,
Ito make a long detour, and to
vo ditches in which the water

!elt. In spite of these obstacles, how-
farm, but almost dead with exhaustion,
utter the most feeble cry

She was

h two servants, armed

mnpanied by an enormous dog, pro-
the robbers had abandoned it, the
ing put them to fight. They had
after the departure of the widow,
ieient time to plunder the closets,
some bread, butter, and a few other
o fugitives proceeded to the Belgian
acaptured.

was rather struck with the
Chinese, as showing a greater
among them than 1 expected.
ard, a piece of red paper, with
taster of the house were in, or
to the door and took the visitor
tea was immediately served.
le host generally accompanies
jug to his rank ; if a superior,
rior, not so far. At the same
ibat de politesse about
0 laid down, and they
r of bows the superior
Imprisonment7c-o- t's _Recent in

i it tile r

erred cor,

'he late learned Dr. 13., professor
ed all the passages preserved in an-
ie medicinal application of music,
pears from this work that it was
ncient Egy ,tians, Hebrews, Ito-
ly in acute but in chronical disor-

yes several (8503 within his own per-
hich music has been efficacious ; but
well as the honour of these, more pro-
Lodern than to ancient music. A person
ddenly seized with a violent sickness,
on of physicians, he immediately sent
as, and the violins had so powerful an
hat his bowels became completely sub-
me be was restored.

LAMENTABLE AND FATAL ACCIDENT' ON TEIE
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

)ST AND NEARLY TWENTY PASSENGERS

)lI.EA DFULLY INJURED,

READING, FRIDAY NIGHT.—One of the most fatal and
dreadful accidents it has ever been our lot to record occurred
this morning between six and seven o'clock to the luggage
train, on the Great Western Railway, which left London at
half-past four o'clock. The train consisted of fourteen wag-
han the mere willing- ! Sons, two true

and the engine and tender, with thirty-
seven passengers, the whole of whom were more or less in-
jured, and eight killed on the spot. The train passed on
through Slough and Twyford, where it arrived shortly after
six o'clock, and when about half way between that station
and Reading a slip of earth took place to a very conside-
rable extent just at the moment the engine and tender
were passing. This threw the carriages off the rails, the
engine running into the side of the cutting. In one mo-
ment the carriages containing the passengers were over-
whelmed by the heavy luggage waggons behind, and the
most lamentable and fatal results ensued.

The trucks containing the passsngers were crushed between
the luggage waggons and the tender, and scarcely one of the
unfortunate travellers escaped without the most serious and
dangerous injuries. Some of the carriages were upset, and
others jammed between the hindermost waggons and the en-
gine and tender.

The cries of the maimed and wounded, and the shrieks of
the dying, at this moment, it were impossible to describe. It
was, at once, a scene of destruction and horror of the most
lamentable and heart-rending character. Despatches were
instantly sent to Reading for medical aid, and several profes-
sional gentlemen were shortly on the spot. It may be con-
sidered most extraordinary that neither the engineer nor the
stoker received the least injury. Considerable time elapsed
before the unfortunate creatures could be extricated from the
fragments of the broken carriages. Eight were found dead,
and-the whole of the remainder more or less injured.
An inquest upon the bodies was held this evening, before
Mr. May, one of the coroners for Berks, and adjourned till
the afternoon of Monday next. At present nothing has been
adduced in evidence in any way to attach blame to the rail-
way company.

Sixteen persons, consisting of eleven men and five women,
were conveyed to the county hospital at Reading, in various
vehicles, which were despatched to the scene of the fearful
calamity, where they were most humanely attended by Mr.
F. A. Bulley, Mr. May, and Mr. Morris, surgeons to that
institution.

The following is a description of the injuries they have sus-
tained :

1. A man, with his skull dreadfully fractured, upon whom
the operation of trepanning was immediately performed.
2. Shoulder joint dislocated.
3. Foot dreadfully crushed. A portion of the bones were
removed.

4. A man and woman with their arms broken
5. Three cases of concussion of the spine.
6. Head severely injured.
7. Two men with broken ribs.

The wounds of five others, which were not of so serious a
nature, were dressed at the -hospital, and the parties sent on
by the next train, in first-class carriages, by the Great
Western Railway Company.
The sufferers are chiefly composed of working men, prin-
cipally stone-masons, who were proceeding to Cheltenham,
Gloucester, and Bridgewater. It is not expected that any
will be able to leave the hospital for a month or six weeks.
From a quarterly ticket found upon the person of one who
is dead, be is supposed to be a dissenting preacher named
Jabez Cler.

The body of a respectably-dressed mechanic, which was
crushed between one of the carriages and the tender, was
nearly severed.

It appears that the engineer, (who, along with his assist-
ant, jumped off the engine the moment the catastrophe oc-
curred,) had the precaution to shut off the steam, thus
preventing the explosion of the boiler, which, under the
circumstances, must otherwise have inevitably taken place.