The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-06-27

A London letter of the goth May, published
in the Journal of Commerce, has the following
items
100000. francs have arrived in France from Hay
ii, in part payment of the French claims on that
island
The Commercial Steam Packet Company wounG up
their affairs Yesterday and found themselves wanting
fI40000 to be relieved from difficulties. The sale
of their steam ships will, il is expected, realize
SIl2 000 leaving S2e,0O0 balance oil debts TO be pau
up by the shareholders.
A set of scoundrels in Ireland, members OF illegal
societies, having succeeded in getting several pledged
tee-otallers TO recede from the society and violate
their pledges great meeting was held on tie 18TH oil
the peasantry of Tipperary to consider the crcum-
stance. Twenty thousand people assembled on the
OCCASION and after an Introductory speech by the
Rev. Mr. Nolan, the account says, several persons
to the front of the platform and gave assurance,
in feeling and touching language, OF the lively sor-
rows that they felt at having been SO unfortunate as
to be victims of temptation. They soemnly promis-
ed in the presence Of God and the multitude before
whom they expressed their dep conrition that they
would more taste sprituous and intoxicating IL
quors. This act Of contriton and humiliation was
received by the assemblage in a behtting manner.
The late fatal and fearful accident or series OF ac-
cidents on the Paris and Versailles railway, have
called special attention TO the railways IN this coun-
try and particularly TO a paper read ION Accidents
upon Railways by c. X. Weld, Esq The Globe
ment which was submitted to the Statistical Socety,
but have the report of the society now before me,
which gives further and more important articuars.
The number Of persons conveyed by 5O railways IN
the first half year of lS4, in this country, amounted
to 9,l22,6l3. The number OF tralnsi employed was
90 422-giyng 9l-3 persons to each train. The ave
rage speed was including stoppages, IL "a miles
per hour exclusive Of stoppages - 40 miles per
hour average speed, exclusive OF stoppages, vary.
ing from 80 on the northeastern to the London and
Birmingham 81 miles per hour. Accidents for lo4l
on 50 railways, collisions 27-killed l2-injured l26;
engine or train breaking killed, Ia injured run
of the line 1876 killed, SO injured; run over A.
killed and injured fell off 81 killed, injured
making total of 50 accidents-23 killed and 80
wounded. But this is traceable to casualties only
over which passengers had no control. The accl-
dents attended with personal injury to individuals,
owing to their own negligence, were 81 run over
IL killed and IA injured; fell off 5-2 killed and
in ured; jumped oil l5--2 killed and Is injured
crushed by engine killed /, injured 10. Total SO
accidens-23 deaths 80 injuries. The personal ID
Jury to the servants of the companies, amount to IS
accidents--46 deaths and 81 injuries. Taking the
number Of passengers at l5,245, 226, the accidents
are only in las 1868 1t is well worthy OF corslde-
ration that Mr. Yields able paper states that four
wheel engines are more unsteady, subject to osca-
tory movements, and particularly to vertical move
ments which matter Of course produce jump
ngs, while sixwheel engines have had and can have
no such risks, for out of the total number Of 22l
four wheel engines, 3 accidents occurred from run
ming off the rail- but accident of the kind occurrep
to six-wheel engines.