Glasgow Courier. — 1844-08-22 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

ACCIDENT ON THE GREENOCK RAILWAY.. for us anel our children there will yet be hope. The transports of the British navy could bring to our shores unnumbered roloal prefeesion in generaL .- • ;-, thousands of the poor and oppressed inhabitantsoootf wisely, &ell destshied 0, litrigheou on the .20th ult. by some unknown A good deal of desultory (amanita follo.ered. It was argued On Tuesday afternoon, an accident occurred on the Greenock process, has been so publicly peeved, that the matter cannot in foe- ' is association it should be strictly confined to the railway which caused some inconvenience, but which fortunately and Africa, whose welfare England honestly, though ' without e searching imeetigation into its Sone ; but a hope was elpressed that other was not attended with any more serious result. Shortly after the seeks. Of these many would remain here, redeemed from bar has yet • their example. The Arm of the meeting five o'clock down train, it seems had emer ed from Bishooton barium to light; while others would return to their native land to -wee by the adoption of a serles of resolutions, , g • recount the benefits they had experienced—to tell of the freedom tunnel, and when nearly opposite Dumbarton Castle, the passes- and the happiness of the land that owned the British savoy, and to gem s were surprised at the engine slowing and then stopping alto- bear through populous regions and barbarous kingdoms our lanour arts, and religion. But to enable onto welcome, as we gather. Upon inquiry it was stated by the guatd that there was gouge, could wish, these immigrants, other steps in the path of justice a luggage train in the way, and that the passenger trate would and fair-play should be taken by the mother country. Jamaica be prevented from proceeding with the usual speed. Upon farther should be as Yorkshire, and Barbadoes as Mid-Lothian. No other inquiry, however, it was found that the train had been stopped in burdens should be placed upon our staples than such as corresconsequence of an accident which had happened to the down ponded with burdens placed, for necessary purposes of revenue, luggage train, the line being obstructed in inch a manner by on the productions of English industry." waggons off the rails that in the meantime it was impossible to "Of merely local intelligence we have not muth to communiget either up or down. This, it appears, had been occasiossed by este. The seasons have been favourable, and the planters are the breaking, in some way or other, of one of the trucks, a portion looking forward to fair returns for the labour bestowed on the of which, it is supposed, having fallen in front of the rest of the soil. Would they had reason to anticipate an equally fair return waggons, threw a number of remota the rails. The train having for the capital sunk in the production." been proceeding at its usual velocity when the aseident happened, " Another unhappy man has been sentenced to death for the some of the waggons ran into a fiehland were overturned, some ruthless murder of his fellow-man. The name of the condemned of them came in contact with the wail at several places, sad at is Brown, and he was tried at the Cornwall assizes." the bridge above the Greenock road a number of the parapet The weather, for some time previous to the sailing of the Dee, stones were thrown over, but without doing any further damage. had been of a very favourable kind, and the prospects for next The guard of the luggage train was slightly hurt, we understand, year were exceedingly good, the tieing crops having been invibut no other person. After waiting for about half-an-hour, the gorated by copious showers. up-train from Greenock arrived at the plane, when the passengers