The Commonwealth. — 1866-11-17 (London, England)

KITCHEN GARDEN AND FRAME G ROUND.—ASparagus beds to bo cleaned over, the weeds raked off, and a heavy coating of half-rotten dung laid on, over which throw a sprinbling of earth from the alleys.— Seakale may be planted now in well-prepared ground in well•drained positions; where the soil lies low or damp, hov;ever, it should not be planted till the spring. In any case, 'the ground must be deeply trenched and liberally manured, and the manure thoroughly incorporated with the soil. Begin forcing by first covering the stools with conical mounds of sand or coal-ashes (not leaves, which spoil the flavour). Place the Eeakalo tiots over as many stools as are to be started now, and fill tho spaces between and over the pots with a mixture of stable-dung that has been once turned, with leaves, straw, and other litter, beating it firm as you proceed, and leaving the whole smooth and tidy nine inches above the top of the pots. —Seakale in pots: Mere only small quantities of seakale are required, it may be forced very conveniently and cleanly in pots. Pot the roots singly in 25-sized pot, in a mixture of leaf-mould, rotten dung, and sandy loam, equal parts. Place the pots on the top of a brick floe or on a gentle hotbed, the bottom-heat not to exceed CO deg. Invert over each pot another empty pot, stopping the bolo of each with a piece of flat tile, over which press a lump of clay. For those who have no convenience to force sealcalo in the open ground, Paseall's po!s are invaluable.—Gardener's Magazine.  THE FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT NEAR LONGNIDDIiY.  On Monday afternoon a serious accident occurred on the North Brit i.,11 Railway, about a mile and a half east of Longniddry Station, whereby one passenger was killed and several injured. The accident eccurred to the train which leaves Dunbar at 2.55 p.m., and is due at Edinburgh at 4.20. It is a slow train, stopping at all the stations betwe-en Dunbar and Edinburgh, and at the time the accident happened. it was procsedii:g at the rate of from 20 to 25 miles an hour. The train consisted of three wagons following the engine, five earriigcs, and a guard a brake van. When near Spittal aiding, c.hout midway between Drem and Lorigniddry, the tire of one of the wheels of the wagon nearest the engine flew off. The train had proceeded sevi-ral hundred yards after this, when the engine, with the thee wagons attached, separated from the rear pait of the train, which then ran off the line. The carriage next the trucks was a Eecot d class one, which bect,mo uncoupled, and it was struck by the carriages following, and knocked over. The next carriage was a hrst-clas.s, which ran off the line into the fle:d ; but it remained on its wheels. The passengers in the second•claas carriage were the most unfortunate. Lire. Arrowsmith was killed on the spot. Mr. William:l:3%lolton, Catherine Chalmers, and Mr. Watson, received irjnriev, chicfly on the face and head. It appears that the tire which flew off has been examined and foui:d to have been only a few months in vise, and that it was made of the hest material. Only a very small portion cf the rails was torn up. Some of the passengers who were more slightly hurt arrived in Edinburgh about half past six.  Dreadful Suicide of a Lady. On Monday morning, at a pter to nine o'clock, a lady named Mrs. Levy, re:7•iding at Mr. St. Marks, 37, Alfred'. plae, Bedford-quare, VV.C., threw herself from the second•floor winf!osv of the above house. She was taken up imensible, and medioal aid being seat for, Rho was pronoun,:cd dead. Her age was about 40, and ehe was Ezlpvceed to be of uncound mind.