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    K Stii DIS THE Decemebb 28, 1850. „„„ % ...

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    DISTRESS ^ THE SCOTCH ISMffDS; t£h \Vt!&...

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    Lord John Russktt's Manifk8ip. *—The Fre...

    _K _Stii _^^^ _joar-defioienoy- ( _tfWihoddK M-A ™ - _^ I _^ J _^ he s _^ at _^; he _; was . _SSSfSS iMPBOVBMEiff op : Tb adb ij ? _DLsiBB . __ There ~ are _' very Whaccounts -of the' linen _aitf _^ _arS trade in _Jjw northern promce . ThrS . / r of _Zfeur _mfinto _^ M _audence _^ revivedtradeand in (! rea _^ gln _^ ufactdnng _prdsperity , that no fewer than _twel-e fl « spinning mills are now in course of erecboa » the immediate neighbourhood of Belfast : _andthatialthoughallavailableresources of the local _foundrus , & c ., _baye been brought into requisition to meet the demand for machinery , the importations of _; _flax- * pumiog apparatus from England have been great * during the past two . months than at an * periot since 1830 . s find Mr . _ImdehTmaiahim _mw _*—Ki- * _^ _Uirr _atetA _^ X _^^ f _^«^ 5 _^ foraD yco » to

    _€ _buous _Acctdkst to Mb . _Dasho ; O'Coimn _Jun-Stllarnbt , Dec , lS .-An _accidentia ser _ous nature occurred to Mr . Daniel _n'PnTm « ii _yjongest son ot the «• Liberator » S _^ nK ' % g at Rockfield . After _discharS « S *? _tt _fcrrels of his double _fowling-pieceBBJfl ° 5 f _jading it , when . the other uSS _^ _JfS ** _^• _shatteringtheleft _^^^ dressed and bandaged Mr . O ' Connell _prSed on foot , though suffering intensely , to the * W of bh S _* James O'Co _^ ell , _inkeview . _itatier date our correspondent writes :- « Serious _aooS _^ _nsmn _xs _entertomedthat lockjaw will ™ Sit _Sl _™ _5 ? - _' _"J whi _^ iIr- D- O _' Connellsusta _ined . _hT _P rtJ ! n . aJed _TOS the right hand ; the palm , and tee two forefingers , and the thumb were torn to WX > TQ _3 . " - ~ Cork Examiner .

    Ulster . Protestant Association . —Lord i _^ _saareene and Ferrard has addressed a letter to the secretaries of _the-HIster Protestant Association , _declining an invitation to attend their _apnroachin _^ meeting m Belfast . His lordship _^ ays — "The recent assault of the Pope on the supremacy of our _^ _OTerei gn ( who , undoubtedly , is the head and supreme governor of that church or body who follow the form of worshi p established b y law in these realms ) has been justly _treated by the loyal English _people as an _warranted insult / and I have _noS ofJherehgioTAsUbertiesof this empire bein « impaired pythe recent ill-advised measure ofthe Pontiff . But injury to that great cause may accrue by a revival

    01 a senseless « Ko Popery' cry , particularly in ' this part ofthe empire , where the vast majority of our fellow citixens profess the Romish faith , and ¦ Where the unhallowed spirit of party is so rife Are we to deny Roman Catholics equal privileges ' because , had they the power , they would deny them to us ? The Bible- teaches us -to try to overcome evU with good—to follow other things which make for peace . I beg most respectfully to decline attending yonr meeting , where I cannot but fear that some sentiments at variance with those of civil and religions liberty will be uttered , and some _feelum contrary to those of perfect charity evoked . " "

    Fatal _Accmssi . —A fatal and melancholy accident occurred on the 17 th inst ., at Clonakilty , in this county . Sub-inspector Feely , his son and ¦ daughter , a girl in her fifteenth year , having finished breakfast , the two former retired , leaving Mis 3 Feely in the room . Shortly after she seated herself near the window , and opened her workbox . when a a boy , whom Mr ; Feely had recently taken into his service , oame in to put slack on the fire , after which lie-took a gun belonging to young Mr . Feely _vrhjch had been , nnfortunately left in the rooiri loaded , and having raised the cock a little , itBlipped back on the pillar , and horrible to relate , the entire charge lodged irr the poor girl ' s temple and the Bide of her head . " Having continued to breathe for some time , she calmly and tranquilly resigned her soul to her Maker . —Cork Examiner .

    Crows Soliciiorship of Tifpehahy . —The vacancy created in the . above office by the lamented death of John CahiU , Esq ., has-been supplied , we understand , by the appointment of Patrick ffirwam Esq ., of Thnrles . —Limerick Reporter . Encumbered Estates Court . — Baron Richards announced at the sitting of the _Courteon Saturday last , that Mr . " Woulfe Flanagan _happen appointed a "Master , " in order farther to _flwlitate tho despatch of business . The routine of his duties _was ' _stated by the learned Baton , and were analogous to those performed by the Masters in Chancery _^ '

    Allocation op . Monet in the Encumbered Court . —Between this and the 7 th of January there wiU be no sales ; but the Commissioners will have ample occupation in the apportionment of purchase money which has accumulated in court , _amounting to 4200 , 000 , amongst creditors . and others having claims on the estates sold . Heretofore no serious difficulty has occurred in the working of thi 3 import-ant branch of the Commission , _although at the Outset it was pretty generally anticipated that- the contests between . rival claimants , deriving under mortgages , would become a most fruitful source of litigation . ' .. ¦

    Agriculture is the West . — The _Sallinosloe Agrujultural Society , of which the Earl of Clancarty is president , have ' just issued their tenth annual report , which , notwithstanding the " many causes of depression , presents upon the whole a favourable prospect . of the _^ future . Spade husbandry feas been " encouraged to -an immense extent , by " which means a vast deal of employment has been given to the peasantry . Preparations are _beiag made for a more extended cultivation ofthe flax crop , and the opening of the railway from Galway to Dublin in the course of the next twelve months cannot fail to be of great advantage to the _fanner and must encourage the investment of capital in the improvement of the adjacent lands .

    The Romas Cathouc Clergy and thb Ribbon _Sistem . —A correspondent of the Ldtrim Journal , in alluding to two murders . recently committed in that county , says : — "On Sunday last , our exemplary parish priest of Ballinamore , Rev . P . Curtail , after mass addressed his . hearers in very strong terms on the recent-murders . He then said , I have , at the desire ef my bishop , to perform an act which I never , in all the course of my priesthood , had to perform / He then pronounced a curse a _^ _inst ev ery individual who will persist in joining jfibbon societies from the 1 st of Jan . next , for five

    years . " - . . Cultivation op Flax . — The people of the south are bestirring themselves , and everywhere in that _province there' is increasing evidence of zeal for the extension of the flax crop . "In one case , " says the Cork Examiner : — " We have just heard of the intention of a gentleman to plant fifty acres of the crop , and other instances might he mentioned of preparations to lay down an equal or even a greater extent . From all appearances it is probable that an immense quantity will be produced in the n _» xt year . Together with the sowing , arrangements are becominggeneral for the process of scratching . ;

    , _andive hear of several parties who are about to erect the necessary machinery , both for their own convenience and that of the public . Mr . Dargan ' _s enterprise , in establishing his mill , has given a great impulse to tbe movement , many persons not having before sufficient information on the subject , or being too cautious to run the rish of expending thehr money for that purpose . Alleged Pbhversios . —There is good authority for stating that a Limerick paper has been niismiormed with regard to . the allegation that _Lidy Anna Maria Monsell has become a convert to the

    Soman Catholic Church .. . Lord John Russell ' s Manifesto . —A meeting of the _clergy of the archdiocese of Armagh , _wry numerously attended , was held in that city oh the 20 th inst . An address to his Grace the Lord Primate was unanimously adopted , expressive of concurrence with their English brethren m their protest _against the recent aggression ofthe Pope , and _prayiuff his Grace to convey to them an assurance of the _zetl and earnestness of the clergy of the Irish branch of the Church in the same cause . The address re presented , that as the Queen ' s prerogative is the same in Ireland as m England , whatever _mea-Sres may be adopted to secure the latter from the nsurparion of a foreign Power ought to be extended to the former , in order that the members of the united Church in this country may enjoy the _pro-SonS uallaws with thou * feUow-sub ] ectein Gr eat Britain .. Until the address has beenpre _aented , and a . reply received , it was agreed that it should not be made public .

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    Mr. Cobde.Asd The Wobkinr. Classes.-Mr, ...

    Mr . _COBDE . _ASD THE _WOBKINr . CLASSES .-Mr , Oohden has lately attended _severol meetings 01 Literary and Mechanics * Institutes . At tne last of these occasions ( at Leeds ) , bis _aUuBions to _disp uted economical questions called forth an expression of dissent from Mr . Edward Bairies ; and in the course of his assertion ? the hen . gentleman mad the following remarks : —• ' It is not a satisfactory thine to feel t hat we are " constantly in danger of deluding ourselves that we are dealing with the mass of the people , while we are in fact dealing ¦ wi th only a very select portion of the population ( Hear hear ) . I speak not only of Mechanics' Institutions , where you do hot find mechanics as a rule but as an exception ; I speak also of every effort 4 Vi » t i » made to reach the mass of the people , and I

    « av _< we have deluded ourselves ; for instead of reaching them we . have stopped midway , and have " misteredto the . wants . and pleasures of . another _S « amearheari . Take the Penny Magazine , de-Sdby " h « Society for the Diffusion of Useful _tnowledce amongst the working classes . It was _Sver _Shythem , but by the middle class ( Hear ) AuYtlT Penny _Cydopoedia the same . Where do _Wffind'cSnW AalaziM , but _ in the _rtchlyMl _& draZig room J Then , gentlemen , I say the _Sof _STpwp le is as yet an _^ eveloped 8 tea Sun , which -we -We yet to penetrate ana work ( Applause )

    . a Sharp Saw . —They say there is a saw mill , do _wnS ? w 5 K «« so eaV , tbat _whUeayoung _S was _Stting on a log while the saw was running _Srough , hewas sawed in halves , and did not _discoverlt until the _oTerwer told _hua to roU off .

    Distress ^ The Scotch Ismffds; T£H \Vt!&...

    DISTRESS _^ THE SCOTCH ISMffDS ; t _£ _h \ Vt !& _Z *** _^ _inba _^ tanta-of : Lon g _wfcS _S _5 t * _^ _-rftK'ifi _' _DTODertvnf _PM _o _^ _^ ' _^ uts set out . Is the _* _htkh _H ' , tales of misery and of "distress _TheviX ? _P ? P t 1 ? _arrate are truly hear _^ _eSf ; They have evidently ran off from the island , not only because famine prevailed , but also because _' of the cruel" conduct of Col . Gordon ' s underlings . _-mSLa 1 the I _^ e eJe _^ ed from their houses in _T _" * _?!? andthelr predecessors resided under DISTRESS -IS THE _^ n _^ _- _^ i .

    . ... . ine M _Reds of Barra for' time immemorial ; and , atter that . they were most unwarrantably and unceremoniously dragged out of the temporary tents and " wigwams , " they erected for shelter on the sea shore and in the clefts of the rock . Children were brought down in creels from the caves in the rocks , where they and tbeir parents took shelter tromthe inclemency ofthe weather . Females were pulled out by the legs from the tents , by Col . Geri don _s officers and by the constables . The heads ' of lamihes were threatened with imprisonment if they should show resistance ; and they wereall informed that , if _thi-y dared , to show any opposition ttf Oluny s orders , tho military would soon come nnd cut them down like cabbages , or drive them over the rocks .

    These unfortunate , people , when they reached Glasgow and _Edinburgh , excited much commiseration , and meetings were held in order that measures might be _^ promoted for their relief . An application was made to Col . Gordon to assist in the work of charity . The following is the colonel ' s answer : — ¦ ' ~ - lir .. _ , "Cluny Castle , Dec . 18 _ * Sir , — -Tour letter ofthe 14 th being addressed to Edinburgh , missed me , and was forwarded here . Of the appearance in Glasgow , of a number of my tenants and cottars , from the parish of Barra , I had no intimation previous to the receipt of your communication , and in answer to your inquiry , ¦ What 1 propose doing with the people ?* 1 say .

    _nothingi am , sir , with due consideration , Jons Gordon , C . " _^ The hardness of this letter is hot atoned for by the following : — ' "Mr . Baird , the secretary of the Highland Relief Committee , having written to Colonel Gordon _regaTdiiig the parties who , it is stated , had been _ejectedjrom Barra , has received an answer , in which . Colonel Gordon writes : — ' The only notice I think it worth my while to take of what is said of me in the _newspapers is to disabuse the public from the false assumption that the Barra people now in Glasgow were mercilessly turned ont of their dwellings by me , or by my orders , at » this inclement season of the year . So far from that being the case , I had no intimation of man , woman , or child having left Barra at this time . Nor do the letters which I

    had from Uist , dated the 6 th inst ., make any allusion to such an occurrence . They must have left Barra of their own free will , and I am sorry they did , so ; for it may be expected that thev will toll their story as favourably as they can * for them _, selves , which must lead to Investigation , and then , I hope , the truth will appear . It should be borne ia mind that the majority of the present inhabitants were not originally natives' of Barra , but brought there by the late , proprietor from the surrounding islands , without regard to the characters they brought with them , the disadvantages of which I have dearly experienced—for they have uniformly thwarted all my efforts to put them in the' way of mamtaining themselves and tbeir families by their

    own industry , and have rendered that property of no value , but rather a heavy incumbrance . ' Col . Gordon thus alludes to his ineffectual applications to government , and states that his agent has gone to London , if possible _« to get something done to ave the "West Highland proprietors from utter destruction / _, and after calling attention to a statement which he sends , showing the receipts from Barra for the three vears ending Martinmas last to be £ 1 , 273 16 s 5 d ., and the expenditure for that period £ 3 , 117 2 s . 8 ' d . —the excess' of expenditure over receipts being £ 1 , 853 6 s . 3 ' . —he mentions that he lately sent a cargo of Indian cornmealfor behoof of the poor people , and tbat as his 'feelings for them are rather compassionate than otherwise , * he will forward a sum ot money if Mr . Baird recommends it . ' At the same time he adds ' he will do ho

    more than tbe law may compel him -and should the Barra people unfortunately suffer , and casualties occur , he will be sorry for it ; while he has the consolation of knowing that , if his efforts to reclaim and better the people had been met aB was expected they would now have been beyond dependence on th » - _QuiAy of others . " ! In reference to the Barra Islanders , the following paragraph from the Edinburgh Courant is interesting . The Rev , Henry Wright delivered a most appropriate and impressive discourse in St . George ' s Church , in behalf of the _JNight Asylum Charity _, after which the collection was made , amountjng to £ 14 lis . OJd ., which- will afford seasonable relief to this excellent institution , at present sheltering the destitute and houseless Highlanders . We understand that . farther donations . will b « thankfully received by-the treasurer , Mr . White , 12 , Frederick-street , or any of the other office-bearers .

    Distress in the Isle of Sktb . —The Presbytery of Skye , at a meeting held last week , resolved to appeal to government on the subject of . the destitution which threatens to ba so serious in the spring . The farmers and gentlemen of the district agreed to hold a meeting , which the sheriff convened , on a requisition to that effect . In answer to a letter of Colonel Gordon ' s , in respect of these unfortunate people , a Scotch gentleman thus sensibly writes to the Daily Mail : — " In the Mail of Saturday last I observed excerpts from a letter from Colonel Gordon to a gentleman in Glasgow , wherein , the colonel excuses himself by stating that he " had no intimation of any man , woman , or child having left Barra at this time , " and he concludes that they must have left Barra of

    their own accord .. "Whether they left Barra of their own accord or not is not the question ; but were _they'deprived of , and driven away from their crofts , of their own accord ? ; The people who have , been deprived oftheir land to make room for sheep have not left Barra of their own accord ,. and in a few days they will satisfy the gallant colonel of this fact , aud of what is . done in Barra in his name . They are to start for Aberdeenon next week , and will present themselves before him at Cluny Castle , with all their poverty and rags . The colonel will know them at once , for no other proprietor in Great Britain can boast of cottars so well furnished with rags , and with every other symbol of misery and want , the result ofthe mistaken policy of their landlord . —Tours respectfully , Donald Ross . Glasgow , Dec . 21 st , 1850 . "

    Escape Op A Nun From The Convent At Banb...

    Escape op a Nun from the Convent at Banburt . —There was an escape of a " Nun " from the Roman Catholic establishment in this town , the other day , says the _Banoury

    conventual life was first made known , out of the house , by letters , which she contrived " to have conveyed by children in tbe school , to persons of the protestant faith in Banbury . An English New Testament , which by some chance came into her possession , disturbed the opinions in which she had been educated ; she determined on getting away from St . John ' s , and resolved to do so early on Monday morning , and again on Tuesday morning , but at the moment ofthe contemplated escape her heart failed her . Shortly after nine o ' clock , the school hour , On _Tuesdav , while the other inmates were engaged ,

    she took , an opportunity cf getting away unobserved ; and , for some reason , instead of going to the parties in Banbury with whom Bhe had been in communication , and who had offered her shelter , she set off on the road for Oxford : At Adderbury , three miles from Banbury , she became tired , and inquired for a Protestant minister ; Bhe was taken to the house-of the Rev . Mr . Crickett , an / Indepen dent minister , where she . was kindly received , both by Mr . and Mrs . Crickett , and with whom she is remaining . She has been supplied with clothing ; and the garments peculiar to the sisterhood , in which she went away , have been returned to tho

    convent . ' _ . . _„ _ •• The Roman Catholic Church in Great Britain —The forthcoming Roman Catholic Directory _forlSSl contains the following in its •• Statistics ot the Catholic Church in Great Britain : - Total of churches and chapels in England and Wales 597 : ditto hv Scotland , 97 , besides _twentysix stations where divine service is' performed . _cJllS-Eng land . 10 ; Scotland , 1 . _*^«>« _hS of Men in England , H S OjTjjJ ; _« gg 53 Priests in England and Wales , 8 ZB ; in _bcotfind . 111 ! Total priests in Great'Britain , . includ-01

    ing buhons 972 . Total increase priests , as comd _£ _edTSu _« t _" vear 43 . The Directory also gives _Snamelo _^ _RomanCatholic bishops and vicarsapostolic in the British colonies and possessions . To Save One ' s BACoX . -May I venture to _suggest that this " phrase has reference ( to _thescustoni at Dunmbw , in , Essex , of g iving a flitch of bacon to any married couple " residing in tbe parish , who live in harmony for a year and a day . A roan and nis wife who stopped Bhort when on tho verge 01 a quarrel might be said to have "just saved their bacon ; " and in course of time the phrase would De applied to any one who barely escaped any loss or d & jigev . _T'NQtesQ _. nd Queries .

    The Lal "^ Fatal . Sewer Acpj^Y T The Ad...

    THE LAl FATAL . SEWER ACpj _^ y The adjourned _inpest upon the bodies ofthe twe unfortunate men , William Gardner and Edward Gorman , who perished in the new sewer in Scotlandyard , by . _thtfsudden-iflau * of tbe tide ) took ' pTace' on Monday afternoon ; before Mr . Bedford , hi theBoaid RoomofSt . Martin ' s Workhouse . " 7 ¦ ' _- ¦ - ; . Mr ; FaANE _. Forsteb produced _plans _' of the sewer ; showing the state ofthe w 6 rk _# previou 8 Iy to the accident . ; He also produced his report thereon to the Commissioners , _^ and placed-it in the _handsJof < the coroner , but it was not . read . ' In reply to questions Frpm the coroner , Mr . _Forster stated that he had inspected the work several _timesbefort the Sewer was _

    , driven up to the blind dock near Scotland-yardi in order to satisfy himself that the dam was sufficient . ' lheportion of the sewer between the blind dock and _parliament-square , being blocked out ffom _= Percy Wharf , was drained by two small steam engines and a hand pump : and , in order tohastenthe opening of _ttirtiament-street to the publio , the old sewer in that street wa 3 destroyed , - and the house drainage admitted into the new sewer , thus increasing the flow of water m the portion of sewer between the dock and _Parliament square . In the beginning of the week previous to the 10 th inst ., one of the engines , being worked out , failed , and the flow of water overpowered the other . The work was consequently retarded on that side .. One ofthe contractors had informed him

    that , anxious to forward the' work , he had agreed with their foreman to drive a small " heading" betweenthe _twoblockea-up _^ ends Of the sewer , separated by the bottom of the dock for the purpose of connecting the water-logged part of the sewer between the dock and Parliament-square , with the engine at Percy Wharf ;¦ ahd accordingly , ' on ( the evening of Saturday , the 14 tn _, the "heading " was commenced by Perrott , the foreman , and a-man named Gorman , brother to one ofthe deceased . The work went - on . without interruption from six or seven 0 clock cm the Saturday night , to six or seven o ' clock on _bunday night—the same men being engaged upon it all the time . He onghtto state that this _operatun was carried on without his knowledge , or the'

    knowledge of any other ' . officer " of the commissioners . ' At the time of high ' water on-Monday morning the water broke through the face of- the *• heading , ' ? and the unfortunate deceased perished . It was clear to him that the earth between the " heading " arid the bottom of tho dock , had broken _: in with the weight of the tidal waters . The earth ( some of which was produced ) was a mixture of tough clay and sand , about four feet thick , which vyas not calculated to bear the weight of ten feet of water upon it . He should not have ventured to drive a drift through inch earth , with such a weight of water over it ; but he believed the drift was closely timbered , and that great precautions had . been taken to ensure " safety . ¦ ' The earth was of a sort which might fall without the weight of water above ; and he should not'have ventured upon such a work with three feet of water over it . Had there been some great object to be accomplished by ithe have been inclined

    , might to : risk the making of a tunnelin'it with a small quantity of water over it , buthe should not like to say what _quantity . Properly speaking , the operationwas no part of the conr tract—it was an expedient to join the _twOejids of ihe sewer , in order to get rid of the water : He did hot consider it indispensable to make thedidft , but ' it certainly was calculated to expedite the completion of the wort . Hearrired at the . ' opinion'that such a tunnel would be unsafe from the nature of the earth , and fromgene _' ralkhowledge ofthe effect of the weight of water . Ten feet of water above the crust of earth over the drift would be 51 b ., per square inch , ' or 724 lbs . per square foot . If he had _seeu the earth , he should have paused before driving ' s drift through it with ten feet of water-above . He should hot have driven a drift under the . dock , except he had found the earth had been exceedingly . stiong marl , or s 6 m 6 _Uner snch strong earth .:

    Mr . Perrott , clerk of the works to the contractors , was here re-called , at the request of Mr . Parry , and he stated that in making the drift great cafe was taken to plank _up . the . _side 3 as theyw . ent ' on , at a distance of two feet _bix Inches . He ' examined the drift three or four times on Saturday evening , and five or six times on Sunday at high , water , to see if any came through , but could detect " none . - The jury , after forty minutes' consideration ; returned a verdictof'Accidental death by _drowning , " but they added ,- " the jury cannot _jeparate without expressing their . opinion that great negligence is attributable to Messrs , Humphreys and Thirst ; and their foremen , Messrs '; Wheeler and Pierrott , in riot consulting the engineers ' connected with the works of Victoria sewer . "

    I The Corair Rates Expenditure, &B.—At A...

    i The _Corair Rates Expenditure , & b . —At a very fully attended meeting- of the vestry of St . Marylebone , on Saturday last , F ; H . Bridgman , Esq ., churchwarden , in / the chair , Mr . _Nicholay rose to bwng forward a motion , of which he had previously given notice , for the appointment of a committee to prepare a petition - to parliament to co _- operate with the other parishes' to obtain a representative and responsible board iri reference to county 1 rates expenditure , ; upon tlie principle that taxation without representation was an injustice . He complained of the irresponsible character of tho magistracy with regard to the expenditure of county rates . __ They were elected , for life , and the ' ratepnyers had only to * firidthe money f 6 r ' thc 3 e gentlemen to spend without any control . He knew that these magistrates , _JiKomany' other irresponsible boards , always pretended to be looking to the' rights of the

    ratepayers . So said the commissioners of sewers —so said the Poor Law Commissioners arid others ; but the people would be-much more eatisfied to look after their own rights arid their own interests themselves . What they _wanted'was to bavo some represeritatiyes at a financial county board , to control the expenditure , " that . those representatives should be _^' _elected-annuaJlv _^ and then , if they did notdo'their duty , the ratepayers could turn- them out . He ( Mr . Nicholay ) " was certainly somewhat astonished when the gentlemen forming a deputation on this subject came before the _vestryj to hear Mr . Laurie take up the matter in . the short way he did , in telling them that the vestry had ' got no money , andcould not entertain it . Those gentlemen did not come there to ask for" mbhey- ' alohej although they had incurred cohsidefab ' le expense in agitating this question in Lancashire , where , bad as the griev . ince ' wa ' s in the metropolis , it was milch worse . " St .- Pancras had taken' the lead in this

    matter , arid had adopted a vestry petition , - and appointed a committee to ' cb _^ operate , "" and ' he ( Mr . Sicholay ) ' was" desirous that Mavyl 8 borie should do the same . , ' The position of - the ratepay ; ers , with respect to the magistracy , was like it used to be in that parish before the introduction of Hobhouse ' s Testries' Act and all they wanted was to apply theprincip ! e 3 of that Act with regard to the magistracy , or , at least , with regard to the appointment'of a * representative financial board' to control the county expenditbre . With these remarks he would move his resolution . ( Hear . )—Mr . _Sodensecondedi tbe resolution , audit , was carried unanimously . ¦ _

    _iNiESDEp Haebour at _Brighton . —A print , of the new harbour on '• the recoil principle , " which it is intended to'form at' Brighton , has" jiisfc been published by Mr . Grant , from , the design of Mr . W . H . Smith , C . E .- The propose ' d harbour is to beof depthof water sufficient for a ' three-decker . This will be found iri less than two miles from the shore .. The breakwater alone might bo adopted . From £ 2 , 000 to £ 3 , 000 would be sufficient to protect the fisheries of the bay , and would have prevented the late , losa of life at Worthing . ; It is well known that . our fisheries are at this moment languishing for the want of such protection . Within the last eighteen ' months , 500 human lives arid £ 400 , 000 worth of property , have been sacrificed for want of accessible harbours between the Isle of Wight and the Goodwin Sands . The promenade , which terminates upon the Slopes , runs around the

    entire'harbour , is supported , by piles at intervals , and also by the sections , which , having friction rollers , inay yield , and : recoil beneath . The . _section , in tbe act . of lowering , represents an entrance which may be UBed occasionally ,. according to the direction of . tha wind . " The' keel-piece of , ' each ' section is let into the end frames , and is thus raised from and open at the bottom , to allow a free passage for the sbinglebeneath . ' The braces and screwpiles , with tbe mode of bedding them , are shown on the shore at low water . It is well known . that thc 3 eplaDs have the peculiarity , _borrpweldfrom a natural principle , of not receiving a bldw , as the section goes down to the bed ofthe sea ' , and is . there jointed . Unlike all preceding _floatingbreakwaters _, the strength of the sustaining braces may be increased to an unlimited or the . required ; extent , without the possibility of the sections sinking . .

    _Civin List . —Pensions on the Civil List of £ 100 a year each' have been granted to George . Petrie , Esq . ' , LL . D ., and .. J . Kitto , Esq ., M . D . Mr ; Petrie ia a member of the Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts ar id Vice-President of the Royal Irish Academy of Sciences . He _ishutborofthe well known treatise on the " Round towers of Ireland , " and of many other antiquarian works . Dr . Kitto has been deaf and 'duriib from an accident when a boy , in spite of wbich difficulties' he travelled- through many lands in connection with the Missionary . Sooietey , With his ~ physical failings he has ! done . much for the cause of biblical lit _

    , _UuBREiiA . —It . was introduced to Bristol about 1780 . A lady , now eig hty-three years of age , remembers its first appearance , which occasioned a great sensation . Its colour was red , and it probably came from Leghorn , with which place Bristol at that time ' maintained a groat trade . Leghorn has been called Bristol on " a visit to Italy . —Notes , and Queries . ' . ' . . . _, , , Importation op Tortoises . — The vessel Ada , which has arrived in the docks from Mogador , ha _« broug ht the very large number of 5 , 000 tortwaeB _asaportwn of h « cargo , . :-s _, . .

    W A^H.I'^^ Collie Iiy Accident _ ¦ At Mi...

    _W _^ _H _. _I' _^^ COLLIE IIY ACCIDENT _ ¦ AT MIDDLE DUFFRYN , ABERDARE . _- ) "i'i . 'v _^' _- ' _- _^ ' _- _'i _^ f _. _*!^«!* _- i ! 0 i : i . -i ( _MiiivftiW ,,, _>¦ An inquest was held on the" 14 th ipst ., ' arid re , 8 Umea . on , the . I 7 tb , at . Aberdare , when ' a number 01 witnesses were examined ; : f ' ' : _\\ _T ; . ¦ ' . ";¦" . •?¦ > :- v _Jv _*\ _JENI'I "' S » _collieiy who said—I was fireman in the Middle _ttufiryri colliery . . ' The top of the j ? . ™' 116 Btall . in . the first _crossiheading was bad and _lmely to fall ; and Buok , George Ready , ' and several more , were engaged in trying to prop it up while I was engaged in opening a fresh , wind way / When we _were-so engaged a part of the roof fell ; and a mower came out against my candle , and an explosion took place .: I had been in the stall about five

    minutes before , and there was no gas there then . ] am quite certain that it was from my candle that the gas toolcfire . I had my lamp with me ; but as it did not give sufficient light to enable me to remove the plates , I had a lighted candle . I had been engaged about an hour before taking up the plates _, rtie roof of the stall had shown symptoms of failing ; and that was the reason I had taken up the plates . I hung my lamp in the stall to show if there was any gas in the stall , and am quite positive that there was no gas there until the pan of the . roof fell , when some gas came against my candle . The stall in question formed part of the wmdway _, and ' that was the reason I was soanxious to keep it open . ¦ I fell down directly I saw . the

    _expiosionj . ' and as soon as it wa 9 over I cot up and ran to the bottom of the pit . I was quite sensible the whole of the time . The top of the stall was very unusual , and several men'were collected near the spot , looking at the precautions ! was taking , and that was the reason they , were injured . If they had been at . work in their . places they would not , I think , havo been injured . 'There were nboiit fourteen , I think ; near me . Thomas Meredith was . assisting me . . 1 was down at the bottom of the pit about seven hours before I was carried up . The resident manager , and fireman were on the spot when the explosion originated . The following is _' a list ofthe persons who suffered fatally from the accident : —Edmund Beard , aged 22

    , hitcheiv married , but" leaves no children—ho wm killed on the 12 th instant ; William Davis , iigctl 17 . haulier , son of David : _Davics , collier—ho Wjs killed on the 12 th instant ; William Saunders , aged 12 , doorkeeper , son of Daniel Saunders , collk ' r—he was killed on the 12 th instant ; William Jones , sawyer , aged 17 , son of John Jones—hewas killed . at the top of the _. pit ; David Thomas , aged 23 , collier , a single man—he died on tho 14 th , from the effects of the fire ; _JameB Morgan , aged 20 , collier , a _single man—he-died on ; the : 14 th , from the effects of the hie ; . James Burgam aged 24 , collier , a _niavried man ; he leaves a wife and three children—he died on the 16 th ; from ' the effects of the fire ; Matthew Tingle , aged 35 , collier , a married man ; h- has left a wife and six children—he died on tho 19 th ,

    from the effects of the fire . The following persons , it will be seen , did not suffer fatally : —Henry Jenkins , fireman—married , and has five children . He is severely burnt . William Meredith-undcr-ground agent , is a married man . " He is severely burnt . Thomas Meredith , collier—son of Win . Meredith . He is much burnt . Richard Wiggle , collier—a married man , and' has five children , two of whom and himself are severely burnt ; ' George Meredith , collier—a married man and has four children : ' He and one of his sons are much burnt . Peter Price , collier—a single man , much burnt . John Buck , collier—a married mail , with four children . He is slightly burnt . James Williams , collier—a married inan , and has one child . He is much burnt ; The inquiry was resumed on Thursday .-

    Johk Jokes said _'* . ; The deceased William Jones was my son . He was ' seventeen year 3 of age , and worked with . me as a pit-man in the saw pit ; within eighty or a hundred yards of the Middle Duffryn coal pit where the explosion 7 tbok ; place ; Last Thursday ; between three and four o ' clock' in the afternoon , I wanted an axe . I _f mploy ' a wedgeboy , and I sent liini for one to the carpenter's shop . Theoarpenterwas not within , and the boy came back without it . My son ( William Jones ) ori seeing him return without the axe ran every ' step- of the way with'the intention of fetching it himself , and the path which be had to take passed close by the mouth of the pit . . The last sight I . had of him was when he was over the bridge ' that leads to the

    carpenter ' s shop . The coal pit is between the bridge and the shop , and my son was running as fast as'he could . At that moment . I saw the top of the' pit _flyings upiri the air , before I heard the sound ofthe explosion , and in-an instant the wedge boy told me— " There is William in _for-it . _'' -I ran there and Baw _John-Lowia . picking him up . He was quite insensible . If he had been a moment sooner or a moment'later he would have-escaped . ' There are _?; ates at the ; mouth of the pit to prevent anything ailing into / it ; , and I consider that my son was killed by being struck by these gates , which , were blown violently against . him . His thigh _waa-fracturedhi two places , and he was dreadfully injured in . his chest and head . " There were : apprehensions of , a second explosion , arid tho men ran away from

    the place '; -but I stayed with my son , and saw his lips move . He was carried into a , house . He did not speak ' .-at : ; all . but groaned . , . JHe _; lingered : till about nine thq : following , morning , when he died , having been iiri _^ bnsoious . since the accident ! 1 Thomas Williams examined " I am the chief under-ground . manager of the whole of Mr . Powell ' s collieries , and ; live at Gellygaer ,. it is my . duty to direct all the ,- under-ground workings , and to see that the ventilation of the collieries is in a safe and effeqtive .: state ; I go occasionally to them all . I am the chief viewer in all his collieries , the , plan of _allithe _workbgs being _. _avi'anged , by me _subject to Mr . Powell ' s supervision . He has other Surveyors besidesmo .-r-Mr . . Oakley : But you are the

    principal , one , and others are under you . —Thomas Williams : It it about three weeks since I was . under ground afethe " Sew . Duffryn _Cbllicry-rtliat is , about a fortnight before tho accident . There are two shaftsat . the colliery , one shaft for . ' pumping exclusively , and one for . winding ,: the pumping shaft being tbe upcast and the winding shaft the downcast . The sectional area of . the pumping shaft is 9 feet by 13 . feet , and about 168 yards in depth . The area . of the winding shaft 13 about : 13 feet 6 inches by 19 feet , and 165 yards deep . Tho pumping shaft is . partially occupied . by pit work and scaffolds . I do not know wliat sectional area we have independent of the scaffoldscwhich are" there to carry the different stages of ladders . The pumps are in

    three lengths ; and form one all the way . They are forcing . pumps ; . that is , there are two foroers ; the bottom one is a drawing -lift . Previous to the acoident , the winding shaft _wasidivided for about 100 yards from the bottom by a 9-inch brick wall , or . ' partition , which separated it into two < parts . The side on which the winding carriage worked is ll feet 9 inches in diameter , by 13 feet ; the other side , which is "intended , when' completed , to be made the upcast for the colliery , is 13 feet 0 inches by 6 feet 6 inches ; the pumping shaft and the other part of the winding shaft . to be the downcasts . At the time of the explosion the means which I cmployed for . keeping up a circulation of air in the colliery , was—placing a lamp at . the bottom ofthe

    pumping shaft . A " . lamp " is a large ironbasket , about 18 _irichea iri diameter , and is ' kept continually full of burning coal . I do not know whose duty it was to kecpthat lamp 'fed , and I expect . it was kept full of fire by night and day ; that was left-to Meredith . The area of the downcast would be upwards of ' 200 square feet , and the upcast nearly 100 square feet , as thoyexisted at the time of the _ex-, plosion . The area of some' of the air passagesih the pit itself is riot more than 25 square feet ; arid the whole of the air circulating / in'the pit would be confined to one' of those _pagsageB . We intended to make other arrangements'for it . - ; The whole of _thti Birigle" air . ' current circulating through the pit has to pass by tho waggon road td the face of each

    stall , along the' face of that stall , and then to return by the side of the' goaf or gob by a . single air thirling to ' the next stall ; ' so that if any casualty'happeri , s in any of the _^ wa ' ggon roads , 'in _^^ any of thestalls _. oratthefaceof tho stalls , or to' the airway bptween the gob and the deep , pillar , the whole of the _' ventilationo f the _cdlliery . is _^ . liable to be _intercepted ; but I have not known it . tobe the case !; ' Theire has . nOt'beeri ariy lime since the : colliery has been ' : opened to . make , two airways ,. but it ! _waa our intention to _, make them . -1 have _- not yet taken ' the quantity of air ' circulating in the works , but I have judged it . to be from , 6 , 000 to 7 , 000 cubic feet ' per minute . I am afraid that the seam Of coal we are working' at the 'Duffryn

    colliery _isa'fiery _s _' eam .- I cdnsiderit ' stibjecftogive out ' blowers atthe commencement of the _. wprking . I believe that . there are fromi _^ O Qto 1 , 500 irieii and boys working underground in all Mr . . Powell ' s oollieries '; but the , number of . men employed does not vary mubh ' wheh trade is very brisk . I have considered it my duty to obtain ! all the'information I could oh the ' _use of the safety lamp . " The brick _partitienis all blown down , with the exception of from eight to ten yards ; . bu , t thero are about thirty-five jrar ' ds at the top which are not affected atall . The mortar in the part that was blown down h ' adhothad time to set-: ' the work ' was quite ' f » i ' flRri . —Bv Mr . R . Lewis Rcece : 'The colliery

    _isqiiite in its _irifenby ;—Thomas ; Williams : _^ Before tho accident , _"we cbntefnpMed making other _^ air courses . " Only abbut 2 , 600 tons have been worked there altogether . There wore th irty-two men employed under ground . " We intended having a seam jet there , for which the castings were all ready . Mr . Powell has anxiously expressed his extreme desire'to employ the very best means for ventilation regardless of _oxpehse .- Mr . Blackwell believed it was 'Mr . Powell ' s _deBW to have his collieries . well . ventilated * - Thomas Williams said that he would much rather have another pit'for ventilating' purposes t han to divide a pit . Mr . Powell iritended to sink another pit . •' - _* The inquest was then further ad _] Ourne _< l .

    A Man Shows As Scant, A Btock^ Onaeas As...

    A man shows as scant , a Btock _^ _onaeas as of gallantry who comp liments ' one woman at the expens e of _another ,, ,

    Threatened Strike On The Londob -And Nor...

    THREATENED STRIKE ON THE LONDOB -AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY . -, , : The following _atatehiehti _respecting certain _al S ieged grievances of the firemen and enginemen em , _, loyei ' on the northern division of the 'London , and qrtb-Wesfcern . Railway , has been'drawn , up . by Mr . HardinanEarle , chairman of the Locomotive Cqmf mittee . , We are sorry toiearn that . some apprehen _d sidn ia entertained lest the . " engihehieri . should suddenly leave' their work in a body , a _^ Bt ' e ' p . which cannot , fail to cause great _iriconveiiehce to the public :---. / " . ' _. _- ' ¦ -- ' "¦ _¦*>¦' / ¦ - ; . ¦ " _* _- _' . ' '¦ '• ¦¦ ' ' '

    , " . The enginemen and firemen . of the ; riorthern division having made a formal complaint- to the superintendent of sundry alleged grievances , the directors of the Locomotive Committee , on Tuesday , the , 17 th of December , met a deputation from the enginemen on the subject . '¦• "At this , meeting the following enginemen attended to explain the sentiments of the general body : —J . Murphy , T . Stockdale , John Treshingham , J . Waterworth , J . Allen , S . Buttonvorth _, G . Eaton , Jiimo 3 Turner , " P . _Coloshill , J . Bowman , and E . Williams .

    " To this deputation the chairman of tho Locomotive Committee read the following copy of resolufcions _, which , with other documents , had been transmitted to the directors , viz . : — '' A C ' opy of Resolutions agreed to by tbe Enginemen and Firemen -on the London aud North-Western Railway , Northern Division . ¦ ¦ "L— That the three months' system bo ' abo * fished altogether . " . ' That all those men that have signed the three months' notice their signatures shall be erased , and they be placed in the station they were in before signing the three months ' notico . " 3 . —That no enginemnn shall be ' enforced to take « ny but his own fireman , except in case of emergency , this being continually enforced , to the inconvenience of the engineman . .

    "' 4 . —That those men who have been reduced for objecting to sign the three months' notice bo reinstated in their furmer positions . ' . " The committee then inquired whether these resolutions correctly set forth the views and . sentiments ofthe enginemen , and the-reply was in the affirmative , after which a long discussion took place with the deputation of enginemen , at the close of-which the" committee stated , that in order to avoid any error orunintentionalmisapprehension , they _^ would , after due consideration , send a written answer to the demands of the eng ' memen , as declared in the resolutions above recorded . The following is their answer : — "In regard to the first ' resolution , ' that the

    three months' notice be abolished altogether , ' the directors will repeat now what they stated distinctly to the deputation of enginemen—that the system recently introduced of requiring . from all new enginemen and new firemen three months' notice before quitting the company ' s service , was not adopted , as supposed by the deputation , in order to bring about a reduction of wages , but simply with a view to obviate the acknowledged evil of a sudden stoppage ofthe line , occasioned , perhaps , by some misunderstanding between the enginemen and the _locomotivo superintendent . . Ifc miist . be evident that without : the protection of ; sucb . notice the whole commercial and postal communication between England and-Scotland and Ireland might be

    suddenly suspended , or , if partially kept Open , it would only be by means of new and inexperienced hands ; the _puhl ' ic being thereby put to the risk of delays and accidents , which it is . the duty ofthe directors by all practical means to prevent . But , while thus endeavouring to insure the good order and safety of the line , the terms of the notice ( now objected to ) provide that . for any- engineman who desires to . make a bond fide engagement with another company , or who snail proposo to go abroad , or , in faet , shall wish to quit the company ' s service for any valid reason altogether unconnected with . a general strike ., the usual fortnight ' s notice will-he deemed sufficient .- . It must be remembered , also , that the old enginemen . are

    not required to subscribe to the notice .. " The directors repeat that they ; have no intention by this measure to reduce the wages of old and tried hands ; nor to obtain the services of _those ; who are disposed , to sign for a lower rate of wages or remuneration than what similar duties are performed for at present : ; nor do they grudge the present high wages . of 7 s . per day as tlie reward of long and faithful service , but they expect , in return , a zealous and cheerful obedience to . rules and regulations framed in a liberal spirit , and calculated generally to establish a system which will ultimately secure the regularity of the line , the safety of the public , and the well-being of the whole concern . \ " The second resolution must be , considered as

    answered in the reply to No . 1 . 'Mo . 3 . — ' That no engineman shall bo forced to . take any but his own fireman , i & c ' ' , ' . " The committee will engage that _eVfiVJ' _tngine _* man shall be provided with a competent and efficient fireman ; and ,, as a . general , rule , as is the custom now , they do not . object to their remaining together . - But they regret that they cannot be bound , under all circumstances , to comply with this demand ofthe enginemen , as it would be surrendering their undoubted right to the ' control over ' their own servants , as well as yielding tO ' a dictation which would be subversive of all' discipline in the _establishment . ¦¦ - •/¦•

    • "'No . ' 4 . — "Ibat tho 3 e meh whp have been reduced for ' objecting to sigh the' three months' notice be reinstated in their former positions ! ' - _'• - •• ""The committee doriy that any registered engineman or fireman has been reduced , or is intended to be reduced , for refusing to sign the three months ' notice . They avow that they will give a preference to all those who are candidates for promotion who are willing to conform to this reasonable regulation - ; and they are determined to keep faith with any who havo signed , or who may _hereaftersign , under such expectation , provided they are deemed to be equally well qualified to undertake the higher duties as othera who decline to _Bign . ; ( _¦¦ ¦

    '•'• " Hardman Earlb , ¦ * ' Chairman of the Locomotive Committee of the Northern Division . " " Liverpool , Dec . 21 . " Upon this reply being received , a number of the Liverpool men took the ' opinion of a professional gentleman , as to the effect of the 10 th rule in the book of regulations issued' for their guidance , which says , — "No servant is to quit the company ' s service without giving fourteen days' previous notice , and in case lie leave without such notice all pay then due will bo forfeited ; " and were advised that if they were ' willing to submit to the forfeiture , they need not give any notice before quitting the company ' s service . ' ' ' :

    Acting under the legal opinion wo have above refeired to , the men of the northern division of the line had a meeting at Liverpool on Saturday last , at . which it appears it was resolved to leave the company ' s service on the following Monday evening ; but prior to carrying that resolution into effect , it ; was deenied advisable to take the opinion of the men on the southern division of the , line , to whom the regulation does not at present apply , on the . .-ubject . Accordingly , a numerously attended meeting of the men employed on that portion ofthe line between London and Birmingham took place ori Sunday night , at the Railway Tavern ,. Hampstead-road , when a deputation from the men employed on the northern division having stated their

    case , a long discussion took place , which rosulted in the . following resolution " being , passed' . — " That we , the engine-drivers on the southern division of the London and North'Western Railway Company , havo heard with , regret th » t a difference has arisen between our fellow-servants on thenorthern division oi the line _aiid their locomotive superintendents , owing to a recent regulation having been issued that the engine-drivers and . firemen , prior to leaving the service . of the company , shall give three months' notice , instead of » fortnight as hitherto ; and that ,. owing to . the superintendent having refused to withdraw that regulation , a portion of the enginemen and firemen on the northern division , of the line have , expressed an opinion that they ought

    immediately to resign then' situations , we , tne ongirie- ' drive ' rs and firemen of the southern division ofthe line , having taken into consideration all the circumstances ofthe case , do . hereby express our qp _iriion—while deprecating the proposed alterations in the rules under which we act , the more . especially as , i owing to the stringency of the final clause in the agreement . ' attached to ' those rules , we are bound , while we , continue in the servioe of the company , to conform to all regulations 'that may he from time to time issued for the betterregulation of the company' _—hbweyertyrahriical those rei _gulationsmay he—that ' the engineers and .. firemen of the northern division . of the line ought not to resign their situations until a memorial , stating the grievances under which they labour has been presented _toj and an answer obtained from , the whole board of directors , having the fullest confidence in their justice , ahd in their desire to redress any which their servants

    proved grievances under may suffer . -But while expressing this opinion , we do further moat respectfully , protest against ; the adoption of the new regulation on the northern division of the line—believing that ; if once carried out upon one portion of the line , it will be applied to every en tHhehian and fireman iri the service of the / company , and that , however emphatically such ah intention _, may be ' deriied , its object is , arid riiust ultimatelybe , reduction of wages , and our body being destroyed piecemeal by a gradual introduction of new hands , while we are bound to the company for the lengthened period of three months—a " conviction in which we are confirmed by the expression in ihe circular of the locomotive committee , 'that they do not grudge the present high wages of 7 s . pordav , ' wages-which , looking at the length 0 time we have to serve as firemen and _engine-drivers before we can expect to obtain them , we can only regard aa fair arid reasonable for' us to receive and our employers to pay . " - ' _^ Ifc will be therefore seen , that the men _employe *

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    on the southern division of the line , who had a contest with their employers about two years since , ' deprecate any strike taking place until the opinion of the - _board-of directors , o ' _nV the order of Mr . Treyetbick bas been officially-obtained .

    . I Onimonday Evening,' At A Late Hour, ...

    . i _OniMonday evening , ' at a late hour , ' a meeting of engine-drivers and'firemen of tho southern division of the line took place at the Railway . Tavern , in the , Harnpstead-road , which was attended by a deputation from the engine-drivers arid'firemen of the Eastern'Counties" Railway . Thecliair was taken by an old _^ ngine-driver of the line , and fie stated that at the last meeting , on Sunday evening , it- had been . ' resolved to send _adeputatibn to _Mn _/ Glyn , the

    chairman of the _^ _^ orth-Westcrn r _^ ompany '; to explain the views and the fears of : the ' eiigine . drivers on the recenl ? _pi'oceedings of their foliow-workmen in the riorth . ¦ Sonie'of the : deputation were present , and they would state what had passed on the subject . The statement of the spokesman of the deputation was to the following effect : —The deputation was appointed to wait upon Mr . Glyn , but he was out of town . However , they saw Mr . M'Connell _, chief of the locomotive department . He stated that it never was his intention to establish such a system as had obtained on the northern _, division . As long as he remained where he was the system -proposed by Mr . Trevetliick should i \ 6 t

    come into operation .-, He had also promised that a fair representation of their case should be made to the directors . 'An' _engine-driver , ' one ' of the deputation from the Eastern Counties , stated that they had received intimation from Liverpool . that the men thero had been told that if they would not accede to the _proposal of the superintendent , there wore plenty of men from the Eastern Counties who would . He begged to ask where they would find tho men ? He knew that they were " standingout" for their rights , and he was convinced , under tho circumstances , _shey would not lend their aid to an oppressive company . The proceedings did not terminate till near midu ' ght .

    On Tuesday Morning Messrs. Pinch, Walker...

    On Tuesday morning Messrs . Pinch , Walker , neavor , and Nolan , a deputation from the enginemen and firemen upon the southern division of the _Noi'th-Weslorn Railway , waited by appoint- ' nicnt iipon Mr . Glyn , the chairman of the com- J _pany ,- at the Eustori station . —Mr . . Glyn received : ' theni with courtesy , and listened with attention to •' their statement , which amounted to a request that _' ho would act as a mediator between tbo men upon "' 4 the northern division of the line and the directors . . £ » They viewed the course which had been taken there ' _^ as very prejudicial to the interests of -the rrieh _^; ar id they feared , as the lines were amalg . triiSite'd i _«| ji that in May next there would bo one _generaPlocbrS" motive superintendence , and tbat the custom thefa _^ idopted would extend to the men in the southern : - _iivisiOn . ; Mr . Glyn then addressed the deputation '

    to the following effect ' : — " That with respect to the long notice he must say , so far aa he was aware , no intention existed to make any change whatever in the southern division . "Speaking liis own individual views onily _, he was bound to tell the ' men that whatever might be the views of the directors , the proceedings which the drivers were now pursuing would , if persevered in , inevitably force , the government to bring about , by legislative enactment , that which but for such proceedings might never- have been mooted as respected the southern . division . He'then cautioned them very earnestly not to come to ahy ' rash' conclusion , and not to continue the present excitement , as their ' ' perseverance in- such a course must of necessity compel the directors to make other provisions for the conduct , of the

    business of the company . He , as a director , had on a foririer occasion been the ttieans of bringing about an arrangement by which the old hands who had sent in-their notices were restored to thehr former positions ; but he was compelled now to say—not as a threat , but giving it as the _advica of : a friend . —that if the men should choose on this occasion , without personal cdinplaint ; to quit their duty hi furtherance of the objects of another arid distinct body of men , he ' eouid give , them no hope of their being , either by his interference or otherwise , reinstated in thecompany ' s service . It was for them , therefore , to consider ; not merely what wasduotohimandto . the compaay , but especially what was due to themselves arid their families , who must' suffer from any rash proceedings . "

    In the course of the day posters , of which tha subjoined is a copy , were / printed arid distributed : — " London and Nortii-Western Railway ;—Rk ductionof Trains . —The public are informed that in ' consequence of a _^ threatened " strike of the engine-drivers , it is probable a very considerable reduction of p . _assongers trains may be temporarilymade on the line , and their attention is directed to the time-bills which will beissued in afew days . By order , Mark . Huish . General Manager ' s-bffioe , _Euston Station , December _2-i . ; ' ' '' On Tuesday _nighty the men . had a-meeting' at the Hallway Tavern , Camden , Taiwn _, when the circumstances of the reception of the deputation were

    detailed . Several speeches were delivered , and tbe men" expressed themselves with coolness , but great firmness . They were determined to assert what they conceived to be their just rights ; the interest of one . they regardod as the interest of all , and although they had nothing- to cotaplain of on _' the southern division , they would riot stand by to see the rightsof their fellows encroached upon . It was stated that an intimation had been given upon tbe Great Northern HaiVway that henceforth a month ' s notice would be required from the men upon that lino . Up to this time few or none of the men had agreed to this proposal , and it is . anticipated that if persisted in it may lead to a " turn-out " there . .

    Phillip's Patbot Fire-Ankihieatok.—An In...

    _Phillip ' s Patbot _Fire-Ankihieatok . —An interesting experiment was tried ion Monday with Phillips ' s patent fire annihilator . at Poplar , near Messrs . Somes ' s yard . The object was to test tho usefulness of this apparatus in extinguishing fires in ships ; for this purpose a vessel , the Wear , about 150 tons burden , was prepared , lying high and dry on the shore , The main hold ' was partly filled with old hogsheads , barrels , and bags , smeared over with tar and turpentine , and filled with shavings , dry wood , and other combustible materials . About half-past twelve o ' clock on a signal from Mr . Phillip ? , tbe patentee , who conducted the experiment , the hatches were closed , and this inflammable cargo fired . A dense smoke was soon : to be seen sufficient

    oozing from every crevice , affording a very proof that the fire was increasing under the deck . In about five , minutes the hatches were opened , and , to the disappointment of some , a thick column of smoke ascended , but as yet no flame . Those better acquainted with the theory of flame knew that the presence of atmospheric air was necessary to produce that phenomenon . It soon ca _, me , however , and a much greater blaze than one would like to witness at sea rose from the lower deck . , Now came tho time to put it out . On a signal from Mr Phillips , the machines were brought forward , looking something / like large iron . watering pots , and the gaseous contents liberally poured down upon the flames . The effects were soon visible . . The

    fire _waB gradually reducod , and in less than ten minutes extinguished .. A man went down almost immediately , and passed through the hold—showing that the atmosphere wiis" pure arid' Uninjured . Although ' the ' wood of the barrels , & e :, was charred , and showed the action of the fire , yet hardly anything was actually consumed . The apparatus ia very simple in' its construction ; 'each _rnaehine is made of sheet iron , of a cylindrical form , and about two feet in diameter and three feet in height . They have an inside casing perforated with holes at tha sides , but only part ofthe way down . The mixture , made of simple ohemical compounds , is placed inside , and a small bottle , containing another mixture , with it . ' A . small quantity of water is

    contained at the bottom of the machine , between the two casings , and , as the gaB is formed by the union of the two mixtures , rises through the perforated holes and mixes with them . The water is onlyintroduced to increase the expansive force of the vapour . The machine being closed , a screw is turned , which , pressing or i the bottle ,-breaks it , the compounds mix , and the gas issues out through a tube with considerable force . ¦ ' Each machine will give 1 , 200 cubic feet of gas . Six of them were used for this day ' s experiment . It will be remem _** bered that , some time ago , a fire in a mine was extinguished by the introduction of carbonic acid gas , thus sating the enormous expense consequent ori usinff water , which has to bo all pumped out

    again . The spectators remained on the deck of the vessel during the whole of the experiment ; and experienced no inconvenience from the gas used . Ifc certainly was surprising to see in how _short . a" time the lower deck was clear . In a few ' minutes there was none of that dense suffocating smoke which all must have experienced who have witnessed the extinction of a fire by water . The spectators were r iot numerous , owing , probably , to tbe unpromising foggy weather . ' Altogether the experiment , was wellworth seeing . ' - : Jersey , Dec . 17 . —Tbe schooner Intrepid , Jean , whioh arrived on Sunday , has' experienced the _moflfc severe weather ; She was from'Gaspe for Civita _Vecohiav On the 30 th ult ., off the Western Islands _, she was compelled tothrow part of : her cargo overi boardand lost Philip Vautierthe mate , and two

    , , seamen , by a sea which washed over her decks , and wetted everything , 'provisions and clothes _included . Her charts and books were destroyed .. Th « Cmaster was very nearly carried- away , but held on by the ¦ gaff , nearly insensible , for a time , and recovered _, himself . Two Of the hands were laid up ill , ; and there remained but Mr . " Jean and ahoy to navigate the vessel . With admirable skill and p erseverance ¦ tlm mast er managed _^ bring the vessel mto _^ sey _' . Ha was greatly exhausted , not having changed _hnr clothea for fifteen _daysj and being without fcod _. _exoeofc whafc j , and bis juvenile fellow-sufferer _coula piok out of the damaged provi 8 ions . ~ _5 A _^ M _^ vc » ic _jfereantils Gazette . ¦¦ ' ¦¦ ' . . i _> _: ! _Everywhere _BsnBAVoyR to be useful , and every «' where you are at home / V r

• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 28, 1850, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_28121850/page/7/