590 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. Od 36. 
They had not, however, gone far when they came lied violently upwards, and that this continued for the nately. by b 
turn in the road, sending oe Tunbridge Wells to “the a of half a minute, leaving the ground bare at the | with the aid : (Ae so and others, who ran posh: 
Maidstone road, when, notwithstanding every attemp spot. At an apparent hei - of three or four yards it | — obstacle es om the rails, the course of the carriage 
was made by the coachman to keep them in the midd over Masson, passing over this place in as to enable an engine man to mount 
= the road, they ran the coach against a post, rinses the direction of Alfreton. "A similar a it is the waren and t a he direction. On arriving at the 
ith great violence. The driver was thrown off on erty red the same fa in a — of Mr. Eaton’s | station in New Bailey. street, it was found that a loaded 
killed on te spot; and the ri was also seriously at Tansley. tie e there was no wind at the surface of | waggon . a d been careless ly left aj pon the rails on hich 
rsa wie Rie the earth, but the bh i leit 
so gs epipolar ages was carried, ett a brisk wipe 0% current, in the direction af of a me at that place oe engineer was aeable ta 
pg vgn scenery of Alum Bay has, in con- | Cromfor that tal e danger | until close upon it ob inm: mediately 
ofa \ landslip fi g 
visitors of | eowk De the night of the 26th t but fearing that th fforts to the RY 
Tho isited th me y f Mr. Marsha hee of a: he geen off t a steam, and together 
that a pat narrow ravine separates the se of cliffs | vington, near this town, which is cence to have been | with the fireman note off the engine. ppily fe 
having vertical stripes of colow red sands of the ric! ichest the work of an incendiary, in consequence of its having i 
3 of horizontal | commenced at a strawstack which was not at all heated. Be- | wise, it is s thought t ldk i 
cliffs, under which are situated the pit s of white sand — the engines from this town could —— six stacks On Monday morning seven 
Se From Headon sree hee ere destroye ‘as ; but fortunately there were wheat- | hundred persons arrived at the London terminus of the 
these cliffs, landslips occasionally take place, gen erally in stacks wien the fire being confined to straw, rag peas, er ~ lw: we — Are two hours befo: ree 
the winter, eg very considerable at ders e damage done is estimated at be- ual arriva — 
oa during the present summer; the and m tween sotk me 600/. A reward has been offered for the | attention, and, on inqu 
yma A -d — ee 4 on danas, ‘moraing i discovery of the supposed incendia rived by a special ras which had left Damier at 
2 ndle.—A forgery, involving the loss of shane 400/., six oO "clock, and had been engaged by the Mechanics 
dred yards Saas smraith from the main land, and | was on Satarday successfully practised in this pai upon 
fell into = sy covering the sandpits in work, and hg the branch of the Saar ow Spalding, and Boston Joint- | and their fam ilie es on an excursio n of pleasure, The 
ing in its progress to the sea the stages, barrows, and ank. A person who, it is Be UE NE that | parties again returned on Wednesday evening, arrange- 
tools of all descriptions, and the picturesque | little ‘house day from Boston; iuamdulbasheae for 400/., purporting ments having ag st wet for their visiting, free of expense, 
to be drawn by a well-known customer of the bank, and he Zoological Gardens in th ‘Se 
This e gemanig urred on a Benen for had | some scruples ioe the bag being removed, he paid t the | park, the Royal Gallery Lomthe r-arcade, United Service 
Fics thy gr tee were at work, i efi On M 1 | Ins' stitution, and si sage re ng Monday a 
that hednartad ite i woud ba have been considerable. at the cheque bie “a0 altered from 41. to 4004. “held t Br righton for the purpose of 
as occurred in this town sae here immediately proceeded to London Saget ‘ae taking into consideration pe propriety of manifesting 
to a young man named Kemiey, trea the incautious use | notes had been changed for cash at Mes p f res the directors of the Lon- 
of fire-arms. It appears that he sage: gone out jin a boat early i in the forenoon. At don and Brighton Railway Cosa by inviting them to 
with another person named Moo p the | of the party by whom the fraud was committed. a public dinner or otherwise, on the occasion of opening 
river for the purpose of s iécling ak and while so en- Petersfield.— Sat pe railroad from London to Brighton, on the 14th of 
gaged, by so some inadvertence on the part of Moore, the day a servant- girl, named Lipscombe, living in this tow month. Nearly 200 persons were present, and reso- 
di: and the f havi — € proper ty balomging lations in festberence of the object were unanimously 
4 whole contents entered his throat, “causing almost imme- | to her mistress, her box an accident is feared 
diate death. Some suspicion having been.excited, in con- Se found ; ion > bing ‘Sinthes questioned, she urred on the London and Blackwall 
sequence of Moore’s not hethig af first stated all the cir- shed she “might be struck dead” if she knew any- Rae. = pt ra thes a aacasee in the employ of the 
cumstances of the accident when he returned with th g of it, al pp i alking along the line, when one of the 
dead body in the boat, he was taken into custody; but on h Her stress, ft trai apes aden an iron frame, projecting from the 
further investigation, the magistrate was satisfied that sdmonition, dismissed gt — her service. She ret d i into which , when dark, it is usu al to place a 
the accident occurred as above related, and he was imme- ds, 
discharged.—At the late assizes in this town, » havi " ~ - is papery in ‘ ‘cena, went ember to his assistance, and he 
Girolamo Capello, the Italian charged with the murder of | a state of oe sabato early the ne Hospital. On examination, 
a fellow-countryman, named Toscani i Stockp —The por statistical “ror gives i ined tk 
\ r of this: of the ere ae d 
this tow: few ioe since a labourer at sing in the dpobe on the 
bi borough smite "000 horses, and vy number of rahe Sentech Counties line of railway at Brentwood was killed 
reviou age be : employed, per horse power, is calculated at fro m five to in the following manner. He was engaged with several 
e conviction that this recommendation was, a just one, six. The amount of power unemployed in undermining a portion of earth, preparatory to 
a ee + ee See pepe tet thy 500 horses ; — short time Sokal bp tiem ils par-} a ‘a, and notice of its descent was given by the man 
tence may tially going, since Mareh, has entailed, it is eeied, a loss stationed for that purpose, when all me companions 
t upon the cerry oy to the entire of one full | away, but he stood as if a me ed and unable to move. 
ema of the power now in motion. Since the year — The earth in conseque: fell mgd him, and killed him 
reduétions seston wages in the cotton manufacture on the spot. Nearly a "hundred of hi es ns stood 
een equal to 1200/. per P by at the time, uw nable to render any fatal 
pammett of the borough, and about 800/. p ident 1 the line of the he Brito per Ex. 
present limited production. There are in the bor aoe eter railway, near Wraxall, to a labouring no named 
about 12,000 houses, including shops, taverns, &c.; of Chorley. It seems he was one of a body of raf ean amaglyed 
hese, above 2000 are ied, including many shops ing the be wa bo is termed ——— a that 
| lie houses. Of the nearly 10,000 houses, ’ clock. with his co 
&c., occupied, the loss to the i non- | for the purpose of resting. _ ~ al asleep, and de de- 
| payment and reductions of rent is said to k 1 . d, who was ver 
rental of one-third of this property, as compared | have fallen across the ads ait gts pate ha pa 
er eet oot vee > Sogether: the loss by | down at its usual hour, passed over him and killed him 
the 2000 unoecupied, is equal to the entire loss, as com the spot. train, it seems, pr to Bridge ~ 
pared with the above gs: re or rental of 5000 houses, | water without stopping, no one init being conscious of any 
&e., out of 12,000. It d that shoemakers, tailors, | accident having occurred, from its not having in the least 
aad other eetikcoks not eas articles of primary | disturbed the Gaeta of the —— —The general half- 
parm have not had, upon the average, half work | yearly meeting of the Western Railway took place 
during the p ing | on Thursday, at Bristol. Some rai’ 
limi ption | b excited the occasion from a report 
roip the cae is aeeaien very extensive. The Direetors intended to ask for a loan of halfa million on 
| amount. paid for common provisions paaftog inhabitants is | this undertaking, which has already cost nearly six mil- 
| now above 2,000/. per w week more than in 1855, and the | Hows of money ad als fom the circumaans, of te 
to revenue. dividend about declared being the first since the 
falling off in the consum opening of the line throughout. 
&e., is calculated at 2,0007 Bee eye or 18001, per read by the Secretary, of considerable length ; 
annum. In 1835 there were 127 public and 260 beer- | the principal matters referred to were as follows :—Tke 
ecivnere houses, whereas now partis = obg houses are cased * i half-year, ending 3th 
‘ thatthe on ai mystery. Te and the beer-houses a o anstenll Ue gaiheen ba 120. | June last, was 187,780/. 16s. 2d., and the gry ree 
seg property was on Sunday morning, | 1 consequence of eis sate of thing, diapoiion for the same period, 84,3802. L Os. 7d., being 44,935/. per 
ploy F among the cent. on number of passengers coD- 
home; and that two men were seen, between ten and xitectent - wenbers hate ieak Gaede ae veyed wan669,537, foren number of 15,587,798 
eleven, comi with boxes. On examining the ey ‘ ek i : petri’ 
uzitty = ng re- miles. The result s! net income on the half-year 
mises, no marks of le were found upon avy of the | Thirsk. Ein rerio fur we grea acne of of 103,4007. 15s. gst rand 1,177% 14s. 8d. from the 
doors, except on one leading from the house to the yard, the | an attempt to set fire to the ch out with 
staple of which was found at a distance from the door. | night of the 20th July. A few d ; the coach pr wand this, added to the undivided 
It is supposed, however, that it was unscrewed by a | the clergyman and confessed that he had committed the the aes half-year, age a total profit of 
scren-driver, which was kept in he shop, and that the | act, and that he had ui to rest until he sur- 110.3800. 14s. 6d., 63,5901. 16s. 8d. of which had to be 
thieses had either concealed themselves inthe shop pri i applied to the payment of interest, and the remainder (0 
Sethe robin Sercapgltid-tocd mottenk: The directors bad therefore 
of 3%. per cent. per annum. the 
ing fine: throughowt, Oe of 
average four successive 
amount of capital re- 
i of a plant to work the 
: tera: dint Bristol and Exeter), 
ai is supposed, to disgrace his family. which was esti at 150,000/. more. After expressing 
minu - P ‘ have exceeded 
iininea Rainy On ee as the train which leaves their regret that their expenditure should ceae'at 
‘+ Ghamdaw : Rawlinson B, temporary station station of the Bolton | their estimates, the directors recommended an Mut 
up by a whirlwind from the provisions of the 
Hartle Bonsall. determined to reduce 
ind at the Te : : “report concluded 
third part of the hay whi xs Sip broad ass farnished. After 
rapid rotatory motion, and at the same desultory conver 
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