THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
the one on the opposite ast, at Cape Grinez, which is 
found to answer better pe more 
Th 
already in use e height of both cliff and tower is 
expected to be about 400 feet above the level of the sea. 
Huddersfield.—A large and g-established manu- 
facturing house in this town has failed for a very large 
; whereby it is satd that certain woolstaplers in 
i to the amount 6f 20,000/., and 
that others in this place are still more involved. The 
Oceurrence appears to have created a pa ainful sensation 
J 
contains—inhabited houses, bi 124; “uninhabited houses, 
of her Majesty on Monday. Her Majesty, iiguan 
20; 1811, 14; 1821, 90; _ 1831, 47; 1841, 
of trade d 
f building in the four tomas were | 
The 
601; houses building, 295 male es, 29,515; females, | by! ci Duchess of Kent, » proceeded across ~ } Guadrangie 
0,933 ; population, 60,448. ‘he inorease in the e popu- e enclosure, e terrace, from the 
ation of the borough. in last ten a "i which the Queen and her iustrigns pea viewed 
10,212 ; and the decrease in the three out-townships he movements of the ae _ whi ch they Y appea red 
Crompton, Royton, and Chaddertgn, in t e period | highly stitod Prince A ft 
has been 269. In 1801, the uninhabite a4 in ae bers of the Royal househo : t if ange 
four townships were 25; 1811, 63 ; 1821, ge of the new terr: ded 
the four tyesehipm 454; 1841, 1,601. th lutions, and essed himself much oe with 
houses in course o the high tei ge of ‘the regiment. 
Ra ilw he ous accident, attended with \ very dis- 
qu 
ecurred on the Wi 
Lancaster. —The i quiry into th duct of the Rev. | state aphtey en Line fall 
R. S. Barton has been resumed, and at length concluded 
bd ic H e (1840 and tat) 7, BB; ; cotton mills np short 
after : a protracted investigation. In our hed ductned time ( id; 10; boltals atin sotinaly stopp, $14. 2he 
peas . el ae 7 ariations in wages in the years 1832, 1836, and 1841, 
thelr & ae Pagar sae have i engi —Per week, cotton spinners, 26s., 
% 18s., 15s ; card 
ti P toeisainits jaformed him ant ony would | 24s- PR BOR SE PERE SP Prs , Pt 
i ‘ee evidence of his witnesses, but they would not room ha ands, Be +s 184 63. fag —) 7s. 63.5 hand cot 
pledge themselves that Uae ton weavers, 75., 68-5 6s. 5 erage » 20s., 18s.; coal- 
these circumstances, Mr. Buck declined to to miners, 8 ny 198. 17s. The number of operatives are 
Mr. Brandt then abetanaat (1836 and 1841) :— Cotton aban 2,200, 1,800 ; card- | pieces. 
aworn, and closed his case. 
the Court for the defe nee at great length, the substance of 
client pe not bs eigen net for their s support ; | 
that the evidence of the s by whom they were 
5 Shaan \ establi bw ig was as unsatisfactory as 
possible ; and that aa were all persons who had either 
the 
the embankment, checking Pd 
other, r, which burst | and occasioned an alarm: 
_ The stokers of bo 
g Haywa' 
rail, and buried itself in 
sev 
room, te hands, 5,000, Hage ; ea power weavers, 
~ on 3, 500; 3 piecers, + ae cotton weavers, 
> 200; nrrees 2,500, 00; ; coal-miners, 1,400, 
The unt of reli “a pa aid to the 
as 8751. ; 
casual poor of 
1839, 1,1607.; 1840, 2,1034. ; 
7 “400. 
he town in 1837 w 
1841, 2,7081. 
ted that a survey is in progress for 
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4 
pa Sao injured, ‘and the line soe sy the 
wrecks of the three first Php rbih big re dhe to 
Two men who e walkin the 
narrowly pine a The pigne & a one tat the 
f th 1 p 
no’clock, when the up-train passed and arrived in 
London bs same half-past 45rd Ani a has bee 
o ha msyate.—It i 
prosecu ated by him for stealing its, or whoe the purpose of St tH the practicability of a plan s, when wits " 
tained a bap feeli itnesses for forming a harbour < refuge of given abov ve, “except 
the defenc were ie called, when saneral of Mr. Barton’s penne a fleet of men-of- eae or Se ee a of the that the most i cause 46 the ram was the 
domestics reat many rr residents a Heys ham and la a » As the “Goo dw and Bri ake Sands ) affor d g consequenc late 
this city, “ienied 1 the truth of the i y rains, the jury y returned a a verdict of neue 
that gentleman, and spoke of the general ee of con- that if the ® additional works necessary for carrying this th, the engines ; the 
duct sre ed 7 him on every had | plan into effect can be made ata comparatively moderate jury bei f opinion the four-wheeled engines 
an opportunity of observing him The pase. for Gesctes expense, it will be one of present used on this line are not safely constructed, 
fendant fst closed, Mr. Kno wles replied, and, in a long ti - The sur vey is now making under the | and they recommend their discontinuance.” - 
speech, defended his conduct in instituting this inquiry, lirection of Sit John Rennie sequence of this accident the Board of Directors have 
and that * had been to him a painful duty. Het then ie nderlar war ced in a former omnia $4 par- | made known tlieir_intention to discontinue oe 
repli to Mr. Barton’s witnesses, and concluded | tial removal of the Rae e at this port. under- lowe wheel engines, and to place a luggage-box immedi- 
by Rural Dean and the Rev ver rend Commis- ta kin cing. has now w been successfully completed, an .d yt light sities after ie engine and tender, Until these  Tuggage- 
c } é to its east sige a distance of nearly 500 fe class carriage next | to t the engine, in which no one 
i “i 0 The following is mp e plan which was submitted b 
a ey cea f rage ov ‘ om ee wo. the engineer to the s! ceminissioners of the river Wear in | of ie pare which had been so much alarmed by the ac 
them, there a prim if ms ground “a plac pecan May, when it was “ander ‘ to pull d 
further proceeding.” The trial, from its unusual nature, | , The el had fallen in. 
thes cree! ted great interest in this city and- cake ourhood, | Was 1 to be cut throu ugh ne t nai: the: wile On ‘inquiry “it hana that the ‘i ee which left 
the. s aenctacans of the judgment was received with | timbers were to be inse' ced, another, through | Brighton at a quarter before EI, pesned through in safety, 
by Mr. Barton’s friends, who warmly con- | the building, aan cxienig 5 Ra wg beyond it. Above, appear danger then existi The time for the 
the result. resp —_? to them, another tier of timbers was | next train to leave Brighten was a quarter before 12, 
Meee A meeting of hand-loom in like manser when fortunately, before*its.arrival, some of the labourers 
ers has 
been held in this town, for for the acd ngage of taking ie 
dise wee nt 
are = o the panes shy pope 
they will soligit ihe . of the town and the country a 
large to raise a fu nd for this purpose, as the only mieans 
ae 
to be sup- 
a a square of Ey feet; and this cradle was 
t 2500m of six inches 
por $3 - on the spot perceived the Brighton end of the 
Pit oe state. They immediately ra raised an . 
~~ arm, 
diameter, and was to f railway to 
i Pew rpose. "tee _— of the 
lighthouse was to be a Aceon ith bands, - its 
eight sides vmpported ® aah timber ea from the adle 
by wh ich their 
rthyr.—In our Tast we noticed the serious accident 
~ r 
ape tt 
he cradle was to be oan and 
pushed forward with powerful screws along the railway 
ve mentioned 
end to prevent the ns approach ing. A a portion 
fell in at the exact Pig the first train would have been in 
the tunnel. Brighton and 
the gy sy rice station to inform them of the occur. 
eget gh — n time the directors hed caused several 
arty pe teececea to P; 
engers on to Brighton, where they safely ar ao 
this place, and which w with such disastrous | for ‘the repairing of vessels. The project was senpenred of, ae 
consequences. An inquest ee since been held on the carrying it | two ag after - sppenie ted time. A government mes 
ies, and after a protracted inquiry, which lasted two | into effect; the on ly deviation from this plan being, that senger as i t train from London » havin ng com 
the following special verdi as returned :—‘ The | during the progress of the work a windlass with ropes, 
jury return-a verdict of homicide bi dventure. worked b thirty men, was substituted for the screws. | The accident is attributed to the late ome rains.— 
find that the death of John Williams was io y e of settlement ,is to be found in ednesday a man was examined at Croydon, aes 
the projecting part of the tube whichfell upon him. They | pe building, which has now only to be firmly established | with trespassing on the Brighton eg to the serious 
find t the explosion was occasioned suffi- peril of his own life and endangering the safety of the 
cient 5 upply of water on the tube, whereby me St, Albans—On Monday this town was thrown into | railway trains. It ap d that on Monday evening, 
Cy ially | great excitement by th rt that a young woman had | about dusk, a down-train was pri eeding along the Tin 
through th ¢ ignorance of the e engine der and superin- been murdered a soldier at obscure public-house. | at Purley, when the engineer pinto defendant lying 
tendent, and they affix a deodand of os on ste spate of the | It s that in the morning the ae the | completely across the opposite line of rails. At this time 
causing th. as jury rei =~ ouse were ia creams pr rom one of | an up-train was expected par moment at the spot, and 
notice of the proprietors that signal whintios ld be | the bed-rooms, roceeding to it, a discovered | the hy saps beggar di and proceeded to 
adopted, which, by being pe attached to c ole, the you a woman a he on the bed, covered — wounds, | mee’ other, which it cg Boats the circumstance. 
would give timely warning of a approac oaching dan and bleeding copiously f from the throat. On mination The a train Fon went at a slow pace till it arriv 
other man has since died of th na g y the | at the enot, where defendant was still lying across te 
th angerous state, bat b P t division of — — _ have th rails, Be it was found necessary to stop, and defend- 
tained that they will ng recover. an id seri ds had ag Hoe nae = t t e line, and p one of the 
N attin gha soni We oti sep ey - previous Number the anor vope pine pe ‘eotaitnined of her recovery. A | riages, and conveyed to the Croydon station. He 
ie Nouba = Not- | ended to take her ay, 3 7 she could | intoxicated at the time, and en po Croydon 
tingha ms whos te Stock Bonk. Since t tim uch pe gem wer rape te signs. The m being a fair, but could give no “account how he got on the rails. 
excitement has prevailed here, in into custody, at once admitted that y had inflicted th said, that the aang’ on pe 1009 were 
appearance of Mr. Mellor, the peor pense murder oa sufficiently alarming without bees hem increased. 
rehensions were for so me en at Sere safety. An examina’ the same | such gross a as that ch defendan' . - 
to London for the purpose of arranging ffairs of the 
bank, and placing it on 2 firmer footing othing, how- 
ver, was heard of him after his arrival in London for 
e a time ; and his friends nares inc 
oa hi sean instituted inquiries, through the police, 
‘bat ise; fears were therefore entertained that 
he urdered, o r had drowned himself. Last 
week, di d that he had proceeded 
ars ; ramon to Lisbon. A friend, 
S some ee on of his ae 
¢ Falmouth half an hour a’ oie s mer left. | 
tad bis hentai i val Winter that 
be 
gay, but mer co the } purpose of t: "ekiog suficient evi- 
~~. ss and him until the fate of the girl is known. 
—The examination for the prize lately insti- 
been guilty; an 
vata at ‘Bton College, by H. R. H. Prince a for the | 
ner. They then pire pares to pay a fine of fl, orbe 
reson for ‘two months. —Arra ngemeni ‘t is said, 
co 
has just 
concluded. The examination occupied four mail a op aa of the Brighton railway for the 
peng competitor was Mr. Sim mpson, ame “of i nee ae the day mail by railroad. nai 
Rev. i _ Pickering; the five next in order of Wednesda ay, and | tia maa il starts at its 
were rs. Dodson , Lambton, De soogee Pier mar.; time—namely, ul o’elock ; the night mail still SontiauiDg 
and oct k _ iti adage sh — 2 be ee mpla- 
themselves with m fn Brighto at 
great interest in sin sch “re ne me is thong a me in- | course eo the ies = it . gore will si ag 
Posner of this prize by ese Royal Highness will have a accommodation to to mereban ts and others resident a 
= in train of the Loses he 
n wages. The subjects ia which the es i Black ¥ y rpl a the 
nm took pla e rench.—Thirteen broke af q f fi station » ae 
sane atk ith iapnini hh hires | rope broke about quarter ofa mil from!  eiderable 
e continent a few ago, were in- | then conveyed back to the station, and, after co : 
Sat Mabank on: Sandie. as the Queen was | wn along the south line to Blackwall 3 
the Long-walk by his Royal Highness. | north line remaining unused until the rope was mente 
colour and peculiar breed of these animals render A delay of nearly an hour in the departure of iH 
i ae Sp salen sak Sinn aetna rena: ee London and Blackwall, took ples. 
.| sham ght by the 724 Highlanders took place in presence | consequence of this accideat.—On Thursdey @ 
oan ro aN ROR 
