Dec. 25.] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
855 
Birmingham and Gloucester, 1,325/.; Manchester and 
Birmingham, 352/7.; Great North o f England, 1.1482. ; 
Holl and Selby, 7M . 3; and Eastern Counties, 640/.—On 
Saturday an accident, which terminated with fatal con- 
sequences, occurred on the line of the London and Bir- 
pe ham Railway, at a place called Cheddington, a few 
es from Aylesbur ry. It s seems that when the thi rd- 
1 
é ae e-la ayer, who was supposed to have joined the train 
at Leighton, attempted to Le ong agit! on which he 
g; he was tol p his seat by the guards 
not Keep his seat any long 
scarcely w en of a down- 
train, then approaching, =i him on by val k, fon! 
ut the train n did not gi 
over him. He was’taken the rite where @ died 
ales siictorede The ‘dies of the company, it is 
sta ted, experience great difficulties in 4 cnsaton-tag passen- 
to get in and out of the carriages 
rectors dasire 
Ministerial paper states, that the Exchequer-bill | 
sary, it is reported, according to the wording of the com- | the Sabbath was much better observed no it was 
mission, that the mg tg should terminate before to thin od at the in- 
close of the present year. Witnesses, it is said, will be Climates, after a 
examined respecting the duties of id Me s officers rs, one pened deal a piace tre the motion was agreed to. It is 
of the oa cts being sok ascertain the extent of pre that cw rently pe ean that the negotiations for some time 
can be din the way of salaries reid out of the P g 
fund. cree bftiee ne: who salaries are Polis Ronn Scot: that 
interfered with; but it is stated that the arrangements of R. Pee en consent to “the introduction of a —— by 
some of the judges respecting the increase of the small the Duke of ee ag As a eae 8 it is added, all 
von an of subordinate officers are to be inquired into, | the proceedings in the Gen sembly against the 
The commis ssioners are also dcr oy make such in- | eae ministers are to he e resc’ cat 
th uggest hanges in t 4 __ Dun —On Thursday night, Se 16th in , the inha- 
present system which may a conslaatea " baveuaaes thi tate ol alarm by 
os close of the gasometer souibtted with the gas- 
Treasury y 
t 
situate > the east re of res are the termi- 
the Arb ath Ra ilw Tt ot known how the 
over ri the Bank eland ; and that Tri ti 
of In 
are to be paid by order direc ‘trom the sha on Treasury 
on the Bank of Irel and, 0 as to reduce —- Trish Trea- 
well 
we o 
wn 
wut 
number of its aid and lead the ' way to its re- 
The shock was fae notonly at Newport ,on the opp vosite side 
oft heTa ay, but at Ceres, in no mon mth of Cupar, hich is os 
miles distant. The gas-works reduced t 
pond , trains are in motion ; and oa dir altogether to Downing-street. The Irish Crown | while a bone-mill telon'gin » An defson, in 4 
stro ti tray elling Le ra ailways Solicitor’s department, it stated, will undergo | vicinity, was ially damaged, as 
i i aterial changes, so as to sav country from 25 ing chur Fews. aoe hous 
—O sda an accident _ rant ened on the Shoreham 30, 0004. - a year. The Stamp-office is to be reduced to one | much injured; and numerous windows were shattered ve 
brane e London and See Railway. ; and the Chief Secretary’s office will be less- | pieces. Two young men who were in the retort- house at 
that a aboue name ley was engaged repai y two or three cler' sain + 9 asur said, | tl 
line near the Kingston statics, when a ite of eect Deg Ty Posed for the recovery of t d ploy Shortly 
denly took ph: and buried him. On being extricated, by deta “andlor ds for the years 1834, 1835, 1836, | after ‘ihe pron sag tctachea “house, rivet to the 
as fo that, in addition to other Yajurien, his leg 1837, t the sitting Le. mill of Messrs. Wyllie and Johnson, took fire 
was broken; and he was ge sa a it of “the. Court of Chancery on Saturday, the Attorney- y the exertions of the firemen and dlice the fatoes 
a 
a 
Brighton, where he continues in a p 
Saariay Mr. Rallett, ree ‘superintendent “of ‘he Brigh- 
Rai 
ton Railway, preferred a charge ve a eenwich Legg 
office against Char ake an engine-driver, of 
having, when in a of i atoxieation, cause cried 
that a spare engine in charge of t 
and which had been working for the ydon company, 
into the down-train to Croydon, just after it had 
rapt from the Sydenham station. in, consisting 
en or eight carriages, was 
degrees, and eight passengers were. more 
‘ood chatheter, and had been 
moted in consequ ence; but on the present occasion 
he wes decidedly intoxicated. (The engine- -drive r he 
presented to the Lord Chancellor been ‘be set down for 
hearing. A great number of the cases are oie : 
be disposed of in the next term. « Th he Countess de Gre! 
= the Lady Jemima od Bon mak “thei deter 
nation. to encourage, by | 
re got under without communicating to the rest of the 
nici 
G ee an few days s ince, Burnbrae Printwork, in the 
vicinity of Milngavie, was completely destroyed by fire. 
Light is said to have been 
ral morning: in the lower owe of the premises; but this 
the workers Lea 
Association ee ht 
costly meeting of t 
cati ne | 
heen 
Tuesday. The sesieraey read several 
one of which was an address to Mr. 
fire had f heey the see story, and w 
its progr ess, that shor tly after day- ~break the whole the 
d nothing 
Repeal Association of Lockport, in the state of mee York, 
enclosing 262. towards the repeal fund. It prayed that he 
remained but the walls. The estublishment is not an €X- 
4 wry ‘7 
to follow the train, and ow ght to have been at 
at the time of the accident. The guard of the Cran 
Rai ay Company that as he was str rappi ng up the 
for Catholic entacipalion sink 
d light 
ought to have been visible 
y 
ver, swore Voki to th 
Se 
+ ada ed light. The: magistrates. decided on siasiinding | 
Ww. 
| ing. They 
e 
7 r r communications and support had been received fro 
ed of tate ineaed from the press against such a sreetadl 
wed a deep ¢ debt of Ba seapg to the Ameri- 
a lan nguage suit- 
cans, and they 
7 
He 
the people of Asietled should not have to Pd hee ie 
people of Treland with Ras boii od or neglect, A com 
then read from Pots 
with the laurels of vi tory, and hould behold th he fi igin ed, but it is sx uppose 
ar poe halls of Colleg i d 1,—It appeai re that the number of 
tic Parliame ent. _The Lord Mayor, in moving that an | houses Hiecased 3 d 
nswer. d armest terms of iia.ge) and Fad + ie is pened less this year than last. Zs) 840 
titude, be. returned to this addre: oun rved that when | the number of lice 214; 
mses granted for the ty w 
In 1841 the exter i in hie royal 
for ch suber’ rf 1060. 
is 1 i 1040 
026 ; and et the suburbs 
er on the whole of 203. 
’; showing a dec! 
EA ee yew en 
vg 0 “ Barnaby Rudge” was dra- 
matised at this, theat mip teense with fidelity to the 
features “ the pene fotion n, and the usual accompani- 
| ment of illustrative tableau. The plot of this tale being so 
TH 
ADELP: ven sto 
wr 4 
t way in which the most prominent fea- 
ccepted r his a 
answ ch when called on.—On Saturday, as a 
man, “inna Shipley, one of the plate-layers on the Gr eat 
North ef f Engla: nd Railwa aya at Northallerton, was shifting 
the goon rnerras ai a 
agp 
bis Foo tet fast ~ aij, and so 
passe: r it, jamming iti FH - — that it could not a 
extricated until some of the h y rails were taken 
he: wished to ‘0 co correct a mistake which had appeared i in 
papers, rape <n that there es a delegate fi sg 
T : 
ad no delegate in 
a 
B 
& 
ters. rf 
of the st Mr. Wright 
The versatility of Mr. 
he 
‘a re! 
stained the of Tappertit 
wise adie mu “ces applause - the first insta nee 
rt of Miggs. 
as arm was excited among the commercial ci 
City ob Monday, by @ report that an social ‘had | re 
Western Railway, and which was the more generally believed 
Meier d to the ee -office yes ers aa alk hg livered until 
panels 2 il _ o'clock. On inquiry, the repo! 
aving rigid from the fact 
that the train did not arrive at Vauxhall till 
before 
aft 
ssage 0 of the train 
| the 16th Sept. 
tes 
ah ge py labourers had cleared away the snow. 
RELAND. 
ee the Lord Lieutenant has 
All they w 
ra to naunae a asuunae 7 and that right they healt 
have with the berg I ¥ God. The Secretary then rea 
aletter, dated the the Preside: 
‘oston 
two pore be eagles and 
for 1002, which had been directed to 
They therefore sent another letter of cre 
The Lord ‘Mayor ssid that the 
America, and never wound: He wished it to be un der- a a opm es 
oa ‘a a ha er Chater, he ta not the most bast 
é id not di t ing the fines 
bagi a: eee sep They did no eed thet beng gr aa cn + ge nc ones sae he 
ented #as Mrs. R with spirit and success; and Barnaby, the 
idiot boy m the hands of Miss Chaplin an inter- 
ne on) was also effectively rendere of Lo 
George Gordon were introduced with activity of incident, 
but appeared to give little aid to the sg of the dao 
The scenery was well = up: Westin nster-bridge, the 
f the Warren, the Warren on rg mer 
Rock Ee 
dit for = same ome 
es ck had nev 
t was che ~— which had led to the robbery. They had 
arre 
Newgate i in flames, were all cleverly represented ; and the 
oo, how received the 100/., which was the third 
1001. transited from m. Various other subserip- 
tions hen 2 announced, after which the tore bg: 
bitin oe meeting as usual at length. 
topics, however, were me the mong tes character, on the 
ing o action. The reception of the piece, howev 
was atte boosh and when, at its conclusion, Mr 
Yates annou ight d the 
porn pe he was = with some opposition, although the 
ais with 
Chantrey had at “Gl times for both Roubiliac and Gib- 
Dublin.—His Excel ad- subject t of repeal, in . ate 
dressed a "short reply. through the Earl of Bandon, ac- “PHiscellan seeflangous. 
mthe subject of a railw his city. | # more radical measure of pas reform for “reland The Chantrey Bequest. sit aquest made by the late 
fhe Earl observes, eos sees entering at the p om Limerick—The newly-elected — oT, to ‘ a. Sir F. Chantrey to towards the encouragement of the fine 
: moment into the extensive and difficult ontiees ste city have on a division of 2 Sr , to vo 
€ question at la bi Excellency begs that he (Lord | usual address of con < ve Mets 2 at The owever, on which the money is left 
sed rm the gentlemen who took an terest = sentative, Earl de Grey, on assuming e gov reg rip may a She wil of the mown ; and paw following 
€ question, that he had received their memorial, a: 2S CORRES Y- account, derived from the wi e great scul may 
bat he will bear in mind ag suggestions whenever ‘the Waterford.—Lord rg soya a Ber. ye ta aed uae oe o honest, 
: ion may "—A long do cument Hiei appeared in a meeting fom Bist ig : = on pvc ag ae ose Sara will not take place till after the death of Lady 
Aap i £5 ' : tation rs ¥ is antrey, paste 
ae Damsey to bel fouade d upon the poe oe ef tion for mak ng Bristol the Government apogee long be fore that event, vit, on her marriage; ; 3 and whenso- 
ving ‘* sa ustrial educa of ¢ ee ’ 
Bentry, in pote the sig to “ror rar ua a cece fo the channel ee ‘and a pet = enaegte seer aoe fo the terest in the bulk of Sir Francis’s funded property. On the 
es So many agricultural societies have <2 ded, “ was better - th y nature for the} death of Lady Ch pes ps ph yearly sum of about 2,504. 
; ed in this country. The doogutar, tf is pug Fd . deputation, it is added, proposed visiting | 551} be at a. you ees 
Wan te Pet of Mr. Thomas Wyse, late member for Cork : the full body of the Acade — ; 
1 aterford and a Lord of the T: ury, who states that SCOTLAND. not i en 
‘ received the sanction of the Whig Go-| dinburgh.—A Town Council in thi ted within the shores of Great pines The < dead 
bef ne Pann’ that the question would ba brought city, ‘Bails Johnston moved, “ That itt d to th d d and the Council, 
Ministry bad “seem “lees te nai ae eee Rg sot Ort Oe Oe | tae Neesttioc, vhs had LEE ce a probi 
had not heen obliged to resign.” Mr. Wyse | means of counteracting the demoralising practice Who at a 
maeementions that Morpeth has ex-officially trans- | ing spirits and mak eke intoxicating drinks on the Sabbath- bie es purchasing the worksof 
mitted the documents connected with these day throughout the city.” Several of the councillors ssid siding at Rome, and wedges corks = Gibson does, 
to his "in whose possession they admicotion thet Sir 
Law Courts’ Commission, noticed in 
legislate on matters matters relating to the Sabbath ; that they did | 
Ot see what the council could do im the matter ; that 
that | gon; it s Ghought, may bave prompted this part of the be- 
