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The beautiful church of St. Stephen's Wallbrook, which Quatremere de Quincy mentions as- -one of the most celebrated of the works of Sir Christopher Wren for art and taste, but, which has fallen-into neglect and almost ruin during the many years' quarrel between Alderman Gibbs and the Vestry of the parish, has been- architecturally "restored," and.was reopened to public service last Sunday. The Bishop of London preached a sermon, on the text, "God is a spirit, and they that- worship him must worship him in spirit and in trnth " ; and his treatment of the sub- ject had a marked relation to the questions of form and ceremony in worship which at present agitate this diocese: Explaining the-differences between the Jews and' Samaritans, which- gave rise to the saying of Jesuit! in the text in answer to the woman of Samaria, Bishop- Blomeeld observed,. that the enmity between the two was so great that the Samaritans refused to let Jesus enter one of their villages, because in, worshiping he turned his face towards Jerusalem. "Both parties were- looking for Christ. The time had come when a new revelation, more comprehensive than the established worship of the -Jews-or that of the Samaritans, waste supersede both. This worship was not only to consist of outward rites, but of a more spiritual service of a true believing. heart. . The old worship consisted principally of ceremonies. Henceforward these were only to be used as taught by the gospel, and according to the subsequent precept of the Apostles, that all things- should be done-decently and in,order moreover, judgment,. juatice,. moray, and humility were es- pecially required ; for Jesus himself rebuked the. Pharisees for the great reli- ance they_ placed on the mere observance of their outward. forms. But to say that external services might not be lawfully used by Christians; was ex- pressly against the gospel. The text diself bore out the contrary. opinion. Our churches are more sacred than the -temple and tabernacle. In clot-- chart& where the sacraments are properly administered, the ofc,ces-Trroperit performed, the pure.light of the goapel is kept contine;illy burning to pene- trate the thick darkness without. . There,l‘mye alwave been ceremonies; un- der the Law -e-expresalY defined; under the Church two were or- dainedhi Ciiist himself, and the others, regulated by the Apostles and di- cumstances of the Church, were afterwards introduced, it being always borne in mind that they were for the glory of God and for man's edification. Can form be abolished in any civil institution ? Surely no solemnity, or splen-- dour would deceive a reasonable man into the belief that by their intrinsic value they could stand in lieu of a contrite heart. Should the be iuties of architecture be neglected in our churches ? As monuments of piety, places of meeting foram holiest purposes, as places where the 'symbols of Christ's body and blood are given to the people, they should bear on their front such 4-Evitrirppt=tthlte eevery onoef mtre psazie roSutr;l5ti-hteh ciao tilytheeh ItasoenoofwGhoNt 9.4-0 ai among reeks and caves; but it must be remembered that this

f persecution. When,. however, Christianity spread over the temples' were cotiverted into places of Christian worshi . This church is a most beautifulVairotire tat ation of a great archi- tect. t is well fitted for th p intended—mm.1y, the glory of God ;

ted rvic ong beYsmonlibli in it. The congrega-

tion stersegallederporn to this d it,und they should remember t, al ugh our-ances • ' -rha o naucharust in their charities, -et thsoltere witimukdou to .1$eul not but be displeas- ing toll% Almiglk that so s uld eê4ir his service, and so much for worldly magnificence-a-eV-en for the pageantry of a day. A better . spirit.has arisen • and he trusted and hoped that some clay every parish might • have a worthy place of worship, in which both rich and poor might equally worship, showing that they are members of one family and both. redeemed

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b IRIAN) 'then dWeitat -someleigth on our Reformed Church and its

liturgies, which, he said, were so arranged that the teachers, could not through conceit, or -other causes; intrude any irregularities in the service for -any length of time; - that we had rejected all observances-that might blind, / the people,-and only-retainedthoseenforeing deeency end-order. The minis-, ter should- take care the-regularity did not lead-to formality.. Our-worship; here on earth was intended t, prepare am for the higher worship of God in heaven; and -would.do so if the-minister faithfully led and the people affec- tionately. and obediently-followed.: The Islington Parochial 'Reform-Association—a body which is said te have lately overthrown -the "Tbry;rule," that had existed in the parish for forty years—has thrown itself into the 'moeement against the Win,.. -clow-tax. On Tuesday night; a: public meeting. was- -held at the White. Conduit House; . at which deputatitsis from -the-active-Western parishes of hlarylebone and St. James's attended, and made stirring speeches rather, sharply bringing the •Metropolitanifemb.ers to book for not having. more strenuously- supported by speech' and vote-the motion by Lord Dun,: can last session.

Mr, NiohoLty, the popular Vestryman of Maryleborie_, observed that Lord. Duncan deserved the highest praise with respect to this question; he bad always been one of ' the firmest friends e the people in endeavouring to get rid of the tax. But what could he do-single-haudW, when the other repre- sentatives did not assist him-?--

Mr., Vousley rose to order. This was 's-meeting-for a specific purpose; and • it ought to be understood: what Was the object of the gentleman now speak- ing. Some confusion and irregular discussion here ensued: Mr. Nicholay sat. down; but was called upon to proceed.

Mr. Nicholay continued. He- said that the gentleman-who had risen to- , order had given him a hint by-which- he-would profit.. They were met for-- a specific object ; but if the representatives they sent to Parliament did not do their duty in-promoting that objece-he had a right to allude to it. (Con- fusion, and a cry of" It is not fair! ") Ile must be 'allowedto say, that on the memorable occasion- of the motion on the Window-tax, Finsbury was wanting altogether. -There. was no Duncombe, no Wakley there. (Cheers and 'interruption.) Mr. Wakley was: present, and would he was sure, be . obliged to him for affording him an opportunity for explanation. He had done with Finsbury ; -with respect to the City, he had before noted that Pat- tison and bfasterman were not present ; and as for Lord John Russell, the absence which-would have been a fault in another was a -virtue-in him, for it kept out a vote. But he was -really ashamed. to see the absence of Mr. Osborne.on.that occasion ; and with regard to the Tower Hamlets, he deeply regretted,the- absence of Mr. George Thompeon: on that occasion. Sir Wil- liam Clay was likewise away, and Sir William lifolesworth for Southwark ; and add to these, that D'Eyncourt did not-make his appearance for Lambeth. (Interruption:). He- would say no more. on that subjeet. Islington had. acted-nobly in responding to the call of Marylebone,-and•would now be never found-wanting in rendering their assistance.. They had, :all met for a com- mon object, and if they were only united success would attend them. (.3fr. ..Nicholay at down amidst much cheering.)

Mr. Gooch, of Paddington, stated that he had heard it was the intention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to repeal the tax if there was a pressure from- without, but not else • and then to substitute modified house-tax, which-mould relieve them from about half their. rates.

Mi. Geesin,,Chechwarden of Se James's, - Westminster, expressed "as- • tonishment and indignation" at the very notion of a .compromise. The Go- vernment having a surplus revenue, had no right to impose-any substitute . whatever. He was one of Ere hundred thousand -persons who were to be- taxed, and he was for total-and unconditional repeal- and nothing short of it.. (Cheers.) It was the partiality of -the.tax which. had caused the little ex- citement which for-some time prevailed, for- they had not the sympathy of three millions of taxpayers whom this particular tax did-not affect. He as- sured them-that in the aristocmtio parish of St. James a radical feeling ran through all the parochial authorities' from the beadle up to 'thechurchwar- dens. He was for a petition to the Queen ; for one to the House of Com- mons would only be -ordered to lie on-the-table, and would one day be found. in the butter-shop. They- had now-many years- of experience in agitating : - against this detested tax, imd he did not know what it would come to at last, but he should propose that the authorized deputations -should-make a great demonstration out of doors in going up, and.shOnld hire.coaches and cover.- them with placards stating their-objee—the "total, immediate, and uncon- ditional repeal of the Window-tax ; for talking to a Chancellor in a-quiet

way ' was like talking to a wall. But, lot them have a show of the popular - opinion and he should like to see their line of coaches extending from Cum- berland Gate to Downing Street.

Mr. Wakley, M.P., accepted the lesson given him by Mr. Nicholay, with docile thankfulness; making references -to the past, which implied a Bente of the uegratefulness of- the present attack ; and then adding his opinion as to where-the apathy really prevailed, • In the last .session, when the question of the Window-tax was `moved, his colleague Mr. Duncombewas almost, it might be said, on his deathbed; and he was now so that he did not like- to refer tq. it, and would only say that every nian must deplore his state - _§7.11, it must be-hoped that they would see him appear again in Leclth sitI spirits, for a more -faithful, moreiedefatigable,- or more able representative, was never seen in the House of Commons •. For himself, he. only to say- that size was not strength. Once, indeed; he had strength ; but continuous labour for-many years had struck his nervous system, and rendered him in- capable of performing his duty ; and he had already intimated that if 'in the coming session he found himself still iiicapable of attending to his duties in Parliament, he should resign his seat. He was bound in honour to take that course, and did not shrink from the avowal of it. The fault of the non-repeal rested with the constituencies. He had pro- claimed in the House his hope that all the parishes in London would rise against this th odious tax in the next session of Parliament. And after all, what had been done ?—nothing. Lord Duncan had stated that, if they would only act, repeal was certain ; that it was doomed by the Crystal Pa- lace. But-Mr. Wakley would tell them that it was not doomed, but required the most powerful exertions from the moment he was speaking till the ques- tion was again brought before the House of Commons. If the parishes of London had been properly organized,- and if there had been so strong an ex- pression of public opinion that there could have been no misunderstanding of it by the Minister, the thing might have been done: But there haci-beeri a great deal of gentlemanly delicaoy and scholastie forbeenmee el the matter; ' and if theybad.spoken out, and said we will have it, the result. might•have ' been:different . Call theReprescntatives- of 'London together; and ask them whether they .werild. vote. for the. repeal of the tax—puteteto..them directly , not as a mere paltry financial saving, but as a question of • morality and! heelth, and let them say." We oilLhaverit.". The qnestionef the nature of the tax was decided: Afl. was decided as. to its statistics, Its origin and ope- ration, and its evils. . The only practiealleestion was, how to get rid of it. Some people thought that petitioning Parliament was of !Muse: butthat was a mistake, for it .was of use when conducted properly ;;but it was not one or two -or ten petitions that-would, accomplish • an object';, for Ministers asked how manypetitions there were,. -and-when ,thisi rm.:example, was prodeced, although it represented the opinions of -sixty thousand Then, it told in-the- Houseof Commons as the petitioli only of the single man:, able-or influential' as he might be,- who had:signed. it:on- behalf of • the -meeting; What they. wanteeknow was ,a :petition, feane every nialeholding.a. house. He should like to see that plan adopted; and if it were not, he should say- the inhabit-- ants of.London were .not sincere, end so wouldehe Minister.

Thia-seeeebwas-receivelfarourablys, a resolution.ef tonfidence in Mr. Wakley was passed ; and the meeting separated with a sense that the movement had been accelerated.

The meeting- was Mown& up en. WediiddliY _be'a meeting. of delegates add-the piiblie•inthe.Merylebone Court-housee, at which' Mr. Weldon. Mr. Wild, Lord Dudley Stuart, Sit De Lao y Evans; and .Me. • William Williams, were present ; and -the parish oratory was of a very . sturdy ,Mihister-comPelliteestiedn.. Me. •WiikleY kept lip the tone-lie took at Isliegton, instigating the constitnencylo glee the moral-force on which . alone the representatives, can found -a practical policy. He gave his opinion theta resistance to the. .Supplies ie. .the true effieket remedy in the last resorte- "It is quite true that we should not resort to extreme nieasures on ordi- nary occasions. But this. is an ektreme tax•' etis-oneof ektreme.baseness; • and:produces-extreme: misery ; and .if, after havin,e exhausted all the ordi- nary _means of redress,: the- Governmentwere still obstinate and refused to' repeal. thertax,, he-would- be , prepared to have recourse to -the 'extreme .means which the constitution places in our hands.: He would eeeommend them to pour petitions like a hail-storm :upon the House of Commons:. If-they did not do so—if they did not choose to go to the trouble of- signing,a paper— the Ministry would be justified in saying that the people were indifferent. But I they persisted in their course after the people had unequivocally math-, fested their wielidehe would be prepared to stop the Supplies:" A public meeting of ,theinhabitants. of St: Andrews Helbom and St. George the Martyr; en Thursday,- adopted a petition to Parliament urging,. the, appointment of a public prosecutor.

Mr. Braidwoocl, the Seperintendentof the London Fireeengine establish- .

meat, reports that the fires_ during the past yearhave been. 868 in- ' crease of 30 beyond those of, the preceding-Tear. The destroyed or considerably damaged were 247—nine less than the year be- fore ; these slightly damaged were- 621-39 more .than,the year before. The -ehimnies. on fire-were 79, the "calls foe assistance" 1038; the " false-alarms " • 91; The " fataLfires " were 17, and : the number of lives lost 18. Nearly a hundred houses were ,seriously.dainagee by ex- ploeing Sreworks.

The new- suspension-bridge:froirt Pimlico to Batteesea, the first-piles, of which were driven last- week, will cross the river in a direct line in- front to the 'oldBattersea Red House; so-long- known -ty and frequented by Coelmey-sportsteen. The Red -Heime is to-be pulled. &ten . entirely, and an elegant approach is to be made- on the site of it and the gardens at- tached,' to the -Southern end of the bridge.. On the Niiith thC bridge, is to be app.refiched'.by It road-to be constructed running in -a dived line.' from the chapel of • St- Barnabas. Battersea Fields. are still in their- former 'ungainly state ; not a spade has as-yet been put in.the ground to- make the,new park ;. and the-only appearance of alteration which can be. seeais that of - a.new bankbe course- of .being raised-by-the Water-works Company.'

At the:Westminster County Court, on Tuesda31. an • actiele wits brought by • ' Baynes and others-against Mr. Charles-Mathews, to recover8/: 16s.. 6d. for ar- reared edary accruing from thesemoneof 1849 and I850ewhilet performing.. in the orchestra. of the,Royal 'Lyceum Theatre: Thereveth tett otbersuits of the same-nature:from other 'musicians-but-it was agreed that " Baynes v. Ma- thews" should govern the others. After- some 'evidence as 'to engagement, salary,. eec.i, and the agent had Stated he had to witnesses to call, his Honour said:et-was quite clear-the defendant was ; and he would eive wee-- diet-for the plaintiff, With costa. Defendant's attorney- observed, that- there- were two other similar actions, and he would consent to a like'verdiet in each case; -bat -he pleaded-for time for payment:- The threeeplaintiffir and the whole of the disbanded orchestra, who were present, loudly protested against any -leniency being-shown ; the house 'was now.tilring 200/e per -night, and if the money SCRe not paid now they would never get it. It 'being intimated to the Court that. above twenty like actions would follow these, and that:the amount-owingthese musicians was 215/. -his Honour ordered 2/: per week to be paid in each case. , The January session of the Central Criminal-Court opened on Monday. There were one hundred and, nine prisoners for trial, with. a .prospect of about thirty additional commitments by the Grand Jury.. In his charge to the Grand. Jury, Mr. Recorder Wortley touched on the law applicable to-the chargeagairuit Mr. Sloane and his wife. He had rea- son to believe that these parties would-be jointly charged with a failure in theie duty to give their servant proper food and sustenance, and with the commission of severalffirect assaults. "Now, with regard to the first por- tion.of the charge, when any person takes a child of tender 'years into hie service,. the law imposes upon him the duty of providing such child with all proper-necessary food and sustenance. The question as, toboie far a wife is liable for acts committed in the presence of her husband would also arise. With regard to the providingof sufficient rood, it would appear that a wife is primarily liable if she does not take care that a servant has proper food ; but there would be an additional question—whether the husband had given the Icafethe means to enable her to provide a sufficient quantity of food and . other necessaries- for the. requirements of the family ? and if it should appear that he had not done so-, the wife, of course, would not be liable. He ap- prehended, however, that no difficulty of this sort would arise in the pre- sent- instance, because it appeared" be the depositions that there was an abundantsupply of food upon the premises, if the wife had chosen to adminis- ter it. With regard to the assaults, it isperfectly clear that a husband and wifecould be indicted 'for their jOint acts ; hut in the ease now under con-, sideintion.nodifficaltyns regards the position of the.parties -would appear to arise, because, according to the depositions, seveeal of- the assaults which' would form the subject of inquiry had been committed by the wife in the

absence of' herbushandi and for those assaults she would bi .widoubbelly answerable."

The Grand Airy friend a true bill Against George Sloane and Theresa his 'wife, on Tuesday. On Wednesday, Mr. Clarkson and Mr.-Bodkin applied on - behalf of Mr. Sloane; for whom aline they were retained; to have the trial postponed till next session, three weeks hence, on the ground that the public exciteineutwould make itimpossible to bayed fair teialeet. . Mr. linddlestonee for the West Loudon 1Jilioa, as prosecutera, opposed the. application, but would: willingly lekve the Court to use its discretion. Mr: Justice Pattlson deemed that the ground of application was substantial, and with Mn Justice • Tale:Ord-ordered the postponement requested. In the course of his speech, Mr. Clarkson declared that Mrix-Sloane is not now in this countxy; and he seemed to disclaim countenancing the idea that she will surrender to be tried next session., The trial. of Moses Barnett, for feloniously inciting Henry Sellers, an .errand-boe, to rob his master of indigo-and ,sell ,it to Barnett for about one- fifth of its value, possessed eomedramatio interest. Sellers was in the service of Messne Wych, Newman, and Co., commission-agents: in St. Mary Axe. In October last he was standing with another emiad-boy• in Mincing Lane, -when the prisoner, • a -Jew -dealer, Called " Boy!" and beckoned him. Sellers went, and Barnett asked him questions about his employer and the . rate of his wages; and Suggested that the wages were too :low. The boy said, he knewbis wages were small, but his work was light, mad his master kind, so he .was, satisfied. Barnett asked -if the master had , no indigo-samples: Th'e boy said, no, they always returnee] the samples to the warehouses and. he was not tilloWed the dust for perquisites. The Jew amain suggested the wages, 5s. a week, were low ; and, after considering,, said he Gould tell •. the boy how to ...et more money. We take the account of the .boy, who seems to have fallen_from weakness-rather than enteral depravity. "Barnett said, ' Your master has a great manyindigo-samples, say- a hundred, and if you take a square out of each; you:wilthtere a hundred ounces, and bring them to me, and I shall buy them of you.' Ire did mit then say how much he would giye for them. I told Sidi I Would not dolt, and that . an honest penoy was Worth a silver shilling, Then the other boy came up and said, ' Wych, I am godng.'• (We go by • our masters nanies.) I said, • Good bye, Wood.' (That's his employer.) .N%'-ood then. went through the sale-room, and Bartlett left. me and followed him." [It appears that he overtook and tried to corrupt the youth .Wood, but without ..suOtess.] ." I - saw the prisoner again the next day, and frequently between that time and the 0th of December—perhaps three times a week or more ; but I shumied him•akmuch as r could:. He-always came up to me and asked • me if I Imd made • up my mind. On Friday -the-gth of December, I saw him between Kent-Street ant.POrutched Friars. .. The sales were over then, and I was out of employment, and bad had rework during the whole of the Week. I Was . standing thinking; and he came up to me and asked me what I was a breaking my head about when the golden ball was so near my handl" '

The youth now yielded; and consented to bring some indigo on Saturday; • but, Barnett's religious scruples .forbade. the receipt:. of 'stolen goods on his

• Sabbath, so. Monday was fixed. Sellers took him five pounds of indigo, worth from 5g. W. to 6s per pound. At the door-of the obi-clothes-shop of Bar- nett,. Mrs. Barnett was waiting for .him ; she let him in; and called ' " Bar- ney," Barney came out of his parlour, and weighed the indigo e he pre- tended it was.only' three pounds; but the youth knew it was live, and told him-so : the Jew then said, "Oh, ah, Lmade a mistake.".and.offered. a pair. of trousers in payment ; but at last he gave five shilling:a—not e fourth of the value. On another day, Barnett offered- a meerschatim pipe in payment of six shillings : Sellers told him he wanted to make too inuell out of laim-s- " Ile wanted six shillings for a pipe .1 could buy any:where for half-a-crown., left • praised the pipe up ; but-I got off of it by telling him I did not smoke. Ile gaVe ine four shillings for the indigo.- The wife came in and asked me whfther I could get any - saffron ;and I said •l• would see.- She wanted the saffron to colour soap: The saffrbn . was sold at thirty-two shillings the pound : and Barnett said lie would give me a - good price, fourpence an ounce. I went next day to my. master's and- looked out for some saffron, but could get-none ; bot I brought four pounds of cochineal, .for whin% y I got four shillings from Barnett.•• On the following day I stole five pounds more of the indigo, and brought it to Barnett ; and he said, ,'' You are !mint canny way, like ' a man that drinks.' I told him I could'at do any better. I spoke msolentlY totim, but I don't recollect the very words ; and lie said, 'Take care, or ru split.' On the following morning I stole about ten pounds more Of indigo, and was deteeted." Theindigo was marked; the boy woe. Seat' as .usnar.to'lkirnetitestith it; and. en. officer watched while the sale, of it was concluded . Wbeerthe boy came-out with the money, the Police entered, and . arrested Barnette They found,a vast quantity of miscellaneous' goods; although.the shop on-the ant- • aide appeared- to be:that-of an .old-clothes dealer only: . Mr.- Gregory, an attorney who had bought fruit of .Barnett for thirty. years„ and Mr, Cohen,. - who had known him for twelve- years, gave him_the character of a "par-

ticularly honest man." The Jury- found him guilty.- .

In addition to the reward of Q0 offered by the West London Union, GO- vernment, has offered a reward of 30/.• for the apprehoterlon of Mrs, Sloane. The active pursuit now made by the Police has led to' absurd and disagree- able mistakes. A lady living at Chelsea, who had the misfortune to be mis- identified with the criminal Mrs. Manning, has been similarly mistaken for Mrs.- Sloane: The-Police entered her house; and ehought‘ that- her person exactly tallied with the description of-Mrs. Sloane; and. it was not till Jane Wilbred, had, been brought in a cab :to- eonfiren .the indignant disclaimer of the :lady, that, the mistake was established. The lady is eccentric: she loaded the officers with epithets at firstit, but in the end gave them an imi- tation to.tes, for next,eveniug.

Mr. Sirrell, the. refiner who was tried for receiving stolen goods; and acquitted, has, it is said, commenced legal proceedings against Me: Lund, of the Metropolitan Detective Force, to recover compensation fl' 'loss occasioned by the compulsory closing of his premises. . •

A-burglar in the house of Mrs. Chorratt„ 24 Soho Squdee, was- secured, early on Saturday morning, under'satisfa.ctory circumstances. James Dock, the coachman of Mrs. Charratt, sleeps in the middle draweneroom of his mistress's house, for its protection ; et two on Saturday .moreing. he was awakened by a noise in his room, and prekently saw a man Oleo a deefebe • leaped out of bed, and the intruder as promptly leaped.. feini the window on to the top of the door-porch ; Dock pursued; 'and deseeneime frem the win- dow grappled with the fugitive; a sharp .stttiggle-thr maieferyonded in the • fall of the robber off 'the poroh. Dock was alroiftehr descend into the street -and renew the struggle, when he heard a friadly, race. sey„ "I've got him, Sir " ; and he found that a Policeman had -oppereuriely come up . and caught the robber as he was rising from the ground„ very much hurt and faint." At the Police station, rthitioner gave; tlitiagame of James Harwood. Dock was praised by the Ifiner4tte for his piiiiipteehergy. A den of younee thieves has been disceverettina sort :of- chenther left in the under-eround masonry of an arch under- lbw t,erminue of- the South- western Railway, York Road, Lambeth. A ladereeentlehltargleilleith theft confessed to his mother that he had become connected wt/earn a twenty- two boys, who called themselves- "the -twenty thieves,' andlived in a cave under the terminus. Sergeants Harris and Jones went on -Sunday morning on a voyage of discovery; and afterseveral hours' search, -discovered -sortie foot-tracks which led them to the entrance of the retreat,—a small hole in the brick-work, which looked more like what would be occasioned by the wearing away of drainage-water than the entrance to etay habitetion. - • Creeping through the opening, they found themselves in a,eheniber too low for them to stand upright- in ; at the darkest end of which were crouched •• five boys. On a general inspection, the constables found a portable fire- place, and a cooking apparatus, "most ingeniously fitted up with nearly .everything convenient for domestic use "; a place to keep the victuals in was sunk in the ground, and secured from dirt by a lid similar to the iron grating over the area coal-vaults usual in public streets. By fastening boards and canvass up to the cave, the boys had succeeded in keeping out the wea- ther, whilst a quantity of straw served them for a bed. The five boys found in possession were removed to the Police station.

Near the Boxmoor station on the North-western Railway, last Saturday, an express-train ran into a goods-train, which had drawn up on account of the lameness of its engine. The driver and guard o; the express-train saw the goods-train when nearly a thousand yards from it ; but their pace was great—thirty-five miles an hour, and the rails were slippery from a shower that had just fallen ; so they could not do more than slacken their rate down to about eight miles an hour at the moment of coming in contact with the standing carriages. The driver and the stoker of the express-train leaped off their engine at the instant of collision : the first escaped without material 'hurt, but the second entangled his foot, fell on the road, and was taken up insensible; he revived under the application of stimulants, but has been dangerously bruised. Twelve or fourteen passengers suffered more or less ; one lady lost her teeth.

In the course of erecting some large granaries at the King's Cross terminus ,of the Great Northern Railway, an iron girder was lifted by shears to the top of a column that is to form one of the supporters of the roof. At the moment the girder was at its greatest height, the shears slipped, a gye-rope gave way under the vibratory strain, and the ponderous mass fell into a canal, carrying everything with it in its course. James Kendal, carpenter, was killed on the spot, and Green has since died in the University Hospital. A Coroner's inquest on the body of Kendal found that the cause of death ...was accidental.