" At the latter end of December I shipped the Erin for Dublin, and run it there, and in the vicinities, during the greatest part of January, 1835, much to the gratification of the inhabitants, it being the first that had run in that country.
"111 1835 I built a drag, by order, for Dublin, which has given most satis factory proof of its power and efficiency, but which is still upon my hands.
" During the year 1835 I also brought out a gig calculated for the accommo dation of three persons. I have run it repeatedly, and it is not to be believed by any but those who have travelled by it, how easy the motion of it is ; I do not know the limit of its speed ; probably from 27 to 30 miles, but it is seldom worked more than 17 or 18 miles per hour.
" In May this year (1836) I again put the carriages upon the Stratford and Paddington roads, and they have continued running daily for hire up to the present time (October) with all the precision and success that could be desired.
" In the month of July this year, a new and powerful carriage, the Automaton, was brought out, and has taken its share of work on the Paddington road, per forming with the Infant in fine weather, these being both open carriages, whilst the Erin and Enterprise have run in wet weather.
" To avoid confusion in my narrative, I have not noticed in the order ul time, many journeys which the carriages have performed ; I might name amongst others, that the Infant, in the autumn of 1832, ran to Brighton, the first steam carriage that had been seen there ; again it ran there in the summer of 1833, as did also the The first day the Automaton was worked, it took a party to Romford without the smallest repair or alteration being required ; the speed was from 10 to 12 miles per hour : this carriage has, within the last fortnight, run twice to Epping, each time with a party desirous of witnessing its performance on that billy road ; it travelled on the ordinary road at 12 to 14 miles, and ascended the hills, which are very steep, at 7 or 8 miles per hour." (We annex a representation of the Automaton, extracted from the Mechanics' Magazine.)
" The carriages have all proved more powerful than I had expected ; the first time I was forcibly acquainted with this fact was whilst running for hire in the year 1834. A trifling casualty to the machinery of the Autopsy brought it to a stand, and the Erin was fetched to its assistance, when it towed the Autopsy up Pentonville-hill to the station in the City-road, without any material dimi nution of its speed, although this, as well as the other carriages, had only been calculated to carry a certain number of passengers, with water and foci for the trip. The average working speed of all the carriages is from 10 to 12 miles an hour, though they may be pushed far beyond this. The fuel costs about two pence-halfpenny a mile. The wear and tear is principally confined to the boilers, fireplaces, and wheels; but this is not so great as might be expected ; and some of the carriages now running have had their boilers in use upwards of two years; when they are worn out it is only the chambers that require renewing, for my boilers are so constructed that all the main and expensive parts, such as bolts, stays, &c., will last for many years, and wear out several sets of chambers. As to the machinery, the wear and tear appears to be very trifling, as far as the carriages have yet performed ; they have, in many respects, actually improved : and even the Nasal, which has been so many years in action, is in as good condition as ever it was in the original parts of its machinery.
"It may be readily supposed, that in bringing out a novelty of the kind now under consideration, and putting it into actual and effective operation, we have not been without accidents in our career, but are happy to say they have been few, and of trivial amount, with the exception of one, which was that of a workman, who, by a daring of the most imprudent stamp, caused an accident, which, whilst it proved the general safety of My boiler, I regret to say, deprived him of life. This statement was fully borne out to the satisfaction of the coroner and jury.
" I will now describe the general arrangement of my carriages.