Colliery Warnings

Abstract

I AM delighted to find that my article on this subject has drawn a reply from the Author of the Warnings, though I must admit to disappointment at the character of his letter. In my article I stated certain facts as to the occurrence of firedamp in collieries, and showed how this gas must behave under varying barometric pressure in accordance with well-known physical laws; to my mind, there is only one proper way of controverting conclusions thus arrived at, and that is to show where I am mistaken in my statement of facts, in my enumeration of the natural laws, or in my deductions from these premises. This, however, is precisely what the Author of the Warnings has not even attempted to do; he has preferred to be guided by the old solicitor's maxim: “When you have no case, abuse the plaintiff's attorney”.