“Sir,—The Directors of the Great Northern railway will feel much obliged by the insertion of the following statement in the _Times_ to-morrow relative to a letter which appeared therein to-day, signed ‘Thomas Waddington, M.D., of Wakefield,’ and headed, ‘Accident on the Great Northern railway.’ There was no accident whatever yesterday on the Great Northern railway. The trains all reached King’s Cross with punctuality, the most irregular in the whole day being only five minutes late. No such person as Thomas Waddington is known at Morley’s Hotel, whence the letter in question is dated. I am, Sir, yours faithfully, Seymour Clark, General Manager, King’s Cross, March 27. In the _Times_ on the day following appeared a letter from the real Dr. Waddington, of Wakefield, (Edward not “Thomas”) confirmatory of the impudence of the hoax. “The alleged Accident on the Great Northern railway. “To the Editor of the _Times_. “Sir,—My attention has been called to a letter in the _Times_ of yesterday (signed ‘Thomas Waddington, M.D., of Wakefield’) the signature of which is as gross and impudent a fabrication as the circumstances which the writer professes to detail. I need only say there is no ‘M.D.’ here named Waddington but myself, and that I was not on the Great Northern or any other Railway on the 26th inst, when the accident is alleged to have occured. Having obtained possession of the original letter, I have handed it to my solicitors, in the hope that they may be enabled to discover and bring to justice the perpetrator of this very stupid hoax. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Edward Waddington, M.D. Wakefield, March 28. A’PENNY A MILE. Two costers were looking at a railway time-table. “Say, Jem,” said one of them, “vot’s P.M. mean?” “Vy, penny a mile, to be sure.” “Vell, vot’s A.M.?” “A’penny a mile, to be sure.” SINGULAR FREAK. In October, 1857, Mr. Tindal Atkinson applied to Mr. Hammill, at Worship Street Police Court, to obtain a summons under the following strange circumstances:—