The Sun. — London, England, 1870-06-23 00:00:00

n t (rzy: rro l a i r HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, June 22, The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, and her Majesty went out this morning, accompanied by Princess Beatrice. Princess Louise, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington, the lion. Emily Cathcart, and Colonel Du Plat, arrived at the Castle from London. The Prince of Wales presided yesterday at a meeting Of the Council of his Royal Highness, held at the office of the Duchy of Cornwall, Buckingham-gate, St. James's Park. There were present Lord Portman, Lord Warden of the Stannaries ; Sir William John Alexander, Attor ney -General ; Major-General Sir Thomas Myddelton Bid dulph, Receiver-General; General Sir William Thomas Rnollys, Comptroller of the Household of his Royal High ness ; and Herbert William Fisher, Esq., Keeper of the Privy Seal. Mr. Bateman, the secretary, attended as Clerk of the Council. Their Royal Highnesses the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz visited the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlborough House, and remained to luncheon. The Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by the lion. Mrs. Coke and Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel, dined with Frances, Countess of Waldegrave, and the Right lion. Chichester Fortescue, at Strawberry-hilL FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS TO-DAY. The Earl Fortescue's ball, instead of the 10th inst., at 40, Upper Brook-street, Mayfair. The Countess of Radnor's second ball, at 52, Grosvenor- street, Grosvenor-square. Viscountess Combermere's evening party, at 48, Belgrave- square. Lady Carew's evening party, at 28, Belgrave-square. Lady Dinorben's morning party, at Bute House. Lady Henrietta Allen's ball, at Hanover-square Rooms. Sir Matthew White Ridley's evening party, at 10, Carl. ton-house-terrace. Mrs. *White's matinee, at 48, Portland-place. Earlswood Asylum fete. Extra trains from London bridge and Victoria will stop at the Earlswood Station. At Lord's Ground (grand cricket match).—M.C.C. and Ground v. University of Oxford. The Hurlingham Club—First International Cup to be shot for in Hurlingham-park, at 30 yards rise. SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS-TO-DAY The Statistical Society, at 4.30 p.m.—The anniversary meeting. The Zoological Society, at 8.30 p.m.—" Walrus," Dr. Murie ; " Catalogue of the Mammals of South China and Formosa," Mr. R. Swinhoe ; " Birds from Trini dad," Dr. 0. Finsch. " THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD." The following letter, we are glad to see, has been addressed by the Messrs. Chapman and Hall to the Times The closing words of the letter, those we have italicised, are worthy of the publishers and of the great author's reputation " Sir,—We find that erroneous reports are in circulation respecting `The Mystery of Edwin Drood,' the novel on Which Mr. Dickens was at work when he died. It has been suggested that the tale is to be finished by other hands. `` We hope you will allow us to state in your columns that Mr. Dickens has left three numbers complete, in addition to those already published, this being one-half of th e story as it was intended to be written. These num bers will be published, and the fragment will so remain. " No other writer could be permitted by us to complete the work which Mr. Dickens has left. " Yours obediently, " CHIPMAN and HALL. " 193, Piccadilly, June 21." LITERATURE. The History of the Pianoforte. By Edgar Brinstead. One vol. pp. 80. Cassell, Petter and Galpin. In every English home of the smallest pretension there IS a pianoforte. In every English home-library there Ought to be henceforth included this charming little history by Mr. Brinstead of that most popular of all musical instruments. The example set by the author of this graceful sketch of the earliest invention and gradual improvement of the piano will be followed, we trust, by the admirers of other stringed instruments. Step by step, the writer of the little work under notice, tracks the Pianoforte keyboard from contrivance to contrivance, through the claricytherum, the clarichord, the virginal, the Spinet, and the Harpichord, until at last the piano forte itself is happily invented. An English Monk, at Rome, by manufacturing an instrument of this last-men tioned character in 1711, laid claim to the honour of being th e inventor of the pianoforte. The actual inventor, however, appears to have been an Italian musician of Padua (harpsichord player to the most Serene Prince of Tuscany) by name Bartollomeo Christopoli. His inven tion dates from 1710, the genius of the man introducing im- • provements in any part of the complicated structure—in the iron and in the sounding board, as well as throughout the Whole of the complex internal mechanism. The difficulties that have to be avoided even now, will indicate the extra °rclinary obstacles that presented themselves to the first fabricators of the pianoforte—instance, of the former, the sticking of keys, the rattling of keys, the squeaking of hoppers, the jumping of wrestpins, the blocking of hammers and so on. The list of patents given in the appendix is something wonderful, ranging from 1694 to 1862 each inclusive, and comprising among the patentees such names as Broadwood, and Collard, and Erard. The variety of the materials employed in the fabrication of a Pianoforte again is certainly very extraordinary, including among them as they do almost every different kind of wood, oak, deal, fir, pine, beech, lime, pear, sycamore, cedar, ebony, rosewood, satinwood, holly, walnut, and various others, besides leathers of all descriptions, buffalo calf, doeskin, morocco, and sheepskin, and among metals, iron, steel, brass, and copper, to say nothing of ivory, blacklead, emery, beeswax, oil, and glue, and gum, and spirits of wine—altogether, a marvellous combination. Mr, Brinstead's History of the Pianoforte is as full of in terest as of instruction, and having been read through as a - charming chapter illustrative of one of tho wonders of the orchestra, it will be well worthy afterwards of being awarded a place upon our library shelves, as one of the compactest and one of the most reliable among our Popular books of reference. CRYSTAL PALACE DOG SHOW. To-day and to-morrow are the last days of the great national exhibition of dogs. The complete list of prizes awarded is a very extensive one, including dogs of almost ,every class, from the bloodhounds and St. Bernards , who figure in the earlier part of the catalogue, to the toy terriers who close it. There are no less than 106 classes, the 106th being St. Bernard puppies under six months old. The prizes in most cases were £5 for the first and £3 for the second, and in very few cases ware they withheld for 'want of merit. THE OXFORD COMMEMORATION. Yesterday was a great day in the Sheldonian Theatre, the honorary degrees being conferred. ,Amongst the recipients were the Duke of Richmond, Earls de Grey and Ripon, Beauchamp, Cow t,, and Rosse, the Bishop of Lincoln, Lord Lyttelton, 4e' Speaker, Lord Chief Justice Cockburn, the Chan c....ellor of the Exchequer, Sir J. Kay-Shuttleworth, Sir W. Mansfield, and Canon Liddon. To the Placetne robis, &mini doctores? Placetne robiB, Il lagistrt? there was no dissent till 'the name of Mr. Lowe w as proposed, and then a shout of Non placet was raised this the gallery, with some slight approbation of ' 8 dissent among the masters in the arena. After all other dissent appeared to have been withdrawn, Ztoll,e.-v-e- gentleman persisted in his non placet, like the coin -member in the House of Commons, who 6 -- 1 mainta ins that " Noes have it ; but the ha g nc Y ellor of the University, more despotic than Mr. ':raker, passed quickly to the next name on the list, and decry of non placet being then rep eated caused con sable laughter. The only other interruption occurred When the name of `Mr. William Smith was submitted. - ! t r";( l ndergraduate, in the tone of one anxiously asking ior Information, inquired " Which Mr. Smith ?" and th is Z a pparently innocent q uestion upset the gravity even of he Chancellor. R OYAL VISIT TO STRAINIL TII,RY HILL.—The 'tine and Princess of Wales dined yesterday evening at Strawberry Hill, with the Countess Frances Walde gave and th e Ri g ht Hon. Chichester Fortescue, M.P. r. Gladstone was among the guests. After dinner there all-an amateur performance on a stage erected in the ° Oll l- A brilliant company assembled, and on the caonclusion of the piece the stage was removed dancing commenced at half-past eleven. At half- Vast four this morning the revellers might be seen return ing homewards. SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. THE NEWARK ACCIDENT. Excursion trains (observes the Times) are uniformly sources of danger, but this train, so fearfully wrecked, might have seemed practically safe. The only train before it was the Scotch express, not at all likely to be overtaken, and behind it there was probably no train at all. The time was a mild midsummer night, with only an hour or two of derkness in prospect. The engine was powerful enough for its work ; the driver was an old servant of the company. Punc tuality was observed from first to last ; there was nothing wrong in signals, points, or orders. The only mischief destined to happen was the fracture of an axle in a certain train running on the up line, which the excursionists would just be one second in passing. In all the hours of the journey there was, save for that single second, no peril ahead, and yet that particular instant proved fatal. We are certainly not furnished, in this instance, with the ordinary grounds of complaint ; on the contrary, we must acknowledge that we do not at pre sent see who can be blamed, but, for all that, so deplor able a calamity is an ominous and alarming beginning of our excursion season. The Standard says that the excursion season has been inaugurated by one of the most fearful casualties in the history of railways. A train of thirty carriages, filled with passengers returning from a trip to town, has been shivered into matchwood by an accident without precedent or parallel. The Blackheath and Clayton tunnel collisions were immediately fatal to a larger number of unfortunates than are yet reported to have lost ther lives at Newark. The New-cross disaster, which made the Li censed Victuallers' annual festival memorable, may have given a greater aggregate of sufferers than any mishap of the like nature. But the fatality of Monday night stands out from among all others on account of the startling total of both killed and wounded, no less than for the singular nature of the mischance by which so many were over taken. The causes of this fearful tragedy are under investigation, and we forbear from anticipating the result of an inquiry which ought to be peculiarly searching. At a time when railway companies are moving the House of Commons to limit their responsibilities, and complaining bitterly of their liability to compensate sufferers from their negligence, the fortuitous occurrence of so fearful a calamity is singularly suggestive. A PERMANENT EDUCATION BILL. The Telegraph remarks that Mr. Miall assails the Educa tion Bill with an objection, which has a strange sound in the mouth of a Liberal. After stating that the measure trusts partly to denominational and partly to national machinery, he asks whether such a settlement of the question is likely to be " permanent," whether it would last for "20 years ?" What measure can any honourable member propound as " permanent," what scheme could he submit for the acceptance of Parliament, on the condition that it must last for ever, or at the very least for 20 years without re consideration or amendment? By the bounty of Providence, we English people do not live under a system of " paternal Government," empowered to issue dispensa tions which we must accept as final, "permanent," too perfect for correction. On the contrary, there is no statesman on the Conservative side of the House who would not tell Mr. Miall that nothing which can be passed in the present session can be held to bind the legis lative rights, the judgment, or the will of a future Parlia ment, or even of the present Parliament in a future year. But even supposing Mr. Miall's position to be sound, what does his claim imply? It implies that he would not pass a measure until it should be what he considered perfect; in other words, rather than pass a bill which should not be so perfect in all its parts as to be absolutely " permanent," he would delay the education of the untaught multitude for another twenty years. For such a scheme as he demands, indeed, we should have to wait till doomsday. The people of England—the poor of England—cannot afford to wait until the Greek kalends. Their children are perishing for lack of knowledge, and if there be any further waste of time the guilt will lie on the heads of well-meaning men like Mr. Miall. WEARY MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. The Daily Niws thinks that the lines of the celebrated ballad, -" ' we are tired, " Said Gilpin, ' So am I,' " express the feelings of the House of Commons as the de bates creep on towards the small hours in the morning, and the spirit of the resolution on Tuesday night by the senior member for the borough of North ampton. Pailiament has practically adopted the convivial sentiment of the poet, which declares that the best of all ways to lengthen our days is to steal a few hours from the night." The prudence of this course may be doubted. An old couplet associates health and wisdom with the practising of early rising, and the correlative practice of early going to bed. The health of members suffers by their nocturnal debates ; and, perhaps, their wisdom suffers too. One effect of these late hours must be bad. The true and permanent cure for the evil is, however, to be looked for, as Mr. Bouverie hinted, in a rearrangement of the parliamentary machinery, and in the separation of local business from the work of Imperial legislation. As a provisional remedy, Mr. Gladstone's undertaking not to bring for ward opposed Government business after twelve o'clock is deserving of praise. He suggested that private mem bers might allow themselves no more than an additional hour's grace. Acting on this hint, and flushed with vir tuous resolution, the House of Commons refused to pro ceed with certain opposed bills which came before it, and adjourned a little after one o'clock. Mr. Gilpin has had a real, though not a formal success. THE DROUGHT. The expectation which was created by the break in the drought made by the storm of last week has, says the Post, been utterly disappointed. The clouds which had previously from day to day massed themselves overhead have again dispersed, and we are now in a second stage of earthly and atmospheric dryness, which is worse as regards crops and vegetation than the first. The prospect which existing phenomena thus plabe before us is somewhat gloomy, and it is the more so because each year of late has exhibited indications that there is a change going on in the seasons which we may have to meet permanently. Had we been anything more than the merest empirics, or had we possessed ordinary foresight, we might have met the state of things which we have ourselves created by storing our supplies of rain water in large tanks as is done in India, and have dealt it out to the lands in periods of emergency such as the present. But we have neglected all precautionary and counterbalancing measures, and we are now reduced to the condition of waiting upon the weather. THE BISHOPS IN THE LORDS. The Dublin Freeman of to-day (Thursday), commenting on the motion for excluding spiritual peers from the House of Lords. says :—" The lords spiritual had better look out. Their places in the House of Lords are likely to be vacant before many years roll over their right reverend heads. The Nonconformists are resolved to carry out the policy of their forefathers before Charles the First's time, and relegate the Bishops to their sees, where they are more useful than in the Upper House. Mr. Beaumont opened the trenches on Wednesday night. The Conservatives do not appear to have felt much interest in the motion, for they mustered only 158. The Liberals were not very anxious about it, for they knew that the removal of the Bishops is only a branch of the far larger question, viz., the disestablish inent of the Church. That the Liberal party will gird themselves for the encounter as soon as circumstances are allowed, we have many indications ; but the time has not yet come, and meanwhile such motions as Mr. Beau mont's are premature. THE DETERMINED SUICIDE IN DRUR LANE. Last night Mr. Bedford held an inquest at King's College Hospital on the body of Edward Herbert, aged 33 years, who committed suicide on Monday last by throwing himself from a window at 41, Parker-street, Drury-lane. It appeared from the evidence that deceased was in partnership with his mother, who carry on the business of architectural modellers at 242, Euston-road. On Saturday last he went to visit his sister, a married woman residing at 41, Parker-street, and remained there up to the time of his death, which resulted from his leaping from the third-floor window between one and two o'clock on the Monday morn. ing. It was proved that the suicide was of a most determined character, as deceased, after jumping once from the window, went upstairs and repeated the act. The medical testimony disclosed the fearful injuries he received, and a statement made by Thomas Herbert, his brother, left no doubt on the minds of the jury that he was insane. A verdict of " Suicide whilst in a state of temporary insanity'' was then returned. FADTERTISEMENT:I - Holloway's Pills.—Bilious affeco tions and stomach complaints, induced by atmospheri heat or too liberal diet, if not early checked, are often at tended with serious consequences. When any one finds his ideas less clear than usual, his eyesight dimmed, and his head dizzy, while he is indisposed for all exertion physical or mental, he may be quite sure that he is in immedite need of some cooling and purifying medicine. Let him send at once for a box of Holloway's Pills, after a few doses of which his head will be clear again, his spirits ele , vated, and all his energies be restored. Printed directions for the guidance of patients in the use of this admirable medicine are affixed to every box. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. FOREIGN NEWS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) BUDGET OF THE CITY OF PARIS. The proposed loan of 520 millions of francs in the Bud get of the City of , Paris has been sanctioned by the Committee of the Corps Legislatif. It will be conducted in the usual manner. SLA VERY IN SPAIN. At yesterday's sitting the Spanish Cortes agreed to the bill for the abolition of slavery. During the debate Senor Castelar delivered an able speech in favour of the imme diate suppression of slavery, but the Cortes rejected his proposal. FIRE AT CONSTANTINOPLE. According to a statement of the Courrier of Constanti nople as many as 2,000 persons were lost in the fire. HOME NEWS. [CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.] ANOTHER RAILWAY ACCIDENT. COLLISION NEAR, NEWCASTLE. - - - A collision occurred yesterday at Heaton Junction, two miles from Newcastle, between two excursion trains from Berwick and Tynemouth. Both trains were proceed ing to the Newcastle races. The first-named ran into the last-named train, and drove several carriages off the line, smashing them in. Several persons were injured, two of them seriously. Fortunately the Berwick train was drawing up at the Junction, or the accident would bare had more disastrous results. The cause of the accident is stated as neglect of signals. FURTHER DETAILS. NEWCASTLE, Wednesday. Between ten and eleven o'clock this morning a collision took place on the Tynemouth Railway, near Newcastle, between a passenger train from Tynemouth and an excursion train from Berwick. The signal was put up for the Tye mouth train to stop until the Berwick train had passed over the points from the North line on to the Tynemouth branch, but, instead of doing so, the driver of the Tyne mouth came on with his train,apparently thinking that he could pass before the North train came up. Just then the train from Berwick came in sight, and the driver of the North train, seeing a collision inevitable, turned off the steam, but the train could not be stopped in time, and it ran into the Tynemouth train, breaking several of the carriages to pieces. A large number of passengers were injured, but none very seriously, The line was blocked for about an hour and a half, and a great many trains with passengers to see Newcastle races were detained. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, 3 UNE 23, 1870. COMMEMORATION AT OXFORD. The honorary degreee of D.C.L. was yesterday con ferred at Oxford on the persons whose names have several times been published. Sir William Jenner also received the honour. The Rev. Canon Liddon was seemingly a great favourite with the undergraduates, who cheered him again and again. Mr. Lowe was not so popular, as his reception shewed, but the behaviour was good throughout. THE ALLEGED MURDER AT WAKEFIELD. On Thursday Johnson, the supposed murderer, was again brought up for examination, and after three witnesses had been called on his behalf, he was committed for trial at the next West Riding Assizes. He again protested his innocence, and on being removed from the court he was rather violent. THE FIRE NEAR WORTLEY, LEEDS. A fourth woman, injured in the fire at the cap manu factory of Mr. Mann, near Wortley, Leeds, yesterday, is dead. REFUSAL TO PAY VOLUNTARY CHURCH• RATES. At a meeting of the Cambridge University Union it has been determined not to pay a voluntary church-rate in future. MISADVENTURE WITH A GUN. A serious gun accident happened at Merthyr yesterday. Mr. Davies, landlord of the Crown Hotel, was in the stable-yard with a boy of 14, named Thomas, when the latter playfully pointed a capped fowling-piece at him and pulled the trigger. The gun was loaded with powder and shot, and Mr. Davies received the charge in his face and chest. He was severely hurt. VISIT OF M. DE LESSEPS TO LIVERPOOL. M. de Lesseps is to visit Liverpool on Friday and will stay until Monday. He will attend a banquet at the town-hall on Friday, and receive addresses from the com mercial bodies on Monday. THE PERMISSIVE PROHIBITORY LIQUOR BILL. A crowded meeting was held last night in the Victoria Hall, Exeter, to support the adoption by Parliament of Sir Wilfred Lawson's bill. The Bishop of Exeter presided, and delivered an able address in favour of the principle of the bill. Mr. Edward Vivian, J.P., of Torquay ; Pro fessor Newman Clifton and Dr. F. P. Lees, of Leeds ; Mr. J. P. Uran, of Plymouth ; and Mr. Raper, of Man chester, attended on behalf of the Alliance, and addressed the meeting. Resolutions and a petition calling upon the Legislature to pass the measure were enthusiastically adopted. The Rev. J. Jones, the Rev. S. M`Farlane, Mr. J. Bickford, Mr. Ellis, Mr. Rae, Mr. Chambers, and others took part in the proceedings, which were charac terised by great earnestness in favour of the bill. TRADE DISTURBANCES IN CORK. Disturbances took place in Cork last night in connec tion with the tailors' strike. The excitement originated early in the evening, when a collision occurred between some operatives and a foreman in one of the closed establishments, the latter producing a revolver. During the evening large crowds remained in Patrick-street, and after nightfall an attack was made on the establishments of master tailors in Patrick-street and Winthorp-street, by an enormous mob, which commenced an attack with stones, and, as the upper windows of the shops were closed, proceeded to tear down the shutters, and make an assault upon the doors for the purpose of wrecking the establishments. A large force of police ap peared under arms, and repeated charges had to be made before the mob could be dispersed. Stones were thrown at the police, many of whom were struck and se verely injured. The mounted police were brought to the aid of the foot police, and at about twelve o'clock, the riotjact having been read at eleven, the streets were cleared and tranquillity restored. Several of the rioters were ar rested. Much damage was done to the establishments of Messrs. Fittzpatrick and Lee, who were the chief objects of the attack. The operatives have been much excited by a report that German tailors had been engaged to fill their places. THE TRAGEDY IN THE CITY. STATEMENT OF THE SUFFERERS. Yesterday afternoon the man John Duke and his wife, who are now lying at Bartholomew's Hospital, were pro nounced by 11r. Camberbatche, the house surgeon, to be in fair progress of recovery, and they have both received their strength and consciousness to enable them to speak. They have both made a statement which, however, it has been deemed unnecessary to commit to writing, and from that it would appear that the man, who was on the morning of the occurrence in a state of frenzy, from want of the absolute necessaries of life, and feeling that for some time to come he would be unable to obtain employ ment at his trade, he struck his wife a violent blow on the head with a rolling pin, afterwards found in the room, lacerating the scalp severely ; he then took a knife and stabbed her in the throat, on the left side first, and then on the right side, which rendered her senseless. He then seized a razor that was at hand, and drew it across his own throat twice, severing the wind pipe. They have been visited by several of the male friends and fellow-workmen of Duke, who are of opinion that the want of employment has been the primary cause of the tragic occurrence. It appears that the total in come of the family, consisting of seven persons, for a long time past has only amounted to same 14s. or 15s. per week ; and, after deducting house rent, left but little for their subsistence. Should nothing occur to retard their recovery, the man John Duke will in the course of a few days be brought up at the Mansion-house on a charge with attempted double murder. DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is r ommended by the medical profession in preference to French brand• . Sup plied in casks and cases for home use or exportation. Quotations on application to Messrs DUNVILLE & t. 0., Royal Irish Dis tilleries, Belfast ; or at their London Offices, 4, Beaufort Buildings Strand, W.O. THE NEWARK ACCIDENT. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAM.) The list of persons killed by the Newark accident now numbers 18, the child of Mrs. Haddock, aged 13 months, having died at noon yesterday- The jury met again at five p.m. yesterday, and having viewed the body of the child, took evidence as to its identity. Its fathei stated that his son, lying at the hospital, is likely to recover. . The body of the wife of Benjamin Seseph Boaler Crampton, and the body of herhusbar d were identified by his father, Benjamin Crampton, Huddersfield, innkeeper. Matthew Coates, cloth manufacturer, Saltown, near Leeds, aged 56, was identified by his brother. Eli France, of Bagnay Field Workhouse, Leeds, identified the body of his mother Eliza France, aged 42. Witness saw her start by the ex cursion train with Matthew Coates. Mr. Greaves was con sidered to be in danger last evening. The bodies are all identified, and the injured remaining at Newark are all known. The inquest is adjourned till to-day at ten o'clock, but the principal enquiry will take place on Fri day. OFFICIAL REPORT. The following is the latest official announcement re specting this great disaster :—" An up goods train from Doncaster passed through Newark at it's appointed time without stopping at 1.24 a.m. When about half a mile south of Newark, an axle of a waggon belonging to another company, loaded with potatoes, broke off close to the inside of the wheel. This threw the waggons which followed off the rails on to the down line. At the' moment the engine driver of the up goods train felt the jerk caused by the breakage of the axle, a down excursion train which was returning from London to Yorkshire passed him. This train was timed through Newark without stopping, and when the accident hap pened it was running at from twenty to twenty-five miles per hour, and to its regular time. The engine of this train ran into the waggons which had been thrown across the down line of rails, was truned round, and thrown completely clear of both lines, bringing the ex cursion train to an immediate stop. Six of the front carriages were thrown off the rails, three of them being piled up near the engine, and almost destroyed. The passengers of these carriages suffered very severely from the shock and the subsequent breakage of the carriages. The engine driver, Hurst, of Doncaster, and several passengers, were killed on the spot ; the fire man and some other passengers were so seriously injured that they died shortly afterwards. The total number of deaths up to the present time, including the driver and fireman, is 16, and about 20 more are injured, and remain at Newark." ANOTHER EYE-WITNESS. - - Some further details are given by another witness of the calamity. He says : " The goods waggons were smashed into fragments, and, from the effects of the broken axle and subsequent concussion, scattered about the up line, upon the hedge, and into the fields beyond. The passenger cars next the engine were by the momentum driven one over the other, and piled in masses of mere firewood, high in the air. Every carriage of the train had the windows and doors broken—not one of the twenty-two escaped. At the time your correspondent left, 12 orl4 persons were found dead or in a critical condition, while from 100 to 200 of the passengers were injured. The groans of the wounded and dying rang through the air, and in the dim light of morning the passengers ran to and fro, some bleeding and bruised, as if distracted by the awful transactions of the last few minutes. Scores were wandering about, some of whom had been driven violently against the car riages, others cut with flying fragments of glass or splin ters of broken doors and car sides. Under the frag ments near the engine several lay dead, while • one lady, whom it is understood was only lightly hurt, was fixed am ong the wreck of a carriage which had mounted above two others. The driver was killed, one side of his head being literally smashed in. The fireman lay against the firebox, his leg being torn off. One woman pleaded piteously with the surgeons that they would amputate O her l eg s, which were transfixe d by tbe broken timbers. sight might have moved the stoutest to tears. A baby, a bout six months old , *as p icked up from among the wreck, its arm and face lacerated, its mother was buried beneath the carriages. Great praise is due to the officials of the Great Northern Railway, who with the greatest promptitude, aided by willing helpers, did all they could to alleviate the miseries of the poor unfortunates." NARROW ESCAPE OF A PASSENGER. The following account has been given of the painful position of one of the travellers by the unfortunate excur sion train. Mr. C. A. Wilson, music-seller, of Leeds was seated in a compartment with one lady and four gentlemen. He first felt a bump, saw the lamp shake, felt the train off the line, and the next instant found himself almost buried, he knew not where. Recovering breath and collecting his faculties, he discovered that he was tightly held by a heavy weight of timber pressing on his ankle and hip. Overhead and around him were broken planks and splinters. A good deal of this he managed to clear away, but he was quite unable to extricate his leg. On all sides he heard the cries of the wounded. He could give no help ; but, with manly fortitude, he refrained from calling for assistance until others in greater danger than himself were relieved. The circumstances were trying, because, as Mr. Wilson found, while his ankle was fast held, one knee was bent on the chest of . a gentleman below him—one who had sat in the same car riage, a friend whom he knew, and who not unnaturally urged him very earnestly to "sing out." Groping about as far as his outstretched hands could reach, Mr. Wilson felt and saw the arms of a lady. Withdrawing his hands he found them stained with blood. The lady was Mrs. Robinson, who had sat in the next seat of the carriage, and was here crushed to death. For two hours did he and his friend below remain firmly held in the grip of the heavy timber pressing on them. When at length the workmen got to them, Mr. Wilson directed their opera tions, and, after danger from misapplied leverage and an accidental and probably well-meant blow on the head from a crowbar, he and the man beneath were libe rated. Mr. Wilson's ankle was believed to be broken, but it is happily whole, though bruised and sprained. THE INQUEST. o'clock. The inquest on the bodies was opened at half-past three o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, at the Cross Keys, Inn, before Mr. Robert Griffin, borough coroner for Newark, but after the jury had viewed the bodies the in quiry was adjourned to the Town Hal. In addition to the witnesses and a few of the general public, several gen tlemen connected with the Great Northern Railway Com pany were present, including Colonel Packe, chairman of the company; Mr. Charles Wilson Fabr, a director Mr. Henry Oakley , secretar y ; and Mr. T. P. Cockshott, superintendent of the line. The Coroner said the accident was one of a most awful character, and whether there had been any carelessness or otherwise it was for himself and the jury to make out by a full inquiry into the attendant circumstances. He hoped it would be found that there was not any blame to be attached to any one, but in order that the jury might have the full evidence before them, two of the directors had come down, one of them being the chairman of the company, and they had told him that they wished the fullest inquiry, and would take care that the Govern ment inspector attended on Thursday next, to which date the inquest would have to be adjourned. The inspector would examine the spot where the accident happened, and the carriages, and would endeavour to ascertain whether any one was to blame. It did not ap pear that the accident was attributable to any want of punctualty in starting, but everything of that nature would be investigated fully on Thursday (to -day). Samuel Tetley, 6, Boar Lane, Leeds, said : I was a passenger by the excursion train which left London about 9.25 on Monday night. I was in a first-class carriage. There were five in the compartment including myself. The deceased Major Kershaw Hirst was one of the passengers. He is my brother-in-law, and is a tobacconist in Kirkgate. One of the other passengers was Mr. Duncan. I cannot tell limv the accident happened. So far as my knowledge goes, we were all five asleep when the accident happened. Our last stoppsge before the accident was at Grantham.—By a Jurymen : Mr. Hirst was on the six-foot side, and I was on the outside of the I line. There were from 20 to 24 carriages attached to the engine. The bodies of Thomas and Frederick Phillpott, Hannah Haddock, Francis Robinson, Thomas Hurst, Joseph Watson, and Elizabeth Hallow, were identified by their relatives, but no witnesses being present to identify the other bodies, the inquiry was adjourned at this stage until yesterday, in order to complete the identification, and it was agreed that the next adjournment should be till Friday. Mr. Melton, of Regent-street, has been appointed hatter to his Majesty the King of the Belgians. Yesterday the annual distribution of prizes took place at King's College School. The Summer Conversazione of the Working Men's College, 45, Great Ormond street, W.C., will be held this evening. The new rooms will be used for the first time. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. Mr. DODSON took the chair at five minutes past twelve TRAMWAYS BILL. On the motion of. Mr. C. FORSTER power was given to the Committee on the Glasgow Street Tramways Bill, and the Glasgow Tramways Bill, if they thought fit, to consolidate the said bills into one. THE EDUCATION BILL. Mr. lIORSMAN gave notice that in the event of Mr. Richard's amendment on the Education Bill being put as a substantive resolution, he should move to add that in school buildings, consisting of two rooms, one should be used for secular, and the other for religious instruction to be given by a teacher or minister of the denomination to which the parents belong, one day in each week. KENSINGTON-ROAD IMPROVEMENT BILL. Viscount MILTON asked the First Commissioner of Works if he intended to bring forward his motion for a Select Committee on• the Kensington-road Improvement Bill during the present session, and, if so, when he would bring his motion before the House. Mr. AYRTON lamented the course which had been adopted in reference to the Bill. The Government had no wish to force the measure through as a Parliamentary bill, and therefore it was intended to bring it forward at a future time, when he felt convinced hon. members would be better informed on the question. MEDICAL OFFICERS' SUPERANNUATION BILL. Dr. BRADY, in a remarkably thin House, moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which was to pro vide a superannuation allowance for the class of medical officers to which it referred. The present system, said the hon. gentleman, of medical poor-relief was introduced into the country in 1834, and it was generally admitted that it was a great improvement ; but it had failed, because the guardians had studied economy instead of efficiency. He claimed the support of the House on the ground of justice and economy. Dr. DALRYMPLE seconded the motion. He said he did not appeal to the House to take a charitable view of the case, but he contended that as a matter of justice greater consideration should be shewn to the Poor-law medical officers, and that they should be placed on a more equal footing with other officers. The profession to which he belonged had not been celebrated for " hanging together," and had consequently received more kicks than ha'pence. If they had had that esprit de corps which characterised other professions, he was satisfied that not only would their own position have been greatly improved, but the condition of the public at large would have experienced an improvement. Mr. JOSHUA FIELDEN moved that the Bill be read that day six months. He thought that it was neither wise national nor wise parochial policy, to teach persons to rely upon the government or the local rates for that provi sion in old age which they themselves ought to make. He feared that in a money point of view, the medical officers would not be bettered because the guardians, in considera tion of the superannuation allowance, would ask them to accept reduced salaries. They would also be injured by becoming more the tools of the guardians and of the Poor law Board than they were at present. Mr. MELLOR seconded the amendment. Mr. GOSCHEN said the matter was simply a question of contract—whether the medical officers would accept an appointment with a superannuation and a lower salary, or a higher salary without a superannuation allowance. He did not think that, as a matter of justico, it could be demanded; but, looking at the subject from the point of view of expediency, and of the interest of the ratepayers, and the poor, be came to a different conclusion. On the part of the Government, he should support the bill, be cause it was permissive in its application. It was only when the boards of guardians desired to grant the allow ance, with the consent of the Poor Law Board, that it would take effect. Mr. HENLEY opposed the measure because it intro duced the principle of superannuating persons who were only partly employed. Dr. LYON PLAYFAIR supported the bill, and denied that it was the first time they had recognized the principle of granting superannuation allowances for part services—in the case of the Poor Law medical officer their salaries were so miserably low that it was impossible they could save anything. Replying to the argument that the office was an introduction to practise, the hon. member asserted that Poor-law practice pre vented a medical officer obtaining family practice. He believed that the bill would strike at the root of what produced preventible diseases, whilst it would diminish the burdens of the ratepayers. Mr. WHEELHOUSE and Mr. BRODRICK supported the Bill. _ _ Mr. RYLANDS said they were asked to interfere with the law of supply and demand. He believed that the cause of the small remuneration the medical officers received was that there were too many in the profession. He pointed out that they were not bound to legislate simply under the organs of benevolence or with the view of making things pleasant. He did not see where they could draw the line. Mr. GORDON strongly supported the bill in the interests of the poor and the ratepayers, and remarked that unless the guardians secured the best medical skill they could the ratepayers would suffer. The hon. member for War rington wanted to apply the doctrine of political economy to the question, but in his opinion such doctrines during the present session had been considerably shaken. The Irish Land Bill was in direct violation of the principlrs of political economy. He thought the medical officers were entitled to the greatest consideration, having in view the great risks they underwent. Mr. MuNTz thought the salaries of the medical officers would be reduced £lO per annum, consequent upon the superannuation. Colonel Corbett, Mr. Beach, Mr. Maguire, and Mr. A. Peel spoke in favour of the bill. The House went to a division on the proposition that " the question be now put." The voting was, Ayes 139 Noes 2B Majority The bill was then read a second time CAPITAL SENTENCES (COURT OF APPEAL BILL. Sir G. JENKINSON moved the second reading of this bi and at some length explained its provisions. The subject had previously been before the House ; and a bill was introduced ten years ago. The measure on that occasion, however, was for the general appeal upon all crimin a cases, whilst his bill was limited to appeal in capital cases and under certain conditions. The motion having been seconded, Mr. J. D. LEWIS moved that the bill be read that day three months. In the course of his remarks he said it was a one-sided bill. There was no appeal on behalf of the Crown, which really meant the public. He contended that a measure of that character ought to be dealt with by the Government, anp not by a private member. Mr. BRISCOE opposed the measure, because it proposed a tribunal from which he utteriy dissented. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that there had been many attempts to solve the difficulty without success, and it appeared to him that the present bill seemed to have far less chance of success than any which had preceded it The object of the bill was to prevent the chance of some persons being improperly executed, but he must say that during the whole of this century there had not been one case of a man being executed unjustly. Sir GEORGE JENKINSON dissented from this explanatien of the Bill. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL inquired what its object was then. There might be some improper cases of acquittal, and there might be some cases where the prerogative of mercy had been exercised inexpediently, but the bill did not deal with any of these cases. Mr. BRUCE objected to the measure, remarking that if a bill of that description were introduced ; it should be one which would remove all the objections to the existing system. Sir GEORGE JENKINSON complained that a false issue had been raised. All he contended was that the appeal of a prisoner ought to be in the first instance to a tribunal and not to the Home Secretary, and wherever the appeal, and whatever the decision, the public had a right to know in the interest of justice why the decision was come to. The motion for the rejection of the bill was agreed to by an overwhelming majority. BROKERS' (CITY OF LONDON) BILL. Mr. W. FOWLER moved the second reading of the above bill, which proposed to relieve the brokers from the super vision of the Lord Mayor and aldermen. The brokers in no other city in the country were under such a very peculiar jurisdiction, and he proceeded to show the origin of it. He contended that the continuing to call upon brokers in the City of London to find security for their respectability was simply absurd. The hop factors were not called upon to give such security, and this arose simply from the circumstance of their carrying on busi ness on the other side of the water. The principal objection, however, of the brokers was to the tribunal before which they were called upon to appear because they doubted much whether the Alderman had power to administer an oath, and when the most compromising state ments were made against the broker before the Court of Aldermen he believed it was done without the complaining party being called upon to guarantee his truthfulness by taking an oath. He did not wish to claim any special privileges for brokers, but what he did ask was that they should make other traders obey the law of the land, and not be made subject to a hole and corner tribunal which was not considered competent to transact the whole of the powers delegated to it. It was said that there were persons who stood in need of the most reliable pers ,ns to transact their business, such as foreigners and widows, buthe believed they were invariably sharp enough, and as for the ladies, it was rather a rare exception to find one who did not know how to take care of her money. He did think the time had arrived when the brokers of the City of London should be treated other than as a dangerous class of men. He looked upon the practice that now existed as the remains of a barbarous age, un worthy of the times, in which they lived, and unworthy the support of the House. Mr. T. BARING seconded the motion. He did so in no hostility towards the revenues of the City of London, or with a desire to find fault with the manner in which the magisterial and judicial business was transacted. On the contrary he thought the practice in existence was a most objectionable one, and thought the Court of Aldermen would do well to give it up. He thought it most unjust that one particular class should be treated so unfairly, and unless the stigma of vice and immorality could be truly attached to the class who complained he thought bare justice would at once call for the abolition of the ancient and now objectionable practice. He felt neither the corporation nor the trade of the City of London would suffer in the event of Parliament giving its assent to the measure now under consideration. The debate, on the motion of Mr. EYKYN, was then adjourned. LODGERS' GOODS PROTECTION BILL! This bill was read a second time. JOINT STOCK COMPANIES' ARRANGEMENT BILL. This bill was read a second time. MORTGAGES (No. 2) BILL. This bill passed through committee. PUBLIC HEALTH (SCOTLAND) SUPPLE- MENTAL BILL, This bill was read a third time and passed. The House adjourned at eight minutes to six. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE- lIAMPTON MEE fIN s DAY. SCRATCHINGS. Claremont Stakes—Feronia, Barometer f, Lady Inglis Azalea, Dora, Olympia, O'Toole, and Delay. Manor Plate—Anarchy. Nursery Stakes—Vicary, Antwerp. Squibb, Royal EY change, Sephy, Hobson's Choice, Prince Henry, and Review, out of all engagements at Hampton. ADDITIONAL ARRIVALS. Candour, Cymbal, Cawdor, Defender, Delusion, Deforma tion, Guilford, Hammerton, Juanita, Lady Hertford, Soncar, Lecturer, Lisette, Maud f, t xford f, The Gift, The Sheens Vivid, and Victress. Several horses from Epsom and Windsor are expected in the morning. WINDSOR RACES,-WEDNESDAY. The Windsor Stakes of 20 sous each. Half a mile straight. Mr Graham's Sauntering Alma, by Saunterer—Alma, by Flateateher I `(Cannon) 2 3 Lord Anglesey's Steppe, Bst 81b Mr Moreton's Black Gown, Bst 121 b Won in a canter by three lengths. Nursery Handicap Plate of 50 sovs. About half a mile straight. Mr Case's Anton, by Atherstone—The Twin, 7st 31b (Jeffery) 1 Mr H Goater's Our Tom, Est Gib (Wilson) 2 ( C, Mr Brayley'eTartuffe, 7st 61b (L. Page) 3 Bonny Bell; Minstrel, Sweetmeat, Conscript, Bill of Fare, Appeal, Helios, and Kuightley also ran, Won easily by three lengths. The Welter Cup (Handicap) value 200 sovs. About one mile. Mr G. Payne's Departure, by Brother to Bird on the Wing, dam by Young Melbourne, 4 yrs, 9st 21b (Mr Bevill) 1 Mr G. Angell's Scarboro' 3 yrs, 9st 21b (in 61b ex) (Parry) 2 .lEgean, Fitz-Ivan, Countryman, and Thundercloud, also ran. Won in a canter by six lengths. .. . Tha Windsor Handicap of 100 soya. five furlongs. Mr Merry's Lady of Lyons, 3 yrs, 6st 111 b ...... (Batters) 1 Mr W. S. Crawfurd's Skipjack, 6 yrs, 7st 71b (Butler) 2 Lord Jersey's na Wamba, 4 yrs, 6st 91b ... (Fox) 3 Our Mary Ann, Chawbacon, Bay Roland, Miss Caudle, Disturbance, also ran. Won easily by three quarters of a length. The Manor Plate of 50 sovs (Handicap). About half a About one mile and mile, straight., , Mr Garforth's Lady Macbeth, by Glenmasson, dam by Malcolm—Fama, 3 yrs, 7st 61b ... (Webb) 1 Prince Soltykoff's Jersey, 3 yrs, 7st (Jewitt) 2 Mr G. Taylor's Lincoln, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Killick) 3 Rodomonte, Bismarck, Perambulator, Luna, Review, Minnie Warren, Panada, Lady Louise, St. Theodore, also ran. Won by two lengths. The Surly Hall Handicap of 5 soya each. About five furlongs. Mr Rowland's ns Juliet, by Cavendish—Julia, 8 yrs, Gat 131 b Mr P. Herbert's na Master Dick, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b (Aldridge) 2 Mr H. Goater's Miss Laura, 2 yrs, sst 101 b (car sst 121 b) (Jewitt) 3 Constantine and Defamation also ran. Won in acanter by four lengths. The Royal Cup, value 300 sovs. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. W. G-oater's Barrier, by Citadel—Gentle Kitty, 3 yrs, Bst 71b • (Goater) 1 Count F. de Lagrange's Henry, 2 yrs, 6st 111 b (Jewitt) 2 Mr. Brayley's Mornington, 2 yrs, Gst 111 b (Butler) 3 Sauntering Alma and Herculaneum also ran Won by a neck. Match ; 9st 51b each. Five furlongs. Mr. H. Custance's Lad of Scotland, by Rattle— Freckle, 4 yrs Mr. H. Mauser's King Theodore, 3 yrs ........(Mauler) 2 Won in a canter. NEWCASTLE RACES.-WEDNESDAY. Corporation Plate Handicap of 60 guineas. From the Blue Post, New Course, nearly one mile. Mr. G. Boynton's Honesty, by Young Dutchman— All's Well, aged, 9st 51b (in 91b ex) ...... (J. Snowdon) 1 Mr. G. Silverside's Promptress, 3 yrs, 6st 81b (Dorrety) 2 Mr. M`Nair's Hebe, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (Gray) 3 Lady Zetland and Algerie also ran. Won cleverly by half a length. The Second Year of the Fourth Stephenson Biennial Stakes of 10 sovs each. One mile and a half. Mr. Johnstone's The Exciseman, by Saunterer—Lady Elizabeth (Hudson) 1 Mr. A. de Montgomery's La Risle, Bst 31b...(Chaloner) 2 Etruscan also ran. Won easily by a length. The Tyro Stakes of 5 sovs each. New T.Y.C. Thirty six subs. Mr. F. Mouncey's Shannon, byLambton, dam by New minster—Rigolette Bst 131 b (in 71b ex) (Snowden) 1 Mr. J. Hodson's Rebecca, Bst 131 b (in 71b ex) Mr. J. Johnstone's Orator, Bst 101 b... ..... . ...(Hudson) 3 The following also ran :—Sir Robert Napier, Fusilier, Queen Mab, and Eikah. Won easily by three parts of a length. The Gateshead Selling Stakes. Five furlongs. course. New Mr Hunter's Hugo, by JOeiJOnes—Henrietta, 3 yrs, Bst (£SO) Mr W. Cowen's Annabel, 3 yrs, 7st 111 b (£so)...(Hunt) 2 Mr P. J. Jackson's Bonita, 3 yrs, 7st 111 b (£5O) (Hudson) 3 The following also ran : Mary Bell, The Sea, and Rice Jones. Won by a short head. The Northumberland Plate (Handicap) of 500 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 25 sovs each. Two miles. 53 subs, 30 of whom. declared. Mr T. V. Morgan nd Kennington, by Oxford—Poly nesia, 3 yrs, 7st (Hunt) 1 Mr Kennington's Myosotis, 4 yrs, Bst 31b ...(Chaloner) 2 Mr Lincoln s Kidderminster, 6 yrs, Bst 121 b (H. Taylor) 3 Mr Johnstone's Lord Hawthorn, 4 yrs, Bst 61b (Osborne) 0 Mr Bowes's Silverband, 3 yrs, Est llb . (Gray) 0 Mr W. H. Scott's Cap-a-Pie, 5 yrs, 7st 41b...(Cameron) 0 Mr W. A. Baker's Fleets, 4 yrs, 7st 81b (Platt) 0 Mr J. Hodson's Lackland, 3 yrs, 6st llb (Cooke) 0 The Town Plate (Handicap) of 50 sovs. 5 furlongs, New Course, 15 sous. Mr G. Boynton's My Uncle, by Kettledrum—Corrival, 5 yrs, Bst 51b (J. Snowden) 1 Mr W. Brown's Callipcedia, 3 yrs, 6st 71b (W. Chaloner) 2 Mr G. Silverside's Produce, 4 yrs, 7st 51b (Dorrety) 3 Blair Athol, Atreus, Poinsettia, First Blood, Lady Temple, Filial, Also ran,