The Sun. — London, England, 1870-06-22 00:00:00

lAIPERIAL PARLIAMENT. lIOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Lord O'Hagan took the oaths and his seat as a peer of the realm. MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY. BILL. Lord CAIRNS moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which is to give further protection to the Dr°Perty of married women. It sought to protect the earnings of the industrious woman from being seized and dissipated by an idle and dissolute husband. It gave the Wife power to sue and be sued as if she were a femme sole, audit would also enable her to dispose of property in Which she had a right, irrespective of the wishes of her husband. Lord PENZANCE said the evil which the bill proposed to remove was admitted, and that was to prevent an idle, Worthless husband seizing the wages that an industrious Wile had worked for, but according to his view of the pro visions of the bill now before them, it went too far. If it merely protected the earnings of the wife he should not object to it, but it went far beyond the necessities of the e ase. The bill gave the married woman all the rights of a Single person, and he feared that if it was carried out in all its entirety it would lead to a greater discord than at Present existed. He doubted much if a man would be desirous of taking a wife just as he would take a partner in business, as that would be the case in reality if the bill Passed. A man would always degire to be master in his c'wn house, but the enactment of the bill would pre vent that. He thought an extension of the present power of Protection would effect all that was required. Lord WESTBURY thought the bill went an extravagant length, and that its operation would have to be very much reduced before it was allowed to pass. It appeared to him that the measure proceeded from the sensational desire Which was now so prevalent for changing that which was boot only the law, but the domestic practice of the coun try for a thousand years. There were evils, no doubt, which required alteration, but he did not think the course Proposed by the bill now before their lordships was the best and wisest way of removing them. Lord RomILLY, like the previous speakers, admitted that some alteration of the law was required, but he thought the enactments of the bill at present too ex tensive. He recommended that the bill be read a second tinae, and then referred to a select committee, where the improvements so much required could be introduced. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY said the present matter was hot only a legal but a social one, and it was absolutely necessary that a bill to amend the present state of things should be passed even if their doing so violated that Which had hitherto been regarded as legal principles. The Present bill, however, went too far, and would establish something far more than equality in favour of the wife, Who would have all the power of a femme sole. She would be enabled to accept presents of jewellery and money from persons towards whom her husband felt an aversion, she would be able to enter into all sorts of speculations, and in the end the husband would be called upon to bear the liabilities of such conduct. He quite admitted that it Was necessary to further protect the property of the lower aud middle classes, because the present protecting order was wholly insufficient. He thought that a law enacting the earnings of the wife to be her own instead of the hus band's would be found sufficient. The LORD CHANCELLOR supported the second reading of the bill, but he hoped, after it had passed that stage, it would be referred to a select committee. The law and Practice with respect to settlements might easily be improved, and as regarded the less wealthy classes a vast amount of hardship existed, which showed the necessity for immediate legislation. It was most objectionable that it should remain in the power of an idle, good-for-nothing husband to come down and sweep off the whole of the Property of the wife when she was endeavouring to keep herself and children from beggary, which his conduct had I rnost brought them to. He thought if they extended the provisions of the 10th clause, all that was required might be accomplished during the present session without attempting that which the bill really did, namely, to make a married woman a man by act of Parliament. After a few observations from Lord LYVEDEN, in oppo sition to the measure, The Duke of CLEVELAND thought it impossible to alter the bill now before them so as to make it acceptable to the other House; it would be far better to set about fram !lig a smaller and less sectional measure, which might become law during the present session. The bill was ultimately read a second time, and referred to a select committee. The Appellate Jurisdiction Bill was read a third time %u(' passed. The order for the committee of the Gas and Water Facilities Bill was read and discharged. On the motion for the committee of the Piers and Har bours Orders Confirmation Bill being made, Lord REDESDALE complained of the great inconve nience that was occasioned at the Board of Trade by the department being left for an entire session without the assistance of a president. When the vice-president was Occupied in committee work the business of the depart ment had to be transacted by subordinates, which he con sidered an objectionable state of things. The House then went into committee on the bill. The Whole of the clauses were agreed to, and it was reported Without amendment. The Felony Bill passed through committee, and was reported without amendment. The Drainage and Improvements of Lands (Ireland) Bill passed through committee. Their lordships adjourned at a quarter to eight. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at ten minutes past two o'clock. Captain DAWSON-DAMER asked the Chief Commissioner ° f Works, whether he was aware that measures were now ill progress to let for building purposes the enclosure of Le icester-square ; and, if so, if he was prepared to take any Steps to preserve that open space in the centre of London for the benefit of the public. Ur. AYRTON said he had not been able to ascertain Whether any one claimed to be the owner of Leicester square, and proposed to let it on building leases. If Should be the case he could only interfere by a bill, and cording to the standing orders he could not introduce it at the present time. Besides it would be a very dan gerous thing if the local authority appeared to neglect its duty, that the first Commissioners of Works should undertake the duty which they had neg lected. It would throw upon the public treasury those Charges which might well be borne by the local funds. If the statement were correct, it was only a practical illus tration of the necessity of a reform in the local govern //lent of the metropolis.' He hoped that the Secretary of State, in the next session, would be able to deal with the important subject. Mr. CORRANCE asked the Vice-President of the Com mittee of Council on Education whether he could state the total number of schools of all denominations built since 1839, upon condition of the introduction of a con science clause into their trust deeds. Mr. FORSTER replied that he was unable to give the re quired information. He was afraid that if two or three persons were set to do the work it would be weeks, if not taun.ths before it was completed. THE EDUCATION BILL. The debate on the amendment of Mr. Richard on the o rder for going into committee on the Elementary Edu cation Bill, was resumed by Mr. MIALL, who commenced by a reference to the tem- Aerate manner in which the member for Merthyr Tydvil had introduced his proposition, and expressing his deep sense of the gravity of the subject of education. He said that the educational question was undoubtedly in a critical condition. The measure which had been submitted to th eta would require all the help that the House could hive it in order to get it through, supposing that the .04-Ouse determined that it should proceed with it. He b W . o uld not left a finger against the passage of the 1 1l unless he were fully convinced that it was not acia lned to meet the wants of the country in that reg ird. He Protested against the position in which his right hon. f : ie lld had placed those who had refused and might ef use to accept the religious clauses of the bill as finally se ttled by th e G ov e r nment, and throwing upon the m the responsibility of defeating the nieasure. Il j e Saw considerable efforts made to adapt the bill ,° the s uppose d wan t s an d tastes of the public mind, but no sooner was it introduced than it raised a storm of excitement. The Bill had been amended and re-amended, allcl he ask e d w h e th e r, after it should pass, it was likely tic ti, effe ct a permanent settlement of th e education ques ,ll. He did no t suppose that there were many members "Ito thought that the measure could work for fifty years Without disturbance.. Describing the measure in a very pi °l.(lB, it proposed a system of denominational se ll ools, sup e , m ented by rate schools, and he asked whether denomi nationalism was the basis upon which to found a system h would la s t, or a d a pt itself to the wants and wishes theof country in future years. He argued that the de llo tlinational schools had failed to supply the wants of the country, He did not believe that they ought to teach Christianity as they taught geography. The House might depend upon it, and so long as they .put blind before the eyes -of society, leading it to be supposed that theY were teaching religion by means of the schoolmaster, to those poor little miserable creatures who probably did not understand a word of the subject, they would interpose between the religious bodies and that which was their proper mission. If the State would only undertake the teaching which the State could teach, and leave religious instruction to be undertaken by those who in his judgment were competent to give it, then the work would be tolerably well done between them. Sir CHARLES ADDERLEY denied that the denominational Schools had been proved a failure, and said they were asked by the amendment to accept a scheme which was wholly problematical, and hampered with a great religious difficulty. Mr. VERNON HARCOURT said the Government Bill was pure and undiluted sectarian denominational education, whilst the. arnendmens of the hon. member for Merthyr- Tydvilwa in favour of secular education. Ho had nohesita tion in saying that he could adopt neither one nor the other, an•l he wanted to know whether there was not an alternate course. He believed that the -reli gious feeling of this country was in the direction of unsectarianism, and in his opinion the tendency of modern civilisation was to remove the differences which separated the various communities of mankind. He asked why they could not give general instructions to the school boards and schoolmasters as to the spirit in which they wished religious teaching to be given. He contended that the proposition of the hon. member for South Hampshire did not solve the religious difficulty but if anything aggravated it. He condemned the proposal to increase the grants to what he called denominational teaching and said that the vote would occasion an annual battle. He objected to denominational education on two grounds— first that it was deleterious to civil society, and the cause of religion and truth, and secondly that it multiplied small schools instead of forming large schools which were the best for the education of the people. Mr. COWPER TEMPLE defended the amendment which he had proposed, and which had been accepted by the Government. It provided that in schools which were to be paid for by all classes of the community, controversy should not 131 taught. The State could not define what was sectarian, but it might impose a condition that no religious controversy should be taught. _ LORD ROBERT MONTAGU defended the Government from the charge of having exercised " moral coercion " on its followers, and remarked on the concessions which had been made consequent upon the demands of members below the gangway. His Lordship argued that they could not help having religious teaching which must be denominational, and that being the case it would be much better to have it taught by formularies. Mr. OSBORNE MORGAN said that the proposal of the member for South Hampshire would be inoperative as regarded religious communities except three—the Church of England, the Church of Rome, and the Wesleyan. It would, however, transfer the responsibility of the reli gious teaching from the Church to the individual teacher, where he maintained it ought not to rest. He believed that religious teaching was the backbone of a nation, and the question was how and by whom was the instruction to be given. His experience had proved that the strength, depth, end extent of the religious convic tions of a people were in an inverse proportion to the amount of pains taken by the State to enforce religious teaching. Mr. MACARTHUR said he could not assent to the amend ment of the hon. member for Merthyr Tyclvil. He thought the Nonconformists would almost to a man object to the increased grant, and he regretted that the Government should have int reduced such an element of discord. He did not think the people of the country want the Bible excluded from the schools, but simply increased educa tional facilities. His opinion was that the children could not be taught morality unless they were taught the truths of religion. On the motion of Mr. Dixon, the debate was adjourned. The House was then adjourned until nine o'clock. On the reassembling of the House at nine o'clock, the attendance of members was very thin, and it looked as if a " count out " would take place. The members, how ever, came straggling in, and when the Clerk reported that, in consequence of having to go to Oxford, the Speaker would not resume the chair, the benches looked comparatively speaking, occupied. Mr. Dodson took the chair and cast his eye about the House for Mr. Charley, who had a motion on the notice paper in reference to illegal lotteries. The hon. member, however, was not to be seen, and after a brief period of expectancy his col league rose and explained that illness of a rather serious character prevented his being in his place to introduce the subject. SPIRITUAL LORDS IN PARLIAMENT. In such a House as described Mr. SOMERSET BEAUMONT moved for leave to bring in a bill to relieve lords spiritual (hereafter consecrated) from attendance in Parliament. Considering the interest and importance of the subject the emptiness of the Conservative benches was phenomenal. Not one of their recognised leaders was in his place at the commencement, and it was evident that if the House pro ceeded to a division, and the Government and its immedi ate supporters sanctioned the proposition, they would be in a very insignificant minority. The member for Wakefield did not trespass much upon the attention of the House in urging his motion upon their acceptance, and if his speech was not brilliant it possessed the merit of being clear and to the point. He expressed a very firm conviction that the spiritual lords did not either benefit the State or the Church by being permitted to participate in the deliberations of Parliament, and Mr. Locke King, who seconded the amendment, declared that a debating bishop was " a bishop out of place." Great laughter accompanied this declaration, while Sir Wilfred Lawson received something like a cheer, at any rate he evoked considerable enthusiasm, when he gave expression to his regret that the hon. member for Wakefield had not gone the extreme length of relieving those already consecrated of their responsibilities and functions as Imperial legislators, If politics, he insisted, were too vile for women they were equally so for " those holy and reverend men." The hon. baronet said that their intentions were good, but their legislation had always been mischievous. Mr. Gladstone, before stating the reasons which he thought justified the Government in not acceding to the proposition before the House, could not resist a good-humoured allusion to the absence of the Opposition chiefs, and created amusement by talking about the "union of the two front benches." The Prime Minister, in the course of his speech, emphatically contradicted the statement that the dioceses suffered through the bishops residing so long in London. Any one conversant with the habits of the prelates of the Church knew that they had ceased to reside in London during the session, and whatever might be said about their seats in the House of Lords, it could not be said that the duties attached to those seats were allowed sensibly to interfere with their diocesan duties. " Dismiss the bishops from the House of Lords," said the Premier, " and you greatly weaken the influence of the State over the Church." The right hon. gentleman said the English bishops might have had 'their faults like other bodies, but as an historical fact they had been eminently , distinguished by independ ence and regard for character. He went on to say that the main and governing reason for resisting the motion was the character"which it bore in the view of the Government to the proportion of the House of Lords. If there was to be, as there ever had been, a House of Lords in this coun try, it was well that it should be as strong as possible, and if they were to remove the bishops it would not strengthen that chamber. It must be remembered that the bishops had contributed to the intellectual force of discussion in the House of Lords in a proportion infinitely transcending the numbers of the body. The House divided and the result was—Ayes, 102 ; noes, 158. There was great cheering on the declaration of the voting being made by the occupants of the benches below the gangway. MUNICIPAL FRANCHISE IN IRELAND. Mr. W. JOHNSTON obtained leave to bring in a bill to alter and amend the law relating, to the municipal fran chise in Ireland reserving his statement until the second reading. LATE SITTINGS. Two motions were submitted to the House for considera tion, having in view the curtailment of the period of sitting. Mr. GILPIN, who was very eloquent on the pernicious effects which protracted business had upon public men, proposed that business should not be taken after 12 o'clock, and Mr. COLLINS, by way of amendment, moved that one be substituted for two o'clock. Mr. GLADSTONE, during the discussion, said he was more sensible of the difficulty than of any method of solution, but Mr. GREENE seemed to find an easy solution. He suggested that shorter speeches should be made, that some reduction should be put upon legislation, and that it should be real and not sham.. It seemed to him that nothing that is is right. On a division Mr. Gilpin's motion was lost. Although Mr. Gladstone had stated, in the course of the discussion, that he would endeavour not to proceed with any proposal which might meet with opposition, Mr. Collins persisted in going to a division, when he was defeated. Several orders of the day were disposed of, and the House adjourned at twenty-five minutes past one o'clock. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, J LINE 22, 1870. TERRIBLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT NEWARK. On Monday night, at 9 o'clock, an excursion train.left King's Cross - with passengers returning to Yorkshire. At 1 o'clock yesterday morning, as it was approaching Newark, a goods train coming in the opposite direc tion ran off the rails, and crossed over to the down line, where it met the passenger train. A fearful collision ensued. Fourteen passengers are killed ; the number of the injured is not yet known. Both lines of rails are blocked up ; but the Great Northern traffic is continued by means of the loop line. The majority of the persons injured belong to Leeds. The guard of the goods train narrowly escaped by jumping from his van on to the embankment. The cause of the goods train running off the line and on to the next was the breaking of an axle of one waggon. A. telegram from Doncaster says:—" Thirty 7 five persons from Doncaster were in the returning. excur sion. The driver and stoker wore Doncaster men. The former, Thomas Hurst, is dead ; and he leaves a young family. His mate is not expected to recover. Several Doncaster tradesmen are injured." A report from Leeds states that the sufferers by the accident are numerous, but not all of them are seriously hurt. A Mrs. Hadfield has both legs taken off. A silver smith named Smith is very much hurt. An actress from the Theatre Royal, Leeds, is said to be among the killed. Mr. Wilson, a music -seller, was two hours under the dsbris, but not much the worse. Of a party of Leeds gentlemen playing whist in a first-class carriage one revoked. A young gentleman named Freeman took his place, and in five minutes the collision occurred, the revoker taking Freeman's seat was killed, but Freeman was saved. The train, due in Leeds at five minutes past four, arrived at eight with fifty passengers, all painfully excited or hurt. About forty more reached Leeds at a later hour. The services of the surgeons have been in great request, but at present no more deaths are thought likely. The following official notification has been forwarded to us from the Secretary of the Great Northern Railway Company : " Sir,—lt is with the deepest regret that I have to inform you of a very serious accident, which happened on the Great Northern Railway,near Newark, early yesterday morning. The brief particulars furnished by telegraph are as follows. A Manchester goods train left Retford station for London at about one o'clock this morning, and when passing about a mile south of Newark one of the axles of a wagon belonging to another cempany broke close to the wheel, that waggon and others were thrown off the up line on to the down line which was completely blocked. At this moment a return excursion train from London to Yorkshire was passing the spot and ran into the waggons which were thrown on to the down line. A disastrous collision thus occurred, in which, I grieve to say, thirteen passengers and the driver are reported as having been killed, or so seriously injured that they died shortly afterwards, and several others are reported as much hurt. lam instructed by my directors to send this to you at once, and to furnish detailed particulars so soon as they can be obtained from the spot.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, " HENRY OAKLEY, Secretary." (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAM.) The accident near Newark on the Great Northern Railway yesterday morning occurred in the following manner :—An axle of an up goods train broke the disen gaged wheel, ran under the following truck, lifting it off the rails, and the remainder of the train, consisting of about six waggons, ran on to the up line. At the same moment the excursion train, consisting of about 25 carriages, came along on the down line at the rate, it is supposed,. of about twenty-five miles an hour. The effect of the collision was to turn the en gine completely round, and it now lies facing the tender instead of looking north, the direction in which it was running. The sides of the carriages next to the goods waggons were stripped off the whole length of the train, not one carriage escaping. The first five or six car riages were crushed into one another ; in some cases the tops had been stripped off and thrown into the adjoining field. The engine of the goods train, the carriage that caused the mischief, and all in front of that carriage, and the van and the trucks at the tail of the goods train, were heaped one upon another, and both lines were blooked. In a moment the neighbourhood was strewn with the dead, dying, and wounded, in all directions. In most cases death was instantaneous. The driver of the passenger train was found completely doubled-up, with his head nearly severed from his body. The stoker was also killed on the spot. The fifteen dead bodies were taken to the Newark Hospital, .and are now lying in one of the wards ; ten persons who were severely injured were also removed to the same building, One of whom has since died, and three others are not expected to recover. Four injured passengers are also lying at the Ram Hotel, and one at the Clinton Hotel. No sooner was the accident known than the ladies of Newark visited the wounded, and provided them with every comfort except that repose which is so necessary for the invalid. This it was impossible to obtain, as all through yesterday sorrowful visitors were arriving to seek their missing friends, and it was impossible to deny them admittance. If a battle had been fought in the neighbourhood the town could not have been more occu pied in its attention to the wounded, and hardly more excited by the event. Several of the injured passengers were sent to Retford by yesterday's morning's train. The number of persons se riously injured is about 20, and of these five are in a dangerous state. The most prompt and energetic mea sures were adopted by the railway authorities both to provide as far as possible for the wants of the passengers, and also to get the line cleared. The morning sun of the longest day in the year rose upon a scene which will never be forgotten by those who had the misfortune to witness it. Large fires had been lighted, the broken parts of the carriages supplying the fuel, and the mingled light and the sun fell upon 15 bruised and ghastly corpses, and a larger number of persons who, though alive, were writh ing and groaning with pain. In a remarkably short time the dead and several of the wounded were removed, It was not an easy matter for the bruised and shaken passengers to dispose of them selves, but all of them after a time found accommodation in the hotel, at Newark, which were readily prepared for their reception. The inquest was opened yesterday afternoon, but the jury men, after viewing the bodies and the scene of the disas ter, adjourned until this morning. To the above account it should be added that the accident occurred just as the down train was reaching a bridge ; against this some of the carriages struck, thus adding to the complication. (FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) At the time of the accident (1.25 a.m.) three men were on duty at the Newark Station--the noise of the collision did not reach them, but their attention was first awakened by the cries of the wounded. In an incredibly short time the whole population of Newark was aroused, and crowds of persons assembled at the scene of the disaster, many of them able and willing to render assistance. The com pany's servants, many of whom live at Newark, were prompt in their attendance, and worked with that judgment and energy for which a good training had preparedthem. It was, however, more than two hours before the wounded were liberated from the broken carriages. During this terrible period the sufferers generally bore their fate with fortitude. It was a tedious one. A husband, crushed under one of the carriages, lay for an hour and a half by the side of his wife, who was killed on the spot. A woman with both of her legs broken was a still longer time in the midst of the debris, with her dead husband and injured baby; after her removal she died, and the baby was left an orphan. But few of the passengers escaped entirely unhurt. I was answered by a byestander " that there were not ten out of the whole lot who did not bear the marks of the accident." This is probably an exaggeration, but as every carriage was more or less shattered, and the train was brought to a sudden stop, the passengers had but little chance of escape. It is not often that hatters' shops are besieged with clamorous applicants at three or four o'clock in the morning, but this was the case at Newark yesterday, for there was scarcely a passenger wearing a hat at the time of the accident who could put it on after wards. One of the lady passengers, her bonnet lost, her face severely cut, and her dress abundantly torn, was assiduous in her attention to the wounded. For two hours her ministrations continued, she was in and out, creeping under carriages, or kneeling in the mud, to ad minister a spoonful of brandy to a fainting person. She was evidently an experienced nurse. One of the last per sons to be rescued was a man lying in the moisture, occasioned by a small stream running alongside the line. lielwas buried under the the carriages apparently unconscious, and supposed to be dead. As he was about to be removed, he raised his head and said, " I a m not much hurt," got up, and walked away. I will not give the details of my visit to the hospitals where the dead and wounded are lying. It is a satisfac- . . tion to know that all who arb not past hope-are receiving eVery attention' which can alleviate tlAr sufferings. -Even fruit and flowers were formfarded in abundance by the kind ladies of Newark. - The last patient I saw was a poor Geinfan unable to speak English, but he was carefully attended by a lady who had come to him, because she could speak his language. STATEMENT OF A PASSENGER. A passenger in the excursion train writing to the Brad ford Observer says :—" The -collision occurred at exactly 25 minutes past one, near a place called Clay Bridge-lane, about a mile on the London side of Newark. There is no station or siding at the spot, and at the time the majority of tlis passengers would probably be asleep. No intimation was given to the passengers before there was a tremendous jerk and crush so violent that the whole of the train was at once thrown off the line. It should be here explained that the train consisted of carriages from four towns. Those from Leeds were first, next came the Bradford train, then those from Halifax, and lastly those from York. I was in one of the Bradford carriages, and therefore at some considera:ble distance from the front, where, of course, the collision occurred. The first shock, though it threw the carriages off the line, did not upset any of them. The collision was, however, instantly followed by a train of luggage vans running down the length of the trip train, against it; taking off the doors, smashing the handles, breaking all the glass, and driving in the sides of the carriages. I was sitting near the door, with my face to the engine, and the door, with the glass window, was driven in upon me just as I was moving my head to ward the window to see what was the matter, when the luggage waggons thus came down. The carriages of the trip train were all shaved on this side as by machinery. I first tried to find the handle of the door, of which the top had been staved in, in order to get out. The bottom part of the door still remained, but the handle was clean cut off. I made the best of my way out from the doorway of the next compartment, the door here having been com pletely carried away. On getting down, I saw at the tail end of our train the trucks which had passed us piled one on another, and some of them tippled off the low embank ment into a pond. Everybody was hastening to get out of the carriages, and the scene towards the front was, as far as I could discern in the dim light, something terrible —carriages piled one on another, and many of them smashed literally to shivers. The heavy engine had been toppled right over on to its back, and lay inclined, with the wheels partly in the air, and some of the first car riages hac, of course, gone past it. From this front part of the trains, where the carriages had been so com pletely destroyed, piteous cries and moans were proceed ing. Those who had been slightly injured in the Brad ford, Halifax, and York carriages lost no time in ascer taining the extent of their hurts, but moved at once to the front to see of what service they could be The efforts of many of the passengers to relieve their unfortunate companions were most praiseworthy, and amongst these was a lady, whose name we do not know, who displayed great activity and zeal, encouraging the men, and rallying them to fresh exertions. The dying and badly injured soon began to be removed into an adjoining field, the hedge of which had been broken through. A little baby, six months old, was got from among the debris, with its arm torn from wrist to shoulder ; the mother was at the time lying apparently dead among the debris. The child was taken to the railway station, and it was there stated that both the father and mother were dead. About four o'clock, however, the mother was got out alive, though it is not yet known whether she will survive. Many of the dead and injured were fast among the wreck for hours, and in their efforts to relieve them by trying to lift up one portion of the superincumbent I:debris, the workers found that they were either pressing it on the other parts of the sufferers' bodies, or upon some other victim of the catastrophe. Ultimately, after the lse of some hours, a s pecial engine brough t up a beauy crane, by which the wreck was being rapidly and safely removed. In reference to the cause of the accident, I could not learn anything definite or satisfactory, but it was stated, I believe on the authority of the guard of the luggage train, that very shortly before the collision an axtle-tree on his train, which was running on the up line, had broken, and thrown some of the carriages quite across our line. Our engine was thrown to the left and the tender to the right. It was said that the officials in charge of the luggage train had tot the time, even if they had had the opportunity, to signal the trip-train. This, however, must be subject to the correction of fuller and more accu rate information. The effect of the collision was very destructive. The engine, driven by an old servant of the company, named Thomas Hurst, with the tender, was completely over turned, the six succeeding carriages being thrown in a heap and terribly crushed. The passengers in three of them suffered very severely. The engine-driver was killed on the spot, and his stoker had both his legs cut off, and died shortly aft erwards. Assistance from the Newark Station was speedily at hand, and all the medical men resident in the neighbourhood were soon on the spot, rendering what aid they could to the sufferers, of whom the following isla list of those identified up to the latest moment. It will be observed they are chiefly resident in Leeds and the sur rounding district, the Leeds carriages being the first in the train : PASSENGERS KILLED. Mr. Thomas Philpott, 72, Nile-street, North-street, Leeds. ott (son of the above). Mr. Frederick Phil p Mr. Kershaw Hirst, tobacconist, Leeds. Mrs. Helton, wife of Mr. Helton, Chapeltown-road, Leeds. Mrs. Robinson, wife of Mr. Robinson, scenic artist, Bees- ton-road, Leeds. H anna.h Haddock, Lands-lane, Leeds. And the bodies of eight o thers not yet sufficiently identi. fled to justify a publication of names. RAILWAY SERVANTS KILLED. T homas Hurst, e ngine-driver, of Doncaster. Joseph Watson, stoker, of Doncaster. PASSENGERS INJURED. Mr. Marshall, liirkstall, Leeds. Miss Emily Groves, Meadow-road, Leeds. Anne Burnett, Park-street, Kirkstall, Leeds. John Cook, Meadow-lane, Leeds. T. Shuttleworth, Ilkley, Leeds. Jane Brown, Meadow-lane, Leeds. Anne Dutton, Fallowfield-terrace, Leeds. Mr. Haddock, Land's-lane, Leeds. Charles A. Wilson, 17, Albion-street, Leeds. Mrs. Greenwood, Faircroft-terrace, Leeds. William Pitts, Beeston Hall, Leeds. J. W. Booth, Crown-street, Halifax. Mr. Toff, 14, Ellison-street, Middlesex-street, London. Miss Smithson, 37, Bond-street, Leeds. Mr. Joseph Miller, 6, Caroline-street, Leeds. Mr Henry Friend, 1, Cross Templar-street, Leeds. Mr W. Holland, Chapel Jovin-road, Leeds. Mrs. Richardson, Aldgate, London. Mr. Gray, Castleford, Yorkshire. RAILWAY SERVANT INJURE Thos. Hulford, guard, Albert-terrace, Leeds. Intelligence of the accident reached London at an early hour yesterday morning, and before noon Mr. Oakley, Secretary of the Great Northern Railway, left town for Newark, a ccompanied by Col. Packe, Chairman of the Board of Directors, and Mr. Faber, one of his colleagues. The inquest was opened yesterday afternoon ; but, pending the more perfect identification of the bodies, it has been adjourned until Friday next. Information has been forwarded to the Board of Trade, and Colonel Tyler is instructed to attend the judicial inquiry. LONDON GAZETTE.-LAST EVENING. FOREIGN OFFICE, JUNE 21, 1870, The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Thomas H. Pearne as Consul at Kingston, Jamaica, and of Mr, Oscar Malmross as Consul at Pictou, for the United States of America. WHITEHALL, JUNE 18. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John, Earl of Stair, K.T., to be Lieutenant and Sheriff - Principal of the Shire of Ayr, in the room of Archibald, Marquess of Ailsa, deceased. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Colin Macdonald to the church and parish of Knock, in the presbytery and 'eland of Lewis, vacant by the transpor- tation of the Rev. Ewen Campbell to the church and parish of Lochs. The Cabinet Council appointed to be held to day is postponed till to-morrow. A fire broke out in a hat manufactory in Leeds yesterday morning, in which two women, employed on the premises, were burnt to death. Little rain has fallen in France, and the same agricultural discouragement prevails. The price of corn and fodder is always advancing. Lieutenant-Colonel Gascoigne, commanding the Leeds Volunteer Artillery, on Saturdoy afternoon had the great misfortune to shoot and kill a youth named Cottam, who 'was attending on him as marker, while he was practising at his private range at Parlingto n An inquest has been held, and the evideuce clearly proved that the deceased ought not to have been in front of the target at the time when the fatal shot was fired. A verdict to the effect that he met his death by accident was returned. `POWER-HILL INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS. LAYING THE F 11.5.0 STONE. Setting apart all mere differences of religious faith or creed, there can be no doubt whatever that when the members of the Roman Catholic Church undertake any good work for the amelioration of suffering, or the training of the human faculties to some useful end, they enter upon this self-imposed task con amore, and with that one com mon unity of purpose that always so 'strikingly characterises their beneficent efforts ; and which, in itself, must be simply admirable to. all sects of the Christian community. Whether it be a magnificent bazaar in the noble Free-Trade Hall of Man cnester, or the initiation of an industrial school in the very centre of the lowest purlieus in our modern Babylon, ladies of distinction and high rank are ever foremost in the attempt to elevate the moral and mental status of those who are socially beneath them ; and being friendless themselves, therefore they more need help from those whose influence and worldly means can give it. Looking at the broad question in this general light, it was a pleasant thing, on this glorious mid summer afternoon, to see one of the most densely popu lated and dismallest localities in our overcrowded metro polis, brightened and irradiated, so to speak, by the presence of rank, fashion, and beauty—all combining by their presence, their sympathy, and aid to the accomplish ment of a result in a purely practical form, which, in its way, will do more to solve one of the great social enigmas of the age than all the sectarian arguments and sage deliberations which have nightly occurred within the precincts of the palace at Westminster. Here, almost on the site, a recollection of which conjures up historic recollections of the most painful kind, we find a lady, distinguished as a member of the ex-Royal Family of France, unpretentiously " laying the first stone" of an inornate structure hereafter to be devoted to the recla mation of children from vicious courses, and the fitting them by educating and trailing them for honest labour, to become useful members of society, and in which they will have hereaster to fight the stern battle of life. The other gratifying feature presents itself, the commingling of ladies and gentlemen of different denominations to eradicate the dire effects of crass and stolid ignorance, which is one of the greatest social evils of the day. In no part of London, perhaps, than in this densely-packed human hive are the beneficial influences of wise teaching and good example more strongly needed. Surrounding our old metropolitan citadel are numberless abodes of poverty, of honest, struggling toil for daily bread, and also of crime. Growing up amidst these habitations there are many hundreds of young untrained minds, which it is sought to direct in the right path. In fact the Tower-hill District is exleptional in respect to population and indigence. There are 1,500 children who require to be educated and reformed. One-third of these have access to temporary schools of an inadequate kind ; and a noble effort has now begun, under the auspices of H.R.H. the Princess Marguerite of Orleans, the very Rev. Monsignore Capel, the Earl of Denbigh, the Duke of Norfolk, and a distinguished number of ladies and gentlemen. The site in Chamber-street has already been ' paidfor out of the funds raised for the day and night Indus trial Schools, which will accommodate upwards of 1,000 ; and the cost of the schools is estimated at £2,500. The proceedings commenced about half-past three o'clock. The ceremony took place in the temporary schoolroom. At . the head of the room was placed a substantial block which was to be the corner, or rather " first" stone of the'new building. There was a goodly company present. A crimson covered dais was erected around the stone, and above it was a canopy entwined with graceful festoons and devices in evergreens and beauteous summer flowers. Whilst the audience was quietly expectant of the coming ceremony, there arose softly above a hushed and subdued murmur of voices the solemn notes of the organ and delicately manipulated by the skilful hands of the Chevalier Lem mens. Then came an exceeding fair procession of little maidens, all of whom seemed to have a wreath of hair that had been touched and gilded by the radiant sun beams. They were all clad in simple white garments, and looked very pretty as they defiled along to the front f of the platform. The Very Rev. Monsignor Capel and others of the Roman Catholic priesthood. The fair, bright eyed, and smiling young scion of the memorable house of Orleans, who was attired in one of the most simple yet charming costumes of the period, was led to her seat amidst suppressed admiration and applause by Lord Denbigh, the chairman of the building committee. As soon as her royal highness had taken her position on the right side of the stone, her youthful sister, by whom she was accompanied, occupying a place on the other side, a flaxen-haired little maiden, advanced and with low voice, but well modulated accent read to the Princess the following simple address from the children connected with the school : " In the name of the religious fathers of this Church of the English Martyrs, of all the benefactors and well wishers of this mission, and of our parents, who earnestly desire for us the blessing of a good Catholic education, we the Irish children of the Tower-hill district gratefully thank your Royal Highness for having come this day to lay the foundation stone of our future schools. May God bless and reward you for this act of kindness, and we feel honoured and gladdened by your *presence. It rejoices our hearts to see, for the first time after the lapse of many centuries, • a Catholic Princess—a Royal daughter of St. Lewis—amongst us poor children of St. Patrick. We thank you for the interest you take in all our works of charity. We wish you every prosperity onearth, and in heaven a crown as bright as that of your namesake and patron saint, the blessed Queen Margaret ; and we beg you madame, to accept these simple flowers as a token of our humble gratitude." Another pretty child then came forward and presented to the Princess Marguerite and her sister two beautiful bouquets of the choicest flowers of the season. Her Royal Highness gracefully acknowledged the com pliment, and the ceremony of laying the foundation stone was then proceeded with under the superintendence of Mr. Young, the architect. The Earl of DENBIGH gave some interesting details of the mission, and said the success which had resulted from it was mainly due to the unceasidg efforts of Father Ring and his brother clergymen. The Rev. Father RING followed in a clear and concise speech, showing the benefits that had been conferred upon the Irish community, whom the' mission was espe cially intended to benefit. The assistanee•received from even the poorest persons in the district and letters from other wealthier friends of the Church led him to hope for the best results. The Earl of GRANARD moved a resolution in support of the object of the mission, which was eloquently seconded by the Very Rev. Monsignore Capel, and adopted unani mously. A special vote of thanks was accorded to the Princess Marguerite, who quietly acknowledged the compliment, and the proceedings closed with a benediction. Last, but certainly not least, in our hurried note of the proceedings we must mention that Madame Lemmens-Sherrington sang the delightful " Ave Maria" of Cherubini with a tenderness of sympathy and expression that literally enchanted her select and enthusiastic audience. CHELTENHAM GRAND STAND CASE. Yesterday the case of Francis v. Cockerell was argued before the judges of the Common Pleas and Exchequer. It was an appeal from the Court of Queen's Bench on a special case stated by Mr. J. 0. Griffiths. It appeared that the plaintiff, with several others, was injured by the falling of the grand stand at Cheltenham Steeplechases in 1866, and he recovered damages at Gloucester Assizes ; but this was made subject to the decision in this case, which also decided the question of compensation to the other persons injured. The 'defendant managed the business part of the race meeting, and he received orders from the Stewards to get the grand stand built. Defendant employed Messrs. Easby, who had built the grand stand in previous years. It was found that they were competent persons to do the work ; but on this occasion the stand had been negligently, improperly, and insufficiently built. The Court of Queen's Bench having decided against the stewards, Mr. Matthews, Q.C., now argued on behalf of the appellant that it must be taken that there was no negligence on the part of the defendant, as the defect in the stand was latent, and not visible to them or the public before it fell down. Mr. Mellish, Q.C., on the other hand, urged that as the plaintiff paid five shillings for admission to the stand there was an implied contract that it was reasonably safe and fit for the purpose, and that therefore they were liable for damage done to the occupants. At the conclusion of the arguments, which lasted for several hours, The Court decided that the defendants had, by accept ing the 55., entered into an implied contract that the stand was erected with due care and skill ; but as it was expressly found that there was negli gence on the part of the builders who were employed by the defendants, the latter were responsible for the damage done to those who were injured. The judges were unanimously of opinion that the stewards were liable and the judgment of the court below was affirmed. 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 & Co., Royal Irish Dis tilleries, Belfast ; or at their London Offices, 4, Beaufort Buildings Strand, W LATEST INTELLIGENCE. FOREIGN NEWS. CHURCH AND STATE IN SWITZERLAND. In the Council of Neufchatel a vote in favour of a separation between Church and State was passed by a majority of one. EXECUTION OF GREEK BRIGANDS. On the 20th June, five of the Greek brigands concerned in the massacre at Marathon were executed. SMALLPDX IN PARIS. The smallpox has made more progret.s in Paris. The return for last week shows 238 deaths from that disease alone. The indifference of the people to vaccination is supposed to have occasioned the increase. THE FRENCH EMPEROR'S HEALTH. The health of the Emperor Napoleon has improved so much that he has left Paris for St. Cloud. ARRIVAL OF TIIE DACIA. (By Atlantic Cable.) NEW YORK, June 21. The Dada; the vessel whose loss was recently reported in London, has arrived at Puerto Rico. She had a plea sant passage in laying the cable from St. Thomas. She begins immediately to lay the line from Puerto Rico to Jamaica. HOME NEWS. FRIGHTFUL DISASTER Yesterday an inquest was held at Liverpool on the body of a man named Thomas Maenna, who was em ployed in Messrs. Walker's Distillery in that town. He was cleaning a corn shoot there when he fell into an immense mash-tub filled with boiling liquid, and was so frightfully scalded that he died shortly after his removal from the building. FALL OF AN INSURANCE OFFICE. Yesterday morning the premises of the Royal Insurance Office, Park-row, besides which excavations for a new building were being made, suddenly collapsed and became a heap of ruins. Fortunately the clerks were warned s few seconds before the accident, and they rushed out and escaped ; thus no lives were lost and no injuries sustained. • FIRE NEAR BOLTON. A great fire occurred yesterday, at a cotton mill belonging to Messrs. Joseph Whittam and Sons,. situated at New Bury, near Bolton. The mill contained 28,000 spindles, giving employment to 130 pairs of hands The damage, which is estimated at £25,000, is nearly all covered by insurance in six offices. The four men in the custody of the Manchester police for an attempt at incendiarism in a timber yard, were dismissed this morning. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE• WINDSOR RACES,—TuEsDAY. The Rays Handicap of 5 sovs each. About three-quar ters of a mile, straight. Mr H. Goatees Rockery, by King John—Lady Clare, 3 yrs, 6st 51b (Gatehouse) 1 Mr Hodgman's Cheddington, 5 yrs, 7st 61b (Wilson) 2 Mr Buckenham's Cruiskeen, 3 yrs, 7st 3 Won by a head. The Royal Stakes of 100 sovs. About five furlongs, straight. Mr Johnstone's f by Saunterer—Harebell, Bst 81b . (Morris) 1 Mr Merry's Perth, 9st 51b (inc 71b extra) ...(Grunshaw) 2 Mr Chaplin's Orangeman, by Knight of St- Patrick— Seville, Bst 121 b Won by a head. The Thames Handicap of lilo sovs. About half a mile, straight. Mr Garforth's Lady Macbeth, 3 yrs, Est 81b (F. Webb) 1 Mr Robert's Flash, 4 yrs, Bst 61b (Butler) 2 Mr H. Chaplin's Countryman, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (Jeffery) 3 The Skipper, Perambulator, Bliss, Forget-me-Not, Thundercloud, Surdett, Theodore, Constantine also ran. The Eton Handicap of 100 sovs. About one mile. Mr W. S. Crawfurd's Blue Bell, by Thormanby—Tightfit, 3 yrs ' sst 71b Mr H. G. Goatees Tom Tom, 3 yrs, sst 71b (car. sst 101 b) (Jewitt) 2 Mr Hodgman's Vestminster, 4 yrs, 7st lib ... (Wilson) 3 President Lincoln, Vulcan, Bay Roland, and Playmate also ran. Won cleverly by two lengths. The Nursery Handicap of 100 sovs. About half a mile, straight. Mr T. Jennings's Repose, by Cambuscan—Sweet Home, 6st 111 b (Jewitt) 1 Mr H. Chaplin's f by Newminster—Bonny Bell, Bst 21b (Jeffery) 2 (Kiilick) 3 Mr Ray's Grandee, 7st . 61b....... ........ , . Moula, La Favorita, Anton, Botheration, Defamation, Eugenie, and. Perquisite also ran. Won in a canter by two lengths. A Welter Handicap of 10 sovs each. M. Bevill's Ssmolina .. (Mr Bevill) 1 Mr Sherwood's Bismarck (Marsh) 2 Mr A Lawson's Sarcolite... Candour and Contempt also ran. Won in a canter by four lengths. The Two Year-old Plate of 50 sovs. About half a mile. Mr. Mortimer's Constantine, Bst 121 b (Jeffery) 1 Mr. J. Smith's The Minstrel 2 Mr. C. Knight's Conscript (Crawley) 3 Appeal and Bill of Fare also ran. Won by a length. Handicap Plate. About five furlongs, straight. Lord Rosebery's Panopticon, 3 yrs, 7st 71b... ...(Jeffery) 1 Mr Hodgman s Visage, 3 yrs, 7st Gib._ (Wilson 2 Tartuffe, Lady Louise, Billy Pedder, Gong c, and Sweet meat also ran. NEWCASTLE RACES.-TUESDAY. The Trial Stakes of 5 sovs each. Seven furlongs. New course. Mr. Dawson's Morphia, by Macaroni—Wensleydale, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (2200) (Hudson) 1 Mr. G-. Masterman's Brigand Chief, 2 yrs, sst 131 b e 290) _ (Aicock) 2- Mr. W. Sanderson's The Sea, 2 yrs, sst 101 b (f 200) (Griffiths) 3 Won easily by three parts of a length. The Members' Plate (Handicay) of 100 sovs, New Course. Nearly one mile. Mr. G. Boynton's Honesty, by" oung Dutchman—All's Well, aged, Bst 121 b (Cameron) 1 Mr. Kennington's Algerie, 3 yrs, Gst 61b 2 Mr. G. Silverside's Produce, 4 yrs, Est 91b (Darrety) 9 The following also ran :—Tabouret, Lady Zetland, and Callipcediw. Won easily by a length. The First Year of the Fifth Stephenson Biennial Stakes of 16 sovs each. New T.Y.C. Mr Johnstone's Lady Studley, by Adventurer—Lady Ripon, Bst 61b (O s b orne ) 1 Mr W. Cowen's Lady Langden, Bst 41b... (Hudson) 2 Mr A. S. Briggs's Mount Blair, Bst 41b ...(T. Ch a l oner ) 3 Sheik and Penelope also ran. Won cleverly by half a length. North Derby of 10 sovs each. One mile and a half. Lord Zetland's Falkland, by Voltiguer—Lady Di, 9st 11b Mr Launde's Agility, Bst 131 b (in 71b ex) (Osborne) 2 Mr Johnstone's Stanley, 9st 31b (in 71b ex) (Hudson) 3 Jarnac and Fabricus also ran. Wo n by a nec k. The Tyne Selling Stakes. About six furlongs. Mr. Hunter's Atreus, 5 yrs, 9st 71b(.£40) Snowden) 1 Cateress, Mary Bell, and Jealousy also ran. Her Majesty's Plate. Two miles. Mr W Hudson's Torreador, 3 yrs, Bst (Platt) 1 Lord Zetland's Brennus, 4 yrs, 9st 71b (Snowden) 2 LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. sto 2 agst Kennington (taken and offered) 130 to 30 agst Lord Hawthorn (taken) sto 1 agst Kidderminster (taken) 6to 1 agst Myosotis (taken) ADDITIONAL ARRIVALS. Lord Hawthorn, Kennington, Orator, Fusilier, Blucher, Filou, Lady Temple, Prior, Poinsettia, Daik Cloud, Hector, Calypso, Exciseman, Bro. to Hugo, King of the Faries, Fa bricius, Symmetry c, Silverband, King of the Forest, Bo nita, and Fleets. SCRATCHINGS. Northumberland Plate —The Bobby and Irregularity. Jarnac at 4.30 yesterday (Tuesday). Knight Templar and Lady Mortimer out of all engage ments at Newcastle. Trojan and Last Word our of all engagements in Mr. Singleton's name. Italian Gipsy out of Newcastle engagements. CITY BETTING—TUESDAY, NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. sto 2 agst Kennington (taken and offered) 7to 2 agst Lord Hawthorn (taken) sto 1 agst Kidderminster (taken) 100 to 12 agst Myosotis (taken) 10 to 1 agst Irregularity (offered) 10 to 1 agst Cap-a-pie (offered) 100 to 8 agst Silverband!(taken sto 2 agst Irregularity 1,2, 3 (taken and off.) ST. LEGER. sto 2 agst Kingcraft (off—take 3to 1) sto 1 agst Macgregor (offered) 1000 to 40 agst Camel (taken) BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY. NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. 2 to 1 agst Kennington (taken) 4to 1 agst Lord Hawthorn (taken) sto 1 agst Kidderminster (taken) 6to 1 agst Myosotis (offered) 12 to 1 agst Silverband (offered) 14 to 1 agst Cap-a-pie (offered)