The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-01 00:00:00

THE XTRAORDIWARY CASE OF IM _POS-
TURE AT WOLVh,RI3I,4IIPTuN.

itelligence.

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seqteently offers peculiar facilities for the supply of the Naval and rd.ll.l.laee
mate.rials and the information which would be desirable
in the course of the negotiation. The following letter is dated Malta, 0 stober 25 :
';*The Danish Government does not conceal from it- 1,
► „Her Majesty's ships of the line Rodney, Captain
se: f that the step which it has thought itself called upon l•
Moorsom, R.N., and Albion, the Hon. Captain Drum-
to take is not such as will be likely at first sight to
mond, R.N., arrived yesterday morning—the former
see ivre everywhere a favourable reception ; but, while it
from Beycos Bay, and the latter from the Bospherue, and
nee nets this, it indulges in the hope that its proposals i
await orders from the Admiralty, together with the
wi !lolly be judgedafter having been thoroughly weighed,
London ship of the line, Captain Kuper, and the steam-
du e :regard being had to the position in which Denmark. corvettes Niger and Wasp.
is at present placed. It anticipates that equal just •°' 3 "The Tunisian schooner of war Rattail arrived at the
chill lie] done to all, and relies on the favourable disc os i•
same time from Constantinople.
tions of which the respective Powers have on other
344'a. "The French postal steamer Carmel arrived from
r
sinus given so many proofs. On its side, it will p at ite
Constantinople and Smyrna on the night of the 23d,
hand to the work with the best intentions, an
ha
imat e
-331 bringing, among other passengers for Marseilles, Captain
the sincere desire to prove by the result that it t Talbot and 163 French military invalids. She left for
in view an arrangement which will be equally' P ,kept- her destination on the 24th, having embarked at Malta
able to all. Lieutenant-General Sir H. Bentiock, Major Greville,
"It only now remains to add a few general ,bserva. aide-de-camp ; Captain Viscount Balgonie, aide-de-camp;
c
tions upoa the manner of realising the plan of capi- Lieutenant• Colonel Hamilton, Major Armitage, Major
talisation. Baring, and Lieutenant Riley.
" This is not the first time that such a plan 1,, to been " The Vedra steam-transport, with fuel, huts, &c., in
discussed. Although never formally propos, ed. by the
charge of two Sappers and Miners, arrived on the 23i
Danish Government to the Powers in getfitz•al, it has
from London, on which day the Lord Raglan steam
yet been made the subject of discussion is -hie several transport, with railway plant, left for Balaklava. The
Cabinets, so that it may be concluded that i7a principle Saxon stearueransport followed on the 24th, with huts
it contains nothing which is new to the -Powers in- and warm clothing for the troops.
terested, or which stands in need of detailed .emplanation. The Baalbec steam-transport arrived on the 24th
Neither does it seem necessary, at the pre aunt moment, from Woolwich and Gibraltar, with Government stores,
to go into an examination of the different ;bases of capi- bringing Major Maunsell, Lieut. Hamilton, Surgeons
talisation which will have to be considered. , The Danish Dewar, M'Coll, and Hamilton, the Rev. Mr. Williams,
Government, although naturally willing to -contributa its and Messrs. Barnes, Blakeley, Cairns, Death, Jones,
quota to the capitalisation, will not anticil iate the ideas Lyrae, M'Kittrick, and Spears.
which may be put forward in the tour aaof a sego- " The Bremen steam-transport Germania left for
tiation in which the delegates of so nu my different Csrfu on the 24th, conveying Lieutenant Wilson, R.A.
,States will participate. As its sole desire, is that a con- " The ship Medina, Captain Jeffers (which brought.
c:usion equally acceptable to all should b a arrived at, it out Government stores from England), left on the 24th
deies not, provided this end be attainet give the pre- in ballast for Calcutta.
fere nee to any particular manner of proce e ding. " The Arabian and Osiris, from Alexandria, and the
would not, however, be superfiu ms to give a Melita, from Liverpool, have been telegraphed.
sketth of the basis ;of capitalisation whii'ch the Danish Her Majesty's steam-ship Himalaya left Genoa on
Government would look upon as most in accordance the 14th of October for the Crimea, via Messina, with
with thee nature of the revenue to be capil alined, and the Piedmontese troops.
adoption of which would, in its opinie in, render the g/ The English steamer Kangaroo had arrived to take
quota to be contributed by the respecti v e Powers the on board other troops and stores for the Sardinian con-
most fairly proportioned to the pro rota 1,011 levied upon tingent in the Crimea.
their commerce. " Lieutenant-General Sir John Pennefather, lately ap-
" The Sound dues and those of the 33:elts are partly pointed to the command of the forces in Malta, has since
' levied upon the ship and partly upon the %cargo. The last- his arrival been engaged in reviewing and inspecting the
mentioned tolls constitute the true Soun a dues, while in various corps under his command. On Saturday week
the first category are included the charge -tor lighthouses, the 51st Regiment of Light Infantry and the East Kent
&c. Formerly the idea was mooted of a dopting, as the Militia were drawn up on the Floriana parade-ground,
exclusive basis of capitalisation, the nationality of ships and were put through a number of evolutions, which
passing the straits, but it is evident that. t his plan would they performed with considerable precision, considering
be unjust, seeing that the number of vet eels belonging they have been necessarily so little drilled during the
to any one nation passing the Sound an d the Belts by recent summer months. On the afternoon of Saturday
no means represents the quota which th at nation con- the Lieutenant-General again reviewed, on the Floriana
tributes to the toll which is levied princi•pally upon mer- parade-ground, the 51st Regiment and the East Kent
chandise. This quota would be arrived s,t in the fairest Militia, in company with the Royal Malta Fencibles.
manner by taking as a basis the quant /IV of merchan- The three regiments made a very fine appearance, pass-
dise which has passed the Sound and the Belts. In ing through their various manoeuvres in a manner which
adopting this basis it might, for example., be agreed that reflected great credit on both officers and men."
the respective States, Denmark includell, should con- Her Majesty's steam troopship Simoom, Capt. Sulivan,
tribute in proportion to the quantity of uierchandise from Spithead, entered Plymouth Sound yesterday morn-
ported from their shores and imported ir.to the Baltic, ing by the eastern channel, and, after being occupied
passing the Straits, or else exported by the same way about an hour in receiving supernumeraries from the Im-
from the Baltic, in order to be imported, into their bar- placable left by the western channel with troops fur the
bouts, or vice versa. By combining such% a basis as this Crimea.
with that of the nationality of the vessels, in such a The following promotions were made yesterday at the
manner that the compensation to be paid to Denmark Admiralty, and apply to officers serving in the fleet in
should be calculated, as regards the veritable Sound the Black Sea :
dues, according to the merchandise and Ito the direct In- The annexed Mates are promoted to Lieutenants :
ports or exports of each State in mereerandise which Charles Crowdy, P. J. Patrickson, H. D. Grant, Arthur
shall pass the Sound and the Belts, and as regards the K. Forde, William T. Sterne, Charles E. K. Brett, W.
lighthouse and other charges, according to the flag, the A. de V. Brownlow, T. R. Hollinworth, Herbert P.
nearest approach would probably be mad e to the just Knevett, Robert F. Scott, James A. Vaureven, T. E.
and equitable solution of a problem, the co Deplete eolu- Stodlart, W. F. Gollock, Richard Adams, James W.
tion of which will always present the greitetest difficul- O'Granv, W. lloworth, H. J. Johnston, Ralph Browne,
ties." W. codeington, S. Douglas, J. S. Tonikins, J. S.Keate,
"In placing these pavers at the disposition of the re- T. Williams, F. P. Doughty, F. W. Richards, C. A. F.
spective Cabinets, the Danish Government eepresses the Paget, and John C. Wilson ; Assistant-Surgeon Ed ward
hope that they will be treated with all that discretion Adams to be surgeon.
which the delicate nature cf the subject demaaids." The following appointments were also made yesterday:
Lieutenant R. F. Scott, to the Salamander ; Lieutenant
C. E. re. Brett, to the Hawke ; E. C. Bull, Master, to
the Salamander ; the Re 7. Bartholomew King to be
Chaplain to the Havannah.
Rear-Admiral Martin, Superintendent of Portsmouth
Dockyard, returned from leave, and resumed his duties
yesterday.
The new 90-gun steam-ship Repulse, in charge of Mr.
Tonkin, Assistant Master-Attendant of Portsmouth
Dockyard, and a navigating party, arrived at Spithead
yesterday, and will be towed into harbour to be fitted
with her machinery, the greater portion of which is ready
for her. The Sarispareil, 71, Captain W. J. Williams,
left Spithead yesterday morning early for the eastward.
The Penelope steamdrigate, 18, Captain Sir Wm. Wise-
man, having had a few defects repaired, left the steam-
basin at Portsmouth yesterday, and is appointed to leave
for the Cape of Go al Hope on Saturday, taking a mail.
The Russell, 60, screw blockship, Captain Francis Scott,
having refitted, left Portsmouth harbour for Spithead,
and anchored yesterday afternoon. The Porpoise and
Havoc mortar-vessels were taken out of dock at Parts-
mouth, after repairs, yesterday. The Niagara steam
transport left Portsmouth for Southampton yesterday.
The following circular memorandum, addressed to cffi-
cers commanding regiments and depots, General Officers,
and Commandants of Hospitals at home and abroad,
has just been issued from the Horse Guards :
"In order to obviate irregularities which have been
brought to the notice et his Lordship, as connected with
detachments arriving at home from the army in the
Crimea, the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief enjoins
the msst careful attention of commanding officers under
whose directions such detachments are embarked, as
also that of officers under whose charge they are brought
to England, to follow the instructions, viz. :
" 1. OfficsrspaiYing,at any port in charge of invalids
will, on the anchoring of the vessel, report their arrival
to the Assistant Qiartermaster-General with as little
delay as po'sible, and deliver to that officer nominal re-
turns of the men under their charge and the other docu-
ments connected with them.
"2. As soon as the invalids are landed and quartered
in barracks, a medical inspection will be made for their
classification,' and it will be the especial duty of the offi-
cer in charge to attend and to mark off in the original
nominal return Low every man under his charge is dis-
posed of—whether for furlough," to join depot,' ad-
mitted to licapital,' or ordered to proceed to Chichester
or Chatham,' so as to be able to account to the Comman-
dant or Paymaster of the Invalid Depot at Chathain fur
the disposal of every man embarked under his charge.
" 3. Should the officer in charge not have been fur-
nished with returns of the articles of neces aries in pos-
session of the invalids on their embarkation, or that he
has omitted to make out these returns during the voyage
home, he will iminedietely on landing make a minute in-
speetiun of every man's kit, and ascertain the articles of
which each is deficient, so that returns may he forwarded
to the several depots of every article supplied to each in-
valid on landing to complete his kit.
" 4. During the short time the invalids remain in quar-
ters at the port of debarkation, until they are sent on
feneough, or to their depots, or otherwise disposed of,
the officer under whose charge they came home will be
responsible for their regularity, order, and discipline,
under such orders jas may be delivered by the Town-
Major under the directions of the Major-General or other
officer commanding.
"5. It is the especial duty of every officer coming
home in charge of invalids to make out separate ration
returns for the men of each coups that composes his de-
tachment. These returns must be signed by the com-
mander of the vessel in which the men embarked before
they quit the ship, and must be delivered over to the
paymaster of the Invalid Depot at Chatham by the
officer in charge-of-the detachment.
"G. Her Majesty's regulations prescribe that every
officer sent home in charge of invalids is to proceed to
Chatham, there to render to the commandant arid pay-
master nominal returns of every man sent home under his
charge and how each man is disposed of ; the officer in
charge will thereforetake especial care before quitting the
port at which he debarked to so obtain the original
nominal rolls which were delivered to him on the em-
barkation of the men, and deliver them with all other
documents connected with his charge to the Command-
ant or Paymaster of the Invalid Depot at Chatham.
" By command.

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At the Wolverhampton Police-court yesterday (;Wed-
nesday) Alice Grey, alias Alice Christie, alias A' astasia
Haggard, alias Mary Ann O'Brien, alias Jane I 'crews,
was again brought up before Mr. John Leigh, t tipen-
diary magistrate, and a full bench of magistrat en, and
was again remanded for a week.
Mr. Hayes conducted the case for the pros f cution,
and called the Rev. J. A. Morris, who indignantly
denied having done otherwise than given her a: t hitting,
and ordered some refreshment for her at a cuff se-house
in Birmingham, as detailed below. The boys veto°, she
alleged, robbed her were also examined, and the notes
that were taken by the committing magistrate pi it in ;
but in order to wait for the original depositions taken
at Stafford, where the boys were convicted, the vs oman
was remanded.
A large proportion of the communications wk deb,
from the time of her first examination, a week ago, to
her second, yesterday, have been received by the chief
constable of Wolverhampton, has been forwarded in
consequence of the publication in the papers of those
particulars of her history which were known up t, ) the
time of her first appearance in the Wolverhampton court
in her changed, but truthful character.
The career of this accomplished impostor appears to
have been a truly extraordinary one, and would s. tern to
have been run throughout the greater part of the 'United
Kingdom.
She is by no means unknown in London. The lady
referred to in the first exam:nation as residing nee r to
Regent's-park has recognised in her photograph the like-
ness of Jane Tureen, the servant who first robbed her
and then absconded from her service. Mr. Goode aan,
the chief clerk at the Mansion-house justice room, iden-
tifies her as a young woman who, under the name of
Mary Ann O'Brien, attended the Mansion-house in 18'50
and gave a man into custody on the charge of stealiog
her trunk upon her arrival from Ireland. "He was re-
manded (adds Mr. Goodman) for further inquiries and
ultimately discharged, anti I sent her back to Cork to
, save her from ruin. She was also supplied with fund's
to assist her upon her arrival there. In March, 1851, I
was in the performance of my duties as assistant-clerk of
the indictments at the Old Bailey, when the same per-
son charged four women, who were committed from the
Thames Police with a robbery under similar circum-
stances." Until her identity was deposed to by five other
persons she stoutly denied that she bad ever been before
out of Ireland, but afterwards coolly admitted that she
was the "Mary Ann O'Brien;" and the prisoners were
discharged. "A few days afterwards (concludes Mr.
Goodman) I saw an account in Saunders's Newsletter,
a Dublin paper, which I showed to the Lord Mayor,
and by his direction wrote to the committing magistrate.
The reply to that letter was that the prisoner had been
acquitted, he having proved that at the time that Ore
woman swore that he robbed her he was at mass."
Her statement that she came from Fiintshire, wher a
she lived as nursery governess, appears to be true. She
was there in the service of Mr. Fenton, of the Queen"s
Ferry Wire-rope Works, who had an excellent charact, r
with her from the matron of the Liverpool workhouse,
but he dismissed her for telling extraordinary falsetioer ls.
Mr. Fenton says also that he has reason to believe that
she was connected with a case in which her husband 'oad
been convicted for bigamy and transported. A letter
from Limerick shows tivit she is a married women,
having been there married to a soldier about three
years ago.
There have been received the depositions of a case in
which, on the Ist of last mouth (October), she appeared
before the Mayor of Chester, and charge i three men with
robbing her of a carpetbag as she was enterieg the town
from the railway station on the previous Monday. Tes-
timony was given that one of the men was not in the
town at the time, but the woman was so positive in her
identification that both he and another was supernal fly
convicted and sentenced to three months' iniprisonolent.
She represented to the Chester bench that the robbery
of which she complained had reduced her to a state of
destitution, and that she had no friends nearer than Bir-
mingham, to which the magistrates, pitying her condi-
tion, paid her fare. Her proceedings at Birminsbarn
have been already published. The gentlemen who, she
said, gave her 4/. at the Birmingham Railway station, is
the Rev. J. A. Morris, of Hampton, who states that out
of compassion for her apparently destitute state lee took
her to a coffeehouse and gave her a meal and is.
In the year 1852 she was in Bath, where, on the 28th
of April, she, under the name of Agnes Herhans, charged
a young man with robbing her as she was returning from
the poet office. The accusation failed, and she was
charged with perjury, committed at Bristol, but was dis-
charged for want of sufficient evidence. In Scotland,
however, she was not quite so successful, for at Greenock,
in the latter end of May, she was convicted of a false
accusation, and sentenced to three mouths' imprison-
ment.
The superintendent of the Dublin Metropolitan Police
identified her as having practised her extraordinary and
dangerous calling, which would seem to be at length
stopped, for as far back as 1849, when in Dublin, after liv-
ing upon the charity of the ponce for some time, she was
committed for three months for imposture. She is proved
to have committed perjury in various other parts of Ire-
land, where she was twice convicted of felony. From
Ireland she would seem to have found her way to Ken-
dal, in Westmoreland, which place, after making the
acquaintance of the police, she left as for Glasgow ; but
postponing her visit there she appears to have gone to
Leeds, where she managed to obtain a livelihood during
a twelvemonth by alleging that she was the daughter of
a certain reverend doc:or, whom she had left on account
of the precise bent of her religious conviction. In Der-
byshire the same imposture was sucvssful, until con-
fronted with her reputed father at an hotel at Leeds she
was compelled to confess that she had been acting a lie.
By her too indulgent entertainers in the north she was
allowed to leave that locality unpunished ; and still
alleging that ehe was a Roman Catholic, ohoosing rather
to leave borne than to obey her father's injunctions to
attenl a Baptist chapel, she was for some time in Kent,
but afterwards the old tale of having been suddenly made
destitute by the loss or theft of her purse was again
taken up.
The neighbourhood of the court was thronged by
crowds of persons as the woman was brought in, and in
the interior of the court were persons of considerable
cacnty standing. When she entered she appeared to be
nearly' fainting, and water and additional air had to be
supplied to her. Afterwards she broke out into par-
oxysms; of rage, and uttered similarly repulsive language
to that which she adopted on her first examination, and
which was so strong a contrast to her former dulcet
notes and seemingly guileless expression. During the
week she has continued to feign idiotcy in the county
gaol, tearing her clothes and performing other wild
freaks.
Although in farm of law she was remanded, yet vir-
tually she was committed on the charge of perjury
against the two boys at Wolverhampton, her presence
at the court next Wednesday, in so far as it may relate
to that case, being desired only that the cl,pliitions
may be prepared according to legal requirement. Be-
sides the evidence referred to ab we, testimony addi-
tional to that produced last week was brought forward
to stem, that at the time of the alleged robbery the boys
were at least a mile from Wolverhampton. -
have
nroahlear a
boowsrer
as to
wliZegr the long list of offences
In her cross-examination of the Rev. Mr. Morris and
other witnesses she inanife,atenddawcinchsipderoravbelde
tahceqatica.cirui--
tance with the law of evidence, putting no questions
WhenwhiCh m hadnLneoigt
hardeairdeceoctwvteherbiiice,thaor
torahfcewyehxoiftcelltnhstheoesftwhaetlersnjs'oeuunsrPtneyings, she said that to have been
so great a criminal she must sure be a " fallen angel."
Through the whole of her examination she has manifested
the utmost aversion to the scrutinising raze of strangers,
and when she was about to be removed from the court
yesterday afternoon adopted a novel and somewhat
startling expedient to avoid it. While the officers were
calling out, " Clear the court," and the crowd were
upon tiptoe to see her pass out, she suddenly sprang
from the chair upon
.which she was sitting, and skipped
across the table placed in front of the bench appropriated
to solic tors and reporters, aced leaping almost over the
heads of their worships soon disappeared by the pri-
vate entrance appropriated
,to the magistrates. When
beyond the " vulgar gaze ' she appeared contented.
Soon afterwards she was taken in a cab to the rail-
way station, and thence back to the county gaol at
Stafford.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, OCT. 31.

In the Convocation, to be held on Wednesday next,
Nov. 7, at 10 o'clock, a decree will be proposed to allow
Messrs. Caird and Garratt, of Oriel College, and Mr.
Orlebar, of Christ Church, to offer themselves for exa-
mination in the schools of mathematics, natural science,
or law and modern history, notwithstanding that their
names were not given in to the proctors.
It will also be proposed in the same Convocation that
the name of Henry Shute, M.A., of Oriel College, which
has been by mistake removed from the books cf his
college, and consequently from the register of Convo-
cation, be restored to the said register, and that he
be allowed to enjoy every right and privilege to which
he would otherwise have been entitled, provided he re-
place his name on the books of some college or hall, and
discharge all academical dues incurred since his name
was removed.
The Professor of Moral Philosophy (Mr. Wilson) will

continue during the present term the course of lectures
commenced last term. Gentlemen who attended the
lectures given last term, and who are desirous of pursu-
ing the subject, are requested to call on the professor on
Saturday, Nov. 3, at 9 o'clock a.m.
The Professor of Political Economy (Mr. Rickards)
will give two lectures on the Wealth of Nations in the
present week—viz., on Friday, November 2, at 1 o'clock,
and on Saturday, the 3d, at 2 o'clock, both at the
Clarendon.

CAMBRIDGE, OCT. 31.
At a Congregation held this day the following degrees
were confirmed :

BACHELOR OF DIVINITY.

The Rev. Henry Ebenezer Richards, St. John's College,

MASTERS OF ARTS.
Henry Donaldson Nicholson,
Charles William Cox, Trinity College.
John Richard Eaton,
Edward Andrews, Emmanuel College.
James Knight, St. Catherine's Hall.
BACHELOR OF ARTS.
George Nevile, Magdalene College.

The thanks of the Senate were voted to the Rev.
Thomas Halford, of Jesus College, for havingpresented
to the Fitzwilliam Museum a picture by Guido, the sub-
ject of which is the presentation of the head of John the
Baptist to the daughter of Herodias.
Robert Braithwaite Batty, 8.A., was this day elected
a fiqindation Fellow of Emmanuel CAlege.
Fielder Hemmans, M.A., was tiii3 day elected a
Ramsey Feliow of St. Peter's College.
The Carus Bachelor's Prize has been adjudged to G.
F. Maclean, 8.A., of Trinity College.

UNIVERSITY

The following is a list ol
late examination for the deg

OF LONDON.
f candidates who passed the
ree of Bachelor of Arts :

FIRST D:
Ashton, J. P., University

IVISION.
Herbert, T. M., Spring-bill
Col.
Holland, T., Univer. do.
Hoskins, J., Stonyhurst do.
Hull, E. L., Stepney do.
Jackson, J., Stonyhurst do.
Jefferis, J , New do.
Leech, W., Univer.
Leete, B. E , Airedale do.
Needham, F. M., Univer. do.
Nesbitt, H. A., Univer.
Noyes, T. E., New do.
Pront, E. S., do.
Robjohns, H. T., Western
Col., Plymouth
Slater, D., do.
Smith, A. F., Univer. Col.
Stebbing. T.R.R., King's do.
Taylor, S., Univer. do.
Thorp, F., do.
Tidy, W. H., King's Col.
Miner, F. S., New do.
Whitaker. W., Univer. do.
Young, W., do.
hvislON.

Col.
Blazeby, W., do.
Bompas, 11. M., do.
Bourne, A., New Col.
Brown, S. 8., Baptist Col.,

Bristol
Cow6ll, T. 8., 'Culver. Col.
CrosbieP W., Rotherham do.
Curtis, J. C., Owen's do.
DothleP W. P., Airedale do.
Edwards, F., Baptist Col.,

. . .
Bristol
Foster, G. C., Univer. Col.
French, A. J.,Wesleyan Col.

Taunton
Gielgud, A. J. C., Univer.
Co!.
Griffiths, W., Brecon do.
Harding, A. R., King's do.
Harris W. H., Tniver.
Hawksford, F., St. Mary's
Col., Oscott
Heath, J., King's Col.

SECOND I
Birt, L. Baptist Col., Bristol
Bull, W., do.
Davis, W., Owen's Col.
Fordati, J. Q., 'Quiver. do.
Gibson, F. W., do.
Grimshaw, J. S., do.
Humphreys, G. W., Baptist
Col., Bristol
James E., King's Col.
Jones, D., Brecon do.
Jones, R., King's do.
King, T., Univor. do.
Lidgett, J. J., Wesley Col.,
Sheffield
Leech, J., Univer. Col.

M`Kerrow, J. M., Owen's
Col.
Merriman, M., St. Patrick's
Col., Carlow
Pinnington, J., Stonyhurst
Col.
Rudd, T., Airedale do.
Shoolbred, J. N., St. Mary's
Col., Oscott
Smale, C., Univer. do.
Spencer, A. L., do.
Stevens J., do.
Time, J. C., do.
Wood, E. ~ do.

" G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General."
Yesterday the following troops embarked at Liverpool
for Malta, on board the ship Culloden :-30 officers and
30 men of the 18th Regiment ; 5 officers and 12 men of
the 34th Regiment ; 3 officers and 87 men of the 97th
Regiment ; 3 officers and 121 men of the 42d Regiment;
14 officers and 217 men of the 72d Regiment ; 2 officers
and 14 men of the 79th Regiment ; and 1 officer and 25
men of the 93d Regiment. The Culloden will also em-
bark at Cork 11 officers and 340 men, and a quantity of
camp equipage. Among the officers were Captain Bale,
34th Regiment ; Capt. E. V. B. Villars, 34th Regiment;
Capt. Orde, 42d Regiment ; Lieut. G. W. Cockburn, 42d
Regiment ; Capt. the Hon. H. T. Fitzmaurice, 72d
Regiment; and Percy M. Bosworth, 42d Regiment.

.EXTRAORDINABY RAILWAY ACCIDENT
AND NARROW ESCAPE.

T.
uesaa.,:._n.,:i.
osingular and extraordinary
d the Great Western branch
Swindon to Gloucester, which
accident
iSl.Rayo
,u Drhu,ana
ril
inns;
frame
deplorable loss of life and de-
struction of property, which was happily avoided by
might bave ended in
the promptitude and p
ai npgp
etro.
but
aurtesence of mind of a railway
official.
Swindon from Gloucester, a.
b and Tetbury-road
imscom e was
theepdro ee e
Sapper-
ton It seems that a heavy goondds
htaradinenwtae
ton tunnel, between the I 3 r
he train and the steep
staticiiiiiNhen one of the'coupling
it is, presumed, to the weight of t
line. By this acci-
chains broke, owing,
nest; of the incline at this part of the
attained a fear-
at first slowly down the line, but very soon
dent 41 trucks became separated from the engine, and ran
fill velonikyonttrirliroached the Brimscombe station at a
speed of Op miles an hour; At that time a passenger sametrain
from Gloucester to Swindon was nearly due on the
line of rails, and the.station-masfitr at Briniscombe, aware
of this, with peat presence of mind, seeing the truck ap-
proaching,. immediately altered, the switches at the
Brimschmhe Station, and turned the trucks on the down
line of rails. The train of trucks rushed past the Brims-
combe Stathin,' and also passed 'the next station at
,-Stroud,., bat were stopped. at a short distance beyond,
most, providentially, without any. damage to life or pro-
perty: The' guard, who was in a van at the end of the
train, jumped out unhurt, . as- he perceived that the
truck was running down-the line.

It will be remembered that, in 1851, as an excursion
train was proceeding from Gloucester to London, to take
visitors to the great Exhibition, a similar accident ec-
cured. The coupling chains broke in the same tunnel,
and one-half of the train ran down towards Stroud, and
was met by another passenger train, which was follow-
big, but by the promptitude of- the driver-of the second
train, in Tleveisiug-ihiß engine; a fearful loss of life was
preyente4-211orning Advertitor.

THE SUN, LONDON: THURSDAY EvENI.NG. NOVEMBER 1, 1855.

the Aubject, as another vessel belonging to the company,
of 2,000 tons hurden, was expected within a few days
to arrive from the sawn destination, and under similar