The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-03 00:00:00

BREVET.

Lieutenant-General James Simpson to be promoted to
b a General in the Army, for distinguished service in the

Field.

Colonel Charles Ash Windham to be promoted to be
a Major-General in the Army, for distingtf shed service
in the field.

Sir John and Lady Pakington arrived at Uliock's
Royal Hotel, Bowness, Windermere, on Saturday, from
Scotland.
SEIZURE OF A SUPPOSED RUSSIAN VESSEL.—The barque
Wester Norrland, Lundholua (sailing under Swedish
colours), has been seized in the river, on suspicion of
being engaged in the Russian service. She del'vered a
cargo of timber in the Commercial Docks, and is now
detained in the West India Dock.
The following are the names and ranks of the Russian
and Finnish officers who are now on board the Persever-
ance for Libau to lie exchanged :—Captains Torevsky
and Esauloff ; Lieutenants Niteitin, Agafonoff, Per-
hinsky, and Grotenfelt ; Ensigns Stankevitch, Luneff
and his wife, and Lubemoff and his wife ; Cadet Groten-
felt, brother to Lieutenant Grotenfelt. There are also 61
soldiers from the Devonshire.
The members of the Dublin Natural History Society,
with Lord Talbot de Malahide as their chairman, enter-
tained Professor Allman at a farewell dinner on Friday,
on the occasion of his leaving this country to assume
the chair of natural history in Edinburgh.
MOSQUITOES IN THIS COUN T RY. —A. gentleman at
Birkenhead, during this summer, was bitten by mos-
quitoes, and a professional entomologist states that a
few weeks ago he took three of these troublesome in-
sect pests of warmer climes in the place called " Boggart
Ho' Clough," near Manchester.
MURDER AT HEREFORD. —A girl named Morgan died
yesterday morning in the Infirmary at Hereford, from
injuries inflicted upon her by some navvies on Saturday
night. These men, while in a state of intoxication,
went to a disreputable part of the town, and, having
entered a house there, burst open a door on the second
floor, pulled a woman out of bed who had but recently
been confined, dragged her down stairs and kicked and
beat her. They then got forcible entrance to an adjoining
house, kept by the girl in question, They seized her,
and not only beat her with their fists, but with a rolling-
'pin. A crowd assembled on the alarm beheg given, and
toe men attacked the police who came to apprehend
them and escaped. Five of them, named Ford, Wilson,
Williams, Scott, and Sm;th, were , subsequently appre-
hended, and the police are in search of two others who
are known to have formed part of the rang. The in-
jured g:rl gradually got worse till yesterday, when she
,died as above stated.
MR. WARLEY AND THE PAROCHIAL AUTHORITIES OF
ST. PANCRAS.—Yesterday, at a numerous meeting of
the parochial authorities of St. Pancras, held in the Ves-
try-hall, King's-road, Camden-town, Mr. B. Bright in
the chair, Mr. Birchmore, the relieving officer, presented
a report, prepared by order of the board, on the subject
of an inquest which was concluded on the 18th Septem-
ber on the body of an illegitimate child, named Edward
Johnson, when, although a verdict of natural death was
recorded, the coroner, Mr. Wakley, had attributed
want of proper attention on the part of the paro-
chial authorities. This report having been read, the
meeting, after some discussion, unanimously adopted the
following :—" That in the opinion of this board the con-
duct of Thomas Wakley, E eq., as coroner for Middle-
sex, during the inquiry into the cause of the death of
Edward Johnson, an illegitimate child, was uncalled fur
and highly reprehensible." This, said Mr. Stockton,
was the mildest way in which they could express,to Mr.
Wakley the indignation they felt at his unjustifiable at-
tack upon the characters of honest and independent men.
THEATRICAL ACCIDENT.--A few nights ago, during
the repeesentation of the Noccs Folitiennes, at the
theatre of Marseilles, one of the actors, named Desire,
in a meee on the stage, received a severe stab in the arm
from a poignard, which, unfortunately, was not one of
those usually made use of in such mimic warfare, but a
real weapon. The performance, however, was not in-
terrupted by the accident, for the actor, in the agitation
of the moment, did not perceive the accident until he
had ret;eed from the stage, when he found himself bleed-
ing profusely, and soon after fainted. The wound was
immediately dressed by a surgeon, and Desire conveyed
to his lodgings. At the close of the performance, a re •
port of the accident having got abroad in the house, the
manager was called on for an explanation, as the wounded
man is one of the particular favourites of the public at
Marseilles. The Marseilles journals have since stated
that the actor just named is going on so well that the
wound at present causes no disquietude.
MURDER OF A SWISS SOLDIER AT CANTERBURY,
Emanuel. Elsner, a Swiss soldier, belonging to the Bri-
tish Legion, now lying at Canterbury Barracks, was
yesterday brought before the Mayor and magistrates of
that city, charged with the wilful murder of Johnn Boch,
a private in the same corps. It appeared from the evi-
dence of the witnesses that shortly after 9 o'clock on
Sunday evening, while the drummers and fifers were in
toe infantry barrack square, the deceased proceeded
across the square, and took up one of the drums. The
prisoner went up to him, and some words passed between
them, resulting in deceased's putting down the drum and
slapping the prisoner's face several times. The latter
stepped back three paces and took something out of his
coat pocket, which he appeared to open, and then went
up to the deceased and jobbed it into his breast several
times, while the latter kept striking prisoner with his
fists. After going on a little way towards the barrack
room the deceased fell down, and while he was on the
ground the prisoner stabbed him in the belly two or three
times. Deceased was carried into the barrack-room (the

prisoner assisting in his removal), where he died in about
three minutes afterwards. It was moonlight at the
time of the affray, but two witnesses spoke positively to
the prisoner's identity as the man who stabbed deceased.
The deceased's coat was exhibited in court, and excited
a thrill of horror, there being no less than eight cuts on
the body and one on the sleeves. The bench, after a brief
con.ultatioti, remanded the prisoner till Thursday.
COLLIERY ACCIDENT AND Loss OP FOUR LIVES NEAR
BLACKBURN.—A shocking accident resulted on Monday,
at the Stanhill Colliery, Oswaldtwistle, near Blackburn,
from the breakage of a rope. The ace:dent took place in
the Moss Coalpit, belonging to Messrs. Simpson and
Young. About one o'clock four men got into a tub
for the purpose of being lowered to the bottom of the
shaft, and just as the last of them took his place one
of the folds of the rope coiled round the verticle, gave
a sudden sl'p, and the jerk snapped the rope in two
close to the fastening of the tub. The result was,
that the tub and men were precipitated down the pit,
a depth of 108 feet, and the unfortunate men were
killed almost instantly. It is said that there was a
guard to prevent the rope slipping, but the men had
neglected to apply it, and hence the accident. The
names of the unfortunate men are John Townley, aged
31 years ; James Townley, aged 28, both of Stanhill ;
Richard Thompson, aged 38 years, of Oswaldtwistle ;
and James Hindle, a,-d 38, of Lattas.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE ESHER MARBLE WORKS,
WESTMINSTER.—Yesterday afternoon Mr. Laugh=
held an inquiry at Westminster Hospital, relative to
the death of Daniel Shay, aged 26 years. It appeared
that the deceased was employed at the Esher Marble
Works, Westminster, in removing a very large blook of
marble on a truck, when one of the wheels struck a
piece of stone, causing the block of marble to slip and
fall to the ground, crushing the deceased's left hand be.
neath it. The unfortunate man's hand was dreadfully
mutilated, and he was conveyed to the hospital, where
it was found necessary to amputate one of the fingers ;
tetanus, or lock jaw, resulted, and from its effects he
ultimately expired. Verdict, " Accidental death."
THE DANGER OF BROACHING A WHISKY CASK.—Four
of the North British Railway Company's servants are in
custody for theft. The watchman at Leith Junction and
another official are two of the guilty parties. One night
'ast week they proceeded, in the dark, to broach a cask
`a a waggon. The watchman, to facilitate the boring
?racess, placed his lantern close to the cask. Unluckily
it contained aquae vita. When the barrel was perforates,
the whisky rushed out and ignited at the lantern, pro•
during a conflagration which destroyed th© waggon and
the whole of the goods in it. One of the men was much
burned,