The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-22 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, Sept. 22.—Wind this day at noon, E.N.E.
by E. ; light breeze and fine clear weather.
PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 21.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Emma
Eugenia, from Halifax; Lady Eglinton (s.s. tpt. 165),
City of Aberdeen (s.s. tpt. 202), Volunteer (s.s. tpt. 198),
Constantinople ; Marlborough, London, for Calcutta.
Sailed—Mater (s.s. Wt. 163), for the Crimea.
FALMOUTH, Sept. 21.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Dol-
phin, from SaVanilla ; Thames, Akyab ; Coral Queen,
Moulmein. Off port—Virago, Demerara ; Francis Henty,
Melbourne; Aletta Augusta, Akyab, and sailed for Am-
sterdam.
MILFORD, Sept. 21.—Wind W.—Arrived—Marquis of
Chandos, from Belize; Wilberforce, Dalhousie.
WARREN POINT, Sept. 20.—Wind W.—Arrive:l
Tahita, from St. Stephen's, N.B. •
SUNDERLAND, Sept. 20.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—
Emperor, from Moulmein.
YARMOUTH ROADS.—Arrived—Wave, from Shields for
Lisbon, with loss of fore-yard and other damage, having
been run into, whilst at anchor in the Wold, by ihebri
g
Indus, of Newcastle.
COWES, Sept. 22.—Arrived—Hermann (s.), from New
York.

1T LL, Sept. 21.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Dowthorp,
from Bombay.

CUXHAVEN , Sept. 19.—The barque Eden, of Whitby,
from Hartlepool, is on shore at Kratzsand, a little above
this harbour, and is discharging. A steamer has been
sent to her assistance.

(UR ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning.
Arrived—Despatch and Transit, steamers, from Jersey ;
Atalanta (s.), Havro ; Argyll (s.), Caronton.
Sailed—Cognac Packet, for Hartlepool ; Mary Page and
Brofa, Newport ; Ann Sarah. Shields ; Alliance, Havre;
Courier, s., Jersey ; Brunswick, s., Plymouth ; Bellone,
Christiania.

LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning.

Wind N.
Arrived—Triumphant, from Havannah; City of Boston,
Alexandria ; Benjamin Adams, Trieste.
Sailed.—Kelpie, for Africa ; Aid, Jamaica; Jeune Emi-
lie, Cuba ; Margaret, Leghorn.
QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 20.
Arrived.—Pallas, from Callao ; Caroline Chisholm,
Mauritius.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Saturday, 9.4 G a.m.
Wind calm, tide half-ebb, weather fine.
Arrived, 21st—Ganges, from ,Callao ; Commodore and
Joseph, Guernsey; Agenoria, Caen; Caroline, South°Seas.
'Arrived 22d—Wave, from Medemblik ; Blanche, Callao;
Julia, Requijda ; Ann, Jersey ; Mary Ann, steamer, Bala-
klava.
Sailed, 22d—Vernon, for Bombay. •
DEAL, Saturday, 9.20 a.m.

Wind N.B. light.
Passed, 21st- Earl of Durham, screw-steamer, (230
transport) from London, for Balaklava ; Woodcase, from
Shields, for Calcutta.
Sailed—Golconda, Alice Thorndike, Manilla, Imogene,
Kangaroo, with all the outward bound,

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

(From, the Morning Post of this day.)

TheTchongar-bridge, or causeway, crosses the Siwash,
and we are inclined to consider the passage extremely
dangerous to a Russian army that should, under present
circumstances, attempt to retreat by it out of the Crimea.
The Perekop line, which winds some twenty-five miles
more to the west, though at a varying distance, is less
liable to be molested by the assistance of our naval
means —less liable, at least, for the present ; and by the
Perekop, or western line, therefore, we expect to find
Prince Gortschakoff will eventually strive to extricate his
columns. We are assuredly not at this moment going
to speculate on events which the next despatches will
put in a light far more clear than conjecture, however
careful or acute, could throw upon the suture.
But there are some essentially permanent elements of
calculation at which it may be interesting to glance.
Will Prince Gortschakoff at once retreat ? We will
state briefly why we think that, if he do not retreat—in
fast, if he have not already begun that operation—it
will be all the better for the allies. But, first, it may be
as well to observe that, supposing he retires—or can re-
tire—it will, without doubt, not be by the Tehoogar-
bridge or line, but by that which swerves westward from
it towards Perekop, on passing north of Simpheropol.
We are inclined to anticipate that the Russians are vir-
tually cut away from the Tchongarecauseway, which has
been, besides, cut through itself. It may possibly have
been repaired since our burst into the Putrid Sea ; but it
is at certain moments still accessible to our boats. This
being so, Prince Gortschakoff is forced to lean to his own
left, once he passes Simpheropol; and the left runs along.
a coast which we everywhere command.
But suppose he won't retreat—suppose he stands his
ground. This, in the first place, is supposing something
else—we mean that he has provisions ; and no one can
assure us that this is the fact. But grant that the enemy
has ample supplies, and that he defies us to try the
strength of the North Forts. We are obliged to do no-
thing of the sort. He can be made to evacuate those
forts without a shot at them. Two plans are mentioned,
both being obvious and patent. One is, to ship a large
force north-westward (Prince Gortschakoff being forced
by the situation, as we have pointed out, to lean to his
own left in case he retires), and thus to threaten his
communications, and make him fight a battle with the
Allies, while the Allies have their faces to the south.
We decline to discuss this, further than to say, that the
supply of water for the expeditionary corl% must be
carefully looked to, and that the enemy is not absolutely
certain to be thus brought to a collision at all. He
might evade the blow, or fight against us only with a
flank corps.
On the other hand, the enemy is right before us at
Mackenzie's Heights ; and he must -either wait there
for us, if we choose there to attack him, or abandon the
north of Sebastopol altogether. For what would become
of the troops now locked up is the Sievernaya, if General
Liprandi ceded to an attack in his front, and allowed
the Allies to interpose between northern Sebastopol and
the only egress it possesses ? We are, therefore, sure of
finding our opponents, supposing we immediately cross
the Tchernaya ; nay, we shall find others besides those
now stationed on those heights, for it is all in all to
Prince Gortschakoff to leave no separate fate to General
Liprandi, but to join fortunes with him, and either re-
treat in his company, or share in his resistance. He will
do both, as we take it. And thus the Sievernaya can
be carried without a siege, by a vigorous attack on the
position in its rear.
But, in the second place, this attack would leave the
in(

ien sure of their water supply, and we do attach high

importance to this. All great generals have ever con-
sidered the point even before that of bread. The men
that have their coffee, with a little rice or flour are
in a better condition to fight than the troops who
come parched and staggering, with a loaf of bread half
eaten, and a bottle of brandy half drunk, against
adversaries cool and alert. At the combat of the
Tchernaya, on the 16th of August, the poor Russian
masses had nothing but raki to drink till they began to
ford that river, when many a shako served for a cup.
In the reverse advance (of the Allies) the reverse would
be true. There is another circumstance well worthy of
notice in a movement against Mackenzie's,Heights. We
mean it is the natural step to be taken next. The frue
basis of the Allies, for some time to come, must be Ka-
miesh and Balaklava ; for, although it may appear that
our fleets can carry provisions and ammunition to any
point they please along the coast, it is, nevertheless, cer-
tain that, for the distribution of such articles, an organi-
sation is needful on land, and that, by means of this orga-
nisation, they are now actually circulating through the
south confines of Sebastopol from Inkerman to Baidar. It
seems to us that good generalship is required now, but that
it will be well rewarded by the results. If in thela.st splendid
fury of their despair the brave and unfortunate Rus-
sian garrison attempt the line of the Tchernaya, we
hold, we trust, no military heresy when we say that it is
highly essential to smash that attack on the forehead,
to win a really crushing victory, and to put an end, by
the fame of it, to the selfish hesitations of even German
Courts. And for this reason, again, we do not wsnt the

lines from Inkerman to Kadikol and Baidar to be unj
seasonably enfeebled. But this they will not be. What-
ever plan may have been selected by the Allied Gene-
rals, it will unquestionably not entail upon us the ridi-
culous position in which Eumenes, after-a defeat, once
p'aced his adversaries. But Marshal Pelissier deserves
to be rated rather above Antigonus ; nor, in the con-
trary ranks, is Prince Gortschakoff quite a Eumenes.
The opponents are not very ill-matched ; though the ad-
vantage, in point of head, is apparently on the side of
the Allies. A few days must display to us some of the
morn decisive moves of this great game.

TEE LATE FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT
NEAR GLOSSOP,

The inquest on the three unfortunate persons killed at
the viaduct of the Manchester and Sheffield Railway
across Dinting, on Tuesday night, was opened at the
Plough Inn, Dinting, on Wednesday evening. The de-
ceased, as before stated, were John Healey, 25 years of
age, back tenter in a print works ; Thomas Priestnall,
aged 30, weaver; and Jane Hadfield, aged 25, a winder
in a cotton factory. They had been with a party of Sun-
day school teachers to spend the day at the Bellevue-
gardens, Manchester. Healey and Hadfield were
teachers in the Little Moor Independent Sunday school,
and the former had been educated to become a minister
among the Independents. The Derbyshire coroner, Mr.
T. M. Ellisson, and the jury were taken by ono of the
railway officials upon the viaduct in one of the com-
pany's trains, in order that they might form a correct idea
of the way in which the occurrence happened. It appears
that the parapets of the viaduct are rather more than a
yard high, and 3ft. 4in. from the nearest rail. The
bottom of a railway carriage is rather higher than the
parapet. The deceased were riding in a third-class
carriage, with two doors on each side, and having a
light inside. This light would probably affect the eye-
sight a little on first alighting from the carriage, and its
reflection upon the coping stones of the parapet would
give them the appearance of a platform. A parson
who witnessed the accident says Healey was the first to
jump out of the carriage, saying, as he stepped.upon
the parapet, "This is the way out." He held out his
hand fur Jane Hadfield, who took it as he stepped back,
and they instantly disappeared together. A faint cry
was gasped by the unfortunate woman. Another young
woman, named Harriet Rawson, got out upon the
step of the carriage, and thence upon the parapet ; but,
having some doubt about its being the platform of the
station, she tried the width of it with one foot while she
stood on the other, and at this critical moment, one pas-
senger crying out that it was the viaduct, and another that
a woman had already fallen over, some of her companions
in the carriage caught hold of her dress and dragged her in
again. It was then that Priestnall sprung out of the
second carriage upon the parapet and fell over. The
train* then moved forward into the station, and infor-
mation was given to the watchman of what had occurred.
The following evidence was given at the inquest :
Harriet Hampson said she lived at Glossop. On
Tuesday she went to Bellevue-gardens, Manchester, and
returned by the train, leaving Gorton soon after nine at
night. Deceased were of th same party. When the
train stopped on the viaduct she saw John Healey get
out. He said, "This is the way," and he jumped.
Jane Hadfield followed, and also jumped. Witness
went out next, and stood upon the wall. She felt with
her foot that it was not the ground. She turned her back
upon the carriages, and looked for Healey and Hadfield,
but could not see them. She thought it was only a low
wall at the end of the viaduct, and that they had fallen
behind it. They appeared to vanish out of sight in jump-
ing out of the carriage, and she saw no more of them.
She had just time to turn round when some one called out
that she would fall over, and that a young man and
woman had already fallen over. She returned to the
carriage, and begged that some one would look after
Healey and Hadfield, when Priestnall Caine over from
another seat and jumped out. Immediately Priestnall
had jumped out the train moved on into the station. Did
not think the train had been standing more than one
minute when Healey and Hadfield got out. The distance
from the carriage to the wall appeared to be about half
a yard, and the bottom of the carriage and the wall ap-
peared nearly on a level. She could have got down be-
tween the carriage and the wall, but did not, because it
was deep, and she thought the wall was the platform. It
was very dark, and she could see nothing but the wall
and the carriages. They had been singing a hymn as
they came along, and she thought they were in the sta-
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with the deceased. The train moved slowly over
the viaduct till it stopped, and they thought it was
at the station. The women in the carriages rushed
towards the door. A man cried out, " There's a
woman killed," and he then turned round and looked
at the door, which was open; and he called to the women
and told them to come in and shut the door, and " that
they might have no sense, standing there." He did
not hear any one call out to say it was the station.
There was a light in the carriage. They had not been
standing more than three minutes, perhaps, when he
beard the cry that a woman had been killed. Ile saw
Harriet Hampson go out and come in again, and the
train started soon afterwards.
John Brindle, night watchman on the viaduct, said
the train arrived about 12 minutes before 10 o'clock.
He was told that some passengers had jumped over the
parapet, and he went down into the fields outside, and
found the deceased persons lying on their backs. Healey
and Hadfield were dead. Priestnall was removed alive,
and surgical assistance was sent for, but he died in about
40 minutes. There was room for a person to stand
safely between the parapet and a moving train. There
were about half-a-dozen porters at the station, attending
to the Liverpool special train, which had arrived about
eight or nine minutes before the Manchester one came
up, and the latter had to stop on the viaduct six or
seven minutes before it could get up to the station. The

Manchester train bad to be stopped on the viaduct until
the Liverpool train had been shunted upon the Glossop
branch.' The Manchester train stopped 80 or 100 yards
from the station.
The inquest was adjourned.