The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-20 00:00:00

LLOYIYS 6'IIIPPINU--(THIS DAY.)

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LONDO, 'April 20.—Wind and weather this day n.
noon. N. ; light, pleasant" breazo, and fine, Clear, sultry
weather.. . . - —. • -
Or;;' DovER, April 3.9.-=The Austerlitz (French 'ma's.
steamer), ;rem the •Downs, for Cherbourg. Arrived—
Petrel and d'Asstra, Francis war steamers.
Oi•if DuNGENESS, April 19.—Valparaiso, from Batavia,
for Itsittertistin ; Cornwall, Calcutta. .. .
Cowes, April 19.—Wind, S.E. Sailed—Tltcpia, for
• • . •
Calcutta ; Lady Franklin, New York. .
-PLYMOUTH, April 19.--Viud,S.W. Sailed—Northfleet,
for the Crimea.
FALMOUTH, April 19. Wind, E. Arrived—Wertecal
burg, from New Orleans, for Havre.
POOLE, April 19.—Wind, N.E. Sailed—Caroline, for
Quebec ; Vivil, do. ; John, Newfoundland.
SuNnEr.LAND, Apia 19.—Wind, W. Sailed—Neptune,
for Calcutta.
SWANSEA, April 19.—Wind, S.W. Sailed—Purga and
Gaseneua, fcr G)quimbo.
SWINEMUNDE, April 16.-The Briton (barque), of and
from Memel, fur London, has put in here with pumps
foul, and must partly discharge.
ELSINORE, April 14.-A considerable quantity of drift
ice passed the sound to the nolthward yesterday, and
caused some damage to the vessels in the Roads. The
Diana, from London for the Baltic, has been assisted in
here to repair, having been in contact with an English brig.
GIRGENTI, April l3.—The Harebell, from Licata to
Liverpool, out four or five days, foundered at sea ; crew
picked up 15 miles off this port, and brought in here by
the Rowena.

(PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning.

Wind, N.. W.
Sailed—Great Western and Rappahannock, for New
York.

QUEENSTOWN, April B.

Wind, E.S.E.
Arrived—Emelia, from Bilboa.
Sailed—Barramies, for Ilavannah.

KINGSTOWN, April 19.

Wind, N.W. - -
Sailed—Crest of the Wave, for Balaklava, with troops.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH. TELEGRAM.)
GRAVESEND, Friday, 9.55 a,m.
Wind, N. ; tide, four hours ebb, fine.
Arrived—Canada, from Ktagero; Albatros, Antwerp.
Ssiled—Orion, for Balaklava.

DEAL, Friday, 9.30 a.m.

Wind, N.E. by N.
Passed—Arab Maid, from London, for Swansea ; Susan,
London; for Constantinople ; Forget-me not, London, for
Malta ; Charlotte Mafia, London, for Gibraltar;
London for Malta ; Hurkum, London, for the Cape of (.4"'"
Hope.
Sailed—Her Majesty's steamers Orion, Pylades•
Harier, and Ariel, for westward. a growls
Remain—Her Majesty's ship Phoenix
and
frigate. •

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, The adjourned
Tan LATE CATASTROPHIC AT BEllsl,i—ara
Cookeley, one
inquest respecting the death of .W
theiu d
at Temple-bridge, Bristol,
d "on Monday. The parti-
coroner, Mr. J. B. Grin
have appeared in The Sun.
of the sufferers by the destructigoncoonfe
culars of this occurrence
c John w steam barge
edßabtl:fobreridtghee,
Charles Charles.: mate of the
use
~ nosedd'epbat there was
by which thernischief was d
of the tide at the time to
nothing in' the ape all dangerous. There was the
render navigation
1,,..rd The mast of the vessel touched
usual Orew on nod" rd. which turned her bow toward
asßtererwsteas
g e was at about half its 0 a
the.shore. The en- A rope wlt
stern and
the helm ; the
thrownwer.
awl immediately. as out to
w 4, revd post on shore, in order to
take a turn round
t wh. hha ic a al bring the
but ways before been
barge °P. eremoved, and the
bad been
the railway bridge a
there, little,
vessel went on at
about the same rate.
vessel did not.obey herThheelmill.
dragging against the bank. The BMW were
against the bridge stem vessel then went
on, at about
abutment, between one of the ribsout ten feet from • the
piece of iron about a foot long, of the lower arch ; a
other pieces of iron and some rubbish, and. afterwards several
the bridge on deck ; all the bridgerubbish, fell down from
except ' a few itone.s. IsT went into the water,
Everything necessary 0 one was hurt on board.
reached the bridge. wits done on• board before they
the barge, said that '
Could be done for its navigation, his
was unavoidable. 'Thenacvi
if he.could have made
have been Another. seaman who was onboard
opinion, all was done that
gatioo, and that the accident
the
of ' the John stated that
vessel fast the accident might
prevented, but the post,had been removed.
r4ere had been a mooring post there within a month.
A- i Policetuan .fated that he 'believed .the ..
moo . •
ring posts
had been b •iol. •eti off ,accidentally,ou the -same in"nin
by a tag-boat. The toro'ner, in sumraing-up, exi*Ognel
i his belief that the bridge bad been properly constructed,
but that was fifty years ago, when .the construction of
iron • bridges was. comparatively in its infancy. The
main point, however, for the consideration of the jury
\
' . 'Nva., whether the 'bridge was destroyed by unavoidable
accident, or by an oceurrence which might have been
avoided by ordinary care ? Twelve of the jury out of
-'' -fifteen were of opinion that. the accideo.
-Was caused by
. ! accident, but one said, hel)elieved it:Wax-timed by cal-
. pablirrfel igence. :AI twol!_e_inrYm'en were in favour of
a verdiCE Ofisecidenlil dcatb, ilt -was bc) recorded by the
coroner.