The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-10 00:00:00

np the down line nearly to the Croydon junction signal,
and placed down the fog signals to keep anything front
coming co the down road, which was blocked up by the
broken carriages. I then returned and assisted in extri-
cating the passengers from the diabled train. Upon
looking to see what had occasioned thu accident I found
that the train had broken in two, the first part, consiA-
ing of three c trriagcs and the engine, having run down
the :Bricklayers Arms branch in safety, and the re-
inainin, portion of the train having come in contact
with tee division wall. Three of the carriages in the
last half of the train—namely, the third and two small
seconds—veers left on the road, but the others were
knocked off and considerably damaged. I put two of
the injured passengers, one of whom appeared to be a
Frenchman, who complained that his leg was hurt, and
the other an el.!erly gentleman, who complained of his
side and hip, into the Greenwich up train, and I then
went down to Deptford to procure some brandy for the
sufferers ; and when I returned I assi-ted in getting the
carriages on till the rails were nearly clear. It was
about 9 o'clock when I left in a pilot engine for London,
and brought with me the property belonging t, the pas-
sengers, which I deposited in the 104 property-office at
London-bridge. My opinion as to the cause of the ac-
cident is, that it occurred from the points being held
wrong for the train and then changed before it was clear
of them.

Mr. Chapman, station-master at Blackheath, deposed,
—I was passenger from London to Blackheath by the t
o'clock train on Friday evening, 7th Dec. On arriving
near the Surrey Canal Junction, where the North Kent
diverges from the Greenwich line, we were stopped by
signal jest behind a Greenwich down train, which bad
likewise been stopped. I immediately got out of the
train to ascertain the cause of our stoppage, when I
found that the 5.26 p.m. up train had run off the line at
the top of th• descending branch line to the Bricklayers'
Arms. I found the engine and some of the carriages
had run on safely to the Bricklayers' Arms branch, and
that the remaining portion of the train had left the
metals, and bad come in contact with the walls which
divided the Bricklayers' Arms branch and the Green-
wich line. I placed myself in communication with the
guards, Bardin and Griffin, of the up-train, and ascer-
tained that they had stopped a Greenwich up-train, and
had sent two passengers who were injured to London by
it, and also a message to the officer in charge of Lendon-
bridge that the casualty had occurred. The engine
and carriage which ran forward safely to the Brick-
layers' Arms branch were sent immediately with two
other sufferers, and many of the passengers, to the Brick-
layers' Arms station. Two injured passengers had also
been conveyed to the switch-box below (Beattie's), one
of whom was seriously hurt. The name of the passenger
who was seriously wounded was Allen. He had both
his legs fractured. The other passenger was bruised ap-
parently, but not otherwise much hurt. I have heard
that a young man named Croom, of Blackheath, who
was in the same carriage with Allen—a second-class one
—was precipitated through the window And fell upon
the ballast, but fortunately he sustained no injury.
Every precaution was taken by the guard to protect
the lines blocked, and the passengers also rendered as-
sistance in this respect. The greater number of the
passengers were conducted down the line by me towards
New-cress station, and meeting Mr. Barrett on the road,
I gave them into his charge. The down-road was cleared
by about 9.15, the up-road by about 9.30. I left the
scene of the accident for Blackheath at 10 p.m. My opin-
ion is that the points were shut fer the main line North
Kent, and that consequently the train took the Brick-
layer's Arms branch, but afterwards, when three or four
of the carriages with the engine had passed through,
the points were altered, which caused the train to break
in two and run off the line, hence the disaster.
The statement of the switchman Beattie, is, that the
light engines mentioned above, for which the points had
been set right for the Bricklayers' Arms branch, was fol-
lowed by the 5.26 p.m. train so quickly that the engine
was on the points before they had been set for the
North Kent line. Knowing what the conseque ,ce would
be if they were altered after the engine had passed them,
he held the lever as tightly as possible, so as to pass the
whole train on to the Bricklayers' Anne branch ; but
unfortunately the passage of the eight-wheeled saloon
carriage through the points jerked the lever out of his
hand and occasioned the accident.

Mr. Allen had his remaining leg amputated on Satur-
day morning. Mr. Le Gros Clark saw Lim et an early
hour, and explained that his life must inevitably be sa-
crificed if he retained the limb, and, after some hesita-
tion, he consented to undergo the operation, which was
performed while he was under the influence of chloro-
form, and there are now some hopes that his life may
be saved. Mr. Priest, of Brixton, is stated to be in a
precarious condition, but the other passengers injured
are, were are happy to 'ay, recovering.

THE BIBLE-BURNING CAS?.

COMMISSION COURT, DUBLIN.

The prosecution at the suit of the Crown for Bible-
burnica at Kingstown was resumed on Friday, when the
Rev. Vladimir Pecherme, one of the tr,iver-ers, was
put upon trial on a separate indictment. The case ex-
cited the deepest interest. Before 10 o'clock many per-
SODA had gained access to the court, and very speedily
after the opening of the doors it was thronged with spec-
tators. The front seats and one of the galleries were
crowded with ladies, and numerous members of the bar,
not connected with the trial, were glad to find space with-
out the portion cf the court specially allotted for them,
which was chiefly occupied by the counsel for the Crown
and the counsel and solicitors of the traverser, who was
accommodated with a seat beside his professional advisers.
The Attorney General, the Solicitor-General, Mr.
Curbellis, Q. 0., the 'lon. A. Plunkett, and Mr. Bay-
tar h, appeared for the prosecution.

kr. .O'Hagan, Q.C., Sir Colman O'Loghlen, and
Messrs. J. A. Curson, Kiernan, and J. Coffey, ap•
peared for the traverses.
The Hon. Judge Crampton and the Right Hon.
Baron Green, the presiding judges, took their seats at
a few minutes after 10 o'clock.

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The indictment charged in the first count,thatthetra-
verser, disregarding the laws and
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appointed to be read in churches, and generally received
by her Majesty's sul jecte professing the religion of the
united churches of England and Ireland as by law este-
blishe 1, into disregard, hatred, and contempt anllll, the
pc 'pie of the United Kingdom, on the sth November,
at King,towp, by eaustug a cert,iin printed copy of
said Scriptures, iu the authorised version, &C., consisting
of the 0!d and New 'Testaments of our Saviour, to be con-
teroptuously burnt, profanely and in the presence of
divers of her Majesty s subjects, and with a view
to the destruction of said copy did cause and procure
to be thrown, and did ca,t and throw said copy into
a certain fire until it was burnt, to the high displeasure
of Almighty God, and the great dkrespect, discredit,
and dishonour of the religion eetablished by law. There
were seven other counts, one of which charged the tra-
verser with intending to bring the united churches of
England and Ireland into contempt ; another referred
to the Holy Scriptures, irrespective of particular version;
and another charged the burning of a New Testament.
The Attornev-General having opened the case,
Christopher Duff was then called and examined by the
Solicitor-General—He deposed that he knew Father
Pecherine, and that in pursuance of a request from him
be took a barrow to the father's lodgings on the sth of
November for the purpose of vvheelingavvay some books.
Another boy was also there with a barrow, and
into num-
' her of books were put the barrows by the servant
at Pecheriue's desire. He sawn " Family Herald" and
a " History of England among the books ; and he
saw a book which he thought was a Testament ; did n
open it ; did not look
.to see if there were printed words
on the back. His saying he thought it was a Testament
meant that he guessed it was such. Got directions
from Father Pecherine to bring the books to the chapel
yard. He wheeled them there. In the chapel-yard he
sat on the books in the barrow, waiting for Father Pet-
chefineto come. Seine boys upset the books out of the
berrow on the ground. When Father Pecherine ar-
rived he said the books should be lit. While he was
wheeling his barrow away the books were lit. Did not
see who lighted the fire. Father Pecherine went when
he said they should be lit, and then went away in the
direction of the chapel vestry. He came back again in
about 20 minutes. The pile of books was then burning.
Did not see Father Pecherine do anything.
Crose.examined by Mr. O'Hagan—lt occurred about
8 o'clock in the morning. The boarding-house is a good
way from the chapel; some of the books were tied toge-
ther, and some of them were loom). I helped to toss
them into the barrow. There were about ten little boys
about my size with him. When the books were put
into the barrow they were wheeled away. Was a good
while in the chapel-yard before Father Pecherine came,
and a crowd of persons collected when they saw the
hooks. There were a good many people present when
Father Pecherine came, and when he said the books were
to be lit he went away. He went towards the chapel.
After he went away the fire was lighted. Ha was away
for half an hour, and when he came into the yard he
said nothing. The books were burning. The books were
tolerably well burnt when Father Pecherine came back.
Some numbers of the " Mysteries of London" were
handed to witness, who said he saw great numbers of
these books in the fire ; saw also numbers of " Rey-
nolds's Miscellany." Never read those publications, but
looked at the pictures in them.
Henry Lawson, a labourer in the employment of Mrs.
Gibson, also deposed to the burning of the books in the
chapel-yard upon the day in question. Among the books
he saw Byron's Poems, some tracts, a small Testament,
and a small Prayer Book. Did not take up the book. A
book was taken up by a man of the name of Neal. Saw
it was a Testament. Neal laid down the Testament
again. Saw the title-page of the Testament.
ulle saw
also an old Bible. Saw the words " Holy Bible printed
on the back of it. A policeman lifted up that Bible. His
name is Halpin. Knew Father Pecherine, and saw him
there when the fire was burning. He had some papers
in hie hand which he was tearing. Ho threw them
on the ground, but could not say whether he threw
them near enough to the fire to be burnt.
Charles Lemon, brother of the last witness, confirmed
his evidence.
Mr. W. T. Darkin, sub-inspector of factories, and
Police-coletable John Halpin, deposed to seeing a Bible
and Testament among the books that were being burnt;
and the Rev. R. Wallace produced a portion of the books
of Deuteronomy and Joshua, which he had rescued from
the fire.

Several other witnesses also spoke to the fact of there
being parts of the Holy Scriptures amonr, the books de-
stroyed, although the majority of the books appeared to
be of a different description.
.„Tho case for the Crown having closed,
Mr. O'Hartan proceeded to address the Court at great
length in behalf of the accused. He asserted that his
client had only enda-mtuured, in the discharge of a reli-
gious duty, to put an end to the circulation of immoral
publications, for which purpose he had required them