The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-05 00:00:00

Captain Penny gave the day before Yesterday ? Cap .
)Austin—Yes ; I was present during his examination.
Chairman—Captain Beechey asked Captain Penny
whether, on the 11th of August, he said to you " Go
trp-there (Wellington Channel), and do the cause some
service ?" Referring to Caprain Penny's examina-
tion, will you admit that that conversation passed
between him and you, as there stated, and that he
asked you for a steamer to go up the Wellington
Channel, and that the last words be used to you
were, " Go up there, and do the cause some service ?"
Captain Austin—No such thing, or anything like it,
was ever expressed.
Chairman—Was anybody present at the time you
were conversing with Captain Penny on that occa-
sion ? .Captain Austin—Yes, Captain Ommanney
and my own boat's crew, but none of Captain Penny's
officers, of whom I was anxious to take leave.
Sir E. Parry—Captain Penny in his evidence has
made use of these words :—" The last thing I said
was—go up into Wellingson Channel and you will do
good service to the cause." This was on the morning
of the 15th of August. Do you admit that Captain
Penny said those words to you ? Captain Austin—l
declare he did not do so.
Captain Beecbey—Captain Penny states also—
" On the 11 th of August I told Captain Austin that
the Strait ought to be better examined, meaning Wel-
lington Channel, and that if he 'would give me a
steamer I would go up there." Did he say that ?
Captain Austin—No, never.
Captain Austin continued—l received a sealed
letter from Captain Penny, for transmission, ad-
dressed, I believe, to the Secretary of the Admiralty.
I took my leave, and towed Sir John Ross up to
Beechey Island. I went on with Sir John Ross,
taking some supplies for him. I wished to keep him
in tow, but he desired particularlv.to go on in the
neighbourhood of Beechey Island. I then cast him
off, and proceeded.

ALLFGED CASE OF CARD CREATING
AT BRIGHTON.
In consequence of the decision of Mr. Justice Erie
in this case, at Chambers, on Friday, as reported in
The Sun of. Saturday, a notice was served upon Mr.
Sill, the attorney for the prosecution, on Friday
evening, calling upon him to show cause why the
prosecutor should not substitute Mr. Dunn as his
solicitor, and the parties attended, in consequence,
before Mr. Justice Erle, at Chambers, on Saturday.
Before the business was proceeded with
Mr. Dunn made an objection to the presence of a
roper ter.
After a few words from Mr. Sill, in support of the
reporter's right to be present,
Mr. Justice Erle overruled the objection, simply
observing that the court was an open one.
Mr. Sill then proceeded to say that he appeared to
show cause against tthe summons which had been
taken out for a change of attorney on the part of Mr.
Hemp, the prosecutor in this case.
Mr. Dunn observed that it was a matter of course.
Mr. Sill said if it were a matter of course, the
summons would have been endorsed as a matter of
course. He wished, however, to call the attention of
his Lordship to the proceedings of the previous day.
Mr. Dunn submitted that a gentleman bad a per-
fect right to change his attorney. All that Mr. Sill
was entitled to was payment of his costs. He had
already received several sums, and if he could show
that more was owing, he was entitled to be paid, but
farther he had no right to oppose.
Mr. Sill said he must ask the gentleman who was
present to show some authority for the demand he
was making. He (Mr. Sill) was prepared to show
that the whole affair was a fraud.
Mr. Dunn wanted to know whether the observation
applied to him. He had a letter from Mr. Hamp.
Mr. Sill said he did not come there to make per-
sonal observations. He had stated broadly that which
he was prepared to prove, that the present was an ap-
plication of the defendants themselves, and he there-
fore asked Mr. Dunn to give proper support to his
application. He (Mr. Sill) would undertake to prove
that Mr. Dunn was nominated by the defendant
Broome himself.
Mr. Dunn asserted that Mr. Sill's statement was
entirely erroneous. He had received his instructions
from the prosecutor, Mr. Hamp, and he had no con-
nexion, directly or indirectly, with the defendants.
The application stated that the prosecutor was dissa-
tisfied with Mr. Sill.
Mr. Justice Erle—The prosecutor has the power
to choose his attorney, and the interests of public
justice give the magistrates the power to appoint a
prosecutor, and if they think the witnesses will not
be forthcoming they can commit them to prison for
safe keeping till the trial. The employment of an
attorney is a simple contract, and a charge can be
made if the documents produced be genuine.
Mr. Sill—That is what I dispute.
Mr. Dunn—Do you not admit Mr. Ramp's letter ?
Mr. Sill—l admit nothing.
Mr. Justice Erle—lf the facts be disputed, the ap-
plication must be made upon affidavit, and that might
be done in the outer room in less time than this dis-
ctusion has occupied.
Mr. Sill said he should most likely have affidavits
to make in reply, and he wished to state to his Lord-
ship that the application to the magistrates, at
Brighton, to appoint a new prosecutor, and to which
he had alluded on the day before (Friday), would be
made at Brighton on Monday (this day).
After some further discussion,
Mr. Justice Erle decided that there must be an-
other application for the change of attorney founded
upon affidavits, and that Mr. Sill, the present attor-
ney to the prosecutor, should have time to put in
affidavits in reply.
The parties then retired.

bOLLISION ON THE GREAT WESTERN
RAILWAY.

A collision, which might have- been attended with
very serious consequences, occurred on this line of
railway at an early hour on Saturday morning, be-
tween the Chippenham and Wootton Bassett stations.
The circumstances under which the accident took
being somewhat later than usual, was
place may be briefly described as follows :--The up
station master, in order to allow the
goods train, which arrived at Chippenham shortly
The. mad was due Alt,
thel2 408tAat.iD,I,n,
after midnight,
detained by the
up mail to pass.
but as it had not arrived at 1.15
taoilthbeeind
master felt it dangerous to delay the luggage train
35 minutes overdue, he
being 35
of thegoods train ' to
gavelongo
instructions satnrt
id c theti r
make the best of his way to
Swindon. Fifteen mi-
nutes elapsed after the
departure of the goods
train
before the mail reached Chippenham, and this being
considered more than sufficient time to allow the
luggage train to get far in
advance, the driver of the
mail does not appear to have been cautioned on the
subject. After the goods train left Chippenham a
heavy for. came
on, and the load being heavy, end the
rails very slippery, the engine made but slow pro-
gress, and at the foot of Wootton Bassett incline,
about five miles from
Chippenham, the train became
almost
stationary. At this moment the mail
came up, and the fog preventing the driver from
beak).- they
6 , danger signals of the engine on the tail of
the train, the mail dashed into the rear of the goods
train with great force, crushing
the guard's break
and a horsebox, and blocking up the line for some
distance. The guard of the goods train, perceiving
the danger, jumped out of his box, and escaped un-
hurt. The stoker of the mail train also escaped, bal
the driver, a man named Ellis, received very severe
injuries about the head and face, and it is considered
doubtful whether he will recover. The effect on the
passengers in the mail train was less serious than
might have been anticipated, and several parties who
happened to be asleep at the time were not even
roused by the collision. The portion of the railway
where the accident occurred being some miles dis-
tant from any place where assistance could be pro-
cured considerable delay took place in clearing the
line. The first thing that could be done was to un-
couple the goods truck, which were not much injured,
from the clibris of the horse-box and the guard's
break; and this having been accomplished, the driver
took them on to Swindon, whence a pilot engine,
with a large body of men, were sent down to
the
scene of the accident. The horse-box having become
fixed firmly between the rails of thearp-line, it was
found necessary to send the mail back to ChiPPen-
down line.
ham, and thence on to Swindon by the
The arrival of the mail in town was thus delayed
four or five hours, and letters from the west of Eng-
land were not delivered, in town on Saturday until
after mid day. The proximate cause of the accident
is said to be the delay of the wail on the South Devon
Railway.
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DESTRUCTION OF BANK OF ENGLAND NOTES ---
About dusk on • Saturday evening much excitement was
created in the vicinity of the Bank of England by an appa-
rent outbreak of fire is that establishment. A lurid glara
from the centre of the building illuminated the whole of that
part of the City, and being visible from the various bridges
across the Thames, caused a general alarm to be given to the
brigade stations throughout the metropolis. Engines from
all parts hastened into the City, when, on reaching the Bank
of England, the firemen learnt that the authorities were
\" burning the old Bank-notes ;" hence the reflection in the
air. As the flame continued with little intermission fur
nearly two hours, the number of flimsiesconsumed must have
been immense. They had been returned to the Bank during
the last twelve months.