The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-18 00:00:00

Indisposition of Garibaldi,

General Garibaldi, we are informed, through a
letter addressed to us from Stafford House .by
Signor Negretti, is not so well as his friends
would wish him, there being very little doubt
that the continued exertion of receiving eo
many visits, and calling on so many friends, is
telling greatly on his health, much more than the
General himself likes to acknowledge.

MR. SIMS REEVES AND THE ROYAL DRAMATIC
COLLEGE.--We have been requested by Mr. Sims Reeves
to state that there was nothing in the announcement of his
illness to merit the derision with which it was received
when made at Drury. lane Theatre on Wednesday afternoon.
He was seriously indisposed, and the fact is conrfimed by
his absence from Exeter-hall on Friday, when the oratorio
of " St. Paul" was performed.
DRURY-LANE 'THEATRE.'—The annual benefit of
Mr. Walter Lacy takes place on Wednesday next (20th).
On this occasion " Henry IV." will bo preceded by a scene
from "Twelfth Night," a selection from the songs of
Shakspere, with music and dancing of the poet's time—an
entertainment in perfect keeping with the week of cele-
brations.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT A STEEPLECITASE.—On
Saturday an inquest was bold before Mr. C. C.
Lewis on the body of Mr John Christian Tilbury, aged 2e,
who died from injuries sustained by the fall of his horse
upon him at the South Essex Steeplechases on Thursday
last. The inquiry took place at the house of Mr. Campbell,
on whose farm the accident occurred. Mr John Tilbury,
of 9, Glocester-crescent, Hyde-park, said—The deceased was
my son. He kept a riding establishment, and I acted as
his assistant. Mr Samuel Augustus Baker, of Chelmsford,
veterinary-surgeon,—On Thursday last deceased rode a
horse of mine at the South Essex Steeplechase in the Hun-
ters' Stakes. I had not seen him before to my knowledge.
He volunteered to ride, and appeared perfectly well and
sober. He asked me if I had anything to say as to the riding
of the horse. I told him he knew better what to do than I
could tell him. The horse was a fine, clever jumper, and it
had never before been in a steeplechase. It is coming five
years old, and had been regularly hunted the whole season
once a week, or twice in a fortnight. He is an easy horse
to ride and of good temper. The horses started about three
o'clock, and immediately afterwards I saw the horse loose.
The deceased jumped the horse over the hurdles in front of
the stand three times before starting. Mr. James White,
jun., of Brentwood, said,--I saw the horses start—there
were Bof them. Deceased was the last but one when he
made the jump from the road. Six horses were before him.
When he came to the fence the horse appeared not to be
able to regain his stride, fell on its knees and rolled over
the deceased. I ran to the deceased, who was lying on his
side insensible. I, Mr. Burtwell, Mr. Pryor, and Mr.
Shorter picked him up and brought him to Mr. Campbell's
house, where he was immediately attended by several me-
dical men. John Slater, late of Heron-gate, said,—l know
the fence and saw the deceased fall. I was standing about
4 rods off. The horse did not clear the fence as it ought—
it appeared to catch its fore legs in the bushes—it stumbled,
but did not appear to go right down. I saw the deceased
fall opposite the horse, and over its head. Mr. Robert
Finch Jordisor, of South Ockenden, surgeon, said,—l saw
deceased immediately after the accident at Mr. Camp-
bell's house. I found him insensible on a sofa. There
was no appearace of external injury. I remained with him
until about six o'clock on Friday morning. He was then
dying. My son remained with him until he died, at half-
past eleven. I have wade a post mortem examination
since death, and discovered on the right side of the skull
a minute star fracture, through which blood was exuding ;
but the other injuries lie received by so severe a fall
would be sufficient to cause death. Nothing could have
been done to save him—it was a hopeless case from the first.
A report that deceased was not sober at the time was most
indignantly denied by Mr. Tilbury, who said his son was
most abstemious. This ebidence was confirmed by Mr.
Berridge. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death.
The wife of the deceased was Miss Lydia Thompson, the
celebrated actress, by whom he had one child.