The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-06 00:00:00

ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHE,

RAILWAY.
On Monday night an accident, which 1
. ght have
m.
, oct.
u
been attended with very serious conseque ,
ccensist-
curred to the Great Northern express train,
ing
h main line
ing of eight first-class carriages,
near Newark. About a mile northonriodft-thhraatnteohwnfrtohme
Great Northern intersects the Midland
angles. Sig.
Nottingham to Lincoln, almost at right of acci-
dents, are of course provided theforrinepreventioncause or other, not
dents, but it appears from. send,
as yet satisfactorily explained, the Great Norther
ga•ol3;train arrived at the pointn
express and a Midland
the former dashed through
of intersection at the same instant. They were both
going at full speed, and_
he goods train, hurling one of the
the middle of t
river_ which runs just by, and
trucks into the
throwing several others off the line. All
the carriages i
of the passener train Lassen much da-
maged, but hap j, not one of the pgers was
seriously hurt. This, it is believed, was owing to
the facility with which the express severed the goods
train; nevertheless, looking at the state of the car-
riages, which were too much shattered to proceed on
the journey, and the circumstances under which the
collision took place, the escape of so many persons
with so little injury seems almost miraculous. The
only person in the goods train who was at all injured
was the driver, who had two of his teeth knocked out.
It is stated that the signal for the Great: Northern
train to advance was exhibited at the crossing, and
that the driver of the Midland train is to blame. This,
however, will be ascertained in the course of the in-
, quiry, which was opened at Newark yesterday by the

IRELAND.
MR. JOHN BRIGHT IN BELTAST.

DUBLIN, TUESDAY.—The Liberals of Belfast en-
tertained Mr. John Bright at a public dinner last
night in the of that city, with a view of
marking their respect for his high public character,
and their appreciation of the many valuable and im-
portant services he has rendered during his political
career to the great cause of reform, as well as for his
eloquent advocacy and untiring support of the prin-
ciples of free trade. Mr. Robert GritEnshaw, D L.,
presided, and the company comprised 250 of the lead-
ing Liberal gentry, merchants, and professional men
of the city and its vicinity.

BALLINASLOE CCTOBEE FAIL
The great fair of Ballinasloe commtnced yesterday,
the
being what is called " show day." The supply of
sheep fell short of the number exhibited last year ;
and, as a consequence,
stock,the
re was an advance in prices,
particularly for broodat from Is. to 3s. over
the rates obtained in October last. For ewes the im-
provement was still greater, varying from 4s. to ss. a
head, and in several instances even higherrates were
thew
aotiathstanding the
obtained. Upon the whole, and
unfavourable state of the weather,
appears, so
far, not to have disappointed the expectations of the
stoclimasters. The Freeman's Journal supplies the
subjoined succinct account of the day's proceedings . •
" Ballinasloe, Oct.4'
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ROGOCTirti MOO, Or%

waiting, as hither
The general condit.
occasion appeared on an average to be very fair. The
foot distemper was by no means as prevalent as was
observable at Banagher last month ; in fact it was
only perceptible in an odd animal here. The attend-
ance of Leinster buyers was very considerable, and
this, with the apparent scarcity of sheep at most
of the previous fairs of the season, particularly
at that of Banagher, on the 14th ult., led to the an-
ticipation that short work would be made on this
occasion. Such, however, did not prove to be the case;
it turned out, in fact, a very slow and a very late fair.
At 7 o'clock in the morning, the weather being regu-
larly broken, the rain continued without intermission to
pour in torrents down to 5 o'clock in the afternoon.
This served, to a material extent, to delay the driving in
of stock, and it was long past 10 o'clock before the last
of the lot had been got into the park. There was also
an evident backwardness on the part of purchasers and
sellers, particularly the former, to enter regularly on
business. Thus the hour approached, 12 o'clock, when
transactions regularly commenced. It then soon became
evident that prices were decidedly in favour of the wes-
tern stockmasters and breeders, though not perhaps quite
to the extent that they had calculated upon in regard to
wethers, but in brood stock the rise to them must have
been exceedingly satisfactory. Ewes were the first to
exchange owners, and did so at quite a brisk rate, and
at an improvement over last year's prices varying from
4s. to ss. a-head, and in several instances even exceeding
that rise. After what might be celled a very tolerable
clearance had been made of the brood class, wethers be-
gan to be inquired for, and a slow but steady business
at an advance of from Is. or 2s. to 3s. a-piece over
the prices of last October fair was maintained
down to a late hour. The improvement in quotations
just referred to, it is right to observe, was more slightly
participated in by 'top lots,' or the very primely finished
animals, than by those of medium, and even inferior
sorts. Transactions in wethers did not terminate till
close on five o'clock, an almost unprecedentedly late hour
at this fair, particularly on occasions of a rising market,
or when an apprehension might exist as to a shortness
of supply. At tho above period, however, a good many
flocks more than was generally expected, considering
the circumstances, remained unsold, and in reserve for
to-morrow's fair. A few lots, very few, indeed, of ewes,
were driven out undisposed of, not that the demand for
that description appeared by any means to have been
satisfied, but rather that the figure asked struck pur-
chasers as being too exorbitant to matter under what
pressure for the commodity they might happen to bo
placed. Some lots of lambs, cleanly fed and fairly con-
ditioned, were in the fair, and commanded, with ready
sale, from 265. to 28e. It is rather remarkable that in
no instance, at least that came under the writer's notice,
was what is designated a fancy lot' of ewes to be met
with throughout the day. Tee subjoined is a list of
quotations taken from the different classes, tops, medium,
and inferior, in order to show the g. neral rates ruling the
fair. The annexed prices were obtained, for
" Ewee-Dir. Robert D'Arcy, for a lot of 202 three
years' old, 38s. 6d.; Mr. Walter M'Donough (Lonall,
county Galway), for a lot of 300 mixed two and three
years old, 385.; Mr. James Smith (Masonbrook), for a
tot of 100 mixed two and three years' old, 415.; ditto for
a lot of 100 ditto, 395.; Mr. Skerrett (Loughrea), for a
lot of 108 two years' old, 375. 6d.; Lord Clonbrock, for
a lot of 180 aged (four and five years), 355. 61; Mr. J.
H. Burke (St. Cleran's), for a lot of 100 two years' cid,
39e.; Mr. Burton Persse, for a lot of 200 aged, 365.;
ditto, for a lot of 160 ' culled,' 38s. 6d.; Mr. John Co-
nolly (Barnaville, county Galway), for a lot of 100 two
Sears' old, 375.; ditto, for a lot of mixed two and three
years' old, 345.; ditto, for a lot of 100 aged, 315.; Mr.
Walter Burke (Roscommon), for a lot of 200 three
years' old, 385.; Mr. Lambert (Agar), for a lot of 200
two and three years old, 341.; Mr. Thomas Cullinane
(Janeville, county Galway), for a lot of 200 aged, 335.
" Wethers.-Mr. Robert D'Arcy, for a top lot of 202
two years' old, 495.; ditto, for a second lot ditto, 445. 3d. ;
Mr. James Smith (Masoubrook), for a top lot of 100
two years' old, 495.; ditto, for a second lot of 200 ditto,
435.; ditto, ditto, for a third lot of 200 ditto, 425.; Mr.
Burton Persse, Moyode Castle, for a top lot of 160 two
years' old, 485.; ditto, for second lot of 200 ditto, 465.;
Mr. Thomas Tuly, Rathfarnham, for second lot of 100
two years' old, 445.; ditto, for a third lot of 100 ditto,
435.; Mr. Charles Bake, Tuam, for a lot of 200 two
years' old, 425.; Mr. James 11. Burke, St. Cleran's, for
a lot of 200 two years' old, 42a.; Mr. Walter M`Donagh,
for a lot of 100 two years' old, 405.; ditto, for a lot of
100 ditto, 38a.; Mr. Walter Burke, Roscommon, for a
lot of 200 two years' old, 395.; Mr. James Glancey,
Roscommon, for a lot of 100 two years' old, 455.; Mr.
Francis Glancey, Willsgrove, Roscommon, for a lot of
140 two years' old, 435.; Mr. Flanagan, Elphin, for a lot
of 150 two years' old, 465. 6d.; Mr. Conroy, Roscom-
mon, for a lot of 100 two years' old, 455. 6d.; Mr. Sheil,
son., Roscommon, for a lot of 200 two years' old, 425.;
Mr. Sheil, jun., for a lot
of 200 two years' old, 465.;
Mr. P. M. Donnell, fora lot of two years' old, 465. ;
Mr. R. Stafford, Roscommon, for a lot of 150 two years'
old, 435.
" The official return gives the number of sheep sold
this day, 30,241. The return of the first day's sale last
year was 34,424. The quantity of purchased stock
driven direct from the fair to the railway terminus here,
and thence, with the utmost facility, conveyed by the
cattle trains to various stations along the lines in the
provinces of Leinster, was very considerable, and the
stowing away effected without the slightest confusion.
The number, visitors as well as parties on business,
brought down on this and the previous day by rail has
been such as to crowd the town to overflowing, and to
render lodgings, &c., anything but cheap accommoda-
tion. A visit from the Lord-Lieutenant to the fair-t,o
be the guest of Lord Clanearty during his
under-
stay-had been expected, but will not, it Excellency a
is now
stood, take pine. "

THE FERMOY MURDER.
The subjoined curious statement appears in the
Evening Mail :
g account
led to o
such
theh
" We have heard, from a source which we deem faith•
murder
worthy, that forty men of a regiment quartered in a
midland county, havwibbogseretaedacthhien
this r
ergo re resolution, of tho soldier of the slot by certain—a 5 yet unknown—
members of the ' Liberal party,- resolved on deliberation
to quit the Church
ttili°l' hthoetlywco sentual would caa
de-
putationas alter
to their colonel to
trophe. Having formed_
the registration of theirreligion from Roman C h 1*
to Protestant. The gallant officer having at
° I°
the cause of this resolution, advised them to
ascertained
to deliberate
re maturely on the subject b f morn e they took
step in the business. To b© fore any final
s suggestion they yielded,
but after some days informed him that their determina-
tion was to join the P
were received." rotestant Church, into which th©y

ENTApit.--Having seen some curious epitaphs in
your journal, I send you this, which I copied from a tomb-
stone in Stockbridge churchyard:—
" In memory of John Buckett, many years landlord of the
King's Head Inn, in this borough, who departed this life
November 25th, 1842, aged 67 years.
" And is, alas ! poor Buckett gone?
Farewell, convivial, honest John.
Oft at the well, by fatal stroke,
Buckets, like pitchers, must be broke.
How various have thy fortunes been I
Now lifted high, now sinking low,—
To-day thy brim would overflow :
Thy bounty then would all supply,
To fill and drink and leave thee dry;
To-morrow must, as in a well,
Content unseen with truth to dwell.
But high or low, or wet or dry,
No rotten stave could malice spy.
Then rise, immortal Buckett, rise
And claim thy station in the skies :
'Twist Amphora and Pisces shine,
Still guarding Stockbridge with thy sign."
—Correspondent of the Builder.
SMUGGLING IN TIIE HIGHLANDS.--Ott Monday,
Otty,lne accompanied by lllr.
n, discovered in the hills
mthaecf2aOr
ltahn
eo of
nSde September,
nittlirv.e
a smuggling bothy, situated
surrounded with rugged
oinf Dthaelribacohtt,oomf Glena-Udrecieupharartvine,
rocks and waterfalls. There were four men in the hut at the
time, which was very well concealed. Two of the smug-
glers were captured, but one of them, a strong athletic
mountaineer, after a severe struggle of about an hour's
duration, baffled the efforts of the officers to take him along
with them, as he would neither walk nor stand; the other
was taken before General Cameron, of Polmailie, who con-
victed him in the statutory penalty of 301., or three months'
imprisonment,. The fine not having been paid, he is
undergoing imprisonment in Inyerness Gaol.—.Edinbiery4
Advert4er.

1M

The Prawn s a ournat supplies the
net account of the days proceedings :
" Bsllinasloe, Oct. 4. firo
mmenced to-day with the show of sheep,
termed the ' show day, it is yet that on
3 weightier and more important portiog „ •
Lis department is transacted. The SUpp
4- I
ground this morning was gere—li ~
under that on the came day , ,
•
Is amounted to 54,449. Frn,:i ,-- o.4ft
aof the same opizt'p n.. - Among others,
Ise of the fallitwoft,o'cuttributod to the
is and extensm - pnrchaker. of sheep , , •
:ently made, both in Clare, Mayo, and
~ia'
the farm]. G.' the proprietors, :_ititead of
• I
erto, for their being sent to this mart.
edition and quality of the stock on this
ed on an average to be very fair. The

DAILY WEATHF,Et TABLE.

Stet° of the Wind and Weather at each of the following
places at Nina o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations
are arranged in order of latitude. _ _

Pcorx—Wind S.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy.
LiAsrutos—Wind W., strong breeze—partially cloudy.
SOUTHAMPTON—Wind W., strong breeze—overcast.
leomunsTorrm—Wind W., fresh breeze —partially cloudy.
Tunnitincm—Wind S. W., hard wind—partially cloudy.
BAsirtegroxis—Wind W., hard wind—overcast.
GREENWICH—Wind W., hard wind—partially cloudy.
Llacairox—Wind S.W., gentle breeze —partially cloudy.
Cssisnroom—Wind S.W., strong breeze—rain.
YArwoUTH—Wind W., heavy gale—rain.
HOLYHEAD—Wind N., hard wind— wercast.
Wind N. W., strong breeze—rain.
BicArrcuir—Wind N.W., strong breeze—overcast.
Clue returns from the following places indicate the state of
the wind and weather on Monday morning at nine
o'roock

Lracznicx—Wind E., strong breeze—heavy rain.
Ni ULU:NOAH— ind N. W., strong breeze—heavy ram.
Pooms—Wind S.E., hard wind—heavy rain.
L RIG H TON—Wind S.E., calm—rain.
Lure,AsTaat—Wind E., strong breeze —overcast.
Warrwr—Wind S., gentle breeze —principally clear.

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height
cf the barometer in the week was 29,103 in. The mean
temperature was 52.2°. The wind blew from the north-east
on the first three days, and from the south-west afterwards.