The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-22 00:00:00

SHIPPING—This Day.

LONDON, March 22.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Westerly; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather
cloudy.

FALMOUTH, March 20.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Haw.
thorn, from Bhanghao—Ocean Nymph, from Portland
Sailed—Odina, fer Havannsh.

PLYMOUTH, March 21.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Alba-
'Toss, from Surinam for Amsterdam. Sailed—North Fleet,
For Sydney. •

PORTSMOUTH, March 21.—Wind N.W.—Arrived
West Australian, from London for Sydney.

CLYDE, March 21.—Wind N.B.—Arrived—lsabella
Hunter, from S. John's, N.B. Sailed—B ritish Queen, fo
Singapore.

BRISTOL, March 21.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Morasoon,
,rom Mauritus.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMMPTON, Tuesday Morning.
Arrived—Teutonia, steamer, from Hamburg ; Valiant,
from Sunderland; Atalanta, steamer, from Jersey; Havre,
steamer, from Havre.
Sailed—Charlotte, for Guernsey; John Clements, for
Sunderland.

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
tiItAVESEND Tuesday Morning.
Arrived, March 22—Tjetziena Jacoba, from Stolpemande;
Panther, steamer, from Boulogne.
DEAL, Tuesday Morning.
Passed in Tow—Avalanche, from Singapore, for London.

THE MONMOUTHSHIRE ItAILWAY,—The Colli-
sion which took place on this line on Thursday
resulted in severe injuries to five men, all of whom were
servants in the employ of the company, On Friday the
engine driver, named John Williams, died from the in-
juries received, and the lives of two others are despaired 01.
The directors held a private investigation on Friday, at the
company's offices, Newport, as to the cause of the accident,
and there is but little doubt entertained that some of the
officers neglected their duty or else the collision could not
have happened. The line is worked from Aberbeeg to
Ebbw•vale by means of a telegraph pass, and it has already
transpired that there was some irregularity as to giving the
pass to the passenger train engine driver.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY.—Oa Friday a young gentleman named Jackson
accompanied his mother to meet his father at the Surbiton
railway station, who was expected to arrive by the 10 20
train from Waterloo. The father arrived by the down train
at the correct hour, when, as they were about to leave the
station, the boy beheld a friend across the line on the oppo-
site platform, and dashed impetuously across behind the
said down train, which was still waiting at the station, to
greet him, when horrible to relate, an express train going
up to London caught him on the line and smashed him to
pieces, the only part of his body left =destroyed being his
head, and this took place in the presence of his parents.
A CLERGYMAN DROWNED IN AUSTRALIA.—The
Sydney Morning Herald notes a painful circum-
stance which occurred on the 31st December last :—" The
Rev. G.W. Richardson was drowned whilst bathing in that
part of Cook's River which flows through Major Fanning's
grounds. Mr, Richardson was the incumbent of St. Mark's
Church, Darling Point, but had lately removed to Canter-
bury, having exchanged duties for a few weeks, with the
Rev. Percy Smith. The deceased gentleman was visiting
at Major Fanning's, and alter luncheon he, accompanied by
three little boys (his son, Master Fanning, and Master
dulding), went to bathe in the river. Mr, Richardson
was attacked with cramp before he had been long in the
water, and, being thus rendered helpless, was drowned.
The little boys were physically incapable of affording any
assistance, and were much alarmed at witnessing this cala•
witous accident. The body was not got out of the water
before life had fled. Mr. Richardson was a young man of
most estimable disposition, and was gt eatly distinguished
for his piety and devotion in the wcrk of the Christian
ministry. He has left a wife and four children to mourn
his untimely decease."

ALLEGED FORGERY AND BIGAMY.--A black..
smith—a married man, with a large family—recently
disappeared from Rochdale ; and it is alleged that, before
leaving the town, he had defrauded the Order of Druids
of .£6O by means ot forged certificates of death, and also
married a young woman ot respectable parentage. The ca,t
was placed in the hands of Mr. Superintendent Sylvester,
who soon ascertaincA that the fugitive and his young bridt-
had sailed from the Thames in an emigrant vessel the Leap-
ing Water, bound for Melbourne. Mr. Sylvester proceeded
to Plym eith, where the ship was to call. At five o'clock
on Saturday morning the Leaping Water hove in sight.
Mr. Sylvester hired a boat to take him to the vessel, and
when within a few hundred yards of the ship, he ob-
served the blacksmith making for shore in a boat. He at
once gave chase, but the other boat gained considerably iu
the distance. Mr. Sylvester, however, noticed that the boat
he was pursuing was taking a roundabout course for shore,
ti:kd be ordered his own boat to be at once steered in. Atter
elitzbillg a few rocks, he found himself just in time to seize
the blac:mith as he was landing. The prisoner, it ap-
peared, had taLell past.Aage for Melbourne, and had a good
deal of baggage. In:
unfortunate young woman, on learn-
ing how heartlessly she Ltd been duped, appeared to be in
great distress, and it was wits,reluctance she returned to
Rochdale. Mr. Sylvester arrive 2 in town yesterday,
'1 be brought before
with his prisoner, and to-morrow we wit,
the Borough Magistrates.
DESTITUTION AND DEATII.—An intitjrY w„as
held at the Green Gate Tavern, City-road, by 'r.

John Humphreys, Middlesex Coroner, last night, respect- I
ing the death of James Baddick, aged 62 years. George
Steed, 246 G, said that on Tuesday last he was on duty at
half-past 10 a.m., in Dudley-court, Central-stred .He
saw a man lying on the pavement very ill. He had no coat,
shoes, nor stockings on. He could hardly speak. He said
he was quite destitute, and that he had slept in the work-
house the night before, and that his name was James Bad-
dick. He had with him a small bag of leather cuttings,
and he was supposed to have been a loather seller. Witness
removed him to the workhouse. Inspector Fyfe said that
the police had made inquiries, but could ascertain nothing
about the deceased. Mr William Harris, house surgeon to
the St. Luke's workhouse, said that he saw the deceased at
11 o'clock on the morning in question. He was destitute
and very thin. He was suffering from typhus fever. Wit-
ness offered him stimulants, bat he died the next morning.
The post mortem examination showed that there was no
food in the stomach of the deceased except a little beef tea
which had been given to him when he was brought into
the house. The death of the deceased was caused by
the second stage of typhus fever. • Witness was certain
that no workhouse would turn the deceased oat in the
state ho was in. He did not think, the deceased had
been in a workhouse on the previous night. The coroner
said it was most desirable that it should be ascertained
whether the deceased had slept in a workhouse the night
previous to his being found dying in the streets. He should
therefore adjourn the court in order to enable the police to
to make the necessary inquiries. The court was accord.
ingiy adjourned.

The Belgian Chamber of Representatives has
just adopted a bill which authorises' the concession of a
railway from Antwerp to Tourney, and to the French
frontier in► th 3 direction al Douai,