The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-05 00:00:00

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MOI ASTRRBOICE, near DROGHEDA.
Monasterboice is a singularly interesting collection of
monuments, namely, a R9und Tower, the remains of a
small 13'h century ctapel, other remnants of one much
earlier, and three sculptured crosses full of surpri:,ieg
interest. The doorway of the tower is circular-heaneO;
the upper part of the circle being worked out of a hori-
zontal stone: the doorway is wider at the nettom than
the top. The tower is covered with a green moss, and
is much bowed end dilapidated. Steps Eboald be taken
to repair the upper portion of it, or it can scarcely last
many years. Indeed, attention !mould be drawn to the
condition of several of these towers so peculiar to the
country, and which ought on no account tote suffered
to fall away. Weed° not want restoration, but simply
such repair as will enable them to witbetand the weather.
The largest of th© crosses is about 20 feet high, and is
covered with sculptured figures, loops, sniikes, tie.: age
and.wantonness have so affected the lower part of the
stem as to render it likely that, unless strengthened, it
will be overthrown. The carving on the second cross is
better executed and in a more perfect state than that of
the largest:
ts ciass e i
existing,
go
,naendofiatehleudes mosgtroasurpiks iontgbonld°lnyumsceunlpts-
tured figures, representing the Day of Judgment, the
Temptation, and other Scriptural events. The Irish
Annals have been quoted to show that these crosses were
executed at the commencement of the tenth century, and
the monuments themselves seem to justify the infer-
ence. None should miss seeing Monasterboice. The
three crosses, two chapels, overgrown with high grass
and trees, and the ancient tower, moss-covered, waiting
to fall, form a group scarcely to be equalled, and to one
sandingndan
enduringa ngs amongst
recollection.—Builder. lem scene of surpassing interest
e c o n

THE FATAL COLLISION on the LONDON
AND NORTH- WES 'FERN RAIL WAY.
COVENTRY, WEDNESDAY:7I`fiis morning an inquest
was held on the body of William Floyd, the unfortunate
J'outh who was killed by the lamentable accident on the
above line, yesterday, at the King's Head, Park-gate,
before W. H. Seymour, Esq., Coroner. J. E. Mac-
Connell, Esq , Mr. Bedford, and other gentlemen con-
nf with the company were present, and Mr. Barra,
solicitor, of Birmingham, represented Mr. Carter, the
company's solicitor.
Af, er the jury had been sworn, Mr. Barra said the
London and North-Western Company were most
anxious that the Jury should_ have the fullest informa-
tion relative to the accident, and they had accordingly
directed all their servants who could give evidence to be

present.
The Coroner said he knew the company would afford
every information they could, and he bad always found
them willing to assist him in inquiries when accidents
had occurred.
The first witness examined was Emma Hill, who de-
posed that she resided at Digbeth, Birmingham. She
went to the County lio-pital last evening, and saw the
deceased William Flo) d, and recognised him as her
nephew. He was about 11 years old. He left her
husband's house about nine o'clock, on the morning of
the accident, for his home, which was at Oxford. Her
husband accompanied deceased to the railway station.
William Jenkinson stated that he was an engine driver
on the London and North• Western line. He left Bir-
mingham on Tuesday morning with the 9.15 train to
London, and the engine appeared to be in good •wodrking
order. The train proceeded safely natal it arrived
within about two miles of Docker's Gate Station, when
the engine oscitla-ed very much, and the gravel and dust
was thrown ov. r 'he carriages so much that be could not
are anything
the carriages. severed from the train, and the van .and viral
Birmingham before him. Immidiately the engine was
up, and the driver of the engine could,
car-
riages were thrown upon the down line. At the same
train, for
moment the Leamington train
were no ti and
morendda doubt,
ithee .ade Be into
2thooe
He saw the L Leamington gutpo train coming
yards from each ostthoer.thdelbe Leamington train could
collision. After the aopcpideentbine examined
that tamb
not Possibly be
mee
n te od
ash-panhprevent
thebeen
eton
ascertain the cause, and found
It was lying doub
torn away.
from where the engine stopped. doubled up about forty yards
ash-
pan, and the whole of the engine e examined the
everything seemed in good working before starting, sad
pan was secured by iron straps and order.loi The ash-
, came loose or was broken off be could not tell.
how it
[ln answer to a question here put by the Coroner,
Mr. M'Connell said the engine was about five years
Witness then drove his engine to Decker's
Gate, .to
prevent other trains from coming up, and then proceededl
to Coventry for assistance. He had not the slightest
idea how the ash-pan became loose. There might have
been some obstruction on the line that would loosen the
pan, but he could not find anything. The ash-pan was
about eight inches from the ground, but the pans were
placed higher on some engines. He had driven the en-
gine about five weeks.
Abraham Marshall deposed that be was foreman of the
locomotive department at Birmingham, and it was his
duty to examine every engine before it started with a
train. He examined the engine 153, driven by Jenkins on
Tuesday morning, and found the ash-pan and all other
parts perfectly sate. Be had been foreman nearly ten
years. It an engine on examination was found imper-
fect in the least, it was not allowed to go.
Thomas Lee stated that he was an engine-driver on
the London and North-Western line and drove the en-
gine of the train which left Leamington for Birming-
ham. They travelled at the rate of about twenty-five or
thirty mites an hour. After passing Docker's Gate he
saw the Birmingham train coming up, end it was all
safe on the line, but in about thirty seconds, or less time,
he saw the von of the Birmingham train across the up
line, arid immediately after the engine dashed through
the van and carriages, cutting the former in two. His
(witness's) engine ran off the rails, and became imbedded
in the sand. He did all be could to pull up his train, but
it was impossible to do so, the notice was so short.
He jumped off the engine and escaped with slight in-
juries. He saw the deceased lying on a bank with his
head cut, and afterwards assisted in sending him to
Covent ry-
Mr. Alderman Whitten here suggested that it would
be well for the jury to see the engine and ash-pan,
that they might be better able to juelge of the cause of
the accident. As yet only leading questions had bees
put to those on the aide of the company. There
bad been no cross-examination, and the appeared for
the public, to see that every possible information was
elicited.
Mr. M'Connell said the engine and ash-box had been
brought to the station, in case the jury might wish to see
them.
The jury then proceeded to the station, and examined
the engine and pan, and on their return the examina-
tion was resumed.

James Craw!ord said he was foreman of the locomo-
tive department at Rugby. He examined the engine
driven by Jenkinson, No. 153, on Tuesday morning. It
was about seven o'clock betore it came out of the shed.
He had been shout five years in the empLyment of the
London and North-Western Company, and six years
in the Birmingham and Gloucester at the latter place.
The engine was perfect when he examined ft. After
the accident he examined the engine, and concluded,
from its appearauce, and that of the asb.pen and stays,
that the et.gine had experienced a blow on her journey
from Birmingham. On the 23d of last month new bolts
were put into the ash-pan, and one new stay. During
the eleven year: he had been engs7ec in the ergincCring
department, he did not know of a similar accident haviDg
hsppened. _

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said,
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dicd about twelve o'clock, and he believed from
the
woulde!' with the jury, examined
mtbaekeCoarofneewr
remerlts.
ite certain there was no
ftvohaWeeurevntni .rh:tdedriiih;tootetent.u:v3hreces,:anNennbirCtt
todeot,tibroolohaylairusetsor,lfbriloiDentvwtaruee,gilsostiadtnalliot,d!ii littehb;:a9,:;Y:nh7q-hip!--sn was broken from the
theth calculated to break
esthognieneohrytlSl );
Ufet :: funda
t e aeohvnery short time ago five new
it off. It 6PP-- gto the pen, end it occurred to him,
bi:lguany blame to the company, that some
witbad to be replaced by new ones.
of the
it rohneld be better, with a view to have tho
accident ascertained, that an expo.
engineer should be appointed to examine the
that gentleman :as instructed to eXaMil(l);
Joseph Mosedale was examine
considered
or I
decayed from bfahr om fire and friction. a
The
trehixeeanye: oedrk • . On his return,
engine and ash-pan had been
examined them,aryd at
te
expressed a desire to have the ba-
ttle fire-box were
stays were
o f t
he broken.jury expressed
a further examination
qointt.iget
hsyte.daj
dut
engine,nt he
bolts,
eminent practical en-
gineer,tic:o,
raffordoe„r bt
adjourned
jst.aeohov shown
uamfidel pr: wesii tnamafiec
inquest
admittedt
itedheastta(ll2teninec°no:atisdn.

monster steam-ship La Plata, belon
The gieg_to
the Royal West India Mail Packet Company, was to leave
Greenock on Tuesday, and is expec•ed at Southampton on
Saturday. She will put in at Liverpool on her IT.
The interior construction of the La Plata ill essentially
Orinoco, and the Magdalena,
Parana,
different from that of the other great steam•su'r" the
company. In the latter steamers there are spar In the ui
the cabin accommodations are on the main chtumedations
Plata there is no spar deck, and the cabin
king
the peculiar
are below the main deck. In consequenceor:ing of the ship
interior construction of the La Plata thebwt
iv
ill be situated—
will be performed—and an immense eig
w he case in the Orinoco,
on a lower level in the vessel than irsifatct.not be so top heavy.
Parana, and Magdalena. She will,L
win be looked forward
belongin.g to
ana
Her first voyage out to St. Thom
r will be decided whether
a h,,-- i.
to with profound interest, B. - crecl the true magnitude and
-et docny
human ingenuity has 3 t a steamer together with the
peculiarity of construmionerotbst should
map engine n
run between oen,n it ould possess, so that it
, • ?hwampton and St. Thomas, a distance
, about eleven or twelve days. The
of nearly 4,000 InileS:i magnificent experiment consists in
great di.fficulty in. 'l," of coal during the voyage, by which
the vast consurneti:
aro 1,•200 tons heavier at the beginning
these monster shipt
the
voyage. The La Plata will be corn-
the end
than at captain Allan.
mended bir .
„,, a GuESS.—A physician going, down
A iv It— with a friendof his,said him 'Let us
treat wi
gegentla pretty little woman you see there on I at-
avoid tb
It me and casts on me looks of indignation. _
Nehn 10°,9- d . you had the
d her husband." "Ah ! I _tuiderstan , , niled the
tende re God to dispatch hirn.7, ~ on the contrary,_ ,
idt:dor, I wed him."