The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-22 00:00:00

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUE.
Nustralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. ..••'' Dec. 18.
via Marseilles ..•...•"Jan. 12.
Lirazil and Cape Verds, by British padtet. ....... Jan. 4.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. llelena..Dec. 29.
;Lijia, Penang, and Singapore, vitt Southampton. Jan. 2
via Mareeilles ...Dee. 27.

Falkland Islands ......... .. .............
De
Gibraltar, via Southampton ............
2. 27.
India. (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton jan
via INlarseilles..• • Dec. 27.
India (Bombay), via Southampton ......
by Canadian pack
~Dec. 27.
via Marseitles ........
Portugal....
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Dec.
,
via Marseilles ........ -, 27-
Newfoundland ............. .........Dec.-`-'c. 21.
23
Oporto and Vigo ............................ -
U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet
.... _
-- by U.S. ~,,c1 Bee. 23.
let
.......... an. 14.
.
W.C. of Africa,. Madeira, and Teneritle . racket,. Jan 1.
Bahamas, via Bow York ............ ......... Jan. 10.
c !1,•. ...... .. Dec. 29.
Nlexico ...........................
arte of %Vest Indies, ineludin,
California. and British Columbc "", -Peru, 1.. .......... j Dec..o 29.

KILLED AT A RAILWAY STATION.—Mr. Black-
burn, the coroner for Leeds, held an inquest in that town,
on Friday last, on the body of
The deceased, who was Mr. Samuel Sagar, aged 23.
a partner in the firm of Messrs.
4 r etddtahya
S ,ger and Walker, stuff
refreshment-room
five minutes ul
business to linaretbor merchants, Bradford, had been on.
and he went to the Ho station of the Great Northern
As that
the refreshment
On the evening of
rtha:geciak
and Harrogate on Monday Ip.st.
Railway. It a he ehehaledftrehtiusrniued as far as Lee ds,
luggage outsidelv i he
Bradford. before
otorre,inasntdopapterdainto came up fd akefii Id
that by which he intended to travel to
he was seen running front
d on to the down.
line, as if meaningootom, get to thbeet:•ainPl'oen the other rails. A a
he got upon the down line a train came up from Bradfor d
and he was knocked down. The six wheels on one side of
the
engine and tender all passed over his legs, and he we .a
removed in a shocking state to the Leeds Infirmary. On
Tueslay one of his legs was amputated, and on Thurscle y
he died. It appears that the train was not due for five
minutes ; and after the accident he stated to his mother ar.d
friends that he was hastening across the line to see that
his luggage was not sent off by the train
thenthat hi in the static
ge
n.
At the moment he had quite forgottes lugga
was not on the up platform. It was proved at the inquest
that the train from Bradford
whistled went veas usry slowly
ual. As into
Mr.
the,
station, and the driver bad
.
his way norms the platform, Edward
Sagar was making
goore, the ticket collector, and others called out to him,
such
this
opinion was Mr. `ti
that no cry
could but he regarded not their warnings, and they state that
he
owith
him. Of
impetuosity
Booth Swan, a medical student, who was on his wa to
attend( d
Laister Dyke, but who on witnessing the calamity
c wasav ro usshtioupls;
stopped
Mr. Sager to the infirmary. bir.Joseph Needham, a
"Inmer-
of the
cial traveller, of Hipperhohne, was another witness
fatal occurrence, and he gave evidence to the g
Mr. Swan. After a full and patient inquirysame eff,ct as
re-
turned a verdict of " Accidental Death," the jury
and the Coroner
not at all to blame,
I stated that the railway company were
ROSES AT CHRISTMAS. T
he two
flower-
beds in the reserved gard •large
,n of the T .1 '
several roses in fall bloom.
Gardeners
phenomenon has not been witnessed state that such a
the present century, since the he. • • .
beginning of

A GENEROUS ACT OF SIR R. PEEL.—During
his late visit to the tiouth.rn part of this county, Sir
Robert Peel haPpaled to drive on a wet and cold Sunday
morning, iu the latter end of November, through the vil-
lage of Sheem. The poor villagers and other inhabitants
of of the parish were hearing mass, which the pariAibPerrei
is
was celebrating in a small shed in the street. Aans f',,
_iry
actually no chapel, all were kneeling on the Wet a ''''
road, the heavy rain pouring down on their
_cri:raddesci.
Immediately on his return to Dublin Sir Robertini forwarded
,0 a 130pe that
..-050 to the bishop, expressing at the limpe
time
in getting
others connected with the locality
mightmight be sheltered
up a chapel in which the poor peopeli:ency
during Divine service from the 1
As
se
the
erection cntoi
E
Sheen], the gift of our Chief
o
bonle
_.;.faral
_olf:uDwunraven
be accepted • but the g
county,—Tralee Chronicle
the offering is not less aPP,•ceiated of the weather.
had already contracted for
• good nature which prompted
l)e''Secretary could not, of course,
genuine
by the Catholics of this