The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-07 00:00:00

THE PRINCESS LOUIS OP HESSE.

The following bulletin of the health of the Prin-
cess Louis of Hesse was issued this day :,--.
" WINDSOR CASTLE, April 6, 1863.

" Her Royal Highness the Princess Louis of
Hesse has passed an excellent night, and continues
well. The infant princess is also well.
" JAMES CLARK, M.D.
" CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D.
" ARTHUR PARER, M.D."

THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY.—We understand that
the Queen's birthday will be kept on the 6th of June, but
there will not be a drawing-room, and the usual parade of
the Guards will be dis2ensed with.
On Saturday next, the 11th inst. their Royal
Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales will
return from Sandringham to Windsor. Their Royal High-
nesses will not take up their abode at Marlborough House
so soon as was expected, as the Prince has said h© will not
occupy it until the necessary preparations are in every way
completed.—Court Journal.

ACCIDENT TO THE CHANCELLOR OF THE Ex-
CHEQUEII.—The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone,
M.P., has been confined to his house in Carlton ,
House-
terrace, from injuries received by an accident on Saturday.
On Saturday evening between six and seven, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, who was riding, was thrown from his
horse in Rotten-row. The horse took fright, an the right
bun, gentleman lost all control over the animal. Ho re-
ceived a severe cut on the forehead, and a slight cut on the
nose, and is severely bruised about the head. The right
hon. gentleman had no groom with him at ;the time, and
was much shaken. On Sunday fae was obliged to keep
his bed. Yesterday he was able to descend to his library ;
and on inquiry last evening we were glad to learn that the
right hon. gentlemen wrs going on well.—Morning Poppy
SOUTH KENSINGTON :MUSEUM.—During the
week ending April 4 the risi.ors have been es fol-
lows :—On Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday, free days,
open from 10 a m.lO 10 p.m., 8.487 ; on Wednesday, Thurs-
day, and Friday, students' days ( Amission to th- public
6d) open from 10 a.m till 5 p.m., 963; total, 9,250 From
the opening of the museum, 3,748,283. Museum of Patents,
South Kensington—Number of visitors for the week ending
April 4, 1,553. Total number since the opening of the
Museum, free daily (May 12, 1858), 702,686.
THE REPRESENTATION OF DEVONPORT.—With
respect to the report of the intended retirement of
Sir. A. W. Buller, we find the party papers are pursuing
the same course as they did with respect to the report
about Sir Michael Seymour. Six months before the event,
and again and again during the interim, we stated that
Admiral Sir M. Seymour would retire from the House of
Commons, and probably take the command-in-chief at
Portsmouth. The party papers repeatedly denied our
statements, but Sir Michael did vacate the seat for Devon-
port, and is the naval commander-in-chief at Portsmouth.
We have printed a rumour as to the probability of Sir A.
W. Buller having his promised seat at the India Council
Board, in time to make it necessary he should vacate his
seat as M.P. for Devonport. This some of the party papers
affect to disbelieve, but since we made reference to it, eir -
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cumstances have occurred tending to establish its proba
bility. Mr. J. R. Jeffery, of Liverpool, who has a laudable n
the
ambition to enter Parliament, has again been i
borough, and has had interviews with some of the leading
Liberals, and it was stated in Devonport yesterday that
good
a
canvass on Mr. Jeffery's behalf would be begun in
earnest immediately after the Easter holidays.
assert they
are fully prepared for the emergency.— Western Morning
News of yesterday.
THE GOVERNMENT TROOP-SHIP BONTES.—This
fine steam-ship, which has just been built and fitted
out by Messrs. Laird, of Birkenhead, for the Government
transport service, left the Mersey on Saturday last under
steam for Devonport. The Bontes is the largest vessel ever
constructed on the Mersey—she is 200 feet in length over
all, 44 feet 7 inches in extreme breadth, 32 feet depth of
hold, and her register tonnage 2,811 tons; her engines are
500 horse power, and she has accommodation for about

1,100 to 1,200 men.
TERRIFIC EXPLOSION OF GAS.--On Thursday
night a most terrific". explosion of gas occurred at
Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, which it has subsequently
been discovered caused the death of three children. It
occurred in a large new steam flour mill, occupied by Mr.
D. Ryder, near to the railway station. At the time of the
explosion seven little boys were playing in front of the mill.
Four of them escaped, but the other three poor little
children were overwhelmed by the falling mill and killed.
Their names were William and Robert Garwood, 14 and 11
years of ago respectively, sons of a potter, and George
Geoffrey, an orphan boy, who was living with his brother.
[he mill is a complete wreck, and the damage is estimated
at between £2,000 and £3,000. It is partially covered by
insurance.

IHE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE THAMES.—The
final money deposit (£200) in connexion with this race will
be made on Thursday eext, at Barnes, and the race will
taee place, according to previous a rangenient, next Tues
;1437. The present champion (Chambers) is in training at
Wandsworth ; atm Everson, his antagonist, at Barnes.
FATAL PUGILISTIC ENCOUNTER est erday a
it in about 20 years old, sft. 9in. high, was brought
to the London Hospital at 10 o'clock in the morning with
narks of violence on his head, face, and body, and in a
dying state. He expired half an hour afterward.. Two
men who brought the deceased to the hospital said they did
not know his name and address, and that he had been
fighting that morning with another man in a field in Bow.
Uhe prisoner was insensible on the termination of the
fight, and his antagonist absconded. The deceased was
dressed in a enuff-coloured coat, black cloth trousers, white
shirt, and white stockings.
AN EXPENSIVE JOKE.—At the Liverpool Assizes
yesterday, a rather curious action was tried, the
plaintiffs and defendant being cotton waste dealers. Mr.
Walton, the manager for the plaintiffs, while at an hotel in
Bolton, met the defendant, and the conversation turned
upon cotton. The defendant said he had 105 bales of
Egyptian cotton lying at Liverpool, which he would sell
for £l,BOO below the invoice price. Mr. Walton and Mr.
Yates, who was also present, agreed to buy the cotton on
these terms, and paid a deposit, partly in cash and an
"I 0 U," the defendant giving a sale note. On going
down to Liverpool, the plaintiffs found that the defendant
had no cotton in that town or anywhere else, and they
therefore brought the action to recover damages. For the
defence it was contended that the affair was a joke, and the
contract made in a mere spirit of "bounce." Yee learned
Judge (Mr. Baron Martin) said there was no getting ever
the sale note, and if people foolishly made such contracts,
they must abide the consequences. The jury found a ver-
dict for the plaintiffs—damages £330.
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT EASTERN
RAILWAY.—By a passing train on Saturday morn-
ing it was discovered that a most horrible accident had
taken place at the Stansted station, near Bishop Stortford,
as the remains of a human body were perceived to be. scat-
tered about the line in all directions, and to collect which
it became absolutely necessary to use a broom. Upon inqui-
ries being instituted, the unfortunate creature was di,co-
vered to be the night signalman at the Stansted station,
named Clark, who was about 40 years of age, and who is
supposed to have met with his untimely death by the up.
mail train, although there is not the slightest clue as to
how it did occur. The poor fellow was a particularly well-
behaved and steady man, and a native of Bishop Stortford,
and we regret to add that he leaves a wife and a large family
of young children. The coroner for Essex will hold an in-
quest on the body this day (Tuesday).
GREAT FIRE ON THE YORKSHIRE WOLDS.—At
noon, on Sunday, the town of Melon was alarmed
by the tolling of the fire bells. The fire brigade were soon
together. and engines and four horses were despatched to
Leavening, on the Wolds, nine miles distant, where a de-
structive fire was raging n the farinsteed of Mrs M.
Simpson. The fire was caused by a spark from a flue, which
was blown by the high wind—almost a gale—into the ad-
joining building, and fanned into a furious flame. Build-
ings, corn, and calm' property were totally l urnt, but a
severance w- s made in order to save the house, and the
wind was fortunate ay right for blowing the fire away from
the stacks. The place is on a wold summit, without water;
therefore the fire was very difficult to bubdue, and the
damage is heavy, but covered by insurance in the County-
office.
THE ACCIDENT TO AN EXPRESS TRAIN.—A large
number of workmen were employed during the whole of
Sunday in removing the wreck occasioned by the accident
at Little Bytham on the Great Northern Railway, reported
is The Sun of yesterday. The two wounded passengers,
Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher, were progressing favourably. It has
been ascertained that the enginedriver, Charles Clarke, had
two of his ribs fractured. The speed of the train at the time
of the accident is alleged to have been nearly 60 miles an
hrur, so that it appears perfectly miraculous how the pas-
senger should have escaped. This frightful occurrence was
not without its ludicrous incident. One of the passengers
was extricated from a shattered carriage without having
suetained the slightest personal injury; but, although he
had just escaped from the very jaws of death, he could not
be pacified because the railway officials could not find his
pipe among the ruins.