The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-09 00:00:00

The Condemned Convicts at Kirkdale.

The four men, Alvarez, Hughes, Thomas, and
James O'Brien, who ;await execution at Kirkdale
Gaol, on Saturday next, have not been respited up
to the present time, and there seems every proba-
bility that the law will take its course. The men
are diligently attended to by the clergymen, both
Protestant and Catholic, and seem for the most part
to appreciate their position. With respect to
Hughes, charged with wife murder, the following
letter has been received by Mr. Little, the barrister,
who defended him on his trial :
Whitehall, Sept. 7, 1863.
Sir,—l am directed by Sir G. Grey to acknowledge the
receipt of your letter of the 4th instant, on behalf of John
Hughes, now under sentence of death for' murder. lam to
acquaint you that after a careful consideration of all the cir-
cumstances of the case, Sir G. Grey regrets that he cannot
see any sufficient ground to justify him in advising her
Majesty to interfere with the due course of the am,
sir. your obedient servant, H. WADDINGTON.
R. Little, Esq., Canning-street, Liverpool.

Collision on the North-Eastern Railway.
On Monday evening the Parliamentary train from York
to Newcastle, where she is due ac 10 5, ran completely
through a mineral train, consisting of 25 ironstone waggons
heavily laden, which at the moment happened to be passing
over the very dangerous point where the Stockton and Dar-
lington and North-Eastern--two of the busiest lines for
mineral traffic in the kingdom—cross each cther at right
angles. Behind the engine and tender of the passenger train
were three or four third-class carriages, all occupied. These
were thrown off the line by the force of the concussion, and
although greatly crushed, fortunately preserved their Per"
pendicular. One of the waggons was carried on the buffers
of the engine for several yards, and acted as a Power-
ful break. Another was pitched end over into a ditch do"
by; and a third fought, as it were, in the front rank of the
mineral train with the passenger train for the right of WO
and so caused the injury to the carriages. Miraculous to
state, no lives were sacrificed. The driver of the
passenger
engine was cut about the face ; and a commercial gen-
tleman from Liverpool, named Petter, had to be now
veyed to the King's Head Inn under medical care. II!
is supposed to have received internal injury, as he cried
out with pain. Other passengers got slight bruises, but
with this one exception, were enabled to resume their join'
ney two hours afterwards, when, by availing themselves of
a branch line, they evaded the obstruction on the main Ds
caused by the accident. Mr. Bell, the locomotive superin"
tendent of the railway at Darlington, and a numerous stag
of workmen, set to work to clear the permanent way, which
they effected by 2 o'clock yesterday morning. The blame
rests with Chaytor, the guard of the mineral train. This
train had just reached Darlington from the Cleveland mines,
and should have been shunted into a siding, where in the
ordinary course it would have remained until next morning,
and then been taken forward to Newcastle. It was Chaytoeti
duty to look to the points, but asked a fellow-servant named
Gale to do it, he being busy with his van. Whether Gale
did anything or nothing to the points remains to be inves-
tigated, but certain it is that instead of the engine pushing
the waggons into the siding, the waggons ran away from
the engine down the slight incline towards the crossing.
Had the passenger train been one moment earlier in arriving
at the crossing the consequences must have been frighttill'
as the whole weight of the 25 laden ironstone wagg°ll.s
would have come broadside upon it, and in all probability
have caused a serious destruction of life,

COUNTRY MARKETS.

LEEDS-TUESDAY.

New wheat was in good demand to-day, and the cur"
rencies of last Friday were slightly advanced. The 11`.
quiry for old sorts more active.

LIVERPOOL—TUESDAY.
At our market to-day there was a fair attendance Of
the trade, but the advance required on wheat tended to
check business. A fair quantity found buyers at about 70
per cental advance on the week. Barley, beans, and Peak
all very firm. Indian corn rather active, but closed glue
Flour rather dearer, and scarce.

MARKET HARBOROUGH—TUESDAY.
White wheat, 45s to 48s ; red, 42s to 45s per 36 atoll'
Malting barley at 36s to 39s per qr.; grinding, 29s to 31!
'1"
per 30 st. Oats, old, 26s to,308; new, 20s to 23s per
st. ; beans, 378 to 41s per qr.

SHEFFIELD—TUESDAY.
We had a tolerable supply of wheat, and the derasll4
was moderate, ao prices not materially altered.
Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels...lss Od to 1754A°3
White --
,18s Od to 195 --'-'

l 1 .
. . -
New red f ..15s Od to
New white „
7,
Beans • ~ f 7
Peas, per qr
Grinding barley, per qr
Malting ditto, „
Oats :: : 43311 55048 sssss 060: ddddd
to
oo:: 53
8321 6721
o°°o6 it!
. 22s Od to 278 ()"

Flo 4, is 7d to 2s ld per stone.

MELTON MOWBRAY—TuzsDAY.
The following were the currencies :—New white wheat!
45s Od to 608 Od ; new red, 438 Od to 46s per 36 stole!
beans, 39s to 43s for old ; new sorts, 37s to 38s per 38 st.
barley, 34s to 38s for malting, and 28s to 30s per qr. for
grinding; new oats, 22s to 275.0 d per 24 stone.

qUESDAY.

is small—wheat 6d to 9d and
corn still a drag.
s. d. 0. cl;
Beans.. — 0 to
Bere
Rapeseed
Oatmeal. .... 12 6to 14
Bakers' flour. . . 14 0 to 20
Indian corn