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

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUB.
Australia and Mauritius, via Southatnpton. ...... Dec. 18.
via Marseilles ......... Jan. 12.
drazil and Cape Verds, by British paOtet. ....... Jam. 4.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and Sr. Helena—Dee. 29.
china, Penang, and Singapore, via Southaulpton.Jan. 2
via Marseilles ...Dee. 17.

Falkland Islands ............... • • Dec. 27.
Gibraltar, via Southampton ....outhampton .
2
India Caleutta), and Ceylon, via S 3an
via Marseilles.. • . Dec. 27.
_
i:idia (Bombay), via Southampton Dec. ~7.
via. Marseilles Due, 9, .
l'ortugal.... ..............
.‘ ... • .......
l aim, Egypt, and Aden, via l.,outhanipton De_. ‘L
via Marseilles Dee. 27.
D€o. 21

N• Arica t'y Brit. IA
puck
***** Dce. 7)3'
UpU. ow6rf.t°oariun'aduddiaDViridtiiget: .............. ..........................
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....................... -2113.1.
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by Canadian
W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneride .......... an. 10.
i3ahxmat~ via .
.................
...
..
d.
.......... ....Dec. 29.
Au parts of I. u ing
California. and Britidi Columbia. . Dec. 29.
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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 Mr. Samuel Sagar, aged V.
Sager and Walker, stuff merchants, Bradford, had
The deceased, who was
beenl on
business to Knamsborough and Harrogate on Mondalcl,
a partner in the firm of 3lessrs.
and he went to the Holbeek station of the
On the evening of that day he had returned
Grentoutside the
Railway. It appeared that he left his luggage
for Wakefield
refreshment-room door, and a train canto P
tided to travel to
aB
far;aorthern
five minutes before that by which
he
intended
running from
Bradford. As that train stopped he
the refreshment room, and he ste;Puassad
the other rails. As
line, as if meaning to get to the train on
up
seenon to the down
from B redford
he got upon the down line
a train cams
wheels on one side of
and he was knocked down.
l'hcleosver his legs, and. he was
the engine and tender all Pas::
the Leeds Infirmary. On
removed in a shocking state
amputated, and on Thursday
Tuesday one of his legs vastathe
train was not duo for five
he died. It appears
ing across the line to see that
fritnds that he was
hasten
off by the train then in the station.
his luggage was not
had
quite forgotten that his luggage
minutes; and after thetahasaccident he stated to bis mother and
At the moment
Bradford went very slowly into the
that
the train
frodmriver had whistled as usual. As Mr.
and the
aphaplatform. It was proved at the inquest
his way across the platform, Edward
Sagar
was making
and others called out to him,
the ticket collector, .
bioore•
regarded not their warning , . g and they state that
wstaastionno,t on the
rushing' with such
this opinion
.
but be with impetuosity that no cry
be was rhim. Of this opinion was Mr. W.
medical student, who was on his way to
13°°th Swan, a but who on witnessing the calamity attended
the jury re-
',sister Mr Joseph Needham, a commer-
cialgaff tr; the infirmary. •
Mr. Sagar f Hipperhohne, was another witness of the
traveller, o ,
and he gave evidence to the same effect as
fatal occurrence,
Mr. Swan,
of " Accidental Death," d h
After a full and patient inquiry
d a verdict an t o Coroner
re-
turned could
stated that the railway company were not at all to blame,
have stopped
bedsit
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Tuileries
lieasr
lig
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w lic
oo
nwt ae irn-
several roses in fall bloom. G3rdeners state that such a
phenomenon has not been witnessed since the beginning of
the present century,
A GENEROUS ACT OF SIR H. PEEL.—During
his late visit to the southern part of this comity, Sir
Robert Peel happened to drive on a wet and cold Sunday
morning, in the latter end of November, through the vil-
lage of Sheem. The poor villagers and other inhabitants
of the parish were hearing mass, which the parish priest
was celebrating in a small shed in the street. As there is
actually no chapel, all were kneeling on the wet and miry
road, the heavy rain pouring down on their
bare
forwarded
Immediately on his return to Dublin Sir Roberat
bope that
£5O to the bishop, expressing at the same tine
in getting
others connected with the locality might. assistut
be shelteral
up a chapel in which the poor
peopleiemnyg of the weather.
during liivine service from the
inc.lealready contracted for
As the noble Earl of Ducraven hadsiful Catholic church in
the erection er;f a new and
he4u
(mild not, of course,
Sheem, the gift of our Chief Secretaryood nature which prompted
be accepted ; but the genuine
by
the cutholLo ulf th:6
the offering is not less app-c i t
county,—Tralee Chronicle.