The Sun.
London, England, 1839-11-28 00:00:00

MR. FROST.

TO THE I.'"DITOR OF THE SUN. •
H,—lt is not my present purpose to palliate 4
justify the insurrection in South Wales, neithe
shall I enter upon the question as to whether it via,
or was not "connected with any specific grievance, t
grea,
was or was not " intended to redress any
wrong" ; but I deem it my duty to inform you' an
through you, Sir, the public, that it is a grievotle
and perhaps a dangerous error to suppose that
th
Government, in punishing the authors of thaf
movement, will have the sympathies and support °
the whole community. one
No sooner did the news reach this town than .n
of the largest in-door public meetings ever held 1..
orifii
Newcastle was convened for the purpose of
t
nating a penny subscription in favour of the Tn.
on
prisoned Welshmen. That subscription is goingoe
with a rapidity unparalleled. Last
immense area of the New Music Hall was thli_r
with working men, though the charge for
admission was twop,ence each, to hear am
address from Mr. Feargus O'Connor °,
the subject of defending these men on their trials;
night, t00,,,,tea
and it is a fact that ought to be especially I toted,
that there was hardly a response given to any sea"
timent uttered on the occastorr which had not re'
lu
ference to Mr. Frost. At the con elusion of the
near twelve
meeting, which did not break up tit
o'clock, there was an additional 31. lels. collected
in pennies towards the fund for his delealee ; there
was also 11. Bs. 9d. collected in pennies I:`Y a mom,
hmestationed in front of a provision estab
besides various other sums in several part. 0f {the
town, the amount of which I have not hsebiri
able to ascertain. Every factory and every pork,
' shop have taken up this matter with an in to the
and energy which I never saw equalled, and t.ch
subscription raised here for Mr. Stephens, W' litibe
was a large one, was trifling compared with , -
subscription which will be raised for Mr. Fros& g
public feeling on this quesiton. The
It may be useful to know the truth regarew.
people
.--
this neighbourhood do not forget that on the app
cation of a foul manslayer (I do not say murderer)'
the Government, or those acting under their autho:,
city, granted a postponement of trial, on the groubre.
that the intense excitement pervading the P°
mind would be likely to interfere with that calm r,e;
flection and deliberate judgment so necessary to °
preserved where human life is at stake. What was;
the excitement created then compared with what
at
the present moment reigns over England, and mote
especially reigns in that very district where the
unfortunate persons are to be tried ? Nothing
And yet in the one instance we find the trial
put off for many months, and in the other we see it.
hurried on with a rapidity worthy of darker times.'
Call you this equal justice ?
Trusting that you will lend your powerful influ-
ence to check the career of blood that is about to
be entered on,
I remain your's,
A MEMBER OF THE NORTHERN POLITICAL UNION,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nov, 24.
P.S. Chartist Newspapers are afraid to h
publains
the extent of public feeling on this subject, d
even a resolution passed at a large meeting, that
c'el
the only way to defend Mr. Frost was to orvrcize
and arm, was suppressed by the Northern Lib
e,.
through fear of prosecution.
[We publish the letter because we agree with
,
our Correspondent that it is desirable to ma t°
known the sentiments of those—we did not ~„he.
lieve there were any—who sympathise
Frost.]
Monday Night.—A sad scene took place
FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.--Warringtoll,
with .1."-r•
at they Rail-
way-station, in this town, this afiternoon, The Birtaiu„
to all appearance in a dying state, who'
ham train from Manchester brought a young w°ll3a-,'
over by the train as it passed the Kenyna had been run
left leg Is.
the Liverpool and Manchester line. Her her
hanging sadly mutilated from her body, one 01'
ders was dislocated, and her head considerabb'
The shrieks she uttered on being lifted out of the
who he, PA
riage will not be readily forgotten by those
them ; she was evidently suffering the most intense egool• 1
Junction, 0
The moment the train stopped, every assistance yva! I
rendered by Mr. Rutter, the agent at the station, and
the other persons employed there. The sufferer who:
conveyed to the Patten Arms Hotel, which adjoins t
station, and by the time she was got up stairs, I Htrar:
surgeon, and Mr. Robson, the house-surgeon to the 18, ,
ring on dispensary, were in attendance. On examine,
Lion, it was found that the wheels of the engine 115ic
passed Jong the left leg from the centre of the thig
down to the foot, and that the limb was crushed to a
complete mummy. Amputation was immediately Or
sorted to. The operation was performed by Mr. Wilt:
The poor woman was insensible during the greater par'
the Fromc a inquiries
ne
dq
of the operation ; she gradually sunk, and did not ur-
vive longer than a quarter of an hour after it bad beet!
performed.earn
th
atuwiraiessated
-slohworte;
Johanna San key, of C in washer
), roft,this county, She
interesting goodlooking girl, in the 23c1 year of %
age. The engineer in charge of the trail;
sates that the deceased ran across the rails at.,ltl
the
weaver, accident,naiz e
Kenyon Junction just as the train was pas.nogy that
it was no more than a few yards from her
the engine knocked her down, and the whole tr.:"
passed over her. He stopped the engine imnaedistell
but no medical assistance being at hand, it was deenie
advisable to bring her on to Warrington, after a ligature
si°
had been applied by a passenger to the bleeding and foe;
tured limb. She had been to Liverpool to nurse a
brother, filling the situation of porter of Blezard's
vaults. Her brother, it seems, had sufficiently recover"
to permit of his removal to Croft, and accordingly theY
both came to the Kenyon Junction by the first train,
leaving Liverpool at a quarter before twelve o'clock.
A spring cart was waiting to convey them to Croft from
the station, and just after her brother and his luggage
had been got into it, she found that be bad left his
stick on the opposite side of the rails. This led t°,
her untimely death. She ran towards the stick, but ha"
scarcely advanced five yards when the Birmingham train
came up and killed her, as already described.
About two years ago a gentleman, whilst bathing
at Prior's Haven, Tynemouth, lost from his fioger
a
valuable gold ring, and, as a matter of course, considered
it as for ever gone ; but no, fortune would not have it
so ; last week a girl who was seeking coals near
Clif-
ford's Fort discovered the identical ring with the owner's
name engraved thereon, and immediately restored it.
What renders this more strarop is, that it had 1,0,,ri
I rani.;.;prO•octi:,;"
about a tone into the harbour of Shields.--IVortherll
Times.