The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-25 00:00:00

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It appears that during the last six months—in fact, since
it was determined to double the width of the Victoria Rail-
way Bridge over the Thames, rendered necessary for the,
great traffic to and from the Victoria Station—two addi-
tional lines to meet the requirements of the increased traffic
have been in course of erection, one being an extension of
the London, Brighton, and South Coast, and the other,
which runs alongside and adjoins the extension, the West
London Railway, from Victoria to Clapham Junction. Both
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work, weighing many tons, fell to the ground with
fled by the occurrence, and by the announcement that se-
veral of the men had been struck down, and were buried
beneath the broken timbers, the workmen, under the di-
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rection of Mr. Taylor and Mr. Williams, immediately set to
work to extricate them. Those who had sustained serious
injuries were, as soon as cabs could be found, conveyed to
the hospital, and with the exception of one are in a fair way
to recovery. A man named Henry Flood, about 30 years
of age, was killed on the spot, the front part of his skull
being completely smashed. It is understood that he leaves
a wife and three children, who are totally unprovided for.
Another man, named Smith, had his thigh and collar bone
broken, and received fearful injuries about the head and
shoulders. It is believed he will not recover.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

MANCHESTER AUTUMN MEETING—SATURDAY.
The Grand Stand Plate (Handicap) of 60 sovs ; winners

extra.

Five furlongs.

Mr. Wilkinson's The Inca, 3 yrs, ist 81b (inc. Sib ex.)
(Carroll) 1
Mr. Bilham's Gamecock, aged, 7st 51b (inc. 71b extra)
(Morgan 2
Mr. Fowler's Cobbler, 5 yrs, Gst 121 b (Hoystead 3
Mr. Jones's Victress, 2 yrs, sst 101 b (W. Sleigh 4
Mr. Barratt's Miss Kirk, 3 yrs, sst Blb (Kenyon 5
Mr. George's Wallett, 2 yrs, sst 71b (car. sst 81b)
(Huxtable) 0

Betting.-9 to 4on Gamecock, 3to 1 agst The Inca, and
100 to 8 agst any other. Won by a length; three lengths
between second and third ; a bad fourth. Wallet threw his
jockey at starting and took no part in the race.
The Trafford Handicap of 5 sous each, with 50 added;

winners extra. One mile.
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Mr. Turner's Desdemona, 4 yrs, Est 101 b (Carroll) 1
Captain Gray's Castanet, 2 yrs, Est 71b (inc. 71b extra)
(Huxtable) 2
Mr. Slater's Dart, 2 yrs, Est 21b (inc. 71b ex.) (Canning) 3
Mr. Barber's Cutaway, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b (Ward l 4
Mr. Kelly's Golden Drop, 6 yrs, 7st 81b (Kelly 5
Mr. Samuel's Twilight, aged, Bst 101 b (Hibbard) 0

Betting.-7 to 4 agst Twilight, 9to 4 agst Cutaway, sto
1 agst Golden Drop and Castanet, and 7 to 1 agst Desde-
mona. Won by half a length ; a length bet seen second
and third ; a bad fourth ; Twilight was left at the post.
The Northern Metropolitan Handicap Plate of 100 sovs ;
certain winners extra. One mile 260 yards.
Mr. Morris's Siva, 4 yrs, 6st 131 b (Carroll) 1
Captain Gray's Windham, 4 yrs, Bst 111 b (Challoner) 2
Mr. Stevens's Fisherman's Daughter, 4 yrs, 7st 51b (inc.
51b ex.)
Mr. Buckley's Wynnstay, aged, Bst 41b Ftton) 4
Mr. Samuel's Twilight, aged, Bst 71b ( ibberd) 5

Betting.-6 to 4 asst Windham, 3to 1 agst Wynnstay
and Fisherman's Daughter, 5 to 1 agst Twilight, 100 to 15
agst Siva. Won by two lengths; the same between s&cond
and third ; half a length between third and fourth.
The Two-year-old Selling Handicap of 3 sovs each, with

50 added. About half a mile.
Mr. George's Wallet, 7st 51b (Britton)
Mr. Phillips's Jolly Boy, 7st 51b (Ho stead
Mr. Merone's Lightfoot, ist 41b (Carroll
Mr. Cliff's Grace Clitheroe, 7st 61b (car. 7st 81b) (Lomas
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The roadway was, of course, blocked up by the broken

Betting-7 to 4 agst Grace Clitheroe, 2 to 1 agst Jolly
Boy, 5 to 2 agst Wallet. Won by a length ; a head between
second and third; a bad fourth. The winner was not sold.
The Scurry Handicap of 3 sovs each, with 30 added. One

timbers, and on their removal to the sides of the railway
arches it could be seen at a glance that the accident was
caused by the weakness of the materials employed. The
timber by which the centre pieces were formed was joined
together by small plates of iron only about a qwtrter of an
inch in thickness, which, it is asserted by the workmen,
are not by any means strong enough, and instead of being
placed on both sides of the timber they were only on ono.
It is also said that there were not sufficient bolts in the

mile.

Lord Westmoreland's Orloff, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (Kenyon? 1
Inheritress, 2 yrs, 6st 71b (lluxtabll 2
East Lynne, 3 yrs, Bst 21b (Challoner 3
Cutler, 6 yrs, Bst 101 b (Warn 4
The following also ran :—Humphrey, Charles Fox, and
Pera colt.

timber ; and when it is considered that the wooden frame-
works would not sustain their own weight, much less that
of the tons of bricks which it would have had to bear, it is
quite clear that there is gross carelessness somewhere,
which it is hoped will be elucidated at the inquest.

Betting opened at.s to 4 agst Orloff, but closed at 6 to 4
agst East Lynne, 2 to 1 agst Orloff, and 5 to 1 agst Pera c.
Won by a head ; two lengths between second and third ; a
length between third and fourth.
BETTING ON THE COURSE.
CESAREWITCH.
100 to 8 agst Privateer (taken)
100 to 6 agst Nuneaton (taken)
25 to 1 agst John Davis (taken)
28 to 1 agst Farce (taken)
33 to 1 agst Grinder (taken)
33 to 1 agst Breeze (taken)
50 to 1 agst Solon (taken)
50 to 1 agst Zephyr (taken)
50 to 1 agst Paris (taken)
50 to 1 agst Lansdown (taken)
DERBY.
1000 to 80 agst Lord Lyon (taken)

THE P. R. CHAMPIONSHIP.—A FORFEIT.--.We
regret to state that, after all, this match, which had
bsen looked forward to with so much interest, has ended in
a forfeit on the part of the youthful champion. There
have been rumours for some weeks that there would

be no fight, but the money was put down with such
regularity that we were in hopes our suspicions were un-
founded. On Friday, however, the murder was out,
and it became clear to us that Joe's chance of
fighting at present has long been a forlorn ono. On that
day Wormald called on us with the following certificate :
" St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Sept. 23, 1865.—1 do hereby
certify that Joseph Wormald is under my care at St. Bar-
tholomew's Hospital, as an out-patient, suffering with
periostitis of the right humerus, consequent on an injury.
—JOHN ASTLEY BLOXAM, House Surgeon." He showed us
his right arm, which is perfectly stiff at the elbow, and
utterly useless ; and also exhibited a wound made for the
purpose of injecting morphia twice a day, in order to deaden
the pain; and he assured us that for several weeks he has
been under this treatment, and has been compelled to lie
up, suffering the greatest agony. He had hoped by care
and rest to get round in time to do justice to his backers,
but now, finding that there was no chance of his getting
the use of his arm for months, he thought it his duty to
delay no longer, but to come at once to us to prevent the
match from going on, and his friends from being deceived.
The poor fellow, who is reduced almost to a skeleton,
seemed deeply mortified at the state of things, and ex-
pressed his regret that he had not come forward sooner to
make known the real state of affairs ; ho did not, however,
despair of yet having another tussle for the belt he so much
coveted, and which, of course, now reverts to our hands ;
and he requested us to state that whoever may bo fortu-
nate enough to secure it during his retirement must look
forward to a challenge from him so soon as his state will
justify it. On questioning Joe as to the cause of the injury
we ascertained that some weeks since ho was performing
with the dumb-bells at Bob Travers's, after making one of
his deposits, when he contrived to strain his arm and to
lacerate the membrane surrounding the bone ; and inflam-
mation coming on upon this had brought his arm to its pre-
sent
state. Jem Mace pockets the forfeits of £l2O without
a struggle. It is unfortunate for Jem that the affair has
terminated in this way, as it has deprived him not only
of all chance of once more wearing- the Champion's Belt,
but also of the possible eclat which a victory over Wormald
would have shod over his intended visit to America.—
Bell's Life.

QUININE, AND THE INLAND REVENUE.—A curious
instance of the vigilance of some of our officials has occur-
red with reference to Waters' Quinine Wine. Hearing
how extensively the consumption of this wine has in-
creased, a bright thought appeared in the mind of one of
Mr. Gladstone's indefatigable understrappers, that the taxa-
tion of the country might be increased with substantial
advantage, by subjecting this useful article for even the
middle and poorer classes to an impost in some form or
other, and so anxious were the officials to profit by the
hint that Acts of Parliament have been ransacked, pre-
cedents looked up, and a remarkable correspondence en-
sued, showing an official determination upon the failure of
one enactment to produce and combat the force of another.
The commissioners, however, decided on the 31st August
that it cannot be retailed unless the shopkeeper holds a
British wine license. Some little misapprehension has
existed, but this will now be removed. The decision of
the board will, there is n doubt, be considered rather op-
pressive by the chemist a druggist, but it is hoped that
the Exciso will not make any distinction, but enforce the
license on all medicated wines, whether sold by druggist
or grocer.

GOVERNMENT INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES.—The
following additional post-offices in England and Wales will
be open on and after the 25th of September for the receipt
of proposals for the insurance of lives or the purchase of
Government Annuities, under the Act 27 and 28 Victoria,
cap. 43, and for the receipt of the premiums becoming due
to the Postmaster-General, from time to time, under con-
tracts for the insurance of lives or the purchase of Govern-
ment Annuities, and for the payment of any sums which
shall become payable by tho Postmaster-General under the
said contracts :—Batley (Leeds), Beckenham, Berkhamp-
stead, Biggleswade, Burnham (Bridgewater) Cardigan,
Chertsey, Coleshill (Birmingham), Corbridge (Gateshead),
Driffield, Edenbridge, Halstead, Harrogate, Honiton, Idle
(Leeds), Ilchester (Taunton), Kimbolton (St. Neot's), Mal-
vern, Market Drayton, Northwich, Nuneaton, Padstow
(Bodmin), Poulton-le-Fylde (Preston), Redditch (Broms-
grove), Ruabon, St. Neot's, Saltley (Birmingham), Sleaford,
Solihull (Birmingham), Stratford-on-Avon. These offices
will be open for such purposes during the hours appointed
for the transaction of money order business. A handbill
containing the principal rules of the Government Insurance
and Annuity office and of the Post-office Savings Banks has
been printed for gratuitous distribution, and copies may be
obtained at the above named offices. The measure will,
from time to time, be extended to other post-offices than
those named above, and due notice will be given of such
extensions. If application be made to any postmaster for
the extension of the measure to his office, he will at once
report the circumstance to the Secretary.
WIDTH OF LONDON STREETS.—The widths of
some of the main thoroughfares of London are ex-
tremely insignificant. Fleet-street, between the piers at
Temple-bar, is 28ft 4in ; opposite Lynn's, the oyster shop,
it is 35ft 9in ; and at the corner of Fetter-lane it is 40ft 10in.
The narrowest part of Ludgate-hill, which is opposite St.
Martin's Church, is only 24ft 4in;and at Farringdon-street,
and near St. Paul's, it is only a few inches more than 26ft.
The entrance to Cannon-street by St. Paul's is 30ft 6in
between the kerbs ; Cheapside, at entrance, 39ft 2in ; oppo-
site Bow Church, 31ft ; the Poultry, 24ft 2in, and near
the Mansion-house only 22ft wide. Indeed, the amount of
traffic at this point is enormous, and the danger incurred
by pedestrians is attempting to cross the road is painful to
witness. Generally, it is best, in making a new thorough-
fare, not to exceed 70ft in width, which is, we believe, the
width of the new Southwark-street, and the width gene-
rally adopted by the Metropolitan Board of Works in
making their new roadways. Streets wider than this are
invariably difficult to cross, and it would be better to open
up two streets than to make one inordinately wide. It is,
however, a mistake to suppose that police regulations are a
sufficient check to accidents ; and we agree with Sir R.
Mayne in thinking that their employment should be sup-
plemental.—Building News.
SPONTANEOUS GENERATION.—This theory has
found a determined and talented advocate in M.
Victor Meunier. Little more than a fortnight ago he de-
scribed an apparatus and a series of experiments, which
utterly overthrew M. Pasteur's assertion to the effect that
no spores from the atmosphere could find their way into a
receiver provided with a sinuous; neck, 'and last week he
described a second series with which he silences another
opponent. Having put three halves of cooked crawfish and
35gras. of beans into a balloon provided with 10 sinuous
tubes, and containing a sufficient quantity of Seine water,
he, observing all the other minute precautions already
de-
scribed by us is a former article, obtained in the course of
34 days a considerable number of bacteria and monocles,
but no microphytes (small plants like mould,
&e.). This is
contradiction to Dr. Lemaire's assertion, viz., that ma-
cerations like the preceding one display the same harmony
we remark in the vegetable and animal kingdoms, the mi-
crophytes being the natural food of animalcules. 31.
Meunier, on the contrary, shows that even the largest
animalcules will thrive and multiply in infusions where
there is no trace of any plant whatever. In every other
respect this experiment only confirms the dilemma esta-
blished by the former, viz., that either spores from the
atmosphere can pass through crooked tubes, or that the
creatures obtained are the results of spontaneous generation,
M. Meunier next remarks very pertinently that even though
it were proved beyond a doubt that in all experiments of
this kind, eggs and spores are conveyed by the air, this
would not be sufficient to establish any incontrovertible
argument against spontaneous generation, since the latter
theory does not by any means suppose either plants or
animalcules of ovules and spores, which, once formed, fol-
low the laws of ordinary development. Now it is evident
that if the gases resulting from fermentation and emana-
ting from marshes pour reproductive elements into the
atmosphere, there is no adducible reason why they should
not pour in spontaneous elements likewise. " Care should
be taken," he adds, " not to fall into the error of wanting
to prove that a species cannot be reproduced by spontane-
ous generation because it is produced by ordinary genera-
tionP—Galignani,

PANIC IN ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH, HOLBORN.
Last night, just as the minister was closing the ser-
vice at St. Andrew's, Holborn, the congregation was thrown
into a painful state of excitement, owing to some man
standing in one of the aisles ;falling on the floor and then
screaming out "Fire" as loud as he was able. In an instant
there was a fearful rush made from the different pews both
up and down the church. In the confusion that prevailed
many persons were thrown down and some were injured ;
but the scene behind the choir, devoted to the accommoda-
tion of the children belonging to the parochial school, was
quite harrowing. No sooner had the cry of fire been raised
than the juveniles rose in a body and rushed one after the
other in terrible confusion, and some of them jumped from
the gallery on the stairs. The choristers and teachers tried
but in vain to convince the congregation that no fire had
taken place in the church or near it, but the people still con-
tinued to rush out and tumble over one another. A young
lady who was in the body of the church was pressed down
by the people in their anxiety to get out of the building,
and was obliged to be removed in a cab. Several ladies

who were unable to leave their pews fainted upon their
seats. It is to be regretted that during the confusion which
prevailed the fellow who made the alarm got clear off, but,
having left his hat in the church, it may possibly lead to
his identity and due punishment. A telegraphic message
was sent to all the fire brigade stations to stop the firemen
from taking their engines to the church.
THE BRAEMAR GATHERING.—This the chief meet-
ing of the Highlanders to contend in trials of
strength, speed, and nimbleness, was held in front of the
old castle of Mar on Thursday. The weather was favour-
able, and as English tourists and others who intend taking
the upper valley of Dee in their summer journey generally
contrive to be about Braemar when the gathering comes
round, the attendance of strangers was numerous. The
games commenced between 1 and 2 o'clock in presence of
parties from Mar-lodge and Invercauld-house, the guests of
the Earl of Fife and Colonel Farquharson respectively, and
the Duff and Farquharson Highlanders. Shortly after the
games had begun the appearance of outriders bespoke the
approach of Royalty, and the proceedings were at once
brought to a stand to enable the assemblage to loyally re-
ceive the distinguished visitors. They were the Prince and
Princess of Wales, with the Princess Hilda of Anhalt, and
insugitien, includingabouthalf Col.anh ofiuerp,pecal,mferotmheApin
berrgeeelsdsiees
Beatrice, and the Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, with
suite, including General Grey, Sir Charles Phipps, &c.,
from Balmoral Palace. Having witnessed the feats of the
Highlanders for some time, the Royal party became the
guests of Colonel Farquharson, and partook of luncheon
served in his romantic old castle. About five o'clock—
shortly before the termination of the contests—the Royal
visitors left amid the hearty cheering of the spectators. In
the feats of strength, such as throwing the stone and
hammer and tossing the caber (a ponderous tree), Donald
Dinhie,
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ran 7 feet deep ! The honours of the dancing—always the
most interesting of these Highland meetings—were carried
off by a smart and graceful clansman named Gruer, or, as
the local lassies fondly styled him, " Charlie." In the
evening a grand ball took place in the old castle, when the
merriment was kept up till daybreak of Friday.
ELOPEMENT.—A few mornings since a young lady
of 18, whose friends are at present staying at
Waterloo-crescent, failed to make her appearance at the
breakfast-table, but as she was in the habit of taking early
walks not much was thought of the circumstance. The
morning wore on, however, and as no tidings were heard of
miss, papa and mama were left to all sorts of uncomfortable
conjectures. Messengers were sent in quest of the missing
fair one to all the haunts she was in the habit of frequent-
ing, but in vain, no trace of her was to be found. Later in
the day a telegraphic message solved the mysterious dis-
appearance. The message explained that the young lady
had left Dover by an early train of the London, Chatham,
and Dover Railway, and was at that moment linked in the
rosy bonds of Hymen. The bridegroom is a gallant cap-
tain of militia, more than twice the age of the fair bride,
whose impetuous flight to the haven of matrimonial bliss
is explained, we believe, by the fact that the gay Lothario
did not find favour in the eyes of the young lady's parents.
3 —Dover Express.