The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-31 00:00:00

ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

Last evening a serious accident occurred to an excursion
train returning by the Great Northern Railway to London.
On Saturday last a large number of persons availed them-
selves of a four days' excursion to Nottingham, Leicester,
Derby, &c., the return train being due yesterday evening at
a quarter before eight at King's-cross. The passengers,
who, having enjoyed their holiday, took their seats for
the return journey, proceeded safely homeward,
though somewhat behind time, as far as Colney Hatch, but
between this station and Wood Green, near Southgate sta-
tion, the excursion train, which was of great length, ran
into a coal train, and the engine, after smashing two or three
waggons of coal, ran off the rails and turned over on its
side. Many of the excursionists were much cut and bruised,
and a large number greatly shaken, but up to a late hour
this (Thursday) morning it was impossible to ascertain
exactly the number that were hurt, nor the extent of their
injuries. As soon as the accident was made known, seve-
ral medical men were in attendance at the station at King's
cross. Mr. Christopher Heath, of Saville-row ; Mr. Luke,
Euston-road ; Dr. Paul, of Burton-crescent, and others
rendered efficient help to the sufferers, and on the scene of
the accident Dr. Kirkwood, medical attendant to the com-
pany, was present, and superintended the removal of the
injured passengers to London. Among those most seri-
ously hurt were Miss Broughton, Liverpool-street, who
was suffering from concussion of the brain ; Master Sharpe,
a boy eight years old, also suffering from concussion of
the brain ; Mr. Dawson, from Brighton, who, instead of
proceeding to his home, as he had purposed, was com-
pelled by a serious contusion of the knee to stop at the
Great Northern Hotel. Mrs. Hitchcock and her son, from
Hoxton, as well as a lady residing in Hatton-garden, name
not given, are also very severely bruised; a young lady
from Cleveland-square, much shaken and bruised ; Miss
Innocent, 17, Albert-street, Paddington-green, badly cut
in the eye. Several other passengers were also compelled
by their bruises and hurts to remain at the Great Northern
Hotel, and one or two remained at Southgate under the
care of Dr. Kirkwood,

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TEE QUEEN AT COBURG.

THE ROSENAU, Aug. 27.
Their Royal Highnesses the Princo and Princess of
Wales, the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, Prince
and Princess Louis of Hesse, and the Duke of Cambridge
arrived at the Palace at Coburg on Thursday and Friday,
and have visited her Majesty at the Rosenau.

Her Majesty the Queen left the Rosenau yesterday after-
noon, at half-past 3 o'clock, for Coburg, for the purpose of
inaugurating the statue of his Royal Highness the Prince
Consort, which her Majesty has presented to the town of
Coburg, the ceremony for the inauguration of which had
been ordered and approved by his Royal Highness the
Duke of Saxe-Coburg.
The Queen, the Royal Family, and suite occupied four
carriages. The first contained her Majesty the Queen,
their Royal Highnesses the Princess Helena, Princess
Louise, and Prince Arthur ; and the second their Royal
Highnesses Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice, the
Duchess of Roxburgh and Lady Churchill.
Both carriages were drawn by four grey ponies, with
out-riders and footmen in scarlet, and with postillions in
the Ascot liveries.

The other carriages conveyed Miss Bauer, Major-General
F. Seymour, C. 8., Major Elphinstone, C. 8., Dr. 'Twiner, M.
Sahl, and Mr. Buff.
Lieutenant-General the Hon. C. Grey and Major-General
Sir T. M. Biddulph rode in uniform on either side of her
Majesty's carriage.
On arriving at Coburg, Count Keller, the Duke of Saxe-
Coburg's principal Equerry, conducted her Majesty to the
Market-place, where her Majesty was received by a guard
of honour, the band playing " God Save the Queen," and
the fortress saluting with a discharge of artillery.
The statue had been placed in the centre of the Market-
place on a granite pedestal, and is of colossal size, in bronze,
by Mr. Theed, of London, and cast at Nuremberg. It re-
presents the Prince standing in the robes of the Garter,
with the collar of the Garter and the Coburg Order, carry-
ing a Field-Marshal's baton. It was covered with drapery,
to be removed at her Majesty's command.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and
Prince Alfred handed her Majesty on her arrival from her
carriage, and conducted her up the stops of the Pavilion
which had been erected for the occasion, and in which was
assembled all the Royal visitors (with their suites) who at-
tended the ceremony.
The Queen having advanced to the front immediately
facing the statue, the Burgomaster of Coburg stood forward
and addressed her Majesty in the name of the town.

The statue was then uncovered amid the acclamations of
the people, a flourish of trumpets, and firing of cannon.
The Coburg March was played immediately afterwards,
during which 200 young ladies of Coburg, dressed in white
and wearing the English and Saxon colours, placed wreaths
at the foot of the statue.

After this the hymn " Eine feste Burg," composed by
Luther at Coburg, was sung, and the Burgomaster was sent
for, and her Majesty addressed a few words of thanks to
kim.

The Queen, with the Duke and all the royal personages,
then descended from the pavilion to the foot of the statue
and placed her own nosegay there, and was handed back to
her carriage by the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Prince Alfred,
and drove round the town of Coburg, in which every house
was decorated in honour of the occasion.

Her Majesty returned to Rosenau at 5 o'clock.
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THE RETURN OF HER MAJESTY.—We are in-
formed that the various statements as to the day the
Queen and princess will return home from Germany are
not to be relied upon. There is no doubt but that the
Queen and royal family will be at Windsor Castle about
the Bth or 9th proximo, and after a short residence at the
Castle will go to Balmoral.

His Royal Highness Prince George of Solms will
leave town this evening on a visit to Lord Lovat at Beau-
fort Castle, Inverness-shire.

The Duke of Northumberland is entertaining a
large family party at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland.
The Duke and Duchess of Manchester are ex-
pected home shortly from a tour in Germany.
The Duchess Dowager of Sutherland is expected
to arrive at Stafford House to-morrow from Vichy.

The Marchioness of Abercorn has been detained
at Tunbridge Wells from an attack of influenza. The
marchioness has been, since leaving town, staying with the
Countess of Mount-Edgcumbe. Yesterday the Countess of
Lichfield passed through town from the family seat in
Staffordshire, to visit her mother.

The Earl of Dalhousie is still receiving company
at Invermark, N.B.

The marriage of the Earl of Listowel and Miss
Bruce, daughter of Lord and Lady Ernest Bruce, takes
place this morning at St. George's Church, Hanover-
sqnare.

The Countess Arco Valley and family_ have
arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Aldenham Hall, Salop.
Viscount and Viscountess Ashbrook have left
Mr. Martin's seat in Westmoreland, for their seat, Castle
Durrow, county Kilkenny.

Lord and Lady Londesborough and the Duchess
(Emily) of Beaufort left Grin:L.3ton Park on Monday last
for Tulchan Lodge, his lordship's shooting quarters at
Glenisla, N.B.
Lady Granville Somerset and Mr. R. Somerset
have left Farrance's Hotel for Chevening, Sevenoaks, Kent'
The Right Hon. B. Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli
passed through town yesterday from Hughenden Manor,
Bucks, for Raby Castle, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess
of Cleveland.

The Right Hon. Chichester Fortescue, M.F
and the Countess Frances Waldegrave are expected to
arrive in town early in the ensuing week from Ireland ;
Mr. Fortescuo and other members of the family were e%-
pected to attend the venerable Mrs. Roxton's funeral,
which, we believe, was appointed for to-day.
The Hon. Arthur Kinnaird has gone on a tour
to the United States of America till the meeting of Parlia-
ment.

DEATH OF SIR J. H. PALMER.—Sir JOhn,llollll
Palmer died on Saturday last at Carlton Park,
Northamptonshire, at the very advanced age of 90 years•
The deceased, the seventh baronet, succeeded to the ba
ronetcy on the death of his nephew, Sir Thomas, in .April,
1817. He married in 1808 Mary Grace, eldest daughter of
Lewis, second Lord Sondes, by whom he had a family of
six sons and three daughters. Lady Mary died in Novem-
ber, 1853. His eldest son, Geoffrey, succeeds him in the
baronetcy. The present baronet was called to the Bar at
the Inner Temple in 1838. The first baronet, Sir Geoffrey,
became Attorney-General and Chief-Justice of Chester
temp. Charles 11. Several of the baronets of the family
have represented their native county in Parliament.

Crystal Palace Autumn Exhibition of

Flowers.

If it were possible to paint the lily and gild refined gold
the Crystal Palace might be said to have undergone that
process yesterday by the annual autumn exhibition 01
flowers and fruit, which took place under most favourable,
circumstances. The flowers now in bloom in the delightful
gardens of the palace aro to be seen in great perfectiall
and rival in some respects those which constitute the sPe-
cial " show" inside the building. Added to this, the rill
autumnal tints of the surrounding foliage give a most 1191.:
monious background to the brilliant and varied colours of
the later flowers of the year. Special attention, howeOr'
was yesterday directed to the show of flowers and fruit'
which was displayed under spacious awnings ranged in the
aisle on either side of the central transept. The specimen'
were certainly the perfection of floricultural art, and der:
served the favourable encomiums which were passed tei
them by the numerous visitors present. The dahlias must
be presumed to rank in the first place, although the aster;
were certainly conspicuous for delicacy of form and
beauty of colour. The first prize in the former was awards
to Mr. J. Keynes, of Salisbury, and very deservedly, fo
.
the flowers exhibited by him wore acknowledged to
magnificent specimens. There was also a very beautiin'o
display by Mr. J. C. Perry, of Castle Bromwich, 1143
obtained the first prize in the fourth class (for amateur;
only). The roses and verbenas likewise appeared to gee
perfection, and were very generally admired. With
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gard to the fruit it need only be said that it was so POD
liarly tempting that it would have been somewhat dt°l-
- to have displayed it without the necessary setfeb.;
guard of a barrier, especially as a great portion a
iy
visitors were of the juvenile class, who seemed bardsl
content with feasting the eye alone, but who nevertbe
must be admitted to have behaved with exemplary St°L4..
denial. On the whole, the show was an extremely
factory one, and gave abundant reason for the oPinl tp
that autumnal beauties from the garden are well 00d
vie with the more familiar products of summer.

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EXTRAORDINARY FEAT AT SEA.—The Mere
Marine Association of Liverpool has corireY'
Mr. William Howatt, chief officer of the ship Mindana°'
Liverpool, an expression of its high a • c'ation of his ~
cessful effort to save that vessel from the Perilous P°siti%
in which she was placed off Cape Horn. Mr. Ilowatt
oteusi'r';
round the ship to ascertain the cause of an
leakage, and found, several feet below the waterline, till: 0
a bolt had fallen out of the ship's bottom. At great rislc
b)
succeeded in driving a plug into the hole, and tile'ro,rt.
stopped the leak, and the ship was brought in safety to Pvtes
EASTBOURNE HOSPITALITY. The inagistr3bor
have refused to continue the license of the Anchor
Hotel, Eastbourne, to Richard Hughes, the landlord,
was lately charged with assaulting Mr. Pratt, a doorlol 'sve
a
at the House of Commons. It appeared that Hugbes,
previously been fined £5 for assaulting a young 1113/1
had come to take his father's dead body from the
onse'
Brighton Gnardkoz,