The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-07 00:00:00

FATAL ACCIDENT TO A STATION-16TAS-
TER ON THE EASTERN VALLEYS
RAILWAY.

On Saturday morning an accident occured at the
Cwmbran station of the Eastern Valleys Railway,
by which, apparently from a very trivial cause, Mr.
John Morgan, the station-master, was knocked
down, and so severely injured that he died very
shortly afterwards. The deceased, who was about 40
years of age, was a married man, with a wife (now in
her confinement) and two children, and he had had
many years' experience of the business of the rail-
way. On the morning in question one of the down
trains arrived at the Cwmbran station at about
a quarter past eight o'clock, and was attended
on by the deceased, who was to all appearance in
his usual good health. After the train had started
Joseph Simmons, the guard, observed Mr. Morgan
walk across to the last carriage as if for the purpose
of speaking to some person, and then saw him sud.
denly whirled round, as if from collision with the
moving carriage, and thrown down between the
train and the platform. The guard at once gave
a signal to the engine-driver, James Benson, who
lost not a moment in obeying it, and the train was
at once brought to a stand-still, and the guard and
engineer jumped from their respective posts, and
ran back to the place where deceased had fallen.
They found him in a sitting posture, and in full
possession of all his senses, but complaining of
great pain. Re expressed his conviction that his
injuries were of a serious nature, and in reply to
the questions addressed to him said he suffered in-

tensely in his chest. He had received no wounds,
and had not been run over by any of the wheels,
but had been crushed between the carriages and the
side of the platform. Simmons and Benson removed
him to his house, where medical attendance was
procured, and every attention rendered to him. His
case, however, seemed hopeless from the first, and
after lingering in pain for about three hours, death
put a period to his sufferings.

The cricket matches for this week are :—This
day, at Lord's, Gentlemen of 'England vt- University of
Oxford. Monday, at sheffield, Surrey v. Yorkshire (re-
turr ). Wednesday, at Lord's, Oxford Harlequins v. Cam-
bridge Quidnuncs. Thursday, at the Oval, Gentlemen of
the Surrey Club v. Free Foresters. Thursday, at Morley,
All England Eleven v. Twenty-two. Thursday, at South-
ampton, United v. Twenty-two Gentlemen of Hants. Fri-
day and Saturday, at Lords, Eaton v. Harrow.

THE WORK OF THE SESSION.—Up to Saturday
30 public acts and 116 local acts had received the royal
assent.

THE MISSING CALCUTTA SHIPS.—No tidings
whatever have turned up relative to the three missing ships
from Calcutta for London—the Arethusa, 946 tons ; the
Nugget, 1,062 tons ; and the Moultan, 863 tons. The fact
of their being all posted at Lloyd's during the week as
missing vessels leaves no hope that they ever will be heard
of, an opinion prevailing that they must have been caught
in a dreadful typhoon, and foundered.

CAPE MAILS.—The Union Company's Cape
Royal Mail steamer Norman, Captain William Ladds, left
Plymouth yesterday afternoon with the usual monthly mails
for Ascension, St. Helena and the Cape of Good Hope. She
takes out 27 passengers, among whom are seven of Christy's
Minstrels to amuse the Cape folk.
INVERNESS.—DEATH OF MISS MACPHERSON
OF BELLEVILLE.—We regret to announce the death of
this estimable and accomplished lady, at a very advanced
age. She was the daughter of the well-known Mr. James
Macpherson, the translator of Ossian. Miss Macpherson
was much beloved throughout Badenoch, where she lived
during the greater part of a long life. The eldest son of
Sir David Brewster—who married the late Miss Maepher-
son's sister—succeeds to the property as heir of entail.—
Inverness Courier,
A GENEROUS INTERNATIONAL DONATION.—The
Finland Marine Insurance Company at Abo have forwarded
through Messrs. Rew, Kington, and Co., the very liberal
donation of £5O to the National Lifeboat Institution, as a
mark of their high appreciation of the important services
the lifeboats of the society are frequently rendering to the
crews of ships of all nations wrecked on the coasts of the
United Kingdom.

GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION. Her Majesty's
Emigration Commissioners chartered three vessels on
Thursday afternoon, the 3d inst.—viz., the Eastern Empire,
of 993 tons, belonging to Mr. James J. Frost, of London
to sail from Plymouth for Sydney, New South Wales, at
£l3 10s. per statute adult, to be ready for reception of pas-
sengers on such day as the commissioners may appoint be-
tween the 14th and 25th of August; the Utopia, of 949
tons, belonging to Messrs. James Baines and Co., of Liver-
pool; and the Assaye, of 783 tons, belonging to Mr. J.
Stewart, of Greenock, to convey Indian emigrants from
Calcutta to Trinidad ; the fermer at £l2 4s. 9d. per statute
adult, and the latter at £ll 18s. ; to be placed at the dis-
posal of the emigration agent on the 13th of January, 1863,
the Ist of December, 1862.

THE GOODS TRAIN ACCIDENT AT BROUGHTY
FERRY.—Everything being in readiness, shortly after day-
light on Thursday morning the diver descended, and after
a great amount of labour succeeded in detaching the
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believed that the wheat will be the greatest loss, the salt
water swelling it and rendering it almost useless. The
coals will not be recovered. Considerable curiosity was
manifested by the crowds who thronged the pier-head
during the day to witness the diver in his singular dress
descending and ascending. The plant is more or less in-
jured, the break-van being seriously smashed; but it is
anticipated that the damage done will not be so heavy as
was at first supposed. The diver will continue his perilous
labours till the whole of the waggons and recoverable goods
are saved.—Dundee Advertiser.
THE ARSON, NEAR FOLKESTONE.—The man,
John Horsley, who was apprehended skulking off from the
fire at Plain Farm, near Farm, near Folkestone, on Thurs-
day morning, was brought before the magistrates the same
day, and remanded to Monday, without going into the
evidence. On Friday afternoon an inquest on the body,
found among the burnt straw in the farm-yard, was held
in the Town-hall, Folkestone, before John Minister, Esq.,
coroner, and a carefully selected jury. After an inspection
of the body, which is that of a boy 13 or 14 years of age,
evidence was taken, and ultimately the jury returned a ver-
dict that " The unknown deceased met with his death at
a fire on the premises at Plain Farm, and that the prisoner,
John Horsley, wilfully set the premises on fire." The
Coroner—" That is a verdict of wilful murder. It will be
my duty to commit the prisoner for trial at the assizes."
The commitment was then made out,
DEATH OF MR. JOHN EDWARD ERRINGTON, C.E.
—We regret to announce the death of this eminent engi-
neer, whose name was intimately associated with that of
the late Mr. Joseph Locke, M.P., in the history of railway
enterprise in this coußtry. Mr. Errington, who was of an
old Northumbrian family, was born at Hull in the year
1806, and for upwards of 30 years was actively engaged in
the development of the railway system, especially upon
those lines connecting England and Scotland, and, toge-
ther with Mr. Locke, was engineer to the Glasgow and
Greenock Railway and Dock, the Lancaster and Carlisle,
the East Lancashire, the Caledonian, the Scottish Central,
Scottish Midland, and Aberdeen Railways. About the
year 1850 Mr. Errington was appointed, jointly with Mr.
Locke, consulting engineer for the northern division of the
London and North-Western Railway, and since that time
has constructed many branches and extensions of that sys-
tem. He was also engineer in chief to the London and
South-Western Railway, and superintended the construc-
tion of the lines just completed connecting that system
with Exeter and the West of England. Like his late part-
ner, Mr. Errington was a strong advocate for economy in
the first cost of construction ; and the lines executed under
his directions all bear testimony to this. Mr. Errington
will be regretted by a large circle of professional and private
friends, whose confidence and regard he had acquired by
his unfailing integrity and high professional honour.
THE EFFECTS OF THE EXHIBITION UPON CABBY.
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on the top. (Prisoner—Very good,) I called to him, and
receiving no answer, I shook him till ho awoke. I then
found that he was so drunk as not to be able to stand, and
I drove him to the station. Mr. Mansfield—l:lave you got
your license ? Prisoner—You don't want that ; here's my
badge ; you can take the number of that ; that will do as
well. Mr. Mansfield—No, it will not. Prisoner—Can't
you take my number, and make a report upon that. It's
no good having the license ; there's nothing on it (this is
in allusion to the custom of the magistrates having tomark
all convictions on the back of the license). Mr. Mans-
field—l must see it myself, and to have it produced I shall
remand you till Monday. Another cabby, who was in
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five months till yesterday, and the last job I had was a
swell what gave me something to drink, and I know no
You may mark all you like on the license for what
more.
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e Mr. Mansfield ordered him to pay a fine of ss.
prtrsr
er—That will do. (Turning to his wife he requested
he
square it up," Which she did by paying the fine.)
retire.