The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-16 00:00:00

THE BRAZILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. 16.

ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY.

Yesterday a meeting of this society was held at
he offices, Trafalgar-square, the treasurer, Mr. T.
E. Baker, in the chair. The cases submitted by
the secretary, Mr. Young, for the consideration of
the committee were unusually numerous, and the
following is the decision arrived at in those of the
most importance :—George Brooks and John Dunn,
able seamen of her Majesty's ship Mutine, were re-
commended to the next general court for the award
of the society's silver medal, for attempting to save
Joseph Holland, seaman, who was knocked over-
board at sea on the 27th of June. The bronze
medal was given to Mr. George Metters, gunner,
Mr. E. Seale, midshipman, and Mark Voysey,
ate ward, of her Majesty's ship Pantaloon for saving
William Bennett, seaman of her Majesty's ship
Orestes, who fell overboard at sea on the 21st of
April ; to John Pitcher, seaman, of her Majesty's
ship Impregnable, for saving John Fabian, a boy
of the same vessel, who fell overboard into the har-
bour of Devonport on the 13th of August; to An-
toine Ledousi and Lefebre Alexandre, seamen, of
the French Imperial ship Bayard, for saving Peter
Driscoll, seaman of her Majesty's ship Ardent, who
being intoxicated, fell overboard into the harbour
at Rio de Janiero on the sth of August ; to John
Higgins, seaman of her Majesty's ship Liffey, for
saving Richard Clarke, a boy of the same vessel,
who fell into the harbour at Hamoaze on the 6th
uit.; to Mr. F A. Johnston, second master of her
Majesty's ship Victory, for saving Joseph Taylor,
a boy of the same vessel, who fell into the har-
bour at Portsmouth on the 12th ultimo; to
Michael J. Taylor, boatswain's mate of her Mjesty's
ship Wellesley, for saving George Waghorn, sea-
man of the same vessel, who was precipitated from
a stage into the river M dway on the 19Th ult.; to.
Lieut. C. H. Wilkinson and Michael Munday, sea-
-1 man, of her Majesty's ship Ajax, for saving Joseph
Williams, who fell into the harbour at Kingstown
on the sth inst.; to Drum-Major William Martin.
and Richard Richards, private in her Majesty's 15th
Regiment, for saving Private J. Weedily, who
sank while bathing in the river St. John, Frede-
rickton, on the Bth of August ; to Colour-Sergeant
A. Borland, of her Majesty's 30th Regiment, for
saving George Baker, who sank while bathing at
West Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the 6th of Septem-
ber; and to J. E. Wanstall and Stephen Crouch,
boatmen, for saving W. Wiltshire, whose boat was
upset at Broadstairs, on the 22d of September.
Thanks on vellum were given to Timothy Sullivan,
miner, for saving Thomas de Renzy, who was car-
ried away by the tide while bathing in the sea of
Bonmahon, Ireland, on the 18th of June; to Philip
M'Ginn, master of Westport Union, county of
Mayo, for saving Patrick Ruddy, who went beyond
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his depth while bathing at Westport on the 9th of
August; to Richard Haydon, for saving James
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Harris, lighterman, for saving Geo. Coles, who fell
into the river Thames on the 13th of Sept. Thanks
on parchment were given to D'Aavtrzne de St.
Croix, Thos. Chawner, Jas. Walker, Ben, I(erridge,
John _Rutter, Police-constable John Grant, Corporal
J. S. M'Govin, D. Anderson, M. L. Hillier, Thos.Wil-
hiaahe msslijg.h Hodgson,
also given in 13 cases. The secretary reported that
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Evans. Pecuniary rewards were J. C. Wylie, J. Tomlinson, F.
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a legacy of £lOO New Three per Cents. bad been
bequeathed to the society by the late Mr. G. Clay-
ton. A donation was also reported of £lO 10s.
from Mr. Capel Cure. Some further business hay-
ing been transacted the Court adjourned.

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TEE BIRKENHEAD RIOTS.—BIRKENHEAD, Wed-
nesday Evening'—As expected, large crowds; of people,
chibfly from the low Irish
quarter of Birkenhead, assembled
in Price-street, and the streets adjoining Holy Trinity
Church and the scbools, where the Parliamentary Debating
Society met. The discussion on the Garibaldi question
went on, the app;oaches to the room being strongly guarded
,37,P0,1ice. Frum lour to six hundred special constables,
'lle'uuing many volunteers out of uniform, assisted the
Police to check the viols nce of the mob, but in spite of these
efforts several persons were St verely injured, many of the
mob being armed with bludgeons, old sabres, knives, &c.
Women were active in the affray, and one armed with a
hatchet attacked a policeman. In order to distract the
police and darken the air, the chimneys of many houses
in the Irish quarter were find. This fitted the streets with
dense smoke, under cover of which many acts of violence,
both on persons and property were committed. The windows
Of a leather shop and bread shop in Watson street were
smashed and the goods thrown into the street—some of
these outrages being carried on by women and girls. Three
police officers have been taken to the hospital. The magis-
trates are sitting, and if the disturbances increase the mili-
tary, why are in readiuoce, will be Called oat,

LISBON, OCT. 15 (Evening).
The Missagerie hope males' steamer Gulenne,
with the above mail, arrived here this evening.
Ric de Janeiro, Sept 25.—Exchange on London,
261 to 261 ; on Paris, 369 to 365. Coffee—Good
first, 6,800 to 7,000 reis., Shipments of coffee since
the departure of the last mail, 75,500 bags, of which
53,000 were for the Channel ; stock, 160,000 bags ;
freights, 30s. to 355.

At Bahia, exchange on London was quoted 261;
on Paris, 365. Sugar—Whites, 2,300 to 2,400 rein ;
browns, 1,700 to 1,900 rein; cotton, 16,000 to
17,500 rein.

At Pernambuco, exchange on London was quoted
261 to 27. Sugar—Whites, 3,800 to 4,400 reis ;
browns, 1,850 to 2,000 reis; cotton, 24,000 to
25,000 reis.

The royal mail steamship Magdalena, which left
Southampton on the 9th ult., arrived at Pernam-
buco on the 28th ult.

The Hamburg and America Company's steamer
Borussia, from New York on the 4th inst., arrived
off the Needles at 11.10 a.m. this morning.

THE ACCIDEN7 ON IHE EDINBURGH
AND GLAS(7OW RAILWAY.

LATEST PARTICULARS.
EDINBURGH, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
The full extent of this awful calamity as far as
regards the injury to the persons in the train is not
even yet known, although we are happy to say that
there has been up to this time no addition to the
loss of 17 lives already announced, many of the suf-
ferers, however, remain in a very critical condition.
The public excitement continues to be very great
on the subject here, and all day the police statior,
! infirmary, and the other buildings to which the decd
and wounded were conveyed, have been surrounded
by crowds of people anxiously awaiting the re-
moval of their friends. A large number of the per-
sons who were injured, and who were in the first
instance taken to the hospital, have since been re-
moved to their own homes; but the removal of the
dead has not yet commenced. About thirty is
the number of those who are seriously injured,
but almost every passenger in the train received
slight hurt. Although there will be a full inves-
tigation into the circumstances of the accident,
both by the procurator fiscal, assisted by the sheriff
substitute, and an inquiry also by the company, yet
in accordance with the Scotch law, such exarnina
tion will be in the strictest degree private, and will
only be pub lisped in an official form after the con-
clusion of the whole inquiry. A short private in-
vestigation took place at Linlithgow yesterday,
which resulted in the committal of the pointsman
Newton, but the general feeling of the public here
is, that there should be an open judicial inquiry in-
stituted by the government into the mode of manag-
ing the railway on the part of the higher officials.
E is alleged that the line has been for months in
the most insecure state, and the wonder is that the
accident did not occur before. Very little indeed
can be added to the copious details given by the
Scotch papers, either as respects the incidents of the
accident or the causes which led to it. It is under-
stood that steps are being taken by Mr. Dunlop,
the deputy chairman of the line, with a view to in-
stitute a searching inquiry into the accident.
The line was opened again for passengers, though
not for goods traffic, last night, and to day the regular
trains have been running as if nothing had hap-
pened.