The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-21 00:00:00

TILE EAST INDIA AND CHINA MAIL.

The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Com-
pany's ship Ripon, Captain R. Moresby, 1.N., arrived
at Southampton yesterday, with the heavy portion of
the East India, China, and Mediterranean mails, in
charge of Lieut. Reid, R.N., Admiralty agent, and dates
from Alexandria, 6th ; Malta, 10th ; and Gibraltar,
15th inst.

The Ripon brings 82 passengers. In the Mediterra-
nean she experienced fine weather, but along the coasts
of Spain and Portugal strong south-westerly gales, and
northerly winds in the Channel.
From Gibraltar we have accounts to the 15th inst.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Euxine,
6 days from Southampton, with the outward India mail
of the 4th inst., arrived there on the 10th en route to
Malta and Gibraltar. The screw steamer Balbec, 14 days
from Kertch, 10 from Constantinople, and 5 from
Malta, touched at Gibraltar on the 12th inst., on her way
to Liverpool. The screw steamer Calpe, 6 days from
Liverpool, arrived on the 12th, and cleared for Genoa
and Leghorn. The screw steamer Genova, four days
from Marseilles, also arrived on the 13th instant,
bound to Liverpool. The steamer Sultan, with the out-
ward Peninsular mails of the 7th inst., from Southamp-
ton, arrived on the 14th inst., and, having been placed
in quarantine, was to leave on the 15th at midnight, for
Cadiz, Lisbon, Oporto, Vigo, and Southampton. The
screw-steamer Frankfort, from Leghorn, and Palermo,
arrived on the 13th inst., and proceeded to Liverpool.
Her Majesty's steamsloop was in the Bay. The steamer
Elbe arrived on the 15th from Lisbon and Cadiz, and
left the same evening for Malaga and Marseilles. The
French war steamer Petrel was lying at Gibraltar,
having come over from Algeciras, on the 15th. The
American ship Julia Howard, for Philadelphia, and the
French ship Le Flandre, for Sydney, sailed on the 15th.
The following notice relative to the absurd system of
quarantine on the Spanish coast was issued at Gibraltar
on the 13th inst. :

" Secretary's-office, Gibraltar, Oct. 13.
" The Board of Health of this city met this day, in
consequence of the receipt of a letter from the Governor
of Cadiz, addressed to his Excellency Lieutenant-Geke-
ral Sir R. Gardiner, relative to the steam-packet Iberia
having been refused admittance there, in consequence
of the port of Southampton having been reported foul ;
the board decided there was no foundation for this re-
port, the Iberia have brought a clean bill of health from
Southampton, eonfirmatory of the port not being even
suspected, and later intelligence has been received that
good health is still enjoyed there. The board do not
think it necessary to alter the present quarantine.
" By command,
" G. ADDERLEY, Colonial Secretary."

ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—
Yesterday morning a shocking accident occurred to
Charles Cheater, an electric telegraph runner, on the
Great Northern Railway. It appears that a message
was sent by Mr. Woolley, of the Peterborough station,
to the station inspector at King's-cross, about something
amiss with a down train. The runner in taking the
message ran across the rails, and the 8.30 train coming
in knocked him down, and the wheels of the engine
(No. 1) went over his left foot, crushing it in a most
dreadful manner, and otherwise injuring him. He was
at once taken to the Royal Free Hospital, Gray's-inn-
road, when Mr. Thomas Wakley, who was in attend-
ance, skilfully amputated the foot. It was feared that
on account of the severity of the injuries sustained,
Cheater could not have survived the operation, but he
is, happily, going on well under the able supervision of
the hospital authorities. _ _

THE FATAL COLLISION ON THE MIDLAND RAILWAY.

—The adjourned inquest to ascertain the cause of the
late accident on the Midland Railway, which occasioned
the death of one man, and seriously injured 14 others,
was concluded on Wednesday, at the Town-hall, Derby.
The Coroner (Mr. Portmore) in his address to the jury,
told them, that if the persons concerned had no business
to go on the wrong line at all, or had not acted with
sufficient caution, they were guilty of manslaughter.
The jury adopted this view, and gave a verdict of man-
slaughter against Samuel Kent, the guard, and George
Cawood and John Smeeton, drivers. The jury added to
their verdict a recommendation, that, in the event of
any future accident on the line, a man should be sent to
assist or remove obstruction, giving their opinion, that
if this had been done on the present occasion, the acci-
dent would not have occurred. In conclusion, the jury
expressed their opinion that the rules of the company
were good, if strictly adhered to, and they recommended
the directors to enforce attention to them in future.

MIXED MARRIAGES.—The Clonmel Chronicle says,
"It has been currently reported that the Roman
Catholic prelates decided, at the late Thurles conclave,
to admit of no more mixed marriages. They will not
perform the marriage ceremony between any member of
their faith and that of the Protestant Church. We give
this as it has reached us from one who was trying the
experiment."

THE PROBATE AND LEGACY DTJTIES.—From a return
to Parliament it appears that in last year, ending the
sth of January, the revenue derived from probate and
legacy stamps amounted to 2,418,5171.