The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-10 00:00:00

EXECUTION OP HORLER -(THIS DAY.

I This morning the convict Holier, condemned to death
at the December session of the Central Criminal Court,
for the murder of his wife, suffered the extreme penalty
of the law in front of Newgate. The crowd assembled
to view the execution, which was numerous and of the
usual character, manifested by their behaviour but little
sense of the solemnity of the awful scene before them.
We understand that the wretched man died penitent.

SIR CHARLES LEMON.—It was reported in Devon-
port on Saturday evening that Sir Charles Lemon, the
worthy and highly esteemed M.P. for West Cornwall,
died on Friday.
LORD WATERFORD.—The assertion that Lord Water-
ford had given up steeple chasing in England from dis-
gust, is proved, like most other assertions emanating
from the same source, to be altogether unfounded, his
lordship having, in addition to four entries in the Grand
National at Liverpool, several nominations for the
steeple chase and hurdle race at Coventry.
OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS.—The Master of the Rolls
has appointed Mr. Kenyon L. Parker, Q.C., to succeed
Mr. Thomas Hall Plumer, deceased, as one of the ex-
aminers in the Court of Chancery. The other examiner-
ship, vacant (after many years' service) by- promotion of
the Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P., to the office of Judge-
Advocate to the Queen, will be conferred upon Mr. C.
Otter, barrister-at-law, of Lincoln's-inn, is the private
secretary of the President of the Board of Trade. The
Vice-President (and Paymaster), Lord Stanley of Alder-
ley continues Mr. Edgar Bowring as his secretary at the
Board of Trade. Mr. Bernal Osborne has selected Mr.
H. E. C. Stapylton, of the Admiralty, as his official
private secretary. Sir Thomas Redington has appointed
Mr. Arthur Hobhouse (of the Board of Control) to be
his official private secretary. Sir John Young has ap-
pointed Mr. G. F. Dalton to be his private secretary.—
Observer.
JUMPING FROM A RAILWAY TRAIN.—On Saturday even-
ing Mr. William Baker, the coroner, held an inquest at
the Crown and Anchor, Cheshire-street, Bethnal-green,
on view of the body of Mr. Richard Pratt, aged 53, late
landlord of the above-named public-house, who lost his
life under the following shocking circumstances ;—Susan
Bishop, of 24, Mape-street, Bethnal-green, stated that
the deceased, witness, and other friends, proceeded on
the 13th of September last to Edmonton fair, and about
nine o'clock the same night they entered a second-class
carriage at the Edmonton station to return by the
Eastern Counties Railway to the Shoreditch terminus.
The night was very dark, and the deceased had been
drinking freely. They proceeded in safety until the train
approached the Mile-end station, when the deceased
pressed witness towards the side to the carriage, and said
he should get out as it was near his home. The deceased
was remonstrated with, and was informed that the tra'n
did not stop until it reached Shoreditch, but immediately
afterwards witness heard that the deceased had leaped
out of the carriage on to the line. The train was then
travelling at the usual speed, and shortly afterwards the
guards were made acquainted with what had happened,
when they returned down the line with lights to seek
for the deceased, who was discovered dreadfully injured
and insensible.' The deceased was conveyed to the acci-
dent ward of the London Hospital, where he remained
for several days, and by his own wish was subsequently
taken home. Mr. Moore, the surgeon, attended to the
deceased, who gradually sank and died on Friday last.
By the Jury—There was no light in the carriage, and
the passengers could scarcely see each other owing to
the darkness of the night. The deceased might have
been prevented from jumping out of the carriage if there
had been a light in it. Several of the jury were of
opinion that it was highly dangerous for the passenger
trains to travel without lights in the carriages, for it was
quite evident that many fearful accidents might be
averted. The learned coroner concurred in the obser-
vations of the jury, and added that such cases ought to
be thoroughly investigated, more particularly as so many
fearful accidents had lately taken place on the railways.
The inquiry was subsequently adjourned fir the purpose
of obtaining the evidence of the railway servants and
other witnesses.
THE LATE RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT OXFORD.—We
are happy to hear that the sufferers injured by the late
dreadful railway accident are progressing favourably ;
the report at the Radcliffe Infirmary this morning (Sun-
day) is that they are all going on well ; that, although
Richard Falkner, sen.. who, it will be remembered,
received so severe a concussion of the brain, has not yet
spoken, he has evinced signs of returning consciousness.
William Jones, horse-dealer, of Doncaster, who is lying
at the Anchor, Heyfields Nut, who was so seriously
injured about the head and body, is also going on well.
Amongst the passengers injured was a Mr. Daniel Pitt,
a cattle-dealer and maltster, who was returning from
Cheltenham, where he had made a large purchase of
cattle, and was on his way home to Northampton. His
name, we believe, has not been before mentioned as one
of the sufferers. He is very much hurt—his face is
severely lacerated„ head bruised, and hip-bone injured.
After the accident he was taken to the Chequers Inn,
after-
noon, whentree he
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ton. The remains of Julia Norman, who was on her
journey to Shelswell House, to live as lady's maid with
Lady Louisa Harrison. were buried at St. Paul's Ceme-
tery. The partial remains of the poor man (unknown)
were buried on Saturday at the same place. The cutting
alongside the railway where the accident occurred has
been stanked for the purpose of pumping it dry ; but
()Wing to the great rise of water within the last few days
it has not yet been accomplished.
SECESSION OF AN AMERICAN BISHOP.—The Paris
Univers says :—A general subject of conversation at
Rome is the recent conversion to the Catholic faith of
Dr. Yves, the Anglican Bishop of Carolina, in the
United States. Dr. Yves had for a long time embraced
Puseyite opinions, and felt strong sympathies for the
Catholic religion, which had subjected him to much re-
monstrance. Since he has been at Rome he has put
himself in relation with Monsignor Gill, the Catholic
Bishop of „Virginia (United States), and addressed him-
self to Monsignor Talbot, the private cameriere of the
Pope, in order to make his solemn abjuration, and pub-
licly profess Catholicism. This ceremony took place on
the 26th, the Pope in person administering the sacra-
ment to the convert. Dr. Yves, in abandoning the
Episcopal Church of the United States, has given up a
very advantageous position. His wife at first warmly
opposed his intention, but it is said that she now begins
to defend him against the attacks of some Protestant
'ministers who accompanied the Bishop to Rome.
THE SCOTCH GIANT.—The Scotch giant, James Kaley,
who was some time back exhibited in a cafe on the
Boulevard, died a few days back at Paris, almost sud-
denly. He was 27 years of age ; his height was seven
and a-half feet (nearly eight feet English.) Though ap-
parently of great power, he was in reality of a_ very
weak
in poverty.lyconstitutio n. He was never married, and died
almost