The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-28 00:00:00

TURKEY.

The Austrian Correspondence says :—" Several
journals have announced that the Austrian Govern-
ment have demanded from the Ottoman Porte the
cession of the two tongues of land of Kleck and
Sutorina. That intelligence is devoid of founda-
tion. Austria by no means pretends to interfere
with the rights of other states, but it will not per-
mit others to interfere with its own. The Ottoman
Porte desires to arrogate to itself rights over the
sea shore of these countries, which has always be-
longed exclusively to Austria. The Venetians,
and afterwards the French, had the uncontested
possession of that line of coast. By international
treaties, Austria became possessed of the rights of
the Venetians, and at a later period, after a brief
interruption, of those of the French. Under such
circumstances, Austria will not make to Turkey
concessions which would compromise her interests,
and in support of which Turkey cannot bring for-
ward any title."

THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA. I -§7

The General Screw Steam Shipping Company's
mail packet Propontis, Captain W. Glover, arrived
at Plymouth on Saturday forenoon from the coast
of Africa.

Her cargo consists of 69 casks of palm oil, 27
tons of camwood, 28 cases of arrowroot, 101 cases
of Cayenne pepper, 51 casks ditto, 812 bags of
ginger, 241 bags of port pepper, 130 pieces of ivory,
62 bags of cochineal, 8 boxes and 5 parcels of sun-
dries, and 11 packages of bullion.
The bark Gambia arrived at Fernando Po on the
13th of January. On the 14th there was a rumour
that one of the receiving ships at Bonny had been
burnt on Christmas-day. Governor Hill had, on
the 20th of January just returned to Cape Coast,
from a visit to Dix Cove and Elmina. The garri-
son was in a very healthy state. The Gold Coast
Corps had got their full strength, there having
been no want of recruits.

The colony was healthy, and had been particularly
so during the past year, owing to the extraordi-
nary quantity of rain which fell in the wet season,
measuring over two hundred inches.
The officers of the West India Regiment, sta-
tioned in the garrison, under the command of Cap-
tain Taylor, had been relieved, Captain Macdonald
having assumed the command.

At Goree, on the 4th of February were four
French war steamers.

The Propontis on her outward passage to Ma-
deira encountered severe gales from S.W. ; the
ship was at times hove to, the sea being too heavy
to force her against it. From Madeira to Goree
fresh N.E. trades prevailed for two days ; from
which to Fernando Po and back to Sierra Leone,
light airs, and hot sultry weather ; from Sierra
Leone to Madeira, northerly winds, with a strong
head sea ; from Madeira to Cape Finisterre, strong
northerly winds. She put into Coruna for coals,
and thence to Plymouth encountered strong
northerly and north-east gales.

INQUEST ON THE BODY OF MR. GIBBS. I

On Saturday morning Mr. Wakley held an inquest at
the Feathers Inn adjoining the Ealing station, on the
body of James Gibbs, Esq., of Clifton Park, near Bris-
tol, one of the directors of the Great Western Railway,
who was killed on that line on the morning of Thursday
last.

Captain Wynn, the Government Inspector of Rail-
ways, was in attendance on the part of the railway de-
partment of the Board of Trade.
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- The jury proceeded to view the body, which lay \at the 10;
Ealing station, and subsequently inspected that portion
of the line where the accident happened. The only 10
marks of violence observable on the body were a severe 25
graze and indentation of the skull and temple on the 10
right side ; the appearance of the line where the acci- 1.0.6
dent happened indicated nothing peculiar, all evidences
of the frightful occurrence having been removed by the 20
company's officials. One circumstance, however, shows
the extraordinary impetus which must have been upon St.
the carriages at the time. The coupling irons broke, as 17
Captain Wynn measured the distance, and found they 25
ran up the banks obliquely for 60 yards. On the re-
turn of the jury,
The body of the deceased was identified as that of
James Gibbs, Esq., of Clifton Park, near Bristol. He
was about 61 years of age, and carried on business as a 10
vitriol manufacturer. He was a director of the Great 5
Western Railway Company. 20
Evidence was then taken as to the origin of the acci2o
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dent, which was attributed to the breaking of one of the 20
axle trees of the third first-class carriage. The train at 20
the time was going at the rate of 40 miles an hour. The 5
ordinary express speed being 50 miles an hour. 20
There being no further evidence, the Coroner said, 20;
accidents of this kind created great alarm in the public
mind, and it was not at all likely to be allayed when the 6
evidence which could be obtained as to the causes of
such accident were so unsatisfactory as they turned out 1g
to be in the present instance. Under all the circum-
stances he thought the jury could come to no other con- g
elusion than that the deceased gentleman had been acci- 10
dentally killed. That investigation would not, he 20
thought, be without some advantage to the public. It 20
was a remarkable fact that when persons travelling in a 20
railway carriage became alarmed, the first thing they did
was to look out of the window, and nothing could be more 20
dangerous, for if an accident happened they received 16
injuries from their head knocking from side to side of 20
the window, and death ensued. From the appearance
of the right temple, he had no doubt that such was the lyn
case with the unfortunate deceased gentleman, and con- 20
eluded by again expressing his opinion that, from the 20
evidence, it was impossible to fix blame or culpability 20
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A deputation on the subject of the British Channel 20
Pilotage had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Card- 108-1 well and Lord Stanley of Alderley, on Saturday, at the 20
Board of Trade. The deputation consisted of Mr. 10
Humphrey Brown, M.P., Mr. William P. Price, M.P., 20
Mr. Walter Coffin 111,P., and Mr, Barrow,.M,P.