The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-05 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 1854.

of the bill. He denied that there was anything unfmind- I
ed in the preamble, or that the machinery was impracti-
cably or offensively inquisitive, and therefore he objected
to shelving his bill until they obtained the report
of a committee, which, it was now clear, would
never be appointed. Nothing had occurred to change
his opinion that ladies were coerced in convents for the
spoliation of their families, and the records of our courts
of law, which were occasionally resorted to for a restitu-
tion of the property, fully established the necessity for a
Lill of this nature, which rested upon no new principle,
but was founded upon the rule of law which protected
the child against the parent, or the ward against the
guardian, or the wife against the husband, in cases
w here the transfer of property was concerned.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL for IRELAND cor-
rected the hon. and learned gentleman in supposing
that the noble lord at the head of the Home Depart-
ment had stigmatised the preamble of the bill as
untrue. What the noble lord said was, that the pre-
amble contained statements that, were offensive to the
Roman Catholics, but which were wholly unnecessary
for the purposes of the bill. The effect of this bill, he
agreed with the noble lord, would practically nullify all
deeds of gift or wills executed in convents ; for though
a lady might leave property fairly amongst her brothers
and sisters, they could not take it if the bill passed without
proving to the satisfaction of a court of law that no
eoercioa had been used in the convent upon the lady.
No where were they to prove that ? It could not be
done, and the bill would therefore operate most un-
justly without accomplishing the real object which it had
in view.
Mr. NAPIER gave it as his opinion that the lion.
and learned gentleman had put a case which could not
arise, because such a disposition of a nun's pro-
perty would be contrary to her vow of poverty
and obedience. But the case fully illustrated the
necessity for the bill, for many ladies in con-
vents who had the wish to do so were deterred by
the power of their superiors and the influence of their
vows from making such a disposition of their property,
and therefore, before any property should be allowed to
succeed to their convent, the superioress, or other party
interested, should be required to prove that they
had used no undue authority in order to obtain the
property. The only objection that he had to this bill
was simply that it did not go far enough, and entirely
prohibited vows.
Mr. R. PHILLIMORE also thought the bill did not
go far enough, and declared that the question it involved
would never be settled until the law was revised, which
held the inmate of a convent acting under vows of obe-
dience and poverty to be civilly dead.
Mr. MALINS took the noble lord the Secretary of
State for the Home Department to task for having
changed his opinion on this subject, and declared his
belief that the noble lord had made the change to con-
ciliate the Roman Catholic members who supported the
Government in times of pressure. The noble lord
said the bill did not go far enough, but if
the bill was so altered as to dispossess professed nuns, the
noble lord would turn round and say it went too far.
There was no having the noble lord anywhere, and he
regretted to find him so changeable and inconsistent.
The debate was adjourned until next Wednesday.
The other orders were then disposed of, and the house
adjourned shortly before six o'clock.

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41 5

AILWAY STA TION-MABTER KILLED.

John Lee, a wheelwright at Manchester, was
charged before the magistrates of that city yesterday
morning with a breach of the Rail way Act, in attempt-
ing to enter a railway train at the Victoria station while
it was in motion, and without having procured a ticket.
The case attracted the more attention from the fact that
his offence had been the means of bringing to an un-

timely end Mr. Thomas Reid, station-master, whose
duty it had been to remove him from the train.
Mr. Blackmore, the Lancashire and Yorkshire Com-
pany's traffic superintendent, was present on behalf of
the company to prosecute, and called witnesses.
The first witness was the doorkeeper at the first-class
booking office, Victoria station. Ile said, on Saturday
evening tfie prisoner and two other men came to the door
of the first-class office, and asked how soon there would
be a train to Rochdale. It was then 8 minutes past 5
o'clock, and he told them the train had gone. The
Oldham train had t. start at 5.10, and immediately the
time had expired, he asked if any one was going to Old-
haul, and closed the doors. The prisoner said, " I'll go
to Oldham." Witness said, " Ifyou are going to Old-
ham you will have to make haite, and get a ticket at
the third-class office."

William Wilkinson, booking clerk, said the prisoner
applied to him for a ticket, when the train was three
minutes overdue, to start for Oldham, and he refused to
give him a ticket, on the ground that it was too late.
The prisoner hurried away towards the platform the
train would have to leave.

The next witness was a railway porter, who said the
Oldham train was ready to leave the station at 10 mi-
nutes past 5, or nearly so, and soon afterwards Mr.
Reid, the station-master, raised his hand as a signal to
the driver to start. Witness turned round as the train
began to move, and saw the prisoner on the footboard
of one of the carriages; but all the doors on that side
the train were then locked, and the prisoner would not
be able to get in. [lt should be stated that the train
bad to move upon the other line of rails when clear of
the station, and the doors only on the other, which was
the getting-out side, remained unlocked.] Mr. Reid
told the prisoner to get off, and tendered assistance,
but he refused, and Mr. Reid then got upon the foot-
board of the moving train to remove him, but appeared
unable to effect his object. Mr. Eckersley, the second
inspector, jumped upon the footboard to assist Mr. Reid,
and the prisoner, after resisting their united efforts for
a moment, suddenly loosed his hold on the carriage, and
he and the two officers fell from the footboard and
rolled down between the moving train and the platform.
The prisoner escaped, with his clothes only torn, but,
unfortunately, Mr. Reid rolled under the wheels of the
train.

Mr. C. J. S. Walker (magistrate) asked if the station
master was killed.
Mr. Blackmore regretted to say he was. Two-thirds
of the train passed over him, crushing his skull so that
his brains wore left on the rail, and otherwise frightfully
mutilated his body. He was taken up dead, and Mr.
Eckersley had a narrow escape, lying with his head
within an inch of the rail while the train passed, and
with his face upwards, so that the axle•boxes of the
various carriages slightly scratched and tore his face as
they passed over it, and cut one of his lips. He was
now unable to attend to his duties. Mr. Bent, attorney,
elicited from the prisoner that he had been drinking and
was not quite sober at the time.
Mr. Walker regretted that the act of Parliament
under which the prisoner was brought up only empow-
ered them to levy a fine of 40s. The magistrates would
inflict that penalty, and in default he was committed to
prison.
Mr, Bent said the money would be paid, and the pri-
soner was removed.
It is said Mr. Reid has left a widow and three chil-
dren unprovided for. Hews 37 years of age, and had
been in the service of the company for 15 years. An in-
quest was held on the body yesterday.

MELANCHOLY DEATH OF A FELLOW OF
KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

On Sunday morning last the death of a Follow of
King's College, C.imbridge, kook place in a house of ill-
fame, under the distressing circumstances detailed be-
low. The deceased was Mr. Edward Brenton Vance,
and he and his companion left the college but a short
time before the melancholy event occurred. An inquest
on his remains (which had been removed to his rooms in
King's College) was held on Tuesday, at the Bull Hotel,
before Mr. King, the coroner for the borough. A num-
ber of the members of the society were present during
the inquiry. The first witness called was
Francis Edmund Stacey, Fellow of King's College,
who said—l was acquainted with the deceased, whom I
last saw alive on Sunday morning, between 1 and 2
o'clock. He then seemed to be in pretty good health.
He left me, and in a few moments afterwards my atten-
tion was called to him by a person who camo out of the
hou-e. It was a woman, but I am not certain who, as
two or three called me at the same time. The house was in
Victoria-road, Chesterton. I went in, and found him on
the bed partly undressed. He did not speak, and showed
no sign of consciousness. I continued with him a few
moments, and then left him and procured medical aid.
A girl named Chamberlain was with him. I left him in
another woman's charge—a neighbour. I found Mr.
Bumpsted, surgeon, of Cambridge, and returned with
him, but deceased was then dead.
Sarah Chamberlain, who was much affected, and
swoomed on entering the inquest room, on being restored
to consciousness, deposed with much difficulty and amid
the deepest manifestations of grief—l last saw Mr.
Vance between one and two o'clock on Sunday morning.
He had come to my house in the Victoria-road unexpect-
edly. lam a single woman. Mr. Vance had nothing
to drink at my house. Ho came up into my bedroom,
and laid himself on my bed. He did not complain of
ill health at all. He had lain about five minutes, when
he appeared to be speechless, but moaned very slightly,
and lay quite still. I said, "Will yeu speak to me ?
What is the matter ?" He made no reply, and I ran
down stairs and called " Jane !" who lived next door.
Jane and Mr. Stacey then came to my assistance.
Mr. Bumpsted, surgeon, of Cambridge, said, I knew
the deceased in his lifetime ; he had been constantly
and was at the time of his death under my treatment.
He consulted me about a fortnight since for disease in
his heart, symptoms of which he exhibited. On Sunday
morning, a little before two o'clock, I was fetched to
see deceased by Mr. Stacey. He was dead when I ar-
rived. I have since made a post-mortem, examination.
I did not examine the stomach, an I discovered sufficient
disease in his heart to account for immediate death.
The actual disease was the bursting of an aneurism of
the aorta or large vessel which carries the blood from
the heart. There were no outward marks of violence.
The deceased most undoubtedly died from natural causes.
Mr. Deck and Mr. Ficklin were at the examination, and
perfectly concurred in my conclusion.
The Coroner said the cause of death was the only
matter for inquiry by the jury, so he forbore from mak-
ing any further remarks. The jury returned verdict
that " Deceased died by the visitation of God."
It is singular that the father of the
deceased (a sur-
geon) met his death at the bangs of a.n.is nsane patient
whom he was attending professionally, hi patient hav
ing thrown him with violence from a window in a par-
oxysm ; a brother of the deceased died from the effects
of a fall, while at college at Oxford ; a second brother
was drowned ; and a sister now surviving was nearly
burnt to