The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-13 00:00:00

VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTER,

THETFORD, Thursday Evening.—This morning Mr.
R. E. Clarke, borough coroner, resumed the inquest,
adjourned from Monday last, upon the bodies of the
Rev. Joseph Bell, curate of Bunwell (Norfolk), and
George Baldwin, stoker, who were killed by the colli-
sion which took place on the Eastern Counties Railway
between this town and liarling-road Station on Thurs-
day last.

Additional evidence was given in considerable detail,
the general tendency of it being to show that Mr. Ash-
croft, superintendent of the works, had transgressed
orders in going on the up line. At the close of the
examination of witnesses,
The jury retired, and, after being absent about half-
an-hour, returned into court with a unanimous verdict
of "Manslaughter" against Mr. Peter Ashcroft, the
superintendent of the works, in both cases of death—
that of the Rev. Joseph Bell and that of Geo. Baldwin.
The Coroner then issued his warrant for the appre-
hension of the accused, and bound over the witnesses to
appear at the trial, next assizes at Norwich.
Mr. Ashcroft quitted the town shortly before the ver-
dict was announced.

We regret to state that the condition of Mr. Ellison,
the barometer maker of Norwich, who was a passenger
in one of the trains, and sustained very serious injury,
as already noticed, was of such a character, when this
report was despatched, as to create much anxiety for
his life. A change had taken place in the course of the
day, and he was reported to be sinking. Mr. Phillips
is progressing favourably..
One of the melancholy results Of the collision has been
to render fifteen children fatherless. One of the plate-
layers who was killed has left seven to lament his sad end.

[PRICE SD•

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The following appointments took place yesterday :
Lieutenants—C. F. H. Boughey, to the Trafalgar ;
Thomas Davis, to the Hogue ; C. M. Luckraft, to the
Euryalus ; C. J. Dench, to the Dauntless.
Clerk in Charge—H. E. L. P. Bailey, to the Caradoc ;
C. W. Luke, to the Antelope.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 12.
The Apollo store-ship, Master-Commander Johnson,
came into harbour to-day, to fill up with provisions for
the fleet in the Bosphorus.
The Simoom, 18, iron troop-ship, Captain Smith, is
ordered to refit her boiler department, and prepare for
further troop service. This ship is fitted with Grant's
galley, which cooked provisions for 750 men and 26
officers per day on the passage from the Cape, besides
distilling 650 gallons of water per day--no mean item in
comfort for a troop-ship.
An awful case of unexpected death occurred in this
dockyard this morning. A respectable man named
Blake, a messenger in the Storekeeper's-office, was
gently walking down the yard on duty, when, from some
cause unexplained, he ruptured a blood-vessel, and ex-
pired immediately. He was a remarkably steady, well-
conducted man, and the support of an aged father and
a wife and three children.
The Banshee steam despatch vessel, Lieutenant-
Commander Reynolds, remained at Spithead awaiting
despatches to the Commander-in-Chief and British Am-
bassador at Constantinople.
The Manceuvrer navy lighter remains in a very criti-
cal position in the Woolsner Sands off LangstonHar-
bour. Should it come on to •blevhrom the south-east
(of which there is every probability), she must very soon
go to pieces.
The Serpent, 12, Commander Lambert (acting), came
into harbour this morning to be paid off.
ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE.—The following young gen-
tlemen 'passed their examination at the Royal Naval '
College

For Naval Cadets— Duke Douton Yonge, Robt.
Kemmis, William Henry Maxwell, Francis Charles
Vineents, Alfred Manners:Fairlie, Henry Baillie Hamil-
ton, Constantine M'Dougall Moorsom.
For Masters' Assistants—Smith Edward Hannington,
Francis Blueman Christian, George Alexander Brown-
ing, William Edwin Archdeacon.
For Clerks' Assistants—George Menion Pedler,
Joseph Hume Manley, Alexander Macall, William
Henry Sheriff Batt.

PLYMOUTH, DEC. 12.
Her Majesty's steamer Rhadamanthus, Master-Com-
mander Belam, from Sheerness, for .Pembroke, with
materials for the Queen's yacht, put in here yesterday
morning, and, having coaled, left again at 3 o'clock for
Pembroke.

The repairs of the Magicienne are ordered to be made
good forthwith. She will probably be ready to go out
of harbour on Tuesday.
Shipwrights have commenced laying the groundways
for launching the Phcebe, building in No. 2 slip.
Yesterday afternoon Lieutenant Frank B. Hawkins,
of the flag-ship Impregnable, 104, was shooting wild
fowl in a boat in Hamoaze, and while a ljusting the lock
of the gun it unfortunately went off, and the charge was
lodged in the thigh of the boatman, William Algar, of
Devonport, who was immediately conveyed to the Devon
and Cornwall Hospital, where he lies in a dangerous
state.