The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-04 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, SUNDAY,—The Queen and Prince Albert,
the Duchess of Kent, the Royal Household, and the suite
of the Royal Duchess, attended Divine Service this
morning in the private chapel of the Castle. The Hon.
and Rey. Edward Southwell Keppell officiated.
• Yestcrday her Majesty and her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent walked for some time.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert went on a shoot-
ing excursion to Swinley Park, attended by the Earl
Delawarre, Lord Byron, Lord C. Wellesley, Colonel
Bouverie, and Mr. G. E. Anson (who dines with her
Majesty this evening.) The party returned to the
Castle at half-past one o'clock.

Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was taken out
yesterday.
The Earl Delawarre, Earl Jersey, and Lard and Lady
Ashley, left the Castle yesterday.
Her Majesty and her Illustrious Consort took an air-
ing yesterday afternoon through the Long Walk in the
Green Park, in a pony phaeton, his Royal Highness
driving, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Kent, and attended by the whole suite.
A Cahinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at
the Foreign-oifice. It was attended by Sir Robert Peel,
the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chancellor, Lord
Wharncliffe, the Duke of tuckingham, the Earl of Aber-
deen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, the Earl of lladdington, the Earl of
Ripon, Lord Ellenborough, and Sir Edward Knatchbull.
The Council sat two hours and a half.

His Excellency the American Minister transacted
business on Saturday, at the Foreign-office.

Mr. Patrick Colquhoun, lianseatic Plenipotentiary at
Constantinople, signed on the 6th September last, a Con-
vention of Commerce and Navigation with the Porte.
The Right Hon. Sir Charles namot, Governor of
Canada, had an interview with Lord Stanley on Satur-
day at the Coloniahoffice.
Count St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador, transacted
business at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs on Saturday.

Mr. Stevenson, the American Ambassador, resigns his
mission at this Court in the course of the present month,
and leaves in the Great Western steamer on the 23d inst.
for Washington.

. ,
Colonel Greig and Mr. Kinnaird had interviews with
Lord Stanley at the Colonial-office on Saturday.
The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel gave a Parliamentary
Dinner to a party of Members of the House of Com-
mons on Saturday at his residence in Whitehall-gardens,
Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governor of Gibraltar.

TUE IV laTHER.—.ti OON, OCTOBER 2.
ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET.
Ihrometer
Thermometer... 58 I Highest 59 j Lowest ..... 44
Wind W.--Freezing Point 32 Deg.

PORTSMDUTH.—D6rino•TITe week we have ex-
perienced a succeik,ion of tempestuous weather, with
strong gales of wind frinn the south west. On Tuesday
and Wednesday the tide rose to a considerable height,
covering the whole of East-street, and a great part of
Broad-street. On Tuesday two French vessels were
driven into the_harbour, one with a cargo of stone, and
the Other haring a tarty. of. persons on board from--
Guerusu: We are happy to add" that no disaster has
taken place on the coast or amongst the shipping in the,
harbour.--Harapshirependent.
'CORNLAWS AND FIthiTRADE-The public
meeting.to memorialise tho Qucen, held on Thursday at
the Guildhall, was must muncromly and respectly
attendedi and the spec and resolutions such as the
occatili dem ihded ufependent.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON T

DON AND BitiGHTO.N RAILWAY-.

A most dreadful aocillunt, accompanied with
the loss of the lives of four persons, took place 1
on Saturday on the London and Brighton Rail-
way, near Balcombe, between 17 and 18 miles
from Brighton. An account of the accident
reached town on Saturday night, about nine
o'clock, and, on inquiry at the terminus at Lon-
don Bridge, we ascertained the following parti--
culars :—The train, which left London early in
the afternoon, drawn by two enaines, and going
at the rate of about 30 miles an riour, on arriving
near Balcombe, was suddenly checked, the first
engine running off the rails, and coming With a
tremendous crash against the first carriage, which
it smashed to pieces. In that carriage were two
of the individuals who have by the unfor-
tunate accident come rto an untimely end.
Both of them were servants, one a young man,
and the other a young woman. The body of the
latter was discovered under the wheels of the
engine, nearly cut in two. The other two per-
sons who have been killed were stokers, the en-
gineer having saved his life by jumping off the
train. One of the guards is most dreadfully in-
jured in the spine, and now lies at Crawley,
in a most deplorable state. The accident is sup-
posed to have been caused by the late heavy
rains, the sandy soil of the embankment having
given way, and thereby caused the rails to
.sink,
the result of which was, that the engine run off
the line, and caused the disastrous consequences
we have before adverted to. We understand
that both the engines and the carriages nearest
to them were literally smashed to atoms, and that
two of the first-class carriages have sustained
very material injury ; the compartments of one
of them being entirely destroyed, and the
trimming and stuffing of the other torn to pieces.
In addition to the four persons that have unfor-
tunataly lost their lives, several other persons
were most seriously injured, and a man and
woman, who were on the line at the time the
accident took place, very narrowly escaped with
their lives. The body of one of the stokers
struck the man on the neck and knocked him
out of the reach of the train, and the woman, it
is supposed, was struck by some portion of the
train, and pitched into a ditch. .
The occurrence caused the delay of all the
trains until about seven o'clock, when the up-
train passed) and arrived. in London aboht half,
past eight.. inimediate steps were-taken to re-
inove'the bodies 'and clear the line, the.bodies
being taken to a shed near Coppey4lole, and the
fragments of.the engine and tender placed at the
side of the rail, as nearas possible to where they
were; picked up Yesterday several of the Di-
rectors visited. the place, and inspected the scene
and resUlts of the catastrophe.
Thehoiler. of the engine is covered over with
a tarpauling; but the fragments of iron lying
near the spot are untouched. The tender lies about
15a yards 'froni the etigine,eoriapletely 'capsized,
and the Wheels' and axleS lying by the side of
the line. Immediately after the accident addi-
tional men were placed to watch the portion of
the line where the accident occurred, and to pre-
vent persons from walking on the fbotpaths at
the side of the embankment.

With respect to the unfortunate man-servant,
who met with so untimely a death, it ap-
pears that when he applied at the ter-
minus at London-bridge, he was told he
was too late, upon which he stated that
he was a gentleman's servant, that he expected
his master was in the train, and entreated that he
might go by it. This entreaty prevailed with the
clerk; the unfortunate man paid his fare, and
took his seat on that carriage which he was never
to leave alive.
We understand that the Coroner's inquest will
take place on the bodies of the unfortunate suf-
ferers this day at ten o'clock, at Coppey-hole,
near Hayward's-heath.