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

ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

A most dreadful accident, accompanied with
the loss of the lives of four persons, took place
on Saturday on the London and Brighton Rail-
way, near Balcombe, between 17 and 18 miles
from Brighton. Ali 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 engines, and going
at the rate of about 30 miles an hour, on arriving
near Baicombe, 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 to 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
wore 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
strucf 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 about half-
past eight. Immediate steps were taken to re-
move the bodies and clear the line, the bodiers
being taken to a shed near Coppey-hole, and. the
fragments of the engine and tender placed at the
side of the rail, as near as 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.
The boiler of the engine is covered over with
a tarpauling, but the fragments of iron lying
near the spot are untouched. The tender lies about
150 yards from the engine, completely 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 footpaths 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.

In the debate on the Ordnance Estimates, Sir
Charles Napier again brought forward the question of the
propriety of there being a Naval officer at that Board,
and the arguments he adduced to show the necessity for
this measure we think, every Naval officer will admit to
be irrefutable. The facts stated by the gallant :Commo-
dore and other distinguished officers, relative to the arms
supplied for the use of our seamen, lye know to be too
true ; we, therefore, hope and believe that this serious
evil will be speedily arrested ; for nothing can be more
shameful or more cruel than putting arms into the hands
of our brave seamen, to defend themselves against an
enemy, which are not to be relied upon in any case, and
by which their valuable lives must at once be sacrificed.
live are rejoiced to find men of both the gallant profes-
sions, now in the House of Commons, who have the
ability and the independence of mind to speak truths,
however unpalatable they may be to the Government, be
it Whig or Conservative, and thereby to amend the evils
so loudly complained of ; and we hail the late discussions
with infinite delight, as we augur from them immense
advantages to both Services.---Naval and Military
Gazette.

PORTSMOUTH.—During the week Ise have ex-
perienced a succession of tempestuous weather, with
strong gales of wind from 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 having a party of persons on board from
Guernsey. We are happy to add that no disaster has
taken place on the coast or amongst the shipping in the
harbour.—Hamethire Independent.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS'
CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
re
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, OCT. 3.l—We 111%
had a very good demand for cotton tO-day,' the sa e_
comprising 6,000 bales, of which 500 have been tllkell
by speculators. Prices are steady.
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, OCT. 3.—A fair Lanolin
of business has been done at the Stock Exchange oclai
Eastern Counties, 71. 13s. 9d.; Ditto Debentures, 7i; Grun
Junction Half Shares, 97-• Great Western now ,hares,
Junction 1;
55; Ditto 201. Shares, 7i; Great North of England,
Liverpool and Manchester, Half Shares, 92
• 1-4"1
and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, ; Nord). Midlan
Half Shams, 32 ; Paris and Rouen, 8 ; South
and Dover, 14-t. haoe
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE; OCT. 2.---We
had but a limited business to-day, although the Marl,
continues firm. Manchester and Birmingham, 213 r:
Manchester. and Leeds Half Shares, 23 ; Ditto, Qut
tern. 15. prem. ; South Eastern and Dover, 14 to 11.:
London. and Birmingham New Thirds, 231 to 234
Bank of Manchester, 51. Eastera

THE FUNDS. firm
Both the English and Foreign Securities opene,A -QQA.k
this morning. Consols are 89A-. for Money, an
for the Account ; Exchequer Bills, lls. 13s. prem' Per
Spanish Active Stock 231 ; Portuguese Thrjee 110 t
Cents. 184 19 ; Ditto Five per Cents. .314 ;
much business doing at present.
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT 00.
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share'
Bristol and Exeter 6O ..... 274..... to
43
London and Brighton 5O
London and South Western 3B/ 45211:::: to
t°
. to
em 14
South Eastern! and Dover 3B
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, OC I'l,-
3 per Cent. Consols
Three and Half Stock 97i Grand Canal Stock ......
Ditto Reduced ...... Ditto Debs. 6 per 9ent''
Ditto New 1830... 97/ Ditto 4 per cent .....
I . "*.
3/ per Cent. Debs.
IeerHALF-PAS and
The Hamburgh mail has arrived with the
taken
papers of Friday. A further advance had again ,„00-
place in the rate of exchange upon London, the 19-9„.1"1' as
tation being. 13 51. Gold remains steady, the sate
°
before. d so
There are no later arrivals from any quarter;
intelligence has yet been received of the Overland
which is looked for with intense anxiety. 3911
Consols are now quoted at 894 for Money. has bee"
for the Account. This is the first day the
prey. 313;s0015;
named in the list,. and it is put down att pr
chequer Bills, a shade higher, 12 14 prem.; India
1 2 prem. 1 Pas-
Spanish Active Stock continues firm at 23s bellt94
sive, 54 4 ; Deferred, 114 4 ; Portuguese Fivo Ler„is. 65
31 ; Ditto Three per Cents., 19 ; Brazilian s'°l,:,-11
ex div. ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents*'
-
Ditto Five per Cents., 994 ex div. on the
The melancholy accident which oczurred sod is
London and Brighton Railway on Saturday, e„.9„4llsjece
decline of 21. 10s. per share, but a reaction "—yibicll
taken place, and they are now quoted at 7/. dise''
grg
is 11. 10s. lower than on Saturday. South NV"ester
514 ; South Eastern and Dover, 14.
1111' f
QUARTER TO -- imu.e°
The assertions of an Hon. Member in the Jicat-'sre°
Commons the other evening, to the effect tl• o 5°
the wool trade, which has for some tulibegiss
well maintained a favourable position, , Ste
to suffer from the general depression of trs":"firal
'strikingly borne out by the failure of an extensi".e
at Huddersfield, the liabilities of which are very ile3 viii]g
understand that sales of Manchester goods are le
to some extent, though at low prices. abstiri
Spaculation in corn at the continental ports 19 "off, h 11"
considerably, now the English demand has fallen ,
here prices are rather higher tn.day. j;
Consols, Money, 894 ; for the Account, 894 45.1
November, 894 4 ; Portuguese, 314 • a Spanish'
4
CLOSING PRICES.

Bank Stock ...
3 per Cent Red
3 per Cent Cons B9A
3 per Cent Red —
New 3i per Cent 9Bi
New 5 per Cent
Long Annuities to expire
Jan. 1860
Oct 1859
Jan. 1860.
FOREIG.

BRITISH FUNDS.
India 5t0ck...........'
Ditto 80nd5...... .....
Ditto Old Annuities
Ditto New Annuitiesci op)
,Ea. Bills, I,ooot •••21
Ditto 5001-- ..... 16 r
Ditto Small. • "
Bank Stock for Opg• ."
India Stock for Acct."' 89i
Consols for Acct ........ •
1 FUNDS.
IPortuguese 5 per cent
, ' 51i
Ditto, New Ditto .........
Prussian, 5 per cent. "•
Russian, 5 per cent . . ....
Ditto, Aletillic ............ 9,3
Spanish, 5 per cent .••••'
Ditto, Deferred .......
French, 5 per cent. •*""f
Exchange ............ 4
French, 3 per cent- bit
Dutch, 2} per cePt• " 994
Ditto, 5 per cent. .......
LES
,aid) ...... •
65 paid) .....

Austrian, 5 per cent
Belgiv.n, 5 per cent
Brazilian 62
Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent
Chilian, 6 per cent
Colombian, 6 per cent —
Ditto, 1824. 2oa
Danish, 3 per cent
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent —
Mexican, 5 per cent —
Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825,
Peruvian, 1€125, 6 per et.
SHA 97i
Bristol and Exeter (60 ioi
Great Western Railway i 71
Ditto Fifth (4 raid) ....................... 15s
London and Birmingham (90) ......... 91i
Ditto Quarter Sb.ares ( 5 paid) ..... ""
Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) ......... Dli
London and South Western .. . ...............14
LLOSYY°
ourDtkh
a7nsda
North
nritiha
Midland)Di
voerNßl:aBi
piszi..a) 77
itly/lipsti
osrr
DEAL, OCT.
dOtcoTt.h2e.N—.WE.
,inadndWthealVit;a7rdr.b3ol‘l::l Iresileed
has shift'
paring to sail.—Arrived from the River Older, $ll,,
Widmer Castle, for Calcutta ; Martin litit'ialleif
Thetis, Port Philip ; Sir E. Paget and ALfrecl,
ew -
New South Wales • Clifton and Brougham ~
13°,4/3
land ; Edinburgh, 'Bombay ; Algoa
Dea, St. John's, New Brunswi& ; Eclipse Sft,,ticlO'a
Arrived the Lancer, Shields, and sailed for'Perfies•
Salem, do. and sailed for Bombay ; Meg ger° oad•
Earl Durham, northward. Sailed the outward bc!cisber,
OFF DOVER, OCT. 3.---Arrived the Heroine,
11b to
from St. Thomas,
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 2.—Wind S.S.E. for 0
N.E.—Arrived the Widmer Castle, from Londelivroott:
cutta ; Bland, ditto., and sailed for ditto ;
'-' tetstlfs.s
ditto, and sailed fir: New York. Sailed the
Aere
for Sierra Leone. otetw,-,th,
za ot
FiLMOUTH, OC T. 2.-Arrived the Bragan,-;,bon
from Gibraltr.r, 'left 23d alt, Cadiz 24th, 141' gel,' de
and Vigo 29th. Sailed the Great LiverP°°c,
Malta, &c. ; aver, London.; John Joh°s°-'e.
Janeiro.
PETERHEAD, OCT. I.—Sailed Swift, Cons-0 of „go
DUBLIN, 0(7 r. I.—A boat marked " Pell-11;0o
don, John Bal. i, and a boom 36 feet long' "" loor
picked ur, nem • Wexford. nd' Atr
COWES, OC!.C. 3.—Sailed the Sarah, for Sy- .
South Wales .;Champion, Cape of Good 1-K" to
lanta, Rio Jr aleiro. • QestOlfee
WISBEACI r, OCT. 3.—The Avon, from three
to Schiedam,, put in here last night, making e.
water per h( mr, and it is expected must discharg

• CO WES, ISLE OF. WIT-11).
craom OUR OWN CORRESPONDE,-• f4C
ROYAL. YACHT SQU4DRON INTELLIG i,o'
ARRIVALS. f 1
fo
SEPT. U.—Kestrel yawl, Commodore Bari ° frool
roughs from Devonport and Dartmouth. Esq.,
25---C7:usader schooner, R. B. Sheridan? fr" (tool
WeymoL.wth. sckt
OCT. —Circassian schooner, W. Lyon,
Portsmouth.

SALTING& . Moore' f)cl4 oel,
SEPT. 26.—Reindeer cutter, ,john
Southampton, left for the seasox.i.
OCT. 2.—Jack-o'-Lan tern schooner,Earl
..;ge .°
for the west coast of Sc•atland.. A cr-
3.—Xestrel yawl, Ei.rl of Yarborough, 1/11
the eastward.
c r rlloll' 6i'
YACHTS AT 'ANTI ABOUT THE .-,,,v-- it,sder.
Sehooners—Janette., Hawk, Tarifa, "1:!"-Cro5"" Ali;
tans, Mischief, Flower of Yarrow, Wandere"phebe' we'
Cutters—Nautilus, Emerald, Forest Fifleroo, f
rora, Cynthia, Arfr..zon,.Witch, Sapphire, -'-'
of Yarrow.
_.5.,„ OVS$.9tl4,
MEMBERS AT THE SQUADR"l3entille-ic'l3Pej,
Lord Castl,ete agh, Lord Seaton, 0. G rAliste' eel' ti,
and Capt. Wm, Lyon. Sir Dellinglialla
to be lgurct 5,
is expected daily, when his new yacht i 5,0500, Id' ii C,/
The town continues very full, for the we b“401.401.-le;
merous visitors continue to anive daily, till 1-if Pits
tinuance of gales of wind and. heavy.rayeaAtifii .posj;
The woatiter has now (Sunda: r) set lit bthe 14:00,
and many, who have been wind-bound o,tili. the Old
shore, wi ithave an opportunity of visitl; of tocw
eevflie
while the Sarah, for the Cape, and thejgedey 131;fetiv
so long' wind-bound in our roads, have t'll'breerlM '.
for thei.r ports of destination, w ith a fine
eav,tw ft• rd. Bar. 29.45.
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of
T HE MARKETS--Tr!'-'-'yQ
, foOtist
CORN EXCHANOD..O desCa:ol,ool
Last week's arrivals we re moderate of a `iergbli ''sol,eP
Grain. The fresh supply of new Corn w 54 tvt, bettloto 001
the condition of most sar tplei tender. Whirr tbantleso,te °I
and. Foreign, was Is. to 2s. per quarter hig_!„,., ,sr sr'
Braley, previouslyrs so Id at last week't rather bett4e,bip r
Peas. as previously quote d. Oats met a d sloe, a° 0
',est week's rates. Flon r met an improve Of i
tels were rather dearer.. 0,51;l000tf
fall ml4O 652
ARRIPALs °Ft.:MAIN IN LONDON .-•""aago. I, JO
Wheat. Berle'. ogg, OP ii,l L
1,601 V 11. u4O gri. 10,70
--- , s6„te
9,116 500,
ritlC 31 aog a oAB,•D or sr"' ,f) ..... ' tly To'
Small(ne • .. •"',. :
Wheat,lled (old) ..!tis 70s BO ns, _ (01,4) ...
_.,..,0i.
----White (old) 4ils. 745.
--------. Ite,11841) ..52.a. 555. ------------ 1:.......1c1"(10'c1it;::. ..
..
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------_______"-----wiErilimnel.)„ 5...5566215g5..•
5,66'3455i... -------______--.
_______...liar7.7. . E1ed.).*::::,......;1;,/,,,i
------- 'Pine
.....
~,,,,,
' Oar, Fcca .... v•.... ...d7;.2
--..---.. Superfine ....t45. vbs. -,
___. NO- " . " -,,',. 0
--...-Foteign free .,...514 7.2 c. -----", land ............... ~ i,.
Ry(
~,,,...:3S, . .ini. -10 New .. ...... niP,F
mutt7to::frelj
_____----- ........ ••la Of
Etarlay
.----- Grinding.... .......... ,s. 32.5. --- r° ..... Vey' ..... •••.1r67,,
,--- Malting.... .... ....? 2s. 363. -----s;;0, ............... •':504,
Malt ..........' ios, 60s.
-----
Iri3h.. ........
sick).,..ta,
eo,
---- Fine New , „ 0)0 ....
.46. •
Pease, Grey, New .....
...,
.355. 375. Flour' Ay,
___ds, ... ..!...,.. s,
oi
.......... Maple Nem ~ ~...5.63. 40a. ------
~1‘,.cr();11 6°W.1.t.j.7.... ,
White...„,..„ „..1-13. 24,. ---''''
......... !.. ' 01. 00
Boilers ,,...37... 40:. Bran ......
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Si [ITIIFIELD AIABI_F-1101 yerioliicre, lei
the 6;"'„ 113:3 01 ,
o Of Serer Of prer je
The supr,,ly of C was
to
middling,wer pric
thees weretia a
a *submittedndoptordi:c
e!s. k:vr .
prl
cc%
0101 406
'to s4sh.e.9e.' : , 4s. 86
supply was short, t he demand not bri k and
reduction °l3 fle'ty),
Pigs the supply w as plentiful, and a ‘,5,330 ; gs...
too.. }dace.
BB:
ea5f:5,3:,473d,1.
IF
4s. 10d. ; Veal, Is. Bd. to ss. 6d. ;
A ("liclo
- TEA MARKET' r oile-,210s ti
The market v /as firm, agood demand p ea__„,,
was the lowest p: ice, for Congou, cash. Comp "J Thep
HOP MARKET.
,_ „aid, •, eo:/, I
There uas a' :Risk sale, and advanced rar:',l:ordtity 101
Por:
ing has proved tc:s than was expected. ' ,i. Ws
at 170,0001. ' Pk, ) prices of New flops are v

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