The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-08 00:00:00

CHINA NEWS.

IMPERIAL EDICTS.
Peking Gazette.—The imperial will has been received.
I order that two long under and two short upper silk
robes be conferred on Yihshan ; and on Lungwan and
Yangfang one of each ; of the presents for Yangfang I
order Yihshan to be the bearer (to Canton.)
On Choo Lihking of the first, Sa Sungih and Yo
Sungih (at the Keentsing gate of the imperial palace),
and Tihl Urhkih, of the third company of the imperial
body guards, I confer 80 tads of silver each.
On Chungtae, of the second company of the first di-
vision of the white banner imperial body guards, Pa
Yangho, of the third company of the first division of the
yellow banner, on Foo Shehae, Fooming, and Na Mashen,
I confer 40 taels of silver each.
On Tseuen Choowan, Ying Tih Kwei, Muh Lungho,
Woo Lihtsing, Ho Haesuy, Holing, Hofoo, Thietung,
Yuhhing, Chang Nuyhin,.Poo fling Kwei, Say Elatung,
Hoking, Shooche (described as a kind of master-general
of the ordnance), Muhshe, Poo Hactung, Ying Lihkan,
Tae Woosuy, I confer 30 taels of silver each. On Muh
Tinggih, Le Seangfun (of the hoopoo board), Selamuli
(of the Lefanvuen, a board that superintends the affairs
of the dependent countries of China), and Fuh Kwei,
waiting for a chefoo's appointment, I confer 40 taels of
silver each. On Tseuenhiny, a secretary of the hoopoo
board, Kingfuh, a secretary of the military board, I con-
fer 30 taels of silver each. All of the above rewards are
to be disbursed from the treasury of Canton. Respect this.
The imperial will has been received.
Chingtae, of the white banner, Pa Yangho, Poo-She-
hae, of the first, and Na Mashen, of the second division
of the yellow banner, are to accompany Yihshan to Can-
ton, to be employed there. Respect this.
The Emperor has also conferred rewards of tens of
taels of silver on many other officers; and has made somo
regulations, founded on the Report of the Cabinet, on
the allowance of rico to the families of the soldiers of
the white, yellow, and blue banners. The Cabinet re-
commended that the allowance be henceforth fixed at
80,000 shih (of about 901 b. each); but the Emperor says
if this quantity is found to be superabundant it is to be
reduced one-half. The manlier of its distribution is to
be reported. Respect this.
PROCLAMATION BY THE THREE IMPERIAL

COMMISSIONERS,
OFFERING REWARDS FOR THE BODIES, DEAD on ALIVE,
OF HER MAJESTY'S PLENIPOTENTIARY, BREMER, MOR-
RISON, DENT, THOM, KEA HEAPS (?)
By the Rebellion-quelling Generalissimo Yih, and the
selected assistant great Ministers, Yang and Lung, a per-
spicuous proclamation, to be circulated everywhere, con-
cerning a universal conferment of rewards.
As to the fint reward, he who obtains it shall obtain
favour and honour in the eyes of his countrymen, be-
coming the most eminent of worthies ; his merit will be
extraordinary.
In crooked and difficult emergencies, then is the time
to use all men of superior talent.
The English rebels, since the past year, when they
threw in the apple of discord at Tinghae, until now have
been rebelling against Heaven, and perversely opposed
to reason ; domineering and avaricious, depending upon
their numbers, they attacked and laid in ruins the fron-
tiers, and from the profligacy of their dispositions, aban-
doned themselves to lewdness and robbery ; dug up the
graves. But what crimes had the decayed bones com-
mitted ? Burnt and laid in ruins the fields and huts ;
and the people's fat is altogether exhausted ; they
have peeled the flesh and drunk the marrow ; and the
crow of the cock and the bark of the dog are sounds that
have been cut off from myriads of families ; and chil-
dren of three cubits in height have nut escaped a loss of
chastity and defilement of their persons ; and now they
have come to Canton, and with more false pretexts seek
for reconciliation, taking advantage of our being unpre-
pared, and with fox-like cunning (implying we are foxes
charged into men) they seduce both those abroad and at
home to become traitors, and with rat-like irresolution
their furtive glances are the curse of China ; this is
what causes the hearts of men both far and near to
grieve, and the middle and outside nations to gnash
their teeth.
We have received the imperial orders to apply our-
selves to one purpose only—that of subjugation, and to
lead on the troops to extermination, and rescue the people
on the frontiers out of the water and fire, and seize the
rebellious seed as the King-e* fish, devour its flesh, and
deep in its skin.
We early exhort the people to strengthen their reso-
lution, and to clap the King-e on its back and grasp its
horn; let all strenuously unite their minds and strength.
Ye civil and military officers, country gentlemen and
scholars of Canton are generally said to love righteous-
ness, and hitherto have cultivated the principles of reason,
and your whole province teems with plenty and happiness;
your resources are illimitable ; the winds and clouds
now collecting in harmony, your whole dependence is now
on excellent stratagems, and all are gratefully incited by
the desire of the Holy Lord to save his people; you all
have Heaven's warrant for the merit of destroying all
your enemies (i. e. if you conquer the English you will
never have another equal), and to build up prosperity and
happiness in your several neighbourhoods, and again
have your names engraved for meritorious loyalty on
bamboo and silk ! and have the official patents hanging
down with pendant seals ; and we, the great officers,
summons those who possess the knowledge of right prin-
ciples ; then plenty and national happiness will visit us,
and the people will ,enjoy the blessings of peace.
We, the Generals, hold by our oaths as water, and
grasp the laws as a mountain ; when issuing orders, we
act up to them, and will not postpone our rewards ; we
again, therefore, issue these commands, and distinctly
arrange the scale of rewards.
Repay (them) for having involved you in Calamit y
and revenge those who sacrificed their lives for their.
country ; when we can on the morning report yeur merits
to the Emperor, you will is the evening be proclaimed on
the list of the meritorious. Ye, soldiers and people, take
care not to commit yourselves as the Chusanites ; then,
perhaps, you will be as firm as the rocks, in the pearly
sea ; let each obey this implicitly ; slight it not. A
special proclamation.
The following is the scale of rewards.
Any one, either of the military or the people, who
seizes and delivers up Elliot, shall be rewarded with
100,000 dollars, and reported for promotion to the 4th
degree of rank.
Those who seize and deliver up Elliot's subordinates,
Bremer, Morrison, Dent, Thom, Kea "lupe (?) shall be
rewarded with 50,000 dollars, and be reported for pro-
motion to the sth degree of rank.
Those who concoct a plan for burning the English
barbarians' ships of war, with reference to the number
of their masts—at the rate of 1,000 dots fur one mast ;
for a schooner 3,000 doll.
Those who seize alive any head thieves (captains, &c.,
of Majesty's ships ?) bez ides the settled scale of rewards,
if there are any goods on board the ships they shall be
divided among the captors ; the rest of the nations which
continue respectful and obedient are allowed to continue
their trade as usual ; and the military and people must
not seek causes of quarrel with their ships, in order to
manifest a distinction (between the obedient and dis•
obedient.)

If any 'dare obstinately to oppose, they shall be heavily
punished, without any remission.
Those who seize a steam-vessel shall be rewarded
with 6,000 dollars, and her cargo shall be divided
amongst them, and their services shall be esteemed as of
high military merit.
Merchants of any foreign nation who seize and deliver
up Elliot, and aid China in the meritorious work of ex.
terminating the English, shall be rewarded as follows,
under the season's regulations ; they shall be reported to
be released from half the usual duties, in order to rouso
them to exertion :

Those who are thoroughly acquainted with the dispo-
sitions of the barbarians, and can outwit by stratagems
their adherents, or cut off their race, or make fire utwi-
sils and vessels to destroy the lives of the barbarians,
will be all allowed great merit ; if they wish to become
public officers, they shall be reported for that purpose ;
if they do not wish to become public officers, they shall
be rewarded with 20,000 dollars.

Those who :,size alive a native born Englishman shall
be rewarded with 200 dols.; those who cut off an
Englishman's head shall receive 100 dols.; for a live
native of India, 50 dols.; and for his head 30 dols, will
be given.

Various rewards and remissions of punishments for
crimes committed are then promised to various natives
for seizing and killing Englishmen, and also punish-
ments for those who use our goods or supply us with
necessaries; but want of time obliges us to defer their
translation until the next publication of the Register.
PROCLADIATION BY THE LADS OF THIRTY-SIX VILLAGES
ROUND CANTON, TO THE ENGLISH BARBARIANS.
The inhabitants of the provincial city of Canton and
of each of the villages and hamlets clearly proclaim to
the English barbarians as follows:
This proclamation is issued because you have opposed
the troops of the celestial dynasty, entered and attacked
places in the inner waters ; this proves your utter disre-
gard of the laws ; and it is also well known that Elliot
and his colleagues are stupid people, who wish to change
our manners by newfangled and exotic doctrines ; and
although we are but small country people, we are still
les enfans of the Emperor, who are regardful of our-
selves and of our families, and also of our native country
and possess hearts that to the last cherish our fathers
and mothers. The defence of our native place and of
ourselves and families was first committed to the care of
stout and valourous soldiers ; but now, being excited and
united by one feeling of indignation, why should we
trouble the public officers to grasp their spears, for at one
war-cry numberless excited hands (men), will gather
together_

-Whose swords are a thousand, whose bosoms are one;
who of themselves will be equal to the slaughter of your
hated species.
We are true to the last of our blood and our breath.
And like reapers descend to the harvest of death.
Then welcome—.
But woe to your kindred and woe to your cause,
When China her weapon indignantly draws.
At this moment ye are secretly practising diabolical
arts; and, unnaturally profligate as the the bird, yo have
usurped possession of Hong Kong, and have hoped to
seize the taxes of Government It is authenticated that
when ye were at Tinghae, ye debauched men's wives and
daughters; and all your proceedings have been lawless.
The measure of your crimes and wickedness is full, and
how can we, the people of the province, sit still and wit-
ness the seizure (of the 5,000,000 of dollars). Hitherto
we have hidden ourselves, and have not raised our heads;
all being on the verge of terror and not in will and deter-
mination together united; but henceforth, we have all
bound ourselves by a solemn oath; yet being impeded by
the peaceful measures of the public officers, we did for a
shy
joinrt tim
battlee retire to our different villages, not presuming
Hitherto H e haVe practised the sacred precepts that
have been handed down to us ; and we are perfectly well

• King-e—a fabulous fish; nsed
.Ds.figuratively for a devoßtillg
conqueror of men.—Mornson's ct , 2,057.

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTO

'versed in the great principles of righteousness ; and in the
vague and unpractised duty of defending ourselves and
families, although we are not much more than a set of
blockheads, yetis the will and determination of the mul-
titude in the city—from beginning to end—on all points,
without difference or change.
How can it bp, think ye, that we have asssembled and
united merely because ye have arranged your battalia ?
Now, after the publication of this proclamation, if you
still continue morally unawakened, and adhere to your
stupidity, and again tread in your old footsteps, we
will forthwith prepare our lances and tri-forked
spears, and forming ourselves into an army
of right-
eousness, with our strata„nists to form plans, and the
whole united and exerted strength of our stout and
valiant youths—then, when we but once uplift our
hands, will the pearly Canton River be tranquillised ; for
if we form our plans of ambush, then even the very
devils themselves will not be able
to fathom them ; as it
is our imperative duty- to expel, sweep out, and purify
(our land of the English), and thus prevent a shred of
your sails from returning to your country ; and thus
shall we illustrate'to the whole world the great princi-
ples of righteousneas, and further, the black-haired
people will be ngaili restored to their original occu-
pations.

Ye, in your deprOed, licentious nooks of places, we
certainly.apprehend;bave not yet attained,to a thorough
knowledge—of our oath and our intentions ;it is right,
therefore, with speed to disseminate the same to all of
your race. Ye are all ordered to obey implicitly and not
involve yourselves iii a too late repentance.—A Special
Proclamation, 4th Moon, 13th day (June 2.)
ADDITIONAL PROCLAMATIONS ON, THE
PART OF THE BRITISH PLENIPOTENTIARY.
PROCLA (TRANSLATION.)
XATION TO THE PEOPLE OF CANTON BY THE
BRITISH PLENIPOTENTIARY.
Elliot, the British Plenipotentiary, issues this Procla-
mation fur the proper understanding of affairs.
The high officer of the great flourishing nation (Eng-
land) reflecting that all the western nations having car-
ried on for many and successive years commerce with the
merchants and people of the province of Canton, in mu-
tual security and tranquillity, he has in consequence,
again and a third time spared the city ; and, moreover,
he has refrained from heaping calamities on the mer-
chants and people ; and this is known to all men!
Now I, a public officer and great minister, having be-
fore delivered up the forts, the Imperial Commissioner
and great Minister (Keshan) took into consideration
measures which would restore matters to a fixed and
tranquil state, in order that hereafter the two nations,
the- great and flourishing (England) and the great and
pure (China), might on the whole manage and settle
their affairs well, and to the exclusion of all difficulties.
And afterwards, indeed, the batteries might again be put
in a state of defence.
Now, upon examination, it will be found that the said
Imperial Commissioners and great Ministers broke their
engagement, and again presumed to fortify the batteries ;
and further, they brought in from every province new-
raised levies of troops, which successively entered the
provincial city, and they proceeded to prepare secret
plans of attack on the English forces ; for if the troops
were only intended to protect the city, how can their
proceedings bo otherwise explained
,?
.Try to think a
little, oye people ! Formerly, when we joined in bat
tle, who was it who preserved your lives, property, and
the exercise of your dia.rent occupations ? Are you to
be thankful to the Imperial Commissioners and great Mi-
nisters, who have brought in troops from all the other
provinces--

Brisk are the troops all roaring like thunder,
Eager for battle, impatient for plunder—
or for the favours which you have received from the high
officer of England, by whom you have been protected?
Moreover, at the present time, the cantonments of
troops from the different provinces are oppressing the
good and industrious people; and if they are allowed to
remain inevitable ruin and utter destruction will be
brought on the city, reaching to and involving the whole
population; on this account it is right to issue a proclama-
tion, for. the full information of all the inhabitants of
the provincial city of the province of Canton.
If, except the usual garrison of officer and troops, the
Imperial Commissioners and great ministers, with the
cantonments of troops from the different provinces now
here, do not leave the city in one day, and if the whole
number do not depart from the province of Canton and
go to the north, then the High Officer of England will be
unable to protect the multitude in the city, but he must
lead on his troops and take the city by storm, and con-
fiscate all the property inside the city, on account of his
country; but, if, indeed, the Imperial Commissioner and
Great Minister will in a day's time peaceably withdraw
the troops, affairs may still be adjusted.
I, a public officer and great Minister, am a man desi-
rous of managing affairs with , calm consideration, and
the intelligent high officers of my country arc well prac-
tised in the dispositions of all foreigners, and we unite
with our whole hearts with the Supreme Ruler in his pe-
culiar duty, to cause the people of the land and their fami-
lies to increase in prosperity, and protect them from un-
prepared-for calamities.
The Imperial Commissioners and great Ministers have
not any part of their families or the least property
within the city ; they are, therefore, regardless of
the prosperity of the province of Canton, and are
only mindful to make false reports for their own
profit ; therefore they have led on officers and sol-
diers, which will only be the cause of disturb-
ances and confusion; for they (the officers and soldiers),
seeing at a glance that the people of the city have become
rich by their commerce with foreign nations, will seize
the opportunity of plundering thein ; on this account it
is imperatively necessary that ye should with one mind
and united strength urgently importune the Imperial
Commissioners and great Ministers, with all who are
attached•to the army, immediately to retire peaceably
from the city and return to the north ; and then the
whole city and province will be preserved from the cala-
mities of war. ,Let all, all think on and attentively con-
sider this. Hasten ! hasten ! A special proclamation.
Fourth moon, 2d day (May 22). •
TO THE PEOPLE OF CANTON.
ELLIOT, &C.

It is well known to all the people of Canton, that the
city and the whole trade of the province have twice been
spared by the high officers of Great Britain, in recollec-
tion of the long and peaceful intercourse which has sub-
sisted between them and the western nations.
But now it is clearly ascertained, that the three High
Commissioners have violated the agreement lately entered
into with the British officers, by arming one of the forts,
given up to them on the distinct assurance that no guns
should be put there, till all the difficulties were settled
between the two nations.
And it is further known to the English officers that
fresh troors are constantly poured into the city from the
other provinces, and that secret preparations are in pro-
gress to attack the British forces, who are the real pro-
tectors of the city.
Let the people remember the hour of battle, and con-
sider whether they owe the safety of their lives and pro-
perties to the wisdom and valour of the Commissioners
from the Court, and the troops of the other provinces, or
to the forbearance of the British officers.
The troops of the other provinces are no more than
• scourges to the good and industrious inhabitants and if
they are suffered to remain in Canton, they will draw
down destruction upon the city, and upon tho wealth of
the whole province.
It is now, therefore, plainly proclaimed to the people
• of the city and province of Canton, that if the Com -
missioners and all the other troops, except those of '
the province of Canton, have not departed from the
city (with an understanding that they shall imme-
diately leave the province) within twelve hours, the
high officers of the English nation will be obliged to
withdraw their protection from the city, and take mili-
tary possession of it, confiscating all the property to the
Queen of England.
But if the Commissioners and their troops do indeed
retire within the period indicated, it will still be possible
to enter into arrangements with the high officers of the
province, prudent men, acquainted with the foreign cha-
racter, mindful of the lives and property of the people,
and responsible to the Emperor for their safety.
The Commissioners have no property at stake in Can-
ton, and care nothing for the prosperity of 'the province,
but desire only to make reports which may servo their
interests at Court. The troops they have brought with
them are anxious for trouble and confusion, that they
may plunder the city, enriched by the foreign trade.
Let the people of Canton, as one man, call for the de-
parture of the Commissioners and their troops, and by
these means it will still be possible to save the city and
the whole province from the Miseries of war.
(True copy.) J. R. MORRISON,
Acting Secretary and Treasurer.
A PROCLAMATION,
Off Canton,
B22yd
C3'nf ait)itr' 1841.LEsELLIor, &C.

Let all the people of Canton understand that they may
return and continue their pursuits in peaceful security,
whilst the high officers are faithfully fulfilling their en-
gagements.
The recent hostilities in this province haie been
against the will of the high British officers, and are attri-
butable to the breach of faith and violence of the Imperial
Commissioners ; for, although the general measures
against the Imperial Court will not be relaxed till full
justice be done, assuredly there never would have been
any disturbance of the people of Canton and this pro-
vince, unless it had been provoked by the misconduct of
the Imperial Commissioners.
What else have the Imperial Commissioners done in
this province than to-injure the dignity of the Imperial
Court by a violation of their pledges under their seals,
Commissioners and all the other troops, save
and to occasion grief and loss to tins of thousands of
of '
wr innocenth en thepeople
the force,
thee ty.
people
raer,mancr thpeiorsibbrgilliant Can-
toncon-
t those sle sillo f
onceth e pmr province, ceen,
jehya have
adeeep attrutdcds,e
At Canton this 3d
heights, and the capture of the
GENERALEIaef June,oll
DI.BE4EI.s
.. . .
Head-quarters, Expeditionary Force, Fort
yungkang Tai, Canton, May 27.
Major-General Sir Hugh Gough from . his heart con-
gratulates
duponu ctitnh tehire thesteadinessattatrcokopofs otutifnee4vje
lereriygfi•
honour of
several forts above Canton, and of the entrenched'canip
under cover of the city wall on the 25th inst. •
2. This expression of the Major-General's best thanks
ksiaairee r-
heartilyG e r a
el
was as fully merited, as it is sincerely accorded to' ihe na-
particularise.
are
d ue ;
val battalion and the Royal marines, who have nobly
's beat thanks
upheld the high character of their profession.
soldiers
ss tot xllll,,amillidtain. the
be impossible to
British sailors shaeirloerasilaanrde esorlduil
4. Officers commanding corps and brigades, and heads
of departments, in accepting the Major-General's thanks
toallTthoosaleltthhaen
for themselves, will be pleased to commnnicate them to
their officers and men.—By order,
(Signed) ARMINE S. H. MOUNTAIN.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
Last night, a few minutes past eleven o'clock, an
alarming and destructive fire was discovered by police
constable 136 F, on duty, passing the premises of Mr.
Twelvetree, an extensive cow-keeper, residing in Princes-
street, Lincoln Inn-fields. He immediately gave an
alarm, and the fire-engines were sent for, and in less
than fire minutes afterwards were on the spot, and were
got into immediate operations, followed by others in
rapid succession, but the flames had in a few minutes
after the outbreak gained such uncontrolled ascendancy,
that they, despite all exertions of the firemen, com-
municated to an extensive pianoforte manufactory, be-
longing to Messrs. Champion, which, from the com-
bustible materials on the premises, burnt most furi-
ously, and communicated to the extensive premises
at the back, belonging to Messrs. Howitt, Brothers,
linendrapers and shawlmen, Nos. 22G, 227, and 228,
High Holborn, and adjoining those of Mr. Adlard, hatter,
and hosier, No. 225; and Mr. Stone, grocer, No. 229, on
the east side; the back of Mr. Hoivitt's premises, imme-
diately caught fire and communicated to Mr. Adlard's.
Several engines arrived from the City, and there being
an abundance of water, torrents were thrown in all di-
rections, from seventeen large and powerful fire-engines;
hoses were carried through the adjoining houses, and on
the tops of them, by which the firemen had great power
over the flames, and by twelve o'clock they began to suc-
ceed in subduing them ; and, by half-past twelve o'clock,
they so far extinguished them as to allay:all further fears.
At one period tiva whole range of buildings in Holborn,
from Queen-street to Turnstile, were threatened with de-
struction. The damage is very extensive, several ad-
joining houses being extensively damaged by fire and
water, besides the destruction of the buildings in the cow-
yard, pianoforte-manufactory, and the entire backs of the
premises of Messrs. Howitt Brothers, and Mr. Adlard ;
as also part of the premises of Mr. Stone, a grocer. It
is not known in what manner the fire originated. The
police belonging to the F and E division, rendered the
firemen most essential service. The damage done is esti-
mated at upwards of 12,0001., the whole of which is in•
sured in various fire-offices.

FATAL ACCIDENT.

DOVER, OCT. 7.—Last evening an inquest was held a,
.;he Star Inn, before G. T. Thompson, Esq., the Borough
Coroner, on the body of a flyinan, named John Deane,
who came by his death under the following circum-
stances :—Thomas Kidner being sworn said—l am a
coachman residing at Deal. On Tuesday afternoon I
drove my coach to Dover, and as it rained very hard I
went into the ostlery belonging to the City of Antwerp
stables. About five o'clock a gentleman, whom I after-
wards ascertained to be Mr. Potter, of Shepherd's-well,
rode up in a gig, and gave George Cook, the under
ostler, a gun, saying he was to keep it till Mr.
Coleman, surgeon, came for it. Mr. Potter did not
say it was loaded, and Cook set it down in a corner
of the room. I remained sitting in the ostlery with
several others till half-past six o'clock, when Mr.
Huntley-, the proprietor of the stables, came in and
took the gun up. Samuel Forth, another ostler in the
stables, then stepped up to Mr. Huntley and took the
gun from that gentleman's bands, and began to point it
at different objects; when he said, " look out, old Tom,"
meaning the deceased, " I shall shoot you presently."
Upon this Deane, who was sitting beside me, put his
head behind my shoulder, and said to Forth, " Don't
act the fool, Sam; you know I have a great horror of
fire-arms; you'll shoot some one presently." Forth then
came up, and put the muzzle against my ribs, close to the
head of the decased, and pulled the trigger of the gun
two or three times. He then put the butt end against
me, and afterward presented the muzzle again. Just at
this time a servant of the Rev. Mr. Farbrace, of Ey-
theme, came in, and warned Forth not to play with the
gun, saying that it might be of bad consequence, even if
it were not loaded. The decaased then got up, and ran
out of the room, when one present said, " Put a percus-
sion cap on, and frighten old Jack." 11.1 e. Huntley im-
mediately went- and got a cap, and while he was gone
/Forth tried the barrel with the ramrod two separate
times, saying, " I know the gun is not loaded, for I have
tried it before." All present felt perfectly satisfied
the gun was not loaded, from the fact that the ramrod
was even with the muzzle of the gun, and the
ringing noise it made when it, apparently, reached the
bottom of the barrel. We always allow the end of the
ramrod to be about three fingers above the muzzle of
the gun when it is loaded. By this time Mr. Huntley
came back, and gave Forth a cap, and while the latter
was putting it upon the nipple deceased looked in at the
window, which being observed by the company present,
Forth said, " Now, look out, old chap ; I'll frighten you
presently," and immediately went out, while I followed
after. He held the gun close up under his right arm,
with the muzzle pointing a little upwards, till he ar-
rived near where deceased stood, when he pulled the
trigger; and the gun went off. Deane immediately fell
to the ground. Forth immediately went to lift him up,
but finding the blood flowing copiously from him he
exclaimed, " Oh God, the gun was loaded, and I have
indeed killed the man ! What shall Ido ! Do, pray,
kill me ; I'll cut my throat ! " and he was about doing
the fatal deed, when I interfered, and took him away.
The Jury consulted for about half an hour, when they
returned a verdict of Accidental Death, and levying a
deodand of 31. upon the gun. Deceased has left a widow
and threelsmall children to lament their loss.

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ALARMING OCCURRENCE ON
THE BRIGHTON RAILWAY.
BRIGHTON, THURSDAY.—This afternoon this town,
which had so recently been thrown into alarm by the
late fatal occurrence on this line, was thrown into great
consternation by a report that Patch= tunnel.had fallen
in. The non-arrival of the first train from London, by
which the London morning papers are brought down,
caused the most frightful and exaggerated statements to
be circulated. Immediately on the news being spread
a number of carriages proceeded to the spot, and the
Directors and officers, accompanied by a large body of
labourers, went down the line to render assistance. The
following particulars arc collected from the place. Pat-
chain tunnel is rather better than a quarter of a mile
in length, cut under a plantation belonging to Major
Paine's mansion, about four miles from Brighton
and two from Clayton tunnel (the longest one on
the line.) It appears that the mail train, which
left Brighton at a quarter before : eleven, passed
through in safety, no appearance of danger then existing.
The time for the next train toleave Brigton was a quarter
before twelve, when, most fortunately, bef 're its arrival
some of the labourers employed on the spot, perceiving
the Brighton end of the tunnel in a tottering state, they
immediately raised an alarm, and caused the proper sig.
itCs to be hoisted at each end to prevent the trains ap-
praaching. A great portion fell in at the exact time the
first train would have been in. Messengers were de-
ep ached to Brighton and the Hassock-gate station to
irVorm them of the calamity. On the arrival of the first
do vn train from London a dreadful scene presented itself,
fro n the alarm of the passengers through the remem-
!Justice of the recent fatal occurrence, as the train was
stopped just after emerging from Clayton-tunnel, and
numbers of people had congregated on the spot. In the
meantime the Directors had caused several flys, post-
chaises, &c., to proceed to Patcham to bring the passen-
gers on to Brighton, and vans, &c., for the luggage,
where the passengers arrived about a quarter past two,
two hours after the appointed time. On their arrival
the most affecting scenes took place between some of
them who had friends awaiting for them, as the general
report was that another fatal accident had taken place.
It is said, at Patcham, that the tottering state of the
tunnel was noticed by some parties early in the morn-
ing, and yet they neglected to give notice. It is a for-
tunate circumstance that it did not take place during the
passing of a train. It is hoped that a very searching in.
quiry will take place into the circumstance, as so many
persons' lives are placed in daily jeoparday. The trains
now stop at Patcham, and the first down train from Lon-
don took up the passengers to London, who were eon-
veyed from Brighton in post-chaises and flys. It is a
well-known fact that this tunnel has been watched, and
yet Sir Frederick Smith declared the London and Brigh-
ton Railway the safest and best constructed. A Govern-
ment messenger was in the first train from London,
having come down to examine the spot where the last
accident occurred.