The Sun.
London, England, 1840-11-17 00:00:00

LORD CARDIGAN AND THE

ELEVENTH HUSSARS.

The following appeared in the Times of yesterday :
" Stn—The Morning Post having refused publication
to the following letter, in reply to one of its own corre-
spondents, may I trespass upon you for its insertion in the
Times, which will oblige your most obedient servant,

" L. AIORSE,COOPER.
" Junior United Service Club, Nov. 12."

" TO THE EDITOR OF THE HORNING POST,

" Sta—lle reason assigned byv your correspondent,
Miles,' for my haring quitted the 11 th Light Dragoons
is an erroneous one. Perhaps he, as an admirer of Lor
Cardigan, would prefer the language introduced into the
service by his Lordship, and that I should say—it is false.
But to my antiquated habits such language is ungentle
manly, and therefore I decline its use.

" For the information of ' Miles' I will state the true
reason and circumstances of my leaving a regiment
wherein I had passed ' the morning of my life—all my
best years,' twenty-one in number. I left it on account
of the overbearing conduct and unendurable insolence of
its commanding officer, which rendered th:s tenure of my
commission insecure ; and from experience I hold the
opinion that no captain or subaltern of ordinary spirit and
gentlemanly feeling is safe under the command of Licot.-
Colonel the Earl of Cardigan.
" Although I was bona fide the first Captain for pur-
chase of the reizimental majority, I endeavoured to find a
Captain of Cavalry to cxcbarge with me, but in vain—
they were too wise ; and upon the strength of twenty-five
years' service upon full-pay, I applied for, and obtained
from Lord Hill's consideration permission to purchase an
unattached majority.
•" Miles' styles me the'redoubtable Major,' for which
courtesy I thank Miles,' as no man is really redoubtable
who has not truth, honour, and feeling, with courage to
maintain their free exercise.

" I therefore subscribe my name and address, and am,
Sir, your humble servant,
L. MORSE COOPER, Major-Unattachcd.
" Junior United Service Club, Nov. 8."

THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE
BIRMINGHAM AND GLOUCESTER RAIL-
WAY.

ADJOURNED INQUEST.—Oa Friday the adjourned in-
quest on Scaife and Rutherford, the two unfortunate men
who were killed on Tuesday last by the bursting of an en-
gine-boiler, at the Bromsgrove station, was held at the
Golden Cross, Bromsgrove. Mr. J. Rawlins and Mr.
\Vhateley, solicitors, attended, the former on the part of
the proprietor of the engine, and the latter on the part of
the Company.

Mr. Creuze, engineer of locomotives on the Birming-
ham and Gloucester Railway, was re-examined on some
points connected with the manufacture of engine-boilers.
and the practicability of ascertaining their soundness arid
strength after they had left the manufacturer. He was of
opinion that it was impossible for an engineer to determine
the thickness of plates of iron of which a boiler was made,
although men engaged in the manufacture of boilers might
possibly be able to do so.
The evidence of this witness was corroborated by Mr.
Bishop, an intelligent engineer in the service of the Com-
pany.
Dr. Church, the manufacturer of the engine, described
the peculiaries in which it differed from other locomo-
tives. These consisted principally in the construction of
the fireplace and the position of the tubes, and tended, in
his opinion, to give considerably increased security to the
boiler. As far as his recollection served him, the plates of
the boiler were ordered to be made three-eighths of an inch
in thickness. The one that had given way was unquestion-
ably too thin, altbough it had sustained, on being sent to
his manufactory, a pressure of MILL to the circular inch,
it being his invariable practice to test all boilers at a pres-
sure three times as great as that to which they would be
subjected in the ordinary course of working. He found it
difficult under these circumstances to account for the acci-
dent, as he believed Mr. Horton to be a most respectable
manufacturer, and be was convinced that he could have
known nothing of the unequal and inadequate thickness of
some of the plates which had been put into the boiler.

The inquest was again adjourned until Monday, in order
to give Mr. Horton an opportunity of explaining the facts
stated during the inquiry.

THE ACCIDENT ON THE EASTERN COUN-
TIES RAILWAY.

It will be recollected that after the collision which took
place on Sunday, a lady was found lying on the lino with
her leg broken, and several passengers were seriously in.
jure(' by jumping out on to the line.
The following notice of the occurrence has been issued
from the offices of the Company

to An accident occurred on the Eastern Counties Rail-
way on Sunday, the 15th inst., the particulars of which the
Directors of the Eastern Counties Railway and Northern
and Eastern Railway have this day met strictly to examine.

" In the meantime we are authorised to make the follow-
ing statement :
" The ten o'clock Eastern Counties down train left
Shoreditch at five minutes past ten o'clock, and stopped,
as usual, at Devonshire-street and Bow, at which latter
station one passenger was put out. The train then pro-
ceeded onwards, but was slackened in its progress by some
of the passengers calling to the engine-driver for the pur-
pose of letting taco person get into the train
frarn- the nurcluir.

6" In the meanwhile a Northern and Eastern engine,
unaccompanied by any carriages (which had left Shore-
ditch ten minutes after the Eastern Counties t 4 ain) arrived,
and came into collision with the Eastern Counties train,
whereby we regret to state that a poor woman sustained
a simple fracture of the leg just above the Etude, one gen-
tleman was severely bruised, and two others sustained
some slight injuries. At the preacnt time the medical man
reports that the sufferers are doing well."'

BAPTISM AND BURIAL.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT. )
DOVER.

CHARLTON CHURCII YARD. —A FUNERAL SCENE.—The
other day a scene was exhibited at the above Church-yard,
at the interment of a Methodist's child, that has, we be-
lieve, few parallels in the history of bigotry. The child,
as has been stated in the public papers, was denied Chris-
tian burial, because it was baptised in a Methodist chapel,
and had been kept above ground for nearly a month, while
all remonstrance with the Charlton priests to have it de-
cently buried proved unavailing. Well, the heads of the
Wesleyans, with some three or four of their preachers,
were determined to have it buried any how, and accord_
ingly proceeded with the corpse towards the place of inter-
ment. Having got an inkling of their intentions however,
the parish priest pasted himself in the vestry-room, and
stationed the vestry-clerk and a scrivener to guard the
church-yard gate. Anon the funeral train advanced ; and
when they got within some fifty yards of the church-yard
set down the coffin, and proceeded so far with the Church
service. Meanwhile " the confident parish priest kept
still in the vestry room," while the lawyer end vestry-
clerk brought him tidings of the movements of the Me-
thodists. At this critical movement the following dialogue
took place:—Parson—" Are they coming ?" Lawyer—
" Yes, Sir." Parson (addressing the vestry-clerk)—" Is
the door locked ?" Vestry-clerk—" All is fast, Sir."
Lawyer (feelingly)—" I think, Sir, you had better allow
the body to be carried into the church-yard; the poor
child's brother is buried there." Humph, said the parson.
" Well," continued he, after some hesitation," clerk, open
the gate." The Wesleyans were then permitted to come
into the church-yard and put the child in its grave, but
prohibited, on their peril, to read the service there. These
conditions they gladly submitted to, and retired to a con-
siderable distance outside the wall, and there concluded
the Church service. This ended the ceremony, a crown-
ing piece of degradation, we should think, to all high
Church Methodists. What abject slaves to Toryism must
not these men be ?

CASE OF MR. ELLAR.