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

WEISCEIMANEOUS.

Mr. Pemberton, Mr. Jacob, and Mr. Wigram, are
severally spoken of as likely to be appointed Vice-Chan-
cellors under the Administration of Justice Bill.
Government surveyors have recommended the old
houses from Chelsea Church to Battersea-bridge to be
taken down to enlarge the improvements of the new
road from the above bridge to Vauxhall-bridge.
Of the first 500 pupils of the military school at Fon-
tainbleau 202 died on the field of battle, five rose to the
rank of Lieutenant-Generals, 28 to that of Major-
Generals, 57 to those of Colonels and Lieutenant-
Colonels. The major part of the remainder rose to
posts of eminence, as servants of the Crown, or in civil
professions.
The deaths from the accident at Pen-y-Darran Iron
Works are at. present nine, and the number of wounded
thirty-three.
The CastEhar Telegraph states that " a young gentle-
man, near Sligo, has commenced an action for a breach of
promise aga.4.nst a wealthy fair one. The damages are
laid at 1,000/. The young gallant is an Esculapian.
The first interview between the parties was on the occa-
sion of the heiress entering the shop where the youth
compounded medicines, for the purpose of purchasing
some Epsom salts."—This is the first time we ever heard
of love being excited through the agency of Epsom salts.
Till now, we always imagined that physic was destruc-
tive to all sentiment, but we here find that it is a strong
provocative. Conceive Cupid ogling an ounce of Epsom
salts !

Croydon fair, so famous for geese, roast pork, and
walnuts, commenced on Saturday.

Robert Wallace, Esq., of Kelly, M.P. for Greenock,
was presented by the Provost, Magistrates, and Council
of Aberdeen, with the freedom of that city last Thurs-
day. The ceremony took place in the Town-hall, and
about 170 gentlemen were present.

ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN.—The petition to
the Queen, praying her Majesty not to prorogue Parlia-
ment till the question of the Corn-laws is considered,
signed by 3,750 persons, was on Tuesday last forwarded
through Mr. P. H. Howard, M.P., for representation.—
Carlisle Journal.

the Bath Memorial to the Queeu, praying her
Majesty not to prorogue the Parliament till some mea-
sures have been devised for alleviating the distress of
the country, was forwarded for presentation on Friday,
having received nearly 4,000 signatures.--Bath aerald.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE LON-

DON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

BRIGHTON, SUNDAY EvxNlNG.—The deplor-
able accident which took place yesterday fore-
noon on the Brighton Railway, near Hayward's
Heath, created a very extraordinary sensation in
this town last evening. As usual in such cases,
exaggeration multiplied the number of deaths,
and added horrors in abundance, to swell the
dreadful catastrophe. Indeed, such was the ex-
citement, that every person who expected a re-
lative, or friend—and
.it being Saturday, half the
town was in commotion—hurried from place to
place to learn the extent of the accident. The
station was crowded by thousands, agitated to
intensity, each and all asking of- the other for
particulars. An accident, fatal in its results, had
taken place—that vas admitted, but the particu-
lars were unknown. Vague statements were
current in everybody's mouth, and the most omi-
nous forebodings filled every breast. Eventually
it was ascertained that the train which starts
from London at a quarter to eleven o'clock, a
first-class train, propelled the greater part of the
way by two engines, had proceeded safely as
far as Balcombe tunnel, and on emerging from
that had met with a fearful accident, by which
fbur persons were killed and a great many
wounded. The lateness of the arrival of the
succeeding trains only added to the horrors of
suspense; and the coach offices were crowded
by persons anxious to be off to London—they
would never go by railway again, just as if a
person died in bed nobody would hereafter trust
himself to sleep again, for fear of death. The
panic was universal. However, the other . re-
gular trains arrived in the course of the evening,
and the extent of the damage was ascertained to
be very small in comparison with the original
alarming report.
This forenoon a meeting of the Directors of the
Railway took place, at which every particular
was inquired into so far as could be ascertained.
They arrived at no definitive result, other than
this, that no blame whatever attaches to the ser-
vants of the Railway, while all lament the loss
of life and property.
An inquest will be held to-morrow (this day)
at Hayward's Heath, when all the particulars
will be explained. Should the inquiry be finished
in time we will give a report of the proceedings
in a Second Edition. In the meantime the follow-
ing intelligence, obtained from an unquestionable
source, may be depended upon.
After the train had passed through Balcombe
tunnel it went on at the rate of about nineteen or
twenty miles an hour, until it reached the wooden
sheds, where the spare engines are housed—a part
•f the line supposed to be very secure; but in
consequence of the heavy rains, the ground, com-
posed of sand and clay, became so saturated,
that the rails gave way, and the engine ran off.
This sudden obstruction to the progress of the
train caused a general shock. The tender next
to the engine was the first to feel the effect, and
the concussion was so great that it was stnashqd
to pieces, killing the two stokers. The carriage
immediately following had a toupee, in which
, were two servants, man and woman, who were
also killed, their bodies being literally torn to
pieces. That carriage and the next, with the
engine, were all smashed. It was very fortunate
there were no passengers in these carriages.
The consternation consequent on the unthrtu-
nate accident has in a great measure now sub-
sided, and the business of the railway goes on as
usual. The last train to-night is the heaviest
that has yet left Brighton.