The Sun.
London, England, 1840-12-16 00:00:00

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RUMOURED FATAL DiJEL.-We are extremely happl,
be able to contradict the very dis,,ressing rue flour w loc",
was afloat on Saturday, in consequence of 7a paragraPit
which appeared in a Morning Contemporary,. namely, (hi
Mr. Dillon Browne, the patriotic Representati we for Mayer
had been killed in a due! by Col. Fitzgerald,, of Turlougb
Park, in that county. No duel has been fo,a+glit Py those
gentlemen—Colonel Fitzgerald having be en arrosted on
Thursday near Holtymount, the place fix.€ d upon for the
meeting.— Pilot.
MAYo.—Ttps election will take place. on Wednesday
next (this day), Mr. Kirwan, the Conservativti
date, it is believed ha., resigned all pretensions to the re-
presentation, and that consequently Mr. Blake will be'
elected without opposition. The constabulary fi as all
the out-posts of the county hare been ordered to I iroceea
to Castlehar, and to remain there during the ei eetion,
which, together with those from the neighbouring et tunties,
will term a comb;iiked force amounting to two hund

This morning, between nine and ten o' ci oCkr
a serious accident occurred fronting the residence of Mr•
Matthews, boot, maker, in the Seven Dials, to Mr. Thu riares
Smith, wine cooper, residing at No. 38, King-street. DO'
ry-lane, who fell on a small pica. of ice one the foot l ,svcf
ment, and sustained a compound fracture in two plat es °
the leg. He was conveyed on the Police stretcht .r
Charing-cress Hospital.
GREAT WESTERN RAILROAD.—This mis or,n-
ing at seven o'clock the various trains travelling ore, the
Great Western Railroad commenced conveying passe 3 PI'S
and coaches from the terminus, at Paddington, to We p Will
Basset, a distance from London of 80 miles: at the same
time the station at Shrivenharn will also be opened. The
part now to be completed does not exceed 30 miles to Brit-
tol, the whole of which is in a very forward state, and war.
it is expected, be opened in the early part of the en, mutt;
spring.
SERIOUS ACCIDENTS THROUGH MAK ISa
SLIDEs ON TILE FOOTWAY PAVEMENTS —This mon 11 ogl
between ten and eleven o'clock, a gentleman nae sec'
Fashion, residing in Grafton-street-west, Fitzroy stFre rer
slipped down through stepping on a slide on the fouta ,ad
pavement in Percy-street, Tottenham Court.roed,
fell with such violence un his back that he sustai at °
severe cencussiee u; the brain, and was obliged tot 4 re-
moved home in a hackney coach.
THE MURDER AT ASHTON-UNDER-I 1.5
—The inquest upon the h,ody of Benjamin Coops ri the
unfortunate man who war, ao brutally murdered at isbOr'"
under- Lyne, on Fridas evening last, tuult place os j. Mon'
county Coroners, and a highly respectable
day, before 'rxially Rutter, Esq., one of the
Swan Inn. After the production of a great deal of evi'
dente, the Coroner suwested that, as there were 1 :0 ur per
netted with the murder, it would be well, as tb ri
sons in custody on suspici'Ar of being .in some sk :a y ""
jury,
to
be no d.u.ibt that it was a decided case of wilful rn, acler'
adjourn the inquest, to give the police time to me frostier
inquiries. It is expected that other parties v
I- .1 yet be
taken, as it is known have
that several strange SAI erii
been in the town during
the past week. The is quest vias
adjourned till Thursday.
Uh I'll ER OPENING OF THE GKEAI.
W-
RAILWA v.-On Monday last Li o.„t.,„Colul'he
Sir Frederick Smith, accompanied by Mr.
.Laint4.. of
Board of Trade, made a formal inspectior A ven"ief
miles of new line on the Great Western Rs A"
from Faringdon-road to Wootton Basset la Ad. We unacra
stand that the report of Sir Frederick is favo arable, Beek.
that the opening will take place early in ' he uing we.eca_
thus completing eighty miles of the re
.ilway ,inimuni
• could
tion towards 13ath.—Reillvey Times of Sat arch ,Y.