The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-21 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—Referring to a report which has appeared in the
Liverpool papers, and copied into your impression of the
19th, of the inquest at Wolverton, I am desired by the
Directors to say that they have caused inquiries to be
made relative to the statement that the " bodies of the
deceased had been plundered of moneys in their posses-
sion," and that they can find no ground for the asser-
tion. No complaint has been made to them, which un-
doubtedly would have been the case had so disgraceful
an occurreence taken place, except in one instance, where
it was alleged that one of the deceased had 71 in his
possession ; and on a careful examination of his person,
the amount was found in his side pocket. The Directors
cannot learn that any " of the officers of the Company"
gave any opinion in relation to the anticipated expense
of the accident. By inserting this note in your next
publication, you will oblige Sir, your obedient servant,
MARK HUSH.

THE ENGLISH DRAMA.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—I presume something will be done next season
to restore the falling fortunes of the British stage; and,
that something must be done by some active, enterprising,
right-judging manager. We want in London all the talent
we can get together: otherwise we never shall have any play
perfectly represented: and no one will go to see "a lame
and impotent" performance maimed and halting on the
stage, for want of proper support. I commend to any
manager who intends to conduct an English theatre next
year the following names :

Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean ... in America, I believe.

Mr. and Miss Vandenhoff, disengaged in London.

Miss H. Faucit
Mr. Anderson
Mr. J. Wallack

... ... ditto. _
in America.
... ... ditto.

Mr. Geo. Vandenhoff ... ditto, or if at home, dis-
engaged, though the Ame-
rican papers speak most
highly of his talents.
These, with others who might be mentioned, would give
some stamina to a theatre, and ensure its plays being well
cast ; for it is a certain fact that an English audience will
no longer be humbugged with the whole of a tragedy or
comedy lying on the shoulders of one or two persons. It
is not so at the opera-houses, and why should it be so at
the national theatres ?—I am, Sir, &c.,
DRAMATICUS.
Lincoln's Inn-fields, June 15, 1847.

THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT IN

THE BOROUGH.

The names of the sufferers by the fall of the railway
bridge over Great Russell-street, on Friday, have been
ascertained to be—

Frederick Messenger, age about 60, leather dresser,
living at 60, Parish-street, Horselydown ; and
Mrs. Thisleton, wife of a supervisor of Excise (Bris-
tol), residing temporarily at 31, Bridgehouse-place, New-
ington-causeway. _
_

The former, It appears, has three sisters, who were
dependent upon his labour for their support, and the lat-
ter has left a family of daughters.
Upon inspecting the ruing; notice could not but be
taken of the very loose manner in which the work of
this viaduct appears to have been constructed. The
whole of the crown of the arch, which is thirty-two feat
wide, oblique measurement, and twenty-five feet wide,
direct span, had fallen in. The arch gives evidence, in
its broken state, of having been built substantially for
four bricks in thickness, and the side spaudrils imme-
diately above the abutments appear solid ; but the re-
maining part of the level of the intended permanent way
exhibits one mass of confused brick work, into the inter-
stices of which nothing more than a quantity of " con-
crete," seems to have been poured, but little regard
having been paid to the solidity of the masonry, which,
of course, was intended for the wear, tear, and constant
vibration of railway transit. The arch has been built
but a very short time, the mortar being still wet, nor was
it in any way braced to the main line to strengthen it, or
add to its permanent stability. Almost as soon as the
bricks were thrown over the curve, and before the as.
phalte way on the crown was laid, preparation for the
removal of the " centres" was made, and the consequence
of this ill-advised haste appears to be the fall of the arch,
and the loss of life we have now to place upon record.
An insecurity of this very portion of the works, we are
told, was spoken of by a professional gentleman but a
few minutes before the accident, he having noticed the
bulging of the walls.

The two lads supposed to have been lost have been
discovered by their parents.

NEW ZEALAND WHE AT.—There was exhibited
at the Exchange news room, Liverpool, on Tuesday, a
cereal production that has astonished some of our agri-
culturists, consisting of a sample of two stalks of New
Zealand wheat in full ear. They were grown on the
Farnworth estate, near Runcorn, by William Jeffrey
Lochett, Esq., of Liverpool, and are nearly four feet ten
inches in the stalk and seven inches in the ear. They
are the first, we believe, raised in this country. The
seed was imported into Liverpool last October, and in
proof of its productiveness, we may mention that there
will be, on a fair average, twenty-five stems to each
seed. The field whence they,were taken has a beautiful
appearance.
HARVEST PROSPECTS.—After a very long and
severe winter, and one the coldest and latest springs in
memory of most men, which very much retarded vege-
tation, we have had some very warm and growing
weather, which pushed on for a short time vegetation
in a most rapid and luxuriant manner, but the long con-
tinuance of warm dry weather, and the rapid progress
made in the growth of all growing crops, has caused
them to run light and spindly, and it is not unlikely
that on dry light lands the wheat crop will prove short
in the straw, and a light crop. The barley and oats
have suffered from the same cause, and will certainly be
short in the straw, and on all dry gravels and chalks,
decidedly a light crop. In some warm lands the bar-
ley and oats look as if they were scorched or burnt.
The potatoes are looking extremely healthy and sound
in the leaf ; but on examining some unsound potatoes
planted for experiment, which came up well and looko
healthy and sound in the leaf, on close inspection the
tubers will be found of a brown colour next the old set,
which in all cases is quite rotten. These discoloured
tubers are evidently diseased, and the disease running
up the stalks, from the connexion with the old set.
I have found thesame appearances, but in a milder form,
in some tubers growing from sound sets. On examin-
ing some early potatoes in one of my labourer's gardens ,
I found them quite sound, and healthy young potatoes
formed. I pray God this calamity may cease, but from
appearances, as far as I can judge, I much fear it. The
beans have suffered much for want of rain, and many
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DEATH OF LIEUT.- COLONEL SIR G. T. TEMPLE
BART.—We have to announce the decease of the above
Baronet, who died rather suddenly on the 7th inst., at
Constance, in Switzerland. The deceased was son of the
eighth baronet, by his first wife, daughter of George
Watson, Esq., of the United States. He was born in
1799, and in 1829 he married a daughter of George
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Accounts have been received of the arrival of Lord
Howden at Bahia, on the Ist May, en route to Monte
Video and Buenos Ayres. Lord Howden is to meet
the French Envoy, Count Walewski, at Monte Video.
The tenth anniversary of the accession of ber Ma-
jesty was celebrated yesterday, the usual royal salute
having been fired at the Tower and in the Park, and the
royal standard displayed, &c.
His Royal Highness Prince Oscar of Sweden,
on his recent visit to London, was graciously pleased to
become a patron of the Society of Friends of Foreigner&
in Distress; and also to present the society with a dona-
tion of 201,