The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-20 00:00:00

No. 16,671.

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the utmost enthusiasm by all parties, even
if magistrate himself, who requested their
;he Presidential mansion.

With so- small an orchestra (for-the company is
complete in itself, and derives no aid from other profes-
sors), it is really wonderful how . such striking
effects as they produce are brought abotit.-- The
entirely. novel character of the performances are
their- least recommendation, for the inimitable drol-
lery of the darkeys, and their snatches of pathos alter-
nately excite our smiles and sensibilities.
amusing, too, are the rapid and grotesque -moirons of
the tambourinist and the bone•player ;. the lattr dis-
playing the most wonderful- dexterity in handlingliis
singular instruments. The performances last evening
consisted of concerted pieces, glees, duets,' and songs,
which were given with the utmost spirit and effect, which
kept the audience in a state of novel surprise fmin the
opening " Grand quick strp" to t'le 'final-. Many
persons .are apt to associate Nigger singing with vul-
garity, but this is a popular error.- In -the performance
of Mr. Dumbleton's company, there was nothing. what-
ever said or implied
.which could offend the most fitilifill-
ous. The occasional conumdrums, (of which it is
known negroes are especially fend) were good, and told
well. In. the " Coloured • Fang v Ball" -We were pre-
sented with a specimen of the only American opera as
yet written; and the song of "Ole Buil and Ole Dan
Tucker" was given with infinite humour. So also was
Dis Nigger's Journey to New York." But we can-
Lot particulariFe and may only add, • that the " Ethio-
pians" made a decided hit, and will, doubtless, be the
rt•ge for a time, and after having earned pictorial
hi nours and pecuniary profit, return to Brother Jona-
than with substantial marks of the approbation of John
who though unwilling to relinquish hia Oregonian
rights, is never slow to appreciate and reward re-al talent,
whether of English or American origin.
THE LATE COLLISION AT THE

CHESTERFIELD STATION.
CHESTERFIELD, SATURDAY NIGHT, JAN. 17.--01.1 Satur-
day afternoon. General Pasley, the Intpector-General of Rail-
ways, arrived at the Chesterfield station by a special train,
accompanied by Mr. Bell, • the secretary of the Midlands, to
inquire into the circumstances relative to the'cause of the
seriOus, collision which occurred at the Chesterfield station on
Tuesday last. • .The General minutely examined the line, and
measured the width where the accident occurred, which was
about 30 ards beyond the north end of the station. lie alto
instituted' a rigid inquiry relative to the signals, it having
been currently reported in. the neighbourhood of Chesterfield
that tls., nun who,e duty it was to attend to the signals was
absent,. and that consequently the signals were neglected.
This -reilort turned out to be incorrect; it is true that the
Porter irans,mile was absent without leave. for. whjeh be
.was esSOe'*ided-try-inr. Cooper, the station-master, out he.
lad go',..a man in /Gd xuorn to attend Co his duty. By the
directiOn of General Pasley, 11Ir. Cooper sent for the whole of
the men who were on duty when the collision took place, and
accompanied by them •he went and inspected the signals,
making the men explain what signals were turned on at the
time. Mr. Cooper, the station master, was also minute*
questioned on the subject, both by the General and Ir. Bell,
the result of which was that he expressed himself thoroughly
satisfied that the signals were most carefully attended to, knd
exonerated Mr. Cooptr and the men under tins from any
negligence as regards this most important part of their duty.
The attention of General Pasley was -next directed as to the
speed at which the down train was coining, when it was
clearly proved that notwithstanding there is an incline of 1 in
40 the driVer was coma-1g ata speed of 90 miles an hour, and
that he only shut his- steam oft' when he arrived at the Metal
Bridge, which is scarcely 2)0 yards 'from the station, and
that the engine-Ariver actnally passed the south end of the
station-at the rate of more than 20 miles an hour. As to

the slippery state of the, rails, that had nothing what-
ever to do with the accident; for it was fully proved before
Mr. Hudson, M.P., and the board of Directors at 72erby, as
well. as to the satisfaction of General Paslov, that tliZ signals
were wholly disregarded by the engine-driver, which was
the whole and sole cause of the accident. • So satisfied are
the Directors of the utterly reckless conduct of the engine-
driver, that he was dismissed the same afternoon, and told
that he might think himself extremely fortunate that he had
no lives to answer for. The engine to which this accident
occurred is one made by Mr. Stephenson, and is the same
which made the experimental trip on the narrow gauge trial
between York and Darlington.
It is only an'act of justice to the Midland Company to
state that they have been exceedingly anxious that the
fullest investigation should be gone into relative to the acci-
dent, feeling that it was only by Providence that no lives
were lost or limbs mangled. Our correspondent is informed
that after General Pasley closed his investigation, he ex-
pressed himself fully satisfied that the whole and sole blame
rested with the engine-driver.

MR. HUME. AND THE WHIGS.
The following letter from Joseph Mime, Esq., ad-
dressed to Mr. Tait, publisher, Edinburgh, appears in the
Edinburgh Chronicle :

" Bryanston-square, January, 1846.
"Sir,=--I do not wonder that, at a distance, you should be
at a loss to understand the causes of the late cbanges of
Ministers, and of their movements, when we here cannot see
any rational grounds .for the proceedings, as regards the
Whigs at least.
"I believe-that Sir Robert Peel's proposition as to the re-
peal of the laws that prohibit the importation of food was so
large and so complete, that hih colleagues were terrified, and
resigned: Ills resolution was, however; so fixed on the mea-
sure, that be risked the long-cherished connexion with the
Duke of Wellington, and was certain of breaking up the
party of which, lie hinwelf was the head. Neither of these
cousideistions (weighty aiwava with Men seeking place and
power)-deterred Sir7Robeit-- Peel -from- persevering ; and he
res!igned; because he saw that he'eould not carry his mea-
sule withOirt;all the hifluence of the Duke: lie advised her
Majesty to semi for Lord J'olin Russell, whose recent
as a kind of advertisement that he was ready to take office,
pointed 'him out as the person to do the walk which Sir
Robert' wished to have done. It is understood that Sir Robert
would have supported Lord John, had the latter proceeded to
carry out ihe repeal, of the corn4aWs. But no calculatioa
could be made of the number of f'eel's usual-supporters who
would have gone with -hint. I believe the number would
have been small.

"From the moment.l heard that Lord John Russell lad
been sent for, I foretold that he would ,fail ; as he would not
6e :Mewed, by NA Whig friends to. 42•01‘t
silt, to the extent of one-half, of free •traders.and Liberals,
and one• half of Whigs. A less proportion of Free-taaderst
would :not 'be sufficient to gain the -confidence of the nation.
"'The late Whig Ministry, after the death of Lord Hel-
land,'had departed from the principles of economy, peace,
and progressive reform, to which Lord Grey and his party
were pledged; and' hail, in turn, bullied all kurope,tittacked
unoflending Syria, and made no progress towards the settle-
ment of the boundary .on the north-east of the United States.
The Whigs had, in the last three years of their administra-
tion, adopted' finality in reform measures as their motto ;
had increased the expenditure of our war. establishment
about three millions in each of these years beyond the re-
venue, which remained the same ; and'had riskted a general
war in Europe by their proceedings against Mehemet Ali and
Syria.
" It was not to be believed that all this should have taken
plaCe, to the klisg,uSt of the nation, and its alienation from
Whig rule, without Lord John Russell and hii former col-
leagues. knowing it. You recollect that they had lost their
places„.without the regret of any person, except those who
lived upon the public taxes, ors ho expected to have a por-
tion of them by the Whigs remaining in office. Yet, when
L.. rd Joln was called on by the Queen to form an adminis-
tration, his old colleagues collected around him, confident of
being again in office, and having learned nothing during the
four J:ears they had been in opposition..
. "Lord John, of .11is own accord, wrote to Mr. Cobden to
offer him the Tice-Presidentship of the Board of Trade. lent,
so far as I can learn, not one Liberal, Radical, or free-trader
was invited to join, Or was intended for a seat in the Cabinet.
Without half of the Cabinet being composed of these parties,
1 repeat, the nation'could have placed no confidence in the.
Administration. . .

When, therefore, you hear of Lord Grey as the cause of
the Whig Administration being broken up, do not believe it.
The old Whigs would not act unless alone. And when Lord
John found how he was placed, he very prudently resigned.
Lord Grey has been made the scape-goat.
" Much as we want free trade, we want peace more. With
Lord Palmerston as Foreign Minister, the dread of war, from
old recollection, would have been almost es bad as war itself.
And, therefore, I give Lord Grey great credit for his stand
against Lord Palmerston as Foreign Minister. As Minister
for the Colonies, or in any other situation; Lord Palmerston
would be a Useful man.
than under
" But what will the world say of Lord John Russell's force
orcir
Grey,
Ns,e_hoi
had left
admitting
ags that
on a hfoeremoeuridoencoatsir.goloi,oPn
feellwithout Lord
Russell. My rrocnhganee
thatu nwdee shall, have a large
measure of nee trade.—Yours sincerely,
“We have
la, 0
If, ac
abreet Vetter
" JOSEPH HUME."

THE CRICKET IN TIIE PROVINCES.—We see from
the Norther. Whig of Saturday, that Albert Smith's adapta-
tion of Diehen's " Cricket on the =Hearth," has beep just pro-
duced at the Belfast theatre. If the numther of versions may
be taken as a criterion of merit, Boz's cricket &es -not slug
small.:

A MAN BURNT TO DEATH IN A. CHININEY.-011
a man named James Horrox, a coal miner,
Tuesday morning,
was, found burnt to death in a chimney, at Mr. Dearden's
colliery, Birtle- cum-Bamford. It appeared he had called fur
ligf-Utalleee-when, -the.workmen proceeded to pull down the
,chimney; but he was dead when they extricated him, and
his body burnt almost to a cinder, lie had been seen in a
state of intoxication the previous evening, and it is thought
he weut.to sleep in the cabin, and that finding the door was
fastened, and supposing the fire inside had been raked out, he
attempted to get down the chimney, but got fast and burned.
—PiTston Guardian.
FELO.DE.SE.—A sad case of elf-destruction has
recently Occurred at Middle Astoe,- Oxon, and Which ap-
pears 'to have been committed in consequence of the indi-
vidual fearing an exposure and punishment for having com-
mitted a petty robbery. The facts appear to be as follows:
Mrs.-Needle, a labourer's wife,.. detected Sayah Hawkings
Belton. also a labourer's wife, taking pig's food from a
trqugh in Needle's hogstye. The latter went to Mr. C. C.
Doemer, a magistrate, residing' near at hand, and lodged a
complaint against Mrs. Bolton. - This preyed on Bolton's
mind, and before the' ease was beard she poisoned herself
with white. oxide of arsenic. At the inquest a verdict of
Feb-de-se was returned, and the corpse was, on Friday night,
interred at Steeple Aston chttfehjeardievithout religious rites.
The wretched woman has left seven children, the youngest
being but three years old. _,
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CALLING.OUT OF THE M4LITIA.—A, crowded meet-
ing of the working classes was hell on Monday night at the
Assembly Dooms, IV ebber-strect, . plackfriars-road, fullatttle'er
purpose of agreeing to reielutions mid ii-petition—
Al John
militia. • Mr. real-ems O'Connor was present.
to the House of Commons, against the eallingAte.or the
Alessrs.
Gaillard in the chair. The gist of the
petition, which were moved taut woe!: te!
1 Chartist poet),
Clarke, Feargus O'Connor, Cooper (Pi.iiiget, W 2 s, that
-Doyle; Millen Wheekr, 51•Gratle. end-
)ll t tLC militia, in
the alleged circumstances t'or
(6.
1311111011 g eiSt. at the present
the ()plum' of the meeting, doi . 7soll,i;tions and
.ress unduly- on the working
time; that it hada t eee
'tile froin their peaceful avocations;
clasees
it t:ll,lcd to draw chew a`
vat'
)'el'u'ted in Perlianeent, it would be
and that not (who ,ouhtael;‘,ll(l-huiiitictilt to get substitutes); that
The tense of the
en Rene of the resolutions and petition, and the
111• Puling, t"" e eeeakere, were averse to a war with the
to serve as soldiers.
ed - States- -of- Am ei ik,a , and in accordance with Mr.
t
• (who is now averse to physical force) that the dif-
Cooper .
sentiments
nit to
nts callour pl:oeilientehl them
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{. no., might be much better settled by " Arbitration."
The resolutions anti petition were carried unanimously, and
it-: wasegreed that the latter, should be entrusted to Mr. T.
S: Duncembe, M.P.,: for presentation to the Douse of Cora-
.mces. . .
- . .
The Earl Grey' arrived at his mansion, in Belgrave-
square, Yesterday, from York,:hire. The Countess was ex•
Vcctecl kite lust lhabi - . '