The Sun.
London, England, 1870-12-21 00:00:00

SIGNALS ON RAILWAYS.

The inquiry with respect to the fatal railway col-
lision at Bolton, on Saturday, has opened, and the
evidence clearly chews the necessity that a better
system of signalling during foggy weather is required
upon all our railways. Immediately after the accident
the pointsman, with some regard to his own character,

,Af„,;o•

HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, Dec. 20.

Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by their Royal
Highnesses the Princesses Louise and Beatrice, and
Prince Leopold, and attended by the ladies and gentlemen
of the Royal suite, arrived at Osborne yesterday at half-
past two o'clock.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, walked
in the grounds this morning.
Prince Leopold also went out.

The Archbishop of York has been pleased to
accept the office of vice-president of the Central Associa-
tion for stopping the sale of intoxicating liquors on
Sunday.

DEATH OF THE HON. HUMBLE DUDLEY WARD.
—The Morning Post announces the death of the Hon.
Humble Dudley Ward, brother of the Earl of Dudley,
which occurred on Thursday last at Deal. The deceased
gentleman was the second and youngest son of William
Humble, 10th Lord Ward, by his wife Amelia, daughter
of Mr. William Gooch Pillans, of Bracondale, Norfolk.
He was born 20th December, 1821, and married, in
1843, Eleanor Lucy, third daughter of Mr. Thomas
Hawkes, M.P., by whom he leaves issue, a son, William
Humble Dudley (14th Hussars), and two daughters,
married to Captain Keith Fraser and Mr. George Stewart
Forbes.

CONTRIBUTOR WITH THE TOOTH-ACHE.—A constant
contributor to our coluMns, who has had a very troublesome
tooth removed whilst under the Influence of nitrous oxide, or
laughing gas, wishes to give his experience for the benefit of
others. He writes :—Probably you have had, among other minor
miseries of life, that distressing ailment the tooth-ache. Well,
I had a decayed molar—that had caused me many a bitter pang
by day and by night. At length I resolved to have it out ; but
being rather nervous naturally, and, moreover, having been
brought low by pain, I determined upon seeking the aid of a
skilful dentist, and also upon taking "laughing gas," which I
heard "deadened the pain." So I hied me to ahonse in Regent-
street, opposite what may be called the home of laughing gas
and other commodities of that nature, the Polytechnic Institu-
tion, and soon found myself in a chair, which, under other cir-
cumstances, I should have considered a decidedly " easy" one.
Dentist examined my mouth carefully, giving particular atten-
tion to the enemy that was then shooting away. "Ah ! that
should come out." I assented, and wondered what was coming
next, but had not to wonder long. "Now, what I want you to
do is to breathe like this, rather forcibly," holding to his mouth
a sort of respirator made of chamois leather, and attached to an
indiarubber tube leading to a small gas bag. I inhaled the gas
for about half-a-minute, when I was about to suggest that a side
breath of fresh air would be agreeable, but before I had time to
do so, I was in a very pleasant doze, and I recolleet nothing
more, until in a minute or so I came to myself, shouting
lustily—one of the inevitable effects of "laughing gas," as all
who have seen it administered on platforms and at entertain-
ments, will recollect. Said I to the dentist, "Oh ! I cannot
have the tooth out !" "Why," he replied, "it has been out
these five minutes !" This was a little playful exaggeration.
The tooth was really out, however, and why I at first thought it
remained was that I put my tongue to the place, and found that
what was apparently the last molar was still there ; but this had
bean the last but one till then, and my enemy was vanquished.
I liv.d not been at all conscious of pain. The operator was Mr.
B. L. i‘losely, and I here tender to him my best thanks.—" City
Pr.ss," Oct. 28, 1870.

MR. HENRY RICHARD, M.P., WITH HIS
CONSTITUENTS.
Mr. Richard addressed his constituents,: at Dowlais,
Merthyr Tydvil, on Monday night, in the Hermon
Chapel. There was a crowded audience. He addressed
the meeting first in English, and subsequently in Welsh.
He reviewed the measures of the past session of Parlia-
ment, With regard to the bill introduced by Mr. Beau'
mont, he said it gave him pleasure to support it, because
he felt it was contrary to reason and justice that twenty"
six men, representing one religius section, already
in possession of exclusive privileges enough, 'should b°
permitted to sit in one of their Legislative Chambers, and
there to have powerful voices in all measures affecting the
country. He had also supported Mr. Hibbert's measure,
which relieved certain pressures on the clergy ; also gr.
Taylor's motion for the total abolition of the game laws,
which he looked upon as the curse of the country. The
hon. gentleman then referred in detail to the support be
had given to the measures affecting women, laying stress
upon the laws affecting the property of women, andalso the
measures repealing the Contagious Diseases Act. lie
also condemned an increase of the military expenditure;
remarking that the recent votes would absorb two years
economy. He eulogised Sir Wilfrid Lawson's action to-
wards suppressing the opium trade. He concluded by
reference to the Education Act.—A vote of confidence
was unanimously passed at the close of the meeting.