The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-04 00:00:00

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

CHELTENHAM, SATURDAY NIGHT.—The nomination
of candidates to fill the ♦acancy occasioned by the recent
decision of the Parliamentary Committee declaring the
last election for Cheltenham void, took place to•day.
The candidates were Mr. Granville C. Lsnnox Berke-
ley (in the Liberal interest), and Mr. Bickham Escott,
formerly M.P. for Winchester, on independent prin-
ciples, being supported by the Conservative party,
though avowedly a Whig. A very large concourse of
persons assembled on the ground, the number being
computed at 8,600, but the proceedings were conducted
peaceably, only being interrupted by an occasional fight
in the crowd.

The usual question being put, the show of hands wall
declared to be in favour of Granville Berkeley; where-
upon a poll was demanded on behalf of Mr. Escott, and
appointed to commence at eight o'clock on Monday (this)
morning, and close at four P.M.

A vote of thanks was then passed to the Returning
Officer, and the proceedings of the nomination closed.
Each candidate, attended by his friends, returned to the
town. Both candidates addressed their friends again in
the course of the evening.
DERBY.—The following were the numbers at the close
of the poll:
Bass (Liberal) ... ... ... 957
Heyworth (Liberal) ... . . 914
Freshfield (Conservative) ... 775
Lord (Conservative) 753
LEICESTER.—Mr. Paget having withdrawn after the
nomination on Friday, Messrs. R. Harris and J. Ellis
were returned without opposition.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—We regret to state that a fatal
accident occurred on Saturday morning, at about half-
past ten o'clock, to some of the workmen employed by
Messrs. Jay and Co., builders, London-wall, in the con-
struction of the new University Hall, Gordon square (a
brief account of which appeared in The Sun of Saturday),
the foundation-stone of which was laid only a few
months ago. It appears that at about that time the
workmen are in the habit of taking, every morning, a
regular supply of beer. The boy whose duty it was to
bring it having ascended the scaffold by the ladder was
immediately seen by the workmen, who, to the number
of seven, assembled together for the purpose of drinking
it on three boards which rested on a pole seven inches
in diameter, being let into the wall 411- inches at one
end, and attached to a similar yerticle pole at the
opposite end. The sudden weight thus thrown upon
the pole by the workmen, together with a number
of bricks which had just been brought to the spot
by one of the men, caused it to give way near the
extremity attached to the vertical pole above de-
scribed. The unfortunate men were, consequently, pre-
cipitated to the ground, a distance of 40 feet, accom-
panied and followed by a great part of tho scaffolding,
bricks, mortar, &c. Two of the workmen clung,
in the
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act of falling, to the poles attached to the adjoining wall,
and, fortunately, escaped uninjured. The other poor
fellows were immediately conveyed to 'University poor
fellows were immediately conveyed to IJuiversity Col
Hospital, where they were promptly attended to by
Mr. Fletcher, the house surgeon, and from whom they
received all the attention which surgical science could
afford. Sach was the extent of the injuries which ono
man, James Wigmore, aged 38, had sustained to the
chest and head, that ho died in a few minutes after he
arrived in the hospital. William Watson, aged 21, re-
ceivod some very severe contusions on the back, legs,
arms, &c.; but no fracture. Patrick Regan, aged 26,
No. 2, Compton-place; severe contusions of spine, legs,
and concussion of brain; no fracture. Michael Higgins,
aged 30, Crown-court, Golden-lane; married; has sus-
tained a severe compound fracture of the vertex of the
skull, with depression, and probably fracture of the base.
He remains in a state of complete insensibility, and very
little hopes are entertained of his ultimate recovery.
The other sufferers aro likely to do well, from the com-
paratively trivial nature of their injuries.
ALARMING ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday afternoon
last, about four o'clock, the inhabitants of Botolph-
street, Colchester, were thrown into great consterna-
tion by an immense stream of water issuing from the
burst,
carry large vat,
carrying
with
premises of the vinegar brewery, and running in a rapid
torrent down the street. On inquiry it was found that
containinga
itthe
13,000
front
ef gallonstbe
warehouse,of water,
up
h ad.
setting a horse and cart, which was standing in the yard,
and driving them to a considerable distance. A fire-
engine was standing in front of the warehouse, which
was driven by the force of
the water about twenty feet
against the iron fence round the reservoir of water
in the yard, by which one-half of the fence, together
with the engine, was precipitated into the reservoir,
about twenty feet deep. The warehouse in which
the vat stood is situate by the side of
the
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first-class swimming bath, at the new bath-house
and fortunately there were no persons bathing
at the
;
time, or the consequences must have been most
serious
as the partition brick wall, which was 14 inches thick,,
about 20 feet high, and 24 feet long, was completely
driven into the swimming-bath, forcing out the
water
which, with that from the vat, rushed through the whole;
building at a depth of two feet, to the great terror of
those who had the care of the establishment. Had not
the building been erected in a most substantial manner,
the whole must have been a complete wreck; and had
the accident occurred an hour later there would have
been a school of young gentlemen bathing in the swim-
ming-bath, most of whom, or probably all, must have
lost their lives or been seriously injured, as there would
have been no possibility of escape from the heavy mass
of brickwork that fell, and nearly tilled the swimming-
bath. The damage is estimated at 2001. The accident
occurred in consequence of the defective state of the
iron hoops of the vat, some of which were completely
corroded.

Tho Earl of Lichfield has arrived in town from the
Continent,