The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-20 00:00:00

S y JULY 20, 1846.

the accident at present. He had a list of those persons
who had been seriously injured, and Mr. Mosely, the
superintendent of the traffic department, wculd read it.
LIST OF THE WOUNDED TAKEN TO LONDON HOSPITAL.
William Millward, bandbox maker, Bethnall-green,
the large toe of the left foot cut off in the collision.
Henry Olive, one of the Company's porters, a frac-
ture of the right leg.
John Smith, one of the Company's men, chest and
back much injured.
William Prentice, porter, a very bad fracture of the
leg ; amputation must follow.
Hiram Morris, Hoop Inn, Deptford, the left foot partly
cut off, the right leg much injured. This unfortunate
individual must lose his foot, if not his leg, by ampu-
tation.

Mr.-Richard Murphy, Hendon, Middlesex, solicitor,
contused left leg.
William Keeler, publican, Westwell, a fractured collar
bone.

Mr. Richard Stone, a gentleman from the lower part
of Kent, a confined forehead.
Of this number Messrs. Keeler, Murphy, and Stone
were removed-from the hospital and sent home by their
own desire.

The following is a list of these persons injured who
were by their own request sent to their residences, after
being attended to by the medical gentlemen provided, by
the company :
Mrs. Payne, of Ilford, Essex : a comminuted fracture
of the two bones of the leg.
Mrs. Weddenhall, of Chigwell, Essex : a supposed
racture of the thigh.
Mrs. Bromley : a contusion.
A gentleman residing at Chelmsford : his leg. se-
riously injured.
A gentleman living at Victoria Villas, Dalston : taken
home with a copcussion of the brain. '
It is stated by this accident thecompany will be the
sufferers to the extent of between 6,000/. and 7,000/. It
is intended to have a most searching investigation, and
the directors will do their utmost to severely punish the
real offender.

(ADDITIONAL PA RTIC lILA s.)
As soon as conveyances could be procured, those un-
fortunate sufferers who could not be attended to by the
medical gentlemen at Stratford and their assistants, and
who humanely and promptly hurried to the frightful
steno, were placed in them, and conveyed, as quickly as
the nature of their injuries would permit, to the London
Hospital. On the vehicles arriving, the sufferers were
removed to the receiving-room, when Mr. Luke, one of
the principal surgeons, Mr. Chrichit, an assistant-sur-
geon, and Mr. Wardsworth, the house-surgeon of the
institution, rendered every possible assistance that hu-
manity could suggest.
The number received amounted to fourteen, but of
these the injuries "of eight were not of a very serious
charater, and after they had been dressed, the parties
were enabled to leave the hospital. The remaining six
cases, we regret to say, are of a very serious description,
and three or four of them, in particular, are of a very
dangerous description.
When brought to the hospital, the majority of the in-
jured parties presented an extraordinary appearance.
The clothes of many of them were rent and cut in au
extraordinary manner, and to all who saw them their
escape from instant destruction was considered as mi-
raculous.

William Cotton, Esq., late Governor of the Bank of
England, and Chairman of the Ilford bench of magis-
trates, was a passenger, and amongst the injured. The
Hon. Magistrate received a severe contusion over one
of his eyes.

The following letter from the secretary of the Eastern
Counties Railway gives an official account of the injuries
received :

" Eastern Counties Railway, Shoreditch,
Sunday Evening, Ten o'clock.
" Sir,—With reference to the accident on this line
yesterday, I beg to state that I have been to Colchester
to-day, to see Mr. and Mrs. Bromley, who had been re-
ported to me as being very seriously injured. The shin
bone of the former is fractured, but Mrs. Bromley is
only suffering from slight bruises and the shock on the
nervous system, consequent upon the recent accident.
Mrs. Payne, of Ilford, has a compound fracture of the
small bones of the leg, and is, under the circumstances,
going on favourably. Mrs. Widdenhal, of Chigwell, is
suffering from a fracture of the thigh and dislocation of
the small bones of the leg. The dislocation has been re.
duced, and-when I saw her at five o'clock her symptoms
were considered favourable.

At the London Hospital there are six persons—Pren,

tice, a porter in the service of the Company, compound
fracture of the small bones of the leg, symptoms unfa-
vourable ; Wm. Millwood, laceration of the great toe,
going on favourably ; Olive, goods carrier, fracture of
the leg, doubtful whether amputation necessary; Smith,
a constable belonging to the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals, fracture of the ribs and injury to
the chest ; Morris, injury to the head ; and Shaffing-
ton, a porter in the service of the Company, injuries E 0
slight as will enable him to leave the hospital in a few
days.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, _ _

" C. P. RONEY."

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SO-

CIETY'S SHOW AT NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE.
This annual meeting commenced at Newcastle on
Monday. On Tuesday the implement-yard was thrown
open to the public, and at the same time the public ex-
amination of the working of the prize implements on the
farm of Mr. Henry Hall, of Gosforth-cottage, com-
menced. The weather being, exceedingly fine, the at-
tendance was very large on the farming field, not fewer
than twenty thousand people having visited the ground
in the course of the day ; but the number of visitors to
the exhibition of implements was very scanty, and but
few seemed to take a lively interest in the development
of this department of agricultural science. The exhibi-
tion was, nevertheless, a very interesting and important
one. The number of articles exhibited to-day was 727.
This is a decrease compared with the number of last

year, but]the judges of the exhibition state that Ns hat is
lost in point of number has been gained in point of
quality, the new implements shown being singularly well
adapted for improved cultivation, while the modifica-
tions on those exhibited which formerly obtained
prizes were all of a simple and highly practical descrip-
tion.

At five o'clock in the afternoon about 600 members
and friends of the institution met in the Music-hall,
Nelson-square, to hear a lecture from Professor Johnston,
on the chemical principles involved in the preparation of
manures, and their action upon crops, with demonstra-
tions. Lord Portman, President of the Society, occu-
pied the chair, supported on the right by W. Miles,
Esq., M.P. for Somersetshire. Various questions were
put by gentlemen present, which were answered to their
satisfaction; after which Mr. Smith, of Deanston, de-
livered an interesting address on the subject of preserv-
ing the sewage of large towns, in order to supply the
country districts with liquid manures, which would
answer all the purposes of bone dust or guanO, at much
less cost. After giving several instances in proof of the
value of preserving the sewage of large towns, he stated
that he was now associated with some gentlemen in
London with a view to carry this system fully out. They
intended, and indeed offered to pump liquid manure,
and deliver it eleven miles in the country, at three pence
a ton—spreading it on the ground for that charge, and
guaranteeing its excellence in quality. They had already
contracted to supply 28,000 acres of land, and in a short
time he would be able to lay a detailed statement of his
views on the subject before the public. A good deal of
discussion followed Mr. Smith's address, and many
points of practical importance were touched upon. Lord
Portman then said they had had an exceedingly suc-
cessful and practical discussion, and doubtless great
good would result from it; but in order to the full bene-
fits of agricultural science being realised, the co-opera-
tion of landlord and tenant must be secured.—(Cheers,)
His Lordship, in further illustration of the advantages of
liquid manure, stated some instances of its effects which
he had witnessed in his own neighbourhood, and then
urged on all present the necessity, not only of educating
themselves, but of educating their sons and grandsons
also.—(Cheers.) Those who, like himself, had come
from the south, would doubtless return with the convic-
tion, that in point of education in agricultural science
they were far behind those in the north. It was impos-
sible to sit as he had done at that meeting, and not be
struck with the deep-toned earnestness of the farmers
present, their shrewd observations, and the practical
character of their study. It was evident they were edu-
cated men.—(Hear, hear.)

A vote of thanks was then passed to the Noble
Chairman, and the meeting separated.
The award of prizes for the stock was issued on Wed-
nesday evening.
On Thursday the general show-yard was opened to
the public in the morning, and throughout the day was
crowded by visitors. During the morning the high
rate of admission rendered the company select and
fashionable ; but, at one o'clock, when the charge was
reduced to a shilling, the rush became so tremendous,
that another entrance was found necessary to prevent
serious consequences. Notwithstanding this precaution,
several children were trodden under foot, and were
rescued only after great exertions.
The show itself was considered by competent judges
much superior to any of the Society's previous ones.
The quantity of stock was large, and the quality gene-
rally good.
A fatal accident unfortunately occurred in the yard.
A boy venturing too near one of the competing horses,
received a violent kick ; he was removed to the in-
firmary, and soon afterwards died.
THE PAVILION DINNER.

The public dinner took place in the afternoon in the"
capacious pavilion. At four o'clock about 1,300 persons
sat down, under the presidency of Lord Portman, with
the Earl of Egremont (the president elect) in the vice-
chair. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge,
who is on a visit at Ravensworth Castle, entered with
the chairman, and was received with much warmth.
Amongst the distinguished personages present were the
Duke of Cleveland, the Earl of Chichester, the Earl of
Sheffield, Viscount Morpeth, &c. &c.
The Earl of CHICHESTER, in proposing (after dinner)
the toast, " Agriculture, Manufactures, and Com-
merce," urged the importance of bearing in mind the
fact that a reciprocal interest exists between these great
portions of the community. When he first joined
this society, and indeed till about eight months ago, be
felt mot iuterent iA tie pp:verity q Agriculture,

and, what is not identical, he took great inters st ii
the prosperity of manufactures ; but, until the period tt
which he had alluded, he was not himself a practical far.
mer. Having now become so, he would venture to stag
to the meeting the source from which he drew en
couragernent, under God's providence, and those calm
and higher considerations which ought to encourage to
in every difficult task. They were all aware that tin
farmer, in the course of his operations in husbandry,
was in the habit of watching those signs which Provi-
dence has given us, and by which we judge to a certair,
degree what weather and seasons we may expect ; and
though we were not able to foretell for a long time to-
gether what weather we should have, yet if we wert
sedulous in watching those signs, we should general')
make pretty sure guesses what they would be,
when we looked around us and observed the stars
of the horizon. But we had also to consider, par-
ticularly in large undertakings, what we
.might expect
to be the state of the demand for our produce. And
when he entered into these speculations, the manner ii,
which he directed his observations, to ascertain whether
improvement in agriculture and the increase in agricul
tural produce was likely to be an employment in whict
one might safely engage, was towards the state of the
country in general. He tried to ascertain how far hi
might look upon the prosperity of those great interests
which were included in the toast he now proposed; and,
in considering this question, his eyes were turned towards
the north of England. They all knew how essentially
the prosperity of the agriculturists must always depend
upon the prosperity of those almost innumerable masses
of our countrymen who resided at a distance.—(Cheers.
And they had found that just in proportion as the manu-
facturing part of the population of the country prospered
and thrives, so did the agriculturists find a ready market
for their produCe. This and many other instances
showed that the various interests of soeicty depended
intimateirt~rtsttltoft 011.5 ittirargu-
went which! ie should address to them as a farmer. The
I other classes comprised in the toast were equally in
terested in improving the science of agriculture, and
thus to add to that supply of food which, it the farmer:
of England bestirred themselves, would enable them to
scatter plenty throughout the land.—(Loud cheers.)
The Duke of CLEVELAND proposed " The Mayor and
Corporation of Newcastle." He hoped, that notwith-
standing what had taken place, this society would con
tinue to flourish.—(Hear, hear.) Entertaining, as he
was known to do, very strong opinions in this respect, he
must yet say that he neither despaired nor desponded.—
(Hear, hear.) He certainly might be allowed to say that
agriculture bad received a heavy blow and great dis
couragement.—(lronical cries of " Hear.") But there
was ito reason why they should relax their endeavours,
or why they should not exert themselves to the utmost.
His advice was, wherever improvement had not taken
place, to go on, as far as in them lay, to create that im-
provement. Much was still to be done in every district
in England.--(Hear.) They were now cast entirely
upon their own resources.—(Partial cheering.) He must
take the liberty of denying the fallacy that they could
improve agriculture to any extent. Manufactures might
be carried on with a skill, an industry, and a power of
machinery which reduced the matter to a certainty; but
in agriculture they were dependent upon the weather
and the seasons, let their ingenuity be what it might.
The MAYOR of NEWCASTLE returned;thanks on behalf
of the Corporation.
Mr. GREY, of Dilston, proposed "The Labouring
Classes." Mutual dependence existed between the te-
nant-farmers and the tillers of the soil, and the condi-
tion of the latter could not be improved until the former
were raised above the annual or tenant-at-will system.
They had been told that there was a limit to agricultural
improvement, but he was satisfied that it would not be
reached in our day.—(Cheers.)
Lord PORTMAN, in returning thanks for his health,
expressed his cordial approval of the principle and prac-
tice of the society, and congratulated the members on its
increasing prosperity. This society had, since its com-
mencement, paid eleven thousand pounds as prizes, and it
now numbered nearly 7,200 members. In 1839, at their
first meeting at Oxford, 249 cattle were entered for show;
this year they had had 613. At Oxford they had 23 im-
plementsvisited, and he sincerely hoped that they would leave a
ttohlismyperaorveththeye
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object
lesson for the benefit of the district in which they now
were, for he had never seen a district in which drainage
was so much needed, or in which the farmers so de

lighted in the cultivation of weeds.—(Loud laughter.)
Viscount MORPETII, in proposing the health of the
judges of the show, said, I believe it is known, upon
good authority, that an illustrious foreign Prince, who
has recently visited our shores—l wish he had been
present on this occasion, together with our own illus-
trious Prince of our own good old soil—among all the spe-
cimens of beauty exhibited to him, manifested the
greatest admiration for a certain roundness and plump-
ness of proportion.—(Uproarious laughter.) Now, I
cannot but think that if his Highness Ibrahim Paella
had been here, he would have found much to admire in
English cattle as well as English ladies. (Loud
laughter and cheers.) But at all events he would not
have complained of their being too slight and sylph-like
in their proportions.—(Loud laughter and cheering.)
lie would have, I am sure, especially applauded the
smoothness of outline, and the filling up of all irregular
parts which they displayed.
The toast was drunk with the usual honours.
31r. Tow, of Riley, acknowledged the compliment.
After " The Highland and Agricultural Society of
Scotland," and " The Royal Agricultural Improvement
Society of Ireland,"
Mr. LIDDELL, M.P., gave " The health of the Presi-
dent elect."

The immense company then separated.
The sale of the stock, which terminated the proceed.
ings of the meeting, took place on Friday.

•
SECOND EXCURSION TO ROT-
TERDAM.
(From the Ipswich Journal.)
IPSWICH, JULY 18.—The public are again much in-
debted to the Eastern Union Railroad and Steam. boat
Companies, for the opportunity afforded on Wednesday
last of visiting the fine port and town of Rotterdam. The
arrangements were on the most ample scale, and afforded
the best possible accommodation to all who wished to
enjoy railroad transit, with a voyage to sea, and a shor3
sojourn in a town which, by commercial opulence and
enterprise, ranks deservedly as the second in the king-
dom of Holland.

At three o'clock P.m. on Tuesday, a train left London,
with John Chevalier Cobb°ld, Esq., and a party of gen-
tlemen, arriving at Ipswich station precisely at half-past
five P.m. They immediately proceeded to the Orwell
Steam Company's wharf, where the Orwell steamer,
under the command of Capt. Rackhani, with about 130
persons on board, including several gentlemen from
East Suffolk, with their respective families, were in
waiting. The whole of the passengers being embarked,
the Orwell left the wharf precisely at 20 minutes to 6,
with the Dutch colours flying at the mast head. No
sooner had the Orwell been released from her moorings,
than the largo crowd of people assembled on either sides
of the river and on Stoke Bridge, raised a succession of
hearty hurras for the success of the voyage, which were
cordially responded to by the voyageurs, and the Orwell
speeded majestically on her course down the river,
the pleasure of all on board being materially augmented
by the fineness of the weather, though a brisk breeze
from the S. W. portended a heavy swell at sea, and a
rough passage. When off John's Ness, a large company
on board the River Queen Steamer, under the command
of Captain Wells, in passing saluted the Orwell
with a succession of hearty cheers, which were
answered with alacrity. The Orwell arrived at Har-
wich at 31 min. past 6, and after a stoppage of 20 min.,
received on board a party of gentlemen who had ern-
' barked on board a craft from the Jetty. At the entrance
to Harwich harbour, the company were agreeably en•
livened by the arrival of some splended yachts for Har-
wich regatta, under full press of sail. These were soon
left far behind in the distance. The first point to which
the Orwell steered her course was the Shipwash
which she passed at 6 min. to S. her course was now
steered direct for Brielle, and being regularly out at
sea, many of the passengers began soon to ex-
perience the inconveniences to which landsmen
are liable. The sky became overcast, and a heavy
swell caused the Orwell to roll a good deal. This
continued throughout the night, and if anything increased
on Wednesday morning at 2, and indeed long after the
Dutch Coast loomed in the distance. To those, how-
ever, who felt none of these qualms, the scene throughout
the night was of a character which impressed all present
with a full view of the majesty and grandeur of the
ocean. Towards eleven o'clock the atmosphere in the
zenith cleared, unfolding to contemplation a blue canopy
of stars. All around, as far as eye could view, was one
unbroken expanse of foaming and rolling sea. A-head
of the vessel, the horizon, for about 20 deg. in altitude,
presented a mass of vapour. In the centre of this, the
crimson disk of the moon peered through the clouds,
and soon afterwards shone effulgently in the clear
atmosphere. The appearance she presented from the
after deck was peculiarly novel. As the Orwell rolled
from side to side, the moon assumed the semblance
of a huge crimson ball flitting across the bows of
the vessel. Indeed the scene altogether almost
surpasses description, and will be long remem-
bered by those who witnessed one so full of
interest. No sooner was the Dutch coast in view, which
appeared like a long line of vapour, than all on board
were on the look-out for the Dutch pilot vessel. In vain
however was their expectation—no Dutch pilot vessel
was to be descried, though the telescope was put in re-
quisition. If anything, the sea at this time ran higher than
at any previous period of the voyage, and nearly the
whole of the passengers were sent below. In this
manner, the Orwell beat about for at least an hour,
when no pilot boat coming to her assistance, Cap-
tain Raekham ordered the helmsman to steer direct
fur the channel to Bridle. Having passed the Gorce
Light the Orwell neared the als:er Bank, the
soundings occasionally varying from six fathoms to
three. In this manner she proceeded a considerable
distance ; on the right, between the Orwell and the
shore, a long line of breakers with the masts of a
wreck as a warning of the hapless fate of some other
vessel; on the left, at the distance of a quarter of a
league, the hull of a fine vessel, which had only a few
days before got into the shallow waters of this dangerous
shore. The captain and crew of the Orwell, however,
were !Andy and cool in the discharge pf their duties,