The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-23 00:00:00

SPAIN.

The following are the details of the terrible ac-
cident (on the Aranjuez Railway, already briefly
announced by telegraph :—" A diligence from
Seville., which was placed on a truck, caught fire
near Villasequia, and flames soon burst forth ; the
train, however, proceeded about two miles before
the conflagration was perceived. The train was
then, of course, immediately stopped, and the burns
ing vehicle was separated from it ; but some of the
passengers had previously jumped from it.

Among9t them were two sisters and a lady and
child, all of whom were so dreadfully injured
that they died in a few hours, and another
was burnt to death. The other passengers,
eight in number, escaped with their lives, but one
was seriously injured, and the others received con-
tusions. One of the latter was a lady who was so
stout that she had had to pay for two places, and
her escape was considered miraculous. The dili-

gence and the truck on which it was were com-
pletely reduced to cinders. It is not known how
the fire originated, but it is supposed to have been
by the imprudence of some passenger in the dili-
gence in lighting a cigar. Some of the passengers
by the train were so exasperated at the accident
that they assaulted the guards and engine men in
charge of the train ; one of the guards was seri-
ously injured •'—even a government inspector who
happened to be present was menaced."

The Opinione of Turin of the 20th announces
that the inhabitants of Carrara (Modena) have
sent 535 fr. as their subscription for the 100 guns of
Alessandria. The letter which accompanies this
sum offers likewise the voluntary enrolment of a
number of artillerymen sufficient to serve at least
one gun.

A letter from ir..alafat, in the Austrian Corres-
pondence, states that the number of Tut kish soldiers
who have lately arrived in that place for the repair
of the fortifications amounts to 150. Similar
operations are about to be carried on at the other
towns commanding the fords on the Danube, and
also all the tetes-de-pont on each side of the river.

A letter from Vienna, in the Bourse Gazette of
Berlin, says :--44 Baron de Hubner, after having
been received by King Ferdinand in an official
manner, had a private audience of his Majesty.
This news came to Count Buol by telegraph, and
the same despatch, it is said, stated that the Baron
had a well-founded hope of being able to convince
the King of Naples of the necessity of changing his
system."

The last overland mail from Mauritius brought the in-
telligence of the death of Professor Wenceslaus Bojer, a
name so well known for many years past to the botanists
of Europe on account of the many and beautiful speci-
mens which he was the first to introduce to their notice.
The pages of the botanical journals both of England,
France, and Germany attest the variety of his researches,
anj the value :of his labours in countries which he was
the first in vis;t and explore for the purposes of science.
MADAME TUsSAUD'S EXHIBITION,—Another addition
for the completion of the rept group at the above exhi.
bitinn has just been executed. It represents his Ma
jesty Sing Oscar of Sweden. His Majesty is represented
in a dark green uniform, his breast being decorated with
several orders of distillation. The figure is admirably
constructed, and most life-like in appearance.
ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE WELLINGTON
BARRACKS.—Yesterday, about noon, an accident oc-
curred at the Wellington Barracks in St. James's-park,
by the falling of a mass of earth, the effect of which was
that one of the unfortunate men engaged in the excava-
tion, of the name of Henry Redman, lost his life. The
body was taken to St. Margaret's workhouse, to await
a coroner's inquest. The men were all experienced
hands at the work they were engaged in.
Mum/. AND MURDER.—The Melampus, 44, is on her
way to Spithead from the Black Sea, and has on board
three murderers, heavily ironed (two Italians and an-
other foreigner), with five witnesses. These miscreants
rose upon the captain of a merchant vessel in the Black
Sea, and then made their escape ashore in the Bosphorus.
They were, after much difficulty, captured, and put on
board the Melampus for security. The case will be
brought before the magistrates of Portsmouth on the
arrival of the Melampus at that port.
DISCOVERY OF COPPER IN NEW ZEALAND.—We are
glad to learn that the discovery of the lode of copper ore
on the Dun Mountain has been fully confirmed, and that
the result of the experiments made upon the samples
forwarded to this country are unusually favourable. A
few feet lower down a most valuable vein has been
struck. This, together with the reported discovery of
gold, if the latter is confirmed, will be of the greatest
advantage to this province and to the whole of New Zea-
land.—kustralian and New Zealand Gazette.
TONTINE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.--A call has been
made to finally wind up the affairs of this company,
which was started some years ago to carry out life assur-
ance in conjunction
with the Tontine system, but the
project failed, the company leaving only succeeded in
effecting two or three policies. The call is to pay off
outstanding creditors' claims, and to repay those who
advanced moneys and paid calls, as against those in the
concern who did not.
PAPER FROM SUNFLOWERS.—Near Erith a crop is
about to be gathered of about four acres of sunflower.
The seeds will be used for oil, and to feed the cattle and
poultry, as in the south of France ' • but the chief object
is to obtain the fibre of the stalks for paper making. If
the cultivation succeeds, it is expected to supply abun-
dant materials for fine writing and printing papers, as
well ae fine a a « ill( It Iraper.banging.