The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-06 00:00:00

RAILWAY ACCIDENT AND LOSS OF LIFE.

On Monday evening last, a little after eight o'clock, a
fearful railway accident occurred at a place called How-
ler Bottom, between Stubbing and E wood-bridge sta-
tions, on the East Lancashire Railway.
From information collected on the spot, it appears
that in consequence of the increased traffic on the Bacup
branch of the East Lancashire Railway it has become
necessary- to lay a double line of rails as far as Rawton-
stall, and preparations have for some time been in pro-
gress to accomplish this object. About a week ago a
temporary crossing of the line was made in order that
the ballast-waggons might remove a quantity of earth,
and on Monday evening last the Bacup train, consisting
of five carriages, was passing the spot at a rapid rate,
when the engine suddenly got off the rails, a cloud of dust
and steam completely enveloped all around, and indi-
cated to persons within sight of the place that a dreadful
accident was occurring. The fore wheels of the engine
stuck fast, and the bind portion morinted into the air,
making a complete summersault, and the entire engine,
weighing upwards of 20 tons, was thrown down the em-
bankment with the wheels uppermost. The carriages
became uncoupled from the ergine, but got off
the line, and as they kept bumping against the
sleepers a tremendous noise was made, which was
immediately followed by a deathlike silence. The
passengers were completely stunned, and, on some
of them recovering, an inspection was immediately
made. The engineer, John Fielding, was found in
a most deplorable condition under the second carriage,
being bruised and scalded, and one arm fractured, He
died immediately. Joseph Mason, the stoker, was also
found under the second carriage, scalded and bruised,
and in a state of insensibility. When visited yesterday
afternoon he was still living, but his friends were ex-
pectinghim to die.

- Mr. Enoch Morris, of Longholme, near Rawtenstall,
was seriously injured. We understand that during the
night he was only known to speak once.
Joseph Harrison, the guard of the train, was injured
on the thigh, but not seriously.
Mr. Richard Ashwor,:a, printer and stationer, Bacup,
had several ribs broken, and his face was bruised.
Mr. Lawrence Hargreaves, loom-jobber, Carr Mill,
near Haslingden, had his thigh broken and his face
injured.

Mr. Henry Howarth, foreman of a stone quarry, was
injured on one band, his chest, and his chin.
Other passengers were more or less injured.
The first carriage after the engine was smashed com-
pletely to atoms, and it was almost miraculous how the
passengers, about eight in number, could escape so well.
The second carriage, the first compartment of which
formed the guard's van, was broken to pieces, and it
was wonderful how the guard and others occupying that
carriage were not killed.

The cause of the accident has not yet been ascertained,
but will be the subject of inquiry at the coroner's inquc3t.

STATE OF TB,ADE.

MANCHESTER, Aua. 5.
The fine weather and the rapid fall of the corn mar-
kets have been favourable to business here, experience
having shown that the sm plus set at liberty out of work-
men's wages through cheapness in provisions tells sooner
upon the market for cotton goods than most others.
Almost all &asses of fabrics for home consumption are
in good demand, and, as compared with the prices of
last Tuesday, m .nufacturers are asking I,id. per piece
advance on printers, Madapollams, and Ehirtings. The
market is without excitement, but moderately active,
both for home and foreign demand. Lung cloths and T
cloths are in request at full prices. Yarns are reported
dear, and prices are looking up, sellers giving the quota-
tions at per lb. above the rates of last Tuesday. The
demand for yarns is now pretty general from all marks,
home and foreign, and is pretty active. Messrs. John
Slagg and Co. report :—" There is but little change in
our market this week. The demand for certain kinds
of printing cloths continues on the same extensive scale;
but the amount of business is somewhat checked by the
hardening of prices. For long cloths, T cloths, Maths-
pollams, and shirtings we continue to have an active
general demand, and a steady business is done in them
at full prices."

LEEDS, Atm. 5.
There was a fair attendance of buyers in the cloth-
halls this mor❑ing, and they purchased rather freely of
light fabrics, and moderately well of other kinds. Prices
are firm.

The report of this day's Huddersfield market is as fol-
lows : "The market shows a❑ improvement. The fall
in corn has raised the spirits of buyers. Several foreign
purchasers are in the market. Business was principally
in black doeskins, steels, &c. Mixtures go fairly, but
in them there is not so much briskness as last week.
Wool firmer."

MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.)

CORN EXCHANGE.

The greater portion of Monday's unsold supply of Eng-
lish wheat was ou sale hero to-day, but the fresh arrivals
were limited. Only a moderate business was transacted,
at Monday's decline in the quotations.
We wore well supplied with foreign wheat. The de-
mand for all descriptions was heavy in the extreme, and
prices were almost nominal.
In floating cargoes next to nothing was doing. The
arrivals aro moderate. _ .

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Tho few samples of barley on show were taken at full
currencies. Malt changed hands to a fair extent, at fully
Monday's prices.
Wo had a slow inquiry for oats, yet the quotations wore
well supported.
Beans, peas, and flour sold heavily, at Monday's decline.
ARRIVALS THIS WRNS.
Wheat. 1 Barley. I Malt. Oats. I Flour.
2:ngllsh .. 1,570 100 1,510 550
Irish •• . • 60 70 I
.—.—
Foreign 1 1 8,560 1 2,370 1 ~.,, 60 _
sills ..

BOROUGH HOP.
Our market is very dull, and the duty is called 230,000/.

WHITECHAPEL.
Beef from 3s 01 to 4s 2d ; mutton, 38 4d to 4s Gd ; lamb,
4s Od to 59 Od ; veal, 3s 6d to 4a 4d ; pork, 3s 6d to 4s Gil
per Sibs., by the carcase.

- .
PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is
about 6 per mile premium, and the short exchange on
London is 25.27 per 1/. sterling. On comparing these
rates with the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. per
ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly
2.loths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By
adiices from Hamburg the price of gold is 424 per mark,
and the short exchange on London is 13.,g ; standard
gold, at the English Mint price, is therefore nearly
1-10th per cent. dearer in London than in Ham-
burg. The course of exchange at New York on London
for bills at 60 days' sight is 110 per cent., which, as com-
pared with the Mint par between the two countries,
shows that the exchange is slightly in favour of Eng-
land ; and, after making allowance for charges of trans-
port and difference of interest, the present rate leaves a
small profit on the importation of gold from the United.
States.
WHAT THE STANDING ARMY HAS DONE IN FRANCE.
—The main strength of the Emperor in all parts of the
empire is the brute force under his command—the army.
No man can deny this fact, and it speaks volumes
against the popularity of the Emperor with the people.
He has certainly for many years had the hearts, or at
least minds, of the army. My opinion of the French
army is not an exalted one, however. In military tactics
and bravery it is unsurpassed ; but it has no heart,
patriotism, or honesty. It can be easily bribed, as it
Was years ago by Louis Napoleon, and it can never be
relied -upon by anybody but an Emperor who has money
at his command.- No one believes that the present Em-
peror has ever been regarded with enthusiasm by the
Army. He has done nothing to call forth their enthn-
:slam or admiration; in. a military point of view ; but
they are his blind supporters. It was because he flatter-
ed them and bribed them that they came to his support,
and because he was the only power which, at the time,
held out anyoff. t2,,l,V,PweLaul•-..Aitk 4f- thei-.6flidtaiit
eatirftrel roldiers through the city. The stranger
cannot step into a street without meeting them, and in
all public places they congrag:lte.-Parl4 Correspondent
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