The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-12 00:00:00

THE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE

MIDLAND RAILWAY.
Yesterday an inquiry into the circumstances con-
nected with the death of John Taylor, the stoker,
who was killed on the above railway on Wednesday,
took place at the Nottingham General Hospital, be.
fore Mr. M. Browne, the coroner for the borough of
Nottingham. It appeared from the evidence of Wil-
liam Kearsley, engine-driver, that on Wednesday
morning he was engaged to take a passenger traiu
from Nottingham at seven o'clock, but the train did
not start until three minutes after that hour; that
the morning was very foggy ; and that, after they
had proceeded about half a mile he saw the break of
a goods train standing on ,the rails, not more than
twenty yards off. He ran to the other side of the
engine to reverse it, and he saw a man holding up a
white cap for a signal a few yards above the break..
He then jumped off the engine, and called out to
Taylor, the stoker, to do the same. They ran into
the luggage train with considerable violence. After-
wards saw Taylor carried to the hospital. The
luggage train was to have started from
Nottingham at half-past six o'clock. Witness
did not see it start ; but, if it left at half-past six
o'clock, it ought to have been miles out of the
road, unless something unforeseen had hap-
pened. Had no intimation given him before
reaching the place that there was a train
in the way, and was not going at more than fifteen
miles an hour. According to the regulations, if a
train was obliged to stop upon a line, it was the duty
of the guard, or other competent person, to go back
300 or 400 yards to give notice by signal. There
were fog signals to put on the rails when necessary,
but none were used on this occasion. He believed

the luggage train was waiting for one of the guards,
who had just got up to it when the accident occurred.
When the passenger-train passed Wilford•gate, about
500 yards off, they were told that the luggage train
had passed fifteen minutes before. Thomas Carter,
the guard in charge of the passenger train, gave
evidence very similar to the above. He perceived
the driver put his steam off and reverse the engine,
and immediately he turned his break, and held it
down till be felt a collision. Witness was a good
deal hurt, and saw Taylor lying in apparently a dying
state. Mr. J. White, resident surgeon of the hos-
pital, proved that Taylor was brought there, and died
in the course of an hour, From a post mortem
ex-
amination, he found his breast bone fractured, and a
large quantity of effused blood in that region, which
would be quite sufficient to cause death within the
hour. The inquiry was going on when the express
left Nottingham, but it was understood an adjourn-
ment would take place. It appears that Taylor was
killed, not by jumping from the engine as at first
supposed, but by being crushed between the engine
and the tender.

SALE OF THE OLD HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The sale of the old House of Commons is now com-
plete. At half-past three yesterday afternoon the
hammer went down upon the last " lot," and the
" trade " has become possessed of what was the pro-
perty of the nation. The proceeds of the two days'
work were 1,782/. 7s. The second day was, if possi-
ble, even duller than the first. The House was more
empty than before—utterly deserted by every one,
except those whom sheer business took there. Free
admission was, for one day, the privilege of all man-
kind, and the result was—the not uncommon one-..
that nobody availed himself of the facilities allowed
him.

At twelve o'clock the first lot—a portion of the
slates of the House—was put up. It fetched 171. 10s.
Then came more slates—then iron ; but very soon
came announcements infinitely more attractive. The
canopy which has so long overhung the Speaker's
chair had to be sold, and to this reminiscence seemed
likely to attach some value beyond what its mere
utility might give. But 51. only was offered at first,
and it went for 101. Quite at the other extremity
of the room was another relic—a boiler, which
Whiggery, with its talent for getting into hot
water, should surely have bought in. Far be it
from us, however, to assert that the Whigs
only have forgotten what is due to themselves.
The Country Party have been similarly ob-
livious. " Lot 127" was evidently intended for them,
it so beautifully symbolises their condition—recom-
mending to the attention of the public " five pair of
principals, with tie beams." As to the allegorical
signification of the " tie beams" we say nothing ; but
why were not the " five pair of principals" bought
for a political museum ? Then, too, there was " the
gallery," a passage which such men as Dickens and
'falfourd, Campbell and Collier have traversed on
their road to fame ; and what did its seats fetch ?
They went for 21. 105.—a sum which grows even less
by comparison with the 9/. is. received for the perforated
flooring, memorable only as not
having been of any
use for the purposes of ventilation, and as never having
been " died upon." But we are a nation of shop-
keepers, and throughout the mercantile element was
the only one perceptible. Prom the gentleman who
gave 12s. for a timber erection of steps outside one of
the tower buildings, north of the Painted Chamber, to
him who gave 681. for the brickwork of the air shaft,
with the iron girders and fittings of the furnace, not
one was a virtuoso—fortunately, perhaps, on the
whole, since, for some mysterious official reason, the
furniture and portables of all sorts had been removed
to the Government stores. The Speaker's chair, the
Treasury benches—almost everything save the bare
material of the building—had gone ; but not finally,
Old House
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COLOSSEUM.—The powerful attraction of the
Crystal Palace has not diminished
the number of visitors
who have during the summer crowded this confessedly one
of the most beautiful and interesting exhibitions in the me-
tropolis. The Panorama of London, painted by Barns' has
been restored to its place amongst the most popular features
_
of the exhibition. Danson's manificent picture of Pathi
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Night is an object of general interest to all foreigners
visit London, by whom it is faithful re"'
presentation of the French metropolis. We cannot
no rate all the various attractions of this fairy
s•Pog. ;panorama of
vi-
sitor here should omit seeing the grand Moving Panorama
in
the Earthquake in Lisbon, exhibiting at '
pronounced a most
tenume.
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SUN 01,-110E, Seven o'Clock.

T TERSALLS.-T HIS EVENING.
SEE O'CLOCK.

ST. LEGER.
7 to 4 agst Hernandez
4 to 1 agst The Ban
5 to 1 apt Aphrodite—taken
25 to 1 agst Ephesus—taken
50 to 1 agst Goliah

DONCASTER CUP.
5 to 1 agst Nancy

CESARZWITCH.
10 to 1 agst Mokanna
CANBRLDGESHIRE.

50 to 1 agst Heroine

E LONDON GAZETTE.
(THIS EVENING.)

DO W NING -STREE SEPT. 12, 1851.
i.e Queen has bren pleased to ai.,,point William Reid,
Egg., Lieutenant-Colonel in the Corps of Royal Engi-
neeca, Couapanion of the Mist Hon. Order of the Bath,
to off Governor end Commander in Chief in and over
tho Island of Malta and its dependencies.
her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint John
J,seph E,daile, Eeq., to be Provost Marshal fur the
Island of Nevis.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
Henry George Harrison, wheelwright, King's-road,
Hoxton Old Town.

BANKRUPTS.
David French and Archibald Sands, coal factors,
Chatham, to surrender Oct. 2 and Nov. 8, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee,
' Basiughall-street ; Lawrence, Plews, and Boyer, Old
Jewry-chambers.
Samuel Cannock, jun., tobacconist, Cheltenham-place,
Westminster -road, Sept. 20, at two; and Oct. 23, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official
assignee, Be.singhall-street; Rogerson and Ford, Lin-
col n s Inn-iields; Carter, Gloucester.
Edwarfl Lacey, glass dealer, Birmingham, Sept. 25, and
_ Oct. 14, at half-past 11, at the Birmingham District Court.
Valpy , official assignee, Birmingham; Hayward, Bir-
. nanigham.
Ma:thew Lister, clothier, Sled Mills, Gloucestershire,
. Sept. 25 and Oct. 28, at eleven, at the Bristol District
C. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Keeney,
G I ,ucestershire.
John Beach, apothecary, Bradford, Sept. 25 and Oct.
20, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young,
°facial assigtitc, Leeds; Terry and Watson, Bradford;
. Bond and Barwick, Leeds.
Thomas Hurst, printer, Warrington, Lancashire,
Sept. 22 and Nov. 4, at twelve, at the Manchesier
Dis-
triet Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester;
Cobbett, Manchester; Ford, Lincoln's Inn-fields.
Samuel Walker, dyer, Little Lever, Lancashire,
S,.pt. 26, and Nov. 3, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis-
Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Sale,
W )rthington, and Shipman, Manchester.
PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from returns made in the week ending Sept. 9,
' 451, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon
on the importation thereof into Great Britain:-
- Crom the British possessions in America 245. aid. per cwt
From the Mauritius 255. Sid. ~
From the East Indies ••• 28s. Sid. „
Average price of the three foregoing de-
riptions of sugar, jointly, computed as
• ibove, and exclusive of duty ... • 255. 3kd.
By authority of Parliament,
' HENRY BICKN ELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company.
Grocers'-hall, Sept. 12.

BANK OF
(From this ni,
recount, pursuant to the Act 1
the Week ending on Saturday, t
Lasuk DEP

ENGLAND.
ght's Gazeite.)
7th and Bth ot Vietoria,cap. 32 for
the 6th day of September, 1851.
'AILTILENT.

Notes issued • • • • • ... 27,707,565

Government debt 11,015,100
Other securities .. •• 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 13,674,190
Silver bullion . • • • • • 33,375
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X 27,707,565
:. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

£27,707,565

Dated the I Ith day of September

IDSI.

'ARTMZN T.

Government securi-
ties (including Dead
Weight Annuity). • 13,464,216
Other securities •• • • 13,193,878
Notes .•••••. • • • • • • • 8,344,190
Gold and silver coin.. 882,826

£ 35,585,110
~ Chief Cashier.