The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-12 00:00:00

A RAILWAY TRAIN ON FIRE.

On Sunday the passengers by the9ioup train
from Liverpool, consisting of nearly forty carriages,
and densely crowded, were, when about nine miles
from Crewe, and 60 from Liverpool, terrified by the
sudden outbreak of flames from the roof of a third-
class carriage, which was loaded to a considerable
height with passengers' luggage, amongst which was
a quantity of bedding, linen, and other inflammable
materials. The shrieks of the females were dreadful,
for, from the height of the flame, it was conjectured
that the whole train might be ignited, and the result
of an awful character. Some gentlemen in a second-
class carriage, near to the one in which the conflagra•
tion had broken out, had smelt a smouldering of fire
for some time, and had seen smoke issuing from the
top of the carriage alluded to, and had endeavoured in
vain to alarm a guard, or any party in control of the
train, until the flames themselves warned the servants
of the peril that threatened them, and then the train
was stopped. The first stop to check the ravages of
the fire was to remove the ignited carriage, a work
of considerable labonr and danger; but there were
many passengers voluntarily lent their assist:ince, and
in a short time the separation was effected. The two
portions of the train being pushed far enough away to
allow of the burning carriage to be entirely destroyed,
and the burning luggage hurled from the roof, in
doing which the fireman was much burnt. After a
delay of more than half an hour, the charred remains
of the carriage were attached to the train, which then
proceeded on to Crewe, where it was left. The
amount of damage is not yet known.

THE RIGHT HON. THOMAS MACAULAY.
There is a common pedestrian of London streets, well
known to all who are acquainted with their notabilities.
He is a short, stout, sturdy, energetic man. He has a
big round face, and large staring and very bright hazel
eyes. His hair is cut short, and his hat flung back on
the crown of his head. His gait is firm and decided,
with a little touch of pomposity. He is ever provided
with an umbrella, which he swings and flourishes, and
batters on the pavement with mighty thumps. He seems
generally absorbed in exciting and impulsive thought,
the traces of which he takes no pains to conceal. Elie
face works, his lips move and mutter, his eyes gleam and
flash. Squat as is the figure, and not particularly fine,
in the features there is an unmistakeable air of mental
power and energy, approaching to grandeur, about the
man. He is evidently under the influence of the strong
excitement of fiery thought. People gaze curiously at
him, and stop to stare when he has passed. But he heeds
no one—seems indeed to have utterly forgotten that he
is not alone in his privacy, and pushes energetically on,
unwitting of the many who stare and smile, or of the
few who step respectfully aside, and look with curiosity
and regard upon Thomas Babington Macaulay. Occa-
sionally, however, the historian and the poet gives still
freer vent to the mental impulses which appear to be con-
tinually working within lam. A friend of mine lately
recognised him dining in the coffee-room of the Trafalgar
Hotel at Greenwich--a fashionable white-bait house,
which it appears he frequently patronises. Ho was
alone, as he generally is, and the attention of more than
one of the company was attracted by his peculiar mutter-
ing and fidgcttiness, and by the mute gestures with
which he ever and anon illustrated his mental dreamings.
All at once—it must have been towards the climax of the
prose or verse which he was working up in his mind—Mr.
Macaulay seized a massve decanter, held it a moment
suspended in the air, and then dashed it down upon the
table with such hearty goodwill, that the solid crystal flew
about in fragments, while the numerous parties dining
round instinctively started up and stared at the curious
o
iconoclast. Not a whit put out, however, Mr. Macaulay,
.$
was well known to the waiters, called loudly
for his bill
lel
to be made out at the bar, and then pulling will, clapped
the jerks, his hat and his umbrella from the eta
the one carelessly on his head, and strode out
uflrroiteir
ishing
the other.—Correspondent of the Inverness co

, Hackney
White Swan,
Upperviewthe Clapton, onnci
.ng-
land, residing at 95, Chancery-lane. who was drowned i
-la the
river Lea. Mr. A. Barton, No. 2, Tryon's-place
deceased's cousin, said that on Friday last, 1
ae and the de_'
ceased hired a boat of Mr. Green, boat proprietor, Lea-bridge,
about eight o'clock in the evening. The deceased took th
sculls, and they went rip the river. Witness steered. They
return,
had got as far as the Ferry-house, and were on their
when witness asked deceased to let witness have
the
Witness had them fora short time, and rowed sculls.
some distance.
lie then requested deceased, as he was tired,
The deceased rose for that purpose, b to take his place.
ut upon moving
his seat, the boat turned on one side, and th from
Decease' put his foot on the other sid e water rushed in.
in-
stantly filled, and they both fell into
e of the boat, which
1Y41.9 picked up by two gentlemen the water. Witness
another boat. An alarm was • who were passing in
„y. other boat reached given subsequently; but before
having been given of them, deceased sunk. Evidence
named Peters,
, the jury
death."returned a verdict—" Accidental

RAVE
DBVEEERNTISEMENT 1:1110USAND DELICIOUS CEIIERvEAS.
EFFECTE-D.3B7FD7BYAItri:Y
LENT
considerable
nsiderabk
A '''l‘`AP.lCAtFho.oo.—Cure, No. 71, of dyspepsia, from
the Right llon. Lord Stuart de Decies —" I have de-
rived' benefit from your food, and consider it due
theseto - euiiii.
ee
sl v e s
and the public to authorise the publication of
•—Stuart tie Decies." Cure N 0.49,832—" 50 years'
indescribable agony, from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma,
cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the sto-
mach, and vomittings have been removed by Du Barry's
excellent food.—Maria Jolly \Vortham, Ling, near Dies,
Norfolk."—ln canisters, suitably packed for all climates, and
with full instructions:— 11b., 2s. 9d.; 2lbs.' 4s. 6d.; bibs.,
11 s. ; 121b5., 225. ; super-refined, 51b., 21 s. ; 101bs., 335. The
Whs. and 121bs. carriage free •200 miles, on receipt of l'ost-
office order.—,u Barry and Co., 127, New Bond-street, Lon-
don; Fortnum, Mason, and Co. ; Hedges and Butler.
The Bretagne says :—" Sallie weeks back a cook-
maid was arrested at Rennes under suspicion of having poi-
soned three femmes de chandife who successively lived with
her in the service of a professor of the faculty of the law. It
appears that she could never remain long in any family, and
that a death almost always occurred in a house shortly after
she entered it. She made a point of announcing, when she
entered a new place, that she was a most unlucky woman,
death always accompanying her. This declaration only ex,
cieed a smile, but the prophecy in every case turned out cor-
rect. It is supposed that she is possessed with a monomania
for poisoning; and an illVSStigati9n has
cOai
into the facts just mentioned." Mellott