The Sun.
London, England, 1860-09-04 00:00:00

NE WS PAPER
_xted and strong-willed statesman !
taries remember that disunion is a
(hat-,altdritA'
that civil strife is a poor, we
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the common eueriiyl---__ r
,
The course of action upon which the ----' ••
Turin is now entering has the double
„-
ness and opportunity. The position of the-Liked ...IL S
montese Government, though it could scarcely have
heen modified with safety a moment sooner, :was
becoming almost as intolerable in its own eyes as
in the eyes of other Powers. An alliance with the
Bourbon dynasty at Naples would have been simple
suicide ; a positive rejection of that alliance would
have looked more like rapacity than self-denial.
Common sense and the well-considered interests of
Italy alike commanded Count Cavour to wait. But
when the Two Sicilies had declared for Victor Em-
manuel in the person of his heroic Lieutenant, to
abandon Naples for a single day to the hazards of
a military insurrection, or to the anarchy of factions,
would be to pave the way for foreign intervention.
Now the very terms on which Francis 11. had
begged and prayed for the friendship of Piedmont
cancel the catechism of Metternich in which
Italy was but a geographical expression for so
many Austrianised dynasties and oppressed Popu-
lations. It is in virtue of another public law than
Tvletternich's that Italy North arid South is al-
ready practically acknowledged to be one ; and it
is in virtue of this principle that Count Cavour
sends-General La Marmora to Naples to preserve
civil order, and to reorganise the shattered army
of the South. No European Government—cer-
tainly not England—can regret that the Govern-
ment of Piedmont steps in to preserve constitu-
tional and national principles at Naples, and to
prevent any foreign pretender from taking advan-
tage of an interregnum to conquer or cajole the
suffrages of the mob. It will be interesting to
observe the effect of the request which the Cabinet
of Turin is about to make to the Papal Govern-
ment. The Government of His Holiness will be •
asked to permit a Piedmontese army to traverse
the frontiers of the States of the Church. This ;
was accorded to the troops of Austria by the Pope's
permission in 1821, and to the troops of the
King of Naples in 1848. Will Cardinal Anto-
nelli, M. de Merode, and General liiinoriciere be
equally accommodating in 1860 to the army of
Victor Emmanuel ? And if not, what.geAt? The
Emperor of the :French invited us t#,. send our
troops through France to Marseilles &zing the
Indian mutiny, and the Viceroy of Egypt. assured
us that we might send our entire army through
his State. As an act of courtesy, therefore, there
is nothing uncommon in the testimony of goodwill
which Pius IX. is invited to offer in so grave an
emergency as the present state of the kingdom
of Naples. The Count of Syracuse has already
urged Victor Emmanuel, as King of Italy, to
occupy the kingdom of Francis II.; and
Francis 11. is ready and anxious to be off to
Gaeta, as the last stage on Neapolitan soil, on
his route to Vienna or Madrid. If the Pope forbids
a passage through his States to an excommunicated
army, what then ? Time is precious, transports
are wanting, delay is fatal. Within the next fort-
night or three weeks we may perhaps know what
stuff Lamoriciere's army is made of—whether it is
in a condition to repeat the exploits of Perugia;
and other questions besides the Neapolitan may be
hastening to a solution. Austria will certainly not
be attacked, and will certainly not move from her.
Quadrilateral to intercept the fulfilment of Gari-
baldi's enterprise in the Two Sicilies or elsewhere..
The Emperor of the French, who has expressed
himself anxious to see the Italian question settled
" any how, but without foreign intervention," will
hardly be prepared to do more than guard the gates
of the Vatican and the road to Civita Vecchia..

ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH K-E"NT

RAILWAY.

Yesterday afternoon an inquest was opened at
the Railway Tavern, Blackheath, before Mr. C. J.
Carttar, coroner for 'West Kent, OP. the body of
John King Charles, aged 22, descri!oed as a travel-
ling advertising agent for the London Review,
News of the World, &c„ who was completely
severed in two by a train in the Blackheath Tunnel
on the previous Friday evening.
Mr. Robinson, from the Law-office of the South-
Eastern Railway Company, attended to -watch the
proceedings on behalf of the company; and Mr. G.
C. Fletcher, solicitor, of 14, Trinity-square, South-
wark, for the widow of the deceased.
The following witnesses were examined.
John Charles identified the body of deceased as
that of his son, who was employed as an advertising
agent for the London Review, amd resided at 12,
Hatfield-street, Goswell•street.

George Baker, of 21, King-street, Borough-road,
deposed that he last saw the deceased, who was his
brother-in-law, on the previous afternoon, at two
o'clock. The deceased then told witness that he

was going a journey upon business, but should be
be home on the same night.
George Abbott deposed—lle resided at 123, New
Church-street, Bermondsey, and is a gaard in the

service of the South-Eastern Railway Company..
On Friday afternoon last, he left Woolwich Arsenal.
Station, with the 5.26 up-train, and on arriving at
Charlton, he observed that a man and woman were

the sole occupants of a second-class carriage, near:
the guards' break. When in the Blackheath Tun.-
nel, witness saw these parties " romping," an.d
before leaving the tunnel, he looked into the com-
partment and saw conduct on the part of both
which induced him to rap at the window with a key.

When the train started from Blackheath, witness

observed that the man had left the carriage, but
the woman remained, and on arriving at New-
cross, where the tickets are taken, the woman got
out, saying that her companion had hu ticket, and
she would wait until he arrived. Witness then
proceeded with the train to Londonb•ridge, when
some of the passengers asked him if he did not per-
ceive an unusual jolting in the tunnel, but witness
attributed this jolting to the loose earth at one par-
ticular spot, where the wet is continually dripping.
He reported what the passengers had said to the
station-master at London-bridge, and the carriages
were examined, but nothing appeared to show that
an accident had happened. On returning with the
train to Woolwich witness reported what the pas-
sengers had said to the head-porter at Blackheath,
and on the same night he heard that the body had
been found in the tunnel.

By the Coroner—A person could arm the car-
riage-door and get into another carriage, if used to
it, but it is highly dangerous for 'any person to
attempt it when the train is in motion. the
By a Juryman—My opinion is, that whenalio_
man became aware that I had witnessed
conduct he opened the door anothertosagarert:inveet:baleti
carriage in order to escape from mnoedt-
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Person tapped at the window, and that he imme-
diately left the carriage when under the archway.
After remaining
on
the platform for so me time a
man came and spoke to the female, and they both
proceeded by the next train to London, ti: he female
giving up a return ticket from Woolwich..
The Coroner—Then it is evident that she must
have retained possession of the ticket.
Henry Gosling, head porter at the Blackheath
Station, proved finding the body of the deceased,
which was completely severed across the chest, one
portion lying between the up-rails, and the other
next the wall of the tunnel. A felt hat belonging
to the deceased was also found, and fro an appear-
ances it would seem that the deceased w as thrown
against the wall, and thence under th .e passing
train.
Police-constable Skinner, 196 R, prove ed search-
ing the body, and finding 3s. 6d., a number of let-
ters, &c.
By Mr. Fletcher—l did not find a raiht Tay ticket,
or a Railway Insurance ticket.
The Coroner observed it would be imi?ortant, if
possible, to obtain the attendance of the fe male who
accompanied the deceased from Woolwi( th, and it
was just possible that if the case was adjourned
she might be found. At all events, the publicity
which the newspapers would give to the car
might result in the production of addit renal evv
dente.
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The jury concurred, and the inquest was: thee
journed for a week.

PAYMENT OF COUNTY CO---RONERS.--mucr
salary
tahest
just published (23 and. 24 Vict , c. 116), ell an
instead of fees,
Ist Jaimary next all county .coroners will b 0 Pa"sal salary
years'
(payable quarterly) is to be on the average 0'
has Power to
mileage, and allowances. The ialng.,, .
income of the office. The Lord Chencellar •
Charing-cross;. Sir,—
remove a cormier for misconduct.
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.Gr R I 11. TS TO NE ' s EYE SNer --- ee.,
Bloomsbury.—Ophthalmic liospital,
Perceiving that on. one of rar
allnednts t ate the gherbaceousr
which was oxi of obstinate chronic ophthalmia,
in union with that of my late patient, Mr. LlrhA
—e•ld, I beg
epacityoi the cornea, and a varicose state of
derived by the use e /our
lienahveistcao cose,nfirna his testisno:L
accompanied by
the conjunctional vessels. 's case was the first under my
notice in whirl?, the preparation was used; but being struck
by the advantst geoua results, I resolved to lay aside preju-
dice. and :idyls e its use in some ca in ses my practice at this
gospitaL The benefit was great, and has led nae still fur-
ther to raving tend i,.6 ,
1 agi your obedient setmult, J. G.
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