The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-14 00:00:00

SHOCKING ACCIDENTS AT CREWE.

An accident, which caused the immediate death of three
youths and serious injury to two others, has occurred on
the Chester line, a short distance from Crewe railway sta-
tion. The annual Sunday school excursion, got up by the
Wesleyans at Crewe and the district, took place, and two
trains, consisting of twenty-eight carriageS each; left Crewe
between seven and eight o'clock in the morning ; the pas-
sengers being for the most part parents and friends of the
scholars attending the Wesleyan schools. The trains left
Llandudno on the return journey shortly after seven o'clock
in the evening, and were delayed at Chester whilst the line
was cleared of some luggage carriages. At a distance
of about three quarters of a mile from Crewe station the
line passes by the side of a field adjoining the highway,
and is protected by a fence belonging to the London and
North Western Bail way Company. Between forty and fifty
boys from Crewe had proceeded to this roiot in order to
witness the return of the train, and breaking through the
fence they took up their positions on or near the down line,
where they were run over by an engine which had left
Crewe for Chester. Five boys were knocked down, three
cf whom were instantly killed, the engine passing over them,
and two others seriously injured
At nearly the same time ancther accident occurred at
Crewe station. A drover named Charles 'Saville, of Mossley,
was knocked down by an express train, and it is believed
that he cannot recover from the dreadful injuries that were
inflicted upon him.

On Saturday the marriage of Mr. Arthur Dun-
combe, eldest son of Admiral the Honourable Arthur Dun-
ccmbe, with Miss Katherine Milbank, was solemnised at St.
George's Church, Hanover-square. The service was per-
formed by the Honourable and Rev. Augustus Buncombe,
Dean of York.

INSURANCE COMPANIES.—Some suggestive figures
concerning ins:lrance companies have been issued. These
shew that there have been 250 life assurance companies
registered since 1844, with a nominal capital of £69,057,500.
The amount subscribed for was £28,578,691; the amount
paid up, £3,166,633. One hundred and forty of these
companies have wound up or are " supposed to have
ceased business."

NEW LIGHTHOUSE.—Last week the Master and
Brethren of the London Trinity House laid the foundation
stone of a new lighthouse to be erected on Souter Point, a
headland on the Durham coast, between the Wear and
Tyne. It will be erected to prevent wrecks from occurring
if possible on Whitburn Steel, of which there have been
so many complaints within recent years.
THE CHARGE OF INCITING SOLDIERS TO SEDITION
CORK.—The man Johnson, charged with distributing
seditious placards to soldiers, was brought before the
magistrates on Saturday. Sub-inspector Gunn stated that
there were good reasons for believing the prisoner to be
insane, and that his friends were anxious to have him put
under restraint. After some evidence the prisoner was
committed for trial, the magistrates consenting to accept
small bail for his appearan
CABINET COUNCIL.—At the Cabinet Council held
on Saturday, in Downing-street, the Ministers present
were the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, the Lord
Chancellor, Earl de Grey and Rpon, the Earl
of Kimberley, the Right Hon. H. A. Bruce,
the Earl of Clarendon, Earl Granville, the Right
Hon. E. Cardwell, the Duke of Argyll, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. Hugh Childers, the
Right Hon. J. Bright, the Right Hon. G. J. Goschen,
the Marquis of Hartington, and the Right Hon. C.
Fortescue.

THE STATUTES AT LARGE.—The Law Times
announces the decision of the Government in the matter
of the statutes at large :—" The Government has,
we believe, determined that for the future the
statutes shall be printed in the form of a small folio, and
in no other shape. The size and shape thus adopted will
give to them a respectable aspect in the library, and will
be pleasant enough for reading or reference upon the desk ;
but it will be very inconvenient for the bag and for carrying
upon the circuits, where the greatest quantity of informa-
tion is required to be packed inthe smallest possible space."
THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.—The number of new
members returned to the House of Commons since the dis-
solution of November 1868 has now been increased to 23,
and, taking account of 13 re-elections, it would appear
that the House has been renewed during the past seven
months to the extent of 5'47 per cent. The new members
are —Mr. R. H. Hurst (as to whose election there was at first
some uncertainty), Horsham ; Mr. Drax, Wareham ;
Colonel Wilmot, South Derbyshire ; Mr. Bruce. Renfrew-
shire ; Mr. T. Whitworth, Drogheda ; the Marquis of
Hartirigton, Radnor; Mr. E. Miall, Bradford ; Major
Anson, Bewdley ; Mr. C. Phipps,Westbury ; Baron L. N.
Rothschild, London ; Sir 11. Johnstone, Scarborough
Mr. If. James, Taunton ; l‘f r. C. W. Hoskyns, Hereford
Colonel Clive. Hereford ; Mr. E. It. Hornby, Blackburn ;
Mr. H. M. Feilden, Blackburn ; Major Walker, Dumfries-
shire ; the Earl of Marsh,West Sussex ; Lord Hyde, Breck-
nock ; Mr. M. Guest, Youghal ; Mr. Ilorsman, Liskeard ;
Mr. Salt, Stafford ; and Captain Talbot, Stafford. Of the
23 new members returned 15 are Liberals and 8 are Con-
servatives ; they succeed 14 Liberals and 9 Conservatives,
so that, during the last seven months, the Liberals have
gained one, counting two on a division.
. Nine seats are
now vacant—viz., Norwich, 1 ; Dublin, 1 ; Nottingham,
1 ; Cashel, 1 ; Sligo, 1 ; Bridgwater, 2 ; and Beverley, 2.
1 Of these nine seats fiaki ve wdereifference of one held by Conservaon atdivision.ives and
four by Liberals, mng a
The strength of the Liberals has thus been increased by
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three fihwe the general elections