The Sun.
London, England, 1860-09-25 00:00:00

(IIY ELECTRIC TELE(IRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning.

Wind N.N.W.

Arrived—John, from Newcastle ; Le Coq, from Cher-
bourg: Courier, steamer, from Jersey ; Annie, from New-
port; Isabella Courier„
steamer, from Cardiff; Hawk and
Esther, from Portsmouth.

Sailed.—Pacific, for Sunderland ; Dispatch, steamer,
for Jersey ; Alliance, steamer, for Havre; 'William Ayling,
For Newport.

(BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning.
Wind W.N.W., blowing very,hard from the north-east
all night, now moderate from the north-west.
Arrived, Sept. 24—Victoria, from Saguenay; Lily, from
Guernsey ; Constantia, from Shanghae; Charles Northcote,
from Quebec; Thea, from Gravelines ; Agnes, from Seville;
Nancy, from Dantsic ; Geziena, from Lisbon ; Mary, from
Guernsey; John James, from Santander; Electric, from
Charlotte Town; Reward, from Dunkirk.

Arrived, Sept., 25.—hose, from Dantsic; East Anglian,
steamer, from Gothenburg.

MADAME CLARA NoT ELLO.—The farewell of this
great English soprano is now a matter of certainty, and the
great performances of "The Creation" and "Messiah," to-
mot row and on Saturday next, the 26th and 29th, are ex-
pected to be great features in the history of this remarkable
farewell. The orchestra will number 200 instrumental per-
formers, and tie chorus snore than 2,000. That this re-
markable "farewell" should be considered as a great
event, and deplored as a real bereavement, is not at all as-
tonishing, for the artistic achievements of Madame Clara
Novello a-e so essentially connected with all the great
musical performances which for many years have delighted
us ; the recoil] ection of her is so closely interwoven with all
that is nob' e and beautiful in the creative musical art, that
to the regret of losing so distinguished a performer must be
added the pain of being constantly reminded of a loss in
many respects it reparable. We need not remind our readers
of Madame Novello's recent triumphs in the provinces,
least of all need we speak of the grand display of her
powers given at the Great Handel Festival before an audi-
ence of 27,000 people, when her wonderful voice resounded
through the immense area of the Crystal Palace, filling
every corner of it with exquisite music. The artistic world
will doubtless fully understand and appreciate the irrepa-
rable loss it is about to sustain, and take every means
to hear once more the incomparable voice, which, so far as
the public is concerned, will soon be hushed for ever.
TELEGRAPHIC LINES IN AUSTRIA.—A return
respecting the telegraphic lines in Austria during the last
10 years has just been published, and is of a favourable
character. Among other things it shows that the number
of despatches has increased every year, and that the aver-
age for 10 years has been 52,300, paying 91,4006. ; that in
1859 the number was such as to give one of 23 words for
every 51 inhabitants ; that there are now 160 telegraphic
offices, of which, however, only about 30 transmit private
despatches ; and finally, that the towns which sent and re-
ceive the greatest number of despatches are Vienna and
Trieste, and after them, Venice, Pesth, Prague, and Verona.
DREADFUL PIT ACCIDENT, AND Loss OF FOUR
LiTES.—An inquest was held on Saturday, at Newbold,
touching the death of four persons, who were killed on Fri-
day evening, in a colliery at Newbold, the property of
Messrs. Beale and Co. The names of the deceased are
Samuel Needham, John Needham (of Brampton), S. Collis
(of Cutthorge), and J. llowarth (of Barlow). They were
being drawn out of the pit in a cage ; the banksman omitted
to let down the machine which covers the pit mouth, and a
jerk was occasioned which broke the chain, the cage falling
to the bottom of the pit. Three of its occupants were
killed instantaneously, and the fourth died shortly after-
wards. The inquest was adjourned to enable the Govern-
ment inspector to attend.

The report of the intention of the Sultan of
Turkey to send the Grand Vizier on a financial mission to
Paris and London is officially denied. The belief of its
having been contemplated was, however, so general at Con-
stantinople that the present announcement may be inferred
to be the result of a change of view rather than of the non-
authenticity of the original statement. Such change of
view has, perhaps, been occasioned by an unsatisfactory
turn of some preliminary correspondence on the subject.
The question remains, what is to be done to extricate the
0
Empire from its embarrassment ? Half-measures wiyo.n
i
longer avail. In the course of a few months heavy obh
tions must be provided for, or national bankruptcy
been either
ensue. The assistance hitherto granted
hastmake matters
too much or too little. Any new aid will b:u
plea for a tiers
worse, unless it is so complete as to lterno must
newel of embarrassment. Looking ah commerce of the
country, its free-trade inclinations,
be
oapne ,
independent and nnti until
and the actual insig-
d small difficulty, as
nificance of its debt, there would be
are concerned, in
far as monetary and fiscal .
principlesouneteondition, but this would
placing it in a thoroughlyrsitrigues of Europe,
not suit the diplomatic i
givenst be the business of
and definite position it nilLi
tician only, and not of the
some new crisis shall have the State
financier, to suggest methods for
yTIIE morning
cidentATher relief.
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SINGULAR
NWITH--- ' the Great Northern
occurred ou rn Railway, attended
with a most singularresult. As the down mail train
vinr I? ak I L9WCACIU"
leaving the King's-cro.ss terminus at a quarter past nine
o'clock, Pm, was running between Tallington station and
the Essendine Junction, and about three miles south of the
latter place, the occupants of a second-class carriage were
of
startled by one of their number, a man about the middle
age, rising hastily from a recumbent
position, opening the
carriage •door, and taking a flying leap from the train, then
proceeding at the rate of from 50 to GOmiles
pitchy darkness of the night
prevented the possibility of
the fate of the man being then '
ascertained • but upon this
point one opinion only
could
prevail, namely, that ho was
killed oat the spot. On arrival of the train at Grantham, its
next stopping place, a report was made to the company's
officials, who promptly telegraphed to Essendine, and
from that station a search along the line was immediately
instituted. It transpired that the poor fellow, on touching
the ground, had bounded about in a fearful manner, sending
the ballast flying in all directions, his impetus being finally
restrained by his ploughing head foremost along a-heap of
gravel, such as the line is repaired with. He soon rose,
however, and walked quite collectedly to the Tallington
statioa, where he was secured, and where he now remains,
awaiting magisterial treatment, apparently suffering little
if any inconvenience from the effects of his frightful adven-
ture. lie is, we are given to understand, a discharged
soldier, named Richara Buckle, of Clifton, near Bedale,
and has lately obtained his discharge from Gibraltar. He
appeared to be frenzied from the effects of liquor .
GREAT LENGTH OF RAILWAY RAILS.—The Messrs.
Barningham, of the Darlington Iron Works, are at present
engaged in rolling a large quantity of rails of unusual di-
mensions. They are 27 feet in length, and their weight is
821 b. to the yard. Railway companies discover that by
having strong rails and heavier engines large trains of
minerals and :goods are worked with less labour, greater
despatch, and at a smaller cost than when lighter stock is
used, one train doing tl/9 A4lllO al3lollllt Of carriage as three
usually do.