The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-18 00:00:00

THE WAR BETWEEN ENGLAND AND
PERSIA.

The Paris Pays of yesterday offers the following
remarks on the Anglo-Persian difficulty :
"Persian affairs have decidedly taken a very
grave turn. After the capture of Herat by a Persian

army England had only one step to take, and she

has declared war against the court of Teheran.

Whilst we are writing, warlike events are probably
taking place in the Persian Gulf. What will be the
consequence of this expedition ? Will it have an
immediate result, as occurred some years ago under
analogous circumstances, or will Persia consider
herself strong enough to sustain the struggle 7 In
this event can the English force undertake a cam-

paign in the southern provinces, and thus penetrate
to Teheran? This is a military problem of the
highest interest, but which still remains obscure.
None can doubt that Persia, if left to her own re-
sources, will be speedily compelled to treat with
England ; therefore the serious part of the question
lies in the attitude of the allies of Persia. The Rus-
sian journals recently acquainted us that Russia was
labouring to effect a reconciliation between the two
belligerent powers, but the conditions which it ad-

vocated are unknown. In the event of these con-
ditions not being accepted, it remains to be seen
whether Russia will remain inactive. In a few hours
the Russian flotilla on the Caspian could transport a
Russian corps-d'armee to Asterabad, that is, between
Teheran and .blerat. Such a demonstration would
render the success of the English expedition
extremely doubtful, but it would give rise to
serious complications, and perhaps lead to
an open rupture between Russia and England.
We hope that matters will not attain these
extremities. England doubtless proves herself
with reason extremely susceptible with re-
gard to everything that relates to the security-
of her Indian empire. But if the po-
sition of the Russians in the extreme East appears
to a certain degree offensive it must be admitted
that this menace is still very distant, and that the
nature of the territory opposes nearly invincible
obstacles toany real or supposed projects. A century
may pass over without a direct shock taking place
in the centre of Asia between England and Russia.
Has not England exaggerated that eventuality? We
conceive that she seeks to anticipate in good time
any possible invasion ; but it would be a subject of
regret were too great a caution to produce pre-
cisely that result which is feared for in the future.
It must not be dissimulated that the solution de-
pends above all on the Cabinet of St. Petersburg.
Persia, in taking possession of the town of Herat,
has certainly failed in all her engagements with
England, and she cannot re-establish those rela-
tions without abandoning her conquest. This
policy depends entirely on the advice that the Shah
may receive from Russia, and it is consequently t•
the Emperor Alexander that we must look for the
immediate cessation of complications, the extent of
which cannot now be defined."
The Correspondence Ravas publishes a curious
plan of campaign in case of an intervention by
Russia in favour of Persia against England. It is
given in a letter from St. Petersburg of the 7th :
" Reports have reached the Minister of War from
several of the generals who command th• different
detached corps in Asia. It is stated that General
Chrulef, who commands the most advanced posi-
tion, has submitted to the Minister a plan of cam
paign which could be successfully executed by the
troops under his orders. He was waiting, before
moving, for the arrival at Tiflis of Prince Barat-
zinski, who was still occupied in inspecting the new
Asiatic frontiers. The new Governer-General of
all the Caucasian possessions has extended his tour
of inspection on the eastern coast of the Caspian Sea,
where Russian generals had already commenced,
in the time of the Emperor Nicholas, to erect four
or five fortified stations, which will secure to Rus-
sia the possession of that coast. All the war steamers
are now fully manned by the arrival of a large body
of seamen from the naval ports. This squadron
may at any time be used for the conveyance of pro-
visions and military stores to the troops stationed
at Khiva and to those who have taken possession
of different islands in the Caspian Sea; and who are
thus placed in the immediate neighbourhood of the
Persian port of Asterabad. According to the
opinion of staff officers who have served in that
country, all the military arrangements there have
been made with so much order and regularity that
the Russian columns may at the first signal enter
Persia at three points at the same time. The first
corps, composed of two divisions of infantry, with
artillery and light cavalry, may without difficulty
penetrate from Nachitacheran to Choi and to Tau-
ris ; the second corps, in moving from Bakou, may
proceed along the western coast of the Caspian Sea
as far as Asterabad, where, supported by the Rus-
sian squadron, it would readily cross the fertile
valley as far as Herat. The third corps may pene-
trate into the Khorassan and into Khiva. These
strategic combinations have been prepared from the
first moment it was known at St. Petersburg of the
projects of England on Persia." On the other hand,
a letter from St. Petersburg of the same date, in
the Borsenhalle of Hamburg, says :—" The state-
ment made by several foreign journals of a conven-
tion having been concluded between Persia and
Russia, by which the latter is bound to assist the
former, is completely unfounded. Neither is it
true that there are Russian officers in the service
of Persia. The two officers, MM. Dukomel, stated
by the journals to be with the Persian army before
Herat, are now in this capital, one in the Senate,
and the other unemployed. The military move-
ments made by Russia are solely confined to
placing a corps of observation on the Persian
frontier."

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HOME ciitd-t7iii—MAIVsToNEI Dxo. 17.
(Before Mr. Baron Bramwell.)
Thomas Mansell, 28, soldier, was indicted for th 6
wilful murder of Alexander M'Burney.
Mr. Ribton and Mr. Bridge conducted the prosecu-
tion ; Mr. Russell appeared for the prisoner by the
request of the court.
When the jury was about to be empannelled the coun-
sel for the prisoner challenged every juryman who was
summoned out of Maidstone to the extent allowed by
law, the avowed object being to obtain a majority of
jurymen from the town of Maidstone, where it was
supposed an opinion adverse to capital punishments
prevailed. When the counsel for the prisoner had
exhausted his challenge, Mr. Ribton, as counsel for the
crown, requested, in accordance with the usual form,
that the Maidstone jurymen should " stand by," until
the whole panel, with the exception of a jury who had
retired to consider their verdict, had been gone through,
and only nine jurors had been called into the box. Mr.
Ribton then prepared to select from the names of those
who had been already called, and ordered to stand by,
some that he considered the least objectionable, to be
upon the jury.
Mr. Russell objected to this course being taken, and
contended that the Crown having exhausted the panel all
that could, then be (lone was to go through the list of
jurors again, and the Crown would have no right then
to object to any juror except for cause shown.
This led to a long technical discussion, and at length
Mr. Ribton proceeded to open the case for the prose-
cution. After alluding to what bad taken place with
regard to the selection of the jury, he said he felt satis-
fied they would perform the duty that devolved upon
them fearlessly, and that they would act according to
the oath they had taken, and return a verdict upon the
evidence that would be laid before them. He then
proceeded to give a brief narrative of the circumstances
under which the charge was preferred against the prisoner,
and the following evidence was adduced :
I Edward Brophy examined by Mr. Bridge—l am a
private in the 49th Regiment. The prisoner was also
a private in the same regiment. The deceased was
lance corporal. I remember the morning of the 27th of
August last. The regiment was at that time at Dover
under canvas in the hospital field. I went out of my
tent about half-past 8 o'clock in the morning, and I saw
the deceased came out of his tent, and he kneeled down
and was in the act of cleaning his ramrod. The prisoner
had his firelock in his band, and he walked a few paces,
and then stopped and put a cap on the nipple ; another
soldier named Parry then came out of the deceased's
tent, and passed between the prisoner and the deceased,
and he kneeled down for some purpose. The prisoner
then walked close up to the deceased, presented his
piece, and fired at him. He held the stock of the gun
to his hip when he discharged the piece. The deceased
immediately got up, put his hand to his side and said,
"I am shot—l aria shot loh Lord, Mansell has shot
me." The prisoner then threw his firelock down and
exclaimed, "Now then," or "There now." A doctor
was immediately sent for, and the deceased was taken
to the hospital. The prisoner walked slowly away to
his own tent, and then he was seized and taken to the
guard-room.
Cross-examined—Witness accompanied the regiment
to the Crimea, and the prisoner and the deceased were
also there with it. A great many other soldiers besides
the deceased were engaged at the time in cleaning their
accoutrements. The rifles were all kept stacked up in-
side the tents, but the prisoner came out of his tent
with his rifle in his hand, and I thought he was going
to snap the cap off. He looked very pale, but I did not
expect he was going to commit such an act as this.
Re-examined—Each man's rifle is numbered. The
number of the prisoner's was 43, letter F.
John Parry said—l am also a private in the 49th
Regiment. I remember the morning on which this oc-
currence took place. I came out of my tent about half-
past 8 o'clock, and saw the deceased in the act of clean
ing his accoutrements. The prisoner came out of his
tent, and I felt something touch me, and turned round
and saw the prisoner close to use. He had his rifle to
his hip, and I heard the report, and saw the flash, and
Ithe deceased immediately exclaimed, "I am shot—l am
shot !" Tne prisoner then threw his firelock down and
walked away, and I followed him and held him until an
escort came up, and the prisoner was taken to the
guard-room. I afterwards examined the rifle the pri-
soner had thrown down, and found that the cap on the
nipple had just been discharged. The number on the
rifle was 43, and the letter F.
Cr ss-examined—The prisoner was standing quite close
to me when I turned round, and immediately he had
fired be threw down his piece and walked slowly away.
Peter Moran, another private, gave similar evidence.
He also distinctly saw the prisoner deliberately shoot
the deceased, and after the transaction he dug a rifle
bullet out of the ground, on the other side of the spot
where the deceased was standing at the time he was
snot. The bullet was produced by an officer of the
police, and the witness identified it, and said it was of
the same description as those furnished to the regiment
in the Crimea.
Cross-examined—He had no time to raise an alarm
when he saw the prisoner pointing the gun at the de-
ceased.
Re-examined—The prisoner was so close to M'Burney
when he fired that the powder burnt his shirt.
Benjamin Taylor, also a private in the regiment, said
that the prisoner lodged in the same tent with him.
About a week before the occurrence he had some con-
versation with him about some boo's he had got, and he
said that " M‘Burney knew something about them, and
he would have it in for him if he lived for a thousand
years." He said he did not know exactly what the pri-
soner meant, but he understood that it was intended as
a threat against the deceased.
Cross-examined—He had heard it rumouved in the
regiment that the prisoner had lost a pair of boots while
he was in the Crimea. The deceased had been sick in
hospital for some time before this occurrence, and he
never heard of his having had anything to do with the
prisoner's boots.
Richard Holden, sergeant-major of the regiment,
proved that in July last they were stationed at Alder
shott, and the prisoner made a complaint to the com-
manding officer relating to a pair of boots be said.he had
lost in the Crimea. He said he bad packed them up in
a squad bag, and when it was opened at Aldershott they
were not forthcoming, and he said he was confident that
M`Butney knew something about them. The com-
manding officer made inquiries and decided that the
deceased knew nothing about the prisoner's boots, and
he told the prisoner so, and said he must put up with
the loss. He appeared discontented with the decision,
but did not make any remark. The prisoner had been
in the regiment about two years.
Cross-examined—The prisoner served with the regi-
ment through all the Crimean campaign, and bore a good
conduct stripe. He believed that the prisoner's sus-
picion against the deceased in relation to the boots was
entirely imaginary. The deceased was a remarkably
quiet., inoffensive man, and he never appeared to bear
any ill-will to the prisoner.
Thomas Finnis Back, a police-constable at Dover, said
that when the prisoner was at the police-station. he said
to him "This is a bad job, or a melancholy affair," and
the prisoner replied, "It is done," or "I have done it.
I am sorry for it. I had no intention to do it when I
got up this morning."
The learned judge having summed up, the jury almost
immediately returned a verdict of guilty.
The prisoner was then called upon, in the usual form,
to state whether he had anything to urge why iudre_no
of death should nut be passed upon him. He Ina" "
reply.
nee,
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ssaenmteentcime
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CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—Dec. 1

OLD COURT.
ed for killing
Mary
Cox, otherwise Warren.
and slaying Ann
Poland prosecuted, and Mr. Lilley
Mr. Sleigh and Mr.
defended.
evidence proved that the deceased woman and
The
prisoner were both prostitutes of the lowest class,
spinster,Ju s t Justice Cwraosmipntdoine
t.
reet, Tooley.street. Upon the
the prisoner was in bed with a
testion, when deceased came into
tatnasthtbt hhhantni
her
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spa:fueti
lodirlynhrvnheneii
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anddusiss
began to abuse and in-use her,
out of bed by her hair, upon which
tumbleromeffew
wa
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woman's head that it fractured
oiler expressed great sorrow for
guilty, and sentenced to six months'
She was fo..
imprisonment.
Charlotte Rodanboah, 21, gpi, '; f t
feloniously ocithiiiistering to her mtle nan a quantity
of oil of tiirpeittine, with intent to murdel.:llfil.
Mr. Payne prosedtited, and M. ir!!±B7
The facts of the ease, although brief; Weft; filfhs,
guiar. The prisoner, Whom all the wituesties spokec#.s being a very kind and affectionate "diing vrdinan, was
wet nurse in a family living at RichindEdi Whilst her
of ld,
turpentinen d aftewra
sbne iontgic withed, i t
own child was
,under the care of a widow named l'tenti
living at Mottlakdo Where prisoner used to go, and ap-
peared very fond of it. trine the fiftetnoon of 2nd of
hlales (fat, being looked at,
and
domeiut thisp
Wo nar theofi non utedh:hd4siihlt:o".vvv°ll:teLi6iteseloctulawteked in several places with oil of
turpentine, and much injured about the neck and lips,
dnd it Owl irtident that some had been poured down its
throat. The prisotiet, When asked what she had been
doing, said she had net given the child anything, and
afterwards made several different statements about the
nisAter, The child, although bad for dome time from the
effects of the treatment, had since recovered.
For the defence it was elicited that the child suffered
from a cough, and the suggestion was that the turpen-
tine had been given to cure it.
The prisoner received an excellent character for hu•
manity,
The jay returned a verdict of not guilty.

enial and large-hearted
CHRISTMAS TREE, —lf the . g
finw he would have
revelled in the present custom of maltinb _
Charles Lambe had been alive
njw.' - -, glad the hearts
the Christ-
of darling youngsters with the offerings from . -lined
mas Tree ! This eustom, purely German, has u-. ~
firm root in English soil, and the toymakers througno
.
Europe appear to vie with each other, both in cheapness
and finish, in these petite affairs. TomeToti°r`nof the
m the
encouragement thus afforded may ba gleafie... i
` fr--- ''-',lO
fact that one establishment alone—that of Mau.-
Temple, of Regent-street—sends out agents abroad 1..."
quest of and pays some .thousands of pound for an ea-
elusive monopoly of the annual productiOrPas regaecia
novelty. Her Majesty patronises the custom, and takes
great delight in it.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Dec. 17.

Yesterday Sit Robert
_W. Carden received some infor-
mation which caused him the greatest surprise. On Friday
leet a young man of gentlemanly appeatance was p aced
at the bar before him, charged with being in possession
of a large number of silk handkerchiefs, supposed to be
the proceeds of a burglary committed at Ball's-pond.
The prisoner had gone into Mr. Attenborough's to pledge
three pieces of black silk neckerchiefs, but the young
man, suspecting they were not come honestly by, ques-
tioned him, when he said his name was Thomas Baker,
and that he lived at No. 10, St. Alban-road, near Horse-
monger-lane Gaol. A policeman was called in, and he
was given into custody. At first he said they were his
own property, but then said they were given to him to
pledge by a friend, and gave the name, but said he could
not give the address of his friend. The address he gave
was false. When brought to the police court he told a
most extraordinary tale, bet with such apparent sim-
plicity that, admitting him to be very indiscreet, it bore
the stamp of possibility. He said he had been to Jullien's
concert two nights before, and while there a lady fainted,
and he took her out in his arms, and placed her in a cab.
A gentleman handed her friend into the same cab, and it
drove off. He then returned to the concert with this
person, and finding him very agreeable and familiar he
spent the remainder of the evening with him. Before
they parted they exchanged names and addresses, and
he pressed him to call and see him on the following
day ; but that he could not, and declined. They, how-
ever, arranged to meet on the Friday at Charing-cross,
and go to Richmond to have a row on the water. He
gave his name as Thomas Baker, and said he had come
from Australia, where he had been with merchandise,
but had not been able to dispose of it, and had brought
it back. They met on Friday, and the man, who gave
the name of Baker, said he was short of money, and
asked him (the prisoner) to pledge the handkerchiefs for
him. He at first refused, and they walked towards
Temple-bar ; but he was so plausiblethat by the time they
came to Somerset House he consented to go to Atten-
borough's and pledge them. He had three parcels, and
was to get 50s. for the three pieces of black, and 30s.
for each of the othere, and then meet this man at
Somerset-house ; or, if he did not find him there, he
was to go to Charing-erose. When he was given into
custody he was so confused that he gave Baker's name
and address as his own, and another, which he meant
for his own, as Baker's. He was so confused, having
never been placed in such a position before, that he did not
know what he did. He did not give his right name and
address because his friends were so very respectable
that he would not let them know where he was. He
was well known to Alderman Wire, and lived opposite
him in the Lewisham-road, and was a next-door neigh-
bour to Mr. Thwaites, the chairman of the Board of
Works, to whom he was also well known. He had no
objection to tell the magistrate his name and address,
but he did not want it published ih the newspapers, on
account of the disgrace it would bring upon his friends.
Sir R. W. Carden had him furnished with a pen and
ink, and he wrote down that he was a son of John Carr,
Esq., of Ashdown Villa, Lewisham-road.
Sir R. W. Carden asked him if he wished Mr.
Thwaites to be sent for as he was then sitting at Guild-
hall.
Tne prisoner replied that he did, and that Mr.
Thwaites could speak as to his respectability.
A message was sent up to the Board of Works, and
in a short time Mr. Thwaites attended, and on being
informed of the nature of the circumstances under whicu
he had been called, he expressed the greatest surprise.
He said the prisoner was the son of a gentleman, his
next-door neighbour, who bore an unblemished reputa-
tion ; and as to the prisoner, he had known him to be
a sober, steady, and industrious man, and so trustworthy
that he would unhesitatingly trust him with anything.
If the court required bail for him he was willing to be
surety to any amount, so convinced was he of lets into -
grity.
Sir R. W. Carden said it was possible that he had
been made the dupe of some designing burglar, but that
a young man of three-and-twenty, accustomed to London,
should be so imposed upon by an artfal scoundrel, asto-
nished him. lie advised the prisoner to do his utmost
to find out this man Baker, and give hits into custody,
and cautioned him never again to pick up with plausible
people that he knew nothing of. He then held him to
bail in his own recognisance in 201. to appear at this
court on Friday next, or sooner if he could get hold his
the man Baker.
Mr. Martin, the chief clerk,,: now informed Sir Robert
that the same young man had been offering other
handkerchiefs of a similar description at a pawnbroker's
in Walwerth on last Saturday morning, when the pawn-
broker, who happened to be at this tout on the previou
day engaged in a case of stealing rugs, recognised him,
and accused him of having been in custody here the day
before. As soon as he said so Carr ran away, and a
smart chase ensued, which ended in his being captured
and taken to Lambeth Police-court, `rout which be has
been remanded until Friday next, when the magistrate
intends sending him back to this court.
The officers having charge of the case had discovered
that the prisoner had been in the service of Mr. Meek-
ing, of Holborn, and lett only a low days before he was
first taken up. The whole of the handkerchiefs found
upon him had been identified as some which had been
stolen from Mr. Meeking's shop.
Sir W. Carden said he was astonished to hear it. He
certainly did not believe the prisoner's story when he
heard it; but when he proved what a respectable cha-
racter he bore, and after the manner in which Mr.
Thwaites spoke of him and his connection, it made him
feel there was a possibility of the statement being true,
and he gave him the benefit of the doubt. He would,
however, come down on Friday to hear the evidence in
this extraordinary case.

LAMBETH.—Yesterday John Brown and John
Moynihan, labourers, were further examined before Mr.
Elliott, on a charge of fraud and forgery.
Mr. Richard Martin Ruddock, cashier in the service
of Mr. George Myers, the extensive builder and con-
tractor, in the Belvedere-road, Lambeth, deposed that
the prisoner Browu had been in the employment of Mr.
Myers, and he therefore knew him, but the prisoner
Moynihan he bad no recollection of. On Tuesday, the
2d inst., at about seven o'clock, both the prisoners came
together to the counting-house, and, according to the
practice with the workmen, put the papers produced
through the window for payment. Moynihan presented
the one for 128., and which was as follows, viz.:--
" Friday-street, Dec. 2, 1856.
"Sir,—Please to pay Coyne, bricklayer, two days
five hours, at ss. " E. ZINCRAFT."
Brown presented a similar paper, for 135., aiso signed by,.
Mr. Zincraft, who is time-keeper to Mr. My
was was at present and at that time engaged at som;vitndlcsis
ings in the course of erection by his employer the build-
asked the prisoners if they were employ
and he then placed the amount been ea
ings in Friday-street, City, and theyehre
hpe dh theyo
r e were,he
m
similar papers, be gave
before defrauded out of 801. b
which each took up. saving
.within a short time
the prisoners into custody, andyismi mediately after h
dis-
covered that the papers the prisoners bad produced were
forgeries.
Mr. d ward Zincraft said he was time-keeper at some
Eks dward
Friday-street, City, which Mr. Myers was
papers pro-
ba
and thb ee
eWortehrcetri nwg,asanad tshtraatnhgeerkntoewhtihme. prEisoolertßherohwitnn
duced were forgeries, and not written by
never deputed to anybody the power of inakinL; out the
time returns of the men.
The prisoners, in defence, said they met two men near
the Westminster-bridge, who gave them the order to go
and get the money, saying they should remain at the
end
The
ho
ef the
prisonersstreet tillwe r they
committed returned
tow akitthite: their trial on
the charge, but were ordered to be brought up again on
Monday nest.

It is estimated that the total amount of specie to be
despatched by the Indus on the 20th inst. will reach
nearly 600,000/., although it is tinderstooi that since
the reduction of their rate of exchange the India Com-
pany have drawn bills to the amount of more than
400,0001.

THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH CABLE.—We have great
pleasure in announcing that our ingenious and enter-
prising townsman, Mr. Newall, is engaged in the ma-
nufacture of the telegraphic cable which is destined to
range the Atlantic Ocean, and to bring the Old and the
New World within momentary intercourse of each other.
We understand that Mr. Newall is under a contract to
complete his portion of this astonishing, cable (altogether
of scarcely less than 1,500 miles in length) in the course
of the ensuing summer. Kuper and Co., of London,
are to make one-half of the cable, and Mr. No wall, of
Gateshead, the other. It may assist the reader to a
fair conception of the immensity of the task if we state
that our ingenious neighbour will have to twist strands
of wire, as an outer protection of the electric line itself,
25,000 miles in length, or long enough to go round the
whole earth--and leave a sufficient length of wire, if he
had but that standing point which he coveted for his
experiments.—Gateshead Observer.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON THE NEW YORK AND ERIE
RAILROAD —A terrible accident happened yesterday

•;ng to the Chicago express, bound west, at the cros-
prre.. ' - mile east of Alleghany-station, occasioned by
Eritig hmt k. `a rail. The train was going at a fearful
the' btediiint; 4, . •• of the passengers say 40 miles an
rite Of good ---smu.. ',ens say 35 miles—when the en-
hotiti wad trearfy a•Ilt A •,.... :1. dragging the baggage car
gine strun and broil sfre xa,..• -er-cars, in which were
passenger's'', :-."'s- smashing them
off the track and the two' pwalrerif,_
some 25 or 30 ',ming uncoupled,
went plunging into the earth, iillOally .
over upon
Ito pieces. The first passenger-car' %very%
e which
its side, thus loosening the forward NvilleBea, . its
came crashing through the floor of the c'aof /Vela
centre, stripping it of its furniture, and sannligl
everything before them. In this car were goose i
ten or twelve passengers, and, marvellous as
may seem, all escaped without serious injury.
The second passenger-car was no
so fortunate. nit
were some 18 or 20 passengers, and the conductor,
Mark Ball: After uncoupling from the first passenger-
car, the second went to the left, first striking the stone
wall of the cattle guard, then bounding forward to the
sign-post at the road crossing, shivering it into splinters,
then still further forward, and over on its side, where it
lay when we reached the wreck. Both cars were late-
rally
rally gutted of their seats, and every pane of glass d
an
nearly all the blinds, and, in fact, the whole woodwork
of the cars was destroyed by the shock. The bazga9',o
car was dragged 80 rods over the ties by the engin),
which kept the track, kit whether it was injured we
did not learn, as it had been taken to, Dunkirk.
T,ooking at the wreck, it seems miraculous that
-1- the passengers were not instantly killed. 0
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halt •
:nns were seriously burl, and we are glad
b three peie
able, tro e'-ate that none were fatally injured. w
-isited the three spoken of above yesterday afternoon,
I • A L-ntid them all comfortable, and doing well. ly wens
.'.' ~,,E,Dgers c,,criped injury, but three onr
' on their journey.Orlesins Advertiser,

ant.
of the pab..,
unable to procet.i.,l_.
Nov. 28.