The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-31 00:00:00

THE QUEEN'S BIRTH]) kY.

The inclemency of the weather—June being close
at hand—led to the postponement of the review
yesterday, and to a crop of rumours respecting cer-
tain serious causes which, it was alleged, had in-
duced the authorities to disappoint the citizens of
the promised day's amusement. A piercing north-
westerly wind and heavy showers of rain notwith-
standing, crowds of well-dressed people journeyed
to the park, and back again as quickly as they
went.

SHOCKING MURDER 4. ATTEIHIED SUICIDE.

A shocking murder took place at Washington
(Sussex) on Monday evening, Mr. Samuel Rowland,
landlord of the Star Inn at Ashington, and who
was well known and much respected in the sur-
rounding locality, having been shot dead by Peter
Dudeney, a man who rented a cottage and some
land at Washington, Immediately after commit-
ting the horrid act the murderer attempted to hang
himself in a plantation which adjoins his house;
but he was discovered and cut down before life was
extinct, and was taken to the lock-up at Steyning.
It appears that the cause which incited the mur-
derer to the dreadful act is not very apparent.
Dudeney is a married man, and has a family of
two children ; but his wife, who is described as
being a powerful woman, has for the last three
years been afflicted with insanity. This seems to
have preyed upon Dudeney's mind, and also to
have considerably straitened his circumstances,
as his wife being at times very violent
had to be constantly watched, and he had
to employ assistance for this purpose in order that
he might be enabled to follow his usual employ-
ment. This, with other expenses, which were ne-
cessitated in consequence of his wife's malady,
caused him to be a good deal behind in paying the
rent of his cottage, which belonged to his father-in-
law, Mr. Peter Wells. Dudeney also rented a piece
of meadow land adjoining the cottage, and on this
he kept two cows. For some time past the friends
of his wife have helped him a great deal, but we
hear there has been much unpleasantness amongst
the relatives ; particularly between Dudeney and
his father-in-law. The latter, so report says, wished
to get possession of the cottage and premises ; and
we hear that on Monday most of the parties con-
cerned had been to Storrington, where an arrange-
ment was come to that Dudeney should give up the
cottage, garden, and meadow at once, that Mr.
Wells should take his two cows in liquidation of all
claim against him, Mr. Wells undertaking, as we
also hear, to provide another house for Dudeney,
and to pay the rent of it so long as his wife lived.
Mr. Rowland, the unfortunate deceased, had, it ap-
pears, been at Storrington with the parties, and,
with a bricklayer, named Tidey, had assisted in
concluding the arrangement. After all had been
arranged these two persons seem to have proceeded
to Dudeney's cottage to see about the removal of
the cows, and it is supposed that while they were
there Mr. Rowland must have used some expression
to exasperate Dudeney, who shot him dead upon
the spot. It is thought, inconsequence of the
wrangling which has taken place and some threats
which Dudeney has been heard to make, that he
has kept the gun loaded in his cottage for Aome
time past. It has been remarked of late that his
conduct has been rather strange.
On the following afternoon an inquest was held
at the Frankland Arms, Washington, before R.
Blagden, Esq., the coroner for West Sussex, when
the jury promptly returned a verdict of wilful
murder. As may naturally be supposed, the sad af-
fair has caused the greatest sensation in Ashington
and Washington. Rowland was a man generally
respected, what is termed " a good•hearted pleasant
fellow." He was about 37 years of age, and leaves
a wife and one child, only about three years of age.
Doubtless his friendship with Wells, the father-in-
law, and his presence on the spot, very much ex-
cited Dudeney, who, until lately, had been looked
upon as a quiet, inoffensive man, but whose threats
against more than the deceased the day previous,
show a wicked disposition. The wife was removed
on Tuesday morning to a lunatic asylum, and it is
believed that the children of the prisoner will be
provided for by the grandfather.
The prisoner was, under the warrant of the curo-
ner, committed to Petworth gaol.

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disordered digestion, and check the first morbid symptoms,
nothing previously prescribed equals Holloway's Digestive
Pills, which in some cases should be assisted by his Oint-
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for ten minutes twice a-day. The united action of these
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FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON 71LE
GREAT _NORTHERN RAILWAY.

An accident of a most extraordinary and terrific
character, but, fortunate to say, as yet unattended
by any fatal results, took place yesterday evening
at the London terminus of the Great Northern
Railway, King's-cross, to a return excursion train,
conveying passengers from Liverpool, Manchester,
Sheffield, Huddersfield, and other large towns in
the north of England.
The train, which consisted of 35 carriages, two
of them being luggage vans, was due at King's
cross at 6.40 p.m., and was pretty punctual in its
arrival. From some cause, however, which yet re-
mains to be explained, the engine, instead of slack-
ening its speed, as is usual on entering the station,
behaved itself more as a runaway than one under
proper guidance, and dashing at full pace through
the station, actually leaped the platform at the end
of it, a height of between 5 and 6 feet, carrying
with it the tender, the break, and one or two car-
riages, and proceeding on in its fearful and precipi-
tous course, ran down the inclined plane immedi-
ately under the clock tower and across the Old St.
Pancras-road, burst through the enclosure of the
Metropolitan Railway Works, and but for the im-
mense quantity of earth lying there (the stuff exca-
vated from the New-road tunnel), would have
buried itself in the shaft of that undertaking. In
passing under the archway the funnel and steam-

cap of the engine came in contact with the strong
iron girder, and were smashed off- the engine.
Fortunately, the pith of thin girder wa§ alew feet
higher than the - body of the engine itself, else it
would have been torn from the abutments of brick-
work which sustain it, involving the demolition of
a large portion of the root of the building, with the
probable destruction of every person in. the train.
It is almost needless to say-that the -engine, ten-
der, and break were la fact completely destroyed..
The other carriages were more or less injuredimany
of the passengers sustaining serious wounds and
contusions.

The fireman, Church, on finding that the train
was rushing to destruction, leaped from the tender,
and falling- flat upon the ground escaped unhurt.
The driver, Thomas Annis, however, remained firm
at his post, and never left the engine. How he has
escaped unhurt is one of those, mysteries which
baffle explanation. The news of the dreadful occur-
rence quickly spread over the metropolis, and in an
incredibly short space of time all the thoroughfares
leading to the station became so crowded that Su-
perintendent Lorton, of the S division, required the
assistance of 150 men of the metropolitan force to
keep the way open for the ordinary traffic.
As soon as the accident occurred those injured
were removed from the carriages and received every
attention from the officers of the company, who,
under direction of Mr. R. Williams, hurried off for
medical assistance, and in the course of a fevi mi-
nutes Mr. Dancey, of 24, Stebbing-street, Oakley-
square; Mr. Sutherland, Mr. M'Guinness, and Mr.
Claremont were promptly in attendance, actively
administering to the surgical wants of those who
stood in need of their assistance.

The cause of the accident it is as yet impossible to
explain, nor is it likely that it will be fully ascer-
tained until such time as the Board of Trade may
direct a rigid inquiry into the whole occurrence, for
the account given by the fireman is totally irrecon-
cileable with what has taken place. According to
his statement he and Annis, the driver, took up the
train at Peterborough, and upon arriving at Hollo-
way he saw his companion put on his break
and signal to the guards to imitate his example.
He also saw him open the sandbox. He adds that
he remained on the front of the engine while it was.
passing through Maiden-lane tunnel, and that the
steam was turned off at the proper place. If all
this be true, with the additional assertion that the
steam was not only turned off but the engine actu-
ally reversed upon coming into the station, it is
impossible to understand how the engine should
have had an impetus so great as to carry it in a leap
over an obstacle so high and so solid as the end of
the platform at King's-cross.
The sufferers, most of whom were conveyed to
their residences, are about 14 in number; of five of
them we give the names, &c. :
Mrs. Edwards, Lambeth-road, conveyed to resi-
dence very much contused, attended by Mr. Wat-
kins; George Earnshaw, from near Huddersfield,
severe cut on forehead ; Charles Cooper, 9,
Catherine-street, Lambeth, cut on head ; Mrs. Page,
Goswell-road ; Mr. Randall, Little Knightrider-
street, knee hurt.

We have received the following "official" letter
as to the accident :
"Great Northern Railway, Secretary's Office, King's-
cross Station, London, May 30, 10 p.m.

" Sir,—lt is with regret I have to inform you
that an accident occurred here at 6.40 this evening
to a return excursion train from the Lancashire
district, which, owing to its speed not having been
sufficiently checked, came into collision with and
displaced the stop' at the end of the arrival line,
the engine passing over the stop for a short dis-
tance into the road in front of the station.
" Several passengers were bruised by the concus-
sion, but none, I am happy to say, are reported to
be seriously hurt.
"A preliminary inquiry into the cause of the ac-
dent has been made, and it has been deemed right
to prefer a charge against one of the guards of the
train, who is now in custody.—l am, sir, your obe-
dient humble servant,
" HENRY OAKLEY, Secretary."

ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

An accident of an alarming and somewhat pecu-

liar character occurred last evening shortly after 6
o'clock, which, although happily unattended by
fatal results, was of sufficiently serious a nature to
occasion great anxiety, and to give rise in the im-
mediate neighbourhood to reports of a very exag-
gerated nature. The risk and uncertainty attendant
upon railway travelling, and perhaps more particu-
larly upon that variety so popular during the " ex-
cursion" season, may receive additional confirma-
tion from the event referred to, as showing that,
whatever care and foresight may be exercised, con-
tingencies will sometimes arise in which, humanly
speaking, those qualities so essential in dealing with
matters relating to risk of life or limb become either
inapplicable or inefficient. It appears that an ex-
cursion train from Liverpool, Manchester, and
Sheffield left Liverpool at a quarter to 9 in the
morning, being due at the terminus of the Great
Northern Railway, King's-cross, at a quarter to 6.
The train consisted of 33 carriages and two breaks,
the latter being, as usual, under the charge respec-
tively of the head and under guard. A large num-
ber of persons were waiting at the King's-cross sta-
tion, as is generally the case with trains of this
class, anti either in consequence of its length or
from some other cause, it did not arrive at the
time indicated on the time-bills. However,
shortly after six o'clock the expected train
emerged from the tunnel, and was seen approach.
ing, but at a rate that appeared to convince every
one present that something was wrong, as it
was apparent that unless the speed at which it was
careering was instantly reduced some catastrophe
must occur. There was little time for consideration,
but signals were instantly made to the guard and
engine-driver to slacken the speed, but in spite of
the efforts of the engine-driver, who immediately
reversed his engine, the train continued to approieh
at something like eight miles au hour or upwards.
The excitement now became intense, and persons
might be seen jumping down upon the line and
scattering sand upon the rails in the hope of retard-
ing a disaster which now appeared inevitable. It
should be stated that, in order to provide against
similar emergencies, what is technically termed a
"stop" is always
placed at the end of terminal sta-
tions, which, in case of an occurrence similar to the
present one, is generally effectual in presenting an
impenetrable barrier to any further progress. In
this case, however, it was not so, for in spite of the
efforts of the engine-driver and the head guard, the

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finally careering through the station 'an44l as g•-•
against the "stop." The impetus was so great t
the engine actually leaped over the barrier, dragging
with it the tender, break-van, and two carriages,
proceeding with diminished force upon the level
groUnd, across the street, and was fl ally brought
to a stand, after demolishing the temporary fencing
of the Metropolitan Railway Company. The re-
maining carriages were, strange to say, not discon-
nected by the shock, though several of the occupantx
were found to be severely bruised and shaken.
Medical attendance was instantly sent for, and:Mr.
Childs, Mr. Sotheron, and several surgeons from the
Great Northern Hospital were promptly on the spot.
So far as could be ascertained there are four persons
injured, although it is believed not seriously. These
are two gentlemen, Mr. Harding and Mr. Plant,
who were removed to the Great Northern Hotel; and
Mr. U. Henshaw and a lady, tv hose name did not
transpire, who are now lying at the Victoria Hotel.
Immediately after the accident the news spread
like wildfire through the neighbourhood, and
the station was instantly besieged by crowds of
people. Mr. Oakley, the superintendent of the line,
was on the spot almost immediately after the oc-
zurrence, and despatched an engine to inform the
secretary of the accident. Information having
reached Inspector Williams that Warrener, the
under-guard of the train, appeared to be in a par-
tial state of intoxication, he (Mr. Williams) at once
sent for him and took him into custody on the
charge of being drunk and negligently omitting to
perform his duty. So far as can be learnt at pre-
sent, it would appear that the accident arose from
the break not having been applied in time to re-
tard the motion of the train. It was stated that
another person in addition to those already men-
tioned was injured, but he was conveyed to his own
residenee. His name, however, did not transpire.

THE I,lAF'l'.-

The screw steamship 'l:Ord:Albert,: igt; gmat,
H. Lacon, bearing the flag of Rear-AdinkaltSir
Charles Fremantle, K.C.8., got up steam on—Tues-
day in Plymouth Sound, and sailed for the Downs,

to take the lead of the Channel fleet, which, it is
reported, will visit the coasts of Ireland and Scot-
land.

The paddlewheel steam-vessel Vivid, 2, Master-
Henry W. Allen, sailed from Woolwich yesterday
at '5 a.m., for Dover, on Special service.
A new gun-vessel, called the Britomart, built at
Newcastle-on-Tyne, was yesterday 'brought up to
Woolwich Dockyard to be fitted for service.
The screw despatch gun-vessel Racehorse, 4, has
arrived at Chatham from Woolwich, and as soon as
she has been surveyed will commence fitting for the
steam reserve in the Medway.
The Orpheus, 21, screw corvette, building at
Chatham, has been completed, and preparations
have been commenced for launching her during the
next month, as soon as the day has been fixed by
the Admiralty. •

The Carnatic (old 70-gan line-of-battle ship), re-
cently converted at Messrs. White's yard, at Cowes,
into a coal depot, is receiving on board her steam
crabs and gear alongside the sheer jetty in Ports-
mouth harbour. She will be fitted in a similar
manner to the Pitt, recently conveyed round to
Portland, and is reported to be for service at Malta.
The Blenheim, 60, screw,' Capt. Scott, C. 8.,
steamed into Portsmouth Harbour, from Spithead,
yesterday, and lashed alongside the :Victoria hulk,
where she sent down topgallantmasts, and unbent
sails.

The Nelson, 91, screw, fitting for ilfe' steam re-
serve at Portsmouth, will test her boilers and en-
gines at 401 b. pressure in the steam basin to-day.
The Bulldog, 6, paddle, in the steam reserve at
Portsmouth, steamed out of the harbour yesterday
to test her machinery and speed, 8.-c., after repairs.
Everything worked satisfactorily, and "
she realised
rather over 11 knots.

The screw steam sloop Hero, Capt. G. H. Sey-
mour, having defects made good, was taken out of
No. 1 dock at Keyham on Tuesday, and moored in
the basin, where steam was got up andliofini- - '
chintzy tried. It was expected that the Hero would
be taken from the basin into Hamoaze yesterday.
The War Department screw steamer Lord Pan-
mure steamed on Tuesday from the gun-wharf in
Hamoaze to the Royal William Victualling Yard at
Stonehouse, to ship stores saved from the stranded
transport Havering, for conveyance to Woolwich.
The new screw gun vessel Penguin, 4, having
been coppered, was taken out of North Dock in
the Devonport Dockyard on Tuesday, and moored
to the jetty.

TEE ARMY.


Yesterday afternoon the 3d battery Ist brigade
Garrison Artillery, in command of Lieut.-Col. and
Brevet Col. De Rinzy, assembled in the mortar
battery park, adjoining the Royal Artillery bar-
racks, Woolwich, and fired four rounds of mortar
practice, the target being, as usual, a flagstaff about
30 feet high bearing a union jack, erected on Wool-
wich-common, over a range of 100 yards. The
barrack field forming a portion of the intervening
space between the battery and the flagstaff was oc-
cupied by squads of recruits belonging to the depot
and men of the 4th brigade under drill, and other
portions of the field were taken up with varioas
parties of officers and soldiers engaged in the game
of cricket. The review-ground near the flagstaff
was converted into a drill-ground for pitching and
striking tents, under rehearsal of that part of the
proceedings intended to be carried out on Dartford-
heath on Friday next, and had the appearance of a
bivouac of troops on the march. The whole avail-
able battalion of Royal Marines, in command of
Colonel Stransham, were also on the ground under
a course of summer drill and rifle practice. Wool-
wich was unusually crowded with holiday folks,
and great numbers were attracted to the locality
by the firing and other circumstances, necessitating
redoubled caution on the part of the provosts and
sentries to keep the ground free within a certain
distance of the flagstaff, marked out as dangerous
to the approach of visitors, the mortar shells whiz-
zing through the air with great velocity, and falling
from 10 to 40 and 50 yards in every direction from
and about the target. In the third round the firing
was exceedingly precise, the fifth shell from the
mortar glancing along 'apparently with a hair's-
breadth of the mark. The next shot, fired with a
10-inch shell, struck the flagstaff about a foot below
the flag, shivering it in splinters, and bringing the
flag to the ground, ,the shell being found buried
about three feet beneath the shingle twelve feet
beyond. A loud shout of applause and clapping of
hands thereupon ensued, and the flagstaff having
been lashed up and replaced, the firing continued
with fair results.

An amateur theatrical performance by the non-
commissioned officers and men of the Royal Engi-
neers took place at the Royal Marine Theatre,
Chatham, on Tuesday evening, in the presence of
Col. H. Sandham, Director of the Royal Engineer
Establishment, Col. A. P. Ross, R.E., Col. E. Rea,
Commandant of the Royal Marines, and a large
number of the officers of the garrison and the men
of the Royal Engineers. The pieces performed
were " Rob Roy" and " Deaf as a Post," the various
characters being sustained in a very effective man.
ner. The band of the Royal. Marine Light In-
fantry, under the direction of Herr Kappey, occu-
pied the orchestra.
The Northumberland Light Infantry Militia,
under the command of Lieut.-Col. W. M. Biggs,
having completed their 27 days' training, was dis-
embodied at Aluwick on Monday. Ihe regiment
underwent an inspection on Saturday by Col. H.
Cooper, of the 45th Regiment, and made an ex-
tremely creditable appearance while under arms.
The Northumberland Artillery Militia, at present
at Tynemouth Castle, have got the route for Cork.
They will leave Tynemouth for Ireland the latter
part of this week.
The 3d or Westminster Light Infantry Militia
has just completed its annual period of training at
Richmond. The men were highly complimented by
Viscount Chelsea, their commanding officer.

UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.—Her Majesty has been
pleased to nominate the Right Hon. Robert Lowe, Richard
Quain, M.D., and Mr. James Paget, F.R.S., to vacancies
in the Senate of this University, caused by the ()laths of
Bishop Maltby, Lord Macaulay, and Mr, M, T. Baines.

FRENCH PLAYS-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE
EVERY EVENING.
Mdlle. DUVERGER.— M. BRINDEAU.
THIS EVENING, Thursday, May 31,
Ordre du Spectacle:-
1. LES ETOILES DE PARIS.
2. LE POUR ET LE CONTRE.
3. LE PARATONERRE LES DEUX TIMIDES.
Orchestra Stalls, 7s. 6d. ; Balcony Stalls, ss. ; Pit, 2s.
Gallery, is.

A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.-
Proprietor, Mr. Was. BATTY.
Powerful Attraction for the Holidays. Two more Grand
Mid-day Performances during the Whitsun Holidays, viz.—
TO-MORROW, Thursday, the 31st May, and Saturday, June
2d. The Entertainments will consist of a Recherché Display
of Equestrian Performances and a Light pleasing Drama-
tic Piece ; commencing each day at Two o'Clock.

THIS EVENING,
The Grand Hippo-Drama, " THE HISTORY OF A FLAG."
Wondrous Scenes in the Cirque, supported by the most
talented Equestrian and Gymnastic Artistes in the World.
Concluding with a Laughable Farce. _ _

The magnificent Chandeliers manufactured by Messrs. De
fries and Sons, Houndsditch.

Dooz a open at half-past 6, performance commence at 7.
Box-office open daily from 11 till 4.
Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST.

CANTERBURY HALL
THIS EVENING.
C. H. GOUNOD'S OPERA,
FAUST.
First Time in this Country.
Faust Mr. Henry Herbert.
Mephistopheles Mr. C. Bernard.
Slobel Mrs. Anderson.
Marguerite
Conductor Jonghmans.
And selections from
Dinorah, Trovatore, Macbeth, and numerous other
Entertainments.
Balcony, ls , Hall. 6d.
Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come
dian and Mimic), and W. T. Critchileld.
The AFRICAN OPERA T itOUPE, their first appearance
since 1852, consisting of ELEVEN STAR PERFORMERS,
who will give the whole of their inimitable entertainment
every evening.
The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening.

CONCERTS.-

THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, MAY 31, 1860.

THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
62—highest since noon yesterday.
51—lowest this morning and during the night.
53—this day at noon.

BAROMETER-29.79.
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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
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THE SUN.

LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1860.

How about those wonderful " OFFICIAL" Tele-
grams from Naples ? Here comes to us to-day—
decidedly ex-official—what tells against them
rather as a bit of an anti-climax ! Palermo has
been taken at the point of the sword by GARI•
BALDI ! Not assaulted, but actually taken and
entered by those " brigands" the Volunteers, who
ought certainly to be regarded by this time as
having each of them about as many lives as a
cat hath—they have been so frequently of late
(according to the " Official " Telegrams from
Naples) routed, pursued, destroyed, utterly exter-
minated ! Somehow or other they have contrived
to emerge, phoenix-like, from the deadly fire of
these terrible Neapolitan fusillades ! Hydra-like,
we suppose, as fast as their heads were
lopped off they sprouted forth new ones.
However their indestructibility may be ac•
counted for, there they are at this moment
unmistakeably—as conquerors—within the walls of
Palermo—their victorious leader GARIBALDI having
his head-quarters (the telegram just received in-
forms us distinctly) " in the the centre of the town."
So that this time there is no mistake at all about it.
The " conquered" are the conquerors. The" defeat"
has turned out to be a victory. But already we
hear that the daring exploit thus triumphantly
carried to this bold issue, has not been accomplished
without considerable bloodshed. The simple in-
timation that the number of killed is very great,
tells the tale with sufficient distinctness. For the
particulars of the struggle we shall have to wait
awhile, of course, in expectation. But in the mean-
time the resolute deed has been accomplished. Within
an interval of days so few that you might count
them on your fingers GARIBALDI has landed his
little phalanx on the shores of Sicily, has summoned
the Sicilians to rise in arms and march under his
standard—and so marching, GARIBALDI himself at
their head sword in hand, they have advanced upon
Palermo, and taken possession of it with much
slaughter. What course will now be pursued by
the Government at Turin ? Surely they will not
leave GARIBALDI any longer in the lurch, he who
is fighting (thus, as it were, single-handed) the
battle of Sardinia in the name of VICTOR EU •