The Sun.
London, England, 1869-01-30 00:00:00

THE ACCIDENT ON THE METROPOLITAN
.„_, RAILWAY.

The following are the details of the accidents which
occurred on the Metropolitan Railway yesterday. The
train from Hammersmith to the City had passed Baker-
street station, and had arrived at Portland-road. The
line not being clear to Gower-street caused a delay.
Another train from Brompton immediately followed on
to the up station to Portland-road, but had not
passed the distance signal when it was com-
pelled to stop, the line not being signalled clear.
From some unexplained cause a train from St. John's-
wood came in and ran into the train stopped at the
danger signal, in the tunnel beyond the junction. The
consternation of the passengers thus finding their train
run into may be more readily imagined than described.
Their shrieks were terrific. The guard's van, which
was struck by the engine, was broken, and the passengers
in the carriages were much shaken, many of them
also receiving severe bruises and cuts, especially about
the head and face ; some also suffered severely in the
Legs. Several of the sufferers were taken to the Middle-
sex and University Hospitals. So far as we can learn,
no bones have been broken, but several persons have been
severely shaken. Among those who were attended to at
the Middlesex Hospital are William Rogers, one of the
employs of the company, who remains in the hospital :
John M'Leod, John Down, William Day (who, though
urged to remain in the hospital, chose to go home), and
Caroline Thurlow. Nine of the sufferers were attended to
at the University Hospital. Mr. P. Calder. 44-5, War-
wick-street, Pimlico, found himself covered with blood,
after having performed an enforced summersault, and pre-
sented himself at the general manager's office with
his coat covered with blood, which, as it was found, had
come from a lady who had sat opposite to him. Mr .
T. Stephens, 31, North Audley-street, received a severe
cut on the lip; and Mr. Christy, of 32, Oakley-square,
Chelsea, sustained an injury in the leg. The traffic on the
line was stopped both ways for about three hours, and
men were sent from the Edgware-road station to clear
the line, and set right the carriages which had been dis-
placed.

Another correspondent says that of twenty cases of
injury reported to have been taken to the Middlesex Hos-
pital, only five sufferers were conveyed thither, and in
each instance they were enabled to proceed to their
homes after being attended to by the house surgeon.
Five cases were taken to the University Hospital, namely :
Ann Reeves, aged 60, Ernest-street, Notting-hill ; Jane
Quinsey, 24, Onslow-buildings, Fulham-road ; James
Noble, aged 36, Albert-road, Kilburn ; David Avery,
aged 20, Thornton-alley, Whitechapel ; and John Hales,
aged 34, Beard-street, Soho. These were at once seen
to by Mr. Bartlett, resident surgeon ; but the injuries sus-
tained in either case were not of a nature to allow of their
admittance. The most serious case was that of Ann
Reeves, whose head was cut about in a frightful manner,

the others being much bruised and shaken. Nothing
could be remembered by those mentioned as to the
accident. A few of the injured passengers were, it is said,
taken to St. Mary's Hospital.

LAW AND POLICE.

LATTME/t'S CHARITY.—In the Rolls Court the Master

of the Rolls gave judgment in the case of Latymer's
Charity. It will be remembered that the inhabitants of
Edmonton petitioned him to review a scheme which had
been approved of by the Commissioners of Charities for
the settlement of this charity. His lordship held that the
term of education should be held to be co-extensive with
the parish, as it now is. He agreed that the primary
object of the charity was educational, and he thought it
desirable, looking at the changes of the last 250 years, to
add to the kind of education contemplated. He thought
that the establishment of an upper school might add
to the funds applicable to the general purposes of the
charity. He thought that twenty or twenty-five boys
might be clothed instead of the eight originally specified ;
that twenty-five scholars should be elected according to the
wish of the petitioners; and that the trustees hhould be guided
in their selection by the merit as well as poverty of the can-
didates. The annual payment of 270 to each of the three
kcal schools was also, he thought, within the scope of the
foundation ; and it was desirable that a small capitation
fee should be paid, as purely gratuitous education was not
prized. In other respects his lordship approved of the
scheme.

Ma. DOULTON'S CASE.—In the Bail Court, Mr.
Murphy moved, on behalf of the Belgian Public Works
Company, for a rule to set aside the award respecting Mr.
Doulton. The learned counsel having admitted that the
application was not made within six months of the award,
Mr. Justice Lush said that was fatal, and the rule must
be refused.

THE STATE OF THE COURTS.—In the Nisi Prius Sittings
of the Court of Common Pleas an animated scene occurred.
On the re-assembling of the court after the usual adjourn-
ment many of the jurymen found themselves unable to
struggle through the crowd into their box, and as soon as
Mr. Justice Brett took his seat complaints were heard
from all sides. One juryman said that his coat had been
torn off his back; another, that the miseries of a common
jury were most uncommon ; while Mr. Digby Seymour, on
behalf of the Bar, made a most pathetic appeal. "In the
morning," said the learned counsel, in a melancholy tone,
"my wig was beautifully powdered, and now look at it.
I have only just saved my gown." His lordship said
that their court was very bad, but others were worse. The
only comfort was that in about five and twenty years they
might have new ones ; meantime, be thought that a couple
of constables might be spared to keep order.

THE. NATIONAL DEBT. The London Gazette
states that the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's
Treasury having certified to the Commissioners for the
Reduction of the National Debt that there was no surplus
of actual revenue over the actual expenditure of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for the
year ended the 30th September, 1868, the Commissioners
for the Reduction of the National Debt hereby give notice
that no aum will be applied by them on account of the
Sinking Fund under the provisions of the Act, daring the
quarter ending March 31, 1869.

LODGING-HOUSES. The delegates of lodging-
houses at Oxford have issued the following circular :
" Undergraduates about to reside in lodgings are advised
to come to a clear understanding with the lodging-house
keepers as to the charges to be made under the following
heads before engaging lodgings :-1, Rent of apartments ;
2. firing; 3, lights ; 4, boot-cleaning; 5, attendance."

QUEENSLAND EMIGRATION.—The ship Flying
Cloud, 2,500 tons burthen, belonging to Messrs. T. M.
Mackay, Son, and Co., sailed on the 23rd inst. from Gray es-
end, for Queensland, Captain John L. Owen commander,
Surgeon Superintendent Dr. Paynter, assisted by Mrs.
Barr, matron. The Flying Cloud is the 89th vessel that
has sailed on the land order system of emigration, under
the immediate direction of the Queensland Government.
She contains 247 souls, divided into paying, assisted, and
free passengers, and consisting of 82 members of families,
99 single men, and 57 single females.

The late election for the city of Glasgow cost the
four candidates nearly .£lO,OOO. It will be remembered that
the candidates for the three seats were the two former
candidates (Mr. Dalglieh and Mr. Graham), Mr. Ander-
son who stood as the working men's candidate),
and Sir George Campbell (Conservative). In spite of
the minority clause three Liberals were returned by
tremendous majorities, Sir George Campbell being several
thousands behind Mr. Anderson, who stood third. Mr.
Dalglish spent .£1,425 19s. 2d.; Mr. Graham, £1,C29 100.
4d. ; and Mr. Anderson, £1,301 2s. 2d.; making a total of
£4,356 18s. Bd. Sir George Campbell's expes amounted
to £5443 18s. Bd., or £787 is. more than was spent by
the three victorious candidates.

The Roman Catholics of Liverpcol kva givea an
entertainment to Mr. Moore, M.P., for Mayo. The chair
was taken by Mr. Michael Hughes, President of the Ca-
tholic Club. Mr. goore thanked the Catholics of Liver-
pool for their kind reception, and declared his readiness to
assist them in any of the vexed questions of the day
which affected the interests of their religion. He
regretted to see that the principle of civil and
religious liberty seemed to be in Borne sort fading flom the
Catholic mind, and civil and religious restrictions ware
taking its place. As the Church had formerly won the minds
of men from paganism, so now it must win them back from
infidelity. Mr. Moore concluded with an eloquent descrip-
tion of the progress of Catholicism, and prophesied that its
victoAes would extend to America.

'TARRING AND FEATHERING AT THE DIGGINGS.—
A Melbourne letter says : " A very disgraceful case of
tarring and feathering has re.-.ently occurred at Chines. A
respectable person, named Black, went, accompanied by
a surveyor, to a mining claim known as that of the New
North Chines Company, respecting the proprietorship of
which there is some dispute, and was in the act of pegging
off a portion of the ground when he was seized by a number
of ruffians in the employ 07 ihe company, stripped, bound
hand and foot, and smenrO!, all over with Lot pitch or tar.
In the absence of feathers, the unfortunate sufferer was
then coated with fragments of wool, straw, or whatever
rubbish of a similar character first came to hand. The
first step taken by Mr. Black, after he had escaped from
his tormentors, was that of securing indubitable evidence
of their brutal behaviour in the shape of a photograph
of himself, in his costume of tar and feathers, or
rather of tar and sticks. The next step was that of
instructing his solicitor to take legal Proceedings against
thi, mining company, laying his damages at no less than
e 2,000."

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

OVFIIEND, GURNEY, AND CO.

The Times publishes a letter from Mr. D. Ward
Chapman, who, it was stated in the recent Overend
and Gurney proceedings, had borrowed money from
Mr. Edwards, the official assignee, while in the
employ of Mr. Chapman's firm. The letter is
addressed from Tours, to the writer's father. Mr. Cha-
pman says that no doubt Mr. Ballantine's business
was to make out the best case for his client, but he
(Mr. Chapman) can with a clear conscience,
as if he were about to enter into the presence
of his Maker, challenge the whole world to shew,
or even state, a single instance in which he has
sacrificed the interest of Overend, Gurney, and Co.
even in the smallest particular, to his own or those
of any of his friends. With regard to the transac-
tion with Mr. Edwards, given in his evidence, at the
time it took place he was in no sort of want of
money, and it was offered by Mr. Edwards as a
simple deposit at 5 per cent. interest. He now sees
that this was an imprudent step, but lie solemnly
avers that it never weighed one iota with him in his
dealings for the house with Mr. Edwards. The cir-
cumstances which led to the engagement of Mr.
Edwards were as follows :—After the commence-
ment of those wild advances which resulted in the
ruin of the firm, Mr. Edwards was consulted by Mr.
Edmund Gurney with regard to some bankrupt estate
in which the firm was interested; and the latter
gentleman was so pleased with the sagacity displayed
by the former that the consultations continued for a
whole year. At the end of that time a present of
£5,000 was made to Mr. Edwards, who said : " I
hope, Mr. Gurney, that this large payment is not
intended as a farewell, but that I may hope that I
may reckon on the continuance of my relations with
the house." Edmund Gurney's reply was, " Friend
Edwards, I do not see how we are to get on
without thee." Things went from bad to worse.
Mr. J. H. Gurney became frightened at the involve-
ments of the house, and coming up to town learnt
for the first time that Mr. Edwards was engaged in
the management of the accounts, although (strange
to say) he had at that time no idea of anything like
difficulties in the concern. At last Mr. J. H. Gurney
told him that the house was "in a mess,"
and asked him to continue his supervision.
At the end of that time, Mr. Edwards having
made himself master of the position of the firm,
tried to force himself upon it as a partner (!) To
soothe him, and to keep him from revealing secrets
which would have compelled the house to put up its
shutters in twenty-four hours, they made the best
terms with him in their power; and Mr. Chapman
asserts that he would do the same thing again under
like circumstances. Mr. Chapman denies that he ever
failed to account to Mr. Edwards for the £5,000 loan.
It was Mr. Edwards's own wish that he should not be
entered upon the list of Mr. Chapman's creditors, pre-
ferring to trust to that gentleman's honour. Mr. Chap-
man denies that he began the accounts with Mr. Mare
and the Millwall Company, with Mr. Lever and the
Atlantic Mail Company, or with Mr. Xenos and the
Greek Company. He asserts that those three
people are the bitterest enemies he has, because they
look upon him as the person who stopped their
depredations. He did wish, however, to keep
their accounts out of the Bankruptcy Court, in order
that the firm might not suffer from having been con-
nected with them. He goes on to say that he mis-
calcul -fed the strength of the firm and the extent of
Cie assistance which in time of need could be brought
in. 9e asserts that the limited liability company
lost £1,:,',90,000 during its brief existence, through
transactions Irliependent of the old firm. Finally,
he was not aware that Mr. Edwards was receiving
commissions from the aistomers of the firm.