The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-29 00:00:00

THE 111U.RAT PARTY AT NAPLES.

The following letter of Prince Lucien Murat has
been published :

" PRINCE LUCIEN MURAT'S LETTER.

" Desirous of not compromising any of my ad-
herents who have written to me, I answer their
letters through the press.
" Gentlemen,—l have received your letter and
answer it without delay. The only positions
acceptable to me are such as are unambiguous and
open. I will never make myself an obstacle to the
popular wish, however erroneous it may appear to
me to be.

"I am a relation of the Emperor's, and therefore
not altogether free; any act of mine would pledge
French policy more or less ; and in the present
state of unjust distrust now being excited by hostile
parties against the Emperor, to whom I am entirely
devoted, nothing could be more pernicious than to
lead Europe to suppose that Napoleon 111., who is
solely intent on the welfare and independence of
nations, is merely thinking of replacing his relatives
on the throne.

" When revolution agitates a people the popular
will alone, freely expressed, is able to put an end
to discord and uncertainty, because it forms for itself
that supreme law to which every good Italian ought
to submit.

" In the present state of things it will be profit-
able for Italy that a constitutional Government
should be established in Naples as speedily as pos-
sible, in order that liberty may be secured, and that
the danger of anarchy or invasion may be averted.
It is proper, then, for you to know that I would
not take part in the movements of your kingdom
unless the people, released from all external influ-
ence whatsoever, should have legally and solemnly
manifested the desire of having in me a pledge of
independence and prosperity.
" I should then be strong in the assent of my
cousin; I should then bring with me the French
alliance, the sole and sure guarantee to this nation
of lasting independence.
" I sacrifice, therefore, all private interest of my
own, and caring solely for the public interest, I con-
clude by repeating what I have already said else-
where, which is, that Italy, in my opinion, will find
again in a confederation her ancient power and
former splendour.

"Receive, Gentlemen, the expression of my par-
ticular esteem. " L. MURAT.
" Castle of Buzenval, August 19."

COLLISION ON THE SIiBEWSBURY
AND HEREFORD RAILIViIY.

On Monday morning one of the ordinary goods
trains, which left Shrewsbury at an early hour,
breke down near Woofferton, a short distance from
Ludlow, an event which, the line being a single
one, interrupted the progress of the other trains at
the appointed times, and made it necessary to an-
nounce by telegraph to certain of the stations the
alterations which had been determined on as to the
places at which trains should pass each other; the
object of such alterations being to enable the traffic
to be carried on with as little delay as possible. The
12.40 p.m. passenger train left Shrewsbury about
half an hour late and proceeded to Church Stretton,
where it should have awaited the arrival of a local
goods train. In consequence, however, of some mis-
construction of the telegraph message which had
been forwarded there the passenger train was al-
lowed to proceed under the impression that it was
to pass the goods train at Onibury. Thus going on,
and proceeding at the rate of about 30 miles an
hour, down an incline of about 1 in 100, near Wis-
tanstow, the driver of the passenger train imme-
diately he had passed round a sharp curve, saw the
goods train, which he had expected to meet at
Onibury, approaching within a distance of 300
yards. He immediately shut off the steam, reversed
the engine, and applied the break, but such was the
impetus of the train going down a descending gra-
dient that its speed was but slightly arrested, and
it ran with fearful force into the goods train, which
was ascending the incline at a speed of about eight
miles an hour. The collision did great damage to
the carriages of the passenger train, and several of
the passengers were much injund. Some gentle-
men in the neighbourhood—Mr. Duppa and Mr.
Beddoes—immediately placed their carriages at the
service of the railway company, and the injured
passengers were conveyed to the Craven Arms Hotel.
The passengers most injured were Mr. Jobson, corn
merchant, of Shrewsbury, who is lying in a danger-
ous state at the Craven Arms ; Mr. Edward Tipton,
secretary to the Shropshire Fire-office; a porter in
the company's service who has sustained a severe
scalp wound, and a lady whose name has not trans-
pired. Mr. Jones, local surgeon, and Mr. Clement,
Mr. Heathcote, and Mr. Arrowsmitli, of Shrews-
bury, were promptly in attendance upon the
sufferers. Besides the persons named, seven or
eight others were more or less injured, but they
were enabled to be removed. The driver of the
passenger train (Lawson), which contained about
40 passengers, jumped off the engine just before the
collision, and was seen to turn two or three com-
plete summersaults in the air before alighting. He
has fortunately escaped with a severe shaking. The
persons in charge of the goods train jumped off and
were uninjured.

OPEN-AIR PREACHING AT GLASGOW.

Open-air preaching has of late taken place regu-
larly in the Bridgegate, Glasgow, from the stone
pulpit which projects from the east side of the
Bridgegate Church. Although we may safely
conclude that that step did not meet with the ap-
proval of the large number of Roman Catholics
who live in the locality, yet it was not till last night
that any overt attempt was made to interrupt
the religious proceedings. Yesterday (Sunday)
afternoon, for a considerable time prior to the hour
for the commencement of the service, unusual ex-
citement was observable in that at all times busy
street the Bridgegate, and it was mooted secretly
and mysteriously that an attempt would be made
to nullify, by interruption, any good effects that
might be likely to flow from the sermon of the
officiating minister. Our police authorities soon
got apprised of what was brewing, and with com-
mendable foresight took every precaution towards
the prevention of a riot. About five o'clock 100
policemen were marshalled in the Police-court, and
shortly afterwards marched down to the scene of
the proposed row. A large reserve was at the
same time in readiness at the police-office, in case
of necessity, to reinforce the first detachment. As
half-past six o'clock approached, large numbers of
people of a most respectable appearance thronged
the great open space fronting the east side of the
church, and punctual at the hour the Rev. Mr.
M.Coll took his place in the stone pulpit. Then
were shown the first symptoms of what was ulti-
mately intended to stop the entire service. Mur-
murs of discontent, swelling at times into a howl/
were occasionally heard ; but it was not till the
rev. gentleman began his address that things ap-
peared to look serious. Shouts and howls then
arose from the east end of the street, augmented
by cheers and cries from the windows, and these
created considerable alarm among the hearers.
Cabs were also at different times driven through
the crowd to the danger and annoyance of the
hearers. Captain M'Call, who was In charge of
the police, had several of the parties taken into
custody, on which an attempt was made by the mob
to effect their rescue. Thanks to the stamina and
courage of our policemen, the attempt proved a
signal failure, and some of the parties who made
the ill-advised attempt suffered rather severely for
their temerity. The service was continued till the
end, and though great excitement still pervaded
the crowd, all went on quietly. About ten o'clock
the Bridgegate had assumed its usual appearance.
North British Daily Mail.

of tte°LeilAtarleston Courier says that " Lola Montes is neither
out of town, nor dead. She is, however, still here very
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DR. LIVINGSTONE'S EXPEDITION.—The follow-
nsiocwk.beAttletrh:
mg letter has been received from Dr. Livingstone, and is
confirmatory of his previous opinion with regard to the
growth of cotton :—" Zambesi, March 12, 1860. You may
lAssibly have heard of what we have been doing, though
from having been occupied very differently from what I
expected, I have been unable to write to many of my fritnds.
We have found an opening into the magnificent cotton
field through part of which I travelled far to the west, and
the form and fertility of which, if I am rightly informed,
have been confirmed by Burton and Speke. This discovery,
however, has been at the expense of a vexatious delay, the
produce of a fraud, to our proceeding to the Makololo
country, but it has opened afield for direct influence on the
slave trade in several parts on the east coast I never anti-
cipated. There is little doubt but that the introduction of
lawful commerce and the gospel—the only balm for human
woes—to the highland lake region, would speedily effect a
diminution of that traffic which now crosses Nyassa. We
are trying to get freedom of navigation from the Portu-
guese, to our discoveries; this is indispensable, for they
are of the lowest and most immoral class generally, and de-
file everything near them. I hope that our statesmen may
see the matter in the same light as we do. A small steamer
on Nyassa would not only afford complete security to set-
tlers, but effect more without tiring a shot than many ves-
sels on the ocean,—l ara;*&c., DAyip LiyiNosTortE,