The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-21 00:00:00

THIS DAY'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, Feb. 21.—Wind this day at noon, N.W.;
ight breeze and fine.

PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 20.—The Thetis (ss), put in to-day,
and has landed at St. Helen's the second mate and two
passengers from the Ondine (as) ; reports having searched
for the other boats, but without success.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.)
LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning.

Wind N.E.
Arrived, Feb. 20—Ellen, from Malta; Giaour, from
Iquique ; Cordialidade, from Lisbon ; Circassian, royal mail
steamer, from Galway,

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH 'FELD:IE4EIIj
GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning.
Wind N.W. ; tido second hours' flood ; weather fresh and
frosty. _ _

Sailed—Sir Robert Peel, for Dunkirk. '
DEAL, Tuesday Morning.
Wind N.W. by N., fresh.
Anchored—John Barden, from London for Demerara.
Sailed, in tow—Raphael, and Jacques Suran, for London.
A barque has been on shore on the Brake this morning,
name unknown, but she is now afloat and anchored.

The inclemency of the weather has prevented
the Duchess of Kent front paying her expected visit to the
Queen at Buckingham Palace ; the Princess of Leiningon,
therefore, came unaccompanied by her august relative. The
Princess, with the Princess Alice as a companion, has been
busy, since her arrival, in seeing some of the more impor-
tant sights of London ; for though her Royal Highness
has been married and resident in this country above a
twelvemonth, the great metropolis and all the wonders it
contains aro pate strajago to lter.—Court Journal.

PRICE 4D. STAMPED, SD.

TUE I'RENCII 2',lltlFF.

A Parliamentary paper was issued yesterday ex-
hibiting the existing and proposed French tariff
lupon British produce imported_ from the United
Kingdom in French or 13,:itish vessels. The foi-
love.ig is a list of arftcles, now prohibited, which
I ere to be admitted at duties not exceeding 30 per
cent. ad valq; cm after the Ist of October, 1861, and
not orCeeding 25 per cent. ad valorem after the Ist
of October, 1864:
,
ZARNS-:
Cotton, plain and twisted (except unbleached of and
above No. 170).
Wool'en (except long combed, unbleached, twisted,
cleansed, or baked).
Hair (except of goate, cows, or other cattle, and of
dogs).
TEXTILE MANUFACTURES :
Cotton (except lace hand-made and spun and twill
lace).
Silk and floss silk, stuffs mixed wills false gold or silver,
silk twills, and imitations of cashmeres.
Woollen (except carpets, sieve cloth, ferrandine and
trimmings' lace and ribbons).
Of mixed materials.
Hosiery, cotton and woollen.
Hair (except shawls, cashmere, from countries out of
Europe, blankets, and hosiery).
Horsehair (except sieve cloth, trimmings and hate).
Lin-runt MANUFACTURES (except coarse pack saddles
and empty wino skins.)
SKINS PREPARED (except lamb or kid, calf and swan
and geese skins, parchment, vellum, and large tanned
hides for solos.)
STONEWARE' fine or of pipe clay
GLASS of all kinds (except mirrors, spectacle or watch
glasses, full bottles, and broken glass.)
•
CARRIAGES on springs, lined or pailltAl.
CABINET WARE (except billiard balls nua combsogi!ory
or tortoise shell),
SUGAR. refined,
SOAP (except perfumed soap),
GARANCINE.
TURMERIC (except in roots).
EXTRACTS of DYEWOoDS.
CirEmrcAL PRODUCTIONS not enumerated in tariff.
PLATED ARTICLES.
IRON:
Porgod, in lumps or prisms.
Cast, in pigs weighing less than 15 kilogrammes.
Pu ified puddled, weighing less than 15 kilogrammes.
CUTLERY.
METAL WARES :
Copper (except plainly turned).
Cast iron.
Sheet or tinned iron,
• Steel.
Zinc,
BRASS WIRE (except for strings of musical instruments
and for embroidery).
SHIPS for sea navigation.
Rocx CRYSTAL worked.

THE F.12.4L ACCIDENT ON THE
"ASTERN. COUNTIES RAILWAY

FURTHER PARTICULARS.
Yesterday morning a terrible accident, resulting
in the loss of three lives, and serious if not fatal in-
jury to a number of persons, occurred at the Tot-
tenham station of the Eastern Counties Railway..
A fast train left Camb-idge, as usual, at 7 o'clock
It consisted, besides engine, tender, and break van,
of first and second class carriages only, they being
well filled. having called at the various interme-
diate stations between Cambridge and Ponder's-
end, the train arrived at the latter place as near as
possible at its proper time, 9.10. Leaving that station,
the train sped upon its way, and not having to
stop-again until it reached Stratford, was in near-
ing the Tottenhan: station at about 10.20, proceed-
ing at the rate of between 35 and 40 miles an hour.
At this period the surviving passengers affirm the
train began to oscillate in a peculiar manner, and
almost immediately a loud crash was heard, fol-
lowed by shrieks and groans. The greatest con-
sternation prevailed; and, as soon as the train had
come to a stand-still the uninjured passengers
rushed from their carriages. A shocking scene
presented itself: the engine, tender, and some of
the carriages were heaped upon each other, while
the most piteous groans emanated from the almost
indescribable mass of ruins, and the steam from the
engine enveloped everything in a dense mist.
Of course, as soon as possible every assistance
was rendered, and the dead and wounded were
taken from the debris. This occupied a long
period ; for the carriages had to be broken into
fragments before the desired object could in some
cases be accomplished. Several of the injured were
conveyed into the waiting rooms at the station,
while others were placed upon ladders, boards, Sze.,
and carried to the neighbouring taverns. The
engine-driver—a middle-aged wan, named Rowell
—was dug from the ruins terribly scalded and
otherwise injured, and placed in the waiting room.
He could not speak ; and, although up to last even-
ing he still breathed, ro hope was entertained that
he would survive the night. The fireman—a young
man named Barber (as we understood)—was
smashed to pieces ; and, upon being recovered, his
body was taken to a room at the back of the station,
to await the coroner's inquest.
All the passengers in the broken carriages were
necessarily more or less seriously injured. Mr.
Stokes, said "to he a miller, from Saffron Walden,
was taken from the fragments of a first-class car-
riage and conveyed to the White Hart Inn. He
was in an insensible state, and never rallied, dying
apparently without much agony. Mr. Satchell,
hatter, of Fenchorch-street, City (who some time
ago lost his wife and child by fire), was also con-
veyed to the White Hart, where, from the dreadful
nature of his injuries, he also expired, although
every possible medical assistance was rendered.
Besides the above eases which have terminated
fa tally,th ere are others which occasion much anxiety.
Professor Elliott, of hing's College, Cambridge,
sustained a severe fracture of the leg and other in-
juries. He was attended by the medical men on the
spot until about the middle of the day, when, under
the care of Mr. Woolston, surgeon, of Tottenham,
he was taken home in an invalid carriage. Mr.
Taylor, of Bishops Stortford, who had been very
badly injured in the knee and other parts of the
body, was also sent home, accompanied by a sur-
geon. Others still remaiu at Tottenham. Amongst
them is Mr. Hotchin, solicitor, who has both legs
broken. Mr. Mauston, a miller, of Hoddesdon, lies
at the Ship Tavern dreadfully injured, and
a has
yester-
dayhigh
broken in two places, and he has sustained serious
internal injuries. The other most serious case known
r no
alsoon
a underwent
miler,
of amputation Hod
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don, ofi a agt.
Garrett, a afternoon
up to
;but
to the
itp is supposedresenttimeis tthhaetreofa;Velr. aboutßean fi,ovfe very Par
d
bad cases besides those above enumerated, the in-
jured parties having been removed shortly after the
accident.

the
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theac-
Mr. J. B. Owen, the secretary of the company,
byforwarded t omurs.
Itt h. es fi on lel
loawi
ri
ngcompany, to the board of directors :
"As I happened to be an eye-witness of the lamentable
accident which occurred this morning at the Tottenham
station, I think it right to inform you briefly of what fell
under my own observation. I was in the waiting room of
ch easde nt made
the station, having just had a few words of conversation
with the station-master about the Enfield up-train, and was
coming on to the platform on hearing a train approach,
when I heard an exclamation from the station people, and
on looking towards the approaching train, which, I should
think, was running at abut its usual speed, I distinctly
observed a bright-sided carriage rolling towards the up side
of the line. I noticed also that the engine was off the line
towards the up side. On reaching the platform the engine
struck it and completely turned over, the tender flying
clean over it. The carriage or van next to the tender was
thrown against the engine, and I saw the roof of it broken
off. The next carriage was thrown through the plat-
form wall on the up side ; the next carriage was off the
line and upright, and the rest of the train was on the rails.
I should mention that in turning over the water and steam
were discharged from the boiler, and a cloud of steam en-
veloped the debris as soon as I had noticed what I have de-
scribed. On running along the platform I saw and heard
the station-master giving orders to one of his men to put on
both the up and down signals, to stop trains in both direc-
tions ; and this I think it right to mention in justice to the
station-master, because some gentleman mentioned to me
that he did not think this had been done What I have de-
scribed occurred almost momentarily, and before I reached
the site of the accident. For some little I was unable to
render personal assistance, but I went to each carriage, and
saw that, by the kind exertions of the uninjured passengers
and the assistance of the station people, the wounded
passengers were being got out. I saw seven persons in all,
helpless and apparently seriously hurt ; the unfortunate
fireman, evidently dead, lying under the engine, On look-
ing
that
2
about for the cause of the accident, I observed
tire of one of the leading wheels was off the wheel, broken
in several place, and with appearances which indicated a
flaw of some extent.it had
The quality of the iron wheLon,
and
been severed appeared to be of the best doesucntpit
will be
when further inquiry is made, I have no doubt
found to be of the best Yorkshire iron. Until the result of
a complete investigation lam able to give you no more
.mpe
rfect in-
formation, and I have to apologise for this z
ac-
count of an occurrence which has so much affected me, as
t any
eye witness."
it could not fail very much to affect
The secretary also sends us the following list of
tired:—
• '
persons killed and injured:—
XILLED.
h-street, London.
S t hell Fenchure
Mr. a c
Mr. Stokes, Saffron Walden.
Tho stoker.

INJURED.
Messrs. lkianser, H?ddesdon, two brothers.
Mr. Bear, Burnt Mill.
Mr. Garrod, itoydon.
Mr. Taylor, Saffron Walden,
Mr. Einpson, Saffron Walden,
Professor Elliott, Camblldp.
The engine driver.

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QUEE.
The Royal Mail steamship
arrived here a ,
t 3.55 p.m. She
4g,. gets, but hut no specie. The America let. Boston_ on the Bth, and Halifax on the 10th inst. She landed
the Irish mails only, and sailed for Liverpool at
4.10 p.m. All well.-
The Asia arrived out on the Oth, aud the Canada
on the_ 10th inst.
The steamer Northern, belonging to the Paeific
Mail Steam Ship Company, was wrecked on the 6th
January, in the Oregon, on her passage to Portland.
18 passengers and 18 of the crew were drowned,
amongst them Mr. BlOnifield, son of the late Bishop
of London.
Business and; mining operations were dull in
British Colurebia:at the last date, Jan. 6.

. . • . LATEST BY BY TELEGRAPH Vfil HALIFAX.
.. .
Nrkw Yußh', PA. 9, Eveutag.
The City of Washiugton and the City pi Man-
chesterhave arrived ; the former rescaed-4ff New-
foundland. the crew of the brig Eliza Gl:Lirc, NV hi eh
had capsized at sea.
The North Briton has arrived at Portland.
• Stocks firm.
.'• Cottoristeady; sales in threi days
amount to 5,000 bales.` 'Middling uplands, 11 -5• We.
Breadstuff quiet. Piovisions steady.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. B.—Cotton has advanced
,Ip.; sales of the week, 57,000 bales. ' Sales in four
days, .20,600. kiddlinp,',. 1 lc.. to 1 Ile '
,