The Sun.
London, England, 1860-09-10 00:00:00

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ly to be devoid

of incident; was certain to be
productive of in uch amusement, and which the Prince
looked forward to with a keen anticipation of fun,
unfortunately fell to the ground. General Williams
was with his Royal Highness in the carriage, and,
in order to preserve his incog. to the fullest, he wore
a Staff cap with gold band, and of course was known
at once. When he was seen the Prince was soon
discovered, in spite of his slouched hat drawn close
over his face. The crowd set up tremendous cheers ;
there was no stopping at Craig-street, and his
Royal Highness had to drive through the town as
fast as he could, followed by shouting hundreds.
Yesterday being Sunday, of course nothing was
done. To day there were Indian games, which were
not only worthless, but ridiculous. After these at-
tempted games, which no one cared about, and
which every one was glad to see suddenly ended by
the rain, there was a crowded levee. To the satis-
faction of many in Montreal, the Mayor was not
knighted. Every one is now preparing for the ball
this evening, which sou told is to be on an almo.'st
regal scale of splendour. To-morrow, the 28th, the
Prince goes down the rapids of the St. Lawrence,
attends a grand musical festival, and honours a ball
in the evening at Mr. Blackwell's with his pre-
sence. He leaves here for Ottp
.",va on Friday, the
31st. His tour through the United States is slowly
but surely extending itself, and where it will even-
tually cease it is hard to say. It has now been de-
cided that, vuten he does leave, his port of depar-
ture will be Portland, which he will visit for a day
after leaving Boston.

P °MCI; INTELT,TGENOE—Sept. 8.

WESTMINSTER.—THE PEER AND THE MA-
GISTRATE.—Amongst the night charges from the A
division appeared the Earl of Kingston, accused of
being drunk, refusing to pay a cabman his fare, and
assaulting Police-constable Kelliek, 511 A.
The policeman said he was sent for to Morley's
Hotel at two in the morning, to remove his lord
ship, who was then drunk there, and insisted upon
remaining. The porter turned his lordship out, and
he, accompanied by witness, went in a cab which
was standing at the door to Scotland-yard, to lodge
a complaint against Mrs. Morley for making him
leave as described. The cabman, who said he had
been driving his lordship about and could not get
his money, then took his lordship to King-street
station and charged him with refusing to pay, but
the acting-inspector refused to take the charge, and
witness then consented to accompany his lordship
to a friend's house in Smith-street on foot, but on
arriving his lordship changed his mind and said he
would go to another friend in Queen-square, and
they were proceeding in that direction when sud-
denly his lordship struck witness in the face, and
kicked him twice on the shin. Witness then took
him back to King-street station, and charged him
with the assault.

In reply to questions from the magistrate,
The constable said it was at his lordship's request
that he undertook to see him to a friend's house,
and gave him his arm. Under ordinary circum-
stances he would have been locked up as drunk
and incapable, owing to his helpless condition.
His lordship observed that in every respect the
constable had perjured himself, but he would not
say any more till his counsel came. The constable
had insulted and collared him, which was an offence
to the house of Peers, of which he was an honour-
able member. As for the charge of being drunk,
he never got drunk.

Sergeant Starr, acting inspector, said he refused
to take the cabman's charge, as described. His
lordship was very drunk, and having stated that
he would not go to his lodgings in Duke street,
left the station arm-in-arm with the constable, to
be seen to the house of a friend.
His lordship, who had interrupted the proceed-
ings, again impugned the credit of the witnesses
against him.
George Crambrook, the cabman, made a claim
against his lordship of 95., for driving and waiting.
His lordship now wanted to see Mr. Paynter's
private minute-book, to cross-examine the wit-
nesses from, and then desired to come upon the
bench to look at it, both of which were refused,
upon which his lordship said he was not being
treated with the respect due to a peer of the realm.
Mr. Paynter observed that he had treated him
with all the respect due to his rank, and wished
that his lordship would treat himself with that
self-respect becoming his high position. Mr.
Paynter then asked him what he had to say to the
charge of being drunk and neglecting to pay the
cabman.

His lordship again and again went into a lot of
irrelevant matter without replying to the complaint,
and when told to confine himself to the matter be-
fore the Court complained of injustice.
Mr. Paynter said he could not permit him more
than any other man to waste the valuable time of
the Court.

His lordship declared that the magistrate not
only insulted him, but the House of Peers, by saying
he wasted the time of the Court.

Mr. Paynter ordered him to pay the cabman 9s
and costs.

Other evidence was also offered in support of the
charge of assault and his lordship's condition at the
time, but Mr. Paynter said it was unnecessary, and
asked his lordship what reply he had to the charge
of assault.

His lordship admitted the assault, but pleaded
justification, on the ground that the constable had
laid hold of him by the collar, which was not a
proper way to serve a peer of the realm.
The constable denied it. His lordship was not
in custody, and therefore he did not treat him as a
prisoner.

His lordship expressed his opinion that it was
disgraceful to see a man administer justice as Mr.
Paynter did.
Mr. Paynter observed that the principal defence
his lordship seemed to make was to charge his ac-
cusers with perjury, and that he appeared to feel
himself justified in insulting the judge of the
court, who sat there with as much authority as
he would in the House of Peers. He (Mr.
Paynter) was bound to pay a degree of respect to
him to which his rank entitled him, but it was
very painful, very shocking to see a man of his
branch of the legislature brought to a police-
court on such e:aarges through intemperance,
and conduct himself so badly. The only conso-
lation was, that such spectacles were extremely
rare, and that no other member of the legisla-
ture exposed himself in the disgraceful manner his
lordship had done, and for the sake of the Peerage
he hoped that such might never again occur. The
police constable had been doing him a friendly
action in seeing him to the house of a friend to pre-
vent his getting into a scrape, when he turned
round and struck and kicked him. Had the con-
stable been then literally in the discharge of his
duty he (Mr. Pay nter) would have been much dis-
posed to have sent his lordship to prison without a
fine, as he would do any lower person who had
committed the same offence, because his lordship
ought to know better than a poor person the respect
due to the laws.

His lordship said—You disgrace the bench you
sit upon.
Mr. Paynter then convicted him in the penalty
of 405., or one month, and directed the gaoler to re-
move him.

Another eapman stepped forward and asked bow
he was to get his money for driving his lordship
about nine hours on Friday.
Mr. Paynter observed that there were already
three, if not four orders against his lordship for
unpaid cab fares, and it seemed useless to make
them, as the men did not get their money. The only
way he could suggest to the cabmen was not to
take his lordship.
Shortly after his lordship had been removed by
the gaoler a gentleman came and paid his penalties,
also settling with the cabman for the nine hours.
ROBBERY OF TYPE BY a PRINTER'S FOREMAN.
—Win. Willoughby, who was said to be a foreman
over the compositors in the establishment of Messrs.
Woodfall and Kinder, of Angel-court, Skinner-
street, Snowhill, was placed ut the bar, charged
with stealing 241hs. of type, value £2 108., the pro-
perty of his masters.
The specific charge in this case had reference
merely to the quantity of type found in possession
of the prisoner at the time of his apprehension, but
it was feared a most extensive system of depreda-
tion had been going on for some time past, as the
prisoner had been observed frequently visiting a
marine-store shop in Clerken well, which circum-
stance coming to the knowledge of the prosecutors,
aroused their suspicions and induced them to apply
to this court for advice and assistance how to act in
the matter. Inspector Hamilton, the chief of the
detective department of the City police, happening
to be present at the time, immediately made ar-
rangements, the result of which was that an officer
named Stringer, 111, watched the prisoner from
his master's premises, along a most circuitous route
to a marine store dealer's shop, at 19, Meredith-
street, St. John's-street, Clerken well, where he saw
him take from his coat pocket a small parcel and
place it on the scale for the purpose of ascertain-
ing the weight and the price he was to receive for
it. The officer immediately entered and secured
the parcel, which, with four other parcels found on
the prisoner, contained about .41bs. of type. The
prisoner gave no account of the property, being
too confused at the time to speak intelligibly.
Messrs. Woodfall and Kinder identified the
type as their property, and
The prisoner, who reserved his defence, was fully
committed for trial.

THE RAIL WA Y ACCIDENT A 7
HELMSHORE.

The coroner, Mr. Hargreaves, of Blackburn, re-
sumed his inquiry into the cause of the late fatal
railway occurrence at Helmshore, by which 10 per-
sons had been killed, on Saturday morning, at the
Town-hall, Haslingden. Mr. Grundy appeared as
solicitor for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Company ; Mr. John. Mason, for the Birkenhead
Company ; Mr. Leresche, barristed (instructed by
Mr. Henwood, attorney), for the relatives and
friends of Samuel Duckworth and others ; and Mr.
Baldwin, solicitor, Burnley, for the relatives of
Starkie, Harrison, and others.
Mr. Grundy said the rails7fay company were de-
sirous to aid the investiga*Lion to the utmost, and he
had consequently a num., ber of their servants preseht
to give evidence if rf.iquired. He proposed to tender
evidence as to hrjair the trains were started from
Salford statio', Manchester, and then as to their
entire prog:fess along the line till they arrived at
the
poi' where where the accident occurred.
rr • Ihe Coroner thought it would be better to take
the evidence of passengers first, and then that of
the railway officials.
Thomas Duckworth, sworn—l live in Hindle
street, Haslingden. lam a cordwainer. On Mon-
day last I was a passenger from Haslingden by a
cheap trip train to Manchester to see an exhibition
at Bellevue-gardens. I left Manchester by the 25
minutes or half-past 11 excursion train to return.
I was in the second of three trains, and in the front
part of it, or that portion from which some of the
carriages broke loose at Helmshore. We stopped
at Bury and Ramsbottom. At Ramsbottom my
party wished me to go out and get a gill of rum.
I did so, and returned before the train started
again. I obtained it at a public-house close by
the station. We asked the guard to drink, and he
came and smoked a pipe with us. Ido not know
his name. When we asked him the train was in
motion, and he came in afterwards. lam not sure

that he was a guard. He had a porter's uniform
on. He drank pan of the ruin with us and rode to
the Helmshore station. I was in the third or fourth
carriage in front of the train. There were two
engines in front of our train, and we saw one taken
off while we were standing by the train, and it
went down the other line. We thought there was
something wrong, and a man came past saying the
passengers were lying about in all postures, with
broken limbs, and that some were killed. I got
out and went down the line 400 or 500 yards, and
found several carriages broken, and two on the em-
bankment (bank of the cutting). Three carriages
were lying on the line badly smashed. The car-
riages smashed, I suppose, had been attached to the
latter part of our train. I saw many persons who
were hurt, and several who were dead. I saw 11
11 who appeared fast among the fragments of broken
carriages, some living and some dead. I and others
attempted as fast as we could to extricate them.
Two men and one woman of those were taken
out dead. My brother, Samuel Duckworth, was
one of the eleven, and he was taken out dead.
I then left the train, and assisted to carry my
brother's body to the Turners' Arms, Helmshore.
I saw all the rest of the bodies at the Turners'
Arms afterwards. There were 10 dead bodies—six
men and four women. They were not all dead when
taken there ; two of them died after being brought
there. I knew only two of them, Mary Hayes and
my brother. We arrived at Helmshore at half-past
12 or 20 minutes to one on Tuesday morning. Our
train was a good long one, but I cannot say of how
many carriages it consisted. I did not know up to
the time the accident occurred that there was a
train before us or one after ns.
By Mr. Leresche—The railway guard got out of
the carriage a little before we got to Helmshore,
and I saw him shutting the doors of the carriages,
as if preparatory to starting from thence. He was
acting as a guard. I think it could not be more
than three minutes after we stopped at Helmshore
that I saw one of the engines driven back on the
other line. I did not hear any cries up to that time
nor any alarm. It might be three or four minutes
after we stopped before we heard any alarm. There
was a good deal of pushing to get into the train at
Salford. The train started with eight persons in
our compartment of a third-class carriage, and it
would hold ten. There were six when we got to
Helmshore, including the guard. Ido not know
how many guards we had. There were no lights in
the carriage when part of the train broke loose. I
think there were ten or more left at the station.
When I went to see the broken carriages the engine
of the third train was standing there. It was not
on the bank, but was off the rails. It was three or
four minutes after we stopped that I heard a cry
that some carriages had broken loose, and the engine
went back two or three minutes after that.
By Mr. Grundy—lt might not be so much as 20
minutes after 11 when we left Salford. The, guard
to whom rum was given appeared to be sober and
capable of attending to his duty. He only drank
of the rum once.
The guards of the train were here stmt for into
court, and the witness pointed out one of them, J.
Chippendale, as the person who had some rum. He
was not certain, but he thought he was the man.
By a Juror-2I do not recollect the train attempt-
ing to go on after getting to Helmshore, before the
carriages broke loose. I only recollect stopping
once.
Nathaniel Grindrod, sworn—l live at Burnley
and am a spin o le-maker. I went by one of the cheap
trips to Manchester last Monday. I returned by the
second train, leaving Manchester five minutes after
11 o'clock. I looked at my watch when we started.
I was in a first-class carriage. It was a carriage
with six seats, and there were eight passengers in
the compartment. I objected to two of them com-
ing in ; but the guard said all the other carriages
were full and they must be put in somewhere.
Nothing happened till we had left Ramsbottom
station, when a porter came to the door and put
in his head and a lamp, and said it was time for a
small collection for having brought us so far safe
on the way. He did not get anything. One of the
men told him he thought he had given him his
share at Manchester; but the porter denied it. It
was 25 minutes to one, when we got to Helmshore
by the station clock. The carriage I was in I think
had 18 others behind it. I cannot say how many
were in front, but I think less than that number.
Our carriage stopped at the platform, so that I
could see the station clock. I heard the noise of a
breakage scarcely a minute after we stopped and I
fancied the train was starting again, but imme-
diately after the breakage the carriages commenced
running back, including that in which I was sit-
ting. They commenced running slowly, but gra-
dually increased in speed. All the people in the
carriage where I was leaped out, except myself and
another passenger. I was certain what would occur.
The collision occurred in less than two minutes
after they leaped out, but 'I was too much excited
to be sure as to the time. I heard the crash and the
steam blowing off, and did not hear any shrieks,
probably for that reason. We then got out and I
went down to where the crash had taken place,
as soon as there was a stoppage, to see what
had happened. On arriving I found a num-
ber of broken carriages and a number of
people dead and wounded lying there. I
saw three or four broken carriages, some off the
line and some partially thrown off, and people lying
among the fragments. There were an engine and
tender next to them. The reason of our train
going back, I suppose, was that the coupling
had broken. 1 heard the snap as of a coupling
breaking, and it seemed to be that between our
carriage and the carriage in front of us. I did not
attempt afterwards to discover the reason. I had
my wife to take care of, and a brother in the train
to look after.
By Mr. Leresche—There was no light in our
carriage. As we were rolling back I looked out of
the window, but could not see anything on the line,
owing to a curve. A train coming after us from
Ramsbottom hardly could have been seen till it
turned the curve. There was an engine passed us
on the other line when 1 got down to where the
accident was. I felt a slight jerk before the train
began to run back ; it was about the same time as
I heard the snapping. The porter who came and
asked for something I did not see after or before he
put his head into the window. I saw the carriages
we had left when I looked out of the window, but
cannot say if they were in motion ; they appeared
to be. I did not observe any break-van in the part
of the train where the broken carriages were, but I
cannot say there were none:
By Mr. Grundy—We came to Helmshore, and
the train came to a rest. I thought the train was
starting again when I heard the snap. Ido not
think the carriage I was in was one of the com-
pany's. There might be only 16, and not 18 car-
riages detached. The man who asked for some-

thing was not a guard, but a Manchester porter.
I think I should know him again. [Several porters
and guards of the company were brought into court,
and the witness pointed out one, James Tomlinson,
a guard, as the man.] He believed him to be the
man.

By a Juror—Believed they were long enough at
Helmshore for passengers to get out before the
carriages broke loose.
John Ashworth, mechanic, Haslingden, sworn—
I went by one of the cheap tri:)s, and returned by
the second. We started back about 20 minutes past
11. I was asleep till we had passed Ramsbottom.
was in a first-class carriage, with a third-class
ticket, and the porter came upon the step and awoke
us, and said, " Well, chaps, you look very snug here•
you have managed it sweetly, having only third
class tickets ; can ye do aught. I think you should
stand a glass." I gave him three-halfpence, and
three others gave him money. I had been put in at
Salford by a porter. I was in the carriage the coup-