The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-21 00:00:00

ing out of the trains while they were in motion,
and he had cautioned him several times. On the
next occasion he should summon him.

Mr. Ingham said it was not to be expected that
the company should provide a larger number of
porters than there were on this occasion. There was
one person to every-two carriages, and he considered
that was ample attendance for a train of that de-
scription. He was of opinion that the accident had
arisen from the extreme carelessness of the passen-
gers, and not from any inattention on behalf of the
servants. He felt loth to punish a person who had
met with so severe an accident, and he had no doubt
the company would be satisfied with a nominal
penalty. Their object was to obtain publicity, so as
to act as a caution to the public in future, andthere-
fore he should only fine the defendant ss. and 2s.
costs. If the company would take his advice, they
would set a person to watch the trains, and to sum-
mon all who got out before they had stopped. He
begged to say that in all future cases he should in-
flict the full penalty.
The money was immediately paid.

AN ERRANT RAILWAY TRAIN.

During the despatch of the return trains from
Doncaster on the night of St. Leger Day, a rather
unusual incident occurred. A great number of spe-
cial trains had been put on for the day, and the
services of several extra engine-drivers had been
engaged. One of these was intrusted with a train
for Sheffield, and when the time arrived for leaving
Doncaster, either he gave the wrong signal with
the whistle to the pointsman, or the pointsman did
not rightly understand it, for instead of turning
the train on to the South Yorkshire line to proceed
to its destination via Swinton, he allowed it to pass
on to the main line of the Great Northern. The
driver not probably being well acquainted with the
locality, and not perhaps exactly comprehending his
whereabouts in the darkness of the night, put on
steam and dashed along at a good speed, passing
Rossington, Bawtry, and Scrooby stations without
any suspicion that he was on the wrong road. On
arriving at Ranskill, however, he discovered his
error and pulled up. The officials at the station were
informed of the mistake that had been made, and
due precautions having been taken, the train was
safely transferred from the up to the down line, and.
sent back to Doncaster. On arriving there some
passengers inquired where they were, as the' train
should have been well on its way to. Sheffield by that
time, and received with some incredulity the an-
nouncement that they had got to the station they
had left about three-quarters of an hour.before. The
real state of the case was explained, and it produced
much merriment among the excursionists, not-
withstanding the loss of time they had experienced;
and when the driver again put his engine in motion
he received abundance of advice and geographical
information from the occupants of the carriages.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

CAMBRIDGE-SEPT. 18,

There was a moderate show of wheat to-day and a fair
attendance of farmers. Good samples of white sold at 50s,
red 44s to 48s per qr. Barley sold at 30s to 425. Very,
little change in other sorts of grain. Beans sold at 46s to
52s per 38 stone. Oats 26s to 30s per 24 stone.