The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-05 00:00:00

EVENING, JUNE 5, 1858.

of your horse and cart while you go back to the deck."
Sears pulled up at the side of the real close to the
kerb atone, and went back to the deck where he
ascertained that bis papers were quite correct. He
ran back to the place where he left his horse and cart,
and the man with the moustache. They were mi-sing.
An honest fellow named Jacob Keliars, of Devon-
shire-street, Commercial-road, who said he was by
trade a lighterman, and worked as a labourer, frustrated
the designs of the gang, who intended to steal the hogs-
head. He saw the man with the moustache stop the
carman, and directly the latter turned his back the man
with the moustache beckoned to the prisoners, who
were on the opposite side of the road, and they crossed
over and removed the nosebag front the horse. Sanford
then jumped into the cart and drove away, followed by
Wilmot and another. Kellars gave information to a
police-constable named Hugh Brosnahan, 261 K, that a
robbery had been committed. Brosnahan started off in
pursuit, and came up with the horse and cart, which
Sanford was driving, in Salmon's lane, Rotherhithe.
Brosnahan ordered Sanford to stop, and the prisoner im-
mediately jumped out of the cart and ran away. lie was
pursued and ultimately run down in a stable by George
George, a customhouse officer. The prisoner made a
desperate resistance before he was secured. The pri-
soner was arrested in the house of his father, a coffee
shop, No. 19, Back-road, St. George-in-the East, the
same nicht by Copping, 319 K. Mr. Young asserted
that Kellars was mistaken in his identity of Wilmot, who
had the misfortune to be taken up three times on suspi-
cion of horse and cart robberies because he wore no
whiskers. He cross•examined Kellars, who said to the
best of his belief Wilmot was the man he saw in com-
pany with Sanford. Mr. Young called three witnesses
who said Wilmot never left his father's house on the
Saturday in question until he was taken into custody.
Mr. Selfe committed both prisoners for trial, but accepted
bail for Wilmot.

DRE'ADFCL RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN

BEi GI [7,IN.

We announced yesterday that an accident, at-
tended with great loss of life, bad occurred on the
railway between Moos and Manage.
The Courrier de Dyle has tile following addi-
tional part.colars :—" A terrible catastrophe has
spread mt. urniug throughout our town. The let
train which left MODS on Monday evening for
Manage, bringing back a number of ercursionists,
met with a terrible accident. It had scarcely
passed the first station when it ran into two wag-
gons left by some inexcusable negligence on the
line. The first carriages were broken into splinters.
Ten inhabitants of Nivelle were in the first car-
riages. Two only escaped with slight contusions.
Four were killed on the spot ; four others were
thrown to a great distance and are seriously in-
jured. The killed are—P. Mottet, hat-maker ;
Desmalines, lieutenant of gendarmerie ; A. De-
winter, tanner ; J. Botte, baker."
The Courier de Charleroy adds :—" Six more of
the injured have died. Others are not expected- to
live. The train consisted of 16 carriages, full of
passengers. Only the first two carriages were
smashed. The shock was terrible. Some of the
bodies were completely flattened. A young girl,
whose legs were cut off, pointed to a ring on har
finger, and then expired. Some of the passengers
jumped out and were saved. A baby was found
on the rails unhurt. Its mother was killed. A man
named Marchinnes was picked up covered with
blood. He was not injured ; the blood came from
a woman sitting next to him, who was smashed to
pieces. MM. Andries-Bryon and Montigny and
Delbruyere, medical men, who were in the train,
rendered every assistance in their power."
The Gazette de Mons says :—" To give an idea of
the violence of the collision it will suffice to say
that the clothes of some of the victims were cut to
pieces as cleanly as if with a pair of scissors."
The Coustitutionnel of Mons says :—" The num-
ber of killed reported to us as yet is 16. M.
Wil-
putte, inspector of the coal mines, had his back
bone completely broken in two. M. E. D. van
Mol, of Ghent, a commercial traveller, was the
only man who escaped unhurt from one of the car-
riages smashed. When the collision took place he
was sitting next to Madame Brouet, who had a
little girl of two years and a half on her lap. Mme.
Brouet was killed on the spot. M. van Mol seized
the child, regardless of his own life, and jumped
out. Both were saved. The engineer and stoker
jumped off when the collision occurred, and were
unhurt."

ASSOCIATION FOH THE AID OF DRESS-
MAKERS AND MILLINERS.

The annual meeting of the members and friends of this
association took place yesterday at the Hanover-square
rooms.

The report read to the meeting on the present occa-
sion stated that the results already a' tained were a suffi-
cient guarantee for the final triumph of those principles
advocated by the association. At no former period had
there been so much generous sympathy on behalf of the
overtasked dressmaker as was disp'ayed at the present
time. Two great meetings had been held at which the
claims of these young persons had been ably advanced
by nobleman and gentlemen of the highest distinction.
During the last year 1,448 had been registered, 697 of
whom had been provided with situations free of all
expense either to the employer or the employed. The
total number who had registered since the commence-
ment of the institution was 17,455. The association
provided medical relief on the payment of 5.. per
annum, and during the past year there had been GO
subsoribeis. A provident fund was alto attached to the
society, and at the present time there were 72 depositors ;
but it was to be regretted that a larger number of per-
Sons did not avail themselves of this safe and profitable
investment. In conclusion, the committee'urgently ap-
pealed to the public for pecuniary contributions. The
balance-sheet to the 25th March, 1858, showed that the
receipts amounted to 2361 ss. 5d., and the disbursements
to 3171. 13-1. 7d., leaving a balance against the associa-
tion of 811. 83. 2d.

The report was adopted, and a resolution was passed
expressing the regret of the meeting that in several es-
tablishments hours of work were still exacted which
were unknown in other industrial pursuits, and which
were altogether incompa!ible with the health and well-
being of the young milliners and dressmakers. The
meeting therefore pledged itself to use every effort to
ameliorate a system which had been universally con-
demned as unnecessary and oppressive. Other resolu-
tions were also agreed to, calling upon the public and
employers to second the efforts of the association, and
thanking the ministers of religion, the press, and all
classes who bad promoted the interests of the society.
The business then terminated with a vote of thanks
to Lord Shaftesbury the chairman.