The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-22 00:00:00

A.TEST NE
A W
ice. THE FATAL ACCIDENT ON TR E BOUT.
WESTERN RAILWAY.

yet to be mentioned, and the history of that is I
of all perhaps the most curious. This autograph
has, oddly enough, once or twice been supposed
to have been lost irrecoverably. It was known
to have existed, and was supposed thus to have
been lost beyond the chance of redemption, acci-
dentally burnt perhaps or otherwise destroyed—
until it was discovered in 1768, to his great de-
light, by Mr. ALBANY WALLIS, a solicitor. It
was then found by Mr. WALLIS among the deeds
of that very same estate in Blackfriars (of which
this was the ancient mortgage deed) at that
period (1768), iu the possession of a clergyman of
Oxted, Surrey, the Rev. Mr. FEATHERSTONHAUGH.
It was theu presented to GARRICK. It was after-
wards said to have been lent by Mrs. GARRICK
to Mr. GEORGE STEVENS, the commentator. It
was then reported to have been lost again—appa-
rently without hope of rezovery. Lost some-
where—nobody knew where ! Lost sometime—
nobody knew when. Lost by somebody
—nobody knew whom ! So matters continued
in regard to this remarkable—when, lo ! and
behold, it comes to light again, and happily, too,
in a perfect state of preservation. The ghost of
a suspicion is swept clean off the outbarred 'scut-
cheon of poor Mr. STEVENS' reputation. It now
turns out that, after all, the treasure must have
remained in the possession—or, at any rate, to
have returned into the possession—of Mr.
ALBANY WALLIS, the attorney. The partner in
the business belonging to Mr. WALLIS was the
father of the present, or rather, we should now
sey, the recent posscs3or. And now we do really
hope that, for once and for all, we have done in
regard to this inestimable autograph, with these
most tantalising and bewildering mysterious dis-
appearances. It has been purchased by Mr.
BooNE, of Bond-street—Mr. BOONE acting on
behalf of the Trustees of the British Museum.
So that henceforth, like the signature in FLORIO'S
" M9110,1g/le,” the autograph is the national pro-
perty. Instead of bringing it home for merely
1001., or even 1401., the nation has given just
3151. for this jewel of a manuscript. It is well.
Sot a farthing of that will be grudged. It was
a golden opportunity, and glad we are that the
opportunity was not lost—any more than the
Autograph.

THE LATE MEEPING AT ST. JAMES'S

HA IL.

At a numerously att nded meeting of laymen,
communicants of the Church of St. Barnabas, held
on the 17th of June, ISSB, the following resolutions
were moved and passed unanimously :
" That whereas the charge lately made against the
Rev. Alfred Poole, at v. meeting held at St. James's Hall,
June 11, 1858, ara scandalous and false, and are calculated
to prejudice Lis appeal to the Archbishop, this meeting
declares its heartfelt sympathy with, and undiminished
confidense in, Mr, Poole as their minister, who, by his
spotless life, and unceasing labours amongst them for 7
years has won the affection of all classes of his people.
"2. That this meeting declares its admiration of Mr.
Poole's conduct, in the trying en 1 difficult circumstances in
which he has been placed ; end that to the best of its belief
during his seven years' ministrations at St. Barnabas he has
uniformly acted with discretion, and not exceeded in his
teaching or practice the doctrines or discipline of the
Church of England.
" 3. That this meeting, consisting as it does wholly of
communicants at. St. Barnabas, distinctly denies that it is
the practice of the clergy to nquire confession as a prepa-
ration necessary to the reception of the Holy Communion ;
but it asserts, on the part of the clergy and of the laity, the
right of the latter to the practice of confession and the
benefit of obsolutian, as set forth in the service for 'Order-
ing of Priests,' in the Exhortation in the office of Holy
Commullioni' and the 'Order for the Visitation of the
Sick,' in the Book of Common Prayer of the Church of
England.
"4. That this meeting has heard with the utmost indig-
nation of the foul a penions cast, at the meeting at St.
James's-hall, upon the reputation of ladies of the most un-
blemished character, whose exertions and kindness among
the poor in the district are hald in the highest estimation by
every ono here present, and the greatest confidence is felt
by this meeting that the offertory alms have never been
misapplied by the clergy or olistriet visitors.
".5. That this meeting Cannot separate without expressing
its fervent attachment to the Book of Common Prayer, and
its assent to the following passage, extracted from the 36th
canon of the English Church :—" That the Book of Com-
' mon Prayer, and of ordering of bishops, priests, and
deacons, coutaineth in it nothing contrary to the Word of
God, and that it may lawfully so be used."
"6. Resolved--That a copy of these resolutions be fur-
warded to the Bishop of London, with an urgent request
that his lordship will reinstate the Rev. Alfred Poole in
his curacy, or be pleased tostate, for the satisfaction of the
district, the grounds of his dismissal.
" 7. Resolved,— That a copy of these resolutions be for-
warel;cl to the Archbishop of the province."

A telegraphic despatch has been received in Paris an.
nouncing that the steam frigate Impetueuee, despatched
from Toulon for the Adriatic, anchored at Gravosa, near
Ragusa, on the 18,h inst. The In3petueuse is to replace
the ship of the line Eylau.
It is said that the Al,mtenegro question is t) be
arranged by consini,sioners sent there to define the
boundaries. In that ca,,e AdmiralJorien de Lagraviere,
who elm:l:lands the French ships in the Adriatic, will
act for France. Two steam gun-boats' the Fulminacte
and the Aigrette, are to be sent to the Adriatic to facili-

Late Admiral Jaiien de Lagraviere's communications
with the shore.

Tne nuptials of Lady Agnes Grosvenor; daug:iter of
the Marquti and Marchioaess of We tminster, and Sir
Archibald -Nay Campbell, Bart., are to be solemnised at
the close f the present month.

MAIL TO Tn NI ED STATES.—Oa Wednesday (to-
morrow) the screw-steamer City of Washington will sail
with the mails for the United States from Liverpool to
Now York. The PJstntlice hox at Liverpool will close
at 7.30 with late fee at 8.30 a.m., aoid on the lanl-
inncr_-,4age a little after 9 a.m.
EXTRA. MAIL TO JA3IAICA.—Aa extra mail will ba
despatched from Liverpool to Kingston, Jamaica, on
Thursday next, the 24-,h inst., by the screw steatner
Saladin. Letters will be received at the Liverpool post
on that day till 4.15 p.m., and till 4.30 p.m. with a late
fee. _ _ .

It has been intimated that the late Ahmed Pasha, so
unfortuna,ely drowned in the NIP, has left by will the
.sum of 20,0001. to the individual from whom he acquired
hie knocil,dge of the French language during Lie visit to
Paris.. _Needless to say, the professor was not a master,
tut a mistress. _ .

Oee of the Paris journals, having declared what is be-
lieved to be the frets, concerning the hopeless state of
M. de Pene, whose digestive organs are so much injured
that no remedy can stop the incespant vomiting, has
received a warning, and instructions to contradict the-
statement. The editor of the Pays has also been re-
primanded for certain criticisms which appeared in his
paper concerning the English Ministry. -Court Jourizal.
A DANGEROUS PALL.—A young man in the employ
of Mr. Wilson, farmer, Cairngarroch, Stoneykirk, was
on Toursday lost sent by his master to warn some folk
for peat-cutting, and, to save some travel, he had taken
a foot-path leading along the edge of the Cairngarroch
boughs, and by some means fell over one of them ; fertu-
nately it was not perpendicular, but rather inclining to a
declivity, computed to be nearly 300 feet in depth. Over
this the youth rolled ; and it is truly astoniehing how be
escaped, not having received a single fracture of bone,
although much bruised and out ; some of the nails of Lis
fingers are torn off, caused by his desperate efforts to re-
gain a footing, the time-worn rock giving way at every
clutch. When hurled to the Inttom, stunned by the
tearful descent, he lay from o'x o'clock on Thursday
evening until two o'clock on Friday : fternoon, when ho
was dixovered in his ptrilous situation, and at once
taken care i f, and is now fast recoverieg from the effects
of his fall.— 11' iytowit Free Press.
REDUCTION OP POSTAGE ON LETTERS TO MAR
TINDVE, GUADELOUPE, AND CURACOA.—On the let
of July next, and theectf irward, the postage upon
letters conveyed by packet between the United
Kingdom and Martinique, Guadgoupe, or Cu-
rac is, will be reduced to the uniform British rate of
sixpence the haif-ounce, and so on according to the
usual scale. This postage must be paid in advatce, or
the letters will not be forwarded.—ROWAND HILL, S:-
eretayr.
THE BOMBAY MAILS.—SOUTEIAMPTON, Monday.—
The stcaeiship Valet a, Captain Roberts, arrived this
afternoon, with the heavy portion of the above math',
pearls of the value of 222,0001, 6 Cages of tortoise: hell,
1 case of shawls, 3 boxes of d: spatches, 23 cases of ride,
1,534 bales of raw silk, and 33 packages of sundr:ea
She brines 40 passengers, among whom are Colonel and
Mrs. Jacobs, M j,-)r and Mrs. Morris, Colonel Behasis,
aed Dr. James. The Valetta spoke the following
ships :—J nue 9, the Vectie, steering southsea,t ; 1311,
Juda', off Galita ; 17th, the Eogli:h barere Lady. Stan.
fey, off Cape S; Vincent ; Atb, the Northam, off St irt
Point; 21st, steamship Elwin Fox, off St. Al, an',,
Head. The dates of sail.ng were Alexandria, June 8;
Mal:a, 11 ; Gibraltar, 16. Gibraltar exchange on ',ra-
don at 90 days.' dat9, 491.
Tim East India Company's troop-sh.p Trafalgar,
Captain Ta.)lor, arrived at Gravesend on Saturday
from India, with a large number cf sick and
wounded troops on bo rd. The detachmenis, con-
sisting of four men of the 12th Lancers, three men
of the Ist Royale, two sergeants, three corporals,
arid two privates of the 84th liegimerit, and
twenty-s3ven men of the 43rd Light Infantry, with
three women and twelve children, embarked at
Madras on the 271 h of February, and sailed on the
following day, the voyage occupying 1.13 days. The
Trafalgar t Arched at St. Helena on the 30th of
April, and sailed on the 2d ulr. During the voyage
no do sths cceuired on board,

D.RU.RY-LANE-ITALIAN OPERA.

We have already noticed Mr. E. T. Smith's suc-
cessful endeavour to improve the quality of hiz en-
t-rtainmenta while preserving their unprecedented
cheapness. We have noticed the important acces-
sion to the strength of the company in the person
of Madame Pauline Viardot ; and we have now to
mention another remarkable accession—that of
Madame Persiani, who appeared last night in the
" Puritani." Nay, more : we expect to announce
in a few days a third accession 03 important as either
of the above—that of the veteran Tamburini, who,
it is positively stated, has accepted an engagement
at this theatre. Tamburini enjoys a green old age,
with the mom sang in corpore sano. He will show
no great decay of his great powers ; and we may
look for a Don Giovanni at Drury-lane by the only
actor living who is capable of sustaining the cha-
racter.

Persiani's appearance last night drew an immense
audience, by whom the celebrated prima donna
was most warmly welcomed. She looked extremely
well—even youthful, and acted with the grace and
feeling which are so well remembered. Her voice
has lost some of its strength and volume ; but it
has its old flexibility and clearness. In the fine
quartet-, "A te, o cara," she sang with exquisite
sweetness ; and in the favourite "Son vergina vez-
zosa," she was as light and brilliant as ever. The
opera, as a whole, was not as well supported es the
" Barbiere di Siviglia." Signor Naudin's Attu°
is a coarse imitation of Mario ; and Badiali's Gior-
gio was a careful and intelligent performance, but
sadly defective in vocal power.

ST. JAMES'S HALL-CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS,

The second day concert of this talented black
band took place yesterday at St. James's Hall. It
was divided into three parts. The first consisted
priucipally of separate airs, chiefly by Messrs.
Rayner, Collins, Wambold, E. H. Peirce, and
Christian, who has a most extraordinary power
of voice. The second part was devoted to
burlesque dancing and playing chiefly ; and the
third comprised the burlesque Italian opera. The
peculiar merits of this band, Loth collectively and
individually, are too well known to require now
much elaborate description. We can only say
their plaintive airs are as serious and beautiful as
ever ; their comic as characteristic ; and their bur-
lesque as grotesque and humorous. Neither their
vivacity nor their expression of character seem to
have been dulled nor abated by frequent repetition;
and their audience laughed as heartily and listened
as eagerly to the entire entertainment as ever.
The audienca had on this occasion the addition of
the scholars of the Licensed Victuallers' School,
they having been invited, and their approbation
was fully shown by the intense enjoyment they
manifested and the laughter they indulged in. An
announcement was made that the concerts, having
been remarkably successful, would b 3 continued
during the day occasionally, the evening perform-
ances still continuing in King William-street.

HER MAJESTY AT THE UNITED
SERVICE INSTI TUTION.

Tho Qneen and,the Prince Congo'', accompanied by their
Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Brabant and
the Count of Flanders, paid a visit to the United Service
institution in Whitehall-yard last evening. Her Majesty
was attended by the Duchess of Athol; the Prince Con-
sort and the Duke of Brabant and the Count of Flanders
were on horseback, and in attendance wore Col. Seymour,
Col. Bouverie, and Baron d'Overchie de Nerieche.
Her Majesty and illustrious party arrived at a quarter
before six o'clock. .

The chief object, it was understood, of the royal visit
was to see the model of Sebastopol just placed among the
interesting collection of the institution.
The Queen and the Prince Consort and their distin-
guished friends next viewed a beautiful model of the
English cemetery at Cathcart's-hill, the tombstones and
graves of each noble and gallant soldier being clearly shown.
Captain Siborne's model of the battle of Waterloo was
then inspected by the illustrious company.
Her Majesty expressed a wish to viait the other apart-
ments, and subsequently went over the steam model room,
where portraits of the notorious Yeh and his father were
placed for her Majesty'sinspection, thearmoury, &c. Among
the valued relics presented for the Queen's inspection were
the signal b ,ok of the Chesapeake, secured when that ship
was captured by the Shannon ; Capt. Cook's chronometer,
which is now wound up daily; the Arctic relics, obtained
by the different expeditions sent out in search of Sir Joh❑
Franklin; and Sir Francis Drake's walking stick. Among the
interesting objects submitted to her Majesty was a piece
of the timber of the Russian man-of-war the Twelve
Apostles, after its immersion for one year in the harbour
of Sebastopol, the wood being completely riddled with
worm holes. In juxtaposition a piece of English oak was
shown the Royal party, which had been buried in Calais
harbour for three hundred years, which, beyond being
black by the action of the sea water, was quite sound. In
an adjoining room was the cage in which Mrs. Noble was
carried about during her captivity in China—a rude
wooden construction, barely spacious enough to afford
comfort to a Cochin China fowl.

After passing an hour, the Queen and the Duchess of
Brabant, attended by the Duchess of Athola and Col.
Bouverie, left for Buckingham Palace.
The Prince Consort, with the Duke of Brabant and the
Count of Flanders, remained until a quarter past 7 o'clock.

FRANCE.
PARIS, MONDAY.

The Emperor, the Empress, and the Prince
Imperial arrived at St. Cloud yesterday evening,
at seven o'clock. Their Majesties and the Prince
Imperial are in the enjoyment of excellent health.
In addition to Marshal Bosquet, Marshal Can-
robert also intends going to Plombieres, and
remaining there during the stay of the Emperor.
We published two days back from the Moniteur
a statement respecting the sale of landed property
belonging to the Hospice des Orphelines at Roche-
fort. The official journal had not indicated the
source from which the article emanated, and the
inference generally drawn from the silence observed
on that point was that the document had procee led
from the Minister of the Interior, under whose
I authcrity such establishments are placed. At pre-
sent the Moniteur contains a rectification on that
head, and states that the note in question ori-
ginated with the department of the Minister of
Marine.

The Momiteur publishes the official return of the
Customs revenue for the month of May, amounting
to 18,127,885 fr., being a decrease of 604,476 fr., as
compared with the corresponding month of last
year. The receipts of the first five months of thepre-
sent year have been 73,758,176 fr., or 5,538,851 fr.
less than in the same period of 1857. Taking as
the point of comparison the five months of the two
years, the items which show the principal falling
off are sheep and cattle, 31,311 fr. ; mahogany,
81,813 fr. ; potable liquors, 3,490,5261 r. ; cocoa,
27,245 fr. ; coffee, 1,263,145 fr. ; raw cotton,
156,669 fr. ; linen and hempen thread, 169,296 fr. ;
oleaginous seeds, 173,800 tr. ; indigo, 90,440 fr. ;
raw wool, 481,116 fr. ; rough castings, 677,583 fr. ;
bar iron and steel, 132,615 fr. ; silver and gold,
45,9441 r., the amount imported of the former
being 3,228,690 fr., and of the latter 886,171 fr. ;
nitrate of soda and potash, 34,272 fr. ; pepper,
50,668 f. ; raw and spun silk, 13,685 f. ; foreign
sugar, 242,989 f. ; linen and hempen cloth,
222,387 f. ; sundries, 1,515,229 f. The articles
which show an improvement are French colonial
sugar, 1,696,001 f. ; corn, 756,767 f. ; raw hemp
and flax, 122,061 f. ; cochineal, 19,430 f. ; tallow,
6,150 f. ; coal, 566,398 f. ; oil, 209,337 f. ; copper,
6,949 f. ; rough salt, 16,102 f. ; and sulphur,
26,389 f.
The Moniteur de l' Armee contains the following :
The Nuremberg Correspondent published re-
cently a Berlin letter announcing that dealers were
visiting various parts of Germany and purchasing
for the French Government horses for military
service. That statement, which has been repeated
by several journals, is completely false. The
French Government has given no one the mission
of purchasing horses abroad, and the resources of
France completely suffice to meet the ordinary
requirements of her cavalry."
BOURSE, June 21.—The following were the closing
quotations :

CI per Cents 94 25 Credit Fonder
Do. end month 94 Belgian 4
3 per Cent. ..... ... 68 15 Piedmontese (5)
Do. end month 6B 10 Roman 9l
Bank Shares
Credit Mobilier ... 630 —, Spanish Threes
Do. Account 622 ; Home Debt ..
RAILWAYS.—FOB CASH.
Midi
Western .1,86
Strasburg
Grand Central —
Sardinian
Austrian

Orleans
Northern
New Ditto 740
Lyon and Mediteran— 730
New Ditto
Geneva

SPAIN.

The Madrid journals of the 17th do not contain
any political news. The Government was collect-
ing funds from the provinces to pay the half year's
dividends ; it had received 1,920,000 reals from
Andalusia, and was expecting large ones from
Castille, Valencia, and other provinces. The
Seville newspapers say that the odium has done
scarcely any harm to the vines of the Sherry
district of Serey de la Froutera. The same
journals state that English tocieties c'rculate great
numbers of bibles tracts, professions of Protestant
faith, cCc., ezc., in Andalusia.

A letter from Belgrade of the 11th says :
" After the dispersion of the band which endea-
voured to cut down the English flag, nothing ex-
traordinary has taken place here, except that the
Council of Ministers has assembled, and that the
foreign co,.su•.s were admitted to its deliberations.
The English consulate is now protected by a de-
tachment of 25 men of the regular troops. It is
said that the Turks are much excited against the
Chris t i ans. "

Accounts from Teheran of the 20th May an-
nounce that the young Crown Prince had been
s rioußly ill. Fortunately, the European medical
man attached to the Court, Dr. Polak, had suc-
ceeded in subduing the malady, and the Prince had
recovered.

According to letters fr.m St. Petersburg, the
Duke de Montebello, the French ambassador at the
Court of Russia, is to accompany the Emperor
Alexander in his visit to Archangel.

Ano',her Berlin letter says :—" Prussia has con-
voked a general meeting of the Zollve rein at Han-
over, and has, in conjunction with Bavaria and
Saxony, drawn up a report setting forth the result
of the negotiations at Vienna, and discussing the
points which were net decided on there. This re-
port is to be communicated. to the States forming
the Zollverein."

The German Universal Gazette contains an on
dit to the effect that Prince Alfred of England will
shortly arrive in Berlin and enter the first regi-
ment of the Guard, in order to become acquainted
with the Prussian military service.

The Chamber of Deputies of Hanover in ita
sitting of the 18rh rejected by a majority of 43 the
propoiition of the Government for the creation of
several secondary articles. The Chamber also re-
jected by a majority of 41 the demand of a credit for
the construction of three new infantry barracks.

GREAT FIRE AT FRESH WHARF,

LONDON FRIDGE.

Yesterday morning a fire, involving the destruction
of property even to a greater amount than the one that
took place on Saturday night at Limehouse, broke out
on Fresh Wharf, Lower Thames-street, adjoining Lon
don bridge. The premises are well known to most
steamboat passengers passir g along the river, as covering
an immense space of ground, on which stood a great
number of lofty warehouses, containing in the whole
property valued at more than a million sterling.
Is appears that about a dozen men employed on the
wharf had their attention directed to huge bodies cf
smoke as black as soot issuing from the loopholes and
windows of the silk floor. Feeling satisfied that a fire
had occurred, they at once gave information to Mr.
Charles Clark, the inspector of the wharf, who sent for
Mr. Inspector Kilbey, at Seething lane.
Mr. Inspector Mitchell next arrived with a body of
police, followed by numerous engines of the London
Brigade, and that of the West of England Company,
bringing with them Mr. Superintendent Braidwood,
Acting-foreman Bridges, and several other officers. A
good supply of water was obtained from the land
Fide of the premises, on which the engines were made
to play ; but the fire continuing to spread, the two
steam floating engines were sent for, and the one
stationed at Rotherhithe, and that from Southwark
bridge arrived in little nore than a quarter of an hour.
The whole of this force was called into full operation,
but the flames continued their ravages until they
reached the upper floor, and although the water from
the floate kept felling in torrents, the firemen could not
prevent the roof being destroytd. It, however, quickly
fell in, and enabled the firemen to throw about 2,800
gallons of water per minute from each cf the floating
engines, the water ran down through the different floors
and completely saturated them. By 12 at neon, just
four hours and a half after the commencement of the
misfortune, the firemen began to see that their labours
were successful, and no apprehensions need be feared
of any further extension of the mischief, but so great
was the body of fire which even then remained iu the
three upper floors, as to preclude the possibility of the
fire being entirely extinguished until late in the evening.
The property known to be destroyed must be ennr-
moue. It was stated that one house alone had 25,0001
worth of silk in the building, but although the infor-
mation aas obtained from an official of the wharf it is
to be hoped that he bees made a mistake in the amount.
The lessee of the premises, it is understood, was Mr.
Knibb, the whalfirger.
During the fire oee or two accidents occurred. An
engineer, naztv-el Holloway, employed on one of the
steam-fl ;ate, got his band entangled in a cogwheel,
and will probably have t) undergo amputation. A. bri-
gade fireman, named Crosby, was severely injured in
the same way.

TEE GREAT FIRE AT LIMEIcI,USE.—At the great fire,
ahicla took p!ace on Saturday Light, at the extensive
boat-building premises of the Messrs. F,rresl, Lime-
house, we regret to state that six life-boats, belonging to
the R,.yal Natiottal Lif,b:mt Listi'ution, were also un-
f.irtunately consumed. The life-boats were nearly all
completed, and arrangements were about to be made to
send them to their stations at Cromer and Bacton, Nor-
folk; Frazerburgh, in Scotland ; and Rosslare and Kul
more on the Iriab coast. Some life-boat fittings, cork
hfe-belts, liquid lif,.-boat compasses, cordage, and ot4er
valuable st, res, were likewise entirely lost to this phi-
lanthropic insitution, which has Gf late years been
making such great efforts to supply the coast with tfd-
cent life-boats.

BISHOPSTOKE, JUNE 21.

Beyond the facts elicited at the inquest, and the Daisies
and particulars of the sufferers by the accident which
occurred last night, there is very little to communicate
in addition to the statement with which I furnished you
by telegraph. The cause of the carriages getting off the
line seems involved in• inextricable mystery, The fol.
lo wing is a list of the deceased and injured passengers,
as far as known :

William Helsey, aged 40, steel, copperplate, on 4
li hographic printer, of No. 8, Seacual-lane, city—killed.
Sarah Lovell, aged 22, niece of the deceased, sustained
severe injury to the soft parts of the loft arm, an Extensive
fracture connected with the elbow joint, k%# the ligbt
shoulder lacerated to a great extent, SA; bars the
ligaments, besides considerable prostration of the eYIP.
tern. She is still in great danger.
Eugene Perin, aged 24, basket maker, of Leather'
lane, has an extensive lacerated wound of the left arm,
producing a fracture connected with the elbow•join,t'
The injury to the soft parts is so extensive that his iirs
is still considered in danger, and some days must elapse
before any steps can be taken as to amputation (mother'
wise.
These me the only two cases left here, all the reSt
having gone on to London in the train. Six medico
gentlemen were in attendance upon the sufferers last
night—viz., Dr. Fox, son of Mr. L. 0. Fox, surgeon, °I,
Broughton, near Romsey ; Mr. Brooks, surgeon,
Biehopstolte ; Dr. Hearne, Mr. Welch, and Mr. logo'
of Southampton ; and a gentleman who was a passengef
in the train, described on his card as "Docteur
Piednoel, 3, Boulevart. de Sebastopol (Rive Gauche):
The two surviving patients remain under the care of Dr.
Hearne at the Junction Hotel.

The inquest on the deceased man Helsey was copy
menced at 4 o'clock this afternoon, at the hotel, before
Mr. J. H. Todd, county coroner, and a respectablejele
Mr. Archibald Scott (traffic manager), Mr. W. F. GO-
son (superintendent of traffic), and Mr. John StraPP
(resident engineer), were in attendance to watch the case
on the part of the South-Western Railway Company'
Having been sworn, the jury proceeded to view the body
of the deceased, which presented a frightful appearance,
the skull being dreadfully fractured and smaehed, laying
open to view the top of the spinal cord. They Pelt
examined the line, which afforded no clue whatever to
the cause of the accident. The carriages went off the
line at the points, and appear to have been dragged
about 50 yards before the spot was reached where klev
sey was killed. Singularly enough, two cf the manse
got safely on to an inner line of rails, dragging
Or
along the third-class carriage, which contained the
ferers, between the two lines until the coupling chair/
broke. Not the slightest injury was dune to the rail°,
and even a scratch on the ground is scarcely to be seer'
When the carriage turned over the deceased's head nape
in contact with the lever of the points, which caused the
injuries to his skull, and the ground and broken iron are
stained with the poor fellow's blood. On returning t°
the jury-room,
Tne Coroner observed that he bad held his office longel
than this railway had been opened, and it was only rigs
he should say this was the first case of a passenger bei°,A
killed on the line in which he had been called on to h°l"
an inquest, although an extensive portion of the railwel
ran through his district. This was a fact creditable t°
the management of the South-Western Company.
Mrs. Elias Helsey, widow of the deceased, was tu:
first witness examined. She stated that the train at
up from Portsmouth at about the usual pace, and 6°"
observed nothing peculiar until the moment of the e°°'.
dent. Ail of a sudden, as they approached the stati°,P'
she found the carriage turn round like a top, which vle,'
the first thing noticed calculated to produce alsr:',
There were about 30 persons in the carriage, which 17" i
a third class one. Deceased was standing up looking 0",
of the carriage, when it turned over on its side. Tbe't,
all fell together in a heap, and deceased's head struck °
a bar of iron which was on the lino He had a cap
which came off. On looking towards her husband Pi
saw the iron under his head, and his head crushed sO,
bleeding very much, and the brains scattered about. Pa.
never spoke or moved afterwards. Witness was bruisew
They had a niece with them, who was sitting on ti.j,
same seat as her uncle, and she was very nearly killeht
Every assistance was immediately rendered, but °a,
could not recollect how she was got out of the carrisg
Several doctors and others came, and all was done tb°
could be done to assist theta, and every attention paidelj,
ej,
all parties. Witness could form no possible idea of 0J
cause of the accident, and had no complaint to make
any nature.
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Win. Tilbury Fox, M. 8., of the General Lying, ei
Hospital, York-road, London, was next examineoiee
was in the Southampton train yesterday evening a
minutes before 8 o'clock, and saw the Portsmouth tt,lo
shut off steam a long way down the line. I lost sigoi
of the train for a few seconds by some intercePttio
buildings, and when we pulled up to allow the
Portsmouth train to go on a-head, I looked out oleo
window and observed some coufenion at the stativj
Hearing that some carriages had got off the rails
got out and walked up the line, and found a third-cirt,
carriage turned over on its side. The railway serOliti
were engaged in taking out the passengers, and par
the carriage roof was knscked off for that purposeeei
then saw the deceased lying on his left side, with hilPie
on the ground. I saw at once that he was dead,
skull being extensively fractured. An iron bar ruoPle
along the side of the carriage was lying upon the 131);#
side of his Lead, and forced into it. Seeing that h°, or
dead, and other prssengers were seriously injured,
tended to them. I did not see the deceased reneolvt
but saw him again afterwards when he had been Ottrf
into the waiting room. He had an extensive fOctiel
of the skull, which was laid open in such a manner
death must have been immediate. of
John Gibbons, the engine-driver in charge of there'
cursion train from Portsmouth, said that nothiolitge
markable occurred until the train arrived at the eta
at 7.48 p.m. The steam was shut off two miles fro°oo,
station, and the train ran in at the rate of about 0.,'00
or eight miles an hour. After turning the curve Jijoil
got about 20 yards from the points when I felt 011ide
jerk of the engine, as if something was rot quite ti:jjoi
I immediately saw a man in front of the engine Veace
both his hands up as a signal to stop. I reversed t°ool,
gine acidstopped the train in about 20 yards. There
18 car' iages in the train. I then got off the engi'e".,
ofel
wont hack, and found a third-clasa carriage turns°, 0°
on its Fide. I assisted in getting out a little gir"eol
alto the deceased, who was quite dead. The ellpes
and 14 of the carriages were on the replier lice, 0.00!
' guards'-van and a first-class carriage were on the itoe,
line against the platform. I can form no idea wbAcos°:
as to the cause of the separation, and can only
for the third clays carriage being turned over Itel,
separation. I examined the rails, and could see p° rile
to explain the accident. Only one carriage tee,
over. There was another carriage off the rails rot'l
did not turn over. I saw the pointsman at thsia td
place. I cannot say whether the carriages got &Vol I°,
points or after passing them. If the pointemao doe
go the points before all the carriages had pat°
that would not account for the accident. d4l/11
John Titheridge, pointsman on duty, expls-I;sie
duties, and his compliance with them on this oo
He hied the handle till all the carriages vittele
the points, but if he had not done so the Effect victoi/i;
have been to throw the carriages off the line. T118;611:0
were self-acting, and were only held to insure P
safety, and save wear and tear. All the carriages Voir'
the points on the right line, and immediately afteroset:is
he observed that some of the carriages bad es1:111,3
from the train, two being on the inside line, aistee.j
turned over between the two lines. There migArgerb
been another off, which witness did not notice. `rt
saw no more at that time, as tie had to remain atil-41
the Southampton train being expected. He eott't, °pi
no idea whatever as to the cause of the acoideo we/
looked over the line afterwards, but found nothing
with either the rails or the points. :e 0:1,4
Benjamin Barrett, the guard of the train, Wet ere,
class carriage jump and go cff the line on the rigpet of
about the time they passed the points. Could urrelte
count for the separation, but had no doubt it co°, e
the time the jerk was felt. Went back and looke;i0
Vi
points, and found everything all righ'. The Or.
not going faster than eight or nine miles an h°," otle
Mr. hnry Wilmer, station master, at Bisu°;re Igo
was present this morning when the carriages lc t
mined by Mr. Ireland, of the carriage departuee° it) 0
defect or imperfection whatever was found either oo'o,l
wheels, axles, or framing of any of them whicherle
account for the accident. One axle of the 0°,09
carriage was slightly bent, but that *Peo-- 00
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Lave been caused by the fall. Every I°Booo9
been adapted to ascertain the cause of the Adoehie
1 but without success. Nothing had been ie"
the points since the accident, and they had bee" „,
without any repair or alteration.
te°
The only other witness examined was Georgrese
pot
thorn, a pointsmau on duty at the bridge, wil°, eider
carriages go off the line and one turn over, k?"earo
know from what cause. He signalled the eogln
to stop, which was done as speedily as possibheed 1° of
The Coroner briefly summed up, realarklue°ooV
though there was no evidence to establish Old ptoc,
the carriages getting cff the line, they negatie'reif
that no blame attached to any one, and that ow
duct Existed. Vs°,
Tile jury returned a verdict of " Accidents ~10
exonerating the railway company and their efscl
blame.

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THE LATE TRAGICAL OCCURRENCE AT 101-},-,l‘r
will be remerahered.that Mr. Hughes, the ff,,t'„,-
deceased man, stated at the inquest that viPe-sseo'h'id
left home he had a wiAch and money in his 13°i-001'00
It is satisfac;.ory, however, to know that uP°,9,- a °A' tl'e,
the bedroom of his unf.rtunate son Le fjUIW' ',l3erel;tb
drawers locked, and upon opening it he dis°':iy k
missing waich, chain, and money. The "tell',oo
female was inttrred at the Abney Park OelU-e
verdict olfelo tie se having been returned in t" bet"
the mar, he was turfed at Finchley coneted
the hours of nine and twelve on Fr ids nighAt'AJO;tie°
LEGAL CHANGES IN SCOTLAND.—The LO,"
Mr. Inglis, is to be elevated to the bench as 11; steoro
Clerk ; like his predecessor in office, Mr. 100-0 Yjir
once from the position of Dean of Faculty pi
Advocate to the all but highest legal positioe scotellie'
posal of the Crown. His successor as Lord'Ad,v,g PlitO
be the present Solicitor-General, Mr. Cl)4''' gePori
For the Solioitor-GeneialsLip there seems l're:toret
scramble. The parties most freely naroe.l va'd Pite
George Dundar, Mr. George Paton, Mr. v‘''' "ser
end Mr. Arcbd. Boyle. it is rumoured that' of
Clem,Ti, 0
Macker:zio Lindsay, one of the principal
sion, has resigned, and that Mr. Archd•
brother of the Lcrd President of the Couit
of
to he his successor.—Glastiow batty Mail.