The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-18 00:00:00

mixture of Welsh with the English, or the intermarriage of
the latter with a Welsh population, and the negative evi-
dence supports the Chronicles in the assertion that the
Welsh were slaughtered as the English extended.
The view of Kemble is supported, that the early English
occupied the country with scattered homesteads.
Kemble's theory of places in ing denoting a gan or clan
population is limited, as other applications of ing are shown.
Several tribes took part in the invasion, and were mixed
up together throughout the country, as is shown by dia-
lectal evidence.

The High Dutch tribes were not concerned in the inva-
sion.

The common names of the population were the same as
those now existing of the same type, as Bull, Brown,
Sharpe, &c. The nomenclature bears evidence of epochs,
the earliest names being largely based on clan names. In
the later periods of invasion, the nomenclature is found to
undergo modification.
These modifications are in general conformity, with the
evidence of the Chronicles.

The Northumbrian invasions embraced a large part of
the Lowlands of Scotland at an early date.
The old names show that the invaders were of the sect of
Weden or Woden. There is no evidence of Christian insti-

tions before the recorded epoch. The Danish and Norman
names are found to conform with subsequent occupation.
The immigration of Flemish settlers in the Norman
time in Devonshire, Cornwall, and South Wales, can be
identified.

The topographical nomenclature of England conforms
with that of their kindred in the Germanic countries.
Thus, in the neighbourhood of the Roman cities, in
Britain, or in Germania, the like system of names may be
identified. ' The topographical names give evidence of the
independence and continuity of a Saxon descent and insti-
tutions.

Lord S. Russell's Life of Fox, and the Memoirs of
the. Court of George IV!, are criticised together, in
an article which discusses the relative merits of
Whigs and Tories. An essay upon " Realistic
Novelists" examines the rival claims of George
Eliot and Anthony Trolloppe to public favour.
Mr. Mill's recent work on " Liberty" is spoken of
in high terms, and there are several other papers
of varying degrees of merit.

The Journal of Psychological Medicine. No. XIV.

Churchilll.

Many valuable and important questions are dis-
cussed in this quarterly. An article on the " Arti-
ficial production of Stupidity in Schools," is espe-
cially deserving of the attention of all connected
with educational establishments. The evils of the
present system are forcibly dwelt upon, and the
nature of the necessary improvements clearly
pointed out. Another essay on the " Moral
Therapeutics of London" is well worthy of the
attention of the philosopher and the philanthropist.
There is also an article on general paralysis, and se-
veral reports and statistics connected 'with the
treatment of the insane.

The journal of Agriculture. No. 64. Blackwood.
The usual amount of agricultural information ls,
given in this useful quarterly, with a lengthenal
report of the premiums offered by the Agricultural
Society of Scotland during the past year. Among
the most interesting of the articles we may mention
a comparison between English and French agri;
culture, and a paper on the physical condition 01
the rural labourer.

DREADFUL BOILER EXPLOSION AT

DUNDEE.

On Friday afternoon, about one o'clock, a dread'
ful boiler explosion took place at the spinning-'
of Messrs. Edwards, •of Scouringburn, Dundee,
attended by the less of about 20 lives, the serious
injury of an equal number of persons, and con's.derable damage to property. From te Dundee
Saturday Post we take the following account of the
calamity : •
" The immediate cause of the disaster was till
explosion of one of the three boilers at the east ell,
of the works. The boilers were built partly
below the level of the street, and were surmounts
A
by a fire-proof building. A public road bounded
this building on the east, and an iron bridge e°ll'
nected it with the north wing of the works. A"*".n-
tleman who was passing along the Scouringeur;
at the moment of the accident, states that he I'4
a sudden cloud of steam rise round the east erlu,
the works, then the entire building above tiL;
boilers perceptibly rose into the air, and fell de,, e
at
wmass
flatsof riunitnos
wt oh
itehhe g
ther o u n
ruinedd.
be
nfii first
go f
„sr, ;
divided consisted of an apartment for drying spin
yarn, and the other flat was used for preparing
flax, and was filled with the heavy machinell,
necessary for that purpose. The whole building
was fire-proof, built of brick arches, cast-in,.
pillars, beams, and girders, and the floors were
brick and pavement. The alarm speedily spread',
and praiseworthy, though for a time necessaij,
confused, attempts were made to relieve the
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ferers. The work was most difficult, and the sr,
tacles encountered were heartrending. The p 7,
victims were in many instances scalded and mang',o
so horribly that their relatives could not recogolor
them. One young woman was found gasping and
life, her mouth fixed open, dreadfully scalded,
_titter.
her arms literally boiled, She died soon a' a 0
reaching the infirmary. Another young W°.ll 0
was found lying across a sharp iron beam, w1;00
Quantity of heavy machinery above her. She The
of course quite dead, and nearly cut through• see
heat arising from the hot water and the furileo
was so intense that before the unhappy suffer to
could be helped the hose had to be resorted to
cool the machinery and. rubbish. Some of the
women were found in the preparing raachineS
_,
which they had been working. One of them
excel
biw,ohodemi ebasno
d,sy
carried into the counting-room in a state of exell'a
elating torture, so scalded that the features coi.
scarcely be recognised, part of her tongue cut avill '
and the skin hanging quite loosely from her 03,,
Having been made out to be a person of Rom
Catholic persuasion, the priests, who were on- No
spot, administered extreme unction, performed In ,
customary ceremonies in the case of a dyingpertei
wereoetn, twiriethly
trhoeastfeodot, a.nd. so mangled nt
and engaged in prayer over her. Several 0,1,i-0t
of Adam Doig,
they had lost the appearance of humanity'
a dyineri,t.%,vwasasgtkaeidquiliitilf;
charred. The body of another man was foulltlBv,her
the whole of one hand and the fingers of the °t be
burnt off, and his feet and shoes shrivelled by .00
w
fire. Sheets were provided, into which the reillill4
of the dead were wrapped as they
from the ruins. The following is a list of the''''
who were conveyed to the infirmary :--- Mae'
"Catherine Carlin, aged 24, and Mary Alluoier
laren, 17, severely burnt, and since dead; Elisll9'ent ill
son, 22, burns of face, hands, and legs, and,
_rot;
the head ; Catherine Reid, 36, severely „..D:i'rot;
were disinte_rn,,
Euphemia Matthew, 25, scalp wound all,d uriseilf
Elizabeth Connolly, 47, bruised ; Ellen
..,,xl,,,abetil
25, severe burn of face and scalp wound ; D',1:401,
Ferguson, 22, face, legs, &c., burnt; Ellen 14'.,e Or
21, scalp wound and burnt ; Isabella BOY', kw-
bruised ; Margaret Livingston, 26, scalds an leg;
ture of cranium ; Ann Hauton, 40, fractureitood
William M'Cormick, 17, severe wounds;
dislocate
M'Millan, 41, severe burns, compound dislroi,
of ankle, and amputation of leg; and John is; two
29, internal injuries. The recovery of ,t,rll,,usfr
latter is considered doubtful. Ellen luti-1, 01l
above-mentioned, had travelled from Aberdeen the
Thursday, and had only entered the mill o",e 0
day of the accident. Another distressing e.3' the
that of an orphan girl, who had only been 11100 ti
mill a few hours when the tragedy occurred.
~a,
of themarried women killed was seven months ad,
vanced in pregnancy. John Binnx, mention
Another`
above, is the father of a young faux of 0
peculiarly distressing incident
.was the. deathe
rod,
countrywoman who was passing along
Shetn yioo
found in a sitting
(h. haden in
Nvhaomwo
that bounded the building on the east.
vbiels
oveposturerw h ectinazg
her.t h e rubsbosi.sehr,alevoilleili
earleenpgtlaying.near the same road eso."the
wonderful escap it
with injuries meosrewoats that of
ATTsvesnec,.tfie
with the north
bridge that connected the building wi ,
__, the
manager of the mill, who had crossed the „di
wing, and bad hardly entered the latter has left
explosion occurred. One of the firemen ha", the
for dinner at one o'clock, just in time to escape
explosion. His comrade was found in a., Sitting
explosion. hill'
posture with one of his legs drawn under (alit°
opposite the furnace door, and, of course' be-.
dead. Among those taken out dead we;_;fire'
sides those already mentioned, Joseph Clariivii, 0
man ; John Kirk, foreman ; Thomas Nevv_,, not
boy, and eleven women whose names a_log 0,
ascertained. There are also inquiries refaLl igr,
woman more than the number recovered,:n,ith fir
Armstrong, one of the drainage contractors, w °vet,
strong force of his men, is at work turfing cti _
the ruins in a systematic way, so that 11,°"" a tli°
eexscpalpoesiotnhewme.
m'raoygmiveentainonidtehaaotftthhee
on the opposite were injured by the show
as drive..
boiler were thrown quite across the road, the. 7);-lisoot
water and debris, the whole of the glass w
r:ectctclo
out of one window, and two bricks werep
_uJits
r,
through another window with such forec, si!
~
penetrate a partition inside the house.. ,I_, be Or
rounding houses were also marked thickly
an
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stones and rubbish thrown against theT,_lo-11 th°
some instances the slates were blown Ipr"tbe e.'
roofs, evidently by the mere violence
.001.,er thews'
tifuorecsei.ofiloeo
plosion. The dome of the exploded b ,"bottoloc;
There are only two conceivable or really.
a, ,
found ten yards from its collapsed sidesanoiwbbaehelo
causes of the tragedy
—that the water
vgua,",t, had
allowed to get too low, and that cold_ ,
_huer; oi.
been suddenly
thathow however, the
einojfecstteedaminhtoacithbeeehneamteodreo:thl_aonitititsv:
it.hesosul. public will look to the p
that °f 3' ''
cities for information. Such a scene as __.„ace.
boiler plates were fitted to bear. On trhore;vatiti,ei;
terday has never before been witnessed in P""