The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-27 00:00:00

ME SUN, LONDON, NON OAY EVENING, AUGUST 27, 1866.

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coming's of the present electoral law. •A little
manual* has just been issued which will be very
serviceable to all who are setting themselves in
good earnest to the consideration of Parliamentary
Reform. The subjects treated in it are borough
registration, county registration, who may and
who may not vote, who may and who may not
be elected. Proceedings before, at, and after an
election ; and last, not least, bribery, treating, and
undue influence. Many of these points are very
suggestive, and the reader cannot fail to be struck
with the contrast between the precepts of the
existing electoral law and the practice of a contested
election. Many similar inconsistencies will occur
to the Reformer as he turns over these pages, which
give very clearly and succinctly the substance of
all that a would-be- voter needs to know. The
whole question of Reform is one which cannot be
left in abeyance much longer, and, in preparing for
the new camp, the information given by Mr. GIL-
BERT'S little brochure may not be unserviceable.

*A vote for boroughs and counties. low to obtain and
maintain one. By T. Gilbert, jun., Parliamentary and
Registration agent. W. S. Johnson.

CORRESPONDENCE PROYI PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Sunday Evening.

The Moniteur announces the reception by the
Emperor of the letter by which his Majesty the
King of Prussia notifies to his Majesty the decease
of his Highness Prince Antoine Egon Charles
Frederic de Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, who died
from the wounds he received at the battle of
Koniggratz.
There was a Cabinet Council yesterday at St.
Cloud, at which the Emperor presided.
King William received, on the 21st inst., the
deputation from the House of Lords of Prussia,
charged to present to his Majesty the address in
answer to the Royal Speech. After a few touching
words upon the bounties which Providence has
heaped upon Prussia, the King added that they
could not conceive to what extent, in his quality of
Prince " born in purple," he was grieved to be com-
pelled to deprive so many of their Sovereigns of their
States. He had to sustain before accomplishing this
a terrible internal struggle, and it was solely the
conviction that the interest of the country com-
manded this rigorous measure which had induced
him to act in this manner. The King charged the
deputation to report these words to the House of
Lords.

The Memorial Diploniatique gives some parti-
culars respecting the mission of the Empress Char-
lotte of Mexico to Paris. After her last interview
with the Emperor her Majesty thought fit to send
a despatch to her husband, and said she should
delay her return to Mexico until he should receive
an answer from the Emperor. ller Majesty will
remain for a portion of the time at Brussels with
her brother, the King of the Belgains. Her Majesty
while in Paris had an interview with M. Fould,
Minister of Finance, which lasted two hours. Some
of the papers imagine that her Majesty was, to a
certain degree, successful in regard to the financial
portion of her message. I have some reason to be-
lieve the contrary. A Brussels paper states that
the Empress will not return to Mexico, but that
her husband, after abdicating the throne, will re-
join her in Europe.
The following is from the Siecle:--" The almost
unanimous vote of the address by the Prussian
Chamber of Deputies has caused some surprise.
The facility with which the progressive party made
concessions necessary to come to an understanding
with the other factions of the Chamber was by no
means expected. We believe the course adopted
may be explained by the impatient desire of the
whole Liberal party to put an end to the Constitu-
tional conflict, and to return to a normal position.
The recognition of the rights of Parliament by the
King and the request of a Bill of Indemnity being
accepted as a sufficient concession on the part of
the Crown, the Liberals hastened to come to a com-
promise upon that basis."
The Correctional Tribunal has decided against the
claim of M. Leopold Brouillet to have an article in-
serted in the evening Moniteur in explanation of
some statements made in the course of a report of
the proceedings of the Legislative Body. The Court
also ordered the complainant to pay the expenses.
The decision is on the following grounds :—" That
the report of the Parliamentary proceedings placed
every evening at the disposal of all the journals
being a document emanating from authority cannot
furnish the ground, on the part of those third parties
who may be mentioned in it, to claim from the
managers who publish it, either for a reply to the
statements or for proceedings for injury or defa-
mation."

Seeing that among the demolition of houses to
widen the approaches to the new square to be made
by the Theatre Francais will be that of the house
where the illustrious Corneille died in 1684, I took
a stroll to the Rue d'Argenteuil. Above the first
floor of the house No. 18 in that street there is a
black marble tablet on which is inscribed, " The
great Corneille died in this house on the Ist of
October, 1684." At the bottom of the tablet are
the words " Erected in 1826." It appears that it
was only in 1826 the discovery was made that Cor-
neille died in this house. In the court-yard of the
house, to which there is free access, is a handsome
bust of Corneille, and upon a crown of laurel over
the bust is written "Le Cid, 1636." There is also
the sentence written by Corneille himself to the effect
that to himself alone he owed all his renown. At that
time of day the Rue d'Argenteuil was a fashionable
quarter of Paris. Now it is a narrow winding street
with a considerable ascent, all flag stones, and no
pavement on the side. Old curiosity shops, cob-
blers and dirty-looking fruiterers shops, possess it.
At the bottom of the Rue d'Argenteuil there was
once a cobbler's stall, to which, according to tradi-
tion, the poet ran nimbly down one fine morning,
to get his shoes mended. Dangeau, who called him-
self the patron of men of letters, to whom Boileau
dedicated " L'Epitre sur la Noblesse" says in his
" Journal de la Cour de Louis XIV," " The good
man Corneille died yesterday. He was one of the
most skilful in our time in making comedies."
The sentence of death pronounced against Louis
Collignon, found guilty of drowning a child nine
years of age in the Seine, has been commuted to
hard labour for life. I gave you the particulars of
the case at the time.

The evolutions of the ironclad squadron being
concluded, the vessels have returned to the Gulf of
Juan, where they will be stationed for some weeks.
The weather was intensely hot both yesterday and
to-day. The air has been peculiarly oppressive and
enervating to-day, with slight showers of hot rain.
A case, which excites some interest, will be
brought before
Orleans before the Tribunal of the Seine in the
course of the week. A short time ago a boy, Albert
sonofthseemPireinacry,
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tohneabvoisyist
having offended him while he was playing with
them, he threw a stone at a young child named
Yvonneau, and seriously injured him in the face.
The father of the child claims from his Serene
Highness Grimaldi, Prince of Monaco, payment of a
sum of 15,000 f. as damages, and also a yearly pay-
ment of 6,000 f.
Some articles having been missed from a mercer's
shop in the Rue St. Florence, suspicion fell upon
one of the shop girls. The proprietor sent for her
to his room, and told her that as she was suspected
of having robbed him he should take her to the
commissary of police. The girl said she was ready
to accompany him, but requested permission to go
to her room for an instant. She went upstairs, and
immediately jumped out of. the window. When
taken up both her legs were broken, and she was
conveyed to the Hospital St. Louis in a hopeless

condition.
The last victim of the accident at the Emperor's
fete has been identified. She is a girl of 22, named
Octavio Deceinhick, a native of Westroolk (Bel-
gium). She had been engaged as a femme de chanibre
by a lady residing in the boulevard Malesherbe,
and was to have commenced her duties on the fol-
lowing day. It is feared that others of the injured
persons will not survive.
Yarious days have bee' mentioned for the &par-

ture of the Court for Biarritz. It will not take
place till the beginning of next month. Their Ma-
jesties will remain there about a month, and it is
said that the Empress of Mexico will return to
Paris about the same time as the Eniperor and
Empress.
General Prim and several of the officers who
took part in the Spanish insurrection are now at
Ostend.

La Liberte persists in its arguments to prove that
he Mexican Empire is falling to ruin, an opinion,
t says, which is shared by many people, and par-

titularly by the holders of Mexican Stock, who
allow the Six per Cents. to decline to 28f. and the
Bonds to 172 f. The Empress of Mexico, it adds,
shares in this view, for she will not return.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

FRANCE AND SPAIN.

PARIS, Aug. 27.

Yesterday, at St. Cloud, the Emperor received
Senor Mon, who presented his credentials as Spanish
Ambassador to the French Court.

Replying to a speech from Senor Mon, the Em-
peror expressed his deep sympathy for the Spanish
nation and his sincere friendship for Queen Isabella.

THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES.
BUCHAREST, Aug. 26.
*Prince Charles is on his journey through Mol-
davia, and has everywhere been received with en-
thusiasm. In several of the towns through which
he has passed thousands of the rural population
had assembled from the neighbouring districts in
order to welcome their new Hospodar.

Prince Charles will arrive at Jassy on Tuesday
next.

AMERICA.
(By Atlantic Telegraph.)
NEW YORK, Aug. 23 (Evening).

Gold, 1501. Exchange on London, 160 Z ; 5-20
United States Bonds, 1101 ; Middling Upland, 34.
NEW YORK, Aug. 24 (Evening).

Gold, 148+. Exchange on London, 157 ; 5-20
United States Bonds, noi. Cotton, middling
upland, 34.

FRANCE.

PARIS, Aug. 25.—Two o'clock.—No new fact of
any importance has occurred to influence the mar-
ket, yet there arc signs of improvement. Not only
has the late rise been firmly maintained, but it
shows signs of continuing. But little business is
transacted, but what there is has a decidedly up-
ward tendency. French Threes were done at 69f.
35c., or 10e. higher ; Italian Fives at 54f. 10c., or a
rise of 25c. ; Mobilier at 650 f., or 4f. 25c. higher ;
Credit Foncier and Comptoir d'Escompte at 1,325 f.
and 875 f., the same as yesterday. There was not
much activity in the railway market.
Three o'clock.—The market has closed without
any important change :-
4 per Cents 9B 50
Do. end month
3 per Cents. 69 30
Do. end month 69 40
Credit Mobilier 645
Do. end month 650
Credit Foncier 1335
Do. end month 1340 -
It A LL

Bank Shares 3600
Italian Loan
54 20
Do. end month
5-1
20
Mexican Loan
Do. Bonds 2B 50
172 50
''' 7
Spanish Threes
Home Debt
34 50
Deferred -
-
'LYS.

For Account.
Orleans BBO
Northern 1142 50
Lyons and Mediterranean 877 50
Southern 532 50
Western 5OO
Eastern
Sardinian . —
Austrian

Lombard 398 75
North of Spain lO2 50
Saragossa —
Ditto to Barcelona —
Roman —

ROSITERVILLE GARDENS. —The spirited pro-
prietor of these pleasureable grounds has, since ithas
ceased to be a proprietary andeawnanitiethtiirhencgied at once into his own
hands, made a marked improvement in them, and beautiful
andfas they over were they are doubly so
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tidious in places of this description. In fact, without
being invidious, it isssui genet-is. Although no advocates
for cheapness, at the expense of eomfort, we find both
combined here, which, added to the civility of the attend-
ants, render a dinner here very enjoyable. Since Mr. Jones
became the solo proprietor, he has erected in the grounds
a small but elegantly arranged theatre. No refresh-
ments, no smoking, no vociferous encores are permitted,
while everything here, as elsewhere throughout the estab-
lishment, is conducted with the utmost propriety. The
amusements in the theatre consist of a very fair concert
The ballet of " The Mountain Sylphs," for which, however
creditably performed, the stage is perhaps too small, con-
cluding with the excellent burlesque of "Orpheus and
ipurydice," the cast for which is well assigned, and the per-
formance altogether very excellent. Dancing takes place
at intervals to the strains of an excellent brass and
quadrille band, either on the circular platform or in the
Gothic Banquet-hall. There wo may observe the arrange-
ments being so orderly as to remind us of a well regulated
ball-room. Mr. J. Seaton presides at his old post as M.G.,
his benefit, by the way, taking place on Wednesday next,
when ho is safe for a bumper, especially as the carte du
jour is on a very extensive scale. We have no space to
mention the many attractions of the grounds themselves,
whose mqssy fountains and sylvan shades afford a pleasant
retreat for those who seek retirement.
BURNS'S COTTAGE.—It was stated in The Sun of
Thursday that tho cottage in which Burns was born at.
Alloway, near Ayr, is about to be sold. In mentioning
this fact the Inverness Courier says :—" The cottage—lite-
rally a clay-built thatched hut—remains in much the same
condition in which it was left by the poet's father, built
with his own hands in December, 1757, 13 months before
the birth of his illustrious son; but since that time two
rooms and a large hall have been added communicating
with the cottage. Tho elder Burns had several acres of
land adjoining the house, as ho intended carrying on busi-
ness as a nurseryman ; but after nine years' occupation he
sold the property for £l2O. The land connected with the
cottage is now curtailed to five acres, and a sum of £3,000
is asked for the whole. The rent is nominally £7O a year,
but the last two tenants were, we believe, both bankrupt.
One tenant went deranged and another shot himself ! Pot
about 60 years the cottage has been kept as an alehouse.
Curran, the Irish orator, visited it in 1810. We found,'
ho says, the keeper of it tipsy. He pointed to the corner
on one side of the fire, and, with a most ma/-a-prvos
laugh, observed, There is the very spot whore Robert
Burns was born.' The genius and the fate of the man were
already heavy on my heart ; but tho drunken laugh of the
landlord gave mo such a view of the rock on which ho
foundered, I could not stand it, but burst into tears.' We
should be glad to see this classic little property fall into
the hands of some respectable person,
instead of being
continued as a low tippling-house, the disgust of the neigh-
bourhood and of all strangers visiting
a spot hallowed by
so many interesting and affecting associations. Some per-
sons, we hear, are willing to give about £2,000 for the
house and land, in order that they
may be kept in a cre-
ditable manner, and that the cottage of the pious father of
the Cottar's Saturday Night' may be saved from further
degradation. England has lately secured for the present
age and for posterity the birthplace of Shakspere ; could
not Scotland do the same for Burns ? The banks of the
Avon are not holier ground than the banks of the Ayr
or the Doon."
THE Hor TRADE.-0a -Wednesday last several
new provisions in the Act of the 29th Victoria,
chap. 37, to amend the law to prevent frauds and abuses in
the trade of hops, came into force. Growers and others are
now required to mark each bag or pocket with the year
when the hops were actually grown, the true progressive
number, and the gross weights of the same, under a penalty
of £2O. It is now an offence to mix hops of different quali-
ties and value, and penalties are recoverable on persons
selling or exposing for sale hops in
bags not marked, or
not properly :narked. It is enacted that "no person what-
soever shall, after the 21st of August, 1866, take or suffer
to be taken any hops of foreign growth out of the bags in
which they are imported and re-bag them in British bags
or pockets in order to sell, dispose of, or
export the same as
British hops; under a penalty of £lO for every hundredweight
and after that rate for a greater or lesser quantity." One-
half of the penalty recovered is to go to the complainant.
The former Acts, passed in the reign of George 111., are
recited as having been found ineffectual to prevent frauds
in the trade of hops .
THE MONARCII—Messrs Penn and Son, who so
so successfully turned out of hands the engines of her Ma-
jesty's ship Bellerophon, are, we understand, likely to be
called upon to supply the machinery for the new armour-
plated turret ship Monarch, now building on Mr. E. J.
Reed's designs at Chatham. The Monarch will be 5,100
tong and 1,190 how poyfer,—Amry rind oYarl/ acmct•

The City Pumps and Wells.

Dr. Letheby, the medical officer of health for the
City of London, has just presented a report to the
Corporation on the quality of the water from the
pumps and surface wells of the City, a subject
which at this time has an especial interest. In con-
sequence, he says, of, the numerous applications
lately made to him for information of the quality of
the water supplied by the several pumps of the City
he has thought it necessary to report the average
results of his numerous analyses of these waters
during the last five years. Altogether there are 35
pumps in the City, from which the public are in the
daily habit of drawing water for drinking purposes,
and the quantity of saline and organic matter in
the gallon ranges from 26.63 grains to 129.73 ; that
of the New River during the last month being but
17.16 grains, and of the East London 18.18. Only
six of the City wells yield water with less than 50
grains of solid matter in the gallon, and there are
but two others with less than 70 grains. Ten of
them contain from 70 to 80 grains per gallon, nine
have from 80 to 90 grains, two from 90 to 100 grains,
and there are five wells in the City, namely, those
in Aldgate High-street, in Bishopsgate-street, by
Dunning's-alley, in Leadenhall-market, in Milton-
street, Cripplegate, and in St. Nicholas Olave
churchyard—the water of which contains from 100
to 130 grains of solid matter per gallon. In most
cases, too, the constituents are remarkably indica-
tive of the source and nature of the pollution. The
wells of the public meat markets, for example—as
those of Newgate, Aldgate, and Leadenhall—are
charged with the peculiar filth of those localities ;
indeed, the water furnished by the well in Leaden-
hall-market contains nearly 40 grains of common
salt pergallon, besides a large quantity of nitre and
organic matter, all of which is derived from the
hides exposed for sale. The wells of the city church-
yards and their neighbourhood are also strongly
tainted with saltpetre and ammonia, the former to
the extent of from 20 to nearly 30 grains in the
gallon, doubtless the final product of the decay of
the animal matter buried in the neighbouring grave-
yards. Others of the public wells show the pre-
sence of the more or less oxidised products of sub-
stances which had escaped from adjoining
drains and sewers ; and nearly all of them are so
largely impregnated with compounds which had
percolated through the foul soil of the city that they
are entirely unfit for domestic use. Where the
soil is well protected, and the pump is away from
any especial source of pollution, as is the case
with the two pumps at Guildhall, the water is but
moderately tainted with impurities; but even there it
is dangerous to use the water for drinking purposes,
for there is no saying how soon it may become foul
from a neighbouring sewer or cesspool. As most
of these waters are bright and sparkling, and have
a cool and agreeable taste,. they are much sought
after for drinking purposes; but tha coolness of the
beverage and the briskness of its appearance are
dangerous fascinations, for they are both derived
from organic decay. In fact, the dead and decom-
posing matters accumulated in the soil are partially
changed by a wonderful power of oxidation, and thus
converted into carbonic acid and nitre. These give
to the water the agreeable qualities which are so
deceptive ; and although they are so frequently
drunk without any apparent injury to health, yet it
cannot be that the products of such corruption can
be admitted into the human body without danger of
insidious mischief, and at the present time there is
the still greater danger of the impuri-
ties of the soil passing unchanged into the
water, and being a source of quick and certain in-
jury. In illustration of this, Dr. Letheby refers to
the remarkable outbreak of cholera which occurred
in the parish of St. James, Westminster, in the
autumn of 1854, and which was traced to a favourite
pump in Broad-street. It was noticed on that occa-
sion that the disease was confined to a small area
in the neighbourhood of the pump, and that, of 73
persons who died during the first few days of the
visitation, 61 had drunk the water. It was even
observed among persons who were living in the same
street, and occasionally in the same houses, that
those only were attacked who drank the favourite
water of the pump. But, more remarkable still, it
was ascertained that persons who lived at a distance
from the parish, and who had the water sent to them
because of its supposed purity, were seized with
cholera and died. A full inquiry into all the circum-
stances of the case proved that the well had become
charged with cesspOol drainage, and had thus ac-
quired its poisonous action. The pollution had per-
haps being going on for years, and yet this water
had not betrayed it until a slight excess of organic
impurity brought out its dangerous properties. As
in the case of most of the City pumps, its cool and
sparkling qualities had gained for it such a high re-
pute in the neighbourhood that it was a favourite
Water and was generally drunk. Another case oc-
curred at West Ham in Surrey, in the autumn of
1857. Suddenly at that place there was a visitation
of cholera in a row of 16 cottages that were ap-
parently isolated from epidemic influences. It showed
itself along one side of the street, where in a few
days 13 persons were attacked with the disease,
seven of whom died. Dr. Elliott, the health officer
for the district, suspected from his inquiries that

the common pump on that side of the street had been
concerned in the mischief ; its water was therefore
examined, and it was found to be polluted with the
soakage of the adjoining sewer. At once the use
of it was interdicted, and, to make the matter
certain, the handle of the pump was taken a way,and
from that moment the further spread of the disease
was arrested. In further illustration of this subject,
Dr. Letheby refers to the cholera visitations of
1848-9 and 1853-4, during which time there were

two striking examples of the influence of such water
in the propagation of disease. The southern dis-
tricts of London, comprising nearly a fifth of the
population of the metropolis, were visited most
severely with cholera at both of those outbreaks,
ani the persons. who suffered most on each occasion
were those who drank the worst quality of water.
The inhabitants were• supplied by two rival com-
panies, who obtained their water from the Thames
at different parts of its course. In one case the
water was charged with a larger amount of organic
matter than in the other ; and, although the condi-
tions of the population were in every other respect
the same, yet this had the effect of augmenting the
mortality to a frightful extent. In the second visi-
tation of the disease the circumstances of the supply
were changed ; the water of the old company, which
was formerly the worst, was now the best, and the
severity of the disease was changed likewise; for
those who partook of the still bad supply suffered as
before, and their mortality was three and a half
times greater than their neighbours' it being at the
rate of 130 in 10,000, instead of 37, and a similar
tale might be told of the cholera visitation of many

other places in this country. All these, says
Dr. Lethehy, are warnings of the danger
of using water polluted with sewage, or
the drainage from cesspools ; nor are the perco-
lations from the graveyards t.f a city less inju
rious, for experience has demonstrated that these
also are a prolific source of disease. He refers to
one instance only, on the authority of Sir James
APGregor, who relates that when the British Army
was in Spain about 20,000 soldiers were buried in a
rather small space of ground, and after two or three
months the troops who drank the water from the
wells of the neighbourhood were attacked with dy-
sentery and malignant fevers. The cause of the
mischief was clearly traced to the hardly recogniz-
able impurity in the water from the shallow wells.
llere, however, in the churchyards of this city, there
are the remains of ten times such a buried army
undergoing decay, and in the whole of the metropo-
lis, in a space of
,not more than 218 acres, there were
buried not long since as many as 50,000 dead in the
year. In a generation of 30 years this would give us
a-million and a half of decomposing bodies in the
surface soil of London ; and through this the water
percolates, to find its way into the porous stratum
which supplies the shallow wells of the metropolis.
At best the change of this corruption is but imper-
fect, for although the presence of ammonia and
saltpetre tells us of an ultimate process of decay, yet
it also indicates the more than possible danger which
accompanies it. All these considerations, he says,
should force upon us the conclusion that water from
the surface wells of the metropolis, contaminated as

they dre with the refuse of drains, and the soakings
from graveyards, is unfit for public use, and that
no natural process of oxidation can render it safe.
Dr. Letheby advises, therefore, that none of the
water furnished by the city pumps, nor by any of
the pumps of London, should be used for domestic
purposes.

Accident on the Great Eastern Railway.

KING'S LYNN, Sunday Morning.

An accident of a fatal character took place yes-
terday afternoon, on the Great Eastern Railway,
near Ely. Amidst the confusion and distress occa-
sioned by this dreadful catastrophe, the following
are the best particulars I could glean last night, but
as I purpose visiting the scene of the accident to-
day, I shall supply you by a later train with the
fullest particulars I can glean. During the summer
months the Great Eastern Railway runs an excur-
sion train from Peterborough to Yarmouth and
Lowestoft, in connexion with the Midland and
Great Northern systems, leavipg Peterborough at
2.30, and crossing the great level of the Fens, via
Ely and Norwich. It appears that the train pro-
ceeded as usual yesterday afternoon in perfect se-
curity until close under the shadow of "Ely's sacred
fane," when, from some cause not yet ascertained,
the engine left the line, dragging after it four of the
carriages, which were immediately piled on each
other in a frightful manner, the shrieks and groans
of the occupants being heartrending and truly ap-
palling. The driver of the engine was killed on the
spot, and four of the passengers so seriously in-
jured that but little hopes are entertained of their
lives being saved, whilst a large number of passen-
gers received injuries of a less serious character.

LATEST PARTICULARS.

ELY, Sunday Afternoon.

That a greater loss of life did not ensue upon
Yesterday's accident is evidently due to the making
up of the train, which consisted of an engine, a
brake, a composite carriage, next to which was a
first-class smoking carriage, next a second-class
carriage, and three third-class carriages. The pas-
sengers, about a hundred in number, were nearly
all iu the last three carriages.

On proceeding to the scene cf the accident I dis-
covered that it occurred about 400 yards before
reaching the junction, after rounding a curve, and
the most likely cause of the accident I have heard
is, that the poor fellow who is dead was driving the
engine at very high speed. Rumour says the train
was proceeding at the rate of 60 miles an hour, and,
from a result 1 shall presently have occasion to
allude to, this does not seem at all improbable.
The engine appears to have left the metals on
the left-hand side, and after running along on
the gravel and sleepers for some distance, turned
round to the left and plunged down the incline
through the fence into a potato field at the back
of a gatehouse and some cottages, forming part of
the hamlet of Queen Adelaide, between Ely and
Prickwillow. After the engine had got some little
distance in the field it half buried itself in the
earth and turned over on its right side, then coming
to a standstill, the couplings between the brake and
the second-class carriage seemed to have broken,
and the brake turned right over on end to the en-
gine, smashing itself almost to pieces, and burying
both the engine-driver and guard beneath the debris.
The fireman, only hurt in the shoulder, crawled
out and turned off some of the works of the engine.
To prove the great speed at which the train must
have been proceeding, the carriages liberated from
the engine and brake pushed along past them, the
whole train going past the engine on the left hand
side. The composite carriage turned over topsy-
turvy, and was smashed, and the smoking carriage
turned on to its left side ; the second-class carriage
also turned over, but the three thirds only lost two
wheels each and were slightly over. The bulk of
the passengers being in the last three carriages
escaped with but slight injuries, though severely
shaken and much frightened, and they began to
scramble out of the windows. Information was
immediately conveyed to the Ely station, and the
station-master, Mr. Barnes, at once proceeded on
an engine to the scene of the accident, and having
set a staff of men to work to clear away the debris
and extricate the missing driver and guard, and
other persons, he sent for some carriages and an
engine, and removed the bulk of the passengers
to Ely. Two of the passengers, Mr. and Mrs.
Ambrose Grounds, of the Griffin Hotel, March,
who, it is believed, were in the composite carriage,
were found, and both appeared to be very seriously
injured. They were conveyed to a cottage close by,
and were speedily attended by Mr. Muriel, jun.,
surgeon, and were afterwards conveyed to the
Lamb Hotel, where they now lie. A ladypassenger
was also got out apparently much injured. Miss
Coward, from Wakefield, was en route for North
Walsham by Norwich. She has been removed to
the Lamb Hotel. The names of the other passengers
who may be said to be seriously injured are Mr.
Legge, the son of a shoemaker at Ely, and Mr.
Hills, jun., merchant. After some little work the
poor fellow Fuller, who acted as guard, was got out
of the wreck alive, and only just so, for in addition
to the injuries he had received he was almost
smothered. Brown, the driver, who has been in the
company's service for a quarter of a century, and is
everywhere spoken of as a steady, industrious man,
was quite dead when found. The majority of the
passengers, besides those referred to above, proceeded
to their homes to avoid alarming their friends.
Later in the evening Mr. J. Robertson, superinten-
dent of the Great Eastern Railway, arrived, and
everything was done to relieve the sufferings of the
injured, the rails which were broken both on the up
and down lines by the train going off the metals
having been repaired, the traffic was resumed.
An inquest will be held to-morrow on the body
of William Brown,•the engine-driver.

The following circular memorandum, headed
i‘ Extension of Seamen's Leave by Magistrates," has
been issued by the Admiralty and has been promul-
gated at Woolwich :--
"It appearing that seamen, when on leave and unable
from illness to rejoin their ships at the proper time, some,-
times obtain extension of leave from the magistrates, their
lordships desire it may be made generally known that men
cannot bo granted extension by any civil authority what
ever. Whenever a man is prevented by illness from re-
joining his ship at the expiration of his leave he must in-
form his captain of the fact, and send at the same time a
medical certificate, or ho will be marked "run" on the
ship's books.
"By command of their Lordships,

" NV. G. ROMAINE."

DOVER AND CALAIS INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY.—
The suggestion for making a tunnel beneath the
bed of the English Channel wherein to lay this long-pro-
jected lino has been condemned as impracticable, whilst the
feasibility of constructing suspension or girder bridges with
spans of from seven miles to 21 miles has been considered
questionable ; nor has the tube upon the Channel bed,
protected by a bank of stones, been received with much
greater favour, notwithstanding the success of the Pneu-
matic Despatch Company. The latest proposition is that
of Mr. Charles Boutet, who claims that ho can, at a cost
of £16,000,000, construct a gigantic pontoon bridge, with
all the necessary appurtenances, and to get the work open
for traffic in five years. There will bo openings for the
conveyance of ships navigating the Channel at each end
of the bridge, and the bridge will be provided with light-
houses, refreshment buffets, ordinary carriage ways, and
four rows of gas lamps by way of illumination. Mr. Boutet
considers the French will readily alter the gauge of their
railways when the bridge is completed.—lllining Journal.
THE UNITED STATES MISSION TO THE CZAR.—
The St. Petersburg Journal mentions that Mr. Fox and
the other members of the United States Mission, after the
interview with the Emperor, expressed a desire to see Kom-
missarow, who saved his Majesty's life. Having been con-
veyed to Peterhoff for this purpose, Mr. Fox, addressing
Kommissarow, said : Sir,-1 have come hero to express
to you my personal respect, and to congratulate you in
the name of the United States at having been chosen by
Divine Providence to save a life so dear not only to Russia
but to the whole world. These words having been inter-
preted for Kommissarow he returned thanks. The Ame-
ricans present then shook him by the hand, and asked him
for his photograph. Kommissarow, with much emotion,
promised to send it, and desired M. Abaza, the interpre-
ter, to express his deep gratitude to hie friends in the new
world.

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NEWS FROM THE DEEP.—A bottle was picked up
on Christchurch ledge on Sunday, tho 24th, by James
Bartlett, fisherman, containing a paper written in pencil as
follows:—" Whoever picks this up, please send to Major
Hill, Brook-villa, Cheshunt, Herts. Off Ushant, boat half
full of water; provisions getting scarce; water gone.—
RICHARD PERREN•"