The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-26 00:00:00

Shocking Railway Accident.

Yesterday a shocking and fatal accident occurred on
the South Eastern Railway to one of the workmen em-
ployed on the line. The unfortunate man was engaged in
plate-laying, and the approach of the train due at the Lon-
don-bridge Terminus at half-past 11 so paralysed him
that before he could recover himself he was knocked
down by the train, which passed over him, severing his
head from his body. Notice of the fatal accident has been
forwarded to the coroner.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening.

Amsterdam Short. 11 IGi
Ditto 3 Months. 12 0
Rotterdam
Antwerp — 25 55
Brussels
Hamburg
Paris Short 25 2*
Ditto 3 Months. 25 40
Marseilles
Frankfort on the Maine 119
Vienna — 13 15
Trieste — 13 20
Petersburgti - 241
Berlin
Madrid —45 f
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa — 27 90

11 17i
12 1
12 1
25 60
25 60
13 10k
25 15
25 47}
25 50

119 f
13 25
13 30
25
7 1
466
47

28 20
28 20
28 10
28 20

Naples —

28 0

Liverpool Cotton Market —This Day.

The market opens with a fair inquiry. Sales
probably 8,000 bales.

The Prince of Wales rode out on horseback yes-
terHdaisy
Ralfooryenoon
Highnesses in the afternoon presided
at a lecture given at the Royal United Service In-
stitution, Whitehall.
The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive.
A deputation, consisting of Lord Boston, the
Hon. H. W. Fitzmaurice, the Hon. W. 0. Stanley,
ohcnaodl 0
na ne l
ilinaterenrvxetuss,laeitwsarywit:
the Hon. Col. Pennant, and Mr. Owen F. Meyrick,
Council, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, and the
the Lord President of the
ofn Righte
yesterday,
Hon. ll
on the subject of the cattle plague.
at the Privy Council-
' S CIETY —At the meeting
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL 0
dinner attendedwll ttahkeeipnlecrevoietww.ime3
o'clock, at Burlington:. House, the
ii_..Eßruce,
Monday n
pros' sir R. I. Murchison, Bart., will delivnegruhhisi
address. The an
Boons at 60 30 p.m.
18 years. The deceased was amusing 'dent,
FATAL FALL FROM A SWING.--yesterday an
in-
quest was held at Bromley on the body of phi •
aged
Whit-Monday upon a swing which was s
trees, and whilst taking a high swing she suspended from
endeavoured to
catch with one of her hands a branch of
effort lost her hold with the other a tree, and in the
hand and fell to the
ground, striking her head against a tree, whereby she re-
ceived concussion of the br •
day. am causing death on the Verdict—Accidentalfollow-
ing
Death.
SWARMOF
CUCKOOS IN SU ' A RREI.— swarm of
cuckoos, a bird which "brings
on the Surrey hills in extraordinarynumbers,usgoodlatridiengs,'' assembledd
their welcome notes are heard for manygmiles. It i un-
usual for so large a flight of cuckoos to remain together
es
1.1 annualsveillfso on
after arriving from winter quarters, but some naturalists
ascribe it to the cold easterly winds, and think that a few
sunny days would separate and disperse them over the
country.—Norwood Post.
A LOST CITY FOUND.—General Lyon, late of
the Confederate Army, is said to have discovered
another lost city of Mexico, in the district called by the
Indians Metaltaloyuca, situated above 100 miles west of
Tuzpau in the state of Vera Cruz. Trees, hundreds Of
years old, are growing amidst the ruins. The walls of many
houses are standing, and on them are paintings and other
ornaments, and carved doorways and images abound in
every street. There are several temples, and a statuette
was found, upon the reverse of which was a cross. The
doors of the houses are generally closed with huge blocks
of stone, and there are other indications that the abandon-
ment of the city was due to a Froncerted movement.
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