The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-22 00:00:00

TATTERSALLS'•-•.YZSTERDAY.

Tho settlement of the Shrewsbury accounts occupied
nearly all attention in the course of the afternoon, however
a few long shots were fired at Derby outsiders, which will
be found quoted below.

WARWICK STEEPLECIIARV.
3to 1 agst Jealousy (taken)
sto 1 agst Longford (taken)
sto 1 agst Abd-el-Bader (taken)

TILE DEABY.
40 to 1 agst Upperhand (taken to 100)
50 to 1 agst Paleface (taken)
1000 to 15 agst Sir William (taken)
1000 to 10 agst Oliver (taken)

The Glencluno and New Margaret have arrived
from China with 1,038,3001b5. of tea.
The paddle steamer Canton, the loss of which off
Macao has just been announced, was one of the oldest ves-
sels of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's fleet, and has
traded for a long period between Hong Kong,Fhanghai,
and Canton. She registered 350 tons, and had engines of
150 horse power.

FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. On Saturday
afternoon a long inquiry took place before Mr. Humphries,
the coroner for East Middlesex, at the Little Drivers 'I aver;
Bow-road, respecting the death of Mary Brown, a single lady
of independent means, aged 84, residing in the Avenue-
road, Bow, who lost her life on the North London Railway.
The body of the deceased was shockingly mutilated, the back
and abdomen were extensively cut by the steps of the car-
riages striking her. Both.ribs Amara bralran_ tNy likuu
mired, ner Naue dislocated, and she had sustained other
injuries. The jury, after a brief deliberation, 'returned a
verdict, " That the deceased met with her death on the
North London Railway by a train being set in motion with-
out sufficient care being taken by the company's servants in
seeing after the security of the passengers before starting ;
and that the coroner be directed to communicate with the
company, pointing out the defective state of some of the
carriage windows."
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DEATH FROM BURNING.—At Huddersfield, on
Thursday last, an inquest was held before Mr. Dyson, the
coroner for the district, on the body of Sarah Steele, an un-
married woman, who had died fr3m burning. A woman
named Hannah Armitage, who was cleaning the house of
the deceased at the time of the accident, said that on Tues-
day night, about 9 o'clock, the deceased went up stairs to
comb her hair. She had a petticoat over her crinoline,
and she was standing near the fire when her dress ignited.
She screamed and ran downstairs. Witness did her best
to put out the flames, and burnt her hands in so doing, but
the deceased dashed past her. Mr. Hardy, the next door
neighbour, heard her scream, and came m and told her
to lie down. Witness took the hearthrug off the kitchen
floor, and attempted to wrap it round her, but the wires of
the crinoline prevented this being cloud. She then darted
into the street all in a blaze. A man came with a knife and
ripped her burning stays off, and she was taken back into
the house naked. Sho died at a quarter past two o'clock
on the following day. Only a week ago the deceased had a
new wrapper burnt in a similar manner, and had had several
narrow escapes with her crinoline. David Hardy cor-
roborated this witness as to the attempts made to extinguish
the fire, and said when she got into the street she blazed
like turpentine. Every article was burnt off her, except
her shoes—the stockings being burnt down to her shoes.
The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death."
BATTLES FOUGHT ON SUNDAY.—The " War of
the Austrian Succession" offer an example in the battle of
Val, or Lafield, near Maestricht, fought on Sunday, the 2d
of July, 1747. The Peninsular War is fruitful on Sunday
fighting. Tke second battle in Portugal, that in Vimiera.
was fought on Sunday, 21st August, 1808. The battle of
Fuentes d'Onor was gained on Sunday, the sth of May,
1811. On Sunday evening, 19th of January, 1812,
Lord Wellington issued the brief and determined order,
that " Ciudad Rodrigo must be carried by assault this
evening, at seven o'clock." The battle of Orthes was
fought on Sunday, the 27th of February, 1814, and
that of Toulouse; the last general action of the Penin-
sular 'War—occurred on Easter Sunday, the 10th of April
following. The battle of Waterloo was also decided on a
Sunday, the date being the well-known 18th of June, 1815.
Tho second Burmese war afforded two examples. Easter
Sunday, the 11th April, 1852, the attack on the lines of
defence at Rangoon took place. The second was the attack
and capture of Pegu, on Sunday, the 21st of November,
1852, -by the Anglo-Indian troops, under Major- General
Godwin. In the victory of Inkermann is found another
instance, for it was fought on Sunday, the sth of Novem-
ber, 1854. And to crown the whole, it was on Sunday,
the 10th of May, 1857, that the terrible Indian mutiny
broke out at Meerut,