The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-01 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

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The A troop of the Royal Engineer train leave
the command of Capt. H. T. Siborne, 10" a to
Aldershott camp on Monday next, and Pr°c..,,gce and
Chathamoioto t
winter
joinin te
rt
quarters.h e head-quarters
Th ehorses,
oorfstehs
,e col
arens,o
ts oto gr e s ,
,c., will proceed by easy stages' it,",.ds the
atittehree4nldstofanthde4w9ethek.
lexpectedto reach Brampton barracks Wl—
ttohebeusruealileTed.by completed
period of service in the West
Regiments, having .aro
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the 62d and 63d Reginlentt, !will
Nova Scotia. The 41st and 49th Reo'iniell;
proceed to Nova Scotia on being thus relievou,' fan'
try, invalided since May last,
t Lieut.-Col. Congdon, Royal Marine Light 111,4. is
severe accident by the fall of his horse, whlii3bis
duty at Woolwich, has been recommended bit. an
medical attendants to solicit the indulgonee, lv, if
extension of six months' leave, in orde11" returning
possible, to re-establish his health before n,,
from the effeettv 00
Ito duty. Col. Congdon is within six of obtaining
_Tr,:
his promotion, and after a period of 30 yearsa7o4
vice in the corps he would be ill requiteu by _I.
tirement on the half-pay of a lieutenant-eologoer 10
Hassan Ali Khan, the Persian .A11113°61/1 ye&
London, accompanied by Lieutenant•Gennfinelir
wick, East India Company's Army, CaP„."suite
East India Company's Navy, and a nuraere;rivnto
of Persian attendants, conveyed in f°ll,r ;,rh. and
carriages, yesterday went down to Wootvg— 000
visited the Royal Arsenal. His Excellenq
every
a most minute and lengthened inspection ot,ories.
department, with the exception of the gun fa.,c.ii five.
The inspection lasted from half-past twl,"3l;eroian
leapt. Lynch, who is a perfect master of Ur his late
important
and who attended Ferule-Khali in icor,
important mission to Europe, acted as
and was shown the most manifest marks of reficiruag
according to the custom of Eastern nations, WI OW
dor.
as 0
generally hand-in-hand with the Ambassa
Excellency desired Capt. Lynch, appoently,.o.
kind. of plea for the exigency of his nunierell°ollthst
Ftions, to inform the officers of the dePartvr eon"
eruk Khan was now Prime Minist rof his vi-
e ~,, kno
try, mainly as a reward, and in virtue of ;fled la
ledge and information which he had obiti"--
England. interp ci,

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SERIOUS ACCIDENT oN THE
AND SOUTH COAST RAlLir.dic

A dreadful accident, with thel°fis
a-to,---tended
lives, happened at the Beddingham- of
.two
rn OP
a.nboui two miles south of Lewes, on esasY th
iFuate e--9:0;
t Lewes
; the down express train, which leave9with
wletmapepne,
aainsdthliatteraatlltyhsemashed the
t station having run into a horsed nd °lloilo.
press was about a quarter of an hour late. The
with the van, which belongs to Mr. Eln' !jog I"
farmer at Beddingham, came up to the er°%-ight•
very few minutes before the train eagle 111,a tbs
place of accident the
in
They spoke to the gatekeeper, who unbasPi after
gate to allow them to pass. Almost all
sight,instau owl
he had done so the train appeared in rv(Of
c ose upon the party, the evening being it/ eoula,
andb wet. He reclosed the gate as won as Pehether
wole to a 4,
ut unfortunately did not hasp it, and, i-n-f the
through some misunderstandinc, on the Parcitirer
. driver or on account of the horse becoming,t- oi-
ls not known ; certain it is, however, that,w.,:n the
mal got upon the rails and moved quick/1°,7,034
same side as that on which the express s -offal
at the rate of nearly 40 miles an hour. Abut hi
result may easily be anticipated. The i;ieraell
before it, at a terrific pace, and with a drawl killed
smashed both horse and van to atoms, an' !line
both of the men. Of course the driver of the. !line
but
knew that an accident had happened, but rir:e tixe
a faint idea of its serious consequences. BY the stal
lie reached Glynde, nearly a mile distant, 004
enabled to bring his engine toast and; the glop
ran back as quickly as possible, and 15,,,,0 seoucator
acquainted with' the appalling nature of tiledistell
trophe. Dr. Smythe, of Lewes, Was
special trailil
brought to the scene of the disaster bY sP,?;"„--,. des°,
but nothing could be done, both men l'er-ud, of it,
end the horse, or rather all that renuloeoiiiojoo
being fearfully mangled. Some idea of tbe e,l, woo,
may be gathered from the fact that the headci` of
smashed into nearly 500 splinters ; that the. -ere
the animal and different parts of its b°o .7,nr
found at considerable distances—all es
_i 17,
torn off; and that the body of ono of the the
elli-
found at least 70 yards from the place ~,°,,f„t head of
sion, and the other not quite so far. 10' ..„heuf
the first-mentioned sufferer was dreadfiiiii '1- lot
and his body presented many •es ; the e. ea
injuri osto ,
had one of his hands cut off, and also ,otiveYe'
other injuries. The remains of both were cony'
to the Trevor Arms at Glynde during the
The names of the unfortunate sufferers 9renCiae;"
Paine, baoth 0f
Moore, aged 18, labourer with Mr. ElinilLr'.
aged 50, shepherd with Mr. Ellinflont
Bcddingham. The van was a four
der
As soon as all was done that could be press pro-
such melancholy circumstances, the e
dal)*
ceeded on its way to Hastings.
An inquest will be opened to morrof (Our°