The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-04 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVE W N IG-,7 SEPTEMBER 4,1 !1.861.

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'UNNEL.

Closing
Price.

'Business done

Paid.

SUN OFFICE, St teen o'gock.

The Patrie publishes the following letter from
one its writers, who lately visited the works
going on at Mont Cenis :—" The cutting of the tunnel
advances day and night, with a regularity which
excites the admiration of engineers. At the coal
mencement of this great enterprise, only the pickaxe
and blasting were employed; but since the machines,
invented by MM. Grattone and Sommellierl were
brought into use, the cutting of the rock has been
carried on with remarkable celerity. The machines,
which are worked by compressed air, are very
ingenious ; they are each of 250 horse power, and
act simultaneously on both sides of the mountain.
They set in motion different instruments of great
power, which operate in any direction that may be
required. The section of the tunnel is about 60
metres, and when the cutting was commenced only
12 men could, from the limited space, be occupied at
each end, the work they did being only 40 centime-
tres (about 16 inches) per day, but the machines em-
ploy a force equal to 2,500 men, and cut out daily
two metres, that is, one at each end. In a few months
arrangements will be made for making the men em-
ployed relieve each other every eight hours, and an
electric light will be established, and then the ex-
traction of rock will be three metres per day. The
tunnel will be 12 kilometres (71 miles) in length. It
is 1,330 metres above the level of the sea, and 1,060
below the summit of Mont Cenis. It will gradually
rise -1-2 per 1,000 to the centre, descending from that
point towards Savoy on the one side and towards
Piedmont on the other. In the centre of the way a
small canal has been formed for carrying off the
waters which filter through the rock. Every fort-
night an examination is made for the purpose of
ascertaining the direction of the tunnel and level
of the roadway, instruments of great precision being
employed in the operation. Thus far the cutting on
both sides of the mountain has been found to coin-
cide exactly. The rock is easily penetrated by the
machines, When holes of from 40 to 60 centimetres
(16 to 23 in.) have been bored, they are filled with
gunpowder; the workmen retire to a distance of
about 100 metres, and strong.doors in iron are closed
to prevent fragments of the rock from flying out.
Then the mine is fired, and masses of rock are heard
to strike against the doors. Afterwards a current
of compressed air is driven into the tunnel to expel
the smoke, so as to allow the workmen to enter. The
removing of the fragments of rocks is effected in the
way employed on cuttings of railways, and the
machines are again set in motion."

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THE .R AIL WAY A CCI nEN T AT KEN-
TISH TOWN.

LATEST PARTICULARS THIS DAY.

We have unfortunately this morning to record the death
of another person from the injuries received at this acci-
dent. The name of the person is Clara Clements, who, at
the time of her death, was an inmate of University Hospital.
Sarah Essex and Charles Cox, two of the sufferers, this
morning were in a very bad condition, but the whole of
the others were progressing as favourably as could be ex-
pected.
Since the accident thousands of persons have visited the
scene, and this morning the numbers seemed to increase.
Daring this morning a large number of persons have been
engaged constructing a new line from the top to the bottom
of the embankment. Up this steep ascent the engine is to
be drawn and to be placed upon the lin:: in the course of the
afternoon.

THE INQUEST.
The coroner's inquisition into the deaths of Elizabeth
Jelliss, Eva Stacey, Elizabeth Allen, Rhoda Bowler,
Richard Saunders, Edward Hill, John Yeomans, John
Greenwood, George Greenwood, Charles Standing, Sarah
English, and Clara Clements, was opened this day, at the
Elephant and Castle, Old St. Pancras-road.
In the absence of Mr. Wakley, the coroner for the
Eastern Division of Middlesex, Mr. Humphreys opened

the inquiry.
Before the jury were sworn Mr. Humphreys asked whe-
ther any of the gentlemen summoned were interested in
either of the railways to which the line belonged. No
answer having been made the jury were sworn, and Mr.
Winkworth was elected foreman.
The Coroaer said the jury were doubtless aware that the
present inquiry was relative to an accident that had oc-
curred on an adjacent railway. He proposed in the first
instance that the jury should view the several bodies which
were lying in the hospitals, and that they should
then proceed to the scene of the accident in
order that they might get the best local intelligence,
and then that they should return and open the inquiry.
Murray, the summoning officer, said he had engaged a
larger room for the inquiry near to the Prince of Wales, in
Harmood-street.

The Coroner thought better accommodation could be had
at the Vestry Hall. Ho therefore gave directions that an
application should be made for the use of the room for the
purposes of the inquiry.
Murray said the vestry did not meet till two o'clock.
The Coroner said at that hour then the application should
be made. lie would open the inquiry on their return at
the Prince of Wales, but he hoped the adjournments would
be held at the Vestry-hall.

Mr. Metcalf appeared for the London and North-
Western and the North London Railway Com-
panies, and said it was the wish of the direc-
tors that the fullest inquiry should be made into the
unfortunate circumstance, and for that purpose every faci-
lity in their power would be given.
Mr. Lewis (of Ely Tlace) appeared for the relatives of
Sarah English, and Mr. Charles 'Wilson appeared for those
of Elizabeth Allen. _ _ _

The jury then proceeded in an omnibus t 3 visit the diffe-
rent hospitals where the bodies were lying, and also to the
spot where the accident occurred.
After the lapse of two hours the jury re-assembled at the
Prince of Wales Tavern, Harmood -street, Camden-town.
The Coroner said the only further proceeding he would
take that day would be the identification of the bodies, and
then adjourn till Friday next at 12 o'clock.
The following evidence was then adduced:—
Charles Allen, 10, Alfred-terrace, Stratford New Town,
ship felt maker, said—l have seen the body of Elizabeth
Allen. It is that of my wife. She was aged 60 years. I
was not a passenger by the train, and know nothing about
the accident.
William Collier, 61, Judd-street, Brunswick-square, mo-
deller-1 have seen the body of Emma English ;it is that
of my aunt. Her age is 41. She is the wife of James
English, whc, has sustained a severe injury from the acci-
dent. He is at present lying at the Royal Free Hospital.
John Robert Bowen, 189, Brick- lane, licensed victualler
—I knew Charles Standing very well. I have seen the
body at the Middlesex Hospital. It is his. By trade the
deceased was a bricklayer.
The persons who were to identify the bodies of the two
lads named Greenwood were not in attendance.
No one appeared to identify the body of Mary Sellis.
Edward Oliver, 2, Somers-street, Old Ford—The de-
ceased, Rhoda Bowler Oliver, was my wife. She was 37

years of age.
The witnesses to identify the bodies of Sarah Clements,
Eva Stanley, John Yeoman, Richard Saunders, and Edwd.
Hill were not in attendance.
The Coroner then said—That is as far as I can carry the
case to-day, and I now propose that the inquiry be ad-
journed till Friday next.
The inquiry was then adjourned.

Melons are more than usually abundant this year
at Marseilles. One small commune, Cavaillow, in the Vau-
cluse, supplied the Marseilles market with 528,093 red
melons, 1,944,776 green melons, and 84,000 NI ater melons.
These melons, amounting in number altogether to 5,437,896,
were sold, on an average, at 2f. 50c. the dozen, representing
a round sum of 1,200,000 f. A magnificent revenue, when
one considers how small a surface such a crop covers.
Some gardners boast of having already realised 25,000 f. by
their melons, and the season is not yet expired.
A CHINESE LUNCHEON.—This lunch was com-
posed of fruits and tea. Apples, pears, peaches, Japanese
nuts, a kind of yellow tomata and grapes ; then dried fruits,
jububes, stewed apples and pears, oranges, and raisins,
formed the bill of fare. The dried fruits and the confections
were served on plates of fine porcelain. The fruits in sea-
son, cut into small pieces, appeared also on compotiers of
porcelain. The service for each guest consisted of a saucer
for a plate ; a little silver cup, about the size of a thimble,
for the samshoo ; a teacup, with its silver saucer and por-
celain cover, and a knife and two-pronged fork, to transfix
and seize the fruit which was served in the compotiers.
Each dish, or compotier, was supported by a carved root
and four perfume-burners, in raised enamel, which threw
around the odour of pastilles. The servants, whose duty
it was to change each guest's cup of tea directly after ho
had carried it to his lips, waited in vain for the moment
when we swallowed the villainous samshoo and they
could refil our miscioscopic goblets. Some pastry was
brought as a finish to the collation. They were made
with lard, which still flowed from their golden crusts. We
found among these indescribable cakes, which excited our
mistrust, some puddings and cakes which were more suit-
able to oui European palates. The feast was crowned by
the unexpected arrival of a hamper of aaorated lemonade,
which the worthy intendant, anxious to serve Europeans
with liquor to their taste, had procured from some Euro-
pean merchant, who had persuaded him that that poor
beverage was the ambrosia of the barbarians.—Keroutees
a/finest Expedition,