The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-10 00:00:00

FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT. AND LOSS OF

LIFE MILS DAY).

This Morning, 'shortly before .11 o'clock, the
greatest excitement was caused in. Great Russell-
street, Covent-garden, by the Occurrence of an acci-
dent which has deprived. one poor man of his life,
and seriously injured three others. At the hour
above-Mentioned a loud'repOrt was heard in the
neighbourhood, and it was at first supposed that a
portion of the remaining walls of the Covent-garden
Theatre had fallen down, but in a very short time it
was discovered that the- noise proceeded . from a
very narrow court. called Russell-place, one end of
which faces the Bow-street police-court, and the
°Veer is opposite to the pit entrance of Drury-Pane
Theatre. in Russell-street.. Until the last few days
th,e hciuses in the court, five in number, have been
principally occupied by:a certain class of ladies,„
but in consequence of the representations of .the.
surveyor-to the Bedford estate, that the structures
were in. .a dangerous condition, an order had been
issued for their demolition, and this process was
being carried into execution. by Mr. Howse; a
builder residing in the neighbourhood. Nearly
the whole of the fronts of the ''five .hOuSeS
had been taken down, but the back wall, a
very old one, •which • formed a portion of
the- premises of the_ adjoining green yard,
was left without the slightest support, and the fall-
iog of this wall has caused the fatal consequences
above mentioned. The moment the wall, which
was nearly forty feet high, fell forward, four men
were occupied in fabing 'it with cement, and on the
dust clearing off it was discovered • that the whOle
of the unfortunate.indivicluals bad been buried in
the debris. A strong force from the F division. of
Police under the directiOn of Inspector Mitchell,
immediately set to work to discover the workmen,
and in a short time pelice-cOnAable, 49 F, succeeded
in rescuing one of them, John .Skeen, a plast 3ier,
who Was, in a very shocking skate, the bones of his
leg and thigh protruding through his trousers. A
man named Fitzgibbon was next taken from the
ruins, lint he had ceased to exist. This poor fellow
has left a wife and six .children. The Other two
men—John Manley and- Timothy Madden,' having
been dug-out of the ruins, the whole of the sufferers
were conveyed to King's College' Hospital, and; on
arriving there every attention was immediately
paid to them. The injuries the, three men-have
sustained are'of a- very- serious nature, and great
fears are entertained that in One case at 'least fatal
results will follow.

The police have taken posiession of the ruins, and
;he excitement has; in some degree; subsided.

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

STATE OF THE POLLS.
ANTRIM. '

The show of handion Thursday was in favour of Mr.
O'Hara and Lieutenant-Colonel Pakenham. A poll was
demanded for Mr. IVl‘Carthy.. Mr. John Rea the
Ulster leader of the Presbyteri2n Young Irelenders,
was also proposed, but retired in favour of Colonel
Pakenham. Great excitement prevailed. The polling
is to take place on Monday.

ARMAGH (COUNTY.)
Colonel Caulfield has retired, and Sir W. Verner and
Mr. Close have been returned without opposition.

CAVAN• (COUNTY).
Maxwell and Anneeley returned. Defoe retired;

DOWN (COUNTY)—FIRsr DAT.
Hill .... ... 4,977

Ford

Xtr ..;

... 4,637

... 2,891

DUBLIN (COUNTY)--/stoinNaTiobr.
Mr. Hamilton was proposed by Mr. T. G. Vernon,
seconded by Mr. Thompson Colonel Loucer proposed,
and Mr. C. Cobb, jun., seconded, Colonel AVylor ; Sir
C. Domville was proposed. by Mr. Henry Grattan, and
seconded'• by Mr. O'Neill: • The show of hands was
in favour of Hamilton and Doraville. A. poll was de-
manded.

GALWAY-CLOSE-OT THE POLL.
Burke ... • „.. 267

247 Gr./very •-• •••• *** 99
Bellew ...

KILKENNY (COUNTY)--FlnsT -DAY. - -
Ellis ... 1,800
Mostyn " ... 626
She* .„. ... 611
Greene
(This is exclusive of the return from Castlecorner.)

LONGFORD (COUNTY).
Greville, White, and Forbes • were nDminated. The
poll is to take place on Monday.

QUEEN'S COUNTY—CLosE or THE Pou,.
C00te...1827
Dunne ... ... 1,443
Fitzratrick 1,247

SLIGO (COUNTY)—CLosz or THE Por,r,

Booth

Cooper
Ball ...

...1,780

-. ...1,753
... ... 36G

WEXFORD (COUNTY)—CLOSE OF THE POLL.
M'Mahon ...4,300
Hatched -.. 2,875
George ... • ... „. ... 2,525

WICKLOW.

Lord Milton and Mr. Hume, the late members, and
the Hon. Captain Moonlt were proposed. Show of
hands in favour of Milton -and Monek- Poll de-
manded.

.
EXPLOSION .AT BeerasT.—Yesterday morning, about
half-past .10, as the carriages were ,being prepared for
the 11. o'clock train at Ballymena, an engine boiler ex-
ploded, and the fireman (Wm. Sark), who was the only
one on her, was killed. 'The engine was raised quite. off
the rails, and carried over two waggons a distance of
about thirty yards, when it fell on its side much battered.
The fireman was brawn high in the air, and alighted in
a field about forty perches away. He was quite dead
and much mutilated. An iequest will be held to-day.
No one else was injured., Tne magnetic wires were
smashed .by the engine, .and communication .between
Belfast and Londonderry; was stopped until the injury
Was repaired yesterday evening.
SELF-RIGHTING OF LIFE BOATS WITH THEIR SAILS
SET. —Yesterday some interesting trials took place with
one of the life-boats of the Royal National Life-boat In-
stitution, in the Regent's Dock, Lirnehouse, in the pre-
sence of several experienced gentlemen. The life-boat,
with her sails hoisted and sheets hauled taut, was turned
over by a povserful.crane and paibuckle, until her masts
were perpendicularly under water, when, on being re-
leased, she instantly sell.-righted and returned to her
original upright position, and in 20 seconds self-ejected
the water which hadfilled her to the thwarts in the ope.
ration. This result was the more interesting as it has
often been disputed whether any life-boat would self-
right with her masts and sails up.. How
many sad ao
cidents.th life-boats carrying sails would probably have
been prevented had they possessed this important
quality of self-righting. On the whole, the experiment
yesterday afforded much satisfaction to all who had the
pleasure to witness it, and clearly showed to what a
state of perfection the construction of life-boats has been
brought. The National Life-boat Institution, whose
life-boats on various•parts of the coast have during the
last three months rescued 70 persons from shipwrecks,
is about to station this life-boat at Westport, an exposed
point on the west coast of Ireland.
ATTEWPTED MURDER AT MAlDSTONE.—Yesterday
(Thursday) morning information was received by Mr.
Blundell, the superintendent of the borough police at
Maidstone, that a violent assault had been committed
upon two young women, one of whom had received such
injuries that she was not expected to recover. On making
inquiries it appears that the two women in question,
who were sisters, named Margaret and azabetle Jones,
bore a very light character. Late ou Wednesday night
they were in company with two bargemen at the Rod.
ney Head public-house, in High-street, and at about 12
o'clock they proceeded with one of the men, named
Charles Churnley, to a barge lying above the Lock-
meadows, on the Medway. An altercation took place
on board the barge between Chumley and the two girls,
when Chumley seised a heavy stick and struck the eldest
sister, Margaret, a severe blow ovor the eye. The
younger Eiger then jumped up and endeavoured to leave
the barge, when she was attacked by Calemley in
.a Most
violent' Manner, and beaten over the head until she be-
came insensible. At a subsequent period Mr. Saunders,
eurgeon, was called in, and on examining the girl foiled
that she had received a large lacerated wound tit' the
isticaaipp, rieen9d.ritbeingrt'act entertainedrc
oowf lies
her
ohust:
shtaert, skull,o
hopewas
recovery; Chumley was, taken into custody by lie. Super-
intendent Blundell, and was brought before the hors:agle
magistrates yesterday morning, by whom he was re-
manded till the 17th inst., in order to see whether the
injuries received by the &Lirl prove fatal.
L,,THE CABDRIVERS OF YABlS.—Recompences, by way
of encouragement, have just been awarded by the pre-
fect of police to 23 cabdrivers for their honesty in deli-
vering up articles left by passengers in their vehicles.
During the last year the gold, silver, bank-notes, and
securities payable to bearer deposited by the drivers with
the commissaries of police amounted to 262,2061., inde-
pendently of a great number of articles of jewellery, and
other -things of more or less value. Certificates of honesty
have also been given to 41' other drivers, and the names
of the whole have been posted up at all, the Stations for
public carriages.

Sporting

TATTMSAt!L'S-TIIURSDAY.

A reported favourable trial caused Kent to be brought
with increased force. inta. the Two Thousand betting.
After I,OOA to 100 bad been laid, he was advanced step
by step to- 6to :1. Towards the elose, however, backers
cried enougb, and 7 to 1 was offered, without finding
takers. sto 1 was wanted about Vedette. Loyola was
nominally'second favourite.: 500' even wag early in the
afternoon laid on him against Schiedam. Three or four
investment', amounting to about 1501., were made on
Anton 415 to 1.

The betting on the other events was too limited and
unimportant for comment. The subjoined scanty list of
quotations comprises alt the business transacted.
NEWMARKET HANDICAP.
100 to 30 agst•Pantomime (taken)
7to 2 aget Eloquence (taken)
100 to 80 agst•the two (taken)
GREAT NORTHERN.
9to 2 agst Skirmisher (taken). '
sto kagst St. Giles (taken)
12 to 1 agst Pantomime (taken and offered)
15 to 1 agstCapt. Barclay (taken and offered)
. CHESTER CUP.
agst Leamington ing(kettoan(n)taken)
470 toto 1 1
agst zg
TWO THOUSAND. ,
4to 1 agst Vedette (take sto 1)
100. to 15 agst .Loyola- ,
7to 1 agst Kent (taken and offered)
&to 1 agst Schiedam (offered) -
10. to 1 agst Sydney. (offered) •
100 to 8 agst Apathy (taken)
15 to 1 agst-Anton,(taketrand offered)
20 to 1 agst Bird-in-Hand (offered)
25 to 1 agst Drumour (offered)
500 to 10 agst'Loyola's whining this event and the
Derby (taken)
fOOO t 0.50 was laid on the following twenty :--Kent,
Bird-in•the-hand, Athlete, Purston, Anton, Fugitive,
Ackworth, Hunting, Horn, Loyola, Lord of the Hills,
Matins, Kingmaker, Drumour, Schiedam, King of -the
Isles, Apathy, Lambourn, •Bannockburn, Sydney, and
Vedette.

DERBY.
7to 1 aget Blink Bonny (offered)
20 to 1 agst Kent (taken and offered)
40 to 1 aget Bird-in-the-hand (offered)

RACE-HORSE DUTY.

the fellowing are the nevr regulations respecting the
race horse duty :
Inland• Revenue-office, Somerset-house.
We, the undersigned, three of the Commissioners of
Inland Revenue, in pursuance of an act passed in the 20th
year of the reign of her present Majesty Queen Viotoria,
intitaled "An Act to•amend an Act of the last session
of Parliament to repeal and reimpose under 'regulations
the Duty on Race Horses," do hereby nominate and ap-
point Mr. Charles Weatherliv, of No. 6, Old Burlington-
street, ie the county of Middlesex,,to be the receiver of
race horse duty, and we do hereby achorise and em-
power him to receive the duties imposed upon race horses
by the said act, to be by him paid over and accounted
for in the manner directed by the said act, he, the said
Charles Weatherby, observing all the provisions and
doing the acts required by the said .statute to be observed
and done by him as such receiver. Given under our
hands the 3d day of.A.pril, 1857.
(Signed) C. J. HEnnifts.
HEN. FRED. STEPHENSON.
. . ALFRED MONTGOMERY.