The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBR VARY 9, 1861.

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THE SUN,
LONDON, SATURDAY, FEB. 9, 1861.

It has been remarked as a circumstance of a most
interesting and exceptional charater that the Prime
Minister of England, the present Leader of the
House of Commons, is likewise all but the Father
of the House of Commons. Lord PALMERSTON, in
truth, as it appears upon the , history of that
august assembly, is actually only two removes
from the venerable dignity here indicated. The
veteran Premier having first entered the House at
the general election which took place four and
fifty years ago, i.e. in 1807, has above him in
seniority as members of the popular branch of the
Legislature, only two other rept esentatives, namely,
Sir CHARLES BURRELL (the Father of the House)
and Mr. HARCOURT, both of them having first taken
their seat in Parliament only the very year (1806)
prior to the entrance into the House of Commons
of our perennial First Lord of the Treasury. It is
really in a manner due to Lord PALMERSTON
that, thus early at the commencement of this
his lordship's fifty-fourth session, his position as
all but the Father of the House of Commons should
be indicated, and, thus indicated, coupled with his
twofold positions in Parliament as Leader of the
House of Commons and the responsible chief of her
MAJESTY'S Government. As was said in regard to
him, long since, We are all proud of him." And,
remembering his indomitable energy and unfading
youthfulness of spirit, we have certainly still
greater reason than ever to be so.

The statement of Lord PALMERSTON in regard to
ANDERSON, whose extradition is demanded by the
Slave State of Missouri, will be read with plea-
sure by all. It will be seen that the case is in
hands as safe as could be wished. First, the Duke
of NEWCASTLE wrote on the 9th of January to the
Governor-General of Canada that he was not to
surrender ANDERSON to the United States except
under positive instructions from our Government.
Next, Lord PALMERSTON corrected the preva-
lent but erroneous impression that the deci<
sion of the Court of Queen's Bench in
Canada involved necessarily the surrender
of ANDERSON ; whereas, it merely affirmed
that he was lawfully in custody. The refugee
could be surrendered only by the warrant of the
Governor-General of Canada. Lord PALMERSTON
thought it did not belong to him to give any
opinion on the view the Canadian Court would
take of a Habeas Corpus issuing from our Queen's
Bench in England, but it was certain that if AN-
DERSON came to England he could not come
through American territory. He used rather
strong terms respecting the ASHBURTON Treaty,
saying that in reference to this subject, it was
"imperfect and unintelligible ;" but he thought it
quite clear that it required that the offence should
be recognised by the laws of this country, and that
such proof of it must be given as would warrant a
justice of the peace here in committing him for
trial. Without entering into the question whether
lawyers here would regard a free man's killing
apother who attempted to reduce him to slavery as
murder, manslaughter, or justifiable homicide, he
thought no English lawyer could regard it as mur•
der ; if so, no case for extradition could be made
out. It is now, therefore, little more than a mat-
ter of legal curiosity to see how the courts will
arrange their jurisdiction in the business. It is
also not a little amusing to think of the position of
a Slave State urging Mr. LINCOLN to demand the
surrender of a fugitive slave from England ; Mis-
souri,. perhaps, being one of the border States, and
h
comparatively few slaves, only about a seventh
of the
Population, is not likely to persist very long
in the original demand.

" Spare Austria"—is the now earnest, now
pathetic, tone of the despatches which we find in
the Italian blue-book, at least of those in which the
nervous tremour of our Government would easily
appear. If a story told in Fraser's Magazine this
month be true, this is hardly to be wondered at.
The writer says, " We have heard, and we believe,
that when the Sardinian Ambassador asked Lord
PALMERSTON for an explanation of the former de-
spatch (the memorable one of the 31st of August,
asserting the right of Austria in Venetia, and
lecturing so unbecomingly and threateningly the
Government of Sardinia)—he received a frank
reply—that her MAJESTY'S Government would be
delighted to see Austria freely hand over Venice
to Sardinia ; but a war between the two Powers
could not be confined to the area of Venetia ; it
would necessarily overflow into Austria, and would
give Hungary an opportunity of separating her-
self from Austria. This would be hostile to Eng-
lish interests, and this is what her MAJESTY'S
Government would resist." Whatever the writer's
authority for this statement, no cne who has
watched the course of Lords PALMERSTON and
RUSSELL can deny that it is altogether in accord-
ance with the long past and the recent past. In
1848 the two lords were very sorry that
Russia should intervene in Hungary, and that
Austria should, to use their own expression, crush
her own right arm ; still they preferred much to
see her with the arm in a sling to witnessing its
amputation. Especially, because the arm possessed

Nothing remains now to be done by the French
troops in Syria but to evacuate it. The sti-
pulated period of six months, set apart by
the general agreement of the chief Powers
of Europe tvs the interval during which that
province of the Turkish Empire should be
occupied by the soldiers of France, is at this
time upon the evre of expiring, And the object
of the occupation has not only long since been
accomplished quite effectually, but iti may be said
to have been virtual2y accomplished before the first
portion of the French expeditionary force had
been disembarked upon those shores of the Levant.
It was virtually already assiLvd to Europe eYn

then by the -energetic course pursued lq the the monstrous and abnormal power, if amputated,
SULTAN'S Government in dealing with the re creant of springing to life a land iving and mightto ,ay man, n
inde-
one
hordes of the fanatical Druses of the
Lebe- abundantly worthy of, competent
non, the perpetrators of those hideous mas- pendent life.
sacres of the unfortunate Maronites p eopling Oa the 21st of August, discussing in a letter to
the track of country lying between. the Mr. FANE the subject of an United Italy, and unable
range of the Lebanon and the waterS of the to deny the right of the inhabitan
forts to uniteAust if they
Mediterranean. In the subjugation of those tribes pleased, Lord JOHN yet fears his pet ria.
of murderers, the Ottoman Porte has in no ca se "It is impossile," he says, however, g, nocora-
t to
from first to last stood in need of
actual assistance. fear that Italy,b formed into one kingdom,
The Christian Powers of Europe had consented to prising Naples, Sicily, and the States of the POPE,
the occupation of Syria for a period not exceeding in addition to the present dominions of the King
half a year in its duration, upon the consideration of SARDINIA, might
threaten the position of Aus-
of the possible contingency that during those six trig in Yenetta, and any menace of this kind might
months the troops of the Sublime Porte might re- be supported by discontent and even by insurrection
quire aid in bringing to justice the authors or in Venice, and in the Italian towns in the province
instigators of that appalling series of atrocities, of Venetia." He would, therefore, discourage, by
as well as those chief perpetrators who had been all means in his power, such a movement of an
actually taken red-handed in the midst of United Italian kingdom. On the 7th of December,
the smouldering ruins of the towns and he wrote again in the same strain to Lord
villages recently inhabited by the butchered COWLEY, deprecating an attack on Venetia,
Maronites. It had not unnaturally been con- and almost invoking curses on the King of SAR-
jectured that the Turk, under whose enervate DINIA if he attempted it. Then followed the
rule a national crime of so stupendous a magnitude, famous despatch of the 31st, which will never be
and of an infamy so heinous and preternatural, had forgotten ; its lecturing, bullying tone, when the
been perpetrated, might prove incapable unaided Noble Lord found that between GARIBALDI and
of extorting from the arch-criminals anything VICTOR EMMANUEL Venetia was in danger of libe-
-1 approaching even to an . adequate expiation. ration, will long be remembered as perhaps the
HafTilY the event speedily enough began to prove very worst, if not the worst, escapade of our letter-
quite Otherwise. The Moslem Power at Constan-
writing Lord. Nothing could ex
opl in it, but Ithe
Oused for once into unwonted activity, Noble Lord's un-En h loveglisf Austria. tis
tinople,
conscious for once apparently that the dignity of fair, however, to confess that Lord JOHN did
the SULTAN and the authority of the Divan, hardly attempt, good man, to teach his cruel pet a better
less than the majesty of all the Christian Powers way. He fancied he might
give her an idea of
of Europe, had been wantonly .outraged, and that something better than the rule of thethe bull et, bastinado,
and
the
moreover to the very last degree, by the wholesale stick, the torture, the dungeon,
and diabolical murders, arsons, tend pillagings per- the scaffold, in Italy ; and he did set to work once
petrated (without the smallest provt,'cation) by the —and it was while he was at Coburg last year—to
Druses upon the Maronites—Turkey, however wash the Ethiopian white, and to change the spots
incited to action, at any rate for once did ac,,,, and of the Leopard. This gentle little homily, so
eet:' different in tone to that sent to Sardinia, though
that, too, in veritable earnest, dealing with
assassins of the Lebanon as it alone became an I icing, we gladly give entire :
This respite should be employed by Austria in revising
European Power to deal under circumstances so
7d2
supreme, and in every way extraordinarv. The o_
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Government system in r e
have
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herthat
het rid of a truth by concealing or overlooking
result has been—as Europe knows, as Europe dur- Atith.useytTreihEleyd:
hesydd now look the real. state of affairs boldly in
in g the last few months has been witnessing, through
the face. If they do so they. .
will perceive that, where a
her diplomatic emissaries, in the midst of the very
treaty is confirmed by national feeling and opinion, it
scene of these remarkable occurrences—the result is easily upheld and maintained ; but where it has no
of this energetic action of the Turkish Government such sanction, it is like a decayed tree, that only waits for
has been that order has long since been effectively aBgTt ohfiwhind to
secures
se
thov, erinthdreorend.
enTeehuos,f
Switzerland,trty of
and securely re-established in Syria. The Druses is confirmedw by the attachinent of the Swiss people to
have been lashed into submission. The principal their liberty and
thet integrity of their territory. Thus
criminals amongst them have, months back, died the the t
ntrel.
one atydofby 1 St3hle,
attachmentp ti n g Boefl
the people
it
Iset strengthened giti he
Belgium
d andto
death, perishing ignominiously by summary execu- theirs
nationality, their King, and their institutions. It
tions.. The soldiers of France all the while stand- may be disagreeable to Austrian statesmen to remark the
ing by as mere spectators—never once having been tche ontlesson rast whis
ach thesefl
()facts pne. Trehseenatutthootrihteysetafttehoefpletapley,tbhuatt
called upon to draw one sword, to fire one shot, to fix of the Grand Duke of TUSCANY, and lastly, that of the King
one bayonet for the speedier punishment of the of NAPLES, having no root in the affections of their sub-
assassin tribes of the Lebanon. If shame, if almost for the
haveA tfalienrian Gbefore the
Government
blast.o
d 0"n thisa worth
position
infamy, was reflected upon the Ottoman Govern- Genoa and Venice. In 1815 one of those cities was given
ment by the ever execrable deeds of the Druses— to Sardinia, the other to Austria ; but while the annexation
honour is due to that same Government now that it of
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has evidenced so determined a resolution to avenge, strongly opposed. The ancient independence of the Genoese
so far as any earthly power is permitted to do, the Republic, the principles of public law, the violent antipathy
poor murdered, buried, almost forgotten Maronites, existing beeantdwi
nevno
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men, women, and children. Such having been the reasons against this union. But at the end of forty-five
sequel to the dreadful history of the Syrian mas- years what do we find ? The dominion of Austria in Venetia
sacres—the last shadow of a pretext has faded out, iTs pr.e c an
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the last faint shadow of a pretext has melted into of this instructive example, we shall find that, whilst the
thin air, and utterly vanished, according Austrian Government has done everything to depress, to
irritate, and to humble the national feeling, the Pied-
to which France might have hoped to justify mt
ese Government, on the other hand, has done every-
the continuance of her occupation. It rests thing to cherish, to flatter, and to exalt it."
now with Europe, it rests especially with England It is followed by a passage relating to Hungary
as the intimate ally of Imperial France, to see that which we willingly quote also, both will be
the stipulation of the European agreement in found in No. 138, date 29th of October :
" Something of the same policy may be observed in regard
regard to the six months' interval here referred to
as the extreme period for the French occupation of toc Hungary.ontralise and
to The aim
Germaniseof the PrinceHungarianSch nwar ze be rg
Administration.
Syria, shall be loyally attended to and faithfully How ill he succeeded, the debates of the Reichsrath abun-
carried out to the very letter by NAPOLEON'S Go- dantlyrance isfhtohw. e
British
ohuGld savour oft the pr
were tesumo ption of igno-
vernment. That such shall be done is due to the attempt to og point
t t
be
out the measures by which Hungary and Venetiam
dignity of the contracting Powers of Christendom. made the strength, and not the weakness of the Austrian
It is to the honour of France herself, Monarchy. But the most superficial observation enables
and to the honour of the rest of the tfeheelmintgotsheaettthhaet it is b
a ffe
et3iocnoan toefmipitu
nagnadrydisregard o f
Venetia nati l
have
European Governments. It is due also to Turkey, been alienated, and they naturally conclude that by regard
if only in consideration of the energetic and and respect for those national feelings a way may be found
eghonourable course pursued by her in vindication forßri tirszaGinoinvgernthmoosnet essatryanegveednatffheisctimenns. much,
Nwoorrowtohuelyd the
honourable course pursued by her in vindication British Government say even this much, were they not
of her character as an independent Government. deeply convinced that the maintenance of the Austrian
Let the speedy evacution of Syria by the soldiers mondarc.hyve
tis
tsho
ebound up with Europuroean interestt;; atntdhso
of France be accepted now, be regarded vigilantly ought not to neglect any opportunity') for Purging on Ausy-
now, as the earliest test of the French EMPEROR'S trian statesmen considerations which, in their opinion,
sincerity in avowing as he did the other day his belong to her peace, herprosperity, and even to her safety."
We have extracted thus much because it shows
solicitude in procuring the general tranquillity.
that Lord JOHN RUSSELL could be, to a certain
extent, faithful to Austria, and tell her unwelcome
truths. It also shows that he knew well enough
how absolutely Austria had forfeited all moral
right to the kingdoms she so maltreated, and pre-
ferred to enslave, rather than to assimilate, as Pied-
mont did Genoa with its own good-will.
It is all the more important, at the present crisis,
that every one should understand that if Ministers
betray England in Hungary, they do it with their
eyes open to the moral wrong they are doing that
noble people. They have really but one plea, that
strange one we have already quoted from Lord
PALMERSTON—that Hungarian independence and
undeniable natural rights, are, " hostile to English

interests."
We should like to know to what interests ? We
shall be told—that it is our interest to have a
Power in the south of Europe to balance that of
Russia and of France. A Power ! Austria will
never be that again. Italy may, Hungary may.
A strong kingdom of Hungary, released from the
repressive incubus of Austria, and developing its
immense capabilities for furnishing raw produce
by free trade, would soon become a Power Russia
would not dare to meddle with again,—but Austria
is a fiction, a tradition, a legend, nothing else. She
is, as GARIBALDI says, crumbling to pieces, and let
her crumble—the earth will have one grievous
burden less. But we accept Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S
own doctrines. First we agree with him that
nations have a right to redress the wrongs they
suffer at the hands of perverse rulers. Second,
that they have a right to invoke both moral and
physical aid in their struggle. Third, that
GARIBALDI'S presence in Croatia and Hungary can
do no harm, if, as at Naples, the Government
has not weakened itself by its own atrocities. These
are Lord JOHN'S own principles—each of them
applies to Hungary—the calm document we have
shows that he knows they do—and we demand,
therefore, in the name of our country, that he
proclaim to the world the rights of Hungary.
What those rights are the admirable reply of the
moderate and venerated M. PEAK to the Imperial
reactionary rescript—shows most plainly. We
gave it yesterday, and need not repeat it—Lord
JOHN is fond of history—let bim, if he can, deny two
things-Ist, that the Pragmatic Sanction is the only
title of FRANCIS JOSEPH to be King of Hungary,
and that, therefore, he himself is compelled in
his haughty rescript to appeal to it, 2dly, let him
deny
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single
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st
him, like an Englishman, tell Austria that our
country asserts the right of the Hungarians to all
their claims.

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.—
Her Majesty, the Prince Consort, her Royal Highness the
Princess A lice, and her Royal Highness the Princess
Louise, attended by Viscountess Jocelyn, Lord de Tabley,
Lord Alfred Paget, and the Hon. Colonel de Ros, honoured
the representation of Balfe's opsra of Bianca with their
presence last evening.

THE Bp.:11)GB Hous ESTATES.--Yesterday, at a
meeting of tho committe of the Bridge House Estates,
composed of the aldermei and Common Councilmen of the
corporation of the City of London, Mr. Alderman Cope-
land in the chair, Henr Wellington Valiance, Esq., was
elected by a large majoity as chairman for the ensuing

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year.
THE QUEEN'S COINSEL.—It is reported that an

addition is about to be made to the number of Queen's
counsel, and that six earned gentlemen will be called
within the bar previous u the commencement of the spring
circuit. The gentlemerspoken of are Mr. Coleridge and
Mr. Karslake, of the western circuit ; Mr. Digby Sey-
mour and Mr. Menem, of the Northern circuit ; Mr.
Phipsson, of the Oxfoal circuit ; and the Hon. George
Denman, of the Home crcuit. Mr. Phipson was called to
the bar in 1845 ; Mr. Nlellersh in 1848, and the other
learned gentlemen in 186.
Accounts received in Paris from Berlin state
that the greatest activiV is displayed in the Prussian ar-
senals in casting rifled onnon. The workmen are employed
at night as well as by d(y, and pressing orders have been
sent to the proprietors e, mines in Silesia to supply large
quantities of iron and steel. The Prussian Minister of
War expects to be able lext spring to supply not only the
L artillery of the regular my with rifled cannon, but like-
wise the landwehr. Tht garrison of Rastadt, as well as
those of several other of the federal fortresses, is being re-
-1 inforced. It is further laid that troops are to be stationed
in the villages on the let bank of the Rhine.
THE VOLIINTEERSAND THE WAR-OFFICE.----The
following circular has ben issued to officers commanding
volunteer corps :—" ZVu-office, Pall-mall, Jail. 29, 1861.
—Sir,—With a view to t further consideration of the cir-
cular of the 7th instant,addressed to her Majesty's lieute-
nants of counties, I am directed by Lord Herbert to request
you will have the gooduss to furnish the information re-
quired by him on the enclosed form. lam to add that the
purchase by the Governuent of the private arms of volun-
teers will not be carried into effect until the Secretary of
State has had an opportinity of considering these returns ;
but that in future corps rill, on being newly raised or aug-
mented, or requiring a renewal of their arms, be provided
with them from the Government stores.—l have, &c., T.
G. BAILING."

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

PESTH, FEB. 9.

The municipality has resolved upon changing
the public school (Realsehule) into a Hungarian
school, and has ordered the dismissal of those of the
elementary teachers who are not acquainted with
the Magyar language.

The directors of the German college have received
notice to leave the premises belonging to the muni-

cipality.

FIUME, FEB. 9.

The Obergespann has issued a proclamation
against such demonstrations and violent popular
proceedings as have taken place within the last few
days.

ROME, FEB. 8.
The official Giornale di Roina publishes the
following telegram, dated Gaeta, Feb. 6 :
On Tuesday last, a bomb thrown by the Sar-
dinians blew up a powder magazine which had
been provisionally established for the use of two
cannons.

BAPTISM OF. A JMISH LADY.—The Jewish
Herald of this month quotes the annexed letter from the
Rev. W. B. Pope, of Xanchester :—" In the month of
August last, I publicly btptised Mrs. in the Wesleyan
Chapel, Charlton-cum-Ma-4. Her life sine() her hnpasm
has been irreproachable, and ticr .otil in her Master's ser-
vice exemplary. I have no hesitation in saying that I be-
lieve her to be a genuine fruit of Evangelical labour among
the Jews."

The explosion caused the fall of several walls of
,he third interior enciente.
Two men were killed.

The damage, which was trifling, is being re•

The fire of the Sardinians is rather brisk.

During the night of Monday last a mysterious
encounter took place between two steamers off

Gaeta.

An address from the ladies of Bavaria has been
received by the young Queen.

THE PRINCE'S NEWFOUNDLAND Do&.—An ex-
tract from a letter to a person in Quebec is forwarded to
us, and is as follows :—" You remember the Prince had a
large dog presented to him by the people of Newfound-
land. When on board the ship a boy was put to look
after it. Ho got so fond of the boy that he would not take
notice of the Prince. The morning they came into Ply-
mouth, the Prince gave the boy £5, and took the dog out
of the ship; but as fast as they did so, the dog jumped on
board again. The Prince was at last obliged to take the
boy to London, and he stopped there five days. The Queen
gave him £l5 and a suit cf clothes. He returned to Ply-
mouth, and was there but one day, when he was sent for,
because the dog would not eat."— Wiltshire Mirror.
THE ANNEXATION OF MONACO.—La Patrie
has the following:—" Since 1848 the districts of Menton
and Roquebrtme, belonging to the principality of Monaco,
had been occupied by Sardinia. When the question rela-
tive to the occupation was incidentally brought befure the
Congress of Paris in the sitting of the Bth of
,April, 1856,
it was established that in consequence of the disturbances
which broke out in the Principality in 1848, the Sovereign
Prince of that country was not capable of upholding his
authority except in the town of Monaco, and that it was
under those circumstances that Sardinia placed a small
detachment in each of the two districts we have just named.
The Prince of Monaco, however, never ceased to protest
against this state of things, which ho considered contrary
to his rights and to the stipulations of treaties. These
protests are now terminated by the Convention, which
cedes the territories of Menton and Roquebrune to France
for a pecuniary indemnity, Prince Honore IV. retaining
only, with the title of Sovereign Prince, the town of
Monaco."

VIENNA, FEB. 8.

The official Wiener Zeitung gives a denial to the
report that differences of opinion on questions of
principle prevail in the Ministry.

PARIS, FEB. 8.

The news contained in the telegrams received
here to-day from Congtantinople, dated Feb. 7,
announcing that France had addressed a note to
the Porte in reference to the mission of the Grand
Vizier, has been denied in official quarters.

THE FATAL SEWER ACCIDENT.—Last night, a
few minutes before nine, the body of Ward was discovered
in the sewer near the grating entrance of Union-street,
Blackman-street. Four men are now known to have
perished by the accident.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF A PANTALOON IN
NOTTINGHAM.—For the last .seven weeks Mr. Leslie has
taken an active part in the successful pantomime, " The
Sleeping Beauty, as Pantaloon. On Monday evening last
on the termination of the performances, he repaired to his
dressing-room, took up a pistol, and deliberately lodged
the contents of the barrel in his face. Fortunately, the
weapon was only loaded with gunpowder, and had not the
effect contemplated by the unhappy individual. Medical
assistance was shortly rendered, and upon examination,
it was found that he had sustained no serious injury beyond
the disfigurement of his face by wadding,—Era.
THE NORFOLK POISONING CASE.—The inquiry
into the singular case of supposed poisoning at Diss, Nor-
folk, which was noticed in this journal a few weeks since,
was concluded on Wednesday. The jury returned the fol-
lowing verdict :—" That the deceased, Albert Aldrich, died
on the 12th January from violent vomiting and purging, with
perforation of the coats of the stomach, from some unknown
cause." The jury also requested that the following obser-
vations should be attached to the verdict: —"The jury respect
the opinion of Mr. Amyott "—the surgeon who made the
post mortem examination—" but with him consider the
term `poison' so vague as to be indefinite, and regret that
the refusal of the coroner to grant an analysis hasieft them
in ignorance of the actual Cause of death."
THE EXPLOSION AT THE ROYAL ENGINEERS'
ESTABLISHMENT AT CHATHAM.—DEATH OF ONE OF
THE SUFFERERS.—The unfortunate explosion which re-
cently occurred at the Royal Engineer establishment,
Brompton Barracks, Chatham, by which several sappers
belonging to the Royal and Indian Engineers were
seriously injured, has, we regret to say, terminated fatally
to one of the sufferers, Sapper George Smith, one of the
men most injured, having died at the Royal Engineer Hos-
pital at a late hour on Wednesday night last. Sergeant
James Douglas, who was employed in the laboratory at the
time of the accident, though fortunately not at the instant
of the explosion, has also died in the hospital of consump-
tion. The deceased was as old non-commissioned officer,
and had served with the Royal Engineers throughout the
Crimean campaign. Boa. men are to be interred with
military honours.
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT AT WOOLWICH. —Last
night between the hours cf 6 and 7 o'clock a serious acci-
dent, by which two persons were seriously injured and one
killed, occurred at Woolwich. It appears that a horse in a
cart. the property of Messrs. Bayly and Mewman, provi-
sion dealers, of Green's-eni, was standing in the road front-
ing the premises of the fits named, when by some means
the animal took fright, and galloped through Beresford-
square, to the main entrance gate of the Royal Arsenal.
Unfortunately at least 5,00) workmen and lads were leaving
the establishment at the time, the road of course being
crowded, and numbers before they were able to escape were
knocked down and more or less injured. Two men and a
lad were run over by the vehicle, and received such in-
juries that they were conNeyed to the Royal Arsenal Hos-
pital, where they received svery attention from the medical
authorities, but one of the sufferers, whose ribs were broken
and who was much injuredinternally, expired shortly after
admission. After the accident the animal galloped for
several miles until exhausted, and was stopped near
Eltham.