The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-26 00:00:00

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sion. - We went into the ladies
there alone. 4,
Mr. Brewster said he had so: Iry t •
)int•of the case.
Chief Justice—lt only necessit.. _
of a question like one that was put yk. :dap. - S
Mr. Brewster—That is what I do not wish to do. -71,
Chief Justice (to the witness)—Did anything
improper take place on that occasion ?
Witness—There did not, my lord.
Cross-examination continued—l thought that,
so far as the law of Scotland was concerned, I was
hound to Major Yelverton. He said the reading
of the marriage service was a perfect marriage
between us. 1 said it required the performance of
the sacrament. lie replied that parties conferred
the sacrament on themselves, and I was opposed
to that idea. He insisted, after that ceremony, on
enjoying the rights of a husband, and I objected
to it. I considered it would he a sin to lire with
him in that marriage. If no other marriage had
taken place, I never would have allowed him to
enjoy the rights of a husband if I had known 1.16
much as Ido now. I would have lived with him,
as I have been told by a clergyman that it would
not have been a sin to have lived with him. I
have heard that since these proceedings com-
menced.
Mr. Brewster—Believing, as you did, from his
statement that he was not a Protestant, that he did
not believe in Protestant doctrines, and that he did
believe in Catholic doctrines, were you at all sur-
prised at his reading the Protestant ceremony to
you? •
Witness—That was only by accident. The book
was lying on the table. If it had been a Catholic
book he would have read it the same. lie must
have read the marriage ceremony out of the Prayer-
book.
The proceedings were again adjourned to this
day (Monday.)

FALLING IN OF A TUNNEL.--78,EVEN

MEN BURLED ALIVE.

SHEFFIELD, MONDAY.
n appalling accident occurred in Sheffield this
morning, by the falling in of a railway tunnel. The
tunnel to which the accident occurred is the one
belonging to the Midland Railway Company, and
connects that line with the Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire Railway, running from the
Wicker-station across Occupation-road to the junc-
tion with the Manchester line at Ton Bross-lane.
The accident has been caused by the excavations
for some extensive stabling premises which are
being built for Messrs. Hunt, carriers. These pre-
mises, which are closely adjoining the'tunnel, are
partially erected. The large excavations on one
side of the tunnel have caused the superincumbent
earth on the other side to press with much greater
force on that side, and the consequence has been
that that side of the tunnel has given way and been
forced in. The process of giving way is curiously
perceptible in the tunnelling left at each end of the
spot where it has fallen in, the tunnel being bent
from the perfect round, and partially collapsed, like
the side of a partially-crushed egg-shell. About
30 yards in length of the tunnel has fallen in. The
exact number of the men working on the spot and
who are missing is not known, as some fresh hands
had been set on this morning. Probably altogether
seven or eight were buried under the ruins. Informa-
tion was given at the police-office, and Mr. Jack-
son (the chief constable) was promptly on the spot,
with a body of men to preserve order. Under
his directions, conjoined with those of Mr. Rey-
nolds,. the builder, the other men on the place set
themselves energetically to work to recover the
bodies of their comrades. By ten o'clock they had
recovered two, one dead, and another named.
Lambert, crushed about the head. He was imme-
diately sent to the infirmary. At this point, how-
ever, Mr. Cobby (the Midland Company's superin-
tendent in Sheffield) interfered, and ordered the
men to desist from digging, on the ground that
there was no danger of a further fall. It may be
mentioned that the point at which they were
digging (where one of the bodies was found, and
where the eye-witnesses of the accident stated that
some of the other men were buried) was a spot in
the middle of the ruins, and some distance from
any place where any further falling materials
could be disturbed. Mr. Cobby refused to allow
the excavations to go on until an engineer had ar-
rived from the central offices at Derby ; and for the
purpose of getting the engineer, he immediately
sent a telegram. In the meantime the bodies lay
under the ruins. This was about ten o'clock. In
the course of about three hours, Mr. Reynolds
determined to continue the work of recovery on his
own authority,-and he did so; but if there was any
hope of recovering any of the men alive, it was all
lost now. The man got out is not badly hurt.. He
was only partially buried, and was extricated with-
out much difficulty. Most of the men who .fell
were engaged on the top of the tunnel in carrying
materials, &c., for the adjoining building. Others
were on the building itself, and feeling something
giving way under them feared it was the building
which was falling, and they rushed from it to the
top of the tunnel, and were precipitated with it.
In addition to those recovered, it is believed tha
there were buried James Malay, William Booth,
Henry Booth, Samuel Lawton, a man named
Harding, and another whose name is unknown.
At the time our parcel was despatched the work-
men were proceeding with the work of excavation.