The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-23 00:00:00

FALL OF A. GRINDING MILL.

SHEFFIELD, SXTLEDIY.—This morning, about
half-past nine o'clock, the establishment of Messrs.
Walters and Co., of Globe Works, Sheffield, was
thrown into great confusion and alarm by the sudden
fall of a great part of their grinding mill. The build-
ing is three stories high, and the part which fell con-
sists of three rooms, measuring about 50 feet by 24.
On the ground•floor the heavy grinding was con-
ducted; on the first floor the grinding of a lighter
character, and on the top floor the light grinding and
the buffing. The first floor rested upon four very flat
brick arches. Each arch sprung from a strong cast-
iron beam, which crossed the room, and was sup-
ported in the centre by a metal pillar. A number of
workmen were engaged at the time on each floor of
the building. The men on the ground-floor observed
a falling of dust from one of the arches, immediately
followed by a crack and a gradual settling down of
the brickwork. The men on the first floor also heard
the crack, and perceived a sinking of the floor be-
neath them. Both these sets of men rushed to the
other end of the place, and escaped unhurt. The
men on the top floor also heard a noise, but not suppos-
ing it to be anything unusual, took no notice till they
found the floor sinking and the windows breaking from
the giving way of the outer wall. Several of them
escaped to one end of the building and slided down
the chain of the crane to the ground. But before the
others could escape two of the arches supporting the
first floor broke in, pulling inward the outer wall from
the floor to the roof; and the floor of the top story.
Several of the men in the top room were involved in
the ruins. They were quickly extricated and con-
ve3 ed to the infirmary. It was found that one cf
them, named John lleathcote, had sustained a com-
pound fracture of the left leg; another, named
William Crown Thaw, had received a severe concussion
of the brain and nervous system, besides various
bruis: s. Two others suffered from contusions of a
slighter character. With regard to the cause of the
accident, it would appear that the grinding-stones and
troughs on the fiat floor were of considerable weight,
and that water from the troughs kept the brickwork
of the arches almost constantly in a moist state. It
is supposed that the brickwork first gave way, which
throwing the weight obliquely upon one of the iron
beams, caused it to snap off close to the wall, thus
bringing down the arch on each side of it. Happily
the engine of the mill was stopped as soon as the ac-
cident occurred, or the damage must have ben much
more extensive.

TILE CATASTROPHE ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES
RAILWAY.—Four of the bodies of the nine unfortunate men
who were killed on Thursday morning by being run over by
a train were interned in the burial-ground in the parish ut
Shentcnfield, on Saturday, that being the parish in which the
shocking catastrophe occurred. The place in which the
bodies of the men were interred is about a mile and a half
from Brentwood, from which place a number of persons at-
tended the funeral. The coffins were followed by a great
many persons, including the men who had worked with the
decased on the Eastern Counties line. The other five bodies
were previously carried away to the various places where the
relatives of the unfortunate men resided, by whom they will
be interred. Two only out of the nine were married men.
The one has left a widow and five children, and the other a
widow and two children. For the families of the two mar-
ried men it is understood that a subscription will be forthwith
raised, which it is not doubted will be headed by the d:rec-
tors of the Eastern Counties Company. It is a remarkable
fact that though there were 'several other men employed
along with the nine who met their death none of them wero
injured.

CHEAT RAILWAY EXCURSIONS.—These trips,
which have afforded an opportunity to upwards of 1,500,000
persons to visit different parts of the country at most mode-
derate charges during the fine season, are now drawing to a
close. Yesterday morning excursion trains started from the
Great Western terminus, Paddington, for Windsor, Reading,
Oxford, Bath, Bristol, and Clifton. By the South-Eastern,
from London-bridge, to Gravesend, Margate, Ramsgate,
Dover, Folkstone, Tunbridge, Brighton, Hastings, Ports-
mouth, Guildford, Reigate, Epson], Croydon, &c. On Satur-
day morning a special train, tilled with passengers, started
for Paris rid Folkstone and Calais, and to return on Wednes-
day evening—this is the last for the season. By the South-
Western to Portsmouth, Southampton, the Isle of Wight,
and Salisbury; and by the Eastern Counties to Cambridge.
The trains were well filled. These cheap excursions have
not only been a great recreation to the public, but au excel-
lent return to the different railway companies.

GRAPES.—Mr. J. Cubbon, gardener to G. A.
Woods, Esq., of Balladoole, Isle of Man, last week gathered
from a vine which had been
.planted but two years a single
bunch of grapes weighing seven pounds.
PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY.—MiitiI Doffing, daughter
of the late Captain Dolling, R.N., and sister of Lieutenant
Dolling, R.N., now commanding the Nautilus, naval appren-
tices' brig, in the Sound, was on a visit to Mr. J. E. Elwor-
thy, of Bovisand. Yesterday afternoon the young lady went
to the beach, which is near the Sound and Breakwater, for
the purpose of bathing a favourite little dog, and was absent
about four hours. Mr. and Mrs. Elworthy, on being in-
formed that the dog had returned without its mistress, be-
came alarmed, and on sending to the beach at Bovisand, the
lifeless body of the unfortunate lady was found floating near
the rocks, from which it is supposed she must have slipped in
reaching to catch the dog. It need not be said that it has
caused the most poignant distress to Mr. and Mrs. Elworthy
and her bereaved relatives. _ _

[ADvEnnsarnar.]—By far the Best Account of
the Four Days of the Doncaster appeared in Bell's Life in
London of September 22, in which journal races were given
to the extent of nearly six folio columns, including an En-
graving and description of the Cup.—The early publication
and country edition of Bell's Life commences at four o'clock
Saturday mornings, in time for all the Saturday morning
early post and railways. The average weekly sale of Bell's
Life exceeds 29,000, the price 6d. for forty folio columns.

THE SEA. SERPENT CAUGHT.
The Cork Examiner contains the following ac_
ccunt of the capture of the sea serpent at Yougl al,
v.hich has been furnished to that journal by Mr.
William Linehan of the drainage works :—"This
mighty monster has been at length secured. How
it will be inquired ? By what human or earthly
means cculd such an atrium], wonderful for its size
and the velocity of its movements, and endowed too
with the extraordinary power of rarely zing all life about
it by its electric vibrations, be token friar the mighty
deep? For the last three yeers a work of great
magnitude has been carried on here, under the drain-
age Commissioners, which had for its object the re-
covering a large tract of laud from the encroachments
of the sea. Hundreds of men, of horses and donkeys,
have been employed there raising from both ends an
immense mound which wasto meet, and hennaed at the
centre, for the total exclusion of the waters. Latterly
this has been drawing to a narrow channel, and the
rush of waters through it at each tide was really ter-
rific. Boats going up the river have been whirled
into it with a violence that defied all the exertions of
the rowers. On Saturday last all was in readiness for
the final closing of the gap—planks, piles, boats, and
rafts, laden with heavy stones. As Mr. Larkin, the
superintending engineer, was standing on the extreme
mound, ordering the men, a mighty animal was seen
moving up the harbour, its head about ten feet erect
above the surface of the water, and its flaming eyes
turning quickly in all directions. It was the famous
sea serpent. On reaching that point of the channel
opposite the works (it was then nearly high tide) the
animal seemed to feel and to like the rolling current,
and it glided in on its surface through the gap with a
majesty which no words can adequately describe. The
men working there were, for some seconds, struck
dumb with amazement, and those at the extreme points
near the water felt the quick influence of an electric
shock as the animal glided by. Come boys,' said the
engineer, after recovering his presence of let us
push on the work, and the lad is secured.' Night
and day, and even Sunday, did they labour incessantly,
at filling up the gap, while the monster was perform-
ing strange evolutions in the still water inside. Then
was the large sluice opened to let out the confined
lake; and gradually were left bare the scaly sides of
the serpent. On Monday morning the animal was
dead on the dry slab, and the men of the works car-
ried it off in pieces to Mr. Verling's establishment,
where it is at this moment being converted into oil.
And thus the great sea serpent is no more. Should
any one doubt the truth of the above statement, let
him but visit this place, and he can convince himself.
He will find the gap closed ; the immense strand per-
fectly dry ; and that part of it where the serpent died
still bearing the deep marks of the monster's last fear-
ful struggles."

SERPENS REDIVI FUS.
Tempus erat, when Captain M‘gularc
Sic quidtm dixit crossing the " say,"
Vidit serrentem monstrous of size,
Caput ferentem, with huge goggle eyes,
Oculos volvit, and, trembling with fear,
Ditmbra resolvit cf all who were near;
Nan erat virus, strange to be told,
Viribus nisus, and fierce to behold.
Turn dixit Owenius, 'twits but a seal,
Ad quod M'Quhreus indignant did feel;
Iratus mire, tic it should be said

Se sic nescire, what shape was its head;
Vidisse dixit, a thing like a mane
Oculosque intixit, to know it again,
" Non cat ita stupidu.4," so did h.) say,
" Veritatis est cupiduo, not of display."

Sed tempos rece2sit, and this was all over,
Cum ilk suceeisit another gay rover,
Cui nenien est Travers, so signed to his letter,
Hic, quoque, palavers net very mach better;
Nam quum navigaret, in his own cutter,
Portentum apparer, which made them all flutter.
Est horridus anguis the which they behold,
thud dubio sanguis within them ran cold.
Triginta pedes, his head was upraised,
Et eorpoi is sedes in secret was placed;
Vidcruut et caudam with glass's assistance,
(Capiebat alaadatn at half a mile's distance,)
Sed bocce postretnum they never confessed,
Innwa modestia this much repressed.
Sic serpens manebat, so says this same joker,
Et sae ferebat, as stiff as u poker,
Tergum fricabat againet the old lighthouse,
Et se liberabat of scaly detritus:
Sic Travers vidit; of. course we believe him,
Si aliquis ridet in arms he'd receive him.
Sod mira fuerunt, and strange to behold,
Qum post acciderunt, as we have been told.
Nam anguis interritus let them approach him,
Nee unquam est veritas danger could touch him.
Scd Travers crudells, the story doth say,
Venit utpote felis to teize on his prey;
Nam Beale' paravit for shooting the snake,
Et certe spetavit a capture he'd make;
Tune plumbo percussit, thinking he hath him,
At serpens exsiluit full thirty fathom;
Exsiluit mare, with pain and affright,
Et conatus abuare, as fast as he might;
Neque 1111 seenti; no I nothing so rash,
Terrore aunt muti, he'd make such a splash,
Sed none adiorunt, the place to inspect,
Et squamas viderunt, the which they collect.
Quicunque non credat, or doubtfully rails
Ad locum accedat, they'll show him the scales.
Q..ay, sola tropses, they brought to the shore,
Et cansa eat ea—they couldn't get more.
lime labels mire, is 'Travers's tale,
De fac'e dire, he saw in his sail,
Et ipsum itnploro, to pardon what's wrong,
Et veniaas oro, for being so long.
T. C. D.
—Literary Gazette.

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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ELECTION.
CAMBRIDGE, SEPT. 21.—The Master of Clare Hall
(Dr. Webb) has signified to Mr. Cowling's committee
his disapproval of the manner in which Mr. Wigram's
name has been brought before the University, and his
entire approval of the proceedings of Mr. Cowling's
friends from the beginning. His name, with that of
Mr. J. C. Heath, fellow of Trinity Hall, has been
added to the list of Mr. Cowling's committee. Mr.
Rowland's 8.D., fellow of Queen's College, has been
added to Mr. Wigram's committee. The following
is a copy of a letter the Master of Clare Hall has this
day addressed to the Master of St. John's College :
" Litlington, near Royston, Sept. 21, 1850.
"My dear Sir,—l am very sorry there is now a
probability of a contest for the representation of the
University, and that persons who entertain similar
opinions could contend, not in defence of high princi-
ples, but rather from local and collegiate feelings. I
have good reason to believe the statement of Mr. At-
lay to be accurate, from what I heard from indivi-
duals, and what took place at a meeting at Jesus Col-
lege, at which I was present. I also feel, from not
seeing any address from Mr. Wigram, that it has not
been Mr. Wigram's wish to come forward, but that
he has been brought forward by his friends in col-
lege, and others who have no friendly feeling towards
St. John's College. With respect to both
Mr. Wigram and Mr. Cowling, I have a high
opinion of them as lawyers and men of right prin-
ciples, but I have had more opportunities of judging
of Mr. Cowling, from his having long been one of
the counsel for the University, and having seen his
diligence and intelligence upon difficult points on
which he has been consulted by the University. As
Mr. Wigram can scarcely be said to be in the field, I
do hope that he may be induced not.to come forward,
and that we may not have a contest, but that persons
who have similar views with myself may come for-
ward and declare themselves. I should, therefore, be
glad if you would add my name •to Mr. Cowling's
committee, and you are at liberty to make whatever
use you think advisable of this communication.
" I am, my dear Sir, yours very truly,
" Wirmr,tar WEBB.
" The Rev. the Master of St. John's, Chairman
of Mr. Cowling's Committee."