The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-05 00:00:00

REMARKS.

Barometrical readings are greater at all stations than they were
yesterday morning, and pressures are generally high and uniform.
Since labt evening a slight diminution has occurred in the S.W. of
Ireland. Temperature has risen considerably in the N. of Scotland
and on the W. coast of France. During 3 estcrday moderate south
westerly winds were prevalent, and continue so on our W. coast., but
they are very light in the S. of England. On the W. coast of France
a moderate easterly breeze has set in. In the S. the weather is fine.
Fog and mist are repor:ed from the Channel coast and the W. of

The I dixr:a/ I ee'e,c underst mds that Vie canonry :n
Chester Cathedral, vacant by the preferment of Dr.
M`Neile to the deanery of Ripon, will be conferred upon
the Rev. T. Espin, examining chaplain to the Bishop of
Chester. Mr. Espin took a first-class at Oxford in 1846,
was made fellow and tutor of Lincoln College, was
Denyer theological prize essayist in 1852 and 1853, was
appointed by his college to the rectory of Iladleigh,
Essex, worth £458, and was appointed in 1853, Professor
of Theology at Queen's College, Birmingham. The
canonry is worth £5OO a year, besides a residence.
The John Bull mentions that the Dean of Westminster
preached at Limerick Cathedral on Sunday, the 30th ult.,
and that Mr. Walpole, who has been staying at Alde-
burgh, Suffolk, will attend the Church Congress at
Dublin.

The aged Bishop of Chichester has inhibited the Rev.
J. Knapp from officiating in his diocese. Mr. Knapp
some tune ago preached at the opening of a Baptist Chapel
in Brighton. He did this in spite of the remonstrance of
Archdeacon Jacob. (Mr. Knapp belongs to the diocese of
Winchester,) The Archdeacon has since this written a
strongly but kindly worded letter, in which he expresses
his deep regret that Mr. Knapp should have increased the
difficulties which now impede the exercise of ecclesiastical
discipline, and asserts that this contumacy has increased
the illness under which the Bishop of Winchester is
labouring.
The Church Congress threatens to be very dull this year.
Lest it should be too lively the question of the Irish Church
disestablishment is prohibited. The consequence is, that
the Congress is left to discuss such well-worn subjects as lay
agency, hindrances to missions, Sunday schools, synods, and
the like. It would seem that all parties had agreed to be
present, the Low Church party having repented of their
first decision to absent themselves. Anapng those who
will take part in the proceedings are Dean Goulburn,
Sir Joseph Napier, Mr. Ryle, Mr. Beresford Hope,
Lord Nelson, Mr. Erskine Clarke, and Mr. George
Williams, the traveller in the Holy Land. Not
very wisely, the period of the Congress has been extended.
In the earlier years it was only three days ; last year, at
Wolverhampton, it was extended to four; and this year it
will be five.

Dr. Armitage writes to the Athenceuni criticising the
proposal which has been made to raise a fund of £20,000
for the publication of books in embosssed Roman charac-
ters. He says that the blind have not been educated to
read these characters ; that the system has been tried in
France and Belgium, and abandoned for an arbitrary
dotted system ; and he mentions that a committee has
been formed in London for the purpose of consulting with
those moat interested in the matter—the blind themselves.

Mr. Edward Spender writes a letter to the Daily New_
containing a brief account of a five weeks' tour in Norway;
He places that country in the foremost rank as a holiday
resort. One reason for this is that the land is not yet
overrun by tourists. There is an absence of conven-
tionalism, very delightful to travellers tired of the kursaa
and the table d'ltdle. The Norwegian tourist is in e
and independent, choosing his own costume, his
dinner-hour, and the length of his journey. Mr.
Spender gives a description of the beauties of the
scenery, and the fjords he considers without auy
parallel. "In some you pass through a sea dotted with
islands, in others through asuccession of lakes, in others you
find yourself shut in between cliffs rising abruptly 2,000
feet, cliffs which are the outworks of snow-clad mountains.
The great snow and ice fields of Norway are the source of
innumerable waterfalls. These waterfalls are, next to the
fjords, the most distinctive feature of the country. Com-
pared with them the most famous Swiss falls are utterly
insignificant." The "tourist" has to rough it a Little, and
the country would not suit a bon•rirant but the finest
districts aro 4y9g twei4ol)ll to Iwaigli aua taittlyttllio4 4
Draiktat..

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HER MAJESTY.

PENSION WALLIS, LUCERNE, Sept. 2.

The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise,
Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leopold, and attended
by the Marchioness of Ely, Colonel Ponsonly,
drove out in the neighbourhood.

HE ACCIDENT TO THE HUSH MAIL

I RAM.

ABERGELF, Friday Evening.
The inquirybefore the Coroner's jury was brought
to a conclusion to-day. After an ably summing up
by the Coroner's Assessor the court was cleared/
tud the jury were left to consider their verdict.
['hey consulted together for four hours, and then
.maniniously returned the following special ver'
diet :
"We find a verdict of manslaughter' against
Richard Williams, the senior breaksman, and Roht.
Jones, the junior breaksman, for the death of Chas.
Cripps, Joseph Priestley Edwards, Edward Oaten,
and 30 other persons unknown ; and we further find
that some evidence has been given before us from
which we are satisfied that Lord Farnham, Lady
Farnham, Eliza Stafford, Mary Ann Kellett, Job°
Harrison Aylmer, Rosanna Louisa Aylmer, Arthur
Aylmer, Rosalie Franks, Mary Ann Roe, Boa'
Walter Berwick, Miss Elizabeth Mary Berwick,
Miss LOUiSA Synaes, Jane Ingram, Rev. Sir N.
Chinnery, Lady Chinnery, Caroline Stearn, Mr'
Whitmore Scovell, Miss Kathleen Scovell, Mrs.
Askin, Miss Askin, William Smith (guard), Joseph
Holmes (stoker), Miss Caroline Lea, Miss Augusta
Lea, Mr. William Townsend Lund, Mr. W. Brad-
ley Parkinson, Mr. Christopher Slater Parkinsouy
Mr. Lovell Ferrall, Master Priestley Augustus
Edwards, and Mr. W. henry Owen were passengers
in the train, and were killed in this accident, and
that the above-named persons were killed on the
20th of August, in the railway accident which took
place between Abergele and Llanddulas Stations/
and we are of opinion that the said persons came by
their death by suffocation. We cannot refrain froul
strongly censuring the conduct of the Llanddulas
stationmaster for gross dereliction of duty in Dow
observance of a rule of the company (No. 6, Page
110) which requires that all goods trains must be
shunted at stations on sideways at least ten minutes
before a passenger train is due.' We regret to firlu
how carelessly several of the company's rules are
enforced by those having the supervision of tb°
working of the company. We recommend that 11
longer time should be given to a pick-up train' t°
go through the process of shunting trains for a Pas'
senger train to pass, especially on an incline lik•°,
chat at Llanddulas, and that during the process °'
shunting the points should be opened into a siding,
,
behind the break-van, thereby preventing runaway
trucks from travelling down inclines on main lioes.
We are satisfied that the doors of the carriages Fete
not locked on the platform side of the Irish down
mail on the day in question. The jury prefer 11°t
giving an opinion on the evidence of any partici-113's
witness. We fully endorse all the observation
...
made by the Assessor with respect to the Corouert
The jury cannot separate without tendering the'
of
perfect sympathy with the relatives and friends
the sufferers by this frightful catastrophe. Th,s
jury also express their thanks to the police-0111011'a
for the great assistance they have rendered to t
inquiry."
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The Assessor had summed up strongly ..av,o„,
of a verdict of manslaughter against the two breal‘c'e
men, and indeed no other course upon the eviden, a
seemed open to the jury. He had also expresseube
wish that the jury should, if consistent with t,to
evidence, express an opinion, out of regard to the
feelings of the survivors, that the deaths Woo,
caused by suffocation from the instantaneous ev
lution of gases from the oil rather than froul4e
slower and more terrible effects of fire. 1-
Assessor had pointed out that the evidence of Alr'
Dicken was only corroborated by two woule"'
while it was more or less entirely contradicted
by
the evidence of six male passengers and others'
Whey also endorsed the remarks of the Asiess°,ir
in respect to the Coroner, who had detertulat:"o
to obtain legal assistance as soon as he saw Wd,
difficulties with which the inquiry was surrounded.
It is only an act of justice to Dr. Evan Pieree_,„
state that his measures for obtaining a scientific e)."
urination of the remains were most effectual.
After the verdict, the breaksmen surrendered ailci
were admitted to bail, themselves in £lOO, and four

sets of sureties in £5O each. it,
Mr. Edwards-Wood said that one of the w,
,e
nesscs, Arthur Thompson, the engiue-driver ef. !he
Irish mail, being seriously ill, it was desirable 'lv
men be taken before the magistrates in the l'i°rbe
ing, in order that Thompson's evidence might
taken in the presence of the accused. hod
The police and the witnesses were then
over to prosecute. . tp
No time will be lost by the police in followloo
the inquiry.