The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-30 00:00:00

Air. Bennett Fordicks was called, and proved that he
received the goods in qaestion at Reigate, by request of
&almonds. He placed them in a barn, not having ac-
c war/lodation for them in his house. Simmonds subse-
quently removed them. He (Nitnes-) could not under-
take to swear what the packages contained. There was
a large number of them, and many were very bulky.
The additional evidence was in a great measure corro-
borative of the preceding testimony ; and, after some
further proceedings,

Mr. Poland said he felt called upon, on the pars of the
prosecution, to request that the magistrate would not
allow Samuel Marks and Simmonds to be again admitted
to bsil ; and he grounded his application upon the addi-
tional evidence of so strongly criminatory a nature which
had been adduced.

Mr. Sleigh c)ntended that his clients, having attended
on previous occasions, were entitled to be aLowed to
renew their bail.

Mr. Broughton, baying carefully reviewed the case,
and paid the most particular attention to the evidence
throughout, did not feel himself justified in acceding to
the request of the learned counsel (Mr. Sleigh), the
off,.nce charged being of a most grave and serious nature.
Toe prisoners were then all remanded till Tuesday
xt.

THE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE GESAT

IVORTHE.RY RAILWAY.

THE ADJOURNED INQUEST.
TUX FORD, Tuesday.
Again this morning, at the hour of 11 o'clock, as pre-
viously agreed upon, the county coroner and jury assem-
tl-d at the Newcastle Arms Inn, by adjournment from
Friday. After a great mass of evidence had been gone
through;'.

Col: Wynn, the Government Inspector of Railways,
was sworn. He said he had been inspector to Govern-
ment about 10 yeare, and was directed by the Board of
Trade to inquire into the circumstances of this accident,
and came here on Saturday m 'riling about eleven, and
spent between four and five hours on the road. He found
the whole distance on the line bad been reformed. He
had it opened out again and every sleeper swept.. From
the north end of the bridge, and going north, he per-
ceived the places where the carriage wheels had struck
the sleepers. At 24 yards further, except at the end of
one sleeper, there were no marks. The marks corres-
ponded with the line in which the telegraph post was
knocked down, 15 yards beyond. 48 yards from the
bridge there was ballast knccked in the hedge, indicating
Viet a carriage has been off the line. Tue indentations
oe the sleepers were pointed out to him, but he did not
place much cimfidence in them. Going over the bridge,
and south of it, there were indications that carriages had
b en off theline. He thought the order of the accident was,
that the van went off first. At the point (43 yards)
where it struck the sleeper it threw off the two carriages
before it, and when they struck the bridge it would de-
tach the two carriages that went over the bridge. He
believed the van itself was first detached by striking the
sleeper et 63 yards from the bridge. He had t x twined
toe carriages and found but one bent axle, which he be-
lieved had been dose by the accident. The carriages were
in excellent condition and made of first-rate materials, and
very strong He had this morning found that one of the
axles of the second-class carriage was heated, but he did
not see that when it was in the garden ; and be believed
the heating took piece in going back to Sheffield. There
was no indention ofthe wheels. From Retford to the place
of accident he had ridden on an engine at a speed of over
60 miles an hour, and never went stea tier. He Lad
travelled over a good deal of the line, and it was almost
steadier than any other he knew. He had not tried the
experimeut, but he was satisfied that a train of itself
could not travel at a speed of 55 miles per hour down
an incline of lin 200. He was a great advocate of the
communication between the guard and the driver, but
in this instinct) he did not believe it would have been ofany
use. He did not believe there was anything in the speed
:f these trains on the Great Northern, considering the
state of the line, at all to alarm the public Tao danger
is increased at the same ratio as the speed. He thought
it would be well if there was a maximum speed beyond
which drivers should not drive ; but the locomotive
euperinteedent thought the speel here was not too
great. What they had to deal with was the momentum
in going down an incline, and if the weight of the engine
was counterpoised by a heavy break it would not add to
the steadiness of the train. Looking at the good state of
the road where the accident took place, he believed that,
a similar accident might have befallen a train travelling
at only 40 wiles per hour.
In reply to a juryman, Col. Wynn said it was unasual
to make any change or aiteraticn where the accident
had taken place until the jury had seen it.
It was stated that the guard could not give evidence.
The Coroner then summed up. He said the cause of
the accident could not be ascertained, but he had no
doubt that the jury would arrive at such a conclusion
as would satisfy in every poesiele way the mind of the
public. There was no law as to the epee iat which
they should travel, and the people who travelled at that
speed took the reßponslaility upon themse ves, if all was
done that could be done by the company to convey them
with proper caution to the place they had contracted to
take them. If they (the railway compeny) neglected
this point and were careless in what they did, then they
were answerable for it.
THE VERDICT.

' The jury, after half an hour's cousilera►i-n, returned
a verdict of " Accidental death ; and also that in givinz
their fullest consideration to the details connected with
this rn elancholy accident, we cannot separate without stat-
ing that it appears there is not sufficient caution given
to , the engine-drivers working express trains, and that
they are entrusted with the exercise of a very large aisd
dangerous discretion, and that there should be a maxi-
m:l:n speed at which the driver of an engine shall not
un ler any circumstances exceed; and we further desire
the coroner to communicate the verdict to the B and of
Trade, and request them to bring the subject under the
early consideration of Government."
We understand that since this most unfortunate acci-
dent, her Majesty the Queen has written, through Cul.
Phipps, to the Great Northern Railway officials, ioquir-
ing into the c :use of the accident, and requesting that
the result of the inquiry should •oe inarneiiately male
known to her.