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

EVINIARICS.

Earometrical readings are greater at all stations than they were
yesterday morning, and pressures arc generaFy high and uniform.
Since lai3t evening a slight diminution has occurred in the SAN-. of
Ireland. Temperature has risen considerably in the N. of Scotland
and on the W. coast of France. During yesterday 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 reported frcm the Channel coast and the W. of
•eland.

The /Thprr:a/ I elle V undera Buds that the canonry
Chester Cathedral, vacant by the preferment of Dr.
APNeile 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 cueen's College, Birmingham. The
canonry is worth £5OO a year, besides a residence.

The John Dull 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 time 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 ll.at this contumacy has increased
the illness under which the LisLop 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, sj•nods, 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. AmDng 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 Athenceum 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 most interested in the matter—the blind themselves.

Air. Edward Spender writes a letter to the Dai,'y New
containing a brief account of a five weeks' tour in Norway:
He places that country in the foremost rank as a holiday
res)rt. 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 karsaal
and the table (note. The Norwegian tourist is fr 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 any
parallel. "In some you pass through a sea dotted with
islands, in others through a succession of lakes, in others yen
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 Lot suit a bon-tqrant ; but the finest
districts are Oven weeeiblo to ladiqa1 OttOw
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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 Ponsonl. y, Sce.,
drove out in the neighbourhood.

71IE ACCIDENT TO THE HUSH MAIL
7 RAIN.

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ABERGELE, Friday Evening.
The inquiry before the Coroner's jury was brought
to a conclusion to-day. After an able summing uP
by the Coroner's Assessor the court was cleared,
and the jury were left to consider their verdict•
They consulted together for four hours, and then
unanimously returned the following special ver-
dict :

" We find a verdict of ' manslaughter' against
Richard Williams, the senior breaksinan, and Robt•
Jones, the junior breaksinan, for the death of Chas.
Cripps, Joseph Priestley E lwards, Edward Oaten,
and 30 other persons unknown ; and we further find
that some evidence has been given before us front
which we are satisfied that Lord Farnham, LadY
Farnham, Eliza Stafford, Mary Ann Kellett, John
Harrison Aylmer, 'Rosanna Louisa Aylmer, Arthur
Aylmer, Rosalie Franks, Mary Ann Roe, 1100'
Walter Berwick, Miss Elizabeth Mary Berwick,
Miss Louisa Symes, Jane Ingram, Rev. Sir N.
Chinnery, Lady Chinnery, Caroline Stearn, Mr.
Whitmore Scovell, Miss Kathleen Scovell, Mrs.
Askin, Miss Askin, William S:nith (guard), Joseph
Holmes (stoker), Miss Caroline Lea, Miss Augusta
Lea, Mr. William Townsend Lund, Mr. W. Brad-
ley Parkinson, Mr. Christopher Slater Parkinson/
Mr. Lovell Ferran, Master Priestley Augustus
Edwards, and Mr. W. Iknry 0 wen 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 front'
strongly censuring the conduct of the Llanddulas
stationmaster for gross dereliction of duty in non-
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 find
how carelessly several of the company's rules are
enforced by those having the supervision of the
working of the company. We recommend that a
longer time should be given to a ' pick-up train' to
go through the process of shunting trains for a 1;135'
senger train to pass, especially on an incline like
that at Llanddulas, and that during the process of
shunting the points should be opened into a siding
behind the break-van, thereby preventing runawaY
trucks from travelling down inclines on main lines'
We are satisfied that the doors of the carriages Were
not locked on the platform side of the Irish doWn,
mail on the day in question. The jury prefer ne`
giving an opinion on the evidence of any particular
witness. We fully endorse all the observations
made by the Assessor with respect to the Coroner.;
The jury cannot separate without tendering their.
perfect sympathy with the relatives and friends ,
the sufferers by this frightful catastrophe. r-rbe
jury also express their thanks to the police-officers
for the great assistance they have rendered to the
inquiry."
The Assessor had summed up strongly in Wet°
of a verdict of manslaughter against the two breaks:
men, and indeed no other course upon the evidence
seemed open to the jury. He had also expressed.
wish that the jury should, if consistent with tre
evidence, express an opinion, out of regard to tn.
feelings of the survivors, that the deaths were
caused by suffocation from the instantaneous Ole;
lution of gases from the oil rather than front the
slower and more terrible effects of fire. lbo
Assessor had pointed out that the evidence of Mrs'
Dicken was only corroborated by two women,
while it was more or less entirely contradicted 1-/Y
the evidence of six male passengers and others'
They also endorsed the remarks of the Assessor
.
in respect to the Coroner, who had determined
to obtain legal assistance as soon as he saw tile
difficulties with which the inquiry was surrounded'
It is only an act of justice to Dr. Evan Pierce to
state that his measures for obtaining a scientific e);3-
mination of the remains were most effectual.
After the verdict, the breaksmen surrendered and
were admitted to bail, themselves in £lOO, and four
sets of sureties in £5O each.
Mr. Edwards-Wood said that one
of the
nesses, Arthur Thompson, the engine-driver of tl3
Irish mail, being seriously ill, it was desirable the
men be taken before the magistrates in the morn-
ing, in order that Thompson's evidence
alight he
taken in the presence of the accused.
bound
The police and the witnesses were then
over to prosecute.
No time will be lost by the police in following uP
the inquiry.