The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-03 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

A deputation, consisting of Mr. Jones, Mr. Perfect,
and Mr. Lewis, on behalf of the Bolton, Blackburn,
Clitheroe, and West Yorkshire Railway Company,
had an interview with the Commissioners of Railways
yesterday, at their office in the Board of Trade.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colo-
nial-office from the Governor of Canada, and from
the Governors of the other North American Colonies.
Dispatches were also received yesterday from the
Governors of the West India Colonies.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON THE RAILWAY.—ton occur-
rence took place en Saturday morning at Colchester, which,
besides the destruction of much valuable property, nearly re-
sulted in the sacrifice of human life. The scene of the catas-
trophe was on the farm of Mr. Garrad, veterinary surgeon,
through which runs the Eastern Counties Railway. It ap-
pears that there is a road-way from the above gentleman's
farm over the line to his fields on the other side, and that
since his occupation the company have erected a high en-
gine-shed just below the crossing, so that an up-train could
not be seen coming till it was close at hand. A waggon with
three horses and driver were engaged carting barley, and
were in the act of crossing' over for another load when at the
same moment the eight A.M. passenger-up train dashed into
them smashing the waggon to pieces, and dreadfully mutilat-
ing the horses. Most providentially the driver, who was
riding at the time, just before the engine struck the team,
had the presence of mind to spring to the ground, but in so
doing, barely escaped with his life, the engine in his perilous
descent, catching the flaps of his coat and completely sever-
ing them from the garment; one of the horses was found
under the engine, and the others lay helpless on the ground.
The passengers in the train were alarmed, and rushed shriek-
ing to the windows, but it does not appear that any were
injured.—Essex Herald.
PROPOSAL TO CONVERT THE THAMES TUNNEL
INTO A SEWER FOR DRAINING THE MIDDLESIX BIDE OF
THE Mantorous.—A proposal has been forwarded to Lord
Ebrington, as chairman of the Metropolitan Sewers Com-
mission, by Mr. James Graham Harding, a gentleman of
independent property, although a practical man, residing
in Albany-street, Regent's-park, for the conversion of the
Thames Tunnel into a means of draining the whole of the
Middlesex side of the metropolis, and carrying the sewage
into the main sewer of the Ravensbourne, on the Surrey side,
as proposed by the engineer of the Sewers' Commission for
the drainage of the whole south site of the river. Mr. Har-
ding's proposal is as follows :—Let a sewer be formed along
the side of the river so as to receive all the present sewers
and drains into it which are above and below the Thames
Tunnel ; ne = t make two sewers along the bottom of the
Thames Tunnel to the Surrey s'de, emptying themselves into
the intended main sewer proposed to be made, according to
the plan of Mr. Frank Forster. By adopting this plan it
would be making a valuable use of pelt of the Thames
Tunnel, and a ready way to get rid of the vast amount of
filth which at present pollutes the river Thames, to the
great injury of the health of the inhabitants of London .
The proposal is considered by several scientific men to be
exceedingly advantageous, and it remains to be seen what
decision the Commissioners of Sewers will come to on the
subject.

THE LONDON COFFEE MID EATING-110111W.
KEEPERe ASSOCIATION.— Yesterday evening a meeting of
subscribers and the committee of management of the above
institution, was held at the Freemasons' Tavern for genera 1
business. The report of the society's progress was very satis-
factory. During the past half-year the committee has been
enabled to add upwards of 2001., thereby making their capital
stock in the hands of the Commissioners for the Reduction
of the National Debt now to consist of 2,4491. The balance
sheet for the past year showed the receipts from all sources
to be 4171. The expenditure left only a trifling balance.
The report concluded with an earnest appeal to the members
of both branches of the trade to extend the society's use-
fulness.
SECESSION FROM THE CHURCH.—The Rev. Eyre
Stewart Bathurst, rector of Kibworth, Beauchamp, Leices-
tershire, and formerly fellow of Merton College, Oxford, has
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Very Rev. Dr. Newman, at the Oratory, in Alcester-street,
in this town.—Aris's Birmingham Gazette.
SINGULAR VERDICT.--OR Tuesday T. Lee, Esq.,
coroner, held an inquest on the body of a child at Dodsworth.
near Barnsley. It appears that a young unmarried woman,
named Hannah Stones, had been delivered of a still-born
child, and made no one acquainted with it for several hours
after the circumstance, which caused several reports to get
into circulation, although she had prepared clothes, &c., for
the child, and had made no secret of the matter. The jury
returned a verdict of "No use We presume they intended
that holding an inquest, under those circumstances, was cf
no use.—Halifax Guardian.

NATURAL CURIOSITY.—During the present week
a pigeon belonging to Mr. Jonas Jennings of Horton, has
hatched a hen's egg, and produced a live chicken; and what
makes the circumstance more strange is the fact of the
pigeon being of the masculine gender, its mate haying been
shot some time ago.— Leeds Mercury.