The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-06 00:00:00

HAMBURGH MAIL.

TILVIT.-- In the night of the 22d of October, the
frontier bridge at Tilvit was for the second time this
year broken through by the violence of the stream,
which, in consequence of the rain on the preceding
days, had risen to the height of sixteen feet, and also
by two rafts of timber which had got loose. The
bridge is so much damaged that it cannot possibly be
repaired for some time to come. The flying bridge
was used to restore the communication, and car-
riages and persons were put over without any diffi-
culty. The rain was subsiding rapidly on the 23d.
STOCKHOLM, OCT. 25.—The Dagligh Alleband
says that the republic of Venezuela have sent an Am-
bassador hither to congratulate his Majesty on his
accession.
BERLIN, OCT. 26.—The well-known M. -Von
Gretsch, who but lately returned to Russia, is all on
a sudden come back to Berlin, and is announced in
our list of strangers as " Imperial Russia's Actual
Counsellor of State" out of employ. It is well known
that he took all possible pains to refute the Marquis
Custine's work on Russia, in which he did not suc-
ceed, therefore he finds being at St. Petersburgh not
very agreeable.
DUSSELDORF, OCT. 26.—The newest piece of intel-
ligence that we have here is, that in all the three
Roman Catholic Churches, an anathema has been
pronounced against " The Wandering Jew," and the
pastors of those churches have delivered to the censor
a very unsightly, and, for our days, a very significant
remonstrance, against the reprinting of " The Wan-
dering Jow" my the journals published under the title
of Ernst and SchPrz. This journal in consequence
of considerations on tilt
part of the publisher,
could not be overcome, has been obliged to d which
defer the
continuation of this amusing artlele—Hamburgh
Papers, Nov. 1.

THE NORWICH AND BRANDON RAILWAY.—This
new line of railway will be opened in May next, thus
forming a communication between the Northern and Mid-
land line of railway and the large fishing port of Yar-
mouth ; giving facilities for the supplying of the interior
of England with fish and coal, and affording the oppor-
tunity of shipping corn and other agricultural produce at
the latter port. The people of Ipswich, however, having
got a small line from Colchester to their own town, and
to which no objection can be made, now contemplate de-
priving the Norwich and Brandon proprietors of their
legitimate traffic between Norwich and the' metropol;s,
and much discussion has arisen respecting the necessity
of such a line, it being urged that the country cannot
support two lines, and that if such be the fact, two lines
which will not pay will deprive the public of that accom-
modation which a moderately remunerative one, with
frequent trains, would always afford.—John Bull.
AWFUL CALAMITY.—SIX LIVES LOST.—DERBY,
TUESDAY.—An accident of a very awful character has
just occurred here. A few weeks ago the Town Council
and Commissioners of the borough agreed to arch over
the Glitting mill-brook, in the Morledge, with the view
of adding a large plot of land to the Cattle Market.
Accordingly, a Mr. Sims entered into a contract to carry
out the extensive work, in connexion with the large
sewer just completed, at a great expense to the town.
The works were commenced a few weeks back, and one
portion of the arch over the brook completed, all but
removing the centres. About eight o'clock this morning
Mr. Sims's labourers commenced removing the centres,
and whilst in the act of taking away the last prop, the
whole mass of material fell in, burying the unfortunate
men in the ruins. News of the sad calamity was soon
in all parts of the town, and thousands of people rushed
to the spot. Every possible exertion was made to re-
move the materials, but from the immense quantity
which had fallen (the arch being an expansive one), this
was a work of some time, notwithstanding there was no
lack of willing hands. The first body found was that of
the contractor's son-in-law, and as the mangled remains
were disentombed, a thrill of horror passed through the
immense crowd. Six dead bodies, all of them more or
less mutilated, have been extricated, and the labour of
removal was still going on, though it is supposed that all
the bodies had been found. The melancholy event has
cast a gloom upon the town. It is supposed that the
centres of the arch were removed too early, the late
heavy rains having prevented the materials " setting "
sufficiently firm to allow of the taking away the centres.
GENERAL THEATRICAL FUND.—ENGLISH OPERA
HOUSE. —Sir A. Barnard has presented the fund with a
donation of 51, and Doctor Brady one guinea.
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