The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-02 00:00:00

LON ON: TU-ESDAY EVP,NING, SEPTEMBER 2. 1845.

TH E SU N,
ADELPHI THEATRE.
An adaptation of the French drama, entitled Le canal
Saint-Mat tin, was produced here last evening, and pooh •
gar as the drama is in Paris, we augur that its popularity
in London will be greater still. It is one of these pieces
which are technically called " dramas of interest, and
in the present instance the term is certainly not a mis-
nomer, for the plot is of that nature that from the begin-
ning of the piece to the end,.the attention of the specta-
tor is rivetted to the stage. The hero of the piece is a
certain Monsieur Martial (Mr. Webster),- a gentleman
at large, alias an accomplished scoundrel—accomplished
in every sense of the word, with the manners of a gen-
tleman, the dress of an exquisite, and the morals and
imperturbable sang fi oid of a Mephistephiles. lie is the
chief of a gang,of thieves, and among others whom they
determine to plunder is a certain Monsieur Laroche
(0. Smith), a rich timber merchant, a man of wealth
and character, employing a great number of workmen,
the foreman of whom, Robert (Mr. Lambei t), is a rough
honest fellow, the beau ideal of an " ouvrier." Laroche
has an only daughter, Clarisse (Madame Celeste), who
is devotedly attached to Armand (Mr. Worrell), his
clerk. Laroche is absent from Paris, and Martial
contrives to insinuate himself into the confidence of Ar-
mand and of Clarisse. He manages to keep Armand out
all night, and takes advantage of his absence to rob the
house. Laroche returns—his daughter dreads his
sternness, and endeavours to devise means to replace the
money, and to prevent his knowing of the robbery which
has taken place. Among the stolen property is a port-
folio, containing papers, from which Martial learns that
Laroche is no other than Pierre Bernard, a noted pirate
and murderer. It appears that he had met Bernard for-
merly, and at once introduces himself to him, and ad-
dresses him as Pierre Bernard. The old man, horror-
struck, grants him an interview at ten o'clock at night
on board his beat, and thus ends the first act. The
second act opens in thel cabin of the boat. It is nine
o'clock, and Laroche dismisses his workmen, al but
Robert. He has discovered the robbery. Ciarisse and
Armand enter—he drives Armand from his pre-
sence, and he behaves harshly to Clarisse, who
leaves him heart-broken at his cruelty. Robert re-
proaches him, and then we hear Clarisse is in fact Ro-
bert's daughter—that Robert, condemned to the galleys
at Malines, had met with Laroche, who had adopted
Clarisse, then an infant, as his child, on condition that
Robert should never betray his secret ; and that, after
Robert had served his time out at the galleys, Laroche
had taken him into his service. He sends R ibert from
him, promising to behave more kindly to the child, and
as the clock strikes ten, Niartial enters, armed. La-
roche accuses him of rubbing his house, and tells him
that he could only have acquired his knowledge from the
contents of the papers. Martial, with the most perfect
coolness, says—" 'frien will tell you something that is
not in the papers," and proceeds to relate that he had
seen, 20 years before, i:ff the coast of Newfoutellarel. the
ship of Bernard wre eked, and had seen him (Ber-
nard) murder Laroche and his infant daughter,
and then escape on shore. Martial had been a
cabin-boy ou board tile ship, and the only
person, except Bernard himself, who bad escaped
from the wreck. His reason for adopting Clarisse is
thus evident—he had passed himself as the real Laroche
on his return to France, and talc n possession of his
property. He comes to term> with Martial, promises
him large sums, and taking him off his guard while
drinking a glass of wine, touches a spring, and through
a concealed trap tumbles Martial into the river. At
this instant Clarisse enters, sees the murder, and is
horror-struck. The next scene is at Belvil!e, the
gardens of which arc beautifully illuminated in honour
of the fill which Laroche gives his workmen there.
Clarisse is brought there to join in the festivities—but
she is miserable ; Laroche explains to her that the
man she bad seen killed was an enemy of the family, who
had spoken slightingly of her mother—that it was a ne•
cessary crime. Armand then enters to entreat his for-
giveness, which is freely given, and Laroche promises to
marry him to rs. larisse, and desires him to go and pre-
pare for the wedding. Armand has scarcely quitted
them when, to the horreir of Laroche, Martial enters.
He had been fished up by Barbillon (Wright), a pro-
fessional diver, who often throws children into the
water to get the rewarit for pulling thorn out again,
and restored by the Humane :'ociety. He demands
12,000 francs and the hand of Clarisse as the price of
his silence. This interview is interrupted by the arrival
of a gendarmiese, bringing Robert a prisoner. Robert
had been seen to leave the boat, a few minutes before
Martial had been picked up under it, and suspicion rested
on him. Martial, with the utmost sang froid, takes
advantage of circumstances, denounces Robert as having
attempted to murder him, and Clarisse, out of efftction
to her supposed father, dares net rev:-al the truth. The
second act concludes with this very effective situation.
In the third act C-arisse is informed ot her horrible
destiny—to wed Martial ; to seve her father, she con-
sents to the loathso:ne marriage. Mean a Idle, Mar-
tiara companions are anent to share the plun-
der, as they suspect bins of intending to cheat
them. He invites them to the wedding to watch
them, having, in the meanwhile, given information to
the police to have them arrested on their arrival. Hobert
has escaped from prison, but, before he leaves France,
h? determines to have a list look at Clarisse, and goes
to the wedding for that purpose. On the wedding-day
Armand also arrives, thinking he is to be the bride-

'MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE
CONTINENT.
SAXE GOTHA, AUG. 29.—The royal party left Rein-
harcltsbrunn between 3 end 4 o'clock in the afternoon of
yesterday Gotha, where great preparations had been made
to welcome them. Coburg is situate in the midst of a
rich and fertile valley, locking like one large park.
Gotha rises from a plain, which has been rendered pro-
ductive and covered a ith corn-fields by the labour of an
industrious population. Like Coburg, it is a sort of
model city, but it looks less like the residence of a Court.
It is more a seat of manufactures and commercial
industry. The population is greater by some 5,000
or 6,000 persons. There is, too, a sort of middle
class here, which you do not find at Coburg, at
least not to the, same extent. But it is at stated
periods the residence of the members of the reign-
ing family. There are no less than four or five palaces ;
but here they are in the town, while at Coburg they
are situated at different prints in the neighbourhood
favourable for commanding the superior scenery with
which it abounds. The largest palace is the Friedrich-
stein, an immense pile of building, irregular, and with
no pretensions to architectural symmetry, but surmounted
by two enormous mosque-like towers, which are promi-
nent objects for miles around. There is another palace,
called Friedriehsthal, much smaller, and facing the other.
A very beautiful garden, or, more properly speaking,
a riebly wooded park, interspersed with lawns and
flower beds, surrounds the former. Like all other places
of the kind in this part of the country, it is not shut in
with jealous care from the public. There are no gates,
fences, or sentries to exclude them ; but all are free to
come and go as they will. An open carriage-road, in
fact, runs through the most carefully preserved parts of
the grounds. There is also a msgeilicent orangery.
One or two smaller palaces are also in Gotha, occupied
at intervals by different members of the Ducal family.
The widow of the late Duke, and of the preceding one,
have each a residence in these palaces.
The city itself is larger than Coburg, but similar in
its general construction. The houses in the chief streets
are on a very large scale, and the main streets them-
selves are. much broader than is usual in continental
towns of the same antiquity. The market-place, which
is laid out on a rather steep declivity, is a particularly
fine one. There is a handsome theatre and a museum;
and there are other public buildings which will bear
competition with those in cities of much larger size and
greater pretensions.
The preparations made to welcome the Queen and
Prince Albert were very general throughout the town.
Almost every house was festooned or garlanded, and
that in a very tasteful way. That they were not similar
to those at Coburg seemed to show that they were
in both places spontaneous offerings of weleome,
and not suggested by the authorities. At the
entrence of the city, from the side of Reinhartitshrurin,
a very elegant triumphal arch was erected, and
the long street leading from this point to the
palace in which the Queen was to take up her abode,
was one long avenue of festoons arid garlands sus
pended across the road froas the lines of trees on each
side of the way. The street was lined by a holy of the
gensdarrees.
As the hour at wh;ch the royal party were expected
came on, the population of Gothaand the neighbourhood
began to throng the streets in multitudes. It was sur-
prising how so comparatively small a place could yield
so many people ; but, in fact, it was a general holiday,
and every man, woman, and child came out to see the
sight. And a most picturesque crowd they made. The
peasant girls from the surrounding villages, many
of them beauties of which any country might
be proud, intermingled in the throng with
their antique and picturesque costumes, long since
abandoned in the towns, but clung to by the villagers
with rustic tenacity. We have nothing in our coun-
try like their head-dresses, but they are certainly more
quaint and elaborate than graceful. The head is sur•
mounted by a tower of black velvet, silk, or stuff, ac-
cording to the taste or means of the wearer, which is
shaped like an infantry soldier's cap. This again is
covered with short sable plumage slightly curled ; and
from the top falls a shower of long black silk ribands
reaching below the waist. A dozen or two of these
women walking together reminded one of the top of a
hearse. Others of the peasant women wore less ambi-
tious coiffures; but then they had large cloaks of various
colours thrown over the left shoulder after the Spanish
fashion. The men, too, wore very characteristic
dresses. Some stalked along in lock black coats, like
priests' soutans, and boots fitting tight to the leg up to
the knee. The costume of the miners, too, was very
peculiar.
These odd costumes mingling in the throng, with the
uniforms of the soldiery, huntsmen, postilions, and
others who were there, produced a very pretty effect ;
nor were the gay colours in which the city damsels
decked themselves without their use in keeping up the
ever-changing variety. The great centre of attraction,
d where the throng of people was most constant,
was the triumphal arch already described. Here the
chief municipal authorities of Gotha were assembled in
a sort or tribune to roc-ive the royal visitors on their
arrival within the boundary of the city.
Shortly before six o'clock a sueciesien of salutes an-
nounced the approach of the royal co, aye' and a band,
stationed opposite the areb, struck up the National An-
them in very good style. In a few minutes the head
of the procession—for a procession it was, and a
very fine one—wes seen moving among the living
mass that erowdsd the road. First came a large
body of the municipal police on horseback. They are
a half military body, and have a very soldierly appear-
ance. Then came, also on horseback, the burgher
guard, not quite so soldierlike. Next, a party of the
mounted gendsarmes, and after them a band of the pos-
tilions in their gay dresses. A body of some 200 or
300 citizens and gentlemen of the town, excellently
mounted, followed, and then the Duke's chasseurs, all in
uniforms of green and gold. After these came the
Queen's carriage, containing, besides her Majesty, the
King and Queen of the Belgians and Prince Albert. The
Duke of Saxe Coburg rode en horseback by the carriage
from Reinhardtsbrimn. Two other carriage,. with the
suite, closed the procession. W hen the. Queen's car: rage
came opposite the tribune, the chief magistrive stepped
forward and delivered a speech, of which the following is
a translation :
" Happy in the consciousness of the presence of your
Majesty in our city, we lay our humblest and mostheart-
felt devotions at the feet of the Sovereign of the great
British empire. Happy
n
the splendours
we
aarei h
theat thei
of kinaiand
never
lust
natural
aithntieenssitofythe mother
amidst
xe a
the greatestre
sympathies
in the world. To those sympathies v
in-
debted for the incomparable satisfaction we feel on this
occasion. Welcome to the home of a beloved Prince of
our House. Welcome as his consort, 0 mightiest, and
at the same time most amiable of Queens 1 Little are
we able to convey to your Majesty our unfeigned deep-
felt joy at welcoming such illustrious guests to our nit
pretending town. Still, however far we could have
carried the outward shi: wing of our attachment, it never
could have equalled our desire to offer homage and best
love to Victoria Queen of Britain
Her Majesty bowed very graciously, and the co: tege
then passed on, amidst. deafening cheers from the
people, to the palace of the Duchess of Saxe Coburg,
where they arc to stay. Crowds of people lined the
way, and filled the area opposite the palace. After
alighting, her Majesty came forward and bowed re-
peatedly to the people. Altogether this reception at
Gotha was as good as any the Queen has' met with on
her various journeys, and exactly the same in form as
most of them.
There are to be several grand displays here during
the next few days, which promise to be very charac-
teristic of the manners of the people, and new, in their
way, to the Queen. Both her Majesty and the Prince
are in excellent health.

groom. On suing Martial enter as the bridegroom,
Robert can no longer contain himself. He rushes for•
ward, declares himself her father, and refuses to permit
her happiness to be sacrificed to a villain. Relieved
from the tie which bound her to Laroche, she at once
declares Robert's innocence; and Laroche does jus-
tice on himself by shooting himself through
the head. The gang are arrested on the de-
nunciation of Martial, and as the worthy is
about to walk off he is also taken into custody, for
the membors of his gang have in their turn denounced
him, and the curtain falls as they are march, d off to
rison. W e nevi ,t- saw W-bster to greatt,r advantage
th.,in in the character of Martial. It is a gnat piece of
acting. The imperturbable coolness—the rerftct self-
posses%ion—thy+ pre,ence of mind that nothing can for
an instant shake---the,shn.wd mother-wit, ever ready to
take advantage of the slightest circumstance that may
taise—the suavi:er in modo yet &titer in re—all that
goes to the making up of the quasi gentlemanly and ac-
complished blackguard, ware rev,.l- more completely deli-
neated. Webs! er's .iiartial is a perfect study for an actor.
The aczin, of i.l.eles-e was inte,-1-ely, painfully interesting.
It is a part admirably adapted to her peculiar powers,
and she does it ample justice. Wright, as Ihrhillon,
the diving gentleman, who has a love of tir with Milanie,
a grisette (excellently performed by Miss.Woolgar)—
Paul Bedford, as Galan, a drunken workman, with a
" Nix my Dolly" sort of sour, entitled " Raze away,"
in the singing of which he is assisted by a little Paul, an
urchin about three-and-a-half feet, high, who is almost
as comical as the greet levi ithan of fun him ,elf—and
Hunyard as John Cab it, the English tiger of Martial
(a sort of minor Jacques Strop), afforded, by their
huMour, an agreeable relief to the in,re serious portions
of the drama. The scenery is exquisite, and the mise
en scene perfect. In fact, it is a regular good Adelphi
piece, and will have a long run. The house was crowded
to the ceiling.

RELATIVE CLOSING PRICES OF

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IN THE
PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN
SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND.

NAMES or RAILWAYS. a g g

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aou and Bantry ..

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Belfast and County Down
Birknhd•Lan.&Ches.Jne.
Birmingham and Glo'ster
Do. NeW (iss. a t dis.)
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Birininghm&Oxfrd.June.
Bickburn, and Preston..
Blckburn, Darwn,& Boltn
Bolton, W igan, & Liverpl.
Boston, Stamfrd and Birm
Brighton, Lewes, & Hast.
Bristol and -Exeter.. • • • •
Ditto New.
Bristol and Gloucester
Bristol and S. Wales June.
British and Irish Union..
Caledon. and Ayrsh. June
Caledon. & Dumbar. June.
Caled man .• • • • • • • • • . • •
Ditto Extension • • • • • •
Cambridge and Lincoln..
Chester and Birkenhead..
Ditlo New Shares • • • •
Ditto Half Shares • •
Chester and Holyhead • • 21141 21
Chatenhain and Oxford.. 2y; 3
Chichester and Brighton..

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Clydesdale Junction • • •
Cork, Blackrek & Passage
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Cor:i. and Killarney . • • •
C. and Waterford •- • .
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Canterbury and Dover...
Coventry and Leicester..
Cornwall . • . • • • • • • .• • • • •
Derby and Crewe . • • • • • •
Direct Lon. and Manchstr
Dias, Beccles, & Yarmoth 2141
Direct Northern •••• •• • • 3 3%1
Direct Norwich • •• ••
Dubl:n and Belfast June. 9
'6eltast, & Colr e
Du!din and Drogheda • • •

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Dundalk and Enniskillen
Dundee and Arbroath . • •
Ditto New .. •
Dundee and Per h • • •
Durham and Sunderland
East Lancashire (No. I)
Ditto (No. 2) .. •• • •
Eastern Counties . • • .. • .
Do. Perp. 5 pr Ct., No 1
Do. do. No. 2
East Dereham & Norwich
East Union • • • • • •
Ditto Extension .. •
Edinbgh, Glas., and Dum.
Edinburgh and Glasgow 9O
Do. Quarter Sha es • •
Do. New Quarter Shares 1 4 3,4
Edinb. Leah, and Grantun
Do. Pref. 5 per Cent
Edinburgh and Northern
Edinburgh and Peebles
Edinburgh and Perth. . • .
Ely and Huntingdon
Enniskillen and Sligo
Exeter, Yeovil, & Drchstr
Fltwood, Prstn, & W. Rid
Carindrk and Glasgow .
Glasgow and Ayr . •
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Glasgow and Greeuock
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Glsgw, Kilmarnek, & Ard
Glasgow and Belfast Un
Goole and Doncaster • •
Grand Juncton . • • • • •. •
Ditto Half Shares
Ditto Quarter Shares
Ditto New Quarters
Ditto Eighths • • • • • . •
Grand Uni0n........
Great Eastern & Western
Gt Grimsby & Die Extens.
Gt Grimsby and Sherneld
Gt Sthrn & \Vstrn (hind) 26l
Ditto Extension .- •. •. 12%
Great Munster.. • • ..

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Gt Northern of Scetland 3%
Grt Northern of England 222
Do. New 401. Shares • •
Do. New 301. Shares .. 34
Great Western - •• •.. 177
Ditto Halt Shares •• • •
Ditto Fifths • .
Gullfrd, Farehtn,& Ports. 31A
Harwich . •- • .. • • • •
Hudrsflil& Man. It. Canl
Huddersfield mkt Sheffield
Hull and Gainsbcrough
Hull and Selby • •• • •
Ditto Quarter Shares
Ditto Half Shares ••
Inverness and Elgin ..
Isle of Jersey ........
Kendal and Windermere I
Kingstown and Bray ..
Killarney Junctions
Lancaster and Carlisle
Lancaster and Preston
Leeds and Bradford ..

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Leeds and Dewsbury -
Leeds and Think •••• • • • • 21 20,A
Leeds &W. Riding June. 18%
Leicester & Birmingham 2 p 3N2 334 •
Leicester and Bedford .• • 3% p 434 4%
Limerick and Waterford 834 634
Limrck, Ennis, & Kn. Jnc.
Linwin, York, and Leeds
Liv. Man. &GtN. of Eng.
Liv crp)ol and Manchester
Ditto Half Shares • •
Ditto Quarter Shares • •
Liverpl, Ormskrk,& Prstn
224 and 131rmiugham
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Loinloa and Blackwall • •
LondonD Dittotto Quarters ••.. • .
Lon.&Man.(Remington'si
London anti Brighton.
Ditto Consolid. Eighths
London and Croydon •• • • 27
Ditto New . ••••• • • • • 1/01
Do. Guiu•ant. 5 per Cnt. -
London and Greenwich
Do. Pref. or Privilege • •
London and South Westrn
Do. New Cons. Eighths
Do. New, 501 Shares• •
Do. New, 401. Shares• •
London and York .• • • • • •
Ditto (Bawtry) .• ••• • • -
London and Windsor • • • • •
Londe, Salsbury, & Yeovl 341
Londonderry & Coleraine 44 I
Londonderry & Entaskilln
Lynn and Ely .......... 8
Lynn and Dereham ..... 4%
Manchester and Leeds • . 217% •
Ditto Half Shares • .. 104 -
Ditto Quarter Shares • . 35
Ditto Six.teentlis •.. 1434 ---
Manchstr and Birkenhead
Manchester & Birininghm 73% 74 73
Ditto Quarter Shares • 1316 1236
Ditto New Quarters. 11% -11% 11%
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Manchestr, Bolin, & Bury -
Mnchstr, Buxtn, & Matlk Bpi 10
Man. Shef. and Mid. June.
Manehestr & Southamptn
Midland .. • •
Ditto Fifths •••.• • • • • •
Ditto New ...
Do. Con. Birm. & Derby 134 134 _
Gt Westrn (Irish)
Do. Extension to Sligo
Ne wcstl &DaringtnJuue. 57% 5
Do. New (Brandling).. 45
Newcastle and Bervvick• • 19 29 -
Newcastle and Carlisle..
Nwestle, Durham, & Lan. 5%
Newport & Abergavenny
Newry and Enniskillen • • 3%
Newark and Sheffield .• •
North Zritish
Ditto New Shares •• .• 9%
Northern and Eastern . • 72 -
Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.)
Do. Quarter Shares • •
North Devon .. • • • • • • • • •
North Kent • • •••• • • •
North Staffordshire •• •
North Eastern. • • • • • • • •
North Union (A). • • • . • •
Ditto (B)• • • • • • •
North Wales Mineral • • • •
Ditto New Shares . • • •
North Western •••• • • • •
North Wales •• • •
Norwich and Brandon • •
Ditto New • • • •
Not., Belvoir, & Granthm
Nottingham and Bo :ton • •
Nott., Er wsh. Val. & Man. -
Nottingham & Mansfield
Oxford and Blrming. June
Oxford and Worcester • • 10
Oxford and Cambridge • • -
Portia and Inverness • •
Portsmouth Direct • • • • • •
Preston and Wyre • • • •
Ditto Half Shares •• • -
Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. Guar
Do. Pr:S. 5 per Ct. & div.
Preston & Wyre Extend.
Richmond &W. End June 12% —„
Rugby, Woreestr, & Tring 2% 2
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland..
Sheffield and Manchester 141%
Ditto Quarter Shares — 18% 1831
Ditto ditto (No. 2) — 16
Ditto ditto (No. 3)
Sheffield and Lincoln.. • . 6%7%
Sheffield and Rotherham
Shrevsbry & Grand June. a
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Shrewsb.. Wor., & Crewe 5%. 5„ 4 :211„M„„
Shrws.,Wolv., Bir 8
Shrwsbry & Trnt Val. Un. 471,
Shrws, lierefcl,Bc N. Wales 5 4Th
Slamannan . • • • .
South Devon . ••• • • • 3414
South Midland . . 7% .7s
South Eastern and Dover 48 4914 48%
Do. New (iss. 321.) No. 2234 7,„
Do. (iss.33l Bd.) ~2 15%, I, ;I? luNa
Do. (iss. 301.) „3 8% .78 9%
Staines and Richmond ... 4
Staffordshire &Shropshire
Stirling and Dunfermline
South Wales..
Teats and Dove Valley
Trent ......
Da. and HolyheadJune.
Vs! of Neath . • •• • ..
We.t London, Old Shares
West End & S.)thrli Coun.
Wexford d .Carlow •• • • -
Warwick and Cheltenham 2%
Waterford and Kilkenny —„,
Watrfd,Wxfd,Wick& Dub 2% '74
Wakefield and Bradford.. •
Wakfid,Pontefrct, & Gool '—
Wakefield and Harrogate
Warwick and London .• •
West Lancashire • .
Worcester and Tring • •
Whfiehavtin and Furness
Do. New Half Shares • •
Welsh MiAland • • • • • • • •
We,t Cornwall.. .
West Yorkshire • • .. • • • •
Wilsoutwn, M.& Coitness
Wilts, Somrst, & Weymth
Yarmouth and Norwich • •
Ditto New .••••• • • • • • -
York and Carlisle
York and North Midland 108
Ditto Half Shares
Ditto Scarbro' Branch 54
Ditto Svlhy ..
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PRESENTATION ofNEW COLOURS
TO THE 65Th REGIMENT.
This regiment was on Wednesday, the 27th inst.,
presented with new colours by the lady of General
T. Grosvenor, with all the usual ceremonies ob-
served on such occasions. At three o'clock ir. the
afternoon the 65th Regiment was formed in line in
the square of the barrack ground, Artillery Barracks,
Brompton, the old colours being in the centre. On
the ground appeared the principal officers of the gar-
rison and their ladies, and, as the day was remarkably
fine, the ceremony drew together a nunierous body of
spectators. Shortly after three o'clock General Gros-
venor, accompanied by his lady and the lady of Colonel
Senior, with Sir Thomas Wiltshire, Bart, K.C.8., and
Brigade-Major O'Brien, of the garris, with other
officers, arrived in front of the line and were
received with full military honours. The officers
and colour-sergeants then advanced with the old
colours, preceded by the band, playing the " British
Grenadiers." The usual evolutions were next per-
formed, and the old colours were removed to the rear.
The new colours were then unc. sed and crossed on the
big drum, awaiting the coesecrAion. This part of the
ceremonial was performed by the Chaplain of the gar-
rison, the Rev. Dr. Curteis, who delivered an interest-
ing and most effective address, concluding by soliciting
a blessing from the Almighty on the colours about to be
presented to the regiment. The lady of the General
then advanced, and, addressing Colonel Senior, the offi-
cers, and soldiers of the regiment, expressed her confi-
dence that, under the colours she had the honour and
pleasure to present, they would continue to deserve the
approbation of their country. The Ensign standing by
advanced, when Ensign Stephen Blake and Ensign R.
B. T. Thelwall received the colours—the band playing
" God save the Queen." The General, who is also the
Colonel of the 65th, briefly addressed the regiment.
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Senior returned thanks to
Mrs. Grosvenor for the honour which she had done to
the 65:h, in thus presenting the regiment with new
colours. " Those standards, Madam," he said, " will
constitute our soldiers' honour iu whatevi r country the
service of our Queen may lead us. Wherever
wo go, I promi-e you, in the name of the
regiment, that they shall be faithfully guards)),
and d-fended as becomes British soldiers." Then
addressing the soldiers, he said—" Soldiers of the 65th
Itegimsnt. You have heard the promises I have just
made in your name. I confidently rely on your enabling
me to fulfil them, by guarding these standards with
bravery, with loyalty, and with discipline." The cere-
mony having ben concluded, the regiment closed
ranks, and march-d past the General in slow and quick
time, and the regiment was then dismissed. Its strength
consisted of 1 lieutenant' colon 1, 1 rnajo-, 4 captains, 7
subalterns. 4 staff officers, with 24 sergeants, 12 drum-
mers, and 330 rank and file. The officers of the regiment
adjourned to the Sun Hotel, Chatham. Covers were
laid for 24 in the large room of the hotel. Colonel
Sir Thomas Wiltshire and Brigade-Major O'Brien were
among the visitors on the occasion. The band of the
regiment was present, and played at intervals. The
Gallant General presented the officers, on this occasion,
with a very superb gold vase, standing nearly two feet
in height, for the service and ornament of their mesa
table. The non-commissioned officers, as well as the
men of the corps. were regaled at the General's expense
with a good and substantial supper. The General and
his lady left Chatham yesterday, for Woolwich.

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An election took place yes4rday for the judgeship
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candidates, and the following were the numbers at the close :
Aloylan (Revising Barrister), 41; Le Breton, 26 ; a Beckett,
23 ; Keane, 20; Camphel, 14; for the rest n t a vote.
WEATHER AN D TIIS CROPS.--MANCII} STER.
—Since our last, the weatii. r has been uninterruptedly fine ;
marked, however, so far, by repeated change of wind and fluc-
tuations of the barometer calculated to inspire some doubts as
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, Wales 414—Armagh, Coleralac, and raltrusi%,
ventry, Nuneaton, &c., 314—East Lincolnshire,
Coast, 25s.—Goole,
.Doncaster, Sheffield, &c., s—Grand
UniOn; and Gainsborough, 15s. 6d.—Leicester
and Bedford, 314—Leicester and Birmingham, 41/4—Lon-
don and Birmingham Extension. 30s.—London and Yc,rk,
734—Ditto( Baw try Scrip), 5 —rd anchester, Buxton, and Mat-
lock, 91,4 —Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire, VA—Not-
tingham, Erewash, &c., 3/. 104.—Nottingliam and Boston,
506.—Nottingham and Mansfield, 36s.—North Western,
cHolunnsthi
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Junction,
7S4_tt 55s—South
.I:mudr,v7,34
614—North Staffordshire, 71. 2s.—Rugby, 3—Rugby- and
Lin-
,t.
Sept. Aug. Aug.
. 1. 30. 30. S heffiel 7%—Sheffield an
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ley, &c., B—Shrewsbury and Trent irnion,s—Tean and Duve
68' W ti 1
Valley, 3 as.e e ( and Bradford, 51-/,—West Yorkshire,
1811—York and Carlisle, s%—Yorksifire and Glasgow
• Union, 31A.
• YORK, SEPT. 1.
• IN STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Union Exten •
' sion, 3%—Great North of England, New, 33—Newcastle and
Darlington Junction, New (Brandling), 411/o—York and
North Midland Extension, 25%—Clitheloe Junction, 514
• —Grand Union, 414—Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction,
Quarter Shares, 514—Leicester and Bedford, 434—L6n-
- —.— don and York, 794—Newcastle and Berwick, 2714—North
St •
affordshire, 71%—North Western, 6%—Rugby,
Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 81/2—South Midland, 9—Welsh
Midland, s%—West Riding Junction, 19—York and Car-
- lisle, 6.

SHEFFIELD, SEPT. 1.
STOCK. EXCIIANGE.— The sales are—Preston and Wyre
Extension, 4734—Derby and Crewe, s—East Lincolnshire,
Si. 6s. 6d.—Goole and Doncaster, s—Grimsby and SheffiehL
211/2—Ditto, Quarter Shares, 4% —Griinsby Railway and
Dock Extension, 914—London and Windsor, 425. London
and York, 73/4—Nottingham, Erewash, and Ambergate,
51,4—North Western, 55A—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 7 1-6
—Welsh Midland, 54,1—York and Carlisle, 5.
LIUDDERSFIELD, SEPT. 1.
SvocK ExcuANGE.—The sales are—Nottingham and
Boston, 40s —Shrewsbury, Hereford, and North Wales, 514--
Cambridge and Lincoln, 4%—Essex and Suffolk, Its. 6d.—
Grand Union, 3%—Huddersfield and Manchester, 21—Hud-
dersfield and Sheffield Junction, 20 c. n.—Leeds and Thirsk,
22—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 7%—Rugby,
heffield and Lincolnshire, 7%.
EXETER, SEPT. 1.
STOCK. EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Exeter and Cre-
ris diton, 10—Exeter, Yeovil. and Dorchester, :?-6 preen.—North
Devon. 214—Aberdeen, 3%—Eastern Counties, 203/4 —South
Wales, 5%.

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HOLYHEAD itoADS
BOUT?. &e.

8% There has just been i,:.itte(l, by order of the House of
2% Commons, the Twenty-second Report of the Commis-
-334 .loners for the Improvement of the ILlyhead Reath,
2% ?v... The following are the more matt real portions
thereof :

In pursuance of the directions contained in the 124th
,ection of the Act of 4th George IV.. c. 74, we lay
_ before your Honourable House two reports of our engi-
neer, Mr. John Provis, dated respectively the 31st and
= sth of May, 1845, the former of the state, condition,
_ and repairs of the road from London to Shrewsbury,
and the latter from Shrewsbury to Holyhead Harbour,
And the Nlenai and Conway-bridges.
We also lay before your Honourable House an account
of the sums received and expended by us during the
year ended sth January last ; and we have further ie..
serted accounts,•the first of which contains the particulars
of loans to the amount of 83,7001. advanced on the seen-
- rity of additional tolls, out of the Consolidat:el
and expended by us in various improvements on the line
of road between London and Shrewsbury ; towards the
repayment of which there has been paid into the Ex•
2% chequer, on account of the principal sum advanc. d,
43,3:2/. Bs. 1 Id., :yid 25,7271. 2s. loid. on account
of interest to the sth of January last ; at which
period there r,inained due in respect of the said
nuns, fur principal, the sum of 40,327/. 1 ls. id., and for
ntercst, 16,817/.los. qd., making together 57,1451. Is.
Mid. which is in course of payment.
The second account contains the particulars of loans
;o the amount of 54,100/. advanced, on the security of

additional tolls, by the Commissioners for the loan of
the Exchequer-bills for public works, to several trusts of
the road between London and Holyhead, and 4xpended
- in various improvements vNithin those trusts ; of
which sum of 54,1001. there has been repaid
2,1361. ss. 5,1., and 12.466/. 15s. 241, paid on account
of inter,st to the sth of January last ; at which
period there remained due in res?ect of principal,
/
15% the sum of 51,9931. 14s. 7d., and 2,1411 9s. 61-41 on ac-
YB count of interest, making together the sum of 54,1351.
4s. lid., and which is also in course of payment.
LINCOLN,
A. MILNE, _ _

Whitehall-place, Aug. 5, 1845. CHARLES GORE.
The following are extracts from one of the documents
inserted in the appendix.
THE MENAI BRIDGE.

The whole of the iron work was painted, and a coat-
in 4.4- of pitch and tar was given to the timber platform,
wheel guides, &c., during the last summer ; every part
of this bridge and its approaches is in a proper state of
repair, with the exception of a trifling- portion of the
'paved roadway, which will require to be taken up and
relaid

HOLYHEAD HARBOUR.
The dredging of the packet berths which was In hand
when I made my last year's report, has since been com-
pleted to the rt quired depth, and the skirts of the rock
near the west end of the not th pier have been cut away
to the level of the surrounding surface. .

Complaint having been made that the saw-pit at the
Graving Doek was too small, :Ltd without sutlicifnt pro-
-6 tection to the workmen from the weather, a new one has
s%
- been constructed of largtr dimensions, with a proper roof
to cover it. . .

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A new bailding, consisting of a store room, with a
sail-room above, has been erected in the dockyard for
the use of the Adtniralty establishment, and others hav-
ing vessels under repair.
The lighthouse, gashouse, and other buildings con •
fleeted with the harbour works, are in good order. with
the exception of the harbour offices, which are now being
repaired. The pier, quay wal;s, road, Scc., are also in
good order.
The number of vessels that entered this harbour in the
year 1844, exclusive.of Queen's ships, mail-packets, and
pleasure yachts, was 942, the registered bard, n of which
was 51,931 tom.

THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE
MOONLIGHT STEAM-BOAT.

The coroner, Mr. Bedford, and the jury selected to inquire
- into the circumstances attending the death of James Purcell, •
I aged 13, on boaad the Moonlight steamer, assembled for the
- fourth time yestet day evening, at the St. Martin's Tavern,
Duke-street, Adelphi.
The CORONER. having announced his intention to hear the
- evidence of Mr. Simonds and Mr. Flemming, passengers, to
- whose examination an objecti:m was raised on the last occasion,
owing to the presence of those witnesses during a former part
of the inquiry,
John Simonds, of Southampton-street, Russell-square, silver-,
_ smith, stated that he was on hoard the Moor.light, close un-
der the captain of that vessel (who stood on the right-hand
paddie-box), when she arrived alongside the Prince o Wales,
at the Hungerford-pier, on the evening of August the 18th.
_ He saw the head-rope thrown over, and attached to the
_ Prince of \Vales prior to the landing of passengers. It was
fixed to the sponson of the latter boat by a lad on deck.
Shortly afterwards he heard the captain give the order
" Go a-head." and almost simultaneously " Stop her." He
214 then heard an outcry among the passengers, and saw the de-
ceased, whose foot had been torn bythe head-rope, supported
by some persons on board. He heard the passengers say that it
was shameful conduct on the part of the captain to proceed
without seeing that the rope was detached from the Prince of
\Vales, but he (witness) did not think him blameable, as the
call " Stop her" imme.liately succeeded the order to "Go
a-head." The boat certainly appeared to move forward, but
he was satisfied that the engines were not in motion. The
tide wts running against the vessel, towards London-brPge.
He considered the accident attributable to the absence of any
person on board the Prince cf Wales to remove the head-rope
of the Moonlight from her.
George Flemming said, that at the time of the accident. there
were three boats at the Hungerford-pier. The Syren, a Wool-
- with boat, waved away froio the pier, and the Prince of Wales,
which stood next, with her bow facing the bridge (the same as
the Moonlight), went a little astern in order to take the plat.'
of the Syren. The Aloonlight's head-rope was then attached
to her larboard sponson. Immediately afterwards he saw the
deceased being conveyed away from the Moonlight, but he had
not seen the accident.
As the parties affected by this inquiry, if the accident was
the result of negligence, are either the crew of the Moonlight
or the Prince of Wales, or the piermen employed by the
Hungerford-pier Company ; and as the evidence as to the most
mats rie point was of the most conflating nature, it may be as
well to give a short summary of the witnesses examined, with
their opinions as to the party responsible for such negligence.
Mr. E. Bridges, carpet-manufacturer, of Cheapside, a pas-
_
senger in the Moonlight, heard the captain glvn the order to ge
a-head before the rope was detached from the Prince of Wales.
Saw the accident, and heard the passengers calling to the cap-
- tain to stop the vessel, which was then in motion. The Prince
of Wales was not moving at the time.
Mr. Joseph Marsh, a hat-maker, of Cheaps,de, also a pas-
- _
singer, believed that if any one had been on board the Prince of
Wales.to remove the head-rope f the Mo ,might from her lar-
- board sponson, the accident would not have eecurred. Heard
the people calling to the captain to stop, but the boat was not
stopped immediately.
Mr. Walter Scott, secretary of the Harwich Railway Corn-
- parry, and a passeng-'r in the Mo nlight, saw nobody besides a
lady on board the Prince of Wales when the aceidere happened.
The passengers of the Moonlight called for some one to
unfasten the head-rope, bat no one was there to do it. The
.-- captain might have seen that the rope had not been removed,
if he had looked in that direction.
Samuel Waller,of Chelsea, a passenger, witnessed the ac-
- cident, and called to the captain of the Moor light to stop the
vessel. The Prince of Wales was at the same moment going
astern. _

James Stewart, a pierman, employed by the Hungerford
pier Company, was attending upon the Syren, Woolwich
boat, when the Moonlight and Prince of Wales were along-
side her. It wag his ( witness's) duty to attend to the head_
ropes of the duff, rent vessels arriving at the pier, when he
could do so ; but it was impossible for him to attend to all
at once.
Henry Tucker, the foremost hand in the Mornlight. u;ually
attended to the head. rope. He threw it uonn the larboard
of the Prince of Wales, where it was fixed by a boy. When
the captain gave the order to go a 'head witness tried to je k off
the eye of the rope, and then let out the loose rope 1. irg on
deck, not observing that the foot of the deceased was entangled
in the coil. He called to the captain to stop her," and was
certain that the boat had gone a- head only about two revolu-
tions, but at the same moment the Prince of Wales went

astern.
William Giles, mate of the Prince of Wales, des-xibed his
boat a= stationary at tile time of the accident. The ngines
of the Moordight were in motion.
James M'Clarens. a lighterman. on board the Prince of
Wales, saw the accident, and believed it was caused by the
absence of piermen to attend upon the boats. There were not
half enough hands employed by the Pier Company for this
purpose, and accidents consequently were always happening
there. He was positive that the Moonlight was going for-
ward when the accident in question occurred.
Alexander Mill, a wood- turner, near Euston.square, bell( ved
that both the Moonlight and the Prince of. W.tle• must Lavebeen in motion at the -a ••f the ttrei.l;3,•, owing to the rapidity
with which the be rii-r • . r 11,)
Another pave:l,4er . I:gy, Lame I den, also
FIULL, SEPT. 1. believed that bath v: ssels were moving, but the Prince of
STOCK EXCHANCIE.—The sales are—Hull and Selby, Half Wales was going astern more rapidly than th; other was pro-
shares, 23---North Britizb, Half Mures, 94 88. 9de—North needing forward._

Wiliam Atkinson, master of the Syr(
accident. but saw the conttrion ecm-ion

n,.4'41,n0t witness the
pd it, and believed

that
The „men& of the house-surgeon r if Charing-cross Hos-
pital related to tilt h.:juries received b rebe unfortunate lad,
whose leg was amputated 1.1.)0ut six heti re atter he reached the
hospital. The case progrvseci favoural iv until the following
Friday, when death, reseiting from Mort ideation, t,,ok place.
The CORONER, atter readieg over the evidence, said that he
did not teel called upon to address many < rhservationsto the jut y
in reference to the conflicting inTirnmq ;Ouch had been
tecident vt .as caused by
pre-
sented to their notice. It was her 3-be,tu t a infer, from the mass
who Irma the blame-
of depositions before them, whether. tueo:
..,.. evident/ ce had been
a neglect of dutvrtr otherwise, and, i.c 2.. h.,
able parties. The larger proportion of' '
given by passengers on .board the vest el at the Hungerford-
pier, and, in considering their verdict, th egiurY vw ould give due
attention to the statements made by the 4?Pro. - 3 interested wit-
nesses likewise. He ought, rerhaps, to explai l't, to t' hem that when
men acted without suffitsient caution, and d. !nth was the conse-
quence, they were 'labia to the charge of mans ilaue,hter -, but it was
the more desirable on that account, that they 'ehnatki be ngreed as
to the pally to whom the blame in such a cas, s was really attribu-
table. lie might t remind them, in conclusion, that the law of deo-
duds was still existing, and, if they thoug ht fit to mask their
sense of any minor negligence, they were at liberty to record a
verdict of accidental death, at the same tit ne imposing a deo-
dand proportionate thereto.
The room was then cleared of st,•ll3gers ,and the jury pro-
ceeded to consider their verdict. After up wards of an hour's
deliberation the public were re-admittede nu d
The foreman announced that the Terd,:et of the jury was—
" Accidental death, a deodand of 40/. beiq t' imposed upon the i
Moonlight steam-boat." He stated tr:,at ix is brot her jurymen
.
and himself had experienced great ditfic A. ity in arriving at a
Nre
conclusion, owing to the extremely contra d .ory nature of the
evidence submitted to them by parties es,' 'nose Tespectabilitv
entitled them equally to credit. They had.: lsowesver, come to
the unanimous opinion that the Hungerford itiaris-at Company
were in duty bound to provide mere Orrin, ,11 for the better
protection of the public. •
_ r

THE LATE FATAL RA .ILWAYq
ACCIDENT.
FURTIIER PARTICULARS.
DEFFORP, SEPT. I.—Mr. Saunders Secrete r; of the Cora..
patty, yesterday morning sent off an express to Laindon, with
a full report cf the :a-I affair, which brought C leo eral Pasley
ir. the course of the afternoon to inspect the p. trt of the line
where the accident occurred ; the Gallaat Office r' 'lid not ex-
press any opinion, though it, no doubt, _must be a 3 trong ore
upon the gross impropriety of placing a truck u ?tan the main
line, which was the sole cause of the at- eident.. The men
(nearly 200) employed to clear the line .have sax ceeded in
doing so and in relaying the rails which were ;torn tap I or several
yards, in time for the up mail train which lerrYes Olt ucester at
8 50 r. at., so that no detention was occasional to* t this train,
and Sunday intervening, there were no other trains to suffer
any inconvenience. Geat praise is due to alr. ;an oilers for
the considerate manner in which he behaved tow tre,s the suf-
ferers and other passengers who were compelled : ..ro remain
durir.g several hours of the night in a strange plat !e, and with
no accornmedat;on within three miles. Tile poor a ffellow who
was so dreadfully scalded and burnt linge.-ed ant it nearly
daylight this morning, when death put an end tot. is s offerings.
An inquest was fixed for twelve o clock to-day • Th ,is morn-
ing General Pasley and several of the Corneaun,s of ricers be-
longing to the engineering department were utrt the spot,
with a view to an inspection. The jar: have just . met, and
have proceeded to view the body of Ward, whicL' was lying in
a barn close to the line, and presented one of th ama awful
spectacles ever witnessed, being cut and bruised ir • eve ry part,
and hardly an unbraken bone in his body. A r our morlem
~aarnin4tiikn has been ordered, and his body has b, ten .opened.
The result has not yet transpired, but it is fully exl meta 'd that
the inquest must be adjourned, as the principal witn seta Ward's
fireman or stoker, is unable to be mated, he ha vie been
brought to the Gloucester Infirmary, where he lies in t ta dread-
ful state.
The inquest upon the passenger (Williams) musts also be
adjourned until atter the one on Ward is held.
Ward has left a self,: and one young child ; he was t a clever
man in managing an engine, but not a very carefu It -driver.
lie was heard to declare before he left Gloucester- that he
would be in Birmingham in two hours. The engin e -he was
driving, called the " Derby," was the largess at we rIC on the
line; it is not so much injured as was anticipated. low ething
must be wrong to allow a man to drive an engir ieoof such
power at such a fearful rate, with a heavy luggage-tra in. merely
for the fun of the thing ; and this accident shows t hes neces-
sity of some legislative enactment to put a stop to such. 'reckless
conduct.
Another accidetit occurred this morning, but was at tended
with little or no danger, and no other inconvenience than a
slight detention of the passengers. The engine attatcl 'led to
the short train, leaving Cheltenham for Gloucester at thirty
minutes past nine o'clock, a.m., burst a tube when it n, eared
Badgworth, a police station about two miles from Cheltenl
Some consternation was manifested by the passengers, bs 1 in
about half an hour all was made right, and the train proem led.

ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
All doubt is removed as to the cause of the fearful amid\ nit
which occurred on this line on Saturday night. It was ato tick
standing in the way of the luggage train on its way to Birmit
ham, just as was stated yesterday. The cause of the col %-
pion must have arisen from one or other of the fallowing ea is-
takes : —either the signals were imperfectly given at 'the
Defford station to indicate that an obstruction had tire' be
guarded against, or no signal was given at all, or the engin
driver fell a sacrifice to his own recklessness in pushing one
spite of the warning.
It is only by an official inquiry that the facts can be pro-
perly ascertained. Bailvtay officers look as though yea ve..-e
going to solicit charity, or pick their pockets, the moment .fin-
formation is asked about the occurrence of an aeculent ; h tit
even a passenger sitting in a carriage can give no ini,ormati4
tin
beyond his sensations at the time of the accident, or whar ,he
witnesses after it. In the pre-cot ewe the responsibility resCs
with this officers at tl'e Deff-rd station. It was they who wen'
in charge of the truck which caused the double accident, and or
course it remains fur them to accoent for it 3 having been so
placed, and to prove that the requitite signals were given.
I have seen this morning James Baird, the man who at-tea:as
fireman to the unfortunate Ward. He stated, '° We left Glo u-
ceFter at nine o'clock on Saturday night with the luggs e-
train. When we got to Bredon the pumps of the engine got
bad, and by our attending to them the fire got very 10-y, taut
by the time we got to Egginton the pumps were working
pretty well, and Ward said he would assist in getting the fire
filled up. I then commenced filling up the fire, and he assisted
me by opening and shutting the fire-hole door as I put in the
coke. lam not exactly sure whether it was by the bridge at
Defford or when crossing the Avon that Ward said to me,
' Jamie, there's something wrong;' and immediately I sat,' hsm
shut off the steam. On observing this, I began to reverse .the
engine' and whilst doing so I tv;s thrown off it. As I wa.'
falling I felt somethi'tg strike my shoulder. It was very dark
at the time. I was restored, after a time, to sensibility by the
pouring of water over me. On looking up I saw engines and
carriages heaped upon each other, and tome of them cn fire.
I asked the person who was assisting me if he could tell me
anything of Ward? He said, ' Stranger, we will take you to
the station. You are not fit to inquire after your friends.' "
Baird attributes the accident to imperfect signalling at Defford.