The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-27 00:00:00

UMMARY OF NEW

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On Saturday Louis Philippe, the Queen , and her
Ili hoes 'Madame Adelaide, came to Paris, and
I:!sited the Louvre. They returned l° Cloud.. to
dinner, and in the evening their Majesties "received the
Sardinian Minister, the Hanoverian Minis te• the Prefect
of
nus si Police, and Madame Gabriel Delesser t, the Baron de
ere, awl Prince Pignatelli.
t: By a royal ordoneance dated the 20 f..„ new regula-
tons are made respecting the supply for corn and bread
ler the army. The contracts fur corn a to always to be
public, with all possible competition, ar d are only to be
°I. one year. The manufacture of ti e bread is to he
loader the direction of inspectors r pointed to the
Government.
b'rd the great disappointment of the Parisians, the
e)tided state of the atmosphere on Si, iday night ren-
dered the eclipse of the moon invisible.
eThe Dioit states that the Englishin an who recently
deeted his escape from the debtors' pi son in the Rue
tfuereciloi`,.4l,Y amounting sas tothat journal, he was incarcerated
ti, u,S 130,000f, had bribed one of the
ll'ltKQys with a sum of 5,000 f., half iii bank-notes and
aft! °they half in a bill at twenty day s. This turnkey
morded him the means of escape, and a t the Barrie du
eine a chaise de poste was in waiting ..to convey him to
e c"at• Suspicion having fallen ou the turnkey, he
tial! arrested, and on being searched. the bank-notes
TieLlt he had received were found upon .him.
tha he queen of Spain has just confers ed the Order of
_ Goliben Fleece upon the Duke of Calabria, Prince
%Yal• of Naples.
f 117 e see by the Berlin journals that associations are
th tog in that capital, and in other pal Is of Prussia, for
GOv7prot action and encouragement of the vpera Live clasaes.
la done with the approbation and patronage of the
ernrnent.
°Fi Pn the last volume of the statistics of' population, &c.,
that'ar published by the Prefect of the Seine it is stated
out of 28,942 accouchernents, the re are, children
1'787
4„, still born, and 200 persons are annually carried
424` by the small-pox. The. numbers of death in the
Poorer arrondissements of Paris is Frightfully large as
T?Pared with that in the wealtiar arrondissements.
s is also the case in London.
The
'toted nMunicipal Council of M arseilles is stated to have
the u- sum of 30,0001, to be placed at the disposal of
Mayor, for the expense of the fates which are to take
;Ace ou the arrival in that city of the Prince de Join-
,e and the Duke and Duchess d'kumale.
t..-31tragossa,
says the Constitutionnef, is not the only
I:ace that has been declared in a state of siege; we learn
11,14,t the measure extends to the prc.vince of. Saragossa,
that
Valle of Huesca and Teruel. It is confirmed that the
itioveYnaoefn 'tferia, in Upper Arragon, has taken part in the
The
Tenceßarcelona papers of the 19th mention no occur-
ikr„„ , any interest, but detail a 'ember of rigorous
daii-utty adopt°flsinwg. hich the Captain-Generi ti of Catalonia was

&RAW I!..ND POLICY L
An action was brought in the Court if Exchequer, by
pearket
gardener's labourer, named IV ['earthy, against
-I.lre• tames, proprietor of the Alfred's Head, near the
titP ant and Castle. It appeared th at the plaintiff,
er attending an Irish wake, bad go ue to the public-
...lo
ehaursaee,taenrsd, the defendant, in turning out some disorderly
, gave M'Carthy a push, who fell, and had his
EtrilLbTert. Verdict for the plaintiff--Damages 301.
az„s" tue New Central Criminal Court, John Andrews,
v;7111,; 23, was convicted of stealing a
,gold breast pin,
"9 305., the property of William S pear, from his
Pers°n• The Common Sergeant obsery ed that he was
fo:1. active thief—one of the swell mob— and must leave
r,e1;:111rY• The judgment was, that hie be transported
r,"""e arm of ten years.
`'leorge William Moon,
, and 23
la ad-dress, five rings, a clerk, rasp ectably attired,
years of age, pleaded guilty to stealing a pearl
and other articl es, value 301. and
nywards, the property of Francis °mammy, his master.
Also for stealing a bank note, value 51. the property of
wi;Si_said master ; and a third indictmend charged him
with
trembezzling, secreting, and stealing ill. 55., the pro-
y of George Frederick Prince Sutton, his master.
hal.; Commissioner Bullock and Mr. Alderman Challis
ing consulted for a considerable time, the Learird
Judge said they had duly considered the cheirges, which
wedge of a very serious description, so the at the Court
tion
"wet not, consistent with its duty, grant the applica-
-0
n his behalf without injustice to others The sen-
tence was, that he be transported beyond the seas for
fie Yen years.
tlAt Queen-square Wm. Butler, of Hatton,, nearHoun-
ow, wss fined 10/.' for hawking hay without a license.
.eletice of appeal was given.
Charles Wm. Glover, 19 years of age, who has been
in custody ten days,A brought up for 'final examina-
tion at the Thames Police-court, charged with mali-
ciously cutting and wounding Anne Male, with intent to
do her grievous bodily harm, and also with assaulting
Several other persons. The prosecutris , who was in a
very feeble state, related the nature of the assault, which
had been committed without provocation, while ri-
soner was in a state of intoxication. lie offered the p
no de-
fence, and was fully committed for trial
crirtrorr—rAsnr-mv.eba
Brajhe Dowager Lady Holland is expected to return to
at Stanhope-street, at the close of the week, from
gt,ton.
~.,The Earl and Countess of Dunmore are passing the
a..siniter at Dunmore Park, N.B. Her Ladyship'a duties
are
not
of the Bedchamber in Waiting on the Queen
tia°t expected to come round until March.
art and Countess Bruce have left th air residence, in
'arid-mall for Savenache Lodge, near M arlborough.
towneneral the Earl of Effingham, G. C. 8., arrived in
4,Ti yesterday from Brighton.
hisGner Duke of Buccleuch's birthday was celebrated by
ter, ace's London tradesmen, at the Freemasons' Ta-
' nin Monday, when he completed his 38th year.
the Dand Countess Craven have arrived on a visit .to
ew ur
Owager Countess Craven, at Hemystead Park, near
liiify
h,eaEv:rl of Limerick is seriously indisposed at South-
r rk.

IMEXRCILIMANAIO/711 4.
ceTt ha Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Irish So-
• Y entertained Sir Henry Pottinger, on Tuesday even.
Ilitlngt4baite the Albion. About 50 gentlemen sat down
vresided • Mr. Alderman Ilumphery (the Governor)
,
The
aitleretill:nuese of Ro. ers and Co. has always been con-
rrivate h • ofdecided property, though doing a very
•va,ced
.usiness ; and the head of the firm, now ad-
-4` Pie la age, is well known as the author of the
ilasures of Memory."
Wot,..e Inquests on the bodies of Varnalls and Dean ate
4gallugham. were resumed on Tuesday, and likely to be
o( AlLad,burfwd. The rumour embodied in our repor
41 "n'lY to the effect that the driver of the Derby
°wa•tr •
Ciao . ala had thrown his cap on the ground, and re-
Nvhe.` (1, Proceed towards Nottingham on the wrong line,
*4,, nethrected to do so by Mr. Lightfoot, turns out to be
'''Ar IY unfounded.
Nitsull, allayTu a provincial grand lodge of Freemasons
I:l;etad
try, for the purpose of installing
lac. ceremony Earl
The " 8 Provincial Grand Master of Warwickshire..
:b 11, t 8 of installation ;was performed .byT. H
~---unier (19 Grand Registrar of the Order, assisted by a
i'Olis "8 assemblage of the fraternity from th metro-
-the al•Ild frnna all parts of the county of Warwick and
tootiaoltto,.ordia:ng Counties. The companyafterwards ar-
pax-
bliuplapprteusoiduesdlinner, at the Castle Inn, at whichow-
thsr'`..oaturday last, a little boy, named George Csr,
en.
der sou of Dlr. Crowther, of Hendon-terrace, near
il.
'Val-, b"; I,!as killed on the Durham and Sunderland Ra
paw_ i eeing run over by two waggons as they were
fello;g °II the line near Hendon. It appears the little
Mien iewas temptingatt to get on to one of the waggons,.
treEd fell n,and both waggons passed over him,
his le ,• • • him severely in other
rts eggb. boll logs anu injuring
rEttUsti 11,s; Y• He died shortly afterwards from ex-
he°A; .'l3 l'emains presenting a shocking spectacle.
14,44 n ftlsvitat ion
Q: given by the leading City of Londonr
the lith ,rt:-). ,r Henry Pottinger has been accepted fo
A, rcieei. Autio. -
Rr a thg of t
ties to
ni . . ,•...
i 0
to ollbtai;uestnen
aquare, to g t' 'll Shouldham- street Chapel, Bryanston-
and assistants was held on
operation °°4sider th,
4 urs of b . propriety of rendering their co-
,clueed t ustriess•
1'
8' general sanction for shortening. the
he b, • • Mr. Wheatley presided, and intro: 4eruarks o business of the meeting by some general
tioris, i_ 4 the evils of the late hours. Several resolu-
gtdopta. ttecordance With the object of the meeting, were
ATA

Age TT
Wednesday
2zora '4.-ssTx AND MARRY us.—Oh .
terest-
gi,.,,,lg. a 3'cung man, accompanied by a
very
inaltar
of ti.-"i'llig Yoinip.
•', female, presented himself at thefi her.
ketue church of St. Nicholas, the patron Saint of s ,
the 'to which fraternity, or its kindred one of seamen,
„e
olijciu.rig Man belonged, that the two might be made
,i,
vill the holy rite of matrimony. One of the curates
e.
teroil_e Parish having been appointed to perform the cas
the '1:17, was scarcely so quick in . its consummation
tjbe 11.11Ptient brideitToorn appeared to think he ought to
wititiane embryo hisband,seems, had been in-
Ail 41 g freely in his libations to the rosy god, exclaimed
Itinal4l:l3' a horrid oath against the slowness of the cle-
teestits gentleman, and the latter, feeling alike grieved and
.
ed, refused to iztroceed. He soon left the church,
%a rig the offender that if he presented himself before
kiellnister of the parish in a more becoming condition,
in,„, j). canonical hours, it was probable that, on express-
fe4l-,i "lit contrition, the ceremony would then be per-
the The parties retired, and after the morning
i'll'ra appeared in the presence of the minister
pride e Parish, who administered a keen rebuke to
.th
14 cou
.41.°°r0, and concluded by uniting the anxious
e ,ia the bonds of indissoluble union. Mr.
obi' "410 expressed the deep regret he felt at being
4dltedtia_tc perform so painful a task.—Cambridge
1, er•
eti-41:Ptc.rs or THE TA.aur.—Continental cattle are
el,, 4flported in great numbers into England, and the
vik'c'rtation of poultry is prodigious. This is, beyond
to lieuestion, " a heavy blow and great discouragement;
Zit afire and small agricultural industy in Ireland ; bu
beet Peel must have known it to be inevitable
I,Zhe Was concocting his tariff.—Dublin Pilot.
otlio" Sacred Harmonic Society will repeat Handel's
It 1:14 oratorio, " Israel in Egypt," on Friday evening.
-I' this t i that Handel has manifested that
Ora or o
neap
trtl power of musical painting which he possesses
lieu all eminent degree.
ha, lieu
SURRIFYS.—It is rumoured that Catholics
lies een
ins b,
excluded from Sheriffs' lists of late years.
Vfav Particularly observable in the cases of Sligo, Gal-
"' 941(1 publin.—.Dublin Pilot.

THE LATE FATAL RAILWAY
ACCIDENT.
NOI TINGTIA3I, MONDAY.—Thomas Dean, who,: was
under examination when our reporter /eft, was croak.
examined by several of the jury, in order more clearly
to, elucidate his evidence, but no variation from his
original examination was to be noticed. He stated that
he had not beard a man say, that if he were master he
would prevent the train going on until the other arrived,
and continued, " No steps were taken at•Beeston to stop
the London train till I heard the crash, unless turning
the red side of the signal ; but it was 'very foggy, and
the train might possibly have gone on if the crash had
taken place lower down the line. My having heird the
crash, and the Nottingham train not hiving arrived at
the proper time, were the cause of my gois)g towards the
Londcn train with the red flag. The points of the rail-
way are self-acting points. Two trains -going the „Aurae
way are not allowed to go after each :other
_until- 1#11:-
minutes elapse, The London train could not haie seenl
the red signal to stop at a distance of 100 yards, as it'
was so foggy, but they would have seen, it when they
came up to Beeston. There are fog signals given to the
engine-drivers. I never heard such a crash before as
that which I heard when the two trains met. I told the
station-master that it was like the report of a cannon,
but not such a dead heavy sound as the report of a can-
non."—The inquest was then adjourned.
TUESDAY, FOUR O'CLOCK, P.M.
At half-past nine o'clock this morning the Coroner and
jury re-assembled at the hospital, to pursue the investi-
gation adjourned from last night.
Mr. Youle and other directors were, again present, and
all the legal gentlemen engaged, as well as the officials of
the railway, were also in attendance.
The first witness called was John Bolton, who deposed
as follows :—I live at Long Eaton, and am overlooker
fer the contractor. I saw a tender get off the rails at ,
Wilford. The four wheels came off the rails, and the
rails were bent in consequence. I could not calculate
how long it would take to remove the tender and adjust
the rails, but I think it would take an hour. I saw
Kearsley at the place where the tender was off, and I
heard him direct Howitt to go up the line to Beeston to
stop any trains from coming down. Howitt said—
" What, to Beeston ?" and Kearsley said, " Yes," or if
he did not go himself, he should send the next man on
the line to Beeston." I then said to Howitt, " You may
as well go yourself, for the other man has got but one
leg." It was very foggy that day. Howitt started di-
rectly afterwards. Ile made a stop when he got about
15 yards. He was reminded again that the trains might
come lip, and he then went right away. It was so foggy
we could not see more than 100 yards up the line at the
time. I saw nothing of Mr. Lightfoot there, but I had
seen him pass in the up-train to Beeston. I cannot say
whether Howitt had any signal with him when he went
up the line. The first time I saw Mr. Lightfoot was, to
the best of my knowledge, when I saw him go on the
train. I heardnothing said to him by any person. We
got the tender off the line just as the driver of the second
up-train returned to inform us of the accident. Nothing
passed between Mr. Lightfoot and me at Nottingham.
I cannot say how it was that the tender got off the line ;
but when I examined the points before it happened I
found them all right. I saw Marland and Reilly before
the accident (the drivers who went on the wrong line),
and they expressed no fear of any collision, nor did they
appear to have the least dread of any such occurrence.
Mr. 11. Youle—l am one of the directors of the Mid-
land Counties Railway Company. I was at the Notting-
ham station on Thursday. I was on horseback, and
when I got to the gates leading to Wilford I perceived
they were closed. On looking to the right hand I saw
some men at work on the railway, and I shouted to them
to know what was the matter. Immediately Mr. Light-
foot advanced to me and said that a tender was off the
line ; and added, " As the time is now near at 'hand for
the train to London to start, and it must of necessity go
on the wrong line, I think I had better go with it to see
that the line is clear, and caution the police at Beeston
station before the arrival of any down train." I said,
" I think you had better do so." The gates were then
opened. I proceeded about ten paces, and reflecting on
what Mr. Lightfoot had said, I turned round, and said,
again, " I think, Mr. Lightfoot, you had better go your-
self to see that the line is clear." I then rode away.
My impression was that Mr. Lightfoot would adopt every
precaution, for I had known him for years, and had the
highest opinion of his experience, his caution, and pru-
dence, having often admired him for those qualities. I
therefore calculated that he would give every necessary
order to secure trains from accident.
By a Juror—ls there any understanding as to which
train—the up or the down train—must be kept back in
case of accident interfering with the rail? Witness—l am
not aware of any such understanding.
CORONER—We have it in evidence that there are two
sets of rails, which do not correspond with each other ;
that one set (the old set) was in operation with some of
the men till the day after the accident, and that the
other (the new) was not in operation with the others on
the 9th of November. I wish you to explain this. Mr.
Youle—lt is the duty of Mr. Knitley to see that the
engineers have proper copies of the rules.
CORONER—Do you know how it is that the whole of
the drivers have not been provided with regulations of
the same description? Mr. Youle—l do not.
CORONER—The regulations affecting changing the
rails differ materially in the two sets of regulations, and
yet some of the servants had ono set of regulations, and
others another set.
Mr. Youle—Mr. Knitley, the principal engineer, I
understand, arranges that.
The CORONER—I should wish very much to have it
explained.
A Railway Director—lt shall be explained.
A Juror—Naikland (the driver of the engine which
was on the wrong line) did not get the new regulations
till Friday morning after the accident, so that you went
to the insurance-office after the fire.
Mr. John Wildy—l went down to the Nottingham
station on last Tuesday afternoon, between a quarter
and half•past two. I took a place at the station for the
train which was to have started at a quarter to three. It
did not start then. I should think it was ten minutes
behind its time for starting. I was in the fourth-class
carriage, which is without seats. We proceeded on the
proper line to Wilford, and our train was then stopped,
and backed to the other line—the down line. I supposed
we were going to take up some luggage. We imme-
diatiately started on our way up, being still on the down
line. I saw a tender off the rails. As soon as we pro-
ceeded on the down line, I felt very much alarmed, and
my alarm was greatly increased by hearing the driver
constantly blowing his whistle. I had my child, about
3 years old, on my knee. I was conscious that something
serious would happen. I was in the last carriage of the
train. When we arrived at about three-quarters of a mile
from Beeston, I was alarmed by hearing a tremendous
crash, and being at the same. time thrown with great
force against the door-way of the carriage. We were
then going about 12 or 14 miles an hour, which I con-
sider to be about half the usual speed. I was stunned
for a few seconds, and as soon as I recovered myself I
looked round, and found that no one had been left in the
carriage but myself and my little boy. The first voice
I heard was that of Mr. Baker, who said, "For God's
sake, come and help these poor creatures." I then laid
my boy in the field, and assisted the passengers. The
first person I took out was Mrs. George Dean, wife of
Mr. Dean, of the Castle and Falcon. I then saw Mr.
Dean lying with his head out of the carriage. I put my
arms under his to lift him out, and I found that his legs
bad got fast in the broken wood of the carriage. I used
a little extra force, and took him out and laid him against
a gate. Mr. Dean was able to stand when I took him
out, but not able to speak. I asked him where he was
hurt, and he looked wistfully at me, but could not speak;
I could see that his face was bruised. I saw him again
shortly after, and he was still standing. When next I
saw him ho was lying in a cart in a field on the right-
hand side; he appeared then to be dying. My little boy
who was with me escaped without any injury whatever.
About half au hour after the accident Mr. Lightfoot
asked me what O'clock it was, and I told kim it was half-
past three. The driver of the down train then came to
Mr. Lightfoot, and said, " Oh, Mr. Lightfoot, what a job
this is; you can't blame me— it is entirely your own
fault i " Mr. Lightfoot then walked away, and made no
reply. He appeared to be very much troubled. I took
as much precaution as possible, by placing myself in
such a position as would break my fall, in case of a col.
lision.

By a Juror—Would you have gone if you knew the
train was to go on the wrong line ?
Witness—l would not have gone, if I had known it,
for all the railway companies on earth. (In continua-
tion)—As soon as we found ourselves going up on the
wrong line, all in the carriage became so much alarmed,
that I don't think an additional word was spoken
amongst us from the time we had remarked it to the
time of the accident. .

Mr. Robert Lightfoot, the station-master of Notting-
ham, whose name was so frequently mentioned during
the investigation, was next called, and the Coroner stated
to him, that if he wished to make any statement to the
jury, they were willing to hear him, but it was to be quite
voluntary on the part of Mr. Lightfoot.
Mr. Lightfoot then stated, that he had suffered greatly
in mind since the accident, not having had more than a
single hour's sleep at one time from the period of the
unfortunate occurrence to the present, and he should,
therefore, read to the jury a statement of the circum-
stances with which he was acquainted in connexion
with it. He then read as follows :—I am manager
and station-master at the Nottingham Railway sta-
tion. I went into the yard at about a quarter to two
o'clock, on Thursday last, when I met a man, who said
to me that an engine was off the line. I immediately
went up, and saw John Kearslcy, the engineer, and several
men trying :to disengage the engine from the tender,
the tender being off the line. Kearsley informed me
then that he had sent Howitt up to Beeston station to
stop any train:that might be coming down the line, until
the quarter-past two train had passed, as he intended
to send the quarter-past two London train up the down
line. My reply was, there was great danger from the
fog. His answer then was, there was plenty of time be-
fore any train was due, meaning the down-trains; and
that he would give instructions to Jerry to blow his
whistle, and go with caution until he got up the line,
meaning changing to the other side at Beeston. At
this :time Mr. Youle, the Nottingham Director, was
passing through Wilford-gates on horseback. I went to
him to explain the situation of the engine and tender,
stating that Kearsley intended sending up the down line
by the two hours fifteen minutes London train. I
asked Mr. Youle if I should go on the engine to see if
the driver was careful in going, and blowing his whistle
all the way to Beeston, as there might be men working
on the down line, or persons crossing at the time. He
said "By all means, do so," or words to that effect. I
then went to the men who were working at
the engine. Up to this time the engine at-
tached to the tender was the great obstacle
and
or: e
which caused delay. After the engine was disengaged I
said to the men, "All will be right now very soon,
I
ltehaern. "
got 0 One
no
the
the men
enginem e n
os said, itt
the London
i
rain, that had started from thert ti en
t short
m the station, fully convinced