The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-02 00:00:00

MISCZSZJLNEOUgI.

A case was recently brought before the Leeds magis
trates, by Captain John St. Alban, of the 83, who
claimed exemption from the payment of toll at one of
the toll-bars. The exemption of officers of infantry re-
giments from the payment of toll for passing through
turnpike bars on horseback being a question of some
doubt, a communication was made to the War-office on
the subject, and the reply was, " that the law officers of
the Crown have given their opinion that the words of the
Mutiny Act do exempt, as they were intended to ex-
empt, all military officers in uniform, dress or undress,
and their horses, from the payment of toll when passing
through turnpike gates or bridges erected by the autho-
rity of Parliament."
In consequence of the demise of the Princess Sophia of
Gloucester, on Sunday the New Terrace was closed to the
public by command of the Queen. The State apartments
also remain shut. It is not expected they will be opened
for the admission of the public until after the funeral
shall have taken place. Although the Princess Sophia
expired at her residence at Blackheath on Friday morn-
ing between ten and eleven o'clock, the intelligence was
not received by her Majesty until seven o'clock that
evening.
The following is an extract from a letter of the 27th
ult., addressed by General Pasley to Mr. Lightfoot :
" I am very sorry to inform you, that I have felt it my
duty to report to the Lords of the Committee of the
Privy Council for Trade, that I ascribe the cause of the
accident on the 21st instant, to an error of judgment on
your part, in setting aside the directions given by John
Kearsley, the engineman, and communicated at the
Beeston station by James Howitt. I regret the circum-
stances exceedingly, as I am sensible that your inter-
ference, though it led to such fatal consequences, was
prompted by zeal, and you risked your own life as well
as that of others on the occasion."
The following removals of troops are ordered to take
place:—The 56th Foot from Ireland to England, the
depot of the 14th Foot from Ireland to England, and
the 67th Foot from England to Ireland. The 72d Foot
embarked at Cork for Gibraltar on the 27th ult.

Her Majesty has assigned apartments in Hampton
Court to the widow of the late Lieut.-General John
Skinner, 16th Regiment, who served in th• army for
55 years. This lady lost three sons in the army, Lieut.-
Colonel T. Skinner, 31st ; Ensign J. Skinner, 56th Re-
giment ; and Captain J. Skinner, 61st Bengal Native
Infantry.
IBCOACII ACCIDENTS.--On Friday last as a man,
who is deaf, was returning towards Bewdley, from the
Far Forest coal pits, with a sack of coals on his back,
the Red Rover coach overtook him, and in his attempt
to get out of the road the horses caught the sack
and knocked him down, the wheel passing up his
leg. His shoulder and face were cut very badly. On
the previous day, as the Worcester and Ludlow
mail coach was on its journey to the latter place, a
half-drunken tailor of Abberley got upon it, and seated
himself behind the coachman, and when the vehicle was
descending the hill near Witley, he fell to the ground.
At first it was feared that the wheels had passed over his
body and killed him, but it turned out that he was com-
paratively uninjured by the fall. Mr. Hughes, the
coroner, was sitting on the box, and the tailor, grasping
at him to save himself, nearly pulled him from his seat.
—Worcester Guardian.
HASWELL COLLIERY EXPLOSION.—The amount of
subscriptions for the relief of the relatives of the sufferers
at the recent colliery explosion at Haswell, paid to the
.treasurer of the fund up to Wednesday last was
4,0474 12s. Id.