The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-03 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—The cant and humbug of the present day ap-
pears making its entrance into the Commercial Room.
There is no necessity, that I can see, for chairman, se-
cretary, &c., to the " Commercial Travellers' Protection
Society." Let all who are of their way of thinking
associate together, and not annoy the great portion of
their fellow-travellers. As to the vicious system,
blighting the prospects indulged in by a fond parent,
those who cannot take care of themselves had better
have their " anxious parent " with them. The fact is,
it is to save money that this humbug is commenced.
Houses who send out gentlemen to represent them, sup-
port them as gentlemen, and whose conduct deserves
their confidence, are to be annoyed by " modern com-
mercial men," who are generally sent out by third-rate
houses, at a few shillings per day. The landlord is to
furnish them, in some measure, at the expense of the
liberal portion of the commercial body—and, I am proud
to say, the greater number may be classed so—for your
" teetotallers" are, from observation, " tremendous heavy
feeders. I do, likewise, most distinctly deny the fact of
" A Young Commercial," " that every one is compelled
to drink his pint of wine ;" every day's experience
proves the contrary. The Society spoken of appears to
wish to ride in " first-class carriages," at " second class
fares." Ido hope the rational and social comforts of the
Commercial Room may long continue. Let this now
Society enjoy its comforts and advantages, but not by
interfering with the preient usages of the road.— I re-
main, Sir, yours respectfully,
ONE WHO CAN USE, AND NOT ABUSE,
THE COMFORTS OF LIFE.

Salisbury, Dec. 1, 1844.
[We have received several other letters on the same
subject, and among them one from a Correspondent, who
signs himself. " Vindex," complaining of the great space
in the paper already devoted to the controversy, while,
forgetting the point with which he sots out, ho fills more
than two large pages with a disquisition on teetotalism.
He, therefore, cannot blame us tor omitting his letter ;
but, indeed, enough has already appeared to satisfy
both parties.—En. Sun.]

FIRE orr Torin No's WssAstr.— This morning,
about half-past twelve o'clock, a very alarming fire
broke out in a schooner lying off Topping wharf.
The land engines and firemen were soon in attendance
of the A and B sections of the London establishment,
as well as a party of the Thames police, and with the
united exertions of those on board, though with the ut-
most difficulty, the fire was soon extinguished; not, how-
ever until great damage was done to the oargo on board.

' THE LATE RAILWAY .ACCID.L2NT
NEAR NOTTINGHAM.
ADJOURNED INQUEST ON MR. .L S
NOTTINGHAM, : 2.—This inquiry was
this morning, a: haL-past ten o'clock, irithe gra jury-
room of the County in which place it will con-
tinued to the close, as affording greater convenie.:::2 and
facility to all persons concerned, than the inque. t-rch-Jua
at Lenton.
Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Youle, and Mr. Ellice, Director;
were present ;-we also noticed Mr. Clarke, general super-
intendent ; and Mr. liirtl9y, superintendent of the leco-
motive department.
Messrs. Wadsworth an 1 Patchitt, solicitors, attcndt. d
on behalf of the Railway Company ; and Mr. Cursliani,
solicitor, appeared to watch the pree,:edings on behalf of
Mr. Lightfoot.
John Longden, the guard of the up train, and who was
so much injured by the collision, was the first witness
examined.
Henry Youle, Esq., a Director at Nottingham end.
was next examined ;• George Mitchell, an assistan! guard
and ticket collector mid Joseph England, a pasSengt r,
also gave evidence ; but as most of those persons were
examined on the other inquest, consequently there was
nothing in their statements that could be new or inte-
restin,r.--
At 'three o'clock the jury agreed to adjourn for an hour.
Shortly after four the jury again took their seats, and
the evidence of John Chadbourn, of Pinxton, a passenger
at the time of the collision, was being taken, but not
concluded when this report left.
Mr. Clarke, Mr. Kirtley, and some three or four other
witnesses, being yet to be examined, it is not at all likely
that the inquiry can terminate to-night.
In consequence of the verdict which- the town jury
returned on Friday night, the Coroner issued his warrant
for Mr. Lightfoot's apprehension, on Saturday morning,
at nine o'clock, but Mr. Lightfoot hal,in the mean time,
gone out of the way ; it is understood to be his intention
to surrender on the 13th instant, on which day the winter
assizes for the town of Nottingham commerce ; he will
then take his trial for the grave offence with which he
is charged.
Thereis a very general feeling of commiseration for
Mr. Lightfoot. The mayor and some other influential
inhabitants are to have-• a private meeting to•morrow
morning, at eleven o'clock, for the purpose of getting up
a public demonstration in his behalf ; after which an
address, of which the following is a copy, will be for-
warded to the Directors, and signed by most of the
nobility, gentry, clergy, and other inhabitants of the
town and county of Nottingham :
" TO TIIE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE MIDLAND RAIL-

JYAi•d

WAY COMPANY.
" Gentlemen,—We, the undersigned inhabitants of the
town and county of Nottingham, fully convinced of the
truth of what almost every day's experience illustrates,
that no human foresight or sagacity can in all instances
avert disaster—iflust regard Mr. Robert Lightfoot, in
your employ, as altogether morally guiltless on a recent
occasion, whatever may have been the unhappy conse-
quences of those measure which he so zealously, and
with imminent hazard to his own life, adopted for good.
" We, therefore, at this crisis, feel it a duty no less
grateful than imperative, to respectfully express to you
our unabated confidence in Mr. Lightfoot, and to add
our earnest hope that that their may be no forfeiture of
the high position which, we have reason to believe, as a
servant, he has ever occupied in your esteem.
" We have the honour to be, Gentlemen.
" Your very obedient servants."
(Here follow the signatures.)
We regret to say that Mr. Roberts, the gentleman
who underwent amputation of the right leg on the day
succeeding the accident, was delirious throughout yester-
day, and his dissolution was looked for hourly. To-day
he has again slightly ralied, but very little hope, indeed,
exists that any ultimate change for the better can take
place. His medical attendants are unremitting in their
attention to him, and this morning he has been placed on
a water bed, as the least pressure upon any part of his
frame induces intense suffering. Mr. Bowlstridge, the
landlord of the Three Horse Shoes, was also considered
dangerously ill yesterday, but a slight improvement in
his state has been observed since then. A young
lady named Gretton, is still seriously ill, but all the o:her
patients are going on favourably.