The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-18 00:00:00

NPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

ROUSE OF CO3INIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
The House met at Twelve o'clock.

LUNATICS BILL.
ordlll,,eecireto kport was brought up and agreed to, arid the Bill was
printed with the amendments.
wDUBLIN JURY PRESENTMENTS BILL.
th:"?.report was agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read a
E VEnte on Monday.
D.;ESIASTICAL PATRONAGE (IRELAND) BILL.
nt Bill was read a third time and pri,sed.
Th. DRAINAGE OF LANDS BILL.
third
Is report was brought up, and the Bill ordered to be read a
4 time on Monday.
JURORS' BOOKS BILL.
to de Bill went through Committee. was reported, and ordered
read a third time on Monday.
aTh POOR-LAW (SCOTLAND) BILL.
n report was brought up and the Bill ordered to be read
third time on Monday.
This THE HIGHWAYS BILL.
for
, s Bill went through Committee, and the report ordered
alonday next.
The pi VALUATION (IRELAND) BILL.
ouse then went into Committee on this Bill, and on
er first clause being read, a discussion ensued, in which
took Jones, Sir T. Fremantle, and Mr. Sharman Crawford,
part, and the clause was an reed to.
e.a the reading of the 2d clause, after an observation from
s• AWFOR,
i2ir T. C
FRREMANT DLE said that the valuation was divided
Ltn_.three elasies—those counties in which the valuation by
;t4l; Griffiths had been comp!eted, those in which it was not
tieategilut and those in whicit was partially proceeded with,
1, e thought it would be bet ter to wait until the valuation
completed before they proposed any alteration in the Bill.
After
eas some further discussion the clause was agreed to, as
i„also the 3d and 4th clauses.
ri the sth clause being proposed,
be i 8. CRAWFORD moved that the following clause
_kierted after it And be enacted, that in respect of all
,encoatinions.of.lands to be made under the provisions of this Act,
poim anasioner of Valuation, or the sub-Commissioner ap-
toa,.,sd to value the same, shall base his estimate of the rent for
yeZrntheprernises might be reasonably expected to let from
Poieei.t° Year upon a consideration of the productive
nfsl Of the soil, according to the natural
.qualities
itnpre soil under a fair application of labour and skill in the
totig?sement and management of the same, and under such
spit I°4 of cropping as such Commissioners shall deem most
Dree,,le to the quality of soil and the circumstances of the
as uses; calculating the value of the produce at such prices
Ate 1,411 ascertain to be the average of the prices of the
after Years preceding the time of such valution. And
the ~basing made such estimate of the value as aforesaid, and of
IteoPer and reasonable rent as founded thereon, it shall be
take or such Commissioner (and he is hereby so required) to
etfecteldato consideration whether the premises so valued are
by any peculiar local advantages or disadvantages,
'nee might operate on the fair letting value, and he shall
ea,:POll raise or reduce his estimate of value and rent ac-
theilibglY provided always, that in the return which he
addititttake of his valuation, the amount and causes of such
Priees`m or reduction shall be specially stated, and also the
itt4,d;of Produce at which such valuation shall have been corn-
kte„fa,n, din all easses he shall make his valuation on an esti-
-4144' ,9at amount of rent which, in his judgment a solvent
of lan,tmght be fairly expected to pay, according to the qua try
Aft: and circumstances of the premises.
Pito r Some observations from Sir T. Fremantle, Sir R. Fer-
v°, and Mr. S. Crawford,
th,t.k'unt CLEMENTS objected to the Bill proceeding fur.
there were only three Irish Members in the House, and
1115,14tve than sixteen Members altogether. He objected to
erineiple of the Bill.

(LEFT SITTING.)

/4-r,
WESTERN RAILWAY
ACCIDENT.
t a copy of Major-General Pasley's Report
l'ireitle accident of the 17th of June, on the Great
of tern Railway, was issued by order of the house
thert(lorfd. 4. The following are the material portions

Railway Department, Board of Trade,
Whitehall, June 18, 1845.
ektio-ti:'°r(l,—Having heard a report last night that a
accident had occurred on the Great Western
-it: 0-Y in the course of the day, I went to the Pad-
Cltk a terminus this morning, and found Mr. Seymour
1401,i,a, the principal superintendent, at his office, w
441/1',,,t1; me with a special engine and carriage, and ac-
tad tad' fred me to the spot where the accident occurred,
ilkaiarded me every information that I could desire.
ai,• -,4rrison the resident engineer of this part of the
are -7.0 attended on the occasion. The circumstances
iollo :vs
,sezpress train left Paddington yesterday
second
the consisting of two first -class and two
an_
tarrtages, with the luggage van between them") and
]fennel and proceeded safely as far as the og
144' bridge over the railway ; soon after whichtheon
the :al the luggage van were thrown off t.he
c'itlsta side, but travelled so close to the rails, withou_t
man entirely off the sleepers, that neither the engwinree
NZ stoker in front, nor any of the passengers„ were
tillat anything unusual had happened until h
14iiist• ea the girder bridge over the road from er to
%;°''e3', about two and a half miles from the Sloughlion
sage °n reaching this bridge the wheels of the
,ug_
,Tkpeli`i,lnust have run foul of the sides of the troitirgohnt
Neil,: girders, probably mounting to segments, and
taast haver been thrown off with force to the other
kti;ialal this sudden shock in changing from the former.
movement must have caused the wheels of the
fat ireger carriages of the train also to quit the rails,
11104 ire were ruts in the brickwork on each side of
told Nigha as if cut by the flanges of wheels, which
!aid hell''t have been done by those of the luggage van ;
• thi°ad this bridge the longitudinal sleepers support-
L'ens,' rails were cut on both sides, and the transoms
,114 T 11,1 them were also cut in a manner that could not
'4l-e,,u"n done by the wheels of one carriage only.
tally after passing this point, the engine and tender
'lei•
nz't,est their proper course. all the rest of the train
the reas • in conseqUence of which the car-
•b• s e-egan to ro'ck and the wheels to throw up dust
the .aq in an alarming manner; and, finally, one of
4;:tioeicette..nd:thelels. s carriages, that in front,
.was tvviesle t the th arid stood transversely across the railway, w s
passenger carriages ran down the south
"otkla " embankment about twelve feet higb, at thae,
%relit of which one of them, a first-class carriage, w
Iliiii,tetttlY turned over with its wheels uppermost,rt
21. the "ie two other carriages fell upon one side. pa
electric telegraph was broken at the same tilde,
'tete %Prevented the intelligence being communicated
t?agi! to London by that useful instrum.ent.
having
yelp lightness of the luggage van, and its
11.0 e.: °at' wheels combined with the extraordinary
tlit't3:3a,f the express trains, and the elasticity of the
Neicl rail(
and sleepers, was the original cause of this
the oebil„ which was- aggravated by the hog-trough rails,
I\ratzlis remedies are:—
thigh, To replaceall the light sleepers and the
as as the hO-g-arotigh rails, by the
Zet appr.,lla heavier sleepers and rails of Mr. Brunel's
'44 b `"°l- Pattern. Mr. Clarke informed me that this
,ekea intended, and was actually in progress at the
gashm.'", ac.eident occurred, but had been suspended
Ming
tine Period of Ascot races. I myself observed the
oeoa 8 in readiness upon the spot.
lITY---Experiene having proved the impro
mixing lighte four-wheeled and heavy six-
rhlee karriages in the same swift train, the use of the
ave apt "Annld be discontinued ; but as it is desirable to
Sive ,TaPty carriage next to the tender in order to
gin'ae first shock in case of any accident to the
Lake ,01; tender, let it be a six-wheeled carriage of the
-'l,seltle;,,grhti as the passenger carriages, which may also
tnhaZvi,ded u4l these measures be adopted, I see no
,s`lirest doubt the safety of the express trains of the
"%ell estern Railway.for the future ; for it will be
he in,, that though the accident was, in fact, owing to
vith 44::,(1..velocity, yet it certainly had nothing to do
(Siveeludttl the gauge.—l have, Sze.,
) C. W. PASLEY, Major-General, and
The, -t.„ Inspector-General of Railways.
Right Son. the Earl of Dalhousie.
3)8,-

regret to an,
44tinc;4„14 oP MR. J. ADOLPHUS.—We b'hich the death of Mr. John Adolphus, the celebrated
jbaLerryiseteesr_,
ter
.A,..,,°°, It Place sudden! at the house of his son, Mr. J.
;ed --,-;,,Phli, in MontaguY street, Russell-square, at a late hour on
I,4lthil--iaY night. Mr. Adolphus was one of the oldest membersy
-41. e'tc'hrainat courts of this country, and father of the Old
toadts. e deceased
tilAution 4, „s_. gentleman, in early :life,
a a few ''" Metropolitan courts of crimmarlaijsteirdis
t4tLter 'hadP -"
°n various occasions throughout his
phrimudseenlfce, and
4r.. isiojeahrs wmked his way into a large and lucrative practice.
hi- distinguished himself in a very professionalremarkable manner by
Ihs. extraordinary talents
:dlentoraNe tri ud ment,
al of Thittlegwood in 1620, when he waiseown
hyours
and energy, especially diurirneg.
Iktine,4 leadthg counsel on behalf of the conspirators h
the trial
Iva._ the triAl corninenced notwithstanding which, thoug
a
tq;_'ne of the Most interesiting and momentous which perhaps ever
' Place in . ;1,11 ii,,,,_
0_ a criminal court, involving as it deihd
itehgeallibkenretiwe.!
Nile
..._". many individuals, he displayed as mu
‘nd ,s'..._u_vntal acuteness, acquaintance with the facts of the case,
intliworessional talent genevally during the protracted Pro.ceed.
%h. aa if he had devoted an entire month to the preparatfionwasof
'lefence
ttilinii • The manner in which he acquitted himself la,
vas) the admiration of the bench, the bar, and the public. Thhaot
1t PhYlically equal to the subject ,was the suprise of all wre
itie,anwareisifthe fact that he had sat up the whole of the
the
ch_:.eillht for the purpose of mastering the principal facts. of
lii; , attered as they were over an immense mass of evidence.
sern2.ttkellaents and arguments were as clear and ingenious as
I,hirs
44'01.!Xamination of witnesses was skilful and felicitous.. I
tkustitfus spoke with much ease and fluency, and on all important
nns eilnisplayed talent and eloquence of the highest ordefr..enHse.
it,llo.7‘l_ Sthcer!ly lamented by a very numerous circle of ri d
be
raelitichgle. e literary efforts of the deceased gentleman
Voito..._ a_ the. " History of the Reign of George M.,' the mayftie
)447 °1 which has just appeared ; the " Political State G 1
lt,,t in . e," 4 vols. o Biographical Memoirs of the French
„stution .. at
ritt.., , Life of Bannister," 2 vols &c.—Times.
day. 'ENT To IIRR MAJESTY.—DThring the last few
13,-
it: great Lumber of visitors have been attracted to the London
this 100:ing to the fact of the Imaum of Muscat having sent to
litesent
to
four thorough-bred Arabian horses, intended asa
:hotwit,._l. our beloved Sovereign, Queen Victoria. The animals,
ittte,,eolaliding the wildness of their nature, have, by the constant
k,.. 1.,":. displayed towards them, by the keepers, or grooms, who
tit,
eiliu.rn the wilds of Arabia, exhibited a wonderful degree of
hetq ;,and gentleness. Captain Short, of the Caroline, who has
thovorrusted with the care of this royal present, assures u, that
naturea
°acquainted for a number of years with the charasteristic
f these noble animals, that, during a voyage of 116 days,
14,1%n"ave evinced a quietude hitherto unknown to those who have
hianatiarre exPerience in the importation of this breed of horses than
appree.' The here in perfect health, and no doubt will be fully
~. tated byMajesty.
at po few !.1- than fifteen vessels are daily expected
4_
callaster from Dantzie, all ladan with timber for the use of the
no stet and Carlisle Railway Company.
ateainn„,.WedneSdttV afternoon the Eagle, Gravesend
ha,ab-- Was on her way up the river with an excursion party, who
.t.tdieen to the Nero, when one of the passengers, a young man
get iling in the ne:ghbourhood of Milton-street,
City, attempted to
tun,ait° the boat astern of the vessel, which was suspended by the
slissn.PPe., to the davits. Some of his friends
.endeavoured Co
nice,,,..e hurt from the attempt, but he remarked that it would he a
nth° .'gcer toentesnitoke A cigarand
agotneintsoidteheanbod aptitewhhtidehhthme
ihnadto
t 3 sank wateber' and ddespitethan iittntm4irednediate
4'
anssiscance which was rendered,
°Cco -fare coy One could rent t)l°3 : an/ was drowned. The
once happened oft' Blackwell.