The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-28 00:00:00

THE LATE FATAL RAILWAY

ACCIDENT.

NOTTINGHAM, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.—The in-
quest on the body of Mr. Dean was continued to a late
hour last night, and then adjourned to Friday morning,
on which day it is expected the jury will be enabled to
come to a decision.

The witnesses examined were Mr. John Chadbourne,
of Pinxton, Derbyshire, miller, one of the passengers ;
Joseph Englanil, of Alfreton, saddler, another pas-
senger ; John Fisher, the engine-driver, who directed,
the train from Derby which came in contact with the
train from Nottingham ; John Kearsley, another engine.:
driver, who spoke to the circumstances attending the
getting off of the train at the Nottingham station ; Mark
Markland, the engine• driver of the train from Notting-:
ham v. hich ran into that from Derby. This person did,
not guide the train on Thursday afternoon, though he
was with it. All these persons spoke to circumstances,
which had been previously elucidated, the tendency of
their evidence being to attach neglect on the part of the
Company's servants.
Mr. Hutchinson, one of the managing Directors, was
also examined. Nothing very material was elicited
from his evidence. A great portion of the day was taken
up in discussing objections raised by Mr. Campbell,
solicitor for Mr. Lightfoot, and this gave rise to a good
deal of recrimination on both sides.

The j•iry continued their sitting till half-past nine.
The Directors have promised to produce on Friday a
very material witness, but who is suffering at present
from the injuries he received in the fatal collision.

ADJOURNED INQUEST ON MR. VARNALLS.
This inquiry was continued to a late hour last night
(Tuesday), and was adjourned to this morning. when
the Coroner and jury re-assembled.

Among the witnesses examined were Kearsley and
Markland, the engine. drivers; Joseph Mowett, of ll>rby,
an engineer; and John Boulton, of Long Easton, over-
looker of the contractor of the permaneneway, &c. There
was nothing new in the evidence. Mr. Ceuta, of Not.
tingham, surgeon, who had made a post mortem exami-
nation of the body of Vernal's, stated the nature of the
injuries received by the deceased. The principal seat of
injury was in the right leg, the integuments of which
were lacerated from just below the knee to the ankle ; •
the thigh bone was likewise fractured. Death resulted
From the shock which his nervous system had received.
Witness did not think that the circumstance of his hay.
ing been refused admission into Mr. Godfrey's house
made any difference, as he had lost too much blood ere
he reached Lenton to leave any chance of recovery.
It is difficult to say when this investigation will ter-
minate. The result is now the point of public interest.

ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL
SOCIETY, Nov 25.
Mr. Murchison, President, in the Chair.
Nine new members were elected into the Society.
The paper read was " An Account, by Lieut. Selby,
N., of his Ascent of the Kuvan in the Assyria steamer."
The Secretary prefaced the reading of this piper by
observing that it• was one of particular interest, as show-
ing what might be done by an enterprising spirit in con-
junction with professional ability. The Kuvan rises in
the Zerd Ikoh Mountain near Ispahan, and, after tra-
versing the valleys of the Bochtyari mountains, emerges
from the hills three miles north-east of Shuster, whence
it flows in a south-west direction to the sea by a direct
and an indirect channel. At about two thirds of the way
from the sea towards Shuster the river is traversed by a
band at a place called Ahwaz. Up to this spot the Eu-
phrates steamer had ascended in 1836, when it was
deemed impracticable, to proceed further. This bund,
however, Lieut. Selby succeeded in passing in March,
1842. "Having pushed for the bund," says this officer, "the
whole power of steam was unavailing, and twice
was the vessel driven back. Finding steam
alone unavailing, I sent a large hawser to the
opposite bank, and by the application of tackle
forced the passage, which till then had been supposed to
offer an insurmountable obstacle to the perfect navigation
of this river. Proceeding onwards the town of Bund Ikir
was reached, where an artificial canal, the Aub I Gar-
gar, enters the stream; this spot is 35 miles from Ahwaz,
and here the Dizful river falls into the Kuvan. Ascend-
ing the canal, the steamer came to within a mile of
Shuster, where a bund prevented further progress,
though boats go up into the town. Having dropped
down again to the confluence, the Kuvan itself was
ascended to within five miles. After which, the Dizful
was navigated to beyond Kalah Bunder, which is about
13 miles from the town of Dizful. The waters getting
low compelled the traveller to return, but not until he
had completed his survey of these rivers, which, easily
navigated as they are now proved to be, and penetrating
into the very heart of the southern province of Persia,
where the climate is admirable, the soil fertile, and the
inhabitants particularly well disposed, cannot fail to offer
a fine field for the extension of our commerce in the east.
Wood for the steamers is everywhere abundant, and
together with provisions remarkably cheap. The ascent
to Shuster, from Moharnmera, by the Aub I Gargar,
can be effected in three days, by such a vessel as the
Assyria, and in two and a half by such steamers as are
now built.
The paper was a long one, and could only be read in
part. Shuster, which contains a population of 8,000,
was described in detail, and the good feeling of the in-
habitants highly extolled.
General Monteith, who had himself surveyed that
country, and knew it well, favoured the meeting with
some interesting details.

Count de Kalnoki, Count Nemec, and Baron Van-
genheim' arrived in London 3 esterday afternoon, by the
General Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Earl
of Liverpool, from Ostend.