The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-16 00:00:00

FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE RAILWAY

TUNNEL.
LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, SEPT. 15.---A workman in the em-
ployment of the Grand Junction Railway Company, met his
death in the tunnel on Saturday. His name was James
Nixon, and he was fifty-five years old. The most absurd
rumours prevailed as to the cause of his death. At the in-
quest, which was held to-day, several witnesses were ex-
amined, and 'among them John Woodward, a plate:layer,
who said that about a quarter past ten o'clock on Saturday
morning he sent the deceased, who was also a plate-layer,
down the tunnel to sand the rails, as they were very wet.
Four trains went down between the time he was sent and
a quarter to twelve o'clock, at which time witness saw him
dead. He wils perfectly sober when he was sent into the
tunnel. William Holland, the superintendent of the engine
station at Edge-hill, said .that about a quartei="to eleven
o'clock he went down the tunnel in a Allot-waggerit.and
when about a quarter of a mile down he felt a Slight obstruc-
tion on the rails, and heard a noise like the breaking of a
piece of :wood. He put the-break on and stopped the waggon
as soon as he could, got out, and looked along the line, and
from the brightness of the rails he saw they were clear. He
went down to Lime-street, and sent a man tnexamine-the
rails. William Jubilee Norton, a porter at the station iu,
Lime-street, said he was sent up the tunnel by the last wit-
ness to see for something that was supposed to be npoir the
rails. He got a light for that purpose, and about a granter
of a mile from Edge-hill he found the deceased lying
across the down rails, with one foot on one rail
and his right hand upon the other rail. He was
quite dead ' and cold. His right hand was ebrn-
pletely crushed, and his left jaw was broken. There was also
a wound upon the forehead, and another upon the back part
of the head. He brought the deceased to Lime-street. Holland
further stated that he afterwards went up to the place,wliere
the deceased was found, and there saw a wooden lamp,.whfch
was used at the station, broken, and this, in his opinion,
was the obstruction deceased 'had met with in going down
the tunnel. The lamp was the one that the deceased used.
This was all 'the evidence, and the inquest was adjourned to
aflord time for a post mortem examination, it being surmised
that the wounds upon the deceased were not sufficient to
cause death, and that' he must have fallen into a fit, in which
state he died. -

ACCIDENT AT WOTTON.—The Post published a
paragraph this morning, stating that the Duke of Bucking-
ham, while out-on a shooting excursion yesterday, in the
neighbourhood of Wotton, had the misfortune to have one
of his hands severely injured from the bursting of the gun
while loading. The statement was incorrect, as appears from
the following account in a second edition of the lipst:—
" Tuesday, ten A.M.—We hasten to correct the statement
above given, so far as the Noble Duke himself is concerned.
The accident alluded to did not occur to his Grace, but
to Mr. James Hogg, son of Mr. Hogg, M.P. for-Beverley,
who was of the Duke's shooting party at Wotton, yesterday.
We should here mention that our information of the
accident was derived from a gentleman who came' to town
last night by the express train, which passed the Tring sta-
tion at half-past nine o'clock P.M. It was there currently re-
ported and believed that the Noble Duke was the sufferer,
and it was stated that a gentleman was in attendance at the
station to meet two physicians from London, who, were ex-
pected by the mail train. While we rejoice to learn that the
Noble Duke has sustained no injury, it is with great regret
that we confirm the accident to Mr. Hogg, who, as our readers
are aware, is a promising young officer in the Guards. Mr.
Hogg is going on very well, and it is hoped that the accident
will not render the amputation of more than one finger ne-
cessary. The Duke of Buckingham arrived in town this
morning."
Her Majesty, upon the recommendation of his
Grace the Commander-in-Chief, has been pleased to appoint
Major-General Sir James Reynett, K.C.H., to the perma-
nent establishment of general officers receiving U. ss. pay
per diem.

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THE MAILS. SOUTH A MPTON, SEPT. 15.-111 e
Oriental Company's steam-ship Royal Tar, Captain Evans,
arrived in the docks from Gibraltar, at half-past twelve
o'clock this day, and landed the mails of the following
dates :—Gibraltar, 6th instant ; Cadiz, 7th ; List On-, 10th ;
Oporto and Vigo, 11th; and Corunna, 12th; which vitte
forwarded to London by the one o'clock train. The Royal
Tar has a full cirgo of fruit, 10 oxen, and 52 passengers. The
next West India mail packet outwards will leave here on the
17th instant, and the next inward mail will be due on the
19th. The East India and China mails will leave here-on
the 20th. •

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INCREASE OF MEN IN THE DOOK-YARD.—WOOL-
wicH, BEI7O s.—An order was received at the Woolwich
Dock-yard, yesterday, to employ 25 shipwrights, six joiners,
and six blacksmiths, in addition to the sixty shipwrights, Aix
joiners, and twelve blacksmiths alluded to as ordered to he
employed last week. The Niger steam-vessel, building at
this _yard, is ordered to be constructed by and will
soon be reaay ror sea. an..../.lpwrights have been sent from
this dockyard to the East India Docks, at Blackwall, to assist
in expediting the work requisite on the Avenger steam-frigate,
that she may be made ready for sea with the least possible
delay.

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'Oli-efypi to be in, a dangerous statep:with•the-:kirecrptqfris
"t74°l-4, -.4n it was li,nown-that the -sheepsOnd 'cattle had
een bitten by a macl-ilog,-Nrv•JOltustdfle."6lWpd 'the lAA'
'to be s4ot., Several persbna ntiribivrjqiCajiledffoin.the fury
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..1,4y; }mowed, vitt& 'gift 6,4 WallitiTZTlise:ll°/*llt establishment, which formerly contained '2OO-itudents, has
been purchased by the Dames du Bon Pasteur, as a refuge
for repentant young women.—Galignani.
Six officers of the depot of the 43d Light Infantry,
quartered at DoverUastle, rowed in a light six-oared regatta
galley from Dover to BoulOgne last week. They started
early in the morning with a coxswain, and reached their
destination in safety before noon.
The Gazette de Cologne states the negotiations
between the Zollverein and the Low Countries had com-
pletely failed, and that this result is attributed to the coin,
bined influence of France and England, which two powers, it
is said, are negotiating with Holland for commercial treaties.
AWFUL INSTANCE OF SUDDEN DEATH OF OE
OF THE GREENIVICFL BOARD OF GUARDlANS.—Yesterday
afternoon, about half-past , four, as Mr. Maze, a higllly
respectable auctioneer, residing and carrying on businessiin
Park-row, Greenwich, leading to Maze-hill, was standing
talking to a gentleman at the corner of South-street and
Blackheath-hill, he was observed suddenly to stagger, and
before the person he was talking to could catch him, he fell.
Upon being raised, he was carried into the shop of Mr: Grey,
grocer and oilman, one of the overseers of the parish; where
medical aid being sent for, promptly attended, when it was
discovered that the deceased had breathed his last. A shWl-
was immediately procured, and the unfortunate deceased was
removed to his own house, where the body now lies awaiting
a coroner's inquest. The venerable deceased was in his 75th
year, and much respected by all who knew him, having filled
successively all the parochial offices;
SUPPOSED CASES OF INFANTICIDE.—Monday, two
supposed cases of infanticide Occurred in Mr. Baker's (Coro-
ner for) district of East Middlesex. The first case was that
of a new-born female, whose body was found floating, on
Saturday morning last, in a branch of the River Lea, called
Bromley Lock. The second case was that of a newly-boin
male child, which was found by a waterman floating Off
Blackwall-stairs yesterday morning. Both bodies were in; a
decomposed state. They await a coroner's inquest.
THE APPROACHING BOAT-RACE.-..LIVERPOOL V.
NEwcAsmErt--Henry Clasper, the lion of the northern boat-
racing world, leaves the Tyne to-morrow for this town, in
order to prepare himself on the .Mersey for his forthcoming
struggle with Cerro]. The boat in which he intends to rOw.
has been completed, and is considered a most beautiful model.
It is madeof mahogany, is French polished, measures 28 felt
4 inches in length, and weighs 421b.—Liverpool paper of Yes-
terday. .

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OLD PuoimsTs.—The following is a list of the
ages of the most celebrated old pugilists of the present time;
and is consiklered by many years to be above the general
average which prizefighters attain ; the majority retire
from the ring a,t 301, and many die before they arrive at, that
age, and the exeeption i 10. Jackson, whose first fight was
in 1788, and,last in 1795 ;he is now in his 78th year. Toni
Cribb is 65'; he, entered the ring in 1805. Tom Belcher
has attained his 63d year ; he made his debut in 1804, and
retired in 1813. Mr. Gully is 60 ; he made his final appear-
ance in the ring in 1808. Toni Olver is 55 ; he commenced
his pugilistic career in. 1811,- and, concluded in 1834. Tom
Spring is in his 51st year ; his first fight was in 1814, and
last in Isu

NEW LIGHTS.—Some fanatics have been preaching
at Exeter to immense audiences, 'announcing that the end of.
the world is fixed for the 10th of October next. (Dividends
are due at the Bank on the same day.)
A royal ordonnance, approving of the adjudication
of the Great Northern Railway of France to the Comfiany
Rothschild was sined•by the King, at Eu, on WedneSday, as
also one 'confirming the adjudication of the Fainpoux and
Hazrebruck line to the Company O'Neile.
SHOCKING DEATH.--Yesterday M. Wm. Carter,
the coroner, held an inquest at the Star and Garter Taveiri,
Neckinger-road, Bermondsey, respecting the death of Maf-
garet Fordham Cummings, aged three vears. The verdict,
which tells the whole case, was—" Thitt the deceased was
accidentally suffocated by falling into the soil of a privy."
SIR. GEORGE HA YTER.—Sir George Hayter con-
tinues in a progressive state of convalescence from the unfor-
tunate railway accident of the 28th of July last, and will
soon be enabled to resume his professional engagements; pre,.
viously to going to Italy. .
In the months of June and July the heat was so
excessive in the south of Russia, that the troops could not
march except by night. The drought has caused great
damage, and bad crops are expected this year in that part of
Russia. • - -

AWFULLY•.SUDDEN DEATII.-011 Sunday night,
between nine and ten o'clock, the following singular case of
audden death occurred to a master chimney-sweep, of the
name of Hancock, residing in John-street, Tottenham-court-,
'read. It appeared that the deceased was sitting in the club-
room of the sign of the Bear public-house, in the Tottenham-
court-road, in .company with his companions, in conversa-
tion ; he exclaimed, "It is true, so help me God !" and, on'
giving utterence to the words, fell from his seat on to the'
floor insensible., :Medical aid was immediately procured, and
every eltdeavour used to retore animation, but without eTedt.-
ovjerreeceii‘ss.eufuedrtbhyer
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