The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-27 00:00:00

operation he underwent was of a fearful character,
considering the low state to which his injuries had re-
duced him. His leg was broken in two places—the
one above and the other below the knee, the bone
being much crushed, and the large sinews greatly in-
jured. Amputation was commenced at a short dis-
tance above the knee, but the surgeons discovered
that gangrene had already taken place in that portion
of the leg, and the limb was ultimately taken off close
to the body.
As affording a sathfactory contrast to the conduct
of the landlord of the White Hart, at Lenton, that of
Mr. Pick, of the Three Wheat Sheaves, may be men-
tioned. Among the sufferers conveyed to his house
was an old gentleman named Grenton, of Doorcliffe,
near Burton-on-Trent. He was much crushed, and
continued insensible for some time after he was got
to bed. By the application of stimulants and other
remedies, he was brought round during the evening
sufficiently to give his name and residence, when Mr.
Pick immediately dispatched a servant by his own
horse and gig to the place named, and although thirty
miles distant from Lepton, at four o'clock on Friday
morning the wife and child of the poor old gentle-
man were at his bed-side. Mr. Grenton is going on
favourably.
THE ADJOURNED INQUEST ON MR.
JOHN DEAN.
Foul( o'CLoca, P.M.—Pursuant to adjournment
from Friday evening last, the jury impannelled before
Mr. Michael Browne, the borough coroner, re-
assembled this afternoon, at two o'clock, at the General
Hospital, further to investigate the circumstances
attending the death of the above unfortunate gentle-
man. Among those present I observed Mr. Youle,
Mr. G. B. Paget, and Mr. Hutchinson, directors ;
Mr. P. Clarke, superintendent ; and Mr. Fox Bell,
secretary to the company.
Messrs. "Wads worth and Patchitt attended on be-
half of the Railway Company.
Mr. Lightfoot, accompanied by Mr. Bruce Camp-
bell, his legal adviser, entered the room before the
proceedings commenced.
Mr. James Coope, solicitor, attended on behalf of
Mrs. Dean, the widow of the unfortunate deceased,
to watch the proceedings.
Mr. Swann, the county coroner, and two or three
members of the Lenton jury, were also present in the
room.
I append a list of the jury, which consists of fifteen
of the most respectable inhabitants of Nottingham :
Mr. W. Taylor, stationer, foreman ; Mr. J. Wilson,
hosier; Mr. T. Carver, hosier; Mr. Franklin Judd,
draper; Mr. W. Cripps, lace-manufacturer ; Mr. John
Swann, draper ; Mr. W. B. Carter, lace-manufac-
turer; Mr. T. Hucknall, cheesemonger ; Mr. George
Dales, gentleman ; Mr. It. Whitchurch, lace-manu-
facturer; Mr. F. Hewitt, hosier; Mr. J. R. Allen,
paper-manufacturer; Mr. E. Goldsmith, tailor; Mr.
W. Roome, draper; Mr. A. Lacy, tailor.
Of the above list three gentlemen—Messrs. Wil-
son, Carver, and Judd—are aldermen of the borough.
Mr. Taylor, the foreman, and Messrs. Cripps, Swann,
and Carter, are also members of the town council.
Before swearing the jury on Friday, Mr. Browne
inquired whether any among them were proprietors
in the railway, or otherwise interested in it ? and
each having answered negatively, the inquiry pro-
ceeded.
The depositions of Cooper and Hewitt, as taken
before Mr. Browne on Friday, differ in no respect
from those received by Mr. Swann, the county
coroner.
As I stated on Saturday, a witness named Raven,
the station-master at Beeston, not called 17 Mr.
Swann, was examined by Mr. Browne. His evidence
directly denies the statements made by Cooper and
Howitt, as to his having been cautioned not to allow
the down train to proceed towards Nottingham. Be-
yond this there is nothing worthy of remark.
The medical testimony as to the cause of death is
curious. After detailing the injuries discovered on
the post mortem examination, Mr. Libson, the house-
surgeon to the hospital, says—There was no external
injury save a few scratches on the face and shins.
There was a slight projection over the loins, and be-
neath this several ounces of blood were effused under
the skin. There was not a single bone broken
throughout the frame, nor was there any external
sign of concussion, save the swelling over the loins,
which itself was not discoloured. On opening the
body much blood was found in the belly—behind the
breast-bone and in the texture of the diaphragm.
This blood arose from an enormous rent in the liver,
which almost divided that organ in two parts. Some
bloody fluid was effused extensively over the posterior
surface of the brain. I believe the great internal in-
jury to the liver (while the case containing that
organ was scarcely at all injured) was due to the sur-
face of the body, which had an enormous momentum,
being broutiht suddenly to a stand-still, while the
organs within the body dashed themselves forward
with the rate they had previously acquired—the
result being that the liyer tore itself away from its
ligament almost into two parts. At the same time
the whole of the posterior part of the brain was
dashed against the back part of the skull, and these
injuries were sufficient to cause death inn few
minutes.
The jury having answered to their names,
The CORONER stated that the Government inspector
of railways, Major-General Pasley, had arrived at
Nottingham on Saturday, and had an interview with
him, at which he promised to attend the adjourned
inquiry that afternoon. Under these circumstances
he must confess himself surprised at the receipt of a
letter from the General that morning, which he would
read to the jury. Mr. Browne then read the letter as
follows :

" Nottingham, Nov. 23, 1844, 9 P.M.
" Sir,—l arrived here this morning, intending to
be present to-day and Monday next, the 25th inst., at
tho coroner's inquest, over which you are to preside,
which I expected to sit to-day.
" Finding, however, that your proceedings are
postponed till Monday at two o'clock, and having in
the meantime personally examined a number of wit-
nesses respecting the late unfortunate railway colli-
sion near Beeston, by whose testimony I have ob-
tained a perfect opinion as to the cause which led to
the collision, and also as to the precautions which
would have prevented it, I am satisfied that my re-
maining here any longer would not be of any use, and
therefore I shall return to London early on Monday
morning, where I have other business that will fully
occupy my time.
" Meanwhile, I can only say that it would be un-
becoming in me to offer the slightest hint or sugges-
tion by anticipating the verdict of the jury over
which you preside, though I have not the smallest
doubt that their decision and yours will coincide with
my own.--I have the honour to be, Sir, your most
obedient humble servant,
C. H. PASLEY, Major-General, &c."
The reading the above letter excited groat surprise
among the jury, and
The CORONER said he could not fail to remark that
if the General had obtained evidence leading him to
form a correct conclusion as to the cause of the acci-
dent, helt it a great pity they (the jury) were not in
possession of the same.
Mr. Patchitt, on the part of the railway Company,
said he was aware what witnesses the General had
examined, and he was prepared to say that the whole
of them would be forthcoming, if the jury required it.
This remark led to a discussion among the jury, in
the course of which several of them expressed consi-
derable surprise at the course pursued by the In-
spector-General.
Mr. Patchitt explained that in the inquiry made
by the General he had been accompanied by Mr.
Bell, the secretary ; and in answer to the foreman,
said that he had not only examined witnesses put
before him by the Company, but all such persons as
ho himself thought would be able to throw light on
the matter.

The CORONER closed the discussion by remarking
that he certainly could not clearly understand the
object of the letter written by General Pasley, aadhe
would much rather not have received it.
At this stage of the inquiry,
Mr. Bruce Campbell complained of the exparte
statements put forth in third editions of the Notting-
ham papers, published on Saturday, calculated to do
serious injury to his client, Mr. Lightfoot. He had
to request that that gentleman should be himself
examined before any other witness was called, as
being calculated to give a more correct statement of
the melancholy occurrence than any other individual.
This proposition was at once overruled by the
Coroner, and the first witness called was
Thomas Deacon, a youth aged fourteen years, as-
sistant to the station master at Beeston, who, in reply
to the questions addressed to him by the Coroner,
said—l was on duty at Beeston station on Thursday
afternoon. I have spoken to Mr. Clark, the superin-
tendent, and Mr. Bell, the secretary to the Company,
on the subject of the accident which occurred on
Thursday last. I have not been examined by General
Pasley. The witness here detailed the arrival of the
London train at I3eeston on Thursday afternoon. His
statement differed in no particular from that of Cooper
in reference to Mr. Lightfoot's arrival by this train,

By Mr. Patchitt-1 have seen fog signals, and
know the manner in which they are used. There are
none at the Beeston station. They are carried by the
engine-driver generally.
By Mr. Cooper (on behalf of the widow of de-
ceased)--The Derby train started from the Beeston
station at an unusually slow speed. The fog was so
thick I could not see more than one hundred yards
before me. I did not observe any increase in the rate
of speed before the train got out of sight. Ido not
know who started the train. The trains are started by
a white flag now—a bell was formerly used. I never
heard so loud a crash as that when the accident oc-
curred. I told Mr. Raven of it, and he then said, " He
would not let the London mail train go down until
the up train had arrived." I then went up the line
with a red flag to.stop it.
[The witness, who gives his evidence in a very
lucid . manner, and answers the questions addressed
to him with a readiness which few in his station
could imitate, is again under examination by the
jury, and I am compelled at this point to break oft
my report, as the last train is on the point of leaving
for town.]

Another Gazette was published on Monday, con-
sisting almost entirely of railway notices. Amongst the
exceptions is one of a Bill to enlarge and amend the
powers of the New Zealand Company, and to facilitate
the transfer of the lands in New Zealand. There is also
a notice of a Bill to amend the Hungerford and Lambeth
Suspension-bridge Acts, and to contain powers for
making a new street, to commence on the south side of
the Belvedere-road, Lambeth, to and into Sutton-street,
and another from the Belvedere-road to Vine-street
By another notice, it appears that a street, eighty feet
broad, is projected, to form a communication between
Westminster and Pimlico, passing through, and, in fact,
clearing away the Great and Little Almonries, and a
considerable part of the notorious districts in thtt
neighbourhood.
THE LATE ROBBERY AT MESSRS. ROGERS AND
Co.'s, IN TILE CITY.—Up to two yesterday no infur-
:nation had been received by the City police authorities
on the subject of this extraordinary robbery. It is con-
sidered by those about the banking-house, that the rob-
bery was committed about the middle of the day en
Sunday, and the reasonable inference from that con-
jecture is, that the thieves started by railroads to the
several ports from which steamers were speedily al,
sail to various parts of the Continent. Messengers were
sent off by Mn nobler to France, Germany, Belgium,
and other places, and the several telegraphs were set to
work. It is unnecessary to state that the greatest exer-
tions are being made by Mr. Nobler, whose experiences
and activity had the members of the plundered esta.
blishment to hope that detection may soon follow,
[We are informed that her Majesty has offered a free
pardon to any accomplice concerned in the above affair.)
GUERNSEY.—WhiIe Jersey is in a state of excite-
ment on account of the proceedings in the Wilson case,
the sister island of Guernsey has a little affair of her
own to furnish a topic of conversation in parlours and
club rooms. Four British gentlemen have fallen intes
what is familiarly termed a row. The circumstances
are briefly these :—Mr. M'Donald, who has been a re-
sident not many months in the island, btcarne a candi-
date for admission into the "Civil and United Service,
Club" of Guernsey. Upon bing balloted for, according
to the rules of the club, he was blackballed. Ile was na-
turally vexed and indignant at the result, and endea-
voured to discover the cause of it. His suspicions at
last rested upon Mr. Armstrong, a member of the club,
who, ho believed, had made statements prejudicial to hie
character. Mr. M'Donald. on entering a billiaid-roons,
was heard to say—" He (alluding, it is supposed, to Mr.
Armstrong) is not here—we must go and find him and
drag him out of the house and give him a licking."
This being mentioned to Major Rybot, Mr. Armstrong's
friend, the Major went to the constable's office and got
Mr. M'Donald bound over to. keep the peace towards
Mr. Armstrong, Mr. M'Donald, fired at this interfe-
rence, wrote an offensive letter to the Major, and re-
ceived a similar one in return. Meeting Major ljtybot
and Mr. Armstrong in the street, M'Douald asked Mtkjor
Rybot what he meant by his letter. The reply was,
that the letter explained itself. Mr. M'Donald then
flourished his stick over Major Rybot, and told him to
consider that it had been laid across his shoulders. The
Major returned the compliment, desiring that Mr.
M'Donald would entertain a similar agreeable idea.
After a variety of further courteous expressions, the
verbal civility came to more substantial marks of good
will, and not only Mr. M'Donald, but Mr. Dundas, a
gentleman in his company, fell upon Major Rybot in %
very un-English style—two to one ; the Major, however,
fought so gallantly that he had the best of the battle
until his cane broke. He was then rescued by the inter-
ference of others. We aro acquainted with none of tho
parties in any way implicated in this affair, with the ex-
ception of Major Rybot, whom we know to be a highly
honourable man and a true gentleman in his manners,
and we think that his conduct in this unhappy matter re-
dounds greatly to his credit. The business was brought
before the Police-court of Guernsey on Tuesday last,
when Mr. M'Donald and Mr. Dundas were sentenced to
eanfdorotfntihgahrs imprisonment,
timet to give
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ties of 25L each, to keep the peace towards all her 144-
jesyt 's subjects in Guernsey for one year.—Jersey Timm
INTERESTING FACTS.—The following is the sub-
stance of a communication frnotmly;tSthhorueitenhspLmo,ritla,eftstheernfoaarvthohuokri4tl
gale, which watering-place,
forced out nodutawtyei he tide far beyond its over.
nary limits, a poor boy picked up a pocket-hook which
phraidzedtroiftheids tfoaththere.
who, after
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and discovering that they consisted of upwards of 1201.,
immediately went to consult the Rev. Mr. D., who kindly
ascertained that the treasure belonged to a gentleman,
who, on crossing the Mersey, at Liverpool, on the 9th
inst., was nearly drowned, and on being rescued from hitt
accident, found that his pocket-book was still in tht4
water. The tide must have carried it down the Mereor
out to sea, and thus brought it into the hands of the
worthy labourer in question, who, on restating the pro.
pert- to its delighted owner, was projected with 154
and is now building himself a modest cottage with the roe
ward of his probitp '-.1-Jaraphire Telegraph. "