The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-22 00:00:00

HAM BURGH MAIL.

STOCKHOLM, APRIL 4.—The Estates are now dis-
cussing the tariff of custom-house ditties, -the Com-
mittee having submitted to them no fewer than 154
points on which they are to decide as soon as possible.
This matter is very interestirg, since it clearly shows
the insufficiency of our system of four Chambers. M.
Petra deposited on the table of the Chamber a motion,
to the effect, that the Estates should exert themselves
that (according to the wish of the King) the Diet may
be ended on the 21st of April. •
STOCKHOLM, Arm. B.—The Speaker announced to
the Minister of Justice, on the 4th, that they did not
think that the most urgent matters now before the
Diet could be terminated before the end of May.
BERLIN, APRIL 12..—The deliberations of the Board
of Trade, with the mane acturers and the Commis
sioners of t!.e Ministerial Department, arc terminated.
As far as we can 1:- am on good authority, the manufac-
turers for all the provinces were unanimous in their opinion
that till present system of free trade must be aban-
doned, and a vigorous system of protective duties
adopted, without which the critical state will extend to
all the manufacturing counties in Germany. They
propose a duty of six dollars per cent. on linen and
cotton yarn and twist. Bleached manufacture; to be
subject to a higher duty. It is thought that this mea-
sure will cause the manufacture of those German
articles to flourish as much as those which are rww
duly protected. The Department of Foreign Affairs
is engaged 'in drawing up a kind of German "Act of
Navigation, for the protection of the national flag and
the encouragement of direct navigation, to serve by
way of reprisal against the exclusiveness of foreign
countries."
WIESBADEN, APRIL 11.—It seems that the Grand
Duchess Helen will not come to the Rhine till the
autumn, and will first visit the baths at ISchl. The
Empress of Russia will not come to Germany, but go to
the southern provinces of Russia.
POTSDAM, APRIL 15.—The King is gone to Dresden
to join the Queen, who is the re on a visit to her sister.

THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT 0-L`
TII E Sli El, FIE E.D AND ASHTON RAILWA 1....„•
Asifrose MONDAY.—The inquest upon nine of the bodiea
recovered from the ruins of the arches at the Ashton bran
,f the Sheffield and Manchester Railway is appointed to take
place this afternoon. Since Saturday four other Wales be-
sides those whose names we give have been rescued.
The inquest will be held at the Commercial Hotel,
the coroners for Cheshire and Lancashire sitting at the 501
time in the same room. There is but little doubt that the at
quest will be adjourned. Five of the bodies are at present al
a small public- house on the Lancashire side of the rarer,
four on the Cheshire side.
'The extent of the loss of life cannot yet be fully stated;
upwards of 100 men, and a large number of horses, have been
Ashtoffe
engaged during the whole of the day in removing the fallell
materials, and up to nine o'clock last night four mere have
been found buried in the ruins, making in all twelve, of wife°
nine were killed on the spot. The remaining three Heretaken out alive, but two of them are so severely injured thas
very little hopes are entertained of their recovery. T
tuner
They are
all lying at adjoining public-houses, awaiting the co
inquest.
A number of the bodies being found on the Cheshire shle
of the river, and the remainder on the Lancashire side, the_
investigation will, of course, be conducted b
\V. C
y the coroneiT for
the two districts, Mr.
S. Rutter and Mr. . lludson. Ire°
the best possible information to be obtained, there are fr?.ne
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18 to 20 persons kilied, most of whom are single men I
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names of those who have been found dead are :
Collier, 45; James Bradbury, 26 ; John Cox, 35; Henri
Rogers, 27 ; George Smith, 30 ; Samuel Smith (brotherle
George), 26 ; Adam Newell, 20; William Leonard, 30, slog
men; Abraham Nowell, 47, father of Adam Nowell, wife bs9
left a wife and four children.
Taken out alive—Charles Critchley, Richard Critchley,
and Thomas Brown. of
Throughout the whole of yesterday many thousands ,t 3
people have been continually crowding to the scene of, t't_
accident, but by the exertions of the 56th Rtegimeilt of
inletkoe
assisted by the police force, under the direction of Mr. Les
the special high constable of .Hyde, the greatest order
been maintained. Mr. Robert Newton, of the Ashton polc,,e'e
was also in attendance, with a number of his men, on
the
Lancashire side of the river. There is still much specnlntio
23 to the cause of the accident, but in the absence of
is
official report from some scientific and practical man
impossible to convey an accurate idea of the cause. 11
facts
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have made every possible inquiry, and will give the
fhb
as we have found them, and leave the public to come to
tild.
own conclueiens until an investigation has been comPle %he
There were nine arehee, which formed the viaduct ov,errhco
river Tame and the Willey through which it runs.
if,"_ees
arches were supported by 1;:
thick at the spring of the arch, :sad 6 feet 6 inches thicf_cro4e
ers of 28 feet long, 4 feet 6 .11'.t,
the base. The span of each arch wa,:' 30 feet,
the spring of 7 feet 6 inches. They were .all built of
got in the neighbourhood, which is said to be u. rood quaileon
Some of the piers were founded on rock, and 0t.:21.3
what appeared to he solid clay. i
These are the facts so far as relates to the workinans.':Pri
but it is much to be desired that a very searching jog, b) 0
should be instituted. There is one circumstance ''l"C of
said to have very much affected the arches, viz., the etateerxt
the property over which they were erected. For se Trio
miles round the whole country is undermined by cellieftbs
many of which are said to come within a short distance, °,,ich
surface. There are numerous places in the vicinity' "
and a rise f
_re
have sunk many feet, and by so doing have done
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de ,
damage to property of every description. In one
joining Wharf-street, about 50 yards from the line of rgii
iy
way, there are evident marks of sinking,
some- parts or
have. fallen in three or four feet. In many other 00100
the neighbourhood similar sinkings of the earth have
place, and many of the buildings are perfectly curved. frhs
this cause. There appears to be little doubt but that the
third arch, from the abatement on the Ashton side, wets toi
first to give way, as by a close inspection it will he I°two
that the piers of this arch fell towards each other, the, the
arches on the eastern side falling towards the west, ancery
other six on the western side falling towards the east- h thiS
large quantities of flee clay have been got from benefit-of
part of the country, the stratum of which is within 4 nsae
short distance of the surface. One of these drift-v(33'5.R for
way some short time ago, and the s, age which erre bin,.„ol
the purpose of carrying the line over the reak-forest I,43'nd
sunk several feet, and of course had to be takel: cli?'°' the
the foundations piled or filled up with clay and soil to
depth of 45 feet. sf„ f r 115
It is to be hoped that the real facts of the case, est
they can be ascertained, will be produced on the ins-ti;
which it is well known is the wish of the company an
contractors.
There were not less than from 15,000 to 20,000 Per
s°Ps
congregated near the scene of the sad catastrophe.
The amount of damage is estimated at 4,000/.

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DOVER, APRIL 21.—The Overland East 1010
mail (Calcutta) consisting of fourteen cases, arrivedove
day from Boulogne, by the Ondine steam-vessel. Then the
steam-vessel, in crossing from Dover to Boulogne tode.
preceding day, passed close to a vessel lying on her broe ;es
She had no mainmast, but her foremast and bowsprit or ott
still standing, with all the sails attached, and one sue"; 03
her bows. The Ondine, on returning from Bouleglr was
day, again passed close to the same wreck, and 4100 its
supposed to be a large Dutch galliot. The wreck be
the itnmediate track of vessels passing to and from the
nent, and lying about ten miles S. and lay W. of DevQather
e
the N.E. end of the Ridge shoal. The Britannia ate ouc-
hes been since sent out in quest of the wreck, for thhe'r
on
pose, if possible, of getting hold of her and towing
shore out of the fair way of the navigation.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE DOVER EAIi-. pee
Another inquest was held by Mr. Carter at the Ivinoca
Croydon-common, on the body of a labouring Pal" o,' eng
William Davis, who was killed upon the Dover s one
Friday morning. It appeared that the deceased Iv ;on neer,
the men employed upon the works at present geinv„roose
the Croydon and Brighton Junction lime; fur the P". °'l3'
aIId
carrying out the asmospheric principle of locernett,chAly
he was returning to his work from dinner about 00e
at the time a down train to Brighton and an
Dover were passing upon the line. The deceased icBS 454 fi
lug between the up rails, and it is supposed that the nu for
tae down train prevented him from hearing the othert.ad
although he was repeatedly called to he took no notice, 7ter
the engine struck him to the ground, the wheels past,ecit°oo.,
him, and he was almost instantly crushed to death. 2',
slightest blame appeared to attach to the guard, dri°,,,died
any person connected with the train, and the jury re'"-
a verdict of "Accidental Death."
RCS
RE-INTERMENT OF THE REMAINS OF
OF Sossex.—Yesterday, at eleven o'clock, the Lord Chauwe its
Earl Delawarr, and the executors of his late royal Highue:4l;eo,
Duke of Sussex, attended by several of the Directors of t! core
up trainwforre
sal.green Cemetery, superintended the removal of the CO iit
tabling the remains of his Royal Highness from the cab se°
which it was originally deposited to the mausoleum just eree:olo
its reception. The coffin was raised on the funeral 00 to 00
the chapel, and from thence conveyed with all due cereal:°la De
final resting place. The ceremony was strictly private. 111;eir 0
remembered that shortly after the demise of his Royal I.o!Lory 01
spler.did mausoleum was proposed to be erected to tbe
the puke by the Freemasons of England, of which' secfen r, bot
honourable erder his Royal Highness was the Grand-let. infer'
in accordance with the wishes expressed by the Male's"' OP°
nets, and other menrisers of the family of the illustrious
uplsrt"
that intention has been abandoned, and the present It° eeti‘
t se
has been erected at their own private expense. The 111°., el-'
as the situation for this monument is the centre of lee
cular grass plat immediately in front of the chapels
.:fieS
upper er dof the cemetery. The tomb consists ofa capaei°";oll4
or chamber, into which the royal remains will soon bee Et, is'
from beneath the chapel, where they now rest. Th
eight
detp square excavation, sufficiently capacious to contain eLying'
or twenty crffins, flagged at the bottom with Yorkshire ritatet
and Fu r round ed by brick walls, of immense thickness; the 41111
surface being covered n ith a smooth facing of cement. sone°
briek.work forms the resting.place for five stones, which Of
pgl
the entire of the shove ground-work of the monument, the.
are of grey Aberdeen granite. The four stones which f°7ogle
walls of the monument are each rather more than foUrte
length, and about twof stet in height and thickness. Thr WO.
be surniout.ted by the crowning stone, which has the
von
attached to it all ready for lifting, an enormous block of the 010
granite, weighing, it is estimated, upwards of three 00,5;,:or0.:
atone like the ott.ers, is without the slightest inscriPb°'''.o( its
ment, or device of any kind, with the exception, hoWever'coire
upper surface being slightly bevelled off at the sides. Theo or
height of the monument does not exceed four feet. ft met'
rounded by fourteen pillar!, each three feet six inches 0 tee
quite plain, and composed of the same species of granite
monument, but connected with each other by chains, 001)5
STORNOWAY, APRIL 10.—Preparations are 111
here already for the early herring fishing, which CO.
mences next month. The curers who were her„eipelv
year have engaged their old 11
stances,_ and en
curer from the east coast has also taken a stance. 0
or seven sloops, fro the Clyde, are coming t.° ort
joiog
with their own boats, two of which fished t heif
cargoes last year in three weeks, at the allPrieeti
harbour of Cromore. A number of boats have already'nro'
from the east coast, and they are at present successtell)
secuting the cod and Eng fishing. They will retnailleco-
about the middle of May, when the herring fishing,ivieg
mences. John Scobie, Esq., factor of the island, ise bat
every encouragement to curers and fishermen. ";:i
lately built an excellent store' and curing "'ROG%
Cromore, and he is at present building another at 133,,, for
there is also a space of ground laid off at th-e- latter idtts'eof,iotl
drying nets. Fishermen who intend coming here thiSig froel
should he made aware that the size of net required
34 to 35 meshes per yard.—lnverness Courier. c 1110111('
'Three females died last week in the parish 0. t,bereci
wearmouth, Sunderland, whose united ages now :. •
two hundred and sixty years. diets the
The Ezeter Gazette, of Saturday, contra
•Irt that Sir William Follett is about to resign his

BIBTII-8. el°
On the 16th inst., at Grove-hill-terrace, Camberwell- •
Mrs. James Hastie, of a son. (0,14
On the 19th inst., at Worthing, Sussex,the lady a.
Morris, Esq., of a daughter. 0001
On the 20th inst., at Regent-square, the wife of •
Walker, Esq., of a daughter. vc.a ,ilf
On the 20th inst., the wife of Charles Woolley, ''''''
our-street, of a son. I'fip
On the 21st inst., at Sydenham-common, Kent, 310.
of a son. Gui 1(01°'
On the 20th inst., the lady of Dr. Spurgin, of
street, Russell-square, of a daughter,

MARRIED. Ti'
On the 12th lost. at St. Pancras Church, Middlesco,jef,
Inman, to Louisa daria, second daughter of Charles tv
Esq., late of Staplegrove, Somerset. th.
VOo'
On the 17th inst„ at Buckland, Monachorum, chr
Rev. John Williams Rector of Wigginton, Oxon► rbps,
tian, daughter of T:Gill, Esq., M.P. of Buckland Ayu o'et'h
On the 12th inst., at Clapham, Mr. Richards, of Fair
to to Mary Wenham, eldest daughter of Mr. James Oh
of Clapham-rise.

DIED. iv 31"
On the 9th inst., at Ostend, James Henry Horatio, °.nik.,
of the Rev. W. H. Tudor, Rector of Svderstons, N°l,.s.°liito'
On the 12th inst., Joseph Stainton;Esq., of Bigg'""
in the county of Lanark. Pi°.
On the 12th inst., Frances, widow of the late 3-tr•
Dea, of Walha Abe, Essex. f t"
On the •13tht inst.m ,at Oxyford, Mary Charlotte, llif, °
Rev.Spranger, M.A. ~.etelii
On the 16th inst., at Belvidere, Cannington, SOlne—
Catherine, relict of the late J. Poole, Esq.
On the 16th inst., at Ashburton, Mr. Johnstone-, dee
O n the 17th inst„ at Dulwich, Harriet Agnes, one
tain Plumridge, R.N. ..,;,, of per
On the 18th inst., Mr. Robert Laws, of tbe .1.,—..,
oft,
mark Tavern, Wapping. ire
On the 18th inst., near Tunbridge-well, Louisa, Ir%
P. Cay, Esq., late of Tunstal Lodge, Durham. r, of 01..
On the 18th inst.., at Hatton-garden, Mary, 111--
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Richard Durant Cumming. „ f,l
On the 19th inst., Milward, son of William Barage'
Old Broad-street

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