The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-12-28 00:00:00

FURTHER PARTICULARS

READING, SATURDAY EVENlNG.—Subjoined is a list of
the sufferers admitted into the county hospital, all of whom,
with one exception; are going on very favourably.
John Sainsbury, 30 years of age, a navigator, residing at
Lambeth—several contusions on various parts of the body.
Thomas Wheeler, 30 years of age, newspaper reporter, re-
siding in Mill's-buildings, Knightsbridge—contusions on the
face ; will be able to leave the hospital this evening, having
friends residing in the neighbourhood.
Anne Wheeler, 31 years of age, wife of the above—a broken
arm, with contusions of the head and back.
Thomas Hughes, 15 years of age, apprentice to a painter,
and living at Hammersmith—concussion of the brain, con-
tusions of the face, and injury to the abdomen.
Richard Woolley (supposed to be, from a letter found on
him,) address not known, being still insensible—compound
fracture of the skull ; recovery very doubtful.
Thomas Hawkins, 24 years of age, stonemason, residing
at the Fish Ponds, near Bristol—dislocation of the great
toe, &c.

Anthony Batten, 43 years of age, saddler, residing in Man-
chester-mews, Manchester-street, Marylebone—contusions
on various parts of the body.
James Stapelton, 31 years of age, stonemason, living at
Cheltenham—dislocation of the shoulder.
William Baldwin, 52 years of age, stonemason, living at
Cheltenham—a fracture of the ribs on the right side.
Eliza Barnes, 20 years of age, servant, living in Addle-

street, city—laceration of the scalp, and contusions on the
back.

Elizabeth Carpenter, 29 years of age, a servant, living
Charles-street, Blackfriars—contusions on the legs.
Hannah Cooper, 40 years of age, servant, living
Thomas-street, Kennington-common—fracture, and dis
cation of the bones of the right foot.
From inquiries I am led to believe that the Sunning-I

cutting, where the accident took place has been in an impe
fect condition for some time past, and has attracted consider
able attention from the engineers. The inquest was corn.
menced yesterday afternoon, before Mr. May, coroner. The
first witness examined was the surgeon, who deposed to the
injuries which the respective deceased had sustained.
George Hudson, sworn.—l live at No. 11, Church-street,
Paddington, and was guard of the train to which the accident
occurred at the Sunning cutting this morning. The train
consisted of an engine and tender, two passenger trucks, a
truck for passengers' luggage, and 16 luggage-waggons, 3 of
which were empty. The passengers' trucks were fixed next
to the tender. The train stopped at the Twyford station
about three minutes, and then proceeded towards Reading.
When we arrived at the Sunning-hill cutting, about 20 mi-
nutes before 7 o'clock, the train was stopped by slips of
earth, which had Mien from the south side of the bank—the
side of the line upon which the train was travelling. The
engine ran off the rails, the tender followed, and the carri-
ages, by the sudden stoppage, came upon each other with
such a concussion that the passengers were thrown out in
all directions among the carriages. Several were killed upon
the spot, and others were seriously injured. Before the ac-
cident happened I saw the policeman at Land's-end, who
produced the usual signal light that all was right. lam in
the habit of travelling with luggage trains, and I have often
seen a watchman placed at night at this part of the line : I
have, however, missed him for the last week. The engine
was at the time travelling at the usual speed of about 16
miles an hour, and the engine-driver was perfectly sober.
It was so dark at the time of the accident, that it was im-
possible to see anything upon the line. From the quantity
of earth which, after the accident, lay upon the waggons
which were behind the engine, I have every reason to believe
that the earth fell at the time the train was passing. Some
of the earth fell upon me, and I was nearly smothered with
it. I was upon the truck with the passengers which was
next the tender. The engine and tender had passed beyond
the slip before the stoppage took place.
The remainder of the witnesses stated that the slip which
occasioned the accident was a new one, and though near to
the previous slips had not been discovered. The inquest
was then adjourned until Monday. The following is a list of
the, parties who have been killed :
No. 1. John Pook, of Stoke Canon, near Exeter, aged
30, was identified by a letter which was found in his pocket,
and subsequently was recognised by his father.
No. 2. Charles Williams, aged 32, a stone-mason, re-
siding in Cheltenham, but in the employ of Messrs. Grissell
and Peto, upon the new Houses of Parliament. This corpse
was identified by Mr. Allen, the foreman of Messrs. Grissell
and Peto.

No. 3. C. Sweetland, of Gloucester, stone-mason, aged
30, identified by his father, but not kuown to Allen.
No. 4. - Mabbott, also of Glocester, stone-mason,
aged 31, also in the employ of Messrs. Grissell and Peto,
and identified by Allen.
No. 5. Richard Ralph, of Harwell, near Steventon, Berks,
aged 25, recognised and identified by his father.
No. 6. The remains of a labouring man apparentiy, and
dressed like a waggoner. Not yet identified.
No. 7. Joseph Hands, of Clarence-gardens, Regent's-park,
aged 26. The name of this unfortunate young man was first
ascertained by a quarterly ticket, dated December, 1841, of
the Wesleyan Methodist Society, being found in his posses-
sion. His mutilated remains have since been recognised by
his father, who also identified those of his companion and
friend, No. 8, Jabez Cleave (erroneously supposed to have
been a preacher), on whose person a similar ticket of the
name and date was found, but who was identified as a stone-
mason by Mr. Allen, the foreman at the Houses of Parlia-
ment for Messrs. Grissell and Peto.

The following isthe graphic description of this fatal calamity
given by one of the first visitors to the melancholy scene :
" The scene which presented itself never can be effaced from
my memory—l never can forget it. The stoutest hearts
among the labouring excavator s—men who during the pro-
gress of the work had witnessed accidents of appalling cha-
racters—turned from the horrors which lay before them and
were incapable for a time of rendering any assistance." But
to the narative, so far as emotion and the best feelings of
humanity checked by the vivid recollection of the picture,
enabled Mr. Gosling to give it :—" I," said he, " was almost
amongst the first to descend the cutting after the alarm that
an accident had occured had been given. On arriving at the
slip from which the earth had fallen, my attention was drawn
by the groans, shrieks, and yells of the sufferers, to the
shattered remains of the trucks upon which they had been
travelling. The trucks were split into ribands, and the
scattered timbers rested upon, and were mixed with, the dead
and the dying. The first thing I particularly noticed was
two men (supposed to be Joseph Hands and Jabez Cleave)
crushed or jammed together between two trucks—their heads
reclined in contrary directions, but both dead. I next ob-
served, on the south side of the line, three other persons
lying under the remains of the forward truck, which was bro-
ken to pieces. The appearence of their remains, mutilated as
they were, I never can forget, but I cannot describe. My
attention was next drawn by her shrieks to a woman, whom
I found in a kneeling posture, entreating to be extricated.
It appeared to me that the main beam of the truck had fal-
len upon her legs. Owing to the danger of removing the
wheels of the carriage, under which she was fixed, until the
earth was properly shored up, nearly an hour and a half elap-
sed before the unfortunate woman was relieved from a posi-
tion of extreme suffering. Immediately on my approach the
railway people ran very properly in the direction of Reading
one way arid Twyford the other, to intercept any trains com-
ing down upon down upon that which had been so fearfully
stopped. Two other men I saw dead near the three I have
last described, and the eighth lying upon the bank." Mr.
Gosling then described his sending for his horse and cart
with straw for the conveyance of those who were still alive,
and setting his men to work in the construction of shells
for the reception of the remains of those to whose sufferings
death had put an end. It would be an omission not to
mention, that though Mr. May was the only medical
gentleman examined at the inquest as yet, Mr. Arnold,
the surgeon of Sonning, was, with Mr. Gosling, the first
on the spot, and was indefatigable in his exertions and efforts
to those in whom it was manifest life still remained. Strange
as it may appear, still the fact is, that though Mr. Arnold
was in attendance in the coroner's court during the whole of
Saturday, he was not called as a witness. It is confidently
said hereto-night that his examination before the jury to-
morrow will be insisted upon, as well as that of Mr. Gos-
ling. From furtlifl. inquiries I have learned that the slip of
earth from whence the fall took place has been noticed for
some days, at least a fortnight back, by no less than five wit-
nesses, who may, anti probably will, be called to-morrow ;
at all events this is certain, that Mr. Gosling, jun., while
riding
incasually across the wooden bridge from Woodley to
Sonn,,, not only noticed, but called the attention of the
Policeman in the service of the company to it so recently as
Thursday last, between twelve and one o'clock. The same
observations had been made by Plant, the gamekeeper of Mr.
R. Palmer, M.P. MI these facts have gone forth, and ne-
cessarily added to the anxiety and excitement to which the
calamity itself was b
Gut too well calculated to give rise. 0
n
quiryat the hospital this even-
ing, learn f‘
I'Et
hvaEtN Richard Woolleye, whose recovery is alone
stated to be very doubtful, has rallied, though he is still un-
le to speak.

THE PRINCE 01? WALES-HIS NAME AND ARMS

ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT

Sir,—The Welsh inhabitants of Liverpool, amounting to
upwards of 50,000 souls, have looked forward with deep in-
terest and anxiety to the birth of a prince who should derive
his most distinguished title from their native country, intend=
ing to avail themselves of that auspicious event to lay their
national petition at the foot of the throne.

It is now my pleasing duty to enclose a printed copy of
that petition. As it contains a special reference to your royal
highness, as well as to the infant prince your son, it is our
wish to place it in your royal highness's hands previously
to its being presented to her Most Gracious Majesty the
Queen.

It would be in vain to attempt adequately to convey to
your royal highness the enthusiastic affection and chivalrous
attachment which her Majesty's Welsh subjects cLerish for
their own prince—an attachment which, whilst it increases
their loyalty to the Sovereign, renders your royal highness
also an object of peculiar solicitude and regard.
The Welsh inhabitants of Liverpool, therefore, pray for a
new order of knighthood, of Cambrian designation, to com-
memorate the 'birth of their beloved prince, and for two
Welsh and Celtic professorships at the English universities,
as appropriate memorials of his august and virtuous parents.
And if, in addition to these privileges, it should graciously
please her Majesty to dive to the Prince of Wales, at his
baptism, one British name, such as Arthur, Cadwalader, or
Llewelyn—names illustrious in British history, and cause the
royal arms of Wales as worn by the seventh Henry, and sub-
sequently by Queen Elizabeth—namely, "A dragon passant,
wings elevated, pules upon amount vert," to be placed in the
fourth quarter of the royal escutcheon, which is now vacant
hi the withdrawal from the British Crown of the armorial
bearing of Hanover, it would be hailed by the brave and
patriotic Welsh as a proof that her Majesty duly appreciates
their loyalty, and desires to secure its continuance in support
of her illustrious offspring.
Such concessions and arrangements would also contribute
to render the present Prince of Wales the most popular and
the most renowned of all that have borne the name since the
fall of Llewelyn. The Welsh bards, who sing as no other
bards do, and who never sing so well as when they have
kings and queens, or princes of the royal blood, for their
subject, would immortalise his memory.
His British name, his armorial bearing of the "red dragon,"
with its associations of valerous deeds and imperishable
glory; his descent from Cadwalader, the last King of the
Britons. through the illustrious line of Tudor; the unbroken
chain of his brave and royal ancestry, tracing its course
through the Welsh pedigrees to a higher point of antiquity
than belongs to any imperial or regnant family in Europe ;
and, above all, his birth, identified in the annals of our
country with the oriein of a new order of merit, sparkling
with brilliant stars and fresh honours, for such of Cambria, s
sons as shall be brave in arms, or distinguished in the arts;
and venerated as the event which unsealed the fountain of
royal bounty that streams of literary blessings might conti-
nually issue forth to enrich the mental soil of his hereditary
princedom ;—these, in conjunction with the personal virtues
of the prince himself, would supply rich materials for song.
The bards, inspired by these considerations would take a
loftier flight on the wings of the heaven-born Awen, and the
minstrels of the mountain land would teach the thrilling notes
of the harp to echo to their strains, that the fame of their
prince may live, whilst lives the noble race of Shenkin.—l
remain, with the greatest respect, sir. your royal highness's
most dutiful and most obedient humble servant,

Kirkdale, Liverpool. Dec. IN.

DAVID JAMES

MEETING IN MONMOUTHSHIRE

On the 20th instant, a meeting of the inhabitants of Mon-
mouth was held to address the Queen on the birth of the
Prince of Wales, and probably the following speech of Sir
Benjamin Hall on that occasion will be interesting to our
Welsh readers :

Sir BENJAMIN HALL, M.P., was well aware that there
had been a difficulty on some occasions in obtaining large
county meetings—but if any person had for one moment
doubted the sincerity of the attachment of this county to her
Majesty's person, and their loyal desire of making known
their feelings of dutiful affection, they had only to inspect
the numerous signatures to the requisition, and to behold the
attendance at this meeting, when all doubts must immedi-
ately vanish from their minds. (Hear, hear.) But if there
was one spot in Great Britain which more especially might
be expected to rise simultaneously for the purpose of carry-
ing into effect the objects for which they were assembled it
was the county of Monmouth. (Hear, hear, and cheers,)
They then stood upon ground associated with some of the
most ancient and interesting records of England and Wales.
He would not occupy their time by mentioning many well-
known facts, though he might remind them that in the town
of Usk, in which they were assembled, was born Roger Mor-
timer, Earl of March, great nephew of the celebrated Black
Prince (to whom his hon. friend had already alluded), and
with whose memory so many chivalrous associations were
connected. In the town of Monmouth was born the valiant
King Henry the Fifth, whose life was preserved on the field
of Agincourt by two individuals (who were natives of this
district), at the sacrifice of their own—(cheers)—and it may
not be generally remembered that the Princess Morfydd, the
Royal Heiress of the last King of Gwent, was the immediate
ancestress of Rhys ap Tudor, Prince of South Wales, the de-
scendant of Cadwalader, and from whom Henry the Seventh,
and consequently her Majesty and the Infant Prince, de-
rive their Cambro-British origin. (Hear. hear, hear.)
It is a curious fact, well known to those who bad searched
into the ancient records of the Principality, and had given
their attention to the literature of Wales, that twelve hun-
dred years ago there was a Welsh prediction—that the de-
scendants of Cadwalader, the last King of, Britain, should
cease to sway the sceptre of that kingdom, hut that, after
the lapse of centuries, it should again return to them. This
prophecy was fulfilled about 450 years afterwards in the per-
son of King Henry the Seventh, and thus it appears that our
present Prince of Wales has an undisputed right to that title,
not merely by patent but by lineage—(cheers)—they might
say as Fluellyn did to Henry V.—" Not all the waters of
Wye could wash the Welsh blood out of your Majesty's
body"—neither can all the waters of Usk obliterate the
proud remembrance that in the veins of the present Queen
of Great Britain flows the blood of the Royal Heiress of
Gwent. (Applause.) As regarded the immediate object of
their meeting—if the birth of an heir apparent, and the
happy recovery of the mother, wag in private life a subject
for contratulation and rejoicing—of how much more interest
must be an event like the present, in which not only a few
individuals but the whole community were so deeply con-
cerned. He hailed the birth of the Prince of Wales as a
good omen for the country, and as a guarantee that the
constitution under which they lived might be continued to
Them ; and he prayed that her Majesty might long be spared
to rule over them, and to guide and direct her Royal Son with
that wisdom and virtue for which she herself was so emi-
nently distinguished. He trusted that as his Royal Highness
advanced in years so might his attachment strengthen for
his Principality, and that he might ever be disposed to lend
his powerful aid in promoting the best interests of its inha-
bitants. If they might credit the words of Shakspeare, they
must believe that his illustrious predecessor, King Henry V.,
was proud of his Welsh birth. May his Royal Highness be
equally proud of his Welsh descent; and if, hereafter, any
honest Welshman should venture to address him in the man-
ner Fluellyn is reported to have spoken to his sovereign, and
say—" I do believe your majesty do not scorn to wear your
leek upon St. David's Day," that he will be disposed to an-
swer (if not in the words, at least in the spirit, of King
Henry)—" I wear it for a memorable honour—for I am
Welsh, you know, good countryman" (Great cheering.)
Sir B. Hall concluded by seconding the address, which was
carried unanimously.

THE DUKE OF BUCKINGTIANI AND THE
CORN LAWS.

(From the New Farmer's Journal.)
It is really amusing, and somewhat curious, to notice the
many ridiculous and absurd statements which have gone the
rounds of the London and provincial press, regarding his
Grace the Duke of Buckingham's views on that all-absorbing
topic, the corn laws. It has been most gravely asserted
that his grace's opinions are not in accordance with those of
Sir Robert Peel, or, indeed, with those of any other member
of the Cabinet ; that his grace has declared himself wholly
opposed to any change whatever in those laws ; and that a
dissolution of the ministry—par consequence—is inevita-
ble!! Premising that the Duke of Buckingham is not of
that class of politicians who would resist all those measures
of a wholsome nature, which may be devised on this ques-
tion, we should like to know where our sapient contempo-
raries have obtained their authority for the silly nonsense
they have ventured to palm upon their readers. Like every
other real friend to the British farmer, the Duke of Buck-
ingham is, we feel assured, in favour of the sliding scale of
duties ; consequently, opposed to those of a fixed nature;
and if any improvements can be suggested by which the
averages can be more fairly and honestly taken than they are
at the present moment ; and by which the whole system of
vamping up those averages can be put a stop to, sure we are
there is not a statesman living who would more readily give
his acquiescence to those views than his grace. Although
we do not put ourselves forth as being in the possession of
such great cabinet secrets as many of the Anti-Corn-Law
League would have us believe they hold, yet, from the
knowledge we have of those in whose hands the destinies of
this mighty empire are now placed, we would gladly leave
our cause in their hands, under the well-grounded hope and
conviction, that rather than receive deterioration, it will gain
strength and stability under their auspices.