The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-11 00:00:00

before they stopped, passing the Straffari station al

a quarter of a mile. Of t

passengers in those two car-

%rcely any escaped without serious injury. Two
c not likely to survive the night,

nages
were killed

iwo'ladiei who satin a first-class

the ladies was literally severed in bio.. A Mrs. Farrell had
her leg torn away and her arm broken ; and Mr. Jelly, of
Maryborough, had his head torn of. At the time of the
concussion Lord Guillamore, his lady, and daughter, threw
themselves on the floor of a first-class carriage, and escaped
unhurt,

Amongst the passengers were Captain James Collis, the
commander of the Times steamer, on which the fatal ac-
cident occurred a few mouths back off the Pigeon House
Fort by the bursting of the boilerplate. Captain Collis got
out of the train when it came to a stand. His example was
followed by other gentlemen, but only four, viz., Mr.
Connor, of Newbridge ; Mr. Kelly, of the same place ; Mr.
Leitch, of Armagh; and an English gentleman, remained
upon the embankment with him. The others returned to
their carriages. _ _ _

And her; a most melancholy episode occurred. The
English gentleman was accompanied by his sister, his
wife (a beautiful young lady of one-and-twenty), and their
child, an infant of about nine months. A passenger, a
Mr. Jelly, of Maryborough, a very large, fine-looking
gentlemanly man, had got out of the carriage in which the
two English ladies and. the baby were, and stood, talking
with Captain Collis; but, on seeing the cattle train coming
along, he got in again, and stood in the door-way watch-
ing its approach. The ladies got alarmed on hearing that
the train was coming, and wanted to get out, but the
English gentleman advised.them to stay as they were, and
he was about to get in himself, and was only waiting for
Mr. Jelly to get out of the doorway, when the collision
took place. Mr. Jelly was instantly decapitated, both his
legs cut off, and his body torn•to pieces. The ladies were'
both killed ; and the agony of the husband and brother,
when he cast himself upon thelifeless body of his young
wife; was indescribable. The baby was extricated from
under its unhappy mother anduunt, and was living.

When Captain Collis saw the train approaching, he
checked the other gentlemen who were about to enter the
carriages, and advised them to wait, as there was no
carculating the speed at which a.train, end on, was ap-
proaching. He glanced along the shining part of the
rails, and observed by the glitter of the reflection from
the lamp that the speed was full. The train was then
within is couple of hundred yards. He at once shouted,
" She's coming at full speed ! Look. out !—look out !"
And, turning round, he sprang over the wire fence into
the field*: Mr. Leitch followed his example, but fell. Mr.
Connor and Mr. Kelly threw themselves on their faces,
having no time to retreat. Captain Collis having gained
the field;lDok round, and saw the scene we have described.
When the-engine came to a stand-still in, the midst of the
ruin, he jumped back again and ran with Messrs. Leitch,
Kelly, and Connor, to assist the wounded. They had
dragged a few out, and all who were able to move had
congregated- round the shattered train to render aid.
When he noticed the violent throbbings a the engine, lie
sang out for the engineer, who was helping to extricate
some passengers, and bid him instantly jump on the
engine and blow off the steam, or they would have an
explosion that would destroy them all. The engineer did
as he was ordered, and thus the lives, in all probability,
of even more than had been sacrificed by the collision
were preserved. Captain Collis, having seen 14 dead
bodies, and having helped to extricate about 60 wounded
people—a labour which occupied some hours—arrived in
town about midnight.

A Dublin correspondent writes on Friday :—" The news
of the appalling disaster filled the city with wnsternation
and alarm. Several of the most respectable of the citizens
had relatives.or friends among the killed or wounded; and,
owing to the uncertainty which prevailed during the day
as to the precise number or the names of the-sufferers, the
most painful anxiety was felt by a great many persons who
expected friends to town, either by the train to which the
accident occurred, or by some train about this period. In
fact, the sympathy and anxiety were universal; every one
feeling, as it were, a personal interest in the Sit d affair, and
no other subject appearing to occupy men's attention dur-
ing the day. The following are the names of the people
who were killed on the spot :—Mr. T. W. Jelly, Queen's
County ; Mr. John Egan, Birr ; Mr. Daniel_ O'Connell
bl`Swiney, solicitor, Kenmare, and Mrs. M'Swi.ney ; Mr.
Bateman, Cork ; Mrs. Knapp, Miss Palmer, Miss Clare
Kirwan, 82, Lower Abbey-street ; Miss Margaret Leath-
ley, 62, Ecclts-street ; Miss Kate Hamilton Haines, whose
name was written in a prayer-book found in'her pocket;
and Mr. C. 3il ".Nally, solicitor, Lower Gardiner-street. Ano-
ther person, wyoung and gentlemanly looking man, whose
name could not be ascertained, was also killed. The only
other death-which has occurred up to the present is that
of Joseph Serwood, Dr. Stokes's servant. Amongst the
wounded was. Mrs. Blacker, wife of Mr. Latham Blacker,
solicitor to• the Customs in London, and, Mr. Neville,
county surveyor for Louth.

MR. BATIVBRIGGE'S LECTURES ON
Trig PHYSIOLOGY OF THE MIND.

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ON Friday evening, W. H. Bainbrigge, Esq., F.R.C.S.,
delivered, at the Collegiate Institution, the introductory
lecture• of his series on the Physiology of the Mind;
and the great purpose of Education, as traiuingman, during
his infancy on earth, for his immortality in Heaven. The
lecturer, who, on his appearance, was well received, began
by explaining that his sole reason for appearing again on
that platform was in compliance with a. wish expressed by
Mr: Howson, the able and assiduous principal of the Insti-
tution, that he would lend his aid in forwarding the great
end' and object of education. After,. in a masterly man-
ner, glancing at the various objects.of mental culture, and
the. means by which they were severally sought to be
accomplished, Mr. Bainbrigge proceeded to consider that
portion: of intellectual cultivation which more immediately
tended to the formation of character. The formation of
character should commence in the.earliest childhood. An
infant in its nurse's arms will fall into little transports of
temper for any desired object, if it once finds that an effi-
cacious means of gaining what it eovets. Formation of
character should begin with the' denial of all concessions
to' outbreak of temper; but refusal, however decided,
should invariably be conveyed with kindness. There ought
always to prevail an example. of good humour. Children
are imitative creatures, and their ductile minds are easily
moulded into the forms which a discreet judgment may
prepare for them. Cheerfulness best developes the childibh.
faculties. Cheerfulness makes the child happy without
effort—causes the mind to. expand—animates the bodily
functions, and makes all work harmoniously in the earliest
stages of the formation, of character ; and be it always
remembered that childhood is that happy season in which
the beauty of rectitude.is most acceptable to the young
mind. Worldliness has, not yet crept in ; mistrust has not
yet perverted ; necessity- has not yet taught craft ; life is
all pleasure, saving for the few tear-drops which dim the
rose of its cheek for a moment, to be dried by the next
breeze that passes by,. even by a mother's smile. The wax
is all ductile ; we Troy make what impression we will on
it, while the honey is still there. The task is rendered
easy for us—the easier, the earlier we begin. It is the
parent's highest privilege to present to those young ardent
spirits,' forms of the good and beautiful, &lid to people
their imaginations of the pure and the holy, so that, when
they look into themselves, they may find their own in-
dwelling thoughts safe company. Familiarity with evil is
fatal to the purity of mind. Even in after years, if reason
and religion should bring conviction of error, still the
memory, instead of being a mine of the treasure of pure
thoughts, becomes only a reprover and tormentor. lam
not speaking too strongly of the poison which I know to
be sometimes instilled into the ingenuous mind. Parents
cannot, watch too closely the characters of those with
whom their children spend their most familiar hours.
Access to books of doubtful or slight morality, and per-
fectly unsuited to their age, soon follow on improper
associations ; and the evils so contracted are very difficult,
if not impossible, to eradicate. In books, in example, in
the country walk and by the home fire-side, a high
morality, looking Heavenward, but not always bringing
religion into verbal expression, should be kept in view-.
Good and evil should each have its own distinct position,
and never be suffered to remain in a shifting light. As
the mental powers expand, more enlarged views should be
submitted to its operations, according to its capacity of
awarding the deductions of reason and justice. To accom-

push these great objects, a perreci connuenco must be
established between the child and parent. The mind of
the one must open instinctively to the love of the other,

affection and not severity w

be the most affecting of human.

almost the

heaviest of human afilietiot
A fathers thinking he has a stern di
child shrink.

But ils is a common case.
to perform, does it

pours his confidence into

willing ear

flowers which expand i

would rush into
and thought, an

, and the child
ery fear, and hope,
arent c,ould guide
7ood, asid right,
,on upon all that is
..lonnected with this
parent's love is the
-e they who make
The

his child into the love of all that is pure, ana g,
or teach him to look with religion. --
. . .

that sacred spottle scene..-"onrfe-'-; best pleasures.
mother, whose presence brings gladness into the
innocent
recreation, promoting childish sports, showing the gam-
bols of her little ones, inducing in them the loving
certainty that no home, is like their home, that mother
the foundation of domestic virtue in her
to often as they leave the paternal roof