The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-05-20 00:00:00

observations accompany-

verdict

any oth

Although the

The CORONER read the
jury have not felt justified
than that of accidental death, they feel bound to stat(
their unanimous opinion that great 1 '
executive committee of the Birkenl
Cheshire Junction Railway C
a wa,

, Lancash
nd that tt

here was

duct of the c
the line from
the melancho
the death of the part

3pany, along

1. to Manc

on the day when

'irrence took place, winch resultea
as to which the jury have been
to the locomotive power of the

enquiring. NY luta
company, it appears that no increase whatever was made
for the greatly increased traffic along the line from Chester
to Manchester, during the Chester race week, and that
there was no authorised superintendent of the traffic de-
partment along that line appointed, and no precautionary
arrangements adopted for the safety of the public in
reference to the Sutton tunnel, where the collision took
place, on the day above mentioned. ""
during the day there w
patch and arrival or
ter; and the ads

le jury find that
_ larity in the des-
mcbester to Ches.
,e railway company
•eturn from Chester,
) p.m., and continue
, was in the highest

,s the greatest irri

setnent issued

to the effect th,
after the races,
running, so soc

acncing at 5

filled, to 9 p.r
acid calculat,

rl to lead to confusion

degree objectio
and danger. The railway cor...pany's locomotive superin-
tendent himself hasstated in the course of his evidence that
he does not consider the stock of engines belonging to the
company sufficient for their ordinary traffic ; and yet, as
the jury have already noticed, no increase was made for
the greatly increased traffic during the Chester races ; and
to this deficiency of locomotive power is to be mainly
attributed the lamentable catastrophe which has happened.
The jury are decidedly of opinion that the management
of the railway in question, at the present time, is imperfect

tyot the public.
n order to guard
_
against the recurrence of a similar accident, there should
be an authorised servant of the Company stationed at each
end of the Sutton tunnel, so as to signal to the trains,
and thereby prevent two trains from being in the tunnel
on the same line, at one time. They cons►der also that
the carriages of the railway company, having to pass
through a tunnel of such a length as the Sutton tunnel,
should be furnished with lights ; and they desire also to
call attention to the shortness of the interval allowed for
trains following each other on the same line, from the
terminus and intermediate stations, which appears to
them to be attended with risk, and that the interval
should therefore be increased."
The Coroner having thanked the Jury for their care
and attention during the inquiry, the proceedings, which
had occupied seven days, were brought to a closs a few
minutes before eleven o'clock.

and inefficient,
In conclusion,

the jury recomr

HOUSE OF LORDS.-

MONDAY

(CONTINUATION FROM FIRST EDITION OF TUESDAY LAST.)

After some further conversation relative to the state and
prospects of Ireland, in which Lord Malmsbury, Lord Hard-
wick, and other noble lords, urged the necessity of a return to
protective duties, and the Marquis of Clanricarde defended
the system of free trade, the petition was ordered to be laid
on the table.—Earl GRANVILLE moved that the Church Build-
ings Amendment Bill be referred to a select committee.—Lord
PORTMAN stated his objections to many Of the ciattseii which

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i)i•OpOted tO inane a tare teuuetioti in tile ntifiluer of tree-
seats, and noticed other alterations to the disadvantage of the
poorer classes.—The Bishop of LONDON explained the bill as
Intended to give every facility to persons desirous of erecting
new churches, and defended the proposed reduction in the
number of free seats.—Lord STANLEY objected to the post
fact) character of the bill, which made alterations, applying
not only to new churches, but also to those already in exist-
ence. He thought one of the clauses was calculated to excite
dissension in the Church, by allowing one to erect a new
church in the immediate neighbourhood, and merely in oppo-
sition, to another.—After some observations from the Bishop
of Oxford and the Earl of Carlisle, the motion was agreed to.
—Their Lordships adjourned at 20 minutes to S o'clock.