The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-01-22
Foreign IteUs.

I'm the ard inst. accident occurred 70 All cxpre.s
tain nom Shrewsbury " Hereford in consequence Of
sn axle brcakins.
There Ia deep dyke on each side Of the railway.
Tho carriages all o the line and the passengers
wete immersed In the water. Two women wes
drowned. The guard narrowly escaped by swisa-
ming. lady and her child marvellously res
eued The other passengers were provdsntiAiiV
| saved.
Jan. 5,-on the London, Chatham and Liverposl
| railway yesterday tho tire OF q wheel dew OF A
warrant cficer named PArrrrs n was killed, and Q
number Of passengers were bruised.
Fatal AC,IprNr rR Lnsprs AND Now
wrrrRs Another and more serious 60
cident occurred at a late hour Inst ght on the Lon
don and North Western Railway, which resulted In
the death Of one first GLASS Passenger and serio~s
injury IN two or three others Ths train lsft Liver
pool At bis =. NJ aud reached the ticket plStfbrm =
Carnd, Town amer II T. NJ, where IL wa. d.
covered that some Of tho carriages mlssnx-sa
engine was dispatched and about four yards on he
London sdeof Primrose Ii Tunnel the dsconnsct-
cd carriages, two In number were discovered
smashed aud turned completely over. A trst elaB
passenger belonging to Birmingham or woverhamp-
ton was taken out dead. Several other passenger
we've injured, bu, MT very seriou'ly The tires Of
all the wheels In good srder Ciuse Of scoi-
d,ut at present not known.
The London Ttmes In another leader on the polit-
cal crisis In America, in which II rcterstss u. hops
that tho Union may be maintained, points " ths
original contention started by tho Fessoilers Wis.,.
that slavery s Disgrace to the country and IL sr-
gucs that this doctrine Is true and that
the right Of the question with all ts advantages b.
longs to the states cf the North.
The Times also publishes long article FROM IL
New York correspondent on tho History Of slAvsrV
In the United States"
The Liverpool Times says: The recent intellgsaos
hum America brings tn light u feeling which Canned
fail u create some surprise well amusemsss n
this country namely, that many persons in the sousA
calculated upon the support of England and the ESg-
IHh press in the present attempt 10 break up the fed
cal compact. Any such HyInIathy, II ID were really
looked for must have been based very
estimate Of public opinion this side Of the Atlantic.
We have too keen a recollection OF slavery and ths
evils which 1t generated say nsthing Of the hard
cash which paid for sweeping IL Out of exisssncs
IN our colonies not To desire It's extinction In every
CIVILIZED country, more especially IN one with which
We ARE connected by many ties q blood aud nisrss.
The form o' government which prevails in the United
States has loslg ceased 10 excite the hostility Of kng
II t'men, and the desire felt by every Of judgmsss
"n this side OF the water Is that the Union may endure
II its ntegrity,a monument Of the energy aud wsaou
with which II was built up, and the brcad bass with
the exception OF slavery, which It's foundation was
laid"
The COLD THROUGHOUT ENGLAND, on Christ
mas day, was greater than II has been since jan
uary, 1886. In and near London, the themoss-
eter fell to above zero 1913, ii 81 and ISIS
below zero, have been marked in various parts
Of the country. ...
CuwARpICE Is NO FAILING in King Bomha-
limo at the siege Of Gacta, shell fell, but did
not burst at once the frightened soldiers pros
tratcd themselves, but the king rushed forward,
threw the she'll over the ramparts, aud called -
the soldiers, "Get up now, lads, the danger b
over
THE TEIEoRAPHtC LiSxs OF Russia have a.
vanced into Asia, and are progressing with -
extraordinary rapidity. Siberia will soon -
traversed by them; and II is said the RuasiAa
government propose 20 connect Siberia with
America by means of a submarine line along ths
AlCutian Islands.
l. ISA CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE. that during
the $50 years the Palace Of the Tuilsries hes
been royal dwelling no French Sovereign hes
died within its walls. In connection with this
fact, another may be mentioned. Ever sincs
1888 every French Sovereign who has made he
Tuileries his abode has been compelled, at soms
time or other to quit the shelter Of Its rsof.