Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1855-09-19 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

CULLISIUN. —lly a collision which took place on Wednesday melting or: the Reigate and Reed I log branch of the London and South- Eastern railway the hoes of 4 individuals were sacrdieed, no hope is enterlanned with regal II to a Kith, and for,' sufferrng I from injuries more Cr less severe. The killed are— Joseph Cro.elay, Reading, the driver of tlie pilot engine (and the undoubted cause of the collision): Mr F. Fyintiore, clerk to Messrs. Simonds' Bank, Reading ; Christopher Bitten, Di years of age, Castle street, Reading Emu.; learr, supposed to boo ga nekeepei at llotopatead Norris. Among the injured was Mrs Skinner, ul II illgrove sneer, Bristol, wino tottered a conipound fracture of tlie belt leg and received a wound Co tile face. THE Mitt:KOK Lorne NAroLBON AND THE SCOTTIMI LANocACIS.—Nir limey Scott RIMER ot Teviot. head, the well konwn author of ° Sordoni let," and I many Milne esteemed and popular national songs, was remedy, on the recommendation of a thstisiguished clergyman Lithe catablished church. employed to trans' late the Gospel of Matthen liii 0 ;the lowlood Scotch. Ile wae iitiorMeni lhat the tmmlation WAS in a foreigner of litglt distinction. Or Riddell, (noshed las task • levy Weeks ago, and he hat now been oilorined that his employer is no less a personege than the Emperor al the French. The Emperor, he hoe been gleein to unnier• stand, mites scummy interest in language, and it would appear is especially inteieeted in the older Hoguage of Caledon a, the country of the jitOgoOttoOa alibis Empress. —Edinburgh A BABA Snow.—A eorreepondent of the Munched, Geordian, giving a bile ACCollill el the recent ;true baby *how at Boston Lonolosture, which, he says, attracted an immense concourse ol uteri, women, and children, add,:—'" U inler shedding, and arrang. II in classes, I found die babies," SUMO: On their mothers' or nurste' knees and others seated on chairs. Five prizes were offered, viz, one to Caen ciASS, and each price consisted of ann eppropirste piece 01 plate. Toe first prro , value live goatees, nrce lot the " prettiest baby" Rom six to twelve months of rote. 'this prize rot common wall the fourth and filar) war decided by billet ot the first 2000 vlithrs, PO fell ion child .1 2. Thimbleby. Esq., of Spilsby. The second ririot, value four gamma. was tor the heaviest balky, from .14 IV twelve months, and fell to • child of Mr Benton, ol Al.ek, which weighed two mime, although unit eight month old. The third prize, value three guineas, cot iOl the stoallmt baby, front hubo eighteen months or age, mid tell to a diminutive Utilitarian boasting the , umne of Prato. It hoped roily !gibs, beiog sixteen mouths old. The fourth prize, value two guineas, foetire I pre,lient gal, from two to four yems, was awarded to a child of JD Jackson. Btreton, three and • quarter ' years old—Otte '' pretty girl," cif cowrie). 'fine filth prize, value one guinea, for the finest boy, between two and four years uld, was bahotted to Mr Dobtom's child (Sibsey), three years 00.1 eleven months old. There virre between 6000 and 7000 person, present, about 100 babies helog exhibited. Sirmat-LAR Ann FATAL ACcIDENT.—Mr Nicholson, organ builder, llacelesfield, has met with a singular death. Ile was In the mt ot voicing" or "sounding" • pipe, and applied Isis ear to it, when. Itunt sonic uoknown muse a splinter flew out, entered his ear, and gradually penetrated to the brain. Alter thtee weeks' he expired, &offering gma t agony. Them- av A lloorivez Nuest.—Jane Canton, a nurse lorinerly employed on the Army Hospitals at Scutari and Balahlara, hoe been ellirilltled by the Southwark magistrate on a charge of stealing a large quantity of linen hocks, auil onlnetattn,nboa belonging to tiie hompitals Otto Inc inmates. A cart load of valuable property or the knot woe lwand at her lodging. Sine was theiniNeett from the service in the East for driokirig. Before the magistrate she made most contradictory state, cute of how the things were gtven to her, and by wlimn• AItARISH Poe Sazz.—The whole rdi the pirisli el Exhuiy, to Hampshire. is to be sold. It belongs to the Mafotd i.nnntuly. the Finish consists et 2,400 acres, a inannirot house, half in dezeir faints, two public Itomes, a aird about tilty cottages. It is bounded by the New Clean. Beaulteu 11,0 cm, end the Suleot Sea, FUNERAL OF Ft:ANOVA OTONNoll.—The remains of Feargus O'Connor ham been honoured with • public funeral. It took place on Monday. A considerable num. her el renown sAseentoled in Finsbury Square and Southfield; prmeediug thence, th, y joined a t bird body in ktusocli Square and the whole tom. marched to Nottiog Hill, whenco they essurted the hearse to K ensall Green Couridary. The marls teem lat. with 'wool, and eeveral thomanrie were in tine cemetery to within. the final promediogs, Alter the ordiudry sermee, Mr Jones, formerly" of Liverpool, delivered au oratiou on the virtues ot tea late cliampiou oi democracy ; who, as 011 t Of the Lettlient paraded eutd, lived hind died for os." A liyino wm sung, after which the people quietly diepereed. SUICIDE he Slit