The Sun. — 1851-09-04 (London, England)

EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE. CHICHESTER, SEPT. 2.—A waggoner named near ham Mayhead, in the service of a lady residing near here, has been committed for trial at the next quarter sessions by the county magistrate presiding at the hall of this town for paining the lives of many passengers in a train on the South Coast Railway by driving a waggon and team of homes on the line. The train which met with the obstruction was the quarter to seven P.M. ono to Portsmouth. Nothing occurred to impede its progress until it had just passed the Drayton station. The time was about five minutes past eight, the sun had gone down, and it wan dusk; but the driver could see some quarter of a mile along the line. The engine had on the usual head light. On going by Drayton a team of horses and waggon were observed crossing the rails on the north side about a quarter of a mile in advance of the trair, which at the dine was proceeding et the rate of between thirty and forty miles an hour. At first there did not appear to be any one with the team; the waggon stood on the line some moment., and the most frightful consequences were anticipated by the engine driver. Re sounded the whistle, the breaks were applied, and everything done to stop the train, but the distance of the waggon was not sufficient to enable its tieing brought to a standstill. Two men then ran across the line, and having opened the opposite gate, they gave the shaft horse a " tip," which just cleared the waggon from off the metals as the engine passed. As it was, however, had not the rate of the train been slaoke.ned, it would have come upon the waggon before the men could have got up and have opened the gate. The officers in charge of the train described its escape as most extraordinary. On arriving at Chichester, one or two of the servants of the company went in search of the man who had charge of the team, and on the defendant being met with, he admitted being the person. It would seem that ho had permitted it to proceed across the line in an unprotected manner. It was an occupation crossing through some fields, and led to a farm. Mr. Faithful urged the bench to make an example of the defendant, by committing him for trial. All cautions had been disregarded. The bench con* menattiothne case as tehecoau dldan ndot4bthe dealt suited, and decided on rending the defendant for trial at the nextcha se. sss iso,n psr obveifdoirneg th toria, p with summarily.  [ADVERTISEMENT].--THE GREAT EXHIEITION,-A valuable newly invented very small powerful waistcoatpocket glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known 4 mile distant, they answer every purYachtincr, to purpose on the race-course, at the opera-houses, country scenr and ships, are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles, they green,valuable for Hunting, Shooting, Deer Stalking, Sportsmen, Gentlemen, Game Keepers, and Tourists— To be had at Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians, 39, Albermarlestreet, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. Telescopes A new and most important invention in telescopes possessing such extraordinary powers, that some, 3i inches, with an extra eye piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's Ring, and the double stars, with the same Telescepe, weighing only three ounces, can be seen a person's countenance, 3 miles distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles, they supersede every other kind for the Waistcoat pocket, and are of larger, and all sizes with increasing powers accordingly. Opera and Race-course glasses, with wonderful powers ; an object can be clearly seen from 14 to 16 miles distant. Invaluable preserving Spectacle Lenses. The Invisible Organic Vibrator, and all kinds of Acoustic instruments for relief of extreme deafness. —39, Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the Vork Hotel. •  On Sunday morning a man of the name of Bagley, being on the Southampton Common, had his attention called to something in a clump of firs by his dog, and on going to the spot discovered the body of a man in a very decomposed state, and a short distance from the body a razor in a case was found, but there was not the slightest appearance of blood upon it, and it is the opinion of the surgeon, Mr. Mackey, who has examined the body, that the deceased had not committed suicide. The unfortunate individual had been in the employ of the Peninsular Company, but was of dissipated libits. It was evident the Indy had been some time in the place where it was discovered, as the grass had grown round it, and all the hair from the head had disappeared, and the body presented the appearance of a corpse that had been interred for many years.