The Sun. — 1868-09-03 (London, England)

SCOTCH EXPRESS TRAIN ON FIRE.  NEWCASTLE, Wednesday Midnight.  A serious and alarming accident has happened to the Scotch express from King's-cross. At a quarter to 11, when two miles north of Huntingdon, the luggage on one of the composite carriages was found to be on fire. This carriage was in the centre of the train, which was proceeding at a rapid rate, but the screams of the passengers attracted the attention of the engine-driver. A 3 soon as possible the train was brought to a standstill, and the passengers in the burning carriage were rescued. The luggage was destroyed. The train was detained 40 minutes by the accident.  NA FilL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE,  A general order issued by his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief, and signed by Lieut.-Gen. Lord W. Paulet, K.C.B , Adjutant-General, announces that the undermentioned medical officers have been promoted to the ranks specified in consideration of their valuable services with the Abyssinian expeditionary force:—Deputy Inspector-Gen. of Hospitals Samuel Currie, M.D., C. 8., to be Inspector-Gen. of Hospitals ; Staff Surg.-Major Thomas Guy, M.D., to be Inspector-Gen. of Hospitals ; and Surg. Charles Dodgson Madden, 4th Foot; Surg. Neil Henry Stuart, 3d Dragoon Guards; and Surg. James Sinclair, 33d Regiment, to be Surg.-Majors. The above promotions are to bear date the 15th of August, 1868.  Lieut.-Col. E. W. Ward, commanding Royal Engineer for the Chatham district, has received the appointment of Master of the Royal Australian Mint, and will shortly proceed to Sydney to commence his duties.  The infantry troops doing garrison duty at the Isle of Grain are ordered to rejoin head-quarters at Chatham, under the command of Capt. IV. Glascott, 30th Regiment, and will be succeeded in the charge of that• station by detachments from the corps comprising the 31 Depot Battalion, Chatham. The depot of the 48th Regiment, consisting of five oflizers and 95 men, are under orders to proceed from Fermoy to Colchester, and on their arrival will be posted to the 4th Depot Battalion. A detachment of No. 13 Troop Military Train is under orders to proceed from Woolwich to Colchester.  Second Capt. D. S. Pemberton has been appointed to the C Brigade Royal Horse Artillery at Norwicb, vice Second Capt. W. R. Craster, who resigns the horse Artillery and has been appointed to the 24th Brigade.  The Constitutionnel has some severe remarks on the unsteady proceedings which have at various times marked Garibaldi's career For some time past," the writer observes, " the Italian Radical journals have recommenced informing their readers of the acts and movements of Garibaldi. 'We are not disposed to attach the importance to these bulletins which the alarmists are inclined to assign them ; because the friends of the General speak of the agitator, the consequence must not necessarily be drawn that he nourishes projects dangerous to public tranquillity. We have an explanation much more simple and probable to offer. Garibaldi is one of those men who do not know how to disappear from the political scene ; and it is lost pains to attempt to prove to them that their role is finished, and that their renown has nothing further to gain, but all to lose. Nothing avails : they must have the appearance of acting even if they do nothing in reality. Garibaldi is especially the man of false alerts ; he leaves the army, and re-enters it ; he renounces politics, and issues manifestoes ; he is Italian, and gets himself naturalized as au American, and displays, as fancy strikes him, the green, white, and red flag, or the star-spangled banner. He solicits a seat in the Chamber and then resigns. This last mance tyre, if we are not mistaken, he has already practised several times, and, according to what the journals at present say, he has just again repeated it, sure to yield shortly to the supplications of some electors, who will declare that, without him, the Italian Parliament will be unable to effect anything useful to public business. And thus it is that the grotesque side dominates more and more in a per sonalty who can no longer even invoke patriotism as an excuse for his eccentric follies."  A case of pluralism in the diocese of Manchester is bringing out some angry remonstrances. The Bishop, is appears, has appointed the archdeacon (Durnford) to the vacant canonry in the cathedral, worth £6OO a year, the same venerable gentleman enjoying nearly £2,000 as rector of Middleton, and £2OO a year from the archdeaconry, making a total of nearly £3,000.  As soon as the proposed alterations in the Church of St. Mary-le-Strand—which have caused so much commotion amongst the parishioners— are c trried out, Dr. Evans intends to commence a daily choral evensong for city men, beginning about half-past four. There will be Gregorian music.  ALMOST A TRAGEDY .---A deliberate attempt to murder two children and commit suicide was ma le on Sunday aLernoon, at Turnstall, Staffordshire, by the wife of a !abouror, named Fanny Mills. She had had a eitt trrol with her husband, and in a lit of passion loft the house with her two children, a boy three years old, and a girl one year old, and hurried to a neig,hbouring pool. In this she threw her children an I then jumped in herself. All three were rescue I, but not until life litl alave4t become extinct Vigorous remedies in time rostered animation, but the mother is not yet out of danger, although the ciildren aro nearly recovered.