The Sun. — 1865-11-06 (London, England)

VICTORIA CLUB BETTING-THIS DAY.  LIVEERPOOL 'HANDICAP. 4to 1 agst Bendigo (taken and offered) 9to 1 agst I%ju(taken_and offered) 10 to 1 agst Dalby (offered) 12 to 1 agst Valliant (taken) 100 to 7 agst Accident (taken) 16 to 1 agst The Eland (taken) 100 to 8 agst Windham (offered) 20 to 1 agst Moldavia (taken) 20 to 1 agst Elland (taken) 25 to 1 agst Blithfield (taken) 100 to 3 agst Farce (offered) 50 to 1 ugst Buckfoot  Fatal Accident on the Metropolitan Railway.  as t uHr doas yr tea lv nvi an n qßue inquest rwda s, ohne l dT haotn iSats. fGve Oeol gh en S:Mr. aged 35, engaged on the works of the Kensington Extension of the Metropolitan Railway. On the 16th of October last deceased was engaged in sinking a pit of considerable depth. To raise the clay which was being dug from the bottom a large skip or bucket was used, being raised to the surface by steam power. This was being raised, and had got 20ft. up, with about three-quarters of a ton of clay in it, when suddenly the iron hoop handle broke on both sides, and the skip was dashed to the bottom of the pit, striking deceased on the head and chest, and inflicting a fearful wound on the temple. He was at once conveyed to St. George's Hospital, where he expired. Henry F. Perley, civil engineer, and agent for the contractors for the works, stated that the iron handle was an inch and half in thickness, and if it had been of good material ought to have borne a weight of 27 tons. He had examined it and found that it was made of crystalised iron, with a short grain, a very inferior. manufacture. It was not the practice to test bought materials. The skips were supplied by a firm in Thames-street. The medical evidence showed, that beside the injury to the head, the deceased had'sustained a fracture of the chest bone. Death was caused by pyzemia; or blood poisoning through the fracture of the skull.  Verdict_ That the deceased met his death through an accident, but the jury were of opinion that the iron used for lifting weights should be of greater strength than that used, and ought to be properly tested.  Oppressive Monopoly of Railwa,y Companies.  TO TILE EDITOIt OR THE SUN;  perhaps but uatndlittiZuknr;oo7-: tt oo publicdu a at l l rightsarg e and interests is the gigantic —lt power possessed by railway companies, who, acting under the sanction of Parliament, think themselves authori9acl to invade every kind of landed hoSwir; or household property, regardless of the loss and, in many instances, ruin to the rightful owners. We have cases of suicide committed under the strong feeling and smart of this power. A man who, after labouring for years to support himself and family, but who not having a lease, and the promisee being required by some company, is most unjustly andunceremoniously ejectedwithout:consideration or apenny compensation, and who unable to obtain premises in the locality where ho had established himself, suddenly finds himself and family reduced to abject poverty, and without the prospect of recovery, surely such a case, and there are many of them, should be provided against by Parliament requiring a clause in the Railway Act for such contingencies before arming the company with their authority. Again, it frequently occurs that a widow is left with a young family to educate and support and thought to be comfortably provided for, her husband having carefully laid out his means for that purpose in the purchase of reversionary property, and to place his children in due time in good positions ; but this property being within the bounds for some new line of one of those great monopolising companies, is demanded and taken possession of for a small sum based upon its present value regardless of the reversion which in a few years would treble its present worth, and upon which tho whole family had placed their reliance for establishing themselves at a proper time according to the views and intentions of the testator. This should be a case for which the railway comld of their own accord make ample compensation, pony should and not force the owners or trustees to seek redress, at great cost, at the hands of 12 of their countrymen who too often unfortunately are led to give an unequal verdict by the low figure prepared and sworn to by the paid officials of the company.—l am, sir, yours, &C. Nov. 4, 1865. A