The Sun. — 1845-11-26 (London, England)

ACCIDENT AT TILE OPENING:OP THE BRIGHTON AND CHICHESTER RAILWAY.—The Brighton and Chichester Railway was opened on Monday, as far as Worthing, General Pasley having certified that the line, although only one set of rails is as yet laid down between Shoreham and Worthing, is fit for traffic. The first three trains from Brighton, and the first two from Worthing, went through, carrying a considerable number of passengers ; but the third train from Worthing, which starts fifty-five minutes after twelve o'clock, on arriving at Lanieng, within a short distance of the residence of the late Sir Thomas Lloyd, Bart., met with an accident which interrupted the traffic for the rest of the day. At the spot in question two horses wers drawing a train of earthwaggons on a temporary line of rails, or rather on the permanent rails which are laid down for about half a mile in this locality; and the driver neglecting to observe the precaution of holding the leading horses by the bridle, the animal started off into the permanent line [rails just as the engine was coming up, and the tender, which was in advance of the engine, knocked down the horse and ran over it. The tender was capsized off the rails, and falling over the horse when between the front and hind wheels, killed it on the spot. The engine was also thrown over, but remained on one of the rails so as to obstruct the passage. Fortunately, the pace of the train being slow, none of the passengers were injured ; but in. consequence of the accident they were detained for two hours, when they were removed to another train and proceeded to Brighton. All subsequent trains were more or less delayed, horsese t 1 i the weTthTwo theEla se of ATTEMPTED eTatnthgeeDi nna fei stneaturon: dco o custody tender SUICIDE de iec onr gya and agumhhoptaleAnodsdy. :Dud ffTiAenhd e. an driver v erof tendeavourtothe BA STxamEn.—On Monday, at about a quarter to oneLo'clock, 1, as to theßailway Gravesend, t h estaeale after-deck passingaSdCWCk E passengers were on eh, a lar mhe de r bwayy the report of a pistol from one of the deck cabins, the door of which was fastened inside. On forcing it open, a young man was found with his head and arms resting on the table, and a pistol, just discharged, in one hand. He at first appeared to be dead, but on being raised lie looked around him, and said that he had committed the act himself ; that he had come on board prepared and determined to put an end to his existence, and expressed a hope he had succeeded in giving himself a fatal wound ; that his friends had driven hint to it ; and that he did not want any of them to know anything about what he had done. Immediately on being landed at the Terrace Pier, Gravesend, Mr. Hodges, the master of the workhouse, was sent for, and, at the desire of the unfortunate young man he had him removed there, and at once attended by Mr. Saunders, surgeon to the establishment. After a lengthened examination of the wound, during which the patient, with great self possession, directed the operators where to search for the ball, which he said he felt in the back of his neck, the gentlemen declared it to be their opinion that the ball, which penetrated at the upper part of the bridge of the nose, pretty nearly as high as between the eyes, had either lodged in the neck or spinal bone, or striking upon that bone, and being repelled by it, had fallen into the msophagus, and bad been swallowed as it passed into the stomach. With the probe, after various trials by both gentlemen, the lodgment of the ball could not be discovered; and, the external wound having been dressed; the patient was put to bed in the sick ward, after repeatedly refusifg to give his name, or state who is friends were. On his shirt was marked the name of " IL J. Colebrooke," and the -Same name within the leather lining in pencilling on his hat. He is about twenty-two years of age, in person alight; and about five feet five inches in height. In his coat-pocket was found a pistol, powder-horn half-full of powder, and in his waistcoat-lockets some percussion-caps and a silver pencil-ease and metal pocket-comb. In his pantaloon pocket there were la. 6d. in silver. •