The Express. — London, England, 1866-12-20 00:00:00

_,_ NrWSPAPVII. sttud.xa • •t 5 , ;„ •. it AZI __..... r . [STAMPED, id. ADDITIOILI..] [TWOPENCE 4 r I lER 20; tTHS ACCIDENT AND LOSS OP LIFE ON THE METROPOLITAN RAILWAY. Y MAX MOM YORIL TOWN LIVERPOOL OR, A %US K ! . 11FIOWN TO NSW LIVERPOOL, NW YORE, and VEILADEPHIA NTILICSKIP COMTANT de. / aka then tall-=ed_SlidsoleMlS Ina Woo Steent-Shipe, anyens She Paned FROM LIVERIC7OI ter lOW YORK : CITY OF BALTIMORE., Wednesday, Dec. le. • ETNA, Saturday, Dec. re. And every Wednaelay and Saturday ewe wens* by the mail Masai ailing every Wednesday, jay guineas, according to the accommodatkaL pond prop tacludee a Ina wa a l °coked provisions. tor Cooed* and the Cat booked thro hon For further particulars spli n t lanl au r Ayt : lol, Water-dreet, Liverpool ; and to EL sid NAGEL el, MDR WlMarnotrest, Landon. TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. THE COLLIERY CATASTROPHE NEAR BARNSLEY. (FROM OUR 811101 AL REPAIRS) a Arta my to BERLIN, Dac. 19. In totyk sitting of the tipper House the government bill for the abolition of the usury laws was adopted by 59 against 48 votes, the govern ment having previously expressed its disapproval of the proposal of the committee to sanction the bill provisionally until the let of April, 1888. The bill regulating the, land tax, and the Dote- Lion Bill, were also adopted— the latter unani mously. (Rstrrsa's nizmuun.) THE PRUSSIAN CHAMBERS• ~aM L ; 15d. to 0 11d. ; 100. ; METROPOLITAN RAILWAY. Trains every Ms Minutes. 4•7"1_ Fe bu g t k i t k Mew ' nes very or hoe* her 1 401% II On the genersl4 at hi. 1 oa war rers hers ronowleel for cloth, ler! .mall ,METROPOLITAN RAILWAY. Moorgate-street Station. THE NORTH GERMAN CONSTITUTION. BERLIN, Dgc. 19. IvlßTßOPldOerstateLlT4trAeeN Station. RAILWAY. At The North German constitution contains pro visions for all matters referring to commerce and navigation. The Federal Council and national representation will exercise legislative powers. The Prussian crown will be intrusted with the authority as well as the leadership of the North German Confederation, and will declare war, con chae treaties, and appoint ambassadors in its mine. The King of Prussia will hold the position of commander-in-chief of all the land and sea forces of Northern Germany, and will have the power to order their being placed on a war footing. Kiel and Jande are to be Federal war ports. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY. Farriugdon street Station. METROPOLITAN RAI-L-WirY. King's-cross Station. METROPOLITAN RAI LWAY. Gower-stroot Station. ILll_2----_ tuttout - a vr, but we r METROPOLITAN RAILWA Vonland-road Stition. gETROPOLITAN BRAILWAY. Regent-circus Station ,oppoette Polytechnic Instita liestentatrcet% The Metropolitan Ulvray company'■ epeeial Omnibuses to and from Portlsnd-road Station meet every tialn. ow. 113. t has not t wool has K) increase TorT Arm. BPIZIPAIS, ly Sr. not mall, and FRANCE. NI ETROPOLITAN RAILWAY Baker-street Station. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY. Ed g ware-road statue. PARIS, Du.. 19. The Monifeur du Soir, alluding in its bulletin to the mission of Signor Tonello to Rome, says : " The belief is authorised that the Italian govern ment, pleased with the good effects produced by the return of the Italian bishops to their dioceses, will make it a point of honour to persevere in the path which leads to the complete appeasement of consciences, and to a sincere agreement between the civil and religious authorities. The choice of Florence as the capital of the Italian kingdom was the pledge and consecration of a new policy. It is permitted to hope that the Pontifical government will no longer hesitate to adopt, on material and economical grounds, those measures which the very nature of things shows to be necessary, and thus hasten to place its relations with its subjects in Italy upon a sound basis." The France of this evening states that the jour ney of the Empress to Rome may very possibly be adjourned. The Temps says :—" We believe that the act of abdication signed by the Emperor Maximilian has been received by the French government." iproveintat METRO PB(i),hLopli_T A roadZ RAILWAY. -- • r uosMy I ore bud" DOS WI tin. resolved to It. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY Trains every fire minutes. MYLL YENTON, General Manager. not muck ening. Tbo most of the stocktaking hue, except towards the METROPOLITAN and GREAT WESTERN RAILWAYS.—eIIitISTILAS HOLIDAYS. EXTRA TRAINS between the City, Kluracrutta Gower•ltroet. NW:lnd-road, Regent-circus. Baker-street, Edgware-road, and Addington, Haninter , mith, Kensington, Shepberd'abnsb, Not ting.bill. and Westbourncpark. _ _ rpm MADRAS IRRIGATION and CANAL COMPA.NY —NOTICE OF CALL. NOTICE IS IiEIiEBY GIVEN, that in pursuance ot rem). lation passed at a meeting of the Board of Directors held this Mg, the shareholders of this CompaaY are requested to I'AY to the Company s Bankers, 3lessrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and Co., 1, Is11 ; 2111 Last, Loudon, S.W. a CALL of £3 10e. per share g2O per share paid. on or before the 15th day of =a "' ry next , upon sum of .t.. 3 10s. per share. Interest guaran tied by the Secretary of State for India Council at the rate A. 5 per cent. per annum will be paid from the /Ist day of hoary next. JOHN WESTWOOD, Secretary to the Company. .8 and 0, Queen street plum Southwark-bridge, London, EX., Dec. 0, 1900. market baa n cloths and i in demand. r limited, and =tithe. In ten, been in 1 demand for odes. Attar expect to roe £rice, hays TEN THOUSAND }MISERS WANTED. WORKING MEN'S LORD'S DAY REST ASSOCIATION, 13, Bedford-row, W.C. Object: To secure Sunday as • day of rest. Annual subscription, One CHABLIS HILL, Secretary. gINA H A N'S LL WHISKY. DUBLIN EXHIBITION, MI& This adebrated old IRISH WHISKY gained the DUBLIN YR= MEDAL—It bi pure, mild. mellow, delicious, end very wholesome. Sold in bottles, each, at the retail honam in London: by the meats in the principal towns in England: OT wholesale at 8, Great Windmill-street, London, W. Ohn:rwe the red seal, pink label, sod oak branded H Yinakan's LL Whisky.' 18.—The timorous than from London. lk out for large sing unwilling el bullpen' ban doing a mode. the new year. NOTICE OF BONUS aissrucn. fEERICAL, MEDICAL, and GENERAL LIFE Aunt:RANCE SoCIETIC, 13, at, James's-square, Loudon, TEIMr. L RIDGWAY intends establishing K.NCIS4 for the SALE of TEAS. /Lc—Present address, ENDKILLIE, Torquay. B.W. - An EXTRAORDINARY GV:HRAL MEETING of the Floes'pro turi persons assured in this Society will be held at this on Tilt RSDAY. the 3rd day of January next, at One cluck precisely, for the purpose of declaring a bonus out of the groats arising front the general business during the five years bang June 30th last. GEORGE CUTCLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary. December 14. 1866. 'YEA is CHEAPER THAN EVER.-13. 6d., 2e., Sta ed. per pound are the prices at which PHIL LIPS and Co., tea merchants, 8, King William-street, City, London. E.C. are selling good and fine BLACK TEA. A price current post free. 40s. worth carriage free to any railway station or market town in the United Kingdom. Obeene.—PHILLIPS and Co. have no agenta, nor any connection with any house inWoreester or Swan , sea. Sugars are supplied at market prices. BERNE, Dzc. 19. -A. very felt ose of the late 0 high has the do. The National Council has decided, in opposition' to the decision of the Council of States, that the Confederation shall only bear three-fourths of the expenses to be incurred by arming the Swiss troops with breech-loaders. 1110 IMPORTERS, Shippers, Steam Shipping Companies, and Consignees of Foreign 04X145, by steamers or otherwise into the .Puit of London.—The proprietors of Fees Trade Wharf, I:staff, and Upper Free Trade Wharf, Dow pte Dock, Upper Thames-street, OFFER FACILITIES to the alwes.—lurther information may be obtained on application, by letter or in person, to IL CLAY and Co., wharfingers and ware house keepers. —Oakes, SS, Upper Thamweetresi. FURNITURE, Merchandise, &c., BOUGHT for ready money, or eush advanced on same, with or without !amoral. the Ilnusvi, furnished or unfurnished, wanted imme diately fur applicanta—Apply to Mr. BAYNE, Grosvenor Uuuae and Estate Agency, lirook-street, Grosvenor-square. T° be LET, FURNISHED, a double-bedded ROOM first fici.r (rout nod PA8.1.01.,R. Suitable for twethere or friends. Terms moderate—Apply at 2, Victoria terrace, larkhall.latte, Stockwell near the junction of the Lana dowse and binfleld ',guts). Easy access to town by rail or bus. MPETS. —Best Brussels 3a. 6 d. per yard al price Is. Wt.) Many patterns to select from. Tapes try, Kidderminster, Dutch, felts, bbuikets, sheetings, and door sloths, equally cheap. Also i. 10,000 worth furniture being offered at m, reduced prices, to make room for extensive alterations, at WM. WAIN E'S, 133 to 135, Newington Butts, S. —•- • THE CHRISTMAS NOVELTY in CANDLES. TltaNsi'altENT CANDLES In all colours and sizes, for Dian Tab.e. LiFtres, Pians, £c., are now ready with I lELD'S PATENT TAPERING ENDS, Siting all Candlesticks w without scraping, or the use of paper. To be had cvery where in has. fancy boxes at bd. per lb. MUDIE'S SELECT LIBRARY.—First-class Subscription for a comtant succession of the best new Books. One unities per annum, commencing at any date. Pros. pectuses postage (rep application.-5112DIKS SELECT LIBRARY . Limited , New thrionlatreet ; City Wilco, 4, Kim} street, Cheapsitle. IRMACKS' CHRISTMAS NOVELTIES have arrived. MENSE SALE of CHRISTMAS TURKEYS, P- - containing a Bottle a Perfume, price 3a. Everylintly should mead their friends onc.--WitliACK iIItOTHEILS, 37, Ludgata kUL .QEAL SKIN PURSES, 3s. G d. ; Cigar Cases, 11s. Gd. ; Fusee Foxes, 4a 6,1; Bags, 17a. 6d. ; Card Cases, 16i ; Glove and liandiscrellief llozas, an a➢dless variety, made from the finest skins. THE NEW BAG and LADIES' MUFF com bined, real Seal akin. 35a; French Sable, 255. ; Grebe, Oa.; thuine, 31s. ; a variety of others, wade of real Fur, from 15a. WORK BASKETS and WORK BAGS, the cheapest and best in the world, from Mt. ed. to 60s. PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS, from 2s. fal. to tons. A really 7.. ,od to for s. CAL, with Patent Leather Joints.. Urge size 1110rOCCO ditto, to hold 200 Photographs, na. DRESSING CASES, Desks, Writing Cases, Inkstands, Work Ltuxeq, Tea Caddies, Bookslides, &c. TRAVELLING BAGS, Hand Bags, Waist Bag s, Satchels. Itetit ides. Purses, Carl Cases, Pocket Hooks, &e. The public are supplied at wholesale prices at CIIRMICK Itittrill Ells', manufacturers, 37, Ludgate-bill, St. Paul's, Loudon. Catalogues puit free. - - MECHI and BAZIN, 112, Regent-street. Cumomera eibinn•, to obtain. tor Christmas Presents, DRESSING CASES and GREASING RAGS, Written Cases • Work Tables, Inkstands, Card Bores. Tea caddies, Cutlery in all its kinetics, elettro.plateil anti silver Dessert Knives and Forks, anti other articles, for utility or ortialuent, will tlnd every variety In style, clugance, desisn, an.l price, at NIECIII and BAZIN'S, 112, Itegent-strcet.—CatahrAiies post free. _ _ {'CHRISTMAS PRESENTS and NEW YEAR'S vv cirrA for all who court the gay and festive scenes.— ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL, a preserver and beautsfyer of She hair beyond all precedent. Rowlands' Kalytior, for impart ing aradiant bloom to the complexion, and a softness and deli cacy to the hands, arms, and neck. Rowlands' Osionto, or Pearl Dentifrice, for giving a pearl-like whiteness to the teeth. and ha :Pince to the breath. The patronage of royalty throughout karope, their genend use by rank and fashion , a nd the nuiver- May known enh.acv of the-o: articles, give them a celebrity un- Walleled.- sold by chemists and perfumers.—Ask fur "Row bads— articles, DELICATE and CLEAR COMPLEXIONS, with a delightful and lasting Fragra.nce, by using the celebrated UNITED SERVICE SOAP TABLETS, ad,. and ad. asch.—Manufactured by J. C. and J. FIELD, Upper Marsh, inabeth. °nice of your chemist, grocer, or chandler. KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES.-IThat Inseams are more fatal In their consequences than neg lected Coughs, Colds, sore Throats, or Lungular Affections ? its first and best remedy Is Keating 's Cough Lozenges Sold In boxes, Is. lid., and tins, 2s. 54. each, by THOMAS KEATING, chemist, &c., 7U, St. l'auts•churchyard, London. Retail by all meets, &c. DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, . a never failing remedy, prepared without any mercurial wimilent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious Ind liver complaints, indigestion, wind , spasms, giddiness, 11 . 88 of the eyes, du For habitual costivenem, as a family OPrient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly median t ; in their operMion and grateful te the stomach, create appetite promote dkeinion. and strengthen the who. nen ous stem.—bold by VT Lambert, chemist, 8, King Wlllimn-street, Charing-crou, and by most druggists, in bona. &_ig and three times the quantity!? OS% U. ad. Be sure to .. E Dr. Scott ' s Bilious and Liver PM. The genuine are in li glar• Breen package, with "William I engraved on the Mum, BEST REMEDY for Indigestion, Bilious and Liver Complaint', FRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH boldly all Medicine Vendors, et la lid. and fie. 9d. per hoz, or obtained through any Chemist. jOZEAU'S COPAHINE MEOE, the only French preparation adopted by the Paris Academy sad too, Colley, of Surgeon au the report at . Ell, Lloyd, Poland and Legion Clark (' Uneet da7 = 6 l, 411. ed., at CC JOZZAIII, hawk &mini* 49, free ea rocedpt of is. O. market s fair dy at Is. per qr. s, whilst damp r. Foreign held rlel of all de- A sellers. Beans wilier reduction lute currency. ' 9,070 ; barley, 739 ; taro, 4tl ; apply of wheat I. to 23. per qr. Barley only fully maintained. ag today aa marl advance upon lad •vement r i t n t it he g r Isla at attendance st scr lemand at preetotte air request, at the I malt dull &Ali irket the show of at IL per qr. over lting and grinding utl peen e• eb Le gr ower: —Wheat. 61. ! .• red, ditto, t aw, 611bs. to ON., nbe Sys to ) 041b5., etie. to 51s; 5311)L, 40s. to 445. aus, 631bs. to 651bL, 111 L, 31e- to 414' M our market this of wheat from the sa from fibroi d, the millers, holding felt to day , hones only the sales effected the ~3 4 , Flour ninth as *her ar n ay eo o. not ed essure, loose be [TINS. .AL rah]. ma . abandis• 1981 leY „ B IT 7,500 8 711 •IT9 309 $49 ea le. 396 P 9,03 ^ O 4 10 81 SAIL trl sa 5 . 01 i,106 —1,55 S 5.t) 3,1°4 a. , 802 Cl IivATANTA ugh, asthma, s. pi - cation, aar r u shiss.. 44 No 68,41%_ her ts esce u ` a diedWaseg as, be ha a 4.° esheot . DAY' Holiness sad '-w as. WaL D a .. ad; . brae. * 4 • :-4Advertia""A‘ ............! • Ala) DSOS& 3. on4quare. the wife of S. I. 111. hill, the vile et A. Neat. ectorp. whestbampotead. Llonwon.-prdens, maids-0.0 Sydenhais, fi e ' H' 0804 DES. 1 15, at the Wish at It. H. illicit, Oengtri; Itarnataplo, North ~.. ...al• ate Mr. T. Barrar, a e•- er 15, at St. Lnlylll.olol.lsoo. Word, N., of 104 .1 Will LOGilat diggatir . 1. I L ler 15, at uthant dan4hterSOf the Mit°. Tunbridge -1n " B CH. st. Manes Pliro w tv • t e Suaannlh, Wife of fl' . ..... d. it h e n eer 10 11 ." - Di C. J. heur n ivan, sgsa 811 liolmwood, MOO .T. W. pleton, Sta trompton, In her Tlr yo tr• L o wndare4uil re . nae l-row, islingt°l4 ST ' I. IL coo' autthsp, Gear. P3a ~ aged 26. ...1% SU" L trath i ellOg ili the precblei 1.06. i•...... WV E of 36,008-A PREFERENCE SHARES of 110 each, Payne, an d Smiths, the stun of / bearing 8 per Cent Interest, and Redeemable at On per o f ay p ee sham on . being adepodt A Preference dam in the above Share. THE. CREDIT FONCIER of ENGLAND (Limited! are Company I hereby request thatwill allot - Me that number, papered to reed's APPLICATIONS for the above Shares In and I agr e e to accept Inch or any less "lumber you may shares you Tilt BELGIAN PU BLIC WORKS COMPANY allot to moon the terms of the pros pec tus and I agree to pay mited). the deposit on allotment, and to sign the memorandum and Capital 1350,000, M 36,000 Shares £lO each. ',.. articles of association of the Oempany se duly registered, when Divided into 35,000, A Preference Shares, of /10 each. required, and I authorise you to haat my name on the register (Being the Shares now offered for Subscription.) I i of members for the number of shares allotted to be. And 10,000 B Deferred Shores, or /110 each. Usual signature DIREC TOR& Name hi full • • Prederte Hoehn, Esq., M.P., Metropolitan Board of Works. Residence Albert Grant, Esq.,Y.P., London. • Profession 1I Lieut-Colonel D.lward Neville, Clargerstreet i Date, December, 1866 . John Irving Paseo', Seq., Highbury New-park. Henry Portman, Esq., Russell-square. i THE BELGIAN PUBLIC WORKS COMPANY Edward Warner, Esq., Y. P., London. ' CAMlSutrilin IflCOMltall.—J . W. Sado* , Esq., C.E., Engineer- (Ilmlted). EXTRACTS from MINUTES of the METROPOLITAN BOARD in-Chief to the Metropolitan Board of Works. of WORKS of lath May, 1866, and referred to in T.ter,....tus. I Ban /mutM —emo Smith, Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombadatreet, 1 KC. 63. The Clerk laid before the Board the following commu nication: 14th liday, 1886. 130t1CrrOltg.—Ifeann West and King, 3, Charlotte-row, Mansion- Sia,—l am directed by Secretary_ Sir George Grey to Menem% house, E.C. to you, for the information of the Metropolitan Beard of Works, DROMMIL a copy of a dispatch from her Majesty's I/Wider at Brussels, re- Frands 741-. El.. 1. A-1-- .et, -t....... E.- ~ .....ilig some important improvements which are about to be Messrs. ce an Beret. 64. -street, E.C. made in that city, and which have been contracted for on the Urvices—St. Clement's-house, Clement's-lane, London , & C• i Br.CitaTaiti—W. J. la BERIOT, Esq. part of the English Credit Fonder and debater Com_ PanY• I am, de., (ftned) ' H. WADDLNOTON. ' The Chairman of the Mwolltset rßospEcrus. Board of Works The object of this Company is to carry oat the cesceesiens (IinCLOSIYI I ) granted by the Municipal Council of Brussels, in concert with i Brussels, May 4, 1806. the authorities of the province of Brabant, and the' Belgian My Lord,—A great public work In Brasses of remarkable ex- Government, for the drainage and coincident improvements et s t ag an d neenes tione y us t w en con t rac t e d foe a n tn. p or t of 1 the capital of Belgium. the English (Odd% Fonder and Mobilier Company. The object The concession—do/the due execution of which 8 50,000 caution l e t o mit ove r the is game,. which runs through the Jewel* money has been lodged on behalf of the Compaity—comprlses part of the city, and is in fact an immense open drahi, receiving the construction of an underground channel for the river Benne tke greater part of the sewage of the town, which is, at present, at present an open main sewer) running t hrough _ the city , mod dangerous to health, and open the mime of desdnethe together with a broad thoroughfere or boulevam shove that epidemic'. course ; a complete system of main sewers, and important The plan combines lateral drains to Intercept the sewage, la. branches above, through, and below the city •-• the re ctification arrears outside of the W en for deodorising and collecting for of the river channel, and an outfall station for exhaustion of the manure, and works to prevent inundations. An extensive Boo sewage. It provides also for the erection of an exchange, a levant is to be run over the vaulted course of the Beane quite market-place, a monumental fountain, and such works 'amity be through the town. The houses onesch aide, which are uow of necemary In cotuserion therewith. the most Inferior clank are to pulled down, new ones of a The concessions also give the excludes valuable right to the superior character, on a widened way, are to be erected all along sewa for a periodot sixty-six years, subject to the maintenance the new Bouleyard, with great facilities for lateral access to it of th en eeanlition works In connexion the on either side. A building, which Is to unite balls for an ex- The mognitude and value of these concessions will be under- change, and galleries for artistic exhibitions, Is also to be con stood by the tact that they Include subsidies to be received by greeted. the Company in cash and annuities of the value together of The estimated cod of these works is 56 millions of francs 16,000,000 francs, or 11,060,000 sterling, which have been voted The amount is contributed by the town of Brussels, by the Pro by all the authorities and sanctioned by the crovrn. vince of Brabant, and by the State, In the following proportions The caution money will be repaid to the Company In prelim' —the Town.Tn 16 millions ; the Province, S millions ; the Govern lions as the works progress. ! merit, mi. The concession also gives the right confirmed by Royal Decree I enclose herewith a copy of the Report presented to the of expepriation along a belt embracing frontages on both sides Chamber of R. R., on the part of the Central Section, wtranshich fer ex- and in the vicinity of the proposed yew Boulevard ; and, in ad- plains fully the nature and importance of this projected dition, the free grant (fee simple) of all town and suburba ellnd mitten in the lower part of Brussels. derived from diverted streets, open public plass, and osed as an engineering work, the plan is one of the highest interest, river courses. that are Included within the limits of the lion - from its extent and projected effects as combining ornaments cession. Mon and facilities of Intercourse throughout the whole of the The value of these stipulations will be readily discerned from lower quarter, with incalculable bents in point of healthy the fact that ;apart from the land, not to be paid for at all, being action on at least half of thepopulation of Brussels.—l have, tit., received as free OW, the town blocks to be purchased and ',Signed) HOWARD DE WALDEN and SEAFORD. clearest are at present mostly occupied by very Indifferent The Eari of Clarendon. buildings. whereas the site will become at once the most im- portant Boulevard for traffic, buliness, and residential purposes, I opening up as it does a direct road between the North and South ' Railway Termini, and the laud will become saleable by the Com- ; pany at the largely enhanced an ti c ipated value. The numy thousands of our countrymen who have recently visited Brussels cannot but have observed a surety of cano e copied dwellings •, In addition to the existing want of additional ' acco mmodation, it should be considered as affecting the after value of vacant town blocks in such eminently desirable sinus- , I dons, ,2 that thli e worts alone will, it is estimated, displace upwards 100 famies. of After a long course of laborious official inquiry, extending over several years, as to the most effectual sanitary plan to be adopted, the an G o vernment Inally ameSW that upon which the present concessions are based, upon the report of a special Government Deputation cornmhaiOned to make a per- sonal examination of the important sewage and main drainage works of London and the suburbs. I The original estimates for the principal part of these works were examined and verified by Mr. J. W. Bazalgette, Engineer- 1 in-Chief to the Iletropolitan Board of Works of London, under ! the sanction of that body ; and these estimates have been further tested by months of minute and careful revision on the part of contractors and their respective engineers. The contracts for the execution of the whole of the main drain age works, and the formation of the Boulevard, have been con chided with experienced and responsible Belgian contractors, approved by the Belgian authorities, and who have placed at the disposal of the Company sufficient guarantees for the due performance of their engagements. It is Intended that the whole of the works shall be completed within four years. The importance of the undertaking Is evidenced In the pro tracted °Metal debates in the Brussels Municipal CounciL and also in the Belgian Chambers and Senate, on the subject, and by the special report thereon from Lord Howard de alder, her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary at Brussels, transmitted by the Earl of Clarendon, through Si r George Grey, to the Metro politan Board of Werke, in London, and recorded In their minutes under date of May 18, 1866, an extract of which Is I annexed to this prospectus. The late distinguished Monarch. Leopold 1., to whose wisdom and sagacity Belgium is so deeply indebted, always manifested the warmest intersst In these projected works ; and the reigning Sovereign, his Majesty Leopold 11., after earnestly forwarding every stage of the negotiation from its Inception, has further testified his conclusive approval by having eopresased his desire to inaugurate the works by laying the first stone in state cere mony, which is fixed to take place at Brussels, on Wednesday, the thud of January next. It will be at mice seen by this brief description of the conces- Mon that it Is one of no ordinary character, whether It is con sidered in the importance of the work to be done—the govern mental identification with its success—the national character of its object—and, the Directors believe they may fairly add with out entering into details ,which in a public statement they can uot do, from ita prospect of financial success. The capital of the Company in fixed at 1350,000, in 35,000 'hares ,d s:10 each, divided into 25,000 A preference shares, and 10.000 II deferred shares. The preference shares represent the capital to be subscribed by the public for working out the concession ; and the deferred shares are accepted by the concessionaires, in consideration of the assignment by thou to the Company of the concession. The privileges attached to the respective share capital are as follows: The A preference shares are h to l be redeemed ch o u t re ofpai the off atassets of the compeny, by drawings y ot, ead gla per share, being a bonus of £5 per share. The drawings will take place oil the following dates, viz. On the tiudJtocuary, isTO, 60 Shares, or 165. 500 1571, 0,250 „ £62,500 „ „ „ 1,172, 6.550 „ kt 02,500 . 1573, 0,250 „ F-02,500 AVALUABLE CHRISTMAS PRESENT. - A CHINESE CADDY, containing 1611$. of really good BLACK TEA, sent carriage free to any railway station or market town in England, Ireland, Scotland, or Wales, on receipt of 408., by PHILLIPS and Co., tea merchants, 8, King Witham -street, City E.C. TO HOTELS and large consumers. Fine YORK HAMS, lid. per lb.; Aylesbury and Dorset Butters, Cheshire, Cheddar, and Stilton Cheese, In fine condition; game, and all deacriptunui of poultry cheaper than any other house in Landott At W. and J. E. TAYLOR' DE NS, 35,-SW LITTLE PITLTF-NEY-BTREET GOL:ARE. Families and hotels waited en with regularity. Carts to all parts of the West-end every hour. THE GUINEA CIGAR. A hoz of 100 really good lIAV ANNAI3 CIGARS sent car riage tree to all parts of the United Kingdom on receipt of Post office order or stamps for 2ls. or sample hos of 50 for 11s. W. G. KOSIKK, Importer of Cigars, 2, Tlchborne-street, Piccadilly, W. THRESHER and GLENNY, OUTFITTERS. Only establishment in London, next door to house, Strand . Strand. N.B. Lists of necessary outfit for every purpow and appointment to India, China, and the Won't*, will be for warded on application. HANDEL'S MESSIAH, from Mozart's Score (Festival edition . . By JoitY BISHOP. "At the low price of Is. . . . A marvellous specimen oftypographical correct nea. . . For the vocalist it is all that can be desired." — Sunday Gazette, December 9. London: Robert Cocks and Co., New Burlington-street. MAGIC LANTERN AND DISSOLVING VIEWS. NEGRETTI and ZAMIIItA'S NEW ILLUS TRATED ROOK, describing the OXY.IIVDROGEN and OXY-CALCIUM LIGHTS. painting on glass, spectral effect and ghosts. Price one shilling. —l, Ilatton. g arden ; 59, Cornhill 12' Regent-street ; and 153, zleet-street. Catalogues of lanterns, slides. &c.. poet free. NEW AND REVISED EDITION OF "LADY LISLE." This day, thoroughly revised, and in parts re.writtcn, uniform with Library Edition of Miss Braddon's Novels, price Bs., LADY LISLE. By the Author of " Lady Audley's Secret," ttc. "MIAs Braddon has written nothing stronger or fuller of human interest. . . The story Is intensely readable to its last line."—The Globe, Dec a. isOd. Ward, Lock, and Tyler, Paternoster-row. THE FENIAN MOVEMENT. FOB.M be O F by APPLICATION FOR MAIMS. To retained the Bankers. No. TB DIRIICTORS Or THI LLNITZDDELMAN PUBLICS WORKS ONIPAIT (), Oeationuat,—listag paid to your bookies. Mown Smith, Total Shares ...2eooo or £2.50,000 until sn drawn. and paid off, each share to bear interest at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, payable half-yearly, on let January and Ist July in each year, for which interest warrants will be attached to the Shares. on repayment of the shares at £ll each, the shares will have tole. 0%01 sip with all interest a arrauts attached thereto that have nut become due. and the shams. , paid off arc to tie trans ferred Jre the benefit of the B shareholders Should the realise tiou of the concession penult, the Directors reserve to them selves the right of making, at their vliwretion, either earlier or large drawings, but in such case the CA berms per share is etill , to be r paid, notwi t h s tanding such ea rlier or larger redemption of share capital. Reckoning the redemption at the dates and at the bonne named, the investment will pay subscribers a rate of interest as follows ..—Those shares which are drawn, and thus are To be paid off on .":21id January, 1370, will have received 8 per DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY NICHT. cent. interest alit at the rate of 161 per cent. bonus, nr total o: , oel per cent per annum on amount of Investment for the pa- ! T wo cases have been seiz ed a t t he g oods store al nod of three years. the Great Southern and Western Railway. O ne Those to be I aid off on eenti January, 1871, will have received contained twelve rifles and three breech-loading 8 per cent. and interest at the rate of 121 per cent. Minn, or Baal of :Nli Pet cent. per 'mount on amount of investment for rifles, awords, bayonets, and one thousand rounds the period of four years. of ammunition, addressed to Mr. Richardson, of Those to tie paid off oneend January, 1972, will have received spec cent. and interest at the rate of 10 per cent tomus, or total Cork. Another case, containing rifles, revolvers, of le per cent. per annum on amount of investment for the and ammunition, addressed to Mr. Burke, Lime pert..l of five years. rick, was also seized to - day in t he same p lace. Those to be paid o ff on 2, nd Januar y , 1973 , will have received 8 per cent. interest and at the rate o[Bl per cent. bonus, or total They were removed to Kilmainhain police-station of 111 per cent. per annum on amount of investment for the • until further inquiry has been instituted. period of six years. These A Preference Shares are now offered to the public for 1 subscription. The payments are to be made es follows: Arrests in connection with Fenianism were made C 3 o 0 per Shiite on Application. lin Dublin on Tuesday, and some rifles and ammunition 43 0 0 „ on Allotment. seized, which there can be no doubt had been provided for gl :0 0 „ ou let March, 1867. L 2 10 0 „ on Ist July', 1667. a treasonable purpose. The arrests and the seizure of i 1 arms, however, do not afford any ground for alarm on the £lO 0 0 • part of the public. That there are numbers of Fenians in nr all may be paid up at once, either on a pp lication or allot- ' this city no one can h onestl y doubt, but we cannot believe merit, at option of subscriber—interest accruing from day of that the majority of them still entertain any intention of pav ment in all cases. attempting an insurrection, with the certainty that The Dircutors do not pledge themselves to make an allotment they would be utterly crushed within an hour or two to every applicant, nor to allot the whole of the shares, it being after their first overt act of rebellion. We may, there their desire to place this small capital in the hands of bona fide list estors. fore, abandon all fears of a "rising" in Dublin, or, The it Deferred Shares represent the concessionaires' interest we believe, in any part of the country. In many in the Company. These share,' will not be entitled either to pay- instances the arms recently discovered have been concealed meet s f any interest or capital until the whole of the Preference since last year, and are not to be regarded man indication share have received their capitel back, with the interest and of the revival of Fenianism. That the authorities enter bonus lids we referred to ; therefore the Deferred Shares become view as to the decline of Fenianism, or at practically and virtually a guarantee to the Preference Shares. taia a _sin Ahr . The concessionaires having thus expressed their willingness to l east the abandonment ■of their' design' aby the conspirators, endorse substantially their opinion of the value of the conces- we gather from the fact that a recent prohibition against Mon, it follows that the Deferred Shares will only receive the the granting of the usual annual leave of absence on be e n whatever it may amount to alter the redemption of the lough to non-commissioned officers and soldiers has been Preference Capital the concession and property then remaining rescinded, the restriction having been decided to be no will belong In the Deferred Shareholders alone. No purchase money for the concession a nd no promotion longer necessary. At the same time, however, there is no money will be paid, and the expenses will be strictly limited to relaxation of needful vigilance. For the sake of the country the ac teal preliminary disbu;&entents necessary to aoquiring the at large, it is most desirable that the alarm which existed concession and the establishment of the Company ; the Credit so generally a short time since may give way to • feeling of Fonder of le island ildmited) receiving their profit entirely from confidence and security.—Saunders' News. the 13 Deferred Shares. As the A Preference Shares are I n t e nded to he paid up in full, as before mentioned, no further liability after such payments will exist, nnd power will be taken to iucrrite the Company acconling to Belgian law as a Societe An onynie, with a view to having the shares tamable to bearer. E ve ry information can be learnt by applying to the 'onetime, both as to the concession, plans, articles and m emonuidum of association, Ac. ; and it is the wish of the Directors app should cants should inform themselves on any point they desire information. Applications for shares may be made in the ann er share exed form, w hi c h must be accompanied by the payment of Z 5 p de posit, without which no application will be considered or . Shoulde a less number of shares be allott ed than are applied f the d posit will, so far as required, be applied towards the payment due on allotment. Should no allotment be made the amount paid will be at once returned, without deduction. Prospectuses twhich contain a copy of the memorandum at association) and forms of application for shares, and memo randum and articles of association, may be d had of the Bankers the , Brokers, Solicitors, or of the Secretary, e offices of Company, St. Clements-hone, Clemeneslane, London, IS.C. ; also of the Credit Fonder of En g land (Llmitiel , „ Clement's lane, E.C. Mise Milly Palmer will remain as a member of the Olympic company, and will appear as May Fielding in The Ticket of Leare Man tomorrow evening, at Mr. Horace Wigan's benefit. MADAMS STODAME'S ENTERTAINMENT.—Madame Stodare has engaged a very clever ventriloquist, Mr. J. W. Jester, who performs a very amusing scene with a number of " dummies" that are made to represent various characters and sing various songs. Thi s is now given in addition to the popular conjuring performance, in which Madame Statism takes a prominent part. A palmetto/I.—The Bish mark f Gloucester and Bristol, apparently seeking to his more complete adhesion to the new forms of sacerdotal ultmehurchisin, Las seceded from the Church Pastoral Aid Society, as be has also seceded from the British and Foreign Bible Socr . . The income of the Bible Society has already gained f r om the indignation felt at the step taken by tbe right rev. seceder; and we trust and believe that the effect on the Church Pastoral Aid will be equally patifying,— I Record. AMERICA. Nmerric TELEGRAPH.) NEW YORK, DEC. Ifs, Evrrnrc. Gold, 137 i. Sterling exchange on London, 109 i. 5-20 United States Bonds, 107 i ; Illinois, 117 i; Erie, 74. Cotton —Middling Upland, 34i. DR. PUSEY AND "S. G. 0." The Times has received a letter from Dr. Pusey, headed " On the Protection of the Young from Unknown Moral Evil," and almost entirely occupied with a topic which can scarcely with promiety be even alluded to in a public print ; and taking this view, the Tinicsomita the letter, and will not, in justice to its readers, allow any further allusion to the subject. Our contempoty has received several other commutications which it thinks it would serve no good purpose to publish, making an exception, however, of a letter from " S. G. 0.," raising a simple question of fact, to which Dr. Pusey will ho able to return an equally simple answer. "S. G. 0." proceeds to state facts which he has himself authenticated, and of which he offers trustworthy evidence. " A young lady, some years since, came under the influ ence of a director or confessor of the church of England. He obtained a complete asce ndanc y over her. She, before him, took a vow of celibacy for two years, unknown to her parents. An offer of marriage was made to her, with their approval. There was no qu estion of her marrying unt after the time of her vow should have expired, but even then she had scruples unless her director would give his sanction ; this, even when solicited by her parents, he re fused is do. The result was she remained single, died 80, and the gentleman wh o wished to marry her joined the Roman church. This same director, in another ease, took an oath of celibacy hem a young lady ; he afterwards absolved her, and she married a clergyman. In another case, it is not clear he took the oath or vow from the lady, but she went to him for absolution from it, was absolved, and is at present li ving, I trust, a happy married woman. I bring forward these cases, not as at all believing they are uncommon, but because proofs of their truth have been afforded me, and in such cases, we may ea,ily suppose, it is difficult, as the rule, for many remons, to get the truth. Permit me to ask Dr. Pusey if he can plead ignorance of such cases as the above ? Is be prepared to defend any clergyman of the establi:•bed church in the exercise of the authority he may gain over young ladies as their confessor and director in, unknown to their parents, aiding them to bind them selves by vows, or oaths, or whateve. the process may be, to celibacy, or, indeed, to any one course of life which shall hold them tied by such vow, until the priest chooses to release them? Can he justify the holding a young ladyo t such vow against the will of the parents when it becomes known to them! I believe he will seek to justify it. I cannot doubt, with the evidence I have before me, that in the first of the three cases, if not in all the others, he — Dr. Pusey—was the confessor or director who acted as I have described. If it is so, I am obliged to add my convic tion that in hialargeexperienceandpracticeas confewsor and director he has, again and again, been the means of so bringing young persons in subjection to his will and teaching that they have concealed, with the sanction of a priest, much that, according to God's plain law of duty to their parents, they ought to have made known to them. Has he never heard—l must not ask, in confession, —but has it never come to his knowledge that members of protestant families have been for years Romanist., but, with the sanction and by the advice of a so-called pro testant priest, have concealed them e t until the death of the parents or parent has such concealment no longer an object! I think he must have heard of such cases. It is convenient to find an ob noxious book out of print. Confessors are said to have great forgetting power ; where their business is very large, it would be folly to expect their memory to be very tenacious ; at least, this would be the case with Roman catholic confessors; but I can hardly thin k k—l s hould grieve to think — that e v e n Dr. Piney's great wor as popular confessor and director in this modern field of Anglican Romanisiu has been so heavy that be can't popularpreaching bishop utterly unable to recollect in what Ritualistic churches he had preached ; in his case I think the wish to forget was father to the oblivion. Dr. Piney is too well satisfied with his work, too bold in its defence, to seek help from forgetfulness. It would vows not, then, surprise me if he owns to having sanctioned himself, and at least to have known it to be title that some spiritual directors of the established church have aided Romanist children to live as protestants for the purpose of deceiving their parents to their dying hour." ----- ARREST ON A CHARGE OF FENTANISH.—NoT 'INGHAM, WEDNESDAY EYENING.—Bir. Freeman, chief co nstable of Nottingham, has to-day arrested an Irishman, na med Kearney, on a c harge of being concetaed in the Fenian movement. His movements have been watched for some time past. From information obtained from Mr. Freeman we learn that Kearney has administered the Fenian oaths to eight young men, and recommended them to join the voluteer corps ;by which means, iihould they be called upon to act, they m i g ht render good service to the Fenian cause. The prisoner is a smith, and tithe employ of • respectable eoech- building firm. Co the frith People and Public Opinion were found in his Donee. He will be brought before the magistrates to-day Thursday). BARNSLEY, Wtroreenar EVI2IIIIO. Another explosion, but of an extremely alight nature, happened at the Oaks this morning. The filling up processes are going on r heretofore ; but it is not too much to say that the danger of descending the pit is not a whit diminished. As fact after fact is added to the general nar rative now that calmness is succeeding the confusion and excitement of the past week, some minor points of detail are amplified, but the public have been placed in poore ron of the mar outlinesef the reident. It will be • long time before it is known how many bodies are in the pit, and it is certain that a large proportion will neverbe re covered, : 30 Toes to the proprietors will be inimirsat' course, and the Barnsley tradespeople are*** exesedingly gloomy at the depressed trade that is hisvitaile.- The times have been more prosperous with theni of late than ever they were before, but ruin has now eveitaken away • small shopkeeper. Temporary inconvenience will be felt by the large iron manufacturing establishments in Sheffield and Leeds, who depended upon their rid supplies from the Oaks, but it is pleasing to know that the winter fires of the poor in Barnsley will not be lessened by the prices of household coals being in erred beyond their present sensible price of ilea. 6d. per ton. The only ground for the rumour mentioned in yes terday's letter of digesters at other collieries was the refusal of a shift of men to enter one of the neighbouring pits. They declared that the recent unseasonable weather had checked the ventilation to a dangerous degree. In one pit the men demanded to be drawn up soon after they had descended to their day's labour, and their desire was promptly granted, notwithstanding the managers did not share in the men's apprehensions. One young collier went so far as to assert that the paper in which his dinner was wrapped had been singed by the foul atmosphere. But while these alarms were considered unnecessary by the persons hold ing authority, the fright amongst the families of the colliers was palpable enough to induce he police and • doctor to hasten to the mine, to render assistance in case of accident. Of course they soon discovered their fruitless errand, and the mild panic subsided in an hour. The officers of the Miners Association have gone forth this morning on errands of mercy to the desolated houses, and the heavy money bags they received from the treasurer on starting will be often emptied before the task is completed. The town committee appointed on hion day will proceed at once to administer the funds placed at their disposal. The determination expressed by Lord Wharnchrfe to withdraw his subscription if the guardians of the poor lessened their grants in consequence of public subscription was not made without reason. On occasions of similar widen* and at times of distress from other muses, such as the Lancashire cotton fernier+, continual complaints were made that the guardians, against the wishes of the ratepayers, doled out unreasonably small sums if the applicant had been relieved in other quarters ; and it is but fair to add that the occasional discovery of caws where the distressed were rece iving grants from many sources made at least discrimination a duty. In this instance these difficulties need be few. The guar dians here, remembering bow much they were fettered at the Lundhill and Edmond's Main accidents by the red tapeism of the Poor-law Board, wrote a few days ago to Whitehall, to inquire how far the old regulations were to be acted upon. The district poor-law inspector accord ingly sought a conference with the Barnsley guardians, and recommended them to adopt a liberal policy, always ewer. taining, of ootuse, that the cases they deal witharegenuine. In • small place like Barnsley this can easily be done, as imposition is almost impossible where the parochial dis trict can be so easily compassed. The poor-law in vector emphatically laid down the principle that " any money expended in educating the children, paying apprentice fees, or giving marriage portions to widows, ought not to be taken into account in considering whether the indivi dual is or is not destitute." It is important that the guardians should act upon clearly defined principles in this matter, because their work of relief will continue long after the immediate pressure of the present. Miners are frequently charged with being a dissatisfied race, and there is no branch of the great body (numbering 282,000) of whom it can with more truth be said they are never without a grievance than collier. Their gigantic strikes and 'formidable combinations are notorious. The National Association, with its branches and lodges in every coal field, is managed with perfection, and, for good or evil, their will in the majority of conflicts becomes law. In the next county to this, at Staveley-bill, the men have been locked out by the masters, and are now thrown upon the reserve funds on a by-question of union or non-union. The grievances of which the colliers generally have com plained, and which lost session they carried to parliament, chiefly refer to hours of labour and payment. The South Yorkshire colliers have no reason to complain on the first point, seeing that they have succeeded after along and hard struggle with the united masters in reducing the hours of work to eight a day. In other parts of the country the obnoxious twelve hours' system is, however, con tinued, causing, it is stated, such an exhaustion of the human power, that the average term of a collier's life is but 27 years. To keep a young boy twelve hours in a dark unwholesome mine certainly seems to be indefen sible cruelty. Another universal subject of complaint is the plan adopted for weighing the coal. The miner is paid according to results, and objection is taken to the ton consisting of 28 cwt., to non-payment for fractions of cots., to deductions made f r inferior coal, to the manner in which the work is checked, and to various smaller ar rangements ; but the worst part of the whole business is the warm feeling on both sides when, on the one hand, the employed strike, and on the other the employers lock out. Even in the midst of this calamity grievances are not forgotten, but are loudly discussed wherever groups of colliers assemble. be, THE STAFFORDSHIRE COLLIERY EXPLOSION.- The Queen has sent 100!., and a letter expressive of sym pathy with the friends and relatives of the deceased. Four more bodies have been found, making the total up to this time 89. The inquest was resumed at the Swan Inn, yesterday, and evidence for the identification of the bodies having been taken, the inquiry was again adjourned indefinitely. If any more bodies are re covered the jury will be immediately ag ain called together, but o therwise the inquest will not meet until the scientific evidence is completed, in about a week. Over 3,000!. has already been subscribed towards the relief of the sufferers by the calamity. Throughout, the whole of the at a northern division of Sta ff ordshire funds are being raised, and meeting yesterday large subscriptions were annod ovrunced. The proprietors of the colliery h ave already raisee 1,300/. It is stated that the cause of the explosion is not through the fault of the blacksmith. The chief me no havn at tbe e pit deny that this is the case, as also do others w facilities for obtaining authentic information on the sub ject, Neither the managers nor the government inspector are aware as yet how the accident came about, and come. it is likely to r emain a mystery for at least a few days to The subscriptions and donations received yester day up to four o'clock at the Mansion House on behalf of the sufferers from the recent accident. amounted to up wards of 1,300/. The Court of Common Council have voted 3001. towards the fund. THE YELLOW FEVER ON BOARD THE TASMA_NIAN. —Southampton, Wednesday Bight.—The Tasmanian's passengers were landed hero this evening. The ship has not yet obtained pratique. Ms. Grant-Duff, M.P., and Mr. Grote, the historian of Greece, were nornMetecl for the rectorship of Aberdeen University at • general meeting of students. On a division being taken in mass there was a majority in favour of Mr. Grant-Duff. The election, however, is decided not by a numerical majority, but by the majority of " nations." There are four nations, :—Angus, Buchan, Mar, and Moray. In cane of an equality of votes, the outing vote devolves on the Chancellor of the Uni versity, the Duke of Richmond. The election takes Own to-morrow, the 21st inst. CRYSTAL PALAcz. Oza Samoa DAY.—. WEDNESDAY, Dec. Aamiesione on payment, 671 ; ditto by ma= ti c. s,l Total Alike's, 2,207. The exact scene of the accident was that portion ei the railway just outside the Alderegatastreet station, when the works of the new dead most market are now in pro gress. Theis works are being carried on under the super intendence of a joint committee composed of members of the corporation of London and of directors of the Great Western and Metropolitan Railways. K. Kelk has the general contract for eonetree tion of the market, which is to rest upon • net-work of wrought-iron girders thrown over the large space recently excavated in Smithfield. Several of the main girders have been already placed in position, and the cross girders are now in process of being laid by the Thames Iron Works Company, who have taken a sub contract under Mr. Kelk. The engineers had taken the precaution to give the sontractors notice not to proceed with this operation at any time when trains were passing. Unhappily this regulation was not strictly adhered to yes terday, and at the moment the down train to Kensington, leaving the Moores-to-street station at 12.40 p.m., approached the now open area beneath Smithfield, the workmen of the Thames Iron Works Company, under the orders of Mr. Maldon, one of their foremen, were swinging into position, by means of the " &hanky," a eras girder about 40 feet long and 20 inches deep, and weighing nearly four tons. The train consisting of four car riages, eschabo un u e t .p l lai 6 y n ards ed m l an ong ne , r, had wid alm the os gin t i passed er fell the oh. point of danger when the euspending tackle became dia. plawd in some licinele, one end burying itself in the ground at a few feet distance from the rails, the other end falling with dasher,- tire force upon the roof of the last carriage in the train—a second-class one, containing six compartments. The first compartment escaped, and the enormous weight of the girder falling upon the second swept through, and utterly destroyed the hindermost compartment, in which, by a fortunate chance, there happened to be only three passengers—lwo gentlemen sad. one lady and Squires, the guard of the train.- The poor woman was instantaneously killed, her skull. having been frightfully fractured and her neck broken.. The girder completely gutted the four last compartments of the carriage, which was dragged on some 40 or 50 yards before the engine driver could cheek the impetus of the: train. The girder, sweeping the carriage, carried with it , the ill-fated male passengers and the guard, who were found upon the ground crushed by its weight. The body of the woman remained on the floor of the wrecked car riage. The crash of the falling girder speedily attracted a number of workmen in addition to those employed in placing it, and the huge mass of iron was removed OA quickly as possible from the mut il at ed bodies of I the sufferers. 'information was at once conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and Mr. Cuddeford, the house' 1 surgeon, sent two of his colleagues, Messrs. Moere and Humphry, to afford all the succour in their power. Under the superintendence of these gentlemen the injured passengers and guard were carried to the hospitaL One of the gentlemen died almost immediately upon entering it—indeed before he could be removed to a ward. He was barely able to take a little stimulant, and then sank at once. Both legs and thighs were frightfully mutilated, and the abdomen considerably torn. A clue to his identity is afforded by an envelope found in his pocket, and ad-, , dressed " Rev. R. G. Holcomb, Bromley." There were I also on his person a gold watch, several gold stu ds, some loose silver, the half of a return ticket from Bromley to I Ludgate-bill and back, and a ticket from Moorgate-street to Baker-street, with which he was travelling. The other passenger, whose name is stated to be Partnere, was in 1 a state of extreme collapse upon admission, having fracture of the thigh and dislocation of the fibula, besides mina I injuries, lie never rallied, and died at 5.30 p.m, The guard is suffering from severe fractures of both legs, besides various other injuries, and remains in a very precarious condition, under the care of Mr. Holmes Coote, one of the senior surgeons, and of Mr. Cuddeford, hones surgeon. The poor woman, although dead when taken from the carriage, was also received at the hospital, where the medical gentlemen ascertained that her skull and neck were fractured and her jaw broken. She has not yet been identified. The fact of her wearing a wig and having upon her person the half of a return ticket front Kensington to Moorgate-street may lead to her recognition by her friends. Amongst the passengers in the two first compartments of the carriage who escaped injury were— Mr. J. W. Grimes, 11.51.5. Excellent, Portsmouth, at present staying at 15, Finsbury-square ; Mr. J. S. Ellis, surveyor, of Nicholas-lane, E.C., and Edmonton ; Mr. Henry Crane, builder, 151, Hampstead-road ; and Mr. W. Blomfield, contractor, of Ludgate bill. Soon after the sad occurrence, Mr. Myles Fenton, ge neral manager of the railway, accompanied by Mr. Par sons, chairman, and Mr. Gilpin, M.P., a member of the board of directors, with Mr. Ilurchell, solicitor to the com pany, arrived upon the spot, and after having had the circumstaoces explained to them by Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Kelk's manager, they proceeded to the 3loorgate-street terminus to inspect the Meth of the carriage which had been removed thither. Indeed, that was all that re. rosined to be seen, for notwithstanding the lamentable consequences to human life, the line was quite uninjured —none of the carriages had left the rails, and the half hourly traffic over the broad gauge system between Moor gate-street and Kensington proceeded almost without in terruption. A close investigation into the circumstances of the acci dent will be immediately instituted by the directors, who have already communicated through their secretary with the Railway Department of the Board of Trade. At a late hour last night Mr. Gibbons, inspector of the Metropolitan Railway, went to the dead-house of St. Bar tholomew's Hospital, and there caused a secoud search of the body of the lady to be instituted. She was expensively and elegantly dressed. Nothing but a lump of sugar and a corkscrew were found in the pockets. But in her stays, which were made of red stuff, was found an envelope with the name " Mrs. Johnson," and the address "40, Pem broke-road, Kensington." In two secret pockets in the back part of the stays were Bank of England notes to the amount of 2001. The notes were for 201., 101., and U. and they all bear date either 11455 or ]feat. If er wig and bonnet have been found, and are now at the Moorgate street station. In this se death mus have been instant%neous, her skul cal having been penetrated apparently by an iron bolt from the girder. The body of the gentleman, who was at first unknown, was identified by William Fletcher, a ticket collector at the Ludgate-hill station of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway. He was Mr. Luckey, a partner in the firm of Nash and Luckey, linen drapers, of High-street, Brom ley, Kent. He has left, it is said, a wife and family. SHOCKING RAILWAY ACCIDENT. —An inquest was held on Monday afternoon at Preston on the body of Mar garet Banks, 16 years of age, daughter of Mr. T. Bulks, secretary of the Preston Spinners and Minden' ASBOCil tion, who met with a moat frightful death on the after noon of the previous day. The evidence given showed that recently a number of young girls have on Sunday afternoons being in the habit of going to the Deepdale road station of the Preston and Longridge at Pres ton, for the purpose of playing and " larking." Last Sun day afternoon Margaret Banks and three or four other girls went to the station with that object in view. About • quarter to 3 o'clock a train from Longridge came up, and just when it had stopped at the platform side a man named Henry Whittaker, who is a woolstaper at Haslingden, in East Lancashire, and who was travelling fr om Longridge, pushed one of his bands out of the carriage window. The girls fancied that he was offering them something, and Banks, with another girl named Mary Flyni, to the side of the carriage. Banks pushed Flym on one side, and said, " Let me have it," and directly afterwards she was seen with her hand in his. Five minutes later Banks was seen moving at the aide of the train for a few yards, when she fell between the platform and the carriages and was killed instantly. After the accident Whittaker was apprehended, taken to the police station, and then let out on his own reomui winces until the inquest, which he attend eturned ed, but at e h dict ich he declined to give evidence. The jury ra vr of " Accidental death." Their supposition was that the deceased seized Whittaker's hand after the guard bad given the signal to the driver, and bad got into his van, and that while going by the side of the train she slipped of the platform, and the. got run over. In reply to • question from the jury, the secretary of the railway coon' piny said that the station gates were only opened oa Sundays when trains were about due, and that the de ceased and her companions had got upon the platform at such a time on she afternoon of the accident. , • • ~ 1 l