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en conies often ) con- )vered Lically 3 same way of t once ) turn error irrow, penn. to this: grand I form outs— ovided apart- ic ne• less of nerally of the to and all the chim ith the Lk par- 1-work y ; the bricks, of the t 'with. th ele— ion is floors. es from he en- L let for ry fre ing ono mmedi ed, and 3 street. r of the 1 every ne,d, do to the a Paris Lble for 3itizens the last dens is • which ;limate. I better for the re long L Paris, tt best to 39s to 32s to 26s to 26s stone. 30 st. 388 to Wing, to 2d Indio. mples a de- 22s 6d 25s Od 208 Od 22s Od 19s 6d 60s Od 30s Od 36s Od 30s Od id per cheat, tone ; 8 et. ; ir. for leath ide at lie to e died valley Of OTELS, &-'O,, CHAP I, I ' S Ii OTE L. AND SPREAD EAGLE TAVERN, 84, GRACECHIJRCH-STREET,' LONDON. Comfort, combined with moderate charges, will be found at this Establishment. PRIVATE APARTMENTS FOR FAMILIES. Sitting Room, 35. per Day. Bed Rooms, ls. 6d. and 25. per Night. A Night Porter in attendance. No INCREASE OF CHARGES. INDIA AND THE COLONIES. PASSENGERS Embarking or Disembarking will find superior accommodation and moderate Charges at CHAPLIN'S CLARENDON HOTEL, GRAVESEND, Adjoining the Terrace Pier. A Lawn in front, extending to the River. THE LONDON, 191, FLEET-STREET, near Temple-bar. SAWYER'S FA , MOUS LONDON DINNER for THIS DAY, the 15th inst. will consist of POTAGES. Aux Huitres—A la Printanlere. Potssow. Morue a la Maitre d'Hotel—Soles frites. ENTREES. Noix de Veau a la Macedoine—Salmi de Pluvier. Bceuf braise—Mouton roti. ENTREMETS. Pouding de Macaroni—D'Artois. Fromage et Salado. TO-MORROW, the 16th inst., "THE LONDON DINNER" Will consist of DOTAGE S. De Tortue—Consommes Ordinaire. POISSON. Turbot sauce d'Homard—Merlans frits. ENTREES. Civet de Lievre l'Anglais—Emince de Veau avec du Jambon. Bo of bouilli—Mouton rotL ENTREMETS. Pouding a la Newmarket—Gateau de Fromage. Fromage et Salade. An extensive and carefully selected stock of FRENCH RHENISH, NIOSELLE, and other WINES imported ex pressly for THE LONDON DINNER. Turtle Soup and all Fish in season daily. The attention of Clergymen, Officers, and Professional Gentlemen is especially drawn to the advantages offered by these elegant Saloons, which fulfil all the requirements of a West-end Club of the most aristocratic and exclusive cha racter. Von trouve dans la Salle de Lecture non seulement les rneill curs Journaux An glais, mail aussi Journaux Allemande, Francais et Beiges. SAWYER, Proprietor. N°. 21.932. PUBLICATIONS. gENGLISII TRANSLATION OF LES MISERABLES. Now ready at all the Libr 'ries, complete in 3 vols., 31s. td., LES MISERABLES. By VICTOR HUGO. Authorised Copyright English Translation. Ilurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough -street. Second Edition, revised, in 2 vols., 215., FEMALE LIFE IN PRISON, By A PRISON MATRON. (From ":The Times.")—" The authoress writes throughout with good sense, good taste, and good feeling. The pheno mena of female prison life which she describes are most curious, and we consiaer her book to be as authentic as it is new in the form and details of its information." Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. GREA T WESTERN RAILWAY.- EXCURSION TRAINS to the NORTH at Low Fares will leave Paddington at 9.4 C a.m., and Reading at 10.50 a.m., for WELLINGTON and SHREWSBUBY (17s. and 10s.), Oswestry, Ruabon, Llangollen, 1 , 1 rexham, and Chester (18s. 6d. and 11s.), Birkenhead and Liverpool (218. and 12s. 6c1.); on SATURDAY, October 18th, returning on the 20th, 22d, or 25th October ; and on Saturday, October zsth, returning on the 27th or 29th October. On the same days EXCURSION TRAINS will also leave Paddington at 6.35 p.m. and Reading at 7.45 pm., for Leaming ton and Warwick (10s. 6d. and 68.), Birmingham (12s. and 75.), West Bromwich. Wednesbury, and Bilston (12s. 6d. and 7s. 6d.), and Wolverhampton (t 35. and Bs.), the days of return being as above. For time of return, and further particulars, see handbills. THE STANDARD BANK OF BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA (Limited). Established under the Joint Stock Banking Companies Amendment Acts, 20 and 21 Vic., cap. 49, and 21 and 22 Vic., cap. 91, which specially limit the liability of each shareholder to the amount of his shares. Capital, £1,000,000, in 10,000 Shares of £lOO each. Power to increase to £2,00 1 ,000. First issue, 5, , 03 Shares. Deposit on application £1 per share, and a further pay ment of £1 on allotment. Calls not to exceed £5 each, until £25 per share have been paid, and three months' in terval between each call. DIRECTORS. John Gillespie, Esq. (Gillespie, Churchill, and Co.), merchant, Great Winchester-street. James Black, Esq. (Black and Co.), merchant, London, Graham's Town, and Port Elizabeth. Alexander Croll, Esq. (Alexander Croll and Co.), merchant, London and Port Elizabeth. William Duthie, Esq., merchant, Mark-lane. Alfred Jarvis, Esq., London, late Chairman of the Commer cial Bank, Port Elizabeth. John Paterson, Esq. (Paterson, Kemp, and Co ), merchant, London and Cape of Good Hope. Thoma. , Stenhouse, Esq., merchant, Cannon-street-west, Director of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, Lon don, and China. John Torrance, Esq., 5, Chester-place. Hyde-park-square, Director of the Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool. SoLiciTons—Messrs. Flux and Argles, 9, Mincing-lane. BROKERS. Messrs. J. and J. Whitehead, 8, Moorgate-street. Messrs. Bragg and Stockdale, 6, Throgmorton-street. BANKERS. The Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (Limited) Loth ., , bury, London, and " The Albany," Liverpool. SECRETARY, pro tem—Robert Slater, jun., Esq. 'temporary Offices of the Company-27, Moorgate-street. AMUSEMENTS. C ANTERBURY HALL. Last week of STECKEL, The greatest Trapeze performer in the world. Grand Operatic Selection as usual, with full Band and Chorus, Principal Artiste—Aliss Russell. Unsworth, with the original Stump speech, " Or any other Than," in conjunction with Eugene and Duley, forming the, , greatest Comic Trio in London; and a host of other Comic avourites. T H E X F OR 11, 6, OXFORD STREET. "Unsworth (the original of "any other man" , , Eugene, Rumsey and Newcomb's Minstrels, in their "Olio of Ethio pian Oddities," Mr. W. Randall, and Miss Caroline Parkes, In addition to Operatic Select ons by Miss Russell. Miss Towneley ; Messrs. Morley, Greene, and Albert ; with full band and chorus. Glees, Choruses, Four-part Songs, Sze., by the Company, and the usual varied entertainments, Every Evening. Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonzhmans. Rau. ad.; Balcony and Stalls, Is. ; Private Boxes. 10s. 6d. Donizetti's " Don Sebastien," acknowledged to be the finest work of that celebr .ted composer, will be produced during the week. WS. WOODIN'S CABINET of CURIO • SITIES—NewIy Polished and Re-Iined—POLY GRAPHIC HALL, King William-street, Charing-cross Every Evening, at eight (except Saturday),': with new characters, music, songs, and dances. The scenic illustrations and effects, entirely new, painted by and under the direction of Mr. William Callcott. Morning Performance. Saturday, Oct. 18, at 3. Stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, la.Box-olllce open from eleven to five. Mr. Woodin as Mr. Sothern, of the Ha3anarket, in his celebrated character of "Lo r d Dundreary, Morning and Evening. ARGYLL ROOMS. Great Windmill-street, Haymarket.—GßAND CASINO FRANCAISE.— Open every , Evening for Promenade and Dancing, with the celebrated Band of 50 performers. Conductor and Principal Cornet-a-Piston, M. BouLcouuT.—The new Imperial Qua drille, Valse Cotillion, and L. Mosca's Peep o'DayValse will be played nightly. A new Conversation Salon has been added to the above Establishment for Reading, Coffee, and Refreshments. — Admission is.—Manager, M. Grenet. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING, Wallace's Grand Opera, LIIRLINE : Miss Sara Dobson, Miss Thirlwall, and Mdme. Laura Baxter ; Messrs. Santley, H. Corri, Patey, Lyall, and George Perren Conductor—Mr. A. Mellon. Doors open at half-past 7—Commence at 8. THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Dion Bet:cleanit, Lessee. THIS EVENING. at Seven, THE COLLEEN BAWN. After which, at half-past 9, the new Scottish Drama, THE RELIEF OF LUCKNOW : Mrs. Dion Boueleault, Madame Celeste, Stevens, Chatterley ; Messrs. Dion Boueicault, Ry der, Atkins, Lee son, Searle. - • • -- Commence at 7—terminate at 11. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAY MARKET. Lessee. Mr. J. R. Buckstone. THIS EVENING. at 7, A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. Farren, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Clark, and Miss E. Romer. After which, at a quarter to 8, will be performed (254th time) OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck stone ; Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. Followed by a new Fare, entit►ed DUCK HUNTING : Mr. Compton, Mr. Howe, Mr. W. Farren, Mrs. Wilkins, and Miss C. Hill. To conclude with THE GA LLICIAN FETE. NEw TUFA TRE-RO YAL, ADELPHL- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE GREEN HUSHES. Messr'. J L. Toole, P. Bedford, Billing - fon, Sefton, Stephenson,Lewis V.burne, Romer; Miss Avonia Jones, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Stoker. To conclude with THE SHILLING DAY AT THE GREAT EXHIBITION. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, R. Phillips Sefton, C. J. Smith, Romer ; Mis s K. Bland and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. ItOyAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee. Mr A. Harris. THIS EVENING, THE RENDEZVOUS. Messrs. niggle , '%feadows, &c., and Miss Maria Harris. After which, at a quarter to Eight, KING HENRY VIII. Cardinal NV olsey, Mr. Charles Kean ; Queen Katharine, Mrs. Charles Kean. To conclude with BORROWING A HUSBAND. Mr. H. Viriddicomb and Miss Maria Harris. Commence at 7. No hall-pr 4. OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. -IL It Sole Lessee and Manager—Mr. Edmund Falconer. 287th Night of the continuous run of "Peep o'Day." THIS EVENING, PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Charles Selby, Geo. Melville, and Edmund Falconer ; Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston, and Miss M. Budson. After which, a new musical, pictorial, poetical, and ballet ¶nterludr, entitled KILLARNIIy. M is s Anna Whitty and Idles Lydia Thomson. Followed by a new Farce, entitled THE COLLEEN RAWN SETTLED AT LAST. Mr. Charles Selby and Miss Lydia Thompson. Acting Manager—Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Prices as usual. Doors open at half -past 6, to commence at Box-office open daily from I l tills. Commence a 7. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE; Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY. Last week but two. --- THIS EVENING will be performed MAZEPPA ; or, The Wild Horse of Tartary, with New Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations. Tc be followed by a brilliant routine of novel and daring Scenes in the Circle, in which Madame Hislop and Young Devereux will appear. To conclude with a COMIC BALLET, in which Miss Annie Cusbnie and Harry Croueste will appear. Commence at 7.—Stage Manager. Mr. W. Searle. THESILENT FRIEND ON MARRIAGE , 190 pages, illustrated with 100 engravings, pricejs post free 14 st amps, sealed 20, containing prescription of _ Pre ventive Lotion. M ake this invaluable work your Guide and Adviser, for self-c ure in al cases of secrecy, resulting from the errors or excesses of youth, or from infection, loss of natural power and v i gour. Address Messrs. PERRY & CO., Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, W.C. till 1 o'. DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL E DEBILITY, &c. 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Th Bek eneludes with numerous varied and interesting "'es, e to e which is added the Author's recipe o f a preventive .Lotion. REVIEWS OF TILE WORK. - 'Curtis on Manhood.—This N a truly valuable wor Times,"k, and Clibt:ld be in the hands of young and old 3 d li‘ arch, 1856. "The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this little w 6 rk, in which is described the source of those diseases Whion produce decline in youth or more frequently premature td age."- -" Daily Telegraph," Maros.27, 18 56 . pater oadon r Published by J. Allen, 20, Warw ick Lane, floater - row; Mann. 29 , Cornball. In tfil 4 Qui - .I Qt ClVlSiatati()ll-40 tO i and 0 to SI bliadsilh " A BOON TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS.- o Dr. SMITH has just published a FREE EDITION 20,000 copies of his valuable work, THE PRIVATE MEDI CALf FRIEND (11 6 pag es), on the Self-cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, etc., resulting from the secret sins of youth. 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' The progress made during the last ten years by the Bri tigh COlonies in South Africa has been very remarkable ; the imports, exports, and public revenues having, during that period, multiplied threefold, and from public returns just to hand, it is estimated that a - yet higher progressite increase will be shown in the present year. The banking capital of the colonies has not kept pace with this increase of trade, and it has become clear that a new banking institution of considerable magnitude, and with adequate resources, is now a public necessity, and must com— mand success. To meet this necessity, and as a profitable and safe in vestment of capital, the Standard Bank of British south Africa is established. That the proposed field of operations is both safe and profitable is shown by the fact that, although in the South African Colonies the rates of discount on first-class bills range from 8 to 12 per cent., not one instance of loss is re corded in the last annual statements of the local banks. The following is a statement of the present selling prices of shares in existing local banks, the dividends paid bj these banks during the last year having varied from 12 to 22 per cent. per annum. STATEMENT. Paid-up. Selling price. Cape of' Good Hope £5O 0 0 .. £BB 0 0 Cape Commercial 6 0 0 .. 10 0 0 l'ort Elizabeth Bank l5 0 0 .. 28 0 0 Commercial Bank of Port Eliza beth Eastern Province Bank, Graham's Town 25 0 0 .. 49 0 0 Commercial of Graham's Town 25 0 0 49 0 0 Graaff Reinet Bank l2 10 0 22 0 0 Union of Cradock lO 0 0 17 10 0 Natal Bank 5 0 0 .. 715 0 British Kaftrarian Bank Every description of legitimate banking business will be undertaken by the Standard Bank. and it can be stated that valuable mercantile accounts have already been promised. Powers are taken iorthe incorporation of existing banks in the colonies. The principle of limited liability uniformly followed In the recently established banking companies has been adopted. Of the 5,000 shares comprised in the first issue, a large number has already been subscribed for. The head office of the bank will be in London, Satisfactory arrangements are in progress, which will faci litate a speedy commencement of business. Shareholders desirous of paying up the full £25 per share will receive, on so much thereof as maybe in advance of calls, interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. The preliminary expenses of the Bank will be strictly con fined to matters of actual outlay. Copies of the ➢iemorandum an& Articles of Association msy be seen at the Temporary Offices of the Company, and at the office of the Solicitors. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Standard Bank of British South - - Africa (Limited). Gentlemen,—Having paid to your bankers the sum of £ , being a deposit of £1 per share on shares in the above Company, I hereby request that you will allot me that number, and I agree (according to the form prescribed by the articles of association) to accept such shares, or any less num ber you may allot me, and to execute the articles of associa tion when required; and I request that my name may be placed on the register of shareholders for the shares so allotted. 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OTEO EID ON V What is it? See Patent, March 1, 1862, No. 560. GABR lEL'S Selt-adhesive Patent Indestructible MINE RAL TEEM and FLEXIBLE GUMS, without palates, ..prings, or wires, and without operation. One set lasts a lifetime, and WARRANTED FOR MASTICATION and ARTICULATION. Purest materials only, at half the usual cost. Messrs. GABRIEL. the old-established Dentists, 27, HARLEY-STREET, CAVENDISH-SQUARE; 34, LUDGATE-HILL, LONDON ; 65, NEW-STREET, BIRMINGHAM; and 134, DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, CLASS 17. One visit only required from country patients, Gabriel's Practical Treatise gratis. Consultations free. New Medical Work, price is., post free 14 stamps, sealed 20. Address MEDICI:TB, 44A, Maddox-street, Hanover-square, London, W. VITA VITALIS.—On Single and Married Life, showing how real or apparent obstacles to Matrimony may be overcome by the most simple means ; also the results of youthful indiscretions, and every stage of infection, giving the Author's most successful mode of treatment, together with his Prescription of Invigorating Lotion. By MEnicus ( m . E.c.q., England, L.R.C.P., Edinburgh, Registered under the New Medical Act), who may be consulted dail and 5 till E, as above. 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He states that as soon as the collision occurred he jumped off and ran along the line with his lamp in his hand, to prevent any other train coming up. The cause o f th e acc id en t was undoubtedly some misunderstanding as to the signal at the single line; but nothing is positively known at the time we write as to who is in fault. The eleven dead bodies removed to the police office are laid out in two rooms for identification, and present, as may be imagined, an appalling spectacle. Some who arrived in Edinburgh last night esti mated the number of dead bodies at 20, others at 15, but the exact number is not known ; and the following is as complete a list of killed and wounded as we could obtain up to going to press : .. ~-~ ~ r C/t—cam, t~ t ~~~~ / I_~G - G -G N:E\k,TSPAPER to 'who alti:iaca cue tsgd otif . :11„ Last week the births of 901 boys anditrACi.. in all 1,757 children, were registered ift4411,4:7?',.;W:":„- In the ten corresponding weeks of 1852.61 the average number (corrected) witt At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the — triterl height of the barometer iu the week was 29.980 in. The mean daily reading was above 30 in. on three days of the week. The highest reading was 30.30 in. on Sunday, and the lowest 29.71 in. on Satur day. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 56.3 deg., which is 4.2 deg. above the arcrage of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaishet). The mean daily temperature was above the average on every day of the week except Tuesday. The lowest night teMperature was 47.7 deg. on Sunday. The highest day temperature was 70 deg. on Monday. The range of the thermometer in the week was therefore 22.3 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 3.4. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 89, complete saturation being repre s,nted by 100. The wind blew generally front the north-east. At the end of the week it was in the south-west. Rain fell to the amount of 1.22 in. It fell on Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday, but chiefly on the last-mentioned day, when the account was seven tenths of an inch. There was a thunderstorm between 3 a.m. and 430 a.m. on Saturday, with vivid flashes of lightning. The mean of the highest temperatures of the water of the Thames was 60.1 deg.; and the mean of the lowest, 57.9. f "-:-:. l 'a . :? * --- , A ) ...,:, 0 -(- 5. 2...: r-ni 1- , /,, lir A-7./ A 7 ,, ,, ,) -, MILITARY BALLOONING FROM WIN CHESTER BARRACKS. A writer in a contemporary says : A most successful aerial journey has yesterday been accomplished from Winchester to Harrow, travelling at the rate of a mile a minute. Colonel M'Donald and six officers of the Rifle Depot Battalion accompanied Mr. Coxwell in his mammoth balloon. Before this could be realised great anxiety had been felt by all concerned, the distance from the gasometer being half a mile and the last hundred yards of piping having to be laid above ground through the passages to the inner quadrangle. As the pipe was only four inches in diameter, the filling had to commence at 9 on Mon day morning. The weather was tempestuous, strong equinoctial gales blowing from the south-west, bringing heavy clouds with rain, almost precluded any hope of our aerial voyage being either pleasant or safe. Owing to the zeal of Mr. Timney, the ga s manager, who spared no labour in providing the 90,000 cubic feet of gas—no ordinary task—and also to Mr. Coxwell's knowledge of the char geable ness of the weather, the enterprise was not aban doned, and all the arrangements made with calcu lation and forethought by Colonel ADD onald were successfully completed ; every preparation for the convenience of spectators had been made, and the ancient Palace of Charles 11. assumed the appear- ance of a Roman amphitheatre. It was hoped that a large sum of money would have thus been collected for the Lancashire Distress Fund, but on this point we were somewhat disappointed, as some thousands preferred to keep their shillings in their pockets and enjoy a surreptitious view from a distance. Still, owing to frequent squalls, it was undecided at three o'clock whether the ascent should be made this day or postponed. A large crowd was, as usual, clamourous, and foolishly careless of any risk, but it would have had no effect in inducing Mr. Coxwell to " proceed" had not the sun come out and the heavy clouds dispersed. Then he decided, and the soldiers, obeying his signals with military exactness, drew the balloon to the windward side of the square, and at five minutes past four let go the rope, when we instantly rose in a majestic man ner, clearing the corner we had so much feared by 150 ft., to a height of two miles. By passing over the Grange (Lord Ashburton's) eight minutes later, we perceived that we were going at the rate of a mile a minute. The white and broken clouds were on this occasion between three and four miles from the earth. Our direction was E.N.E. We left Aldershott Camp two miles to the S.E., Virginia Water a mile to the N.W., and with great pleasure. recognised the friendly shelter of Harrow-hill for a quiet descent. This, however, we passed by a mile, and landed in a grass field belonging to Mr. Henry Hill. Here, in the gentlest manner pos sible, the grappling iron anchored us in the centre of the field, and, thanks to Mr. Coxwell's judgment, without the slightest concussion. With the hearty goodwill of the villagers, and the obliging assistance of Mr. Hill, we packed up and carried our balloon to the railway station. It was 5 15 o'clock when we descended, and the distance we had travelled in one hour and ten minutes exceeded 70 miles. As we reached the ground Mr. Coxwell was kind enough to show us the manner in which he per formed the almost incredible feat of opening the valve with his teeth when 71 miles above the earth. ~~~~ /~ DEAD. Up to half-past two o'clock 11 bodies, eight male and three female, had been brought to the Head Police -office High-street. One of the women appeared to be about 70 years of age, and all her teeth were gone. She was dressed in a black dress, and had in her pocket a powder, bearing the name of " Kemp, Portobello." Those identified are—Mr. Rosie, Dunfermline; and Mr. Cowie, goods superintendent at Stirling," Mr. Cowie had in his possession letters from Mr. Fleming, Falkirk." Mrs. Honeyman, wife of the driver of the Glasgow train, is among the dead. She had a young child with her. It, strange to say, escaped uninjured, and was left at Winch burgh. Its mother lived about three-quarters of an hour after the accident. A gentleman—identified as a Mr. Macfarlan—is dead. WOUNDED. Miss Smith, Grange-place, Edinburgh—severely scalded. Four men severely scalded, and one of them has sus tained a compound fracture of the lower jaw. Two men have severe head injuries. A soldier of the Scots Greys sustained compound fracture of the left leg. Two men with injuries on the shoulder and breast. One gentleman, a Mr. Hardy, of Aberdeen, is severely scalded from head to foot, and the whole of the outer skin peeling off. Archibald Niel, driver of the train from Glasgow, dan gerous injuries about the head and neck, and severely scalded. This man states that after he passed Linlithgow he got a signal to go on, and consequently went ahead. Marg•aret Clark, of Linlithgow, has sustained compound fracture of her right leg below the knee. Mr. Elder, commercial traveller, Broughton-street, Edin burgh, has been injured severely about the head. ➢ir. and Mrs. Kerr, of India-place, Glasgow, severely burned. Two prisoners who were on their way to the Perth peni tentiary, were injured about the head and limbs. The soldier who had charge of them escaped unhurt. Mr. Macnab, of Cupar Fife, was dreadfully scalded. Mr. lioneyman, driver, very severe injuries about the limbs. Alexander Alison, injured about head and limbs. Robert Scott, 91, Causewayside, face and leg severely injured. Mr. Ross, Barony-street, face much scalded and contused. Amongst those whom we heard of as being wounded were Mr. Mid dlemass, of the Rainbow Tavern, North Bridge, who was severely hurt about the head. Amongst the passengers who were wounded and taken to their homes is cabs was Mr. Welch, of the firm of Holtum and Welch, habit-makers, George-street, who, we understand, was seriously injured about the thigh. The scene after the accident, as described by eye witnesses, was one of the most appalling which it is possible to conceive. The parliamentary train from Glasgow at five o'clock, consisting, so far as could be ascertained, of 11 or 12 carriages, well filled with passengers, was proceeding along at a very quick pace, when in the cutting at Craigton Bridge, about one mile and a half west of Wiuchburgh, and four and a half on this side of Linlithgow, it came in contact with the five o'clock north train from Edinburgh, composed of two first and two third-class carriages, a guard's van, and a horse-box. The result was one terrible shock which shattered the engines, and then another still more tremendous, caused, it is supposed, by the carriages leaping up over the engines and above one another. The engines remained with their funnels close together, their front wheels slightly elevated, the tenders crushed forward upon the boilers, and the carriages piled, some in fragments and some only partially broken, on the top of all, to the height, it is said by some, of the new houses in Cockburn street, while none make it less than the height of the Edinburgh Railway station from the platform to the roof. To add to the horror of the situation the first shock dashed out the lights in all the car riages, and those partially injured tumbled out into the gloom of the cloudy night with very vague notions as to the nature of the accident, their ignor ance alike as to the character and extent of the occurrence rather adding to than diminishing their fear. The total darkness was soon succeeded by some thing even more frightful—the light from the flaming carriages nearest the engines, which were ignited by the fires. Attention was immediately directed to this new source of alarm, and labourers were employed in relays to extinguish it by water, which luckily they succeeded in doing. Immediately underneath this burning portion lay a woman and two children, wife and family of the guard on the Glasgow train, who was himself seriously injured. His wife was taken out alive, but she died immedi ately afterwards, and one of the children was killed, but the other escaped unhurt. One of the most shocking sights was the appearance of tne dead body of the stoker of the Scottish Central Railway. He was crushed forward upon the fire-box by the tender, and between the two wedged so tightly that it was found impossible to release him, his head being bent back over the edge of the tender, and his hand grasping, as if with terrible tenacity, the handle which shuts off the steam. Many were severely scalded, and some so disfigured about the face as to be perfectly unrecognisable. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From (From the .Registrar-Generars Weekly .Return.) The deaths registered in London in the week were 1,121. The average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week in the ten years 1852-61, after correction for increase of popu lation, is found to be 1,156. The mortality shown in the present return is, therefore, not high, rela tively to previous experience in the beginning of October. The births of last week exc eeded the deaths in the same period by 636. The deaths from scarlatina rose last week to 96, and those from diphtheria to 20. The form er disease was returned in four cases in each of the following East, B following and Plumstead. There were 52 deathsetlinal green, measles ; and five of these were returned in from deaths from child rned in the Hackney-road sub-district. All the except two, occurred t o measles, chi ld ren ender four years of age. Sixteen child • children died of 24 of whooping - cough. croup, and The wife of a bricklayer, aged 45 ye ars , di e d on the 28th of August in the, New-town, from 4, inflammation of the stomach, accelerated b Y Want of th (Inquest.) e necessaries of life." A widow, aged 74 years, died of " diarrhoea from arsenical paper," after ten weeks' illness. This is not the first instance in which the weekly return of deaths has recorded a fatal result from the use of paper thus prepared, and e mployed to cover the walls of inhabited rooms. The wife of a mason, a ged 29 years, died at 2, Westover -street, Alile-end Old-town, of " diarrhoea (five days), cholera (one day)." Four nonagenarians died in the week. The two of the greatest age were the widow of a gas factory labourer in St. Sohn, Westminster, who was 97 years old, and the widow of a Custom-house officer STATE OF 7RADE-. MANCHESTER, Oct. 14 . —Merchants are i n pos session of telegrams from Calcutta to the 25th of September, quoting 71b. shirtings at 12d. per piece, 811 b. ditto at 10. W., and 40's twist ltd. per lb. higher, Telegrams from Bombay to the 27th of September state that 811 b. shirtings had advanced 6d. per piece, and cotton 10 to 20 per cent. As at these dates the markets in question would be in possession of the exciting news from here to the 2d of September, when goods went up enormously, these advices have caused great disappointment in the Manchester market to-day. The advances quoted are quite out of proportion to those which have taken place here, as will be gathered from the fact that the price of 71b. shirtings at Bombay would be only raised to 1 ls. 10d. per piece, while the price in the Manchester market to-day is 14s. 6d. to 15s. For 81,1b0 shirtings at Bombay the price, with the advance named, would be only 135., while the selling price hero is 17s. Business on the part of shippers, therefore, is out of the question; manufacturers cannot afford to give way at the pre sent cost of cotton ; but holders of cloth on specu lation have shown some symptoms of weakness, and where they have sold have been obliged to make a great reduction—say ls. per piece; but the amount of business has been altogether on a limited scale. The market is unfavourably affected by the rumours from America of proposals for peace. The trade circulars quote the same rates as last week, because sellers are not authorised by manufacturers to make a reduction; but any attempt to do busi ness at these prices is ineffectual. In yarns there has been no business done. Holders are still firm, but business is checked by the circumstances above al luded to in yarns as well as in cloth. A requisition is in course of signature to-day to the Chamber of Commerce, calling upon the directors to take advantage of Mr. Cobden's approaching visit to Manchester to invite him to meet and address the Chamber. It is expected that if the hon. gentleman accepts the invitation his address will be mainly directed to the question of international maritime laws, including the subject of commercial blockades. Messrs. John Slagg and Co., referring to the cloth market to-day, report Since last Tuesday we have had a very quiet market, and the amount of business done has been on a very small scale. We do not alter our quotations, but if goods were pushed on the market lower prices would have to be ac • cepted. The accounts from Calcutta to the 26th and Bombay to the 27th of September have disap , pointed both buyers and sellers, as a considerable advance on last quotations was anticipated." LEEDS, 14TH.—There has been a moderate attend ance in the white coloured cloth halls this morning.. The demand was rather quiet, y e t th e b u lk of sea sonable fabrics which changed hands was about to the same extent as on this day se'nnight. Witneys, naps, fancy tweeds, and ladies' cloths are among the chief articles sold. There is also a fair business doing in the shawl trade. Good union cloths, owing to the high price of cotton, command sales at a con siderable advance on late quotations. Except in good blacks, there is not much doing in plain goods. in p g ro a s n - ROCHDALE, 13TH.—There was a good market for flannel to-day, and late prices were fully maintained. The The manufacturers, as a rule, are not dispose d the °se very take orders for future delivery, exce t pt balk of the highest current rates. The gr ea t machinery is running full time; The Yorkshire soarlets,ac and prices being pects of the trade a ar ff e oarir satisfactor y . vtirviec es,t a a atndeedtahtthough winter e well off f or stockt,enardeenne goods trade is in firm.inc e a s ed Wools dem i jenredrpe Pretty i u being market bas an upwa r d o y t , efaacgteurr manu facturers, ens, THE SUN, LONDOV, WEDNESDAY EVEN' G, OCTOBER 15, 1862. OUTRAGES ON BRITISH SUBJECTS IN CHINA. The following correspondence on the subject of outrages committed on British subjects in China is published in last night's Gazette : Peking, July 2. My Lord, —I have the honour to enclose copy of a de spatch from Mr. Gingell, her Majesty's consul at Hankow, and of my reply, on a recent outrage committed on a party of foreigners at Woo-chang-foo. I trust your lordship will approve of my insisting on her Majesty's subjects acting with discretion, and of her Majesty's consuls evincing a disposition to consider the difficulties with which the Chinese authorities have to contend in dealing with the people. The more we avoid collisions at the new ports, the better.—l have, &c., FREDERICK W. A. BRUCE. The Right Hon. Earl Russell, &c. P.S.—I have the honour to enclose copy of a despatch to Mr. Forrest, on the line of conduct to be observed by him at Kinkiang. F. B. (Copy.) Hankow, May 22, 1862. Sir,—The enclosed copy of letter addressed to me will fur nish particulars of an assault upon a party of British sub jects, while visiting the Wu-chang city, on the 14th May. A party of Americans, having two ladies among the num ber, were Similarly attacked on the 10th inst., and driven out of the city, the ladies on that occasion having their ornaments, as I am informed, taken from them, and other indignities offered to their persons. Whatever insolence and violence foreigners may have been subjected to on the Hankow side, it has been constantly re marked with what freedom from annoyance every individual has hitherto visited the Wu-chang city. And this was par ticularly mentioned to the viceroy on the occasion of Lieut. Poole's visit to him on the Bth inst. Her Majesty's gunboat Havoc left this port for Kiu kiang on the morning of the 10th, and the attack upon the first party which entered the pity, following immediately after her departure, is, I conceive, highly significant. It is probable the Mandarins have been instrumental in secretly intimating 0 the people to make a demonstration of their dislike to foreigners visiting Wu-along. The Chinese su perintendent of trade, however, addressed me a note imme diately after the occurrence, and affirmed that the attack was made by strangers who were staying in the city during the continuance of the examinations, and he requested me to deter the merchants and others from going into the city until the examinations were over. He was informed by me in reply, that British subjects, under treaty, were allowed to visit any places they pleased, and that the Chinese autho rities were at all times bound to afford them the fullest pro tection, and that I could not, therefore, interdict them from visiting Wu-chang city. As soon as the matter was reported to me, I at once brought it to the notice of the viceroy, and required the punishment of the aggressors ; and his Excellency was also requested to adopt means for preventing a repetition of such outrages, but as yet no reply has been received to my ap peal.--1 have, &c., (Signed) W. R. GINGELL. The Hon. F. W. A. Bruce, C. 8., &c. (Copy.) Hankaw, May 15, 1862. sir,—Wd woild respectfully bring te Your"notice an un provoked attack,-made upon us yesterday at Wu-Chang, by a crowd of people belonging to that place. We had entered by the Han-yang gate, accompanied by Mr. Dick, of the imperial customs, with the intention of visiting the curio sity shops, and viewing the country from the ridge that intersects the city. Having accomplished the first object of our visit, in which we were not only unmolested, but treated with civility, we mounted the hill, and, seeing some military review or examination going on in the parade ground, passed down towards it. As a large crowd was as sembled round the competitors, we entered the pavilion in which the prefect was seated, stationing ourselves in rear of his attendants. who received us with courtesy ; but we had only been there a few minutes when a rush was made in the direction of the pavilion by the crowd, who, with loud cries, poured a shower of brick-bats into the buildings. The prefect and his officers remonstrated with the mob without effect ; and, as they were evidently unable to afford us protection, we retreated up the hill and along its top, pursued by some hundreds of Chinese, and under a shower of stones, by which several of us were bruised, though for tunately not severely hurt. The crowd, still throwing brick-bats, followed us until within 100 yards of the Han yang gate. • " We would also beg to assure you, that the attack was entirely unprovoked on our part, we having, neither by word or action, offered the slightest offence to any one, nor did we offer any but a passive resistance even when thus savagely assaulted. But we would at the same time bear testimony to the gallant behaviour of our guard of four soldiers, who, though unarmed, never left us, but afforded us all the protection within their power. Were this simply a personal matter, we should forbear to intrude it on your time and notice, but fear that in the absence of a remon strance from you to the proper authorities, other unoffend ing British subjects may be subjected to similar ill-treat ment.—We have, &c., (Signed) AND. S. DIXON. EDWARD VINCENT. F. EYRIE. D. LAPRAIK. R. E. BAKER. W. R. Gingell, Esq., &c. (Copp.) Peking, July 2, 1862. Sir, —With reference to the assault, reported by you, on the party who visited Wu-chang-fu, I have to observe that, although the treaty does not confer the right on her Majes ty's subjects of going freely about, it was not intended to relieve them from the exercise of discretion. It appears that the party was treated with civility in the city itself, and that they then ascended the hill, where some sort of examination was going on, and took upon themselves, without invitation, to enter the pavilion in which the prefect was presiding. This was not a very courteous or proper proceeding, and certainly does not come within the scope of the facilities provided by the treaty. They were then attacked by the crowd, and, fortunately, escaped without serious injury. I am sorry to see your insinuation that the attack was secretly prompted by the authorities. The facts stated do not seem to warrant it; the prefect and his attendants did what they could, and the Chinese soldiers, as the sufferers very creditably admit, behaved well; and further, they were not molested in the town, whence it appears the American party had shortly before been driven out. I see no reason to doubt that the cause stated by the Mandarins is the real one. It is well known to every one in China, that the authorities dread the examination periods, on account of the crowds of strangers who attend, and of the feeble means at their disposal to prevent the disorders to which they give rise. They are attended by a class who are generally ill-disposed to foreigners, and who are, no doubt, at present irritated by the proceedings which have led to " the late outbreak against Roman Catholic mis sionaries. I therefore think that it would be well, during the exami nations, -to advise her Majesty's subjects to avoid these crowds, for it is very difficult to obtain redress for such out rages ; and the gratification of mere curiosity, and the as sumption that there may be a scheme to curtail ultimately the rights of foreigners, do not warrant us in disregarding a warning that, in China, is not prima facie unreasonable. For the maintenance of proper relations depends on meeting the authorities in a spirit of compromise, when what they propose in view of the state of the country is reasonable, and 1 in resisting them, firmly but temperately, when it is not. — I am, & c ., (Signed) F. W. A. BRUCE. W. R. Gingell, Esq., la., Hankow. (Copy.) Peking, July 2, 1862, Sir,—ln reply to your despatch, I have to state that I fully approve the arrangements made by you with refe rence to the British concession at Kiukiang. lam very glad to receive so satisfactory an account of your port. Make it a rule to cultivate a good understand ing with the authorities and people, and impress the neces sity of pursuing the same course on the British community. Where there are difficulties that you are unable to over come, you must refer the case, after exhausting all amicable means, to Pekin ; but avoid, as much as possible, menace. As to e,allingin the aid of force, her Majesty's Government has reiterated its instructions that her Majesty's consuls are not to appeal to it, except in cases where the lives of her Majesty's subjects are threatened, or their property en dangered by riots, &c. Abuse of authority by the Chinese, or delay in doing what we are entitled to demand, are not sufficient cause to warrant violent measures. The effort is now to be made, to settle such disputes th rou gh the intervention o f t h e Imperial authority ; y at first b e s l ow and imperfect (Signed) P. W. A. B RUCE. R. G, Forrest, E s q ., &c., Ki ukiang. iatnmd aaylthboeupgehrgethveerpedro.ciens.s—laam, &c., (3f:Oct. 7, 18 f ee th e 2d Jenonlys6ull2a.st, I have to st n a a and they also i n cSI Sir, I. — n eraveeltialressed to Mr g I haaveoerrreecsepiovnlenyocr Fwitrehepirhtcehr Majesty' s partyHankow of f relative oreign er foreigners o n t; ooou.terhaag:g.rfeocoe,natlnyd committed 0 a t te to you that her Majesty's Government entirely concur . your views with regard to the discretion to be observed by British subjects who avail themselves of .the facilities pro vapidperdovbey t t h r e ea in ty st f r o u r e v u i o s n it s in w g h r h C y h o i a n Forrest with reference to the line of conduct to be observed by him at Kiukiang•—l am, &c., (Signed) The Hon, F. W. A. Bruce, C. 8., Itc. RUSSE LL , UNI VE.RSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, OCT. 14. The Regius Professor of Eccle:iastical History (Dr. Stan ley) proposes to resume his lectures on the History of the Jewish Church by a course of lectures on the Conquest and Settlement of Palestine, to be begun at the Clarendon at 1 p.m., on Thursday, Oct. 23, and to be continued on Tues days, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at the same hour till fur ther notice. He proposes at a later period in the term to give a course of lectures on the History of the Three First Centuries of the Christian Church. The Professor of Political Economy (Mr. Rogers) will begin his lectures on Smith's Wealth of Nations on Wed nesday, Oct. 22, at 1 p.m., in the Clarendon, and continue them on Mondays and Wednesdays at the same hour. There will be an election next week to a Fellowship in Magdalen College. The examination will be chiefly in sub jects recognised in the School of Literati Humaniores ; and no papers will be given in Mathematics or Natural Science. Candidates must have passed all the examinations required by the University of Oxford or the University of Cambridge for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and must not be in pos session of any ecclesiastical benefice, or of any property, Government pension, or office tenable Or life or during good behaviour (not being an academical offi3e within the Uni versity of Oxford) the clear annual value of which shall exceed £230. They must also produce testimonials, of their fitness to become fellows of the College as a place of religion, learning, and education, and a certificete of baptism, to be presented to the president on Monday the 20th of October, between the hours of 1 and 0 p.m. The examination will commence on the following day. CAMBRIDGE, o=„,i4. The Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity will lecture in the Arts' School on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays of the present term, commencing on Saturday, Nov. 1. Subjects : —At 11 a,m.—lntroduction to the Historical Books of the Old Testament.—At noon—Deuteronomy I--XVII., with reference to the Septuagint Version. The examinations for Medical Degrees in the present term will commence on Monday, the 24th of November, at 9 a.m., in the Arts' Schools. Gentlemen, candidates for the degree of M,8., intending to offer themselves for examination, are required to signify the same to the Regius Professor of Physic on or before the 10th of November, specifying whether they offer them selves for the first or second examination, N.B. The classical subjects for the ensuing examination for the M.B. degree are : Hippocrates, the let, 2d, 3d, and 4th sections of the Aphorisms; Aretwus (" On the Causes and Symptoms of Chronic Diseases"), the Ist, 2d, 3d, 4th, sth, 6th, and 7th chapters of the first book ; Celsus, the Ist and 2d books. Candidates are requested to call on the Re gius Professor with their certificates before admission to examination. Bachelors or Licentiates of Medicine or Masters of Arts desirous of proceeding to the degree of M.D. in the ensuing term are requested to communicate their intention without delay to the Regius Professor of Physic, with a view to the arrangements necessary for their public exercises in the schools. Professor Sedgwick will commence his course of Geologi cal Lectures in the 'Wood wardian Museum on Wednesday, the 22d of October, at 12 o'clock. The Professorial Examination in Botany will take place in the schools on Monday, Oct. 27, at 9 a.m., not on Oct. 20. As it is necessary to provide specimens of plants for dissection, no gentleman can be allowed to present himself for examination whose name has not been sent to the Pro fess3r at St John's College on or before Friday, Oct. 24. The Professor of Political Economy will hold an exami nation for certificates on Monday, October 20, at 10 o'clock, in the Senate-house. Gentlemen who wish to attend it are requested to give their names to Mr. Boning, Junior Uni versity Marshal, Sidney-street, Cambridge, on or before the 18th of October. The Hindustani Teacher will lecture between 10 and 1 o'clock naily, during term time, at his rooms in St. Cathe rine's College, commencing on October 17, 1862. There will be a Congregation on Thursday next at 12 o'clock. 7HE CONDEMNED MURDERESS. The wretched woman, Constance Taylor, alias Catherine Wilson, who was convicted at the last session of the Central Criminal Court of the crime of murder by poison, at length appears to be somewhat impressed with her awful position, and preparing to meet her fate in a becoming manner. After her conviction she continued to assert that she was en- rely innocent of the crime alleged against her, and she professed not to have heard or to have under stood any of the observations that were made to her by Mr. Justice Byles, who tried her, in passing sen tence, when, it will be remembered, he stated dis tinctly that there were good grounds for believing that she had committed several other crimes of the same description. It has been observed by all pri son officials that prisoners who are alleged to have committed murder by means of poison present a different conduct and demeanour to other classes of criminals, and that all their proceedings appear to be based upon the most deliberate c onsideration, and in the present case it was evident that the pri soner persisted in the declaration of her innocence as the only chance by which she might evade the sentence of the law. Now, however, that the time approaches, and the prison authorities have felt it their duty to caution her against entertaining any hope that mercy will be extended to her, a consider able difference has been observed in her demeanour, and she no longer asseverates her innocence in the positive manner she previously had done, and it is considered as not at all improbable that she will make an admission of her guilt. It has been already stated that Mr. Neale, the attorney who conducted the defence of the prisoner, has transmitted a memo- I rial to the Home Secretary on ber behalf, urging the absence of any conclusive or positive evidence in sup port of the charge ; and it appears that in addition to this, the prisoner has herself also drawn up a state ment, which was transmitted to the Home-office by Mr. Jonas, the governor of Newgate, on Saturday last, in which she prays that the mercy of the Crown may be extended to her, and asserts her innocence of the crime of which she was convicted. It is understood that in the memorial made by the pri soner she asserts that all the symptoms that were exhibited by the unfortunate deceased were the re sult of natural disease, and she declares most earnestly that she never administered any poison to her. The evidence, however, was so conclusive, that it is not in the slightest degree probable that the mere assertion of innocence by the prisoner will have any effect upon the decision of the advisers of the Crown, and although no formal answer has yet been received to either of the memorials, there does not appear to be the least reason for supposing that the law will not be allowed to take its course. The public is aware that the prisoner was tried at a previous session of the Central Criminal Court for the offence of attempting to commit murder by poisoning, which by a very recent alteration of the law is no longer a capital crime, but merely renders the persons convicted of it liable to penal servitude. The evidence in this case was so strong that Baron Bramwell, who tried her, summed up the case as one in which he evidently thought that a convic tion ought to have taken place ; but the jury, after a very long deliberation, found the prisoner not guilty. Although th is was considered a luck y escape for her at the time, the result has been far from being so; for it was perfectly well understood, that although a good deal of suspicion attached to the prisoner in reference to other transactions, still, if she had been convicted and sentenced, as she pro bably would have been, to a long period of penal servitude, no further proceedings would have been taken against her. Atter the acquittal of the pri soner, such strong representations were made to the Home Secretary in reference to the prisoner that he felt it his duty to institute inquiries, and the result has been the conviction of the prisoner of the crime for which her life will be forfeited. Fourteen years have now elapsed since the capital sentence has been carried out upon a female at Newgate. The last woman who was executed was Harriet Parker, for the murder of two children belonging to a man with whom she cohabited in the Goswell street-road, and who was executed in February, 1848. A letter from Munich of the 9th says The King and Queen of Bavaria have already returned from Augsburg, whither they had gone to visit th e ex -Q ueen o f Naples, for the purpose , but in vain , of endeavouring to make her change her determination of shutting herself up in a convent rather than return to her husband." D READFUL ACCIDENI ON 711 E EDIN BURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY. E og nNe Monday o LOSS o fnight which In our o e e cu l evening and d brief G ia s b g u o t wß accurateailwayr. report yesterday O F o nia the l F w EdinburghEe. published o s f c 0 a t n t terrific i o fi f c y e a s c t c e i r d d e a n y t contains the following full account of the melan choly circumstance : Last night (Monday) one of the most disastrous railway accidents that has ever occurred in Scot land took place near Winchburgh, on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, involving great loss of life and serious injury to a largo number of passengers, The accident occurred to the passenger train leav ing Edinburgh for the north on Monday evening at six o'clock, which came into collision with the ordi nary passenger train which left Glasgow at five o'clock, at a short distance west of Winchburgh. It appears that for some time past repairs have been making on a portion of the line between Winch burgh and Linlithgow, and during the repairs the trains have been running there on a single line for a short distance. The train which left Edinburgh for Perth at six o'clock was a small train, consisting of two third-class and two first-class carriages, with one van and a horse-box. It reached Ratho, the first stopping station, all right about a quarter past six o'clock, and proceeded to Linlithgow, its next stop ping station, where it was at 35 minutes past six o'clock. Shortly after passing Winchburgh, about half-past six o'clock, and while it was on the single line of rails, the train came into collision with the passenger train from Glasgow, which was an un usually heavy one, on account of the Falkirk Tryst. The scene which followed the collision is described by the passengers who have escaped as one of the most distressing and heartrending that could possibly be conceived. The engines and tenders of both trains were smashed to pieces and tilted up on their ends; the first carriage of the Scottish Central train from Edinburgh, a third elass, was completely destroyed, as was also a third class carriage in front of the Glasgow train. Piled above the debris of these car riages and the engines and tender were a large number of carriages of the Glasgow train, chiefly third class, with their numerous passengers. The erica and groans of the wounded and the dying, and the shrieks of those terrified passengers who had escaped with comparatively slight injuries arising from the concussion, are described as most agonising, and, the horrors of the scene were greatly aggravated by the darkness of the night and the nature of the ground, the line running through a deep cutting of rock at the spot where the accident occurred. Intelligence of the accident having been sent to Winchburgh the railway officials from that station hastened to the scene of the accident with lamps, to render assistance. Telegraphic messages were also sent to Edinburgh for surgical aid, and in a very short time a large number of those resident in the neighbourhood were in attendance to assist in ex tricating the sufferers from the wreck of carriages, and in bandaging their wounds and supplying them with water. Among the earliest on the spot were Sheriff Cay and Provost Dawson, from Linlithgow, who were of great assistance in superintending the arrangements for the extrication of the passengers and their removal to the carriages which were not broken by the collision. Owing to the speed at which both trains were running at the time of the collision the number of passengers injured from the concussion was very large, and their injuries, both external and internal, were generally of a very severe character. Up to the time of our going to press no reliable information could be obtained as to the number of persons killed and wounded, as at the time the last train left the scene of the accident, shortly after midnight, the line continued blocked up with the debris of the broken carriages piled up in an immense heap, and all the wounded and killed were not brought to Edinburgh. The fearful extent of the catastrophe may be imagined, however, from the fact that by the several trains which arrived after the accident eleven dead bodies were brought to Edinburgh, and 23 persons, all so severely injured that they had to be conveyed to the Royal Infirmary, in addition to a considerable number injured, who immediately on their arrival were at their own request conveyed in cabs to their places of residence. Robert Morton, the engine driver of the Scottish Central train, and Cochrane, the stoker, were both killed, and it is reported that the driver of the Glasgow train was much hurt about the head. The guard of the Scottish Central train was at the time of the accident in the van at the back of the train, and escaped with a slight contusion on the head. When the telegraphic message for surgical aid reached Edinburgh a special train was immediately prepared, and took cut to the scene of the accident Drs. Gillespie, Young, Gibb, and Spence. There were also on the spot Dr. Wallace, of Winchburgb, and Drs. Gilmour, Baird, Spence, and Ferrier, of Linlithgow. When the medical gentlemen from Edinburgh arrived on the spot they first visited the three carriages which formed the last of the Scot tish Central train, which had been removed to some distance east from the scene of the accident ; they there found that several of the passengers had been severely scalded; that one young lady, about 19 years of age, had been seriously wounded in the leg, so as to render amputation necessary, and that one gentleman had been so much injured on both legs that he was not expected to survive. They immediately dispatched a telegraphic message to the officials of the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary to get beds prepared and send stretchers to the rail way station to be ready for the conveyance of the sufferers to the infirmary. Proceeding next in the special train to Craigtown Bridge, they found the scene which we have already described—the engines and tenders all smashed up and standing half on end, with eight or nine carriages above them, look ing, it is said, as high as a three-storey house. Be neath the rubbish and close to the tender, some four or five people were lying close together, most of whom had been crushed or smothered to death. Among them, however, was the wife and child of the guard of the Glasgow train, both of whom were alive when first discovered. It is reported as having been a touching sight to see the guard, who had been himself injured about the head, and whose face was literally covered over with blood, exerting himself to the danger of his life in endeavouring to extricate his wife and child, and all the passengers within sight and hearing were much affected by hearing the child cry out, " Oh, faither, take me out." The mother died before she could be taken out, but the child, we are glad to learn, has been saved. It is uncertain whether it is the guard's child that was killed or not. As the dead bodies were extricated they were placed in a horse-box and guard's van, and the injured were placed in first-class carriages and removed in special trains to Edinburgh. The scene at the Edinburgh station as the trains arrived with the dead and wounded was most ex citing, the station being crowded with friends of passengers full of anxiety as to their fate. Many a touching scene occurre d as f r i en d s were r ecogn i se d among the w oun d e d, an d t a k en awa y to their hom esd or to the infi rmar y, accor di ng as their wounds were severe or otherwise. man y. nar- As usual on such occasions there were nt i o n the row escapes. Among those we may Hotel,who case of Mr. Cranston, of the Glasgowwas in the front third-class carria e secon d last seat. g the train, sitting next the side on the When the collision occurred the side of the carriage fell away, and he fell or r ather slid to the ground an d other carriages came down on the top of on the line, just as the Hevan t h e carriage amongst all r escaped altogether unh urt, the passengers. tch, and his escape is alm ost without even sera m irvculous. Mrs. Paterson, of Lasswade, Was A young ladY, struck on tile breast, and a brooch which Flo Wore 15. . 15. 10. 23. ;.14. 'pper A C. Ed- reef, Lary er's, r. T. es's / late ;ond ere, !, of IN, 112, y of