The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-09-11 00:00:00

ecnrral N 035.

TERIIIBLIt RAILWAY CobusioN.—A little before one
o'clock on Tuesday using. a terrible accident occurred
on the East Lancashire aectj,,ii of the Lancashire and
Yorkshire Railway, near He!inshore station, about 18
Manchester to Waft, Burnley. Acerington, an I other
duauyile.; 'al ogrtrehaoft tiMun'itecir'oftere x cOu rn,il•l.:l'i •!re vi'
t'shad" day
gone from
ml
towns on the East Lancashire Railway, most of whom
hail uo doubt been attracted by a fete at Bellevue Gar-
dens, mar Ilancheater. We have not heard the num-
ber of the excursiohists, but it must hove been cousider-
able, i .nastuuela as three heavy train, were necessary to
convey theuilarck again. An three trains had left Man-
chester before 11 o'clock at night. and the first accom
in lafc
le,
~,ty, . i i
aTi:iiie.l7:,cruet.istd,ttiesni:".,
.c,ounasfitt.-
L4l4.slolFllBit's'cwajr‘h'r"ei arreigieesyso. etc of the passengers alighted. Helm-
in some places
silniiiii.voddareirl,itigiigshi.n*:ls:27,:il, ill:i..ale• :ttiftei tlfl.iiijlrl:e.ltai:::"fiy'vferr' iiicet 1.9., ttuit.toti
ran
it:
was again put in motion at Helm:ilium the coupling
chains between the third and fourth carriage, broke, and
left 15 carriages at the station. Whether there was any
break van to the latter portion of the train has not yet
been ascertaiiiel. but if so, .it is evident that the break
power.avaa insufficient te hold the 15 carriages in their
position on M. steep an incline. TM coussequence was.
that the dots' lied carrisirs hegaii to -e backwards, at
first slo aly,but with gradual y ae.alet stint: force tower Is
Manchester. About :lig) yards from Helnishore they
came into collision with the third train, which was ed-
ema:Mg at no very great KinT4l, but still the aliork was
terrific. Two of the detached carriages, those first
coining upon the engine of the advancing train, were
broken almost to atoms, and several of the suce,,ling
ones were ch shattered. The engine driver and
stoker, having 'lone all they coldu, to stop the train, lay
down upon the bed of the engine, and moue portion of
the de:rie of the first carriages they ran into passed Over
their heads, but they eacape.l without injury. A terri-
ble acetic, hoes:via. uset the eye els,where. Human
beings were seen closely hived together in the carriages,
apparently inextricably mixed up together with the
broken wreck, and the cries of piin and abem were
heartrending. In a -short tittie this scenc. was heiglit•
ened by the jai:sem:era ( the mai tinder of the two
trains coming in search of friends in a frenzy of agitation
and distress. Of contsc a considerable number of pas-
sengers were alsle to lend ass'stance, and aid the railway
servants in extricating the ~tilTerer, This as, a work
of considerable time, but when if had bete accomplished
it will found that II per.m. hail been killed, besides a
peat number badly injured. The latter are stated to he
19 or 20 in number. but the reports vary considerably.
Altogether it is believed that upwards of 100 suffered
iujunes of a more or le,a, beli.l.l character. A great
number of InttllC,lll teen were soon after in attendance,
and did all they could to aid the sufferers. The ser-
vants of the company also rendered all the aasistance in
their power.
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; THE itEntICSIIIII:NTM AT THE KNoWyg.Y.I REVIEW.—
It has already been stated th it tie provisions for the re-
view on Saturday were supplied by Mr. Morrish, of the
Merchants' Dining.rossina, Tithe-barn-street. From the •
statistics of the refreshinent department it appeara that
the jries distributed to the Volunteers weighed altogether
between five and six tons. and Imalt to be conveyed from
Liverpool in 10 carts. The ale, brewed at Knowsley,
MN contained in 25 hogsheads. In making the pies for
the Volunteers,s4,oooll,:of dour, 6.0001 b. of veal and ham,
5001 b. of butter. and 2.1100 eggs were brought into rwitaisi•
tion.- The liquors for the general public conaisted of an
unlimited supply of clianipigne, burgundy, brandy,
whisky, ize., besides thuUsands of downs of bottled ale
and porter,and an;alinuAt fabulous quantity of sselawater,
lemonade, aril other ainilar beverages. 1n addition to
this liquid store Mr. Murrish had on the ground co
barrelsof mild ale, from the breweries of Mr. Barker,
Iluyton, and Mr. Crosby, of West Derby ; also To barrels
Of Allsopp's superior bitter beer. For aandwaches there
were employed 30 hams. 15 rounds of beef, 50 tougues,
I,ooolb. of roast beef. 2,000115. of bread, and 3001 b. of
butter. There were alw" consumed about 3.000 Melton
Mowlsray pies front Leicester, I,ooo'loton of large veal
and ham pies, 500 dozen of small pies, 5001 h of Cheshire
cheese, and gum ll i l ies too numerous to inenti of light
Liverpool Health C 'Bee, afforded to the
thirstyh pastry
hye
thet 1
"a
multitudeai
Ld i
siironugrei u dic 'oi grateful
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A HUIAN SACKIFICE.--A strange affair is related in
10 nights back, the
occupiers of a 'mat house at the corner of °teat West.
street were awakened by the glare and crackling of a
fire, and on getting up found that • large pile of fuel.
consisting of logs of fir trees, which had been collected
in the courtyard, was in flainea. The conflagration was
extinguished as quickly as poasible. On examining the
remains of the fire the calcined bones of a wool in were
found, and it turned out that a widow named flieleska
T—, about 40 years of age, who had lived in the
house, had disappeared. Nothing could be heard of
this WOUlnii, and as she bad repeatedly declared that in
these times the sacrifices of human victims was neces-
sary to appease the wrath a Ged against sinners, the
conclusion was come to that she liad lighted up the fire
and placed herself in the mishit id it to be comm.& In.
the Itu.sian Eulpire, the Moscow journals state, self-
i crelnAtion, from motives of religious fanetzeisna, ie not
I rare. In the iirow.uce nt (Mentz, for rumple. in the
1
course of last spring, nut fewer than 15 persons, men
and women, burut thesuselvea to death in the belief that
they were performing an act pleasing to God.

THE PosToirFICE.- -On Wednesday the ante
lettere:mere ceunecteil with the Piedce, to tijnim:ail
her of:, rral hutuireo.. wet.lll the :' Britiela I -rt
non, l'ity-rocil, to couc,rt ritenon, for obtokoij.--
te 11,-4 .of their gees .lue,+ -uoreork and lad
31r. thi• 41, s d.i he had I- erry ,•
O :WV that the 1.1 ,• I .111,11 lifei
ilitlll a dollllllltluil of 14.011 T tatti a hi.aller Reale ot
wjj6,... lie out. d. Lowe+ yr, that eft;
Was b- aeide for the prceent_ ce;ilair
publii,tion lied been tlitieLountably
the C•1111111/itOe aisitUililtll at a limner metiii-.
Oi
opininit that an °pot RI should be maile t L•irdfitsitkii
the now with the intention,
of failure. of petitioning the Iheise of Ca:1,1mo"
Sessiou for a Parlhaiii-tittoy inquiry. Mr. W. Ki
accordingiy proposed the atleptum of a iiiemoTiei
!..,n1 Stanley, urging the early prodoctiou f ti,,
of lite Commissioners, awl the carrying out id it, nem.
inewl.itious. The t:011 was o ealided by Mr.
0101 odier spetkere. who ileecribed the positieu of 4:
letter-carriers as out of poverty, mkery, and defied,.
tion. It was stated, las a proof that the men were over.
worked and underpaid. that there trim more din%
average -amount of illness in the Pout-olfiee, noes,
weakiien produced he want. anil that the priotipA
medicine pre :crib. I by the departmental Ilitcloett teem
enotheer oil awl quinine. Bitter complaints were tuna
Bun, while nothing had barn done to improve the Coa.
dation id the letter-catriers, the salaries of till-
err tarle, old '" i all ofE,h.:4 recently hen in,
ere.* :.• I. r.,•• r edi-ot ad the 4,,vrllllehlt in define(
puhEsli :he I, 10rt -f the MA le, act,
oi„,o It igoniasly denounced, abi a
st.•.: ....al:E.:that was ',xi:res....l, silllolll the amlll id"
la.r.i a-t -(hlie In. 1111,1•.ers-f:il, to solicit the interne.
tiun the /loon. 4,146. Eventual!, et„.
memorial wan agreed to unanimously, awl the 1,,:0ce;
if f with a vote of thanks to Sir D. Botyyn
! :ilia the
e, ,•.
ohvv.iit? Prat ir.III3IINAL'G REDNIU,
.1 ..11.. t Colin ,t' the ~.toVerliftea 01
Was 11-011.4 week rO. the 1..0i lldlTliellil, ADA'. Whit.
ti
the titinutes of the last
finaccl. It appeared from the report of the Auden'
Dud the reteipte for the 1.4 'oolettr vrau
tt'ig 11;7 b;11 . 11
balance d i filt fh e 4.
6
ii it
L'7.17 4a. The report of the secret-Art (or the quartet
ending August 31 etated that
for the Int three mouths hall been 24-- •I'iZsi Dina hoe
Surrey, four f Kent, one from Eliot Sulteel. nue
from the city of Loudon, three fr sorsen.4"hire.
os
: from Brighton, one from the Borough, end one Nan tAs
CdollllV of Nottineham. one from Bath. OW 'lmo the
. Thames Police *dun, one from the tlerkeuweli Kin-
! oiert.'one Cr Shropeliire, olle oil payment by Venda,
! arid one reoilmitti ii who hell been previoualy &admin.
Under the head of discharges six had emittrated---s
four to Sydney •nil two to Adelaide, New :eolith Waho;
I live were restored to their friends, one enlisted M
j army, two were ou license to work, three had them
lea witted to prison for offences in the reformatory, ma
I. flue had (1.1 ; making a total of 18. The amain d
111 ti.,; iii.tittition 4 of August was 3gt,
quarteror II snore limit iii thi.'
lt:11a ttu ::tltl;riutiuullt II li..ti beets tattle to itit. ":fe:
:toao.i..fhi
tie
to
eaaor dit
thl„ir tit. th.
,
I lute:vats of the sii,:ety, and, mane bushie eof a finial
mature loving been transacted, the proceeiliugs 03a.
eliehel with the usual email 'Uncut to the elixir:nib.
SuNnAT. rAII.tatIVING. —On Wednesday night het a
j nit.eting, in connexion with the Loudon Catena',
Sinehy Beet Ai...orbit:on, the object of *bleb, at
es preoett ill the programme, IS to secure to the metro
ala t-abinen " their natural nal Scriptural Mighty
I the te.t of the Lord's day." wI. bell in the Inge
j reeling•nom of the Workineure Institute. Tork-rout
Inside-oi, Mr. J. Durney Hoare, who takes /th were
)I.tui II promoting the views of the neueiation, neinges
clubman. Dr. lay, of the toi.let CIII Guards, C.
A lot rut her, of the e'oldistrenni Mr. Rivin;ton,
Mr. J. ilinllestone, Mr. thanes Bird, and other gentle-
leen WllO illtelest theillselVeS 11l its IWOCrediUgl vele
premelit, as WON: several holies, but most of the peopto
In attendance wen- caleitrieers amul cd,pna:lleters.
The ed.:emery employed by the a
ealrillall at Ulle I ii**c —llOO that a fro !11l ill all,sell'Aste
to loin hy LAIIIIIOII Wits, 104 taut for the relencos
peoida who hired then, to I,:e to church au,l eCarg
they need never :Leven 011 the ranks on Sundays. (A
laugh.) The driven, lie added, calm :lathed most c 4
popular preaeliere 1.. hit:glib 1,111, attracted level* to
hear then from 'great iliatmera. As mine Fellollll
were employed to carry _werallippers (ruin 'Bayswater
to hear a popular preacher fuer rudes off as-there wen
to convey pi r.1.11S to any Nix churches Or Chal.e4 ia
the immediate neighbourhood. (A laugh.) A cab-
attenclaut lit a 4414 ill TYthurnia, ill• recent eati,vr
satian with one of the committee, ilaiti thrill More etill
cabs went from there between 10 and 11 on a Surfs;
than on ally other pvrtion of it; sul.ling that the pubis
had no idea of the of the Well, and
the utter want of self-respect which the practice in-
duced among them. Au incident Wail quoted by the
uaissiunary to eliow the strioig feeling which existed
among ellhlllell. A holy who had a first-rate establish-
ment, nil kept It ItOtt &reel footman. used to engage a
cab every Suuday when the weather was wet or the
roads dirty. She always paid beforehand to
the driver to take her to ilarylelnie Church, just
within a mile. (A laugh.) The eixpence lite(' to be
nine 4 hues accompanied with a religious tract, given tO
the dris er, and one to the attendant on the
cab reek. One day elle gale a tract to the attendant
who'll bore on ro,,ldsob oh..rvance. and hen she had
gone he SM.! 11l it " I etsittett religion, but such
is d,.yelopment W. this 1 detest, ' snel he tore up the
tract. Mr. E of Waterlieeniad, who seas a cab
proprietor for 1 years, stated that he never plied a tab
diving Hie whole of that time on a Sunday, and he bore
! tell sully from his own experience to the beneficial
•tv, alike to masters, men, and horn, frion rearing
on that day. lie strot.gly urged tic driver. as a clan to
&halide', the hubit of drinking end einokilig, but eine
t.ially drinking.. -ailvlee to which the meeting reelonded
! by a cheer. George flames, another driver, attributed
the unhappy condition of Ids Clang to th• avariciens
spirit of the masteni, of whom they were the slave.,
nil spoke to the oinifort lie hi enjoyed during the
• last three years in which he hail ceased driving on a
Sunday. Coekiatin, the cabman to whom the 1720 war
award., for the heat essay, bare testroony to the
iiiipmvement its Itis own fortune+ by ablitaining during
five yeas, from driving on Sundays, and, adverting to
his prize essay, he said it consisted of 19.000 roads,
and he wrote it sill on the top of his cab in the epee
air. The rest of the cabmen vho ',poke were Col,
l'hanner, Clieestaian, and Gray. The Ineeting termi-
nated with a vote of thanks to the chairman.
FRIGHTFUL OCCURRENCE IN SIIOREDITCH. &WIZ
11 and 12 o'clock on Wednesday forenoon, a shoal/5
and fatal accident happened to a little Ot
named Smith, aged three years, whose parents reside at
No. 2, Prince s-square, Long-alley, Worship-street.
Slioreditch. It appears Diet the deceased and mother
chilii were amueing theninlvee upon a table placed M
front of an 011111 lull tile rfeelfnii floor. WI&
the' were swieging tii a clotheit line it seildenly brubt,
and the deceased rolled out of the witulow head fore-
most into the street. a distance of 30 fret, on to tbs
pavement. The other child was fortunately eaved W
the mother seniug its frock. A medical gentlemso oas
ailed. hut las services were of no avail. The &wawa
must love been killed on the spot where she had fallen,
the nkull being extenstvely fractured aud fumed islo
the brain.
IN:.LNDIART FIRE AT SHADIVELL. -Within the last
natrdie.alttoslitna.vac.l:4lT.n.tibizhactii
two hours destroyed property toid machinery valued
• InO,OOU, the accumulation of half a century, weer'
ing u quarter of a utile of ground, awl I.louglng
Frout lirothera, • large manufacturing fins of
long standing and repute as rope, hills', 1111.1 tWille makers.
Fr. an the . first the attendant circumstances suggnoi
that the ilinster was due to a revengeful hanil. COO*.
growls stronger every day in the immedist,
neighlourlesel. and on Thursaay eeening as miry, a
£2111) WAS offered for the apprelieneiou and cotaiction
the incendiary.
DARING HIGHWAY 11:11111ERT La A BoT.—At the
Hammersmith Police • Court on -Frhlav last. Graf(
tbs

a hog eleven yen. of ago. was. plarol at
bar before Mr. Hayman, eltnn,sed with the following
daring tobbery It appeared froui the evidence of ti 4
prown•utor, Th ~,,, . Roberts, and his cousin, Rears
Timid's, two little boys, that they were on Friday
ing procesnling :dons: the side of the canal near Ken;
sington, on their avav to when the prisoner ann
another lay, nut yet in custody, but very well keen",
to the padiee, come up to them, tool toll them that
they .1.1 m.l rut give the all thee had, they would throw
thetst unto the canal, Robert. replied they had notlast•
when the prisoner commenced abusing him in V
coarse termn, ntruck hint across the hands with tb.
stick he hail with 111111, and then held hint down at
his (the prisoner's) COllllOl tt I tt n put his hand 1130 Prnled2A.
tor' pocket and took out • shilling, a pocket
a piece of pencil. The two latter they returned. WI
kept the chilling. The prosecutor subseipuentiv
police•conntable, 14 345, 11•11,1 informed him of
happened, and upon proceeding a few yards saw OP'
prisoner and his companion in a Kehl Tlw Pri.a°
enn
stood still until the police-constable came op. but
other ran off, and threw the shilling away. Mr.
man remanded the ptrinonerfor a week (0 enable's;
constable 345 to apprehend the other buy, and brill
two up together.
SCNPELTED 51UKDEll AT STDCKPDET.-011 Welfe!afj
Mary Ann Howard, wife uf n labouring man.
John 'lowan', residing In Weavern'-row. I,oril•stesl:
Stockport. was found dead, her throat 1 7 being gsNhe'irs-
frightful mauner. At the On Thur. 1
Mr. Massey, surgeon, stated that he foutsil the bssf.,..
decent.' on a bed, in Howard's houwe. The bea
jecttnt (ruin the side if the lied, and the arm 07
towards the flour. There wsi.i large '10°,...)
of blood on this floor, and a knife lay in it Th'l'
I a %Mind 011 the left aide of the neck, an incl,
verr deep, more like a %tab than a cut, as if tire
ih.asirebge;nwiarig...ilte,d„lanut.h.etitiletru,:totiz.i..l4lreTnitwre ir.
preissl:ron
wound user the ear, and the skull had been frnntn''.;.,
TIIII temporal, parietal, and frontal bOnr. irrr."l,o
pletely .14:lathed and depressed upon the trio'.
of the temporal hone indeeil was forced into 11't_ pi‘aa
These injuries might have been caused by a Mu"
an axe like the one produced. Mr. Bird, has
at the Stockport Infirmary. ounErnied the .Iw/a c.vrn;,,
and dated that he found the air produced in Hd:reryl
it were some human hairs so
tom
stains id blood. The hair correspondeditt CO
ii ;bet
I of deceaseds.---Several other witnesses ween._°l7d,itt
- in order to enable the policy to thonnuelYir
mustier, the inquest WAIF adjourned till to-day Is.
The husband of the deceased has been taken into ei
dene_ by
No doubt is entertained that a most brutal mor
been co tttttt ittnd —.llamehruate thuarditsm.
THE SoCRL SCIENCE euNFERENCE. —At , os
of the Newcastle-on-Tyne Town Council. !l.e.tioa
Wednenday, it was resolved to invite
Aotociation of Social Science to hold its onsen""—
that town in 1861.

A placard emanating from the Prefects'', gfillior
Seine h.n been *tuck up in all primary aeh°°'4l.4ki
bidding the diaributiou as prima to children of e
uot olfici.lly Approved of ,
_• al.o, the recital by
dountes hot communicated to the stithontier.
delivery of addresses by teachers, nude or female, °'
out previous permiesion.