The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-05-18 00:00:00

Debonsbire.

ExarEß.—Frightful Accident —An inquest was
held on Saturday at the Blue Boar Inn, Exeter, be-
fore H. W. Hooper, Esq., Coroner, on the body of
Richard Williams, aged 39 years. Deceased was a
guard on the South Devon Railway, and on Thursday
evening week had come from Plymouth, by the up
mail train, and on arriving in Exeter went to the
Pack Horse Inn, where he remained until a late hour,
when he left to return to his home at Redhills, a
short distance from Exeter; but on Friday morning,
about 5 o'clock, he was discovered lying on the
bridge which crosses Oakhampton-street, insensible,
and both his legs fractured in a shocking manner.
Evidence was adduced which chewed that the injuries
had been inflicted by the step of the Post-office van
of the morning down mail train coming in contact
with his legs. Deceased was immediately conveyed
to the Devon and Exeter Hospital, where he lingered
until two o'clock in the afternoon of the same day,
when death put an end to his sufferings. We regret
to learn that the deceased, who was a steady and effi-
cient officer, has left a widow and six children to
lament his melancholy fate. The jury returned a
verdict of 'Accidental Death."

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EXETER AND EXMOUTH.—Mr. Fitzroy reported
from the committee that the works authorized by
the Bill are to be made by an existing company in
substitution for more expensive works previously
authorized, and the capital and borrowing powers of
the company are to be reduced by the Bill. The
length of the line is 1 mile 22 chains, and it is in-
tended to commence in the_parish of Woodbury, and
terminate by a junction at Topsham with the Exeter
and Toreham 'branch of the London and South.
Western Railway Company. The steepest gradient
is lin 100. The estimated cost of the new railway
is £15,000, and the quantity of land required for it
131 acres. Mr. J. Tolme was the engineer examined
in support of the Bill ; and the committee were
satisfied of the fitness in an engineering point of view
of the proposed line of railway.
ARRIVAL OF THS QUEEN OP PORTUGAL AT PLY-
MOUTH.—The Royal train consisting of six carriages,
which left Paddington at 10.33 on Tuesday morning
reached Taunton at 2.36 p.m., started again at 3.5,
and at 5.40 arrived at Plymouth, where the Queen
of Portugal was received by an assemblage of official
persons, including Mr. Hicks, Mayor; -Mr. Derry,
railway director; Mr. Carr, secretary; Mr. Collier,
Portuguese Consul; Major-General Eden, Comman-
der of the Forces in the West, and staff, and guards
of honour from the Royal Marine Artillery and the
67th Regiment. Her Majesty proceeded in one of
the Queen's carriage., escorted by the military staff,
to the Royal William Victualling.yard, where
Admiral Chad', Admiral Pulley, a large number of
naval officers and a guard of honour from the Royal
Marines were in attendance. On leaving the carriage
the Queen of Portugal entered the Port Admiral's
barge, and, under salutes from the Citadel and
Mount Wise, and from all the ships in harbour, pro-
ceeded on board his Portuguese Majesty's corvette
Bartolomio Dias, which was moored at a ahort die.
tanoe from the yard.