The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-02 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

BOW-STREET.
James Dacey, a burly-looking fellow, who said ha was
a plisterer, and lived at Whitechapel, was charged with
violently assaulting policeman Coleman, F 87, fa Holborn.
The constable mid that at about half-peat two o'clock that
morning he was pasting along Holborn, when, as be paned
the end of Little Turnstile, the prisoner milled upon him
from the court, and struck hint a violent blow in the face,
felling him to the ground. The prisoner fell on top of him,
and they had a struggle on the ground, during which two
other men end a woman struck and kicked him. He was
DOW sore about the hips and body from the kicks, and had a
black eye from the blow dealt him by the prisoner. Pri-
soner was drunk.
Alfred Button, a young man who happened to be passing,
stated that he saw the prisoner and the constable struggling
on the pound, and went to the officer's assistance. The
p-koner, who was drunk, resisted very much, but the
policeman, with witnees's usistanoe, removed him to the
station-house. The other two men and the woman got away.
The prisoner—Don't you believe this man, sir. I was
quite Bober. The polio, came behind me and trod on my
heels. I told him not to do that, and then he begins to
knock me about. He knocked me down, and threw himself
on top of me. I did not give him that black eye. It was
the other chap. I was coming home from a raffia for a
friend of mine that had a misfortune.
Button being recalled said the constable was quite sober.
The prisoner was drunk.
Mr. Henry said that whether the prisoner was drunk or
sober would not make much difference, as drunkenness
would not palliate so violent and unprovoked an &insult.
He should not give the prisoner the option of paying a fine,
but would commit him for one month with hard labour,
being the heaviest punishment that he had power to inflict.

THE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE WEST
CORNWALL RAILWAY.

At a quarter past raven o'clock oz Sunday
• tale of tee carriages, drawn by the Taro en-
Ilia
guis:lf'h the Truro station for Penzance ; but, meet fortu-
nately—in reference to the accident which bappeasd in a
few minutes afterwards—the first four or five carriages
were unoccupied by passengers, being spare
which had been ordered on to Penzance for an =tee:
excursion train next day. The train proceeded safely
rather more than half-a-mile from the station to a
little west of the junction with the Falmouth
line ; but almost immediately afterwards the en-
gine came into colliiiou with a "trolly,' or "muck-
bogie," by which the agree and tender, sod one or more
of the carriages, were thrown off the line on the southern
aide ; and the engine, after ploughing through the earth-
work of an embankmeut, teasing away some portion of the
sleepers and cutting through successive tt angoras, came on the
little railway bridge at Peewethas, which crosses • lane hied-
iog down southeroly from Higher Town, and is nearly three-
quarters of a mile from the Truro station. Having made a
complete wreck of the bridge itself, the engine went over on
the south side to the roadway below, dragging after it
the tender and two carriages. The engine and tender
turned over on the grated, and the succeeding carriages
remained undetached. With the exception of some bruises
and cuts, and other natural effects of the shock, the paw
gouger, escaped unhurt. The most serious injury sustained
by any one of them was by Robert Crispin, of Itedrnth, a
plate-layer in the employ of the company, who received a
severe cut on the left eye. The driver, William Eathorne,
was killed ;be has left a widow and several children. A
twealuiran was, alter considerable difficulty, extricated
from beneath the wreak. lie was severely scalded, and
also suffered a fracture of an antis ; he was immediately
conveyed to the Royal Cornwall Infirmary. The fireman,
John Johns, made a bold and successful leap from the boiler
off the Midge. on the north side, to the roadway beneath ;
he pitched well, and sustained no visible injury, but there
is some fear that be may Lave injured his spine. He
also was, after some time, removed to the in-
firmary. The dead body of the driver was taken
to the Higher Town Inn, to await an inquest.
As explanatory of the cause and nature of the accident we
may state that the West Cornwall Company have recently
made a aiding on the south side of their line, from near the
junction of the Falmouth lion to within about 30 yards or
more of the Peowethas Bridge. On this eidetic there had
been resting during the day a " trolly," which had been is
use during the construction of he radio; ; and from some
canoe not yet explained this " trolly " was, at ti's time the
train was approachmg, either wholly or partially &moss the
main line at the points. The obstruction, it appea's, was
seen by the driver, and also by the fireman and the brake-
man, who were shading one on each side of the emote,
sanding the rails, which were slippery. The alarm
whistle we. blown, and rfforta were made to bring up the
Win before it approached the trolly, but these efforts
proved unavailing. The engem caught the trolly, broke it,
and carried a portion of it, and being thrown off the line
the epees went forward a distanceof about thirty yards to
the bridge ; the Boor-way of which it deemed, whilst itself
and two unoccupied carriages went over into the roe,.
wrenching aside the southern rail on the western aide of
the bridge, for a distance of more than twenty feet.
Some of the numerous spectators of the wreck on Sunday
evening surmised that the unfortunate displacement of the
trolly was probably the act of heedless boy ain the course
of the afternoon. Others suspected that the trolly had
been moved from its proper place—the middle of the siding
—by a maliciously-disposed person. The last previous
train which had passed the spot was the op-train, which
arrived at Truro about 11 o'clock on Sunday foreman,
and at that time the hue wan clear ; but it is further said
that it was seen to be clear within little more than half-
an-hour before the accident. The plate-layer, Robert
Crispin. states that he was on the line at the spa at ball.
peat six, and although, as it was raining hard at the time,
and he was walking quickly be did not stay to take par-
ticular notice, yet her strong impression is that at that
time the trolly was on the riding, and that if it had been
near the points it must have attracted his atient!on. A
man named Trenoweth says that at a quarter to six be
lighted the four signals at the junction of the Falmouth
and West Cornwall lines, and that at that time he dis-
tinctly saw that the trolly was about the middle of the
siding. He supposed that the trolly must have been
afterwards blown by a gust of wind down to the points.
Intelligence of the accident immediately reached Truro,
and much painful. exwteinent wan manifested. Large
numbers of persons walked to the scene of the disaster.
It was supposed that the ordinary up-train, due at
Newham at 11.16, would come on to the site of the acci-
dent, seal theme return to Penzance; but after some
time the intelligence arrived that the up-train would net
that evening travel further than Redruth ; and the west-
ward pas engers afterwards proceeded to Ftedruth in two
omnibuses, from the Royal Hotel and the Rd Lion. Of
person from Truro who were at Reclean, Seer.
tier, and Cbacewster stations, some were brought on in
an omnibus from TAW* Hotel, Redruth, and some in
other conveyances ; but many were compelled to walk, end
we regret to learn that that are complaints as to curt
and somewhat disonurteous treatment under the cir-
ouniatences at the Itedruth and Soorrier atatioos. Among
the perilous who walked to the scene of accident
from Truro, were several medical gentlemen, willing to
render any assistance that might be needed. Amongst the
passengers was a Mr. Wilkinson, of Leeds, who was
in the float compartment of the first occupied carriage.
Himself unhurt, he promptly rendered valuable assistance
in the direction of efforts for the extrication of the brake-
man, who was found lying between a trolly wheel and use
of the fallen timbers of the bndge.
Passengers by the West Cornwall are now conveyed to
and from Truro sod the site of the accident in omnibuses
or cabs, from the Royal Hotel. We learn at the infirmary
that the stoker, John Johns, who was brought
in there last evening, is rag on favourably.
A • was supposed last evening by Mr. Paull, the
surgeon, who saw him at the Higher Town Inc, he has
received some injury in the spine—greater probably than it
otherwise would have been from the fact of his having re-
ceived • somewhat similar hurt a few months ago at Peo-
zutoe. He is 39 years of age. The other infirmary patient,
named Thomas Fulda, and deecribed as an staistant-guard,
is r 2 years of age, and from the perish d Gauen He is
extensively scalded, and has revived a avers shock to the
nervous system. It is considered very improbable that be
will live through the day. Os Moodily afternoon an in-
goat was opened by J. Canyon, Esq., county coroner, at
the Higher Town lon. on the body of William Fathoms,
aged 36 years, the driver of the engine. After hearing the
evidence of several witticism the inquiry was adjourned till
Monday neut.—Wafers Morning Aram