The Press.
London, England, 1857-09-26 00:00:00

THE PRESS, SEPTEMBER 2(3, 1857.

So far as he himself was concerned, he took no credit
for what he had done. He had bought farms as an invest.
ment, and be had merely endeavoured to make them pay
as a man of business. Mr. Mechi then proceeded to ex•
plain his well-known views on liquid manure, steam
ploughs, and the general waste of sewage, and complained
that, as regarded the heavy lands of this country, there
was as much room fur improvement as when, fifteen
years ago, he had first called attention to their backward
condition. He strongly recommended an outlay of 25/. an
acre on all such lands.

THE USUAL CEREMONIAL ORATIONS were delivered
at Christ's Hospital, on Monday, in the presence of
the Lord Mayor, the Governors, and a distinguished
company. The four orations on the benefits of the
royal hospitals were delivered by the four senior
scholars—that in Latin by Smith Wild Churchill ; in
English by William Wake Smart ; in Greek by
Matthew Mortimer Flinch ; and in French by St.
Arnaud Wilton.

•
•THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW WESTMINSTER
BRIDGE recommenced on the works abandoned since
the bankruptcy of Messrs. Mare, the contractors. on
Monday last. The new bridge, we believe, will be
built on the site of the old one.
MR. LEGREW, the sculptor, blew out his brains last
Saturday. The deceased was unmarried, in affluent
circumstances, and no possible reason could be given
for the act. A verdict of " Temporary insanity," was
returned.

VroVintial.

A LAMENTABLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT occurred on
the Great Northern within two miles of Tuxford, on
Thursday last, to the express train from Manchester
to Londcn. The train was running at the rate of
fifty miles an hour, over the viaduct crossing the
Newark and Tuxford road, when suddenly something
cracked, the coupling irons of the engine broke, the
carriages became detached, the three first ran down
the embankment, while the remainder fell over into
the turnpike road; three of them were smashed to
pieces, and four of their passengers killed on the
spot. The following is a list of the casualties
Killed—The lion. W. M. Windsor Clive, brother to
the Hon. Robert Clive, M P., who was also in the
train ; Miss Letitia Paget, Gorton-lodge, Garston,
Liverpool ; Mrs. Heaton, 18, Queen square, Lancas-
ter; Mrs. Pitman, wife of one of the Great Northern
Railway Company's officers, who sat next to her when
in the train. The head of one of the ladies killed
was crushed quite flat ; the face of another was cut
in two from top to bottom. A gentleman's boot, wet
with blood, was seen on the road, as if it had been cut
off. A newspaper, smeared with blood, was also
found. Numerous articles belonging to the passengers
were picked up, and forwarded to Retford. Of the
rest of the passengers, fifteen were more or less
injured, of whom three are not expected to recover.
THE CATTLE DISEASE, says the Galashiels Adver-
tiser, has made its appearance this summer with
considerable fatality in our district and in the town.
Mr. P. Brodie, of Clarilaw, has lost almost the entire
cattle stock on his farm. The Montrose Standard
adds :—A great many farmers about Arbroath are
losing their cattle, the disease being plenro-
pneumonia.
BOILER EXPLOSIONS are very frequent. One oc-
curred at the Trendon Grange colliery, Dublin, last
Sunday ; two men in attendance and a child in the
street were killed. Another occurred the next day
at Bradford, at Messrs. Johnson's ironworks ; no lives
were lost, but ten men and a boy were severely
scalded and otherwise injured.
ANOTHER PIT ACCIDENT iS recorded this week, at
the Rough Way colliery. It was the old story, once
more repeated. The men descended with a naked
light, an explosion ensued, and two men and a boy
were killed.
A COTTON MILL, the property of Messrs. Hopwood,
at Blackbury, and containing 13,000 spindles, was
burned down last week. The fire is believed to have
been the work of an incendiary. The damages, es-
timated at 10,000/., is covered by insurances.
THE CLOSE OF THE MANCHESTER EXHIBITION is
fixed to take place on the 15th of October. We be-
lieve that it may now be stated on good authority that
her Majesty and the Prince Consort are expected to
be present at the closing of the Exhibition, and will
proceed thence to Wentworth-house the same
evening.
DR. LIVINGSTONE waft presented with the freedom
of Edinburgh on Monday. A brilliant audience were
present on the occasion.