The Express.
London, England, 1852-12-24 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1852.

solemnity: "And sew ire mon ge quietly towards our
rest ; and strut lad fret so more the few last minutes of
life's Salina boar." • • •
" No, Bracy—no. Be composed, I pray yea. She is
right. Young people, forgive ens that I love the dead tea
well, and the days when I was whet you are now. Drat
the woman," continued he, half ashamed of his motion:
" ll'. mak" us laugh, sad makes us ere, just as she used."
What does he say, young woman?" said the old lady,
dilly, to Mrs. Clive.
" lie says you make us laugh, and make wa cry, madam ;
sod se you do me, I'm sure.'
" And that's Woffington's notion of an actress !
Better it, Cibber and Ilmerg,rdle, if you can," said the
other, rising up like lightning.
She thin threw Colley Cibber a note, and walked coolly
and rapidly out of the room, without looking once behind
her.

The rest stood transfixed. looking at one another, and at
the empty chair. Then Cibbcr Ginned and read the rote
aloud. It was from Mrs. Bracegirdle " Playing at
tric•trae ; so can't p!ay the fool in your green room to-
night —ls."
On this a musical ringing laugh was heard from outside
the door. where the pseudo Bracegirdle was washing the
grey from her hair, and the wrinkles from her face—ah ! I
wish I could do it se easily !—and the little bit of sticking
plaster from h•r front tooth.
Wby, it is the Irish jade :" roared Cibbcr.
"Divil a less :" rang kick a rich brogue ; " and it's not
the font time we pat the cometber upon ye, England, my
jewel:"
Her virtues arc made to shino forth in the fine
scene towards the cud of the book, in which she
restores Vane to his forgiving wife, and she dies
in the odour of sanctity—" the Bible in her hand,
the cross in her heart; quiet—amidst grass, and
flowers, and charitable detds."

A Holiday Bock or Christmas and the New Year.
Ingram and Cooks.
A giant amongst the Christmas Books. It looks
down upm its competitors, as it stands in the midst
of them, like a good-natured Colossus of Rhodes,
brought ilia* the company of the stock of an Italian
image boy, or Morgante Maggiore amid a crowd of
puny courtiers at the palace of the Emperor, or the
champion of England amongst a multitude of would-
be pugilists in the Eton playing grounds.'
In sim the book is a largo folio. The
covers are richly embellished with gold and crimson,
and all kinds of rich blazonry, through which the
green holly with its scarlet berries meanders gram-
fully, suggesting thoughts of the season. The con-
tents are Legends, Tales, Poetry, Music, Sketches of
Christmas Manners and Customs, Games and Sports,
&c. These are divided into six sections. The first
has special reference to Christmas, containing de-
scriptive sketches of the celebration of what we have
called our great national festival, consisting of
Essays, Poems, Carols, ite. The second embraces
songs and music redolent of the kindly, genial, and
happy spirit of the season. Tho third is devoted to
the celebration of the New Year, Twelfth Night, &c.
In the fourth, we have illustrations of Winter Sports,
Sledging, Skating, &c., with descriptions and pictorial
sketches of winter scenery. In the fifth are admi-
rable copies from the old masters of the best pictures
which are illustrative of the events of the festival ;
for instance, the Birth of the Saviour, the Adoration
of the Magi, the Holy Family, and other subjects
appropriate to the season, with descriptive articles.
The sixth part includes a number of Christmas tales,
and &series of sketches illustrative of winter in the
Arctic Regions.
The staple of the book consists of pictorial and
literary sketches which have already appeared in the
Illustrated London News. None but artiste, how-
ever, could anticipate tho extraordinary increase of
effect given to the woodcuts by printing them with
greater care and using finer paper than when
the impressions are to appear in the column. of a
newspaper. The engravings now for the first time
appear in their true character, as works of high
art. The woodcut of Rubeos' Adoration of the
Magi is equal to many copper-plate engavings
of the picture that we have ever seen. The
" Child's Prayer," by Itedgrave, is equally admirable.
But you may turn over the pages of the work for an
hour and still find something to admire.
The li portion of the work is not behind the
pictorial. Oterary xenford translates quaint German
Fairy mythology. Douglas Jerrold gives us an ad-
mirable tale, "The Sick Giant and the Doctor
Dwarf," beautifully illuatmted by Harvey. Carleton
'luxuriates in an Irish tale. Westland Marston does
not disdain to furnish a story for Christmas.
Mackay, kloacrieff, Miller, Sharpe, and Horne give
us some good stirring suggestive verses.

ROMANTIC INCIDENTII.—A short time ulnae a Mrs.
Hughes, alter having placed two interesting girls in a
school at St. John's Wood, deserted them, end absconded
from her ova residence, and thereon the proprietress of
the school planed them in the Maryiebotte workhouse, the
authorities of which with much diMculty discovered the
mother, who, upon being arrested, took the children out
of the workliosie. The affair, through publicity given to
it by the press, excited deep Interest, and many parties
generously offered to centnbsto lownftb the support of !
the ehildnu. Anseagst the bewswellast son on their
behalf, the latest and most were the
fallowing :—A lady residing to the , ressm
ing 12,0001. a ear, and having no shalom her sera,
Profane nisi, giel. end with • that
new mum up le and suns an
to mem Me seam M a aielleia pis& w take thesupemeass- AK
with her. Dot the altars dig net bop _ the appdatmest,
sad Mt lady dement from Luba Olest ealtkolei her
onsatingeThe sent oiler was hem • esstimean rota* la
la, whe. WARR sk ems and se thoppar, was
maims to rear ems Mlle &Urea as a momenisn to his
&lidos, and OM mime Ms Welker to load*. to =
as ,Mgt and mad 61411 to*
Sestimid. The
rm esesrtaimed Mr& KNOW rename, gam lor thi
required sues to mad ler MOS to EdJahmelt. The pws-
ehial antissidessellmiabass, wbe we .0111 edam Or
the he. et the ahlbleaslaw am as yet assist whether
7 irizZaa how NM IMAM as her plummet adopted Or
tier; as the ,ether hes ha Mr Ids realisem, Mr.
i
lbsmaier OA* workless& los wrists. ta Ma
pia Ow adjail.
1131111131010 COMlTaY.—Hattoa, in his Ilifory
of PiroksgArass, gives a &Moroni oriels te this espeesnott,
whisk he eye muse as &news :—The day alter Chariot
I. Mb Ilturitagbaim es his march best I blewebury, in
160, she pea eery party mined hie eaniegas metals-
ing dr Mal PIM* aad teralture, "Milt they essoeyed
for esenally le Marwick God& lloy appoiseasd ill
mosessisse
_and sumeeted perms, and trimsently Masked
. end mimed email parties et the royalists, whoa they sent
pima= to Ormairy. limes the tremolos reqpiWng a
rettneOry pees., "Send him to Coventry.'—From Nan
and Cestories.
BANIIIIIDOS, NINNY, AND BILLFAST JUNCTION.—
Rummy, Tonasur Memstio.—A large sad influential
sleeting_ was hold this matting in the assembly roes, New-
ry kr Me yarn el nothing a &plonks trots Ben-
biltralled MT* tbe advantars which mast menu te
Ben-
the end Wade et Newry by_ the moping out el tie
above propos. Joseph Lupton, Em., having bons .ailed
to Me chair, introduced the depatatlea to the ..et
Memo IVOUsad..,la a
lace:winstePith.4
the N
Mn the' *el= la
its amines by M. , the eseesnounest he haling*
=ltby taking shares to the ,meet et 5,000 U, the
the mill-owners along the prorated line telt in the
reilling4 glidie ibtr=. H. thes ew sad aliciweri: the
linti thtesloille _ weMi. mime to Newer yam the
van almost ansimosed belle whkit it would lisMi to it,
sod whisk new Fmk man awe% sad eandniled bySI&
lag Me pepleatlforry to moon the people se ilhabnise
In Unenvied, and the/ mau reci
l- procate the
Edward Hill Trevor Sep., than briefly adaman t
meet-
ing. Mudd the ask: wan net me eta emodathe sr
visleamy ebeessear. was net • smug these
with whom it erigineted i sad the Ike woad run
for three quarters of a mile thienn lull, be „was
to amides that, and NM amps them • lies t 7 is. ItemA
this he knew was • baling Set Mimed Ithsess7 loth'
then Wass Inailetleag the Ilse, he sal ethers Nang the
nemeses nouns, that the railway wodd be to &a-
bridge, Newry, nod their localities. Mr. Froisetak W.
Hayes also adducted the meeting, expessaiss. es rif of i
the ataasfactaritas interest, their datiss m re the
Ile their best meopert. Several other illaillalll 11111WISMA
themeslos in tamer of it, and alter • Mkt diesuoies •
resolatisa was paned to the following ellima :—" That
having heard the else-- nts of the &panties then Ban- ,
bridge, it theat this meeting that the Use of 1
Ne• erin
ns made by the leabeidge, pahlia,
Newry,ise Railway Comas, will serve
the istenedeserving the support of the war- 1
Ames end ishablteats of the town of Newry. A large
sashay of shires wore tram, and the meeting Molly alter
separated.
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RAILWAY AOCIDNITS ON THE ENZWAIIII VALLEY
LIMI.—Two sccidentn eminered near the Kirkby crossing
on this line, last lieglay, ose of which it M hared will
taming. fatally. The Int averred ta the sal train
vitae braes DiandieM at 6 a.m. It appears that the gate-
keepav baring overslept himself, the gate acre. the line
7•1111111111 A lint. sad the Incline from Kirkby Junction to
Plameem Wig wry great, the driver was unable to stop
tie trek, will emu through the gatel with tremendous
violmeo, deshiwg I* to pieces, fortunately without doing
heals= other accident, which le of a more
itetl•we .1111womd about an hoar afterwards. The past
meager train front Illasselleid was passing the same soot, and
It is supposed (althengli to one witnessed the accident)
struck down a la bouneg man In the employ of Mr. Hods.
Wilson, farmer, of Kirkby. The poor fellow was found
shortly afterwards frightfully lacerated, and but faint
hopes are entertained of his recovery. It is summed that
be was crosere line, and being deaf be aeM nee hear
eh lo trait etZei

'DREADFUL COAL-PIT EXPLOSION AT
ELSECAR.-FEARFUL LOSS OF LIFE.

(Prom lb. Doneeder Gesette.)

We exceedingly regret that it is again oar duty to
place on record another of those dreadful calamities at-
tendant upoa the explosion of coal mices, and resulting in
the lamentable loss of human existence. Thu melascholy
calamity occurred about twenty minutes past one in the
afternoon of Wednesday lest. The pit is known by the
name of the Blum Low Colliery, and is the property of
Earl Fitswilliam. The mine is on. hundred and liftyouven
yards deep; and as it was pretty well known that about 140
men and boys were down in the pit, each pursuing his
regular course of labour, the first intimation of the dreadful
event occasioned the deepest anxiety amongst the relatives
and friends of the unfortunate sufferers. The first inti•
mation of the explosion was signified by a sharp buzzing
sound, a fearful messenger of *hat was about to take plec:.
Shortly afterwards came a loud reporta sound which
throughout a mining district strikes upon the ear with
those painful emotions:which are difficult to be correctly
described. The scene immediately around the mouth of
the pit was truly grievous and heart-rending to behold,
especi 11y with regard to the female.. Wine and mothers,
who had rushed to the spot, were wringing their hands and
uttering the loudest lamentations of grief and the wailing.
of despair ; and the dreadful uncertainty whether they were
any longer wives or widows increased, if possible, the
universal anguish ; while the younger children themselves
shared in the arrow and were calling out for their fathers
and brothers. These feelings were further deepened by
the impossibility. for some time after, of correctly aseer-
taiuing the extent of the calamity, and the inevitable
delay, invariably accompanying the occurrence of those
fearful ezploeions, before a descent could be made
either to afford &mistime° or to ascertain the re-
sult, although every exertion was used to meet the
emergency in the most effectual manner possible.
The prevailing roguish, the refusicet to be comforted,
may be readily imagined, as well as the anxiety of the
men in attendance to do whatever, under these appalling
circumstance'', they possibly could. They displayed the
utmost degree of activity, energy, and courage: and nothing
seemed to be disregarded by the most experienced ban.:. in
performing their painful duty to all parties, especially to
those who had been at work in the pit itself. The follow-
ing persons, amidst hundreds of volunteers, descended the
pit the first, end distinguished thenuelves for the highest
promptitude, foresight, caution and resolution : Mr.
Charles Haigh, Mr. Mark Utley, underground steward,
John Cockle, William Ford, Joseph Hodgson, John Pa-
trick, Joseph Holland, William Cawthorne, George Caw-
thorn*, James Littlewood, Joseph Evans, John Butter-
worth, Joseph Mason, die., Ite. Mr. Cooper, of the New
Perk-gate Colliery, went down immediately afterwards to
ascertaia the extent of the disaster; while hundreds had
assembled around the pit's mouth to render assistance.
The first attempt to relieve the aufferers was to throw a
volume of water down the shaft in order to assist the
circulation of the air. and to force out the foul gases
which had been generated in the nit. As soon as the men
were descending, they found that the fan worked by steam
power to promote circulation had been broken. But on
more minute examination it was discovered that nothing
beyond the strap had been removed from the pulley, by the
violence of the shock. The explosion had broken down the
'toppings and deetroled come of the machinery, and else
had blown a portl.ri of materials to the mouth of the pit,
from which a quantity of steam continued to issue for some
time. There are two divisions in the pit, which are kaown
as the north and south aides; and while the men who ware
working in the former part were almost to a single man
more or lees injured, those in the latter escaped without
any comparative injury, hut fat considerable pain from the
sulphurous state of the air. But it must be borne in mind.
that the distance between the men in the South Level and
the North Level was between two and three hundred
yards. Those who ',seeped were working between the tint
broad•gate north and the second gate south.
On searching around it was ascertained, by four o'clock,
that several dead bodies had been got out, and that wand
others were alive, but seriously injured. Later on in the
evening, the whole of the suer were got out, dead or
injured-. The former amounted to nine, and the latter to
thirteen. The names of those who have been thus deprived
of their existence are :

Jonathan Walker, widower, aged 17, leR a family of
seven children wholly unprovided for, a regular and steady
workman, had been employed in the pit ever since his
youth, and was highly respected.
Thomas Hurst, aged 42, left • widow and four small
children.

William Dickenson, 32, left a widow and four children.
George MaMader, left a widow and two children.
John 2dallinder, 17, a ulative, unmarried.
Henry Addy, 17, a young man, single, much respected.
Benjamin Ilitcher, 28, left a widow and two young
children.

Joseph Stanton, 30, left a widow and three children.
Joseph Jowitt, 14. lie was the last got out and died on
Wednesday ni zht at nine o'clock.
Those injured are—John Rigby, aged 20, very much
burnt; Isaac Waller, married, but no children, and more
injured than the rest by a chair of coals falling upon him •
George Linley, 22, slightly injured; Janus Montego, 22,
much injured, has turned deranged; John Benison, 43, a
new corner, has several young children, much hurt, and not
expected to recover; John Guest, slightly burnt, but much
bruisid, a wife and six children; Charles Sellers, 14,
much iojured ; Criah Burgin, 33, seriously injured, and not
expected to live wife and two children ; Thomas Hutchin-
son, 30, severely burnt; Jemph Rawson, 35, severely in-
jured, not likely to survive ; Ralph Mares 35, slightly
injured; and William Ilemsworth, slightly burnt.
As to the cause of the accident, we fear it will be
attributed altogether to the negligence of some of the
men. end not to any defects in any portion of the
works themselves. Indeed, the greatest care has al-
ways beet used to prevent any amidests. whatever. At
twelve o'clock, on Wednesday, the workmen had ceased
i their labours for dinner. When NO et Me weekaen was
bringing a cork, of coals down the breedwri, which is
about nine feet wide, be opened a smelt deer whieh coat-
muuieates through the vein et seek es a similar broadway
lin the opposite direction. H. premeds& with the eorfe and
thoughtlessly left the door open, end joined the other men
at dinner. The consequence was, that the door being left
open, brake the current of pure air hem its usual course,
and allowed the hydrogen gas to seeemulate is its stead.
This state of things continued the Meek of the dinner time
without any indication of spprase/Mns danger. About ten
miasma pest one o'clock, the mss berg is the act of re-
turning
_hem dieter, perceived the deer ezz:lisijadt:
that it bed hoes !skips by accident er
it, sad la a sheet time afterwards the MI air Mei and
• tremeadeas explain wee the Imagritedie malt hose
on the en* level Imre Mewls he ids OM broad -
way be the sear by the hem of the Molt, sad thus may be
ameremed kir the Weise, wlrdsheheS_lsseived.
• @Ur• eteltagers we bensiktely sent to procure
i moilleal re
mesa, sad the knew* were on the spot
ea
Om see poseible : —Mr. Mamma, Mr. Allott, and Mr.
BMA. ef Herbed ; and Mr. 1111 rum sea., and Mr. Stones,
etWeatworth ; who were led dpble in administer-
the relief pewible. %amperes were also speedily
sad the bodies were eestveyed to their respective
amid the immetations of their warviviar relatives,
be onnseorls inquisitis a. The injured were removed
laarimart UMW is their respective homes.
It k somewhat remarkable, that about half.pist eleven
o'siesh, Mime the impieties, two of the colliers, Henry
Farber ON Abe liehmedesa wee complaining to Iseepn
is=, ono of the leadegiveled stewards, that they could
undreseed, the ;Wong current of air which passed
dicrrusli the pit, en mama of the 1111081111ite coldness ; so
Mrs bee hem no wait of ventilation. Devy's safety lamps
mem and thesegbout the whole of the works.

Telognapide makes were forwarded to Lord Fitswilliass
as soot as tho accident had occurred, as well as to Bar
Janda Blzem, Bag., his lordship's agent and inspector of
mines, who, along with Mr. Mark Utley, inspected the
mime of the disaster yesterday. When we left the spot
yesterday noon (Thursday) so farther deaths had taken
plate ; but crowds of people were assembled from MO-
Barnsley, and other plume, when the reports of the
sad occurrence had been most grossly exaggerated.
Truly lamentable as this unfortunate calamity un-
doubtedly is, it has sot been 'needed with that great loss
of lite which might have bees expected, and which there
was every reason to fear,—a circumstance which is mainly
to be attributed to the v4ilance caution, and attention
which it is the especial wish of Earl Pttswilliam should be
constantly exercised in all the pits of which ha 4 the owner
or in say way connected.

DIUCT RAILWAY TO POSTSMOUTIL—A very hirge
petals muting vas held at the Beneficial Society's-hall,
PertMettba on Wetlands, evening, for the purpose of
easidlielestb the propriety of supporting the newly projected
Ilse of way between Portsmouth and Guildford (33
maw is ), by which the distance between Portsmouth
eel Larks will be reduced from 96 miles to 72. The
Mayer (J. C. Stigant, Esq.) presided, and on the platform,
were—J. B. Carter, Esq., M.P. for Winchester, G. Gill-
man, Esq., J. F. Pratt, Esq., T. E. Owen, Esq., and 3. 8.
Sayers, Esq.. justices of the pesos ; Captain Sir James
Stirling, Wit, Francis Mowatt, Esq., Trottusholue, Pe-
tenileld, and many other gentlemen interested in P4rill•
mouth and the district through which the proposed line is
to run. In several able speeches which were made the
necessity of the proposed line wu shown, both ma regarded
the interests and accommodation of tbeinhabitanta of Punta-'1
mouth and the lale of Wight, and times of the rural district I
now quite devoid of all railway aoosinsedelies.
It was also proved how materially important tin line essuid
be in a national point of view, inasmuch as it with leiss
veryconsiderably the cost team country for the easeirgaste
of troops to Portansouth for service in the gayeties there, or,
for embarkation for foreign service ; whilst ia the of
war the saving of about an hose is the treissimies of 1
troops, seamen, stores, Be., from Leeks ile ea imperetaat
naval end military station, skid im of die gleam The
meat to the very stability of the British eft**. The'
unions apeaken gave perfectly satisfactory espiesielose of
the details of the project, and resolutions heartily approv-
ing of the line, and pledging the meeting to support it by
every meat., in its power, were unanimously woo ; a
very influential committee being appointed to carry these
resolutions into effect, by mesas of petitions to p irliament
in favour of the line, and in soy ether mode that might be
practicable. The town council of the borough of Porte.
month liars also appointed a committee to support the
establishment of the line.
WLITERN RAILWAY Or FlUNCE.—Tratre for the
week ending Dee. 19, 1852 :—8 , dlol.p ; corresposellug week
feet year, 2,5351. Miles open, 99.

THE FATAL COLLISION AT HARROW.

Yesterday we published an account of this lament-
able occurrence. The following In a fuller statement of the
facts, which hare been carefully collected front vinous
SOUK'S

'The Liverpool express, which was due in London at half-
put 10, was late when it arrived at Rugby, and had there
attacked to it the Midland train, which ought to have come
on to !tondos by the Birmingham express, but was too late.
The train, whick was drawn by engine 289, an entirely new
express train engine, and which has only been at work upon
the line (or • month, manufactured by Messrs. Sharp,
Stuart, and Co., of Manchester, consisted, on leaving
Rugby, of 16 carriages and the three guards vans, the first
being that of the Midland express attached to the engine ten-
der, and those of the Manchester and Liverpool guards, Long-
staff and liatteratey, stationed at the tail and other parts
of the train. This train passed the Harrow station at its
usual spied, upwards of 40 miles an hour, and on
arriving within about three-quarters cf a mile from
that station the tyro of the right-hand leading
wheel of the engine flew off. The engine, after the tyre
of the leading wheel was off, kept on tin line for nearly
400 yards until it came to a slight curve, which it would
not go round, in consequence of the flange of the wheel
being off. It here lett the line, ploughing up the road for
some distance, and then ran across the line and turned over
on its side, but not infer* the engine had embedded itself
completely up to the smoke box in the left bank. In con-
sequence of the jerks of the engine and t, Lehr when it got
off the line the coupling irons between ti,e tender and the
guard's van were trokes, and as the en,tine and tender was
crossing the line the guard's van, urged on with terrific
velocity, in consequence of the impetus of the heavy train
of carriages behind it, dashed intu the to nder and immedi-
ately turned over on to the right embankment, smacked to
atoms. At this moment, unfortunately, the 11 o'clock down
goods train, with 40 or .50 goods vans, was close upon the
entrees train, and before the driver could receive any
signal clashed into a first-class carriage, which hard been
by the previous shock thrown across the dawn line. Another
collision thus took place, and although the carriage in ques-
tion—a "composite" carriage, the centre being a ant-,lase
compartment—was frightfully mashed, singular to relate
two passengers who were in it escaped from the window
without any injury. Three carriages were thrown off the
line, and the second collision caused both lines to lie blocked
completely. The body a the poor guard Ilartholumew was
found amongst the fragments of the break vau crushed into
an almost indutinguiahable man. George Grace, the
driver of the ezpress engine, was found on his hack in the
field on the left band side of the line, but owing to the soft-
nese of the soil from the heavy rains, he was uninjured.
Ili, stoker jumped on to the line, and also fell on hie back,
and had a narrow escape, as he states that the whole train
Of carriages passed over him. The driver of the goods train
it is believed jumped off, and it is stated that the only
signal he had of the express being near wee one of the pas-
sengers whistling to Lim with his Heger*. Ile shut off his
steam and reversed his lever, but he was too close to stop
the impetus ou so heavy • goods train.
A passenger by the train has furnished the following
statentebt, which corrolbtating the foregoing, adds same
details of interest. Ile says:—As the train had arrived
nearly opposite Harrow, a sudden and violent concussion
was experienced amongst the passengers, when the train
came to stop. On getting out, the engine was perceived to
be °tithe lion, and in a ditch at the left sii.c • Itcup of ruins
as if a large wooden house had fallen, was in the front of
the train, and in the way, at the right hand side, was •
smashed and overturned passenger carriage. Just at the
moment when this scene presented itself, the whistle of an-
, other train was hard, and it was seen approaching.
Shouts were raised, the night was dark, the lights of the
fallen engine hail been buried in the earth ; the other tra:n
came forward, and ran into tie fallen carriage across the
road. Some passengers foreseeing this collision, ran down
the bank, jumped over a rail, and here, it being dark,
got themselves into • pond, fortunately not a deep
one. After a little time, every inquiry was made as
to who had been hurt. Lacey bruises, it became • matter
of congratulation that no serious injury had occurred;
however, in about an hour, and searching amongst the
ruins of the front carriage, the legs of a man were per-
ceived. They proved to be those of the unfortunate guard.
Some wheels and heavy iron were upon him, and it was
evident that life must have been instantly extinguished.
The chief efforts were made to remove the mass above him.
He was found to have been " smashed to pieces." The
remains were put into a tarpaulin, and removed to the
side. There was a single passenger in one of the smashed
carriages; he, finding it giving way, had thrown himself
instantly flat on the floor, and had thus escaped.
On the way a jerking, jumping motion of the carriages
was noticed, as if they were loosely held together, and the
roads were rough. On a search the large tyre of one of the
driving wheels was found. It appeared to have been frao-
tured, sad lung off, and to have been the immediate caulks
of the engine running off the line. On examining the
fracture it clearly appeared that the joint was a bad one,
only a small part of the iron being bright as by a fracture,
the rest being black.
The accident took place at five minutes after 11 o'clock);
other trains came up; it was said that an account of it bad
been telegraphed from the nearest station, but it was only
at three o'clock that au engine with carriage! came up from
London, though the distance, by railway, is only eleven
miles, its half as hour. Had it been needed, as in all pro-
bability it would have been to a considerable extent,
there was no surgical assistance sent, or, at least, none was
heard of. In the meanwhile., and in the prospect of wait-
ing until morning, the night being damp, • hon9re was
bghted of the ruins of the carriages, and the female pas-
sengers placed near it to keep them warm. There seemed
to be no competent direction of the efforts of the labourers
to clear the road from the obstructions by which the other
trains were detained. One or two of the passengers 00011.
pied the circle and kept waiting round the burning ember
of the wreck with declamations on the railway mismanage-
ment, illustrating it by the confusion before them and the
delay experienced.
The passengers only got to town at 6 o'clock yesterday
morning.

BURGLARY AND ROBBERY OP 7001.—CAPTCEE OP
ONK OF THE B1:110LAItS AND NZARLY 2001. ix Limns.—
Between two and three o'clock on Tuesday morning week,
five men, with shirts over their clothes, broke into the
dwelling-honse of Mr. George Stephenson, fanner, near
Ponteland, a Tanga about seven miles north-west frogs
Newcastle, on the road to Scotland, by Otterburn. Mr.
Stephenson is an elderly man, unmarried, and the only
persona residing with him were his housekeeper and an-
other female servant, who slept together. The men having
made their way to the bedroom of Mr. Stephenson, de-
manded his keys, and threatened him with violence If he
should make any residence. Two of the men then pro-
ceeded to ransack the house. while the other three
kept the inmates from making any alarm. In a
chest of drawee the robbers found between 0061.
and 7001, consisting of Newcastle Branch Bank Of
England, one Scotch, and other nines, about 40 sovereigns,
and three old guineas, with which they decamped, toge-
ther with a silver watch and singie-barrelled gun. Mr.
Stephenson followed the men after they left the house, but
anon loot sight of them on the road leading towards Neer-
castle. About seven o'clock on Friday evening last, Sub-
Inspector Senior, of the Leeds police, received mformallen
that a man, evidently a stranger to ased', was at the Lamb
Inn, Timblebridge, and wee employing persons to obtain
change ford!. Bank of England notes, of which be hid
about 40 in his poasewion, together with a brace of loaded
pistols and a dagger. Stator called to his aid policemen
Hales and Buckle, and proceeded to the Lamb Inn, whets
they found the man indicated in an upstairs room, with -a
number of soldier. Senior's entrance attracted the atten-
tion of the men, and he at once thrust his hands into his
pocket. Guessing his intentions, the *Seen rushed upon
bim, and a desperate struggle ensued, the man being in the
end secured. He gave his name John Gray, and is a
middle-aged, powerful man, dressed like an operative or
better sort of agricultural labourer. He was searebed, end
in his pockets were found a pair of pistols, heavily loaded
with powder and shot, and capped. In another pocket wee
found a dagger and stiletto. Having been disarmed, a quan-
tity of gold was taken from him, and the landlady handed
to the officers thirty-three dl. nom which Gray had placed
in her care. These motes were almost exclusively Bank of
Ragland, Newcastle breach, but one was a Scotch note.
Gray was taken to the police-officw and brought before the
sitting magistrates on Saturday, where be was defended by
Mr. Ferns, who stated that the prisoner's explanation was,
that he had received the none as a legaey from a brother in
America, aid was going to Australia, for which purpose
be had provided the pistols. The prisoner, who Wall proved
to ha., obtained change for tares dl. notes, by sending out
for trifling articles, was remanded till Monday. On that
day an office, from Newcastle attended, and dinned to take
the prisoner to that town, but se he could not speak to the
identity of the notes lost by Mr. Stephenson, and those
found on the prisoner, the request wee refused, and the
prisoner again remanded. On Teesday, Mr. Stephenson
and another Newcastle officer arrived in Lento, and though
Mr. Stephenson could not identify the prisoner, yet he gave
such evidence with regard to the notes that the prisoner
was given up, and convey, d to Newcastle the same night.
Mr. Stephenson. who had offered a reward of 30z. for the
apprehension of the burglars, stated that one of his ser-
vants would be able to swear to the prisoner as one of the
burglars.
A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER.—Two young men
went out to Australia in the Peninsular Company's steamer
Chusan last May—one a clerk in the South Western
Steam Packet Company, and the other a letter•staurmr
named Whetchar in the Southampton Post.ofiiee. The
latter was a carpenter by trade. His Post-office salary was
tie a week, for which he worked nearly tlr whole of the
night. Both these young men settled in Melbourne. A
letter was received in Southampton yesterday from the
steam packet clerk, stating that Whetcher had constant
work in Melbourne as a carpi ater at four guinea* a week,
and that he paid 30s. a week for his board and lodging.
The packet clerk wrote word that he was just going to the
gold digginga.
Si:UIIa:KEEN, DEC. lit —On lag night, about six
o'clock, a large vessel from Nova Scotia, bound to Hull
with a cargo of timber and deals, was driven on a rock neer
Ceatlebeven, abut six miles from Skibbereen, and
imme-
diately became a total -
were saved, with the
Thomas Bradshaw, •
Esq., Lloyd's agent,
all the assistance in '

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