The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-21 00:00:00

Drum on all casts.

Nortlt-Fort=Calthness to Norfolk. Wert = Dlnegal to Co,.
.all. Boatlt=Clutnael and Bay coasts. :ioutli.kaai.. Welt et
Dover to Norfolk.

CHRIST'S 110SPITAL.—SPIECII DAY, AND STATE
VISIT OF TER CORPORATION.—Today being St. Matthew's
Day, the corporatiou of the City of London paid their
sauna visit to Christ's Hospital this morning. They warn
received by the Rev. Dr. Jacob, the head master. the Its,.
It. South, the Rev. M. Gibbs, the muter; of the maims
departmente in the school, and the three Grecians who am
about leaving for the universities. lo the Ant instance the
corporation attended divine service in Christ Church, New.
gate-street, where a sermon was preached by the Rey.
William Romanis. M.A., of Emmanuel College, Cambridge,
curate of St. Mary's. Reading, foru,ily a Grecian of Christ-
church. He selected fur his text it 17th chapter of St.
John's Gospel, verse 3—" This is life eternal, that they
might know Thee and Jesus Christ whom Thou has sent"
He enlarged upon the advantage of knowledge of persons
and things, and remarked that sternal life Man iotercoorse
with God, every mystery of the Christian faith being en
embodiment of that truth. It was a life belonging to the
present sod not to the future only, and therefore subject to
the manifold indueocne belonging to the present state of
exigence. He concluded with some sound practical advice
to the boys. At the close of the service the corporation and
visitors proceeded to the groat hall, which was soon well
filled. The corporation occupied raised seats at the western
end of the hall. and the orations were delivered from a
dais in the centre.

ANOTHER SCIENTIFIC BALLOON ASCENT.—The
balloon committee of the British Association for the Ad.
vancement of Scion°e have made arrangemeuto for soother
high ascent from Wolverhampton. It will be remembered
that the celebrated ascent when au altitude of seem mils,
was reached, and from which height Mr. Glaislier and Mr.
Coxwell barely escaped with their lives was made from
that town. On this occasion it will be attempted to check
the readings which were made at the time of that ascent,
as well as to make additional observations ; and a height of
between five and six miles will, it is expected. be reached.
For some time past a gasometer at the Stafford•road Works
of the Wolverhampton Gas Company his been stored with
about 90,000 cubic feet of gas, specially selected by Mr.
Proud, the engineer of those works, from a large unnatural
ordinary charges, because of its lightness. To enable
him to make this selection, Mr. Proud has invented
an apparatus which is more sensitive in its working than
any other hitherto in use. It is tberebre believed that
although the gin used at the high ascent was the lightest
that has been obtained on any similar massacre, yet this will
be of a less specific gravity. Mr. Coxwell arrived with his
monster balloon in Wolverhampton on Saturday ; bat as he
has to make a public ascent from Portsmouth today (Moo.
day), the ascent cannot be made till Wednesday, at the
earliest. On that day Mr. Glaisher w expected in Waiver.
hampton with his instrument., sod to be accompanied by
other members of the balloon committee ; bat, as expe-
rience has taught them to place themselves implicitly in the
' hands of Mr. Coxwell as to the right day for an ascent. the
time and day at which this, the last asecut of the balloon
committee thin season, will take place will depend upon
that aeronaut. The went will be made front the grounds
of the fitafford.road works of the Wolverhampton Gas
Company.
A SHIP RL'N DOWN BY THE GREAT EASTERN.—.
LOSS or Two Livrs.—The steamship Great Eastern, Captain
Paton, left New York on the Bth instant, and arrived is
the Mersey yesterday morning. It is reported that on the
18th indent, when off Cape Clear, the Great Eastern ran
down the ship Jane, Captain Doff, bound from Liverpool to
Quebec, and two men Detaining to the Jane lost their lives.
The captain and remainder of the crew were brought to
Liverpool by the Great Eastern.

RAILWAY COLLISION BETWEEN ASHTON AND
HTALTBEIDGE.—A serious railway oollision occurred about
2 o'clock this (Saturday) afternoon between Ashton and
Stalybridge, on the Manchester, Sheffield, and LincoleaLire
line, by the passenger train due at Ashton at 1.55 running
into a luggage train, shortly after leaving Stalybridge. The
luggage train was standing on the line at the time, and
it is said there must have been • great deal of negligence
on the part of those in charge of the passenger train.
The train was prowling at a rapid pace, and by the forum
of the collision the passengers were thrown with great vio
lease from one side of the compartment to the other, many
of them receiving injuries more or less severe; but nom*,
we understand, is fatally injured. The carriages were
thrown off the line, and many of them were damaged to a
considerable extent. The line was blocked up for a time,
and the traffic suspended ; but through the audios@ of •
number of labourers who were sent for, everythiog was
speedily cleared away, and the ordinary business resumed.
—Ashton Reportcr.
RBOCKINO RAILWAY ACCIDENT. —An accident
occurred on Friday sight at Dudley Port station, by which
a passenger wan 'seriously if not mortally injured. The
'spree' due from the north at eight o'clock was a little
behind time, and as the train ran into Dudley Port statics, •
second-class passenger, respectably attired, was observed
standing on the step of the carriage. Whilst the train was
still at considerable speed, he made an attempt to jump on
to the platform, end in doing so his feet were caught by the
step, and be was immediately dragged under the moving
train. The passengers on the platform were horrified at the
fearful scene, and the groans of the man added greatly to
the consternation, u it was thought by all that death was
inevitable. Upon being drawn (torn under the wheels it
was found that the right foot and knee were fearfully
mangled. The fault mated entirely with the passenger
himself, as several of the officials shouted to, him wbod
standing on the step.—Binaingham Curate.
ACCIDICST AT ELY CATHELEAL.-011 Thursday
sporran but an accident of rather a serious nature occurred
to Mr. Ward, the foreman of the plumbers employed upon
the new lantern tower of the cathedral. The labourers
were lowering, by means of • rope, some portion of the
scaffolding, which slipped from its fastening and fell from •
considerable height upon Mr. Ward, who was stooping at
the time toick up something from the lower leads of the
octagon. BeH was struck BOWS the loins and injured so
severely that it was necessary to convey him home to bed
with very great care, and we regret to add that be still re-
mains is a very precarious state.—Cartridge Independent.
FATAL ACCIDENT TO A SCOTS FUSILIER GUARD&
tux.—On Saturday Alexander Fastwortb, aged 63 years, •
soldier of the Scots Fusilier Guards, died at Sr. Berthole•
mew's Hospital from the effects of an accident The de-
ceased, who had seen a great deal of active service in the
Crimea and elsewhere, was in the receipt of the largest pet-
Dion that weld be awarded. One evening last week he west
to the Globe Tavern, in Hatton•garden, to see some person
on business, but when at the top of the flight of stain he,
from some came, fell to the bottom. When taken spit was
found be had received swims injuries, and that his thigh
was broken. Re was takeo to the halyard, but be never
rallied from the effects of the shock.

TIM CASE OF WHOLNSALE SMUGGLING AT PORTS.
SWUM—At the Portsmouth police.rrourt, op Saturday Let,
John Thomas Mills, a man of independent mama but for-
merly a publican carryiog on business in Queen-street, Fort.
sea, was charged with having unshipped, and with being
ooecerned in unshippiog and otherwise dealing with certain
goats, namely, tobocco, of the weight of 4:42110., and of
the value of 116 f. 15s. 6d. Mr. Graham, of the solicitor's
office of the Customs, conducted the preesentioo, and Mr.
R. W. Ford, solicitor, of Portess, was present to watch the
case on behalf of the defendant. It appeared that on the
lath instant two packages &ivied by railway at the station
at Laodport, directed to the Re.. Mr. Beldey, of Southiet
Tiny were conveyed. u directed, to the rev. gentleman s
house in one of Chaplin and Home's vans, and Mr.
Baldry, on opening them, discovered that they coo-
tabled Cavendish tobacco. carefully packed. Knowing
that it could not poisnibly be intended for him, be
gave information to the officer of the coastguard.
An investigation was made, cod it was proved en the evi-
dence of a man nomad Oillhain, employed in the Parcels
Aloe at Landport, that Mills had bees there and had made
inquiries concerning the packages in question. He asked if
they had received sny porkausialdressed to Mr. Balder, and
os being *lowered is the affirmative and told that they
had bees forwarded to the rev. gentleman's house, he said.
•• I did loot expect them by this train • they were out or
I peeted until the next." On this evidence he was coo-
' vietsd, and fined triple the value, viz., 3561. 25., or to be
imprisoned until paid. Mr. Ford uked the magiatratee to
recommend • mitigation of the penalty. The magistrat
" ea the mead of humanity," said they would roma:mood
its reduction to on-half, and Mr. Graham pamirod to Isy
the recommendation before the proper authorities. Tomor-
row, a seaman belonging to the royal yacht Victoria Rod
Albert (but who, we understand, hes now been disehargo
will be brought up on the charge of having iu his pouessice
two similar packages. There menu to he no doubt that
they were bought over from Antwerp in the yacht, sod
were removed to this man's house at Fratton, in the parch
of Pertain.