The Express.
London, England, 1864-10-03 00:00:00

THE INDIAN stittr.—Witli reference to an edi-
torial article which appeared in the Times of Sept. 21, sod
to some letters from correspondents, on the subject of the
regulations recently published io the lodine goverment
Ga:, tie, for the admission of military officers to civil sod
political employment, we are enabled to state that it was
not the intention of the home government that retrospective
effect should be given to these rules on any new conditions
imposed upon officen balding appointments, permanent or
officiating," at the time of the reosipt of Sir Charles
Wood's original despatch. Supplementary instructions on
the subject from her Majesty's government will remove all
misapprehension, with respect to the application of the
rules. and relieve the minds of many officers who bad be-
lieved themselves to be injuriously affected by them.—

Friioirrrct DEATH ON THE GREAT WESTERN
RAILWAT.-0. Saturday afternoon Mr. Rupert Clarke,
coroner for Berke, held an inquest at the Railway Hotel,
Twyford, on the body of a man named Parson; who was
employed on the Gloat Western Railway a platelayer, and
met he death under these cireunotanon :—He was at work
on the line between Twyford and Reading, end during the
temporary "beeps et a fellow labourer he perceived a down
train advancing, and be accordingly stepped on the up-line,
whoa the :t.4:1 up-train from Binnioghase rapidly
ep-
pmached, and, atriking the unfortunate men on the back
Tart of his head, the snipe hurled him body a diatom* of
about fifty pada. One of his legs also wee dreadfully
cruelied. When the wend workman returned he missed
Pincies, but noun found his mangled body. from which life
bad entirely departed, and it wee evident from the fright-
ful way is which his heed had been smashed that death
must Lave been instantaneous. The accident was not ob-
served by the driver of the train. Deosased wen a married
man. sod lived at Twyford. A verdict of "Accidental
Death" was returned.
THE LA,T or THE WOL) INCLN DIAR I ES. —Oll
Saturday, at Norton, East Riding, Benjamin Wilson, alias
Big Ben, a desperate poaching character, and one of the
men booed over to appear when called upon, on munition
of bite one of the perpetrators of the great Wold fires of
last winter, was brought up on remand on a charge of tree.
/easing in pursuit of game during the sight of the 16th of
:-ePtereter, 149, on lends of Lord Middleton, at North
Conattoo. Palmer, the game watcher, lied at that time
wly come into his /ordship's service, sod be with two
others were watching, when a well-known dog which he.
longed to the prisoner, came up. Judging that Wilson mono"
farivr, the three watched, and in 10 minutes Wilma end two
other pouter", carrying s not. came up. On Wilson ordering
ooenf kin campmate to" ram a charge into that gnu sad be
iitnek," the watcher's two companion node off, being
ai afraid'
Wilsoe'sdopetioe. Palmer, however, went up to the
three, sod one of thorn clewed with him and threw him
&an. a struggle ensuing on the ground. Darts( ibisWil-
N
G le at the a etcher with a "tick on the heed, sad left him
!reensible. Wilson was known, the akar, Wire not.
lti...me elecooded, and had never been seen till last Sitar-
f,y• It seems be had been apprehended in Hull by Mr.
.Seperiokodent Young, of DritSeld, for the Weld fire burl.
to,. and had been handed over to Mr. Superintendent
,per, of Norton, on the poaching charge. The bench
.41 they never heard clearer evidence given, and should send
Prisoner to gaol to bard labour for three mouth'. and
•:. r wards to be booed over to keep the poem for 12 months.
• ..is the able of the Wold :angers are in the buds of

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