The Express.
London, England, 1855-09-08 00:00:00

MISHAPS TO THE ROYAL TRAIN.

The train which conveyed the Queen and Royal
Family from London to Edinburgh on Thursday last met
with a series of mishaps, which not only resulted in her
Majesty having to change carriages before she reached her
destination, but unhappily, also, In the loss of life. Not-
withstoidieg the eztraordinary presentness taken to p
even the slightest casualty, it would seem that shortly after
the Royal train left the metropolis it was found that
some of the axles of the carriages, especially one of
the last break v.a, were not in a satisfactory stater.
When the train arrived at Peterborough, one or two
of the sale-boxes were washed out. At Grantham
matters were found to be worse, and a man was then eta-
timed oa the footboards of the train in order to grease t►e
axles as it was runnirg. At Retford a telegraphic message
was sent to Doncaster to have a fresh break got in readiness.
At Haertry the train was delayed five minutes to allow the
axles—all of which were overheated more or less—time to
cool. Oa reaching Doncaster the last break of the train was
exchanged for afresh one, and t►is operation was not un-
attended with Ineoevesienee, fee the people assembled at
that station, not having andeipeted this stoppage, besieged
the State carriage as soon as the train pulled up, and climbing
lima engines and tenders whisk happened to be standing en
the Wings on each flank of the train, and within a foot tr
two of the windows of the Royal saloon, indulged their eager
cariosity without stint or scruple. After leaving ammeter
and getting rid of the all-bat- Ignited break, the state of the
axles of some of the other carriages was sufilaient to excite
the liveliest anxiety of the officials in charge of the train
and to require the most constant eigilacco. On approach.
ing Darlington on of the greasers stationed on the foot-
, beards of the train unfortunately ease in contact with
the girder railing of a small culvert bridge; the colli-
sion kneeked him off the trate, and he was so crushed and
mutilated in his fall that he died soon afterwards. At Dar-
lington her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Princess Royal,
who occupied the principal state carriage, were under the
necessity of abandoning it, and proceeding for the remainder
of their journey in one of the blue saloon carriages occupied
by some of the younger branches of the family.
It was found that the heat of the axles was
so great as to endanger the safety of the car-
riage. The teal cause of these untoward incidents
is involved is some mystery. The ststeLcarriagn, which
have not been used since last September, appeared to be
quite sale, la every respect, on their trial journey from
London to the Great Northern Company's repairing dei Ot
at Doncaster, end back again. It is a very unusual cireum•
stance for ea axle to overheat itself in so short a dis-
tance as that in which the occurrence was first observed in
this UM; and it is a still more rare circumstance for several
exletreee dose train to overheat in the course of one journey.
The grease used was of the best quality, and, we believe,
the same as that used during the Hoye! journey to Scotland
lest year. The end of the sale of the break oast off at Don-
caster was needy worn away; the apertures of the busses
through which the grease should descend were stopped up by
the fusion of the metal, after which, of course, none of the
grease could get to the sale. No doubt a rigid investigation
will be made into aU the circumstances of the case at the
inquest on the body of the unfortunate man whale life has
been sacrificed. He was a resident of Doncaster, and has left
a wife and three children.

Hee Majesty has been pleased to sanction the
alteration of the appellation of " Foreign Legion" to that of
the " British German Legion," a proper compliment to the
discipline and efficiency of the Shornoliffo force. It has been
called ups to emulate the old Garman legion of the
Peninsula, and no doubt it will do so.
His Once the Duke of Rutland is in exoellent
r health, sad will, during the shooting season, Nevins select
circle at his shooting box, in Derbyshire.

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The Earl of Abingdon is entertaining a select
circle of Meade at Wythaos Abbey.

Joseph Fergssoo, Esq., M.P., has presented 251,
to the hind for rebuilding the United Presbyterian Chapel,
Fisher-street, Carlisle.

The Princess Royal of Sweden (rays a letter from
Helaingborg of the 29th alt., in the Emancipation of
Brawls) has had the ndafertnne to break her aria at t►e
baths of Bandefjord. No ii.rtiaulara are given.

The Bps of Buxton is at
_present full of company.
Oa Sunday afternoon the Rev. Dr. linnet!, of Liverpool,
preached in the open air. The rev. gentleman took his
stood in **colonnade of the Crescent, sod preached •
powerfel and eloquent sermon from Acta :air , v. 25, to •
large end attentive audience, who occupied the area, the
eloper, sad the windows of the Crescent.
The Vicar of Huddersfield, the Her. Impish Bate-
malt, has elehmiged his living with the Rm. Mr. Holmes,
of North Cray, I. Kent.
Lord Fortnum continues his Highland exercise.
Oa the Ist instant his lordship made one of a party of four
gem to amend the mouatain part of his ground, getting to
the high range of 3,550 feet above the ma keel. The ob-
ject of the wont was to attack the hares, 'Moo were first
authoritatively given up for destruction by the late Sir R.
Peel. Lerd Foresees killed • ptarmigan, and the glum of
the qoadruple alliance brought down 93 harm
Mr. James Grahame Edwardea, pupil at Mount
Radford School, has been appointel to the Royal Merinos
by the Duke of Cambridge. Mr. Edwards, woo his basest
is a competitive emmination of 42 pupils. Re wee first of
the victors, who wen but 14 in all.
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Early ibis week, about 120 of the boys employed
in some of the ship•beildieg yards in Dumbarton struck
work for as advisee of from 4e. and 4i. 6d. to be. per week.
In thus following the reprehensible example sometimes set
them by "ohildren of • larger growth, they were motor-
tanately the cease of throwing severs' men out of employ-
ment, whose work depended in some measure span the
promisee of the boys. Alter remaining on strike for some
days, the asketfor &dream was made, and all bands wont
to work spin.
Francis Roxburg, Fag, barrister-at-law, the corn
=Wiener appointed by the-Muter is Chancery to wind op
the affairs of the National Land Company, is travelling
through Yorkshire to receive claims.
The average number of passengers carried by the
steamers between Newhaven and Dieppe during the whole
of last month was 182 daily oath way.
The retorts of corn mold in Wiebech market from
Assiut 24, 1854, till Amass 25, 1855, amounted in the
grew to 132,000 quarters, which exceeds that of the year
pemedlog_by 44000 gasmen.
The United Saralee Gazette elates that the enemy
am sow treads' as to their new coinage; the shot they
favours. with are clefts new, sad mime are marked 1855.
About thirty years ago the Worcestershire hounds
had • run over a large field of wheat is the neighbourhood
of Howell Grange, the soot of the Earl of P, month, to
which the numerous horsemen had apparently done
datable damage. The farmer ogled on Lord Plymouth, and
respectfully stated the mutation of the field, cm yid* his
lordship promated.tdm with his abscise fey 601. Bens menthe
afterwards, the same farmer cashed on the earl, *hien, bask
the cheque, and telling him that, so far from the WI, being
raised ft wee actually • better swop la those parts whorish had
bees meet trampled. The earl wee se pleased triad& perste(
madame sad itamrity that he gave the farmer a dimes far
o Atimfred parade is Kea of the me Wrought Mehl This
maLltherat noblemen was seramded la his large Medea is
Obisergeaddre sad Woreesterohire by his eimero Lady
Harriet Clive, who le out the same whin of
insisioas somospeast toig adrare for which her Mee
heebaad, the Hooomable Rebell E. Clive, had always
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