The Express.
London, England, 1863-03-19 00:00:00

THE LATE ACCIDENTS IN THE CITY.

At an inquest held yesterday before Mr. Serjeant
.'!ayos, at Clay'a Hospital, on the body of Mr. ban Walker,
41k throwater, reeding at Stamford-hill, who met hi'
death on the night of the pwral illumination by eel.
dentilly falling fret' thedribox of a van in which his
family were, crowing Loodoe.bridge, the learned mouser
mentioned that in coosequence of certain statements that
had been made, to the effect that the deceased lost his life
floor suffocation in the crowd on the night of the 10th
,s fad estleslynsved by the avidness be bad felt it kis
duty. to address lers both to the Secretary of State for
the Home Department and to the civic authorities, in order
to anertais whether, in accordance with the Metropolitan
POW. Act, cap. 94, see. 24, empowering metro.
pohine esseedille to ace within the City, any application
had be made in the proper quarter to obtain extra smash
once for the better protection of the public on • recent
extraordinary amnion. The learned coroner said ha had
received no isply from the City beyond an intimation that
his letter would be laid before the proper authorities ; but
from the Iladegisesetary of State be had received the fol.
Miring letter March 17, 11163.-Bw,—l am
directed by Secretary Sir Goons Grey to acknowledge the
receipt of your letter of the lath hut, and to inform you
is reply that so request was made by the I,ord
loe Mayor for
u the ntenes of any portion of the nestropolitas ' on
the night of the 10th lost. If any In request been
made Sir Gaon* Grey would have directed the 0001ZOIS.
Mauer of the Metropolitan Police to seed such a num-
ber of nose as could conveniently be spared for this
=twhich would have been considerable, but he is
0 say the precise number, as that would have been
matter of arrangement between the Lord Mayor and the
Commissioner in the event of tech a request having been
made.-1 am, tic., H. A. Baucs." The learned serjeant
said, from that letter it wen clear no application bad been
made for additional police aid, and that ff such a request
had been relearn it would at once have been granted.
Under these einsunstanore it became • quertiou whether
the desire to preserve local privileges should be allowed to
interfere with the safety of the public. He bad felt it nght
to say so much in consequence of what had appealed in the
newspapers, although the circumstance; had no relation to
the present can, in which death had clearly resulted from
accident. The jury aeseating, :Maned • verdict of " /use-
dental Death," and the *airy terminated.

Till ACC/DINT ON THZ BOOTH DIMON RAILWAY.—
A serious oxidant occurred on the South Devon Railway to
the mad train that left Plymouth at 7.10 on Tuesday even-
ing. On reaching the signal station near Battery, two miles
from Brent, the satin train ran off the line ; the engine and
• part of the se running across the down line, while
the rest of the ea remained amnia the up line, thus
effectually blocking both lines. The accident took place just
before going down the incline to Totnes, and near the old re-
servoir enetsd for the atmospheric station. The train, after
leaving the rails, ran slug for about 40 yards before it was
brought to, tearing op a large number of sleepers in its
career, and the engine approaching to within a few feet of
an embankment of shout 35 feet in height. None of the
peenion/eyra, of whom there were a large number, were in any
way in Injured or incommoded beyond the delay and fright, and
the personal injury sustained wasby the driver of the
engine,who was seriously bruised by being thrown against
some parts of the engine by the jerk. The sews of the acci-
dent was telegraphed to Plymouth within • very short
time after its occurrence, and Mr. F. P. Ocickshott, the
traffic superintendent was early engaged in taking active
steps to clear the line. At the time the gondola hap-
pened the down third-clue train, due at Plymouth at 9.35,
wee sear Battery. This was stopped, and the mail bags
and passengers of the mail train were transferred to it,
and the down train gent back to Newton for the purpose
of these mails and passengers being seat on for London
by a special train, the down tram Imbrium its own pas-
sengers at Totoes. A special train, with two engines, was
sent up from 'Plymouth with • large body of men.
under the superintendence of Mr. Cookshott, for the
purples of clearing the line. One of these engines
we. employed to take a short special train to bring
on the down gen from the stations below where the
line wasblocked up to Plymouth. Oa the arrival of the
midnight express at the place of the accident, the whole of
the pemmican and lugpge, together with those of the 9.35
tarn, which had also bean brought ea there, were trans-
ferred to a train prepared to receive them below the obstruc-
tion, and thus brought on to Plymouth, the whole arriving
there shortly after midnight. It ems expected that the hoe
would be cleared in time for the pimp el the down mail
train this morning. The amides* Is said to hue been
caused hyena of that bolts el • point giving way at the
eraming.—Westens Nero*? New.
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