The Express.
London, England, 1864-02-13 00:00:00

PALL OF RAILWAY ARCHES AT BRIXTON.

A anima oocnrrenoo, which has involved
great dealawsaisa of , but which has been unat-
ed Gold
Ilarhoor-lans,
tended by less of life,
Britakes place at the railway works
xtoa.
lest night, between 9 and 10 o'clock, nioeteen arches of
the Reath Lauda Railway, in course of construction to
connect the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway
with the ()Treat Palace and Loudon Bridge sta-
tions, gave way and fell to the ground • heap of
ruins. Theme arches had beea finished only about
10 days, and the shoring under them had been re-
named. Almost close to them, within a diatanoe of eight or
10 fest, is the viaduct of the Peckham and Greenwich Rail-
way, also in progress of construction. Just at that particular
part of the works &large number of wostmeo were habitu-
ally employed, and if the arches had fallen is during the day
time a fearful loss of life would have bees the isevitable molt.
The fallen arches were uniumally lofty, cad were said to
be solidi built of the best edam. The catattrophe is
supposed to have been tamed by the sudden change in the
weather from free to rain. A few minutes prior to their
giving way a workman was underneath them, and he
soiled so symptoms of weakness or yielding what-
ever. The whole number of arches, it is said,
fell instantaneously and in a body. But one crash was
heard and only one vibration was &nerved. It is stated
that the mound wee so tremendous that the people who
dwelt near the spot were amazed and panio-struck when
they rushed oat of their houses in their slum to ascertain
what had happened. Of the 19 arch. oaly about four half
piss ramie upright; the rest is one indistinguishable
rein.

The engineers of the bee have visited the ruins, and •
elniot investigation will be made with a view to ascertain
the ease of so seriatim sad unimpeded • destruction of pro-
Ptitl•
Great numbers of persons visited the sew of the ester
trophe during it
moreteesnd the most exaggerated reports
were afloat in the neighbourhood as to the nature and extent
of the eeetweees.

SHOCKING DEATH OF A CHILD.

CURIO VERDICT.

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An inquiry was held by Mr. W. Payne, city
orwansr, sta. Bartholomew's Hospital, last night, torching
the death from drinking boiling water, el a child weed
Elisabeth &odd, egad four Farm.
The deemed, it appeared from the evidence, was the
child of parents who were woodcutters. residing at Friars'.
10011111, Hackney-mad. Oo Monday last the child ran to
the fireplace and drank from the spout of a kettle of boiling
water. The renegued injuries were hide', and resoled
in death.

The jury having long deliberated over their verdict. the
foreman declared it to be the following :—" That the &-
Meet destroyed her own life by drinking out of a certain
kettle of boiling water, and that her death was not acci-
dental, bet that the deceased was of mach tender age that
she was not aware of the consequence, of her act."
The Cormier sad that up to the present time the ver-
dicts to such owe were always to the effect that the death
was amidentaL This was the Ent cane in which a jury
had decided otherwise.

The jury mid that the oocurreeoe was not accidental, as the
oblld iateetionielly drank the water. Ismoraoce of the fact
that the result would be fatal did not mutilate the occur-
IWO'S accidental.. _ _

The Coroner maid that. when the not could not be said
to be wilful, it wee geoenally bald to be of an acculentel
osiers.
_ _

The subject then dropped.

THE GOTHLAND RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

Some further particulars of the accident at this
plaiichoo the Melton and Whitby breach of the North-Eastern
Railway, have been received. The train appears to have
shot down the iodise with terrific speed, and to have lost
the gravitation lies in traversing the sharp curve at the
bottom, rolling completely over. The break van was
entirely demolehed, and of the firet-clue earriage which
the two deceased geathinen were travelling, may the
framework and the wheels reclaimed. The remainder of
the train was more or lass broken up. Some remarkable
escapee unrecorded. Mr. Douglas, C.E.. alighted at the
top of the incline in mistake and was left behind.
Re ran after the train, hoping to catch it at the
bottom, and arrived to render the greatest mistimes
at the wreck. Before leering the train be bad 021311-
Ord the mine compartment as the two decemed.
The casualties are as follows Eil ad: Mr. John Mick*
58 years of age, married, large family ; deceased was •
commercial traveller from Newcastle, in the employ of
Menus. J. and W. Campbell, drapers, Glasgow. Mr.
William Tarry, 3.3 years old, married three months, from
Newcastle, • traveller far Mews. Arthur and Co., drapers,
Glasgow; deceased me adfscoterta emetics covering his
fans, upon which was • ponies of the heavy part of the
carriage.—lnjured : Mr. Nichol, commercial traveller for
Lockwood Beelines and On., ostlers, Sheffield, severely
cut on the heed and braised on the chest ; Mr. Beesley, of
London, commercial traveller for Mr. George Emu, muslin
warehouseman, cut sad bruised ; Mr. Parkwea,umohinitt,
Ripon, cut and bruised on the face ; Mr. W. Dennis,
draper, Whitby, out abut the brad, end @surely so on
the leg ; MRSIIR Christopher Eylon, 15 years old. of
Whitby, fracture of shoulder and cat on the head ; Mim
Sarah Pennock, of Pickering, cut on the 'cheek ; Joseph
Duck, labourer, Grosmont, cut scum the had; George
Hopper, collar bone broken and badly °mitered ; Mies M.
Harwood, of Whitby, contusions. There were other lighter
accidents ; Indeed, Um resole are light in comparison with
the dreadful Were of the accident, at be • general cause
of wonder that every pursuer was not Mad on the spot.
Fortunately the train pawed the bridge over Ellearbenk, else
the oonsequew put. have been Usly awful. The pee-

semen ant id et Whilby et r o'clock is Thursday isereisg.
On Thursday aftersoes, an isguest wow opened et Use
Court House, 'Whitby, before Mr. J. Boehm's, district
canner. Bose formal irides:is haulm been Ewen, the
°orator said it was doubtful whether the accident had
occurred in his district, and be mast adjourn the Wink'
sod withhold the certificates until Saturday, when the
gaieties would be settled.

GAZA! CISIM. comsycAss.

DAMAGES 1:1,000.

The Mlle of " Bennett v. Luqi' " 'an action for
aim. Goa., was heard in the Court of geese's Beech,
Dublin, yeeterdey. The plaintiff, the Rev. F. Bennett,
is a clergy's.' of the established chinch, venerable la
Teem whose young sod py wife, an onglisb lady,
is alleged be have proved unfaithful to her reverend spouse.
The defendant is the son of Count Lini, formerly Prussian
ambeasador at the British court, a naturalised Irishman, mid
sine married.

ilia jurTiosed for the plaintiff. Damages 1,0301.

ROYAL ASYLUM or Sr. ANN'S SOCIETY. —A
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court
of this corporation took place yerteniay at the
lavers. Bishopsgatestrest ; Mr. Hal/melt in thechair.
A report was presseted by Mr. Leeks(the secretary), which
gave a most favourable aecentat of the proper of the so-
ciety, and west on to state that the Wanderieg Minstrels
to give to the charity the proceeds of a concert in
rireTedet. The council reconammided that, as an acknow-
ledgement of the valuable help sfforded to the charity by
several belies, they be requested to accept the of of
vice-patronenses, and that the Marchioness of Thawed,
the Countess of
H Derby, the Dowager Lady Willoughby de
Broke, Mrs. George assle Foster. Mrs. Knowles, Miss
A. G. Burdett Conde, Miss Frames Looook, sad Miss
Morris be at owes enrolled amongst the member. They
also recommended that in future the bishops sod other dig-
sitarist who onside at the boys' and girls' sin o ual meetings at
the asylum be elected govelsors of the society. The health
of the children demanded the most grateful recognitioo,
sad the emote rejoiced that they still continued to rewire
gratifying letters from the pareets and fnends of the pupils.
At the last Orford Uoivenity examination, in the senior
clam two of the boys admired the A. A. degree, and in the
junior class two obtained eertiSoater. The reversionary
legacy of 300 f. stork, bequeathed by Mime H. Worrell, had
been generously paid by her setae, Mrs. Boohoo ; and
after payment of the government duty, it bad enabled the
council to add 4461. 6a 7d. Three pee Ont. Consolidated
Amenities to the funded property of the society. They
deeply regretted that the semerous alterations and repine
that were seeeseery as the asylum prevented the possibility
of their adding more eonsiderably to this food. arid they
traded that those who generously befriended the institution
to life would remember it by a beamed in their last will.
The report was adopted, and tifteee cbildreo—tive girls and
tea boys—were elected from a lime of 138 madidaties. The
proceedings thee termiasted with a vote of thanks to the
chairman.

telegram from St. Paul, Min., says General
Sibley ham received a despatch from Pembina, stating that
the British authorities have micoseded in inducieg the Sioux
to leave Selkirk settlement. They have supplied them with
food and sent them to Turtle Yount. They were on the
prairie daring the terrible cold soap, end a lcrge number of
them most have perished.—Canadian paper.
Speaker Colfax has issued an order forbidding
the ads of liquor is the house wise of the capital, and his
order is Ming strictly enforced.—WasAingfon paper.