The Express.
London, England, 1864-12-29 00:00:00

ANOTHER RAILWAY COLLISION.

A collision of a serious nature happened ..1,
Tuesday, whereby several parlous were much hurt. The
accident took plaoeon the North Staffordshire Railway, atd
was occasioned by a Laid= sod North-Western pilot engine
ninnies into a North Staffordshire passenger train. ltap-
peers that trains from Celestes to stations on the Biddult,b
line are brought to a standstill at the junction of the two
lime, about a mile from the Coagleton Station, in order
to reverse the engine and take it to the other red of the
train, the Biddulph line branching off is an oppocte
direction, and rusting a certain distance nearly parallel to
the main lies, so that the course of the train is absolutely
reversed. Whilst the engem of the 10.35 train fret. the
Coogleton station was being so shunted, sod just after it
had been hooked on to the carriages, a London and North.
Western pilot engine, which had passed through the
Coagleton station without stopping, came along the
main line at a rapid speed, and dashed into the pa...meager
train with terrible force, being impelled half way over the
locomotive attached to the passenger treio. The violence
of the concussion was such that one of the company's de.
tartly@ officers, named Bold, wee dreadfully cot about the
head, body, sod legs. A Mrs. Kenyon, of ILticheater,
was much shaken, and several others were slightly injured.
Fortunately there were very few puesopre iu the Irmo,
but all were hurt, more or less. They were taken bark to
the Congleton Station, and three medical gentlemen were
called in. The detective was sent on to Macclesfield, and
had to be carried to his home on a stretcher. The •lriser
of the passenger train escaped by jumping off ; the stoker
did not happen to be on the engine at the time. The ds,,r
and stoker of the pilot engine sustained no further it. try
than being jammed among the coal from the tender. Nof
much damage woo done to the carriages, sad the em„iser,
though broken in several places, were not no far disabled
as to complete their short journey without the line Wog
blocked up. It is asserted that the driver of the pilot engine
was unable to ses the danger signal owing to the fog.

AGRARIAN OUTRAGE IN IRELAND.

DUBLIN, WEDCif/DAT EVCNI

Thomas Reynolds, petty sessions clerk at Rath-
°ore, county Meath, was tired et last evening, and died this
morning from the effects of the wounds. The outrage is
reported apnea's. The constabulary have made several
arrests.

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

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Vateeth' 30.81 46 S.S. W.
Cape Clear 30.2346 B.W.
Uverpool ,30.3241 S.S. W.
liokylvead '30.27 46 8. W.
Pestaasor 31.38 46 8.
Brea 30.34 37 E.S.E.
L'Orleat 3O 32 36 E.
tochefort ,30 is 32 N.N.E.
Plymouth
Weymouth 30.40 46 S. K.
Portionoath '30.41 31 W. 4. W.
Loudon
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Yarmouth
Szarborough 38.24 42 S. W.
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frolli, some raiu.
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strong, unsettled.
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derate to fresh.. fresh .trose, Intl;
tome rain.
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mrles a. Smitherna English Chanool sad Bay al Slaw. last a
misstward England sad North tan.

&HOLAtTI&' REGISTRATION.—The general corn-
mittee, encouraged by the success which has attended the
movement in favour of scholastic registration, has resolved
to convene • public meeting of schoolmasters and others in-
terested in education, to coosiler the best moans of bringing
the question before the legislature and the public. The
meetang will be held on Thursday, sth January, at 2 p.m.,
as the rooms of the Society of Arts, John-street, Adelphi.
The hoe. secretary will read a report of the progress of the
mevemeot to this date, and will give an outline of the
Medical Act, which has suggested the proposed act, on a
somewhat analogous plan, for the registration of Khoo'.
rosaten and teachers. Several gentlemen of influence will
take part in the meeting, and it is earnestly hoped that all
promoters of educational reform will endeavour to attend,
and co-operate with those whose object is to obtain fax the
public some protection against incompetent educators, and
foe the protestant the position to which its character and
importance entitle it.—Ed T.UL
THE MURDER ON SAFFRON-HILL—The young
man Rebbeck, who was dangerously wounded on Monday
evening at the lame time Michael Hu riogtoo was murders 4
is still lying in a most dangerous state at the Royal Free
HoepitaL His injury is snob that intlarnmatton of the longs
may set in at any moment, bat he is in a better and a
more hopeful condition than he was the previous evening.
The injured man wee potman at the house where he was
wounded. The inhabitants of the neighbourhood where
this terrible crime was committed complaia loudly of the
want of police in the locality. They say that the "hill,"
which is notorious as the resort of the " dangerous claims"
and as the dwelling-place of the lowest foreigners, is left
without protection. It is but just to the police to state
that they were on the spot, so to speak, when this crime
was perpetrated, and that the prisoner was very quickly in
custody.
EXTRAORDINARY CAGE OF INFANTICIDE.—A
young woman, named Emma Smith, who was in the ser•
vice of Mr. Wilke, of the Leysters. near Leominster, has
been taken into custody upon the serious charge of having
drowned three children to which she had given birth. About
half-peat 12 o'clock on Monday last Mrs. Wilke went up-
stairs, when she saw the prisoner with a slop-pail full of
water. Her mistress said that she would carry it down, but
the girl made such strong objections that Mrs. Wilke
thought something was wrong, and insisted on taking the
the pail downstairs, which she did. Upon examining the
pail Mrs. Wilke discovered that it contained three infante
much mutilated. It subsequently appeared that Smith had
given birth to the children, and that she plunged them into
the water and drowned them. Up to the present time the
girl has borne a good character.
THE CONDEMNED CONVI. 7 AT WoR4•EsTER. —A
somewhat unusual step has been taken at Worcester iu re-
ference to the sentence recently passed on the man Butler
for the murder of his housekeeper, Caroline Gulliver, at
Holt, in that county. A requisition to the Mayor of Wor-
cester, signed by 2$ persons, including three clement's,
three Severn Navigation Commissioners, and the clerk and
engineer of the commission (of which body Butler was one
of the oldest servants), has been presented calling upon hie
worship to convene • public meeting for the purpose of
memorialising Sir George Grey for • remission of the capital
sentence. The grounds upon wbi 1, the application is to be
founded are not stated, but it is understood that the requi-
sitionists assert that the evidence upon which the prisoner
was convicted was insufficieut and inconclusive. The
mayor, however, has acceded to the requisition, and cog-
vetted the meeting for this day (Thursday).
SIIOOTINt: A WIFE AT PRE:MED:N.—It will be re-
membered that in October last a deserter from one of her
Majesty's regiments, named Morris, shot his wife at a pleas
called Kinsham, near Presteign, the charge of the gnu
tearing away the scalp arid part of the skull, so injuring the
woman that death was for some days expected to result
therefrom. Singular to relate, although the brain
disturbed, the woman recovered. The husband at once de-
camped, and all efforts to capture him till yesterday bad
proved unavailiog. Houma that Morris had carried the
gun about with him, determined to shoot anyone who
should attempt his appritheosion. For acme time past it
was thought In had returned to the vicinity of his
'home, and accordingly Superintendent Massey, of Pres-
teign, took means to ascertain if this was a fact. A
watch was set, and last night it was ascertained that • per-
son answering the description of Morris had been seen to
go in the direction of the cottage where his wife lived. A
cordon of police were summated, the house was sur-
rounded, sad Morris captured. He was conveyed to Pres-
teign gaol and locked up in one of the cells, previous to
taking him before the magiotrates to-day for examination.
The ofEours lied only let t the cell a short time when they
heard a peculiar noise proceeding from it, and os going
thither found that the prisoner had tied the one end of his
neckcloth tightly round his neck and the other round the
grating, and bad nearly succeeded in strangling himself.
He was immediately cut down and medical aid summoned.
Life was found to be pearly extinct, and at the latest date
the prisooer was not considered out of danger.
CAUTION TO SAILORS IN COLD WEATHER. —Four
of the crew of the schooner Edmond et Marie, of Caen, have
jest lost their lives while is the port of Nantes. They had
retired to sleep in a cabin, and in consequenceof the cold
had lighted souse ebareedin • sort of iron cauldron. Is the
morning they wen all found dead, suffocated from the
effects of the carbonic mid gas emitted.