The Express.
London, England, 1862-09-22 00:00:00

ACCIDENT TO AN EXCURSION TRAIN FROM

LEEDS TO LONDON.

An alarming accident, attended with injury to
severnl of the passengers, but, fortunately, unaccompanied
with fatal resulta.occuirred tos Midland Company's excursion
trio, which left Leeds on 3.iturulay night for London. The
Lees portion of the train started from the Wellington
Station at 10.30 p.m., being subsequently extended by addi-
tional carriages from Iln7dfonl and other places. They
proneeded safely to Chesterfield, but when between that
place and Clay Crow the excursionists. many of whom were
sleeping, were startled by a collision, which threw nearlyall
of them forcibly against those seated opposite, producing, as
may be imagined, a general feeling of alarm. The excursion
train, it appeared, haul run into a luggage train which, in the
dense fog prevailing, haul not been perceived. The force of
the concussion was much less severe than it would have been
bad the goods train been stationary, but, notwithstanding, •
considerable number of the passengers were more or less
bruised and Isjural. Of the tan onsiont drawing the excur-
sion train, one was very much damaged and thrown off the
line. and the guard's van of the luggage train was also
smashed, but happily both the guard and the dnveracecaped
unhurt. About • dozen of the passengers who were the
most severely shaken and injured remained during the night
atChesterfiald,and were yeatenley morning brought to Leeds
where they were attended by Mr. Scattergood. The greater
portion of the excursionists, however, were enabled to corn•
plete their journey.
The special contained ahont 200 passengers, sod consisted
of about 11 carriages, with guard's truck and two engines.
The guard of the DlifierAl train had a miraculous escape,
fulling through the bottom of the broken van and rolling
down an embankment. The night was very foggy and the
signals could only be seen at a short distance. Its is stated
that both trains on passing Chesterfield station, were within
eight minutes of each other, and that as the passenger train
left Chesterfield the caution signal was exhibited indicating
theta train was in advance.

CBWeft HORPITAL.--(THIS DAY.)—Thin morning
the Lord Maya% sheriffs, aldermen, and a large number of
common-councilmen attended Christ's Hospital (St. Mat-
thew's-day falling this year on • Sunday), to bear the
annual mations of the senior students who are proceeding
to the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. Previous to
the ceremony, divine service was performed in Christ
Church, Newgetentrest, the sermon being preached by the
Rev. J. W. Gurney, M.A.. vicar of Claverisg, Essex, lately
one of the master of the 'school. The orations were deli-
vered from a raised dais in the centre of the great hall.
The prologue was spoken by Mr. E. C. Baiter, scholar of
Maclaine College, Cambridge; and the English oration,
always the great feature of the day, was delivered by Mr.
Henry Hughes, First Grecian, student of Christ Church,
Oxford. _ _

THE BRUTAL MOSDISE OF A FTALLLIS IN SOUTH-
WARIL-111QOPAFt.—(THIS DAY )—This morning, Mr. W. J.
Payne. deputy-coroner for the City of London
and Southwark, instituted an inquiry at the Tower
Tavern, Westminster-road, upon the body of Mary
Ann Day, who was stabbed by a man named
Thomas King, on Thursday last, the injuries the received
being of such a frightful character that she expired on the
following day. The evidence proceeded with has for the
most port 'heady appeared in the report of the case at the
police court. The Jury returned a verdict of " Wilful mu
der against Meng King."
SINOULLit DEATH MOIL PA Ina.—Dr. Lanka.
ter held an inquest on Saturday at Islington, on the body of
John Day, a painter, aged 69, residing at 40, Sweeting-street.
A man called at the house and demanded payment of •
sum of money. An altercation took place. The deceased
flew into a violent passion, and as the men were preparing
to fight, fell on the ground insensible. Dr. Smith, of Cale-
douian-road, was sent for, but before be could arrive the
deceased was dead. A post-mortem examination proved
the cause of death to be rupture of • blood-vessel, and a
verdict to that effect was recorded.

SGICIDIS or A TRADISIIAN.—On Saturday Dr.
tankester held an inquest on the body of William Wieland
Hawkins, of 45, Ernest-street, Albany-street, Regent's-park,
who het been found in his shop (a milliner's) with his throat
cut. Thedeceased, formerly a warehouseman in the City,
had been a past drunkard, and eight years ago had at-
tempted suicide. He was very strange in his manner all day
on Friday, and persisted in locking the shop door, as he had
a delusion that some one was after him. The evidence of
the surgeon went to show that tl.eni was no doubt deceased
had committed the act himself, and been dead some hours
when discovered. Verdict —'• That deceased cut his throat
whilst in an unsound state of mind."

SUICIDE THROUGH LOVIL—AII inquest was held
at Birmingham on Friday afternoon by Dr. Bin Davies
respecting the death of Harriet Elisabeth Gregory, who had
poison.l herself on the 16th inst. A. letter was found, in
the handwriting of the deceased, to the following effect :
" Dear blother.—John Phillips is the cause of my death, awl
he has behaved io an improper meaner to me. I felt 1
could not bream) longer, so I've put an eud to my unhappy'
here the letter finishes. Deceased bad appeared as if
she eiukl not do her work, and seemed " moldered." Joho
Phillips, whose testimony was given at his own option.
said-1 arn • pholographei. About two months since the
deceased stated to me that the would destroy herself. She
laughed when she told me, and I didn't think there was
anything in it. I have nothing to old to this statement.
The Coroner here read the extract from the letter of the
deceased to her mother, stating that John Phillip% had
behaved towards her in an improper manner, &c., but the
witness doggedly declined to afford any explanation on that
point. The jury found a verdict of " Suicide while labour.
ing under insanity "—Aria's Birmingham Gazette.
THE ACCIDENT AT OLD CASTLE COLLIERY.—On
Welneeday an inquest was held at Llaoelly, before Mr.
Beeville, on the bodies of David Christopher and Writ
Hooking, whose bodies had recently been recovered, bat wit 1
bad perished more than two months ago. Mr. C. W. Ne-
ville said that everything had been doug by him and his
partners to avoid accidents in their colliery, and eulogised
the conduct of his manager. Mr. Williams. Mr. Evans, in-
spector of mines, also gave evidence to the rune elfell, and
the jury found the following verdict :—" Having carefully
considered the evidence of the witnesses, and particularly
that of Mr. Thomas Evans, her Majesty's inspector of
mines, we return as our verdict that the deceased, David
Christopher and William Ho.kine. came to their death by
suffocation, through the inundation at the Old Castle Col-
liery Pit no the 3rd of July last, and that no blame what-
ever attache* to the Messrs. Neville awl Co., awl further
that Mr. Williams, their manager, had used every effort to
carry on the works with safety."

Thursday, it young man
deposited at Belfast General Hospital a portion of the little
Gager of the right hand of some person unknown, which he
had found on the previous day between the handle of the
break and the aide of an omnibus. The discovery is some-
what remarkable, as no accident of the kind has been re-
ported, and no person has claimed the finger, or sought for
surgical relief that we have beard of. It appears to have
been torn off a little above the first joist by some pert of
the machinery of the 'bug, and attached to it was a gold
nag of considerable value, which was much bruised. This
fact makes the diecoyery the more extraordinary, as a person
in a position to weer much an ornament would, it is supposed,
have been easily known. At first it was believed that a
dull medical student had been practising a trick, but pr.
Moore, of :be General Hospital. who has the relic io his
possession, is of opinion that it has not been taken from a
ody. Any person " wanting" a finger can have the
same, by prosier ownership, on applying to Surgeon Moore,
at the Gamed Hospital. and if not claimed within ten
days it will be retained by the finder as a memorial of the
Great Protestant Dernonarnition held in the Botanic
((stolen on the 17th September, 1864—Northern Whig.
SUNDAY RIOT IN Lents—A disgraceful riot oc-
curred io the Eirkstall-road yesterday afternoon. James
Molvoeux (the brother of the well•known black
pugilist), who recently kept the Shakspisire Inn. York-
street, being about to leave the town for Wolver-
hampton, invited some of his customers, priocinally
Irishmen from the nighbourhood of High-street, and Fork-
street, to his mother's beerhouse, the New Inn, Kirksiall-
road. Here they had several gallons of ale, and at three
o'clock when turned out excited with drink, they com-
mented an attack upon an Englishman who was passing at
the time. Some of the forgemen who live in the neighbour-
hood observing this. mustered in great force, and a regular
battle monied. Stones and bricks were thrown in plenty by
both aides, and the affray °notional until the police arri'vert.
Twelve of the ringleaders of the riot, all of them wounded,
were apprehended and taken to the Town:hall. where their
injuries were attended to. A man named 'enior, who was
passing when the riot commented, was seized by some of
thedruokno fellows, and only escaped by rushing off leaving
his coat io rags in the'rhands.—Leeds Mercury.
A farmer of Etatibourain (Nord) has just tried
the experiment of sumelerating the fattening of cattle by the
use of cad-liver oil. The trial wail first made upon two
calves, eight sheep, sal two pigs. The result surpassed all
expectation ; in 90 days they were all in prime condition,
the flesh being perfectly white and of easy digestion. The
quantity given was—to the pigs 63 grammes (2 ounces) per
day, to the sheep 31 grammes, and to the calves 50 grammes.
For the calves the oil was mixed with bran and chopped
straw, for the sheep with bruised beans, sad for the pigs
with their regular food.—Golignan•