The Express.
London, England, 1864-06-08 00:00:00

TO Till EDITOR or TOT EXPELS&

is with the utmost regret that I hay,
to announce to you a sad accident on the Lou.l.,ii
and South-Western Railway this evening, at abut
8 p.m., at the Egham station, by which five pa-:• a.
gees have unfortunately lost their lives. This acci•
dent arose, as far as can be ascertained at the tit,-
meat of my writing, from one up-train having rtai
into another when in the act of leaving ~cation.
These few lines are simply intended to allay any
great public anxiety and exaggeration con.eiti,nt
on such a melancholy event, every passenger, A
one exception, beyond the number named
whose names are unknown), having been enabled t,
proceed on their homeward journey.—l am, &c.,
FREDERICK CL ARKE Secretary.
_ .

London and South-Western Railway, Secre-
tary's-office, Waterloo-bridge Station, S.,
London, June 7.

SERUMS ACCIDENT TROY THE Thin OF A VELO-
CIPEDE ON A TURNPIKE ROAD.—Yesterday afternoon, at
about half-past 3 o'clock. as Mr. George Ward, of
Bearnet-hones, Penn, war driving his dog-cart. with a pair
of valuable and rpirited horses, towards Wolverhampton,
accompanied by • friend, and with his servant, they
were met on the road at Gutty, near the Bull public-house,
by a man named Powell, who was mounted on ► high
velocipede, and urging it forward• with most energetic
action of his arms and legs. The hones took fright at the
strange appeavanes of the man and his conveyance, and
became uncontrollable. After they had gone some detance,
the carriage was overturned. and Mr. Ward, his friend, and
the servant thrown out, happily withoot receiving any
seriotur injury. The bones broke away from the carria:e.
and continued their course with the splinter bar and par.
of the vehicle at their heels, until the reached the Three
Tuna Inn, at Oxley, when their progrees was arrested.
The carriage was smashed to pieces, and the horse, so nracL
injured, that it is supposed that akW. will not replace the
demure does. The escape of Mr. Ward and his friend and
servant war marvellous.— Wo.'nerharepton Chronicle.

A MAN BURIED Auva.—On'Thureday list, a
man named Jacob Ramley, • well sinker, residing at Co.
perby, met with • frightful accident. Ile had been etc.
ployod at Weheral Shields in filling up a well which had
been sunk without water being found. About 30 feet 12,1
been filled, and there remained other .10 feet to fill.
While he was employed in the well the woodworc
unexpectedly gave way, • large quantity of earth
fell in, burying the unfortunate man alive. Ai.
&bannee was procured, but as only one man could
work in the well at • time, the proem of clear.
log out the earth that had fallen upon him was very slow.
The accident occurred at 9 o'clock in the march*, and at
half-pant 9 o'clock at elitist there were still 12 feet of
earth upon him, and there seemed to bs nobops entertained
that he could be rescued alive. On Frilry the excavatiou
continued, but there was still about forty feet of sand above
the unfortunate man. In the morning there was another
fall of mod into the well, and operations were delayed till
more substantial props were greeted. There was a great
crowd round the spot, and the workmen were very assiduous:
but of course the occupant of the well was long ere this a
lifeless corpse—indeed, the Ind fall must have crushed him
to death.

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THE LA ILES.—THE VISITING Sumac—The
improvement which has token place in the trade in the
manafacturieg districta, together with the extremely
fine weather in the " lake country," is already be-
ginning to tell in the neighbourhood of Windermere.
Daring the last fortnight the visitors have been et.
tamely numerous for so early a period of the fear.
The principal hotels have been quite full The hopes of
the hotel and lodging-house keepers an coagequestly raised
that the season may prove et longer duration then that of
last year. The visitors have no reason to regret their early
visit, for the stwrousding country is truly magniticeet in
its plentiful sad beautiful foliage. '{'be steamboats hare
commenced plying on the lake, and the flotilla of small
boats is quite ready. The Derwestwner Hotel. Portiowale,
was fall of visitors a week ago. —Clitaherfand Par itir
DISEASED SnEite.--Several persons are said t.)
have realised large profit@ lately by purchasing sheep jest
I as they became &seemed for a low price, killing them imme-
diately, and seeding them to the London market. As tie
disease was most apparent is the lungs, which were not
sent with the carouse, the London meat inspectors were
fora long time deceived. At length they detected the
dinned sheep by the unusual whiteness of tbe meat. when
the perch:sere of the sheep killed them by strangling, by
which means the meat had a 11201,9 wholesome appearance,
and the London inspectors were again deceived.
Tux SMALL Poems IN DIPLOMACY.—poor e.. 1
Turco !—I can't know how old be was, but he was nearly
blind, exceedingly feeble, intensely stupid, and much given
to ailleo. Still, whenever any one of the family—be didn't
mind the servants—would go oat to the stablayard, bc'd
rouse himself up, and, affecting to believe it was an it-
trader he'd give a fibres bark or two, when, discovering his
' error, he'd w g his tail and go back to his den—all this
being evidently done to show that he was as vigilant as
ever—a sort of protest, that said, "Don't believe one word
about my being blind and toothless, still less flatter yourself
that the plan is secure. It requires all my activity and
watchfulness to protect ; but go tack in nesee. I'm ready
for them." Now, this is exactly
Williamshat Turto is doing at
Munich and Drodeu. Whatever W oomes out with
s hint that he is not wanted, Turco makes a furious noise,
rushes here and there after a turkey-cock if he can find on'.
and thoroughly satisfies the family that he is an iovalall.l,,
bent, and could not he dispensed with, Like Turco. %c ),
who always barked, or tried to bark, whenever he hoard any
nobs or commotion going on outside, these people are tare
to make an uproar if there be say excitement is their
neighbourhood. No sooner did Menrig-Holstein begin to
trouble the world, than despatches began to pour in front
pines that a few weeks before even the ms engers scarcely
knew on the map. They related interviews with unkeovo
prisms and unheard-of miniaters, sod spoke of hopes, fears.
wishes, and anxieties of people who bad not, to our appre-
ciation, a more palpable existence than the creatures of the
heathen mythology! Much grumbling and sore of ear,
Williams goes back to his kennel. " What suppress the
mission at Roben-Schweinstadt, when I hold here," ex-
claims the minister, " the admirable report of our diplo-
matic agent out the state of public feeling in that important
capital! Will the hociourable gentlemae, to whose long
experience of fangs polities! am ready to bow, inform me
bow the relation of England with the continent are to le
carried on unless through the intervention of rich appoint-
meats! Can the honourable member for —" (a shit-
owner, perhaps) "carry cm his great and important busi.
nese without agencies? Can the bosourahle gentleman
himealr (a brewer) "he certain that the invigorating and
admirable produce of his manufacture will attain the ale.
brity that it merits, or become thedally beverage of count-
less tbousaods is the tropics, attempted be those aids
which to commerce or diplomacy are alike indispensable"
This is very like the Premier's eloquence. I almost think I
222 listening to him, and even see the smile of triumph with
whichb• appeals at the peroration to hi■ friends to cheer
him. Turco is safe this time ; and, better still, be teed
never bark again till next Easter and another budget.
Blackwood's Maga:int for June,

Mr. Huddbaton, Q.C. (specially retained) made an ap-
plication to the court in reference to the case of Mr. Frede-
rick Buller, who was committed to take his trial at this
court for indecent conduct. He stated that he had attended
in discharge of his recognisancea but the principal, and, in-
deed, the only witness for the prosecution, had not at-
tended, and there did not seem to be any probability that
she ever would do so, auel he therefore applied for the dis-
charge of the recognisancee of the defendant
Mr. Poland, who was instructed to prosecute, said that it
was quite true that the prosecutrix had not attended to
rive her evidence, and although the police had mad* full
inquiries they could hear nothing about her, and it ap-
peared that her husband, who was a very respectable man,
had heard nothing of her SIDES the last session. He also
thought it right to state that there did not appear the
slightest evidence that the defendant was in any way in-
strumental to the absence of the witness.
. .

Mr. Justice Crompton said he thought that upon these
facts be ought to grant the application for the discharge
of the recognisance.. If there had been any probability of
the witness attending at the next session be should hays
allowed the case to stand over ; but as it was, he thought
be ought not to do so. Of course, if the witness could be
found the charge might then be proceeded with.
The recognisance@ were than ordered to be discharger'.
Prederiek Pehr Knight was charged with the man-
slaughter of George Harrington.
Mr. Poland, who appeared for the prisoner, said be was
instructed that he was not in a fit state of mind to plead.
and Mr. Gibson, the surgeon of Newgate, and • medical
gentleman connected with the H•nwell Lunatic Asylum,
gave evidence that he was io an unsound state of mind.
It will be remembered that the prisoner and the deceased
were both inmates of the Hanwell Asylum, end that the
occurrence took place in that establishment.
The jury returned • verdict that the prisoner was of un-
wound mind, and unfit to plead, and he was ordered to be
detained during her Majesty's pleasure.

Timott Merry, labour,,, was charged with the
maealauchter o John Eames: . . .

Kr. Giffard and Hr. Baialey prosecuted ; the prisoner
was defended by Mr. Ribton.
The original charge preferred against the prisoner was one
of wilful murder, but the grand jury ignored the bill, and
found one for manslaughter only.
The circumstances out of which this charge arose took
place at a public-house in Bell-street, Paddington. It
appeared that on the 'reale( of the 19th April last,
between 9 and 10 o'clock, the prisoner and deceased
were in the Brazen Head public.bouse, drinking with a
number of others, when a quarrel arose between
them, which resulted in a fight between the pr!.
sonar and Eames, in the course of which the prisoner
took a knife from his pocket with which he stabbed the
deceased in the stomach. He was taken to the hospital.
where he died shortly after from the effects of the wound
inflicted by the prisoner, the knife haring penetrated to the
bowels.

The pars footed the prisoner Calif'', and he was sen-
tenced t ten you. penal servitude.

&ohm Leander, a person of ladylike appearance, 8111TeD•
dared to take her trial for misdemeanour. in having unlaw-
fully kept an establishment fur the remotion of lunatics.
without a limns@ for that purpose.
Mr. M. Smith. Q.C., was specially retained, with Mr.
Giffaid, to prosecute on behalf of the Commiseioners of
Lunacy. Serjeant rellantine was specially retained, with
Mr. Robinson, for the defence.
It appeared that the establishment that was the subject
of the charge was railed Sims-house, at Turaharn-green. sod
that it was avowedly iuteoded to receive merely imbecile
persons, and was origioallv under the management of a
committee of ladies, and was partly supported by
charitable contributions, but by degrees it had fallen
under the sole management of the defendant. It
was proved that there were a considerable number
of inmates in the establishment, and accord.og to
the evidence of Dr. Christie, a physician of considerable
eminence io connexion with the disease of insanity, that six
of these persons were lunat'.n. The defence to the charge
was that the alleged lunatics were merely imbeciles, and
that consegnently the defendant bad not infringed the law
by keeping them in her establishment without having a
license.

The jury found the defendant Guilt", and she was di•
retied to enter into re 7ognisauces to come up and receive
jnil,nient if called upon to do on. with the underatanding
that such alteratiom should be made in the witab:ishment
M would meet the requirements of the commiesioners.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

SOUTHWARK.
TNT. COLITTRT KAN AND THE HRARPETtS.

.....
G Yong. John Millard. and Henry Smith, de-
renti,..,remed but vulgar looking men, were brought before
fdr. Woo:etch, charged with another not in custody in de-
frauding William Pridmore out of a silver watch worth 5..
and :10s, in money. by means of cheating.
The prisoners are well known to the police as being con•
nerterl with an extensive gang of "cobbler.' and sharpers
attending revs and lurking about the public places in the
metropolis. The prosecutor, a gentlemen's servant from the
country, ludring in Falcon-square, said that about 7. o'clock
013 (be l reriuw afternoon be was standing near the Water:, o
raiiwas Arition, when Millard came to him and add it was a
hoc day. They got into Coollolllliloo, aid walkeddownStam-
ford—treet and entered a public-house, where they had a
glass of ale. Another man joined them, saying that he had
just come into a fortune and meant to have a spree with
the money, at the same time betting Millard he would
thr,w stone further than be did. Millard accepted the
bet, the other man produced a handful of Dotes, and he
litlueved that wituesa should accompany them to
see fair play. He proceeded along one street and
tit. 'nether until they came to a beer-shop in
Tower•treet. where Millard said there was a long
'kat!, ground. When they sot there they were informal
it was closed- and while etan&ag at the bar the other two
Prisoners eime in, and they got taming for money with Mil•
lard and the other nolo. who won almost every time, and
they tat ied over what appeared to be iotea and gold.

..--PLDFoarsrr.—Kiag Bongo, Ambassador, Allimos, sad
Roandhsad.
ROYAL HUNT CUP. Nra: mile.
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Argonaut,S;cciarOneter, Vivid, .Index,/ling of the
Vale, Exchequer. Cadiz, Aurelian, Principal, Gem of the
Sea, Tattoo, Columbia, Columba. Welcome, Cairn Castle,
Wokin, Beverley. Trumps, Birclfinder, Bacchus, Taraos,
Stockings', Taderuus, Lustre, Canzonette, Teje, Tookooi,
Humphrey, Welbeck, Greenland, Oberon, Amelia, Odine,
Criais, Alpheus, Evelina, Iphigeaia, Wandering Minstrel,
Sheridan, Castle Espie, Olivia, Lytham, Clairvoyant., and
Bold Houghton are here.
PAID Forum-tr.—Despair, Nebuchadnezzar, Ileahey, Belle
of the Vale. Blue Bell, Grosvenor c, Denims, Old Orange
Girl, Lapidist, Erin-go•Bregh, Caroline, Horse Marine,
Madcap, Baloran*. and Dosfoot.
FERN HILL STAKES. About half a mile.
Maulasy, Knight of Snowdoe, Attraction, King Hunch.
back, Vision, Brioche, Linda, Mcestissims, Amber, La
Hechante, and Durham.
PAID Fourarr.—Effigy, Puritan, Blarney, Brahma, and
Britannia a.
TWELFTH TRIENNIAL STAKES. T.Y.C.

Tod;obeli, Kraig, Thor, Lady Tredegar, Tenayecm, La
Fortune, Itothomago, Adams@ f, Dilly Dilly, Convent.
Darderieare, Blooming Heather f, Arkansas, Rightslla, and
Night Watch are hare.
SIXTH BIENNIAL STAKES. Old mile.

Claremont, Baragish. Outlaw, Rappel, Historian, Tailor,
Bredatnante, Dilston. Corinthian Tom, Light, Gams Ladra,
King John. Evelima, Tomato, Cceur de Lion. Clairvoyant.,
Guerilla, Alpheus, Major, Redcap, Goldylocka, MyrtiDun
and HoIlyto: are here.
ARRlVED.—Deerfoot, Hellman, Gardner, Lord Dotlaa,
Master Richard, The Turner, Mail Train, Gibraltar,
Flying Horse, Alchymist, Antidote, and Ganiecock.

LATEST BETTING.
BUNT CCP.
4 to 1 apt Ereltas (t)
100 to 8 Olin (t)
100 to 8 Amelia (t)
100 to 8 Turco@ (t)
SCRATCHED .—Taje.

LONDON AND SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY.
(THIS DAY.)

This afternoon the Wharncliffe meeting, ad-
journed from this •26th ultimo, for the cotisidesation of the
r tuaining bills by or in which the South Wmteru Company
ere interested, took place yesterday ; Mr. Canna in the
chair.

The only bill ready foe consideration wan a bill for making
and maintaining the Tooting, Merton, and Wimbledon ex-
tension. This it was explained was brought in by an inde-
pendent comp►ny, and the only clause affecting the South
Western was one authorising tramc arrangements.
A resolution approving the bill was put and carried.
The CHAIRMAN, in adjourning the meeting to Thursday,
the lthh, expressed the deep regret of the directors at the
sad accident that bad occurred on the line on the previous
evening. They were making every inquiry as to
who was to blame, and the public might rest assured
that in whatever quarter that blame might
rest that punishment would follow. He wished
further to add the grateful acknowledgments of
the board for the kindness ►nd forbearance shown by the
from whom no mariner or symptom of discontent
beery beard on the lameutobie OCOLPIOO.
The meeting wan then adjourned to Thursday next.