The Express.
London, England, 1862-10-06 00:00:00

COLLISION ON TMI NORTH-EASTERN
RA1L1,47.-LOSS OP LIFE.

A very serious accident °penned near Milford
Junction, • few miles from York, on Friday evening last,
which resulted fatally, and was attended with much destruc-
tion of property. It appears that a heavy goods train from
Darlington, °Desisting id about 40 carriages, laden with pig
iron, arrived at the Bberburn-bresich end of the Old Junc-
tion (whisk rune and joins to the Hull main line) about 11.15
p.m. At the ante moment a Hull goods train, laden with
grain. was passing along this loop lime, which joins the main
line in an oblique direction. near to the Sherborn station.
Both trains were proceeding with some degree of
velocity; eenseqontly wheat, through some misun-
derstanding or negligence in the signalling, the two
trains unfortunately met, the shock mart have been
terrific. The left buffer of the Hull engine struck the
right freest d the approaching one from Darlington, and
chattered a large portion of the latter to pieces. The sud-
den inertness of the front acting against the momentum of
the latter poetic, of the Darlington train caused the wag-
goes to buret asunder in the middle and take • sideways
direction. Some of them struck the engine-tender and
" crumpled" ft to pieoes like a piece of tissue paper. Rome
20 to 30 yards of the main line was torn up, and the d(beis
caused by this and other means had the effect of stopping
the truffle for some time. The driver of the northern train
was jerked off his engine a long distance on to some wag-
gons, and was taken up very mach shaken and bruised, but
fortunately no bones ware broken, and after a few hours be
was enabled to depart borne to Darlington. His companion,
the stoker, unfortunately met with a more melancholy fate..
He seems to have been oiling the fore part of the engine,
when he probably noticed the converging trein, and jumped
into the as foot-way to save himself. Here he must have
been knocked down by the loose waggons, for his mutilated
remains were faced under one of them, crushed to the
most minute atoms. He was killed instantaneously. His
name is Markham, sad he has left • destitute wife and
three children, who 4 present reside at Darlington. The
driver sod fireman of the Hull train were also seriously
shaken and bruised, but they sufficiently recovered to pro-
ceed to Hall by the next train. As to the cause
of this unfortunate affair, nothing probably will
be known, until the honest takes place on the body of the
decemed, bet a knowledge of the locality, which mar be
described r particularly flat sad unorcured. If blame
attaches to say ems, It will probably mat between the signal
man and the driver ef Use Hall train. It cannot be
believed that the affair le ► aocidental, and conger
quently a searehing In will no doubt result.

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SPOBTING INTELLIGIWeI.

THE LATE MEETING AT NEWMARKET'.

EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 6, 1862.

tibed in that instance La taking tie *oat The different*
between that case aid the present was that he wart to
Boulogne of his own free will, and having no money they
were 3ustgled in taking his coat an an equivalent for his
pause money, whereas is the present instance lie was put
on board by the police against his will
CLERKENI77ELL.
Herman Rein.ke, clerk, wee charged with stealing the um
of 101., and with taking gelid and other watches to the value
of between 2001. and NW, the moneys and property of his
employer, Mrs. Lavinia Gardner, watch-manufacturer, of
13, Lower Ashby-striset, Clerken well.
The prisoner, who has been before brought up on the
same charge, said he wee sorry for what he had done, but
he should reserve his defence.
He was fully committed fortrial.
WORBHIP-STREBT.
Ellen Pearce, a young woman with an infant at her
breast, was charged with stealing from the shop of Mr.
Pluniptnn, draper, (8, Whitechapel-road, a piece of print,
51 yards long, value 245. The article stolen eras exposed
at the shop-door, and the prisoner walked off with it, partly
concealing it by the baby. The prosecutor's shopman went
after hert and the piece of print was found upon her.
The prisoner pleaded guilty, and begged for mercy, but
was sentenced to three mouths imprisonment.
William Wartime, the lad who was charged last week
with steeling a penny toy, and who stated, in teaser to the
Wrate's inquiries, that he bad been deserted by his
was again brought before the court.
Mr. Lewis appeared for the faller, and assured the magis-
trate that the boy's conduct had been so bad es to preclude
the possibility of anything further being done for him.
The boy distinctly denied this statement.
The father did not come forward.
Mr. Leigh considered it was the duty of a magistrate to
use caution in convicting the young of felony, simply in
order that they might be sent to a reformatory, and that
the father might thus escape the liability of supporting his
own child.

It was then proposed that the boy should be sent to the
Boys' Home, in the Euston-road, where none were received
who had beau convicted. It would be necessary, however,
that the father should undertake to pay all the expenses in-
(tarred oa behalf of the boy.
Mr. Lewis said that Mr. Watkins would enter into this
undertaking, and the boy was thereupon sent off to the Fo-
pcesd schooL

MA!tiI3OROUGH-STREET.

Joshua Gray, the keeper et a refreshment house. No.
6, Penton-street, Haymarket, was summoned for suffering
prostitutes to meet together and remain in his house col:l-
-imy to the provsioos of the Pohos Act.
. . . . .

It was proVed by the polios that about two o'clock on
Friday morning there were seven! well-known prostitutes
in the defendant's house. They were well-dressed women,
of the usual class who walk in the street.. There were in
.1119 prostitutes who catered the house during the night,
bat when the police made their visit sufficient notice was
gives to allow of the women being gel rid of.
Mr. E. Lewis, who appeared for the defense, urged that
the publicans could be compelled to serve any penmen who
came for refreshments, and it would be very bard to refuse
refreshments to a few women who behaved themselves per-
fectly well.
. .

16. Knox said it was discretionary with the maOtrate
to inflict fines in these cases. If there were only three or
four women who entered the house for refreshmeets the
case would not be ao bad, but this was p.irt of a system car-
ried on at the houses about the Haymarket, where hundreds
of thieves and prostitutes collected together nightly for
immoral and felonious purpose.. In such oases he should do
hi best to put down t e nuisance. It bed already been
decided in Jimmie by the judges that he was justified in
his view of the law, and he should therefore fine the de-
fendant 40a., and should meting to inflict fines in every
cam brought before him.
Another case of a similar nature was brought against a
qrnamed Pook, the keeper of a refreshment house in
oa-stpet,and he was also fined 40s._

Pook asked—for a case for the opinion of the judges, which
was granted.

MIIIYLEBoza.

A young man named LW; Dada was charged with
having perpetrated a murderous smolt upon his uncle,
Mr. Thomas Deeds, a horse dealer, of Paddington-green.
The prisoner had been employed by his uncle to work on
a farm of his at Cricklewood, and on last Friday week the
uncle went to inspect his farm, when be bad occasiov to re-
primand the prisoner, and discharge him from his employ.
He thereupon took out one of the legs of a stool be had been
sitting on and gave his uncle several violent blows over the
face and temple with it. Mr. Deeds was taken imme-
diately to a surgeon, where his wounds were dressed, and
from thence he was carried to SI. Mary's Hospital, wherehe
still lies in a dangerous state.
Remanded for a week.
SOUTHWARX.
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Carl Geneffe, a German, and who described himself as a
medical student, was charged with attempting to break into
the dwelling-house of Mr. Btookhain, 18, Webb's County-
terrace, end with stealing three shirts, the property of
George Amnn. The prisoner became acquainted with Mr.
Amun at the Exhibition about a month ago, and visited Mr.
Amun 's lodgings in the Comity-terrace Mr. Amun, who is a
silk merchant and draper, left town a day or two ago, when
the prisoner called and desired to go into his room, but Mrs.
Btoolhain refused to permit his doing so in consequence of
having received an intimation to that effect from Mr. Amon.
About eleven o'clock the same night Mrs. Stockham, while
in bed, heard a noise of something breaking below, and on
looking out she saw a man jump from the balcony of the first
door into the front garden and run off. Upon calling in a
const►ble it was found that a skeleton key had been broken
off in the door, and that a pane of glue had been broken in
the first-tioor window, by which means the window had
been opened. The prisooer was afterwards apprehended,
when a bunch of skeleton keys was found upon him, and one
of them was broken, answering exactly to the piece found
in the door.

Mr. Amon said the last time the prisoner had been at
his lodgings be lost three shirts, which no other pence
could have takes, though he had lent Lim money and treated
him kindly.
The prisoner denied all knowledge of the robbery.
He was, however, sentenced to three months' imprison-
ment with hard labour in the Home of Correction.

The Rev. X. Peterson, of ilimgcsary Cottage, Upper
svet, Islington, wu summoned by a cab driver for refusing
to pay his fare. This was a second summons, and the
complainant had attended five times. The defendant was
not now present, bat he had sent a long letter complaining
of the cab driver's conduct.

Mr. Combe said he would hear the cue in the defendant's
absence.

The cabman said he took the defendant from Upper-
street, Islington, to the Waterloo Station, when the defend-
ant got out and paid him his fare, which was le. 6d., and
went into the station. Immediately afterwards he came
out again, and desired to be driven to the London-bridge
Station, for which the driver demanded la., the distance
being over a mile. The defendant refused to pay more than
6d., saying that the whole distance from Islington was under
four miles, and therefore only a 2a. drive.
Mr. Combo said the second distance evidently constituted
a second hiring, and the complainant was entitled to the Is.
Defendant must also pay 7s. 6d. to the driver for loss of
time, and 2a. for the summons.

ANOTHER MARSHLAND SLUICE DESTROYED.

KiNGI3 LYNN, SUNDAY APTIRDWON.

The aeries of misfortunes in the train of the
Middle Level catastrophe seems almost endless. At about
six o'clock oe Saturday evening the outfall duke of the
Marshland, Smeeth and Fen Drain—au important arterial
drain running into the Ouse about 203 or 3C3 yards north.
ward of the ruined Middle Level sluice—became the eubjectof
an aocideutprecisely similar to that which destroyed the last.
named work on the 4th of May last. The result has been
again to flood a portico of the fen countr7, and the *start
of the inundation wi:l very probably be an a day or two as
great as that of the celebrated " Middle Level Deluge." In
consequence of the former accident, a great quantity of
water had to be discharged off the drowned hods
through the Marshland, Smeeth, and Fee drain, and the
adjoining Marshland sewer, both of which run parallel for
• considerable distance to their outfall sluices—the cm
draining the Fens, and the other the higher lands of Marsh.
land proper. This union.l test of the two sluices caused
some apprehension as to their safet , sod in consequence,
shortly after the Middle Level in • , both sluices were
strengthened by an "apron" of dumb, held up by piles
being laid against the outer face, and ths adjoining banks
feggoted and further secured by walls of sheet piling. In
the case of the Smeeth and Fen drain these precautions have
proved unavailing. Nothing peculiar was noticed about the
work until about ten minutes before the injury was
fully developed. At that time the sluice-keeper Smith
casually observed what he thought wee a log of wood
emcee the roadway over the aluicirbridge, and going to the
spot found it was a deep and extensive Boum He had
scarcely time to examine it when the bank against the
southern side of the sluice fell in with a crash, leaving a
pf of 40 feet width in the roadway. The cause of this
evidently was that the water rushing down the drain had
undermined and scoured away the earth behind the south-
ern flank walla of the sluice, exactly as in the ease of the
Middle Level sluice, but with this difference that the sluice
itself (which consist@ of one arch rely) is at corset left
Mending. It is, however, very much injured ; the bank on
the north side O cracking and crumbling in ; and in a
tide or two the sluice must inevitably fall into ruins.
In the meantime the water runs through the gap it has
made for itself, end such is the force of the stream out and
the tide inward that the bed of the drain is partly filled for
a hundred yards upward, with bricks, atone, earth, and
other debris washed away from the sluice. The motormen
took place about an hour and • half after high water, and of
comes on the return of the tide the gee-water flowed up the
the drain, and though the springs have only just begun to
"pet in" the top of the tide wee sufficiently high for
the water to pour over the banks, for a spsoe of some 300
yard@ above the sluice, into the adjoining marshland drain,
running up into the marshland internal drains and causing
great apprehemion. It also, at • distance of a mile or two
two up the drain. overflowed the opposite bank, and spa
loaded some of the identical lands, in the occupation of Mr.
Limy% Mr. Robes Poo, sod other, in Marshland fee whisk
were drowsed by thebursting of the Middle Level beaks, aid
W only within the loth few week" bean roslairsed and
brevetting° cultivation. The flood las also ran
the onlveris under the Middle Level drain, sad
drowsedthise of the Mad is Bread and Short has, sad
Unarm Bur dialph asifillew fens.