The Express.
London, England, 1852-06-10 00:00:00

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ENGLAND T. SIXTEEN OF SUBSEX.—No play took
place on Monday at Chichester, owing to the rain. The
C.)flowing is the score of Tuesday's play:—Susses first in-
nings, 89 ; England, first innings, with 2 wickets down, 37.

MR. FEAROUs O'CoNNok.—The House of Commons
has at length taken measures for the 'detection of its mem-
bers, the vindication of its dignity, and the good order of its
proceedings. M. F. O'Connor is now in the custody of the
serjeantat-arnis. Our parliamentary report centime the
few and brief epee Ales made on this painful occasion, and to
this report it is only necessary to edit that just at the mo-
ment when the motion for his committal was being made
Mr. O'Connor stood at the Speaker's left hand, and was
addressing that gentleman in a manner which, under any
circumstances, must have been a breach of order. So soon,
honorer, as Mr. O'Connor became aware of the exact
nature of the proposition which was about to be carried, he
walked out of the house, obtained a glass of brandy at the
bar in the lobby, which he instantly
.drank, and proceeded
down the members private passage into Westminster-hall,
whither he was followed by a few gentlemen, some of whom
were magistrates, known to the police. The constables on
duty, therefore, acting upon the information which they
then received, told Mr. O'Connor that his presence would
soon be required in the house, and that he must not quit the
hall ; on receiving this intimation he began to howl so loudly
and vehemently that a considerable crowd soon assembled.
At this spot Mr. O'Connor remained for a few minutes, in
the course of which the Speaker's warrant for his committal
was made out. Armed with this authority, Mr. Clementson,
the deputy-aerirent, accompanied by several officers of the
house, proceeded to Westminster-hall, took Mr. O'Connor
into custody, and removed him without any resistance to
the rooms of Mr. (Nowt, the assistant-serjcant. In a little
time those chambers became filled with members, anxious to
learn the particulars of the arrest. Their presence seemed
violently to excite Mr. O'Connor, who called them ruffians,
valetas, murderers ; at times shouting furiously, at others
groaning most heavily, and occasionally giving expression
to his feelings in tones of triumph and rejoicing. After a
short time the gentlemen who had crowded into Mr. Oosset's
apartment were induced to withdraw, and Mr. O'Connor
was left in the care of five officers. But in less than an
hour from that time, when Mr. O'Connor hail been some-
what calmed, he was removed to the prison-rooms in the
upper story of the building towards the river front ; and the
whole of these proceedings were completed before the ad-
journment of the house. It is usual to supply members in
custody with refreshments at their own expense. If Mr.
O'Connor, who does not seem to want funds, he supplied
with all that he is accustomed to enjoy, brandy will
enter largely into the articles of his consumption.
It is understood that for a long time past he
has been scarcely ever sober. In the libraries and
refreshment rooms attached to the house of Commons he '
has for many weeks of the present session been guilty of
the most scandalous breaches of decorum ; and his presence
has occasionally been area dangerous. At one time he at-
tempted to stab an hon. alderman of London with a fork ;
at another he threatened a distinguished minister of the
crown, spreading alarm wherever he appeared ; and shortly
before his committal he had a violent personal encounter in
the lobby with a member of the house. A large proportion
of the members and almost all the officers of the house be-
lieve from the extreme cunning which he manifests that his
madness is feigned, or at least that he is sufficiently sane to
be considered a responsible agent; while, on the other
hand, those accustomed to persons of unsound mind are not
surprised at his artfulness,_ and thinkthe sooner hole placed
in a lunatic asylum the better. Morning Paper.
COLLISION AND LOW OF LIFE ON TUE MAN-
CHESTILB, SHEFFIELD, AND LiscoLNaHJHa RAILWAY.—
An alarming accident, attended with the lose of two lives,
occurred on this line, on Tuesday afternoon, near to the
Woodhouse junction, and within a short distance of the
spot where a collision occurred last year between a Great
Northern excursion and a goods train. It appears that
about two o'clock, a ballast train, laden with sleepers, left
Grimsby for Sheffield, a passenger-carriage, containing
seven or eight men, in the company's service, being at-
tached to the last waggon. Nothing occurred until they
arrived at the Kiveton park station, when, in consequence
of the piston-rod breaking, the engine became disabled. Ef-
forts were then immediately made to bring the train to a
stand, but in consequence of the line at this point being on
a steep incline, this was not accomplished until some time
had elapsed. The moment this was done, all the men except
two left the passenger carriage, and a messenger was des-
patched to signal as approaching luggage train, which was
then due from Ketford, and the steam whistle of which was
then distinctly heard, but which, in consequence of a sharp
curve in the line, was not then visible. Before he had pro-
ceeded more the; twenty or thirty yards, he came in sight
of the train, the driver of which, as soon as he became aware
of the danger, instantly reversed the engine, shut off the
steam, and applied the break, after which he, together with
the stoker and the guard, leaped off the train, and escaped
without any serious injury. Oa the collision, the engine of
the goods train was thrown off the rails, and sustained con-
siderable damage. The passenger carriage, and several of
the ballast waggons were smashed to pieces, and the two
men who were sitting in one of the compartments of the
carriage, unaware of the danger, were killed on the spot.
Their names are William Waller and John Walker, mar-
ried men, residing at Brigg. Their remains were conveyed
to Woodhouse, where the affair will undergo an investiga-
tion before Thos. Badger, Esq., coroner. The line was
speedily cleared, and no interruption was occasioned to the
ordinary trains.
GREAT FIBS IN LAUBETIL—The following is Mr.
Braidwood's official report on the fire at Mr. Saxton's timber
yard, of which we gave a brief account in yesterday's im-
pression :—" Two o'clock a.m., June 9.—Called by strangers
and police to a fire at Mr. Saxton's, timber-merchant,
Blackfriers Wharf, Upper;(lround-atrect,;Blackfriars-road,
which destroyed the stabling, saw pits, the mahogany lofts,
and about one-fourth of the stock in the yards on land side.
Thu fire was extinguished by water from the Lambeth
Company's Works and the river Thames, with three engines
of the D, one of A, and two of B districts of the London
establishment, one of the West of England office, and the
upper float. Mr. Cox, No. 1, Bennett's-mews, front win-
dows burned out, and furniture damaged by water and
beat—insured in the Globe Fire-office. MOILMIN. Scott and
Thompson's iron works, roofer foundry and coeds damaged
by fire and some windows broken—insurance not known. '