The Express.
London, England, 1863-06-12 00:00:00

Dural:lnn Acorn's:cr.—Au inquest was held at
the Aug•el Inc, Gainsborough, on Monday, before Mr. Coro-
ner Holgate, touching the death of George Hogg, son of Rt.
Hogg, gardener, aged 19, who bad met with his death in a
dreadful manner on the previous Saturday at Ashcroft Mill.
Deceased, it appeared, was engaged io feeding a bone mill,
when the driving strap slipped off the drum and whilst
attempting to get up the spout, down which the boom
slide, with the view of adjusting the strap, his foot slipped,
and his right leg was drawn into the mill. The mill was at
mom stopped, and prompt amaistanos rendered the unlock-
gate youth. The whole of the leg, however, and part of
the body, had disappeared in the mill, and been crushed
nearly to dust ; and had he not been seised hold of when he
was his whole body would have shared the same fate. The
jury found a verdict of accidental death, but recommended
the machinery to be protected in that part to future.—
, Btei laford Mercury.
MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—Au
acci-
dent of a very painful character occuried on Tuesday at
Salmis Bleachfield (belonging to John M'lntyre, Esq.), in
consequence of which a young lad named Wighton, son of
Charles Wighton, lost his life. The particulars, so far as
we mild learn, an as follow :—About mid-day Wighton
was engaged in lifting yarn from oneof the boilers, had
just oompleted hie teak, when by some means or other be
overbalanced himself and fell into the boiling liquid. Not-
withstanding his fearful position, the lad it is said, managed
after great exertion to extricate himself from the boiler
before aid arrived. On his condition being discovered, no
time was lost in procuring medical assistance, and Dr.
Ramsay was speedily io attendance. Everything was done
for the poor sufferer that medical skill could devise, but
without avail, as the unfortunate lad died after a few hours
of excruciating agony.—Dander Advertiser.
Mann AT CHALONS. —A communication from the
camp of Chalons of the 10th contains the following :
" Mass was celebrated at the camp on Sunday, for the first
time this year, in presence of all the troop under arms,
and a considerable number of strangers and inhabitants
from the localities in the neighbourhood. At 12
precisely, the troops in parade dream, each regi-
ment beaded by its band and colours, marched to
the altar in the plain, where the holy ceremony was
about to be celebrated. The altar wee decorated with flags,
trophies of arms, and other military attributes. In the
midst of the troops, teeing the altar, & epees wee left free
for the marshal, who attended with all his staff. On the
arrival of the troops the standard bearers placed them-
selves with their flags at each side of the altar, upon the
step of which stood a line of sappers, axe on shoulder.
Three cannon shots were fired during the celebration ; the
first, on the priest ascending the altar; the second, on
the elevation of the host ; and the third, at the end of
the ceremony. During the mam a military band played
tamed pieces at intervals, and at the end • chorus of sol-
diers, consisting of some hundreds of vanes, sang the
• Domino sebum fan Imperatorem.' The most important
and solemn moment of the mass is that of the elevation of
the host. The cannon thunders, the drams beat. the sol-
diers present arms and bend their knees, the flags are
lowered, and the altar appears rising mimetically above the
kneeling troops sod people who surround it. The marshal
and his staff, who had been present on foot, mounted their
horses at the end of the ceremony, and the troops, according
to custom, filed off before his excellen:y.”
WErr LONDON RAILWAY. —A special meeting of
this company was held yesterday at the office in Token-
home-yard, Mr. S. Bird in the chair, for the purpose of
considering a bill now before parliament containing provi-
sions for the dissolution of the West London Railway
Company, sod for conferring powers on the West London
Exteosion Railway Company of raising additional capital,
Be. Mr. Reed, the solicitor, having read the bill, explained
at some length the position in which the shareholders of
the West London Railway Company about to be dissolved,
would stand with the kztension Company. The latter
company required all the shares of the West Londou Coin-
piny to be converted into stock before being transferred, and
to this be apprehended there would be no objection made
at this meeting. He bad prepared several clauses reserving
the rights of the West London shareholders, to be inserted
in the bill, sod which clauses bad been submitted to the
directors of the Estimator' Company, and by them opposed
generally. There might be some slight alteration neces-
sary, and he would therefore suggest that the resolution
about to be submitted should sanction the bill subject to
such alterations as the directors of the West London Com-
pany might approve. The chairman, having expressed his
Manure that the long protracted settlement of the corn.
pany's dissolution was coming to • close, then moved a re-
• solutiou approving of the bill in the terms ingested by the
solicitor, which was unanimously 'greed to, and the meeting
concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman.
RAILWAY AND PUBLIC COMPANIES IN PARLI A -
MIXT. —Yesterday in the committee on the proposed new
line to Brighton Mr. Hops Scott, Q.C., summed up the
whole case in an able and eloquent address on behalf of the
Brighton Company, contending at considerable length, after
tracing the origin, progress and I present positiord of the
existing company that a new line to Brighton was not called
for by the necessities of the public. Like other companies
they bad invested their capital on the faith it its being
allowed to fructify. London had been amply accommodated,
and Brighton had flourished under them, and it was only
fair that they should be protected in the possession of their
vaned interests. In conclusion he called on the committee
to reject the proposed new project, and the committee
adjourned to this day, when Mr. Denison, Q.C., will reply
on the whole question, and it is expected that the
committee will give their decision. After hearing Mr.
Calvert, Q C., in favour, and Mr. Mauls for the
Liverpool Canal, the committee passed the bill for the
transfer of the Lancaster Canal to the London and
North Western Railway. The ease of the Kinston and
Eardisley !having been concluded, that for the Welsh and
Midland Counties Junction, intended to furnish railways
between Craven Arms and Dudley and Wolverhampton,
was opened. The opposition evidence to the South York.
shire is still in progress. The bill of the Scottish Central,
for the transfer of the Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen
Junction Railway, was passed, and the clause settled. The
bill of the Glasgow and South Western, for additional
powers and new line between Glasgow and Paisley and lien.
freeshire, wee passed ; together with the same company's
bill for the use of the Ayr tad Maybole Railway. The bill
for the Yarmouth Gas was opeesd, and witnesses were =-
mined by Mr. Richards and r. Somerset. In Earl
Ambenre's committee, Mr. Merewether, Q.C., summed up
the ease oa the question of the Great Western and Wed
Midland Amalgamatioa MU, but as he had not conoleded
when the 'amities nee at 5 o'clock. the further hearing
of the =tiff was adjourned to this day.