The Express.
London, England, 1863-06-02 00:00:00

SIGNOR THALBERGS MATLYEES.

The second of these farewell performances of the
greatest living pianist took place at the Hanover-square

Booms yester;lai, when a iaahionable audience was, as
anal, spell bound for some two hours by the feacination
hL Thalberg's marvellous playing. Tha yaws whiett have
elapsed since the first soccomes of this great artist have
in no way impaired that combination et power and delicacy
which was never so thoroughly attained by say other
pianiat.

HERR ERNST PATTER'S HLSTORICAL PERFORM-
ANCES OF PIANOFORTE MUSIC.

The sixth and concluding perforwanoe of Herr
Patter's interlining series took place yesterday morning at
Willis's•rooms, whisk were crowded to armee, notwith-
standing tha stress simultaneous attraction of M. Thal.
berg's matisee.

THE ACCIDENT ON THE BRIGHTON RAILWAY.

Up to a late boor LA night no further fatal awes had been
reported. The meet critical case is that of Tribe, the fire-
man, who still lies in a dangerous and almost hopeless con.
dition, a large splinter of wood baring bees forced into the
aide of his head, and which sitar great difficulty was only
extracted yesterday. This gave him great relief, and be
rallied, but he also rafters from the infliction of Avers
blows on the forehead and barns and scalds over his body.
The inquest on the engine-driver Salmon was forroslly
opened before Mr. Carter yesterday, but the peoesediags
are adjourned to give time for the requisite investigation end
evidence. The preliminary steps for this purpose were taloa
yesterday by Colonel Tolland, the government inspector,
who with Mr. Banister, the resident engineer of the com-
pany ; Mr. Hawkins, Mr. Francis, and other officers,
minutely inspected the spot where the calamity oc-
curred, with the view of reporting on the catastrophe to
the Board of Trade and the railway company. The directors
aLo had a special board meeting at the Loudon-bridge ter.
minus, with a view to further the inquiry and obtain all
passible information as to the probable came of it. The
company, in complianee with the set of parliament, have
already sent in a report of the accident to the Board of
i Trade, upon which the board take action. With teleran*
to the case of Dr. Canton, of St. Margaret's, Westminster,
we were glad to find epee inquiry yesterday that the rev.
gentleman, although braised and shakes, was up, and that
his daughter, although bruised, had received so fractures.
The most serious injury occurred to the nurse, who suffers
from two broken ribs besides bruises. The soldiers at the
military hospital are going on well. No day has yet been
fixed for the funeral of the dead Guards. It appears that
the part of the line where the accident occurred has a eon-
siderable curve, and the traffick yesterday was carried on as
asuaL

John Gettins, cue of eight men who were is the fourth
carriage at the time of the catastrophe, beings married
man, wee permitted to leave the hospital yesterday. He
has received several severe flesh wounds, but is now *ow-
paratively well. The following is hie amount of the
accident:

" When we left Fastboarne we proceeded very slowly till
we reached Lewes, where the train started ae aa 'sprees,
with about 30 carriages. As soon as we left the station
our speed was teenaged* I am sure, fully 60 miles an hour.
We continued at this rate till we nested—l think it is called
Norwood station, when we stopped fora few minutes.
During
athe journey to the station the carriage I was in
very much, sad I remarked to cue of my comrades,
•This is rough travelling.' The train, I believe, was due
at Vietoria station at 210 minutes peat 6, and it was exactly
that time when we an ived at Norwood station.
We again started at the same speed and continued for
about three miles, when the carriage I was in—namely, the
fourth from the engine, gave three tremendous rocks,
and at that moment the train pitched over to the left.
A minute afterwards and I found myself on my back,
11001111011 iD by broken carriages. I got up am beet as I amid,
and worked my way out. I then saw the bodies of the.
who had been killed. The engine wee turned over, sad the
five succeeding carriages seemed to have sprung over it.
The rails, too, were torn up and twisted like pieces of wire.
Strange to say, not one person in the first carriage was hurt,
while those in the second, third, and fourth were more or
less injured. The two poor fellows who wen killed were
riding in the fifth carriage from the engine. 1 do net re-
member seeing any escaped( steam before the accident hap-
pened, but when the carriage give that awful rook I geared
what had happened. We were all in high spirits at the
moment, as we wen the two corps, one of each battalion,
who had been proved te be the beet shote in the brigade."•

MESSRS. MECHI and BAZIN'S SHOW-
BONES are replete with everything adapted for Wed-
ding sad Birthdity nemesia—lA Regent-street, sad 4, Landon-
itailvtreet, Loudon.