The Express.
London, England, 1863-05-26 00:00:00

:AORDINART DEATH THROUGH COR-
RECTING A CHILD.

nquiry was held by Mr. Wm. Payne, the
mer, last evening, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital,
to the death of Mrs. Anne Evans, aged 82 pets,
her life under the following circumstances :
Simnionda said that deceased Wll.l his mother, and
lad at No. 32, Bartholomew-close. A short time
loss's children quarrelled while they were sitting
r, and one of them, James, who was aged five or
e, flung • spoon at his sister. The old lady
wto him to give biro • slap on the hand. He had
tarp dinner knife in his band with the point up-
nd ape it deceased's hand came down with snob
A it entered at the palm and came out at the balk,
which the blade protruded. An artery wee severed
lost • great dell of Meet She was removed to the
, where all treatment proved unavailing, sod alte
Thursday from the wound. She was stated to
m somewhat near-sighted from her gnat ego.
fist of " Accidental death" was retuned.

UN° ACCIDENT ON THE REDDITCH
RAILWAY.

A NARROW ESCAPE.
erday forenoon an accident, which providen-
• rmatteracki with fatal consequencea, occurred on
ditch Railway to the train leaving Birmingham at five
put 10 o'clock. The train was an exceedingly
, and was a larger one than usually went upon the
line. It was composed of what am termed
eutiages, but bow liataly following the engine
der were four heavily lalen Goal magma With
option of a little delay at starting the train ran
y and safely until it reached about a mile beyond
tech, when the pamengere were alarmed by a
Acs " jolting " and bumping of the carriages on the
ad "el " and were almost immediately
rda trrifed on finding that the train had
Irly off the rails, and that the carriages
I imminent danger of being precipitated down the
meat. The shaking they sustained was somewhat
so abrupt had been the stoppage bat the ma.
we are glad to my, were " more frightened than
The position, however, was a painful one.
of whom there were many, were crying one for
a frantic manner, and when the carnage, came to
sill, were of course the first care of the male
ers. They were, with the Mercies of a good'
are, got safely oat, end then the cause of the
r was inquired into. It was found that one
wheels of the third end truck bad flown off,
legume of a fro Aare of the axle, and as this
wing, nod was picked op at a elands' able dieters*
I. km, there could be little doubt that the i=
111 along until the circumstances just dem
without it. The engine and tender and the two
I waggons, however, had remained on the metals,
driver, after the first alarm excited by the casualty
Elided, volunteered to take those whom badness
Dente were pressing on to Reddirob. Several mailed
Ives of the mean, of mashing their destinatioe,
as remained behind and walked to &Witch. The
and sleepers were torn up for a oonsiderable
a by the dragging of the carriages when off the
ad ea the railway Ma only a Bieck laying of metals,
feared the traffic would be imp Wed. However,
me was soon promised, and arrangements were made
oh, with change of trains at the point of °beta no-
meager' were conveyed to Birraingham.—Birming-
at.

VEATRER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

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TUESDAY, KAY 93. II A.N.