The Express.
London, England, 1864-06-09 00:00:00

THE RAILWAY COLLISION AT HOMAN.

Many persons who were enabled to reach their
own heave have sent, or caused to be sent, to the nen-
tarp, letters explaining the nature of the injuries they have
received. One gentleman of the name of Bi'ham, residing
in the Easton-road, is reported to have had his breast-bone
broken. Xi. Freetich, of Edmonton, complains that fie
was very much shaken. Mr. Johns, of Liverpool, lag much
brand. Mr. Murphy, of Dukeetreet, Union•street, benign
and shaken, bet no bones broken ; sad others to a similar
effect. None, however, fortunately, but strange to say,
are of a serious character. Some of the injured panniers
presented themselves yesterday at the office to make their
claims for compensation, and then ones were at once is
into and settled on the not.
The coroner's inquest will assemble to-day ►t Eibant, at
2 o'clock. The proceedings will be entirely formal, and
will be opened merely for the purpose of enabling the jury
to view the bodies before they are delivered to their rela-
tives for burnt The inquiry will then be adjoereed. Lee,
the driver of the nights that did the mischief, is ordered
by the company to attend the inquest, and, eoesiderieg
that this man may be said to be on his trial, it would be
most usfair to him to state any of the rumours which are
in circulation as to the speed at which he was driving his
train whoa the accident happened. The company mown
that when the inquiry opens, which it is understood will be
in a week or ten days hence, after in formal opening today,
it will be prepared to prove that the accident was sot
canoed by any defect is the signals or any dereliction of
duty on the part of the extra signalmen who were on that
day specially employed at intervals of half a mile apart
along the whole length of the line from Waterloo to Asoot.
It may be satisfactory to the company to preys that their
organisation in this respect was perfect ; but this will not
in the *lighten degree affect the main question of the
liability of the company in damages to all. who suffered by
the accident. Their having already compensated some of
the sufferers who wen slightly bun I. a fair proof of the
opinion which they, at lest, entertain of their own liability.
The accident did not produce any elect in dindeining
the number of punning@ to Ascot yesterday ; the total car-
ried coasiderebly exceeding that of the dorreeponding day of
last you, groat ea the numbers on the previous day had
exceeded none of the first Ascot day of 1863. It is namely
neotweary to say that every promotion has been taken for
carrying on the large amount of traffic which will come upon
the line for Ascot to-day.

" Argus," of the Post, says : " CM. of the victims. Mr.
Coppard, the coandestial raamsging man of Mr. Patrick,
w well known I. many of your readers for the gentle-
manly bearing and text with which he discharged the duties
of his office. Mr. Perry, of the Stock Exchange, squally
popular ie man circles, not only from the moors of his
speculations, but from the spirited timelier in whisk b• ad-
vocates all charitable enbeariptions, is also a goad deal
knocked about, but is doing wail ; and Mr. Lyons, batter
known as Admiral Lyons, has received some severe costa.
stone. Mr. Herbert Bird hod a miraculous escape, es he
saw the floor of hileirrieke epee; sad felt himself drop
underneath it, and yet be get off wiecathed."