The Express.
London, England, 1864-10-25 00:00:00

Al ADITRITYILT IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.

I rorrenood gentleman, li •
at Gloucester, baa
✓earsunimited the following estew iaaq barrages to our
imeemacedent in that city :—Travelliog from London to
liseal en Thursday by the express train which left
at 1L45, • seem took place which shows (if
raw; prop[ vs* reluirlidj the importers* of este-
ems means of communication between the pm-
!
=1 and the guard. I had a seeond-clar ticket, and
to avoid the isecemnimes of almagisi at Swindon,
I took s seat in the through imam to Gloucester. My
fallow-travellers were two ladies, who were gulag, I think,
tab Smith Wales, and Hied just settled snugly in • corner,
and prepared for a few limn' quiet readag, when my
at wee attracted by the entrance of a man in
• sailor's dress, whose bloodshot eyes and severe mire
told of decks Des. I was on the point of @oolong the
guard, wine the fallow suddenly left the carriage, and,' the
guard wooing us at the moment, I requested that he would
ad 'Dam him to Man. Bet to my surprise, alma* at the
instant of starting, the fellow luxes into the carriage, fol.
lowed by the guard, who warped him that if he did not.be-
hem properly he would be left on the read. No*, this was
not e,pleseeat prospect. We were to run to &Medea with-
out stopple,, and were to be all this time caged with a
drunks* Miami. Bet there was no help for it. le the course
at sow toe or twelve unsure the fellow vehemently
proclaimed himself
the " a Souther privateer
ng and es
! miry to Eng" MA from his
seat he staggeredred OM the less of the iodise,
sod, ocialmmtiag me, demmaded what I hod
to soy, throatier* to " math my sk7lights" if I did not
MU him my opinion, end flourishiog his hugs fist in my face
by way of warning. I quieted him for • few minutes
by prig him to tell us something of his early life. He
said he was an Englishman, had rue away from home when
a boy, had gone to South America, and that when the war
broke col he had takes service in • Southern privateer.
His tele was mixed up with each oaths and blasphemies
that I was glad to withdraw my attention. whereupon
to wily dismay he prodded • bottle of strong drink of
some kind, and swore be would 'treat the company."
He put it to his mouth by way of showing us bow to do it,
and took • pull so hearty and so long that he swallowed one.
ball the Contests. Declaring is words not to be repeated that
the man or woman who did not drink should " catch it," be
pmesoted the bottle to each of the ladies. Having spout about
tea minutes maxis; and threatening them, he tamed
to me. I expected I was "in for it, but upon m re •
fusel he ally expressed contempt for " old lionise," and
took the remainder himself at one gulp. This over, he
prepared for smoking, and seeing it alarm us, he amused him-
self for some time in throwing about half.burnt matches.
Ho had learnt the " free and easy " habits of Americo
society. and mist with an accuracy of aim that was node-
Mehl*, for he mode my face the target on two or three oc-
maims. When he bad satisfied himself upon Ibis bead he
grew heavy. and, stretching out hie legs so as to take up
one sided the carriage, he fell, as we delightedly supposed,
into • amp. I settled down to read, and had been partings'
! ten minutes or so employed, whim I was startled by a shriek
and a spring from one of the ladies, and on looking up Isaw,
to my terror, that the fellow bed suddenly opened the window,
and bad so far succeeded in getting out that but for the pre-
mium of mid and courage of the lady, who had seised him
by the hair, he would hem been under the wheels in another
moment. By uniting our efforta we were able to drag him
in, but for fall a quarter of an hour he fought and tore like
• mvage, leaping at the window, and we restraining him, till
at last he was compelled to desire through sheer exhaustion.
What • situatioe to be in! He then adopted • line of
retaliation which was so grossly isdecoot and outrageous
that I dare tot describe it. The poor ladies (whose conduct
exoseded all praise) huddled together into • corner, while I
stood in hoot goarclieg them with a stout umbrella. I con-
fer if at this moment the &mandrel bed attempted to get
out of the window again I think I should have allowed him
hie own way. Providentially the englordriver found it
neerro7 to stop et Wastage-rod, and I succeeded in
obtaining aid, and had him removed. If we bad been com-
pelled to rut all the way to Swindon, Heaven, who pre-
served us, ally buoys what might have happened. The
writer adds :—" Now, I think you will agree with me when
I say that it was • shameful outrage to put such a ruffian
into our carriage, or into any entries°, with cirdixed people.
True it is we were cely secood-class passengers, bat that is
not suMeiset reason—at lout to we—why we should have
brie terrified almost out of oar lime, and disg sted to
loathing by the coodnot of this druidism s oudnL NM.
did I feel so utterly helpless. I put my head out of the
window, and I called till I became hoarse, and although the
guard was within a few yards we amurgght have been murdered
for my help he could have rsodsesd ; and all this isopen
day, sad an the Great Western Railway ! IPerhape if the
wives sad daughters of some of the directors had hem is
the cartage something might oome of it, but of course am
they travel in the find-class such a thing is not likely to
herpes to them ; and yet poor Briggs's car shows us that
even there people are sot always safe. How long will the
public bear this kind el thing! Barely it is our ditty to cell
epos goverment to erupt the directors to action."—
Waters Doily Press.

MIL OSBORN", M.P., AND HU CONSTITIIINTS.
—At the meeting holdes is the Liskeszel Tone-hall on
Friday mein to hew the address from Mr. Bernal
Osborne, the following resolution was moved by Mr.
Jobe Orkin :—" That is the opinion of this meting
the prohibition and seppereion of the mho of inimi-
cally' liquors drug the mired bows of the Mirth by
set of pediment is both desirable and practicable."
Mr. Philip Abraham seceeded the resolution. He ob-
served that *very thoughtful person who red the papers
most be ervisced that, setwithateading the morel is-
Marion that was imparted through the preaching of the
Gospel sod other religious inetitetiome, crime was ea the
increase, a fact which oould only be attributable to the
drinking practices of the waking chum The large
▪ of hothouses fired in almost ray nook and
corner of the lead meet be ramrod is sureenee for crisis
sad immorality, air be thought it was the duty of the re-
presestatives of the people. before they occupied themselves
is matters of foreign polities, to consider the beet measure
for 'minoring the moral and medal condition of the mares
of oar population. The moieties, on being pet to ths
meeting, was carried by as overwhelotiog rea*ity, oily
some 10 or 12 hands being held up against it. Mr. Osborne,
reply,is promised to glee the sutlect his most serious or-
sdwaWa vete of cosilderice is the los. member we
this rowed by Mr. Andrew Hippies, essonded by Mr.
Jetts Baby, and ussainithely carried, rid Mr. aroma
having briefly returned thank; the meeting closed.—
, Western Morning Newt.
LORD MAYOR'S DAY.—HOUTZ Or TEI PROM)...
ISON.—Tbe committee appointed to make the merry
arrareissete on lord Mayor's day, bar decided epos the
route of the preersion, which is to be is follows :—Tbe
civic authorities will start from Guildhall between 11 and
12 *WM, sod wig pass down Margins., .long Cheap-
al Martia's.litOrand, Alderegate-atreet, down Bar-
bieri; liedererthreet, Fore-street, the Pavement, through
itarborreiretis into Lotion-wolf, along 'Lemuel...trial
and Primer-street, past the Maesioe-house, up King
through Oases-street,round it. Faure-church.
yard, through Lodger-hill, Fletherest, the Snead, and
Bub:reset to Westminster. The preemies on it.
Meru will take mai roar, viz :—Parliainecilstrest,
the &resit Fleet.street, Ledgate-hill. mad 81. Punt...
churchyard, through Cheaprick sad Kin-streak to Guild.
hall. The real mere at the basquet os Lord Mayor's day
will be seder the direction of Mr. Edwin Gray, misted by
Mies Louisa Visaing. Mum Annie Cox, Mir Ease Lyon_,
Misr Palmer, Mrs Memel* WillroooPmr, Mr. H.
Come, Mr. M. Cooper, Mr. Voss& Mr. J. J. Bergen, Mr.
F. Cores. Mr. T. Sow" Mr. Chaplin Hasty soda choir of
voices. Cooduotor, Hr. Sider Naylor.—City Pram
THZ INCIINDIANT FIRM IN YORISHIRI AND
Lrecouismies. —The prevalesee of fires in stackyards is
oaring inquiry to be rar ty by some of the insurer offices
into the baring of • report which has gained currency, that
these destruotive are are likely to mar only is the era-
yards of those farmers who have used reaping mealier. It
is rid that threareing Mimi to that effect have been
fried is some places, bat there is no tangible shape for
the rumour. It boa, however, bad the effect of alarmism
some of the insurance officer. No alteration of rates has
yet been mode, but in certain ores the i MMUS agents
have bees instructed to inquire of their CIIIIOOMS as to
their use or otherwise of reapers, whirr teed to lessen the
demand leer labour.

AN lINIVZIAXINI GUNN. —While Captain Wil-
liam Fluster, on Ttneday last was haying is his seta at
sea off Filey be found them to ontain, is addition to a good
catch of berries', a fieree-looking shark, measuring 611. in
length. Aportiori of a Imp book, of foreign manufacture,
, was in his Lath, whish, .o doubt, had been broken wlils
th• crew of eth of the Dutch fishing boats had been trying
with • lin attached to the hook to pull him ou board.
TIM Panics AND TIM BITN:11111l.—" I WWI out ODA
day, ma'am," his royal bighead's said to a lady, •' with my
harness. Wit feed • bare, and the snot visa catching and
ascertain. so that we could go no ocletinuotas pace at all.
Then Ina a baking out, o—d d— 111e.04 air," big
fellow, fifteen stone, six fest two inches without his nose,
and the bully of all Brighton. fie over rode my bosun
neve& limn, sad I had spoken to him I. bold bard hi vain.
At last, o—d 4 1.1, ma'am, be rods slap over my fa-
vourite bitch ' Baby. I gond stand it no logger, but jimm-
ies off my hone ' Cin down, you natal, pull off
you coat, twee skill interfere with us, but at tir I shall
go back to Brighton more dead than alive.' Ci—d d--
mesa. I threw eff my oath and the big roan. nothing
loth, did the Game by his. By 0-4, DMINIZII, us fought
far se hoar and sweaty minutes, my lasting field forming
•riwg around we, so the interfering, and at the and of it
the*hill bather of Heighten woe earned am=
leak white had hardly a anntitti."—The Bow.
BerkslaesLifs sand Rawnistnams
ROYAL 1w Boariw., EleaVe-wir-yoan.—The
slumber ei ppeste relieved at this hcepital daring the week
asthma and Otheher we. 3,577, cd whisk 1,211 were saw
OHM

TEE GALA

merassam SHIPWRECK £'ID LOSS OP LIFL
ST. ANDREW'S, FTFOIEIDII4 00%23.
I have to report (says a gentleman), writing from
St. Andrew's, a most painful shipwreek which has Mhos
place is thin bey this of near Roszkills, 44 miss .to
the eastward of St. Andrew's. About noon ibis day a laig
was observed to be embaved, with eppaatly ilyndlibt.
chance of extricating herself from her ad ngeeous
considering the feast al gale from the R. by NT-Mel
the trentsaillons sea. The Bt. Andrew's lifelsait, of
the National Institution, was accordingly got ready by 12.30,
and the bones sad crew were in waiting to go where, their
ernicas might be syllable. Ascertaining, however, from the
opinion of experienced seamen of the probability of the
vessel ping sake* on the fee,rfolly rugged and rook...bound.
oast to the eastward of Mt. Andrew's, where no lifeboat
could be attempted to be lamiched, I sent off a roan on
hornbook *sprees to Orail (10 miles) at 1 p.m. for the racket
with inetraotk to ee Lloyd's agent to brim it
=aiwt the greatest possible speed. The vessel struck
on the may seaters extremity of Et Andrew's Bev, at a
point of rock, at dead low water. Had she had the good
fortune to have taken the ground a few yards either to the
outside or inside of the Nee; commuukation
could readily have been established between the
coral and the shore, and the mew saved, and althoegh we
mold approach within 60 er 60 yards of the ship it was
impossible to render say 1111111441100 on account of the tre.
maidens serf and wind weenie( away dead emcee the bay
all the buoys and lines throws by the mew of the ship.
The rocket apporates arrived at 3.45, under she charge of
an experienced ma, but unfortunately all attempts to
throw a line on board failed. After that a salmon noble wee
sent for in the desperate hope of pidthm up a stray man from
the wreck, but it arrived just as it got dark,
and at 6 o'clock the vessel bad entirely dieap-
peered. This gale is the most severe and protracted
that has occurred along this coast for years, and as the
wind was R. by N. the bay was freely open to it, and I fear
that my sad tale is only one of many similar calamities.
The brig's name was The Napoleon; Frau La Villia, and
seven men perished.
A report has also reached us from Buckle that twenty.
six of the ablest fishermen have unhappily perished out at
sea during the fearful gala. It is in vain that poor women
with their cipher' children round them mourn on the 114110.
Wed beach, and rush once more to see the embrowned face,
the tarry band, the manly heart that will return no more,
for this great storm has drowned them all.

HORSE AND RIDER sore KnAED.—A few nights
ago Mr. Hamby, veterinary surgeon, of Kirby-Moorside,
North Ridleg, whips riling boats in the dark, was thrown
from his horse on the road betimes Newton sod Kirby, the
animal having fallen over something in the road. It is be.
lived that the horse rolled over Mr. Hornby, bat this knot
certain. The animal itself was so injorm that it shortly
died, end Mr. Hornby also received injuries which caused
his death on Saturday. There is • rumour that another
horseman rode over both on the road, but whether this is
true or not cannot be stated. The circumstance* will be for
•coroner's jury to investigate.
Taco Eurraoa's D41,3..-M. Louis Bertrand, well
bums in the French sporting world, has addressed to the
France the following particulate respecting the fine dog
which is the travelling companion of the Emperor of
Russia :—" This animal ie not of the Newfoundland breed.
as stated, but • fine jot-black setter of large =lliad bow
tiled form, with long silky liar. His name is Milord, and
he is of the same breed as Black Rake, one of the
spaniels which I lest spring presented to the Egyptian
prime, Heine Pasha. Milord wig at one time an excellent
shooting dog, but sloes his promotion to the rank of
favourite, he rarely does aay work, except it may be
coossionally to act as • retriever, sod fetch any head of
game his muter may have shot. He is szoweively gentle
end the in/operable comp/taloa of the Emperor, following
hint throughout the paws, and even into his cabinet. At
night he always lies at the door of his master's chamber.
The Emperor generally feeds the dog himself, tad never
allows anyone but his paremal aide-decamp to give him
any food whet ever."
Davi,' BY LIGNENING.—Dr. Chrdtien, of Mont-
pellier, bar seat an amount to the Academy of Scissor of
a remarkable Mottoes of the terrible effects of lightning.
Oe the 21st Mat be was mot far to manta° the death of
• youth of 16, killed instanteoeoualy by the electric Bind in
his bed, he being ill at the time. His mother and three
young men who had come to see him were in the room
when the catastrophe occurred. One of the young mew wee
seated at the foot of the bud, another bear the baiter,
sad the third ekes to the door of the apartment,
which was on the first door, contiguous to the roof of the
lamas ; the mother was betweee the second and third visi-
tors. The lightning penetrated into the house through the
wall of • large room adjoining the sick room ; it broke all
the window-panes in the former before reaching the other
where the company were. The young man at the foot of
the bed had the legs of his trousers partially but off
the woad received • wound on one of hie legs, and the
mother had her left leg cruelly bruised, the stocking was
partially burst, sad deep burns were perceptible on the
Beak. Her ma, as already stated, was killed, sod the fluid
ultimately soaped through the window.—Gedignani.
Yr:mamma Sramacaasra. The first day's
running of the Autumn Meeting came off yesterday (San.
day), and was Weeded with realties! as disagreeable se
could well be imagined. Rain came on just before the
liminess commenced, and the first race was run dudes
such • pelting storm that the colours of the riders could
got be distinguished at • short distance from the steeds.
The first event on the card was • steeplechase for French
jockeys, two of the bones, however, being mounted by
two of the beet gentlemen riders on the French turf, who
came in Lint and awed. M. Famines Gov-Noisette
I. crossing the Irish beak pitched oe his howl
and broke his seek, the jockey, however, game-
tes unhurt. The wiener was Baron de Heriessm's Despot*,
ridden by hi de St. Gernisia. The next item on the
card was a handicap for gentlemen riders, won also by M.
de St. Germain, on Bares Fiecit'a Valentine, after • good
ru.i throughout with M. Voisin 's Faruitoah, which berm,
after keepieg the lead over the gloater part of the ground,
cut up badly at the Hsieh when called upon. As Parisi/oh
was unmated by Cantina Heat, she crack English gentle.
men rider in Frame, kis defeat by X. de St. Germain was
received with shoats of applause. The day's business ter-
minated with the "Prix de PAdministratios des Harm,"
which brought out only three starters, and was wen easily
by Mr. Ras Vixen, steered by bee owner.—Otannient.
Rosman Taavrthass.—Tbe Saint Publsc of
Lyons says The sensate by whom their Russian ma-
jesties are seconmmied are twenty-eight in number.
People ask what can their occupation possibly be during
the journey, for the service which they performed at the
Greed Hotel was not very absorbing. When the luggage
of their majesties and suite arrived at the hotel, the
trunks were successively carried by the porton
to the different rooms, but as each package was
taken from the heap it was socompanied by one of the
Russian servants, who, on its being Metalled in the chain-
her of ire proprietor, placed himeslf Dear and sorterstly
kept gaud over it. All the Meeks which were sot required
to be opened were deposited in • separate roue, where they
remained under the care of two Russian @eremite, who re-
mained with them all night. This system of watching is
probably • Etonian custom. We do not think that • service
of surveillance can have bees inaugurated for the journey
to France, where people are not seenstoraol to suck an ex-
cess of prudence, ted where also it Is not required."
FAlLtates n MUMiClirsrrr&—The present year
has bean unprecedented in Musulmano for the paucity
of failures, the somber being but few sad for small
amounts. An officer of an insolvent court, of an adjoining
county, informed us Wet for the past two mamba the
court hs been actually out of buensees. Within a day or
two, however, • few Mel of insolvency for small sums
have been commenced. As yet there have been no large
failures in this city or State. Tbe same gentleman,
opeakiag d his buy experience of insolmery came in Massa-
Mimeos, remarked that there were fewer canes of dishonesty
dos was generally supposed. In many instances, however,
busmen was not given up until the pieties' owe resources,
and also all that could be obtained from friends, were en-
tirely exhausted. fm one insolvency ease this year, in con-
sequence of a rise In real estate, fully 100 per cent. ems paid
upon all the deists, gad • baleen, left at several thonmad
dollars—Rodon TYNAN% Oct. 4.

-RI P
HONOUR TO S AID To AN AMERICAN Poxr.—
A correspoodeut of the Boston Trareer, writiog from this
city, states that • complimsot to the poet fkviuit has been
determioed upon in the Century Club of this city..
On the 3rd of November, Mr. Bryant will corn.
piste his 70th year, end it in proposed to celebrate
the event by a minion of his brother poets
at the rooms of the Century. The club will hold Its own
regular =ratios co Saturday eveniog, the sth, when the
poste will be invited to meet Mr. Bryant. Invitation to
&need this gathering have bees seat to Longfellow,
Dana, Whittier, Holmes, end others, and acceptances have
bees received from the three first named. Dr. Holmes
writes that he will remelt if his health permit'.
INCRWIR 01 KANGAROOS IN AUSTRALLA.—III
the south-easter% district kangaroos are increasing to such
an extent as to interfere seriously with the feed upon
sheep rune. The Border Weed of July 22 has the fol-
lowing notice on the subject :—" The great rimer of
kangaroos in the Mount Gambier &lariat is spin
attending nubile ribleatiem. To the settlers, the
vast herds of theme ageism &Manila they are wolves
voters* obliged to feed is a very merlon' consideration, and
111011110fai are being devised to give them • thinning. The
Meson. Welk, we believe, latred to have a beam ea ea
seri, day, when three or four seen licesetmee ere gripseted
to take the Sold spirt the mealy. Large yards are
to be greeted, late wide k the kangaroos will be rue and
; &Henna* destroyed, Complaint, as to the inseam of
the kaagarece are sew pretty sewed all over the ooloaiss."
--South Autralian paper.