The Express.
London, England, 1847-10-12 00:00:00

SURREY.

SmorLAR DEATH.—An inquest was held by Mr.
W. Carter, at the Black Lion, Kingston, on Saturday even-
ing on the body of Edward Waller, aged fifteen. Sarah
WOod, the first witness, deposed that on Wednesday evening
she was in her own house. which is opposite to that in which
the deceased resided, when she heard his father say, " Here
are pretty doings ;" and, at the same time, there was the
sound of blows, She went across, and saw the deceased lad,
who appeared to be very drunk, and his father. The latter
had a small stick in his band, and struck deceased with it
once or twice, but not violently. The father of the deceased
said that he had been brought home drunk ; and almost at
the same moment the deceased's younger brother was also led
home in a similar condition. She did not see the deceased any
more until the next morning,when she found he was dead.—
By the Coroner : The blows given by the father with the
stick were not at all violent ones, and could not have in-
flicted any injury. upon the deceased. He appeared in a
helpless state of intoxication.—Martha Waller, a sister of
the deceased, deposed to his being brought home in the
state described; and she said that after her father had struck
him two or three blows he desisted, and she then undid the
deceased's shirt-collar and laid him on the floor, where he
went to sleep almost immediately. She looked at him seve-
ral times during the night; he always appeared in a pro-
found sleep. and she thought it was better not to disturb him.
On the following morning one of his companions came to
call him to go to work, and, on raising his head, he gave a
deep sigh and immediately expired. The witness added that
her other brother was almost as drunk as the deceased, but
he vomited, and brought a quantity of brandy off his stomach.
—The Coroner asked the witness why she did not send for
a medical man ? —She replied that she did not think there
was any danger, and she considered it the best thing to let
her brother sleep away the effect of the liquor..—The Coro-
ner remarked that thin was a very erroneous idea, and he
said that if a doctor had been called in the life of the de-
' ceased would, in all probability, have been saved.—Thomas
Waller, the brother of the deceased, was next examined.
It appeared, from his statement, that as an omnibus
was pulsing through Kingston • large stone bottle,
full of brandy, fell from the roof sad was broken,
and the spirit ran into the gutter. The deceased,
himself, and some other boys, stooped down and
scooped up the liquor with their hands, and continued
drinking it till he and his brother became quite drunk, and
he did net brow what further happened. He could not give
any idea of what quantity of spirit his brother drank.—The
Coroner having addressed a few remarks to the jury upon
the peculiar nature of the case, they returned a verdict that
" the deceased died of apoplexy occasioned by drinking an
immoderate quantity of brandy."
HAMPSHIRE. .

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ROBBERY AT WEYBILL FATR.—Dosing the tem-
porary absence of the shepherds on Saturday, some persons
dressed as sheep-drovers went to the pens, containing 101
wether and one ewe lambs, the property of Mr. R. B. Hart,
of Wisbford, near Salisbury, and drove them away. Up to
yesterday the stolen sheep lied not been traced.
SUSSEX.

THE LATE COLLISION ON THE LONDON AND
BRIGHTON AND Nor Tit COLT BAILWAT.—An investiga-
tion into the air-. ,stanoes attending tbis accident was made
before aboard of directors of the above

yesterday at Brighton —.ore a
railway. The result of their inquiry is understood to relieve
the signal-man from any charge of criminal neglect ; but
for the better satisfaction of the public it is believed a judi-
cial inquiry will follow. The accident, as already stated,
occurred at the Keymer junction of the branch line to Hast-
ings, which is situated a short distance from Burgessthill, the
second station on the main line from Brighton to London.
This branch, which has only been opened for passenger
tragic about a fortnight, approaches the London line by a
somewhat sharp curve, and on this account, as well as from the
het that all up trains from Lewes have to cross the main
down line, great care and attention is at all:tinset required.
The director, of the railway, when the branch was opened,
maw to a determination to adopt the Semaphore code of
din& (the peculiarity of which is, that by one movement.
bold to and signals are properly
fixed), m the beet
mloabted to avoid accident, and these were in me when the
oolUsion took place. Mr. Wycni was a passenger ia the
London down train, and, with his son and daughter, wail
mated in a second-class carriage. His injuries, though
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miffs:eft° injury. Mr. George Driver suffered chiefly from
as injury on the lip, and Mr. Leete's injuries ars of an un-
important character. As a precaution against any similar
accident in future, the " points" at the Kevraer branch have
alrcady been so altered that the dorm train instead of pro-
ceeding acmes will run into the Kepner branch, whenever
any up train from Lewes appears in sight.