The Express.
London, England, 1851-09-09 00:00:00

SPORTING.

TArf ERSALL'S.—NIONDAT.
GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP.
5 to 2 apt Mr. Parker's The Cvleulator (t II to 4)
le tot Mr. Pollee. Owyck (4 II to 2)
6to I Mr. Martinson's Neney it 7to I)
10 to I Duke of ttlehmoniPeAstigone
20 to I Mr. Robron'e The Sweep
Of the very few horses backed fur this event, the Calcula-
tor, Cos.ack, and Antigone were most in demand. Clarissa
is quite out of the betting.
Si. LEGER.
7 to 4 apt Level Enlivtrie IlernAodes (take 2 to I)
3to 1 Sir J. Hawley's The Din 1650 to 200 t)
6 to l Sir J. newlere Aphrodite
20 to John INy'eliit
16 to 1 Mr. A. Niehiire Newadoeter (t)
5000 to 50 Heron Itotbechild'a Languish eoit (t)
Several parties were envious to take any advance on the
odds quoted aged the two favourities; Aphrodite was not in
force, and John Day's lot was almost friendless.
INDICAS Mkt CUP.
6 to 3 saw Swirly (taken)
CESARhWITCII STAHL&

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15 to 1 apt Mokanos A. to apt Sir Charles (r)
20 to 1 Grout Duke I 50 to Officious (t)
21 to 1 MarkTapley So to Cpleps(t)
33 to 1 Conlidence 50 to La Fiancee (t)
40 to 1 Champion (t) I 40 to Gurfo.th
40 to 1 teinrice (t) ICOO to 5 buitanado(t)
50 to 1 Eise.citer (t)
THE CAMERIDGE•iIIIRE STAKES.
20 to_l apt Curl (t) I 25 in 1 us: Eara Middletou(t:
40 to 1 apt Garfettb

iFFE RACES.-MONDAY.
(By Eleetris Telegraph.)

HEATON PARK STAKES of 5 SOTS. each and 25 added,
the second to save his stake ; fur 2-yr•olda and upwards.
One mile.

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Mr. 3. ..Osbqrae's !goal, 2 yrs 1
Mr. Walk r's Mold of Team Valley, 5 yrs
Mr. Inman'. MO. Fanny. 3 pa . 3
WILTON Cue of 100 sovs., added to a handicap of 15
'son. each, 10 ft, and only 5 ft if declared: the second to
save his stoke, Two miles and a dis.
Lord Wiltsn's Herbert, 5 Ire, Da llb
Mr. M. Char.ton ed Mary la, b..ler, aced, 6.11310 2
Captain geott's Avis, 3 7,0, Sot 9lb
Two-YEAK-OLD STAKES of 5 sovs, each and 30 added;
colts, fist 710; fillies, &c., Bst 31b; the second to save his
stake. Threequarters of a mile. (14 subs.)
Mr. 1. Osborne 's Merry Bird 1
Mr. Jones'. Travestat 2
Mr. Stewart's Ban•lre 3

LICHFIELD RACES—MONDAY.
(By Eketrie Telegraph )
PRODUCE STAKES, of 10 sows. each, and 20 added ; for
3 yr old colts, &t 61b; and fillies, fist 31b, One mile.
Hr. liostja's b filnulistose out of Princess slice (showed
31h).
Mr. Copeiand 's Orlu
STAFFORDSHIRE STAKES, of 10 Wars. each, h ft, the sc
cond to save his stake. Two miles. (24 subs.)
Mr. Copeland's Psodlewlek, 4 yrs, Bet 1 110 1
Mr. Mott odflAdfinder, 3 yrs, 7sl
Mr. Yardley ad Maas& 3 yrs, art 1215 3
TWO-TEAR OLD STAKES, of 10 SOTS. each, h ft, and 40
added ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, winners, &c. Last half-mile.
(3 subs.)
Mr. Merry's I be Ithariol out of likirelLa's dun
Mr. Eykos's My Fancy

NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.—ADMIRALTY, SEPT. B.
Commodore M. Seymour, to be commodore of let class, end
superintendent of Devouport Dock-yard ; Commodore E.
P. Von Donop, to be agent for mails.—Lieutenants: C.l).
B. Kennedy to Calepso; If. B. liodgkineon, Esaillent ;
and J. G. ()Loden h, Centaur, Tice Pasley.—Midship-
seen : R. 14.3durdo,Rattler; and L. Wildman, Modesto.—
Naval cadet F. H. Maswell, Albion. It is reported that
Captain Charles Eden, private secretary to the First Lord
of the Admiralty, will sawed Commodore Seymour as
suVrtendent of Sheerness Dockyard.
W.ESENTATION OF BRECON.—The protectionists
of Brecon and its neighbourhood are striving to induce Sir
Charles Morgan, Bart., to come forward at the nest general
election to contest the representation of the borough with
Lloyd Vaughan Watkins, E.g., who has for some years put
been the sitting member.

TIIE CATASTROPHE ON THE BUCKING-

HAMSIIIRE RAILWAY.

BICESTER, MONDAY NIGHT.

The disastrous consequences of the terrible acci-
dent which took place at the railway station near this place
have been fully disclosed in the account already published
in the Ezpress. The excitement occasioned by the un-
fortunate catastrophe throughout the district for mile%
around is intense, and its painful character has been much
increased today by the continued arrival of the relatives
and friends of the deceased parties, some of them in an
agonising state of mind, and altogether unable to bear up
against their misfortunes.
A brief description of the railway station and its vicinity,
and a statement of the few Lets which came under our own
observation, will enable the reader to understand the bear-
ings of the evidence which follows.
The

Railway is a double line from
Dletchley to Winslow. A little beyond the latter place the
road diverges one line to Buckingham, Brockley, and Ban-
bury, and the other to 'limiter and Oxford. In approach-
ing 'limner, therefore, we have only a single line of rails,
but about 200 yards below the booking-office, there is a
" biding "or " turn out " on to the down platform—and
into this "siding " all down trains stopping at Bicester
are turned by means of " facing points," which are always
what iv called "right" for the siding. The points aro
kept in this position by mechanical means, consisting of
heavy weights, and a through train cannot pass the station
upon the main line from Winslow to Oxford, unless the
pointsman forces the points open and keeps them in the
same position until the train has pissed.
It is stated that the !limner station officiule expected that
the train to which the accident occurred would stop at tho
station, while it is asserted on the other hand that neither the
engine driver nor the guard had any instructions to stop
there. The lice has a alight curve from the Louden side mail it
approaches within about 200 or 2.541 yards of the station,
and the siding takes a slight cur, c from the points. One
suggestion is, that the driver was running his engine at a
higher speed than is usual upon the line, say from 1.5 to
48 miles an hour. Another suggestion is, that the volute
were sot fully and freely opened, or that they were opened
and not kept open. A personal inspection of the line
enables us to state that the facing ends of the points have
not any indentation or marks upon them, and this should
perhaps lead to the conclusion that the engine mounted the
rails after the points hail been partially or wholly passed.
And that some disarrangement of the points was the cause of
the accident is probable, inasmuch as the tie-rod connecting
the two points was forced from the screw-mitt, and
the near down side joint chase close to the hinge
of the points was split asunder longitudinally on the rest of
the inner rail, and apparently from lateral force. It is very
possible that the leading wheels of the engine may have
passed through the open points, and on to the straight or
main line, but that the points were closed against the trail-
ing wheels, for although the engine is one of Stephenson's
six-wheeled locomotives, the middle wheels are without
flanges, and it was found be experiment yesterday that
when a piece of iron of the thickness of the Ilange of the
lending wheels was placed between the shoulder of the
point iron and the rail, about 12 feet from the face of the
points, sir., the distance between the leading and the
trailing wheels of the engine, the points were so completely
closed by their own spring, that while the tirst wheels
were upon the main or straight line, the latter
wheels could and would be thrown upon the rails of the
siding. In this cam the trailing wheels would mount the
rails, and an accident must necessarily follow.
It will be seen that up to the present time no evidence
has been taken of a character calculated to throw touch
light upon the matter.
The proceedings of to-morrow will be far more in-
teresting.