The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-15 00:00:00

iday evening last. The facts are these : The Castle Mills,
sit nate on the hank of the Don, were erected about seven or
eight years ago by Mears. Marshall, Brothers, for a grinding
wheel, &lan expense of from 15,0001. to 20,0001., and had
become a principal resort for parties who chose to car
their business unconnected with the ' unions," intor which ol
the vast majority of the workmen of Sheffield have enrolled
themselves, On Saturday evening the works were stopped
about 'twenty ruinu:es before seven o'clock, soon after
which time the premises were entirely cleared, and a
watehman took charge of the building for the night. No
circumstances of a suspicious nature were observed ; but
abdut half-past seven o'clock a most terrific explosion shook
the building to its very centre. Mr. Marshall, jun., being
gear the spot, went to the premises, and on examination dis-
covered that the cylinder belonging to one of the steam-
engines had been blown to atoms by gunpowder, and the
shattered fragments were strewed in all directions, in addition
to which the massive beam was broken into three pieces, the
Op of the steam chest was blown off, the piston considerably
bent, and nearly every portion of the engine more or less
injured. Upon further examination it was found that the
watchman, William Ibboton, who ought to have been in the
most central part of the building, was in a remote quarter,
where no danger from an expb,sion of the engine could
harm him. His conduct in other re'pects exciting suspicion
he was given into custody. On Monday morning he was taken
before the manager, and after a short examination was re-
manded until Tuursday next. The injury done to the engine
and premises is estimated at not less than from 1,0001.
to 1,2001.
COLLISION ON THL BOLTON RATLWAT.—MANCHESTLII,
WEDNESDAY.—This morning a collision took place on the
Manchester and Bolton branch of the Leeds and Manchester
Railway. To make the facts understood, it should be men-
tioned that the traffic of the East Lancashire line (which
line was opened three weeks ago) runs over the last four
miles of the Bohan line into Manchester, and that both Bol-
ton and Bury are (by railway) the same distance from Man-
chester. A train leaves Bolton for Manchester at Bh. 15m.
in the morning, and one leaves Bury for Manchester at
86.30 m. The first should arrive here at Bh. 50m., the other
at 9 o'clock ; so that, upon the portions of the line common
to both, there should be 10 minutes between their times.
Wednesday morning is the morning for the great cattle
market at iallord, which is visited by an immense number
of dealers and butchers from all places around Manchester ;
and the Bolton Company make a point of letting their
Bh. 1.5 min. train stop at Cross-lane, Salford, close by the
market, on Wednesday mornings, to accommodate these per-
sons. The train had arrived at Cross-lane this morning at
its exact time, as is stated by the people on the Bolton line,
and had sopped, when to the alarm of the passengers the
East Lancashire train rounded the curve, and which kept them
out of sight till almost close to the Cross-lane station, and ran
into the Bolton train, smashing the last carriage of that train,
a third-class, comple.ely to atoms, and destroying two others.
The ngers by the last carriage, all butchers, had
alighted, and thus no lives were lost. How the passengers in
the two other carriages escaped is a miracle, bet no one was
dangerously hurt. Some had hats destroyed and appeared
with bruised foreheads and limbs, but no one was seriously
hurt. The engine driver of the East Lancashire train
states that he did not know that the Bolton train stopped at
Cross-lane, on Wednesday morning. He states that he saw
it standing when he came round the curve, and shut off his
steam and tried to stop, but that the slipperiness of the rails
from the rain frustrated his efforts.
REPRESENTATION or WARRINGTON.—A number of Mr.
Blackburne'a usual supporters having expressed their dis-
satisfaction at the manner in which that hon. gentleman
voted on the Maynooth question last session, a requisition to
G. Gretna, Esq , of Walton Hall, has been drawn up,
requesting him to allow himself to be put in nomination at
the next general election. The requisition was presented in
the latter part of last week, and 104 names of voters were
appended to it. Mr. Greenall's reply has not yet transpired,
but it is generally anticipated that he will not accede to the
wishes of the requisitionists.
THE COBIIEN TESTIMONIAL FUND now amounts to
74,7951. According to a resolution of the committee passed
on Tuesday evening, a return will be laid before the com-
mittee next week of the amounts collected in the various
counties of Lancashire. Yorkshire, Cheshire, Staffordshire,
and Warwickshire, which, it is expected, will act as a stimu-
lus to other districts which have not been so prominent in
thee uhscription list.
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A WOMAN XI:EDE:ED BY HER HUSBAND. —BIRMING-
HAM, WEDNESDAY.—A man named Keefe, a pearl-button
maker, returned home, it appears, about ten o'clock at
night, and at once saw that his wife was so.newhat intoxi-
cated; the poor creature, conscious of her misconduct, and
aware of the violence of her husband's temper, attempted
to shelter herself under the bed, but before she could effect
her purpose, Keefe rushed forward and kicked her in so
brutal a manner, that the woman died within en hour from
loss of blood. Keefe was immediately taken into custody,
and awaits the result of the inquest.
BEDFORDSHIRE.
THE ORATE-YARD NUISANCE is attracting attention in
various parts of the country. A correspondent of the Cans-
bridge Advertiser states that " at the very tune the tr•gedy
of the suicides was enacted at Bedford, there occurred by the
side of Biddenham Churchyard three deaths of three
mothers, and three of as many children in three contiguous
houses. The leading cause of these deaths to any one visit-
ing the locality is apparent. Under the very window of the
three houses the rows of graves are as thick as they can be
dug in an already rank sod in a corner on which the after-
noon sun beats most powerfully. The oppressive smell of
the corrupting bodies attacks you the moment you enter the
south gate of the yard, and it is impossible to conceive that
any delicate constitution could withstand its virulence during
the heat of the just terminated summer. The three mothers
have left sixteen children to struggle through the world
motherless ! There is spare ground enough, Ood knows, in
this rich parish, to afford an open and healthy repository for
the dead. Of all the homesteads visited by the ripples of the
Ouse, this is perhaps the wealthiest. There are indeed cot-
tages where the upper window may be climbed trough to
open the front door ; but in general the farm establishments
may be seen in extent of accommodation surpassing some
cavalry barracks ; and the gardens and orchards exceed de-
scription. There has been no unusual mortality in any part
of the village, but only at the churchyard, as above related."
BUNYAN% CHAPEL.—The following paragraph appears
in the Bedford Mercury :—" The glory and boast of Bed-
ford, St. Paul's Church and Bunyan's Chapel, are both on
the eve of great alterations. The roof of the church is shortly
to be repaired, and an effort will be made simultaneously
with the repairs to complete at least some portion of the body
of the building. The prosperity of the town and the increase
of its manufactures would blush to leave it much longer in
its present unfinished state. The chapel has been lately in-
spected by an architect from London, in the contemplation of
substituting for its rude simplicity and gable triplicity a Pal-
ladian edifice of graceful symmetry. Both operations are de-
signed for the coming spring. In the meantime, let those
who are desirous that the mortal remains of their deceased
relatives shall rest in a quiet grave, bestir themselves to pro-
vide a retired spot free from the intrusion of the excavator
and stonemason, breaking up their coffins and strewing about
their bones in the preparation of new foundations."
NORFOLK.
MILITARY LUNATICB.—The Royal Hospital on the
South Dates, Yarmouth, is now occupied as a govern-
ment asylum for lunatics who have been either officers or
privates in the army. On Thursday last the inmates arrived
by a special train about ten o'clock at night—that hour being
selected in order that the conveyance of the lunatics front
the station to the asylum might be managed as privately as
possible. A large number of omnibuses and post-chases
were in readiness, and they were all removed with the least
possible bustle and in the moist satisfactory manner. The
patients are composed of about an equal number of officers
of various grades, and privates, including four women.
They were accompanied by two physicians and an adequate
number of keepers. About seventy lunatics came by the
special train. The rooms are very handsomely fitted up,
and three or four apartments, for the more violent of the
patients, are thickly stuffed
UFF with a soft wool padding.
SOLK.

A PRELIMINARY Morruco was held at the Guildhall,
Bury, lost week, " to take into immediate consideration
such measures u may induce the Royal Agricultural Society
to hold their annual country meeting in Bury St. Edmund's
in 1849." The meeting was convened by a circular from the
Mayor, who presided, and wu supported by the Earl Jo.-
myn, M.P. ; P. Bennet, jun., Esq., M.P., and other influ-
ential persons connected with the neighbourhood.