The Express.
London, England, 1856-11-06 00:00:00

THE COLLISION ON THE LONDON AND

NORTH.WRSTARN RAILWAY.

Yestaday,at two o'clock, an official investigation

was **Rated Into the eirenntatanoes attending the lana-
is' maiden es the London and North-Waters Railway, •
en Meade, aftemeea, between the Midland *pram sad a
Deal Main near Ming% Langley, by the board of direeton,
sitting at Zneeenoquars, the Marquis of Chandee, the
elasismaa of the stunyeay, presiding. Mr. Stewart, the
seerstary of the sampan, ; Captain Rabb, the general
runner ; Mr. M'Ocenell, the locomotive superin-
tendent at Wolvertin, with other of the oMelalk
. .

were la atteadasse. Lawson, the driver, Hornsby,
the fiseatsa, sad Speseer, the guard of the ex-
pel., and the triter, Aroma, sad breaks's= of the coal
traia were szsadred before the board, as wore also Isms
fliaasoats, the sigsainsaa at Nuh HtlL, the plus of the
snidest; and Nosh Hedges, the sigoistan at Bouseer.
As, however, it wee at the oaten of ea inquiry by the
direstors into the oeadiset of their Own serracU, It was, is
sooordeau with the asap Is such cases, condensed pri-
vately, sad the muggings did not thereon transpire
hermit thals owa beeed-noes. Aa ialetry abo invariably
takes glue wider the samples* ad the Board of Trails, and
will follow as a setter of muse In this case, though it is
ciesesienally eciadeeted In rather a loose manner, sad after
the lapse ef se load an interval that the public feeling m-
elted by a catastrophe lass wend to operate as a stioulaat
to theuesed ears sad vigil's', is the avoidance of seek
calamities.

The alum we of the collision wan that which has all
along otomicsed alataaatho of the deplorable accidents on
vallways la this country. It is the practice to convey mass
cat* and all masses of aturehandite an enormous gas-
tithe along lines devoted at the same time to amasser '
trait, by whisk lama life is continually imperilled and
Ass seerfased. A eta or heavy goods train is almost a-
vailably at the baba of • railway collision. It was so the
aka day as this very list near Wolverton; It was so on '
Monday kin at King. Langley; it was so I. the OW of
the Crystal Palate enualta train at Croydon a year or two
age ; It has been win a marked manner in almost every
eollision that has happened ea the Great Northers list.
They me found camping along passenger lints at most ham
of **day and night, sad are continually *objets to some
acuity or other. They are either, from some eldest la the
anise or otherwise, waft to a deed stand at PM &a-
mens plate on a Nee between two outlast, where little or
a Nakano, tea be obtained in the emargeney, or they are
beiag shunted ea to a Wing or trotting from ono list to
another when on miaposted passenger train, or one behind
that, is Lying pest the statism. The act amount of this
kind of trait is almost ineosaivatile, caudally oa the
gnat trunk liaas soak a the metropolis, slag which Goal
is now essayed la quantities war before knows. Of this
• striking enemplifleatke was seen at Wolverton on
Thursday hot, the day following the collision there, when
the peatlip goods trade, whisk had bees detained • few
piles moth of that plat, and had goat on sagmentiag let
suathing like • day and • night by the latunaptiou In the
rap line, was liberated tad allowed to noun it. lama.
Par boas it was sealed pest the &taloa is arse hay, eta-
thaw stream, which teemed to have no end, reminding

ow of tbs stinking up of the Ws la a groat ' which hai
been long trost-heand.
The express inn on arriving at Darby ww forty sinnts•
Wind lb Um, and the probability—supported by the
wasearreat tatincay of people standing at the Bezraosi
Matins when tbs siren paned that point, and of NUM of
the passengers travelling by it, as to tbe terrific rata at
width it was going akw inane@ before the octindon—is
that the driver was trying to sake up his lost tins, sad
that, at the slanging speed at erldelt be was traysling, ha
was *bony =obis to bring up the bob he time as as no
Winne, this @snag tho auger disaL . _

Mr. lidedale, vargeme, 4lsitcm•sqsare, medkal aisle
to the company, km bees isdeholgable to his visite sad st-
imulant; to the glared parses', at the maidessie of nth of
them as did sot all is their sows medical atteadants. Mr.
Ilkaidia, of Bastosequare, has also masted Is this work,
mad, appothemliag that the ems of Mr. Jukes, sow lyieg at
Sommor, who was mote Misted than all the rest, might take
as salarearabli tare, Cartels Hsieh, the general manager
of the has, yeetarday nquested a tarpon of groat ups-
rime' sad reystaties to visit eke safamesate man there,
sad to coltish with Mr. Merry, the bell surgeon in attend.
Mee span him, ea to the trimmest to be panned.
_ _ _

A letter berg the Hos. Mr. C. L. listler, of 8, Grosvenor-
pkee, states that he was sot sesompanled by Mir Bkipwith
sad Mee Day, es ',period. His party, be rays, oossisted
of Massif, his two daughters, sat their said, Elisabeth
hams, who boo remised a mean contusion on bet
bead sad eye, sad had a bask tooth knocked out; Lady
Bkipwith sad ler meld, Illimbetlt Day, and a servaat may,
all of wham, with the eseeptios of his two d►ughters, who
fortuaately seeped saladmol, had suffered from having
beet shakos sod Indeed. Mr. Butler bears testimony to
the civility sad attendee shows to his party sad himself
by the eaters sad sensate of the Nepali, dazing the do-
lomite is the Jormosy.

TRH INTERNATIONAL FREE TRADE
LEAGUE.

(110* ova own councilman')
The working committee of the above League are
about to ions the loilowing circular, which I am
enabled to forward to you early through the atten-
d= of M. Corr Yandernmeren
Emmet., Nov. 3.

Sir,—At the Crimes held at Brussels In September last
to promote free trade bower all nations, it was resolved to
form so serration, to turned the " International Associa-
tion for Cuts BA101111." We bre the honour to mud
yes the staters of this eamoistisa, r adopted by the
Intonational Creme% wigs a list of the mecum of the
osatral workbag sommittee of Belgians and of tb mpre-
ssatatives of other etiletriel who as yet are authorised to
(urinate sserreepeadiag eamaittess. The control ems-
tattier in tememearag their labours an happy to he amused
of the able assatear la Begird of Mehra Cobden, Em.,
M.P., sad sadsseteadiag that Ia a country when sash
manifest roasters have been derived from the steady
proems of reform, it will b best to rely epos the
vigorous aid of sash working committees under able
seargement, they hem resolved to, spreal to the generous
ezertior of • great people ever ready to take part to the
struggle foe say great sad good week which has for its
*WM the general MGM of mearad, the advancement of
isdastry, sod the roostasest promotion sad immerse of
pear. Sherd yea deem this sere worthy of the support
which your kaowledge sad Where, raids you to give it,you
I are solicited to re the rear you Mirk best suited to your
' lorliq, I. old of the objects of the association. Ia the
straggle ressised for the &Kremer of those powerfal and
useful redeems whisk are eteentially calumets& with the
Mummer of the people the unhealthy eleitement of party or
prided lallassee may be altopther avoided. The smock-
ties. however, mast tarry rely for recess on awakening,
by all legal near, a rued public °pintos in each country ;
sad to order to seamark& this result a supply of adequate
funds is a areseary
anneatiag to be frosted with your micro in this
Mistral effort for the promotion of civilisation,
I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant,
Cosa VANDIIIMAXIEN, Presider.
AL Leluerdy de Beaulieu aud Aug. C
Secretaries.
I may add that pumas wishing to brooms mem-
bers may address themselves either to Mr. Cobden,
or Mr. Neil, mama for Meats Video, 9, New Palace-
yard, Westminster.

PPISINTATION or TEI FREZDON OP HAWICR TO
Ozonanz Btl Jaw's Burnow.—lt haring been mada-
me:owl *at Crinterot Shapaaa, vibe has beau sojoaraiagnt
Borthwtshbasa, would through Haat& en SatTeasy.
Ow Taws Ossala .notlved to wafer apoa
the tasolow at tha bonN. la a mark of their bleb retwast
madappsdalisa bla usalms is the late war asd &dain-
ties fit ea Weis addita at that sellout may los
suadbas assammadad. dittely Use maelstroms bad
on laisraism ttlr Sir Jamas sr his &rival on &Rowley et •
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