The Express.
London, England, 1853-10-10 00:00:00

EXETER.

We stated last week that the liberals bad gained some
'tuns untie the registration of this year. The following is
an aoalssis of the returns:—Number of persons objected
to by reformers, 170 ; withdrawn, 8; sustained, 113 ; failed,
; total struck oil by reformers, 123. Objected to b 7
Wrist 17G; withdrawn, 0; sustained, 101; failed, 66;
total, 110. 3lajority by reformers over tones on objections,
13. Claims sustsined by reformers, 31; by tories, 13.
Majority for reformers, 18. Total gain by reformers, 31.

ANOTHER ACCIDENT TO C.ESAR,I
NINETY GUNS.

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rOATSIIIOtTIi, OCT. 9.
The Cesar, 90, screw steam line-of battle ship,'
which met with so serious a mishap at her launch at Pem-
broke a few months since, has elteady encountered an-
other in her passage round to this port, or rather at the
hour of her arrival here last night. She left Pembroke on
Thursday afternoon last in tow of her Majesty's steamer
*widens., 16, peddle frigate of 400.horee power, Captain
Thomas Fisher, and the passage round to the Isle of Wight
was a very faeoerable one, the weather being fine. At
7.30 last night. being in tow of the Magidenne, and
rounding the Nab light, off the east end of the Isle of
Wigh', the towing vessel touched the ground and got
fast, sod in another minute the Cesar did the
same. The place touched was the ethos; of a shoal,
called the Dean, which runs off to an angle from the main-
land to S2ithead, bounding the channel to that anchorage.
The Magicienne tired signals of distress, and the Encounter
screw sloop, Captain O'Callaghan, lying at anchor at Spit-
head, soon went to their assistance, and the Sprightly
steam-vessel, Master Commanding George Allen, was sent
out of harbour for the same purpose. Captain Fisher hav-
ing sent a boot to the Dockyard to inform the Commander-
in-Chief of the accident, Captain Shepherd, of the Victory,
flag Lieutenant llankey, and Mr. Jones, the dockyard I
pilot, went out in the Sprightly, to aid in the get-
ting the two vessels to a safe anchorage. The
tide when :he two ships got aground was
nearly low water ; a further fall of only shout IS inches
' taking place. The Magicienne, drawing the least water.
was the first vessel of the two that floated, and uo doing so
she backed astern to get hold of the Casar, but the tide
threw her across the latter's bows, and steaming ahead to
get clear, she took the ground again. She was, however,
soon afloat • second time. At about half-past 10 the tide
had risen sufficiently high to float the Cesar off the shoal,
when the Sprightly took her in tow, and towed her to a
good and safe anchorage off Soutlasta Castle, where she cast
anchor fur the night; her position being that best suited
fur bringing her into harbour, which will be done
either at high water to-night or to-morrow. It is not anti-
cipated that either the Casar er the Magicienne have in•
marred much damage, for fortunately the wind was a dead
calm and there was hardiy a ripple on the Stlll.lCO of the
sea. At the time of Curie touching the ground, however,
the weather was thick, but it subsequestiy turned out a
bright starlight night. A court of inquiry is to be held on
the circumstances of the accident.
Toe emsar has been brought round to this port to be titted
out for commissioning by Mr. Jas. Tonkin, as•istant master
attendant of this dockyard, and Mr. Graham H. Hills,
second master of the Neptune, 120, having a crew of 154
I men in all, lent partly from this port and partly from De-
r vonpltt. Daring the passage round, she has elhibited no
i evidences of the disaster that occurred to her at tier launch,
neither can the eye detect the slightest iodic itions of the
same, whatever injuries she sustained having bccn most
effectually repaired. The average speed with which she
was towel round to this port was 61 knots per hour; but
,
under favourable circumstances it was eight knots.

LOS• OF LIFE AT THE GREAT WESTERN
RAILWAY.

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On Saturday afternoon, about kalf7paat 3 o'clock,

an accident, by which one man has been kiiled and several
others seriously injured, took place near the London termi-
nus of the Orcet Western Railway, at Paddington.

A new engine house is in the course of erection for the
Great Western Rulway Company, situate at Kensel New-
town, about half a mile down the line from the terminus,
and bat a short distance from the ticket platform ; and on
Saturday afternoon, when the workmen were fully employed
in the building, a musive iron girder, from some at present
unexplained cause, fell to the ground with a terrible crash,
striking and crushing the men in its course to the ground.
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The greatest consternation prevailed, and the poor
workmen were lying about wounded and crushed in all
directions. One poor fellow, named John Draine, was
found immediately under a portion of the girder, with his
scalp cut completely off, his thighs broken, and otherwise
seriously mutilated. It is needless to say that, when taken
up, life was quite extinct, and his body was at ouce con-
veyed to the dead-house of St. Mary, Paddington, in the
Harrow-road. Those sufferers found still alive were con.
.eyed with the least possible delay to St. Mary's Hospital,
where they received every attention from the medical
officers of that institution. Amongst those who were more
seriously injured, and who still remain inmates of the hos-
pital, were the following :
Charles Carpenter, 1, Union-place, Paddington—Frac-
tured rib..