The Express.
London, England, 1848-01-18 00:00:00

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Thy died So sn Meow-tax of 200 per annum on my
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/ eight justly ask, is the man of fortune, of even 4001. or
ica poi annum only, taxed in this proportion ? The pa-
ps tato conducts • business of this sort, probably does not
maple y above a few hundreds of pounds, but it is well known
sgesd income of 4001. or 500.1 per annum represents • capi-
tal of 8,0001. or 10,0001. Being the son of a farmer, I see
the inequality of taxation more clearly in this case of the
ihopkeeper (myself) and the farmer. My native township
gamins about 1,500 acres of land; net • dog, horse, car-
irjoge,: window, or man servant tax is paid, except by one
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who occupies 400 acres of land, and he only pays
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Is this a fair mode of taxation ? While I pay 81. Os. 4d. as-
sailed taxes, an estate producing 3,0001. per annum, only has
me tax payer to the amount of 11 lls. Bd. annually, Ciro.
.41alifax, Jan. 14.
TRICKS Op TRAVELLERS.—The London and North
writer:, Railway Company have adopted the profitable
media of requiring all passengers proceeding from the
ig own-square terminus to show their tickets immediately
furious to the starting of the trains. That railrsway cont.
raise do suffer from the " tricks of travellers," may be
gathered from the fact, that the first six trains so examined
paged 601. from passengers who had seated themselves
without tickets, and the great majority of whom had, no
doubt, well considered the mode in which they could escape
the vigilance of the railway servants at various stations.—
Boilsoay Record.
SUICIDE OF SIR JOHN MILDMAY.—Sir Jobu Mild-
may Bart died by his own hands, at an early hour ye,ter-
,
day morning, at his residence, No. 6, HalkinAerrace, Bel-
pm-square. For several days past his valet had noticed
that he appeared depressed in spirit*, but on Sunday the
deceased appeared somewhat better, when he retired to res.,
between 11 and 12 o'clock, and nothing more was heard or
seen of him until shortly before .5 o'clock yesterday morn-
ing, when his valet was awoke by a deadened report of fire-
arms, lie went up-stairs to Sir John's bedchamber, when,
en entering the room, he was horror-stricken on discovering
his master lying prostrate on the carpet weltering in his
Mood anti lifeless, his head completely shattered. A small
double barrel holster pistol, which had been recently dis-
charged, was lying close to his right hand, and had
dently been discharged in the mouth. Several medical
gentlemen were promptly in attendance, who pronounsd
USA to have been instantaneous. Captain Mildmay, a son
who resides in Chesham place, was informed of
die melancholy event, and in the course of yesterday in-
ibrestion was conveyed to Mr. Wakley, M.P., the coroner
in Middlesex, in whose district the body lies, and who will
hoiden inquest on Wednesday morning.
INQUESTS, YESTERDAY.—SUICIDE OP A COMMER-
CIAL TRAVIILLBR.—By Mr. Baker, at the Swan Tavern,
nevost-nreet, City-road, on the body of Mr. Jill. Barlu,
aged 37, a commercial traveller. Deceased had, until very
recently, been a man of temperate habits, but in consequence
d very heavy pecuniary losses by business speculations, he
became exceedingly despondent, and addicted himself to
drink. A short time since, he lost upwards of 8001.
which is said to have caused great mental depres-
eion, and although not actually embarrassed, he seemed
to entertain an erroneous apprehension that he should
be reduced to poverty. On Friday night he drank a
pint of brandy, and a considerable quantity of gin in addi-
tion. Of course he became insensible, and was put to bed.
Next morning (Saturday), a report was heard after his wife
had left the room, and upon proceeding to the bedroom again,
the deceased was found weltering in his gore, with his head
frightfully shattered. Verdict—" Temporary insanity."—
'STARTLING DISCOVERY IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.—
By Mr. Payne, at the Vestry Hall, liorselydown, re-
named for the third time, concerning the death of
a newly born female child. On the 24th of Decem-
ber, upon the arrival of the Dover train at London-bridge,
one of the servants, while searching one of the second-class
carriages, discovered a brown paper parcel lying on the floor
under the seat, and not finding any direction on the outside,
he opened it, and found it to contain the body of a newly-
born female child. There were several marks of violence on
the head, and the umbilical cord had been partially secured.
—Mr. Mead, the summoning officer, stated that he and the
police had used every means to find out the guilty parties ;
but they were quite unable to throw any light on the mys-
tery of the case.—Verdict" Found dead from suffocation,
but by what means such was caused there was not sufficient
evidence to prove."

THE ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH WESTERN
RAILWAY.—INQUEST.
The inquest upon the body of David Markland, the
engine driver, who met his death on Friday night last by
the collision of two trains between Farnborough and Wo-
king, was held lastevening by Mr. C. J. Woods, the coroner
for Vest Surrey, at the Railway-hotel, near the Woking
Dstation. The railway comp any were represented by Mr.
hymple, their solicitor, Mr. Stovin, the general traffic
manager ; Mr. Gooch, the superintendent of the carriage de-
portment ; and Mr. Godson, the superintendent of the pas-
senger department at Vauxhall. Mr. Gaines, the attorney,
attended on the part of Brownsmith, the guard of the lug.
gage train which ran into the passenger train and occa-
sioned the accident, and who was on Saturday charged at
the police-office with negligence, but discharged by Mr. El-
liott, the magistrate, as reported in the Eapress of yesterday.
The jury haring been sworn,
Mr. Dalrymple, in reply to a question put by the Coroner,
said be was in attendance on the part of the company to give
any explanations the coroner and jury might require, and
had brought with him all those servants of the company who
were in a position to give any information on the subject.
Re had washed to have present the two parties, Jones and
Fleming, the engine driver and fireman of the luggage
train, who were now in custody hut Mr. Elliott, the ma-
gistrate, had refused to issue the necessary order for that
InTree6oroner Is there any government regulation re-
quiring you to give notice to the railway commissioners of
any accident that occurs 2—Mr. Dalrymple : There is, and
we have given the notice.—The Coroner : Is there any one
here on the part of the railway commissioners ?—Mr. Dal
tymple : Not that I am aware of.
The Coroner then addressed the jury. He said they were
called together to inquire into the circumstances connected
with the death 1:1. David Markland, an engine driver, em-
ployed on the South Western Railway, who had met ith a
madden and violent death owing to a collision between two
trains, a passenger and a luggage train, the former having
been overtaken and run into by the latter. At first eight it
might appear extraordinary that a passenger train should be
overtaken by a luggage train ; but from what he could under-
stand, he believed it would appear, that in consequence
of some defect in the engine of the pamenger train it had
become stationary, and that the deceased was engaged in re-
pairing such defect at the time the collision took place. At
the present day, when railways had become almost the only
Means of transit, it was the bounden duty of railway direc-
tor, to take every proper precaution to preserve the lives of
their passengers, and to prevent accident. It was their duty
to lay down efficient rules and regulations for the guidance
of their servants, and it was the strict duty of those parties
to adhere to those rules and regulations in every par-
ticular. It was necessary also that the execution
of those rules and regulations should be entrusted
only to men of known character for steadiness
and sobriety. In making these observations he
bad no wish to prejudge the case, of the circumstances of
which he knew nothing except what he had observed in the
London newspapers. It would be their duty to ascertain
whether the death of the unfortunate man was the result of
an accident which it was impossible to prevent—or, on the
other hand, whether it had arisen from wilful negligence.
It was scarcely necessary for him to point out to them that
if any of the company's servants or other persons should be
proved to have been guilty of wilful and culpable neglect, it
would be their duty to return such a verdict as would bring
those persons before another and more competent tribunal.
He did not think it at all probable that they would be ena-
bled to complete the inquiry that evening. It appeared that
two persons were already in custody, and under remand by a
Lon&n magistrate, both of whom they might require should
be brought before them. Application had been made, it
seemed, to the magistrate to permit their attendance, but he
bad refused. Before the termination of the case it might be-
come necessary for him (the coroner) to make a formal ap-
plication on the subject. At present he proposed that they
should take evidence as to the identity of the body ; and,
after obtaining from other witnesses a general outline of the
case, he should suggest an adjournment to a future day.
The jury then proceeded to view the body, which waesclyn
in an outhouse at the station. The injuries of the doa
appeared to be confined to one shoulder and the head—the
letter being crushed in a dreadful manner, the brain pro-
truding both back and front. It is evident, from the
nature of the injuries, that death must have been instan-
taneous. On the return of the jury the following witnesses
were examined.
Mr. David Nicholson, surveyor and builder of Wands.
worth, who identified the body as that of David Markland,
one of the engine.drivers of the South Western Railway
Company I was a passenger by the 6 p.m. train from
Southampton on Friday last. The train kept very
time until coming down the Frimley embankment, where
we CAM to a standstill, in consequence, as I ards un-
derstood, of the engine being out of gear. ternn. put my
head out of the window, and asked if we were likely to be
detained long : the answer was, "No, not long, perhaps five
minutes." I retained my seat for a few moments, but
another gentleman (Mr. Young), who is an officer of the
earnestly, got out. I asked him if we should be detained
4°4. He said, " No, not long." I asked Mr. Young if
he had sent the usual signal lamp of danger to the rear of
the train. lie said he bad. It was a beautiful moonlight
sight, and I could ire nearly three miles along the
line towards Southampton. Mr. Young told me he had
directed the under guard to go back with the signal