The Express.
London, England, 1851-01-07 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.

UTTERING COIINTEItiItIT COIN —Ann WiIIiGNIS was
charged with passing oil bose coin to John liersey, Lung.
lane, Bernsoncley.
Prosecutor deposed that last evening the prisoner
ante red his ►hop and asked for a penny worth
of bread, tendering what seemed to be a shit.
I ling. About two hours afterwards she again en
tared has shop, and purchased half an ounce of tee,
fur which oho paid with another shilling, which he found to
be counted* it. He then !gave her into custody. On ex-
amining the taut' shilling, he discovered that at also was
bad. The prisons, dented entering the prosecutor's how.*
on the occasion first referred to. As for the shil:iog last
referred to, she did not know it was bad.

Alieckett remanded her until Saturday, for tho
attendance ut the oullator of the Mint.

THE LATE ACCIDENT AT THE GREAT
NORTHERN RAILWAY-STATION.

This morning in inquest was held before Mr.
Thomas Wekley, at the City of York, Maiden-lane, Battle-
bridge, on the body of John Kendal, aped 20, who wail
killed by the falling of a girder and a portion of the works in
Course of erection at the above station, on Saturday last, on
which occasion two other persons, named Green and Tyler,
received such interies that it was found necessary to remove
them to the University Hospital, and one of whom, Green,
bee since died.

Stephen Richardson, of Stanmore•place, Somers Town,
labourer, depud that he knew the decreed, who was a
carpenter. He was working close to him on Saturday last,
when they were in the ace of placing the girder in its
place. He had got one end over. He gave the word to
lower it. The crab was fixed, and he had got on the
column on which the girder was to stand, when the eye-
rope snapped. The deceased was standing on the scaffold.
The girder, in falling, carried everything with it, and the
deceased mast have been knocked down by it. He fell
through into the water. The rope snapped, in his
(witness's) opinion, front the sudden jerk of the shear-
legs 'lipping. Witness was acting as foreman of the
hoisting at the time. The whole of the girders had been hoisted
on the same principle, and with the same tackle, without
any accident. The girders are double, and are raised
is iitwo portions. The weight of the girder is about
one and a half ton, and not sax, as 'taut!. The rope was
perfectly sound, and about one sad a half inch thick.
Henry Atherton, carpenter, corroborated the last wittiest.
as to the manner of the accident. The sheer-legs did mi
broth, and he was confident that it amee from pure accident.
and that no one was to blame. In future he would recom-
mend the use of a preventive gye. Witness was stending
on the scaffold, about six feet below, but the girder mined
him.

J. Higgins deposed he was assisting in hoisting another
girder at the time of the acci.tent; he assisted in getting the
deceased out of the water. It was an hour and a halt before
he was got out. Did not thick there was any difference be-
tween the tackle used in raising the girder about which he
was engaged and that which caused the accident. The
coroner did not think any one was to blame. Every pt.
esutim was taken. It was suggested that a luff tackle
should be med. He bad no doubt in future every precaution
would be taken.

The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death," adding
that no blame at,achrd to any one

HIL.tRY Tzam.—Yesterday the lists of the arrears
in the cc= non law courts for the ensuing Hilary Term,
commencing on Saturday next, were exhibited. In the
Court of Queen's Bench then are 50 special cases and de-
murrers for argument. There are none for judgment. In
the new trial paper there are 3 for judgment and 39 for
argument ; snaking, exclusive of crown cases, 92. In the
Common Pleas the amen only number 26, consisting of 4
demurrers, 4 enlarged rules in the remanet papir, and 15
rules for new trials, with 2 matters steadieg for the judg-
ment at the court ; whilst in the Court of Exchequer tr. e
somber is 61, of which 6 rules are in the peremptory paper
There are 18 mitten, including new tnala, special cases,
and demurrer, 'tending for judgment. 'I ben are 4 demur-
rers for argument, and 8 special cases and 25 rules in the
new trial paper. The arrears of the three courts only num-
ber 179, showing a marked diminution in the lists compared
with Hilary Term list year, partly arising from the operation
of the County Courts Act.

DESTRCCTIrE CONFLAGRATION AT BERMONDSEY
—This (Tuesday) morning, about a quarter put one o'clock,
the neighbourhood of the Gr►nge road, Bermondsey, was
again thrown Into a state of confusion in consequence of the
outbreak of soother destructive fire. The disaster corn-
, menced in a spacious two.story building, from 60 to 80 feet
long, occupied conjointly by Mr. Warne, a parchment ma-
nulocturer, and Mr. Theater, a cooper, *imam in Little
Georae street South,
.Greage.road, Bermondsey. The
beam were first perceived by the constsole on the beat. The
progress of the fire, however, was such, that before suel-
ewnt time bad elapsed to despatch the necessary intelligence
to the engine station, names in immense bodies
shot through the building. Without 100 of time
numerous engines of the London ntabliehment, West
of Ragland Company, and parish, attended, u well
as the tire escapee. Plenty of water having fortu-
nately been procured from the mains in the diet:feu, the
firemen set their ear ince to work, Gut in spite of their
mcst a:Tenuous exertions the Ihmti continued to travel,
tad i: was not until half-past two o'clock that their further
progress could be urestad4wben all danger of their filtuter
extolls= wu at an end. It is understood that the property
destroyed was insured.