The Express.
London, England, 1862-05-05 00:00:00

MID-SUSSEX AND MIDHURSE JUNCTION

RAILWAY.-(THIS DAY.)

A special general meeting of this oompany took
place to-day, at the offices in Parliament-street, to consider
and approve a bill now pending in parliament for enabling
the said company to extend the time for completing their
railway, to sell or lease their undertaking to the London,
Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company. Mr. J.
CART in the chair.

A resolution in accordance with the term' of the adver-
tisement was proposed and agreed to, the Oilman
stating that all the earthworks on the line (which wu
within seven miles in length) were completed, and the only
thing that remained to be done was the making of the
tunnel near Midhurst. The contractors, however, would
take advantage of the present fine weather, in order that
the directors might be enabled to hand the line over to the
management of the London and Brighton Company with all
possible despatch.

THE EDUCATION DEBATE. —This debate was to
have been resumed this evening, in committee of the Hou. e
of Common., on Mr. Walpole's resolutions. But we
understand that Mr. Walpole has expressed himself
substantially satisfied with the latest modification of
the revised code, although the United Committee repre-
senting the National Society, the Wesleyan,. &c., have de-
clared themselves much dissatisfied ; and it is therefore
expected that the right hon. gentleman will withdraw his
resolutions, and thus the government amended plan will be
tacitly adopted.—Leeds Mercury of to-day.
EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE BY A FOREIGN ER.
(True Day.)—This morning information ;wee forwarded to
the different police-stations that a foreign gentleman, well
clad, had deliberately shot himself with a pistol in the
public thoroughfare of Upper George-street, Chelsea, to
the great terror and amazement of several ladies who
happened to be close to the spot at the
time. When picked up by some bystaoders, and
carried into an adjoining surgeon's, it was found
that he was quite dead. The body was taken charge
of by the police and removed to Chelsea workhouse,
and on searching the person a sum of 141. 10s. in gold and
lb. 6d. in silver was found in his pockets, also a costly gold
watch and appendages, and some memoranda, from which it
is conjectured that the deceased is a Swede, named Andre
Auguste Zettermand. Another foreigner, named Moos.
Edouard l)umisig, attempted suicide by leaping out of the
second-floor window, at 15, Grafton-street, Soho; he lies
in Charing-cross Hospital in a hopeless sate.
GROHS CRUELTY TO A CHILD. —A STEPMOTHER
COMMITTED POE MANSLAUGHTER.—OD Friday evening an
inquest was held at the Commercial Inn, Barnsley,
on the body of a boy named William John Lincoln, nod
four years. In consequence of its having been stated
that the child had been inhumanly treated by its step-
mother, great excitement prevailed in the locality. It
appeared that the father of the boy bad been married
twice, his first wife having died rather less than four
months ago, and six weeks after he married his present
wife. Mr. Blackburn, surgeon, said, on Wednesday morn-
ing last, he was called to see deceased, who was then in a
comatose state. He found his skull was fractured, both
thighs were broken, the left having evidently been done
some time ; there were also bruises on the forehead, arms,
back, and on one ear. Death bad arisen from the fracture
of the skull and the effusion of blood on the brain. Several
neighbours said the child and two others were badly treated,
and that on Wednesday morning the stepmother ran out
of the house, with the child in her arms, crying out that its
elder brother had let it fall downstairs. It died• few hours
after. Ann Hatthewman, who resided next door to the
Lincoln's, said that on Saturday last she was in Mrs. Lin-
coln's, who complained of the dirty habits of the child.
She laid it across her knee, and gave it a violent stroke
over the small of the back, and then threw it on the stone
floor, the beck part of the head going down with great force.
The child never screamed, but lay with its ayes open where
it fell. Mr. Blackburn said that it frequently happened
that after the fracture of the skull the person so injured
lived for days and even weeks. The jury, after half an
hones consultation, unanimously agreed to a verdict of
manslaughter against Mary Anne Lincoln ; sad the coroner
made out a warrant for her committal to York to take her
trial at the next IlleiZelt. The accused is about 22 years
of age.
During last year the amount of tonnage which
arrived at San Francisco, via Cape Horn, from the United
States Atlantic ports, is estimated at about 160,000 tons,
sad the value of merchandise received from thence is esti-
mated at upwards at b millions sterling. and the freight at
half a million. The amount of direct importation of foreign
merchandise was nearly 1,803,0001., and the freight nearly
300,0001. The imports, via the Isthmus of BLOW, were
of • million sterling, and the through
on nearly 200,0001. The imports into San Francisco
from Vancouver's Weed emanated to nearly 300,0C31., and
from ocher warms to nearly 400,0061. The axplets of tree.
sure from San Promise° tart year amounted to about 8
millions sterling, the exports of merchandise to nearly 2
400,0021.
millions, and goverment kande/ draft§ amounted to nearly

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