The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-10 00:00:00

DERBYSHIRE.

SUPPOSED MURDER AT CHESTERFIELD.-0O Friday the
deceased's partner, J. Platte, with his mother and brother-
in-law, H. Knight. were apprehended on suspicion of being
implicated in the murder. A watch which had belonged to
the deceased is said to have been traced to their possession ;
and it is stated that on the night when the deceased was last
seen the noise of blows, followed by loud groans, was hoard
in the shop which Platte and the deceased occupied. It is
added that shortly afterwards Platte washed his hand, which
was bloody, a circumstance which he attributed to his having
cut his finger; and at the same time appearances were
observed which indicated that he had fallen down upon one
knee.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE NOTTINGHAM AND LINCOLN
RAILWAY.—NOTTINOIIAM, Wednesday, 4 p.m.—An inquiry
commenced yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon at 4 o'clock, at
the General Hospital, near this town, to ascertain the cause
of the death of Henry Glover, mentioned in our paper yea.
' terday as caused by an accident on the Nottingham and Lin-
I coin Railway. The jury having viewed the body which
I was identified, the following evidence was taken :
Thomas Smart, of the Trent Bridge, Nottingham, road pur-
veyor, said, I was in the train on the Lincoln Railway on Mon-
day last ; we left the station at Nottingham at ten
minutes after twelve o'clock; we travelled at the
rate of twenty-four miles an hour ' • I looked at my watch
just after we arrived at the Lowdham station, and
made the remark about the rate we were travelling : we
had been twenty minutes going; immediately after-
wards I heard something break; it was a dreadful smash;
we still kept going on. I think I was nearly in the last
carriage. As soon as I heard the smash, I jumped out of
the carriage; I believe I was the first that got out of the
carriage. I saw the engine which had been drawing the
traiu in the ditch, and heard a dreadful cry. It was not
overturned, but in the ditch, by the side of the line. I went
up to the spot. The man was between the engine and the
tench r, and it appeared as if all the weight of the tender was
upon his thighs. The tender was partly raised up, and in
a falling direction ; the hind wheels of the tender were quite
off the rails. One truck was off the line, but none of the
passenger carriages. We could not do anything to release
the man, but we got eight horses with ropes, and attached
them to the tender to draw it back again. I should
think forty minutes elapsed before this was completed.
—William Howitt, Carlton-road, Sneinton, lace-manufac-
turer, tail,—l was in the train, in a second-class carriage,
when the accident happened; I had not noticed the time we
were going, but it was at a very moderate pace ; we stopped
at Lowdham, and in two or three minutes afterwards I felt
a concussion from a check of the train, and was driven with
my knees under the seat opposite, and my heed struck on
the opposite side, which broke my hat ; I got out of the car-
riage directly, and ran to the ditch where the engine was,
and I found the engineer lying crying for help, and wringing
his hands; I help what? and the engineer pointed to
Glover, and i s iw him betwixt the engine and tender, with
a complete ,':ower of steam falling upon him;i he
was squeezed then by the thighs, between the back
part of the engine and the fore part of the tender. We ex-
tricated the poor man in about half an hour ; all the labourers
on the railway came to our assistance. I saw him brought
to Nottingham on a truck. Every body in the train seemed
to think that the whole arose purely from accident—Samuel
Elkton, of Lincoln, engine-driver, said : I was on the engine
and we were going at the rate of 17 or 18 miles an hour;
the first thing I felt was that the engine appeared to lift itself
up off the line. We were about nine miles from Notting-
ham, running on a curve. I believe the line was in very good
order. I perceived no more shaking than usual. The line there
is a little elevated above the surface. I believe the engine got
off the line through a spring underneath the engine breaking.
The engine run ten yards from the rails before it got into the
ditch ;it then went with the head down the bank. I was
thrown into the ditch ; as soon as I Lot up I found Glover
between the engine and the body of the tender, quite
fast. He isas about half an hour before he was liberated.
I did not examine the line then, but I did yesterday
(Tuesday), and I cannot find anything in the line of a
dangerous nature. I had been in the habit of driving over
that part of the line. The spring under the engine
which was broken supported a great portion of the weight
of the engine. There are six spnngs; two to each axle of the'
wheels. I only observedveaterdaythatthe spring wsabroken.
In cadent a spring b-eaking, the weight of the engine would I
be supported by the ether five. I am certain there was
nothing on the rails. I had examined the springs that
morning at Derby. As soon as I perceived the shock, I
shut off the steam, and in a moment she was on her side.
Our time to leave Lowdham is 27 minutes after leaving Not-
tingham.—Portions of the broken spring were brought into
the room and were examined by the jury ; the first piece was
found about 700 yards from the place where the accident
happened. The spring consists of eight plates of iron, about
one-third of au inch each, welded together, all of which had
been snapped nearly in the middle. Some further corrobo-
rative evidence having been given, the inquest was adjourned
to Monday next.
VCTITO

MIDDLITHORPE, NEARALFORD, Sept. 7.—A truly melan-
choly accident occurred at this retired watering-p this
afternoon, which has thrown a universal gloom over this and
the surrounding villages, and plunged several respectable
families into the deepest dietreea. Mr. Rogers, the master of
a.very respectable boarding-school at Zenith, brought his boys
(an number between 40 and 50) to this place to-day for the
purpose of giving them a holiday, and up to four o'clock in
the afternoon they were in high spirits, playing at cricket
and other manly games. About that hour several of the
boys proceeded. to bathe in the sea, and five of them got out
of their depth and were overtaken by the tide. Of these
five, two were saved by the exertions of Mr. Rogers, who, at
the risk of his own life, rushed into the sea, and, lamentable
to relate, the three remaining were drowned. The unfor-
tunate sufferers are children of respectable parents belonging
to this part of the county, of the names of Mackender, Gun--
nem, and Wakelin, and were of the respective ages of 17, 16,
and 15. The latter is represented as being the ouly child of
very fond parents. Tuesday Morning.—The bodies were
found at eleven o'clock last night, very near the spat where
the accident happened.

SILNATOIIT CONDMOR OP C•m samoz.—Wen the Tana-
ble doctrines of asaissftaral chemistry coma to be better
understood, we (pageleigire Advertiser) bans that agri-
cultural ismairommit wad smailary Ms= mill re Nod ka
hand. Thrift wig pailast as vdmot paeglarra. Noah hot
already been asamplibsii in the hapariutt province. Our
cities are no loafer absolute accumalslissis of the filth of
centuries. Yeas, as they roll *a, is act, as they once did,

deposit in our streets successive strata of unwholesome soil.
We know one or two eases in which it has been actually
ascertained that causellays had risen in the &aurae of sue-
suasive yes, till the mend floors of the houses on each side
had actually sunk down into cellars. This is no longer the
case. The scavenger has in some measure superseded
the doctor. Much of the refuse of our towns enriches
our fields. And it must be confessed, that though
not practically carried out to any greet extent. juster
Mesa on this subject are beginning to prevail. Still there is
much to be accomplished. Much that is valuable is still
thrown away. It is not only lost, it is permitted to contami-
nate the atmosphere which we breathe, and to pour down a
tributary pestilence into the streams whick we drink. How
many millions of money are thus annually wasted ! Why
should a source of national treasure, equisalent almost in
annual amoun• to the interest of the national debt, be per-
mitted not only to lie waste—to remain unproductive—but
even to poison the very air and water—to fester disease—to
destroy, instead of nourishing, life? Those very substances
which, in a state of decay and putrefaction, exhale a periodi-
cal plague and destroy millions, might in the hands of skill
and science, and good husbandry, sustain millions. There is
an old Scotch proverb which says—and who can deny it ?
that " muck is the mother of the meal-chest." Manure is a
treasure. Why should this treasure be permitted to accu-
mulate around us—to stagnate under our houss--to disgust
us in our streets—to smite us down with disease—to gene-
rate an everlasting though insidious plague by actually
and constantly diffusing death around us and swel-
ling our tables of mortality, when a little thrill—a
little common sense a little wise precaution and
very little science would transform it into the golden fruit of
an overflowing harvest? Guano indeed! We have guano
in our sewers—we are guanoed to death ; and yet we traverse
the ocean to import what, in another form, is killing us
daily and by inches in revenge for being neglected. Let it
not be imagined that Cambridge is positively a pig-sty. It
is, we presume, much upon a footing, in point of cleanliness,
with other English towns—though labouring, of course,
under the peculiar disadvantage of being locates in a dead
Act. Though a classical city, it wants the Acropolis of
Athens and the seven hills of imperial Rome. Its learned
atmosphere is little disturbed by the invigorating sea-breeze.
The more public streets are tolerably swept, and though the
Castle-hill has been incarcerated for some time within the
county prison, the College walks and one or two pleasant
pieces (so-called) discharge pretty well the functions of public
lungs. But the pestilence is beneath. It is a sub,errancous
calamity which we lament ; and we must agitate the institu-
tion of a sewage company to pump up this pestilence, and,
with the touch of Midas, to convert it into national wealth
and the staff of life.

SUSSEX.
LORD G. Betcrtwei's HORSE " APRtcmc."—A few days
alive, a person, giving his name S. Bale, cime down to
Goodwood to inspect the racing stud of Lord G. Itentinck,
which is for sale, and eventually agreed to become the our-.
chaser of "African" at the sum of He paid 41. in
gold, and gave a cheque on (we believe) a Norwich bank for
1961., and was permitted to take the horse away. The
cheque was presented and dishonoured, the drawer either
having no effects, or being unknown. Immediately on this
being known, a warrant was issued and placed in the bands
of Mr. Pasco, who returned to Chichester on Thursday with
the horse in question.

SUFFOLK.
THE ROMAN REMAINS on the RIVER WAVENET were
brought to the hammer on Wednesday last, when the auc-
tioneer knocked down what eighteen centuries have been un-
able to conquer. The lot wu thus &scribed : —"About twenty-
eight acres of fine arable land containing the magnificent
remains of the ancient Gariononum of the Romans, a vener-
able relic, surpassing in beauty ■nd preservation the famous
fortress of Itichlmrough. This fortress is in exc. Hoot pre-
servation, and contains within its walls 5.5. 3u. 3Se. The
castle lands around it contain 13s. On. 6r. of ar,ble, and
Si.. 3a. 72e. of pasture land. These lands being of the
finest quality, are adapted for any cultivation, or for p'ea-
sure grounds or gardens ; and their extensive deep water
frontage to the navigable river Waveney, greatly improves
their value. The castle itself is flank, d with massive
towers, and is the most complete specimen of a Roman en-
campment in the kingdom. It Lss stood for eighteen cen-
turies upon an eminence commanding the present confluence
of the Waveney and Yaro.
• Whose town% as yet
Unniodemired by tasteless art, remain
Stilt wumbdued by time.'
Within and around the walls large quantities of valuable
urns, coins, and Roman relics are frequently discovered. To
the antiquary, the pouession of this national relic must be
Inestimable. To any person desirous of residing in or near a
spot so classic, the gradual declivity of the Waveney hills
offers a beautiful and picturesque site for a residence at the
foot of the rrretorium, without ioterfering with the classic
beauties of the encampment." It was pu: up at 8001. A
thousand were offered; three more bidding. brought it to
1,2001., when a spirited successions of bids was given till the
lot realised 1,5001., nt which price it was knocked down to
Sir John P. Boileau, Bart, President of the Arebarological
Society, in whose hands it will hapily obtain a further respite
from the modernising spirit of the present day.

SOUTHEND.—This retir;ilwatering-place is now crowded
with visitors. The cliffs which, unlike those of many other
watering-places, incline obliquely to the shore, and are over-
grown with shrubs, form a favourite resort. On Tuesday a
grand dahlia show was held on the enclosed ground in front
of the Ship Tavern, and drew thousands of the gentry from
the surrounding villages. The prizes consisted of silver cups,
and several small sums in money. The show of flowers was
excellent, and many of the stands came from the neighbour-
hood of tile metropolis, the prizes being open to all England.
SUPERSTIIIION.—A correspondent states that a day or
two since, a gathering, as it is technically rolled, was made
at Southend for the benefit of a young woman, residing
at the neighbouring Ti:luge of Pristlewell, who having re-
ceived a coup de solid, whilst working in the fields, has since
been suffering under paralysis. On making inquiries as to
the merits of her case, the writer was gravely informed by a
respectable female, that the current opinion was, that she was
bewitched by an old woman in the Tillage. It was also
further stated, that she was under the advice of a wise man,
who had promised to make " the witch burst," or in other
words, to remove the spell that very night. How the exor-
cism succeeded, the writer did not hear, but it is to be feared
that this form of superstition is but too common.