The Express.
London, England, 1853-10-14 00:00:00

YABLBOROiUGH•STBIIT.

Joseph Chamberlain was summoned before Mr. Hard-
wick, by Mr. H. Thoraw,, secretary to the Royal Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, for cruelty to a
horse.

Robert Reed, a constable employed by the safety, stated
that on the let inst. he saw • waggon drawn by three
horses, in St. Jamee's-street. The shaft hone had a deep
sore on its shoulder, and the wound presented a very bad
appearance. The collar bad been eased, but not sufficient to
take off the pruner front the wound. The bone was in
middling condition in other respects. The name of Chain-
' bailout, of Baldwin-road, was as the cart.
Defendant said the wound wee not larger than • shilling,
and he would take care that the horse was not worked again
till the wound was healed.
. .

Mr. Hardwick said on those conditions h• should dis-
charge defendant on payment of MU.

DESTRUCTION OF A STATION BY A
TRAIN ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

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READING, TRI/R/IDAY MORNING.

Last night a singular accident occurred at the
Great Western Railway station in this town, by which the
abed covering one of the platforms was destroyed.
There ars here two stations standing in a parallel line,
called the "up " and " down." To each there are of
course attached the requisite booking-offices, refreshment,
and waiting-rooms, and a long platform close to the line of
rails. Each of thus platforms is covered by a circular roof
about 200 feet long, and nearly 60 feet wide, built of wood
and sine, forming on the south side a part of the range of
buildings, and supported on the north by a tier of iron
columns. How this meal of building was destroyed now
forms the subject of explanation.

The goods train from Basingstoke is due every night
about ten o'clock, and last night it made its appearance at
the usual time. The policeman in attendance gave the
signal for it to come in on the lies of rails running close to
the outside pillars of the shed. It appears that the side
flap of one of the tracks was hanging down, so as to come
in contact with the pillars, and as the train was going at
considerable speed the dap struck with great force against
each suecossive pillar, forcing them out of the perpendku•
and as it struck the last the principals across the
upper part of the shed gave way, and the whole
fell In from the centre with a tremendous crash,
and burying a number of empty carriages in the
debris. The conductor, driver, and stoker on the goods
train all escaped uninjured, though a portion of the build-
ing fell on. some of the tracks in that train.
It is regarded as a providential circumstance that the acci-
dent did not occur a few dotes later, or Me merino of
human life must inevitably_ bays been very greet The
down mail was due at 10.12, and at the tine of the roof
falling was within view ;it wink* have hal to and re-
main under the roof whilst pemessers all ands
begs wen eadiaaged, SM stamp el me
eemadag beneath the main ot the shed. theioses remita:2l
car has hem ethos that ant dioramas. Ao It we, the
arid Main wee slopped by dos signal matt mod the pas-
magma Imo esmosied dam Me line, ail Ike carriages
hook to the from which the trains start
ftioreidewbmp red
Without lam at time intimation of the snidest was
forwarded to Mr. Efface, the resident mines?, and he
proceeded by the goods tads (the calves available after
that barer) to mainmasts wit& Kr. ins& engineer to
the tompsy. In the minim Mesons. Or;en and Child,
the allltreetOri far the maidsames of way, despatched
fur their teen la Mimed twit..., and by mid.
=S= nearly MS embed to meammee °rondo= on
the return et Mr. Heinen. At daylight the men pro-
seeded with the work or sameehig the beep of ruins, and
mashies deer the lime for the ordisasy treat.
The tologregbio matemainedea is broken off, bat by
Modem if the Mal the wires will temporarily
be carried over the sad the interruption in this
reaper will be mg shoot All the down trains are obliged
to ge through the peed, sad bask to the platform of the
lima Ile t bet die. Ma the emelleat arrangements of
Kr. Swart, domperlaSeadeat, involves a delay of only a
few minutes. TM =pram trains, during the removal dike
rain% are obliged to &then their speed, and proceed
slowly by the stades.
The stations have bola hitherto found very inconveniert
for the general and it is expected that now the new
buildings will be oppeolle to mash other, and rendered in
every respect mess esavealeat mad adapted to the wants of
this large town.
The damag. aridag from this accident is estimated at
nearly $000( and and there will no doubt be an investigation
as to whether the guard or conductor of. the goods train has
been grimly negligent in not discover the dap of the
truck hanging down before the arrival of the train at
Reading.

THUNDERSTORM AT DEAL.
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(By Sitbmaraw Tsiograph.)

DEAL, THIIIIBDAT, 6.0 p.m.—Deal was visited
between four and six o'clock this afternoon by one of the
most awful thunderstorms known far some years. It con-
tinued for more than an hour, the flashes of lightning being
very vivid and strong, accompanied by heavy rain. It
appeared to pus towards the north-east. Wind N.E.