The Express.
London, England, 1862-09-08 00:00:00

WHERE SHALL WE TRY GARIBALDI ?

Where shall we try Garibaldi?
Find us some Italian town
Not alive with his renown,
Where the air is not in flame
With the splendour of his name,
Where the pavement of the street
Would not stir to kiss his feet—
Not till such a place is found
Try him on Italian `round!
What men shall judge Garibaldi
Seek for men in Italy
Who can neither bear nor see,
Through whose he►rts the trumpet•blast
Of his story never peas d,
Men whose honour is unstained
When this ratans star& arraigned—
Find us such—but not till then
Try him by Italian men !

THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.

It will be recollected that some months since, at
the instance of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, the Lords
of the Admiralty ordered the paddlewheel steam surveying
vessel Porcupine, 3, to be prepared for sounding that por-
tion of the bed of the ocean, near Ireland, on which the
electric cable, laid by Sir Charles Bright, is supposed to
have broken. The Porcupine has returned to Plymouth.
Some of the soundings extended to a depth of 2,500
fathoms. The visit of the steamer to Rockall on
the 14th of August seems to have been prompted by
a desire on the part of the Lords of the Admiralty to
be able to judge, by a knowledge of its depth and
character, of the expediency of dropping a cable across this
bank, for the purpose of connecting Ireland with Iceland
and America. On the ridge of the bank soundings varied
from 90 to 160 fathoms ; fish were most abundant ; the
bottom consisted of mud and sand_ The diagrams, returns,
and reports from the officers engaged on board the Porcu•
pine have left for Whitehall for the consideration in
the first place of the Lords of the Admiralty, after
which communication will be made by their lordship, to the
directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Company. The vessel
is now at Keyham steamyard, where she will disembark her
sounding gear and machinery, and reship the deck-house, or
office, displaced for the purposes of her recent duty. She
will probably leave on Wednesday for Woolwich.

FATAL OMNIBUS ACCIDEFT AT BOSTON.

A GENTLEMAN KILLED AND SEVERAL INJURED.

An alarming accident occured on Friday evening
last, about nine o'clock, to • pleasure party who were re-
turoing to Boston, from a picnic at Miningsby. The excur-
sionist'', numbering about twenty ladies and gentle-
, men, were riding in an omnibus and four,
dnven by Mr. Mears, of the White Horse Inn, Boston,
and had proceeded safely on their return until within
about two miles of Boston. The road on winch they tra-
velled at this point runs parallel with a wide drain, and in
consequence of the centre of the road being here covered
with loose shingle, and the trees on the field side overhang-
ing it, the driver pulled off the road upon the grass on the
side Dearest the drain, and so proceeded safely for •
few hundred yards, when the conveyance suddenly slipped
andfell over theedge of thedrain bank, • depth of several feet,
into the water, and in its fall it turned two complete somer-
saults. The gentlemen who were on the outside were pre-
cipitated into the drain, and the driver fell among his
affrighted horses. The majority of the gentlemen as well
as the driver being only slightly injured, instantly
went Ito the rescue of the ladies who occupied
the inside of the vehicle, a feat they speedily ancomplid,
and found that they were but slightly injured. It was
next decided to ascertain whether all had bees
safely extricated, when it was found that Mr.
I West, draper, was miring, and on • close search
the unfortunate gentleman was discovered beneath
the vehicle, completely immersed in water. He was
speedily conveyed to an adjacent public-house, where Mr.
Pitcher, surgeon (one of the party), used every possible
exertion to restore animation, but without avail. The in-
juries of the remainder ware fortunately diacoverci to be
only of • slight character, and chiefly contusions and cats.
News soon reached Boston, whence cabs and additional
medical aid were speedily despatched.
An inquest wee held on Saturday afternoon on the body
of Mr. West, when a verdict of "Accidental Heath" was
returned. The jury wished it to be represented to the
trustees of the road that it was in a dangerous condition,
and recommended that the overhanging branches of the
trees be cut away.

Drarauc-rivz FlRE.—Yefiterday morning, be-
tween the bolus of one and two, a fire broke out in the
prerniera belonging to Mr. Fags, • chandler, at No. 13,
Hawkins-street, Mile-end-road, which was not extinguished
until the building and the stack in trade, furniture, wearing
apparel, and other effects were destroyed. The origin of the
fire is unknown.

ALARMING ACCIDENT.—OAKHAM, FRIDAY.--This
morning, about 5.30, an accident of rather a serious cha-
racter, but, happily, unattended with any loss of human
life, occurred to the Leicester 3 a.m. luggage train, which
consisted of a large number of heavily-laden coal waggons
and five cattle trucks, containing sixty head of Irish beasts
for Norwich market, and a fine incalved cow, the property
of Lady Pigot, of Branche-park, Newmarket, and which had
received a aecond.ciam prize at the Leicester Agricultural
Snow on Wednesday. After passim; the Manton station
there is • large embankment, which extends some half •
mile towards Stamford, after which • small cutting coin-
meows, and co reaching this part of the line an Eastern
Counties' coal-waggon axle broke at the boss, and it was
thrown off the line, others quickly following; and thee
the cattle trucks and the guard's break ; tearing up the
earth, sleepers, and rails for some quarter of • mita or more,
the five cattle trucks and guard's break were thrown over
on their sides on the quickeet hedge, and all more or less
broken. Three of the Irish beasts were, it appears, suffo-
cated ; but it so happened that, the sides of the trucks
falling on the fence, the cattle were able to get out, or
more must have died, but the prize cow does not appear to
have suffered the least hurt, although she had to lie on her
side in the truck for some hours. There were six or 'eyrie
men is the guard's van, and although it shared the same
fate as the others, the whole of the men escaped with slight
bruises. In all, 11 trucks were off the line and more or
less damaged. The breakdown train, or "Black Jack,"
as it is sometimes called, quickly arrived from Leicester
with • large number of hands. The rails were torn up
far about half a mile, and the np-tine was used ; so that
after the first two morning trains bad been got through
the rest of the traffic passed on as usual, and the line will
soon be in proper repair.
ATTEMPTED RIBBON MURDER.—A report has
reached Dublin of an attempt at murder in the county Ros-
common, tinder circumstances which further illustrate the
deep malignity of the Ribbon system. Some sheet time
age a threatening letter was sent to !Jr. Walpole, a gentle-
man residing in the vicinity of Strokeetown, commanding
him to dismias his steward, a man named Brabeney. He
did not choose to comply with such an audacious order,
and the miscreants who issued it resolved to chow their
power to avenge his disobedience. On Wednesday night,
as the steward was entering his own house, be was fired at
from behind a hedge, and received a number of slugs in
different parts of ins body. He was fortunate!), not killed,
but has received serious injure. The impunity which so
many murders have obtained is, no doubt, very much calcu-
lated to promote assassination.