The Express.
London, England, 1856-09-26 00:00:00

TRAVELLER BT

DROWNING AT AILZSBORT.

Oa Thursday morning, at about haltpast aMa
o'clock, es the lock-keeper residing at the lock. bolas* of the
canal, about two miles from Aylesbury, came down to the
plus called the wood lock," to enjust the gates, be saw
Seating on the top of the water a man's hat. His suspi-
cions were awakened, and Le intmedlstely procured a rake.
After he bad been &urging for some time, he ratted to the
surface of the water the body of a nepectsbly-dressed per-
son. He succeeded in pulling the bony through the lock
into the canal, and then raised it to the beak. Aid wale
obtaieed, and the body was conveyed to the Ship Inn. All
that is at present known of the melancholy evict is, that
about Lalf-past eight on the pnvions evening loud tries of
distress were heard ; bar, in consequence of the darkness
•f the sight and the high state of the wind, it was impot-
sills to &wove: from wheelie they Sued. The opinion of
Mr. Cooley, the medicsl man who sew the body, was, that
life bad been entente many hours. The deceased ha been
ideatefled es Mr. B. Hember, a consrcereisl traveller for the
firs of Messrs. Wile sod Geyferd, wholesale grocers, ef 37,
Esstehei.p, London. On has person wal found a silver
heaths, watch, me "Berwire, No. 3.950."
end it gold Albert distil. He had alto 11. 4.. 6id. in silver
and eopp.r. end 851. in bank notes, of the B.nk of Borland,
Buekioaltem Beek, and Blaster end Oaiordshire Bonk.
On the Sager of he left hand was a plain signet ring. The
heads tf the deceased were coasiderably &bested no d Atbt
to his shorties struggles to save himself. The depth from.
the top of the lock wall to the water is about nine feet, ad
the usual depth."( water In the lock about four feet. Near
the gate, however, whirs the dumbed was found, there in
a depth of water of seven feet, sad the presumption is that
the dammed in endeavouring to @true glut up to th• gate
lost his life. Mr. Kember had bun staying at the White
Hut Hotel, at which plus his esaveyanee sow is, end had
gene oat ea the prem., evening about half.put seven
o'clock. He wen let seen by the pollee in the market
sowers &been a edict', end Ste greatest mystery previa,
as to Me meson for (Sou up the Gaul at so late an hear
sad ea so wet and temputuons a night.
The relies are busily enured in invutigatlng the matter.
end ea isasost oa the body will be held oa this day

THE LATE SERIOUS COLLISION IN THE

CHANNEL.

In the .Express of Tuesday last we reported
is detail the lose atilt. iron ship Imercoe, Capt. William,
while on tier voyage. Irma Liverpool to Pernambooo, through
main is mutest in the Chased with the screw genera
Velma, bound from Cork to Liverpool. The captain of the
Imogene business made the tollowing deposition flailed
on the 20th inst., and rooseded without any particular co-
mmas, astir S e.m. of the 21st, whom, Holyhead besting
E.24.E., distant 13 MlB miles, beard the mate call oat
• herd alert ; immediately rushed upon deck, aed whilst
is the companion a whines took place ; found it wee a
steamer Me ship was in contact with. Going formed, he
requested the steam. r act to kayo the ship, a he believed
the Imogene wee filling forward, the men having told him
the water wee sowing Into the forecastle. The steamer im-
mediately propelled ahead, and went. be believed, about a
mails from the Imogene, and then rounded to. Ordered the
ebip's corpsman to tars the tap of the fore compartment,
to payout the water going into the main compartment.
The passengers exhibited gem alum, and in consequences
ordered the boats to be lowered, weish was done, all hands
behaving 'desirably on the occasion. First conveyed in hie
arms the only female passes's, into one of the boat.; the
other peassegen immediately followed; these were pat on
hoed of the steamer. In the meantime the rentaindm of
the mew busily outplayed tiemeeelyes is eadeavonring to
gat the ship before the wind. A boat then came from the
maw in Marge of the harbour master of Qeeeneleign ;
the mats puny was thee monsded is his pressmen, end so
wren wee fesad. Told him if he was smart sad seat a
hawser there wee no doubt the ship could be towed into
Holylesse. The steamer's Mat then lett, with a promises
that a hawser should be seat to tow with. Amain somded
the finals pump, and found four Mabee of water in her. The
Nip by this time was settling by the head, and the water
isereased at a very rapid rate is the tools compartmut.
Oa again sounding lull four feet water were found. The
steamer's boat again made bee appearance, bat brought no
hawser. Ordered the ship'. hawser should im pared into
the steamer', boat from forward, bat seeing that the ship
was feat staking, directed all hands into the boat. Then
got late the boat by the Isis's Metes, and proceeded
toward. the steamer. As 50.... the capteie got as board
lb. steamer he taw the Imogene entirely disappear, ping
down head foremost. The crew and paseengsre, with slight
estepdeas, last everythie g. The summer conveyed them to
Liverpool, where they strived at 3.30 p.m.on the 21st (as
f 'missals retorted is this journal). Job Donnie, tee
chief mate of the Imogene, has oleo made a depiction in Es-
teems. to the colluVae, in which he states that he had
Marge of the watch at the them He first observed a green
light below std a height light at a most bead of a masel.
shish he believer' to be a steamer. Immediately ordered a
1 gal to be exhibited in the poet main rigging, and when
the items, was within two Nye Maybe t f the Imogene.
he hailed her to sty her engines ; but, nearly at the same
.cacti, tke Iscissa.'. helm was pat bard to port; the
ship Instantly went off about two pouts, going at the rats
et three to tom knots. The steamer, which had her topsail
and equarmail ser, steering about N.B. t. E. E, or shoat
mid-chassiel course, thee rte into the sit p. striking her very
heavily on the port bow, film carrying away the bowsprit,
cathesd, and bother, and damaging her ball seriously. The
fore compartment soon tilled, sad eventually the Moyne
disappeued, and was entirely loot."