The Express.
London, England, 1862-04-23 00:00:00

THE ARTILLERY ACCIDENT AT DOVER

The inquest upon the body of the unfortunate
artilleryman, Andrew M'Dowell, who wee killed by the
accident at the Drop Battery on Monday, was opened
ii:setrday Miasma, at the Albion-inn, Dover, before the
h coronae W. H. Awn, Esq. The body presented a
shocking spectacle, one of the arms, as well as one of the
thighs of ei dimesed, being completely blown away.
' Formal evidence of the &owes dmth having been gime,
The jury returned their verdict se follows :—"That the de-
ceased was acadmitally killed by the premature firing of a
gun, and the jury are of opinion that measures should be
taken in future to prevent guns being loaded and fired
without online."
The two other men an DM hart so badly as was at first
feared, sad are now megrim* leltisfactonly.

Tau Stem or Amusanacrrr.—Yeaterday a depu-
tetra from Atihnhatt, nominated at a public meeting to
as answer to the report of Captain Jackson in re-
f.= to the state of that town, waited by appointment ,
upon Sir O. C. Lewis, Secretary of . State for War, at the ,
War-odke. The deputation, consisting of Captain Mangles,
chairman of the meeting, Mr. F. Egger, chairman of the
coalmines appointed at the meeting, the Rev. Dr. Rule,
Wesleyan minister, Mr. H. White, merchant, and Mr. D.
M. Dewar, banker, was introduced by Mr. G. Sclera-
Booth, M.P. After • few introductory observations by
Mr. Booth, who stated that the gentlemen present, as re•
presentuig the inhabitants of Aldershot', were indignant at
the aspersions which bed been cast indiscriminately upon
the town, Mr. F. Egger read the answer to Captain Jack-
saes report which the committee had prepared. After
entering at some length upon the efforts which had been
made for the mural and religious improvement of the town, '
the committee spolta in grateful terms of the active exer-
tions and well-directed efforts of the lieuteoentlemmil
commanding and his staff, awl in conclusion expresaed their
readiness to co-operate in Captain Jackson's well.inten-
tioned and earnest efforts ; to this end, however, they
solicited the aid of the government, which at present con-
tributed little or nothing towards the local rates.
THE FATAL GAS EXPLOSION IN HOLBORN.—
Testertlay an inquest was held at King's College Hospital
before Mr. Langtuun, the deputy comer, on the bodies
of Edward Rowley and John *missy, workmen in
the employ of the London Cu Comgray, who lost their
lives from injuries by an e: of gas in Holborn on
Wednesday last, as re in oar columns. Mr. 'Tindal
Atkinson attended on behalf of the gas company. Smog
witnesses were examined, and is the course of the inquiry
it was stated that every care would be taken by the cam-
piny of the families of the deceased. The jury returned a
verdict of "Accidental death."
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