The Express.
London, England, 1853-12-31 00:00:00

GRAIN-LADEN VESSELS IN THE BOSPHORUS.

The Newcastle and Gateshead Commercial Asso-
ciation has received the following communication

respecting the towing of grain-laden British vessels
through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles, and also
through the straits of Gibraltar, by her Majesty's
steamers not otherwise engaged:

Whitehall, 19th December, 1853.

Oentlemen,—l am directed by the Lords of the Commit-
tee of Privy Council for Trade to acknowledge the receipt
of your letter of the 16th inst., requesting that olden should
be given to her Majesty's steamers to mist in the transit of
grain-laden vessels by towing them through the Bosphorus
and Dardanelles, and also through the straits of Gibraltar ;
aud, in reply, I am to state to you, fur the information of
the Commercial Association, that having communicated with
the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, my lords are ia-

formed that her Majesty's steamers in the Bosphorus are
otherwise fully engaged, and that at Gibraltar there are not
any steamers available for the purpose.
I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant,
T. H. Immix.
Messrs. Potts and Mather, Newcastle.

THE MATILDA WATTENBACII.—This clipper ship,
which sailed from the Mersey with the November mails
for Australia, under the command of Captain Clare, on the
4th instant was seen by the Gannet (s.s.) from Lisbon at
anchor in the Tagus, with fore and main masts gone to the
rigging, on the 19th instant. It will be remembered that
the American paddle-wheel steamship Golden Age, Porter,
left Liverpool a few days atter the Matilda Wattenbach,
and much interest is attached to both voyages, many
bets being laid upon the superior sailing qaalities of each
vessel.

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COLLISION ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.
—Yesterday morning an accident happened to the 9.50 '
Great Northern mixed express, due in London at four p.m.,
a snort distance south of the Doncaster Station, which has
resulted in the demolition of some of the company's rolling
stock, while the paisengen had a very narrow escape. The
train arrived in Doncaster within a few minutes of the time
' at which it was due, and after it han proceeded about 400
or 500 yards *oath of the station, it came into violent colli-
ai 111 l a its a mineral train, which was cm,sing Irons the rn
I into a sidiag t., :AL,. the
...stir, Itt p ttts. The amines
train Tea into the thud Judith waggons of th,
mineral train, end they er, smash( dLu firees and thrown
on :11.4 side. 'Vie fifth waggon 1r .m the engine was
n, and the buffer planks of the exprias engine were
Otivertt,l to pit cis. The passengers were very much t, Trifled
with the shock which they had received by being thrown
from their seats, but we dud not observe any that were in-
jured. Mr. Johnson, the locomotive superintendent, Mr.
Mullen', the station master, Mr. Middlemen, the mineral
agent, and several other officials, were immediately upon
the spit with an efficient staff of labourers, and the line was
Po thciently clear in about half an hour to allow the express
to proceed on its destination. The down line was cleared
in about an hour afterwards so that the ordinary passenger
traffic was not further interrupted.
A RAILWAY WANTED.—A Bayonne journal says:
Notwithstanding the extreme abusdiance of the harvest
in Spain, corn turn tiro country, whttn importt.,l into
France, comes to a much higher price than that brought
from the Black Ses. This is caused by the want of the
: means of transport—a tact which shows the necessity for
the construction of railway communication in that
country."