The Express.
London, England, 1853-09-05 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER .5, 1853.

THE COLLISION ON THE GREAT

Mr. Carnsew—Exactly so.
The Chief Commissioner—l hive not th 'lightest doubt
they were coiled to prove bribery on the other side; but I
have not the slightest doubt it was folly believed and ex-
pected they would deny or conceal bribery by their own
party. If it had not been so, th y woull have hien pre-
p pared to admit it, without (enema or concealment.
Mr. Temple—l ensirely agree With Mr. Prendergast. I
do nut thick those witnisses would have been put iu the
box if it had been expected or intended to prove cams of
bribery against their uwu party.
Mr. Lionel Bencraft—They allowed Jarvis to leave the
court, having deceived you.
Mr. Carnsew —I tender myself to be examined on the
matter.

The Chief Commissioner—We do not know that you can
give any information.
Mr. Csrasew—l give you public notice that I can.
A witnese named Hoskins having been called,
Mr. C trimly added—Thin man received a bribe of 61.

The Chief Commissioner (very warmly)—lf lam forced
to make Misstatement 1 can only say, I was more shocked
yesterday by what occurred here, than by anything 1 have
ever witnessed in a court ofjutice. Mr. Carnsew now says
this man was bribed by 61. If he knew the fact yesterday
it would have been quite as well if he bed motioned it, and
possibly it might have,prevented the perjurywhich was com-
mitted. But now it is perfectly well known voters were
bribed, it is quite as much out of place as private in-
timation to us would have been in place, if Mr.
Carnsew had thought proper to make it, and it rather
appears to have a tendency to instruct the witnesses
not to fellow the plan of concealment petal-toil in yesterday,
whether by instruction or not we cannot undertake to say.
(Applause.) I must say the proceedings yesterday were
calculated to deprive any one of leelieg of a night'. rest,
and seriously to affect their health.
Mr. Carnsew—lt was only at 8 o'clock last night that I
heard this man had received a bribe from Featherstone.
The Chief Commissioner—Then it oily shows you know
very little about this matter.
Richard Hoskin, 101. householder, was told by Mr. Au'
drews that he could have 391. for his vote, but witness did
not know who wu to give it. Witness voted from Brem-
ridge and Fraser, and afterwards received 61. for so doing.
The money was paid a fortnight or three weeks after the
election. Mr. Featherstone called one Sunday night after
witness had been to church and laid the money on the table
without saying anything about the vote. Witness took it
up, thinking it better to put it in his pocket than to leave it
lyieg there. Witness attended no quilling meetings, and had
no drink before or during the election except what he paid
for. Featherstone had told him there would be something
for voting, but did not say what. Witness voted for Brim-
ridge and Hodgson in 1847, but got nothing for his vete.
duper Pickard recalled, and minutely questioned, denied
having received any money or other valuable consideration
for his vote in any shape or at any time, or that, to his
knowledge, his wife had done so.
The Chief Commissioner said they had information as to
the fact, and cautioned the witness to be careful, but he
still per-isted in his denial.
Daniel Tharre, 101. housekeeper, kept the " Ring of
Balls," B irnstape, at the last election. A bill of 31. 12s. 6d.
was due to him for the election of 1847 Irani Mr. ]. For-
tescue. Mr. Kingson canvassed him for Lord Ebrington,
when witness said he would not vote for the family any
more on account of his bill. Mr. Kingson told him to
make out the bill in his name and he would pay it if wit-
ness would vote for Lord Ebrington. Witness had the bill
made out, but did not send it to Mr. Kingson, and Mr.
Kingson did not come again, so the bill was not paid.
Witness voted for'Bremri.lge and Fraser, but his was not
made a " quilliee' house; nor had he supplied anything
which was not paid in the usual way.
After some other evidence of a similar character, the in-
quiry was adjourned till Monday.

BIRMINGHAM BOROUGH PRISON.

FIFTH DAY.

BIRMINGHAM, SATURDAY.
This extraordinary inquiry was resumed this
moruing.

The first witness called was Lieut. Austin, the governor
of the prison, who was examined in relation to the suicide
of the boy Andrews, which case was partly heard yesterday.
Mr. Austin deposed that Andrews was received at the
prison for the third time on the 28th of March in this
year. ile was thin, but appeared healthy and able to do
his work. lie was put to the crank labour on the 30th of
March with a blb. weight. The prisoner did not do his work,
but, having broken his crank, he was put on bread and water
for two days; that food being given to him at night at ten
o'clock, at the time he was removed from the crank cell.
On the 17th of April he was shouting in his cell, for which
offence he was sentenced to bread and water on three suc-
cessive Sundays. The witness was asked by the Chief Com-
missioner under what authority that punishment was in-
flicted: the reply was that it was a practice to prisoners
guilty of prison offences.

Captain Williams rejoined that there certainly was no
legal auth ,rity for any such thing; and Lieut. Austin went
on to say that the prisoner continuing lazy and disorderly,
he was sentenced to the strait jacket as well as bread and
water on the Sunday. He (witness) did not put the jacket
oa, but he saw the boy in it when it was on.
Mr. Welsby—ls that jacket here ?
Witness—lt is.

[This contrivance for punishment and torture was pro-
duced. It consists of a strong linen jacket, fastened behind
by a series of straps ; a strong leather band is passed over
the arms, which are held as if they were pinioned. In ad-
dition to this, there was produced another contrivance for
torture, in the shape of a collar. The one placed under
Andrews's chin measured 3A inches in depth ; it is made of
stiff leather, a quarter of an inch thick, and is unbound at
the edges.]

Exansitiation of Lieut. Austin continued—On Sunday the
17th April had on the jacket for five hours. On the 19th,
as he did not do his work, I ordered that he should again
have on the jacket, and bread and water diet. He said
he couldn't do his work, and as I thought he could if he
would, I ordered him to be strapped to the wall. There
would undoubtedly be considerable pain round the arms
from the compression caused by the strape. The boy
moaned a good deal, but I thought that waa his dogged
manner.
Mr. Welsby—Was he on bread and water diet at this
time?
Witness—He we.. A.s he had not done his task he
would not get hie bread sad water until ten o'clock at
night.
Mr. Weisby—Do you think that with such diet his
strength and constitution would be uni•jured
Witness—l do. On the 22nd of April the prisoner again
broke the crank, and was put on bread and water diet. Oa
the 23rd I forgave him the punishment of bread and water
on the two remaining Sundays, and promised him if he
would be a good boy that I would send him to the refer•
matory school.
Mr Wehby—Wu he always respectful to you ?
Witness—He was. I heard him shout violently u
if he was in pain.
Mr. Wehby—Why_the witnesses have said that be
shrieked violently. Was no report made to you of the
tact? _ _

Witness—l don't recollect. Oa the 26th of April he
broke the bar of his cell window ; I told him that I should
report him to the visiting justice', and ordered that he
should be deprived of his bed for seven nights until tea
o'clock. On the night following he destroyed himself.
Mr. Welsby—Have you formed any Judgment of the
cause which induced him to commit suicide
Witness—l have not ; only last week a man in the gaol
made a determined attempt to commit suicide.
Dr. Daly—lt appears to have been a thing of frequent
occurrence that in consequence of prisoners working at the
crank in the dark they did more work than was required.
It was so in the case of Andrews ; did it never occur to you
that that excel. should be a set-off against a deficient day ?
Witness—No.
Capt. William—Dave you been in the habit of sentencing
boys to bread and water simply because they have not com-
pleted their crank labour without hearing their defence ?
Witness—Yes.
Capt. Williams—And are you not aware that that is con-
trary to law ?
Witness—l am now aware that it is.

Capt. Williams—Are you aware that you have not com-
plied with prison regulations in this particular ?
Witness—Yes.

Capt. Williams—Was Williams—Was that straight jacket ever used be-
fore you were governor?
Witness—The lame sort of jacket was; but that kind of
punishment has increased since I became governor. The
offences, to 3, have increased since the introduction of the
hard labour crank. The regulations in reference to that
labour are that 10,000 revolutions shall be made each day :
two thousand before breakfast, or breakfast is not given;
four thousand more before dinner, or no dinner is allowed.
The whole must be done before six, or the prisoner is left
in the dark in the crank labour cell ; and it the work is
not completed by ten o'clock, the allowance is bread and
water.

➢dr. Walsby—Can you explain how it is with regard to
the 22nd of April, when, though the prisoner had done
his work, he had still only bread and water ?
Witness—lie had damaged Ins crank.
Dr. Daly—Suppose a man was seven or eight hundred
revolutions shoot, would his diet be bread and water ?
Witness—Yes.

Dr. Baly—Would a prisoner receive his dinner if he had
done six thousand revolutions by six o'elock ?
Witness—Not as a rule, though I have relaxed that rule.
Mr. Welsby—Were any prisoners strapped to the wall
daring the time Capt. Maconochie was governor ?
Witness—Yes; two men—one for three days, from nine
to six.

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When was it, that we may refer. I should advise you
to be careful about the matter, because Captain Maim-
cochie has made a statement in reference to the subject.
Witneu—l don't think youll see it in the punishment-
book.

lilt. Welsby—Why have you not yourself made a remark
in the punishment-book on the subject ? Look at the book.
The punishment-book was handed to the witness, who
read from it a note to the -ffect that Thomas Howard, a
prisoner in the gaol in the year 18.50, war, en the 26th of
November, guilty of shouting after the warder, for which
he was sentenced to three days' confinement in the refrac-

WY cell. with bread and water—to wear the strait jacket, .
and he fastened to the wall. [This was during Captain
Macon orhie's governorship ]
Mr. IVelany (to witness)—ls that entry in your hand.
writing ?
Witnesp—lt is.
Mr. Welstsy—When was it written ?
Witness—Two months since.
By whose authority ?
Witness—My own.
And do you not think it was a most improper thing for
you to add to a ptison record something under another per-
son's guardianship ?—I wished to discharge it from my
recollection.
Will you positively swear that that punishment was in-
flicted ?—I believe it was.
la that record true ?—Yes ; it is.
Capt. Williams—What is the name of the other prisoner
on whom this punishment was inflicted in Capt. Macone.
&Ws time ?—His name is Scott.
Is he in the prison now ?
Witness—He la.
Mr. Welsby—Did you see the punishment indicted ?
Witness—l did not.
How do you know it was inflicted ?
No answer.
Mr. Welsby—Now, Mr. Austin, I must have an answer;
depend on it, no fencing with me will have any effect.
Lieut. Austin—l didn't intead to fence. I believe the
punishment was inflicted.
Mr. Welsny—Were the straps to the jacket the same
as now?
Witness—There was no arm strapsand no collar.
When were the arm straps and collar introduced ?
Witness—ln March, 1882, after Fell tame to the gaol ;it
was in consequence of information he gave me as to the
practice is the gaol at Leicester.
Had you the sanction of the visiting justices for intro-
ducing these straps and collar ?
Witnises: No.
Will you swear that the visiting justices ever saw a pri-
soner in the jacket in that form?
Witness—Yes.
Row soon after the introduction of the collar and the
strapping to the wall, did any of the visiting justices see •
prisoner in that state ?
IVitness—Two months.
Capt. 'Williams—Name the visiting justice ?
Witness—Mr. Howard Lohoek.
Did he make any objection to It ?
Witness—No.
Of what offence had that prisoner boon guilty ?
Witness—Shouting from the mill.
How long was he in that state ?
Wane as—All day.
Did you think tn:t such a system of punishment was cal-
culated to suppress shouting?
Witness—l did think to.
Has it had that effect?
Witness—No.
Mr. Webby—Don't yon believe that such violent punish-
ments are caladated to produce irritation and insubordina-
tion ?
Wineas—Yes.
Has that been the consequence?
Witness—lt has.
And yet you continued it until this investigation was in-
stituted ?

Witness—l did.
Did you ever strap a prisoner's legs ?
Witness—Yes. I have been kicked by prisoners, and I
I have their legs strapped.
How often has that been done ?
Witness—Frequently.
What other et the visiting justices has been prisoners
stropped up with the collar and jacket in the way you have
described ? Has Mr. Smith or Mr. Lucy?
Witness—Mr. Smith has not ; Mr. Lucy has.
Has anybody else ?
Witness—l think not.
Have you discontinued any of the punishments employed
in Capt. Maconochie's time ?
Witness—Yes, the use of the handcuffs ; also the practice
of placing prisoners with their faces to the wall for long
periods.
Dr. Baly—Why were those punishments discontinued ?
Witness—l thought they were severe ; that setting pri-
soners with their faces to the wall made them faint.
Did you think those punishments more severe than the
collar and clasps you used ?
Witness-1 did think so.
Mr. Welsby—Was not the system changed because your
mode of punishment was more severe?
Witness—No.
Capt. Williams—Was it because the punishments had
been adopted by Capt. Maconochie ?
Witness—No.
Did you think you had any authority to prevent pri-
soners for trial' corresponding with their friends ?
Witness—l thought I had.
Mr. Welsby—Are you now 'shafted that that is contrary
to law ?
Witness—l am.
Now, were you directed by Capt. Maconoehie to strap a
prisoner to the wall ?
Witness—l do Lot believe I was.
Did you hear that Capt. Maconoehie had given any such
orders ?
Witness—l did.
From whom ?
From Cotterill, the younger.
Did you report to Capt. Maconochie that a man had been
strapped to the well ?
Witness—l did not.
Did you take any step to ascertain whether Capt. Maco-
nochie had given the orders ?
Witness—No.
Mr. Welsby—Well, in my judgment it was a gross im-
propriety on your part to add that note in the punishment
book.
Capt. Williams—Have you ever at a meeting of the visit-
ing justices given any explanation about the collar and
jacket?
I have not.
Of course they could go over the pOl whenever they
pleased and see them in use, you having no advice that
the/ were coming?
Witnem—Certainly.
Dr. Baly—As a rule, do the visiting justices see the pri-
soners under punishment for prima offence'?
Witness—They do not.
How many boys have you had confined in those jackets
on the same day ?
Witness—Two.
Mr. Webby—Have you ever used this system of punish-
ment—the collar, jacket, and straps, since Andrews com-
mitted suicide?
Witness—l have not.
At this stage of the inquiry the commissioners went up
to the gaol and examined two of the prisoners ; both of ,
them spoke generally to the cruelties practised towards
them, but the evidence of one of them (Scott) to corrobo-
rate that of Lieut. Austin to the effect that he had been
strapped to the wall in Capt. Maconochie's time, was of a
very doubtful character. This prisoner swore that he had
bad a dozen buckets of water thrown over him in one day.
Whilst the commissioners were at the gaol they made
themselves acquainted with the real character of the cruelty
inflicted by means of the jacket, straps, and collar. Oae of
the prisoners was for a minute or two encased in these
garments. A gentleman present has assured the
writer that the distortion of feature, the galling
of the flesh, and the unnatural postale of the
limbs of the upper part of the body, were such as to render
the miserable being so dealt with an object frightful to
behold. Yet this horrible system has now been pursued in
this gaol for between two and three years, and many unfor-
tunate victims to this foul wrong have writhed and groaned
beneath their torture without help or consolation—even
that little which light affords—for hours together, vainly
beseeching those merciless demons, their persecutors, for
relief. Barely such a system will no longer be tolerated in
a country where, whilst all the acts that humanise man-
kind are patronised—humanity herself Is left with so little
protection ?
The inquiry was again adjourned to this day.

AN EMIGRANT SHIP ASHORE. Intelligence
reached Liverpod on Saturday of the emigrant ship Mar-
teben, Capt. M'Kerbie, having gone ashore on Arklow
Bank, coast of Ireland. The Martaban sailed from Liver-
pool on Tuesday morning last for Melbourne, with 106 pas-
sengers and a full cargo. She proceeded on her voyage,
although encountering rough weather, until Thursday
morning, about 11 o'clock, when she went chore as above
stated. After beating about until 9 p.m. she got off. Some
of the pusengers got on shore and proceeded by the Cres-
cent brig to Waterford, where several came to Liverpool by
the steamer Mars, and the remainder went to Dublin. It
is not knows by the pas:ten/en whether she has sustained
much damage or not.

Tun ROYAL ALBERT, 131, SCREW STEAM SHIP
—The figure bead, a splendid and gigantic bust of his
Royal Highness Ptince Albert, was brought down the river
on Wednesday last, from Blackwell, where it was carved
by Mr. liellyer, to Woolwich, and the various pieces of
which the figure will be composd, are now lying under the
bow of that splendid screw steam ship preparatory to being
put up in the proper position. Some idea may be formed of
I the large proportions of the figure head when it is stated
that the carved and finished head is three feet in diameter,
and although the figure is only a bust of his Royal High-
seas it is 17 feet long. The head is covered with sail cloth
to prevent any injury to the prominent and delicately
finished parte, and consequently an expression of opinion as
to the likeness cannot as yet be given ; but the contour of
the upper part of the body and shoulders have a remark-
ably noble and flue effect, and the ornaments of the orders
of the Garter, the Thistle, and the Golden Fleece are
minutely daubed and tastefully suspended round the neck.
CHARGES UPON SHIPPING IN THE NORTH OP
ENGLAND.--lier Majesty's Commissioners have given no-
tice that during the next fortnight they will hold inquiries
at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Sunderland, and North Shields,
with regard to local charges ugoa ,shipping. This has long
been *subject of complaint amongst
_parties connected with i
the shipping interest in the north of Ragland; and there I
appears now to be some hope that tho evil will be re-
dressed.

DEPARTURE OF THE NIAGARA.-011 Saturday
shortly before noon, the British and North American Royal
mail steam-ship, Niagara, Captain Leitch, sailed from the
Mersey, for Boston and Halifax, with the usual mails for
the l?nited States and British possessions in North America
(carrimi out in charge of Lieut. Reid, R.N., Admiralty
agent), 164 passengers, and a fall cargo of merchandise on
freight.

NORTHERN RAILWA E

On Saturday the Clerkenwcll police court was
densely crowded, in consequence of that day hsvind het'
appointed for the further examination of R chard Yarding
ton and Joseph Woods, the driver and stoker of the engine
of the express train by whist the serious collision took
place on the Great Northern Railway on Wednesday even-
ing last.
Mr. Tyrwhitt was the presiding magistrate, and the
Great Northern Railway Company were represented by
Mr. Clarkson, the barrister, whilst the prisoners were de-
fended by Mr. B. W. Rawlings, solicitor,of FurnivaDrinn.
Mr. Mowatt, the secretary ; Mr. Cubits, the engineer ; Mr.
Sturrock, the chief of the locomvtive department; Mr. Den-
niston and Mr. Leith, superintendents of the line, and other
officials of the company were present.
Mr. Clarkson urged that it would be advisable that'
the case should be adjourned until he was able to produce
• more satisfactory medical certificate as to the state of the
sufferers.

The magistrate said that even taking the case under the
act of common law, relating to negligence, he could not
help thinking 'hat it would oe more satisfacturily settled by
a jury than by a magistrate.
Mr. Clarkson said the company found there was great
negligence, and therfelt it the., duty to bring the cue be-
fore the magistrate.
It was then decided to proceed with the evidence.
James Radborne was first recalled, and the evidence he
had given at the previous examination was read over to
him. He then proceeded . The danger signal is a quarter
of mile from the Hornsey station, on the London Aide I
ran with the rid flag, or danger signal, a quarter of a mile
up the line to stop the express train.
By Mr. Clarkson—l don't know that the signal post is
510 yards from the station. lam sure 1 was a quarter of •
mile on the London side of the signal post. When the train
came up, Pardington and Woods, the engine driver and
stoker of the express, were talking together. I saw them
distinctly, and I think they might have seen me. I do not
think they had shut off the steam. Had they been looking
out, they could have seen my flag half a mile before they
got to it coming from London.
By Mr. Rawlings—l was at the station when the coal
train came up. It was five minutes to five when I went
out of the station. The express is expected to pass the
Horosey station at t-n minutes past five. The coal train
began to shunt after WA put 'the stopping signals up. It
took about two minutes to put up those signals. A van
and a coke truck were detached from the others after the
signals were put up. The engine end tender then proceeded
up the up line to the points before they could shunt across.
That would not take a minute. It might take about a
minute to detach the von and the coke truck, anti to pass
up the line to the points. When they got up to the
points they would have to reverse. It would take
' about a minute to cross when they got to the points,
to the Hornsey side or down line. While they were
crossing, or shuuting, the accident took place to the pilot
engine 'a tender. That was in about a minute front the time
of the coal train first arriving at the station, and the arei-
dent to the tender of the pilot engine was about five
minutes after. When the tender got off, I was standing at
the points, and my flag was standing at the office door,
about • dozen yards from where I stood. 1 ran for my flag,
and spoke to the station master, who was on the platform.
He told me to run towards London as far as I could with
the Bog. The cluck bad not then struck five. The station-
master had not, when I left to run up the line with the flag,
telegraphed to London. The time that elapsed from my
leaving the station, and my seeing the express train coming,
was about eight minutes. I will swear that. Wheu I first
saw the express train, as near as I can guess, it was rather
better than a mile off the station. From the time of my
first seeing the express to the time it reached me was about
• minute. The fireman was standing next to the engine,
and the driver was standing opposite to him. They ap-
peared to be talking together, but I could not hear them. I
consider they were talking, because I saw them move their
lips as if they were talking.
By the Magistrate—Tney had their sides towards the
entr ex
engine. TheLiowateren
co
lookingno.inue ahead.
continued —The distance between the
rails on the standing place of the engine is about four feet
six. I took no signal up the line hut the flog. I ought not
to have taken anything else unless it had been night or
foggy, and then I ought to have taken the fog signals. It
was daylight and quite fine.
Mr. Rawhews—Do yeu know the rules of the company ?
Witness—Yes, I think I do.
Mr. Rawlings read the 77th rule :—" Whenever an acci-
dent occurs by which the line is obstructed, the policeman
or platelayer, if one should be within call, guard, er under
guard of a train, or other person, is to go back immediately,
placing on the rails as he goes two detonating signals at
distances of about a quarter of a mile and half a mile, re-
taining them in place by bending downwards the leaden
clips attached to them ; and he is to place two on the rails,
a few yards apart, when he reaches the extremity of three-
quarters of a mile, to which distance he is to proceed; in
addition to which red port-fires are to be burned at night."
Cross.examination continued—l did not take any detonat-
ing signals up the line with me. The next train up after
the coal train was due at 6.16. The coal train was not a
regular coal train. I don't know what time it should have
been at Hornsey, but it ought to be there, I believe, about
20 minutes past 11 in the morning. I have been at the
Hornsey Station 12 months the 20th of next month. The
semaphore signal is over a quarter of a mile on the London
side of the station. There is an incline towards Hurnsey,
and a considerable curve from London.

By the Magistrate—There are two curves on either side
of the signal post.
By Mr. Rawlings—lt is usual at Hornsey Station to
allow a coal train to be shun'ed within a quarter of an hour
of a train being due. The arm of the semaphore signal
was raised before I left the station, and when the arm is
raised it means for a train to stop. Tre reason I went up
the line with the red flag was for more safety. Ido not
know that it is impossible for an express train to stop at
the Hornsey Station the moment the semaphore signal is
seen. I consider it is possible, for I have seen it done when
the driver of an express train has seen no signal but
the semaphore. Where the tender g-t off the line was
just beyond the Hornsey station, on the Colney Hatch
side. Where I stood with the red flag was half-a-mile on
the London side of the station, or it might be three-
quarters of a mile from the station. I may have said that
I ran up the line about three-quarters of a mile, and I
think it was so. I will swear that I was not between the
station and the signal post at the time the express train
paned me..

Re-examined by Mr. Clarkson—Both the curves are on
the London side of the Horne y station, one between the
signal post and one on the London side of it. It becomes
the duty of drivers to look out more at those curves. Had
the driver and stoker of the express been on the look out,
they must have seen my red flag, and might have stepped
the train at the station. I know the wooden bridge on the
London side. A man with an engine coming through under
the wooden bridge could see a man with a red flag standing
where I was. I can't tell the distance from the wooden
bridge to the station.
William Warrington proved that he was at work in a
field at Hie end of the cutting, three-quarters of a mile from
the station, and saw the previous witness waving the red
flag there to stop the express train.
Mr. Thomas Williams, the superintendent of police of
the Great Northern Railway, was next sworn, and had hie
evidence taken at the previous examination read over to
him. The distance from the place were the witness Rad-
borne stood with the red flag to the place where the tender
was thrown off the line was six furlongs and ten yards.
The danger signal is 664 yards from the place where the
accident occurred.

By Mr. Rawlings—The express train was standing
nearly opposite the place where the telegraphic mes-
sage office is before it started ; it had started
but was scarcely out of eight when the telegraphic
menage arrived. The time for an express train usually to
get to Homey is about ten minutes. An ordinary train
sometimes reaches Horosey in eight minutes. There
would be very little difference between an express train
and an ordinary train, as it is an incline all the way from
King's-crow up to Hornsey. The steam of an express
would hardly be got up sufficient to make a difference. I
frequently travel upon express engines. It does not
usually require the assistance of the engineman to the
fire of an express engine. It is customary for the driver to
open the door of the furnace for the fireman to put on the
coke, and to keep it shut while the fireman gets each suc-
cessive shovel of coke. It is not requisite for the driver to
stoop to do so. lam sure an engineman could pull up hie
engine at the Hornsey station when he first sees the danger
signal post, as he can see it 1,174 yards from the place
where the accident occurred. I have never stated " that
the driver could not see the signal post in time to pull up,
and that that was the reason of the red flag being sent up
the line." I say distinctly that there is time for an engine
man to pull up if he shuts off his steam at the moment when
be sees the signal. It is the practice when there is an acci-
dent, or danger in the daytime, to send fog s'gnals in addi-
tion to the red flag, where there are no fixed signals. I
cannot say if it is the practice where there are fixed signals.
I know the rules of the company. I believe it is the prac-
tice to do the same where there are fixed signals. The fog
signal would necessarily be more likely to attract the at-
tention of the driver of an engine by the sound of them
than the red flag.
By Mr. Clarkson--The fog signal is the detonating sig-
nal, and would not attract any attention till the engine
passed over it. The flag would be seen a considerable dis-
tance before the engine arriving at it. It is the semaphore
signal that can be seen 1,174 yards before arriving at it. I
can't tell the distance of the wooden bridge from the station.
I Cave seen the place where the man stood s ith the deg ;
it is 1,432 yards from the place of the accident, and a man
might be seen half a mile on the London side, before the
train reaching him which was going from London to Horn-
soy.

At this' stage of the proceedings a communication took
place between Mr. Clarkson, Mr. Rawlings, and the magis-
trate, and the further hearing of the cue was then adjourned
till 12 o'clock on Wednesday.

The same bail being entered into for the further appear-
anee of the engine-driver and stoker, they were liberated.

THE SCOTCH MAIL FROM MANCHESTER. The
Manchester people (says our correspondent), after great
exertion, induced the late Postmaster-Cleneral to defer the
departure of the Scotch mails from 3 to 6p. m. every day
giving three additional hours for correspondence. This ad-
vantage has been taken away by the present Postmaster,
and the post now departs at 1 p.m., or half an hour before
high 'Change, FO that commercial men have now no com-
munication after the market with the large commercial
cities of the north. We see deputations in perspective;
and, if his lordship loves peace and quietness, this change
will be re-considered,

6P ORTIB G.
WARWICK RACES.—TCESDAY.
TuN TAKIE. RACING Sratutn OI of 5 sFLEAMINGTO S
. each, with 2.5 added ; for
2-7r.olds and upwards. Optional selling weights, &c. The
winner to be sold by auction alter the race, and the surplus,
! over the selling price, to go to the race fund. Seven fur-
, longs. To close the evening before running.
Our PRODUCE STARE, of .50 lOTA each, It ft, for foals of
MO; colts, Bet 71b; fillies, Sit 41b ; untried stallions or
mares allowed 31b, if both, 41b. The Mile Course. Crai-
, geode (both untried), Nightcap (both untried), The Reiser,
Cobnut (31b.)
LEAR:SOTO:4 STARES of 25 son each, 15 ft, and 5 only
if declared, &c. with—added by the town of Leamington.
Penalties for winners. The second horse to restive 100
ton., and the third 50 WIC out of the stakes. Two Mile
Course. (11l subs., 61 of whom declared forfeit.) The
highest v.eight accepting being rtst 21b, it has been (Ailed to
Sat 71b, and the others in proportion.
Age tlb Age et lb
Ariosto
Lady Evelyn .... a 3 Terp-tchore
Nancy 5 3 Vienne
Weathcrgage.... 4 3 Missive
King of Trumps . 4 1 Dick Turpin
Little Harry .... 4 13 Lord Lieutenant
Poodle 4 5 The Friar 3 .5 8
Colsterdale 5 4 Tavistock
The Black Doctor 5 3 Valour
The Lady Amyott 4 1 Ibis
_ 4 5 8
_
It -

Bc by Melbourne I Happy Jue 4 5 6
—Salty Wsrfoot 4 7 01 Corybantes 3 5 6
Exact
Little Fawn .... 5 6 12'' Peggy 3 5 5
Doubt (in. 516 ex.) :a 612 Ballinaaloe ..
Merry 11 rd 4 610 Crusader 3 .5 4
Montague
Scarecrow
Cby Tearaway— Jacqueline
Cruiskeen .... 4 6 9 Fbrfouchstone—
Salkbut
Abdallah 6 6 5 Mimi 3 413
Ambrose 4 6 5 Patience
Galvanism
Master Shelley
Orpheus
Allegro
CASTLE PARK STAKES 01 10 wee. each, with 50 sovs.
added, for two-year olds; colts, Sat. 71b.; and fillies,
Bat. 21b. ; a winner berme starting to carry 41b., twice.
71b extra. T.Y.C. (12 subs) Fuabunter, Top z, Spicey,
Domine, Lady Constance, Strutoway, Mabel, Remorse,
Lioness, Balmoral, b or br f by Sir Tattoo Sykes Lady
Liverpool, Nightshade.
Queissee PLATE of 100 guineas ; three yr olds, £l,t 21b;
four, 9st 41b; five, 9st 911); six and aged, 9st 111 b.
The two mile course. To close the evening before run-
ning.
FOAL STAKES Of 10 SOTS. each, with 25 added, for three
yr olds; colts, S.t 91b; fillies, fist 41b; those by untried
stallions, or out of untried mares, allowed 31b ; if both, 41b.
Once round and a distance. (4 subs.) Deerhound, Wee-
thing, North Pole, Chilton.
CORINTHIAN STAKES (Handicap) of 10 soya each, h ft,
gentlemen riders, as qualified to ride for the IVelter Cup ;
professionals allowed to ride by carrying 61b extra. T.Y.C.
To close on the evening before running.

WIDNEADiT.-Tux WiltiricK COP.
BOROUGH HANDICAP Or 10 SOU. each, h ft, with 50
added by the members, G. W. J. Repton and E. Oreaves,
Elm., for 2-yr-aids. The second horse to s lve his stake.
A. winner of • handicap subsequent to the publication of
the weightv' of the value of 1001., to carry 51b extra.
T.Y.C. (24 subs.)

. -- -- ,
st lb st lb
Alu B7 I Jack Frost 7 2
Tom
Baimoral
Cyrus
Marc Antony 7 9 Vingt-un
St. Clare 7 8 The Kennyside Hero 7 0
Horatio
Routine
Worthless
The Field Menial .. 7 4 Adelaide
L•sdy Bird ... ...... 7 4 I byTouchstot.e -Mus-
Census
Blame 7 3 Remorse
AVON STAKES of 15 sou each, 10 ft, for two-yr olds, ist
three, 9.t. Penalties and allowances. T.Y.C. (4 subs.)
—8) Iphine, 3 yrs; Vaultress, 3 yrs; The Deformed, 3 yrs;
Vingt.un, 2 yrs.
Wausetex Cur, value 200 son, by subscription of 10
soy. each, with IGO added by the Race Committee; the
second horse to receive 30 110111 out of the stakes; three-yr
olds, let ; four, B.t 71b; five, 94 llb ; six and aged, 94 51b ;
mares allowed 41b, and geldings, 71b. Certain penalties and
allowances. Three miles.—Lady Evelyn, aged ; Belloon,
3 yrs ; b c by the Emperor—Begom, 3 yrs; Trifle, 4 yrs;
Galvanism, 4 ye.; &abut, 4 yn; Stockwell, 4 yrs ; The
Black Doctor, 5 yrs; Teddington, 6 yrs; Monarch, 4 yrs;
Aditle. 4 yrs; Massa Mungo, 5 yrs; Exact, 3 yrs; Gada-
bout, 3 yn ; Kingston, 4 yrs; Goldfinder, 5 yrs ; Talfourd,
3 yrs ; King of Trumps, 4 yrs; Westhergage, 4 yrs; The
Regius Professor, 3 es;y Ilex, 4 yrs; Missive, 4 yrs;
Lambton, 3 yrs; Little Harry, 4 yrs; Pelion, 3 yes;
Goorkah, 3 yrs; Peggy, 3 yrs.
The COUNTYSTAKE6 of 100 son., added to a Handicap of
20 sou. each, 10 ft, and I if declared, &c. Certain win-
ners extra. The second hone to receive 30 soya out of the
stakes. One mile and a half. 49 subs. 26 of whom de-
clared forfeit. The highest weight accepting being Bst 31b,
it has been raised to Bst 71b, and the others in proportion.
Age st lb Age at lb
Little Harry .... 4 8 7 Gladiole
Frantic
Ilex 4 712 Nutpetker 3 $ 4
Alonzo
Conmore 4 7 9 Lord Lieutenant. 3 6 9
Le J uif
Ersdne
Kohinoor
Calot
loathe 6 7 1 Chesterton
Scarecrow
Candlewick

GREAT WARWICKSHIRE STAKES of le soya, each, with
50 aceled, for 3.yr olds; colts, fist 71b; and fillies, Bst 21b.
Certain winners extra. Ono mile and three-quarters. 7
antis.—br c bro to Yardley, by Sir Isaac, Deerhound, Fil-
bert, Chilton, Orinoco, Whsngee, Sylphine.
WELTER Cur, value 100 soya., the rest in specie, by
subscription of 15 soya. each, 10 ft, and 6 only if declared,
&c. Winners extra. latntlemen riders. Professionals
allowed to ride in this race by carrying Glb extra. One mile
and a half.

Age at lb
Agin
Montagu a 10 11
Bourbon
Gaylad
Allegro
Thirkleby
TOWN PLATE (handicap)
handicap of 6 som. each, 2 ft
One mile. A winner of 100,

weights, to carry blb sun.
Age st lb
Conmnre 4 8 7
Doubt a 8 '2

lanthe... 5 8 0

Gladiole ....... 6 7 12

Forester
• 7 12

Evadne 4 710
Calot 4 7 7
Butterfly ..
Economy
Octavia 4 7 6
Master Slender 4 7 3
Nutpeeker
The Reaper 6 7 2
The Countess of

Age st lb
The Hero
Farmer's Boy
Miloote
Cleveland
Massa Mungo

of 50 sore., added to a
for 3-yr-olds and upwards.
, after • declaration of the

Age at lb
Corybentee 3 612
Happy Joe
' Tamerlane
Anehinleck
Peggy
Richard Prim-

mer 4
Timotheua 5
Maria Dell
Elias 3
g by Dromedary
—Apricot
The Arrow 3
Chaffwal 3

Theba 6 7 0
Simplicity 6 7 0
Romuldtis

Ada
Angleeea
Bloomer

6 9
6 6
6 4
6 0

60
5 12
5 11

6
5 9
5 9

SELLING STAKES Of 6NM each, with 25 added ; three-
yr-olds and uppwarde. Optional selling weight, &c. The
winner to be sold by auction after the race, and the surplus
over the selling price to go to the fund. Ow' mile. To
close on Monday afternoon.
SCUIIRT HANDICAP, for all ages, of 3 SCIVP. each, with 20
added. Five furlongs. To close the evening before
running.
RAILWAY ARRANGEMENTS,
THE GREAT WESTERN—PADDINGTON.
The 9.15 a.m., express train, will arrive at Warwick
about 12 at noon. An excursion train will also leave
Paddington on Tuesday and Wednesday next, at 6.30 a.m.,
calling ut Reading at 7.30 a.m. ; Oxford at 8.20 am., awl
Banbury at 9.5 a.m., returning from Warwick in the even-
ing at 7.45.

THE NORTH IVESTERN.—EUSTON SQUARE.
The 6 cm. Ist and 2nd elms trains will arrive at
Leamington at 9.15 a.m. ; 7.30 a.m., let and 2nd, at 12
at noon ; 9.15 a.m., expreaa, at 12.5 p.m.; 10 30 a.m , let
and 2nd, at 2.15 p.m. On the 6th and 7th Mat an txcur-
sion train will also leave Euston Station for Leamington
at 8.5.5 a.m., returning from Leamington at 7.30 p.m.

MELANCHOLY SUICIDE BY A GENTLEMAN AT
BRISTOL.—A painful sensation was creased throughout
Bristol on Friday evening last, in consequence of its be-
coming known that Mr. Edward Thomas Crisp, son of the
Rev. Thomas Crisp, ALA , principal of the Baptist College,
Stokes Croft, in that city, had put a period to 1.!I existence
Iry hanging himself to a nai' in a bedroom of his respected
father's residence. The deceased, who was a years of age
and unmarried, emigrated some years since to Australia, in
co.ony he remained for about twelve months. lie
was always a young man of somewhat unsettled habit, act-
ing very much on impulse, and having a few months since
resolved upon coming back to England to see his father
and friends, he took ship for that purpose to Londan, where
he arrivel a few days ago, and came down on Thursday to
Bristol An inquest was held on the body the same evening,
before J. B. Grindon, Esq., coroner, and the jury after
bearing the evidence returned • verdict " That the de-
ceased destroyed himself whilst in a state of lunacy. -
ACCIDENT AT LORD I)ENMAN'e.—On Saturday A
serious accident occurred at Lord Denman's town mansion,
No. 3, Upper Portland-place. The house was undergoing
repairs, for which purpose a scaffolding was erected. About
nine o'clock a putlock gave way, and four workmen who
were upon it at the time were precipitated to the pavement,
a depth of about 30 feet. They were conveyed with all
speed to the Middlesex Hospital, and it was ascertained
that two men, named Quain and White, bad received such
severe injuries that no hopes arc entertained of their re-
' °ovary.