The Express.
London, England, 1862-10-14 00:00:00

" Poor-law Board, Whitehall, S.W., Oct. 11, 1862.

" Sir,—l am directed by the Poor-law Board to acknow-
ledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th instant, in
which, in presenting a letter from the guardians of the
Burnley union of the 9th instant, you explain more fully
the objects of the guardians in reference to the instruc-
tion of youths out of employment, and you state that
the guardians regard the proposed arrangements as part
of their whole plan for setting the poor to work. lam
directed to state that the board are disposed favourably
to consider any measures the object of which is to pro-
mote the proper administration of relief, and the obser-
vance of order and regularity among the recipient& of it.
With the explanation given in your letter of the intim-
How of the guanlians, and on the understanding that work
is not to be dispensed with, the board will raise no further
objection to the proposal of the guardians. If, in conse-
quence of inclement weather or other circumstances, the
guardians are unable to continue to curry into effect their
schemes for the employment of boys and young men in
out-door work, the board think that they may properly be
assembled in rooms for the purpose, and under sufficient
superintendence, set to such mental and manual occupation
as the guardians may be able to supply. The board would,
under the circumstances, be willing to assent to the tempo-
rary hinng of such rooms, and to the employment of the
I required superiutendenta.— I am, sir, your obedient servant,
"C. GILPIN, Secretary.
"Sir James P. Kay Shuttleworth, But., Gawthorpe
Hall, Burnley, Lancashire."

Colonel Witco N Pars, M.P.. read a letter which be
had received from Edwd. Rosa, Esq., Secretary of the Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnahire Railway Company, an-
nouncing that 6004 was now in the hands of the directory,
the proceeds of an allowance of five per cent. from the pre-
ference shareholders in that company deducted from their
last dividend warrants in aid of the distress. He enclosed
100/. as the first instalment, and the remainder would be
paid at the rate of 1001. per month.
The letter was ordered to be acknowledged with thanks.
In reply to their applications grants were made to the fol-
lowing places :—Farrington, 401. ; Droylsden, IDOL ; Hyde,
400/. ; Broadbottom and Charlesworth.loo/. ; Shuttleworth,
50/. ; Shawforth. 1001. ; Burnley, 800/. ; Millbrook, 1001. ;
and Witten, 1001.
Thu concluded the proceedings.

NARROW ESCAPE PROM A RAILWAY COLLISION.
—o.n Saturday, as the parliamentary train by the London
and North W astern Railway from London was on its way
to Manchester, it had a narrow escape from destruction at
Longsi;ht. The train was due at Manchester at 535 p.m.,
and as It approached Loogsight soon after five o'clock, the
driver saw approaching him a train from Manchester, on
the same line of rails. He was slackening speed to stop at
Longsight, but found it necessary to reverse his engine and
put on breaks to avoid a collision, so imminent seemed the
danger. The driver of the other train did the same, and
fortunately both trains were stopped ; but the two engines
had approached within a yard of each other before this
could be effectually accomplished. The train from Man-
chester was an engine sod two empty cattle tracks, and the
driver appears to have been running up the wrong line to
the Longsigbt depOt, for coke, notwithstanding every effort
to etc him as he passed the Ardwick station. The train
from London had fortunately been detained at Stockport
four minutes beyond its time, to have extra carriages put
on, or in all probability it would have met the other train
between Longaight and Ardwick, when both were at high
speed, and the leas of life might have been great, as there
were 14 carriages nearly full of passengers in the parlia-
mentary train. The conduct of the driver of the cattle
train, who is said to be from Holyhead, will, no doubt,
undergo inquiry, as the rules of the company are severe
against driving on the wrong line under any circumstances.
THE FATAL STEAMBOAT ACCIDENT ON THE TYNE,.
—Another death resulting from this accident has occurred.
It will be remembered that, in our report of this melan-
choly occurrence, we stated that a boy had been washed
from his mother's side whilst on board and drowned ; and
that the mother was saved, but was suffering severely from
her loss. We have since ascertained that the name of this
poor woman was Eleanor Wilkinson, and that she was the
wife of a man named George Wilkinson, reeidieg at Stella.
She was only 28 years of age ; and foe a month past had base
absent from home visiting her friends in different parts of
the country, accompanied by her son George, a boy little
more than seven years old. On Tuesday she took her pas-
sage for St. Peter's on board the Forester, intending to visit
a sister of hers at that place, before proceeding horns to her
husband and the remainder of her family; but the occur-
rence of the collision at Bill Point caused her boy to be
swept into the river when he bad actually sat foot upon the
Tynemouth, on which she had already found safety, think-
ing that he was by her side. From that time she suffered
almost constantly from hysteric fits, or delirium; and, on
Saturday evening, she breathed her last. She also pre-
sented appearances of having been injured internally in her
struggle to rye the life of hermit arid child ; but whether
her death is owing to this cams or to the exhaustion caused
by hysteria, or both, we are not able to OW& The body of
her child has not, we believe, bees food.—Newcastle
, Chronicle.

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