The Express.
London, England, 1865-05-04 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY RAILWAY ADVENTURE. I
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A night or two back the officials of the Hall see-
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Eon of the North Eastern Railway were subjected to a coo. 100.00
siderable and, as it ended, rather amusing came of alarm. It Apo
appeared • gentlemen wee returning from York to Selby 40,00
by the night mall, sad was the only occupant of • floe. 11.10
elms compartment. Oa arriving at the latter place, in.
(piny was made "if for Hull," and the reply received from nil
the halfasieep gentleman was understood to mew " Ira," ir.o
and he was soociediugly shut up and allowed to dose off yO,Ol
mean ; sad the order "Hull" wu given, there being no 401
intermediate stoppages. Clam by the Selby statics • lug AN
iron bridge crosses the Oese, and trains, in passing over, 10."
produce a very loud noise. This well-known rumbling
thoroughly awoke the sleeping gentlemen, who finding woj
himself crowing Selby bridge, at once opened the door • Ace
leaped out of the carriage down • steep embankment on le,in
the Hell aide of the river, fortunately for him before the 60.0
train had acquired its express speed after leaving Selby. .0.!
On arrival st Hull the door of the first-class carriage was
found wide open. On inquiry the guard asserted that all pro
we shut when leaving Selby, and moreover that in the 40,0
very eareisge these was • gentleman Wasp. Fears of murder MA
dla Muller, or of enieida, were at ones conjured up, and 1,0
the strange affair wee communicated to the district ..0.0
manager at Hall, who has dressed and sent of for ty'la
• company's surgeon, and at ones ordered a special train, lo:o
he. On this special, which travelled at a very slow 20.0
pace. several men held lamps, so as to throw • glare on the At
down line, on which the body of the missing gentleman 10.1
was expected to be found. After a very careful examine- IV
tine the special bean arrived at Selby, where the searchers
learnt from the night man on the bridge that the gentle- 125.1
non who had leapt from the carriage hod passed safely over
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the bridge shortly before midnight. and had doubtless been 41
some boors in bed. The gentleman has apologived for baring 1041
caused the officials se bootless • journey. 10.1
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The Debate says that the Prince of Wales will re- ;IC
preetet the Queen at the optalog of the Puts Bahibitios

of 1867.

Tair Ccvrr. SitrivicE MCsrcal. .
authorised to miammoe that Mr. Frederic Clay, the vine- it
president of this society. has received a omumaniation L
from Gemmel Racily, intimating the williagema of the 7.
Prince of Wales to secede to a phonily expressed wish that a,
his royal highness should hooch the society by bewails( 60.
its puree. The Prince, at the ewes thee, with tontieberato
Madams, spontemisuely transmitted a cheese for 10 gnash. 71:
requesting to be enrolled as a life member. The Duke of
Owsbridge has similarly testified hie interest in the sower e.
of the . Visitant Palmerston, Earl Granville, Bari de IA
Grey sad Mr. (Rodshas, the Fatrl of Donough-
mere, the Meggido of Hartington, Lord Detain, Sir Chu. V.
Wood, Sir Edward Ryan, and other distinguished permages
have also joined; rad Mr. W. H. fitapheneon, &airman of
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the Board of Inland Revenue, has expressed hie readinces to 7p,
mope the °Mee of president. As our readers are aware. oo
thei.246 of this gaiety it to wiliest, sad concestrate V
ability in the Civil Servico, whitest estesing into
rivalry with any other teeth:Sion of a similar asters, pro- 3
feuelosal or amateur ; and it is seedless to heist oo the
abast . of peewidiag for the larp number of gentlemen
govenhaset tams in Les&n MR agreeable sod
aMFasave aninameent, with the Madam et ommelesal oos.
hots. whisk will he gives as eon as the dere% already in
rave ophatiee, shall have mode millioisae progress to jus-
tify ibis app ersaa before the public.—Tess.
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