The Express.
London, England, 1853-11-04 00:00:00

ACCIDENTS ON THE MIDLAND RAILWAY.

Yesterday morning two accidents took place on
the Midland Railway—the one causing considerable appre-
hension and inconvenience from the detention of the mail
containing the letters from the south, and the other at-
tended with considerable destruction of property. The
first accident occurred to the goods train, which left Derby
for Eckington at 11.30 p.m. on Wednesday night. When
it had arrived about midway between Chesterfield and
Stanley the axletree of one of the waggon. broke, and
several of the others were thrown off du lice. The rails
were torn up, and considerable damage was done to the
permanent way. The down mail train, which left Euston-
square at nine p.m. on the previous evening, did not ar-
rive at Masbrough till seven o'clock:. being exactly four
hours beyond the time at which it was due. The second
accident wu a collision between a mineral and a goods train
at Kilnhunt, near Masbrong h, between 8 and 9 o'clock on the
same morning. The express goods train leaving Derby at
a quarter to 6 o'clock in the morning had been delayed be-
oudC hester6eld for aornetitr.e,and as it approached theKiln-
burst station, a mineral train from some colliery works in the
immediate neighbourhood for Sheffield tad to cross from a
siding on the up line in order to get upon the down line.
As it was doing so, the driver of the Derby goods train, who
had failed to observed the danger distance signal, ran with
fearful violence into the coal train just as it was crossing
the line, and smashed several of the coal waggons. The
engine of the goods train was thrown off the line, and the
rails were torn up for a considerable distance by the force
of the concussion.

MURDER OF A CHILD BY ITS GRANDMOTHER.—
On Weduesday Ann Martin, of Loecoe, Derbyshire, was
committed on the coroner's warrant to take her trial on a
charge of having murdered the illegitimate child of her
daughter by throwing it into a well.
GALE IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.—Several of the
recently arrived vessels from the western continent report
very severe gales from the westward on the 21st and 22nd
October. The Chili, from St. John's, New Brunswick, and
;the England, from St. Andrews, arrived at Liverpool, en-
countered the gale of the 21st, the former in lat. 46 ton. 44,
and had her boats, bulwarks, &c., carried away, and the
latter in lst. 50 lon. 26, and passed a quantity of wreck on
the 22nd. The Continent, Drummond, from New York, at
Liverpool, wns thrown on her beam ends in the gale of the
22nd, in lat. 48, lon. 36. She became leaky, and had to
throw part of her cargo (chiefly grain) overboard. She
removed her passengers to the Philanthropist (as r•ported
yesterda)). She lost hoots, &c., and tier mate in the storm
was washed overboard, but alter great esertion was rescued.
The Ohio, also from New York, at Liverpool, caught the
gale of the 23rd, inlet. 49, lon. 41, and was twice struck by
lightning, which injured several of the passengers and
cargo, splitting the maintopmast and injuring the mainmast
head. She leaked considerably, and while endeavouring to
reduce the depth of water, the pumps choked, and part of
her cargo was pumped up.
THE POPULATION OF PRUSSIA in December, 1832,
was 16,93.5,420 souls, giving an increase, during three
years, from 1849, of 537,972 soul', or 3.28 per cent.