The Express.
London, England, 1851-11-17 00:00:00

THE ACCIDENT TO THE "SIR ROBERT PEEL,'
Bellew STEAMEIL—To the Editor of the Express.—Sir,—
Ai chief engineer of the mail screw steamer Sir Robert
Peel, just returned from the Cape of Good Hope, and hear.
ing a report of the accident that occurred to us on our out-
ward passage, which appeared in your journal of the Ilth
Sept. last, tending very much to my injury, I would be
greatly obliged by your allowing me to clear myself, by
giving publicity to the following brief statement in reply
thereto :—We could, and did, repair the machinery, and is
the manner I had at era commenced ; but on the arrival of
the Alecto her engineer offered to cast new brasses fur us,
which he failed in doing (and which I was perfectly well
aware he could not do) ; and, had it not been for their in-
terference in undertaking what they could not perform, the
Sir Robert Peel would have been ready for sea 21 fours
before the arrival of the Hellespont, whose engineers merely
aseists.sl in completing what I had commenced previously to
the arrival of the .tlecto, and thus enabled me to finish the
repairs a few hours sooner than I could otherwise have done.
M reputation being at stake in consequence of such reports
will, I trust, be sufficient apology for my thus trespassing so
longon your valuable time.—l remain, etc., Limas Deweu,
chief engineer of the Sir Robert Pecl.—S, Brewnlow-road,
Dalston, Nor. 12.—1 f he paragraph in which the statement
here referred to was contaiued we transfei red to our columns
from tram those of a morniug contemporary.—Ed. Ex.)
RAILWAY TO THE STRAND.—Thc directors of the
Ilungerford Market Company, in conjunction with the
directors of the South-Western Railway, intend to build a
railway bridge from the Waterloo-station, across the river,
to near Charing-cross and the Strand. There will be four
lines of robs, besides a roadway for carriages and foot pas-
sengers.—Aloruber paper.
THE OLDBURY BURGLARIL—The two prisoners
were on Friday brought before the Leominster magistrates
for examination, and the inquiry caused the greatest ex-
citement in the town. The prisoners are charged with no
dew than four offences, committed in as many different
counties, viz. a burglary iu Oxfordshire ; the Oldbury bur-
glary) (Worcestershire) ; a burglary at Burford (shrop-
shire) • and firing at the police near Leominster (Hereford-
shire.) Some evidence respecting the Burford burglary
having been taken, the prisoners were remanded for a
week.
13CICIDE ON A RAttwAT.—Last week, a man late
in the employ of the London and North Western Railway
Company, at the Rockingham station, was found on the
I line near to that place, dead and horribly mutilated. A
few weeks since a porter at this station, named riggers, a
native of Banbury, met with his death front being crushed
between two carriages, and a degree of blame was, it is
said, attributable to the deceased, who was then a policeman
at this station. In consequence of this he left the com-
pany's service, and it is supposed that it so preyed upon his
mind asto cause him to commit suicide. This he appeared
to have done by laying down on the rail as the train was
approaching, by whirls he was instantaneously cut to pieces.
It was quit* dark whoa it occurred, and nutag was per-
ceived by the driver.— Boeiniry Guardian. _ _ _

POST-OFFICE ROBBERRY• AT LEEDS.—On Saturday
afternoon, a clerk in the Leeds post.ottlee, was taken into
custody on the charge of having stolen a letter containing
nearly 4001. in notes of the 1 orkshire District Banking
Company. This company have branches in other towns
besides Leeds, and, amongst other, one at Knaresborough.
On 3rd inst., the agent at Knaresborough posted a letter
containing the above amount to the address of the manager
at Leeds, and transmitted hp the same post a letter to ap-
prise him of the remittance. The latter letter had reached its
destination,luat the former,eontaining the mattitry,didsaaniate
to hand. Aa inquiry was made, and placer* mseumsbagtha
missing letter pasted, but no trace of masa mammy mold ha
found till Saturday, when some of the salmissfil. mem wan
presented at the counter of the Bank in Lela and weed Im-
pounded. It was found that these notes halleen paid to
a share-broker in Leeds by John Gainforth, a clerk Ia the
and be wen conseipsently taken iatommody. The
prisoner hae been thirteen or fourteen years in the post-
°tam at Leeds, and has hitherto borne a good character.
He was taken before a magistrate, and remanded until
Tuesday next, when the examination will be glee into.