The Express.
London, England, 1860-12-21 00:00:00

Tar Lars RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT LEIGH.

At the Liverpool Amines, yesterday, Samuel Hind-
ley, a into about re man of age, was charged with man-
slaughter M emmezion with the recent strident on the
London and North Western line, between Atherton sad
Leigh, in November last. The prisoner, who was the (cre-
mes of the plate layers, was employed to take op and relay '
several of the rails on the line in question. The facts of the
case are these : —On the 20th of last month the prisoner was
directed to take up some defective mils and replace them. In
such a proem as this the company furnished explicit
rules for the guidance of their servants. The rules stated
that in all cases of rails being taken up. a man bearing a red
dag should be 1,000 yards on each side the spit to be dis-
turbed, to apprise any advancing train of the obstruction.
in came of declivity, such as the one under notice, the sig.
nal.noin should go 1,2n0 yards, became of the difficulty in
stopping a train when descending a gradient. The prisoner
i did direct two men to go out the necessary dimmers. from
I the spot where the rink had to be removed, but before they
arrived at the proper places be began to knock oat the
" keys" and to remove the rails. When the slim&
man, going toward. Atherton, had rose about 300 yards,
he saw a luggage train approaching at a rapid rate. This
train comprised 57 or St miscues, and from the speed
it bad acquired the driver found it impossible to stop it be-
fore reaching the scene of the accident. On arriving at the
place where the rails were disturbed the sugars. was thrown
out of its course with terrific force and the driver killed.
This catastrophe was attributed to the prisoner, who should
have allowed the signal man to go theme thousand yards be-
fore raising the rails. For the defence it was urge.) that the
breaks et the train were deficient in power, and also that
the speed which it had attained was pester than it should
have-been ; in fort, that the assident arms from inattention
en Ike part of the rum in ellegge of the pawl. train. The
Joey found the primmer guilty*/ manslaughter, but in con-
sideration of his previews geed character the sentence was
needided to imprimmenent them months.

ORK.4T FIRE 41' 311%17.-L12,000 DANA=

•
Yederday moraing s serious fire broke out in
one of the begat mamufactories is Batley. Shortly after
midnight tie Salley tollgate-keeper, who resides within
a short disburse from the mill, saw a lam imam( from
the roof at the eastern extremity, and be ossarminicated
the intell4ene• to a person nalasd William Micklethweito,
who straightway blew the " buzzard," and in a short time
wren! tire engines arrived. Before they could be est to
work. however, the fire, traveUieg with amazing rapidity,
esteeded over the entire surface of the top story. Mean-
while the crowd exerted themselves to rescue the
stpi.k. and by this 1110104 several hundred pounds worth Of
property we. raved. It was, bxwever, found impowilde to
subjugate the fay of the Are, which shot downwards
through the floors. sad speedily involved the whole build-
ing tu one pest coodsgratios. After a period of two hours
nothing of the mill was left, with the exeeptiou of the bare
wally sod the aceamulatioa of aschine7 lying in dosolabi
ruin on the ground door. The proprietors of the cowers
are Meows. Oollisich Brothers, onsindaeturers. The still
wee of large dimensions, and upwards of alk) bands were
simlot ed. all of whom, it is feared, will have to be &e-
-ndowed The loss is estimated at about 12.0001., most of
which is covernt b in~llllol,ll 0111111:41114 ia the Royal
(Liverpool) and MarcFile-allem The oriMa ofths
lAre is aolosowa.—Mrsodiarer Mardian.

BCDPER Dian, or DR. ANDIMWS, Or BISNING-
RAIL —Dr. Andrews, Praeger. of Physiolop at the Quito's
College aged one of the physicians of the gooses Heepital,
died esildrely on Wedneelay evening. He wee ',priestly
in good health that morning, and stroded to kb priers is
Use hospital. hut on his return home he was taken eaddeely
11l llr.Witrh-rs, home iiuqreori at the Quinn'. Hospital,
woo homoliatels tolled io, sal Dr. Fleming and Yr. Yates
also attended, hut despite .11 their efforts, Dr. Andrews
died about eaves o'clock. Be rising/min Doily Post.