The Express.
London, England, 1866-08-22 00:00:00

HASTINGS MEETING.-(THIS DAY.)

NURSERY PLATE. Three-quarters of a mile.
Lady Paul, Master Robert, Pevensey, Elburg, sad
Birdhunter am hers.
EAST SUSSEX HANDICAP. One mile and a half.
Musketeer, Disappointment, Melinda, Varnish, Vic-
toria, Lyil'a, wail Maul of Erin are here.

GREAT YARMOUTH ELECTION COMMITTEE.
The evidence given yesterday was similar in effect
to that which has hithei to occupied the greater part of the
inquiry, the •Amesses being chiefly persons who had re-
ceived money at the last election to be expelided in the
purchase of votes for the conservative candidate.
Mr. C. C. Aldred, the mayor of the borough, was ex-
amined in the course of the day, and declared the state-
ment that a meeting was held at his house on the Sunday
to be one of Mr. Castel on's mare's nests. The "stranger "
who had been referred to was Mr. E. C. Aldred, a distant
relative of his. He bad • near guess that that
gentleman would be employed by Mr. Nightin-
gale to carry money to Mr. Cooper. He was not
aware that Mr. Nightingale provided the money,
but he knew that it mime through him. He believed that
with • pure election in Yarmouth Sir B. Lacon would be
returned, but could not say whether strangers coming
forward on conservative principles would be returned.
There were a majoi:ty of conservative electors. He was
unable to say whether it was the lower class of voters
who were open to corrupt influence. Et= the first mo-
ment Mr. Brogden entered the town he said he was pre-
pared to spend 10,0001. Mr. Hammond made an overture
to Mr. Cory that the conservatives should withdraw one
candidate or the liberals would buy them out, and he had
no doubt this threat had some influence in inducing the
conservatives to spend money.
The inquily was adjourned till to-day.

RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT PENCHURCNSTREET
STATION.

Mr. Humphreys, Middlesex coroner, held an
inquiry at the London Hospital last evening, touching the
death of John Wallis, aged 41 years, a porter in the em-
ploy of the BlidLind Railway Company.
George Pilbrow, a switchmen, employed at the Fen-
chureh-street Railway station, said that last Saturday,
after 12 o'clock, he was in his box, when he saw the de.
ceased walking along the line in the direction of the telegraph
station. The 12.15 Blackwell train came along the
metals between which the deceased was walking.
The engine-driver, Joseph Thornton, kept blowing his
whistle, but deocamed took no notice, for men accustomed
to the whistles do not pay half the attention to them that
strangers would. The engine caught the deceased in the
back, struck him down, and ran over him. He was fright-
fully injured, and the railway people at once carried him
to the hospital. The deceased was one of the porters of
the Midland Railway, who were in the habit of carrying
messages to the telegraph station at Fenchurch-street.
Joseph Thornton, the driver of the Blackwell engine
No. 3, stated that he did not only whistle continually
hut " beat the whistle" to make a more discordant warning,
in order to attract the deceased's attention. He also ap-
plied the breaks but without avail.
Mr. E. Greenaway, house-surgeon, said that deceased died
from his injuries soonafter his admission to the hospital.
The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death."

MAIO LISTS--(THIS DAY.)

On o'OLooz.

The amount of business in the railway market
to-day is limited, and prices generally exhibit no
variation. The changes in the chief stocks com-
prise a rise of 1 per cent. in Lancashire and York-
shire and London, Chatham, and Dover, and a de-
cline to the like extent in South Eastern.

Loudon and North-Western stook is quoted
114 to ; Great Western, 531 to I ; Midland,
11 to 120, ex div. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire,
121 to 122, ex div. ; Caledonian, 126 to 127. South
Eastern, 641 to 65 ; Great Eastern, 25f to 26 ;
Great Northern, 1214 to 1224 ; ditto A, 1294 to
130; Metropolitan, 128 to 4, an div. ; and
London, Chatham, and Dover, 18 to 4.
There are fewer transactions in foreign railway
shares, but Lombardo-Venetian show a fresh rise
of 2s. 6d., at 151 to 4. Grand Trunk of Canada
stock is quoted 214 to 4, showing a rise of per
cent. ; and East Indian 100 to 1004, being firm.