The Express.
London, England, 1859-12-08 00:00:00

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An accident at a vary alarming nature, and at-
tended with • meet mhaonkrn• temps of human life, occurred
at Lilverreere on Wednesday at A porteble stone-
engine, the property of Mr. F. C. Payne, of Newton, wee
working &threshing-machine is tae etackyard of Mr. Thomp-
son. It was observed in the morning by some of the wen
that; though the steam was well up, she worked- lazily, stud
from Kane cause, as yet unexplained, on their return m the
afternoon there was • difficulty in getting her into working
order. This most fortunately caused mine delay, end
most of the gang of men (fifteen) were disarmed
In various pars of the stockier d. The engine
was stationed between two wheat stack., Bvo yards
•pert, god to them Marks anise as • rampart may
be attributed in some degree the tittle damage done
to surrounding lives and property. Attempts were made
toovercome the difficulty alluded to, but without stances.,
and one man pre lotted that ahe would burst, which was very
coon verifittd, sod the whole neighbourhood astoutiMel by a
I load thunder-like report. For eon. minutes ever) thing wee
enveloped as dense cloud of stem, and the greatest conster-
nation prevailed among the spectators. The
,engine was
gone. Not • vestige of her remeined at her moorings. The
furnace, supposed to weigh half • tom wee &lowa with
fearful velocity 30 yards, when It rams in contact with •
tree and the park wall, end rebounded some pads, having
peeved in its transit a youth and • horse and tumbril placed
at the item of the engine between the stacks. The wreck of
the boiler was imselted in en opposite direction, and
sitter burying itself, fortunately, in the ground, made
loth • perpendicular and loteral revolution, and then,
striking and swathing the machine, owned it with it 14
yards. A lumpy portion of iron-work, weighing between
two and three hundredweight, wag carried wore the Mack-
yard, over • lofty thatched barn, a rackyard, and garden, a
distance of 120 yard.; then cowing in contact with a tree,
shivered often arm, tell to the ground, and rebounded into
the sad. Another thick sheet of wand Iron, the nine of a
hearth-rug, with innumerable rivets and massive iron gears
attached, punta...l the conic course, and saddled iself upon a
wall, within four feet of two WTI. Other phase were hurled
mends further, and among the &brio the only portion intact
the ponderous hind lane, the wtseels being shattered, one
hertug the nave and spokes blown clean out, leaving it a
, petfict hoop. Mom pieces of the wreck are low, end NOW
nam been found 250 yards from the scene of the •ccidt•ut,
on the tops of ►ouss, &c. One men was on the machine,
who, on its being struck, fell on the 'rakers, and escaped
un►urt. A youth eves in the set of mounting the engine,
and if see minute sooner must have been sent with fearful
Means* into the air. Three men (Payne, of Bury, engine-
driver, and Mottnreola and Canner, of Livermete) were
fond to be lieriougy ibjurett A mounted tnas.engar was
Immediately despatched for Mr. Cooper, surgeon, of lxwortb,
and every kindness was shown by the inhabitants to the out-
fitters. Payne was found to have received severe injuries
about the chest ; Motheesole, • severe contusion In the groin,
involving other internal injuries; Carman scalded about the
fete, chest, and thighs. Later in the evening Mr. Payne
Melted the scene, bringing with him Mr. Ccoter, of Bury, to
whom care the man Payne was, by Mr. Fern's request,
transferred. Al three are prograntog litveuretly,—Sery
out Zioneich Poet.

THE OAS MONOPOLT.—The delegate,' from the
*ulnae wetropokhan perishes assembled bat evening at the
St. Werth:CaVesiry-hall, cowlick r the fun her steps to hetet=
for the protection of wham: mutt rotator the monopoly of goa
companies. Mr. Prater, churchwarden of St. Martin's pariah,
occupied the chair. Mr. Bowl, the bon. secretary. reported
the interview with the President of the Board of Trade., and
announced that the gee companieswould wait upon the Home
Secretary on Friday nett. He also stated that he had ob-
tained a great number of signauttee, amounting to about a
thousand, to the petition which had been drawn up for pre-
sentation to peliement, and urged the delegatespersucallv to
solicit eitinaturre. Their bill had been cent to Mr.
Bnlkr, the counsel, fur revision, in accordance with
the decision of the delegate*, and the people of
Croyiloo and other towns had sent requests to he
allowed to co-operate In the movement. The solicitor (Mr.
Daogerteld) steed that he had sent to the companien notices
of the intention to introduce a bill. Mr. Hughes then read a
report is refeirencie to the contracts of various parishes for the
Bopp!) of pa, which wee received and adopted. Mr. Hughes
added en explanation of some expeimenta be had made as to
the quality of the pas suppled by different compatible. He
had foetid the gee supplied by the Chartered Company to the
pariah of St. oe.wp, Hanover square, equal to id candles,
while that eupplued in Weesminoter was 'Z.S candle*. He bad
tested the Western Company's gas Mr. Beer. how*' and
towed be illuminating poser only 16; and though charged
a Cannel gm, it contained 2 pea omit. of carbonic acid, and
wee warmly worth ate farthing more than was paid for
stresses gas. After some &minion as to the accounts of
the committee, the meetieg edjouraed.

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