The Express.
London, England, 1867-05-20 00:00:00

THE ACCIDENT AT BLACKFRIARS-BRIDGE.

STATE OF THE SUFFERERS.—(THIS DAY.)
This morning the three men, Cole, Balsam, and
Walter Smith, who were injured by the accident at Black- '
friars new bridge, were stated to be progressing favourably.
The name of the man who expired on Saturday night is
Thomas Cranfield, aged :IT years.
It em now believed that the sad accident occurred in con-
sequence of what is called the " riding of the chain" that
WU used in the lowering of the iron caisson into the bed of
the river. Riding of the chain means that one of the links
got on top of another and then suddenly slipped when the
weight WAS resting on it. It is an occurrence that fre-
quently takes place, and the sudden jerk caused by the
fall of the link causes the weight attached to the end of the
chain to swing and strike the timber supports.

The actual value, according to a parliamentary
return issued to-day, of remain of materials available on
the I,t day of April, 1867, in the manufacturing depart.
meats towards the manufacturing of military stores for the
year 186744, was 259,6631.

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The select committee on railways report that in
their opinion it is inexpedient, considering the advanced
period of the session, and the probability of • review by
parliament of railway legislation in other respects, to make
any alterations in the case of bills of the present session in
the provisions for securing the completion of railways
which have hitherto been adopted in railway iota.

Mr. Tom Taylor's new piece will be produced at
the Holborn Tbeatre at the beginning of next month. It
will be celled Ups and Downs; or, the Antipodes.

At a public dinner given by the Mayor of South-
ampton last week, to inaugurate a new public cricket
ground, Mr. Oakthott, a town councillor of Winchester,
stated that the corporation of Winchester contemplated
challenging the corporation of Southampton to play a
cricket match ; that he had been engaged to play a single
wicket match with the Mayor of Winchester, but his
worship had ignominiously backed out of his engagement,
and he offered to play such a match with the chief magis-
trate of Southampton. The mayor, in reply, said that he
would consider the challenge, and assured the honourable
challenger that if he accepted it he would not imitate his
brother chief magistrate at Winchester.

A Roman villa has just been dug out at Andover
in Hants, by the Rev. E. Kell and other Hampshire archon.
ologista It is G 5 feet long and 4.1 feet broad. The roof
had been supported by massive pillars. Two fireplaces
have been discovered, also a quantity of fragments of
&«n= pottery, glass, and iron articles, and coins of Vic-
torians, Claudius, Oothicus, Maximinns, Constantine,
Ailectus, ke. The Roman station of Vindonum is be-
lieved to have been in the neighbourhood.

The cold easterly winds which have prevailed
WV have done considerable damage to the cherry and
Pear crop in the south of England.

At Woo!stone, in Hang, there is a white May
tree, the leaves of which, instead of being green, are •
pale yellow colour bordering on white.
MR. GLILD3TONE •ND MR. DIRRAELT.—" A
Polite" writes to the Post :—" It is the fashion to think
E Gladstone wrong, and Mr. Disraeli right, in
l'elthing. Let us come to facts. When the Refers
till was fairly before the house, Mr. Gladstone
nil it wanted • five things to make it • good
hg —l. The abandonment of the dual vote ; 2. The
ton of the two years' residence to one ; 3. The
franchise ; 4. The perfect equality between
I and borough by the disappearance of the compound
older; 5. The elimination of what Mr. Bright
the residuum, or the lowest and poorest clam.
, four of these points have been gained ; and the fifth
on the point of being gained by Mr. Poulett Scrape's
ruiroda.at or bill. Surely, then, Mr. Gladstone
cuiis.t hive been so very wrong in the main. The
xo.ernm, rat journals sound a flourish of trumpets over
the concession of Friday night, and say that the attacking
army (mind themselves confronted with an overwhelming
sad rictorious force. To my mind the better comparison
would be to an army advancing to the siege of • citadel,
sod met at the gates by the commander, who, without
dl's; a council of war, delivers up the keys of the place."
EXTRAORDINARY EPIDEMIC •MONOST OMIIIROM
D'axra IN Lenin —An alarming epidemic, unequalled
lace the old coaching days, has broken out in the stables
et*. Matthew Jackson, the proprietor of the omnibuses
'timing between Leeds and Burley, Kirkertall, and Armley.
Cluslers and forty manifested themselves shortly after
introduction into the stables—which are situated in
Bull-yard, Lands-lane--a ,Fort time ego, of a
shish hail been obtained at Burley, but the synip-
were not properly understood, and the affected
1' were treated for influenza. Mr. Broughton and Mr.
trt, veterinary Burgeons, subsequently examined
and then it was discovered that they had been
d with glanders and farcy of the most virulent form,
ill the only hope of arresting its ravages. depended
' its being vigorously "stamped out." The ammaU were
.naively attacked,anilik-aths or slaughtering, took place
"tdaile. Five horses were killed on Saturday, these
4‘.4,7 up the list of victims within the last few days to
Iva Owing to the infections and contagious nature of
disease considerable apprehension was, of course,
t" to the remainder of- the horses, which, as far as
be aacertained on Saturday, were all in a healthy
0. and they were removed to other stables in the
sty The old stables have been repeatedly white.
cd. the straw burnt, the gassing puntied, and other
etiont taken to prevent the spread of the epidemic.
lost 15 out of his 26 horses, Mr. Jackson has been
discontinue running two 'buses until he can re-
mc demi animals, but in the meantime be intends to
forth every exertion to provide the accommodation
the Main. fie estimates his loss at about

lIQ TINS or Two LIVES BY DROWNING 11B•R
*a tarots.—An inquest was held on Saturday morn-
.4l the little boy, son of Dr. Palk, of Southampton,
the servant•woman, whose death by drowning in an
-I-pit filled with water, at Hythe, on Friday, was
in the Express of Saturday. A more dim-
,rent could not possibly be conceived. It was a
spot where the accident happened, and the
' were not taken out for en hour afterwards.
°Noting out the body of the servant it was
-I that she was greeting the child in her arms. When
ilk lumped twice in after her child and servant. the
.4.sf her two other children were so terrific that they
'led her to get out again, and probably prevented
being drowned. The treacherous nature of the
r the pit was as much a muse of the loss of life
pth of water. Mrs. Palk was so ill, that the chief
Cu her eldest girl, about seven sears of age. She
torn. and sat on her father's knee to give evidence,
v,s affecting to witness the distress of the poor child.

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