The Express.
London, England, 1859-01-20 00:00:00

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT AT KENSINGTON
GATE.

Yesterday, Mr. Waklay, coroner for West Mid-
dlesex, and a highly repeatable ry, composed of the gentry
and inhabitant houasholdass of the district, assembled at the
Marlborugh Tavern, Abbey-road, St. John's-wood, to in-
quire touching the death of Mrs. Mary Ann Finds Hera-
path, the wife of Edwin John Herapeab, Esq., banister-at.
law, which
.took piece under the subjoined melancholy cir-
cnmatances
The coroner and jury having viewed the unfortunate lady's
remains at her late residence, 10, Blenheim-road, and re-
turned to the inquest room,
Charles Flint said he was out u groom with his mis-
tress, on Saturday afternoon, in Hyde Park ; she wee riding
her favourite man, and he was riding some yards behind her.
They arrived at Hyde Park-comer at a quarter-past four
o'clock, ea he observed by the clock over the gateway lodge,
and the deceased had just pared through the plats or poets
at the top of Rotten-row, Una her hone went off at a
canter, sad immediately struck into a gallop. The deceased
beckoned with her band to him to stop the
end he galloped after her, but his horse ran amongst the
trees, snd he was unable to come up with the deceased
until after the accident had happened at Kensington-gate
(about a mile distant). Upon reaching Kensington-gate he
found that his mistress bad been thrown from her horse, and
was much injured. lipra this he left her in charge of some
medical gentlemen ma others, who happened to be on the
spot at the time, and proceeded home to inform his mister of
what had occurred. _ _ .

Ennis Teffa7aid that he was gatekeeper at Kensington-
gate, Hyde Loft% Hyde-park. Heating the deceased
scream, he looked about and saw the de:cement horse
galloping down the road towards the gate as feat as It could.
The animal passed through the gate, but then, instead of
going o'n straight through the tell-gate on the high road, it
diverged to the right hand, end went up ageinst the wall
adjoining the picket-hones. The animal wee thrown down
by the violence with which It woe against the well, and the
deceased was thrown violently to the ground. Shama picked
up in an unconscious state, and conveyed ito a private home,
No. 13, opposite, where Mr. Hutchinson, a medical gentle-
man who happened to be passing, attended to her until she
was removed to her own residence.
Mr. Charts, Francis James Lord, surgeon, of College-
cement, SL John's-wood, gave testimony as to the nature
of the Injuries which the deceased had received, from which
it was evident that nothing could areal to save her life.
The coroner commented upon the fearful nature of the
Norio, remarking that all the medical amistance in the
world could not have prevented fatal conaerptenees.
The jury returned a verdict ef "Aocidental Death," and
tke inquiry termhutted.

A CASE TOR INQUIET.—TEE EXETER MAGIS.
TRATES.—A peat deal of remark has been made on a judg-
ment of the Exeter bench of magistrates. John Venton, a
paper maker, war summoned last Wednesday week, for leas.
tag his work on New Yeer'e.day without the leave of his
muter, Mr. William Tramiel& The men sad the master had
had a diapute shoat the payment of Christmas boxes ; the
result of which mu that the men threetesed to leave their
worki and they say that the muter said—" I will never pay
It, and you may all go directly and be —." The defen-
dant left his work. It appears that there war an agreement
is the shop, that either muter or man might climbers* cult
other at a moment's notice on payment of a guinea. The
master dialed that he told the men that " they might go,"
&a. His ea corroborated his evidence. The men, on
the other band, all sutra, positively that he did. These
are the facts of the mes. The case of the master was
advocated by Mr. H. W. Hooper ; his father, Mr. H.
Hooper, was on the bench, end took • very decided view
of It against the defendant. To the surmise of everybody
is court the bench mental:mad the defendant to a month's
imprisonment, and hard labour I The use ben excited a
great deal of remark, and a petition is to he sent to the
Secretary of State, an the subject. The master was very
mach shocked at the sentence, and made an urgent inter-
wagon with the bench on behalf of the defendant. But
Mr. Hooper was haexcabh, and the other maghdrates fol-
lowed him. The man had been many years in his employ,
was very much reipseted, and the whets affair was one of
heated dispute between mese and man, which a few kindly
words might, perhaps, have calmed down. But at the
worst—there wee only • guinea In dispute between them. The
man might have left lawfully, without notice, on paying the
guinea, and ,the sentence ought, it is said, to have borne
some relation to the shop-arrangement for quitting. The
magietratis present were the Mayor, Mr. H. Hooper Mr,
Bastard, Mr. Davies, and Mr. Bhepped.-BArrbou
Journal.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON TIER EAST KENT RAILWAY
Woaxe.—Two slips of earth havetaken place on the works of
the East Kent Railway, now in comae of oonstruodon in the
parishes of Faversham and C tinhorn, causing the death of two
men, and very seriously Injuring a third. The fall at Fa-
verstiam took place near Love-lane, about three-quarters of a
mile from the station and where the cutting is not Ws than 21
feet deep. Fortunately, only a few of the men were at works
when the earth suddenly gave way, and fell with a tremendous
crash, carrying everything before it, and burying two men,
named George Johnson and Samuel Smith. -Other portions
also fell in Immediately after, but not before the other men had
made their escape. Every possible exertion was then
made to rescue the two men from their perilous situation.
This was soon accomplished, and it was then ascertained
'that they were both Wire, although, evidently, vary
seriously Injured, as they had been duelled by the
falling earth against the waggons at the bottom of the cut-
ting. The poor fellows were conveyed on stretchers to their
lodgings, but it was found that Smith's jaw and arm were
fractured as well as his thighe, betides being internally
fujared. He has since expired. Johnson's lag was frac-
tured, but his injuries were not of so serious a character. The
soil is of a sandy character, and it is supposed that it had
been undermined ralx too much, which led to the slip
taking place. At Chilli= the fall of earth was not so great,
end only one man, James Latter, was seriously injured. He
was engaged pushing the waggons along for the purpose of
coupling them, when the earth suddenly gave way, and buried
him up to his shoulders. He was immediately got out and
taken to his lodging'', and thence to the Kent and Canter-
Duly Hospital, where he expired about six hours after his re.
caption. An Inquest has been held on the deceased, and •
verdict of " Accidental death" returned.

SUICIDE IN DVIIIIAM COUNTY PRISON.—As Mr.
Reeve:, the deputy governor, was going round the prison ea
Monday about 2..40 p.m., be found a prisoner, Thomas Painter,
hanging by the neck In Ms cell. Mr. li. immediately cat
him down, and mat for the surgeon of the prison, or the first
medical man that could be found, and in the meantime efforts
were made to notate life by rubbing the body, which was
warm. In about ten minute*, Mr. Wm. Stoker,
arrived, who pronounowl life extinct. The cell in whirr LT
placate wee confined contained a wearer's loom, from which
he procured the rope to hang himself, and had fastened it to
abeam attached to the loom. Deoearid,who was only nineteen
years of ego, and was described se • pitman, late of Oldham,
Lanceehire, was committed on the 24th Nov. by the Mayor
of Sunderland, for obtaining a shilling from William Pople,
the recruiting sergeant, under Mee pretences. At his trial at
the quarter sessions he pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to
three calendar months with hard labour.—/fewoutle Ohre.
mete.

THE LATE NIORDER AT DITLIN.—BIack, the mitre
derer of his wife, V said to be In • very preouiees Mete of
health since his committal to prime. At;tlmes he raven fear-
fully,and blerecovery tsregurded as problematical. It 'spelt,
generally reported that jalousy laid the foundation of the
fearful crime which ha. jeopardised his life. The unhappy
wife, unfortunately for Itereelf, wits remarkably hendsome.
and is his drunken savagenase the husband frequently taxed
her—unjustly, it is believed—with levity of conduct.

WOMEN Senrstrre.—A correspondent of the
Times bevies brought the usual complaints against this clue
of domestics, another oomespondent writes : As • householder
of the same meant, and also with font women servants, may
I be permitted to speak a word for that ooneantly abased
oleos so kindly denominated In a popular book ' The greatest
in life r. For eighteen yeas I have bad experienoe
fl'g severalnai re of thin clue. I have never had an inspertisest
word from one. I never had the slightest anxiety about one.
I have never received warning from one, except when they
were about to settle In life by respectable marriage. I have
never heard a complaint from one whatever extra work wee
required of them. Ide not believe that I was ever robbed of
the value of a penny by one. In the oonme of that time my
wife ham obtained situations for more than forty girls frame
our villagtrochool, and we know where they are all Is dier
tions now, and they are ell vsloed and respected enweete.
There Is, I believe, nothing wonderful to this, end the mast
ls to make thou who are indeed ' the greatest cordate is
life.' one's Mende."

•
NEW STEAMERS.—Messrs. Martin Samuelson and
Co., Woo ship-builders of this town, have commenced tho con-
struction of two large stamen for the Atlantic Royal Mall
Company, which from their dimensions alone will fat
serous any wends of the kind ever constructed in Hull.
They are of equal size, the length being 330 feet; beam.
33 fed; depth V 4 feet; ant of • nominal horse power of
600. They will be constructed on the paddle principle, and
no labour will be spared to make them models of perfect
workmanship. Messrs. Samuelson guarantee a sred of
20 mile, per hour in still water. We may also add that
Messrs, Earle are building a screw steamer of 1,003 tons
burden, for the Baltic trade, and two small steam tugs foe
the Liverpool and Leeds Steam Navigation Company.—.
Roll Herold.
MAILS TO NORTH rtmellact.—Yesterday (Wed.
usaelay), the steam ship Kangaroo sidled from Liverpool le
New York with the malls end 103 massagers. On Sew.
day next the Cunard mall steamer Asia will &leo sail for New
York, when the post-office box will close at 9 a.m., with late
lass at 10 a.m., and on the landing stags at 11 a.m.
ALTERATIONS IN PENINSULAR MAIL SERVICE.
The following amine hes been issued from the General Post..
office :—Commencing with the packet appointed to lava
Southampton on the 27th inst., the Peninsular canned
mail pickets will in future terminate their voyage at Lisbon.
Lulea of going on to Cadiz and Gibraltar. All
for Cadiz will in future be forwarded in the ensile foe
via Franoe ,• and letters, kc., for Gibraltar wffi be f
by the Mediterranean mall packeta, leaving Southampton
four times In each month. The Peninsular packets will con.
those to sail from Southampton on the 7th, 17th, and 27th
of the mouth, and will sail at Vigo and off Oporto (weather
Permitting) on their way to Lisbon. The return marls will
be due at Southampton on the let, 11th, sad 21st of esob
=alb.