The Express.
London, England, 1860-11-29 00:00:00

INIGHTPUL AND FATAL ACCIDENT AT TER
0 VICTORIA STATION.

A frightful accident, terminating in the death of
one of the oldest servants of the London and Brighton Rail.
way Company, took place yesterday on the arrival line of the
Loodottaad Brighton Railway at the Vialoria station, Pimlico.
It appears that the demand, a man named Henry Gallop
between 30 and 40 years of age, was engaged in the onerous
duty of examining and oiling the points andtransverse plates.
He was stooping down for that parpookaot having cheereed
that an empty train had been shunted on to the lice apeg
which he was engaged, the engine of which having Mopp4
the empty carriage came silently up the line ; the helm at
the foremost carriage struck the deceased. threw ►im
maid on to the rail, the wheels of the earriage rimming
over him and literally cutting him in two. From the
nature of the Injuries death must have teen instanteneona

ECUADOR LAND COMPANY (LIMITED).
(THIS DAY.)

A special general meeting of the proprietors was
hell at woo, at the diem, 7, Finsbury-square, "for the
purpose of declaring ► booms oat of the pronto of the coin.
pen,. sod ►pproprialing the same in part payment of the
capital el abates to be issued in respect of shams sow sub-
scribed."

The chair war taken by Mr. Onsivreseeitc.
The Sicarrmir remit extracts from voluminous reports
forwarded to the director by agents of the company in
Ecuador, these being geseraly favourable se regards the
cannyany's
Ookosi O drector, seconded the motion, which,
after Wale anode% uses depted.
The CILERMAN moved a roolation for the division of
• bonus of fps. per awn, to be applied in part payment of a
further issue of shuts limited to one new share for
every existing share y aro to the effort that when the
sum of aqua haw boo paid or credited or aay
such additional se farther call Aosta be made tiff
after the 31st , 180.
The resolution was adopted.

MADRAS IRRIGATION AND CANAL COMPANY.

(THIS DAY.)

Thin afternoon, at 1 o'clock, the third ordinary
general meeting of the proprietors is this undertaking was
held at the London Teen, Mr. Lune Thomson in the
chair.

The report, which has already been published in the
Express. was taken m read.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, said that the
works done were of that nature which did
not admit of being described in detail, though
considerable progress had been made in completing the sur-
veys, so as to enable the board to place the plans in the
band, of the local government for their approval and
sanction. Since the date of the report idyl.= bed bees
received giving further details of the promisee of the sur-
veys, which he read, and afftrwaith quoted from the
engineer's report the statistics of thelands levelled and exca-
vations made down to August hot, which were satisfactory.
Referring to the excembeloc.alital necessity to complete the
project in its entirety the million sterling stipulated
for by the home government, he added that the long
government strongly recommended that the additional
capital required should bear the mom rate of
guarantee which the first million bore, via, 5
per cent., but he was sorry to my the home
government bed not thought fit to comply with that recom-
mendation. The board were still in negotiation with the
government on the matter, and he believed a proposition
bud been at length hit upon to meet the views of the govern.
meet, and at the same time to carry out the undertaldm
After going through the principal topics contained be the
report, said explaining the circumstances °animated with
the suspension of one of the engineers spoken at in the
document, sad which involved themselves into • diaries*
with the chief engineer as to sending plans sad esti-
mates to the hoard without consulting his supe-
rior officers, and presenting estimates contrasting
favourably sad unfairly with those of his chief,
he elated that nothing which had occurred had tended to
alter the opinion of the hoard as to the ultimate success
of the project and the ample remuneration it would
afford for the capital invested, and concluded by submit-
ting the usual henna resolution,.

The Emperor of Ruda has ordered that, in con-
sequence of the dm& at the Empress Dowager, all theatres
sed paws of pub& armastassat in el Moberg shell be
eland for six week&

"We are informed," saya the ronatituttonnet,
"that the Freak tamps are taking up time:winter quarters
is Ryria."

The crop of trollies in the department of the
Latino for the present season is represented to be promising.
The expectation is that towards Christmas the mice will,
bower, be 1W a kilogramme, if not higher. LA year
the crop was indifferent, owing to the excessive drought of
July and August, and in consequence prices rowe from ffifr.
to 40fr. the kilogramme, a quotation never before attained
in the course of • ceetery. This year, rain baring fallen in
sufficient quantity in July and August, the crop is better.
Wolves magnum to commit great destructilp in
the neighbourhood of Dieppe. They strangled a few days
since 2fl sheep out of 27 which were feeding io a meadow at
Routmeenil.Bouteilles, near Dieppe. Some days pterwvaly
a calf which had escaped from a farmyard saferd the
same fate. The wolves returned on Thursday to the
meadow which was the some of their first carnage, but the
shepherd was on the watch, and put them to flight.
KILIGIOCS LINZETY IN ITILLY.—At a meeting
of the Britith Colportsige Society, held lest week, the Earl
of Shaftesbury, referring to the state of Italy, said, "He
felt tore that no one meld regard that country without a
feeling of intense thaakfulanes at its present prospecta of
civil and religious liberty. Count (Uwe: bad written to
him the other day oa this etihjeM, securing him that be was
OA nilich in favour of civil and retiree' liberty as any man
in England, and nothing skald be wanting on his pert.
Yet there were great diffieulties still to be overcome from
the soeleMotioal prejudiom which still remained, and the
only nonedv would be the creation of an enlightened peddle
opinion. l'he count went on to bear high testimony to the
character and conduct, during recent events, of those
Italians who had seceded from Rome. It had given him a
' deep impression of the immense value of the Bible, and of
the right to communicate it to every individuaL"
•ND CANADIAN Maus.—Yeeterday
(Wedneeday) the Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia
Company's steamer Vigo, was despatched from Liverpool
fcr hew York with math far the Enited States and 120
ErCTo-day (Thateday) the Quebec and Montreal
pany's steamer North Briton will be despatched
' from the Mersey with the Oaaadiaa sad United States
mails. The Coma Bevel Mall steamer Europa will Nail
from the Kersey an Saturday with the North American and
United States mails._ _

LADY LtrTON'a OBJECTIONS. —Nobody liked
clergymen better than L. 47 Lofton, or was more willing to
live with them on terms of affectionate intimacy, but she
could not get over the feeling that the clergyman of ber
own parish—or of ber 11013.6—was a part of ber own esta-
blishment, of ber own appanage—or of his—and that it
could trot be well that Lord Labe should marry among his
own—dependants. Lady Lofton would not have used the
word, but she did think it. And then, too, Lucy's educa.
titer had bee so deadest She bad had no cue about her
in early life benetomed to the ways of—of what shall I
say, without making Lady Lofton appear more worldly than
she wee? Lucy's want& in this respect, not to be defined
in words, had been exemplified by the ye
which she had just now stated her case. Sherltstlyin
shown
talent, good temper, and mooed judgment; but there hod ba
no quiet, no repose about her. The of power is
young ladies which Ledy Luftea mart dmired was the vie
inertia blousing to beautiful and dignided reticence ; of
try Lucy had nob. Then, too, sake bad no fortune,
wYelt,though • minor evil, was an evil ; and she had no
birth, in highlife muse of the word, which was a greater
coefl„ And thee, though her eyes had sparkled when she
esslettedlor love, Lady Lultosi was not prepared to admit
that she was possessed of positive beauty. such were the
unfortunate emmornitant circumstances which still Winced
Lady Lofton to resolve that the match must be marred.—
Osnihiff Moosimee for December.
CATSIE OF OLD MAIDINE. —But there are deeper
Nam yet for the exiciesse of old-midis.' in this courtly.
I reopoot that Mr. Malik= has something to do with it,
sad that if there see more unmarried women, there are also
mere unmarried men is these islands than elsewhere. It
le certain that we have set the mime ingersees for wedloek
that they have ahem& Oalihay eseeereaed in the one
sex by the clubs, the the less court, sad
the s.serslly watiettebha enemematio far Caleb& Mar-
riage_ is the Let step as lleghshmina imetemplatee ; he mum
have got on, have settled his beeseas, before he can resolve
to put his head seder that meat' yoke. le the other WI
celibecy oncomominsiagesths= given to the
ra)zia
lady, end the an the
woman. Abroad memleri is en mesecipeties fee
a girl. She who bee hem tied le her mother's
or chaperon's side for years, an then Sep her
wing., sod dap them the does with a liberty which too
often atmproebee license. On the Continent nary** is
the thawbold of We to a aims. —in England it is the tea
mimic With it the three volumes esd—the rowan's, the
bousement the freedom al life is gone when the plain gold
ring hes circled the l aaw Heueeforward nurses, servants,
and weekly bills are all that may engage the young wawa's
maid. What weeder thee if a girl Issas off from year to
year the Anal step ! What weeder if, believing in her own
powers, she who be flirted too mesh to are deeply for
sepia, goes en refesini applieent after applicant, tin
they leave MT applying. I feel certain of it, that hell our
eM maids could, if they would, • ettribeto their desolation
to some such folly and easily es this, sad to the desire to
',joy their freedom as begin possible. —Daitis troop
Migetine for Decanter.
LONDON RENIERAL OKEVECE COURANT
receipts for week media( Nov. Z, 10,131 f. ds.