The Express.
London, England, 1860-01-04 00:00:00

THE dOOIDENT ON THE EdATIEN COUNTIES

RAIL WA!.

Mr. F. Wakefield, of 14, Shorediteb, a sufferer by
the above accideat writes:

"1 leg Barking at 24 inmates past 7 p.m., by strain which
should have left at 15 minutes peat 7, being nine minutes
behind time through waiting for the train at Gravemed, the
Barking train to Bishopegate not leaving until the Gravesend
train to Feachurch-street has bed three or four minute,'
stmt. All went well until our train arrived at the point run-
es to the Eastern Commis' numb line. Here we had suc-
ceeded in getting our engine, tender, one sewed-clue. and OM
drat-clews carriage fairly on, when a paismager train from Col-
chester dashed into a secoad.claes carriage and the guard's
break, thro•ing the latter tome feet up on the embank-
ment, and the former upon its aide, completely smogs the
up and down lines, tearing and smashing in the entire end
canpartment of the firet•clus carriage in which my friends
sad I were, Fortunately there wee one unoccupied com-
portment between as and this fearful wreck; ea it was, we
were bruised and severely knocked about; but 1 feet many
came a very much worse then ourselves. The engine that
did this mischief bad, by the time we got oat on the line,
buried itself some feet in the embankment on the down side.
I can obtain no information as to the number injured, although
I am sure there must be many. I Melted the Neese of the ac-
cident to-day, and found a number of men engaged in die
ging this huge engine out of the embankment, where it has
ploughed its way into the earth to a considerable distance.
The officers end men there employed knew nothing of the
accident or injury dote beyond watt they then Raw before
them. Upon reference to the time-table, I find that the
train which ran into us should leave Ilford at 7.20, and the
train from Barking at 7.16, so that, should anything delay
the latter train at Barking for seven or eight minute., them
two trains are almost certain to come into colliaion at this
point, where the accident occurred last night."

MEE MAJESTY'S PARDON.—On Sunday her Ma-
jesty's pardon was received at the county gaol for Jame'
Bullet and Wolohan Drake (who were lately canvic•ed undee
the Criminal Justice Act, end adjudged to two months' impri-
sonment). on condition loot they should be imprisoned for
sae calendar month, to date from the day of their conviction.
It will be remembered that these men wero sentenced to two
months' hard labour for giving to their moan's borers a
quantity of food which had been provided for fattening
bitilocks—Bury end Not wee/. Test.
VEGETATION ON THE MOON'S SURVACE.—On the
surface of the moon are teen numerous rertalto or narrow
lines, about a hundred in number, which appear, perhaps,
more like long narrow furrow", than anything etre. Boat time.
they spread themselves on the lunar disc in weight liner,
sometimes they are sees slightly etitv.d ; in tray case they
are shut in between stiff parallel bord. rd. It hos often bees
supposed that them furrows, the true nature of which has
remained hitherto unknown, represent the beds of ancient
dried-up rivers, orrivera that have no yet reared to dow.
Oter astronomers think they are streams of lee+ which have
been vomited by lunar voloonme, end which reflect the light
of the sun with more intensity than the adjacent regions.
M. Schwabe, a German astronomer. todeavourr, however, to
give them another exp'snation. He ha• published in the
.dstronontische J'esehrichteti atone forte which tend to chow
that these ligee are the result of a vegetatioo on the enrfaite
of the moon. According to the author, if the surface of the
1110011beexamined ettentivrlywilhagoodialefavesad 'moper
illumination, we discos.. r betao.w the hussar luminous furrows
of the high mountain called Tycho, and tin different other
points', a quantityof oe.y delicate parallel lies, of a greenish
that, which were not viable aome mouths before the obese.
unarm, and which Mr/appear a few months after, to return
again In the proper season. These-lines, which are darker
than the adjacent parts, tiro clearly the resole of vegetation;
and it is this vegetation which makes the sterile porta of the
moon appear as bright luminous Meath. Accordion to M.
Schwabe, three lines of vegetation are more particularly
visible in the very bright parts of the moon which are ors
onegaevitord by the monotsina Hipparcur, Alhategnius
Werner, Stulder, Miturolvcne, Grams. Ft Plocolotoini:
Catb.lioa, Abouleda, Regirr-blonterino, Hell, Gaurtcus,
Won- itlbauer, Heinsius, and Count Wilheto.—Lie Photo.
' rnwhie NOM.