The Express.
London, England, 1866-09-08 00:00:00

COLLISION AT THE vicroßLA

Yesterday afternoon a very alarm
occurred at the Victoria station of du
Chatham and Dover Hallway Compaq
that one of the Brighten Company
rioting of five empty carriages, was
"shunting-yard," about to be shunted.
at Victoria station from the Crystal Pah
neared the station, when the signalman
in his signal-box, in order to shunt th
train on to its proper platform.
rod of the shunt, however, broke,
remained open, allowing the Crystal Pal
on to the line upon which the Brighton
lug. A oollision then maned, in which
lieges of the Brighton train were smashes
the other three were more or less injur
Palace train was one of those in which
closely coupled, and it is stated that had t
by ordinary irons the tome of the tolls
overturned the whole of them. By
close coupling, however, not one
the line, and the lives of many
by this means saved. The damage
Palace train in comparison with that of
very slight. The whole of the roof lam
as well ea the lamps in the guard's break-
fortunately was a new tank engine, one a
upon the Crystal Palace line, and of eitre
sustained some damage, and will require
of the guards—Robbins—states that
window and saw that an accident was i
once applied the break, but while in the
took place, and he wax thrown from on
riafte to the other. He has suqtained a
on his sum. Many of the passengers wet

LATEST PARTICULARS.-(TE

The accident which took place
noon in the yard of the Brighton RailvM
Victoria Station, consequent on a Lomb
Dover Compan7's train running into s
formed the subject of an investigation b
the Brighton Company. The cause of tl
gibing way of a points' rod on the Brig
the Crystal Palace passenger train ap
platform at the London, Chatham, and
and the points remaining open, the trail
the Brighton yard, and ran into a train,
contained no passengers. The Bright
considerable damage, and three or tot
knocked off the line ; but none of them
as has been represented in a morning p
were in such a state that when lifted on.
were able to be shunted off for repairs.
to the Brighton train was injured.
The Crystal Palace train was brought
the shock but received little or nu damn'
were dreadfully alarmed by the mast
which was very great ; but beyond a ct
shaking they received no hurt. It is
complaint made by any of them to the
one gentleman whose hat had been sma
the service of the company, however
shaking and was so affected by the frigh
taken to St. George's Hospital. He is ix

FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON TH,
SHIRE RAILWAI

(From the Carnarron flenr
On the morning of Thursday a 3
left Poi:, libido° for the purpose of con
von persons wishing to be present at
gathering known as the association ; an,
availed themselves of the opportunity t
of reaching this town, which they d
tween 6 and 7 in the evening
the excursionist' again assembled at
temporary station for Carnarvon is
pared for the return journey. Porten,
themselves, several of those who had cc
did not arrive at the station in time, a
train started without them. Within
yards of Glandwyfach station t
tank, and here the train was broug
10 minutes to 8 o'clock, to supply
water. This having been done, th
needed very slowly, the engine bei,
points, which were placsd about
off, the steam being turned off.
this precaution, shortly after the point
the engine and tender got off the line
tender being quite across the line, and
diately following were instantly throw
Three women and two men were
Their names were—Mary Jones, Tyl
draeth, Janet Phillips, Penrhyntle,
Parry, Penrhyn Arms, Pcnrll) mir mime
Bth, Carnarvon, lately living at Pen
Mr. Williams, builder, Festiniog.
The injured persons are GI itfith
very seriously, and he was taken h
following day ; Elizabeth Evans, Penr
is still in a precarious state ; Richard :
Elizabeth Evans ; and Mrs. Hughes, I
the jaw.
The cause of the accident we, a de
the points, by which the engi-e wes t
out ; but the trucks appeared to have
line, and the strain which took pier
between the two lines increased must h
and tender.

FATAL RAILWAY ACCIPENT.-7
—On Thunday evening an accident o
happened to a passenger train on
Railway, on that line between Whitt.;
milting in the death of two men, an
jr-ed. The train, which consisted of
two vans, left Whitby at ol.t and
until about thirteen miles from Stock
Potto and outside of Trenhelin Ear, t
ran off the line, and, corning in contu
went, came to a dead stand. The
severe shock, and two of the carnal
pieces by the force of those behind. TI
on its broadside to the left, and the
direction, and the carriages, getting
the embankment opposite. Assists
were telegraphed for, and in a shor
three men were taken out from amen
the broken carriages. One man cos
dead, a second only survived a few mi
though at first it was thought his it
somewhat recovered, and he was COD'
Stockton Surgical Hospital. Both driv
unhurt, but the guard, who was in hu
on the left eye and a severe shaking.
men who were killed are John Seal
about twenty-nine years of age, I
married, upwards of fifty years of age
who is expected to recover, is named
to the unfortunate man who was
belonged to York and were excavaturi
company, and from what our correei
their custom to return home to York
had only been in the train a fei
accident occurred.
BURSTING OF A RESERVOIR E
Thursday afternoon, the embankment
ated at Brushes Clough, near Oldhau
part of the waterworks system of the,
at the main entrance of a culvert n
area of the reservoir is live acres, tl
feet, and its capacity 40,000,000 V
the culvert held out against the p
sweeping through it, and the eintanki
The water continued to flow durin,
night, and the reservoir was not emp
morning at 5 o'clock. The lower
belonging to Mr. James Greaves, w,
machinery was completely coveted
houses were also flooded, and Foals t
of stone and earth being swept from
which the water escaped.
STRANGE FREAK OF A SO
Wednesday morning a strange visitor
hill. It appears some miners were go
cm approaching the lime kilns at Duck
they saw a nakedman come out of th,
concluded that he was drunk, and hi
there. Presently the man walked be
They then went up to him, and foul
strange appearance. His face and I
with exposure to the weather and to
kiln, and his feet were cut and bleedi
completely bewildered and lost. On
ing him, he said his name was Myers,
Deasy, sad had walked from there it
night. When he had left home be CO
awoke he found himself in the kiln h
be could account for it was that he
leading lime from those kilns, and le
that he wss cowing for lime. Some c
for him, and he was taken home in a
walked a distance of six miles on • r
and in rain and darkness.
LONDON HOEINTAL.—Dr.
the University of London, has been
physician of the London Hospital.
REVIEW AT ALDERSHOT. —A re
in camp at Aldershot was held pate

THE POLICE COURTS.

(THIS DAY.)

GUILDHALL.
FRAUD UPON AN EMPLOYER.
phiup Carcase, a print-oolourer, residing at 24, Mildmay-
street, Balls-pond, Islington, was charged before Alderman
Dais with stealing, within the leak three months, various
sums of money belonging to his employer, with which he
bad been entrusted to paT the work-people.
George A. H. Dean said he was a publisher, autrying on
twines, at 65, Ludgate-hill, and the prisoner was a
priat-oolourer, and wail employed partly as a foreman
re that department. He kept the work-book, and entered
in it the particulars of the work done in print colouring,
and be also entered against each person's name the amount
due to them for work done. It was also his duty to get the
workpeople to sign the book for the money paid them. The
book was made up to Friday night, and the money paid on
Saturday morning. The book was handed to him first,
then passed to the ambler, and by him the money
was banded to the prisoner to pay the workpeopla.
le that book there were entries of payments
made to Miss Yates of to. 3d. on the 25th of August, and
tia on the Ist of September. There were also entries of
the following payments to a Miss Dudge of 6s. 70. on the
30th of June ; 12s. 3d. on the 7th of July ; and 4s. 6d. on
the 14th of July.
MiesYstes said that on the week when she was put down
for to. 3d. the prisoner discharged her suddenly on the
Wednesday, and paid her only le. 6d. On the Ist of
September, when he charged 9s. as paid to her, he never
cattier anything, and it was not her signature to the

Wks Dudge turned out to be a little child who lived and
worked with her father, and of such tender years that it is
doubtful whether she will be examined on oath at all. She
maid not earn more than 4s. per week. At this stage of
the prooeedings the prisoner was remanded.

BOW-STREET.
THE TRAVELLING POST-OPPICt

Edward Barrow, a travelling clerk in the General Post-
office, was charged with stealing a letter containing half a
sovereign and 12 penny postage-stamp • in the sorting car-
inge on the journey from London to Ipswich.
Yr. Mulock, travelling inspector, General Post-office,
stated that in consequence of the loss of several letters
from the Ipswich sorting carriages he was directed
to make up a test letter, which he did on
Saturday, Ist inst., enclosing in it a half sovereign and
twelve stamps all marked. The half-sovereign was
'amused to a printed card. It was addressed to lira. A.
Wallerty, Stole-inn, Stole. He gave it to Mr. Munro, to
deepatah by the Ipswich carriage. At half-past 10 o'clock
the same night witness was in the Ipswich Post-office
when the Soule bag was brought in. He searched it
and could not find the letter which in due course ought
to have been there. The prisoner was one of the second class
trevelling clerks employed on the London and Ipswich and
London sad Cambridge lines. On the present occasion he was
employed on the Ipswich line, and it would have been his
daty to sort the letters in question. Witness afterwards
interrogated him, when he said that he sorted the letters
for the Scots and Stowmarket bags, and that Mr. Seal
(senior clerk),and Gurr(sorter),whe were the onlyother per-
sons in the carriage, d id not interfere with the sot ging of those
begs; but Mr. Seal tied up one or two packets. He said
that he went to the Railway Inn at Ipswich with Mr. Seal
and Garr, and that he changed a sovereign there. He was
searched by the officer Cocker, who found on him 1/. 10s.
in gold and 9s. in silver. Witness informed him that the
barmaid at the Railway Inn said he had changed a half-
sovereign there.
Mrs. Fisk, the landlady of the Railway Inn, produced
the marked half sovereign, which she had found in the

Illid Bird, the barmaid, said she placed in the till the
motley received from customers, including the prisoner,
Mr. Beal, Gorr, and a gentleman who came the same
train. Could not say whether the prisoner paid her with
a sovereign or a half sovereign. The strange gentleman
paid her at :th a half sovereign.
Mr. Minnie, clerk in the comptroller's office General
Post.office, Mr.Seal,Gurr the sorter, and Croden, the police-
constable attached to the pod-office, gave similar evidence
on points of detail. In cross-examination Mr. Lewis, for
the defence, extorted from Gurr the admission that letters
were sometimes found on the lloor of the carriage after
wing. . . . . .

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The priioaer,who protested his innocence,wu committed
far trial.
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CLERICMWELL.
A FISHMONGER'S SHOP U 4 AN UPROAR.
Ellen Long, of 69, Upper Ilemerton-street, Caledonian-
read, wee summoned before Mr. D'Eyncourt for unlaw-
fully and wilfully causing damage to a quantity of fist-,
the property of Benjamln Hillmer, fried fisheeller, of 23,
Clayton-street, Islington.
Ile complainant said that he was unoleto the defendant.
and on the 30th ult. the defendant oame round to his shop,
and he then told her that he wanted to have nothing to
say to her but that he should like to see her husband rela-
tive to some remarks that she had made about his wife.
This seemed to arouse her ire, for she took up a whole heap
of garnets and threw then, not only at him but about tho
place, and his shop, he could assure the magistrate, was
quite in an uproar. (A laugh.) She spoiled quite
4a worth of fish, and that was no joke, Lut to
make the matter worse, a mob got round the shop and
they also joined in the fun. She was violent, and when
her mother told her to leave off she would not take any
notice of her, and be:Laved in such a way that he thought
she was marl, and had she not gone away he should have
been driven out of his mind. Both were sober, and that
made the matter more strange—(a laugh)—for he had
given her no provocation.
:he defendant, in rather an excited tone, said that she
did not destroy 4s. worth of fish, for that was more than
be had in at a time. He threw some fish at her, and of
muse she returned the compliment, and should do so
sksin if she was insulted.

Mr. D'Eyncourt asked the complainant if it was true
that he had struck the defendant, and had thrown fish at
her.

The Complainant—Well, when she struck my wife I did
throw s "minute" fish at her, but I am sure I did not
hurt her.

Mr. D'Eyncourt said he could not decide who was to
blame in the matter, and dismissed the summons.
The decision was hailed with clapping of hands.
WESTMINSTER.
A VERY RAD CARE-
Thorna Richard Joyce, a b0y,12 years of age,sras charged
with embezzling several sums of money from his master.
Mr. Charles Ray said he was a cowkeeper carrying on
laminas. at 51, Marlborough-road, Chelsea. He bad no
children of his own, and the prisoner and five others
were orphans, children of his sister. He took them from
Tunbral7e-welle three or four years ago, and brought
them up for his own. He had now been robbing him
of 2e. or 18.4.1. per day for two years, as he took out the
milk and never accounted for the sums he had received,
sad had been forgiven nine or ten times, twine at the in-
tercession of the clergy, but he was now an incorrigible
thief. He had ti:ed to get him into a reformatory, but
they would not take him without he was convicted, and his
(sly object in bringing him before the magistrate was to get
him sent away. Thee last two nights he had not been in
tsslonsceount of the prisoner, and the latter's robberies and
had conduct had broken his heart. He was found on the I
step of a public-house in Brompton a few months ago, and
laid he had not slept in a house for a month, and had had
no food for two days. When taken to the station he said
who he was, and confessed that he had stolen 19s. sd. from
Mr. Ray, alterwar,ls writing out a confession that he had
spent the money in sweetstuffs. He had embezzled money
did,. since.
Police-sergeant 4 B, proved that on the 17th of August
loot the prisoner was brought to the station apparently
aertitute. lie afterwards confessed that he had embezzled
from his uncle various sums, and had been brought to the
notion before.
The uncle, with tears in his eyes, said he was fond of the
boy, and all his relations were the same, but he could not
look over this.
The prisoner had nothing to say, and after being ad-
monished by Mr. Selfe, was sent to the Reformatory at
Peltluun, for the space of three years.
WORSHIP-STREET.
INDEPENDENT CAM:Aut.
Three hulking fellows, who did not exhibit the slightest
l'-mrance of hunger, were charged with tearing up their
clothes in the East London Union.
Clerk—What is your name?
First defendant stuttered frightfully as he replied,
" Yeoluall,” and the others, who appeared to know that
the impediment was assumed, laughed coarsely and aloud
at him ; they gave the names of John Young and Edward
Taylor,
Dennis, the superintendent of labour, said—Last night
these men came to the union as casuals for one night's
hliPult. This morning I' found all their clothes torn up.
sylor—l'm sure I didn't tear all up. I left my coat.
Young—And what you gave us for trousers arn't worth
twopence the three pair. I'd be independent on 'em if I
had my old 'uns.
All three defendants here laughed heartily.
, Magistrate—Did they ask for other clothes before they
Gestroyed their own'
Taylor—What's the good of that
Dennis—No, sir ; they did not.
Ifoaeg—To be sure not.
Magistrate—Dud they have anything to eat
Dennis—They were supplied with the usual food for
steals, (What this is did not transpire.)
Magistrate—Well, what have you to say in answer to
this charge of tearing up your clothes.
Taylor, (as if astonished)—What' Why they were lousy
tad we wanted others.
I.l:muff—Yes, that's true.
L.' "Earl again attempted to speak, but was so long a time
w littering a clear wont, that the others again shouted
s;th laughter, and manifestly considered it all an excellent
joke, but at last Yeoman did succeed in expressing his
sorrow for the offence with which he was charged.
Elie was sent to prison for five days, and the others for

WANDSWORTH.
41110tLAB DIMPCTE BETWEEN THE MAGIBRILAIII AND Mt
RICHARD MAINE.
4iNt. Woolgerand George Pr uenridge, of Wisley, Surrey,
*ere summoned by Inspector Usher fors oontauvention of

an onler in conncil, dated the 24th of March, 1666, with
reference to the cattle plague.

On the 2ith ult. the attention of a constable was drawn
to a cart driven by Plururidge, in the parish of Putney ,b
the noise from a cow which was in it with its legs tied,
and nearly covered with straw. The defendant said he
was going to take it to Vauxhall, and produced
a license signed by Major Coulson for its removal. It
being the opinion of Sir Richard Mayne that no cattle
can pass into the metropolis without s license from the
police, and that the power of a magistrate extended
only to the borders, the 'defendants were summoned, Plum-
ridge for removing and Woolger, who was the agent, for
musing the cow to be removed along a highway in the
metropolis without a license from the commissioners.
Woolger produced the license, and said the error was
that of the justice in giving it.
Mr. Dayman said he did not think that an error had
been committed by the justice. There was a difference
of opinion between the magistrates of that court and Si-
Richard Mayne about those matters. He be"eved, and
his colleague also, that a license from a magistrate was
sufficient for cattle to pass through or into the metropolis,
but Sir Richard Mayne was of a different opinion. A case
had been granted for the Queen's Bench, and they must
wait until they heard what the decision was. He then
adjourned the summons until the 7th of December next.
Sergeant Dudley said he had the commissioners* autho-
rity to apply for two summonses under similar circum-
stances.

Mr. Hayman in granting the summonses asked the
sergeant whether the pohce summoned constables for
driving cattle found straying on a highway to the pound.
Sergeant Dudley said constables had orders to drive
cattle to the pound. Found straying was an offence under
the Highway Act.
Yr. Da an aid if the order which stated that "No
cattle shall be removed" was carried out in a literal sense,
the police would be liable to a penalty, as the com-
missioners had no power or general license. It was not in-
tended to carry out the orders literally, for in the case of
cattle landed from Ireland the certificate was accepted by
the justices of England.

GREENWICH.
COURAGEOUS CAPTURE OF A FRENCH BURGLAR.

Louis Victor Deslaadea, aged 30, & Frenchman, was
brought up on remand, charged with burglariously enter-
ing the house of Mr. Robert blade, Myrtle-cottage, Ceme-
tery-road. Deptford, andstealing vatious articles of silver
plate, and other property.
It appeared that the prosecutor and his wife were awoke
about 2 o'clock in the morning by hearing a sound of a
person moving about the house. The prosecutor imuy.-
diately got up, and on goin7, to the parlour door he found
it pertly open, and that some one was standing against it
on the inside. He called out " Who ts there r
upon which the prisoner roshed out, but was
rred by the throat by the prosecutor and thrown on
his back. It was quite dark at the time, and
a struggle then took place between the prosecutor and the
prisoner, the latter of whom regained his feet twice, but
was each time again thrown on his back and hell
until a light was procured and other assistance
obtained, the prosecutor's wife, while aiding to hold the
prisoner, being assaulted by him. When handed over to the
custody of police-constable 221 P the prisoner was found to
have a large Spanish clasp knife in his band, but vllich
fortunately he was deprived of the opportunity of opening
and using while struggling with the prosecutor. He was
found wearing a coat which had been left banging in
the hell ; and in the pocket of an undercoat were found
se 'end silver spoons, forks, &c., which bad been taken
from the breakfast parlour. On an examination of
the premises being made, it was found that an entrance
had been effected by cutting out part of a pane of glass,
and then opening the window of the breakfast parlour.
A door at the rear of the premises had alto been opened to
admit of escape ; and from the fact of two jackets and an
umbrella being found in the garden, which had been
taken from the house, it is thought the prisoner must
have had an accomplice. When in the breakfast parlour,
a pie was taken from a cupboard and partly eaten, but a
bottle of quinine wine, after being tasted, waa left,
evidently being unpalatable.
Tae prisoner, in answer to the charge, said be had been
about a fortnight in England, and had scarcely anything
to eat. - . _ _ _

Mr. Traill committed the prisoner for trial at the n .1
Old Bailey sessions.

REPRESENTATION OF FALMOUTH. —By the eleva-
tion of Mr. T. G. Bas:ng to the peerage, a vacancy occurs
in the representation of Falmouth (the borough of Penryn
and Falmouth). At the general election, last year. Mr.
Rea :ng and Mr. Gurney, the members in the preceding
porliament, were oppo..ed by General C. F. North on the
conservative interest, but were returned.
REFORM MEETING AT X FORD. The Oaf ,rd
Chronicle announces that on Thursday evening next a
publio meeting will be held in the Coln Exchange, under
the auspices of the Oxford Reform League, when addresses
will ho delivered by Edmond Reales, Emi., M.A., the pre-
sident of the London Reform League, Lieutenant-Colonel
Dickson, l'rofessor Rogers, and other friends of the move-
ment.

••••••-••
NAPOLEON AT ELBA.—San Martino, in the island
of Elba, at one tine the residence in exile of Napoleon I.
during the years 181445, is to be sold by auction on the
2nd of October. It consists of the imperial villa, pre-
served in its original condition, and containing many works
of art and objects of great historical interest connected
with the inipetial era, including the grand statue of Na-
poleon by Claudet, and paintings by Gerard, Horace Ver-
net, A. &heifer, liellange, Ratfet, and other eminent
artists. . - -

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THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS' CRICKET MATCH
AND GALA.—This affair was looked forward to with much
intern t, especially by the friends of the two charities—
the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum and the School—and it
was for the purpose of aiding the funds of the latter that
the gathering took place yesterday on the Surrey Ground,
Kennington-oval The weather proved fair, a slight
shower only occurring. A very extensive marquee (about
300 ft. long) was erected, besides other tents for accommo-
dation. Certainly the company, which amounted to about
3,000 or 4,000, seemed delighted with the programme.
DEATH OF A ST. LEGER HORSE.—One of Mr.
John Scott's lot for the St. Leger, Mr. Bowes's Clara.,
3 years, the winner of the EborSt. Leger at the recent York
meeting, fell dead on Langton Wold on Thursday. Clams,
with War, Westwick, and Knight of the Cresceut, took •
gallop with Norman up, and went all right ; but on walk-
ing 50 yards or so afterwards suddenly rolled over on his
rider and expired. Death is supposed to have been caused
by disease of the heart.
SALES OF YEARLINGS AT DONCASTER. —The
number of the first-class yearlings to be submitted to
the racing public, at Doncaster during the ensuing race
meeting will far exceed any former year ; and so nume-
I runs ate the commissions that Messrs. Tattersall, the
well-known auctioneers, have received that it has been
found necessary to appropriate a large paddock in Horse-
fair for the accommodation of the numerous lots.
Messrs. Tattersall will both sell in separate rings on
Wednesday (the St. Leger day), and on Thursday ;
and on Tuesday and Friday only one of them will sell
as usual. The Tuesday's sales will comprise the Whit-
field stud of yearlinga—Mr. Harrison's, Mr. Watkin's, and
other lots. The Wednesday's sale sill include, in the first
catalogue, the yearlings of the Tioythorp stud—Lord
Scarborough's, Mr. J. Scott's, Mr. Wright's, Mr. Newton's,
and Mr. Stephenson's : in the second catalogue, the Mid-
dleton-one-Row, Mr. Hewitt's, Mr. Graham's, Mr. Morris's,
Major Davidson's, Mr. Robertson's, and the Hon. W. Dun-
combe's. The first catalogue on Thursday will embrace
the Earl of Derby's yearlings and lots of the late Earl of
Chesterfield, the Sheffield-lane, and Mr. Cookson's ; and
the second the Fairfield stud of yearlinspi, Sir 'Patton
Sykes's, Mr. Merry's, Mr. PAnson's, Mr. Winteringliam's,
and others ; and Friday's catalogue will contain yearlings
the property of the Marquis of Exeter, Mr. John Osborne,
Mr. Harrison, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Parker, and other gentle-
men. In addition to Messrs. Tattersall's extensive aides,
Mr. R. F. Tilburn, of Doncaster, and Mr. Richard John-
son, of York, have received important commissions.
THE FRUIT CROP.—From information that has
been kindly furnished us by several correspondeota in
Herefordshire and Gloucestershire, we learn that the apple
crop in the former county is, as a rule, below the average
while in the latter county the crop is spoken of by all
our correspondents as above the average, though the
fruits are small, but improving in consequence of the
Late rains, so that if fine weather ensue the crop will
ripen early, and an average yield of cider of good
quality be obtained. Pears are spoken of as below the
average almost everywhere,while walnuts and filberts are
more abundant than they have been for many years. The
crop of plums, apricots, and wall-fruit has been scanty.
Strawberries and bush fruit have yielded full clops. In
the Eastern Counties generally we learn that the crop of
apples is partial, much fruit being destroyed by maggots,
as is also the case with pears. The cold eas:erly winds in
May seem to have done great mischief all over the country.
—Gardeners' Chronicle.
THE LATE DR. WARDER AND HIS CHILDREN.—
Yesterday this case, which came before the chief clerk
(Mr. Peaks) in Chancery on Thursday, was further heard
before Vice-Chancellor Stuart sitting in chambers. The
application was to appoint a guardian to the children of
the late Dr. Warder, who committed sui&de at Brighton,
in order to present • memorial to the crown to procure a
" waiver " of the right to the property forfeited by a ver-
dict of fdo-de-se. The Vice-Chancellor appointed Miss
Gunning the guardian.
FRAVDCLENT MEDICAL DIPLOMAS.—The autho-
rities of the Royal College of Surgeons have directed the
attention of the American minister to a practice which, if
not checked, may tend to cast discredit on the medical
profession and inflict deep injury on the public generally.
An advertisement is inserted in some of the leading English
journals containing this announcement : " Diploma (Medi-
cal) to be disposed of, a bargain." It is supposed that many
of these are in the market, and that any person so dis-
posed, whether he have any medical knowledge or not, may
set up as a medical practitioner by the purchase of one of
them. It has been ascertained that the diploma advertised
is from an institution in New York, that it is duly attested,
and is signed by " Examiners." A space for the name of
the purchaser, or any nominee who may be desirous of
medical honour', is left blank, so that any of the quacks
who infest the metropolis, or any other , may at once
convert the diploma into his duly certified medical qualifi-
cation, and do irreparable mischief to the ignorant people
who may be unfortunate enough to place themselves in his
! bands.

SHARE LISTS.-(THIS DAY.)

ONII o'ol,oot.

The railway market is flat to-day, and
prices have again given way. Great Northern A
stock has declined per cent., Lancashire and York-
shire and Great Eastern and Metropolitan, Great
Western, London and North Western, and Mid-
land 1.
London and North-Western stock are quoted
1201 to ex div. ; Great Western, 54 to ex div.;
Midland, 123 to ; Lancashire an a Yorkshire,
123 to it ; Great Northern, 121 to 122, ex
div. ; ditto A,131% to 132%, ex div. ; Great Eastern,
301 to 31/ ; South Eastern, 691 to •n Cale-
donian, 128%. to 120% ; Metropolitan, 130 to
1311, ex div. ; and London, Chatham, and Dover,
211 to 221.
Lombardo-Venetian Railway shares are inquired
for, and have risen 2s. 6d.—viz., to 161 to 1.
Colonial lines are steady.
oams SEX BHAR/13 AND grocer*.