The Express.
London, England, 1867-07-02 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 2, 1867.

excited from falling down on the line. Her husband and '
children had gone on before her, and she went to run across
the line, without thinking of what she was doing, when
she slipped down.
The porter said there was not any passage across the
line for the public. lie did not see her fall down.
Mr. Ingham fined her Id., with the alternative of two
months' imprisonment.
The prisoner was locked up in default.
ATTEMIIII mm, ICIDEA BY WOMEN.
_ _

A respectably &eased woman, named Emma Cattio, of
George's-reed, Wimbledon, was charged with attempting
to commit suicide by swallowing a quantity of laudanum.
Wben taken into custody by Sergeant Gadd she said she
was very sorry.
Mr. Ingham remanded her.
Mary Cahill, a married woman, living in Pawson's.road,
Croydon, was also charged with attempting to drown her.
self in the river off Wandsworth.
Mr. Ingham ordered her to be remanded.

THE FRIGHTFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT
NEAR WARRINGTON.

WARRINGTON, MONDAT.

Up to the present time the number of victims
to the fearful accident which happened on Saturday at
Walton Junction has reached seven, five of whom were
either killed instantly by the collision or died before they
could be removed from the scene of the disaster; one died
yesterday, and the seventh at half-past five o'clock this
morning.
I A searching inquiry into all the circumstances which
led up to the accident has been instituted by the managers
of the London and North Western Railway Company, but
nothing of importance has been elicited beyond the main
facts already published. It is clear that the coal train was
duly shunted to permit the passenger train to proceed,
that the signal " all right " was given by the pointsman ;
that the passenger train went on at full speed
and that when it reached the junction points it found
them open instead of being closed, and so followed and
ran into the coal train before a break could be put on, or
the steam shut off. The question as to how the points
I were left open and with whom the blame rests is one
which will doubtless be clearly answered at the coroner's
inquest, and in the meanwhile John Lawson, the points-
man in charge at the junction, has been suspended, and re-
-1 mains is town awaiting the result of the inquiry.
The number of passengers who received injuries of so
serious a character as to require surgical aid is officially
stated to be :ti. Of these one was sent at his own re-
quest to Bury-lane, five to Liverpool, four (one since
dead) to the Patten Arms Hotel, Warring-
ton, and twenty-three to the Convalescent Hospi-
tal. This hospital is a wooden structure, built
about twelve months ago, at a time when Waningten
was seriously threatened with a visitation of cholera, and
is admirably adapted for the use to which it has now been
put. Here, under the presiding care of Mr. Spinks, sur-
dgeon, who has been most assiduous and nntiruig in his
attention upon the wounded, lie at least a dozen men, who
will bear about them throughout their lives painful fe-
-1 membrances of their journey on Saturday. Passing
through the wards last evening, our correspondent
saw one poor fellow (Mr. Thomas Jones, of Wolverhamp-
ton), who had been hurled against an arm of the carriage in
which he rode with such violence that his bowels protruded,
while from another blow he sustained a compound frac-
ture of the leg. He lay quietly on the bed with his hands
clasped across his breast, and no one who looked at his
uncomplaining face could have guessed how dreadful were
the injuries from which he was suffering. The doctors
and nurses agreed that they had never before attended so
brave and patient a man. He made his will on Saturday
evening, believing that he could nut live till the morning,
but he lingered throughout Sunday and last night, dying
shortly after sunrise this morning. Another man lay on a
bed immediately opposite with nearly every semblance of
humanity battered out of him. He was insen-
sible, and the doctor said he could not live long,
but he is still alive at the present time of
writing. Other cases of suffering, less dreadful only in
comparison with these two, were being cared for in the
same ward, and it was noticeable that there was no groan-
ing or complaining on the part of any of the men, who
seemed tacitly to acknowledge that all that human skill
could do for them was being attempted, and that it was
their duty to acknowledge the kindness of those who
tended them by manfully and silently bearing their pain.
Among those who were killed on the spot is a young
lady who has since been identified as Miss Adcock, and
who was travelling from Liverpool to Wolverhampton. In
"eer pocket was found a small diary, regularly written up
from New Year ; the last entry she wrote was
dated on the day preceding her death, and ran thus: "Oh,
what a miserable day ! Letter from—disappointed.
very unhappy." Mrs. Partridge, of Oakford House, near
Exeter, died at the Patten Arms Hotel yesterday morn-
ing. She had been on a visit to Liverpool, and was re-
turning home in company with her son, a young man of
about 22 years of age. When the collision occurred Seth
were thrown out of the carriage, landing a:: some distance
from each other, and while Mr. Spinks was attending to
the young man, as one of the moat dangerously injured,
he was called away to attend &lady who was said to be dying,
and who proved to be Mrs. Partridge. When be returned
to the son he found him dead, and the mother did not
survive him many hours.
This afternoon an inquest upon four of the bodies,
which had been carried to the Norton Arms, Latchford,
was held in the house before the coroner, Mr. William
Dunstan. The names of three of the deceased were James
Gill, James Partridge, and Mary Elizabeth Adcock. The
fourth was a woman, apparently between 45 and 50 years
of age, who has not yet been ide.-tified. The London and
North-Western Railway Company were represented by
Mr. Findlay, the general manager, and Mr. Roberts, from
the office of Mr. Rlenkinsop, solicitor to the company.
Mr. Pilling, acting traffic manager of the district, and Mr.
Thurston, goods manager, were also present. After a few
preliminary remarks from the coroner the following
witnesses were called :

Mr. Edwin Roberts, commission agent, residing in King-
street, Warrington' who identified the body of James
Gill, of 371, I'ershore-road, Birmingham, commission
agent.
Mr Sylvania Reynolds, tanner, Latchford, who identified
the body of his cousin, James Partridge, of Kirkdale, near
Liverpool
Mr. George Adcock, 7, Canton-street, Bretton, Liver-
pool, commission Agent, who identified the body of his
daughter, Elizabeth, aged 27, schoolmistress, residing at
Liverpool ; and
Mr. Thos. Lamb, of Oak-bill, Old Swan, Liverpool,
who identified the body of his brother, Edmund Gibson,
of Llantressant, in the county of Glamorgan, mining
engineer.
On the completion of this evidence the inquest was ad-
journed till Friday neat. Inquests upon the bodies of the
deceased lying at the Patten Arms and the Convalescent
Hospital will be opened to-morrow. At the time our
report was despatched no further deaths had taken place,
but two of the patients remained in a very precarious
position.

(BY TILSORAPII.I

WARRINGTON, Tut-slur.
The inquest on the late Mn. Partridge and Thomas
Jones has been opened, and adjourned.
The pointstnan is not in custody as was first reported.
No further deaths have taken place, but two are hourly
expected.

CRICKET.-(THIS DAY.)

Grand totals to Mid
rummer, 1867

The total erithdral

5,327 127,165

21,88

11.070.554 3 4

shwa the formation of theeeeiety

(1852), to Midsummer, 1867, are 362,964.4 i lid. The
total sale of land for the same period is 518,5061, Ils.
The reserve fund to Midsummer, 1867, is 13,348!. 3e. The
register of rights stands as follows :—Completed, 6,638 ;
drawn, 3,356 ; seniority, 1,806 ; total, 11,802. Deduct
rights exercised on estates, &c., 9,132. ; unexenised
rights, 2,670. The last share number on the register of
rights by seniority of membership is No. 18,968. The last
share number issued to Midsummer, 1867. was No. 27,155.
Since the last report (March 9) the following rates
have been allotted :—Malvern Link (West Wor-
cestenhire), Bth May, 1867. South London Estate,
Putney, No. 5 (East Surrey), 28th June, 1867.
The Malvern Link Estate was allotted alter a public meet-
ing at which Viscount Ranelagh and Colonel Meyrick were
present as a deputation from the board. The property is
within a few minutes' walk of • first-class station on the
Worcester and Hereford Branch of the Great Western
Railway. The society's land has an extensive frontage to
the Worcester and Malvern turnpike road, and is free
from the heavy rates of Great Malvern, being without the
boundaries. in the parish of Leigh. From the sales of
plots already effected, there is every reason to expect that
building operations will commence forthwith. The con-
tract for the works will be carried out as speedily as
possible. The South London Estate (Putney No. 5) is
situated opposite the Cedars, Putney No. 1, on the
banks of the Thames, and adjoins the society's other
estates at Putney. The land communicates with the
Upper Richmond-road through the new road on the fourth
Putney Estate, called Disraeli-road, and is within a few
minutes' walk of the High-street of Putney, the railway
station, and the bridge. The South London Estate has •
frontage to the extreme western boundary of the parish of
Wandsworth. The committee have been enabled to retain
Mouliniere House, now called Herbert House, which it was
at first intended to pull down, but which, by a satisfac-
tory arrangement, will remain undisturbed as a residence.
There was a considerable sale of plots on the day of allot-
ment. The next allotment will be on the 26th of July,
when the second portion of the East London Estate
(Forest-gate) will be offered. The rapid sale of the greater
portion of the first part of the property, on which building
has commenced. affordsgood grounds for expecting that the
second section of the East London Estate will meet with equal
success. The proximity to the station, and to Wiuutead
Flats, of this eligible buil& ng property, and its adaptation for
houses to suit all classes of the community, have rendered
the East London Estate a popular locality, as meeting the
constantly increasing demand for dwelling-houses in the
eastern suburbs. The contracts for the works on the fol-
lowing estates are in progress : East and West London
(Forest-gate and Fulham), New Ferry (Cheshire), Stafford
(South Stafforlshire), Sandmen No. 2 (Isle of Wight), Putney
No. 4, and North London, Finchley. As the 20th of July
will be the last day for sending in claims for county votes, it
is earnestly requested that the purchasers of land on the
society's estates in 26 counties, if not already on the register
for their respective counties, will communicate with the
solicitor, in order that the freehold franchise may be
secured to them and each property duly registered. The
requisite deeds and particulars of the land should be for-
warded to the offices in the event of any objections being
made. Holders of plots should also be careful to specify
the most convenient polling-district in which to exercise
the franchise for the county or counties wherein their
property is situated. The society's legal adviser should aho be
at once informed of any change of address and say altera-
tion in the qualifications. The allottees of the Conserva-
tive Land Society have the advantage that their electoral
privileges an supported in the registration courts fns of
expense."

THE NEW CABINET iII.VISTER.

SPEECH OF COLONEL I=SON PATTEN.

Colonel Wilson Patten in addressing his con-
stituents yesterday, after his re-election, said, alluding to
the subject of reform :—" I am not ashamed to own,
seeing the necessity, as I thought. of carrying to a
final settlement this question, that I abandoned some
of the opinions which I have expressed in this
hall for the purpose of meeting the government.
(Cheers.) But I do not hesitate to tell you that
locked upon this great question with much apprehension;
and in the discussions which have taken place upon it,
while I have been prepared on the one hand to abandon
some of my opinions, I have been prepared at the same
time to adopt any amendments which, in my opinion,
' might give greater security to that measure. (Cheers.)
I recollected the old axioms, ' Dissent is easy,' and
that ' There is no receding in the question of reform.'
(Cheers.) Holding those opinions, I was prepared to give
my support to the measure ; but very soon, in the coarse
which the bill took, it became manifest to members hold-
ing the views which I did that there was no possibility of
enforcing our opinions ; opposition came from the oppo-
sition benches, and very soon the bill assumed • popular
form--a more democratic form than had been introduced
by Lord Derby. After much discussion it became manifest
that the opinion of the house at large had been so ex-
pressed that it became impassible that any other bill
could be passed except on clauses which had received the
ament of noth sides of the house. (Cheers.) Before any
offer'of office was made to me—before I took any part
in the government of the country—l had made up my
mind to adopt the plan of the government in its main
relations, and to give it my support in its future
In accepting office, I suppose it is understood that stages,
e
Italasll.
give my support to the government bill in its future stages,
but I hope I may not be supposed to abandon any of the
main poiots which I have ventured to hold. I will point out
one or two amendments which I have proposed, and upon
which I feel as strongly as ever I did. any of you now
presentare connected with the borough of Lancaster. (Hear.)
It is a painful subject to allude to but I can only gay that
I did my utmost (and I was assisted by my noble colleague)
to get the eighth clause, which affected the borough,
altered. I used every endeavour, and exercised all the
influence I possessed to obtain an alteration of that clause,
and I am bound to say that at one time, up to a
very recent period, I had every reason to entertain
some hopes that we might have succeeded ; but
when it came to be discussed ix the house,
the feeling was too strong against it, and at
the end of the discussion it was intimated to me that I
could not receive all the support which I had been pro-
mised on going to a division. Ido not think it possible to
reverse that decision, but I very much regret that I was
not able to get the clause altered. (Hear, hear.) Another
point is as to the distribution of seats. From the first
moment it became evident to me that the interests
of the county of Lancashire had nut been hilly
attended to. Looking at its enormous wealth, I
thought it had • right to a larger number of members
than was proposed under that bill, and I did as much
es I was able to get a reconsideration of that subject.
I did nor esponee the cause of any particular town in the
county, because I thought I should be compromising my
opinions, but I did say that, if justice was to be done to
Lancashire, there should be a larger distribution of mem-
bers to the different constituencies. (Applause.) I cannot
tell whether my representations will succeed or not. I have
placed before them the claims of five different towns
within the northern division. I have stated their claims
with as much clearness as (possible, but I do not know
whether my representation will have had any effect. or, if
so, upon which town any additional representation will fall.
I have endeavoured to get Lancashire interests considered
in the Reform Bill, and, if I have failed, I hope you will
believe that I have done my best. (Applause.) Relative
to the office which I now hold, I may say that the appoint-
ment was not of my own seeking. I have never been
ambitious of office during the time I have been your repre-
sentative, and nothing on earth would have induced me to
solicit it. (Cheers.) But there were many reasons, after
I was solicited to accept office, and after I first refused,
which led me to the conclusion that I was not only justi-
fied but coiled upon to accept the office which Lord
Derby made me. Independently of all the subjects
to which I have called attention, at the present moment
there is one to which I have alluded in my address, and to
which I attach much importance ; I allude to the foreign
policy of the government, and upon which I consider our
prosperity depends almost entirely. (Applause.) It has
been said during several years past that the influence of
England in the affairs of the continent was on the decline.
I have heard many of my own friends say that the in-
fluence which England has always had in settling such
affairs bad declined, and that it did not enjoy the power
which it did in former years, I do not agree in
all that ; but we have had ample proof that, in
the hands of the present government, and especially in
' those of the gentleman who had the special charge of the
foreign department, the influence of England has not
diminished, but I think we may say that it never stood
higher. With the assent of every nation of Europe, the
tosses of Europe is attributed to the able judgment and
the sound discretion of Lord Stanley. (Cheers.) As I have
said in my address, I should look with apprehension to
anything which might deprive us of the noble lord's ser-
vices in that department, and I should take every means
to support any government of which he was a member.
(Applause.) I now comeagain to the appointment which has
been conferred upon me. Many of you must see that honour-
able as it is (and nobody appreciates the honour more
than I do) the office is surrounded with no ordinary diftl.
culties. A portion of that duty is to regulate the admi-
nistration of justice—by the appointment of magistrates,
and so forth ; and it struck me at first that no one was
less capable of performing that duty properly than a man
who has to depend upon the support of others for the office
he holds. Lord Derby took a different view, and said he
was convinced that I should be able to do it to the satis-
faction of the country ; and I was then induced to
withdraw my refusal. I assure you that I shall endeavour
to discharge my duty with the strictest impartiality, and
with a due regard to every class over which I preside.
(Applause.) I have already taken steps to make myself
acquainted with every bench in the county; and those
who are interested in the matter I would ask to withhold
their opinions as to the mode in which I discharge my
duty until I have made myself master of the office.
(Applause.)

This evening a public meeting is to be held at
Exeter Hall, called by the London Trades Council, "to
express surprise, indignstion,Tandiliorror of the trade

—.es at the crimes committed by BroaTh-16—eadTa—nd his
accomplices at Sheffield." The chair is to be taken by
the secretary of the Society of Amalgamated Engineers.

The stores of the Blakely Ordnance Company,
consisting of guns, shot, shell, &e., are to be put up for
sale by tender on the lit August next. _ _

The Russian journals announce that a Colonel
Sokoloff has been sentenced by the St. Petersburg tri-
bunal to 16 months' imprisonment in a fortress for having
written a work entitled "The Apostates." The Wiest
says that this book proceeds from a gloomy and sceptical
party known u Njbilists. These persons are, it appears,
hostile to the church and the Christian religion ; " they
deny the right of private property, and indirectly excite to
disobedience to the supreme authority."

A letter from Rome of the 25th tilt. says :—" It
is with regret that I have to mention the demise here, on
Monday morning, of bliss Howard, of Corby, belonging to
the oldest branch of the catholic family of that name. The
young lady, who had left Rome for Naples with her family
after Easter, returned here about a fortnight since to wit-
ness the ceremonies, but, bringing with her the seeds of
Neapolitan fever, expired from its effects, at the Hotel
Brighton, to the great grief of her relatives and friends."
THE LAST DAYS OF SIR ARCHIBALD AL/BON.—
To walk under the old trees at Fossil, or pace up and down
the pretty flower-garden there, was to the last one of his
greatest enjoyments. Every day be read works in English,
French, Italian, and German, generally of imagination,—
and to the higher branches of German literature be was
perhaps most devoted. Hie small but very beautiful col-
lection of water-colour drawings used to afford him the
greatest pleasure ; and he often used to sit and gaze for
minutes together at the fine sketch of the " Ruins of
nevtum' by Williams. The loneline.a and tranquillity
of this picture seemed to exercise a singular fascination
over his mind. He used constantly to say that he bad
found old age the happiest period of life, and those who
saw the remarkable and almost unearthly serenity of ex-
pression which marked his latter years will have been fully
convinced that it was so in his wise. He had come to care
little for mixing in general or gay society, and his greatest
happiness was derived from his books and his own domestic
circle. Generally, living entirely alone with Lady Alison,
the almost only break in the even tenor of his life was
when his children or a few intimate friends gathered round
his board. For some weeks before his last illness, m
father had been troubled with an occasional cough and
breathlessness, but so slight was this that it never inter-
rupted his official business, and on Friday the 10th May be
attended as metal in the County-buildings, and appeared
in the most perfect health. On the morning of Saturday
the 11th, he was seized with a severe attack of spasms in
the throat. These recurred again with great severity on
the evening of the Monday following, and with such ter-
rible violence on the evening of the ensuing Thursday, that
the three medical men who were in attendance on him
united in opinion that in all probability he had not half
an hour to live. But the great natural strength of his
constitution here supervened ; he rallied, and the disease
changed its type ; the throat-spasms entirely ceased, the
cough and breathlessness greatly diminished, and he slept
much. His strength now gradually and slowly sank, and
at half-peat 11 o'clock on the evening of Thursday, the
23rd May, surrounded by every member of his family, he
peacefully sank to rest. So calm was his end, that we
could not tell the exact moment of his death. During the
whole of kW illness, when awake, he was perfectly con-
scious, and the tranquillity and peace of mind which he
exhibited was, throughout, of the most striking nature.
The good servant had done his work, and was ready and
willing to go when his Muter called him.-131acks000ers
Mapaziwe for July.

MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

On O'CLOCK.

The amount of business in the Stock Exchange
to-day is small, and the tendency of most of the
markets is flat. Consols have declined 1 per cent.,
owing partly to the announcement of the failure of
a speculator for the rise. Some of the British rail-
way stocks have also given way, the transactions
still consisting chiefly of speculative sales. Great
Eastern is prominently heavy, upon the issue of
the circular given below. Foreign bonds, as well
as banking, financial, and miscellaneous shares,
are, in most cases, quoted the same as yesterday.
London Joint Stock Bank shares are inquired for,
owing to the announcement of the proposed new
issue at 10/. premium.
The discount market is quiet, with few transac-
tions, while the amount of money seeking employ-
ment is large. The rate for good paper is 21 to 21
per cent.
Console are now quoted 94} to 1, ex div.,
both for money and the account (July 10) ; and
the Three per Cents. Reduced and New Three
per Cents., 931 to g
The foreign stock market is inactive, and prices
generally show no variation, compared with those
last current yesterday. Turkish Bonds of 1862 are
quoted 50 to 57, ex div. ; ditto Five per Cents. of
1865, 331 to ; Greek, 141 to 4 ; Spanish Passive,
232 to 1 ; ditto Certificates, 141 to 15 ; Italian of
1861, 49 to 4, ex div. ; and Mexican, 161 to 4.
United States 5-20 bonds are slightly better at
723 to /, but Erie and Illinois Central railway
shares are without change at 421 to 431, and 784
to 791 respectively.
Anglo-American Telegraph and Atlantic Tele-
graph 8 per cent. preference shares are steady ;
the former are quoted 181 to 4, and the latter 41 to 4.
Financial shares are dull, with little business.
International Financial are quoted 2 to 11 dis. ;
London Financial, 2211 to 211 die.; General Credit,
2 to 11 dis. ; and Credit Foncier, 51 to 51 dis.
Bank shares are quiet, but London Joint Stock
have improved 11., viz., to 44 to 46. London and
Westminster are quoted 101 to 103 ; Union of
London, 42 to 43 ; Consolidated, 1 to 11 prem. ;
Alliance, 101 to 91 dis. ; and Imperial Ottoman,
If to 1/ dia.
The failure of a dealer in the Stock Exchange
was announced this morning, owing, it is under_
stood, to the recent decline in Consols and
Brighton Railway stock, in both of which he has
been operating for a rise. His liabilities, however,
are stated to be moderate.

A petition for the winding up of the Central
Railway Company of Venezuela (Limited) is to be
heard before Vice-Chancellor Matins on the I2th
inst.

A petition for the winding up of the National
Permanent Benefit Building Society is u) be heard
before the Master of the Rolls on the 13th inst.

The Seine has arrived from Brazil with 143,558/.
in specie, and the Bremen, from New York, with
100,0001.
The following important official circular has been
issued with reference to the affairs of the Great
Eastern Railway Company :