The Express.
London, England, 1866-07-13 00:00:00

IdARLIIOIIOITGH-STREET.

Cornelius Speedy, al respectable-looking man, who wss
last week charged with assaulting a young WOOllll, who
described herself as an actress, and gave her name Alice
Shell, Little Rupert-street, was again brought before Mr.
Knox.

When before the magistrate last week the defendant
behaved in such a violent manner that every one who wit-
nessed his conduct believed him to be mad.

On being now placed at the bar his conduct was
quite the reverse of what it had been on the former
occasion.

Mr. Knox told the defendant that he understood he had
been labouring under delirium. tremens, the result of exces-
sive drinking. He (defendant), a strong man, had been
guilty of an unprovoked and violent assault on an =-
offending young woman.
The defendant said his mind bad been affected three or
four times, but not so much from drink as trouble. lie
had five months ago hat his wife through a premature con-
finement, and grief through that had broken him down.
What he had done, and for which he was now very sorry,
was the will of God, and he begged pardon for acting as he
had done. He would, if the magistrate would let him go
back to Ireland, never offend again.
. . . . . .

Mr. Kuox said that the defendant talked about his act
being the will of God. It was evident that it arose through
Ins giving way to drinking. He could not permit such things
to be passed over, and he would be unworthy of the posi-
tion he held if he did so. He should commit the defendant
for two months with hard labour.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT ON THE LAUNCRSTON RAYL-
v.—Two lives were lost last evening on the Launceston
Railway, although not owing to any circumstance for which
the company was responaible. A young woman named
Richards, living at Marytavy, had visited the house of the
Marytavy station-master, Mr. Mann, which is situated
about a mile from the station down the line. About half-
past five o'clock, Miss Richards and a boy five years of age
accompanied the little daughter of Mr. Mann to the sta-
tion, her errand being to take her father his tea. The three
young people proceeded along the line, and must have
loitered about unobservant of the time, for just before
6 o'clock, when they were a quarter of a mile from the
station, they were overtaken by the but up train. There
being a sharp curve and stiff gradient at the spot, the aP•
',roach of the train was unperceived, and the trespassers
were unnoticed by the guard until too late. The train
mowed down the two girls, Richards and Mann, killing
them instantly, their bodies, especially the lower limbs,
being fearfully mangled. The little boy managed to get
out of the way, and escaped ; the others, who were walk-
ing in the centre of the line,seemed paralysed on finding the
train to be near them. The accident was observed by the
guard, but the engine driver and stoker were ignorant of
it. occurrence until they reached the station. Mr. Mann,
father of one of the deceased, has but recently been ap-
pointed from Bickleigh to Marytavy Station. Immedi-
,ately the accident was known at Tavistock Messrs. West
and Sleeman, surgeons, Mr. Mogridge, station master, and
Mr. Tomes, inspector of the line, went out to Marytavy by
special train.— Western Morning News.
NARROW ESCAPE FROM bROWNING.-011 TUN-
day evening, five young ladies, who had only a few hours
previously arrived at Morecambe from Leeds by an excur-
I Rion train, hired a van of a man named Thomas Wood-
house for the purpose of bathing. It was low water at
the tune, consequently the van had to be taken out a con-
siderable distance from the shore. There is a rather steep
descent at the place where the ladies entered the
van, and Woodhouse, in pushing it along, allowed it to
go at such a speed as to deprive him of the power
of stopping it before it reached a deep channel.
The result was that the moment the wheels plunged into
the channel the van was capsized, and speedily filled
with water. The agonizing screams of the ladies fortu-
nately attracted the attention of some gentlemen walking
on the pier, a short distance off, and they instantly ran to
Woodhouse's assistance, and rescued the terrified ladies
from their perilous situation. When rescued they were
standing up to their necks in water, and two of them were
in a very exhausted state. Had assistance not been
promptly at hand the whole party must have been drowned.
In the confusion which ensued three of the ladies lost their
satchels containing their purses, railway tickets, and other
articles, and had to return home penniless. The people of
Morecambe behaved very kindly to the pezty, and gave
them such accommodation as was necessary during the time
occupied in drying their well-saturated clothing.—Liver-
g Mercury.
CRYSTAL PALACE. ONE SHILLING DAY.—
THURSDAY, JULY 12.—Admissions on payment, 4,114 ;
I ditto by semen tickets, 1,063. Total vistas, 5,183.