The Express.
London, England, 1867-06-25 00:00:00

THE E2EPRE3S,

RII!ARKS.

The pressure of the stinWetWeie6l; morning is greatest in the
northwest, and is increasing generallyr, except at Vatenth'.
Winds on the south-east coasts are north easterly, and abewitere
northwesterly. Weather generally tine: thunder and had are
reported from Weymouth.

An inquest was held yesterday touching the
death of the engine-driver who was recently killed at
Oughty-bridge in a collision between a goods train and
an excursion train. It was clearly shown that the acci-
dent occurred in consequence of • mistake made by •
porter in arranging the signals, and the jury in returning
a verdict to that effect thought the railway officials were
to blame for allowing a man to attend to the signals who
was not fully acquainted with the work.
An accident of • most lamentable and heart-
rending nature took place yesterday in Liverpool at the
brewery of Mr. John Lane, Oriel-street. It appears that
one of the men named William Carr was engaged at alarge
mash-tub containing boiling hot liquor some five or six feet
in depth. when he lost his balance and fell into the scald-
, ing liquid. His fellow-workmen hastened to his assistance,
and after considerable exertion got him out, but he was so
frightfully scalded that he expired shortly after the occur-
Mee.

MELANCHOLY ACClDENT.—Lient•nant Brown, •
young officer of the 3rd West York Militia, said to belong
to Newcastle-on-Tyne, accompanied the daughters of Mr.
Edward Nicholson, the clerk of the peace for Doncaster,
to Conisborough Castleon Saturday ahernoon. The keep,
as the more historical art of this picturesque ruin, was '
visited, and Mr. Brown ascended the walls of the keep by
the dangerous foot way well known Wall who have wilted the
castle. It is a stone ledge, a few inches in breadth, with no
protection on the outside, and simply • light iron hand-
rdling on the inside, attached to the crumbling masonry.
While Mr. Brown was ascending he was watched by his
friends on the moss-grown floor which circles the mouth
of the dungeon beneath, and, to their horror, they
saw him slip and fall down through the dungeon's month
into the well, at the bottom of the dark prison house. In
his fall Mr. Brown came in contact with one of the young
ladies, and she bad a narrow escape of being precipitated
with him into the dungeon. The utmost consternation
was created amongst the party ; but, with all possible
speed, the unfortunate gentleman was got up from his
perilous position, and removedto the inn at Conisborough.
Medical aid was promptly procured, hut Mr. Brown's
injuries were of such a nature as to make his recovery
hopeless, his back and one of his legs being broken,
besides other great injuries. On Sunday afternoon Mr.
Brown was still alive, but there was no chance of surviving
many hours.
THE MAGISTRATES OT NOTTINGHAM AND THE
IlteginNo or CALVV4.--Yeaterday, the magistrates of
Nottingham held an important meeting in the Exchange
Hall of that town, for the purpose of adapting means for
the suppression of the alleged cruelty indicted on calves
by bleeding them just before death. The Mayor presided,
and there was a very respectable attendance of the prin-
cipal cattle dealers, and butchers of the town and
neighbourhood. The Mayor, in opening the proceedings.
said public opinion in all pert* of the country had become
so much excited of late on the system of bleeding calves
just before death, so as to whiten the flesh, that be thought
it was his duty to call the present meeting, and he hoped
they would all unite and agree to some means which
would abolish the system in Nottingham, at least. Mr.
Vickers (magistrate) said that unless the butchers did
adopt some immediate and efficient measures, the
magistrates would be compelled to take other steps
in order to satiety the public feeling. Mr. Daniel
Simkins, one of the butchers, said that body were willing
to coincide with the views of the magistrates, but the
public would not purchase veal without it had • nice
white appearance. The Mayor then advised them to call a
general meeting of the trade, and said those who would
not agree with their proposals might be placed in the hands
of the Sanitary Committee. It was finally determined to
take the Mayor's advice, after which the proceedings
terminated.

RAILWAY AND OTHER BILLS BEFORE PARLIAMENT.
—Yesterday, in the House of Lords in the committee
presided over by Lord Redesdale, the following bills were
passed and ordered to be reported :—The Llynvi and Ag-
more Railway, the Solway Junction Railway, the Sunder-
land Extension and Improvement, and the Bristol end
Exeter Railway (further powers). In Room C their lord-
chips passed the Wallasey Improvement Bill, which wee
ordered to be reported. In the Mlle committee the fur-
ther consideration of the Mersey Docks and Harbour
Board end the Liverpool Improvement bills was adjourned
until this day (Tuesday). In Room D their lordship.
the East Gloucestershire Railway and the Great
.l
Northern Railway bills, which were ordered to be re-
ported. Their lordships adjourned the further considera-
tion of the following -bills until this day (Tuesday)7The
Great Western Railway, the Blythe and Tyne Railway,
and the Tyne Improvement. In the House of Commons,
Mr. Palgrave, one of the examiners, held a court, and de-
clared the farther standing orders in the case of
the unopposed Isle of Wight Railway Bill to have been
complied with.
THE PROPOSED Bonouoa or HACKNEY. —Mr.
John Helms, of Bread-street, City, has issued an address to
the electors of the proposed borough of Hackney, consisting
of Heckney,Shoreditch, and Bethnel-green, offering himself
as a candidate to represent them in parliament at the next
election. He declares himself a free trader, a supporter of
religious liberty, and, though a member of the church of
England, in favour of a total abolition of church rates ; of
throwing open the universities to every denomination ; and
against all future religious endowments by government.
lie is also an advocate for the extension of education, of
vote by ballot, and of economy in our national expenditure;
and is opposed to intervention in foreign affairs.
ORYSTAL PALAOI.—ONE-SHILLING DAY.—MON-
DAT, Juirn 24.—Admiasione es payment, 3,288 ; ditto by
mason tickets, 1,318 total Aimee, 016. ,