The Express.
London, England, 1860-09-19 00:00:00

EIMAORDINARY CABE.

Yesterday, a acenewhat singular case was heard
before the Ilanchader city mai,-istrato• It involved as ea-
deavonr to fix upon • young woiniu • charge of stealing
3051., which hail been rutrouted to her ty her seducer, but
which she alleged to have retained for the injury she had sue
Mined. Her mother, who was supposed to be privy to the
trananction, was also included in the charge. The prosecutor
V&A Thomas Golding, a Married noir, Let years of age, lately
living at Hadley Given, a coal and the two females
(who appeared on warriiiit) were le,th named Elizabeth
Kellett, mother aud daughter, the latter being about the
.me age as the prosio.utor, and hood in Cenaletrect. The
prosecutor had some time since hob; el with the prisoners,
and had • few weals since depo,icel with them • cash
box, containing upwards of AO. Three weeks ago he
applied to the daughter for taken, and she told
lum she had hrokeu it open and the money. While
lodging at the house, the pnwecutor, who was • married
man, became morn intimate than he ought to have been
with the daughter. The prieinera represented that they
were taking care of some property for Mr. Webberlay and
14. Fairlearn, and he gave them his rash boa to take care of.
It appeared that the principal pert of the money wee
at present in • bank—in the name of one of the
defendants. When taken into custody, the daughter
alleged that the money was given to her for • purpose
which need sot be further alluded to. The
bad contemplated going to America, and powaitMicakingor
the young woman with him, to look after his child.
After a lengthened exantination the maigististee decided
that the charge of robbery could not be sustained on the
evidence, and discussed the prisoners. There were wane
tudicatioes of satirlsctioa ia the court at this derision.

EXTRAORDINARY 4CC7DENT. ON THE MEP.
FIELD AND ROTHERHAM RAILWAY.
Yesterday an inquest was held at the Sheffield
lalinearr oe the body of Martha Watson, of Wilton.
gaols's, litubrough, aged 73 wars, who dial on the pre-
vious • from injuries received on the Sheffield and
Rotherkuo ilway os Friday kat. Tbe deceased and Mr.
Cheilwielt, an extetMive builder, booked at the Rohm. Sta-
tical on. Friday awning to roes to ehe old by the teals
keying Rotherham at 10 o'clock. The Midland Railway
I branches out of the Shelield and Rotherham, a few Ist&
below skin flu sesßtatioet, soda Midland luggage train peened
the of Maabrough, as the Rotherham
pp • .biger train approached in the opposite direction. The
Go the north side of the line, and Mr.
Chadwick and deceased, after booking, waited for the lug.
g.Lne train to yeas before crossing to the sort\ platform to
reach their tram. By the tionephe luggage teals had passed,
the poseeoger train was within 20 or 30 yards of the
platform. Mr. Chadwick and deceased, Not seeing the
paseemp.r train, attempted to erne. The pentoon
shout. 4 and the driver whistled. Mr. Chadwick banded
safely over, hut the old woman, startled by the whistle,
made an Coiled attempt to follow him and fat Simpson
the station master, pooped over after her, and, Main her
by the arm, swung her off the line. la doing so he was
kaorked down by the 'nine at the cud of the platens,
laccemeire body WAS clear a the rails, but her dies
caught hv the step *4 one of the carriages, she was dragged
a tat the ode of the pkitform and ro severely cradled'
and cut as to canoe her .bath. Mr. Chadwick also ma up
to render assistance whin Simpson fell, was himself struck,
cad also hoicked down bet wets the tress and platform,
' •
teg a fracture of the shoulder and other severs
*rem wli h, it is feared, will prove fatal. tempos% %-
juries were e. 4 of a &aprons chamber. The jey re
earned a venire of " Accidental death."

HEALTH OP LONDON.

The weekly return of birth, and deaths in I.
doe, lamed by the meth.** of the strardleimmd,
state+ that the total death. in Laudon in the week than
ended hat Satuntsy were 962 ; in the previous week the
number was Sank If the deaths from epidemic cholera is
the thirty seventh week of 1864 are excluded from the
returns of precious years, it will be found that the average
number of deaths in the weeks eorrespoeding with lest
we,o, wee 1.W0; sad this avenge, corrected foe Jll[llllllo 11/
population. becomes 1,133. -Hence it appears that tite
deaths of Met week were km by 166 thee they would have
beet if the average rate of mortality bad prevailed. Toe
deaths from unoll-fros orearred lad week. Neosho was
fatal io :al mate ; 36 venoms died from
.ocarlstima, add 4
free diphtheria. Merriam& wss fatal tit 00 arse ; the
areeege of oorrespoeding weeks in the hat tea yaw
111111(.59), corrected for Menem of imputation, is 116. (Me
death is referred to cholera ; • girl, aged 21 mouth., at 4,
Nsphsed.court, St. Luke's (15bours). The death of the wife
mad 66 years, is reported to bare arisen
from " eithairtima from wain of the neoessaries of life."
A labourer, aged 32 years, died from tetanus at
(lmwge's Hospital in consequence of injury to hi. angora by
rtsehinery. Your death. occurred from burs. and scalds;
of these three were of children. Four infants and one
adult were suffocated in venous ways.
Last week the births of R9O boys and $42 girls. in all
1,73 n dawns, were registered in Leedom. In the tea
correspoedias weeks of tie years 186049 the averses awe-
ter was 1..53b.. _ .

At the newel Observaray, Onienwieh• the mean height
of the humanise in the week wee :511. tat) in. The been
triad realism, rose W AM ie on Wednesday, the hishist
in the week, and ten to AM is es inisseday, the lama
le the west no man bensgeseigneed the ak le the weak
ea 52. n dep., whisk in &lisp totem the ei the
seas week-is 43 yeas he cleasneind by Mr.
The Mena pint antedned in the week by the theme.
meter ie the shade was 97.2 dep. cm Thnseday and Ridgy,
the lowed wee 76.7 OP Wedsm&y. The motive In d
temperature in the week wee therefore 31.5 dip The
mean deny nage was 21.7 dep. The ,aura tentmakers d
the water of the Thames was 59.1 dep. The diference
between the mean dew-point temperature and air tempi-
'Mum was 4.sdess. The mean dolmen of humidity of the
air was KS, complete saturation bets represented by 100.
The several direction of the wind was south• Pet. Baia
fell occasivuelly during the week