The Express.
London, England, 1859-12-30 00:00:00

TO TEI IDIIOII 01 Tllll =PRIM.

6n,—l am directed by the committee who have

wahrtakos the tavestiestio;of the me of the Row. Hoary
Jobs Hake to Wok' you • 0117 Of the polities of the
July pasted Hie Say to tits Hooto-ofilo• sod to talons
Jet tire • prilood copy of Xi. Hotel's ;odd= owl to.
svilease is support Morse be famished to yea with the
Lest peielblo delay.-1 sm, Le., HENRY F. HOLT.
SR, fracelerabory, Doc. 29.

" To the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty.
" The hatable petition of the jury who tried the indict-
Met Of the Chest en the prurecutiwi of Thome Plummer
spirt the Bartemsd Henry John Hawn, at the @anions
bibs st the °astral Criminal Court is the month of No-
wesabes, adieweth
barbs, reed and carefully considered the petition
Ihe said Reveresd Henry John Hatch to your Majesty,
ere do bomb, bola. that had the contents of each petition
bees proved at the trig of the said indictment, we should
have ecepdtled the said Henry John Hatch, and that miaow
believe him wholly Issocent of the chaise made eggetsiet
" That it le a emblem of extreme regret to your petitiosers
that the statements set forth In the said petition were wholly
withheld hes their considerati,n.
That setwlihstesdiev mull omission' and in order that
instils way be Ikea, we humbly pray that the truth of the
ellepadose casteised is such petition may be inquired into,
sad is the event of their provWs correct, that your Majesty
willniarybe irrhinstalyliallerwl to swede to the prayer of the said
And yes=tiesen
by the Forwy
mss and ten of the Jury, the
Mail* being unable to ems&

ALARMING ACCIDENT ON THE MIDLAND RAIL-
wAT.—As wart of • mrioue character maned an Tr
day evening lest at the Ripley terralaus of the Midland
Railway. A. the train (due at Ripley 7.16) from Derby
approached the Ripley otation the vet appears
from some cause to have overlooked the=riand tesught
the train up to the station at full speed. A. soon as he per.
mired his error he shut od the steam, but as the rails oaly
dm& some 60 yuda beyond the nation, and before the
speed maid be materially slackened the these ma with
genet violence into the embankment of the term near, literally
~lag up great blocks of stone vernal hundred-weigin
nest, twain them over with perfect min for anteral
)seder until It reached the boundary fence next the
tasspiles-toed, where it came to • stead. The
otosaltanatlon thirept the passengers may be Ima-
gined. By the violence of the concuision they
wen Ismed " pelt-me/I" in all directions—wee, women, end
&Dim Is leaps were gilled -.d
one.y, and when they
nmenthild oat el the ourteges rubbing their heath,
ethers Ihrigling, and a onwidoralde amber snag their hand-
hankinb to their bruised fate.—the ems was exciting in the
azimuth Tortunately beyond • proithion of bumps and
bridles no further injury was wastainsd by the
The Nape, which tea •sew ow, wawa_ to hasr=
• t
orn inj ; the bases were smashed, end the
wok torn and A messeepr rode off tow=
to report the atteidenk sad • special train was eft
despsttard ham Derby to Ripley. A pilot amiss, with wane,
lks.was slat up at mean the next day, setempsided bi a
number of mesa end semel uthoeM of tea celefeley. The
mew= to the Midland Cowpony also rushed • ameba if
Me pawimpere in Ripley, on Wedoeiday, soriartela the
mint'sHi& laiorlasind te.d.o parembe ferommilly.