The Express.
London, England, 1866-05-04 00:00:00

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Taft MARYLEBONE Ctuß.—This club held their
79th anniversary on Wednesday evening, in the Pavilion,
at Lord's-ground. There was a numerous gathering of the
members, and the proceedings were mcee than usually
interesting. According to a notice with regard to the
special meeting before the dinner, Lord Skelmerwiale (ex-
president of the club), took the chair, at which Mr. R. A.
Fitzgeraldl (hon. secretary) brought forward certain pro-
under which the club might become the
poeeeuors of the freehold of Lord's-ground. Alter re-
viewing the course of negotiation with Mr. Marsden, and
explaining the terms on which it was proposed to treat, the
secretary gave a statement of the present financial position
and the future prospects of the club. The club now con-
sisted of 980 members. Mr. J. H. Dark bad been paid
8,0001. on account of the ground, and 3,000/. still re-
mained due, bearing interest at 5 per cent. The honorary
secretary concluded with a warm appeal to the members
to seize this opportunity of placing the club on a solid
foundation by " securing Lord's ground to themselves
and their successors for ever." He mentioned that
the " ground regulations " had been revised by
the committee, and that henceforth the bowlers
would be in daily attendance. Resolutions to raise
the sums referred to having been discussed they
were unanimously adopted, and the club may be congratu-
lated ou having at length the entire possession of their
" time-honoured ground." The meeting being terminated,
dinner was served, and the chair was taken by Lord lihury,
the pres'olent, supported by the Earl of Soften and Lord
Skelrnersdale. Among the leading patrons of the game
, present were the Marquis of Ormonde, the Hon. F. 'Pon-
. sonby, the Hon. S. Ponsouby, the Hon. H. Grimston, the
Hun. E. C. Leigh, the Hon. J. Fiennes, Sir J. Blois, and
Messrs. T. Burguyne, R. Broughton, W. Nicholson, H. W.
Fellows, Sc. Sixty-three new candidates were proposed
and elected.

ATTEMPT TO M URDER. —A most deliberate attempt
at murder occurred yesterday at Bengeo Temple farm, near
Hertford,which is in the occupation of Mr. George Passing-
hank, secretary to the Herta Agricultural Society. At
o'clock in the morning, Mrs. Passinehain, who is 70 years of
age, was asleep in her bedroom, when she was suddenly
aroused. She found that some one hod stabbed her. Blood
was running from her face and temple. She screamed out,
and turning round saw one of her servants, Emma Wild,
aged 17 years, standing over her with a carving knife in her
hand. The girl, alarmed by the scream of her mistress,
dropped the carving-knife with which the wounds had been
inflicted, and concealed herself in a closet, and here she
was subsequently found with a second knife in her posses-
sion, with which she had inflicted Rome slight wounds on
her own head. Mrs. Paasingluirn, it was found, bad been
stabbed in the temple, and afterwards wounded in the
face, part of her nose being cut off. She was much ex-
hausted, but medical aid was soon procured, and it is
hoped that she will recover from the injuries inflicted on
her, though her years and the state of her health make
the result doubtfuL The medical men are said to be
of opinion that the blow by which the wound on the
temle was inflicted had been dealt with such force
that it would, probably, have been fatal had the head
not been protected by a nightcap and a thick handkerchief.
On the girl Wild being taken into custody she, without
hesitation, admitted that she intended to kill her mistress,
assigning as her motive that she wished to take another
situation, and that Mrs. Passingham had refused to give
her acharacter. She also confessed to having set fire to a
wheat rick on the farm, which was destroyed last Good
Friday, implicating in this latter crime a fellow-servant
named Sarah Smith, who has made a confession. The pri-
soners have both undergone an examination before Mr.
Baker, the chairman of the County Petty Sesaions, who
has remanded them till Saturday—Wild on the charge of
attempted murder and anion, and Smith on the charge of
arson.
SHOCKING RAILWAY AOCIDVIT.--011 Thursday,
the 2tith ult. a dreadful railway accident occurred at the
railway station at Kirton Lindsey. Henry Jackson, brick-
maker and landlord of the Travellers' Best, was, on the
day named, on business at the Station lan. He was
leaving for his own residence about 9 o'clock at night,
and to save a short distance it was his habit, when
at this house, to cross the line for the main road. He
had already stepped on the line, and was in the " four
foot" when a luggage train, coming from Gainsboro', for •
moment arrested his progress. At the same moment an
up train emerged from the tunnel, a very short distance
from the station, and before the unfortunate man could
get out of the way he was struck by the engine and
whirled a considerable distance, mangling the body in •
frightful manner. One foot was cut off, and one hand
and the head were completely severed and crushed to
atoms. The remains wore discovered almost immediately
afterwards, and by the side of them was the poor fellow's
faithful dog. The animal would not allow anyone to
approach the body or even step on the line, and of the
scores of persons gathered around none could divert the
dog's attention from the ghastly spectacle. In this way
nearly an hour elapsed, when, another down train ap-
proaching, the signals to stop were put out. Usually dogs
are much alarmed at the trains, but even now, in the
presence of another engine, the animal was immoveable,
and it wee not till the steam was let off and the animal
literally scalded away that the remains were rescued. An
inquest was held over the body the following day, and •
verdict of " Accidental death" returned. Jackson, who
was 36 years old, leaves • widow Dud four young children.
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