The Express.
London, England, 1866-02-02 00:00:00

Second Class Assistant Engineer G. Paul, to the Star.

ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTFTVTION.—Yea.
terday a meeting of this institutive was held at its house,
John4treet, Adelphi ; Mr. Thomas Baring, M.P., F.R.S.,
in the chair. There were also present Mr. T. Chapman,
Lord H. Cholmondeley, Admiral M'Hardy, and many other
gentlemen. The silver medal of the institution was voted
to Thomas Cartis, the coxswain of the POOLSOCO lifeboat,
in acknowledgment of his general brave services. Rewards
to a considerable amount were granted to the crews of
various lifeboats of the institution for noble services in
saving 69 lives from various wrecks during the late gales.
The thanks of the institution, inscribed on vellum, were
presented to Mr. R. F. Aldrich, chief officer of the coast-
guard at Margate, in acknowledgment of his valuable err-
vices in putting off in the lifeboat of the society. it is
gratifying to know that during the recent fearful gales
not • single life has been lost from the lifeboats belonging
to the institution whenever they were called out to regime
shipwrecked sailers. The silver medal of the institution
was voted to Evan Hughes, and 121. to himself and lie
boat's crew of 5 men for saving in a fishing-boat the crew
of 24 men of the ship Palinuraa of Liverpool, which was
wrecked on the Anglesey coast. Daring the past month the
institution bad sent new lifeboats to Haurley, Newhigitio,
Kingedown, Courtown, and Worthing. It was reported that
Messrs. Forreelt and Son, the boat-builders of the inatitu-
floe, bad a new lifeboat ready to send to Bombay, to the
order of the Harbour and Pilotage Bard of that town.
The contributions of the readers of the Quiver magazine to
the lifeboat fund arooatited to about 1,4001., being sum.
cent to defray the cost of three lifeboats. The committee
decided to place as additional lifeboat at Seethe/OM,
Suffolk, and to form new lifeboat delimit at Hasborotigh,
Norfolk, aid at Cork harbour. Large payments, amounting
to 3,2001., were ordered to be made on various lifeboat estab-
lishments. It was also stated that the cost of lifeboats
was being raiser' in the Suhrlay schooled London, Man-
chester, and Salford ; Sir Rouodell Palmer and Vice.
Chancellor Sir Page Wood taking considerable interest in
the fund collecting in the London Sunday sehoo's.
FATAL ACCIDENT TO A LADY THROUGH ALIGHTING
FROM A TRAIN WHILE rat MCYTlON.—Yesterday Mr. Hum-
phreys, Middlesex coroner, held an inquire at the London
Hospital, relative to the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Lewis,
aged 39 years, who lost her life by getting out of a moving
trails on the Great Eastern Railway. Mr. A. Lewis, 1,
Albert Villas, Woodford, ao accountant, said that the de-
ceased was his wife, and last Wednesday she bad me:t-
rios to come up to town, and it was on her return by
the Great Eastern Railway that the accident took place.
Mr. Alfred Day, City-road, an auctioneer, said that on
Wednesday evening he left the Shoreditch station by the
7.10 train. He sat next the door in a second-class com-
pertinent, and the deceased lady eat opposite to him. On
arriving at the Stratford station witness opened the car-
riage-door. Deceased got up to get nut, but witness put
his arm up and prevented her, telling her to wait until the
train stopped. She sat down again, but then got up and
stood on the step for a minute. She stepped on to the
platform, retaining her hold of the handle of the door.
She fell of the platform, and then rolled off under the
train. Two carriages passed over her. It was she who was to
blame for the accident. Mr. Lewis said that oa her death-
bed she blamed the gentleman that opened the carriage
door long before the train stopped. Mr. Day said—l tried
to prevent her getting out. Mr. Lewis said—You opened
the door so long before the train stepped that she had time
to rise, sit down, rise agile, and stand a minute on the step
before she was thrown under the train. She told are that
you said. "These, now, you had better get out," and urged
her to do so. Mr. Day said that be had dose the exact
contrary. Mr. Lewis—l do not blame you for this, but I
hope it will he a caution to you not to open the door of •
railway carriage in future white • train is in oldies.
Mr. Day—l hope it will be a caution to all ladies
not to get out of • train while it is in motion.
Mr. Lindo,.k and Mr. Dosceeter corroborated Mr. Day's
evidence, and said that three or four persons cried out to
the unfortunate deceased, "Steady, stop ; wait till the
train stops." Mr. J. Elliott, house surgeon, said the de-
ceased was brought to the hospital with her left leg nearly
cutoff, and with other severe injuries. Amputation was
performed, and everythieg possible was done for her, but
she *spired from her injuries on Saturday. The coroner
said that the inadvertence of Mr. Day in opening the car-
riage door had no doubt induced the deceased to step out
before the train stopped. The unhappy result in this case
showed the danger of the practice, and served as a warning
to railway p ra, especially to ladies, as to the fearful
risk incurred by ightiag from trains while in motion. The
jor7 returned • verdict ` That the deceased died from in-
juries received accidentally through leaving a railway train
while the said train was in motion."

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RAILWAY AND OTHER BILLS IN PARLIAMENT.—
The following is the business transacted yesterday, at
Westminster, before Messrs. Smith and Frere, the exa-
miners apes standing order proofs.—(Before Mr. Smith.)—
The subjoined unopposed bills passed the examiner:—
United General Gaslight Company (Dublin). United Gene-
ral Gaslight Company (Limerick), Presteign, Clue, end
Bishop. Castle Railway, and the hintidewafied Waterworks.
The unopposed We.t Bromwich and Waled scheme was
adjourned until this day (Friday). There was no ap-
, pearanee entered in the cases of the Downs Docks and
Canterbury Junction Railway, sod the Wyoombe, Marlow,
and Uxbridge Railway (both unopposed). The standing
orders were declared to bay, been complied with in the
case of the opposed postponed petition of the Msryport lm-
provement, Harbour and Dock, and not to have been oom-
plied with in reference to the opposed postponed petition
of the Devon and Cornwall Railway. The 000sideratioo of
the opposed petitions of the Castle Cary sad Langport
Railway and the Metropolitan and Si. John's-wood Railway
was postposed until Wednesday, the 7th last. In the
eases before Mr. Frere, the Craven Junction Railway ;
Wrexham, Mold, sod Connab's Quay Railway (Deviations) ;
Newport Pageant Railway ; Child well Gas Company ; and
the Caithness Railways (unopposed bilk), passed. There
was no appearmice in the care of the Raehervilk Railways
(neoppoesd), and the examiner declared that the guiding
orders bad not bee. complied with in the Kiogsbridge Rail-
way (Fatossion and Deviations). The opposed Great
Western Railway (farther powers) was adjourned until this
day (Fridy). The postponed petition, (opposed) of the
Swansea Harbour Trust period steadies orders. Tilers wee
no appeeranee mark by the parties to the opposed Epsom
Downs Railway Bill.
GovtitlrmErf EIIIORATIOIL—Rer Mltieety's
Emi-
gratios Commissioners accepted yesterday ewes. Mosses
and Mitchell's Mader of the ship British Lice, 1,457 toes
register, for the eoeveyaace of 400 adults from Plymouth
to Adelaide, at 141. 4e. 9d. per statut, adult. f.`ameasers
to embark on a day to be Darned by the commissioners be-
tweea the 19th and 26th of March next. This rate I* se
• selemice of 21. per head upon secant operations for the
itat• allrtlets