The Express.
London, England, 1850-07-17 00:00:00

ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH KENT LINE.

The following lathe exteouat of the accident given by the
obsiale of the South Eastern Railway :
" • fruit train, which leaves Streod for Lyndon three
times during the week, (on the eve of each market day) had
left the Charlton station and entered the Blackheath Tunnel
man than Maga minutes before the 9.30 " up" Woolwich
main was 'Bowled to follow ; it appears, however, that the
eosins lealenging to the fruit trent oke down, sad notwith-
stases.; the kast exertions of thti engine deism. to get the
train forward, it came to a sumo still when 'butt three parts
through the tunnel. Finding this to be the case, the guard
immediately alighted end raa back as far sa he could with
the danger signal, together with a supply of fog signals; but
it appean so much time had been lost in the hope that the
engine might recover, that the passenger train was already
elms at hand, and before the breaks could be made to take
effect ran iato the fruit toils, and thus the collision took
place. I have had an opportunity of awing many of the
psserngrn tc-day, sad beyond a few slight contusions, they
de not appear to have utstaioed any serious injury, although
many experienced the greatest alarm, and all wars subjected
to considerable Moostreakracte."

INQUEST.—EXTBAORDINART SUICIDE OF A CHILD
or Foy .—This morning an inquest was held, by lie.
W. Carter, the coroner, at the King and Queen, High•strest,
Newington, on the body of a man who had hanged himself
in Hemptoa.etreet, but the particulars were unimportant.
The coroner then stated that he had just held sn inquest on a
child who had destroyed herself in the most remarkable
manarr he had ever heard of. On Saturday mooning,
about 2 o'clock, a • polies-constable, named Hodges,
on duty at the back of Argyle.lodge,
found a child fast asleep under one of the haystacks.
He awoke her, and asked her to go to the eta,' ne-
lsons' in the Brixtoa•road, which she did, and there told bi-
linear Ewweeaon that her name was Mary Ann Cooper,
and that she lived with her uncle and aunt in Wnite•bores-
street, Waterloo road, but she meld not tell how she had got
to the haystack, and that, being very tired, she had slept
there since six on the Friday cronies. Upon Hodges taking
her to the place the bad mentioned, he found that she had
not bus with her uncle and aunt since Christmas, and that,
in set, die resided with her father, who is a very respectable
carpenter, in the Ormn-lane, Tube-hill, of the name of
Chandler. and that her rams wss Sophia Chandler, and not
Cooper, and that she was barely 14 years of age. Inspector
Beeneeem directed the should be take* home to her father,
and She went with Hodges apparently in high spirits, and
running Mill' handrails for amusement. Whet the they
bad got late the Orem-lane, in eight of her father's house,
she rushed through a gap in a hedge. and across a Held
be-
to Mr. amps% of Brixton hill, In which is a deep
Ispnlimalt7Sug for tasking Mirk., and into this she resolutely
please d Hodges proceeded after her, and his feet wicking
11l the clay at the bottom, he was very nearly drowned, bat
young Kr. Roswell happening to witness the whole occur-
rence, went to his assistance, and he was got out, but a
gassier of en hoar elapsed Won the body of the pent child
Gould be recovered, and she was then quite dead. It Neal
II neighbour of Mr. Chandler had missed sense silver, and a
policemen had bean sent for, but wit to take her into cus-
tody ; this appeared to have alarmed her, and she ran away
teem home, and the next sky, coming amid -sly in sight
of her father's hones with a policemen by her aide, altboegh
net in his charge, ft is supposed it bad a momentary impulse
me her mind, end led her to commit suicide. The jury re-
Monett a emelt of " Temporary Insanity."
JUDGES' SALAILIF.S.— Yesterday a parliamentary
piper was printed (obtained by Mr. W. Patten). containing
a "Mara of the salaries end emoluments in 1790, of the
judges of the Court of Chaneery, and of the judges of the
Common Law Courts, in the United Kingdom. In 1790 the
salary of the Lord Chancellor of England was 6,0001., besides
fees ; and la 1632 It was find at 10,0001. and no fees
allowed. There is La addition a salary of 4,0001. a year as
Speaker of the Home of Lords. The present theme of the
Lord Chancellor is 14,0001. a year. From another rotors
to parliament, which was netimd in the Daily News on a
termer cesession, it appears that JO* salaries of the pidgin of
the Court of Chancery, and the Common Law Courts,
ansoust to 120,0001. • and is 1816 the salaries aotooLted to
04,6004.: end the nsbSs of 16 had Wowed to 20.