The Express.
London, England, 1857-08-25 00:00:00

A AUGUST 25, 1857.

TURKEY.

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CONSTANTINOPLE, Avettor 14.

By the lest despatches from Paris it is understood
M. Thouvenel received orders not to quit his post.
The ettiet of this upon our exchange here was to
rtducc the English pound sterling from 147 piastres
to 131 piastres. The monied monopolists of the
Kaviar Chan have made good profit of these fluctua-
tions, but commerce has been almost brought to a
standstill. We are now daily expecting to learn by
telegraph the result of the conference at Osborne,
and the settlement of our diplomatic quarrel. The
Eust looks to the West to decide its fate.

For the last fortnight the Porte has been very
busy, and ministerial councils have been continually
sitting. It has more than once occurred that their
deliberations were prolonged till sunrise. It is cer-
tain that the government has had under its considera-
tion the best means of providing against the dangers
which have tattle seemed impending over us—and
the Ministry of War has beta called upon to submit
to the council, as early as possible, its plans for the
defence of the country. The situation of the Dar-
danelles, which would require an expenditure of
thirty million piastres to put them in a complete
state of defence, has been under discussion; and it
is said that a Prussian staff officer, of the artillery
corps, will be sent thither in a day or
two, in order to superintend the completion
of the works there, according to the plan
already sanctioned. The line of the Danube, also,
will not be forgotten, and Silistria is to be mounted
with a sufficient armament, as soon as possible.
Belgrade and Widdin have already been partly re-
paired, and the same engineer-officers, who now I
command at Widdin, have received orders to betake
themselves to Silistria, where they will obtain
further instructions. It was rumoured that Omer
I'acha would undertake a tour through Itoumelia I
and Bulgaria to inspect his corps dames, but now
that more pacific news have reached us, this
design seeing to be postponed. The Coun-
cil of War has, in the meantime, addressed
a circular order to the commanders of the several
army corps, to the effect that the full complement of
troops is to be made up ; and the authorities of the
different provinces have also been required to collect
without delay their respective contingents of re-
cruits, and send them immediately to their appointed
stations .
The populace here are much exasperated against
the French. A few days ago, at 'fherapia, a
quarrel broke out between some French sailors and
'Turkish boatmen, and as they could not understand
each other's language, they soon resorted to the use
of their fists, and presently of their knives ; on each
side several were badly wounded before they were
parted by the guard. A second affray occurred on
the bridge at Galata, where an officer of the French
steamer Ajaccio, having been accidentally jostled b 7
a Turkish officer, attempted to strike him with his
whip, but the latter anticipated him with a blow in
the face, and the eyeglass or spectacles he wore being
broken, he was dangerously injured by the frag-
ments of the glass. Several Turkish soldiers came
up and would have killed the Frenchman, had not
the same Turkish officer protected him.

4OCIDANT ON MB BRIGHTON RAILWAY.

A serious accident occurred yesterday afternoon,
war the Reigate statics on this line of railway, by which
several persona were more or less injured, and the traffic on
the up line impeded for a considerable period.
The acoident arose from the Brighton 1.30 p.m. flat train
running into rooms goods waggons which were in the act of
being shunted jest below the Reigate ration to allow the
passenger train to pew. The signals were set, to warn the
driver of the up train not to proceed, sad his conduct In
driving against them was considered by the officials so Tepee-
hensible that he was taken into custody immediately after
the collision.
The 1.30 p.m. from Brighton brings on the 11.30 a.m.
from Portsmouth, and yaetwday the joint traffic from I
two places was unusually heavy. Notwithstanding this
circumstance the train was rather before its time on ;rasing
Hurley, the next station south of Reigate, and the accident
took place before the train was aorAally due at the scot
where it occurred. The effect of the casks was to throw
the engine of the Fawner train off the mile. The tender
and guard', break did not leave the metals, but amend of the
first and second claw carriages wwe thrown off and their in-
mates moduli:Am Thew weren great manypassengen in the
train, and among them several pawns of distinction. Hap-
pily none of themappear to tearable& dangerously bort, and
all were able to come on to Lenekm immedietely after the
accident, except the lion. Mrs. lisabury Tracy, who
remains at Reigate under medical are. The venerable
Duchess of Inverness and the Bishop of Oxford were in
one carriage. The duchess, we :egret to leant, was
much shaken. The bishop fortunately escaped unhurt.
Among the individuals who suffered more or less by the col.
lision may be mentioned the Rev. Dr. Clarke, of Wood-
ford, in Esse; who sustained a revere hurt in his back ; Mr.
Hammy, of Mill 114 an injury to the back of his head;
Mr. Bloomfield, of 30, Tavistock-square, an injury in the
knee.; Mrs. John Thornhill, of 53, Holy well-street, Strand,
an injury in the breast; Miss Curtis, of 1, Chester-square,
an injury to the eye; Me. W. Holm, of Brighton, a severe
injury on the nose ; and a female domestic, in the service of
Mims Dyneley, of 78, Upper Berkeley-street, who was much
bruised.
Mr. °reeves, station-master at Reigate, was on the spot
when the occurrence took place, and after calming the fears
of the passengers as well as he was able, he immediately
telegraphed to London for assistance, which was sent down
from New-cross without a moment's loss of time. Mr.
Slight, the secretary, and Mr. Hawkins, the manager of the
company, were absent in Parir, yesterday, attending a
meeting in connexion with the company; but in their ab-
sence Mr. Slight, aseistant-eacretary, and Mr. Wallis, the
company's superintendent at the London-bridge Station,
adopted energetic messuree, and in a very short time all the
passengers, with the exception of Mrs. Hanbury Tracy,
were brought on to London by a special train belonging to
the South-Esatern Railway Company. Among the /AMU-
gers in the train was Mr. H. C. Brenchley, surgeon, of
Brighton. This gentleman rendered essential assistance
to his frllow-passerocera, and came on to London with
them.

At the London-bridge station, Mr. Wallis had procured
the attendance of Mr. Cock, the eminent surgeon of Guy's
limpital, and this gentlemen saw all the psemsgers on
their arrival. The Rev. Dr. Clerks accompanied Mr. Cock
to the hospital on foot, but all the other peentaigers pro-
ceeded to their respective reaidencee.
The Bishop of Oxford was very active in rendering
arietance to his fallow-paseengers. Bis lordship, on
nettling Bedhill station, telegraphed to his friends in
London that, " By God's blereing, he had escaped Injury."
The tight reverend prelate, however, on his arrival in
London, rather forcibly demandrd to know from whom he
was to obtain compensation for the inconvenience be had
starred. . .

The first guard of the train escaped unhurt, but the rear
guard was not so fortunate. The engino-drivar' Taylor,
was much shaken. He has been a long time in the com-
pany's service, and was generally considered a steady and
careful roan. As already stated, he is in custody, and will
be brought up for examination this day before the bench of
magistrate. at Reigate.
The ordinary traffic of the line was resumed at eve o'clock
bat evening.

A " Traveller by the Train" writes to the Times :
Another of those accidenta which unfortunately seem to
become more and more frequent, occurred this day to the
train which left Brighton at 1.30 p.m., but which was for-
tunately not attended with any lots of life. A quarter of
a mile before reaching the ILeigate Juncti..n we were thrown
off our seats by a most severe shock, and after recovering and
making our way out of the carriages we saw that we had
run into a goods train, two or three carriages of which were
smashed, having thrown our engine nght off the line.
Making my way through the ruins I at ones looked foe the
engine driver and stoker, whom I found unhurt, but very
touch frightened by the accident, near the tender. ' How-
ever could this happen?' I asked them, pointing to the
danger signal which was up close before us. Well,
Sir, there is no good denying it,' they replied, 'we
mu by the distant signal without lowing at it, being at the
time engaged in putting coke on; when we came round the
curve (the line tonne a curve at this spot) we perceived the
second signal and pulled up at once, but too late to prevent
the accident: I afterwards saw the guard, who had his face
very much cut, and I asked him about it, when he said it
was ell the fault of the enginrdriver, for he (the guard) saw
the distant signal standing at danger, and put his break on
In consequence. ' Well, is there no communication between
you and the driver,' I asked. •Oh, yes; there is the wire,'
he replied, ' but it does not always work I' A good many
of my fellow pwsengere had their faces more or less cut sad
injured, among whom were three or four ladies, who seemed
to sat/ very much. The officials at the Reigate station
rendered an all the sesiatauro they possibly could, and be-
haved throughout in a way which is well worthy of prates.
We were conveyed in a separate train to London, and reached
it about 6 o'clock. Our train was due at 3.20 p.m."

EXPLOSION OF THE BOILER OP A STEAM
THRASHING HACKIE'S.

LOSS OP THREE LIVES.

Information has just reached as of a horrible acci-
dent In Rochford Hundred—the explosion of the boiler of a
steam thrashing machine at PAUlewell, the loss of three
live., and probably of a fourth, and the destruction of a con-
siderable amount of property. It appears that one of the
steam machines of the Moors. EMington of Springfield,
was employed to thrash the corn just harvested in a field
belaying to Mr. George Wood between Prittlewell
and Rockford, but occupeed by Mr. George Hart; yester-
day morning, after the men engaged In the work had re-
turned from their breakfasts the machine was set in mo-
tion; and while they were busily employed all round it, the
boiler of the engine burst with a WTI- tic explodes, spread-
ing death and destruction around, His heavy ironwork being
shattered to fragments, and two pieces weighing 5 cwts, of
the hogs wheels, being carried through a hedge to the distance
of 100 yards. When the smoke and steam cleared away, a
horrible seen presented itself. Three of the men employed
had been killed upon the spot, their bodies being fearfully
mangled the explosion. A fourth bad been blown to a
distance, and when lakes up it wee found that
his back was broken, end he wee otherwise to dreadfully
injured as to leave not the slighted probability of his re-
covery. A man named Tait, the son of a tinker, at Hoch-
ford, war one of the wear killed; but we have not been
able to ascertain the name of the other sufferers, one of
whom bad only been taken en to the work in the morning, PO
that he had been employed only a few hours when he met his
death. There were five men envied about the engine at
the time, but one eaaped without serious injury.
Of course the thrashing machine itself suffered; and to
*Ad to the fearful nature of the scene, the turn stack which
was in process of thrashing caught fire, and was wholly con-
sumed. . . .

Of the cause of the etplosion, we do not hear that any
oomjeettue ran be at present formed; this will of mune be
thoroughly investigated at the inquest; but we are informed
that mate time since an accident occurred with this engine,
when the jaw-bone of one of the men employed about it was
broken.—buses Resold of this day.

APPROACHING DIVIDENEW.—We have the Bath-
faction to inform our readers that the dividend of the Edin-
burgh and Glasgow Railway Compaq for the past half-
year will be at the rate of 3 per cent., which, under the
clerumotanoes of the line, is very aatiefactoey. The direc-
tore of the Caledonia°, we bear. have remind to recommend
• dividend at the rate of per oat._ pm annum. It was
generally expected that a somewhath*hm amount would
be divided ; but there may be reasons why this has not
been thought of, which will be forthcoming, no doubt, at
the proper time.—Scorlish Railway Gazette.
RAILWAY COLLISION.—On Saturday evening an
occident occurred on the West Somerset Mineral Itnilway, at
Watelmt, by which several moo were killed and a number
frightfully cradled end mutilated. The line (a dente one)
wee ometrueded for the purpose of bringing the iron ore from
the mimes at Breadon-hand and it Is the practice for the work-
mate tonne down upon the 1111011116 a 81i0111Syll to receive
their imps. Oa this marks the mew employed at the
Radiance portion of the railway brought down the work-
men, sad by some unamomatable Minder the Wetchet gecko
wag seat to fetch them. The cumegusece of this was that
the two angina traversing the mew lias of mile cams into
anion aimed • mile from Watohat. One rasa was killed me
the spot gad two others did In • few mutes efts their
ramearal, while wiz or Navas ethers had their else end lap
iralas. The Iseastad ars W. Jima a), George
Queen the begot of the aveleft on the line
allifikala The elisoltwas too muck for the wife of poor
Oar, atbia tradiejg mired as *Rabe the sad intuitive's.
llseablos. Ibd ammo be fol, .21 bold as IR-
ANI.* ea **beau at Wiwi looday Crook*

FATAL SEIM ACCIDENT.—(THIS lAdiT

THREE LIVES LOST.

A ahocliing accident took place this morning
about nine U.C11)(1, in the Whitochapel-road, facing theta.

trance of the late Pavilion Theatre. For some week* part a
large number of lid/curers have been engaged iu conneenag
an old sewer which ran in feint of the Louie ell the north
aide of the road with the main sewer in the centre of tba
road. Thin ie done by running twelve-inch piper; hen ens

sewer to the other. One had been partly driven in the
course of yesterday from • street drain well, and a non
named John Fitzpatrick was completing it this rude-
Mg at • depth of some eighteen feet from the
surface of the road. An outlet had been obtained into
the mein 'ewer, and all the piping had been laid, with the
exception of the piece which was to conned it with the old
sewer. It appmrs that as each pipe is act it is nerc...ry to
place a board over the bore, so that the dirt should not get
into it so the labourers till in the working. Fitzpatrick
wee in the act of removing the board, se as to tit
in the last portion of pipe, when a rush of foul sir from the
main mower came in full power upon him, and the unfortunate
UM fell forward. Another labourer named O. Franks, who
had conaiderableexperiezioe in the construction of sewers, op-
perently unconscious of what had really happened to his
fellow-worluzurn, descended the excavation, and on reaching
the bottom immediately fell sensokoe to the ground. The
cries of some boys brought other labourers to the acme, end
three more =fortunate fellows, William Bingham, William
Gcsudge, and an Irishman named Hives, haat,. Ind down to
the bottom of the sewer, and were quickly overcome by the
pdsonous air, and the lye poor creatures were to be been lying
on the top of each other. Ina minute or so the foreman of
the works arrived, and the workmen were warned not to go
down. Hooka were then procured, and the unhappy fellow,
were brought up to the surface. Fitzpatrick, Franks, end
Bingham were found to be quite dead. Goodge and Hives
were insensible. They were removed to the London licepitsl,
where after some exertion they were brought to, althmet
they continue in • very critical state. Further openings
were then made into the foul pipe, and every thing done to
clear it, but the work will not b e resumed until fully es.
=fined by the sewers engineer. Twe of the sufferers were
married, and have left families. Their bodies presented a
very discoloured appearance from the effects of the paean=
air.