The Express.
London, England, 1861-02-27 00:00:00

Chia[ Justice—But what WAS the secret! Theis moral
of consent. _

A Juror (Mr. Long)—l wish to know what you took
the 10(. for? She pee it to me.
the oocarion.
Jaror—What dM you take it for? For befog prompt on

Another Juror—ls that the usual fee for renewing a coo-
amt! It is not.

Jura—What is the send fee fora marriage? The usual
fee we melee is IL

iotTever tell anyone you got 101. ? I did.
Juror_ ind you gay for what? I told them I got IC./.
from the lady when she was about to leave the church, and
that I believed that it was for being present at the renewal
of the consent given.
Birewster—Do 7en keep a mistry of mucks's in the
parish ? I do. (Registry produ.)
Mr. Brewster asked if there was any entry in it of • mar.
urge between Major Yelverton and the lady.
Mr. Whitesicleolrjected to the question, which was Mowed
to be put, subject to the objection.
Chief Justiee—ls there any entry in reference to what'
occurred on the day in question ? No entry of that kind,
and the lady would not allow me to make an entry. She
asked ma to enter It in my private register. I told her I had
no register but a public one, and she said that would avow
their secret. . _ _

Chef Justice—And it was not entered It was not
entered.
Re-examined by Mr. Whiteside—When did that talte
place' in the chapel after the ceremony.—And the gentleman
was standing bends her ? Re was.—You have IMmed, sad
very rightly,. to relate anything that occurred IA the con-
tuitional, bat you say she told you the geittlesew etas w
protestant? She dld.—dad After she told you that you
asked him what rehgton he was, and he said he waste " pro-
testant catholic?' Win Ibe at liberty to—Not until you
answer that. She told mabsfore we went to the la diop-.--
You stated she told you he was a protestant. I ask you
was that in the presence of the bishop!—That was before we
went to the bishop. I never heard her my he was a
cathcdieentil she said so in the presence of the bishop.
And thelithop gave you authority to mem them'—He
pee me authority to renew the consent. Of marriage!—
MA of Marriage ; to renew the outwit of the previous
•
lusifinP4nrer—A mambo consent I—A previous marriage
consent contracted in Scotland, to satisfy the scruples of •
the lady.
Mr. Whiteside—Are not the words "lawful in marriage"
in that certificate !—Yes ; but I have a right to explain why
I gave it in that form, The menu was this :—I received
a letter from the lady telling me that she expected
the arrival de little stranger, miring me for a certificate •
and I gave it for the purpose cithroving that she was valid; •I
married, and that he cluld t be baptised legitimately-
That was the reason ; and had thought it would hale
been used for any other purpose than that for which r ove
it-4o have the child baptised legitimately—to toddy the'
foreign clergyman into whose hands I thought it was to
fall—if I thought it was to be used for this purpose, I would
have cut off my right hand sooner than have given WI"
Before you go back to Rostrevor answer me a question—is
it the practice, or is it usual for catholic priests to certify ,
falsehoods under their hands! No. You may go down now. •
The farther hearing of the case wee then adjourned to
yeiderday morning.

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THE FALLING IN 01P_A RAILWAY 2117NNRIba

SHEFFIELD, TIMMY.

The work of excavation has been going on union
terruptedly sines see o'clock yesterday aftereoon, whatsi
it was stemmed under the authority of Mr. Reynolds„
the builder. It has requited in the recovery of tiro'
bodies, but at such a depth that it is evident there would,
bees bees no thence of their being got out alive, swap
if the work of excavation bad been followed up without
interruption. The work is being closely followed up by
relays of 20 men, • stage having been formed, and the
earth being dug out in • regular systematic manner.
About three o'clock this morning the body of Thome
Booth was found. He was lying on his right side, wilk-
bnt few external wounds, death baying been caused either
by suffocation or by internal injuries. The other.
corpse was got out about half-past four. It wpm'
deeply embedded in the earth and stones, and great difib.
why was experienced in extricating it, one arm being
buried in a direction straight down from the body. Bru-
tus/1y the men bad to attach a rope to the body and pull it
out, it being found impossible to clear away the large
stones which-surrounded it. The corpse presented an awful
spectacle, the body being one mass of bruises. Several
harrowfuls at blood mixed with stones and earth were car-
ried away. The poor fellow had fallen head foremost, and
his body was lying in that position.
We can now furnish a correct list of the men killed.
M amen that the acted number who fell with tha.
tunnel was seven, one being got alive, and six killed.
James Lambert, of Woodeide-lane, the man who was
got out alive and taken to the infirmary, was only
injured about the bead, and that not Yen' seriously. The,
body recovered yesterday morning was that of John
Harriman, of Woodekledue, brother-in-law to Lambert.
He came from Geuther, in Lincolnshire, and had been
at work here about a week at the time of his death. He
had a wife, but no family. The bodies recovered this
meaning were those of Thomas Booth and William Booth,.
brothers, 11 • together in Walker-street. Thomas was
unmarried; Wi bas left a widow and one child. The
other three bodies which have not yet been recovered are
those of James Maley, of Lambert-street, who has left a
widow and family ; Henry Booth (not married), brother to
and living with the other Booth ; and Samuel Lawton, of
No. 2, Court, Daisy-milk, who was married.
It fortunately happawd that in calreequence of a strike
for • alight advance of wages, which took effect on the you
morning of the Accident! there were fewer men at work
than there would otherwise have been. Mr. Reynolds, who
refused to comply with their demands, endeavoured to
overcome the difficulty by obtaining men to fill the places
of those who had left. This, however, he bad only par
belly effected. Ordinarily, there would have been about
thirty men at work ; but on the morning of the accident
there were eight men working on the spot near to where the
accident happened. Of these only one escaped altogether
—Thomas Wright. He worked on the building, and
heard the noise of planks cracking. Immediately there
was a cry that the wall of the building was falling, and all
the men, except Wright, who were upon it rushed to the
land over the tunnel as • place of safety, when in reality
they were going to their own destruction. Wright, how-
ever, ran to another part of the building, and so escaped.
Sir brae Morley, chairmen of the Works Committee of the
Midland Railway Company, has beep on the spot ; and the
work of excavating is progressing under the superintendence
of Mr. Crawley, engineer to the company, who arrived
yesterday afternoon in pursuance of the telegram forwarded
by Mr. Cobby. The actual length of the tunnel which has
fallen is 73 yards.
The scene of the catastrophe presents • graphic picture. Is
the centre there is a great hollow, where the tunnel has
collapsed and fallen in, and where the men are buried. At
each sad of the hollow there are the brokeu ends of
collapsed tunnel, bent from the original curve and threaten-
big a still further &IL On the one side there are the
stabling works, which were in progress, and the aide of
which, fronting the tunnel, is shattered with its fall On the
other side the rock rises up precipitously, sloping backwards
towards the top, on which, only a few feet from the edge of
the precipice beneath, stands the extensive range of build-
ings occupied by Mr. Lockwood. A very small further tali
of earth must have brought these buildings partly down,
and they now look anything but secure. The house front-
ing Spital-hill has several large cracks io the lower pert.
A later despatch, dated 2 o'clock, states that the three re-
maining bodies had been discovered in • frightfully muti-
lated state..

Mtuntiou? AND DREININAKT.IIB' PROVIDENT AND
BENEVOLENT INET/TUTIOIL—AL the thirteenth annual
meeting,. held yesterday, a report was adopted which stated
that during the rest year only one lady had been admitted
Qmember. The institution now consists of 132 members.
of whom 53 are life, and 79 are annual subscribers. During
the year ending the 31st of January, 1661, the receipts
amounted to SW. 6s. Bd., and after deducting the expendi-
ture there remained a balance at the bankers of 1661. Os.
The assets of the institution are :—Stock in New Three per
Cents. (7,606/. 12s. Ild.), 7,1901. ; balance at the banker's,
1661. Cle. lid. ; members' subscriptions due, 59/. 4s. Gd. •
non-members ditto, 371. ss. tel. ; total, 7.4521. 10s. Gd.
The annual revenue is:—From dividends, 216/. 12s. 10d. ;
from members' subscriptions, 1191. 2a fid. ; from 11011•MOIll•
bers' ditto, 1321. 4s. 6d. ; total, 469/. 19s. 101 Only ..05
of the younger members of the institution has required
pecuniary angitance since the last annual meeting.
Although the directors do not consider it prudent to grant
fixed auuuities until the whole of the proposed capital of
the institution is realised, they have felt it their duty to
respond to the calls of four of the aged mcinhen, who am
labouring under infirmities which incapacitate them from
earnings livelihood. As these payment+ will be renewed
from time to time, as long as them vesoty exists, the reci-
pients will probably become permanently dependent npon
the funds. Many of the members of the institution have
derived benefit from the attention and skill of the medical
officers during the part year.
cad on Monday considerable accumulations of
FLOOD'! IN THE BAsr.--Saturtlay and Sunday
witnessed the fall of a great quantity of rain in the eastern
taken place on all the low lands of Norfolk,
SU, faaleriorlckt,had;and Essex. At Handforti-hall, near Ipswich, the
family remained up all Sunday night, as it was feared that
the flood would force itself into the lower part of the house,
sad probably similar apprehensions were entertained in
other quarters. Yesterday morning was fine and bright,
and vast glittering sheets of water were still observable in
sll_ths ' •