The Express.
London, England, 1857-08-15 00:00:00

DIMINUTION OP CRIER IN IRELAND.

(From the IVesman't JowelseL)

We lay claim to no exalted morality, but we may
reasonably pride ourselves on the infrequency of those
gramme cruises which at one time were numerous enough, but
within the last flee years have been gradually and steadily
diminishing. The Earl of Carlisle, in his speech at Valantla,
gracefully alluded to the white glove era which appeared to
have set in over Ireland. Nowhere could he have witnessed
a more reinskable instance of popular repeats and rural inno-
cence than in that remote but beautiful district, s
far into the Atlantic on Lis right and on his left,
Iveragh un one side and picturesque Dingle on the o .
The white glove era was threatened with en interruption
in Dublin, but Spollen regained his liberty, of which it
is to be hoped be will make a virtuous use fur the
remainder of his days. It is remarkable that there
bee nut been a cot/victors for murder in the City of Dublin
for more than 30 years. in a population of 300,000, no
person during that lung period has suffered for murder. No
fact could be mere creditable to the citizens, and no Miring.:
proof could be adduced of their control over the more violent
pawners.. There is, perhaps, no other city in Europe con-
taining one-ball the population, where numerous murders
have not taken place in the rime interval. There may be
occasional jarring and local bridle, loud challenges and angry
recriminations, but beyond three manifestations of internal
disorder, public peace is rarely distorbod, and the chief
of all crimes in baniahod from the aecond city
in the British dominions. Throlighout Ireland we
find nearly the same immunity. We Institute no
comparisons favourable to ourselves or unfavourable to
others. There is the patent fact, and let politicians and mo-
ralists draw their own inferences. Within the memory of
youth Ireland was the dark spot on the territerial map of
England. Indeed science contributed • chin in which
crime was illustrated by venous shades, from the bright pink
of petty larceny to the coal black depth of murder. Ireland
dismally on this social chart. One half was black—
the reminder only a shade better, while England and Scot-
land. sad especial)
_the latter, contrasted strongly in the
of their shading with the sombre solemnity of ours.
Weis think this curiosity of the graver's art needs to be
rwitudisdlor republication. The Ababa we to be wholly
clusgsol, and the coal black, wherever transferred, Is at
Wet to be expunged from the Irish map. We think Lanai-
skim is entitled to a still deeper shade, though it has always
stood high in the rank of criminality.

On Thursday the Gentlemen of Kant and Sussex
play their return match with the Gentleman of England at
Canterbury ; on the same day the A.E.E. meet twenty-two
of Grantham and the district; sod the U.A.E.E. do the
same by fourteen of Reigate, with llartingeU and Caffyn
given.

A STOKER KILLED ON THE SOUTH WALES RAIL-
WA If.—A fatal accident occurred on Monday at the Canabwria
tunnel on the South Wales Railway. The Iriehangnes
:es passing about 11 o'clock, on thebomourry, ad, as
unl, a pilot engine was at at assYt the
twin through the tunnel. At the od of the tunnel the pilot
ogine woe disconnected, and should have been tamed am to
Ibe oar lthe of rella, in older to to back to Iswaikee, but
by some mem it returned en the SIM lined ma and ears
into made& with the engine of the peasanyr train, coming
the war et the latter, l=h4or=dte be Gram
be nth the ether art Delp
tagethee with eft
perwilatatSr 'beta. brans, sisa: 111%..• mthm
lad bre. ter *Week en Tarry athenote Or un-
fortunate ran espled. 11. wes narenial, and neided in
llip-stresigarlle lova, bet vas a native of Oxfordshire.
WIMP

lilt= OP • SONNAIBULIST la DROWNING.—
On Nether an Ingrid wee held at West Hartlepool, on the
Ur,
n! a drew Redford, aged IS years,• nears ot &missy,
Demand ems • soma. on bawd Use Tanner of
Whitby, lying la the Wed Docks ; sad we supra to
tezt ay it hie deep (Wing a eannewbulist) turday
net, shun bur dank, germ spa deal, and fallen
ounimard, swims hair
_bend • glade in the water as of
aemsbedyll lito dr dolt about tad hour. The dock
was drompl dor the &au ewe gives, Ned the body of de-
tained wee MEd Awn teed"' o'clock, bicrleg been in the
water about eight beam Ms fury asherned • verdict of
"Pound drowned, them being so evidence to show how de-
cessedigot into the doet."—Lesele Jimmy.
A MAN KILLED BY A SPRING utrx.—On Mon-
day morning, the 4th inst., a guntEzo, d Ad=
Brearnail, was accidentally shot by • ism, caltEr.e.-
Woes of Mr. Philips, gun maker, 13
ham, As • rd against thieves a spring gun, lemTsra
slags, was pGoed in snob a position that ea Ida doer being
vow& the cadents of the weapon.ould be dieekarged at
the intruder. A secret who at thtside el the door com-
municated with the trimild on this being weaved Bear-
nall could enter the w wifely. On ISeadag, how-
ever, being in • hurry be tad to detach the win, nod on
stepping into the room the weapon ear/mirk and dee unfor-
tunate man, rewiring the charge in his lilt Old sib, fell
back esertally wounded. He died mast enterelng at the
General Haspitel. At the inquest • verdict of " Accidental
death" wan retorasd.— Worcatsratirs CAroeit fe. _

KILLING AND CURING PIOs BY STFAM.—In •
work on the United States, Mr. OMIT Commettent gives en
account of the of steam machinery to a very
'inviter end coring of pigs. He toile
us that, at C ti„ an apparatus, driven by steam, is
so imaged that, on a number of pigs being driven into •
sort of funnel, they are taken one at a time, cut mom the
throat by knives, seized bold of by hooks, plunged into a hot
well, passed through • brushing cylinder which scours the
hair from them, severed below from tail to snout, disem-
bowelled, cleft into joints, salted, end barrelled, all in the
ceurse of a very few minutes. hundreds of pigs are taken,
we are told, daily to this establishment, to be treated in the
above highly ingenious and agreeable mannet—Merlismtre'
Xvatitee.
111.1 OH KING MON E Y.—A curious and very valuable
specimen of this money may now be seen at )Sr. Tate's,
jeweller, in Patrick-street. It consists of a round solid lox
of gold beat nearly into • circle. Its weight 1e1.131 ounces,
and it was purchased, we are informed, for 62L lb. 10d. It
Is mid to have been found by • pot, men in • quarry user
Fermoy, but we are left in ignorance as to the settlement of
the right of treasure trove." The weekteanehip is very
rude, no attempt having been cads. y, to insoothea
or polish the exterior. As to the of this speci-
men of ring money we me net sullielently to ro-
nominal with certainty, bat it sem very rooterWly tot ar
from any pieces of that idiot of oda which we have hitherto
esen.—lgerk ra
rer.

VIOLENT STORMS.

Oa Thandaynight a very heavy storm 'passed over
the metropolis from the south-ust to the north west, which
wu accompanied with heavy thunder sad lightning, but
it was not nearly so severe or so destructive as the storm
of yesterday. Ths thermometer in the shade yesterday
massing varied considerably, the mercury riming from 60
deg. to 66 deg. Fahrenheit in the .pane of • few hours, while
at noon, although the rein was falling heavily, the glue

rest as high as 70 deg. The barometer indexed2977,and
lb* wind veered round to a westerly direction. About •
quarter past 6 o'clock p.lll. the whole of London sad its
suburbs became so darkened sa to show that a fearful storm
was coming on. Immense clouds pulsed rapidly along
front the west towards the mat. A rapid succession of
flashes of forked lightning succeeded. In Ims than two
seconds afterwards peal after peal of thunder followed,
accompanied by heavy showers of hail and r►in. In the
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immediate neighbourhood of Farringdon-shvet and Hol-
born-bridge, as well as on the Surrey side of the river, near
the Thames, the damage done is very greet. So great was
the rush of water down the sewers that In several places they
overflowed, and the persons living near hod their basements
filled with the sewage matter. The lightning continued
until nearly midnight, but with lees violence. About half-
paid ten o'clock, however, en occurrence took place at the
Brick-lane station of the Chartered Om Company, St.
Luke's, which mused souse alarm. It appears that the
lightning struck one of the iron enthrone which supported
oat side of a gasometer, or gas holder, situate on the right
heed side of the yard. Owing to the e du= having been
thee elruek by lightning the gas. compriaing many Misdeed
thousand feet, became ignited. Fortunately, the entices of
the firemen were not required, for, owing to the admirable
directions given by Mr. Upward, the superintendent of the
works, and the elections of the teen under hint, the flames
were subdued inn comparativelyshort period. No person was
injured, and no damage was done to any of the surround-
ing Prn,fyi
On humility afternoon a storm of almost unequalled
Melees* broke over the city of Lincoln and the neighbour-
hood, and continued with unabated violence for ten bourn.
A vivid flesh of lightning illuminated the horizon, and was
instantly followed by a crush of thunder. I. lash after flash
of lightning, and peal after peal of thunder, followed coca
other incessantly for four hours, and daring the whole of
this time the rain descended in torrents. The water rushed
down the steep upon which a great portion of the city te
built like a mountain river, and in the lower part of the
town gathered together to such a depth as in numerous
eases to enter the houses of the inhabitants and cause them
considerable lose and inconvenience. The storm, with one

or two brief cessations, raged with violence—Until three
o'clock yesterday morning, when it moderated end the rain
ceased. It returned, however, during the forenoon, end
continued more or less throughout the day. The damage
yet cannot be accurately ascertained, but ono thing to
certain—the standing and out-lying crops of cereals havestf-
fend irretrievably. Fanners attending the market yester-
day brought woful reports of the damage done to the crops,
and other casualties attendant ups the storm. In the
marshy districts between I. and Boston the corn
sheaves may be seen floating on the water, which, viewed
from the neighbouring hils, has the appearance of an es-
tuary. During the whole et yesterday the trate en the
various Linn of railway intnean the ninety was much
interrupted, in coneequeece of the image lees by the flood.
On the Midland Railway (Nottingham and Lincoln breach),
at Fatherton, near Sonthwell, a partite of the line, nearly •
quarter of • mile in length, wee entirely swept away by
the torrent of water which rushed down from the con-

tignons hills, and the traffic had to be worked bye double
service of trains. The mail bags due at Lincoln et 5 am.
yesterday did not arrive until 11, and much alarm was ex-
wrieneeil in consequence of the telegraphic oomwnnicetion
being also interrupted. The main line from Retford to
Peterborough was blocked during the whole of the day, the
teethe being worked by the Lincolnshire loop line without
any very serious inconvenience to the public. Altogether
the 'corm exceeds in violence anything remembered in
Lincolnshire fur many years past, and it is to be feared the
destruction of property is very great.
An accident of a very serious character occurred on the
main line of the Great Northern Railway, about a mile
south of Carlton station, between Newark and Reified,
at about 12 o'clock on Thuraday evening. The late heavy
rains hare had the effect of flooding all the rivers and
lowlands on both aides of the Greet Northern line, and a
large bode of water having escaped over the banks of the
Trent, which rens between Carlton and Newark, formed
for itself a passage across the railway at the point above
mentioned, and speedily raised the rails and sleepers out of
their position. A goods train and • passenger train
passed over the place between 10 and 11 o'clock. when
the setae was observed to be rising. A fish train from
the north arrived at the spot about ball-past 12 o'clock,
when the driver suddenly found his engine einkieg under
him and diverging from the rails, carrying several of the
trucks with it, and throwing the rest upon a heap. Both
the engineman and stoker escaped by jumping into the
water, and suffered no injury, but the contents of the wag-
goes were scattered on the line or thrown into the water.
At this moment • train was heard approaching fa the
opposite directios, and before anything could be done to
avert the rataeirophe this second train dashed into the flood,
the mils rose and fell once or twice, and then the engine
capsized, taking several of the pmsengor earriliges with it
and plunging them into the water. The driver and
Seeman were pitched over with the engine, and were im-
mersed in the flood, but were not in any way wounded. The
inmates of the carriagee were, however, thrown into the
almost confusion, and the scene at this moment was
yezpalring. The night was pitch dark, Mare when ille-
by flashes of lightning. Thunder wee pealing
iMONIIMatIy, the water was rushing and roaring through the
bell the line with great fury, and above all were heard
the einem et women and children, struggling, like the male
pamyrir to extricate themselves from the carriage.. Thine
abiltragers who were entirely unhurt Immediately
to the easistanee of thew leas fortunate com-
panions. This, however, was no easy task. The line was
covered with water, and on one side of it was a ditch, in
which several persons were floundering, some up to their
waists end others up to their necks. Two of the carriages
wine completely smashed, and the people inside of them
we struggling and groaning fearbilly. The tops of there
vehicles were ripped off as soon as possible, end the
re were drawn out one after another and
Cr ii iigereeated on the upright carriages. Some of the
=gem bnppened have Ftimulents in the shape of
and sherry with them, which they promptly eyelid
le these in need of there, among whom were two or
theft female passengers in a 'Muting stale. A widow
amid Robson was found with her two children immersed
In the water, the youngest of them, an infant in arms,
being with difficulty eared from drowning by its mother,
who lied to support it with one arm while she
held up the elder child with the other. By hi
exertions of the engineraen, stokers, and guard. of
the two trains, aided by such of the pesiengers as verve able
to render assistance, the flooded - of the line was

with the

poition
of ths Lrol!en

bridged over , fragments,,.._.. carriages so
as to for a roadway to the nearest dry land in the direction
of Carlton station. Messengers were deepatchel up and
down the line in search of further aid, and to give warning
to approaching trains' in which latter respect they did pied
service' no but for the alarm raised a goods train would have
run into the disabled passenger train. It was about three
hours before any effective help could be rendered from the ad-
jacent station., and in the meantime the passengers disposed
themselves as beet they could on the carriages. As soon as a
Ikea train arrived the two passengers who were med. injured
—a peeo named Wyburn, butler to a Mr. Prior, of
who bad sustained a compound fracture of his
eight les and a commercial traveller named Lowe,
Mks the MI Its leg broken, and suffered some injury to
spate—were removed to the inn at Carlton. The rest of
des passengers were forwarded to Retford, where nine of
thana were taken to the Queen Inn, adjoining the eta' ion, and
the sasainder pursued their respective journeyer, Mr.
Dsmitten of East Retford, immediately attended upon
enisil people at the inn, none of whom were seriously
Wm& loped being severely bruised and much ehaken, and
mid, al of them were enabled to proceed to their eel oral
in the course of yesterday (Friday). Among
Ow VW the Rev. J. Q. H, ifill, of St. Katherinee, Re-
sentelpidg, London, who spoke in the highest terms of the
aillellss FM to the passengers by the servants of the rail-
Olthilley and the landlord and landlady of the Queen.
yesterday the utmost exertione were made to
pot Ss into working condition. Mr. Leith, the general
aspoliiniont, and Mr. Sturrock, the head of the locomotive
aginlmelo*, were is attendance from an early hour of the
is asgsvintanding the repairs. Such was the force of
lbe swt umisr the rails, however, that it woe found necro-
logy is Wes slap at frequent intervals for its paomgc,
end it was sindined doubtful whether the officials would be
able to gut an pair of rails into working order before
this
At a4L wyeeteeday afternoon the passengers shit de-
Weed at Thais, and Raiford were going on as well a‘ could
te desired. The Rev. A. Brook, vice of East Reseal. in
the nounof the morning, visited all the passengers left at
the Queen Inn.
The through traffic between London and the north ii at
t being worked by the loop line from Itetfoni to
PSlMluorough, but the flood is so great between Refuel and
Cliambotough that only one line of roils can be worked, and
it is hared that this will not be available Touch longer it the
hewer rain. shook! continue.
The lbashwAsr„
_llhahrld, and Line iinehire lige is already
blocked halveOslnsbassisph and Clareborough from is et-
miler awn and that estapeay are working by the flasillay
keen& el the Great Northean line.

About 77 o'clock on Thursday night 'heavy thunderigorni,
which came up suddenly from the south,west, buret over
Southampton, and raged with tropical violence for nearly two
horn. The lightning was fearfully vivid and the thtunler
peels very loud while the rein fell in torrents, flooding the
roadways end street!. At Wooleton the front windows of a
how wire broken to fragments by the electric fluid, sad
a flagstaff on the adjoining groit.gl was splintered pieces.
A woman is mid to have been killed by lightning at Shirley,
but we understand the fact to be that rite died froindisease
of the heart, probably accelerated by fright during the
Amin. The bseyeas were brilliantly illuminated with
lightning the grater part of the night Yesterday otter-
noon, about 2 o'cicelt, there was another thunderstorm,
but by no means eo violent in its chetacter as that of the
previous night. The rein fell heavily for about an hour.