The Express.
London, England, 1861-09-11 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1861.

ni;uut.s of each other, was certainly a more re-
sponsible and a less involuntary agent in the disaster
that ensued than the unfortunate men who simply
executed the orders they received. But in start-
ing the trains with this fatd precipitation wax the
assistant Station-master acting in breach " of the
" usual practice," as he undoubtedly was acting
in breach of "the express rules of the
" company" I This is a question which the
evidence produced at the Inquest certainly
loaves undecided even by the verdict of the jury.
.',nd, fortunately for the travelling public, it is a
question which will have to bo answered categori-
cally in a Court of Justice. It is difficult under
these circumstances, however mercifully-minded
one may be, to regret that the verdict of the jury
has aimed at least as high as an assistant Station-
master, in self-defence he must mare known •
great deal more of the actual working of one of
the best managed of lines than any documents
which the Company's Solicitor declined to pro-
duce to the .1 ury could have disclosed. Captain Tvi.ra
suggests that there should be an interval of . pew
rather than of time between the departure of
trains—A suggestion of vital consequence, and yet
as simple as good sense. But the public will
look to the trial of this assistant station-master to
know whether the "express rule " of the Company
has been rigorously oboerved, or whether the Di- ,
rectors have connived at its infringement in favour
of excursion trains. The counsel for the prisoner
will no doubt be able to point the moral of rail-
way companies carrying "regular" travellers with
speed and safety in ordinary trains, but driving
excursionists like sheep to the slaughter, and to
adorn the tale of a Parliament which refuses to
lessen by legislation the responsibility of Railway
Directors.

gbt Coun.

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BALMORAL, SEPTIIIREA 9.

Tho Q11e..11 and Prince Consort, with the Prin-
cess of flobenlAe, Princess Alice, Prince Alfred, and Prince
Louis of Hesse. attended divine service in the parish church
of Crathie yesterday. The Ladles and Gentlemen in Wait-
ing were in attendance.
The Rev. Dr. IPLoad officiated.
The itev.l*. ll'Lond had the honour of being invited to
dinner.

/fr. T. A. Rothmans transacted business at the Foreign.
office yesterday on the subject of the cession of Lagos to the
Drit'sh crown.

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-oaks
from the Governors of the settlement. on the West Coast of
Africa, and from the Lord High CommixsioDer of the Liaise
Islands. Despatches sere sent to the Governen a Ceylon,
Honipliong, Liftman, and Malta.

The Prince of Wales, it is rumoured, will leave
Yuiptown to-moi row (Thro.alsy) for Holyhead, en reek
to joie the Queen and the royal family at Balmoral. The
tf r der m%il bad will convey hie royal bi‘Thers., and .that
privacy arm be observed in eh the arraileinenie for Me ein-
Inrkatioo.

The Duke of Cambridge is now at the Chateau
of Rumpenheim, mar rmakfort, with the members of the
family o Home. Sir A. ]filet, the English Minister at
the Germanic Diet, pee a greed dieser on the 4th is
honour of 11;1 royal lighaaes, and at which the members of
the diplomatic body were present.
_ . _

Hi; Imperial Highness the Duke Nieolaa of
Leochtenberg, aceompanied by General Rebbinder, bike
at.ired at Cleridge's Hotel from St. Leonard's-m.Bm

The Countess Dowager Lot Clare has arrived at
Ovid Betel from Reeding.
The Earl and Countess of Arran and the Ladies
Gore bare arrived in the File of Wisht from the Poniard
Hotel, &name.

Vino/tint sod Vineountesa Doneraile have left
Penance. Hotel, as a tour of visit; in Norfolk.

The Baroness de Clifford has left the Bt. Cmorge's
Hotel.

Mr. and Lady Catherine Wayland have arrived
at the S Georges HoteL

Sir John and Mime Palmer have arrived at the
St. noorp's Rotel.

Sir Charles Tempest has left the St. George's
Hotel.

A rasesing was held in Dublin on Monday to es-
tablish ► new aseociatioo to look after the parliamentary,
municipal, audpoor-Lw fraiiii'em for the l'bentle.

The Dublin public are now enjoying the per-
hummer. el three celebrated seem—Mr. Paul Briv'ord,
Mr. J. L. Toole, and Mr. John Drew. The Ovine of ca.*
is Irlietielly (Himont is style, mad sr* has his own
is: (wreathes. Nest week the Dallis opera begins, whoa
Gin7.4l, litiees, llfadewie Lassies, Mille. Ann* Whitby,
&seer Ciampi, and a boat of les.er notorietias will make
tbs.:appearance.

Mr. Jones, who luveutc(l the famous plates to
taigt the At ardrour p,., 1.1, Pant.

Mr. Thackerai, who has been some days in
Pane, working hard far the re,ders of the CoraAill )(agar
left yemberdry far Eelleed.

It appears that the South-Eartern Cornpny's
sew sinner, the Victoria, bo'lt by Moors lilassod+, with
sew by Mews. Piro, hag attaiocd iernerkable sped oa
bar SM trip frost Otaventod I o her atutioo at lolkentose,
proprotory to hr map% meat is the ootopan)'s da'y ser-
vices beivess lolkes,ose aid Bouto4sie. The voyage,
which is stalked to gift the bi¢ct spi .1 ors. 'Maimed by
any viral over a eint'inr dietetics, wen perto.med in Qr.*
bout. sod listy-two rr'nutee, (ism (as the total '.Sauce is
$4 statute mike) an avers Je speed of 21 statute =lse per
hour, equal to about to G lode. Tl,‘. included the amnia-
hems mined hoe the tido, eet;triated by the pilot at soder
Iwo voiles.

The whole of the masons at the Royal Victoria
Hospital, Nskasy, Had., about savauty is atualbse, want ow
strike ycetwd■y.

A Berlin correspondent gives the following
emeirat of the tate affray at Heidelberg :—"There were
three English gentlemen a:toessiin, the other day, the
mid** rotifers:iota of the Ocingren of the National
Union of Heidelberg. sad NW:in/ to the stalk i isogon
et the hymn of national unity la • pals& prim The
three Eaglish gentlemen took to oneampsay this meg by
eoldeehr; learn! MI ea soon as a song was ended, and
DM* 1. "lain wet punctually sod ' fort:vireo' when
list 11.011111 reconinenead their vocal devotions. The latter,
miselnes to eermlon further provocation, coned to sing at
.1, owl Ml to talkies sad °Devolving round their social
Misr rd over their bottles of wine and beer. The three
Bey)bh pstlemen, mistaking this for cowardice, and
eneminapd in their love of mischief, proceeded to bombard I,
the beak of the silemed singers with the oorba of their
betties, sad with other missile'. This was felt unanimously
kerma eedurance, and the three English gentlemen TIM
rat ists the air outside' (as the phrase la for ' kicking I
an by active strong some and Isis, in lees than no time.
This ceetureme has been, of mutes, investigated by the
authorities, when the three gentlemen were found to be
short-coming with their complaints. They are said to have
appittd to Lord Palmerston or the Foreign.oeltoe for redrew,
epesalatias. parbepe, on a es* series of the llfacdonakl
ellahr. TIAN et aerie, will be (mite out of the emotion
here*

Lond complaints are made by the Florentine
jouroals of the segligonee of the bead librarian of the
Laureation Library, who has, it appears, allowed a most ir•
portent collection of unpublished documents, partly original
papers of Michael Angelo himself, gully MKS. illustrating
the history of his family, to pose into private hands, from
not taking the trouble to szamine them when submitted to
hislaspeatirio.

" Count de Kisseleff," says a Paris letter in the
lisdipendonsee, "is s most eseverustiou, observed that
Ruin* soteritheisadiug bee repuseanes, would be obliged
to pet the beet hoe passible es the mutter, and recognise
the kingdom of Italy, as aeon ss the stele of strairs in the
Neapolitan previews should saw to supply it with a pre-
text for dsiaylog it. adhesion."

The Diire Esparto! of the 6th complains that in
an aconant given by the French Mmoiteur de CA Mil of the
expedition to Cochis China, not t►e slightest awoke was
made to the ftpanish troops, which the Madrid journal Jr.
Caress a proof that Spain is shedding her blood there for
no possible advantage.

ITALY.

(nog tem omit cosalermemorr.)
ROucuer 30.
The following is Mr. Buchanan'sME, caseA , as stated
by himself. He is engaged to superintend the
erection of an iron bridge or viaduct, made by
Messrs. Kennard, of Crumleu, in South Wales, for
the line between Frascati and Ceprano, by which
Rome is to be put in communication with Naples, if
I the works go on well, about the beginning of neat
year. Twenty or thirty men, all Italians, were
employed under him. Notice bad been duly given
to some of them that their wages would be re-
duced from 80 bajocchi, about 45., to GO bajocchi a
Iday. Thaw who were not satisfied with this,
eight or ten of them, had a week's notice to leave.
At the pay table, on Sunday rooming lass, they
demanded another week's payment in advance. Mr.
Buchanan refused, and one man then, drawing a
knife or dagger from his pocket, attempted to stab
him in the bre..st, but only wounded his
right arm. Mr. Buchanan grappled with the as-
sassin till some other persons took him away. Mr.
Buchanan then went to the French military quar-
ters, as the nearest place to apply for assistance ;
but the French authorities said they had nothing
to du with it, and declined to interfere. He then
went, accompanied by M. Drouillart, a Frenchman,
who is one of the railway contractors, to the office
of the Papal gendarmerie, and related what had
pissed. The gendarmes there promised to com-
municate with the chief inspector, and Mr. Bu-
chanan repaired to his inn. To save him
front more lees of blood, one of the rail-
way staff, who understood something of surgery,
bandaged his wounded arm. This act, however,
was reproved by the inspector of police, who soon
afterwards came to the hotel, and who said that
anyb:xly might get into serious trouble for pre-
cueing to meddle with such a case before it had
been reev larly viewed and attested by CA.+ medical
man. With regard to the crime of attempted man-
slaughter which had bee i committed, the inspector
said he would make inquiries, and want away,
to return in half an hour. When he came
back, instead of telling Mr. Buchanan that
the ferocious ruffiun who had almost been
'he death of hint was taken into legal
custody, he said to him, " Oh, it appears there was
a spirit of discontent amongst your men. It seems
you were discharging some of them, and you were
dop'iviug these poor men cf their bread." The
inspector, having treated Mr. Buchanan to this
cool remark, and written down the mane of the
man who stabbed him, as well as of theta who saw
the deed, went away. Presently, the men came to
Mr. Buchanan in a body, and insisted on the
week's wages in advance, which he felt oblised to
give them, seeing that the police would not save
him from their violence. The very man who
stabbed him did no. come again to hire in
person, but sent a note, an hoe- afterwards, de-
manding this money. Mr. Buchanan paid it for
fees or his life • the assaasio stayed to spend it
freely in the town. Next morei•i•-, a- qu etly as
he could, Mr. Buchanan left Ye tetai for Rome.
Here he was joined on Tuerday eieniug by one of
his workmen, a Genoese, whom he knew he could
trust. From this one, who bad just come from
Velletri, he learnt that the person who wounded
him had sworn, with another, to kill him since
the first attempt had failed. This in-
tending murderer, whom the police would
not arrest, now sent a message to say that,
if Mr. Buchanan would pay him 100 franca he
would leave the country and not molest him any
more. He had gone among the other men, and by
his threats and bluster made them take part with
him, so that Mr. Buchanan, hearing this account
of the state of things, and being anxious to return
in safety to continue the work at Velletri,
has thought it better to send the 100 francs
there by the hands of the Genoese. His motive
for this concession is thus acknowledged : "In
consequence of the view the police at Velletri
seemed to take of the case, I despaired of
getting support from them, and I was in actual fear
of my IKe, each step I taok of my door." A letter
from his friends at Velletri yesterday states that
the storekeeper and others have been menaced by
these insurgents, who demand a certain ransom in
motley, and who are still headed by the unpunished
assassin. Ido not hear that the prelatical delegate
or Governor of Velletri has any idea of calling
on the gendarmes to do their duty • but ..nch is the
Pontiical rule. The ringleader Of these outrages
now proves to be an escaped convict from the ill-
famed and seldom visited hamlet of Campo Morto,
where outlaws of the worst description are wont to
congregate secure from permit, in an abode
shunned by all other people as most deadly for its
pestiferous air.

Szrr. 2.

The general secretary of Salamanca's railway
company, who has been ordered to quit Rome, at the
instance, it is supposed, of the Bourbon clique, is a
Sicilian, named llenturelli, andoousin to the histo-
rian Michele Amari. Hewes Bleeder in the revolution
of 1848, in his native island, bet never meddled with
Roman poliiics. The company to which belongs
the existicet line from Civita Vembia and the line
towards Naples, which should be finished by the
end of the year, way be seriously inconvenienced
by this wanton interfereroe of the Papal govern-
ment wish its managing staff. A new sot of regu-1
latinos for the inspection or traveller's passports at,
any railway 1.11t;012 has just been promulgated, but
more of thus, perhaps, in my next.
The hope'ess inaTiicity or i"diXerence, or some
say corruption, of :be provincial gendarmerie was
shown last week at Velletri, where the unpunished
assassin who bad nearly killed Mr. Buchanan is
allowed to walk the streets and instigate his
fe'lows to yet bolder acts of violence and robbery.
At the oiber extremity of the unhappy Patrimonio,
still kept by dint of French bayonets in hateful
subject,on to the Pope, twelve desperate convicts
have just broken out of the fortress of Civitil Cas-
tellano., (and betaken themselves to brigandage in
the hills near Viterbo, where a lady was assaulted
and robbed by them two or three days ago. Re-
turning to this city, I may observe that the trial of
the young man Locatelli, accused of having killed
the gendarme in that conflict, which broke out in
the Como on the eve of the festival of Saint Peter,
is fixed for Friday next. Publicity of criminal
procedure is, of course, denied, and you
must expect a very scanty report The
popular opinion is naturally in favour of
the accused, whom many persons declare
not to have been the man that struck the fatal
blow. They say, however, that the government
intends to make a victim on this occasion, and the
prosecution is got up in secrecy, Marchetti, the
prisoner's advocate, not being permitted to know
who are the witnesses against him.