The Express.
London, England, 1861-08-26 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR or THE EXPRESS.

London. Brighton, and South Coast Railway,
Traffic Mawger's•ol6ce, Brighton. Sunday, Aug. 2!.
Sir,-1 regret to have to inform you a very serious
accident occurred in the Clayton tunnel of this line this
morning, by which 7..3 lives have been lost and serious in-
juriei indicted on many of the passengers.
The accident occurred through the signalman at thesouth
eed of the tunnel admitting a second train into it before a
previous train, which was chocked by signal, had got out of
it. He ascribes this to a failure in the electric telegraph
signals with which be was provided hut, of course, I need
hardly say that the whole circumstances will have the most
rigid investigation, nod that the company will give every
possible information in their power as to the caused.
The line is cleared and the ordinary traffic resumed.
Yours obediently,
GEORGE HAWKINS, Traffic Manager.

MORE PLEASURE BOAT ACCIDENTS AND LOW o
Foca Livra.—on Thionday afternoon a pleasure boat ac•
eident happened off Lyme Regis, which has prodneed •
most painful sensation. A party of six wont off for a short
trip, but at the time of the accident there were only five in
the host, es ahe grounded a abort distance from the shore.
and the owner (who had formed part of the crew) bad got
out to push off, and was onside to return in ociasequence
of the tide flowing fast and a heavy Rea rolling over the
ledges on the shore. The wind was blowing strong from
the S.S.W., and the host bad only been afloat a few
minutes whoa she capsirod. The cries for assistance were
of the most piercing character. One of the three that were
drowned woe a voung man who had come down by exesr•
eion train from 'London last Saturday, and intended to have
returned to-day. lie is stated to have left a widow and
two children to lament his melancholy end. The other two
were girls, nieces of the above, who resided is the neigh-
bourhood. The body of the youngest girl was recovered
shortly after the accident, but every effort failed to restore
life. The other two bodice were picked up at low water on
Saturday morning. A boat was returning from the iheton
Regatta on Thursday evening, when it was capsized in the
setway, and lbn. Crooks, the widow of a master mariner,
was drowsed. There were several other females in the
beat, who narrowly escaped with their lies.

SUSPECTED MU)

Much painful excitement
city but night by the apprebealion
suspicion of murdering a
%mien, by admuristerimr

names are William Besagrit, ... .
deceased, Emma Statham, she& woman (who. embed
in his home, and in referees, to whom and the age ri-
nser mast' scandalous reports as in circularise). and
Jane Star. • married weans, who was in attendee&
upon the &sewed a shirt tsar Were her dale. It awes
that the peisecer Beensinh, who brie is • POrdbar ..
district at the city, willed Hißletds, has had feat
children by the deceased. all of wham. together with the
' wife, Raided with him. Led wog the whole Lundy were
mind with vomiting smog times, after rues* and ear 4
the children, the ye/ewe% lemma ADO 111 in emeequesib
that it died on Thursday weak very maidenly. The wife
also became seriously ill. id expired on needs? last. The
ether children happily reeemirei As mom es these fade
emehed the ears of the aggibears. pave suspicious of foal.
play were excited. in ties abide splint the humani-
sed the girl who worked in the house. The &litho-
rate were at belga coneaveksaad with. • post--
mortem emeellantion was aide at tisilioiy of the edge. ea +.
an Thursday ea bag* was etenneweed by Mast W. b
Poole, eemessr, cad • immashals *7, isle the cease of her •
death. Evidence was ass given by De. Gate and Dr. •
Drawer, by whom the examination was
conducted, to the west that the state of the
body was quite opt with death by metal*
' poison, and that they bad twinged the stomach, a Fedi&
of the liver, mg the trameine ogee, with seta lad blood.
to De. ive.faipw. al IlitneaVkifee aimlreation. Thq
found the lady is they could
detect oath* to aceounthe &idea death of the &-
dolma. .The same* tbsegbabiegesai, they sielieed to
be lushly indamed in petehee. sad the body examen, gam-
meta It very livid Dr. Deane further gated
that be wagging la attend tiegesamed on Friday, die
16th last. the husband, who said she had • touch of
bowel oomphilet. He found the beide ef her mouth mina
eximariated, cad the doomed tad him ahe had for
smog days p a
at ss very ask slier taking bee mime.The lag gem a maw hes previous to her death. was es
Monday la* whim she appeared better, having gnadually
improved ease the pa via,' Friday, when he first ogled.
On Tuesday morning the husband muse to his home Lid
told him she was dead, and asked him to give • °magma
He hesitated for some time, bat at length complied with
his request, and certified that she died of camtritus. The
other witness examined wen Janet Stokes and Eaves
Statham, the two women in custody. Stokes said she was
pent for to the house of demand ea Wednesday, the 14th
inst., and foiled her and the children sick. The pampa •
child died the next day. The deceased said they were
seined with vomiting after taking their coffee,
at breakfast. That morning the husband took his Umiak-
fast at his work. On Seedy she wasted to remain all
night with the deeeesed, but the latter would not permit
bet to do eo, saying that her husband was very kind, and
"If she bat moved her had he get ell to grie her cosy-
thieg." The girl Statham stated that the deceased mimed
in presence of her and the husband on Taimday morning.
The inquest was adjoutued till Monday, for the pur-
pose el obtaining the melt al the amebas.
To-day the prisoners were brought up, and • reamed for
• week panted, the two females being admitted to ball
The following important statement was made by impostor
Payne, who has the ease in head :—Last night, in conse-
quence of information received, I went to 13eamish's house,
when a age was given to me which Mrs. Stokes aid she
saw Beamiria take from the pocket of his wife's dress after
her death. (The sote was headed to the beech, but not read
publicly.) Last night Igm received information that the
miaow Beandia had winneami lj imam of arsenic from
the shop of Mr. Jenkins, chemist, on S•turday night, the
17th instant. The prisoner aligned the book in his
owe name. This morning I marched the pri-
toner's brae, and is a Nest is his bedroom
I found a pair of trousers, in one of the pockets of which
was a paper corresponding with that in which the arsenic
was wrapped that the prisoner bought at the chemist's.
The prisoner said he alight it to poison some rata which
ideated his garden in Harealase, and that if I went to
the garden !should Gad it drew/ with oatmeal. I did es,
accompanied lay another ocnetahls, but we fad nothing of
the kind. I also found in the prisoner's jacket pocket a
packet of arsenic unopened, which he stated he purchased
on Monday last. I shall be able to show by similar hand-
writing by whom the paper taken from the pocket of de-
ceased was written.

The beach readily granted the application for a remand.
The court and its avenue were crowded during the hearing.

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