The Express.
London, England, 1868-05-21 00:00:00

THE. NEW LINE TO ET-;ON.

Of the numerous extension schemes proposed by
the former directorate of the London and Brighton Rail.
way Company, the present board, on coming into office, it
will be renienibered, adopted only such lines as had been
already commenced, and were likely to prove rerouneme
tire. The principal of these, • line running to Sutton
Junction, and a branch in connexion with it, have since
been 1 roceeded with, though subject to some delay on ac-
count of the straitened condition of the money market,
and will be ready for traffic in the course of • month or
so. As giving a direct route to Epsom, it was inteuded to
complete them so as to be available for conveying a portion
of the heavy traffic of the Derby 1) say, but it has been
found within the last few days that an amount of extra
labour and expense would be involved in the requisite
work as would altogether neutralise the advantage to be
gained. They will probably, therefore, not be opened
throughout till August or September, but one portion at
least is to he finished by the end of next month.
The new Sutton line branches from the South London
Railwey of the Brighton Company, at • point near the
Peckham-rye station of that system, and proceeds thence
in a south-rasterly direction. The first station is situated
but a abort distance from the junction, and will be known
ea the Champion-bill station. The permanent way up to
this point is laid down, and all the requisite ballast com-
pleted, as it is, except at rare intervals, throughout the
course of the lice. The neat station, which is at Dul-
-1 wick, is already nearly iiniehed. Shortly after leaving
this the line cuter, on the estates of Dulwich College, the
trustees and governors of which have obliged the company
to carry the railway over their property on a fine orna-
mental viaduct about half a mile in length. This was
erected from designs prepared by Mr. Charles Barry, the
surveyor to the college, and is a most effective piece of
work. It is constructed of red brick, with a stone cornice
and terracotta parapet, and its no way detracts from the
appearance of the rich scenery of Dulwich. A girder
bridge situated about the centre is of the same ornamental
character, anal does great credit to the architect. Near
the end of the viaduct, after crossing over the
Chatham and Dover Railway, the line pierces through
iu a tunnel about 30-1 yards in length, at the
father end of which, and on the Norwood-road, a station
is in course of erection. The roof is to cover four lines of
rail, two of which are to be for the accommodation of the
Chatham Company, who are constructing • short branch
from this point to their line near ifernmbill Station. This
branch does not, however, tunnel through Knight's-bill, but
skirts around the foot of the slope and is carried on arches
to Hsrne-hill. The South Western trains will also be
enabled to run into this station by means of a branch emu.
nitmicating with their sytein a short distance onwards.
Adjoining the station the line ci °saes the West-end and
Crys•id P.l.ine Railway, with which a connection is made
by a double curve. Passing through two short tunnels
another station is reached at Streatham, situated on the
high road to Croydon. Some difficulty is found in giving
the properly descriptive names to many of these suburban
stations ; here, for instance, are several known as Streat-
ham Station, one 0 which, tpon the Balliam and
Croydon Railway, is passed by the line a little far-
ther onwards. Two curves communicate with that line, and
a third set of rails here branch off to form the Tooting,
Merton, anal Wimbledon line of the company, which is on
tie eve of completion, anal will be opened for traffic in the
course of next month. The line foams a perfect loop, the
end of which abuts on the South Western system at
Wimbledon station. It provides five stations, viz.
Tooting, Hayilon's-lane, Wimbledon (in common with the
South Western Company), Lower Merton, and Merton
Abbey, all of which aro at present in a forward state.
Returning to the main or Sutton line, we proceed to
Mitcham, where it toucher upon the Wimbledon and
Croydon line near that station. From this point the
country presents but few engineering difficulties, but the
gradual slope of the land op to the Downs necessitates ra.
tber steep gradients, that of lin SG prevailing for some con-
siderable dietance. Stations aro provided at Ikddington
and Carshalton, and finally the line joins on to the
Brighton system close to Sutton Junction, whence as Is
well known a line continues through Epsom to Leather-
bead end iuto Sussex, and a short branch lately con.
structed diverges up to the Downs, terminating close to
Epsom race course. The length of the line from Peckham
to Sutton is about 10 miles. The engineers are Messrs.
Hood and Jacomb. Messrs. Firbank are the contractors,
and the works have been carried out under the efficient
superintendence of the resident engineer, Mr. C. H. Gough.

Alma:Data CRUELTISS ON BOARD SHIP. --The
following case, the incidents of which are of unparralleled
atrocity, came before Mr. Raft,' (the Liverpool stipen.
diary magiatrate) yesterday :—Mr. Davis, prosecuting
solicitor, applied for a warrant for the apprehounion of
Denis Forman Seobell, master of the ship Lydia, of 700
tons. At Black River, Jamaica, a number of coloured
seamen were shiped on board the Lydia, for a voyage to
Great Britain, and hence to any tin-al port of discharge.
During the voyage to Liverpool the whole of the crew were
treated by the captain end brat and second mates
(Am,elin Larkin and Francis Carroll), with the utmost
barbarity. One named Campbell Lad his nose broken by
Carr,-.11 with a capstan her ; another named Martin bad
both his bead and nose broken by Carroll and Larkin
third (Fuller) was beaten about the head with belaying
pins until he fell fainting to the deck from lots of blood ;
and another (Williams), after being beaten about the head
with a broomstick until be was covered with blood, wag
tied up by the neck and heels and received three dozen
lashes. A fifth sailor (McDonald), a white man, after
being beaten with a belaying pin by the first mate
until his ribs were 'molten, his chest unnaturally
distended, and his bead and face scarcely recog.
nimble, died and was thrown overboard. In addition
to these atrocities, the captain and mates indulged their
I taste for the horrible and grotesque, by tying a number of
the unhappy coloured men by slips of yarn passed round
, the neck and pnveto parts, and while in this constrained
1 position the poor wretches were made to execute dances
by gnarling them from behind. When the ship arrived at
I Liverpool and these facts became known, Larkin was
arrested and charged with wilful murder. The warrant
for the apprehension of the captain was granted, and the
second mate (Carroll) was snorted about au bout after-
wards. All the prisoners will be brought up to-day. The
Lydia hails from Yarmouth. Nova Scotia.
MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT MAN-
lellEsTEß.—Yesterday morning a labourer named Thomas
Donoghue, living in Salford, murdered his wife,tand after-
wards attempted suicide. He lived at 33, Wood-street, and
I soon after seven o'clock in the morning screams were
I heard in the house, and soon afterwards, on some neigh-
,' hours approaching, Donoghue staggered out, saying,
" There's one done for, and there will soon be another 1"
He was bleeding, and blood was issuing (tom his left
! breast. His wife was afterwards found dead inside the
house, having received two stabs in the heart from •
clasp knife which was found lying near the body on the
I floor. Donoghue bad probably stabbed himself with the
same instrument, end it in hardly possible he can recover.
iThe wife was a woman of dissipated habits, and the crime
was probably committed under feelings of great irritation
I arising out of her conduct. The man was removed to the
Salford dispensary.
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