Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-05 00:00:00

RAILWAY ACCIDETT AT BROADBOTIONL

On Tuesday m )rning, an ace dent of a alarming nature occurred
at the B 'ea 'bottom viaduct on the Alanches'er, SlieMeli, and Lin-
colnshire ilailway. It itpeesra that a new c o aing was being laid
down et a pelet close to the via Inct, and t rat, when the express
train, which left blenchester at 9.55 a.m., was approaching, the
siationsd 803 yards from the spot where the man ware at work,
neg'ected to give the proper csutioe, ea.', consequently, the driver
of the train went over the I tcomelees portion of the road, at the
average speed of 30 miles an hear, Instead of at Inif speed. s•f
the six carriages atteohed to the trai 1, four we a thrown off the
line, but, str•mge to say, the engine sa I t sneer kept the treeie. Two
of the carriages struck against the fir,t pier of the viaduct, ore
having its end ant the other its side smashed by the vilience of the
cesem esi ea. At the sane moment the shackles snapped asunder,
and two first and one se and class carriages ran forward, grazing
along the wooden parapet for about 5) yards, w'men the foremost
of these earriaees struck another pier, and the engine and fi •st van
b o e 'ease. aei tarter prone ling ano her hurt ire yar le or so, cane
to a stun 1. There were but six passengers in the train, and none of
them received b idily injury. They ware greatly alarmed, however,
which is not to be wondered at, when the podtien in width they were
paced is taken tato con ddiratioa. The viaduct is st an el ration of
about 100 feet from the river Eth sro v, which it spans, and he, I ti e
carriages diverged on'y a few inches wore fro a the rains, the proba-
bility is that they wo ill have been herded over the preripi see, and
the lives of those inside them sacrificed. The mist eerie:is result of
the acci lent was the injury sustained by ihe stoker, a ma s named
John Woolley, who jumped off the engine when the carriages left
the line, and bein4 thrown forwards on the bailast, which is very
rough at that point, reneived some seve e wounds o i the head, and
one on the knee. Ile was removal to the Griffin Inn, and speedily
attended by Mr. Fernely, surgeon, of Msttram. We tinders tea 1 that
he is progre seine .avonrably. Tee pa7seeeers were sent forward on
th it journey almost immediately, by another train. Under the
superinten fence of Mr..Weeetley and a staff of men the damage to
the permanent way was a, eedily repaired.

THE PW3ONER AND HIS ADVOCITE,

At tin Bo,v•street Police Court, of Tee; ler, John R. Rlehirds
wa brJught be Mr. Jardine, Navin; b3sl remanded, on several
eh ages of fyr;ory. It wis sty ed that the prisoner woo formerly

sierk to Mr. May, a s ali eitor, in which capacity he became acquainte I
with the pre-ent prosecutor, a gentleman nil:ll3d Collitn, residing at
B yswater. By means o` an ord,r to which h' had forced the
name of M. Collins, the prisoner obtained from the Lond sn and
Westrnin,t r Bank a cleave ho k, and via mqafeatif s'nt a com-
panion wi h one of the cheques filed in with Mr. Collins's name, to
get it casual at the H 'Worn Bank. The forgery beteg discovere 1,
he was taltn bark to the prisoner, who was apprehenlecl, and who
sail in the hearing of the old ler that he should plead guilty, and
a'so seep t:ed to Mr. Cellos to settle the m ter. Th.! wr ting °tithe
o'der an 1 chei les was privet by Mr. Canine to he the' of the
Primuer. Tile prisoner was defended by an at' or my's cl frk , who
recta 1 in so extrao Ina try a mann r that the pris mar t sek the case
out of Lis hauls, and proceeded to C.-*CW-3SI nine the w t seas
himself. Mr. J odine expressed his desire to allow every passible
latitude to the prisoner in consideratioa of the unfectulate m meter
in which he was defended. He (air. Jardine) lasdieva 1 prisoner's
advocate to be intoideatel. The afftorn.iy's clerk /Po:tared that he
had not drunk even ono Woes of ale that d sr, and a spelled to his
war hip for the sake of his 11 child en, and in consider itio of his
having for 3i years represented nee seetlble firms without f rfeiting
the resp!ct of tile 831,11, to recall tin imputation of intoxication
which he ag sin asserted his worship was nafeued sI. Mr. Jar line
hope I it was so; bit the impress'en on hie sniad was 'hit he was
intotica'e f, a aloe would 'Lot recall the sate coot that such was
his imaression. In future he should nit be satisfied with a general
authority, but we aid requ're a special one :n each case. His worship
asked the prinne,r wh mhe eve ;fel? Tne pis fner said he
engaged the gait man wive appeared, and wh an ha believed to be
an attorney, At the prison a list ,was kept of the attorneys whom
the visiting j seizes recommend, ii or der to pro teat de...indents from
persons passing tinroseives off as solicitors.. Finding this person's
name in that list, and reattenhutng to her • had former dealings
wish him, ho (orisoner) determine 1 o employ him, if he really was
an atto ney ; and after raaltiag inqt:riee, and being advise 1 the' the
fact was s s, he employed this geatleman, and pail him a guinea for
hi services. Tue att rney's cLrk here d dared that he h •ci fought
battle es for the prisoner which no other mss we ill dare to fight, and
desired the prisoner not to complain of him. Prismur —I don't
make any complaiat. It appeared that about £lOO worth of these
cheques were la circulation and two had bees (ached at the Bank
before the forgery was d :Octet The prisoner was committ.fd on
Wee of these charges, ant also on two of a similar nature, preferred
by Messrs. Dicken•son and Co., the banhers.

The °Pia' G ,zette Viennt pu`dishls a decree re'a-
tive to the direct taxation for the year 1853. Ths amount
rtm tins unchanged.
From the aci,,tri'y displayed in preparing for the s',eam
reserve, the screw lin -of-batle .hips Dike of Wellingtow.
Varlbororigh, and Royal Sosereig ► three-deckers, and the
Victor Emman'icl, Cceiar, H nnibal taro-deckers, at Ports-
mouth, it is suppised ,hit a C 'am!? flat ,n of
evoluion is to hs cummissioned in the early part of the
ensuing year. TA Cmaar and limibal are very forward in
their equipments.