The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-16 00:00:00

THE RAILWAY SCHEMES IN THE METROPOLIS.

A communication was received from the district board of
Hackney, requesting the Metropolitan Board to oppose in
Parliament the various railway schemes stopping up the
public roads or tending to do so,
An hon. member moved, that the matter be referred to
the street committee, which was seconded and agreed to.
A report was brought up from the Thames Embankment
Committee recommending that the committee be autho-
rised to negociate with the Metropolitan District (Inner
Circle) Railway Company to settle the terms and condi-
tions upon which they should be permitted to carry their
line through the northern embankment and the new street
from Blackfriars to the Mansion-house, reporting the result
to the board.
Mr. FREEMAN moved the adoption of the report, which
was seconded by Mr. DALTON.
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Mr. L. TAILOR seconded the amendment, and said a
great many members were not able to attend the committee
of the whole board, and eouid do so on the weekly meetings.
Upon the amendment being put, it was carried and be-
came an original motion, which, upon a division, was car-
ried by 25 to 12.

Attempted Murder in an Express Train,

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travelling between Maidenhead and Twyford. In an ad-
joining first-class compartment of the carriage were Mr
James Bell, of the engineer's office at Worcester, and Mr
Charles Harris, the superintendent of the Great Western
Railway at Hereford, and the screams led them to signal
the driver of the train/to stop.
On the train being brought to a stand-still many of the
passengers left the carriages, and Messrs Bell and Harris
had the door of the compartment opened from whence the
alarm arose. They then saw standing up a female in a
terrible state of agitation, and two men, one of whom had
pinioned the other by the arms, and was preventing him
from using a knife with which he had armed himself, and
with which he had declared he would stab the woman.
The knife had been taken from him, and at this moment
Mr Wilson, the engineer of the Great Western Railway,
came up from another part of the train, entered the com-
partment to the assistance of the man who had pinioned
the would-be assassin, With cords and straps they then
securely fastened the man, who was uttering loud threats,
and endeavouring to liberate himself, and in this state he
was conveyed to Twyford station, where he was laid on his
back at the station and left in the custody of the station-
master.
It appears that the woman and the two men were
strangers, and that the man who attempted to stab her is a
Mr. Elton, in independent circumstances, living in Comer-
gardens, Worcester. He has been considered to be insane
for some time, bu:, had not before showed any symptoms of
violence. For the past few weeks he has been visiting in
London, and on Thursday night was on his way home.
The names of his fellow passengers whose lives he jeopar-
dised did not transpire,