The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-20 00:00:00

Fearful Encounter in a Railway Carriage.

On Fristay last a murderous assault was made in a
railway carriage on the London and North Western
tine b 3 Mr. Miehael Ly ons, Na tiona I School teacher,
of B,rnpark, Ballymascallan, near Dundalk, upon
two fellow passengers. The assailant had taken a
return excursion ticket for a month from Ireland to
London. As the 9.15 express train was about to
start from Liverpool toLoadon he, Mr. Peter M'Lean,
and Mr. James Worland, Plaistow, Essex, entered
a second-class carriage, in which there was previ-
ously an elderly lady, After the train had started
the prisoner, who had a large carpet bag, placed
himself close by the window. He was heard to say
something incoherently, but almost in a menacing
sort of way. Mr. Worland and Mr. M'Lean, who
were conversing, looked towards him, as did also
the lady, who was seated near the window on the
opposite side of the carriage. The prisoner, how-
ever, sat down quietly, and continatcrso until after
the train had passed the B etchley station. Then
he suddenly jumped up from his seat, and, with a
large open clasp knife in his hand, rushed at Mr.
Worland, and stabbed him in the forehead, causing
a most frightful wound. He w,s in the act of
at,ikir:g another b'ow, when Mr. M Lean knocked
aim back on to the seat. This had the effect of in-
furiating him the more, He started to his feet,
and was about to strike another blow at Mr. Wor-,
land, when Mr. M'Lean seized him by the throat,
and clutched the knite in his right band. A fear-
ful struggle ensued, and the prisoner drew the
weapon through his antagonist's hand, cutting soma
of the finger to the bone. Mr. Woriand, who all
this time le,d not peen idle, although shockingly
wounded, and wtt,k from toss of blood, managed to
g. t behind the prisoner and throw him down. The
triy i❑ ►he comp tr mm at, after screaming for cssis-
tance for some time, fainted away. '1 he struggle
must have been a desperate one, for the prisoner,
who was shouting loudly, endeavouted to rise and
shake the two gentlemen off, at the same time
striking and stabbing both of them. Fortunately
the 01 lampin the etrrige was alight,andthisenabled
Mr. Woriane and Mr M'Lean to wre,t the knife out

of the prisoner's hand, and to keep him down till
they arrived at Camden-town station. When the

ticket collector entered the carriage he saw the
wound, d men covered with blood holding the pri-
,oner. The sides, seats, windows, floors, and every
place in the carriage were covered with blood and
finger-marks. Prisoner was at once conveyed to

he stations where he made a statement to the eff-ct
that he believed the two gentlemen who were with
him to be thieves, who intended to rob him. He
saw them talking to one another, and making
motions towards him, and he thought he could not
do better than defend himself, if only for his dear
little ones at home. Mr. M•Lean's hand is fright-
fully cut, and he is also seriously injured
in other parts of the body. Mr. Worland has been
dangerously wounded, as stated in the medical cer-

fixate which appears in the M3rylebone Po-

lice reports. The prisoner has since been taken
before Mr. LowEdes, one of the magistrates at
Bletebley, and remanded on the deposition of Mr.
Maclean until Thursday next. He volunteered no,
statement in reply to the charge, and was t±en taken
to the county gaol. On searching the prisoner's
carpet bag a prize medal was found awarded to him
by the Society of Arts, besides various books and
papers, and he states that be came up from Dun-
dalk to be examined as a schoolmaster at the forth-
coming election at Burlington House. The police
authorities are in communication with those at
Dundalk by telegraph and post to ascertain the
'rush of the prisoner's statements and antecedents.
He is supposed to be insane. Yesterday Mr. Wor-
land was .to far convalescent as to be able to pro-
ceed to his residence at Victoria dock road. It may
be mentioned that the train, being an express train,
does not stop at the intermediate stations between
Bretchley Junction and Camden, a distance of up-
wards of 40 miles, and there being no means of
communication between the passengers and guards,
inforrnition of the occurrence could only be made
known on the arrival of the train at Camden station.

SENSATION PRICPS OF PICTUtcES A letter
troru 1-Itnry Gr .vee, pub Asher to the green, ap-
pears in the I.st number of the Athouvum —`• 6, P.. 11-
mall, 14, 1863.—1 observed in your last week's j 111110
a letter front Mr. J. E. Gambart regarding toy purer', ee of
• The Railway Station' picture, by W. P. Frill, that;
I only pain Mr. Flatuu £13,000 for it. I beg to inform },AI
the statement is untrue.' 'l.'o this ,mbiguous note of Mr.
Graves our contemporary appends the following obs-rva-
tions "It would have be r more shtistactory to the pub-
lic, who have an anery sense of being in, stificd about these
sensation prices, had Mr, Graves said in what particular
and to what extent Mr. Gambart's statement was untrue.
Does Mr. G. avt s mean to say that he has given more 'her.
£13,000 tor the picture of the ''l he Rahway Station ?' If
so, Mr. Gambart is certainly very much in the wrong. Mr.
Gambart asserts that about £13,000' Mr. Graves has
purchased—not only the original picture, but also a sub-
scription list of £16,000, the copyright in the work, the
plate in its progressive state, the use of a replica and other
things. All this is a very ciffertnt affair from a mere pur-
chase of the picture, whether for £13,000 or £:0,000. It is
a series of purchases, included under a common term and

paid for in a genet al sum. To the assertion of this sale,
Mr. Graves must allow us to remind him that his reply is
no real denial. Mr. Gambart said about,' £13.000. Mr.
Graves does not deny that the price was about' £13,000,
but only that it was not exactly £13,000. Is this a quibble
about the pound of flesh ? It there is no mystification in
the master, it will be easy for Mr. Graves to say so."
WANTED, ANOTHER UNDERGROUND RAILWAY.
—The bet:kerne proposed by Mr. Baylis of a great
trunk line from Stratford to Oxford-street or Hyie-
p4rk-corner, would remove from the City streets a
great part of that heavy omnibus and goods traffic, which
now encumbers the Poultry, Cher,pside, Lwigate-hill, and
Fleet•street. There is equal netd for another line, or an
extension of the Metropolitan, to the rear of the Bank, and
thence again to Fenchurch-street, to establish communica-
tions between the north and west of London and the lines

that are alreadyenrappor t with the Metropolitan and the east-
ern suburLs and valleyof tneThames. Until some such exten-
sions of railway communications are made, we must expect
an increase, not a decrease, of traffic in the streets, and
s-eing that to street improvement there must be a limit, we
must hope for increased space by railways below the
surface, for therein do we best see the promise of an effec-
tual remedy for the evil which threatens to grow too great
ter us. It we consider the wretched means of communica-
tion with the i'y at present possessed by the Metroi,o-
litan Railway, which carries 30,00 passengers a day, the
imphrtance of extension will be seen to be in no way
secondary to any consideration of public convenience, and
it the extension had to be made out of public moneys,
we believe that in the end public interests would be pro-
moted commensurately w ih the outlay —City Press.
MARINE WAR RISKS.- fhe QuEgers attending

to operations of our mercantile marine in low latitudes,

from the increased numbers and activity of Centederata
priv,iteers, have bee, ri.e so great that underwriters, both
here and in New Yolk, have largely aavauced their pre-
miums for war risks. Not only the actual h,sses, but the

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iitibilitie. of our marine insurance companies, on tie score
t;ti);: ivGht- gBoFveelarsnhrmdt'le'inahtB,eilid' nue
givingunderwrite, (ii t aeitisyb, oaansud'a;,muaaerateescutrwe protectionho f"sne'lltY-' pre set va-
ti on, are obliged to write war policies at a rate which ope-
rates almost as a prohibition on foreign commerce. Rates
fluctuate with almost every tr.4th receipt of marine advises,
though with a general upward tendency at an average of
3 to 4 p r cent. to North European ports, 5 up the Mealter-
ranean, same to New Orleans and the West Indies, and
8 to 10 for vessels bound to any point south of the Equator—
which is consid,re d the dangerous point in Atlantic naviga-
tion. In ca ses of spe vial risk,hypothecated upon a combine; ion
o exposed position of
ace'rrePtcaehirn'airUgvUeeSd snudaitnNsaetnai cYpe soa rr"tiesi curuenigdaarerrdwlsi rmtihteee'r sm h:he hg
quitehear
nrates
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ber of such under consideration to arrive, which they de-
cline to write under 25 to 3,3 per cent. Late intelligence from
San Francisco mentions 15 per cent, as the rate charged
there for voyages to North Atlantic ports, No distinction
is now made in favour of American bottoms engaged in the
British carrying trade, as the neutral ownership of cargoes
is found to be no guarantee of s dety. The bonds given by
sea captains for the release of captured vessels are supposed
to hold good as against both owners and underwriters; but
the question of ultimate liability under these bonds is one
which depends upon circumstances connected with the final
issue of the war. The sales of bonded ships in foreign ports
are made with a special reference to this liability.—Boston
Commercial Bulletin.

SINGULAR LISCOVERY —A few days since the
workmen at the c .rriage department of the R 3al
Arsenal were employed in sawing up a large elm tree, when
a bird's nest, apparently that of a sotrrow, with three eggs,
Was round in a cavity of the timber, but having no outlet to
the surface. From its position it is considered that the
nest must have remained in the tree for a Lumber of years.
The nest, with the wood surrounding it, was placed in a
glass care for preservation at tha museum of the establish-
ment.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN CURL;.—Tne exteusive
premises of Hagarty Brothers, tanners, Blarney-lane,
Cork,
wore, on Saturday lest, completely destroyed by fire.