The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-18 00:00:00

Fearful Encounter in a Railway Carriage.

icket collector entered the carriage he aaw the

wouuthd me❑ covered with blood holding the pri-
soner. The sides, seats, windows, floors, and every
place in the carriage were covered with blood and
finger-marks. Prisoner wes at once conveyed to
the 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-

&ate which appears in the Marylebone Po

lice reports. The prisoner has since been taken
before Mr. Lowr.des, one of the magistrates at
Bletchley, and remanded on the deposition of Mr.
Maclean until Thursday next. He volunteered no
statement in reply to the charge, and was then taken
to the county gaol. On searching the prisoner's
carpet bag a prize medal was found awarded to hint
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
.ruth of the prisoner's statements and antecedents.
He is supposed to be insane. Yesterday Mr. Wor-
land was do 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,
floes not stop at the intermediate stations bet weep
B etchle3 Junction and Camden, a distance of up-
w irds of 40 miles, and there being no means of
communication between the passengers and guards,
information of the occurrence could only be made
known on the arrival of the train at Camden station.

SENSATION PRICES OF PICTURES. A letter
'rum Henry Graves, publisher to the Queen, ap-
pears in the last number of the Athenounz —"6, Pall-
mall, July 14, 1863.-1 observed in your last week's journal
a letter from Mr. J. E. Gambart regarding toy purchase of
' The Railway Station' picture, by W. P. Frill, R.A., that
I only pain Mr. Flat,u £13,000 for it. I beg to inform you
the statement is untrue." f o this mbiguous note f.t Mr.
Graves our contemporary appends the following obs-rva-
tions :—" It would have be-n more satisfactory to the pub=
he, who have an anery sense of being raj stifled about th,-se
sensation prices, had Mr, Graves said in what particular
and to what extent Mr. Gambart's statement was untrue.
Does Mr. Graves mean to say that he has given more thar.:
£13,000 for the picture of the The Railway Station ?' If
so, Mr. Gambart is certainly very much in the wrong. Mr.
Gambart asserts that for 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 ciffennt affair from a mere pur-
chase of the picture, whether for £13,000 or £20,000. It ie
a series of purchases, included under a common term and
paid for in a general 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 en
the matter, it will be easy for Mr. Graves to say to."
WANTED, ANOTHER UNDERGROUND RAILWAY..
—The scheme proposed by Mr. Baylis of a great
trunk line from Stratford to Oxford-street or Hyle-
park-corner, would remove from the City streets a
great part of that heavy omnibus and goods traffic, which
now encumbers the Poultry, Cher pride, Litigate-hill, and
Fleet street. There is equal need for another line, or an.,
extension of the Metropolitan, to the rear of the Bank, anti
thence again to Fenchurch-street, to establish communica-
tions between the north and west of London and the lines
that srealreadyen rappor t with the Metropolitan and the east-
ern suburk s and valleyot 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 he a limit, we •
must hope for increased space by railways blow the
surface, for therein do we best see the promise of an effec-
tual remedy for the evil which threatens to grow too great
for us. If we consider the wretched means of communica-
tion with the ity at prevent possessed by the Metropo-
litan Railway, which carries 30,000 passengers a day, the
importance of extension will be seen to be in no way
secondary to any consideration of public convenience, and
if the extension had to be made out of public moneYst
we believe that in ihe end public interests would be pro-
moted commensurately w th the outlay —Gay _Preis.
MARINE WAR RISKS.—The dangers attending
the operations of our mercantile marine in low latitnd.eF,

row the increased numbers and activity of Confederate
privateers, have beck me so great that underwriters, both
here and in New York, have largely advanced their pre-
miums for war risks. Not only the actu.l losses, but the
liabilities of our marine insurance companies, on tt,e score
of vessels rob steed on giving bonds, are constantly accumu-
lating and, in default of any adequate protection afforded
by Government, underwrite' s, as a measure of selt-preserva-
tion, are obliged to write war policies at a rate which ope-
rates almost as a prohibition on foreign commerce. Rates
flue, nate with almost every ir.sh receipt of marine advises,
though with a general upward tendency at an avetage of
3 to 4 p r cent. to North European ports, 6 up the Mediter-
ranean, the same to New Orleans and the West Indies, and
$ to 10 for vessels bound to any point south of the Equator—
which is considered the dangerous point in Atlantic naviga-
tion. Incasesofspecialrisk,hypothecated upon a combination
of perilous circumstances as regards the exposed position of
certain vessels at any particular time, much hi
2osnstoid3e3rapteironcentot. aLrraitvee,inwthelileihggetnhheceer ratesyfdome-
are charged, and New Yorit underwriters have quite a Burn-
oyagmesetuotiNonosrthlsApteirancteic ;ntoratas.thNe
oradtiestcinhaertgioend
rhiteuunndderere
cbleinr
eot.tosuvc,
there San Francisco
for voyages
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 safety. 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 dspends 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 carriage department of the It Yu'
Arsenal were employed in sawing up a large elm tree, when
a bird's nest, apparently that et a sparrow, with three eggs,
was Ritmd 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 number of years.
The nest, with the wood surrounding it, was placed
in a
glass cti.e for preseivation at tha museum of the establish-

tnent.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN CORK.—Tne extensive
premises of Hagerty Brothers, tanners, Blarney-lane, Cork,
were,-on Saturday lea, completely destroyed by

On Friday last a murderous assault was made in s:
railway carriage on the London and North-Western
tine by Mr. Michael Lyons, National School teacher,
of Bampark, 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 fronaLiverpool toLondon 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 bad 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 continued so until after
the train had passed the B etchley station. Then
tie 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
shikit g another b ow, when Mr. M Lean knocked
rim la,ck 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•Letan seized him by the throat,
and clutched the knife in his right hand. A fear-
ful struggle ensued, and the prisoner drew the
weapon through his antagonist's band, cutting some
of the fingers to the bone. Mr. Worland, who all
this time had not been idle, although shockingly
wounded, and weak from loss of blood, managed to
get behind the prisoner and throw him down. The
lady in the compartment, after screaming for assis-
tance for some time, fainted away. The struggle
must have been a desperate one, for the prisoner,
who was shouting ioudly, endeavoured to rise and
snake the two gentlemen off, at the same time
striking and stabbing both of them, Fortunately
the 071 lamp in the carrige was alight,and this enabled
Mr. Worland and Mr. M'Lean to wrest the knife out
of the prisoner's hand, and to keep him down tilt
they arrived at Camden-town. station. When the