The Tamworth Examiner and Working Men's Journal. — 1874-06-20 (Tamworth, Staffordshire, England)

ALARMING RAILWAY COLLISION. SEVERAL PERSONS INJURED.  before. The child aso observed the murderer liiive  On Morday morning the 9.45 express, ft ow Bradford to Manchester, came into violent collision with a coal train shunting at the Halifax end of the Beacon hill tunnel. The driver ran through the tunnel at great speed, and had neglected to obey the signal which was against Lis progress, and in coming out of the tunnel he saw the coal train. Though he whistled, it could not be moved forward before he ran into:Lithe last truck which was smashed to pieces. There were only seven or eight passengers in the express train. The worst injury sustained was by a gentleman—a foreigner—who wore a pair of gold spectacles, and as he was pitched forwttrd the frame cut his cheek. He was sent to a medical mar, had his wound dressed, and was sent on by the following train. The other passengers were all more or less shaken, but were able to proceed on to Manchester.  the room in the morning, but as the little feilow was very sleepy it made no impression on his mind. . . . . .  IMPORTANT PURCHASES OF PICTURES  Andrew-must-hien have crept. into his wife's bed FOR THE NAT ON  room, which was also moulded by the two daughters, and committed the fatal act. It is supposed that he attacked his wife whilst she was sleeping, and that he struck her sever.l blows over the forehead. Deceased lingered about an hour, but never recovered conscioilsness. Andrew, who is in custody, has acted strangely for some time past, and ia supposed to be insane.  At the sale of the Barker collection of pictures at Messrs. Christie and Manson's on Saturday last, some invaluable works were secured for the nation by Mr. Burton, the new director of the National Gallery. Of the two frescoes whieh formed part of the puichase, viz., "[ha Triumph of Chastity," by Luca Signorelli, bought for 800 guineas, aud "The return of Ilysses to Penelope," by Pinturicchio, 2050 guineas, it is not to much to say that these frescoes, which came from the Petrucci Palace at Sienna, are of inestimable value, and Mr. Burton is warmly to be congratulated on having secured works of a kind hardly likely to be found in the market again. The remaining pictures, for which the nation is now the richer, are :--•• Venus, with Cupid showering roses on her," by Botticelli, 1550 guineas; three pictures, subjects—" The Story of Griselda. " by Pinturicchio, 690 guineas; "Mars and Venus," by Botticelli, 1000 guineas ;- " The Nativity, with group of angels singing and playing musical in. struments," by Piero Della Francesca, 2300 guineas; "The Madonna," by Cosimo Tura, 80 guineas; "Tee Madonna in Ecstasy, choir of angels above," by Crivelli, 550 guineas; "Two small Saints." by Crivelli, 200 guineas; and "Madonna presenting rose to the Saviour, two angels playing musical instruments," by Benvenuto di Sienna, 500 guineas.  A marble bust of Mr. Cobden, which is to be pissed in the Exchange, his arrived in Bradfard. _ .Three boys have mysteriously disappeared on the H mber. it is supposed they drifted to sea in a boat and were drowned. Sir Gardener Wilkinson has presented to the Governors of Harrow School his collection c.f coins; in number about one thousand. Kabuli Pasha, the Turkish Ambassador at the Austro-Hungarian court of Vienna, is engaged in writing a Turkish History of Rome. Capt. Charles Mercier is engaged on a large picture of the Dire ash Cabinet, which is commissioned for presentation to Mr. Disraeli. It is understood that the Rev. A. Ti. Machonochie "ill not only refuse to appear before the Arches Court, but will decline voluntarily to submit to any judgment. Tux Bisirorate or