has been Found Dead under extraordinary circumstances.
Though generally intemperate, he was seen at two
o'clock going towards the brew-house quite sober: half
an hour after, he was discovered under the copper
furnace, a charred corpse. The ash-hole was of such
small dimensions that the body was closely wedged in;
had any one forced the man in, his cries would have
been heard; it did not appear likely that he had got in
for any rational purpose and then been overpowered by
the heat; it appeared therefore that he had adopted
this horrible way of self-destruction. A witness at the
inquest deposed that March had said to several persons,
that "before next Sunday he should be buried." The
Jury returned an open verdict of "Found burnt."

Sir Edward Colebrooke has Accidentally Lost his
Right Hand. His gun went off while he was loading it,
shattering his hand so severely that amputation was
necessary.

There was a frightful Collision on the Great
Northern Railway, at Hornsey, on the 31st ult. In
shunting some coal-trucks across the down-line, the
tender left the rails. An express-train leaves London at
five o'clock: two minutes after it had started a
telegraphic message was received that the line at Hornsey
was not clear. The warning came too late. The driver of
the express seeing the stopping-signal at Hornsey, shut
off his steam, and reversed his engine two hundred yards
on the London side of the signal-post; but having ten
carriages attached, so great was its impetus that the
express-train dashed into the tender, and the carriages
of the express were thrown one upon the other, some
shattered to pieces. Many persons were hurt, some
dangerously. Marsh, guard of the express, was a great
sufferer. Mrs. Harrison sustained a compound fracture
of the leg; Mr. Harrison and Mr. H. Justins had each
a leg broken; while other passengers were cut and
bruised. The Bishop of Lincoln, Lord Enfield, the
Lord Mayor of London, Mr. Roebuck, and Sir James
Duke, were more or less hurt. Pardington, the driver
of the express-train, and Woods, the stoker, were
arrested: the collision was ascribed to their neglect of a
signal. It appeared, however, that others were somewhat
remiss: coal-trucks were shunted across the down-
line a few minutes before an express-train was expected,
and no fog-signals were placed upon the rails—had that
been done, the people in charge of the express could not
have failed to observe their explosion. The prisoners
were brought before the Clerkenwell magistrate the
following day, charged with endangering life and
property by negligently driving the engine. Witnesses
proved that a man was sent from Hornsey towards
London with a red flag; he exhibited that flag at a
distance of upwards of six furlongs from the station; had
the prisoners seen that flag, and immediately taken
measures to stop the train, collision would have been
avoided. But instead of keeping a good look-out on
approaching a station, the men were talking together.
The driver, in answer to this, told the magistrate that
he and his mate were both attending to the fire at the
time: when he saw the danger-signal on the post at the
London side of the station, he reversed his engine. It
seems that this post is six hundred yards from the
station. Mr. Williams, an officer of the railway, stated
that the driver should not attend to the fire: he
frequently does so, though wrongly; near stations both
men should keep a good look-out. The men not having
seen the red flag, there was not time to stop an express-
train going at full speed when the signal-post was sighted.
The prisoners asked to be remanded. Mr. T. Owen, the
locomotive foreman at Peterborough, asked if bail would
be accepted, because, if so, he should be happy to become
bail. He added, that the distance-signal was not far
enough from the station; and that it was very difficult
for the driver to look out for signals, inasmuch as both
he and the stoker would be pretty constantly engaged
in feeding the fire and keeping up the steam to the
necessary point for the high speed at which they
travelled. The magistrate said, that appeared to be the
case; and even Superintendant Williams seemed to
think that the distance-signal was not far enough from
the station. He thought that it would be desirable that
there should be three men upon these express-engines,
one of whom should be continually on the watch for
signals. The accused were liberated on bail. The case
was again brought forward on the 20th. No more
witnesses were examined. Mr. Rawlings addressed the
magistrate at great length for the accused. He urged
that the wrong men—the less culpable—were placed at
the bar, while those more worthy of blame had been
called as witnesses against them. How was it that the
coal-train was shunted at a dangerous moment? why
did it break down at Colney Hatch? Woods was placed
on an express-engine though not an experienced fireman.
The head guard had to sort parcels, instead of looking
out for signals. The electric telegraph had not been
used to ascertain if the line was clear before starting the
express-train. The Hornsey station-master was not
properly fitted for his post. If the magistrate thought
it wrong and culpable in the station-master to shunt the
luggage-train when he did, surely he would not commit
the driver and stoker? The magistrate intimated, that
the arguments used by Mr. Rawlings might be urged
before a jury, and it might perhaps be shown that the
signals were insufficient; but he thought that sufficient
had been shown to warrant his sending the men for
trial; accepting bail, however, for their appearance.

H. E. Strickland, Esq., of Oriel College, Oxford,
Deputy Reader in Geology at that University, was Killed
in a shocking manner on the 14th inst., on the
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway, while
engaged in making some geological observations on the
strata at Charborough cutting, near Retford. It was
only after some difficulty had been overcome that
Mr. Strickland was permitted by Mr. Mitchell, the clerk
at the Retford station, to go upon the line for the
purpose he desired, and he was particularly cautioned
to be careful. He had been only a few minutes engaged
in his scientific pursuit when the guard of a coal-train
on the up-line, coming to New Holland, hearing a
whistle from a passenger-train which was approaching
on the down-line, looked out, and saw Mr. Strickland
standing between the metals of the down-line, looking
steadfastly at the coal-train, and unaware of the approach
of the passenger-train. The whistle was sounded
continuously, and the guard of the coal-train made signs to
him to save himself, but in vain. Just as the break-van
of the coal-train came opposite to him, the engine on the
down-line struck him on the back, lifting him up, and
causing him to bound forward to a distance of ten yards.
When he fell again, his head seems to have come in
contact with the metal, and was almost splintered to atoms,
the blood and hair adhering to the rail. The next
moment the whole train passed over him, cutting him
literally to pieces. At the spot where the frightful
accident happened is a sharp curve, which rendered it
impossible for the driver to see any person beyond
two hundred and thirty yards of the place where
Mr. Strickland stood.

A Fire has taken place at Balmoral. Five cottages
occupied by the masons and other workmen at present
engaged in the erection of the new Palace, were totally
destroyed on the 16th inst. The flames were discovered
a little after midday, and as the cottages were situated
only about 150 yards from Balmoral Castle, the Royal
family, and a large number of men were in a very short
time on the spot, and using every endeavour to conquer
the flre. As, however, the houses were composed of
wood, the most strenuous efforts were found unavailing,
and by one o'clock the whole were burnt to the ground.
When a line of men was formed to convey water to the
burning pile from the river. Prince Albert at once took
a position, and continued working steadily throughout,
shoulder to shoulder with a sturdy Highlandman. The
Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred were also actively
engaged, while her Majesty stood by the whole time,
and gave such directions as she thought would tend to
assuage the fire, seemingly deeply interested by the
efforts of the men to save their clothes' chests, in which
many of them had considerable sums of money.

Two Men have been Destroyed by Foul Air in a mine
in Cornwall. On the 20th inst. a new steam stamp was
being set to work at North Levant Mine, St. Just, and,
in order to get "feed" for the engine, some men were
employed to draw a few buckets of water out of an old
shaft that was close by. The bucket got jammed between
some rocks, and one of the men went down to clear it.