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PEACE OR WAR.
PEACE OR WAR. The pacific correspondent of The Times, who generally takes the most cheerful view of affairs, speaks in a grave tone of the present condition of the Continent. He says that in spite of M. Ba- roche and The Moniteur France is not tranquilised. The Bank reserve increases—this is a symptom of the disquietude. The National Mobile Guard is being organised with feverish haste, Marshal Niel refuses to adopt the recommendations of the Budget Commission for a reduction of army expenditure, and The Presse (Journal de I'Empire) speaks of Prussian Armaments being a menace to France — these are the causes of the disquietude. 71le Presse says: "It is a matter of doubt to no one that the accumulation of Prussian forces on our frontier is a danger for our Eastern provinces. It keeps up an agitation and disquiet in them which oor Government cannot be indifferent to, and it justifies all our remonstrances. Has the French Government replied to the Prussian proposition for placing a certain number of soldiers on fur- lough by a counter proposition for a certain num- ber of strong places, the reduction of their garrisons and a diminution of their war material ? We have reason to believe it has done so." If it bns, the proposition is, The Presse Ibinks,. a little tardy, but it will enable people to judge if Prussia is sincere or not. The Paris correspondent of The Daily Telegraph takes a more hopeful view of the situation, as in private duty bound. He says that be is able to state what are the true wishes of the French Go- vernment upon the question of peace and war. Nothing they desire so much as peace, but, to get that peace, France must be so armed that the French can say, We are at peace, because we do not want to make war-not because we are not prepared for war.' A few months ago France was not in that position within a few weeks she will be. When she is perfectly prepared for war, then she will begin to preach peace. There exists an idea here that a mutual disarmament may be brought about, and that as soon as France feels her strength she will propose it. Depend on this, if no great crisis intervenes, we shall have the Emperor's favourite project of a 'congress' once more produced." The correspondent goes on to say that while there is danger in the present armed truce of all Europe, and a very small thing would cause a fight when both sides are ready, and per- haps willing." the Emperor will do all that he can consistent with the honour of France to maintain peace. If France should be assailed or insulted, it would be too much to expect that she would re- main quiet. She has been caught napping once, but never will again and the aggressor had better remember that nearly two years have elapsed since Sadowa. But who is likely to attack her?" The correspondent cannot see. He forgets that the chief danger of the present situation lies in the sensitiveness of France, in the probability that she will be the more touchy when she is fully armed, because she was compelled to pass over some serious affronts before attaining that state of pre- paration. The Paris correspondent of the Morning Adver- tiser says that the Ministers are divided on the great question of the day. Mr Rouher and four of his colleagues are all for peace, and Marshal Niel is as openly for war. The Marshal told his guests at his last party, when they asked him his opinion of M. Baroche's speech, that he had not seen it; that such matters did not concern him. If the' Emperor thought it necessary to put the country into an efficient state of armament, it was his duty to carry out his sovereign's orders, regardless of any clamour.' The Marshal is certainly havino- his own way as far as the preparations for war° are concerned and the enormous military expenditure and the anxiety to which it gives rise dam up the sources of commerce. It is expected that the Emperor will shortly go to Orleaus to attend the Joan of Arc fetes in that city, and it is hoped that he will make a speech there. The correspondent of the Daily News, writing on the same important topic, says that the contradic- tion given to the rumour of negotiations going on between France and Prussia for a disarmament is a favourable symptom rather than otherwise, since nothing is so likely to bring about a quarrel as the raising of that question just now. YVritinga day later, the correspondent gives the following version r, win, version of Marshal Niel's comment upon M. Baroche's speech :—' Ah! Baroche has made a pacific speech. I That is all the same.to me. I have received the Emperor's orders to prepare for wa"1 and I am ready. LIBERAL EDUCATION.—That man, I think, has had t u- u6 j Cat'on w^° ^as ^een so trained in youth that his body is the ready servant of his will, and does with ease and pleasure all the work that as a machine it is capable of; whose intellect is a clear cold, logical engine, with all its parts of equal' strength, and in smooth working order; ready, like a steam engine, to be turned to any kind of work, and spin the gossamers as well as forge the anchors of the mind; whose mind is stored with the great and fundamental truths of nature and laws of Tier opera- tions; one who, no stunted ascetic, if full of fire but whose passions are trained to come to heel by a vigorous will-the servant of a tender conscience; who has learned to love all beauty, whether of nature or of art, to hate all vileness, and to respect others as himself. Such a one and no other, I think, has had a liberal education. -Professor Huxley. THE MAY MEETINGS.—These meetings, though commonly known as the May meetings," ou^ht properly speaking, to be called the anniversaries of the various religious and benevolent institutions of the United Kingdom, to be held durino- the I cr months of April, May, and June; for the first of them is held at Exeter Hall this evening (Friday) and the last of them will not be held until the 28th of June. From the list just published, it appears that during that period thirty-nine sermons seventy meetings, three breakfasts, two soirees' one conference, one conversazione, and one special Communion Service are set down for celebrating the anniversaries. The bulk of the meeting will be held, as usual, as Exeter Hall, but several are fixed for the Hanover Square Rooms Willis's Room*, Saint James's Hall, Freenason's flall, The London Tavern. The Metropolitan Tabernacle, &c The meetings of the cli-ii-ifv schools of London will" according to long-established custom be heir? -vf Sfint Paul', Cathedral on the 4th of jine and tha of tb» Soctetr for the Prop Ration „f ,he G„spe| the Mansion House, the Lord Mayor in the chair on June the 25th The following are the days and places appoin ted for the holding the meetin-s of the !°Cfn:rT!ie BaPtist Missionary So cietj Exeter Hall April 30th; the Wesleyan Mis- sionary Society, Exeter Hall, Mav 4th; Church Missionary Society, Exete r Hall, Mav 5th British and foreign Bibie Socjety, Exeter Hall, May 6th the Irish Society, Hanover Sqnare Rooms, May 7th; Church Pastoral Aid Society, Saint James's Hall, Vlay 7th the Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews, Exeter Hall, May 8th; British and Foreign School Society, Large Room, Borough Road, May llth; Irish Church Missions, Saint James s Hall, May 12th; London Missionary So- ciety, Exeter Hall, May 14th; Foreign Aid Society Hanover Square Rooms, May 19th,
THE FENIAN TRIALS.
THE FENIAN TRIALS. .On Monday morning, with all fitting state, the Chief justice of England, attended by Mr 0 niPr came down to the Centra] Crimi- l Court to preside at the trial of the Feriia.n pri- these Wm Desmond, Timothy Desmond, In 1 A J°bn O'Keefe, Michael Barrett, 4f» Justice were in six separate indictments ,j\i2ned on the charge of murder perpetrated in the 'ablical attempt made on the 13th December to ,UP. the House of Detention at Clerkenwell whose deaths were compassed by that act were Anne Hodgkinson, Martha Evans. TJ, "ham Chittonj Humphrey Evans, Sarah Mark °topson, and Minnie Abbott <ind all the prisoners hough some appeared to have acted chiefly as ^ssories before the fact—were, under the prc- S(>m0tlS an iteration in the state of the law made ij e four years since, jointly charged as principals. ^le .othir three prisoners—Burke, Shaw, and Casey tr«Were P^ace(i at the bar on the minor offence of „ ason-felony. That nothing might be wanting to Pro ^t0Perconduct of a State trial so important, the in osecution, was conducted by the Attorney-General iQjoP^son, assisted by the Solicitor-General, Mr *r,d»'Q C,, Mr Poland, and Mr Archibald. he interest excited in the proceedings, although tha ^as 3omewhat waned, would have more filled a building three times as large as the the 1-^ k°'e» by courtesy called a court, in which aj J?- criminal jurisdiction in the City of London is flustered. The accommodation is simply execra- ^>and the condition of the atmosphere knows no between stifling heat and excessive draught. «0b the arrangements' for admission to the [* Were 80 admirably conceived and carried out tha • s^e"ffs an(* under-sheriffs that a good deal of ^convenience experienced on former occasions eat* *v°ided. Stern janitors prevented anyone „9ter'»g the precincts of the building who was Clio, armed with a pass, and no amount of gill could melt their obdurate hearts. The little gallery immediately over the dock was filled, as far Ho8 would admit, with the 150 jurymen WHI 'had been deemed necessary to summon, f l'Shts of the prisoners to challenge should be ,i*ly exercised as to exhaust the panel, and thereby S,t ?.de?ay. At a few minutes before half-past ten, exander Cockburn and Mr Baron Bramwell tlle court' atten(ie(i by the civic authorities; ;^K f P"soPers' the two Desmonds, English, 4t e' Barrett, and Justice, were at once placed tbe 6 bar. There is nothing at all remarkable in of either of them, and the whole. upon to plead, did so in a clear and aot a.t'c tone, the woman Justice remarking, I am ? didn't know anything about." As was trijj P^ted, a strenuous effort was made to get the Viiu treaso«-felony taken first, Mr Montague who appeared for Ann Justice and O'Keefe, lltter only received instructions in the PossjL?ase ^ate on Saturday night. Should it not be «4$e of6/0 .PostPone the trial, he asked that the 6 Att ^Ce might be taken separately. To this SBPfiesr°rne^"General strongly objected, but at the «vi(jen lon the Lord Chief Justice agreed that the I Meeting the prisoner in question should not arran 1 w*th until the last moment. The same' *0r whonfnLWas entered into in the case of Barrett, Hied, an v? **aker G>"een appeared. This point that an ir r arose, Mr Baker Green objecting Panel of tLe^'a,'ity had arisen in the proceedings, no barter t having been exhibited in the proper to ex ,° er>able the prisoner (his client) to prepare t^Plied Th6 challenge. To this it was to fnr '■ V;a^ 't was not the practice in criminal cases ^t>e]111 r copy or to allow an inspection of the the process of getting a jury was tedious in e*treme. First of all, the gentlemen whose Were ca^ed out had to struggle amidst great ^r?Clllties from the gallery to the court. When hi<|Ve^ lhere, so many had excuses to offer, which th be done upon oathj why they should not serve, tlj it was half-past eleven before twelve" were in On i *• and then one was challenged by Mr Straight, 6half of Timothy Desmond. len§th 'earned Attorney-General arose {iroSg^ breathless silence to open the case for the i>ri8o^uti°n on the first indictment charging the kiIlSoners with ^ie wilful murder of Anne Hodg- ^ctsc* considerable length he set out the j*0Her (^nected with the arrest of the Fenian pri- iTntr^6' ki3 examination at Bow-street, and the House of Detention. He etvyeen RC°?tse of communication which ensued »f a nepUr^e and the prisoners through Barrett rjter Bufjj So^ called Murphy, who, immediately h,tention e "ad been committed to the House of 0f re coul'j°klne UP t0 London from the country. scue v little doubt that the original idea Jtyed thpV&S-to attack the police van as it con- » Was Pr'soners from Bow street; but that it overru)ed by the advice of Burke himself, it0l,lje '?Sr^etermined to blow up the walls of the detention. About the 2nd of December, ;vl'cH ft sbewn, there was a meeting held at rett' Desmond, and other members ofj Kte*ta'lan Brotherhood were present, when it was t'6 Pulne(^ ^at money should be subscribed for 'es. JP°so of purchasing powder in small quanti-1 N 01.7° ys a^erwards a considerable quantity VUn red» which 1Tas on the Dec., delivered iVuSe iD Pu,teney Court. Evidence ivould be f Prove that at subsequent meetings at If"f ^We Prisoners were present the arrangements tect6(j up the prison on the 13th were per- *he learned Attorney General then de- iHotol circumstances under which the barrel of ito^OT^ "Vas brought to the prison, English, >edi.f*Smonds and O'Keefe being seen in the c0:te Ileighbourhood. As far as Ann Justice LIvitlotlcernedo, the evidence against her was, that \g an interview with Casey in the prison, t^^thy ^terwards seen in conversation with j)iePtis "esmond, remaining in the vicinity of explosion had actually taken ?rov n vJ16 Was arrested. The evidence would h whether or not others had a hand wbafrel Was actually ^red by the prisoner ^ashi °' ^mmediately after it took place, was V°WdepRg from his neck and face the marks of Hh*1'8 wh'; Allowing day it was observed ^ha'8 of Ir 'rS. '3een shaved off as if for the the ls^u'se" English and William Des- of conversation with a person ^Uiv! ^bicf ia?' °ad referred to the explosion in ISti.i^tal doubt that they had been ir» Dpo«?r,n?In° ifc about, and had warned S ft <0t lion, °nd' .who at ^he time was the IJIJ. ^d. r> to absent himself when the barrel 4c rAl, be Dg-r{Tudei theJopy of the care i evidenC(> by them in the reception Nr Od ■ i be,offered b-v those J Anhhe dis^lpt- /ners». aild remarked again le! J'Ustice i'T PX;Stud betvveen the case Ss6riled Attn ° other prisoners, ney Genera' proceeded to call iv vm th O^issfon:rt6Ss,the prisoners, who had re- Of^otk att«ntifui u seated, exhibited the most Exe<wUt fcarce,y once glanced at J^an' 'jnol-0n ou'd be made in the case 61 eves tJiCea w.ho exhibited great rest- waaaering to every corner of the iL cour', but never resting upon any one spot for m )re than a moment. The first 'evidence adduced was that of Mr John Butler, who, by the assistance of a model and plans, described the damage done by the explo- sion. The witness was followed by the policeman Richardson, who had assisted in removing the body of Sarah Anne Hodgkinson from one of the injured houses. The deceased was identified by Edith Wright, and Mr Edward M'Lean, one of the house surgeons at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, was called to describe the wounds found upon the body. Charles Mullany was the first witness of whose evidence the prisoners took any special notice. Immediately he was placed in the box, the two Desmonds, and English in particular, manifested great interest, and at once proceeded to take notes. The witness explained that he was in custody for treason felony. When he was sworn in a member of the Fenian Brotherhood at the Temperance Hall, in Holies street, the prisoner English was present, with about a dozen other persons. On a second occasion English was also present. After the arrest of Burke, the prisoner Barrett had been at his house with a man called Captain Murphy. This was ten days prior to the explosion, and Murphy then bad a carpet-bag with him, which he said contained eight revolvers. The witness then proceeded to detail the conver- sations he bad had with Barrett about Burke, and the best way of getting him released from prison. No definite plan was, however, hit upon. A letter addressed to Murphy in invisible ink was shewn to the witness and to Barrett in the house of the former. It Wf.S only by the aid of copperas that the writing could be distinguished. The letter was afterwards produced at a meeting of the Fenian Brotherhood. MrJVIontagire Williams objected to the contents of the document being given in evidence, as it was not on the depositions. Inspector Thompson was called to prove that the person Murphy, in whose hands the letter was last seen, could not be produced. The witness then proceeded to state that the letter, which was from Burke, was to the effect that arrangements should be made to bring about the explosion. a Mr Warner Sleigh applied that the cross exam- ination might stand over till to morrow, His Lordship said that under the circumstances he thought it a very reasonable request. The Attorney General explained that there were one or two witnesses whose evidence' would not interfere with the continuity of the evidence in chief, and after evidence was taken with reference to the finding of the staves of the barrel, the court adjourned till to-morrow morning at ten o'clock. • FALL OF AN ANCIENT BRIDGE.—The old bridge across the Earn at Crieff, which has withstood many a flood for nearly two hundred years, fell into the river with a tremendous crash on Saturday. Work- men had been employed for some time undermining the piers, and it is necessary that the structure be removed before the new bridge be finished. The south arch of the old bridge was pulled down by the Highlanders after the battle of Sheriffmuir, in 1715, to prevent the Royalists from marching northwards. FATAL ACCIDLNT TO A RAILWAY GUARD.—As a luggage train was passing near the Kegworth Station on the Midland Railway, on Tuesday, the guard, John Payne, while engaged in detaching a 'slip' carriage at the end of the train, accidentally fell on the metals, and the train passed over both his legs and the upper part of his body, inflicting such injuries as caused his death soon after. THE RAPACITY OF THE HAWK.—On Saturday last a hawk, attracted by the melody of a beautiful col- lection of feathered songsters, hung up in Mr T. Pynsent's greenhouse at Hillsborough, near Westward Ho, Appledore, made a dart at the glass, and smashed a pane one-eighth of an inch in thickness. The hawk hung in the aperture nearly ten minutes apparently dead, but when approached by the Misses Pynsent, who were attracted by the noise, it flew away, having only been stunned. PAT AND THE EEL FRY.-The following scene occurred at the Limerick petty cessions on Monday last:—James M'Mahon and Thomas Hogan, two very tall, very lean, and hungry looking (and very ragged withal) poor men, were brought before the 'judgment seat,' to answer for the high crime and misdemeanour of catching eel-fry, contrary to the statute enacted for the protection of the promulgation and growth of eels. Constable M'Garry, who never 'winks,' as St. Paul says, 'at small things,' estab- lished the charge against the two delinquents. Mr Conolly, solicitor for the Conservators of the Fisheries on the Lower Shannon, who attended to prosecute, said he did not wish the poor men to be punisbed-a small fine, with a caution from the bench against a I repetition of the offence, would satisfy the object of the Conservators, which was to protect the spawn and the fry of fish from destruction. Mr Moriarty asked the hungry-looking defendants what they had to say to the charge made against them. M'Mahon (defendant)—' Why, yer honour, all we has to say is that lorn and I were looking for work all day in the city and we could not get a job at all, and siz I to Tom, Come, Tom, let us follow the examp'e of seagulls, and catch a few handfuls of eel-fry for our supper. See how Almighty God--blessed be His name for ever, amen—feeds those vagrants of the air with eel-fry, and there is no raison, zit all why two poor starving vagabonds of the earth should not have a meal of them as well.' Tern then sez to me, If anj of the Royal Irish detect as catching the fry, we II be fined, and what will we do then ?' I Never mind,' siz I, they can't be everyWIrere and above all, siz I to Tom, 'no matter about the law; see how God Almighty is not afraid of the eel-lW diminishing in the waters of the mighty ShannohV When He has put the idea into the heads and the taste into the stomachs of these little birds to cstch them and eat them in millions for breakfast, dinner, and supper, He did not pass an act of parliament to preserve the young of fish and particularly of eels." So Tom said we'd come, and we caught a handful or two and ate them, 'cause we were hungry." Mr Moriarty and Mr Phayer (the magistrates) here put their heads together, and after some mutual telegrams had passed between them, the former addressed the co-partners with the seagulls, and said, We fine you 2s 6d each but mind if you are brought here again and charged with the same offence, the fine will be a heavy one indeed. M'Mahon—" What fine will you place on the seagulls that defy the conservators? Well, glory be to God. Amen! There was eel-fry before there were acts of parlia- ment or conservators either, and there will be eel-fry in the waters, seagulls in the air, and hunger on land when acts of parliament and conservators will be forgotten. Will your worships give us time to pay these fines?" Mr Conolly said that he had no objection to granting the request. Time was granted, and the two-legged seagull and his companion left the court.
ASSASSINATION OF A DEPUTY…
ASSASSINATION OF A DEPUTY LIEU- TENANT IN WESTMEATH. We regret to have to record the commission of a murder, accompanied with circumstances of the utmost deliberation, which took place last night in the generally peaceable county of Westmeath. The victim of the crime was Howard Fetberston- haugh, Esq., of Bracklyn Castle, a deputy lieu- tenant of the county, and a large landed proprietor. Mr Featherstonhaugh was a gentleman who took a very active share in public business, both as a magistrate and grand juror of the county in which his estates are situated, and his name and that of the various members of his family frequently ap- peared amongst the guests at Dublin Castle at the various balls and private parties recently given in it. The unfortunate gentleman had been in Dublin on Wednesday participating in the general welcome given to the Royal visitors, and he pro- ceeded by the mail train at 7.30 p.m., to return to his residence. At Killucan, within five miles of Mullingar, which was the customary station at which he stopped on his way home, a servant was in waiting with his master's trap, to convey him to Bracklyn Castle, which lies in the, direction of Delvin, which is the post town. Bracklyn is about four miles from Killucan, and about equidistant between both places there is a wild tract of country, very thinly inhabited, named Knocksheban, and it would appear that at this place, which afforded facilities by its solitariness and seclusion for the commission of the dreadful deed, the vehicle in which Mr Featherstonhaugh was driving arrived at about half past nine o'clock, and was inter- cepted there by a party of men, some of whom were possessed of firearms, and he was dragged out on the road, and several shots were fired into his body, with instantaneously fatal effect. The party having completed the bloody deed then dis- persed without molesting the attendant, who, after some time, succeeded in raising the body of his murdered master into the vehicle and conveying it to his residence. Prompt information was given to the police authorities in Mullingar, Delvin, Killucan, and all the surrounding stations, and parties were dispatched in every direction to scour the country with a view to make arrests of some of the perpetrators of the crime. No arrests had, however, been made up to the hour at which we received information of the desperate occurrence, which, as may be imagined, has created the greatest excitement throughout the whole county, where the Jeceased was t, so well known. It is rumoured that the murder had its origin in agra- rian causes. An inquest will be held immediately. when light will be doubtless thrown on the cause of the lamentable circumstance. — Freeman's Journal. « THE JAMAICA OUTBREAK.-Messrs Stuart Mill and Peter Taylor, the persecutors of ex--Governor Eyre, made another move on Friday. Sir Robert Sollier applied to Mr Veughan, the sitting magis- trate at Bow-street, for a summons against Mr Eyre, first, for having issued an illegal and oppres- sive proclamation and, secondly, for having con- tinued to act upon that proclamation beyond the time when, according to his own showing, theie was not any necessity for it. The learned coun- sel overwhelmed the magistrate with stale argu- ments and vexed questions of law, precedents, and cases, so that the summons was granted. MEMORIAL TO SRRGKANT BRETT.—A beautiful stone tablet, in memory of the victim of the Hyde- road outrage, has just been erected in St Barnabus's Church, Rodney-street, Manchester. It is the work of Messrs. Patterson, Oxford-street, and exhibits some excellent specimens of carving. The inscrip- tion is as followsErected by the minister and congregation, in memory of Charles Brett, police sergeant, of this city, who for many years worshipped in this church, until he fell at his post of duty, a victim of the violence of sedition, on the 18th of September, 1867. A faithful man. Though proffered life, he chose a cruel death rather than betray his trust." Sergeant Brett was a regular attendant at the church, and had earned the res, ect and este m of all the congregation. THE END OF A TEMPERANCE ADVOCATE.—An in- quest was held at Newcastle-upon-Tyne on Thurs- day on the body of James Allen, aged between 60 and 70 years, whodied suddenly in a lodging-house a few days ago. The deceased, it was stated, was a native of Kilbarchan, in Renfrewshire. He was a cotton spinner by trade, and was at one time a fellow worker and companion of Dr. Livingstone. He bad told a gentleman in Newcastle that he and the African traveller purchased their first Latin grammars together. For many years prior to 1860 be was a very successful temperance lecturer, but for the last seven or eight years he had given himself up to drinking. The jury found that death had been accelerated by excessive drink. ing.—Manchester Guardian. FELO-DE-SE.—On Thursday an inquest was held at West Bromwich, on the* body of Ann Evans, an unfortunate,' 19 years of age. In conse- quence of her irregular conduct the girl had been disowned and cast-off by her friends, and lived in a state of great misery for some time back. On Wednesday she bought some vermin killer' at a chemist's, went to a public-house, mixed it with a glass of beer and drank it off. In a short time she was found lying on the floor, and a doctor administered an emetic and took other steps for saving her life, but without result, as she expired the same evening. As she had exhibited no symp- toms of insanity and was quite rational and cheer- ful up to the time of taking the powder, the jury returned a verdict of Felo-de se. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—A railway collision which caused the death of an engine-driver and serious injuries to a guard and stoker, occurred on Wednesday afternoon at Torquay Railway- stauon. During the morning the South Devon Railway Company ran an excursion train from Exeter and intermediate stations for the convey- ance of persons to the Torquay races. As soon as the passengers had left the train it was shunted on to a central line. Unfortunately, the switchman omitted to turn back the points again, and a lug- gage train coming down shortly afterwards, and it being not usual for it to stop at the Torquay sta- lion, it dashed against the engine attached to the empty carriages almost at full speed. The driver and stoker of the engine attached to the excursion ^fain, seeing their danger, jumped off, as did also Wælsh, the driver, and Kerswell, the stoker, of the luggage train. The former two escaped un- hurt; but, unfortunately, Walsh, in leaping off, was caught by the steps next to the engine, and thrown on to the rails. Seven or eight trucks heavily laden passed over him, severing his body. Kerswell, the stoker, also received some severe contusions about the head, besides having one of his collar-bones dislocated. The van which con- tained the guard was forced completely over the engine, and knocked off the top of the safety valve. The guard, Stonelake, escaped without sustaining any very serious injuries. Kerswell and Stone- lake were afterwards removed to the Torquay In- firmary. The switchman, we understand, shortly afterwards absconded. The damage done to the engines and carriages is not so serious as might have been expected.