... FATAL ACCIDENT ON TH1IE TRtENT I Valley Railway. A frightful accident happened on Monday to an express train on the Treat Valley line of the London and North-Western Railway, and resulted in the immediate death of three persons, and the more or less severe injury of a large number of others. The accident was caused by the engine striking a blllock, or cow, that had strayed on to the line, and ...

... THE POLICY OF CONFISCATION, TO THE EDITOR CT TRE DAILY NEs.S SIR,-On the result of the pending debate pro- bably hangs the fate of our Indian empire. If the House V should condemn the policy which her Majesty's government to has adopted and publicly announced, it will be responsible to I futurity for the loss of the most splendid dependency which 01 any government in the world has ever held; ...

... A supplement to the London Gazette, issued last E night, contains the following list of officers killedand wounded e during the siege and capture of Lucknow: a GENERAL STAFF. C Lieutenant F. R. S. Flood, extra aide de camp to chief of staff, wounded severely. ARTILLERY DIVISION. d Lieutenant 0. D. Thackwell (15th ?? assistant baggage master, Divisional Staff, killed. Acting Mate Henry O'Gar- 1 ...

... Eltbe 3Bat'IR P03e04 HAYMARKET. Tsrs EviumNG, TWELTuTl NIGHT. Mr. Bucktisne; lfMrs.Cl0.Young. -PLUTO AND PROSERPINE. Nr.(oinnton; Miss !L eoleroq,M i9s Fanny Wright.-JACi'S RETURN FROM CANTON.-And JOHlN JONES. Mr. Compton.-Commence at 7. PRINUENS8S. Tnls EVES;NG, MUSIC MAT11 CIIARMS.-IKING LEAR. Mr. 0. Eesxn.-knd SAMUEL IN SEARCH OF HIMA£SELF.-Open at half-past C. Tilst EVENISG, A DOUBTFUL ...

... BANKIllUPTS. PERCIVAL SAMPSON tow, Laylandecottages, Dalsinsip owinr to surrendr May 1 at 2, nd June18 at 1, a esnhl~te Sol.,h Miller, Clifordb-lnn, Cty; sel.aesig., Graham, Colemanstreet. h HENDY CHARLES SsREBOBN, Odibamn, Hampshire, grocer. May 18 at h 2, auld June18 at l l. at llasingball-streot. Sols., Jolnoon and Co. Temple. City, a'd Lamb and Co., Odihfnn, Rants; oft. assig., Stauo- b ...

... ROF) L M'.NDICJTY SOCIETY. tn ?? the fortieth annual meeting of the PI IRoyld Mendicity Socicty was held at the housc of the society, ! the Marquis of WNestuinuster in the chair. The report of the soci-t, tyfter alluding to the way in which the distress caused J 'y the comitmercial crisii of last year had been alleviated by th? heapness of food, by the demand for able bodied labmnrers olit of ...

... THIE DERBY DAY. (FeTOM O-. hPECIAL CORRtESPOND)ENT,) Who says that one D)erby is so like another that novelty izu impossible in recording its events, or that, like a flock of sheep, the ditlorcuce is only known to the shepherd ? ]1hw ainy of the hur dred thousand people who assembled on Epsome, Dovwns yesterdaly had been present at the Derby of 1i-5, or will be )fn the Derby of ISS9 ? Can any ...

... TO THE EDITOR Or THIS MORNING CHRONICLE. SIR-Plain-speaking and terso-writing are indis- pensably requisite at the present crisis. It is folly now to handle double-edged tools with nothing but white kid-gloves. Well, then, what course must be adopted and followed by myself and the other Inde- pendent Liberal Members who lately met in the - House of Commons Committeb-room? We must act ...

... MUONICzNG CHRONICLE OFFICE, 2'hrsdaSKI.J 1 P.rn. TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES. THE SUEZ CANAL. TRIESTE, WEDNEISDAY. Accoulnts from Alexandria to the 5th announce that , (ldo Lcsscps was expected in that city to foru a comlp;uay for beginning the works for the SueZ Canal. Tlhe Div-ul will, it is said, authorise the enter- prise as a private undertaking. The ad vices from Canton report that the ...

... THE M1INISTERIL CRISIS. The ' crisis' may be said to be past. Lost llight's brief preliminary dialolle shows how coin- pletely the flank of the Opposition army Ias been tllulned. Mir. Vernion Smitlh is clearly the weak point ?? the Palinerstoniiail body. It is impossible, according to the feeling of the Holuse, to administer to himm too lmlulcl pulishiluelit. Like the Preston ?? with the ...

... THE MORMllON CAMPAIGN-SIGNS oF THE WHITE FEATHER. [FROM THE NEW YORi HERALD, MAY 8.] Some curious communications have recently made their appearance in one or two of the INew York papers, which seek to establish the weak and defeneeless condition of the Mormons, and their reluctance to confront the United States troops. We do not exactly appreciate the object of these statements, bhit we must ...

... Ii YPOIJIEBIS BXPLAIfNING TII IJNDIAN PAiIISTr Y. To THE EDITOR OF THE M[ORNING CHIRONICLE. SIrm-Lord Canning's Proclamation is said not to have been drafted in London. Its tenor is con- trary to Lord Canning's own previously known views. It required some explanation to satisfy the ex-Ministry. It was further modified after being drafted. The explanations have not been received by Mr. ...