The Express.
London, England, 1855-10-09 00:00:00

FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION.-LOSS OF LIFE.

(11' Ellerin°

IN•TYNB, MONDAY MOST.

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To-day a boiler explosion took plans at the Walker
bea Weeks, Walker on the Tyne. Si: wen were kUled,
fad owl wowaded. Property to a coasiderable amount
1119 destroyed.

POISON TAKEN 131 MISTAXL—A kw days ago
iIIUIOII, a widow, roslatag at Strahrbloolasah.=
saved, took *tut she esserivwl en M sisgstak• ru
at Um shop of Mr. Risbos. sbu. t, LawkwaNsati bat
wily seat lionise slat awakened as asessat i kw Man
Mts. Barsbett, of tae Mrs. Ns% tad add kg Mss tot
bad is mistake takes a small pest aliamsda, slab sea
bad saws days ago postured at Me wee *swig% aMf. te
Salm Rios sbasb inkiest% bar bows. Said mikes'
Wei jostarly prom* bat abeam! alibis a taw Maim

of lineup last and althaegh es reopen those between
Brussels and Name, this condition had been mom than
fully Emend with, die ease was very different as to those
betweea Namur and Adam, the southern terminus of the
railway. TM malty esigmble by the government is
onesequene et this non-falilletent of the convention was ao
less them the Weiss of the moseselon. which would have
imbed stash • dealing with the property of the shareholders
se wend almost have mounted to its anaihilatioa. The
dimenen had, however' at that time strong renew for
hoping that the Belgian messiest would not peened to
these eztremities is whisk they perhaps might have ben
jestilled by the letter of the law, bet would be amend es
take an meltable view el the matter • sad it was males he
flames ef this head het the directors in their report ef
the 16:k of Febewary het hinted the shareheldess to
show to the an the Reign man
that they beild= tri="sed the deimmiestin
carry an the undertaking te mespleelea , sad bean en.
visaed the. of that fen to leek wrealeardy bet remmaftelly
hi hem he ell the amielemie te whe iota
Womomellemmi emdendan see Ably :in Tim hem.
et the mmein nommestirsed, hag append
andele the essesimendeetems sentalmed I. therepertai
MOM Mnilinnilli3Oleae,lldeln. and Reed.whish is. thee
reed, the three laser pressman to 11-Islien and here en
the 10th Muth held the mean of
prepeletors which was
meismery to be held I. semilliames with he statutes, sad at
what meeting the Rem. Fermis Been, M.P , Mess. Violet
Teeth, member Mho Relilea Obeminef Deputies ;
Jen Reeser, hanker el Oaten; and Mr. B. B. Reele
wet sleeted disown albsem y, se were also Mena
Hamann Close, truing, land Dress% the lathed
whom bee subsequently reeleed. At this mean aloe, the
amen foe the yeas Ma and 1864 one append, with
the express excephe el all that rinse is the Grand
Junin Railway.
The heed thus reessitinited felt it to be their fiat duty
ee seek is interview with the Minister of Public Works, is
erase he Mean a reversal of the deelaratiee that the COMP
L lIIILIPX in a Mole el ferielture, end they were eneounged
he some he this appliestioe, insmach as the
.amine led dellinfili thin the fresh proof which the Mare.
beideselled Wen of theeendenes which they bad in Mena
Reeshimem, Close, Trani, end Reed, yeah justify him
noolidss *sir visit. The Minns with Muse Me hien
tam bed eti 'Mead is their mindaliese wale the gases
sent were lammed, hemmed by the donnas ef fa
W. Mann, the late shaman of the herd, that • luso
number et the gases of the enemy had hen sent to
Belgian he the purples of being dietribeted to initentiel
perms, he order te secure their support in obtain from
the geverameet • gasman of interest on • pest of the
capital, and other advantages, and the miaistereledemal thee
until that affair was cleared up, no farther
mild be muted into with the oespen. The
sad Ike delay were still further mignon bg Ihe maps.
ties of the Belgian ministry, and Kr. Vailimesilasoll_ll
Minster of Public Weeks, deelased la a enhenee wsa
be had with the numbers of the beard, that es he nip kid
ogler for the purpose of eanyieg oat earreat affairs, behind
set occupy himself la negotiations with the ems
Isitemieserg Cmpsay. • new shiest having arB=
ben esestituted, the &reason, on the 3rd May,
the minister of the letter which they bed addressed
to his rndeesses ; they pressed in the most urgent
manner for a solution, declaring that this delay 0.
the part of the government, this shoal to adopt say
denim, was the cause of gammons losses to the company,
an pat them in a situation which would aA be any further
prolonged without danger to the undertaking, and to all
parties. On the 6th May the Minister of Public Works
eamesicated non officially the beds of a new convention
between the Belgian government sad the company, the
terms of which, however, gave mhos to numerous and
serious objections on our part.
It became evident that the negotiations would last some
time, sad as the session of the Chambers was about to be
dosed, the *shiest, in ceder act to leave this asir in sus-
pense during the interval between one sessions end another,
asked sad obtained from the Chambers. oa estate sone
tins, the necessary powers to treat with the oempen
dudes the recess.
The negotiations IMO mused immediately after the
penes ef this law. A draft of a convention was oxinnual-
NW *the board, who made login observations upon it, in
emeneues of which ft received a few modificati“cs.
Another draft was addressed to the board, which gave rise
Whither observations, and fln.lly, at a cnnferenoe with the
Misieter of Public Works, oa the Bth of 13 tptemlier last,
Wiling objections were ads to the minister, which he was
pool sone b to entertain, sad the convection was signed
limo ant day.
Amerdiug to the term of this convention, the line from
Binh to Weiner sto be completed by the Ist of April,
UN. Phis part of the railway is under cowries, and is to
be toned by the Ist of Janney nest under a penalty.
payable by the contractor, of 600 francs for every day's
delay beyond that time. The line from Namur to Arlon
moat be fiaished by tbe Ist of April, 1859, that is to say,
dim years and a half from the present time ; the extensions
he the frontiers of the Grand Duchy of Lessening and of
Imes are to be completed at the same time as the rises
whin am to be constructed in order to meet thew. Bia-
WS maths are allowed to complete the junction line with
the government stations at Brussels. We think all these
periods sufficiently eatoaded The other conditions of the
ilenention may be described as various elr.rers, such as the
niniveyeaes of lettere, of Custom house officers in charge
of goods, and the liberty claimed by the government to
ores a telegraph on the line of railway. Thew cooditiose
see similar to those which are now imposed on other rail-
way enemies in Belgians, even on those who have not
the advantage of a guarantee of interest, and the company
swim • partial compensation in the right accorded to
them by the government to place • telegraph wire 101 the
envies of the railway.
The board appreciate the advantages of this lionvistioa
the more because during eight months they have been in
a state of uncertainty. It ninetiee the company in the
whole of their rights, accords sufficient periods of time to
complete the undertaking, and eetablie es • good under-
standing between the government and the oompany, which
cannot bat be b. panel.
Having thus stated the progress of the negotiations with
the goverownt, and the results obtained, we now alms to
speak of the works. Notwithstanding the difficult sad
uncertain position of the company, these have been conti-
nuously carried on. At the period of our jolts's, the oar
pony the portion of railway opened for trait; was limited to
the 16 kilometres (9, miles) Ist twain Brussels and La
Rulpe. The working of this short portion of the line was
not only unprofitable, but inning as it did in • comparatively
Maly populated part of the country, involved • not incon-
siderable loss ; it therefore became the more necessary to
complete • more intended length of railway. Bme wad-
derable tuitions in rock oa the Brussels side of Nemar
have rendered It impossible to complete the line to the latter
plane, but the railway is opened to !Misses 31 mils%
whin is within four miles thereof, and yields • is.
Wave that is satisfactory nadir the circumstances, the
working expense not sieredieg fifty per mat. of the re.
mire. As has bees previovey stated, the contract for the
works to Namur itself fins the time for its completion on
the 14 January next, when • very large augmentation of
the present receipts will most aesundly be obtained. The
works between Reuses and Arloo have also been con-
tinued, bat as they are at the southern extremity ef the
railway. the contractor beano% been pressed to elect their
enespletion. The lino which is to coeneet the money's
station at Brussels with the government stations is in come
of cionstroetioe, two of the principal bridges and a large
portion of the earthworks are resented, and there is little
room for doubt that these wmks will be finished by Mid-
iminewr nest. Advertionneute have been lowered foe
Madera for the works between the river Mews and &rine,
my nearly tea miles in Saga, and it is intended to entreet
her all the remaining works in such time as will allow of
their being finished at the same period as those comprised in
Mobs mentioned contract.
TM directors sow proceed to inns the shareholders of
fade views as to the prospects of the undertaking in re-
=to its Mature revenue. The Great Losembours
way starts from Brussels • by its junction line with the
government station it is plaited in direct connexion with all
the railways in the minutry—with Antwerp. °heat, Ostend,
Haisanalt, &o. At Ottignies, 14 miles from Brussels, it
MVO ef is .oval by tie lima from Maser to Wawa,
sea hoseObisisrd to vain, which are connected with
the Ilksbrs sad Kw* B it mobs Namur, whose
It is is counssispers with tbe Rim Meese, and the
Ramer and Liege, sail Was, sod Charleroi lines. Nem
Names it pesos& to Ads., lobos the intruded Mesa=
trth maples the thee se rails, tremennimelea is he
Seen Deny of Lemaisarg en Tense, nod meet he
?,useisn railways ; while es tie ether bawd the imam
of Proem will be appossiod, sal She railway I* 111n'
Mlle on Mets will -illhet • Nunn with deo Paris and
Illsrbsses line. It bendy wenn he hemetee ten as
= 712:11 amass Mane limn sad le smashes the
ef she lesellass. slid is mean west are the
avenge mesh% el rainy* is Bolden in order le
Caenithed that • highly remunerative Valle will eintany
be efeesiemed.
By the Mange and Marro sad Chasten aid Lena.
Vass the Ores Leaseibonry; Railway is pat la eismassh
inn with a very rich and populous distrlst, with the meet
eatesam quarries In the kingdom', and with two the

inevitably be eseveyed by tie railway.
The eatessisee Wash have hews previously seatised
will give as atetsatiseal insportanee to this
they will put Belgian. Ragland, Bwituriand, Meth y.
add all the traaseileittie amateies Is enamities with fM
seeds of tileseseny and the oast of 'Mee by its. aberant,
tilmeadate. the men seed the "sea essmeetiesi Ma.
If we enalmiee the eltee from hotwollt,_.0•019101 to
Mifietwo PEAS tirsalls lisemeds, Noner,,wrao; Lusa.
berg. lad Tama. end moan it with the !Maass by any
Oda adding News, sr eau by those tibia might par
eibly be mated, there is we Ilse so abort as that of do Great
irasemboarg Railway.
The boatel bee *et paws to report that a polio of
*dr body had nese* hod a satisfactory isterwidit with
tbodmitaaa sail sake diroalsra of the Pare mad IlOaddid
lidlegsy ; from what task plass OW that cassias they Imo
de hest moos to and& *at the ormastaleatioa Omen I
M/ out bedded undertaking sad our own will be
tilde at en early period.
none taste ass scarcely have received their dee
dia./Oman which is herein stated, it easy Wrybe Viet
Nag Ids east Laushosig Railway in the present for. of
do seassides, as regards the receipts lobo anticipated, Is ia
at least equally good as are the stag railways of
violists es these dun are inweasiag year by deo
da 1849 the total receipts were rather less that 13 oinked
of hoses, while in the year 1864 they soaewkat exceeded
II Elided of (Mae ; that it t". say, the realists have nearly
ambled la the emu of sir years. and has yielded a profit
la die lotto year of no less tbsa el per ant. It must not,
burear, be amused that such a result so this will be at-
deed all at outs, but the director§ believe themselves to be
toilyjastifled is looking leeward to its realisation at so
distal period from the completion of the line, provided it
is oohed with the necessary degree of knowledge, energy,
and atesomy.
These is no roam to believe, notwithsteeding the unto,-
Issies ammeter% GM the anamentatios of the capital
awed obi& seaboet okay takes oleos, that the eat per
ef the Great Laxembourg Railway will be much
gnaw thee has been she average eat of the state railways
k=ies.
the railway, the Great Luxembourg Conway
bra a property is a easel, or, rather, in the canalisation of
161111Ter (teethe. As was set forth is the lasseial @tau-
nted Ord 16tb December last, there was paid foe the par-
doss of this property, according to the books of the toms
day. 100,2011. 10s. 2d., an appropriation of capital which
le very mach to be regretted. There has also ban paid for
works, land, end antingeat emporium up to the present
time, 1,129,714 tr. 97 eta., say 46,1901. The distaase *bah
Is betimes this navigation and the railway, its locality,
mad direetios, render it difficult to conceive how or why
two enterprise's° distiact should have the ante proprietary
her their owners, and the some directing body for their
simagers. With this, homer, the meant board have had
lathing to do ; their duty has bees to examine the merits of
the etroesre,and this they have done very carefully, a section
et their body having lately travailed the whole length of
the anteesplated ia.provements. Taking up this portion
of the property of the shareholders as they found it, the
Drama board believe the question for them to determine
M, what is likely to be the result of present and future matey
num the nedertakirg. Had (bay now to determine the
vodka as to whether this enterprise should be undertaken
at all er not, they world have no hesitation in giving it a de-
als" negative; but as lies been already aid, the quotioa he
them as forth,' proprietom is, what will in all probabilite
be the result of carrying on the works to completion.
Costing aside, therefore, for the memeat the original sum
paid to the former possessor' of this property, and locking
only to the probable cost of the inprovemeats, the present
state of the information which the board possess leads them
to the conclusion that the improvements from Liege to
Barvaux will Mt a further outlay of three millions ot francs,
or 120,0001. ; to this ha to be added the sons already ex.
podded, 45,1931. •, making a total of 165.1931. The moat
careful elltitaSt• of the revenue to be obtsinsd, after deduct.
log working sad maintaining expenses, is 22.8,680 franca, or
8,8201., bang therefore more that 6 per cent. on the total
oat of the improvements, or rather non than 8 per cent. on
the sum still to be expended.
It rowans now to speck of the probable oat of com-
pleting the allay, and the available mesas at the pom-
pon* disposal for meeting the same.
The practice heretofore on the Great Luxembourg Rail.
way ha been to contract for the works on a schedule of
prim' and as regards the earthwork, which necessarily
tans the largest item, to ogres to pay according to the
elareeter and quality of the materiel which was excavated
fon the cuttings, and with which the embankments were
gamed. For 'sample. earth—Utah", it was clay or sand
...NM paid for at a certain price per cubits metre, schist at
.seeker trios, and rock at a still higher price. The present
beard believe this to be • vicious practice—it lads to ever.
seaming disputes between the company and the eon-
Waiter as to the quantities and character of the
material to be remind, and it also leaves the
proprietor' I. doubt as to what will be the ultimate cost
of the railway. It Is for these reasons that the present board
have concluded a sew arrangement with the eatracter for
the remaislue works between Brussels and Nazar for a
lied sum, and it is their intention to adopt the same pile-
Mole of arrangement for the works necessary to oomplete
the satire railway. There is a difficulty, however, in justly
apposiatiou beforehand what may be the character of the
alderiel es a long line of railway where the cuttings are is
ilea instances of great depth, and la Axing as It were a
Sea price for the ruffs ent qualities and proportions of the
elm* to be excavated. The directors have, however, endea-
vored to obtain the beat information and opinions spa this
Wm of expenditure. Upon all the other item", with the
inception of the land, there can be no great discrepancy,
sad eves ea to the land the eaperiance already had
enders it possible to make a tolerably correct 'Westin.
Wilk these reservatioes, and with a sinew* desire
to place the true state of the undertaking before
do shareholders, the board venture to express the opinioa
Mat 964,0001 will be sufficient to finish the railway to its
NOW. terminus at Arlon, and supply the rolling stock
NA station". If to this is added the sum naessary to com-
tlts canalisation of the Clothe to "tram: (120 0001 a
rill require for teeth the sum of 1,074.0001; add to
saw 6 per eat. for contingent and watoreetwe espeinge.
It will give 1,127,7007. as the oast of completing the anew
and the coast.
To meet this exoaditure the company have still to receive
71. per share oa 78,335 sharer, being the ameba of shares
Gal *hi* the calls have of late bees paid; the cospsay
have also still to issue 87,800 obligations of 41. or 100 francs
each, which at pie will produce 3 2001, makieg together
the sum of 809,6451. In the outset of the omens the aunt-
' her of thus" wee 150.000; they have bees reduced byabse.
dement and forfeiture to the above number of 78,335; and
the director. propos* so • furt!er remotes to re-issue rash a
number as will make up 100.000 shares of 201. each.
These shares it is proposed to offer ratably, in the int
pleas, to the existing shareholders at 41. 'soh, writing them
up
as 141. said; this will give an additional available capital
of
216.6604_ which added to the before-named sum of
.110461. tar give 1,118.1961. for the completion of the
Siam aadaseal.
lb. MINN direcoon cannot clod this report without en-
".gla Nair se high na of the soofidence which has been
else eidll them by the proprietors of this railway—a cad-
donee which they have endeavoured to deserve by anxious
and unremitting exertion to pleat the cciaan, which they
found in a mat deplorable position, on a salad and health-
ful basis, sad they respectfully leave it to the proprietors to
ledge whether these exertions have been sailleiently suc-
cessful to justify a coatianasa of their support. For the
rest, the present directors have no hesitation in recording
their °pieta, that a judicious and vigorous admioistratios
of the affair' of the company must ultimately lead to the
meet satisfactory results. Wn.une Runs, Chairs's
•Is London, Oat. 3. (Pre Tam)
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