The Express.
London, England, 1865-04-11 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, 1865.

sIRIODS FIRE AND EXPLOSION IN ;THE
BOROUGH.—(THIS DAY.)

BAHIA AND SAN PAANCISCO RAILWAY.
(THIS DAY.)
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NEARLY ONE HUNIUrali PERSOtili INJURED. I The fifteenth ordinary general meeting of the
About 90 minutes poet 10 o'clock this mognatig. neenheddec•mr. T. K. wmenoggrAghehd,MlLlpo:,chorto huisetaakiho !asides Tavern ;
100 erepidly deskriotim character. liemethealed b 7 a I TM reportorbieli had hiss booed sound days Work
1 solosis• of gunpowder and solthetre, took place is 'delft bees taken es read, ;
tin wartioaise la the inure of Modem TWeard and The =vial its edoPtion, said he had to
see Rc. &dame this meeting at a moment whioh was rather withal
son obelemle nines latt, ; ia the history of the company, and he hoped the meeting
err lase door M the Winchester " TAM support the endlesvome to maim order. Ao.
dot Kr. Thleard. Pus, was is the cellar omits had bees received subsequently to the publics.
some beside oil, Mr. Tlikard, his wife, ties of the report coming down to the 10th of Much.
lanfill
the
moo. and yam other pawn. being is I
,_Mrfair. Th= stated that the Roe and rolling stook were
et " Firer order, though there were some works to be
aired Wee .ltaddeal_ ,T dose which would involve =pease Bolsi a man of great
as eyed "la Mr. "lam mad "I inm mm• sal Parma' he stated also that he had very little doubt that
attempt to dread by the stators, bat they were net by be 'wpm be ahi. krakoo the working ups.
busing sulphur and oils whisk reverted them. eessithealgy ia the Ord pith and that the teal'. receipts
Ives
yea toed pulled his wife into the of the treat roses. koweald.r.wkale° i.mmentgeskatillog• (the flheirintbs ;Ls) laornr:
wt. prig Ala the doer, Mond the windily, aad of the focal employes to the extent of 4001. err 5001. There
pocusedshis liMotteell. 36 K. and • young lama earned MN little pooped of Its recovery. At the last meeting •
owiklefi, heft in the Southwark-bridge-road. were osier committee of otheultatiera was appointed to ceder with the
▪ lee down • ladder when a fearful explodes ofterred. directors se to the position sad proopsete of the company.
OW in the homes I. the vicinity to their lessdatious. Thal presserbeard nor the bad mado
onewa.reirt, kid ped
mat rialdler to e
once La
tba Wined. the leolleromelable, and the eacfnaat "le twain the report of the coaultatioyo committee and that of .11
woo As ladder. the first-nomsel violently alma the directors There were only two potato on which I;
hue leek Four or five other explosions followed, of greater any grad Maraud of opinion could sake. One
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wows Au the get, end the roof DID lifted high into the minttem by:6 Brentearigorf ex: tun artei nrft toieWr. Watatre
sk—haaa7 bonne of timber wan rest mr°Bl interests of A. shareholders had be searificod. (Hear.)
erneibling Ile elirkghte and • portion _, the rod al tM It was ooly by that means that it wee possible to make the
/woke Mode Hall sad Prostrating Mr. Hoodior. • line for the ID= previously arranged. The traffic receipts
oresected with the Southwark Water Oompsay, hod, it DMA non end. not realised the 'Wo-
ol Thror, one of the tursoooks, sod • shower of slates lathes of the clinician. The late dirsolois never re-
messdistinthaetomselof vesmonocouonfideowtl withtherectdtommath• amwasottauti
wog amoms wisdom of the opposite public-home and
tee WINS IMO drive° into Ameacorrt and Torh-lilac.. before them by the oroviaold government, and it showed •
fee bathe of the latter had barely gained the skeet net rouses of 67,4911., or 3,1 pee out. on • capital of
okra two was fifth enplanes. which a fnikusid the 1k800,0301. The other point of &hums was the allocation
wina prier vitiates, sad Aces taken oat of the :the "ear intend to °Wien, and
retaes rk that Bmaktrunielwirelt
wpm, that they started off A all dimities.. poitte on whit:l:the committee of oossultatiou and the two
Demhoo. d the Weetrnieeter-road, and several other daffiest Henow mambo equation of pereees He Inseam
mewl geedemen were seat for to 'dead to the various that beelood there the solerepresea ive of theboard which
tones Wand, amongst whom was Mr. Tilleard himself, faced the let meeting. He wee opposed to the 'Mild.
moot et the committee. Mr. Samuel =premed a wish to
eto mask buret about the bands. A pethidine named r4wiro • rho maw in which he wok re.
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Wlles, regalia( in the Loadollgoad. is Poreeding along 'dived by the last meeting, and thugh he (the cheirmaul
theme{ we hooked down by a hone that was frightened romondrated with him on the subject he persisted, and
by int erigroos, and upon hie removal to the hospital other patio:nen followed his exempla He Wm-
it me feud that hk lag was Poke°. self determined to remain until the ship had got into
smooth water. Under the cdroundienoes, he thought it I
Tbe meth*" la width the "An laelnweald a debut to he mouse to the committee of consultation. H.
/mat fer UN frost mad brick walls are so shakea by the first WWI to Mr. Morpa, who as • member of the
hr eg the explode' that the upper portions are some feet commies, of onsultatioe, wee well acquainted with the
width, pm.diouir. and mot he paid bows. Re- affairs of the crepes y ; and Mr. Morgan having animated,
„. he made the bed se lidi= that he could from the other
pikg the origin d the age S"kiag b° lammed r—
' shareholders, is order that the business of the pay
genie were two flour auks filled with salthetni, toad might be carried on. Sir Hasty Rich, Mr. HerverLethe)
einem in pumping up the benzoic' oil it ignited and and Mr. Midfield Nears, all consented to ooh. (Meath)
lig the wheats, it is at prised impossible to telL The Associatios of Shareholders had, be thought, token •
distorted view of that matter, in • circular wh they
ANOTHER AOOOUNT. tithed. He was sot at firth aware of their existence. other.
Ilk morning, at half-past 9 o'clock, a serious accident wise be might have admitted their claim to a voice in the
simwl as the Kuala of Mom mord and done, oil choice of new directors. It we. their own fault that they
sl Ithisa warehousemen, Nos 30 and 31, Great Suffolk- There not antagonism •lierkee ha
ween reanea: aim me
rectorstettea-g-kke
dred. Theregla association nooaDd for his own part hd was willing
At War romakeled the eolee of an 'algal= threw either to retire or to ad as the shareholders might deem
ite popLi in Great Suffolk-street and the Southwark- desirable for their interests. They were, however, not mon
hdpecad into • date of Ai greatest alarm. One gentle- who were to be PM MP °I, day sod let down the next lite
way. At firs
nine plus. Tb.
me might be met A this st
me amid Wane. •• teacher of leagalaalirue the there wore live directors, who under the articles of
iwe beieg blown off the roof of the oil warehouse clarionmight be increued to sum, Ad it was contemplated
th, 31, sad then hurled down into the street beneath. to all a special meths( to make that addition and select
Inmtickto pt out of the way of the failing briets and two new directors from the amociatioe.
world
He
gem, he ran in front of •• cart, was knocked down, and had n=llo that • t°
dm akthat .pertt
large (Zratca Int
rig loam- Shorty terwatde there went mane' other true that in the first year the dividend wee only M. Bs. per
Oakes oe therms punkas. The house ins gutted from out., but he had no doubt that the traffic would improve, ;
with to roof. Large crowds gathered in the street and that they would non be in the receipt of the foil pis-
sed he • very short time two thousand people had mote* of 7 Per Dent.
rambled. A fire broke out A. boon No. 31, sad the
tiot..sadllicahoeuionwodairjhainisansomd
shoot themotiCommire:tireethole
exoeCossulsioota.
firm lei the stem fire-leginee were lent for. Several of the coo fi rroadon of the statomats of so:ousts.
pees, it is said by the polio% had their heads cut, Under the articles of association, the shareholders
nen arms broke., and were otherwise 'snout', would be bound irrevocably, if 'the aecounta were
Mena by the nieces of wood, alfttOt and hadeoprect:ditto reservation
dere
by that meetingis.
in
hida, which ware thrown among them by that position,j because he thought the 111,1001., which wu
tie upleska. Up to half.pest 12 o'clock this the amount of accrued interest, ought to go into their
Amon As gram had not both able quite to setlegoisb pookete. He thought the statement of receipts and a:poodl-
e* Its. We are informed that only two persons were tore ahem" be celled • . suspense account, sod with that
tn seconding
alteration be had great pleasurethe motion.limed ea the Plead."' lad both of theca were The (human said therm eas no objection on the part of
esoilly deemed, and removed to Gay's HoopitaL. the tow. (Cheers.)
Om ma a mw about 45 years d ego, named Mr. NICBOIDON prooooded to say that his object
Hurd May. He had a laceration of the right throughout bad been to tend for prlo6plee which would
seam the guaranteed 7 per coat. to the shareholders. He
nisi He stated, "I was in an upper room at the time of
regretted to nay that there was in reality no increase of
as expkwion. I soddenly felt the floor give way, and I tragic ; amid the subject of the tariff was one of great
no tumbled down on the top of • lot of others. It was all importance.
tut and &douse Ido not know bow it happened. [The meeting me proceeding whoa our report left. ]
They keep • lot of oil of every kind, and
murder Aare. I was brought hem" The other
offerer was a little girl named Mary Smith,
eel Ant 14 para. She had a piths of flesh eat oat of
Worms the sack and the knee. It was cut
way by a pied of wood striking her leg. She was in
kaki loony. Her friends statist that two barrels of
molder were blown up in the underground other of the
d vs/shoos&

Thistly part of the house at present standing is the four
vats with a portion of the roof. All traffic was of course
"Wei is Grist Suffolk-street. There were three large
am Near there. The crowd, which was very dams",
▪ lopt at a post distance from the Bosse of the calor
bephe by means of rope bonier'.
Yr. Tillie:if, men., states that be cannot moonlit for the
Mikiely ea the business of the house in question was in
Is ludo of his son.
Thin continues to be great alarm and excitement amoogst
Is hisbitenta of the deosely crowded neighbourhood in
shiib the occurrent* took plows, as there is a rumour that
"1 the gunpowder on the premiss had not expkided.

DISCOUNT CORPORATION (LIMITED).
(THIS DAY.)

The second ordinary general meeting of the
noriolden was held at aeon at the London Tavern, Mr.
1.110114.9 STISHOUSZ in the chair.
As report and amounts ware as follows :
"The directors have the pleasure to submit to the share-
tides a statement of the affairs of the corporation for the
1111-veer ending Much 31, 1865, showing a gross profit,
Wading 648/. le. 14. brought forward freer last
mast, of 31,224/. ls. 10d., from which, after de-
tail* rebate of bills not due, and current ex-
tra, there remains a net profit of 16,11 U. 7s. 6.1., ;
The directors recommend the sum of 5,0001. to be impair
entel to peyment of • dividend of 10s. • share, being at
Raids of rather more than per cent. per annum ea the
lake capital ; end they have set arida the sum of 9,0001.
b met bad and doubtful debts, leaving a balance of
1,1111. Ts.6d. to be carried to next half.year's amount.
Sae the last meeting of shareholders the company has
Pad through a very severe and prolonged monetary
etas ; sad the directors are satisfied that, son-
Ws* the large number of commercial failures
art lave taken place, the amount 9,0001., which they
kw reserved from the half-year's profits, as the maximum
immet of lees by bad debts, will be considered by the
androids's as moderate, and lees than many have bees led
lattdadir. They have, further, much satisfaction in
**that none of the assets of the corporation are locked
'IP 6 isesourtible securities. The directors can report
ant favourably of the nature and porition of the company's
*boss ; but as its prosperity depends greatly upon the
asse
it of deposits, they would urge upon the shareholders
tit brbringing and influencing t hese, they will matertally
std Is ts mores.
..bilmecikeet, Marsh 31. 1865. —Dr. : To aapital account
Llu'°°° shuns, on which MX have been paid 200,0004 ;
.."Inein, 1,7951., kiviu51913,2061.; to loans, deposits, Ito.,
4701. la. Id. ; to reserve fund. 1,0004; to Profit
atomet—amount at credit. as per mimed
**not. 28,1121. tog. aci. ; total. 2.330.3371. 1211. led.
: By (ash at varioua betaken, 58,0111. 113 e. Bd. ; by bills
?Noised, admixes,
sad,.M. ;by palmate to '
amid Envie and Co,, Means. Wedge and Laurie, oa
Wet of purchase of their bailees', so,caor. ; by Preliori.
tar elpiams, as per last balaidershest, 5,352/. 9s. 5d.; le
"Om elk 30th September last, 2,0001. ; leaving, 43524
i•—total, 2,350,T371. 12s. ld.
• 'heat sad Loss Amount —Dr. : To current ex
*salaries, rent, taxes, income tax, direeteniliaLl
rinauseratioe, and all other charges, 5,1111. lls. 2d.;
!aunt nerved to meet bad debts, 9,oaw. • to rebate of
"WM ea bills discounted not yet due, (arra& forward to
tar snout 10,0011. 3e. 2d. ; to dividend of 10s. par share I
414000 Mena, 5,0001. ; to Mimes carried forward to ,•
sad loss new scora, 2,1111. 7a. mules, 721. 10i Bd. ; •total. 31,224/. la 10d. Cr.: By helms,
forward from 30th September, 1864, 648 L la ld.
:Els Proate during the half-year, 20,5761. 01. 9d. ;
N4'..41. la. ma.-
Climisialf moved the adoption of the raped wittiest I
.43111 say remark, but said ha should be happy to answer
L iv* to meadow,
JirsCaanutur said that the rebate on the bills was carried
at 3i per amt., that 10,0004 more was required to
the purchase, sod that Meila were all readily Med was thou adopted, and a dividend of 10s. per
Zola% at the rate et 0i per cent. per imam, was
„1111M2Botams plahred that having gem to the ogee
7721ta1l ago to mare isquirias as to the longs lammed.
111 to ascertain why the shares were ao low is the
`mak he meld obtain no informatics.
ihototVotze (a director) defended the rebind to
; a. On the ground that it might bare given ene
aa advantage over the teak (Hear, him )
1141'1"tateltolders expressed their cotinos is Ildis
Priatter ; sad the proosidiess sandested with a
Claktkadis to the chairman and hs odiessase ia Ile