The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-14 00:00:00

sustained 15. The Conservative,
they sustained 28 ; elaunr 8, sustage of 5 votes to the Liberals.

HOME-OFFICE.—The basin
removed to apartments in the Tr
will be required for completing
which are now in progress.
THE SPITALFIELDS RAG%
a numerous and respectable nu
Spitfifields, Bethnal-green, used
held at the British S:1001 ROY
ney-road, for the purpose of girl
of the Spitalfields Ragged Schc
The Rev. Mr. Branch presided
port, which stated that since tl
about a year ago, a consideral
place among that class for which
while several benevolent 'edict
shoes, and other articles. Short
schools were opened four night,
25 girls attended; but the appli,
ingly numerous. On the first S 1
class was formed of boys about tl
the week they had 74 on the be.
Sunday evening clool was es
attendance soon varied from GO t
was a great want of teachers, as
there was only one teacher for
that since ragged schools were
they have extended into almost
land and Scotland ; and they ha
most happy results. In Louden
there are 42 scholars without
who for weeks had no home.
adopted, a resolution was sign
objects of the meeting, which th
The Court of Common
marked changes next term—a
new puisne judge, with a rout,
exclusive privileges of serjeatite
end to, alter an existence of COI
session of parliament.—Gloise.
HOME-GROWN GRAPES.—
home-growth has not, for man
in the present season, and so pr
it was remarked by Dr. Lindley
ticultural Society, last week, th
pitious, this might become a c
abundance has caused a great
from grocers, for the manufactu
DEATH OP MR. 130 ND,
the unexpected demise of Wil
magistrate of the Westminster c
place on Saturday last), three :
meter became vacant, viz., the
recordership of Poole, and the
comity of Dorset. Mr. Bond,
suffering from a disease of the
Vincent-square. no later than
night he wasi.eized with a v:olm
and lungs, and ere many hour.
having breathed his last, at hi
Temple. Mr. Bond was appoic
square police-court in room of
Graham, about four years Aga, a
discharged his duties most ett
tively speaking, a young man, I
but a short time since. In
to the bar by the Ron. Society .
practice, owing, no doubt, to
health, was never very consider
in his native county, Dorset,
settled for years.
IMPORTATION OP COns.-
the Customs have issued direct,
of the revenue at this port, an
troller' of the customs at the set
United Kingdom, to prepare at
General of Imports and Expo,
delay, the undermentioned acre
late to their respective ports,
quantities of foreign and color
tiourlistinguishing each sort)
Kingdom, from the Sth of Ja
Octo r, 1846; showing the coo
2. An account of the quantities
grain, meal, and flour (again di
ported from the bonded warrho
during the same period; alto
ported. 3. A like account of th
kh corn, grain, meal, and floe
exported from the United Kingd
showing to what countries expo:
RAILWAY SIGNALS.—Titer
good sense in the following sagg
pondeut:
" The ingenuity of • contrivance of
Is, I think, the tase with railway Nita
railway signals arc intended to increa
they are only meant to save expenr.
whatever, b.: it as clever as It mav,
tote for a well-trained body of police
this well enough, but then thine ea
at Mast ; for the real truth is In the 1
There is one railway in England whir
of its signals,—the Eastern Counties I
have they been carried out so full.
signal is announced, ten to one it has
Eastern thuuties. Now this railwa
fairly or not we do not say,—but sum
the intent d ingerous and unlucky line
Is this merely a coincidence or someti
Is hardly too much to say that the act
Monday could not have happened, hat
melons and ellident body of police.
and stoker. are busy making up for la
train which is coining—it is nobody's
when it is heard, somebody lo sent off
late. If we haves few more such seri
true meaning of" railway signals." '
on tho whole, we should be guinea
A TIMID MAN.

MORE. ACCIDENTS ON TE
RAILWAY.—Since the serious
line of the Eastern Counties Hail
of Monday, two mere accident.
and one yesterday, near the Brox
bridge with the Hertford line.
the quarter-past two up train, wl
don at thirty-five minutes past tt
time, being driven by engine No
Be.abourne Junction, which ha
main line, the driver of the erg
the engine had gone of the line,
stoker, jumped off; the engine, t
in which was the guard. turned
embankment into a pond, the so
in the fall. Fortunately the cc
the engine went off the line,
shock, end the carriages conk
left standing on the Rite. Al
another engine was sent doe
information having been sent t
that place, and the affrighted pa
London. Mr. Samuels, Mr. Sec
superintendents of the various d
visited the spot soon after the
Captain Coddington, the Assist
made an official inquiry into fin
the result has not transpired.
which is one of Stephenson's la
size and weight, had not been
although upwards of fifty labour
day in trying to extricate it.—
whiph preceded the quarter pa,
on arriving between Ware and S
trucks which were standing on
been used for carrying materials
laid down between Hertford an
were destroyed and the line bl
however, were forwarded by nut
and by a Cambridge train, whi
their destinations. On Monday
Bishop Stortford, and investigate
near that place on Saturday mor
be entirely accidental.
RAILWAY PROFITS.—In
Friday, I find the following obserratit
prevalent opinion, that every sixpene,
ways beyond the actual cost of the
eluding a fair average profit on that c
Yates (a correspondent, to whom the
attempts a justifleattm by denying r
rfrthus: Mill, however, the
ether the proprietors of railwa)
to take, more than a fair rate of p
agree with the writer that these old
whether they are reasonable, or NI
oonaistent with the mammy of mica'
These prevalent opinions mast be ham
public have a right to interfere with U
to limit it to what the public amide
public does not usually imagine it t
private property, there must be some
with railway property, which wok
rule. I would wish to know what t
would Brat ask, as all rights involve d
right of curtailing pronto' to a fair
of a lola, the public, who claim ti
to male up the defictt, if any. Upon
party claims a share of profit+, they n
lam. But then, it is urged, retina, s a
the public hare a right to interfere. It
to be private property at all, but be to
in the exercise of its discretion, dowel
ride, but left them to bo made iron
having been obtained, the money :rat
success or failure incurred, the public
any claim founded upon their being
choice of slaking them with public Ix
they chose the latter, and they mut D
tweaking their contract. In all future
what claims and stipulations they plea
artablietwai, the terms of the arranges
persons think that as railways cannot
of Parlianaent,that Parliament hare, sc
to interfere. Waterworks require Ac'
the loss of Sir liugh Middleton in bet
New River, nor has exercised on
of the shares to • fair average Pont.
rose to 14,000/. each. Gas-works, cam
takings require the concurrence and m
in such one no right of milrequent sr
has been claimed. And why should it
am that is ever assigned is —that from
are in fact monopolies; and therefore I
put them down, or at Icon to regulate
that if they ere monemlies, thelegiatil
Lure, as one party, g ire the power, a
party, incurred the risk and aubscrlbed
was a public advantage to have railwal
it was bottom a protit was expected ti
money; and it mil not do for the k
suffered you tolocur MI the risk, aril w
the apecnlttioa tiled, it Is true you we
neverthelem, we did 'not expect the p
and therefore you must now be mourn'
and give all the surplus to the nablie.
tend railways are Dot moooptdiesowid
fence of the public is competition. L
affords to the proprietors sonic
beet that magnitude made the
risk and that consequently the
from that circumstance, is cue which