The Express.
London, England, 1851-07-04 00:00:00

dation stone of a grammar-school, to be erected in the
neighbourhood of the town. He will then pay soma further
♦isits to the Association, and return to town in the evening
by a special train. To-morrow is to be devoted by the mem-
bers of the Association to the usual excursions. On Monday
they will do Dome business, and on Tuesday they will
bring their twenty-first meeting to a close by • public
dinner.

Among the distinguished visitors in the town is Prince
Lucien Bonaparte.
The following is a list of the company who will have the
honour of meeting his Royal Highness at dinner this even-
ing at Shrubland Duke and Duchets of Argyll, M. Van
der Weyer and Madame Van der Weyer, Chevalier Bunsen,
Marquis of Abercorn, Countess Morley, Earl of Enniskillen,
Lord Monteagle, Lord Wrottesley, Earl Stradbroke, Lord
Rendlesham, Lord Alfred Paget, Bishop of Oxford, Sir John
Boileau, Sir Roderick Murchison, Sir Edward Cust, Colonel
Seymour, Colonel Grey, Captain G. N. Broke, Mr. Robert
Cast, Mr. Barry, Colonel Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. Western
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Berner' and family, Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Cobbold and Miss Cobbold, Dr. and Mrs. Whewell,
Captain Fitzroy, RN., Captain Warburton, ILA., Dr.
Beget, &c., &c.

FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION AT THE
RAILWAY STATION, LIVERPOOL.

At a little after seven o'clock yesterday morning,
one of the most awful explosions that has occurred for
some time past took place 'Pale goods station of the London
and North Western Railway, Edge-hill, Liverpool, where a
locomotive engine blew up, doing considerable damage, and
inflicting severe, and it is feared fatal, injuries on two
persons. The Conway locomotive engine, belonging to the
above company, usually employed in the transit of goods,
was in course of preparation for taking a goods train to
Manchester, and at the time of the explosion was stationed
at the Edge-hill junction, near the spot where the tunnels
for the passengers and goods traffic meet the main lines.
The driver who was in charge of the engine was
not the man usually employed ; but ha had, from
causes not at present explained, brought the Conway
from Manchester yesterday morning with a goods train,
arriving hero about six o'clock. The steam had
been brought up to the requisite degree of pressure,
the merchandise waggons were ready, the signal had been
given for the engine to join the train, and the men in
charge were in the act of bucking for that purpose, when
the boiler burst with fearful violence, causing a report that
could he distinctly heard for several miles, and spreading
the utmost consternation and alarm throughout the vicinity.
Providentially no passenger trains were due, nor persous
waiting for conveyance, or the loss of life must have been
frightful.
The driver, who wu standing on the sole plate, between
the engine and tender, was blown to a considerable distance,
and is so severely scalded that his life is considered in great
danger ; the poor stoker wa. carried high up into the air, and
fell upon the roof of the adjoining (dikes, which were broken
in, and the unfortunate fellow was discovered in a frightfully
shattered state, but still alive, between the roof and the
ceiling of the station. Both were immediately conveyed to
the infirmary. The driver is too severely injured to bear
questioning as to the origin of the disaster. It is believed,
however, that the catastrophe has been occasioned by the
sticking of the valve, by which a heavier pressure was
thrown on the boiler than it WAS capable of bearing.
A massive gate with the heavy stone corners has been
thrown down, a great number of the waggons were broken
by the concussions, the tire-box of the engine was found in
a field some hundred yards away from the spot, the boiler
itself being carried over an adjacent wall and rent into
small pieces.
The policeman on duty near the spot has sustained some
painful but not dangerous bruises.
An investigation has been act on foot by Mr. Booth as to
all the circumstances connected with the occurrence.

Fout o'cioex, P.M.—'the unfortunate fireman (or
stoker), whose name was Griffith, has just expired in the
Southern Infirmary, leaving • wife and three children;
and the driver (Valentine) is not expected to recover. Ile
has a wile and five children. The damage done to the
goods in the train is very considerable, and fur a great dis-
tance along the line frugmeuts of the broken waggons and
their contents were to he seen for some time after the acci-
dent. The northern mail train barely escaped the ex-
plosion, having only left the station a few minutes before
the fatal occurrence.