The Express.
London, England, 1865-02-03 00:00:00

RAILWAY AND PUBLIC COMPANIES IN

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Yesterday, after investigation, the following
bells were &Wired by the examiners to have complied with
the Mending orders of parliament:
BILITOL AND HYPO AND DZVON AND SOUSA= RAIL-
WAVA—To enable the Bristol end Exeter to subscribe
100,0001. toward, the undesieldng of the Deco and Somer-
set Railway, sad ceellrm an egreeneent between thole
compeers.
EAST 130NINALT AND CHIDDAI VALLIT Ramon.—
To enable the Bristol sad Exeter to make a railway to sem
seat the Bast Somerset Railway and Cheddar Valley and
Vatic+ Railways, and to take edditioeal loads for the im-
provise/at of We Wells station of the Fort Somers* power
to raise 16,0001. and to borrow 6,0001,
COLNI Yarn.= AND HAINTIAD. —To wafer farther
powers co the oompany, end enable them to run over oar-
tab ponies' end have greater Isabela over the Great
Eastern, with power to raise an addltioael capital of
40,000& end to borrow 13,3001.
CANNANTIMMANIIi RAILWAY. —To redeem the earopany's
capital from 125.0001. b 110,0001. and loan from 41,6001. to
36,6001., with power to ism capital la half shares, sad
poorer to lake bads.
LLANLAT RAILWAY AND O
N DOCK CONPANT.—TO methods*
works on the channel of the Railway and Dock Com
pony, the purchase of the Rhos Colliery sad additional
lands, and arrangemeate betimes them and the °armor-
Masashi:* Railway; also for exteasion to the Mumbles;
capital, 36,0001.; loan, 12,0001.
VALID? DRAIN IKAILWAT.—For the transfer sad mod-
portion of the Vele of Beath with the Great Western
11,11wsZr f°Traliw7l2.°Doots as to end armagraients
with
SINHOWY Rarrway.—For railways in substitution,
vistioss, sad other provisions.
South Northumberland Railway ; Southern (further
erars), Riehmanswoeth, Anierskam, and Chatham •
Dublin, Clositerf, end Daimon* Lie of Wight (for thei
establiskomet of steamboats SO OONAKCION with the
railway), Busby 4ealeesaiLn sad Tiverton and North
Devoe; Quonset (to regu late the axopeey's
capital and shares),Edinburgh Merchant Company, Rich-
mond Gas, Torquay Gas, Roach River Fisbary, Dumfries-
shire Reads, aid Waterworks and lice, Ripon
Local Bawd, Ouiboroajh Bath lmprovement, sad Bath
Several other eases were partly heard and postponed.

TNT ACCIDENT IN THE BLACKHEATH RAILWAY
Torre..—Yesterday afternoon Mr. C. J. Oarttr renamed
the inquiry, at the Prennere"Tavers' Woo!wick tato
the cirounutanose attending the deaths al Edwin Mira,
John Collie, and Joseph Mont, platelayers is the.ics al
the South ]heater Railway Company, who were killed by the
fearful collier which occurred in the Blackheath Tunnel of
the Mora Kest Lhe es the resit% of Friday, the 16th
Deorober. The witnesses who gave 'video» at the Bleak-
heath inquiry were then reezamined, and subjected to
, marching rees-examination by Mr. Robinson end Mr.
Nicheleoe. The einem having summed up, the jury, after
a deliberation of about half an hour, retread •verdict of
muslanghter naiad Jousts, the sigialmen, and Linceeter,
the guard of the ballast train, coupled with the same re-
aruneedatious as those given by the jury at Blackheath
re Tuesday last, with the following additior :—" That in
the apnea of the jury, Jones, the signalman. was over-
worked, and that the practios of barniog coal in the Wesel
instead of ooke is highly objectionable and injurious; sad
that the trine ought not to be so overloaded as to pelmet
their certain parer through the tunnel noes any leeks.
on tie line." Bail was tendered and accepted fa the
appeantece of JOB= and Lancaster to take their trial at the
art meteor of the Central Criminal Court, and the pro-
feedings terminated.
Dorm Rer.dirt RAILWAY.—The receipts for
the fortnight eliding Jan. 15, 1864 amousted to 8,8111.
Om. 20., and for the oonespoodlag period of last year to
7,4991.75. 4d., showing as WIMP* of 1,3111. 11m. 10 d. in
favour of the prier year. The reeeiple earths eannueem
meat of the prosiest book year, ca the Fat a/ May, in-
eluding the above, amounted to 196,0611. 15e. OK, showing
an increar as compared with tin ornreepatrairg reed et
last yen. of 29,6011. 9m. 944. The working for the
fortnight amounted to 4,1711. le. 9d., or 47. per cent. athe err" and for the oorrespooding period ef last year to
3,6751. lbs. 31., or 49 per asst., ahowiag en Ireeree et
exposer amounting to 4951. 9s. 6d. tel the
yeer. The working expenses, from the Ist May, 1=1:1,_
1W 150 J'an., 1855, amounted to 72,8161. 9s. 46., Of mu
per cent. of "the receipts. Tbe workbag expenses for the 1
year 1863.1864 were 38.16 per eat. el the receipts,
MMIROPOLITAN AMPOOLiTION TOR PROMOTING
theme
EDUCATION Or Areura—lori Granville will preside at
the anneal sweat of the Metropolitan Adult Marti=
Airdrie), to be held on Weds:Way, February illk, at
the al Arta. et three *Week. The Biebeg of Lew
des, the of Oxford, Bic llamas pips, Arelidemeen
tillerten, Mr. Lewis. M.P., ad ether genthease,
gipl take part in the proseedlagr.
GILT Nonfrenns H C4LBRONIAN-1101).
—Number dreamer for the week ending Jam Mt, 70,
d TINA 170 was am seem