The Express.
London, England, 1865-04-08 00:00:00

BURSTING OP Till
lIIIBOGINILER OP A LOCOMOTIVE
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THE GUARD OF THE TRAIN KILLED.
(From the Way*ld /mewl of yesterday.)
Early this morning the boiler of a locomotive
engine atteched to a Great Nordista oral train burst with •
loud noise, on the West Yorkshire Railway. at finowhill,
jest at its inaction with the Ossett branch. In the explosion
the guard, a roan earned Cooper, wee killed. It wan
that the mine left Artiste, 'WWI about 5 o'clock with a
load al empty coal waggons, and proceeding to Oseett
there exehanged the empty wsggooa for fall ones, and
started on the return journey. A stoppage waa made at
the Saowbill junction in order to pick up as additional
load, and it was whilst shunting for this purpose, that the
explosion took place. This happened at five minutes to
6. The engine was just abreast of the points where
Cooper bad stationed himself. when the front
half of the boiler gave way, • complete round of plates were
torn from their rivets, sad the greeter portion of them
corning into direct and immediate contact with Cooper *rot
him headlong for several yards, crashing into his skull, shat-
tering it almost to pieoss, sad otherwise frightfully muti-
lating him. He must have had an instantaneous death.
The diiver, who was at his peek escaped uninjured.
the force of the blast having gone in a different direc-
tion. He says .he felt a slight blow on his heed. A
potties of the woe sideboard which protected him was
carried away. As soon as he recovered from his surprise be ,8,
at owe jumped off the engine *ad ran to Cooper, but life
was gess. Our reporter reached the place where the acci-
dent imposed about balf-past 9 o'clock. Mr. &twin- II
tendeat Hall and Mr. Bonne, foreman of the locomotive de- I
part:Dent of the railway at Leeds, were then examining the 10
engine. As far as mild be aseerbained it presented g
no appearances of having had an old hectare about it. u
The safety valve stood at 1201ba. pressure, which is said et
to be war the usual working point. Simpson, the driver,
and O'Neil, his stoker, had only had charge of the engine it.
fa Walleye, but they state that it had been in the hands it.
of several other men since it had undergone repairs. From n
the plate on the engine it appears to have bees made in ;
1850 by Mr. Wilson, of Leeds. It has, therefore, been ie Elt
use for nearly 15 pars. The body of Cooper has been N.
, removed to the Saowhill Inn, kept by U. Laptop, to await es.
' • coroset's inquest, which is to be held at 4 o'clock this St
afternoon, before T. Taylor, Faq., county coroner. 12
L deceareed lived at Ardsley, and we are told that he has i;
left behind him a wife and five children. et

Miss Louisa Pyne, we understand, is engaged by rs;
Mr. Bateman for a tour in America, and will WM'S England lilt
very shortly to fulfil it. We regret, in the present falter. et,
leg state of Foglish art, that wo shall lash even for a short Lk
thee, our most charming and enoossdnl prism donna.— r,
OrcAestro. Ise
We regret to state that Mr. E. J. Loder, the
pompom of the Night Dancers, Ilourjahad, &c., died on too
Wednesday last—Orotaiira.
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Master Paul Fechter, a little son of Mr. Fechter, St.
will appear as the boy in Belphivor, at the Lyceum, with
hi father, on Easter Monday.—Ordestro.
The Prew expresses a hope that the next new
boulevard opened in Paris will be named after Mr. Cobden. SS.
The Cologne Gazette, finding its news frequently Li'
taken without acknowledgment by a German contemporary, St.
determined recently to punish the offender in a somewhat
original manlier. Having received telegraphic informatics SS
of Mr. Cobden's death and of Mr. Bright having been pro•
seat when the event took place, it announced in the "ex.
change" copy intended for its contemporary, ad of le
mune in that copy alone, that Mr. Bright M.
had ettoonsobed, and that Mr. Cobden bad received le
the last adieux of his friend. The bait wee swallowed sit
whole. Not orJy did the newspaper thus hoaxed &nominee ea
the death of the member for Birmingham, bat it added a LS.
sketch of his career. The Cologne Gazette is of course in all
ecstasies.
The Italia of Naples announces that the state rs
of Mount Vesuvius is rather alarming at present, that the to
upper crater is almost full of lava, and that it is feared it 1,1
will soon overflow. St
DF.LTH OF MADAMS Pass.—This once famous "
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singer died a few days sines at her resider* on the Lake
of Como, at the age of 67. having been born la 1796. Her
principal SUOONDOIS were obtained from 1823 to 1827, the
enthusiasm she excited being very great. The Sonnaesbida
and Norma were written expressly for her. She retired in
1836 to a beautiful estate she possessed on the Lake of
Como, sad bas lived there ever since.
GALT ROBBERY OF WATCHES AND JEWELLERY.—
Yesterday morning another robbery of a jeweller's shop
was committed at the house of Kr. Walker of ll'
Holborn, just within the metropolitan police T
following is a list of the articles stoke :80 gold sod idler i
watches, 69 gad guard and Albert chains, two stout curb it
carl: quantity of gold rye and seas ; 600 rings, namely
wedding rugs, 20 keepers. 200 signet rings, 50 mourning
rings, 30 diamond air gem rugs, and 200 fenny riop ; 200 1
gilt pins, 150 gold lockets, 50 pairs of bright gold earrings,
10 large coloured brooches set with topaz, coral, and aqua- t
marine garnets ; 600 gold pins, bright sad coloured, a large
quantity of gold cusses and charms about 600 seta of gold II
studs set with store, 100 gold pen and pencil mese, sod
quantity of other • solitary. The police are very anxious
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to keep the particul.rs of this robbery from the public, and
for obvious realms. It may, however, be =shooed that, ",
unlike the robbery at the Walker's, at Cornhill, it was
effected without any " breaking in." The robbers got ad- *
mission quietly between 7 sad 8 o'clock in the morning after 0
the servant wee up and before the shop was opened, and 0
escaped safely with the booty. It is believed that the par-
ticulars when published will be found as remarkable as those t
connected with the robbery on Oornhill. It may be men. I
honed that Mr. Walker, of Holborn, and his family live on
the
lrini.NLLorgmENT EXTRAORUINANY.—The inhabitants It
of a pretty and secluded village in the North Riding were a
few days ago very much astonished at the &porno°, of •
large company of school-boys, whose wild looks of i
excitement and noisy clamour clearly showed that
they were out on "French leave." They proved
to be the pupils of • neighbouring college, who i
for some cause had resolved to turn their faces
homewards, sod were on their way to Darlington
and Suuderbad. The muters, however, gave chase, i
and shortly afterwards made their appearance,. while the
young gentlemen were being housed for the eight in the
village ion. "No surrender" was the cry of the juveniles,
nor did they return *US certain conditions were assented
to by the pursuers in the presence of the bindlord, who
mightily enjoyed the scene, and will not forget it for some
time, more especially ea they neglected to poi the bill.—
Yorkakire Gazette.
CAPTCEE OF BROOD. FISII.—We have selected the
run= as an example of the mischief done by the reckless
capture of brood-fish ; but the illustration will serve its turn
for every other species of salt-water fish. Further, we may
remark that, though • prejudice exists in favour of the
superiority of herrings and mackerel with large full roes, it
is now the lees certain that they are not fit for food in an
equal degree with those fish which have spawned, and have
bad time to recover their condition. It is • universal rule
of nature that no creature on the point of giving birth to its
young can by any possibility be in a fit state for food, how-
ever specious may be the reasoning of those who affirm the
contrary. And it is strange that persons who would look on
the destruction of salmon, perch, trout, and other fish,
when in spawn, as a species of fish-murder, will yet so per-
sistently declare that a mackerel or herring " s nothing
without a good-sized roe !" Until this fallacy explodes, and
we have proper regulations for the protection of our sea-fish
during their breeding seasons, it is mere idle vaporising to
exaggerate the casual damese done by the "trawl-net" If
ever system was urgently celled for, it is as regards the
regulation of our British sea fisheries. One of our most
popular rerfish—the haddock—has already, in many loca-
lities, become so scarce as almost to threaten its extinction,
sad we es,: ourselves bear witness to the fact that neither
the herring nor the pilchard is new brought to market in
anything like the same abundance as twenty years ago,
although the introduction of railways for the conveyance of
fish to market from seaport towns has greatly facilitated
their use as an article of food, in the metropolis especially.
Although the demand for fish in the present day is treble
what it was twisty years since, the vest eatural resources
of Great Briton in this respect would, if properly hue-
banded, give enough and to spare. As it ie, we not only
have to send to Amnia' and Newfoundland for our supply
of cured cod, bat • vast amount of our market supplies of
fresh fish ems* from Hollaad and from Norway. whence
they are seat, pecked in ios, to London.—Froaer's Magazine
for April.
Theme Racalwra. The traffic receipts of
railways in the United Kingdom amounted, for the
week ending the let of April, or. 11,841 milea, to
607,0941., and for the corresponding week of last year, on
31,490 miles, to 599,7871., showing an increase of 351
miles, and • unease al 7,3071. The gross receipts on
the following forte= railways amounted in the ag-
gregate. os 8,374 miles, to 494,249/., and for the
corresponding week of 1864. on 8,097 mile& to 488,944/.,
showing an inner' of 277 miles, and of 5.3051. The
isomer on the Weiler= amounted to 1,2791. •, on the
Great Easters to 7171.,• ou the Great Northers to 3,8361.;
on the Lasoultire sad Yorkshire to 531.; on the London
North Western to 408/4 on the Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lirwolasbire to 1,354/. ; on the Midland to 2.0761. ;
os the North British to 1,3661.; and on the North Eastern
' to 2,877/.—total, 13,9661. ; but from this must be deducted
5481., the dearer. on the Great Southern and Widens ;
5111. oe the Great Wasters ; 2,4921. on the Lead= and
Brighton ; 3,5961. on the Loudon and South Weston; sad
1,5121. on the South Eastern ; together 8.6611 .• leaving the
bores= as above, 51051. The goods an miners' traffic
ea those limes amounted to 300,1301. and for the corn-
ing week at 1864 to W 47,529/., shoed= an decrees, of
*6Oll. The receipts for pamegers, panels, he., &mourned
M 194,1191., sprit 221,4151., sheers • decrease of 27,2961.
The traffic receipts on 63 other lines amass
anted,
on 3,463
idles, M 112.8451. adfor the ourespooding week of last
year, en 3,393 miles, to 110.8434, 'laminas incurs of 70
Wlea sad of 2,0021. is the receipts. The total receipts
st the "wet week show an berms* of 8,3691. as cum=
ilidek these of doe preceding week swam tie 2111 k of

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