The Express.
London, England, 1859-04-04 00:00:00

TO TSB IDTTOR OP' THI IILARESS.

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lappet' to Ito as annual ticket-holder on '
dr above Its* it me, sad very frequently travel by trains
abbacy at the Commercial Dock-Attires, and although I
always take good an to doss the wisdoms on both sides
wham merles it, yit I aware you the stench which Ells Me
is almost uasupportable, quits Indere:amble; sad I
raysdd Inooncaivable ; tt otter forum a subject for gumbos
mow the passenger,. tr,..w the company's dicers at the
Mae oss pomeibly costimue to exist in such an atameepbere.
What will It be w the summer's heat comes at t Last
year ins ay passengers left the civic and went by rail to avoid
feel stemehos ,• but the Thames was esqulsi.e perform com-
pared with the abominable compound stored la the min-
psny's etches. I think the directors cannot hare booms ke
whet purpose they were letting their property, but they sand
know sow sad if they don't lake iminviikto steps to abolish
the noire:to they deserve to be made to live CO is It.
I am &c. B. B. T.

THE MAIN DRAINAGE SCHEME.—At • public
swag held at lb. Orftri G ,Pery on Friday last, Mr. J. A.
Nielsolay he the chat, the following resolutions were carried
trweimemely, Mr. D'lffanger, jun., declining to vote en no-
meant of his posidon so member of the Metropoliten Board :
"That It is expedient to obtain an act ofparliament to owe*
the Mrtropolitas Board of Works (in maim of their preen
under the 21st wed 22nd Vitt , cep. 104), first to construct
'the projected iatatrepting tunnel sewer nett the river
Thum. That a committee be appoiated to wait ma the
meethen Ow the metropolitan boroughs to ensure their am-
ebas in promptsg the recenired 114 t of parliauseet, sad that
the committee (with powers to add to Its number) eameht of
Ms era. W. Leaden. C. Freetb, and B. B. Smart." This.
(=flacon wasentni to set for the ne'ghbourbood of Os-
lord-etteet, it tag Intended to bold public meetings and
elect equally inibeentiel gentlemen to represent their different
Matzke*, aed ileem a general committee tor the maybes ant
of theddoeb et the wow.
THE 11011111ERY OF £BOO IN NEWCASTLII—RE•
COYEST or £.s2o.—Mr. Stsittsby, sncerintesdeut of the
pace hew of Sundsrlend, received on Feeley, by the 'Wa-
i= a letter containing Are 1001. notes of the Bank of
end one 20/. note. Four of large notes corre-
spond with the numbers given by the Bradford cattle-dealer,
sad the 20/. one also corneporrie with one of hie numbers.
The Ilfth note does not correspond ; it le a good 100/. note,
bet either the cattle-dealer advertised a wrong number or
the maw of the notes haa made a mistake.—Xeurestle
Cirsaiits.
THE GALL OP FRIDAY.— By the telegraphic
returns rewired at Lloyd's on Saturday, it appears that a
strong gels from the S. W. swept various points of she coast on
Friday, until late In the evening, end ranted a serious
amount of mischief. Several lame are reported, and it is
feared that the fall ettaet of damage Is yet to be ascertained.
In the course of the night three reetele struck upon Penal tb
loodo, rear Cardiff, and two of them went down. They
WO the Harris*, boned to Southampton from Newport with '
tea's ,• the Tyro, of Plymouth, and //1w Alma of Shoreham.
Tbe Lathes we. get of after come difficulty, but the ewe
farmer mak. TM wows ort reported to have been saved.
A Norrogba schooner, called the Soclstunseren, from
Emmet sad Liverpool, timber lades. was fallen in selth,
waterlogged wed abandoned in the channel, come 12 miles
frau the South Fl•rtlsed, by the Iron Er, collier arrow
steamer. Nothing hse bees seen or heard of the crew, and
their fate is lancet trim. The steamer took the deiclict in
tow. and got her into Dover Bay. The brig Betsy, belonging
to Whitby, is reported to have foundered en Friday' night,
after eustriningdamage in going over Tees ll.r. The crew
were saved. The seceenite from the nortb-westera roost
state that the wind blew a complete t torm from the S.W.,
with sleet and Ms, the wenh, r being very cold.
EXPLOPION AT THE FAVERSHAM GrEPOWDZIt

llitz.u.—On Saturday morning kat a terrific mimes,
which arm beard f r miles rolled, took piece at the mos-
mnier witt situated at Ore, neer Fayserhens. The sod-
at ll ado,k in • portion of the astablishamat
where a considerable amount of gunpowder was stored, hat
tortimately where so, pence was et that time employed.
Frammenti of the boildiog wrre bead at a die.anoe of mayoral
mike from the occident, and fa Ilis town of Faversham the
homes were violently shaken, and the almost a:cites/at
'mailed. The whole of the wrgeor and medical men re-
slaw at Favershons, Oeprirsgr, &e., dtore off to the seem of
Ifs eacklest. end it was feared that a great writhed life '
Itai tabs plane. It is, however, singularly fortunate that a
astaber et beats generally eraibyed neer the spot
were at the time away, sad we understand that no permit
was killed, although • few were rightly injured op the
falling of portioas of the bail Hag. The shock of the explo-
sion was illat'actly felt at the city of CaVortary, a'ont 10
mike diateati