The Express.
London, England, 1861-01-12 00:00:00

(Stamped, ld. Additional.) [TWOPENCE.

METROPOLITAN BOARD OP WORKS.
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The mond meeting of the Metropolitan Board of
Works was beld yesterday in the Council Chamber, Guild-

eau ; Mr. J. THWAITZEI in the chair.
The financial statement was presented, which gave the
following cash balances in the heeds of the treasurer :
Current accounts, 112,7011. :ie. 9d. ; deposit accounts,
74,000/. ; total, 1146,7041. 3s. 9d. Government securities in
the New Three per Cent. Annuities, 17,156/. es. Id. ;
cheques ordered but not presented—issued, 5941. 16s. 3d. ;
not wined, 86.1461. is. 2d. ; total, 86,7411. Is. sd.

/10t!THWARE AND WESTMINSTER COMMUNICATION.
A report was received from the Street Improvements
Committee, recommending that cheques to the amount of
1,3471. 19s. J. be drawn for compensation to several
owners for their property required for the new street from
High•street, Southwark. to the Bhickfriars-road. The re-
commendation was agreed to.

THE PROGRIRS OP THE MAIN DRAINMIE WORKS.
Mr. Baralgette, the chief engineer, presented a
report as to the main drainage works, which stated
that the bulk of the works had of neoat
been stopped for a considerable portion of the past month
on account of the frost which had set in. The northern
high level sewer, which had been re-let to Messrs.
Brassily, also awaited a change of weather. The arrange.
manta for placing Mr. Furness in possession of the lend
along the whole line of the northern outfall sewer are needy
completed, and this work will be commenced at the sad el
the present month. The Raiselagh storm overflow sewer
across Hyde-perk progresses satisfactorily, works to the
amount of 11,4001. having been completed, in addition to the
underpinning of the old sewer to the nano of 2,6881. On
the south side of the river the southern high level sewer is
now in progress at Ave different places—three on the
main line, and two on the Dulwich or Effra branch. Some
remarkable strata of concreted shells and fossil hones were
'ldathfl the Magma of these works. The southern
sewer, Widahleas eseansaised fa April Lint assn.
noes to be carried on in • business-like and satisfactory
manner. The tunnel under Woolwich is about one mile in
leth, and varies from 45 to 75 feet in depth. Four
shafts have been sunk, and 2,2-43 feet of tunnel completed.
the headings being lighted with gas, and the miners working
day and night. The tunnel will probably be completed next
autumn. At the east end of Woolwidt they were working in
send, and at the west end in chalk. The shaft in Sun-alley
is 55 feet deep, and is sunk into the chalk, and but little
, water is met with bee*. That in Howard's-yard, Powia-
street, is 60 feet deep, and the lower half of the sewer is
constructed in the chalk, the upper half in sand. The rest
of the work is, with trifling exceptions, being constructed in
open cutting ; and about 6,257 feet had been completed,
making 8,510 feet in tunnel, and open cutting. The value
of the work done is about 80,000 f. The contractor has pro-
vided 12 steam-esginas, a steam-hoist. a tramway across the
marshes, from the cattail to Woolwich Arsenal, and a loco-
motive for the conveyance of materials, also three observa-
tories for setting out the tunnel. The average depth balm*
25 feet, and the cutting generally is through sand and pi*
but the sewer is mostly built upon concrete, resting on the
gravel, and much water has been encountered. The marsh
ditches are being carried over the sewer in alas* of bride-
work in cement. The land purchased by the board at the
outlet for the engine-house, euginee, /cc., is about
thirty-four acres. The works for the low level sewer, under
the Surrey Consumers' Gee Company's . property, now
satisfactorily, the water having been sub.
progresses
and the excavations nearly completed. The
old seat outlet was of varying form and size, and in a wry
dilapidated condition. It is now being reconstructed, and
the sewage conveyed through iron pipes to low water, and
this will form a storm overflow in connection with the low
level sewers. A steam-engine and pumps have been erected
hero for the relief of the low-level districts, pending the
completion of the main drainage works. It is at present
pumping at a disadvantage into the temporary outlet. and
it having been found that the present engine is capable of
working more pumps, the board have recently ordered
another large pump, which would give greater relief when
the permanent outlet is completed.
The report was received.
THE NORTHERN MAIM OCTFALL SEWER.

The following communications were received in referenbe
to the soden for the northern outfall sewer :
" Admiralty, January 9, 1861.
" Sir,—l am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of
the Admiralty to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of
the 13th of December last, submitting pia= of the proposed
outfalla into the River Thames at Barking-reach, of the
northern portion of the sewage of the metropolis, and re-
~uestiug their lordships' assent to the same. In reply lam
directed to acquaint you that my lordships will amid to the
proposed new outtall, on condition that the discharge ei
sewage shell not take place until one hour after the time of
high water. On duplicates of the drawings herewith re-
turned being forwarded, lament will be given in the usual
way.—l am, no, your obedient servant,
" W. G. Romenst."
The following was received on the same subject from the
Thames Conservancy Board :
" Thames Conservancy-offices, Tower-hill, Dec. 21,1860.
" have the honour to inform you that year letter
of the 13th instant, with the plans accompanying the mnae,
of the works on the shore of the river for the naeYtn mob
cattail sewer, have been laid before the Conservators of the
Myer Thames, and I am directed by them to 'Spey their
averousi et the Lbost for such works, and to akin WS
weeks eseerdies the said plans will not Interfere with the
navigation of the River Thames. —I have the honour to be,
air, your obedient servant, "E. BtrINTIL, Sec. I
"J. Pollard, Esq., Metropolitan Baud of Works,
Greek-street, Soho."
These communications were received and ordered to be
entered on the minutes.
Some other business having been diaperedd,the board
adjourned.

IHRTITUTION or Cirri. Eirorwswes.—A Telford
gold medal and a council premium of books for the semi=
of 1860, were awarded to James J. Batley, lieq., M. Inst.
C.E, for a paper entitled, "On Indian Railways, with a
Menoription of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway.' This
emeribution to the proceedings of the institution was writ-
ten in India by the author, who is chief engineer to the
Gnat Indian Peninsula Railway Company, whose service be
Sabered in the year 1849, and whose satire scheme of
' Inge bee projected and constructed to their present ad-
, MON& elate of purees. The projeota comprise the two
mraintraid railway indium up the Syradress or Ghent. of
WORMS India. One of these—the Bhore Grant Incline
isserailideming towards completion. It contains 2f tunnels
theme bust* rock within the short space of 13 mile'.
=
el MOOD men srejemployed upon it, under Messrs.
sad (Roemer, the managers for the well-known
smimelera lons. TredweU. To give some conception of
rempilinfie of the works we may mention, that in the
lensi d xonisber five tons of gunpowder per diem were
awl work to the amount of 40,000/. was ere-
..
:rift Mt
the one month. The completion of this incline is
=demanded by the commerce and population of
and when finished will be the greatest engineering
wart In India,and among the most stupendous of any age
er country. Mr. Berkley, the engineer, was • pupil of the
late Robert Stephenson, Esq., M.P., and enjoys the hamar-
able distinction of a special mark of fumr from that great
master of his profession.
FRIGHTFUL BOILER EXPLOSION AT • SUGAR
Rirunaes.—Yesterday morning, abortlylifter ten o'clock, a
tearful explosion took place on the premises of Messrs. J.
Craven and Company, sugar refiners, of No. 3,
Gnat Garden-Meet, Whitathapel-road, whereby Ave
were severely scalded and otherwise injured,
=amosi them not being expected to recover. The
=ln question were very lofty, and come& • mai-
opus. At the rear of the building there was a
boiler-house about thirty-feet in height, and of considerable
strength. At the time above-namal there were a number of
workmen engssd at their usual dutiee, when a land miss
wanheard by e inhabitants. Upon going to the beak part
'el the building it was ascertained that the large boiler Lad
exploded and blown the bolter-hones almost to Um; sad
that fire men were scalded and buried in the debris. Netinie
was lost in adopting steps to rescue the poor fellows, and she
awe time had elapsed the following persona were extricated,
is • shocking condition :—John Plumb, aged 23 ears,
scalded over the whole of the body and limbs ; Samuel
aged 33 ears, similarly injured ; Joseph Dettmer, aged 21
ears, ' seriously injured by and contadems
John;
Regal, 30 years of age, extensively scalded and caber.
wise injured, and another man whose name could not be as
certained was taken out of the ruins very mach comma
and braked on the body and limbs. The unfortmetel
sufferers were each placed in blankets, and conveyed, with-
out delay, in separate calm to the London Remind, where
Mr. Finch, the house surgeon, and the whole of the neediest
staff of the institution, rendered every possible saimanse,
but such were the injuries they bad sustained that two ere
silica dead. The ether three are going on es farms* se
ponsible. The cause of the disaster could not be ewer
rained, but an official investigation into the matter win he
made by the government authorities. Several homes an
either side of the premises have been much injured by the

eiplosloo.
DISTRYI4II 114 THE METROPOLIM.—Last evening en
influentiel meeting was held at the Grua Man Hotel,
Blackheath, far the purpose of adopting measures to re-
lieve the dieteers existing among the working dune in the
district, owing to the severity cif the weather. The chair
wean:espied by Illz. W. AugersOsin, M.P. for Greisswick,
who alluded to the large somber of men throws outline-
pioyeatat ecusequent urn the setting in of the preleat
severe frost, and the pnvations they and their finales were
labouring under. The meeting wan subsequently addicted
by sewed gontiment and Sa the motion of Wend Liu,
ma•dg=nell HolPh Aunstiver, it wee resolved to form
to Arrant rellid, wmaipally counting al ked.
flea, aad clothing to the distressed, a commit=
appointed to wait nem the residents in the neigh
to tolled enbeeriptiona towards the neceneary funds.

HORRIBLE: CRUELTY BY TILE CAPTAIN OP A
WEST INDIAMAN.

itocitESTER, FRIDAY.
At a late hour last night Mr. Bower Marsh, the
deputy coroner for this city, concluded • lengthened inves-
tigation into the circumstances attending the death of a sea-
man named William Jordan, • man of colour, late one of
the crew of the West Indianian Warlock, Captain Peter
Emilie, which arrived at Chatham dockyard a few days
ago from Demerara, who was alleged to have died on board
that vessel in the river Medway, is consequence of the aeg-
is,* awl want of attention shown him by the captain.
After the jury had been sworn, they proceeded on board
Ithe Warlock to view the body. The deceased was found
lying on the floor of the forecastle, on • few dirty raga, and
esareely any covering at all over limn, with the exception of
a dirty piece of flannel. The door of the forecastle was
dripping with wet, and there were no aim= of lighting
ire in it. The place where the body lay was that in which
the deceased had been allowed to die. He was a remark-
ably fine young man, about six feet in height, and appa-
rently about 20 years of age. The stench arming irons the
disgusting state of the forecastle was most sickening, and
several of the July were nearly overpowered by it.
James Lees, a scripture reader, was the tint witness
examined, and, in answer to the coroner, he stated that ha
visited the Warlock on Saturdays afternoon, having heard
the state deceased vas in. Oa gulag into the forecastle be
found him lying an his face en the floor, the only thing he
bad au hft • piece of billable tied round hie legs. Deemed
had ao clothe oa, bed there was a piece of blue flannel
round his loins. His lisiVand arms were quite bare. De-
ceased was lying on the Seer en • few rags. The day was
thosedingly cold, bat Were was no provision for
o•se.t and
the wake was dripping is ea to the fluor. The dwr
amenedoes, and Vila whams spoke kindly to him be only
sallidere. Wilms Mod toget him removed into
Meivfile Hospital, bid deesaped could not be admitted into
that establishment not being in her Majesty's service. The
make told witness there was no food on board the vessel.
Demised died on Monday.
Daniel James Dodson Maekriane, chief mate of the War-
ier*. deposed that the deemed wee shiped at Demerara,
for • voyage to Englaad,_ in the month of-October lath He
was le good health until the ship arrived in the
whoa he became very ill and went below. Wilms=
him to go on deck and work, which he did ; but deceased
appeared a, ill that he seat him below. He re-
mained below until the ship arrived at Chatham on Friday
evening last, when witness went below and saw him. He
was then delirious. Witness 'whoa the captain to go to
him ; end he went ; but, on sating him, Le pronounced him
to be " shamming," and seat for hOele salt and put in his
mouth. The captain then lashed deceased in his hammock,
and left him, never seeing ban again. Witness told the
captain ha was nut doing right, but he replied that de-
ceased was ao more out of his naiad than be was. There
were not sufficient clothes to keep deceased warm. The
captain had plenty, but did mot give him any. No fire was
allowed in the forecastle, into which the water leaked. The
forecastle was not a fit place for any human being to lie in.
The captain had a medicine chest on board, bet he did not
give deceased any medicine. lie did not treat the deceased
as be ought. He beat him ease or twice during the
vhITE
by_ giving him a "teach up" with the rope.
C Friday night, when Mei vessel arrived at the More,
the eepleia went os shore end shipped all night, leaving DO
food fee fla sew, via did eat eta -say tall the following
morning. The spiels eabaal that no food should he given
the deeeaisill to Ma river, as he aught to have gone ashore
eithtleselbar portion of the grew. The following Mater-
due kagellig witnees west le wthe dammed and found
Issamilib. He pee NV • cup of warm coffee with a
glebe et aft YM, which be wallowed. Meowed expired
an the Ifiad4F. N. spite were allowed on board the
yard, but tbe captain bad some.
James MIA% the second Mate, corroborated the evidence
if the chief mate so to the treatment to which the
Vlwas subjected by the captain.
. 11. P. Heaven, surgeon, Rochester, deposed to having
mob a post-mortem examination of the body, which was
list of • fins young =a, and apparently in good health.
Parte et hi body were much swollen by the cold. There
was • saiet waft of food In the stomach. There were
ao exteraisl aria ea 'the body to account for death ; and,
=2:18.4621; Wangs Use witoessea, be had no biot-
in segbg that Roth was occasioned by cold, ex-
panse, aid loggia Whit sigmas were brought to this
sinaley lbw aught to be sup plind with plenty of clothing
ealligeedieei
CildausiwelfberaMag fee • short
lime, returnedie •
*Z Captain
IrbeaLd=ease y issued his warrant for
the of the eeptaia, who was taken into cus-
tody =me eight, sad oomtaitted to Maidstone Gaol' to
await hie trial et the mime.

ANOTHER ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON ANDLWAY.
NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY.

CHI:DDINGTON, FIUDAT Evastsq.
This morning, an accident which, but for the
fortunate circumstances referred to below, might have been
attended with the most disastrous consequences both to life
and limb, Gemmed near tide stales.
The up night mail train, which leaves Birmingham at
1.20 a.m., is due at Blisworth junction at 3.22, and then
proceeds on its journey to London, only stopping at Harrow,
which station should ise reached at 4.45, and Weston at 5.10.
Checidington is not a stopping station for this train, and it
is usually mused about 4 o'clock, at the rate of between 30
and 35 miles an hour. The train left Birmingham at its
time this morning, and pursued its course tritt
=p until it approached this station, when a peculiar
oscillation was experienced by the passengers, who became
ameedingly dinned, and putting their heads outside the
windows called to the sore driver to stop the Leib. Of
course their cries could not be heard, but in a brief period
afterwards the persona in chasm, cd the train themselves be-
-0110,11 Wale that something senses had happened. The guard
cornmenoed to apply his brake, but it had little, if- any,
effect, sad In another moment the brake van, with other
camisole, was thrown eft the line, and a postion of the
train cams into violent anion with the platform at the
station. Bingdasir enough the force of the concussion
threw the beaks van es the rails again in its right positioo,
and the raid, with rat presence of mind, applied his
teaks in the most vigorous manner, and with t.ha active
maistame of the aeginedriver the train was ultimately
brought to a Mead. The passengers rushed from the car-
riages, maxima to 11111111 the extent of their danger and the
amount of injury sustained, and it being pitch dark at the
time it is almost unneeemary toadd that the greatest excite-
mat prevailed. laghts were procured u soon as possible,
and an examination at once took place. It wee soon found
that the accident bad occurred through the tire of the hind
wheel of the parcel van having flown to piece. in =2.
quince of the action of • the frost. This had
tins next asrriaa seemdmlass one—off the
and also the van, which afterwards
its position in the supine. manner mentioned
above. Much fear was entertained for the inmates
of the emoodmlase carriage, which had been comideribly
braes, particularly the middle eimpartment. Fortunately
itsamed oat that no passeemore had been riding in that.
compartment, or they Mud all have been killed or dread-
' fully injured. The whole of the passengers in this carriage
in tact only numbered four, all of whom escaped without
serious injury. The ordinary up line being blocked by the
accident, the fore part of the trees (which was uninjured)
was shunted on to the third use of rails, which is celled
the rap goods line, and proceeded to Loudon, where it seems
to have arrived considerably behind its time, causing some
delay in the delivery of letters from the Birmingham die-
Mist.

Tea WHAT'S= AND tea LABOURING CLAIMS.—
Ervoirom..—The thaw, whieh has sow fairly set is, will be
ballad with pleasure by themsods of the unera*y4 to
whom the recent frost was elorgoi only with mi.=
starvation. Operations have tees resumed by the
trades, and the docks. quays, sod swam"' are again a
some of setivity. TheelFer of the corporation of IL per
day to ell loon who choose to work at clearing the Avesta of
mow, ice,
_and rubbish. boa bees but carnally availed at.
Tin _and
Asa 111 a Panas.—A change in
the weather took pima last aigkt. Si tar as the metropolis is
ezmosesed. The tUrmsmstir sr during Thursday night
171 dog. ; at miss yestordag inaMog the mercury stood at
95 Sig. ; and at soon at 3I deg. ; but during the evening
the sameary rose to Xi deg., being 1 deg. above freezing
opTbe barometer deed at lOW is. The weathes
wes fop at intervals dories; the day. The wind, which
bail bees W., chopped round to the E. and 5.W.
Bszu's delicious Itevaleuta Arabia* food
ismelablyrestores Malik without medicine. inconeeniesoe, or
sit it eaves fifty times its mat In ottim remedies. 'We
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time.—lev. John W. Illaved, Itialisiton Rectory, Norfolk...
Oen Na Wit Dr. Amines Om ei oeselipatkm. dyspepea,
server irritability. Cure No. natlll. Dr. Eibortand, of dropsy
sad &Amy. No. amt. Oestals Allem, of epileptic
eta Cure No. sC.T7O. Mr. Jams Roberts, timber tam,
chim. yrusky, Surrey, of thirty yeanf diseased Nap,
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