The Sun. — London, England, 1817-07-17 00:00:00

dinner, -thank trine together until past ten at ui g ht, when 'l'kt ystien ordered a coach to be called, into which they all went ; and the coach man w,as ordered by them to drive to bell, mean ing a Dot«mot.s gambling-housp,No.77,StJames's street. kent by a person named Bennet, and well know , to all the loeckoey-coaelimen in London. Colonel Morean. Mr•Twvsden, and Mr. Carpne re turned to the hotel about half-past one-in the morn, whet :he witness, die only person tip in the bruise, was ordered to get slipper, which he did. In te n, esu ante Mr Carpite. who was not sober, called for a cattle to stai , -s to his room, ; Ind whil- he was awav Colonel Morgan desired the witness to get some st : ou p s „ Wi tness ara- S►vere.rl it was impossible at that late bolo . ; but Twy s den or,!ered hint to go tip to his room and hying down two Fice.sfitnng sjatups, which the witness had bought for him the prereeding Intoning, and the witness did ;(). Oo i4ir. Carpue's return to the slipper-room, witness heard Colonel Morgan to sav to him, that he must pass to him some acknowledgment for the sum which he bad lost to him (Mr. Morgan) that night. Mr.Carpue said he had accepted so many bills already, and which were coming due, he thought it would bp useless to pass any inure now, as he feared they would not be honoured ; but Mr. Morgan pro posed they shonld be drawn at a long d a te : nod, accordingly, he drew two bills, the one at two mouths for 1501. and the other at 75 days for the like sum, but they were post dated, as of the Ist J.ily following, and Mr. Carrie accepted their), payable at \Wright's and Co. He had lost before, in the course of a few months, between twenty and thirty thousand pounds, and that night about SOW. The bdIS became,tfue, but were disho noured, and Mr. Carptie was afterwards arrest ed, upon other acconnts, and impriscmcd, In the Fleet,'where he died since, at the age of sister, the wife of the delend4nt, took out ad rnWstration to him,. and those bills being ten dered for payment to the defendant, they were reftised uPon the ground now pleaded. An action, however, was brought Upon one of them, in this COtirt, at tire suit of a person named l'hilpot, a publican and professed navy-agent, about a year since, when there was a verdict for the plaintiff. The Attorney for the, plaintiff then was Mr. V;n tent, who was attorney for the defendant in the present action ; and Mr. Vincent, f:".ltllineo in evidence, deposed_that Philpot, the plaintiff in the former acion, had presented to hint both bills; which he said were passed to him by Mr. liennet, keeping a gainhling-house, at No. 77, St.James's st'reet, and desiring Mr. Vincent to proceed in thcin a; for his (Philpot's) account: called, and in his examination said he was a - ',avy Agent,' and that he had received one of ihose hills, Which was his giro, from" Ben net ; but that he held the other as the property of Mt.'Wood, tire present piaititiff,,and had them in Iris possession sinCe 1815 ; that he 'told Mr. Vincent So, and di.l not say tire bills Were' both on property, and that Air. Vincent . took of both bills. Qtt lint cross-examinat ion by Mr. Gyitst”', lie adrpi:ted Ire keßt a public- Lplise these 14 or 15 years in §withiws-h;ne ; and the reason clignot apply 'to Mr'. Bennet . fdr Piryinent, who passed him the hillhc"before sued for, ‘143 because be did not rhilse it. He did not knoT a Mr. l3enpet its the Jesper_of a pmbling-house in §i: Jaittes-street, but alloyays thou , ht he lived in Jertnyn 7 ,,rrcei Mr. Vincent eealfed,„,egrroborated his for Mer te,Stitnony. 'Said that the wordl 4 ` Mr. Betillef.,' Ice,eper of a ganlbYing-houSF, at No. 77, St. Ji.ii,nes's•street," were taken down at his . officefiOni Philpot's own mouth; that he bad spoken o f the two bills as ownproperty, and thathe (Vin cent)never took . any popy of tbvn, but merely.memorandum f>t their amount. lhe hand- writitor of Carpne aul N orman were . proved ; -but no evidence whatever adduced 'to spew that any Valitableconsid;ti•ation hadever been.given for. it, oar how it came into the hands of fiennet, l of Philpot, or of Wopd the olaintitf. . Mr. 'r OITING made, an ingenious speech to the Jou on behalf of his' client, the plaintiff, admit ., • • ti.pg that an origto gamt „ ning transactions, must by law render the Bill void ; but, contend it-1g there was no credible evidence to this fact, and arguing that, although there might have, been ggmbling transactions upon other occasions be tween the drawer and acceptor, still this Bill, and the former, in which a verdict had been obtained, ought for any thing in the evidence have arisen from fair bona fide transactions, or from some in nocent and legitimate bet, the legality of, which tip man could deny, and trot from :unlawful Lord ELLENBOROUII, in summing up for the , Jitry, observed, that although there was no actual,. esidence•additeed to sinew that any person had ac tually seen the cards or dice, or other implenients by which the gautiogwas actually carried on be tween those parties,' and which most vitiate the validity of the bill ; not wiastanding any chusider, wi n o, however valuable, given for it by any of the parties through whose hands it subsequently passed ; yet, troll-) the circtlll}StanC(l PrgYVd• the strongest inference was to he drawn thaA this bill was the result of a ,tiatrittling qail§a(3,lon.."." These young men were living together,. alter iu known habits. of gambling ; they s . eot for a coach to the house where they chimed and drank freely, and ordered this coach to drive theist directly to Flell, a notorious gambling-house, so, called. They rewriter! again to the hotel at.near two o'clock in the ;morning, the gkeceptor in a state of intoxication. Morgan calls for stamps, and two bill stamps, previously prepared by Twys den, are called for. Mr. Carpi?, after many ob l . *lions, is reluctantly prevailed on to give his acceptance. No proof whatever is adduced by the plaintiff, or any of the endorsers of this hill, to spew how it came to their handP, or, that ao-y consideration whatever was given for it ; which, for the sake of their own characters, they most. probably would have sbewn, if it, had reached them by fair means. The Jmy instantly returned a verdict. for t 4 defendant. Th e G aze tt e of Health, of Parma, states, that ;clever l►reVailed there, (he ravages of which were very ►lestructive ; three hospitals were filled ,tvith the sick.. It appears to be nearly as eo►►ta~iuus as the plague. SITAII BOATS. RET'OR'T of the 'COMMITTrE of the 11.0175-E of OM MONS, appointed to consider of the meats bf prevt•ntiog the iniichi,f of EXPLOSION front -happening on board ' STEAM BOATS. Vour Committee entered on the task assigned them with a strong feeling of the inexpediency of legislative interference with the management of private Concerns or property, farthan titan the public safety should demand,. and more especially with the exellionl of that mechunical skill and ingenuity, in which the artists of this country are so we-eminent, by which the kbour of man has imetn greatly abridged, the mammtacttires of the country raffled to an imnrivalled pet f!etion, and its commerte extended tiver the whole world. Among these, it is imt!pos,ible for a moment to overlook the inirodnetionm ot Steam as a most powerful agent, of alinost universal • application, and of such utility, that but for its assistance, a very large portion of the workmen employed in an extensive mineral district of this kingdom, would be deprived of their subsistence. A reference to the evidence taken before yolr. Committee, will also show with what advantage this power has lately been applied, in Great Bri tain, to propel vessels both of burthen and passage, how much more extensively it has been used in America, and of what farther application it is cer tainly capable, it it may not be said to be even now anticipated in Prospect. Such considerations have rendered your.Com aiittee still More averse than when they entered on the inquiry, to propose to the House the adop tion of any legislative measure, by which the science and ingentlity of our artists might even appearto be fettered or discouraged. But they apprehend that a consideration of what is due to public safety, has out several occa sions established the principle, .that where that safety may be endangered by ignorance, avarice or inattention, against which individuals are un able, either from the want of knowledge, or of the power to protect themselves, it becomes the duty of Parliament to interpose.- In illustration of this principle,• many instances might be given ; the enactments respecting party walls in building, the qualification of physicians, pilots, &c. the regulations respecting stage coaches,' &c: seem all to he grounded upon it. And your Committee are of opinion, that its operation may, with at least equal propriety, be extended to the present case, on account of the disastrous conse quences likely to ensue from the explosion of the boiler of a-Steam Engine iwa passage vessel, anti that time causes by which such accidents have ge nerally been produced, have neither been disco verable by the:skill nor controulable - by - the power of the passeniers, even where they •have been open to observation. your Committee finch it , to he the universal opi , nion of all personi conversant in such subjects, that Steam I..;ngincs of some construction may be applied with, pertect 'security, even •to passage vessels ; and they generally agree, though with some exceptions, that those called High Pressure Engines, ntuy: be safely used With :the precaution id well constructed bailers, and properly adapted S4foY7v.ttiv.es; 'and further, a great majority Of opinions Jetta. to boilers of wrought iron or lit prefercnFoto cast iron. • . your Committee therefore, in consequence, have comae to Abe followitmg Resolutions ; which they propose to the. •considef at ion of the : • - 1. riesolvedy- That it appears to this Com mittee, from the evidence of several experienced Engineers, examined bt*••re them, that the ex , plosion. in the Steam Packet at Norwich, was caused not only by the imProper construction and• materials of the boiler, but the safety valve con ' meted with it having -been overloaded ; by which the expansive force of the steam was raised to a degree of pressure beyond that which the boiler was calculated to sustain. 2. Resolved, , That it hppears to this Committee, that in the instances of similar explosions, in Steam Packets, manufactories, and other works where steam engines were employed, these acci dents were attributable to one or other of the causes above alluded to, 3. Resolved, That it is• the opinion of this Committee, that, furthe prevention of'sneh acci dents in future, the means are simple and easy, •and not likely to 'be attended with any inconve niences to the proprietors of• Steam Packets, nor with any - such additional .eXpence as can either be injurious to time owner's, or tend to prevent the in crease of such establishments. The means which your Committee:would recommend are comprised in the•follOwing Regulations. [These• Regulations • we' gave in THE SUN of yesterday.) •• 4. Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move the House, that leave be given to brio; in a Bill for enforcing such Regulations as may be necessary• for the better management of Steam Packets, and for the security of his Majesty's subjects, who may be. passengers therein,' IVe shall, from time to time, give some irate vesting extracts ft on) the Evidence on this Subject given before Parliament. 7 -rhe following Testi motty'st area some leading facts : • Mr. TIMOTHY BRAMAN called in, and examined. You are an. engineer at Pimlico 1 77 1 am. You were one of the pentlemen that went to Norwich to inquire into the explosion of the Stettin boat I was. . Did yoo.go at the request of any party, or of yonr ovyn voluntary suggestion ?—I went in eon ! . sequence of my friends, Mr. Coilinge and Mr. Dunkin, calling. upon. tie tq ask my opi n ion, wi~etl~rr it wo u ld be right for us to inttrigre ethtmtt §qch ate occasion/ I concurred with them 014 4 would, and, volunteered to'gq. y P Of design was to inquire into the cares of t h e exPksiPli ?—Yes, anti to examine as inuell of the wreck as we could tind. State to the , Committee to what you attribute the accident /—The observations I made led me to determine it was owing to the expansive force or_the steatn, and the inadequacy of the boiler to Sustain that force. Was it a high pressure or a low pressure engine) . . . —A high prinSnre engine: the boiler Was batlii c.onStrnetefl and shaped. Of what materials was the boiler composed Of Wrought and cast iron; and it was the cast ir6oiait that gave way. ThOse hvo materials expand -in a different pro po'ran with the .same degree of heat )—Yes, they do. • Is tt itOtal to hare th,e boiler of wrought and cast lion ?-•-!, should think it would be avoided on all occasion's biexperienced engineers ; but I have often seen ir, This enginb was not made so at first, hut al tered afterwards ; was it • not ) —Yrs, in conse quence of the - other giving way. Have you :iny reason to suppose that the acci dent might be attributed to negligence or inkina nagcnient in the director of it ?—We had verbal testimony, from which I had no donht the s t eam was at a considerable . degree of pressure ; but the en d w as v e ry improperly ii Did you ever learn at *hat rate the man was working ?—No ; 1 understobd he was working•at 60Ib. an inch, generally ; probably it might be 120 at that moment ; but I should think it not equal to the working of 60, for it was only three-fourths of an inch and a sixteenth in some plates in thick ness, and it was four feet in. diameter at the end ; it was a flat endma the cylinder like a d.um. Is it possible to construct the engines it steam boats in such a manner that there is great impro bability of any accident happening ?—I do not know how to answer as to their being perfectly safe ; I do not feel that materials, when they are submitted to so great a pressure, are safe, for we find that very few materials will stand a great degree of.pressure for any length of time ; we often find thattt water press, which has been efficient six or seven years together, at length gives way, when the, metals are subjected to a very great pressure : it is like a blow with a heavy machine. fur breaking. metals, which does riot break the first tine, out is con stantly tending to loosen the particles: Do you think that a high pressure engine, tin der any guard that can be applied to it, i - s a safe engine to use in M steam-boat )—I do not con ceive it is a proper engine or a safe one. Did you ever hear of their having been used whb wrought iron boilers with perfect safety ? No, I have tint heard of any comparative state. meta of either the wrought or cast ; I know they ore usually made with Cast. . Do you consider yourself sufficiently an engi neer, with respect-to the construction of steam engines, to he able to give of your own know ledge a decided answer to such questions ?—Ye.s, Ido conceive so ; I have paid a great deal-of at tention to the subject of steam , engines, and I be lieve 1 know the principle of every one in existence 1f,.0n a Certain pressure in a high pressure en , give, a safety-vake'or.- safety-valv e s were so con: structed, as that they would open and discharge the steam nith aprcssure much less than the boiler was calculated fur, would nut such a boilet be per fectly safe, adt»itt log it to be made of roper ma terials and properly constructed ?—Yes, it it could be proved tio the boiler was calculated to resist a pressure greater than that to which it 'a as to be subjected in the ordinary vvay of bo,ines4; and that proper safety , vid ves we . ! -a ! ,ipplid,it %you'd be safe as tong Ns the action of thoe•satety-valves were ensured, and so long as the perfection of the !twat could he upheld. It a boiler was found to sustain the pressure of 100th. to a square inch, and , such boiler hart been tried, and it was found, before used, that it-would bear a pres3ore of :4001b. upon the inch, would not such a boiler be perfectly sate to be used, it the safety-valve was so constructed as to open it. self at the pressore of GO cannot pronounce it perfectly safe, and I must give this reason-1 think, if a boiler xvas prepared to sustain 100th. and strained to 200, it might afterwards perhapS burst at 40, the straining having injured it. In the situation of steam-bons might not the imskiifuluess of the sort of persons who manage then] retitle: any steam-boat unsafe ?---1 do not know how that could be the case ; they tni..frt by wilful perversion of the proper principle of nia• nagewent render them unsafe to a comparative extent ; for instance, if there was half the pres sure, there would be but half the danger under like circumstances. 110 you or not apprehend, that boiler upon a proper construction, of wrought metal, may be tried with a certain fOree, so small in comparison with that pressure which it is intendvd to bear, us not to incur anY risk of being injured in the proof, and have a complete surplus of strength, so as - to enable it to be afterwards used without any danger in the use ?-1. shoold pronounce such a boiler to be perfectly safe, and so long as it maintained those properties it would continue so. • Have you considered how safety-valves may be constructed;, as adapted to boilers, so as to put it out of the power of the- person hiving the ma nagement of them, improperly to load them, or to alter their nature ?- 7 ---The most simple mode Which has suggested itself tO me isi to havee - a double safety-valve, anti to loCk one up,' and to have it' examined once a week, or as Often as may be ne cessary, to see that its action is perfect. It there were those twoisafety-valves, one tinder the managemeat Of C.,e person who b A d the direc— tinn o f th e: boat, and the other safety -valve °lnter such guard that he could not prevent its iiCtio n ; such a boiler would, in vour opinion, be safe ? That would be more safe than any I have ever seen. Have you ever witnessed the.d4Ctent cfreeis'„f the explosion in cast and wronght iron br>fleil No ; I have seen wrought iron vessels Gjat. have b een b n rst-- 7 torn out, as it were.. ' Did you never see a cast iron ve”el burst ?-77. Yes, many; the wrougldiroo generally . tears and opens out, to admit of the fluid escaping; it Fenerally, the fluid which does the mi se bi4 s'i!ett the wrought iron is used, tend it is both the and the material which does Ole mischief when the cast iron bursts the. effect in castmetal is, to early the : pieces of the metal to a I .:onsider4i, distance, which is seldom the case in the wrought, unless Where there is any cold shit in tllc metal ; the cast bursts like a shell, proje c iiitg the paieieles of the metal to a considerable distance. If an accident of that nature hlppna to, wrought iron boiler, the m i se biel %ypilld probably he confined to the room in • % aid) the boiler was placed ?—No, I do not cOnceive that to be the case i t 1 have uo doubt, if *iiiititt beeti a ‘irmy.ht itoti hoiler ;it tti* e' Se, fCc.: iLe reisri wolild noire heat blown off; the prris,ire wttniti !lave been in all i , ll(es : Dolt here it wiis only iu ti lateral. (?inctiol), 6:10 flue end of. the boiler was blow') intro ilte riVt'r, and b y its the hOiler Wi (1.1rO ' ll:n into tite liver ot) the oilier ym i hare sa d f t v o n Lave frequently ‘vrought iron ve3sels btirst ?—Not frequently in oni• wen experience ; I have seen coiyer frequently tilflt lea. , burst. Have tiny fatal o 1 devious mcciffents inwitened on those Occasions hive heard of some, have not witnessed one ; t . he accidents 'have M - set ved have ciiictiv arisen where cast-iron boncts were used. : In the first instance, when wronglit-iron boilets are aced, the irjory is sustained by indi% iduals, by the fluid e'seaping Where cast-iron boilers have been used, it has been by the explosion of the .metal ?—Yes; I dry not mean to say it may not be by the explosion of wrought-iron boilers ; it is very difficult 'to ob tain a boiler of perfect metal ; and if there are any cold shuts or other defects in it, it may explode in the same way. Is copper suhjeet to the same evils ?—No; I think it is generally in a purer state ; iron is very impure at the best. S H A It I' E R S. Bow-STREET.—The metropolis is infested trial Several gangs of sharpers, who parade the streets daily. One gang, amounting to 6 or 7, were yeterday morning, between 10 and 11 o'clock, parading Oxford -street, on each side of the way, with a fellow called Old ChapeC at their head, whori has been transported, and but a short time since was liberated from twelve months' imprisonment for frand committed in the streets of London. He appears to he between 70 and 80 years of age.— The gang attacked an old man of the name of John Goldsworthy; about 12 o'clock, in Broad-- street, St, Giles's. He is in tie employ. of Messrs. Leadle, Ottley, and Langdale, malt distillers,_ at Wandsworth, and bas bet n so for npwards of 30 years. Chapel addressed him, and began talkiug about the country, &c, and invited'him to go an4l drink with him, which. Goldsworthy incautiously' agreed to, and they went tri the Spread agle public-house ; the rest of thg.gang followed into the house. After they had drank some porter, which Goldsworthy paid for, he waS' going to leave the . house, when one of the gat said he had just come from.Crioucestershire, and he was going to take 1,23-11. to the 2.34z...k of•Englanda. whew Chapel doubted whether he was pose.:l3ert - of so much money ; and offered to lay 51. of i! the others did the same, and they appeared to posit think notes'; Goldsworthy w , .a3 asked to pro diree 51., but he had not so much, but hp w il l, Simple enough to produce al). h had, which.wit'S , tliree 11...b . ank notes, and he laid Them on the table wit Ii the others ; when Chapel took up his onre 3 and shufMd them .away, a nd gave !hens to on!,!oi, his compouionS ; they then left the house, 04 - Goldsworthy foll Owed them, -and tO a man .of the name of Jame's, Parsons* ‘' - hat !not Inippene'd 6ecept he was secured and km:Olt to the °thee in addition the above, 3. Smith, a heulle be. longing to St.qiles's par:sh, staled, that he wilt knew Chapel and his gang, ar.d . observed thOt gOing into tive public-I,Ouse, 80. suspecting tliey were going to swill die and rt: ! 1.? , some perSOD, he stopped and War C hied on tier crittr. side of the hnuse, 'and seeing Mr: Goid s vr ! o;f , l4 come out soon after them, and seeing bier try the appearance of a countryman, he asked hin t if he bad' an t h ing 6 dO 'Chapel and his . entif 7 . panions, «hen heinformed him of ;he loss of 114:: 31.; the witness then pursued and took Chapel. , He . at first exclaimed, " what do you Want with . ale'?" to tl hich be replied, " you have' robhe'il the Man " (meaning the prosectorn)'; to whie4 he answered, " it was not 1." Ile went on to say, there was. no occasion to take tri(n,. and wanted, to go 1-6 a public-house to settle the business, whcri he would send for a frieml and get tile money. This, hoWeVer, was ...not. agreed to, and he was taken to the watch-house. where he Was searched, and a porket-booli folin4 thoseupon hit)), containing r notes, iesem6ling for the purpose of e a i : 6 it f'lt t i g 1:1e Bank oai 1 : e l r .f o a r lst i e. t who *rts sk) incautious as to trust themselves is his corn pany. As lie was bein , searclud, he called the beadle on one side, and' endeavoured to persuade him to let him send fora friend for the money ta return to the prosecutor, and for which he w 4 0 1.14 make him a handsome complituent.—Comuittett for - further examination. COLA L it: A R K ET? ,%' ,-; L V It. Strips at Market. . :Ships "id.' . Price. 34 1 Nel.w.rasl le " .....9.tf 2qs. !3d. to 425. 0 . 3 5um1 ,,,,.1,,,iid .......... • 2 , 355. Ctl.. tt. 385. rid. 1 Stoic OW . . 1 Forst :of 'thran Coal r.., ..... ...SIN. (Id. to —4. Qd. 1 Citidei•s • .... 1 BIRTHS. 29th tilt. the Lady of Liell.t-Colonel 7.yatt, C. roandamt Southaroptor„ ( I f a d ao gllter, fixed, only. three (lay s . . •, ; ; 'OO Sunday last, at Cnekavne, HatleY, Beilforlshire, the 14 , 1 Y of the H o n., aati Rev: If. u. Got, "of a k14..1 .11.4er. MAItiZIED. Yesterday, at St. Anne's, ' -401 i , uy lie Rev. Dr. Nl'Lend. 1-10..,nry Vidal', Esq. 01 tire.l 'imvl of Jramiica, t(€ r or teskr Foot, n i ec e cuot, pit:Leap-street, Soho. Veqtertlar, Tonl) Mr. Jos. Creasy, to. Mary,. widow . of the late 11r. uunell. DI rD. On the TOth tint. 1.13 his SOlii year, eery highly - eocerned,, NI-mum ' EAti• of t Vititriditi•finuse, Woree.d.ethire: - On tittl 19th e,f tact " , "nth, btt hi 9 pass-ge from Juro.aic..t, PINHIA F.q• ( If Saltsprinf:,. At his house, IL"'"'" 11111 , :Vitfortl, after a lingerin anti lit'agft• ia thegir, iii ct.9 ' u.: 0n i b ty of he 4t h inst. at his house in L'run•street, aved Tyrone, • ' . _ ... ... LONJ)ON : 11rintftl hs , J. 13. 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