The Express.
London, England, 1853-03-28 00:00:00

all respects defective In workmanship, end if it had been
properly constructed the materials would have been ma.
cient to bear a straiu of 100th.. Teatiegn boiler was s very

Crow-examiued by Serjeant Wilkins—l have been in the
habit of making boilers for fourteen years, and always
adopt longitudinal stays. One of our hollers once burst
Isom collapse. The stays in that boiler were longitudinal.
Mr. Fairbairn uses broad plates for the pupae of staying
boiler*. I consider every instance of departure from a
direct line of tie deficient. I stated befere the coroner
that the security would he enhanced by having more
than one safety valve. I also stated that the stuff.
ng boa of the safety valve was deficient. It there had been
any obstruction to the closing of the valve Cie
steam could not escape. This is the same descrip-
tion of valve that is used in ninety-nine cases
out of a hundred. The indicator gave a pressure of sllbs.
If tho steam blew off at 45, and is ten minutes It was 611,
and in three minutes it was 64, it would show that the
safety valve was not sufficient to allow the steam to escape
as fast as it well generated. Such valves an very liable to
get out of order, and fraught with danger. When the
pressure of steam is 501 be., very little more heat will cause
a great increase of pressure. This is the economy of high
pressure steam.
Re-examined by Mr. Knowles—l don't think that this
boiler would have been safe for any length of time at a
pressure of 6010 s.
Mr. It. Roberts, of Manchester, engineer, said that the
stays of the boiler in question had not been properly fast-
ned, and, from the position of the rivets, he thought that
only one rivet at a time had any hold on the boiler. The
consequence would be that the angle iron would break at
the top, and the boiler would burst. If he had seen the
boiler when it was made he should have been loth to have
trusted it with a pressure of 20Ibs. to the inch.
Crosaezamined—lt is ten years since I had anything to
do with boilers. I was a member of the firm of Sharpe, ito-
berts, and Co. In the railway boiler that burst at Long-
sight they used the longitudinal stays.
Mr. Benjamin Fothergill, of Manchester, engineer, cor-
roborated the other witnesses as to the bad condition of the
stays of the boiler, and said that a continual lessening of the
strength of the boiler would daily occur.
Mr. Serjeant Wilkins addressed the jury for the de-
fendant, contending that the explosion of the boiler was
attributable to the negligence of the foreman and engineer
iu'allowing the steam to get up to an extreme pressure.
It was quite clear that ten minutes before the explosion the
pressure was got up to Milbe., and four minutes previously
it was up to 691 b., after which time Mr. Nasmyth ad-
mitted that very little extra heat would cause the pressure
to get up with great rapidity. Besides this, he contended
that the safety valve was defective.
His lordship, in summing up, said, that besides the al-
leged bad construction of the stays, the principal question
for the jury was whether at the time of the explosion the
pressure hffd exceeded 60 lb. to the inch, the pitmen
which it had been warranted by the defendant to bear.
He desired answers to the following queries:—lit. Whe-
ther they considered the boiler properly made. 2nd.
Whether they thought the boiler capable of bearing a
pressure of 60 lbs. to the square inch. 9rd. Whether at
the time of the explosion the promo was more than
fffilbs. to the inch.

The juts, after as hour's deliberation, answered the two
first questions in the negative; and with regard to the
third, said they had no evidence before them showing at
what pressure the boiler was working at the time.
Baron Martin—Then that is a verdict for the plaintiff.

THE POLICE COURTS.
CITY POLICE COMMITTEE.
Joaepls Clayworth, the poultry salesman, of No. 74,
Oracechurch-street, appeared to answer the following com-
plsiat ;
Police-mutable William Baldwin, 637, stated, that on
the night of the 18th inst., at 11 o'clock, he heard screams
of " Murder', proceeding from 76, Gracechurch-street,
and, on hastening thither, he found the door open, and a
crowd of persons io front of the house. On entering the
shop, he saw the defendant besting his wife, and blood
was streaming from her mouth. He parted them, and ob-
served, " Mr. Clayworth, you should not beat a woman like
that ;" to which he replied, " Tura her out of my house ;"
and having repeated some imprecations both filthy and
awful, added, " I have got something here, as soon as I
can get it, that with do for you." He then went to
the far end of the shop, and, taking down a
hummer, said, " You may draw your truncheon. I
have got *something as good as you have." Another con-
stable arrived, and defendant then flung down the hammer
and went into the parlour, after shaking his fist in wit-
ness's face.
Police-constable Blake, 566, spoke to the violent treat.
merit of Mrs. Clayworth by her husband. About five weeks
ago be interfered, and the defendant threatened to do for
him.
Alderman Copeland asked the defendant to reflect seri-
ously upon the position he would have been in if he had
killed his wife. When the officers interfered, they saw
blood flowing from her month; and as he liked to call
things by their primer names, he must say the defendant
was a brute. He could send him to prison for • month,
without inflicting any fine . • but as this was his first appear-
ance, he would fine him 405., and order him to enter into
his own recognisance in 801., to ken the peace for six
months.
The fine was paid.
CLERKENWELL.
IVilliaas Cantos was charged with steam; a 101. note,
• 61. note, aad other money, from Mr. James Henry
Thompson, of Vincent-street, Oakley square, Somers-town.
The prosecutor stated, that on Tuesday night last the
prisoner, who is related to him by marriage, supped with
him at his own residence, and stopped with him until the
next day, when they separated, the accused stating that
business called him to Paddington. On witness's arriving
home in the evening, he miwd though from his sleeping-
room, and feeling satisfied that the prisoner only had taken
it, he went to him, when he said, "Oh, I took it for a
joke, and have given it to uncle to take eau of, and you
shall have it again to-morrow morning, if you will go with
me." This off-hand conduct of the accused lulled wit-
ness's suspicions until the next day, when, as the prisoner
neglected to keep his appointment, the prosecutor consulted
Abrahams, the detective officer of the S division, by whom
Carden was captured at the London-docks on Friday, rigged
out in the costume of a midshipman. The policeman,
on searching the prisoner, discovered where be had taken
fresh lodgings, and on examining them, the constable
found two dozens of new shirts, an equal number of stock-
ings, tad other new articles of clothing in abundance, be-
eides a dirk, a revolver, and a ship's ticket, showing his
intention of making a trip to the diggings. Beyond this
property, the officer had recovered 91. of the prosecutor's
money.
Mr. Tyrwhitt remerked, that the proesenstor was lucky
after all, and asked the mussed if ite wished to say any
thing. He said," It's of no use to deny it," and was com-
mitted for trial.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
JoSn Eyre Joheaeon was charged with kavieg stolen
Itheellery at various times from the show-rooms of Messrs.
RIM sad Reskell, New Bond-street, of the value of up-
on* e ••• thousand pounds.
It appeared that the prisoner had come to this country at
the tine of the Great Exhibition. He had introduced him-
self to Messrs. Hunt and Bothell under the pretence that
he had come to England to make purchases of jewel-
lery. He bought various articles from time to time of the
firm and paid for them. Messrs. Hunt and Roskell mimed
from the show-rooms same valuable articles of jewellery;
and, on taking stock, • serious less was discovered. The
prisoner was suspected, but by some means he
contrived to obtain informed.= of the suspicions
against him, and went to FlllB4ll. His wife was
about to follow him, but was stopped at the
South Eastern station, and taken into custody.
The wife was examined at this court several times,
but nothing beyond the circumstance of her having been
seen with a diamond serpent bracelet, answering the de-
scription of one of the missing articles of jewellery, In her
possession, was brought against her, and she was conse-
quently discharged. The prosecutors caused handbills,
offering • reward for the apprehension of the prisoner and
the recovery of the jewellery, to be circulated here and fa
Paris. Information of the prisoner's residence in Pule
having been obtained, application was made to the French
authorities for the apprehension of the prisoner. Some de-
lay occurred in executing the warrant, and the prisoner was
at last apprehended by John Forrester, and brought to
this country. The prisoner was so disguised with hair, and
his appearance was so altered sines his residence in France,
that it was at first thought the wrong person bad been ap-
prehended, as his passport did not apes with his appear-
ance.
Mr. John Hunt, of the firm of Messrs. Hunt and Rothe%
jewellers, Bond-street, said—ln the course of last year I
saw the prisoner at our shop. lie was then without beard,
moustaches, or whiskers. The prisoner often came to the
shop, and during that time I missed articles of jewellery.
On taking stock I missed several rings. Two of these rings
I afterwards saw at Messrs. Attenborough's, pawnbrokers,
Newington-causeway. I afterwards ascertained that the
prisoner had opened • banking account with the British
Bank, and bad paid in some 101. notes, which were the
produce of the two rings pawned at Masers. Attecborough's.
From information I am in possession of I expect to be able
to prove that the prisoner stole a diamond bracelet, and
other articles.
The prisoner gave no explanation of the charge against
him, and was remanded until Thursday.

GREAT FIRE AT KNELLS, NEAR CARLISLE.—On
Saturday morning last, the extensive mansion of Jobe,
Dixon, Et., of Knells, near Carlisle, was burnt to the
ground—the outside walls only being left standing. The
fire originated in the butler's pantry. About half-past
eleven o'clock on the previous night he retired to rest, the
members of the family and servants having preceded him.
All then appeared to be safe. Between one and two be
heard an unusual noise, and supposed the house was being
broken into; but, to his great astonishment, found fire
ragiag upon all sides. He instantly gave the alarm, when
the inmates of the house escaped with safety. The loss is
variously estimated at 10,0001., 12,0001., and 14,0001.

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