The Express.
London, England, 1853-08-20 00:00:00

TUE CAMP AT (1101111 AM.

The " breaking-up" of the camp at Chobham
commenced yesterday. The regiments of the line and the
artillery marched out of quarters in the course of the day,
sad the remainder of the troops will leave to-morrow (this
day). A detachment of each regiment are to remain on
the around until early in the ensuing week fur the purpose
of deliveting over the stores and appointments to the com-
missariat :
On Thursday night the following appeared in division
orders

" Camp, Aug. IS, 18.53.
•• The Lieutenant-General Comm ending has much plea-
sure in causing the fAlowing memorandum to be commu-
tated to the division :
" ' Horse Guards., Aug. 18, 1853.
" MEMORANDUM.
" The General Commanding-in-Chief has had the
honour to convey to Lieutenant-General Lord Seaton,
G.C.8., and to the officers and men of the two divisions
encamped during the summer, the Queen's approbation of
their military bearing on each of the occasions when her
Majesty passed these troops in review.
" The 2nd division bring about to return to quarters,
Lieut.-General Lard Seaton will be pleased to issue a divi- '
alonel order, expressing his reuse of the conduct of the
faces confided to him byher Majesty for field instruction.
" • General Viscount Hardinge has had the satisfaction
of witnessing, on very many occasions, the energy and'
ability with which the combined movement of the three
arms were directed by Lord Seaton ; and the result of the
summer instruction has fully realised the expectations
formed of its success, when intrusted to an officer of Lord
Staten's reputation.
" His Royal; Highness the Duke of Cambridge, K.G.,
the senior mater-gencral in the camp, has manoeuvred the
diviaiun during the last ten days, and the general command-
ing in chief has the honour of congratulating his royal
highness on the very successful manner in which the troops
were handled.
" The officers of the general staff, before they separate,
will receive the lieutenaut•generel's erects for collecting the
various reports and details relating to field equipments,
which will be taken into consideration at an early period,
under instructions separately conveyed.
" By direction of his Lordship
The General Commanding-in-Chief,
(Signed) " ' G. Bilows, A.G.' "
" DIVD.IO,I AFTER ORDER.
"Oa the eve of tho departure of the regiments placed
under the command of Lord Seaton, for their respective
quarters, he is desirous of expressing his satisfaction at the
perfect state of discipline of tho core s encamped, and the
order and regularity which has been maintained by them.
" It is a circumstance reflecting the highest credit on the
army, that during the encampment of 16,000 men, but one
instance of serious misconduct on the part of the troops has
been reported.
" The Lieut.-General requests that his Royal Highness
the fluke of Cambridge, K. 0., commanding the cavalry
brigade; Colonel Thornton, commanding the brigade of
guards ; Ma us-General Sir Richard England, K.C.8.,
and Colonel Lockyer, Kit, commanding the let and
2d infantry brigades; Lieut.-Colenel Dupuis, commanding
the Royal Artillery, and Lieut.-Colonel Vicars, command-
ing the Royal Engineers, will accept his thanks for the as-
sistance he has received from them, and Colonel Torreus,
Assistant Quartarmaster-General, and Lieut.-Colenel Wood,
U. 8., Amistant Adjutant-General, fur the efficient manner
in which the duties of their departments have been carried
a during the whole period of the encampment.
" By command,
"It. B. Wools,
Lieut.-Colonel, A.A.G."

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 20, 1853.

jury that the same description of scaffolding had never be-
fore been used for the same width of space. This is not so.
I have myself built a permanent bridge on the Great
Northern Itnilway on the same principle, with a span of
265 feet. The pi inciple has been adopted at the new palace
because it was considered the safest thing to do. The risk
and hessed of carrying up a scaffold 208 feet from the
ground would be far greater, because if one upright was
insecurely lashed, it might not be discovered until the
strain came upon it, and then all would come down together.
By the Foreman—ln point of economy the upright scaf-
fold would be the cheapest to construct, because the ma-
teriel of which it was composed would come into use again,
but in forming a truss scaffold the material would be in a
great measure destroyed. I had rather hoped that this
question might have been put to oae of our foremen, any
of whom would have satisfied the jury that in a matter
where men's lives are concerned expense: is never con-
sidered. The answer would have been very definite on this

point.
Coroner—llan you ever found a difficulty in getting men
to ascend to the necessary height to carry out your objects
in works of the kind ? . . .

Sir Charles Fox—Not the slightest.
Coroner—Have you ever heard of men having struck
work rather than undertake the duties required of them ?
Sir Charles Fox—Never. The men in our employ are
always glad to come to us. Cases have occurred, and there
were some at the building in llyde Park, where men, on
looking at a job, have said, " Web, that is too high
for me. If Igo up there my head will swim." But as to
any man having been forced to undertake a duty against his
own inclination, it is quite out of the question.
Coroner—l suppose you have every confidence in your
two foremen, Willbee and Williams?
Sir Charles Fox—Yes. I consider them two of the best
foremen we ever had. They would not have been trusted'
with the superintendence of this work had they not been'
reliable men. Williams has been in our employ ten years,
and it was under his direction that the iron alto roofs were
put up by our firm for the Admiralty at Pembroke. This
was considered one of the most " risky" jobs we had then
had, and Williams was specially selected to superintend the
work.
Coroner—As to the quality of the materials used
Sir Charles Fox—Our wood is all furnished by Dawson
and Co., and is what is called crown timber. The cast iron
Is cast at our own works at Birmingham, and the wrought
iron is all the best Staffordshire iron. 1 may mention, also,
that we do not allow a bit of old rope to be used in the
I building for fear of accident.
Coroner—After a careful examination of all the wreck,
can you fix on what gave way first t—l cannot.
Coroner—ls the stability of the building affected in the
slightest degree by the accident ?—Not in the slightest
degree.
Sir Joseph Paxton here stated, that having himself a few
days since heard a rumour to the effect that some of the
w..rkmen employed on the transept roof were apprehensive
of danger, he bad gone up to the spot and spoke to four or
five of them whom ho knew by sight on the subject.
`f he reply he got was that " it was all nonsense, and that
the report had arisen from something which they had not
fixed properly themselves a few days before."
The Coroner asked the jury if they would like to hear
any more witnesses ?
The Foreman said he was perfectly satisfied from what
hi had heard.
The Coroner then summed up. Ho thought it would be
scarcely necessary for him to trouble them at any length.
The inquiry, in point of law, was to ascertain whether any
culpable neglect attached to any party, and with a view to
ascertain this fact it had been necessary fur them to enter
upon all the questions which had been brought before
them. They had hail an opportunity :of observing the large
amount of knowledge and skill brought to bear upon the
work by the contractors, and they had also heard an ex-
planation of their mode of acting and of the forethought
they exhibited. Ile therefore thought any remarks from
himself on that subject were uncalled for. He would,
however, say, that it ought not to be considered because
some men conceived great things, of which others had no
conception, that provided they carried them out with die
cretion, they were to be made amenable in a criminal point
of view for whatever fatality might occur. In this case,
unfortunately, like many other cased of a similar character,
they were unable to discover the primary cause of the
accident. The modus operandi had been proved to have
been judicious and well adapted for the purpose intended,
and it would be for the jury to say whether
the contractors bad, in their opinion, acted so
that responsibility did or slid not attach to them. That
was the simple question far them. He felt it quite unne-
cessary to take up their time any longer. He had briefly en-
deavoured to point out to them their duty, and he should
leave the case in their hands with a great deal of confidence,
assured that they would take into consideration all the
matters involved, the nature of the materials used, and the
circumspection employed in using them, and then say whe-
ther culpable neglect could attach to any person. In con-
clusion, he might just add that with regard to the testi-
mony of the witness Smith, he thought very little reliance
could be placed upon it, as his opinion evidently arose more
from personal fear than from any knowledge he possessed
of a defect in the construction of the scaffold.
;The court was then cleared fur a few minutes, and, on
the public being readmitted,
The Coroner said he had been desired by the jury to
state, with regard to the melancholy investigation they
had just concluded, that they considered no blame what-
ever attached to any individual, and they were also anxious
to express their strong opinion, that after having carefully
examined all the circumstances of the case, they felt steles
lied that the occurrence was purely accidental.
A formal verdict of "Accidental death," was then re-
corded in each of the cases, and the proccediugs terminated.