The Express.
London, England, 1865-11-02 00:00:00

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WQaCiraTER 111TWILII MEETING.

THE .EXPRESS, THVRSDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 2, 1865.

Yesterday morning the board of directors hastily
miembled to see in the first plum what amid be dose to aid
the suffer', and afterwards to inspect the roles. The 800.
A. K ionaird, M.P., was early on the spot, and one of the first
shop that was done after he had met his camped was so
send naiad to the hospital and the homes of the workmen
to oonvey the welcome intelligence to such of them as
wars in a coudiMos to receive it that their full wages would
be paid to them during the time of their Meknes', while at
the same time steps would be taken to devise measures foe
the permassat relief of the widows and orphans of those
who had bees killed. It ft worthy of remark that great
as the damage to the property of the gas coin-
paay is, the first thought of all connected with it has
been how to aid the sufferers. The damage done to the Nor-
m-official property it very slight, consists., oltiefly of broken
windows; hat inside the works several buildings have been
reduced to perfect ruins. A. heap of bricks slain Miens
the premises of what was the meter house, which was situ•
ated about 20 feet from the large gasometer whioh ex-
ploded, or which, it might be mon proper to say, bunt,
exception having bees taken by the authorities to the use
of the former term, became they allege it is calculated to
mislead the public by inducing them to believe that the
accident was caused by the ignition of the gas within
the gasometer, whereas they state such a thing was
impossible, 11111 requiring to be mixed with. two-thirds of its
balk of atmospheric air before it is rendered explosive. The
exact cause of the accident will kern the subject of inquiry
at the coroner's ingots., but, so far as It can be traced at
present, it would appea to ham avian from an amp of
gas in the meter house, from one of the large pipes which
forts a portion of the governor, or, In other words, from
that portion of the machinery which regulates the prassare
on the street mains. The feat that there wee a leek some-
whore in the pipes had become observable is the Eamon'
in consequence of the more than ordinarily powerful
of pa, and a close, but Meffeetual search had bees made
by the penmen to discover whose, it proceeded. As the
leak was into the open air no danger was apprehended,
the Milting in which the governors were being only io pro-
ems of construction, and was not wholly roofed in, we be.
neve. Failing the discovery of the leak, the next open-
Men was to seal up, as it is technically termed, the joints,
bir sarronadieg them with water, sad thus stopping the
maps, and it was while the mea were en.
gaged in this operation that the explosion
took pleas The tamps of pa would seem to base been al
rapid as to have Mad the whole yard, and the volume corn.
ing into ooatact with some of the fires in the adjoining
workshops the whole exploded, completely blowing the
meter douse to pieces. The concussion, it is stated, famed
several rents in the large gasometer close by, sod at first
the gas merely Wilted and burnt at the rent.. In a minute
or so. however, the rents increased to such as extent as to
enable the atmospheric air thoroughly to mix with
the gas, and the result was that the ken plates
forming the top of the gasometer burst ontwerds with a
terrine explosieo. All the windows of the boar row of
artiliosn' shops were smashed in, portions of the walls
thrown down, sod most of the roots broken. The Bides of
the soma large gasometer, which was about 100 yards off
were rent, bat the injuries not Mies great the gas whirl;
*moped ignited at the rests aid simply burnt itself out as
from sa ordinary gee pips. The windows of the @menu. new
°Mose which ere being erected as the premises were all
demolished, and portions of the bridling other.
wise majored. TM &swigs, which is chiefly coo-
filmed to the works, se very large, sad has
been estimated by competent authorities to mount to be-
times 15,0001. and 20,0001. During the monde( the scene
of the disaster was visited by many buodreds of persone,
bat very little could be seen from the outside, sad police-
men were stationed to prevent the entrains of unauthorised
proms to the works. TIN ooromie officer arrived during
the day, and gave the seminary directions prelinnaery to
the inquest, whir* will be held ia the amuse of a day or
two, time coroner not having se yet been able to fix the pre-
cise time.

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to complete the ore.
Edward Ilaodoook, &retire ofSeir, geld—ln arse
of information I received, I went in emspaey with
Legg, another detective ofiloer, to No. 8, Georges-street,
LanehasnMrect. Oxford.atreet. We waited inside the
house, and hearing a knock went to the door, and sew the
two prism, re them. We look thew into custody. Davies
gave me 171. in gold and other moneys, and I took from hits
some passage tickets to Auckland and Quebec. When I
told kin, the chirp, be said "That's right ;" and further
said that he had heart disease, sod was advised to take era
air, sod that was the reran they forged the cheques.
The prisoners were reessadad.
slim Shunter., aged 40. a-charwomen, was charged with
having In her paragon in Ferringdon-road moron yards of
black sloth. value 17s. 6d., supposed to have been stoke,
and Ellen Lyons. 115, a dressmaker, Agnes Britton, 27, and
Jane Carlisle, 22, z hawker, were charged with brag eon.
owned with the pn Shuster in previously having
poressice ot the c oth.
Charles Baker said—l set • detective odor. About
half-past five is the if reDOO3l I was standing at the
oorner of Farringdon-road, when I saw Shunter with some-
thing under ber shawl. I followed her sod lifted up
her Mhad got
an
thd eaw • parcel *oder it I oohed her what
she ere, and she said she bad some cloth which
she was going to pawn for Mrs. Lyons, of Field-lers. 1
took her to the priaoser Lyons' house, sad she (Lyons) said
Mat she had sent ber to paws the cloth, which she had ob-
tained from Yrs. Britton, who lived next door to her. I
left Meurer and Lyme in charge of two other Sore
while I visited the prisoner Britton, who WA that she had
received the cloth from Mrs. Orliele. I took her to the
prisoner Carlisle, who *charted having sold the cloth to
kritton for 9a. fed., she (Carlisle) having purebred it from
two men whom she did not know for Se. The two men
were accompanied by a stioebiaok culled Toney. I then
took them all into oostody. There have bees several such
robberies from shops in the neighbourhood, sad I know
that TOW is a Guarded thief.
Mr. Alderman Abbles regraded the primmer, and
direc:ed the police to led out from whom the sloth had
been stolen. Bail was allowed in the sum of 101. each.

MABYLEBONE.
John Hackies" a plug man of aristocratic beating,
of 1 Southwiceseeseent, Bayswater, was brought up from
the Home of Bamako for re-examinatiou, on the charge
a fraudulently obtaining a large quantity of plate from
Mr. Noma, a sikeersetith.
Mr. ma, Weeded to prosecute and
Mr. Edward Oilloo Lewis, or Great Marlborough -Mrs"
defended tbeprismasr.
Mr. Lewis, ten., to opening his case, said that ahem the
last examloatiou ths priaceer some very important fasts
had come to
iregarde his career. He has given his
name as Hatt wbLh is not correct. although his
proper name is dmidar, it Isaias Mathison. In
that name be oontrived to become the occupier at Bur-
ford liactory Holies, Oxford, where he monmed great sinh
but through certain Wage oozing out he yes sot allowed
to remain there Israg. From what has bete gathered. it
appears that the primmer's family are highly rsopeetable,
but they can give no geed amount of him. Os tbe day
that he obtained the piss he took it to a bullion dealer
and sold it, as they were informed, for Is. an ounce, the
proper pries foe it lasing one ranee.
Bolton Smart, of 8, Barrow-road, bullies dookr, stated
—I hottest two plates of the prisoner au Friday, the 20th.
I paid him 181. Ike. 6d. in money for them. I sold them
to Mr. Welty at a tom. I have not Aloe repruchemsd them.
Tbey are now in my possession at my office
Mr. Lewis—Then, so they have not yet found their way
lota the meiting-pot. I ask yen to produce them.
Smart--Ishall'not. I shall send them back to Mr.
Welty, and be on products them if he likes.
Mr. Leas, call upon yen, you having them in
your possession, to reduce them.
Mr. Bntart—l shall sot. They do aot belong to me.
Mr. Lewis—Now is it not a fact, having seen a report of
this cam in the papers, you went to Mr. Welby's and se.
purehmed the plates ?
Mr. Smart —No.
Mr. liesebeld—lt is essential that we should have an
adjournment, in order that they might be forthoomiog from
Mr. Welby or some one else ; for we have it sow Ibsi they
are safe from the meltiog-pot and in pommeims cd this

witness.
The prisoner was remanded for a week.
WESTMINSTER.
Alfred Wood, proprietor of the Pried Arthur beer-
houss, Queen's-road East, Chelsea, wee darged with steal-
ing 1301. in notes, 15 sovereiens„ a gold watch sad oldie,
and a silver watok, the goods and moseys of John Pike,
butler to Lord Clarence Paget.
Mr. W. D. Smith, solicitor, prosecuted.
Prosecutor said that is August lad he was addieted
with the prisoner, who visited at his wader's house, No.
11, Eaton-aquare. His lordship was sow at Llaafais'.., North
Wales. Os the 17th of August prisoner called at Lord
Paget's at 9 in the morning, and after some conversation
asked prosecutor to hod him 51. to pay two or three bills.
Prosetatter went to the plate deist in the pastry aod took
out, in the prisoner's presence, tour 2ill. notes, tea Dotes,
and five sovereigns rolled up in the notes, his property,
and lent him one of the 51. notes. He locked up the 'notes,
put the key of the closet into another cupboard, which he
locked, and put the key in his pocket. They lift the
hood together, and went to the Horse and groom
publio-house, after which prosecutor went home to dine
with his wife, at her house, 27, Weethourne-street, return-
ieg to meet the prisoner by appointment at halt-pest two.
They then wont to Chancery-lase together, and returned
to Eade•quarri, when they petted, presenter going go his
lordrbip's, sod finding all safe. and then home to tea. At •
quarter to tee o'clock at night prosecutor returned to
Estoncqoare, and on trying to open the street door toned
it fastened as the inside. He then went into No. 10, and
climbing
a wall got on the top of the antry, holenttekt=
through the window saw the place all in
clothes strewn about the area. He went to fetch the
and when be returned withlwo amiable' they gound
prisoner at the door. He was sent round to wads the
back, to see that nobody cams off the posies" while prose-
cutor waited outside, and the onstage" went t=
No. 10 to obtain seems to the premises. They fond
street door fastened beide, and on descending to the bad-
mtot the pantry was in great contagion. The plate closet
was closed, but bad been unlocked, for when opened the
whole of the notes sad gold ware goes; the cupboard in
which the key bad ben kept was broken open, and the
watches gone. The platebenket, which contained 20 forks
sod spoons, had bees taken from the plate.elosid, the plate
wrapped up reedy for removal. The prisoner pretested to
' be very frightened, and stayed in the house all night, for
fear, he said, of the thieves returning. He said it was •
bad job, and he was sorry. He was sambaed, but not tin
lately was it disavered that he bad beam dud* with
the 201. notes. The numbers of the 51. notes had sot been
taken.
The prisoner, who had nothing to say, was teuisadad for
a weak.
Mr. Arnold would make no order with reprd to the
prisoner's berrehop, which is now in the custody of the
police.

GREENWICH.
Mr. William Murray, dairyman, of Douglas-dreet,
Deptford, appeared to a =IMMO= °toren' him with ksow-
ingly sending a diseased cow from Deptford to Loadom, °Da-
inty to the order of her Majesty's Privy Conseil.
Mr. C. Lowe, veterinary surgeon, of Bermondsey, said
he was the inspector of tattle for that district appointed by
the Privy Conned. On Saturday, the 14th October, be
visited defendant's premises, and them found two cows is
a shed. One of the cows was very much affected with the
prevailing disease, but the other now did not exhibit any
such symptoms. Having bees in contact with the di•eased
tow he gyve an order that both animals were to be
slaughtered on the defendant's premises. aid gave him •
certificate permitting him to remarry the carcase of the
diseased cow to the keacker'a, and the caroms of
the other now, which was not thee diseased, to the Lanka
market. Witness heard nothing more of the cows mail he
wee told that the meat had been ached in Wbitechapd
market, the second cow having also become affected with
the disease. Both caws had bees taken in • conveyance
from the defendant's premises and slaughtered at White-
chapel ; and when asked why he had sent the cows to Lon-
' don to be daughters& the defendant said be had neglected
to read the certificate ordering him to have them daces-
] tared on his own premises.
Mr. Newman an inspector of meat in the City and Los-
don markets, meld that at 11 o'clock on the morning of
Sunday, the 15th October, he visaed Whitechapel market,
and there seized the carcase of a cow, which was very
much diseased, at • botcher's. On inquiry, whams ascer-
tained that the cow and another cow (that described in the
certificate given to the defendant as diseased), had beep
sent to the market, and that the latter, after being slaugh-
tered, being found in too bad a coadition to be sold, had
been sent away, about five minutes before his arrival, to
the keackeer.
' The defendant said that, having the day previously had
eight cows through the diaries slanghlered on his preemie;
hie neighbours had complained of the animals thug cow
gioned, and bad threateeed him with lega promeedlop. In
sending the cows to Load°. be was not aware be woe
. doing wrong, not having read the inspector's certificate.
The magistrate said be bad no doubt that it was intended
the meat of both cows should have bees sold to the publish
aid the defendant, is permitting the diseased cow to be
taken to London in that date nave, might have eseadeeed
irreparable loos among earls Is • whole diskisi. • les of
j 101. aid cools was this torrid.

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