The Express.
London, England, 1853-04-09 00:00:00

IRELAND.

foLowiag appeared is part of our yesterday's in-
pus=
Dinctx, Aram 8.

A painful sensation was excited throughout the
city yesterday by • lamentable accident which oe-
cured on the works of the Great Exhibition build-
musing the almost instantaneous death of three
men, and such injuries to several others us, it is
hared, some of them at least will not recover from.
The following official account of the distressing oc-
tant:tee was furnished in the course of the afternoon
07 Inspector Stokes, of the metropolitan police force,
alio was on duty at the works :
Between 10 sad 11 o'clock this morning, a gang of paint-
fis, 13 in cumber, were engaged in painting the arch of the
aathiaery court of the Great Exhibition building, when
Wisely the scoff .Iding on which they stood gave way, and
13 of the party were precipitated to the flooring—two
lasts; Cung to the ropes by which the scaffolding had
lossa 'wended, and these only were saved uninjured. The
uliored sulteers were Wound): conveyed in care to Bag-
lx street Hospital, and placed immediately under medical
std sargie,l treatment ; but, we lament to say, that skill
els usovailing in some cases, for death speedily put a
Mad to the sufferings of three. The following are the
Wet of the men who tell with the scaffolding : William
1140111411. dead; James Malone, ditto; Nathaniel Booker,
dike: Wa!ter Anderson, not 'spieled to recover; Benja-
aa &oafish, severely injured; Charles Killeen, slightly
isivred: Jame. COT, ditto; John Nolan, ditto; William
Clarke, ditto ; Edward Taylor, ditto ; Philip Hancock, ditto ;
Williams Cardiff, ditto ; Peter Leary, thigh bone broken.

DUBLIN, FRIDAY Evz,tmo.
Another occurrence of a fatal and very melancholy
Character took place in this city to-day. At the an-
nil meeting of the Protestant Orphan Society, held
14 day at the Rotunda, the Rev. Mr. Whitstone, a
tiergyman of the diocese of Clogher, was addressing
be assembly in an animated speech of a controver-
lisl character, when he dropped suddenly on the plat-
kex, and almost instantly expired. As might be
r.. , a great and most painful sensation was
need by the awful event among his audience, a
ge portion of whom consisted of ladies, and the
proceediogs were brought to an abrupt termination.
Aa inquest was held to-day at Baggot-street Hoe-
Pits' on the bodies of the poor men who lost their
lives by the fatal scaffold accident at the Great Exhi-
t4tioa, yesterday. After a patient enquiry, the jury
warned a verdict
Ttat Nathaniel Booker, James Malone, and William
figin•on CUM by their deaths on the ith instant, by the
breaking of the stage on which they were at work as punsters
a tteGre-t lishibition building, caused by the insufficiency
si*vnir h of the board+ of which the stage was constructed,
Ittlias to the neglect of some parties, whose duty it was to
iliPerin•en,l the construction thereof, but no suffiateut est-
%nee has beta laid before us as to the parties properly
tits/guide therewith.

TES Pgl, iNfltt. PIPsT-OFFICE LETTER RECEIVERS
um making a move to get additional remuneration. It ap-
t^w ' ?he ,nint tints slum, their duties were lessened by the
.74, of money pule.yment of letter,, and of the receipt
"' 1 ktteri 't remixing-Douses, and their Fisheries
re reduced in eon. mosey,. ,t few mouths oft.' this
,'T were orders I to resnme receiving reristemd letters, •
"'uLlesoms and °heroin duty, but their eateries were Oct
&hafted in eousegticnce of this addition to their duties.

Yesterday Colonel de Sercey had a long interview
with his counsel, M. Henry CL Ilia, the result of
which was that at three is the afternoon, a few
minutes only before the expiration of the twenty-
four hours allowed by las, he gave notice of his in-
tention to appeal to the Court of Revision against
the sentence to five years' imprisonment passed upon
him by the court-martial. The following is the
sentence against which Colonel de Sercey appeals:
On this day, Tuesday, April sth, the court being In
secret deliberation, the president proposed the following
Sercey,
for their consideration:—ls : Is Henry Viscount de
Sercey, colonel, and chief of the staff of the 9th military
division, guilty, first, of having swindled M. Moriseeau, by
employing fraudulent msaanvres to induce him to believe
in the existence of an imaginary power in him, Colonel de
orrery, to forward a ammercial untiertaking, and to hope
for success ill OM NM enterprise, which he falsely declared
to be in a prosperous stale? Second, of abuse of mull-
deuce, in converting le Ids own use funds which he had re
dived from M. Meeknewe fora specific purpose? To which
questions the court unanimously answered, "Yes, he is
guilty." The votes Wag then again collected, beginning
with the officer of the lowest rank, the president giving hit
opinion the last, the eourt unanimously sentenced Henry
Viscount de Sercey, colonel, chief of the staff of the 9th
military division, to Ilse years' imprisonment.
The court further found that the evidence brought
before it implicated Colonel de Sercey in various
other fraudulent acts committed in concert with
other persons not liable to military jurisdiction, and
in consequence ordered a copy of their present judg-
ment, together with the documents produced upon
the trial, to be handed over to the civil authorities,
in order that such further proceedings ahould be in-
stituted as to the civil power might seem fit.
On the sentence being pronounced, the immense
crowd assembled left the court in silence. The pre-
sident had previously given notice, that any person
showing the slightest sign of approbation or disap-
probation would be immediately arrested. The pri-
soner who, according to custom, was absent from
court when the sentence was given, was afterwards
brought out of prison to hear the sentence read by
the government commissary, in the presence of the
guard, under arms. He appeared exceedingly de-
jected, and leg the ground without saying a word,
leaning on the arm of the chaplain of the prison.
Colonel de Sercey, upon whom this terrible dis-
grace has fallen, entered the public service as an
enseigne de vaisseau in 1827, and rose to the rank of
a lieutenant in the navy in 1830. Ho then ex-
changed into tho army with the rank of cap'ain, and
served as an aide-de-camp to Marshal Gerard, at
whose house ho was a frequent visitor. In 1833 he
was aide-dc-camp to General Oudinot, and in 1845
was appointed a lieutenant-colonel, and, by special
favour, again aide-de-camp to Marshal Gerard with
that rank. In 1848 he was made a full colonel, and
appointed commander of the staff of the military
division of Marseilles. Colonel de Sercey has served
in Africa, where he received a wound in the knee.
Ile is a commander of the Legion of Honour, a
chevalier of the Greek Order of the Saviour, an offi-
cer of the Order of Leopold, and a commander of the
pontifical Order of Saint Gregory the Great. His
brother, the Marquis de Sercey, was at one time
French ambassador in Persia.

The Senate met yesterday, M. Troplong in the
chair. Cardinal Mathieu and Count Curial, who
were absent at the opening of the session, took the
oath. General Count Bonet and Viscount de Suleau,
admitted in the sitting of the 19th ult., also took the
oath and their seats. Count de Casablanca presented
the report on the bill relating to buying in the
joulisance shares of the easel companies ; and the
Maiquis d'Audiffret a report on the budget of the
Senate for 18.13. The Minister of State, in con-
formity with Art. 8 of the Senatus-Consulte of Dec.
25, 1852, and by order of the Emperor, placed
on the bureau the register containing the civil
acts of the imperial family, in order that the senate
may have the act of the civil marriage of the Em-
peror inscribed on its registers. General the Marquis
de Grouchy presented the report of the committee
charged to examine the bill for calling out 80,000
men in 1851. The Senate declared that it did not
oppose the promulgation of the bill. 'fbe decision
lropesed by tile committee of accounts in the regu-
ation of the budget of 1852 was then agreed to.
M. Bret presented several reports on local bills, and
the Senate declared that it did not oppose their pro-
mulgation. The rest of the sitting was taken up
with reports on petitions.