The Express.
London, England, 1847-09-23 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1847.

By that system approved of by the Yeesidirt crepes
children indeelly innocent would be puniMMIMOMMi albeit
etriirr Pry", It
her de had
ath, had ld Udlise her
with respect to solitary confinement. New he „,„.7E.
possession a letter written by her * short time beim that
melancholy event, and in that letter she declared maga the
system, allowing however of solitary confinement in OM of
relapse. He slimmed his intention to lay six modem an
the table to-morrow, in order to be discussed at the nest
penitential, congress, whether held at Paris or Roma
MEISEL EUILINAR and MOLLIE contested the accuracy of
the statement, that Mrs. Fry had changed her opinion em
the subject alluded to, the latter gemtlentan stating that be
had been on • visit with that lansonisil lady. and had heard
bar speak in favour of a meddled epees of cellular impel.
Me"
Chevalier PIAUZZT, of lfrima, mid he agreed whit
lb. Poems, and moved, as es minimal to modes
made Vbeeestde Melon :
Ihst vibe me &Mod is* mime' rermelles
be
ea% iieuretbreirMi ZMirgiveae =
plased fa ef ream* emissannell se
Two or three motions were bandit up to the *tams,
end • very confused discussion ememil,wluch was temaimated
by the chairman requiting the members of the congress to
pass into the ante-room, in order to partake of some re-
freshments. When business was resumed,
M. DVCMICTILUX, the secretary, read a very interesting
letter from M. de Wichern, the director of the Ranh. Hans,
a species of agricultural and industrial colony at Horn, near
Hamburg. It was stated in it that the parents of the chil-
dren detained in that colony bad an opportunity of seeing
tkem, and that those interviews not infrequently exer-
cised a kindly influence on parents, and made them more
attentive to the moral education of their remaining offapring.
When the children left the Ranh, lime, they were placed
during a certain time under the inspection of M. Wichern,
and few of them relapsed into their former transgressions.
The establishment was supported by voluntary contributions,
and the sexes were not separated during the hours of em-
ployment. The secretary next read a letter from Count
d'Almeda, formerly prefect of Lisbon, who stated that in
1839 his government adopted the penitentiary system, but
that no great progress had beea made in it.
After a confused and somewhat stormy discussion, the
motion of Viscount de Melon was carried.
The next subject of debate was the mode of construc-
tion of cellular prisons. The following articles were voted
nem. can.: Ist. It is indispensable that the ground chorea
for • cellular prison should be dry, in an airy situation, pro-
vided with Bond water, and as much as possible in an
isolated position. If for • penal prison its situation should
be central, so as to facilitate the transportation of prisoners
from the divers points of the country. It should also be
situated in the country, but in the proximity of a town likely
to furnish the elements necessary for the formation of a com-
mission of surveillance, and a committee of visitors and
patrons. If for a house of arrest, it should be situate near
the tribunal, but separated from the surrounding buildings.
The buildings and exercise ground should be disposed so es
to receive the rays of the sun, and be sheltered from rain
and the north wind. tad. The destination of • prima
must in some sort determine its internal arrangement. If it
is to be a penal prison, none but convicts of one sex should be
placed in each, and the number should never surpass the
maximum of 500, although the congress are of opinion that
a lees number would be better. If it is to ben preventive
establishment, different wings and sections should be parted
off for the different categories of prisoners. The two sexes
at any rate most be kept distinct. la fine, whatever may
his the destination of the prison, the number of cells should
be grater than the number of prisoners, in case of any sud-
den emergency
ABBE LABACIVE raid be was a friend of working men, and
wished that prisoners should have labour imposed on them
as expiation and not as punishment. Many said, "If we bad
remained at our daily occupation we should not have been
here." He looked on prisons as great moral infirmaries.
Now, in hospitals, a physician cannot apply a general re-
medy ; be must know his patients individually. Has the
director of a prison the opportunity of knowing all his pri-
soners, if too great • number ? He was in favour of 400
instead of 500, but he objected that the work of the pri-
soners should be turned to the profits of others

rgraugaii thrqugh me, and which pledge, I eat Odip permed* be le
able to mites.
ma ibis at,.lernent in favour of the rajah, especially
bearing in raid than it had been written by one of the com-
pany's officers, after diN' investigation ? TLe treatment par-
vu towards the rajah hastening his death, sines, an
cording to the report offjejor Carpenter, the former had
borne his troubles with f0n:444 but was becoming de-
pressed inspirits and uneasy cciajj: ovr_i4 to the death
of his wife his overwhelming renniary Ries, had the
as-
fear that 'Major Carpenler=hres "
erne of ill-health air kw ,in whit& sew ,would
be resigned to the ears a ranger unacquainted wiol hid
=Ors in their pruned de= The major itrotha
cis=the Mr wads ritt=olisteess the Clardrar
reismereet ler the 'lPper I
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eetlk = ade sessett as aro ars by UN= Ids
trnedisesdliner Wen la alleristsl. Ilas wawa" Oho
no =errands at sr gene Arra lasi era, Oho
nip= are rind ear It I thwart his Gess la Mgr* would ears
he
bright Is a insamils ream beam amps: IsdeteAtbs sanest
of sall agar wag was= any molts; be ana ageded to
Ids pseriary dins= and repramsed sprarseens thie Were any-
taint was dor tie Ws Its weld fall • =la tit Ods ribests. ahie
Basses had great/ dean
The only way that would satisfy the Muds of far rajah or
the public in general was a fall and simple irrigation
into all the circumstances of his ease. He regretted that the
motion for such an inquiry had been unsuceastal in the
House of Common'. He concluded with a motion to the
following effect : " That certain letters (naming them), but
more particularly a letter from the rajah to the Governor-
General of India, dated the 12th December, 1841, be printed
for the use of the proprietors."
The motion was seconded by Mr. SULLIVAN.
Mr. FIELDIR hoped that the constant agitation of the
question might be checked.
AllklOTT tnisted that tbe proprietors would hear
no more of it, and 'that it would be settled in parliament.
Mr. Groans THOMPSON would give his support to the
motion i and went over some of his former arguments, besides
reiterating, in strong terms, tbe charges against COL OVUM
Mr. FIELDER said, such attacks upon an honourable officer
ought not to per unnoticed.
The CHAIRMAN intimated that Mr. Thompson's own
feelings must guide him in the matter, fur, much as he (the
chairman) disapproved of such reflections, he could not pre-
vent them.
A lengthened discussion, presenting no new features, then
took piece, but which resulted in an alteration of Mr. Lewis's
motion, which was put and carried, after the chairman
engaging to produce all the papers in the possession of the
court of directors.—The court then adjourned.

EXPLOSION OF THE CRICKET STEAMER
(Continued from yesterday's Express.)
THOMAS Cutiur being asked, said he wished to give.evi-
dense as far as be could. He said : I am a smith and
machinist. I first took charge of the Cricket on the 4th
April last. Edwards was then there as stoker. I took the
first opoortunitrefezamining the boilers after I had been
there 'Leant a week; and I found one of the plates at the
hack was blistered a little. I communicated this to Mr.
Joyce; but it turned out to be of no importance. On the
25th of April I had an altercation with Skinner, in which
Edwards took the part of the latter. I discharged him on
the Monday following ; but he refused to go out of the boat
till ordered to do so by the superintendent. Until eleven
o'clock that morning I never heard of the valves being tied
down. The superintendent and Mr. Smith then mentioned
it to me. Mr. Smith told me of thecharge made by Edwards;
he said he hoped I would be very careful, and see that
nothing of the kind was ever done. The valves never were
tied down while I was in the boat. I was then about five
weeks there, and frequently afterwards at short intervals. I
was there for a fortnight—up to a fortnight before the explo-
sion. I last acted as engineer in the Cricket from the
Bth to the 15th August. I never saw the valves tied d ,wn ;
never saw anybody do it. The boat went very fairly • like
other boats she wanted overhauling now and then. I used
to do a good deal in a night with assistance. We used to
take out the high pressure pistons at times. If the boat took
a " list"—that is to lean on one side—it might cause the
steam to generate more quickly ; and I have frequently us-
ticed, when this happened, that the safety-valvd on the
boiler, which bad the most water in it, would not blow a
as it lied been doing before, while steam would blow rapidly
out of the other one. I accounted for this from there tieing
less water in:one boiler than the other. This was caused by
the boat going on one side, and the water pairing from one
boiler to the other. The valves worked well. I have
known them to stick so that I could not lift them when I
lifted up the lever. This has happened twice while I ham
been them We used a slick or a piece of iron to lift up the
lever, there being no pulley. I know Knight; he was a
stoker. I have sometimes ordered him to shake the valves
with a string. I never saw him tie the string ; be used is
take it a turn round a nail, after nalag it, to keep it off the
boiler. I never told him to tie it round the lever and fasten
the other mid; it was feat to the lever at one end.
By Mr. CHAMBERD: Before going into the company's
service, I bad worked four years for Mr. Joyce. At one
time I was next to the foreman. I was sent by Mr. Joyce
to superintend the erection of two engines on Mr. Smith's 1
premises. This was about half-a year before I went into the
company's service. This required some engineering know-
ledge; a great deal had so bo dons on Mr. Smith's
premises. After leaving Mr. Joyce's employ, I went
to the General Steam Navigation Company, as a turner
in the factory ; thence I went to drive the engine
of the Cricket. I am scquainted with the construction
of engines, and have worked a great deal at their
repairs during my apprenticeship with Mr. Davison in Black.
fnars-road, and afterwards in various other situations. I
took charge of the Cricket soon after Kent left. There were
etrings on the levers then. All was ready for starting. Be-
lieving I had a good stoker, Edwards, I did not pay much
attention at first, but left him to manage the tires. I don't
recollect being spoken to on a Sunday about the valves being
tied down: I think it was on the Monday that Mr. Potent
and Mr. Smith came down. The valves were not then tied.
Mr. Poletti came down before Mr. Smith ; he came in the
morning The valves were not then tied. Mr. Poletti said
EAST INDIA HOUSE. Edwards had told him that the valves were tied down
In our last evening's impression we gave an outline on the Sunday. I asked hint if he thought I
of the proceedings of a Quarterly General Court of Proprie. was mad. We had
.a good many words, and he said
tors held yesterday at the company's house. Mr. H. St. he should tell Mr. Smith. He gave me orders about not
George Tucker, the chairman, presided. tying them dotes He said he must tell Mr. Smith ;he be.
ANNIJITT TO Slit GEORGE POLLOCK.—The chairman in- hued there had been a great deal of fuss made about it.
thalami that the board of conunimioners had agreed to the When, he was there the strings were put round the rails, not
so tied as to prevent the valves from lifting, but merely to
resolutions of the blurt of directors and proprietors, grant- . • •
ins a pension to Sir George Pollack of 1,0001. per annum. get . em out of
. the
.. way.. Mr. Smith came down into the
A correspondence was read, from which it appeared that the e. optic-MORI, I believe the same day. The strings were them
India board approved of the pension. Sir George, in sc.place. He said he had hardsuch thing bad
tn the same
knowledging the munificence of the directors, said : been done, and asked if I had done it. I said no. He meld
After • servue of more than for dour years in a foreign country, I he hoped I would always be very careful, not run any rbk,
moot help here expressing beg ,h 1). ,tue }ugly I soles the tm- and not do any thing to injure other people, or risk their
nimouss good opinion not only of the court a uirectors and court of ves. Mr. Smith frequently travelled by the boats ;he did
lubPrieluTui but slat about her bialuutra ruiuminrs, mho nool7rian so after this injunction was given me. Had the valves been
the beard of oornmlseionere for the affairs of India. tied he would tare come down into the engine-room and
Mr. George Thompson said, that since he had given seen them. I think he was twice afterwards in the engine-
notice of his motion, his hon. and learned friend beside him room. 'He would sometimes stay there the whole length of
(Mr. Lewis) had also given notice of his intention to bring the journey, observing that be did not like to call my 'wit-
the use of the Rajah of Sattam before the mien ; and, don from the engine. If there had been any danger, he
if the chairman allowed, he (Mr. George Thompson) would have been sure to incur it. When I first went to the
would wish to defer any remarks he should wish Cricket the front plates of the boiler were both a little convex,
to make until his hon. friend had proceeded with his obser- about Iths or lof an inch, I believe they had been made inthat
rations. He was also empowered by Mr. Lewis to say that shape. I had no idea that there was any danger from that. The
he would be glad to waive his right of precedence in favour engine and boilers had been to Mr. Joyce's to be examined
of their venerable friend, Mr. Poynter, who wished to and repaired front the 3rd to the Bth of August, and:the ac.
bring the subject of pecuniary assistance to the temple of eldest occurred on the 27th. This was the first time this
Juggernaut before this court. had been done while I was there. I saw the boat on the
It.:OOERNAUT.—Mr. Poynter, having received permission morning of the accident. I was working the paddle-wheel
to bring his question on first, proceeded to address the pro- with HaIIIMIUL We moved the wheel to where we wanted
prietors in favour of a further consideration of continuing the it, and then repaired it. That was about half. put seven or
pecuniary assistance to the Temple of Juggernaut, which he a quarter before eight. The first trip was at eight o'clock.
held to be inconsistent with their character as christian rulers,
and to be founded on a misapprehension of the treaty sub-
. There were one or two broken arms in the paddle-wheel,
of Cat
tack. on the conquest tack. The hon. proprietor and one or two floats off. I did not then go into the en-
gine-room. After lighting the fires in the morning, it takes
propoeed his motion accordingly, which was seconded by Mr. about an hour and • quarter to get up the steam. We
Lewis. The Chairman defended the pecuniary grant, on the used to loge about five or seven pounds in getting
ground that the aid was inferred, if not positively stated, in from one pier to the other ,• and it would take
the treaty made by Sir Arthur Wellesley (now Duke of Wel- five or six minutes to get that up again. This
lington), after the conquest of Cuttaek by Colonel Harper. was owing to the steam being used faster than it was
He hoped the hon. member would withdraw his motion.— generated. I left the boat that morning at a quarter-
Mr. Poynter could not think of doing so; and afteg some pest eight. She had not then moved. I went on board the
observations from Mr. Sullivan, the Chairman, Mr. Poynter, Ant. I was repairing her. I was not near when the seri-
Mr. Prinesp, Mr. Thompson, and Sir James Law Lulling- dent happened. When I was in the Cricket the ordinary
ton, the smut divided, when there appeared for the motion
4 ; wart it, 40. , working pressure was 24 lbs. or 26 lbs. by the mercury
gauge. I used to work more by the valves than by the
The hllewing notice was than handed in for the Decem-
ber general wort: gangs, I kept the weight at the end if the lever. I was not
some at the time that that was equivalent to a pressure of
That the lees airraWeal". Wilma the Ithe- "'zit et eke". 4b3 lbs. The gauge would then be about 25 ; it never rose
and the Booed wsossmosol, maelve er, so, Mane his ism ert.
Mull, glens bribe assabssa estie the Ism* of than 27 at the meet; but I suspected it was out of
ern the
If
disteist el rett, In tbe merless Orbs% es". The steam blew off when the gauge was at 24 or 25.
tsta ea ths Massie& here, be mimed Ise Omens of ma I saw that the valves were working three or four times a
ssoßYb es may revise* MOO in intim their wish ba any,
mum b. By Mr. JANIS : At 24 by the mercury gouge the valve
Taw FASAI or SAvrana.—Hr. Lewis's motion, after owed, and the steam blew off, with the weight at the end
calling die Wm rvauction of• Wain Moro !tinted by the al the laver. I have put the weight further from the end,
Hound Cheemena, was us foams: so Nat the steam would blow off eta less measure—I sup-
..ll.l24,,the,...ftsilth et Istials.... ..._..ll•ll•l‘....assa=:
.1 h...,is ....,..,thrmeLP_,.._kin- pcoa at about 19 or 20. Ido not say it is quite a mistake to
'''''."l,..6". Pan5i7.1..i..... ibj am. 1....ka.."7:"hara lOW that the lever was weighted so that the steam would not
amortter
Is atoglaleak drasadiapronlartrio - -t a-- ale- plissioaTh WM seat less than 66. The string was three-yarn and flut-
e' NOM, lifetime' moral. to ; acs that the hasene, spun-yarn. It was pat round the nail to
Mat. saa tem lolorama dam, govermeneg, no Meth= the it out of the way. I will swear I have never given
am ord is loan Oates or the slam of Ind* 071,1101 that II Male Lt orders to fasten them when the order was given to
be antood. by. We used to pull the ropes to shake the valves
Mr. Lawn withal to call the attention of the proprietors sometimes three or four times while the boat lay at the pier.
to tom pro toad letters which were recently printed by The steam was generally blowing off when we started, just
orate oldie Seen ol Commons. It was to
before that so as to lift the valves. When the orders were given to
time bed sot been produced Mr. Hume stand by, we generally shook the valves; and then the
on Ida isotioo, in which case the testimony of Major strings were loosed, so as to allow the valve to Uft as fa as it
aawaf .
era in favour of the innocence of the mirth, would. We userrto ahake.:the valves every voyage—they
C:arollt ye Ira to a different resolution on the part of the stack so. I don't-believe that Mr. Jgce made Om mercury
HOMO of 00111=0118. The papers, however, had been, de- gauge, though his name was on it. From the way in whien
spite el ell attempts, submitted to the judgment of the public. the rope was tied, I don't think any one could make a mis-
It ass maintained in • late debate that there was nothing in take uto its being tight It was not so fight as te comg
Meter agitator's sontanniestions to vindicate the ex-rajah. straight down • I generally left a space. I don't know len
He (Hz. Lewis) would Ism cola court to decide how far this put in the rash. I found it there. I recollect Buttress
stetasematt=tifiablediand would teed a few extraets. In taking charge of the Cricket, but I don't recollect saying—
s soma • frome Court of Directors to the Gover "It's ell right, Joe ; take her away." I will "wear the spun-
novoeneral of India, dated March, 1846, information was veins were not then tied tight, unless he had done it himself.
requatedconeerning the reported propositions made by Major If I thought proper, I kept the yarns featened sometimes the
Carrter to the ex-rajah, whole voyage. I was wept the
in the same humour. It
was c director) said that in the House of Corn- never occrred to me to look to see the cause of the valve re-
mom be was act in a fOIdUOD 10 Mato anything concerning quiring so much shaking. Sometimes I went on deck to
the seeteate a Motet antsy'
letter or its bearing spun lift up the levers. The valves might act freely although
the rajah
sane. Deceased of his oath, which restrained him they required so much shaking. The levers have been three
from iessaitalag the contents of papers that were forwarded or four days without a rope, and then I put another on.
to the smog esaelittes. When they were without a rope I would go on deck and lift
Mr. Laws this proceeded, and read extracts from Major the levers, or put something through to thrust them up. I
Wis. In this eagamunication the major states did not hear Edwards make any "oration" on the deck, on
Ala the had meted that his friends in England ramna before the passengers. He might leave the engine-
the object of his (the rajah's) letters, after ro • dozen times. I drunk ale and that day, but not
width Cumnter pressed' to saLtt when lbw niak gin. I heard nothing of what had occurred with Edwards
vie, ia henMO, °missed to hiss he essasavearsa until the Monday. A few days before Heiman came, I
to fake fallygluted with ellesader mad tried to clean out the sediment of the mereurs gauge, and it
essibet To this and, Carpals snits, . rose to 40. I don't believe the gauge indicated the exact •
Itheethk..thethei eth at the sorties ththethath low pressure. It had not done so for about a fortnight befom
naligellim"selem *I ""11 ''''. • ''''''' la 16 14.11.0.. F the Cricket went to Mr. Joyce's. The valve would rot
astaimbild tie asaltatea been* a Mil tsy
limat town ifblow t n
~,,, off so sTOg, in consequence of the vessel " lietkng;"
al"."4o.l,bisiseurillir sir envy at tU typilikj=l::, ism, but the other blew off more strongly. I don't hugs that

Qrourt.
The Qaeen and Prince Albert, aooompanied by the
Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, left Buckingham
Palace in a carriage and four, at a quarter past ten o'clock
yesterday morning, for Osborne, Isle of Wight. The Mar-
chioness of Douro, Miss Halyard, Major• Gen. Bowles, and
Col. Bouverie, followed in two carriages and four. A party
of Lancers formed the escort from Buckingham Pelee. to
the Nine Elms terminus of the London and South-Western
Railway. The august party left town by a special train for
Gosport.
PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—Her Maest arrived
here at 12 o'clock, from London, by the South-Western
Railway. The Lightning steamer had been prepared
to receive her Majesty, but at the last moment the Fire
Queen received orders to convey her Majesty to Osborne,
and a few minutes before 1 o'clock that steamer left the har-
bour with her Majesty on board. The steamer returned to
harbour at 3 p.m. lhe ships in port end at Spithead were
decorated with flags, their yards manned, and salutes fired.
The garrison also paid all the customary honours due to her
Majesty.
The admission of visitors with orders to view the
private apartments in Windsor Castle will be discontinued
after this day.

Viscount Palmerston arrived in town on Tuesday
nigit;e:gpfr:m Ardverikie.
tches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the governors of the West India colonies. Des-
patches were sent off, on Tuesday evening, for the Governor
of the Cape of Good Hope.