The Express.
London, England, 1847-11-27 00:00:00

upon the lever, the shaking of the string that had been
spoken of would tend to release the valve. In his opinion,
from an examination of these boilers, a continual pressure to
the extent of 611 be. to the square inch would be dangerous.
He never saw boilers of such • description used for a high-
pressure *sighs*, and according to his opiaiou they were ob-
jectionable, and the mods in which they had been used by
the previous engineer tying down the safety-valves, would
tend to weaken them and render them dangerous in
ue. The testing to which they had been subjected
was also likely. to weaken them, particularly as he consi-
dered their origiaal construction was defective. An engineer
would be justified in keeping the weight at the end of the
lever, so as to keep up the extreme pressure of 661 M., unless
he received directions to the contrary. There was one pecu-
liarity in the index of the spring-balance lever that might
have deceived the engineer, inasmuch as it only denoted by
the number one half of the actual pressure upon the boiler
marking 20, when the pressure we. 40. The flat plate of
the front of the boiler he considered very objectionable, and
the stays of the boiler were, in his opinion, quite inadequate
for the purpose for which they ware intended, and he did
not think the front plate of these boiler was sufficiently
strong to sustain a continued pressure of 66Ibs. Supposing the
steam to be at a pressure of 5016. to the inch when a vessel
stopped, and no steam was allowed to escape for ten
=Wee, the pressure at that time would be increased
to one hundred and thirty pounds to the inch. He tested
different porticos of the non of which the boiler was con-
structed, and some of them bore • pressure of seventeen
tons to the inch, and others more than twenty tons. Some
parts of the iron were not properly amalgamated, and the
iron had also, in some places, become thinner, from wear ;
and, in his opinion, neither the quality of the iron nor the
workmanship of the boiler were such as ought to have been
placed in • vessel of this kind. Some of the rivets of the
boiler were net long enough to make a proper rivet, and
others did not fill the holes.—Re-examined : Taking into
consideration all the circumstances he had alluded to with
regard to the defective construction of the boiler, he was still
of opinion that it did not explode under a pressure of less
than 130 lbs. A person in the position of the prisoner
would be bound to see that the valves were in order.
Mr.:Bodkin I believe that in the royal navy no one has
any control over the engine but the engineer and biz assis-
tant.—Mr. Lloyd In the Royal Navy the valves are placed
es that they cannot be interfered with.—Re-examination
continued : In witness's opinion the boiler might have been
red for some time without injury ; but when it became
weaker fom wear, irk was wed at a pressure of 661 b., he
1011811111•1 k would be highly dangerous.
This 'lewd the case for the prosecution, and at a quarter
pest dues o'clock the court and jury adjourned for
refreshment.
Mr. Serpent Wilkins then addressed the jury for the
prisoner. It appeared to him that Mr. Lloyd had completely
exonerated the prisoner from all blame in the transaction, for
he submitted with greet confidence to the jury that from his
evidence it wail clear that the accident was attributable to the
defective character of the boiler, and to the bad materials of
which it was composed. In addition to the faulty construe-
tion of the boiler, he said, it had also been proved that it was
never calculated to bear the pressure which it was constantly
worked at, and be thought there could be no doubt that from
the proceedings of Clark. the former engineer, who, there
was no doubt, had fastened down the Tithe., and thereby
caused additional pressure upon the boiler, it had
been so weakened that it was utterly incompetent to
perform the duty required of it. The jury would
see that the prisoner was not in any way responsible
for what Clark bad done. The learned counsel for the pro-
secution had described the prisoner as an engineer, but that
was not so. He was no engineer—he bad no scieatific
knowledge of the details of a steam-engine, but was merely
engaged as a sort of labourer, at thirty shillings per week, to
drive the engine. He concluded by earnestly calling upon
the jury to acquit the prisoner.
The Lord Chief Justice then summed up thr case, and
the jury, after deliberating about half an hour, returned •
verdict of Guilty, but at the same time recommended the pri-
soner to mercy on account of the compuiy; to whom the
boat belonged not giving him proper instructions, and not
employbsg properly qualified pumas to act as engineers.
The Lord Chief Justice, in paining sentence, said there
could be no doubt that although he had not wilfully in-
tended to oesamit the mischief, yet that by his neglecting
to ten of the MOM on arriving at the end of his journey
be bad m.sd the death of this young man. It was highly
neeetsery fie lie peeked= of the numbers of her Majemy's
satdesk who mid tbk mule of kimelling, that persona
his position should be taught to exudes As utmost caution
with the dangerous agent kid wee pissed under their con-
trol, and that if they negketed to do so they would be
amenable to the law. If after the present occasion a simi-
lar should °mut., the court world feel bound to pass a
much more severe sentence, but at present the judgment
of the court upon him wee, that he be imprisoned, without
hard labour, for two months.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
Before /dr. Wdlerby.
The court sat yesterday morning at Westminster. There
was no business whatever for it to proceed with, except two
assault meet, which were remainden from Clerkenwell. The
roNded, jury having been called, the learned chairman ad.
them, and remarked upon the absurdity of summon-
ing a grand and a petty jury to do nothing at all ; it was
shameful Ms deeply regretted that such should be the
case, but it was done to carry out a clause of an act of par.
limsent. The vac:4w fully concurred in these remark.,
and they were discharged.
BRUTAL ARRAULT.—Fear WOUND, named Goodwin,
aincA, Willianu, and Hall, and three men, named Brown,
Brown, and Bryan, were indicted for assaulting John
O'Brien, whereby his leg was broken. This assault took
place on the 29th of September last, at a public-60am called
the Black Ball, in New Oravel•lane. The prisoners were all
&bads( at the bar, when the prosecutor and his wife entered.
Soon from some very trivial muse, a quarrel arose,
and the whole lot of the yamuna fell upca the promenter,
and beet hue to such an =teat that he leg apes the leer,
alma imeeeibb, one et lit lege being brava.
...t=
Mild Eel vest I. eletenes, and resumes**
to As big in ragiretion into a eab. This ii=enee.
man reseed la that his duty aimpearg
before he mid beads" ache the injured man to the
nation-ha" and then eireney him to a hcopital—Mr.
Walmhy ant sedilavieli be men absurd than such a
rule es Sib; lad in as anemia 'Mary, too ! lie ordered
a note of the imam to be bid bairn the oommissionera—
The jury found the idliatiente guilty. Sentenced each to
fourteen days' imprisomment.

POLICE!--YZSTERDAT.

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MANSION-HOUSR.—Perea P m. John Pru-
dence was brought up to answer the complaint of John
Boutherway, who said, " I adrertbed in the Times news-
paper fora situation. The defendant answered the adver-
tisement, mid I went to as. him upon the subject at a tavern
in Fidestriesabill, and from thence to Beer-lane, where his
couatlnebesse was. He said he was one of the travellers
foe the Rem of Rust and Co., chicory mercluints. Hsi
=t to taketown traveller at 30e. per week for
we as
eak esellein. He told me that I was to pay 101. as
• seenety flir resolving the monies of the firm, and that it was
to be paid beck to we on leaving their service. I paid hint 11.
down gars bin a rellerence, and agreed to pay the balance
et the end of the asst week; but I never went into his em-
ployment, as I Mad biin to be • mere impostor."—Ann
Christy said the peisswir's name was Prudence. He took
the eountong-bowas, ami the name el But and Co. wee put
up on the door, smd ties lefts, Teethed there were addressed
to Rust and Co., and by the defendant.—
Mr. Goodman (the chl:PciltirCseathere as person of
the name of Rust in the beam T—Witams: Nobody at all
but this min.—The &West said; I took the pro-
misee of Mr. Christy, lie lushead of this iady,
for thyself and partner, big agents kr au or two
home, and an agreement was *balm up in the Mass of Pits-
dams, giving Mr. Christy to wadeetead, that the beim
was to be carried on is dr same of Rai awl Pondewee.
Now, barring an extensive esametion, we weasels Wp
anteXzwicoaehmakese to sell sisealeal oakum, es aspen
of ansonspa pass. sod we skrat he he pee-
ps's. this geatieneMAlsi he the bee, he save
ass the IL, provided I weld
ate it him WI the
folloviag Natality, batl gm the next wors-
ts/tibia I went be the slim, te we walk in, and to
hear hi. abase me
ablysiNV imenes, particularly by that of
swindler, before he to eater into any. conversa-
tion upon any subjoin. armaded the ha had
handed to me. I said I would give his an I. O. . for 2L,
to be paid on the Monday, and he shook hands with me cor-
dially and we parted. Next day I wee taken ill, and did
not go to the office, and he caused me to •ppper before your
lardship.—The Lord Mayor said ha ekoald remand the case
until Tuesday amt.
OWILDHALL.—A LONDON Blooka.—A young man
named John Ron, who simulates briny deaf and dumb, was
charged with begging.—Mr. Hodgkinson, a clerk at the
Cohn Mining Company in Austin-friar,, stated that the
prisoner cams quietly into the office, and presented a short
petition for relief. Witness declined giving him anything,
when he produced • little red memorandum-book, to show
that many other persons had each given him a shilling.
Witness SAW be had been pretty micomful, and again re-
quired him to leave. The prisoner then snatched up a sheet
of paper, and wrote with a pencil, " Sir, I have a right to
call here, and you have a right to give use a little. I only
all once a year. It ia for my education." This exposition
of their respective rights not according with Mr. 11,'s
notion of things, he opened the window and called in the
policeman, who found 12e. 10d. in the prisoner's possession.
The City woe never before so infested with beggars as it was
jest now.—Roe, the officer, said Ross was in custody 2 years
7cand spoke while in prison on one or two occasions.—
]olicenuin stated that he ascertained that the prisoner
had been in almost every house in Austin-friars, and was li
emegaugly troublesome where relief was refused.—Mr. Ald.
Hypes Hughes asked the prisoner in writing what he bad
to Ng why he should not be convicted of being • vagabond,
be bereft been charged with the like offence before.—The
WIMP replied by writing : "Itis a mistake. I got away
when! widen before, two years ago. I havelwitneres to
prove it."—The AldermeaiagoeMd his book, from which it
appeared he had selletted as wadi as lie, in a day by his ex-
emirs import:midi& As ha wee sew begging and pretend-
tog to be is edam when he had nearly 13e. in his possession
the alderman meamitted him as a rope and vagabond for
three weiatbs.

BOW4TILIZT.—Susosonn RAILWAY RO/1/11/11%
JOAN VW. 3swar. a journeyman shoemaker, raiding in
Maiden Ass, rb-bridge, was charged with having in his
ponseelost tone dozen and ten bottles of win., without being
able to give a atisfaetory acoonnt of the mama—lnspector
Lewis stated that in oonseasence of haying found tbe fro-
7th
rtstrtY.he went tointhi:p • 's lodgingsBandditroT the
into
custody, when he said that U he mode it all right with him
be would put him on a better swag, and that he was well
aware his wife bad split upon him, by giving information