The Express.
London, England, 1851-03-27 00:00:00

Cbe Court.

The Queen held a Levee yesterday afternoon in
St. James's Palace. The Levee was numerously attended,
and was the third held by her Majesty this season. The
Quern andYrince Albert arrived from Duckingharn Palace
shortly before two o'clock, and were received by the Great
Officers of State.
Retort. the Levee the Queen Rave audience to Lord John
Iler Majesty and Prince Albert were attended
by the Mistress of the Robes; the Countess of Dealt,
Lady in Waiting ; the Lord Steward ; the Lord Chamber-
lain ; the M.isterof the Horse ; the Groom of the Stole to
the Prince ; the Treasurer of the Household ; the Comp-
troller of the Household; Lord Elphinstonc, Lord m
Waiting; Lord George Wino:, Lord in Waiting to the
Prince; Lieut.-Colonel the lion. C. D. Phipps, Keeper of
her Majesty's Privy Purse; Colonel the lion. Charles
Grey, l'rivate Secretary to Prince Albert; Captain the
lion. Joseph Denman (Royal Navy), Groom in Waiting ;
Lieutenant-Colonel Praueis Seymour, Groom in Waiting to
Prince Albert; Lord Alfred Paget cClerk Marshal),
Equerry in Waiting; Colonel Bons crie, b.querry in Wait-'
ing to the Prince ; and Messrs. Gordon and Forbes, Pages
of Honour in Waiting.
The Queen wore a train of black silk, trimmed with
black crape and black ornaments. The petticoat was also
of black silk, trimmed with black crape. Her Majesty
wore black ornaments in her head-dress.

The Queen's hon. rorr of Gentlemen-at-Arms were on
duty in the strte ...lo 4n. 114. r 514444.5ty. body atturd, under
the eonimool of Captain l'hibba, the EIOW-in-Waiting, wai
Cat duty in the l'alatv, usual.

BOILER EXPLOSION, AND NINE LIVES
LOST, AT MANCHESTER.

The bursting of a boiler at Manchester on Tuesday,
lime account of which we puldished yesterday, turns out to
have occasioned a wry serious loss of life. Up to yesterday
evening at fire o'clock eight dead bodies had been removed
ftenn the ruins of the building (and one person was still
missing), besides mien persons badly wounded who bad
been carried to the Ito's! Infirmary. The building was (a,
mated in the rrjorss of yc-terday) a 4-storey mill, in
Digs-street, being baurielcd by North-stmt on the opposite
or east side, and abutting at its meth end on Mayes-street.
The re were Ws or seven tenants altogether, employing 39 to
40 people, including wood turners, sawyers by steam power,
cotton-waste cleaners, rule makers, and engravers to calico
printers. The machinery in for all these purposes was
supplit .1 by a 25-heirse power steam engine in the
bows r part eef the building, and the boiler, a nearly new
one, was in a yard on the western sal' of the building. The
engine bad either not been started after dinner, or had been
stopped for repairs at three o'clock, when the explosion u-
nmet (for the' areounts as to this point vary), and the only
Intelligible account of the eircumstanres borne-dime ly pre-
ceding the eitastembe yet given is by a mien named Thomas
Lambert, who was in the engine-house when the boiler
burst. This mans tys he hail been promised employment
by Mr. Willismson, who owned the saw mill, and, having
mahout to he went into the engine house shortly before
the t ephoion. lo weft three other men in the engine
home, all strange r- to him, when he went in, and they were
all hying, as t:sy but been lifting at the wheel, in
order to start the engine-, till they wen' tired of lifting; oi
he age, dto 'alp tie al: lie, with the rest, was giving a
left" at tie, 11.--w la el, she n the e. x plosion knocked him
Morn, and he lie et !:,and himself in Slav .-sleet ; but how
be got 'cot of the pc tu:u•s he did not know ; and although
he, has live el 2 years in the mighbourhood, when he' first
found him. If in the street he war so confused by the shock
that he did not know when he was. lle escaped without
the least injury.
It will be unekrstissl by persons connected with common
ate into ROM s, such as that need for this purpose (having to
lift heavy machinery, that it is not uncommon for a diffi-
culty tee ocur in starting when the fly-wheel stops
with the rank in certain positions, and it was under
these circumstances that Lambert beset given " a lift," as he
eau. it. at the• w hes I. The boiler, in bursting, destroyed
thew hol, of the building, which was about 40 yards
(1111. p,rlienl ill the' boiler he Mg 'down through the north
end eef the mill, carrying the outer wall soil the tall chim-
ney at the cool alsng with it into Mayes-street. It also de-
Mord the- front and roof of a +Wilk 1/11 the- opposite side of
Mar s-str- rt, and did great damage to the front of
the Wilton Anus Tavern, on the opposite aide of Mayes-
street.
When the dust from the falling building had subsided, a
ernisideratile crowd Hocked to the spot, and 'a number of the
workpeople were 'still making their way through the win-
dow apertures of the g 1 flair of the raw mall, the joists
cif the floor ahoy. them fortunately proving strong enough'
to peeve sit a part of the superinemnbent ruins from coming
npon them. All the materials of the upper floors wen,
thrown down by the explosion, and much of the shafting
and other machinery were lying upon the first floor ; and
titers' was hut too moth W.W.11 tee fear that some of the
workpeople who were- at the Note in the upper floors were
buried in this mass of ruins. Accordingly • number of
men set to work at onee to elver this away hut from the
great seeizlit on th• walls of the ground floor this became a
perilous lertaking, till some planks were used ace stays
to support the wall.. The lire pollee engaged in this dan-
gerous work, awl a number of labourers were employed to
waist them.
The first man got nut was William Clegg, of
street. who war in the employ of Mr. Molloy, engraver to
slim printers. Ile was hurt in the back, and has one
leg much bruised. At his own request he wan conveyed
home. The next reserneel was a boy. 10 years of age, who
was in the employ of Mr. John Lever. wood turner, and
was very •li-re re ly injured. About 4 o'clock, John O'Neal,
• boy of Id, was got cent from between the floors, behind
a heavy tool chest, which it was necessary first to remove.
Ile was much meshed, and quite tied, a brick having been
driven int., his skull. A girl named Mary Ann Dunn, nine
years old, was next got out alias, but she died soon after-
wards. About . o'clork, a yelling -woman named Elizabeth
brentuus. 1:1 years of am., was got out of the cellar of the
thrisoston-y building, next 16,m-street, quite dead, but nut
at all crushed or bruises', having apparently perished from
oufffication. A carrier. from (Wham, who was standing in
]lay's-stnet at the time of the explosion, was much hurt,
sad was ones eyed to thee infirmary.
Mr. Mellor, one of the tenants of the premises, as stated
in yestorelai'a Exprrec, and his brother, were both in
the third stOrey of the mill when the explosion took place,
hut escaped with cuts and bedews, which were not of a seri-
ous character, though they fell amongst the ruins of the
building.
John Sunderland, a sawyer, employee! by Mr. Wit-
li3M.lll, ice the ground storey, had an extraordinary
lle. says he was in the engine-house at the time of
the etples•ion. and was hurled forwanl with the wall into
Marisstresi, where he fecund himself immediately after-
wields, not at all hurt. lie states that the hands returned
from dinner at two o'clock, and that the engine had not
then started. Ile wan with Thomas Egerton, the engineer,
and fireman. in the engine-house. It had been rumoured
that Egerton, the engineer, was about to be discharged for
intemperuoce. A man mimed Wray had applied for the
situation that afternon, but was told by Mr. Williamson
that it was not V•11:411l. Egerton and Wray then went to-
hether to the Wilton Arno, across Mayes-street, where they
ail some drink together. They left that house together,
and when Wrav quitted Egerton the latter was somewhat
intoxieatiol. Egertem went towards the engine-house, and
about tire minute., afterwards Wray heard the explosion.
The follewing are the sufferers whose bodies bare been
taken from the ruins:
Ihtii cc —Timothy O'Neal, 14 years, of No. 90, Osborne-
street. Oldham-road. Mary Ann Dunn, 9 years, of No. 11,
Ilanover-street ; she was in Mayes-street, and was not con-
nected with the' premises. Elizabeth Brennan, 24 years, of
No. 67, Bennett-street, Oldham-road : she was in the em-
ploy of Mr. Parker in picking ceittem waste', James Briery,
age unknown, labonrer, wry much scalded, and very severe
injuries in his head and body. William Fender, aged 12,
Ludlow's-your,. employed as a wood-turner by Mr. Lester.
William Whiteley. aged 3d, wail turner in the employ of
Mr. tastier. Wine' Cloud, wood-turner, aged 40, in the
same employ. John Holmes. wood-turner, same employ.
Ittl)—Of those two were not very seriously hurt.
and they were made out-patients of the Royal Infirmary.
Reran, mow severely crushed and wounded, are now lying
at the intirniarv. The following are their names: Richard
Webster. :al ve.aris. of No. 3, Providence-place, a labourer
in the' emploi- of Mr. Williantson. Thomas Ilinsdale,
years. a dros.e.r, from East Whitham. mar Middleham, who
was pawing at the time of the expleoion. John ('rose,
about 30 years of age. of Nn. 3, Frederick-street. John
Furey, 15 years, eef Iletteral-stmt, an engraver, in the em-
ploy .4 Mr. Mello,: this man is so *evenly wounded about
the chest as to reader his recovery improbable. Daniel
Harrison, eef Brook-street. John lfolland, a boy, about 11
years of age. living 'at 95, Rack Osborne-street, who was
employed in some portion of the premises. James Field,
aged of No. 12, Hedfonl-street. wood-turner.
A large portion of the ruins had not been removed at five
o't luck last night. but the only body supposed to he still en
them was that of a boy namenfender, who is missing. The
inquest had been opened. but it was expected that it would
be adjourned, after the dead bodice, had been identified, for
a week or ten days. when the evidence of scientific and
practical men will be taken as to the cause of the accident.
The• engineer is en custody, having been intoxicated at the
time of the accident. but it is not known that any evidence
will be obtained eriminating him as having caused the ex-
plosion by any neglect, or by any improper act connected
with the management of the boiler.

Foltil*N.►Tß EACAPE FROM DEATIL—On Tuesday a
rain nameil Hendry attempted to commit suicide by throw-
ing himself upon the rails of the railway, at the Lynn
station, as a train was approaching. Ilentity wag permed
loitering near the wooden bridge just above the railway
station. and on the cugiate coming up to where he stood he
dung himself across the rails. Fortunately, as the train had
only just started, it was not difficult to stop it, and the'
steam was at ones shut off and the engine revered. It
could not, however, cease running till it had reached the
spot where Hendry lay, and he was pushed a few yards on
the rails. Ile was at once taken up and found that he had
sustained no injury. It seems that he is somewhat insane,
and this is not the first time that he has attempted to
commit suicide.

CAPTAIN WARNER has, it appears, offered his
services to terminate the Kolar oar -cheaply end quickly—
it la presumed by the lone range. The °ter bas been pa
lb* &Wined by the aatbasities.