The Express.
London, England, 1859-01-14 00:00:00

without any now belonging to the inetitution knowing slat I
maw for. Whet 1 said in thy letter had reference
to the manner in which I propoeed to do the
work, which was that in which I bed repaired a stair-
case at St Methane Dirk. about twenty-two years before.
There I revoked the principal rtnircLue by cutting the old
issue away sad letting in thin slips of Yorkshire stone of
• lunar galley, sad about en inch and • hall deep. I let to
phase, of pads, l'ortlaed cement not having then beet in-
troduced. The steps in that eke were parallel steps, not
wieder*, which us the strongest of the two. They were
about seven inches thick. As well aa 1 can recollect I sent
Mr. Thompree on estimate of the rum foe which I would do
the wick. The steps at St. Katharine Docks were, like
those here, about sin inches ken the wall. 1 have seen the
on pi here within the last few months. I examined theca
AAA rustler of curiosity, after they were done. I bad no
i-aiversaiion with Mr. Thompson afterwards as the subject.
I did not i:oneider them dangerous. 1 was not aware bow '
the trellis work wee let in , all I know was that they were
repaired with iron. From the 'tate of the Maps when I
inspected them I coaedered that something ought to babas
They were worn away In some places, when this stone was
soft, as much am three inches from the seine' thickens. I
have made au allentive wenn of the steps dace the acci-
dent (Mr. Thompson wished me to look at them) with the
view of discovering if pi:sable the cause of the accident.
here beta bee awe et least every day aims the accident
occurred. if y opinion it that the origin of the accident coot-
mimed et the top and proceeded downwards. When
I first earn to eiamknsan by looking at the steps at
the bottom. From my experience in each matters I have
always observed that la a well-constructed atone S4itCllllll
=itMap will beer the weight put upon it entirely lade-
of every Mbar step ; and cm containing the rem-
meets i the well I maid not cheery. smog all
the slips that ere broken one Menem Is white
the asp wee originally_ impel foctly dud in the
well. I Mem lb. Mammon was the arc.hltiect.
Then, ending me defect as rept& the reamer in which the
stairs wen arlideally lied, I west up to the highest part et
the sone of the ilent—the mp isaMag. The bet thing
that shack me Mire we. the resammt of the
with emend large lase lases he the bletneesell=s;
the Mst wimest This tesehmed er this the Ism=
Ni Ni al Meek of sore swam the psis. [The
bee salmi bee a memo lecitekel nearest of the mower
is white same le mem from the enemy, tad of the varying
mine of the or The leg alair is Mote is
het ie length sad tee lest times er her Wise Is width;
it is about 44 imam Mike, awl weighs! teen at fin cwt. Ills
Imperial or ream am lie well. fleeing oteerved tett de-
fame, part la the lap boast& I immediately went plow
sad searlied siseas the &kis, where I Masi the
mart cousterport or hamlet et the shells ahem
I ezamisord caretally weather rnettheprune of Mow
boicatpd to the ems pine. sod I hued the she joggle"
bier earn( Is with the "joggle' above, Than was an
=r ogees she Jenks wide same) to admit three or four
n • depth am stem • foot. Than dlscoverite
used
more amentim is my seen-h for the origin of the
secidset. Thiene It bee bees stated by previous attendees
that the sloes MOW le lull simultaneously, theremust ban
has s starting glhN, sad I think that we. et the top. The
mastaat pram of melt moustem of tames for 20 year' up
rd down the 4111111•1 ti rename a constant vibrator, was
quite allkient Is Week the loading at the weak
potat I have dimer Mai. I Orel quite certain Ott
It crate hove hem imam for a met length of time, be-
ams the (rectum is estembly rhea. The fracture would
bare ben risible If it hal been looked for carefully; it wee
me edible to a camel eibeiner. It It my firm baliet that lbw
steldont migmatite Mere. If there had teen • proper joggle
joist et tie
ties et Ycia, por
" t I speak of there would, I think, never have

11711 r. Sheih—That immirftetko was in the original
ceastractka of the building. It WOOD, no doubt, from the
eseelmensee of the ercetoso, and would be invisible to the
eye till na occident *marred.
The sitars said he violed to add that Portland stone,
if tilde the estrum* was coaetracted, woe micesdingly
sartable la quality.
The blowy was this wijonnesd till Tuesday cast, at two
o'clock.
It may not be oat of place to state here that the Poly-
technic, hariag been elessd air several days, Ia commosses
of the occident, Is opts era ft the petite.

MI LATE PALL ore NOM IN LIVIIIPOOL.-
271 l INQUEST.

Mr. Carry, the Liverpool borough coroner, opened
peeserisy (Tlersday) into the tireolliganees
the dsstbe of des Fcrsone, who were I,lled on
Tunday stesesson by the falling in of the shop Mr. Lewis,
fa Gm& Georgirstreet. Mr. Anniell,
sNsnM ea behalf of Mr. Lewis, and Mr. Snowball, solicitor,
os the part of the Minds of two of the deceneed—Mrs. and
Mite
ears Money. The borough engineer sad rurveyor
eAs The
drat witness muntned woo Jerome Thotrapinn, the
warager of Mr. Lewis's establishment, He said the *bop
was s dents shop with two sutranoss, the width Ming
ahem 42 {bolt and depth 38 feet, Mr. Lewis, to
August lost, ccuinieseed alterations in the pesmrn, which
wens manly completed, and he had anmaaosd the selling off
of thestock previous to opining the newer promisee. Thin had
lad to se increase in the number of contemns. It was stem
three o'clock on Tuesday when the accident happened. He
nerd a mane like a great weight felling, and he made to
the door Ile went beck nolo nod found that the premises
bad fallen in. Mr. Lewis's assistant book-keeper, • young
' man. named Meredith Jose*, was killed by the fall of the
building, eh were also three females and • labouring man.
The prenitires were to be cloned en anon as the end wall,which
divided the new and old premise*, wee taken down. This
wall wee net shored up. The works wee. supenntended
generally by Mr. Lewis, but the foremen of the contractors
looked offer different pommy, of the work, Mr. Lewis himself
emperiatended and gave iastructioos respecting the Inking
down of the old wall. He believed Mr. Lewis had consulted
en sochitem. The door which first (.11 is was the neat but
one to the shop. The men engaged by Mr. Leyte to pull
down the shop were day labourers. He now thought there
was any danger io pulang down the well. Mr. Lewis and
his family slept in that put of the home wlioh fell in, and
no the day of the see ident Mr. LO.s euperintendad the
labourers from nine o'clock till haltpast eleven. Mr. Lewis
g• nervily stopped on the premises superintending the alters-
is no the whole of the day.
We,. Roberta, • labourer, said he ems employed on the
premises of Mr. Lewis nem last August. He had charge of
the piece, and he also worked daily with four other lenience.
He wait not on the prendara when the accident occurred,
Mr. Lewis superintended the work deily,sod appeared to tut-
dendand it. The last time he saw Mr. Lewis before the sa-
ddest wee st dr top of the building, about half-past eleven.
Mr. Lewis'. lent &teeth:es to the men were to clear all the
brake off the San me Pull am pmmble. This wee not dine,
and at the time the &tor fell la there was a considerable
quantity of bricks on it. He (witness) told the men to carry
out the brick., but he was eallod away, and could not see his
order. carried out. He told the men he wonted the bricks
cleared off for fear of anything happening. The men were
stubborn, and did not attend to him.

By the Corm ier:l was acroTd that something would hap-
pls. width did happen. The wall which was taken down
I wee Ikeda 7 to b tart ta height, aad the Nicks were placed on
iVO loan of the old sad maw minima.
lie. Jam. Newland, the borough engineer, said that ho
saw the premises innsiedistely after the itocident. He found
' Ibal the wall which bad partially Idles was not a 9-inch
molt bat two Wogs:dolt Wind of 44 Mahe., with chimney
breasts; mod is • roost adjoining that whist gave way he
fund a questq of bricks mod rubbish. This, by his dims-
des, wee immediately cleared away. Ile had .met rode •
wend anaminetion of the preraleas, which led biro to be.
hen that the prtc,:inate caw of the mmideat wee the load-
of the ease with heists. The Abe wall had evidently
'by the yin ding of the joists aad the ma) leg of
the Aiwa,' leers* lamas the wall. Haim" great precau-
tions were exercised the taking down of the wail was a very
dangerous operatics. The broke shiraid have been shot
down lama lower E toe or loasementuf the sew building.
ily the C..ruster—The men who took days the wall were
not tit per.oA Inc ouch walk, which required the muter.
intetidence of • okiltui pawn contacted with the building
booths's.

Croce-easscdned by Ms. Aspinail—Mr. LewL:a directions
es
to the removal of the bricks were quite payer.
Mr. Lean; the proprietor of the abry where the set ident
occurred, wee the writ witseee. He mood that he coi utorneed
alterations as Ma promises in August teat. He bed plans
by architect. He (aunties) superintended the
sn
sit popatesd, bat the bri Meyer, crotractor sot the
Immo el the woodwork aupenotendtd the now with, end
they pee advise se le the taking &own of the well. Two of
the Awn aid they watt brialillwre. labourite, and one, who
Inaba was acenetoesed an take down walla etlered to con-
tract for the job. He pre particular orders for the bruits
to be rekm rug.
At the dote of the inquiry, twelve of the jury were in
hvoor of a verdict for " Mieadventure, with blame !attached
to Mr. Lurie for not bowleg employed competent workmen ."
the other LILT fur • Vetdiet Of 4' 1.1008.

ANOTHER !EIMER ACCIDENT AT LIVERPOOL BY
till FALL or A Bvititigs.—Yeateiday (Thurtiday) morn-
ing. shortly Etter 9 cleltirk, an qweldent, somewhat enuilar in
Ito Won to the owe tzt Great Olgerse-arreet, but fortunately
sat op few is it. (ono queue., on. awed in Titheben-street.
The pubiseibesee bonen as the Lawmaking and Yurkehire
Tesler, belesigisg to Mr. Henry Lomb, opposite the ratlasy
restionb woo esdergotag alteratitina, with the view of (orating
the Feeders into an twirl, sad while the labourers were em-
ploys! Is removing the root the joists pee wa), nod the
tipper Peery felt, .atrying with it the woad end firrt fl ors
to the caller. A poor mss, sawed Timothy Must, agt d 40,
Plandilig ID K .y-.tact, was nettled down with the ruins mid
nia the aro. Anntber man, also a labourer, armed
)CA.I Hoe, who fell with the defamed, is at am rely to-
[Jared that Intl.- hope, are setartaised of kb torovery. Several
other into wete engaged On the premise at the time of the
evident, and their weep, le pole tly marvellous.
lie Tug LtuzzutArzase, 811,8 MCIICIIte, LirEidEN's
HUSIBILS% AMU HASLADAP LI I MA' INaTITUTION.—Ibe 22nd
sobbrwowy ball ha eel of the Kiwis of tine ascallset society
took pinon kW sight et Rt. Jatneo's-hall, Regent-Wroth
whim the exertions of tie frien,la and supporters we.. re-
' worded by the stilettos,* of upwafla of 600 peremo. Tho
woo under the able ruprnnuoidesce of Mr. Prang-
toidar&ea Jlit ant party of mewerde, whoop survicto, with
the aradalanea of Mr. Alarar's Lend, which had bees genially
segmented fur the or Calgell, give the most entire maids:dos.