The Express.
London, England, 1859-09-13 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1869.

captain sad severe] of the new kat down with rote
wood Wm, sad b to Wk( up the areeakd. As
soca es it Tr meetelesd that there were km at head, the
pp/le were remould, sad the ship preesied es bar ONIIII4
arm laving, in fact, stopped at aa era se the eta
folks was over I went and essaited the Woks kamoliyied
ea diet. Os the following moreimgawsedseitied by theekir-
seso et Um acespany that he med semis' et the makers ca
hoed shookleumfas the piece whin lite kebabs Maybes
se as to fens sore Stoma as Is the sere of dr nolo-
sick Mr. M'Comask leassesske aesdassr, ist the North
draws Railway (a pleses(ar), Mr. Pratt lassall, Mr.
inn, the knobs, olt the sew prspelaw, sad Mr. Bulb,
sa meager, sad &ractor af the Astir % saglaserlag
eteeeepsitee, sad Mr. Bats, the ripmesksake et the des
et Imam lad WeM2 k the mew mass de-
fob Mks das wawa late arils the amadoe-
tlea. We had as masa/Mk et waft the mastrestka of
the hood sad its wears arks, whist we skid ad Irk
aka the saddest led sat Uppsala, berates the samba
maid the toad vas blears away by the implode. The
ode feud was tape* Were s l the kirks( resod
mashismo my. Then wee wee* etauseil k the kaki
half, hot Is other aidese tars V are gauselk s meter
Pedal. We esaid net ad base the bettsdig Toe blows
sway whet amid the spuds ; bat this at N. led as
to ses what was the cease et the missies TOMO say
ethasampirodr. We ammakesdi tar Yr hurl war

dothis for shad bete hut to kagth. I had Sat
min the drawings Ike the mews. They did wet
same team ear slim There wee sin balm arm be
the twat peeper and the eater meth air jashet, all nand.
The dilemohlof ths fame gibber was di het, wed that of
the cater sena hat. The ethiesisn Mot plass bothway
down. The bra oasis was hand la • aothesod date, sad
the outer min bud Wet en, tho met Gig knot Ism
soma la the upper MN ft AWL The sonof Ms mann is
to provost ooid water bons lad to the bast direst. There
was so apparatas pronisd h pamont any ammo ef pecan
taking pima to this water Jean. This appetites omits
of a woad pipe, crbkh Meath up to misty the lent et
the top of the fthasi, sad b esnaseted with the weir
jacket. The stead pipe, to hot, emsdietm a slit valve,
by opealng at the lop as sea is the sham remiss e
tonna pas acs. The wawa rum .to of the tap of
the stood pipe, and thus goring the prawn thot Is
is required inside the own After we bad seen the wreck,
sad takes all the labrostios n wall pion' bent that
the food water had him awn arset le the bolimos bang the
I man east awn the thetheynegthe net waft with
web. The dawburangthe then the pomp, end bed same
dithmith dam be work. The eswesthmies won thin the
dosheynnigies sant the sold wake direct to the beihr. Two
of ths denththewenso wen disabiad, sad it was all they
maid do to bap the bear supplied with maw. That so-
meats Is the sitething of *a streakeias route through the
Jaskol. La exploits men an le bon mis.d had the
salmi yips hem to swath& Our Mimes wee thett
derma to wind was in opuratisn a the Mend pips. There
we hod what might be tamed • tap or pith,
the bona, of which is capable of bthes turned, and
we food it had hem that og, haling as van whatever, and
the two mob being abut ap was the Ithothiste mum of the
assithat. If Alm of them bad be, in opention—that
if the wailer had bum smiled thrush the toeing, et the
tap bad hem tuned, the explain mold sot ban happrast
The steam man inn gem ow gmesteltag, wad as is. mime
to know how ea wises that cook cam to be shut. Two or
three days Wore the ship started something Ina required
to be dose to It ; the stood pipe was too abort, sad the
water ran over too moo' sad it was lengthened. Up to
that time, thirethn lb. cock mom have hem opened.
It N premooth that some whom must have turned
the amok for same pupas of his own, and forgotten to turn
It back. It swot be turned by the bad, but requiem an
tastrommt called the spanner.

Hy the hry—Tiotre wee no means of discovering that this
had boa 110•11.

By the Cotower—The tap ought always to have remised
cuss, mad the cock, in point of fact, was only there for the
purpose of taldag surplus water from the casing.
By ths Jery—lf the donkey. engine had acted rightly the
mewl sight hare gone to Australia and back without this
Wag discovered. It is impossible to say which d the two
anon was rattly the octagon of the explosion. I cannot
say that the cock In guagiou would myth'e anyone to
attend to it. It is a (Isaac., and was exactly like a cork
screwed into a bottis.

Who wee the in charge at the time P
Mr. Breretem—l out% may that there was any engineer Is
sharp of that cook. Mr. Dizon was the engineer who was
rseporibis hr the action of the paddle engines. It was Ise-
posaible kr saphody to know the Internal ccootractioa of the
cuing. It dad sot arm to anybody to asartala that the
cock wee °pea before stardae.

By Mr. Lvanet•—lf, this, you can stop a safety mars I
any saes% before this wu finished, somebody bad changed
It. If oaco finished and build up, It would have bun no
cowls duly to look to It—lt would base been assumed that ft
was opts.

By tin Canner—Supposing yon worsen/aged is engineer,
would you, beton starting, think it nemmary to examine
every pert of the rearbinery P
Witness—lt would not bays occurred to me to look to this.
It was late belles a door, mid when once finished I should
not hare looked at it. It would be boxed up regularly. No
one knows why the man did it. He had to remove the
easing I. lengthening the stand pipe. It MI Impossible It
could be closed by the accident, and, Indeed, If It ►od bees
open, it is Impossible that the amides* meld ham taloa
Owe.

At the conclusion of Mr. Brerston's wridsees, the joy
proceeded to Voltland Bay to view the ship, whisk Is lying
mewls the breakwater, and the Inquiry wan afterwards ad-
journed until Saturday nut.

STATE OF THE SHIP.

Now that the lint excitement caused by the late dreadful
incident on board the Groat Beaters has partially subsided,
the extant of the thinisms dose mid the probable muses of
the explosion can be amortatael with a comp•retiw degree
of certainty. In the first place it is evident that the damage
dose to the ship I. by se means so onmiderable se was at
Int anticipated, nor Shed to it one lithe as greet se might
have hen expected from the terrific nature of the explosion.
The light woodwork of the bertha sad cabins on the lower
deck end the fragile decorations of the grand saloon have of
comas bees either entirely demplished or very muck da-
maged, bat the real solid structure of the ship hes
resisted the explosion as completely as If It had Men
►rot that of • pistol. The bon main deck beanie te
Obe immediate stolidly of the spot where the explodes
ortilaated, aft the aware iron work by which they ere
eeafteled rend tie teasel, are torn eft rant like paper,
shafts' the violates of the concustlon, bat the loolpitaillael
sad leftovers" bulkhead" (he which the real strength of the
mewl soadote) heft reftted the shock, sad confined the
explodes 14 the meepartment of the mud in which It
originated. After the snivel of the ship at Portland, •
committee was formed, consisting of the chairmen, the
directins ou board, sad Natalia Hardison, by whom it was
immediately determined to proceed with the repair of the
damage at once. A survey was at once made, and
mtimatee east la foe ambits good the damages, which do
not exceed 6,000 f., of which 1,0001. will be cotwamed
redecerstiag the greed saloon.

TO TIS IDAOI OT THI SITIISS.

Birk—Graphic as wee the description in your im-
pression of yesterday of the fearful scenes which pressated
themselves on board the Great &item it to almost im-
poesible to exaggerate their truthfulness. To the,. who
visited the infirmary the most ghastly spectacle presented
itself. There were the victims laid upon beds, hur-
riedly strewed upon the door, es no such event
had been anticipated, and, consequently, no organbwl
hospital mewled within the ship. All the materials
for hospital attendance had bees provided In abandenes,
aad • most able stair of medical and surgical practitioners
retained for the service of the ship. Confusion sad dismay
emmeitopialyse thus anthattlas„ as immediate ansommods-
den was demandad for a as fearfully wounded sad dying
fielltrip. Tema who rented their poor 61p-comrades to tbe
ady yet wines Awe wee a hope of o►taining the slightest
mileviedue of their miseries were belied and confounded.
The gt♦mnarlag VW of the skip's lamp reflected Its partial
lades ea the wwiewertes damn whew no misfire or hired