The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-07 00:00:00

THE STAFF COLLEGE.

The following general order hai been issued :
Horse Guards, S.W., Jan. 1.

His Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief
has much satisfaction in publishing to the army the sub-
joined list of officers 'who passed the final examination of
the Staff College in December, 1861, viz. :
Order of merit. Marks obtained.

1. Brevet Major Creagh, 86th Regiment
2. Captain Battersby, 69th Regiment .. 3,486
3. Captain Stuart, 17th Regiment
4. Brevet Major Turnbull, 13th Regiment
5. Lieutenant Stoney, Royal Artillery 3,037
6. Lieutenant Hutton, 23d Foot
7. Captain Leggett*, 69th Foot
8. Captain Hall, 49th Foot
9. Brevet Major Stewart, 35th Foot
10. Captain Wilkthsont, Royal Artillery
11. Captain Swann, 22d Foot .. 2,541
12. Captain Hay, 62d Foot
13. Captain Lockhart, 26th Foot
Maximum of Marks

By order of his Royal Highness the General Command-
ing-in-Chief.
JAMES YORKE SCARLETT, Adjt.-General.

SUN OFFICE, &yen o'clock.

MEETING OF PARLIAMENT,

(From the Gazette of this evening.)
BY THE QUEEN.—A PROCLAMATION.

VICTORIA, R.,--Whereas our Parliament stands pro-
rogued to Tuesday the seventh day of January instant; We,
with the advice of our Privy Council, do hereby publish and
declare, that the said Parliament shall be further prorogued,
on the said seventh day of January instant, to Thursday
the sixth day of February next; and we have given order
to our Chancellor of that part of our United Kingdom
called Great Britain to prepare a commission for pro-
roguing the same according : and we do hereby further,
with the advice aforesaid, declare our royal will and
pleasure, that the said Parliament shall, on the said Thurs-
day the sixth day of February next, assemble and be holden
for the despatch of divers urgent and important affairs : and
the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Knights, Citi-
zens, and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for Shires and
Burghs of the House of Commons, are hereby required and
commanded to give their attendance accordingly, at West-
minster, on the said Thursday the sixth day of February
next.
Given at our Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wright,
this sixth day of January, in tbo year of our Lord, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and in the twenty-
fifth year of our reign.

GOD SAVE TIIE QUEEN.

TEE FATAL ACCIDENT AT ST.

MARTIN'S HALL.

CORONER'S INQUEST (THIS DAY).
The coroner's inquiry into the causes that led to the
deaths of Richard Wood, Patrick Coghlen, and W. Sabey
was opened this afternoon at King's College Hospital.
Mr. St. Clair Bedford (the coroner) and the jury having
examined the bodies of the unfortunate men,

Mr. David Sabey, of Pitman's-buildings, St. Luke's,
identified the body of Walter Sabey. He was my nephew.
He was about 23 years of age, and was a carpenter. I was
engaged at the hall when the accident took place.
Coroner—l will take the identity of the bodies before I
enter into the circumstances relating to the accident.
Mrs. Wood identified the body of Richard Wood as that
of her husband. He was a gasfitter, and was 21 years of
age.

Margaret Maley, of No. 2, London-passage, identified
the body of Patriek Coglin. Ho was a bricklayer's labourer,
and was about 25 years of age.

Mr. John Barr Brown, house surgeon of King's College
Hospital, said—l saw the three injured men when they
were first brought to the institution on Friday last. They
were in a very bad state. Wood was totally insensible, Saboy
was partially so, and Coglin sensible. Wood had a broken
leg, a broken arm, a broken rib, and symptoms of a broken
head. Sabey had a broken arras and other injuries. Coglin had
a broken arm and rib, and evidently an injury to the spine.
Wood was put to bed and the usual remedies applied, but
he died within half an hour after his admission. Sabey
continued in a state of stupor till five o'clock the next
morning, when he died ; and Coglin became delirious a
little before seven in the evening, and after being so for
about half an hour he died at eight o'clock. There has
been a post-2nortenz examination in each case. Wood died
from an extensive fracture of the skull ; Sabey died from
the shock received, combined with the injuries ; and the
same circumstances had caused the death of Coglin.

Henry Daniels, a labourer, said—l was employed by
Stephens. a zinc- worker in Old-street, to erect the scaffold
in St. Martin's Hall. I erected it from Mr. Stephens'
bal directions, and it was completed on Friday morning.
Stephens was not present during the whole of the time I
was engaged in performing the work. I cannot say that
Mr. Stephens said that he was satisfied with the work after
it was done, Mr. Prince furnished the materials for the
scaffolding. He resides at 74, Melton-street, Fore-street.
Coglin, the deceased, and Huggett assisted me in selecting
the boards. The scaffolding was required to fix the chandeliers.
He cons.dered that the scaffolding was sufficiently strong
to support eight men. I should not have hesitated to have
gone on it with that number of people. I think there must
have been some sudden jerk. Stephens told me there would
be three or four men at work on it-. I asked Stephens what
weight he wanted on it, and he said three or four men. 1
saw seven or eight men on the scaffold just before it fell.
After the accident I saw one of the cross poles which sup-
ported the flooring was broken. I belies e the pole would
have borne the whole weight of the men provided there
had been no jerk. There were 9 feet 6 between the two
uprights, and 12 boards rested upon the cross poles.
The Beadle—The boards weighed 421 b. each.
Witness—Some were thicker than others. Breaking of
the pole, I am certain, was the occasion of the accident.
Mr. Stephens saw the poles andiboards before they were
loaded to be brought away. He said he thought they were
sufficient for the purpose. I put up the poles because,
when I first spoke about the scaffolding, it was proposed to
use cords, and Sabey said cords would not be string enough.
Mr. Stephens told me to erect the scaffold for three or four
persons. The scaffold was never tested to see whether it
was sccure.Mr. Sabey, who was foreman of the carpenters,
said he thought the scaffolding would act very well.
By Mr. Boulton, for Mr. Stephens—l first went to work
for Mr. Stephens on Monday week. I saw him in the
morning while we were getting the boards ready. I have
known the poles to have been used once previous to being
taken to St. Martin's Hall ; they then carried a greater
weight than they were expected to bear at the Hall. I was
directed to select light poles.

By a Juror—l don't know that by a light pole a short
one is meant. I was directed to get some light poles, and
I did so.
The inquiry was then adjourned.