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London, England, 1853-08-19 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 19, 1853.

ÜBMARINE AND EUROPEAN
TELEGRAPH COMPANIES.

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(BFRIDITy):SatM2 yelocßk,LAsNta
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35., which can be secured at the lloz•otlice every day Tom II to 4.
Area, 25.; gallery, Is. A Morning Performance every Tuesday and
Saturday, at 3 o'clock.— Egyptian-hall, Piccadilly.

OPENING to BIRMIICGRAM, and GREAT REDUCTION of
TARIFF.

Messages of 20 Words are now sent between Birmingham and
London for One
Each additional 10 words or fraction of 10 words, Sixpence.
No Porterage charged for the first mile from any of the Compa-
..

GREAT WESTERN
.RAILWAY.—Notice is
...
Hereby Given that the t.3peciat Train that has been running
from Paddington to Windsor at 8 45 a.m. during the Citobbain En-
campment, will be oiscontlthied after FRIDAY next, the 19th instant.
Paddington Station, August 16.
•

ni;s' stations.
Each mile after the first mile, Sixpence.
Correct% :—London, 30, Cornhill ; Birmingham, 104, New•street ;
Dover, 7, Ciarence-place; Deal, 100, Be,ch-street.
(By order.) G. L. PARROTT, Secretary.

GREAT• -WESTERN RAILWAY.
CHEAP EXCURSION TO TILE WEST OE EMIL AND
On MONDAY, the 29th August, an Excursion Train will leave
tho Paddington Station at 8 o'clock in the morning,
calling at. Westou-super- Mare, tlridgewater, Taunton, Tiverton
Road, Exeter, Starcross, Dawllsh, Teignmouth. Torquay, and Totnes,
and will return from Plymouth on Wednesday, 7th September, at
6.25 a.m.
Fares there and back : tor Plymouth,
First Class. Cloled Carrlales•
Weston-super• Mare or Bridgwater .. 2os. 13s.
Taunton or Tiverton Road " .• • • 225. ;,,-; • 15a.
Exeter • • • • • • • • • • • 245. 16s.
Starcross, Dawlieh, or Teignmouth • • 255. . • 17s.
Torquay' or Vitas " - • .. 275. ' • 18s. •
Plymouth
The Excursion Ti.c.keta not.Vransfe:tbe .3;0,5.'". .
and e 41y a
by the Excursion Trains. Tickets may he obtained twev'ouslY at
27, King--street.Cheapside ; 269, Strand ; Regent-street (Co; ner
of Jermyn-st eet) ; and at the Paddington Station. Further parti-
culars will be given in handbills, which may be had at any of the
above places.
Paddington Station, August 11;
.(4." 2:lable3al.

SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN
TELEGRAPH COMPANIES.
REDUCTION" of CHARGE TO and FROM. the CONTINENT.
On and after Mondaynext no Porterage will be charged upon Mes-
sages transmitted to the Continent—France excepted.
Messages from the Continent, including France, will be delivered
Free within a circuit of One Mlle.
Beyond that distance Sixpence per mile only will be charged.
Offices f-101, New-street, BiriMrigham ; and 30, Cornhill, London.
(By order) G. L. PARROTT, Secretary.

fricHE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
—REDUCTION in CHARGES to the CONTINENT.—OPE K-
ING of the NEW TELEGRAPH ROUTE via the INTERNATIONAL
TE LEGRATH COMPANY'S LINE. On and after MONDAY ,the 15th
August, the Stations of the Electric Telegraph Company, eqabli hcd
in all the principal towns of Great Britain, will be placed iu direct
communication with the whole of the lines or Telegraph on the
Continent. Great facilities will thereby be affbrded tor the trans-
mission of dispatches to all parts of Europe at the following reduced
rates. Messages of 20 words to:—
Amsterdam— £0 8 4 Hague... • • . ... £9 7 6
Antwerp 0 11 6 Ylamburgh 0 15 6
Augsburg • ........0 17 6 Hanover •• • • . .
Berlin . • • .•• 017 6 Strasburgh. ......
B rem en .. •••.. • • • . 13 6 Leghorn . • ..... ••. • • 1 10 2
Breslau.. ••- • • • 0 19 6 Lubeck ... •• .• •• 0 15 6
Brussels
Cotogte. •••.• • • • 013 6 Presbutg ;.. •• • • • • 1 1 6
Dantzic• •..••..• • •• • • 0 19 6 Rotterdam ........ 0 8 4
Dresden•• ••
Elberfeld
Florence ... •• • • ••..... 1 12 2 Venire ••• • • . „.... 019 6
Frankfort-on-the-Maine 015 6 Vienna .• • • • 019 6
I
And to other places on the Continent at proportionately low charges.
Tee above rates will he uniform from all the Company's Stations
in Great Britain, and thus—Messages delivered to the Telegraph
offices at litverpool; Manchester, Birmingham; Leeds, Hull, New-
castle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, &c., will pay precisely the same amount
for the whole distance as Mes,azes forwarded from London.
For further particulars, apply to the Company's stations.
J. S. FOURDRINIER, Secretary.
Central Station, Lothbury, London, August 12, 1853.

ALLSOPP'S PALE ALE.—The WARM
WEATHER.—The recognised beverage in India for persons
of both sexes is AI.LSOPP'B PALE ALE, when* iti healthful and
fr.v!gorating effects have been long recognised, and supplied in the
tinest condition. ,Bottles, Bs. per dozen quarts; pints,- 53, ;
hail-
pints, ?* •-Imperial measure only (by which tite public, gain ones
third); and kilderkins, 18 gallons (for draught), 335.
lIARRINGTON PARKER, slz
-/2, Pall-mall.

HERTS.-THE TRING GROVE ESTATE.
TO BE SOLD, pursuant to a Decree of the High Court of
Chancery, made in the causes " Lake v. Currie," Lake v. O'Hara,
and Lake v. Currie, with the approbation of Sir Richard Terin Kin-
dersley, Knight, one of the Vice-Chancellors of the said Court, by
Mr. William Brown, at the Auction Mart, Bartholomew-lane
London, on TUESDAY, the sixth day of September, 1853, at Twelve
o'clock at noon,
The imeca tent and very eligible Freehold and Copyhold Estates of
the late Viscount Lake, comprising Four Capital Farms, with suit •
able Homesteads, containing together nearly 600 acres moat delight-
:ally situate, in the vicinity of the Tring Station, on the London and
North- vestern Railway, 31 miss from London and 7 from Ayles-
bury. This invaluable p-operty will be offered in nine lots.' The
Grove Park Farm, with the walled Kitchen Garden and ornament-
ally timbered Park; Farm Howie and Agricultural Buildings abut-
ting upon the Town of Tring will form one lot, presenting numerous
eligible sites for building first-class houses. The Tring Grove Farm,
comprising nea-1y 300 acres of first-rate Arable and Pasture Land,
with Homestead and Labourers' Cottages thereon, extending to
within a short distance of the railway, will form another lot. The
Little Tring Farm of 40 acres, the Puttenham Farm of 112 acres, and
some other small r croons of the property at Tring Grove and Wig-
ginton, will be sold in separate cuts.
Particulars of the Property, with Plans and Conditions of Sale,
may be had at the Auction Mart, at the Royal Hotel, Tring Station,
at the Swan Inn, Leighton Buzzard, the George Inn, Aylesbury, and
the Rose an I Crown Inn, Hemel, HempsteadAlfred Jones, Esq.,
Solicitor, No 15, Sise-lane, City ; ef Messrs. Currie, Woodgate, and
Williams, Solicitors, 32, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields ; and at the offices of
Mr. William Brown, Auctioneer, Tring•

THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
REDUCTION of CHARGES In GREAT BRITAIN.
On and after MONDAY, the 15th August, he charge for messages
transmitted within a circuit of Fifty Miles wit be reduced to ON E
SHILLING for twenty words. This reduction will also apply to
messages between London and the following places:
Birmingham.
Brighton.
Cambridge.
Oxford.
Reading.
Windsor.
For further particulars apply to the Company's stations.
No porterage charged for delivery of messages when the distance
from the station does not exceed half a mite.

PRINCIPAL LONDON OFFICES.
Central Station, Lothhury, Bank of England.
No. 43, Mincing-lane, corner of Fenchurch-street.
General Post Office, St.. Martin's•le-Grand. •
No. 3", Fleet-street, opposite St. Dunstan's Church.
No. 448, West Strand, corner of Adelaide-street (open day and
night).
No. 17A, Great George-street, Westminster.
No. 89, St. James's-street, onposite St. James's Palace.
No. 1, Park-side, Knightsbridge, opposite Wilton-place.
No. 6, Edgeware-road, near the Marble Arch.
Great Northern Railway Station, King's-cross.
London and North Western Railway Station, Euston-square.
Eastern Counties Railway Station, Shoreditch (open day and night).
London end South Western Railway Station, Waterloo-road.
London mid Brighton Railway Station, London-bridge.
Great Western Ragway Station, Paddington.
By order, J. S. FOU'RDRINIER, Secretary.
Lothhury, London, August 12,1853.

CONTRACTS FOR RUM, VINEGAR, OATS, MUSTARD, AND

PEPPER.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport
Services, Somerset-place, 13th Aug., 1853.
THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on TilintsDAY, the Ist
September neat, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such
persons as may be willin to Contract for suplying and delivering
into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford the undermen-
tioned articles, viz.:—

rir HE PATENT WATERPROOF and COM-
A_ MON BRICK and TILE COMPANY (provisionally regis-
tered under the 7th and Bth Victoria). Capital 100,0001., a portion
of which has already been subscribed, in shares of 1/. each, fully
paid up. No allotment will be made of a less number than five
shares

Offices, 34, Monrgate-street.
Broker—George E. Seymour, Esq., 31, Throgmorton•street.
The peculiar character of these bricks has been proved by the
practical tests of the gentlemen composing the jury ass 27 at She
Great Exhibition of an Nations in 1851, and the prizemedal awarded
to the patentee.
As the waterproof and also the common bricks will be manufac-
tured by improved machinery, the trade will be supplied at lower,
prices than at present charged.
It has become a subject of great national importance to procure an
ample supply of bricks to meet the continued and increasing demand.
It may be remarked that, during the last season (1852), the stock
round the metropolis ran short, by several millons, of the required
supply.
The profits which will accrue to the Shareholders from the manu-
facture of waterproof and common bricks, and sale of licenses, will
insure a large and increasing dividend, and, at the present price of
stock bricks at least GO per cent. may be safely relied upon; the
Directors therefore feel confident that they will be enabled to declare
a dividend within a few months from the commencement of opera-
tions.
Applications for shares to be made to the broker ; or the Com-
pany's offices, 34, Moorgate-street, where prospectuses may be had,
samples of the waterproof brick inspected, and every information
obtained.—August, 1853.

Form of Application for Shares.
To the Directors of the Patent Waterproof and Common Brick and

Tile Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot to me shares of 1/.
each In the above Company, and I hereby undertake to accept and
pay for the same, or any less number you may allot me, when re.
quired so to do.
Dated this

day of , 1853.
Name in full.. • •
Place of business.. • - • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Business or profession • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Name, residence, and profession or referee.
*.* No further APPLICATION for SHARES in this Company
will be received after MONDAY neat, the 22d inst.

" Divide about the broad bride cake,
Round about the bride's stake."—BEN Joxsorr.

NSTEDDING BREAKFAST, BALL SUP-
PERS, and DINNERS PROVIDED ENTIRE in town or
country, by Messrs. PUESSELL, Cornhill, ifteluding wines of the
most recherché description, and use of plate. linen, china, glass, and
attendance, seats, tables, lights, dancing hollands, and instrumental
music, wedding and invitation stationery, as in Paris. Carriages,
post or oilerwise. An elegant assortment of bride cakes for selec-
tion, dessert and evening ices. A competent person sent to receive
orders, and give instructions as to the arrangements of entertain-
ments. Note —Messrs. Purssell have no other business premises
except those in Cornhill, near the Exchange.

TAKE NOTICE !
MESSRS. R. & L. PERRY & CO. CONTINUE TO BE
CONSULTED AS USUAL,
AT 19, BERNERS-STREET, OXFORD-STREET, LONDON,
ON THE SECRET CAUSES OF SELF-ACQUIRED MISERIES
AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES.
THE SILENT FRIEND.
In Six Languages—Fiftieth Edition.
CONTAINING THE REMEDY FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE.
illustrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings and
Cases.
New Edition, enlarged to 201 pages, price 2e. 6d., by post, from the
Establishment, 3s. 6d. in stamps,
THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by
excessive indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse of
mercury, with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, tol.
lowed by observations on Marriage, and the disqualifications which
prevent it. illustrated 1)y 100 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L.
PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Oxford-
street, London. Published by Sherwood and Co., 23, Paternoster-
row, and sold by Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150. Oxford-street; Gor-
don, 146, Leadenhall-street ;. 95, Farringdon-street ; W. Sutton, 10,
Bow Church-yard; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; R Johnson, 68, Cornhill.
PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the reproductive
organs, and is il:ustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings.
PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in-
dulgence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing
mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative
incapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanatory Engravings.
PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in
the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for
their treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engrav-

ings.
Peer IV. contains a Remedy" for the Prevention of Disease by a
simple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated.
PAaT V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage and its duties.
The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole
subject critically and philosophically inquired into.
Tax CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACIIM is exclusively employed in tree-
ing nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., lis and 335. per
bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic
remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary
symptons, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 1 is. and 335. per
bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 1 Is.
per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhea% gleet, stricture, and
chronic inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter,
1/. A minute detail of the case is required : age, habits, and posi-
tion in society. 51. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establish-
ment only, by which the fee, 11., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons,
are in attendance, daily, at 19, Bemers-street, Oxford-street, Lon-
don, from Eleven till Two, and Five to Eight; on Sunday from
Seven to One.

SOUND and WHITE TEETH are not only
indispensably requisite to a pleasing exterior in both sexes,
but they are peculiarly appreciated through life as a blessing highly
conducive to the purposes of health and longevity. Among the vari-
ous preparations offered tor the purpose, ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or
Pearl Dentifrice, stands unrivalled in its capability of embellishing,
purifying, and preserving the teeth to the latest period of life. Pre-
pared from Oriental herbs, with unusual care, transmitted to this
country at great expense, this unique compound will be found to
eradicate all tartar and concretions, impart a pearl-like whiteness to
the enamelled surface, remove spots of incipient decay, render the
gums firm and red, fix the teeth firmly in their sockets, and, from its
aromaticimportant
b ooer
v impart sweetness and purity to the breath. It is
e, that when used early in life, it effectually pre-
vents all aches in the teeth and gums, effaces spots and discoloura-
tlon, eradicates scurvy, and, in a word, soon realises the chief attri-
bute of health andvy,
beauty-
9d. Fine Set of Pearly Teeth. Price 2s.
9d. per box.
Catrriosi.—The words " Rowlands' Odonto " are on the Label, and
"A. Rowland and Son, 20, Hatton-garden," engraved on the Govern-
ment Stamp affixed on each box. Sold by them and by Chemists
and Perfumers.

MEDICAL ADVICE ON
YOUTH AND THE SECRET
ITT NFIRBIITIES OF
MATUY.

DR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON
Doctor of Medicine, and Matriculated Member of the University of
Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital liledica'
Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c.
MAY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on
the various disorders of the nervous and generative system,
resulting from juvenile irregularities and excesses, which have pro-
limed more misery In youth, degradation in manhood, and prema-
ture decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis-
eases known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience
in the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist-
once secret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in
existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous
Debility, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitful Marri-
ages, Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their
endless modifications owe their almost entire origin.
It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are
principles of personal management which cannot be violated without
incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed
the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties
may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitteentaveesisdmed, andbeay a
veremove.,all,
and how the evil and its cowequenc es may be
that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional
derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure
DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged
in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate com-
plaints, and is the only legally qualified Physician who, regardless
of the taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest, has had
the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct
attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is
tree. In selecting this department of practice, he has been amply
rewarded by the great success that has attended his efforts in the
treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided to the
care of unqualified and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated
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excesses. The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct
description of their cases, and may be had, price 2s 6d, in English,
French, Spanish, 1 futch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. P.per
Brothers and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; 11 tnnay. 033, Oxford-street:
Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Sterie, Tachborne-street, Haymarket; or free
by post for forty-two stamps, to any addrer from the Author's resi-
dences Sip BliDvon-riquAiy, LONDON. tor:fac consultorra address.
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THE CRYSTAL PALACE CATASTROPHE.

It
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of the
sufferers
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• .cident at the New Crystal Palace, on Monday,
those
fimeererbsered, up
who
were
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upon
thespot
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were removed to Guy's Hospital, in which institution
two poor fellows died within, a short period after their
admission., Yesterday forenoon, Mr. W. Payne, coro-
ner for the borough a Southwark, assembled of
highly respectable inhabitants of St. Saviour's
ajury
parish
(of whom Mr. Burrell, proprietor of
the Bridge-house
Hotel, was foreman),.for the purpose of investigating
the circumstances under which these two poor men met
The jury met at 11 . o'clock, at the Town-hall. Sir
Chas. Fox and Mr. John Henderson, the contractors
for the erection of the building, and
Francis Fuller,
Crystal the managing director of the C • IP. alace C
were present. Company,
Mr. Ballantine again attended to watch the case.
The deceased persons having been identified as Wm.
Harris, carpenter, aged 27, and Henry Reading, car-
penter, also aged 27, the jury proceeded to the hospital
for the formal purpose of viewing the remains.
' On their return the proceedings commenced with the
examination of
Mr. John Cochrane, who said—l am an engineer, and
assistant to Fox, Henderson, and Co., at the works of
the New Palace at Sydenham. The transept of the New
Palace is 120 feet wide from centre to centre of the
columns that support the arch. The height from the
floor to the centre of the highest point of the arch is
about I'7o feet. The height from the top of the columns
is 102 feet, which is 8 feet from the springing of the
arch. At the time the accident occurred a portion of
the scaffold was being erected for the purpose of enabling
us'to fix the roof over it. It was an iron roof of circu-
lar form. The height from the top of the columns to
the crown of the arch was 68 feet.
Coroner—Now will you describe the course of proceed-
ing adopted-in fixing the scaffolding ? Witness—At one
end of the transept there are five tiers of galleries raised
against the north wall, each 24 feet wide. On the fifth
or top gallery, it being a good platform fosathe men to
work upon, we put up two of the lower trusses forming
part of the scaffolding.
Coroner—Now describe to us what is a truss.
Witness—lt consists of an iron tie-bar at the bottom.
Coroner—Can you sketch it ?
The witness did so, and added in explanation that the
lower connecting piece was a horizontol tie-bar, consist-
ing of several pieces of wrought iron riveted together, its
total length being something more than 120 feet. The
upper part is a horizontal strut of timber, and between
this strut and the iron tie-bar are a series of diagonal
struts, also of timber. There are two bars, one on each
side of the strut ; each bar is six inches by half an inch,
and in their proper position they are placed edgeways.
The tie-bars consist of a number of pieces of wrought
iron fastened together by joint plates and rivets. [The
witness illustrated his meaning by a sketch.] The upper
part of the truss is composed of a strut, which is made
of timber, because it is in compression. The truss itself
is composed of a certain number of equilateral triangles,
each of which has a side of 30 feet deep, so that the
vertical height is about 26 feet from the tie-bar to the
strut. The struts are in shape something like a boat.
The sides bulge, and there are pieces of wood placed to
prevent them from collapsing, and they are strengthened
with iron bolts to prevent them from widening. The
equilateral triangles which extend from the iron tie-bar
to the longitudinal strut, are of the same formation as
the latter, and are also called struts. Six of these trusses
had been completed, and the seventh was in process of
construction, when the accident occurred. The seventh
was the last truss required for the north side of the
transept. The sixth gave way first and brought the
seventh and fifth trusses down with it. It is necessary
I should explain that on the top of these lower trusses
are placed a second series of trusses, bringing the scaf-
folding nearer to the crown of the arch. These upper
trusses were not completed over the fifth and sixth lower
trusses. On Monday afternoon, about half-past two
o'clock, the men were upon the sixth truss, putting the
seventh together.
Coroner—How were the trusses raised to their proper
position I—Witness—We hoist them up by means of
blocks and falls to a level with the gallery floor. The
first and second were formed upon the gallery floor.
The first formed the outer truss at the extreme end of
the building, and the second was moved forward twenty-
four feet into its place. To construct the third truss a
stage was made on the tie-bar of the second. We then
hoisted up the necessary pieces to the stage, and when
all was complete we moved this out to its place, twenty-
four feet further into the transept. Then the fourth
was formed on the tie-bar of the third, the fifth on the
fourth, and so on.
The Coroner—Having examined the scene of the acci-
dent, and the fallen materials, are you able to discover
the cause of the trusses giving way I—l am totally un-
able to account for it. Something must have broken
somewhere, that we know, because the thing came down.
Whether the timber gave way first, or whether it was
one of the struts, or a casting that broke, I cannot say.
Examination in chief—l had no doubt myself of the
perfect safety of the process we adopted, otherwise I
should not have gone upon it, as I did myself frequently,
or have directed other persons to go upon it. I never
heard any man say he considered the scaffold unsafe, nor
was such an idea ever suggested to me. I never heard
men express any fear of the trusses, but some men would
be afraid to go upon them, on account of their height.
The plan of the trusses was suggested by Mr. Hender-
son and myself. It was something very like the plan
adopted at the old building in Hyde-park. The same
system of trusses is in constant use in building railway
bridges and other permanent works, but I am not aware
that the plan of moving forward the trusses is generally
adopted. We intend, for the future, to raise a scaffold
from the ground. We shall do this for greater caution,
simply because we cannot ascertain how the recent acci-
dent originated. I wish to add, in reference to a former
question, that though I have never heard men complain
of being obliged to work on this transept scaffold, I have
known them express disappointment at not being al-
lowed to do so. It was considered the "biggest job"
in the place, and they had all a desire to be at it. I
was in the office when it gave way. The trusses up to
the fourth are all remaining standing. The fifth, sixth,
and seventh are all down, and the materials forming
them shattered.
Henry Wilbee was next examined. He said—l am a
foreman of carpenters in the employ of Messrs. Fox,
Henderson, and Co., and superintended the fixing of the
scaffold for the central transept of the new palace. I
have spent a great deal of my time on the scaffold, and
was there about twenty minutes before the accident
happened. I have been engaged in works of this cha-
racter for sixteen years. The plans for this scaffold
were placed is my hands before a timber was laid. I ap-
proved of them, and expressed every confidence in the
mode of construction. At the moment of the accident
the men were engaged in fixing in the iron bolts to se-
cure the tie-bar of the seventh truss, preparatory for the
rivetters. I cannot tell the cause of the sixth truss hav-
ing given way. The materials of which it was composed
were new, and of the best quality—the timbers as well
as the iron work were all new.
Mr. Ballantine—A_ little error has crept into the
papers of this morning on this subject. An impression
seems to have existed that the timbers forming the
trusses came from the old palace. This was not so.
Coroner—Just describe to us how the ends of each
truss rested on the columns.
Witness—There is a " half-timber" placed upon the
top of the girders. The girders are from column to co-
lumn. Each end of the tie-bar rested upon this " half-
timber," and when the truss was completed and properly
secured, it was moved along by "prising" each end with
a crow-bar. The " half timber" was lashed to the top
of the girder by ropes. These " half timbers" are not
disturbed where the trusses have fallen. The weight of
each truss would be about 5 tons to 51 tins. I cannot
at all account for the accident.
Sir Charles Fox was next examined—He said, I am a
civil engineer, and, in conjunction with Mr. Henderson,
am a contractor for the erection of the new palace. I
was not present when the accident occurred. The works
generally have been under the superintendence of my
partner, Mr. Henderson, and Mr. Cochrane, in conse-
quence of my having been very much abroad ; but in re-
ference to this ppticular work my opinion has been asked
on more than one occasion, and we have together gone
-very carefully into the consideration of it. I was perfectly
aware of the plan on which these trusses were about to
be erected. It was submitted tone before it was adopted,
and I approved of it. I saw the works on several occa-
sions during the time they were in progress, and it never
occurred to me that there was anything unsafe in the ,
execution. If it had I should never have allowed the
LAD TISEMENT.I—THE CAMP AT CHOBRAm.— men to work there. I was upon the spot early in
.th!
39, Albemarle-Street, Piccadilly.—Observe, opposite the morning after the accident. Upon a careful. exammasa
York Hotel. -- The Royal Exhibition.valuable, tion I have been quite unable to make any discovery
s.
newly-invented, very small powerful waistcoat-pocket tot he cause. I believe it to be quite impossi
lass, the size of a walnut, by which a person cover the cause for these two reasons. In thefirst place
glass,
be seen and known one mile and a half distant ; the parts which have fallen are so thoroughly broken to
they answer every purpose on the race-course, at the pieces that you cannot form any opinion of what was
opera-houses, country scenery,
and ships are clearly seen the proximate cause of the accident, and in the second
at 12 to 14 miles. They are invaluablel for shooting, deer-,
place those which fell at the time they gave way were
stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers
than a third, and I should think not
not bearing more
and tourists. Telescopes —A new and most important weight borne by those that
fourth, of the
invention in telescopes, possessingsuch
extraordinary
more than a
• standing. Those which are standing have to
that some, 34 inches, with an extra eye-piece, will are now
first, their own weight, they have then to carry a
powers Saturn's ring, and the carry,
show distinctly Jupiter's moons,f the lower portion. They have
double stare;with the same telescope, weighing only 3 scaffold at the top o
be seen a person's countenance three miles added to them a top truss, and above that there is an-
ounces, can_
and half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. other row of scaffolding, together with a large quantity
They supersede every other kind for the waistcoat-pocket, of boarding, lac., necessary in the construction of the
with increasing powers works. As far as I can compute the trusses now stand-
andareof larger and all sizes,
accordingly. Opera and race-course glasses, with wonderful ing, and which appear in every respect equal to the
power ; an object can be dearly seen, from. 14 to 16 miles
purpose for which they were designed, are bearing at ,
distant. Messrs. S. and B. Solomons,_ opticians, have in-
least three times the load which those which have fallen
vented invaluable preserving spectac 1t le
vision,enses.
everylmmediately
object" ever did bear. But, more than this, they had resisted
they are placed before imperfec_
h the tremendous wrench which was necessar
y to break
clear and distinct; the most aged, d9fective sig t" bt on e ween the fourth and fifth t
appears
d brilliant, is broaght to its youthful, the connec trusses,
becomescaul abirlght. an l
state.
Deafness—New Discovery— Had we constructed a scaffolding from the ground in the
Thet Or,ganicerVigilberastor, an extraordinary powerful and way we now propose doing, it would not have been neces-
newl -invented instrument, for Deafness, entirely different sary to use these trusses ; but we considered this a bet-
anything of the kind that has ter and a safer mode, because to
fromYall others, to surpass erect a scaffold from
been, or probably ever can be, produced. Being of the the ground 180 feet high is a very serious job. Th
same colour as the skin, it is notc. purergpatcibdleai
publicienablestas. I same principle has been adopted in many railway bridgese
deaf persons to hear distinctly t
tion sining in of much larger span. I have seen Moore, one of
semblies ; the unpleasant sense
t affords all theassistl the men in the hospital, who fell with the
scaffold, and
the ears is entirely removed ; and
S 1 s who might be supposed to know
de4ed.—S• and B. o omen ,something of it, but I
.once that possibly could be -
marle-street 'am sure he can give no information as to the cause. He
Aurists and Opticians, 39, gibe
says he was quite insensible when he gof d
Observe, opposite the York Hotel 1:1 way own.