The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-07 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, WEDNESDAT.—Her Majesty and Prince
Albert took their usual early morning walk in the
Slopes.
The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess
Royal, and the Princess Alice, enjoyed walking and
pony exercise, this morning, in the grounds adjacent
to the Castle. The Princess Helena was also taken
for an airing.
Prince Albert rode out on horseback, attended by
Colonel Seymour, Equerry in waiting to his Royal
Highness.
In the afternoon the Queen and Prince Albert rode
out in a pony phaeton and pair, his Royal Highness
driving. The Equerries in waiting attended on
horseback.

The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening
will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,
the Lady in waiting of the Duchess of Kent, and the
Baroness de Speth.

The band Of the Grenadier Guards will attend
during dinner.
Her Majesty's private band will afterwards attend
in the Castle.

Her Serene Highness the Duchess Ida of Saxe
Weimar, accompanied by the Princesses of Saxe
Weimar, took an airing yesterday, in an open barouche
and four.

Mr. Bancroft, the American Minister, had an inter-
view with the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere
yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade.
The Right Hon. F. T. Baring has arrived in town.

His Excellency the Duke de Broglie, accompanied
by Count and Countess d'Haussonville, left the French
embassy yesterday to visit Viscount and Viscountess
Palmerston, at Broadlands, near Romsey, -Hants.
His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge
left St James's Palace on Tuesday, to resume his duties
as Major-General commanding the Dublin district. The
Prince will pay a few visits en route to the Irish capital.
The Duke of Wellington is expected to return to
Apsley House the week after next from Walmer Castle.
The Earl and Countess of Wilton arrived in Grosvenor-
square on Tuesday, from a visit to the Noble and Gal-
lant Duke. The Marquis of Douro left town on Wed-
nesday for Walmer Castle.
The newly-appointed Governor-General of India,
the Earl of Dalhousie, has arrived in town from Dal-
housie Castle, en route to Calcutta. The customary
banquet to the Noble Earl by the Directors of the East
India Company, will be shortly given to his Lordship,
Tho Countess of Dalhousie has arrived at Ellis's Hotel
from Deal Castle.

The Duke of Victory (General Espartero) leaves
Abbey•lodge, Regent's-park, to visit Manchester and
Liverpool, whence the Duchess and Madlle. Espartero
have returned to town.

A letter from Vienna states that a crime, having
great analogy to the murder of the Duchess de Praslin,
has been committed in the environs of Agram. In an
excess of rage, caused by the jealousy of his wife, a
Hungarian baron murdered, under circumstances of
great atrocity, his wife and his young son, and then
committed suicide.

THE REPORTED MARRIAGE OP THE DUBS Or
WELLINGTON AND MISS BURDETT COUTTL—It is now
stated, upon the authority of an inmate of the Palace,
that the idea of the marriage of the " Hero of a Hundred
Fights" to Miss Burdett Coutts originated in the do-
mestic circle of royalty. The great Duke, having re-
ceived a royal command to dine with the Queen, the
conversation, amongst other topics, incidentally turned
upon the rich heiress, in the course of which her Ma-
jesty, struck by a sudden thought, jocularly suggested
that Miss Burdett Coutts and the Duke of Wellington
would make a good match. This singular notion caused
a hearty laugh, and is =foundation of the reports
relative to the anticipa riage of these well known
personages.
FIRE NEAR FINSBURY-SQUARE.--*Yesterday MOM.
ing, shortly before five o'clock, the police on duty in
Chiswell-street discovered a dense body of smoke issuing
over the roofs of the houses near Finsbury-square.
They raised an immediate alarm, and after some time•
they found that a fire had broken out in the cabinet-
maker's workshops belonging to Mr. W. Atkins, situate'
at No. 1, Finsbury-street. How the fire originated is
unknown, but it must have been smouldering for some
considerable period before perceived, forin a few minutes
after its existence was known the entire building was
completely covered with flames. Engines soon arrived,
and no time was lost in setting them to work; but the
firemen were unable to get the mastery over the fire
until the workshops were burned out, and the whole or
the stock in trade consumed. Fortunately Mr. W.
Atkins was insured in the Sun Fire-office.

SHOCKING DEATH OF A YOUNG LADY.—BRISTOL",
WEDNESDAY.—We have to communicate the death, by
a frightful accident to a young lady named Martha
Welch, aged 19 years, who is represented as having
been highly connected, and very accomplished. She was
a stranger in Bristol, on a visit to a Mrs. Bird, living at;
Cotham. Yesterday morning she walking on the Down:s
at Clifton, and was observed to be close to the edge e f
St. Vincent's Rocks, and she was admonished of he;
danger by a constable on duty there. She stepped back
a few yards, but in a short time afterwards she fell ovQe
the rocks to the depth of nearly 300 feet. A youth vv.tio
saw her in the act of falling, states that she endeavouxed
to take hold of some bushes, but without avail. Her
remains, as may be supposed, were shockingly mangled.
An inquest was held upon her remains last night, when
a verdict of " accidental death " was returned.
FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.-011 Wednesday
forenoon a stone mason, named Moore, was accidentallykilled on the Garnkirk railway. It appears ths.t the
unfortunate man had been engaged, along with °thee's,
in building a stone wall, about a mile and a half from ',he
Glasgow terminus. While thus employed the 11f tr,vtin
from Glasgow passed, and Moore incautiously stepieed
when I
&
across the rails to get a light for his pipe from a bu.rnang
cinder that had fallen from the engine, but
act of recrossing the rails the 11 o'clock r. the
train 'from
Deceased
and mangled in a shocking mann?* was [Loth.
wan three- eluldret
Coatbridge coming up at the time, he was knocked down.
a.
50 years of age, and has left a widow
and t 1
—North British Mail.
the Earl of Lek
estcr
Hon. E. K. Coke. M-P-, bagged at Warhana four hum-
dredartridges from •
and sixtr oneP their owh. guns in the
On Tuesday last
understand a great many birds • k d day. We were pic e Iry
next day.—Bury Post.
the
Mr. J. Brooke has returned to Mivart's hotel, anil
was yesterday joined by Mr. Johnson, his nephew. tea
Monday Mr. Brooke transacted business at the Col ni al-
office, the Admiralty, and the Board of Trade. °
A very unpleasant and somewhat alar •
ming acc
ti-
dent occurred on the terrace of Windsor Castle yest( (r-
-day morning. One of her Majesty's horses, engaged in
drawing ice from one of the ice-houses on the not .01
terrace to another on the south-terrace, having be pen
carelessly left to itself for a moment, and becomi Jag
alarmed,suddenly started off, and galloping furiously ali mg
the eastern—or, as it is generally called, the Quee a's
terrace, and without turning either to the right or die
left, actually leaped the rampart under the window • of
the Victoria-terrace, and the shafts breaking with his
weight, he fell into the park below,dislocating his r Aeck,
and died instantly.
DROUGHT IN THE NORTH.—The North of Sc' alga
Gazette (Tuesday) cites, as an instance of the • xtronse
drought of the season, that the Tay, which pee jrs more
water into the sea than any other river ie. Scotlar4
is just now lower than it was ever known tro bc before.
THE IRON TRADE OF SOUTH ST'AFFOILDSHIREi--
The iron masters, at their private vlelimintiry 'needing,
held at Wolverhampton, have T
-tr,olved to maintain the
prices of last quarter.
THE HARVEST, &C. IN RO,SS. gmaE.—Since our last
have had the most brilliant iv( ,other, and the harv( ist is
all but concluded. Potato lift% ,eg has been procee ding
extensively during the week, arid except in a verve few
localities the crop is excellent ;, and we believe tb r price
will hardly exceed 15s. per b' 111. This high price is mot
occasioned by any defeat the crop, but from, a, less
quantity having been plant° d this year. Th
--(j e,ornerops
have been got in, in first-rai to condition, and 4
in a
e quality
and weight certainly above ••an average, w
'O. have heard
some complaints as to t yield of wiles t. In some
T
places there is smut, m
and the yield w
as inothers right. he price of country eal was
d
!est er ay ' 20s. in pecks,
•at
the Cross of Dingw an,
andwe behew 3 18s. in bolls
imperial.—Ross-shire A oittertiser.

THE LATE DREADFUL BOILER
EXPLOSION AT LEEDS.
INQUEST UPON THE BODIES.
The inquest upon the bodies of the engineer, John
Newton, and Harriet Harrison, the girl killed by the
terrific boiler explosion, at the Victoria Foundry of
Messrs. Smith, Tannett, and Beacock, was opened
yesterday morning, at the Commercial Inn, Marshall-
street, before J. Blackburn, Esq., Coroner for Leeds,
and a respectable jury.
Previous to taking evidence, the jury inspected the
premises, which are in ruins. The boiler which burst
had been blown through the engine-house roof, had
passed over a passage, and knocking down two walls,
and demolishing a second roof, cleared a third very
high wall, and eventually fell in an adjoining field, a
distance of thirty yards. The boiler which was along-
side the one burst was turned uTside down, and con-
siderably injured. The bailer which caused the
its
present has its bottom rent away, and remains in
present position. After the inspection the jury re-
turned, and
Robert Beacock, one of the partners in the firm,
was called, and deposed that John Newton, the de-
ceased engineer, was our engine-man. He was ac-
quainted with the duties of an engineer, and had been
with; us about twelve months. He attended to the
engirt, which was 12-horse power. It was an old
engine. There were two 20-horse boilers attached to
it, but only one was inuse, and that was the one which
was blown up. It was old, and had had a few re-
pairs lately, which we did ourselves. It had been in
work ten weeks since its repair. We considered it
substantial and trustworthy. I saw the boiler at ten
on Monday morning. I was called here by Newton,
/who said, " Master, look here, here is:a leakage ; won't
it be better to have it out and repair it." I told him
to gent repaired the first opportunity; that would
be when it stopped for cleaning, probably next week.
I did not consider that the leakage was dangerous.
The part thrown over weighed about three tons. The
height of the building over which it was thrqwn
would be twenty feet, and the distance the boiler was
tfirown is between twenty and thirty yards. The
side frame of Ihe engine was broken to pieces, the
beam was thrown down, the pump-rod bent to the
ground, and the pipes and other things injured. The
engineer, Newton, and a man named Williamson
(now in the Infirmary), were in the place at the time
of the explosion. Williamson was standing in the
doorway, and was badly bruised and scalded. They
were both found under the doorway of the engine-
house ; and that door protected Williamson in some
degree. Newton was taken home, and died imme-
diately. Williamson was taken to the Infirmary. I
cannot account satisfactorily for the explosion upon
the idea of its having been caused by pressure;
in faejt, such an accident could not arise from
the gressure of steam. lam inclineded to believe
that the float was out of order, and that the
deficient supply of water caused the generation of
gas, and consequent explosion. The engineer said
that the boiler was good enough to carry 121 b. or
141 b., but we have never carried more than 91b. to
the square inch. I think the overplus valve might
stick-, and the steam forcing the water out of the
boiler, if cold water were placed in the boiler steam
would generate, and an explosion would take place.
The pump would force cold water in at much more
than a nine-pound pressure. Newton was a very
Valid man, arei always went to Mr. Blacklock, the
engineer, when he saw that anything was wrong.
We put 91b. on the engine—which is a low pressure
—in day, and 411 b. at night. I approve of this
change of weights on the safety valve, as it prevents
corrosion by keeping the valve working.
Archibald Blacklock, engine fitter, in the employ-
ment of Messrs. Smith, Beacock, and Tannett, was
sworn, and stated.—l believe that Newton, when a
large fire was agate, put 91b. extra on the safety
valve, which would make the pressure 131 b. ; but I
cannot say how much he had on at the time of the
explosion. We had not a glassgauge. If there had
been any want of water it must have been Newton's
neglect, because he had two floats to go by, one of
them being a telegraph one. He must be to blame.
I saw him after the explosion ; he was cut about the
face, and his alotes were wet. I never saw the
engisie when it was oyerweighted. Nine pounds to
the sqnare inch was the standard. I believe more
Las been put on, but I do not think Mr. Beacock
knew it. No person kind any right to regulate the
weights but the deceased.
William Anderton, a mechanic at Messrs. Smith
and Co.'s, aided in carrying home the deceased en-
gineer, who on his way said,'" I thought this would
be the end—l thought this would happen." He
almost immediately asked for water, and said no
more. He died almost directly afterwards in wit-
ness's arms.
William Longboftom, engineer, in the employment
of 'Messrs. Marshall and Co. for twenty years, de-
posied—l have examined the premises and the boiler,
and my decided opinion is, that shortness of water,'
and no other cause, was the origin of the explosion.
Upon examining the lower part of the boiler I found
it incrusted with oxide of iron, caused by excessive
heat, so excessive as no boiler ought to have.
Blacklock was recalled, and stated that the de-
ceesed (Newton) col* haute seen the telegraph float
at any time, even when in the fire-hole. I do not
think this explosion could have been caused by the
over-weighting of the valve. I have calculated from
the properties of iron, that it would have required a
force of 800 tons to produce the effects which have
been produced in this instance, supposing the plates
to have been perfect, and 400 tons if you make every
allowance for rivets—a force which no over-weight
could produce.
George Lodge, another engineer, after an examines
tion of the boiler, was also of opinion that the pri-
mary cause of the explosion was shortness of water ;
the secondary cause was the over-weighting of the
safety val..as, or their becoming fast. That the water
was short is evident from the fact that the ends of the
boiler are carbonised.
John Hinckley, thread maker, deposed to finding
the body of the- deceased female in the thoroughfare
adjoining the engine-house. She was quite dead,
and surrounded by rubbish. He had just seen her
turn the corner a minute before the explosion.
Elizabeth Newton, the widow of the deceased John
Newton, said—My husband was 61 years of age last
March. He qioraplained that his work was too hard,
'but made no other complaint. He said he thought
the boiler bottom was flinching, and that the boiler
was slot going to turn out a very good one.
This was the last witness ; and, after some observa-
tions from the Coroner,
The jury, at two o'clock, returned the following
verdict :—" Accidental death ; and that the explosion
of the boiler arose from a deficient supply of water;
and the yeti, recommend that in future the boiler
should be fed by a common feed-pipe, and not by a
force pump."
Mr. Beacock said this should he attended to.

In London we are again spared the task of report.
ing any failures. From Manchester the letters men-
lion the suspeesion of Messrs. de Jersey and Co., an
*vent which was expected in connexion with the stoppage
of Thomas, Son, and Lefevre. At the same time it is
stated that the immediate object is to ascertain the
position of the latter firm, and that de Jersey and Co.
xely upon paying in full. The amount of liabilities is
(extremely large, and the house having been extensive
:purchasers of yarn and machinery for th Continent, the
engineers and spinners throughout Lancashire will be
heavy seellrece. These purchases, haoe_rerer, have been
.chieiy made upon Russian acocoolnei,
forward,
asd the proceeds
of their sale will gradually
quite
probable that Messrs. de Jersey and Caro.,miatyisrequire
lime alone to restore them to a sound position. Another
~..lure is announced from Manchester, the fir beingh
Mt of James, Nephew, and Co., with reference tora whom
it 18 remarked, " they are a most respectable house, andom
it is generally reported that they will yet pay in full." The
suspension of Messrs. Bradley and Parker, of the Man-
chester Stock Exchenge, is also mentioned, and it is said
the amount will prove serious. From the country gene-
''
~_ally the letters are not unsatisfactory. At Liverpool
Lee e, •
, . preesion seems to be that the panic has rather
na4;1:437:1n., although it is evident that a deep feeling of
lowing
so'nivoenwshatill prevails. From Hull we have the fol-
iere remains otarrarkable paragraph :—" Everything
even a rumours afloat,"_
and sound basis, and we have not
REPIL ESE XT A TION T§irrioees.; a
very desirable that Mr"' LANCASHIRE.—It 15
Villiers shoukl decide whether
he s"ill sit for South L.aeVe ire or for Wolverhampton.
Ode or other of those constituencies
leok out for a fit man to representlought to be on the
it, in his place,
Two parties
reither can move until herae
up his mind and an-
but
spoken of as suc-
jounces his decision.
his seat for
tessors to Mr. Villiers, if he shoextlad:.:2gn
Alexander Henry
Mr.tbCohaEralersi
youth Lancashire. The one is
d Manchester, a gentleman of great wealth
sipporter of free trade ; the other i and a liberal
wieVndesmake
gowneley, of Towneloy, the brother-in-law
of Sefton. We believe that either of them of
a goad colleague for Mr. Brown.—Liverpool
E LAND COMPANY.—At a public meeting of the
irebm ers and friends of the National Land Company,/Kfollowing
id at the Fox and Hounds, Carter-gate, the
ree'elution was passed unanimously :—Resolved—" That
we, the nsember3 of the National Land Company, do
bereb
express our disapprobation of the steps taken by
re the ios'lingham Mercury to suppress the Land Plan, by
a most scandalous attack upon its founder, Feargus
and also an attempt to annihilate
C'Conteur, Esq., M.P.
tLe
means 61: the working classes in carrying out their
emaiwipaboli ; and further, we do hereby express the
utmost confidenco in the honnsty of our liberator, Fear-
Esq., and we will do our utmost to assist
bus CYCGArIor,
h,ra in oboining our rights, viz., the Land and the
Charter."--iVatingham Review.
Among tile many instances of courtesy shown by
mince Albert, (luring his visit to the Highlands, we are
plemed to learn that his Royal Highness made very gra-
cious. inquiries as to the health of Mr. Patrick Fraser
Ty tier,. our Scottish historian, and expressed his satisfac-
Gat; ,on, learning that it was so much improved. We
Lavelere :etch pleasure in stating that this gentleman has,
like his cotemperary, Lytton Bulwer, derived much
benefit frc
_mu the by iropathic treatment of Dr. Mayo,
svi: 0 gives se very hope of his entire restoration to his
former heal Ito
_AU P. F. T. and his family are now
enicTing th * Anoun,:.'44 air of Elgersberg.—lnverness
Courier.