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London, England, 1851-05-20 00:00:00

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DERBY BETTING AT HALF-PAST TW
7 to 4 agst Teddington
6 to 1 agst Marlborough Buck
7 to 1 agst Hernandez
10 to 1 eget Prime Minister
15 to 1 agst Neasham—taken freely
15 to 1 apt Theseus
25 to 1 agst Lamartine
2.5 to 1 agst Hippolytus

QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.)
The Court was occupied during the whole morning in
trying an action which was brought to recover a part of
the value of a cargo of chicory, which on its arrival in
the port of London was found to be greatly deteriorated
in value. The only question involved in dispute was
whether the cargo was damaged previously to being
shipped, or on board the rem' on its voyage from Goole
to London?
The trial had not concluded when we went to

mess.

EXCHEQUER.-(THI DAY.)
(Before the LORD CHIEF BARON and a Common Jury.)
BRIDGER V. NORMANBY.
This was an action wider the lat,rpieader Act to try
whether certain goods seized by the plaintiff were the
property of the defendant.
The matter, which has been repeatedly before the
Court, ar.,se out of a demand made by a coal merchant
against a director of the Patent Elastic Kamptulicon
Company for coal supplied to the company to the value
of 62/. The particulars of the case were wholly un.
interesting.
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY

N E IV COURT.
(Before the COMMON SERGEANT.)
John Piddington, aged 45. described as a labourer, was
convicted of unlawfully assaulting Bridget McMahon.
aged six years, and sentenced to 12 months' imprison-
ment with hard labour.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
The May adjournod sebsions were opened this morn-
ing, at the Court-house, Clerkenwell-green, before Mr.
Sergeant Adams.
The calendar contains the names of 61 prisoners.
There was great difficulty in forming a jury, and a
great many who did nut answer to their names were set
down as fined.

The Learned JUDGE, in his address to the jury, ex-
pressed his regret that so much time had been lost in
getting a panel together.
Denis Derking, convicted of picking pockets at the
last sessions, was brought up for judgment.
The Learned JUDGE read a list of the prisoner's nu-
merous convictions for larceny of various kinds, amounting
in all to forty-eight, since the sessions of November,
1845. Any future chance the prisoner could have must
be in another country, as he would be transported beycod
the seas for ten years,

ARLBRO'-STIt.EE f—(THIS DAY.)
A MISCREANT.— William Finisher, El dirty, ill-looking
fellow, was brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged with
violating the persons of two little girls under seven years
of age.

The charge, which is of too disgusting a nature to lay
hi fore the public, was fully established, and the prisoner
was committed for trial.
THE EXHIBITION ♦ND THE POLICE COURTS.—Since
the opening of the " World's Fair," there have been less
charges at this court, in which district the Crystal
Palace is situated, than the public would imagine. The
police arrangements for the detection of the chevaliers
d' industri,! have tended in a great measure to cause the
depression in busine.,:s at this court, as well as others in
the immediate vicinity.

THE LATE FATAL CATASTROPHE IN
GRACECHURCH-STREET.

CORONER'S INQUEST.—(THIS DAY.)
This morning at ten o'clock the inquest on the bodies
of Matthew Conner, Timothy Donohue, James Harri•
kpan, Martin Cronin, and William Hendtey, who were
illed by the late accident in Gracechurch-street, was
opened betore Mr. Payne, and a highly respectable Jury,
at the London Tavern.
The jury having been sworn proceeded to view the
bodies, lying in Allhallows Church, and afterwards iu
spected the ruins of the building. On their return to
the iequeet-room
The CORONER ttrught the best way of proceeding
would be to commence with evidence descriptive of the
nature of the building, so as to enable the jury to decide
how far the Act of Parliament had been complied with
in its construction.
Mr. Cox, of the firm of Cox and Stone, Poultry,
solicitors, appeared on behalf of Messrs. Bell and Cor-
bett, who %vele anxious for inquiry, and ready to give
evidence.

Mr. Richard Bell said the building at which the
accident had occurred was the joint property of him-
self and Charles Joseph Corbett, they being architects
of Pope's Bead Alley. The building in question
had been erected on the site of the old Cross Keys Inn,
the whole of which had been pulled down to make room
for the new structure, which was intended fur merchants'
offices, fire proof, upon Fox and Barrett's patent.
(Witness produced a ground plan of the new building.)
The building was commenced in September last. He
was over the whole of the building on Friday evening
last at half-past six o'clock, and it then appeared to be
in a safe state. Mr. Dennison, the contractor for the
plaistering, was with him. They went for the purpose
of seeing if there had been any " settling," but could not
discover as much as a " hair crack" about the walls.
He went again at eleven on Saturday morning, and
found the west staircase wall, near the centre of the
building, had gone down, and drawn with it the floors
and external wall next the church. He inquired of the
contractor, Mr. Dorrett, what had been the cause, not
being able to imagine any. Be was told that only one
body was under the ruins, but never left the spot until
the bodies had been taken out. There were five, one
of which was not taken out till yesterday. The cause of
the accident was the breaking of an iron girder crossing
the staircase from north to south. That girder was
at the top of the building. Its weight was about 35
cwt. or two tons, and it broke everthing as it fell,
the floors prizing the walls over with them at the
same time. There were eight girders of the same sort,
which were furnished by Mr. Ford. Had generally
visited the building once a day. Had seen the iron-
work generally, but did not examine into it 4 quality.
It was perhaps his own duty, although he had not done
no. It had been examined, he supposed, by the foreman.
The contract was to have it proved before delivery.
Had proved some of the smaller bearers, but thela.rgtheer
ones could not be proved on the premises. The bearers
were made a third stronger than usual; one of
smaller ones had broken when tried with nine times the
weight it would have bad to bear on the building. Bad
examined the girder which was the cause of the acci-
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dent, and found a flaw in the under portion of it. It
was 12 inches deep; the bottom flange 7
The whole thickness of the metal was 1
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flaw, in his opinion, was caused in
There are many circumstances in casting which would.
make such a flaw, but I do not know how this one oc-
curred. There were means of discovering this flaw
before it was painted over; but if this girder had been
properly proved it must have broken. This girder was
to
have been proved with sir. tuns on thecentre; but
whether it was done I have no means of saying. The
contractor had to paint the girder boforo it was sent to
our premises. I calculated that the girder would have
carried 36 tons. There were such precautions taken
that if these girders had not broken
nothing
could have
caused the accident, Mr. B, unit was the contractor fur
the whole work—we furnishing the materials, part of
which, the bricks, lime, and sand, we purchased of Mr.
Reddin, a large dealer in these things. There was more
cement in the building than in any other building where
it was not wholly constructed of cement. lam sure the
accident did not occur from any defect in the brickwork.
Before we commence a building we give notice to the
district surveyor; we show hint !he drawings
before we commence. The surveyor was only
on the premises once during the progress of the
works, and then he came only about the party walls.
I thing any one may carry up a building without the
personal superiut, ndence of the district surveyor. The ac-
cident, I am sc. infident, occurred through the breaking of
the girder, which had a flaw in it. The building was of the
extra first-rate class. The district surveyor never made
any complaint about the insecurity of the building. We
Dad no other surveyor but ourselves.
Margaretwife of ons of the men killed,

EPSOM RACES.
(THIS DAY.-By EXPRESS).

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MARKET NEWS.---(THIS DAY.)
COLO:NM/IZ.
SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation is steady,
sales 632 hhds., &c., including 220 Demerara and
Jamaica at auction, the former at 383 to 463 6d for
crystalized, and the latter at 36s to 395. Mauritius, of
3,460 bags offered, only 1,000 sold at nearly 6d decline,
yellow 38s to 403, and fine brown, 36s 6d to 375.
Bengal, 3,760 bags nearly all found buyers at 43s to 44s
for grainy yellow, and 393 6d to 43s for low to fine white
Bemires, being barely previous rates. The quantity of
British Plantation larded last week at the Ear t and West
India Docks was 4,372 hhds 675 tierces 1.245 barrels;
there were taken for home consumpion 605 hhds 53
,irrees 141 barrels. The stock in the same place is
8,152 hhds 1,291 tierces 1,634 barrels.
COFFEE.-500 bags Native Ce3lon, of old import,
partly sold in public sale at 39s 6d to 40s, and two lots
of fine at 41s 6d to 425; 200 bags Java were withdrawn
considerably above the value.
Cocoe.-189 bags Trinidad were withdrawn at no-
minal rates.
COTTON.—There is scarcely anything doing, but
prices are not lower.