The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-19 00:00:00

said they wanted somewhere to sleep, when he opened
a window and called them up to sleep on some shavings.
The watchman here informed his Worship that neither
of the gates were open, so that no one cou!d have ad-
mitted them.

Benjamin Horner, 169 M, said he had known Wy•
brow some time as a suspected character, and had
frequently warned him in the streets.
Mr. 'Jambe committed each of them to the House
of Correction for three months.

THE SPEAIiBOAT EXPLOSION OA TBE

MERSEY.

LIVERPOOL, Nov. 18.
An inquest has been held on the body of Joseph Pear-
inn, one of the firemen on board the steamtug Iron
King, who was killed by an explosion on board that
vessel while steaming on the Mersey on Saturday morn-
ing. The facts as to the effects of the explosion were
stated in The Sun of yesterday, but the evidence of Mr.
Edward James Ross, engineer, appointed by the Board
of Trade to examine the machinery of passenger steam•
tugs at this port twice a year, threw additional light
upon the cause of the accident.
He said—At the latter end of last month I was
ealled on to examine the inside of the boilers and the
engines of the Iron King. I made the examination,
and considered everything was right, whereupon I
gave a certificate. I took every precaution that I could
suggest before passing the boilers. There were two
safety valves. Several times since the 25th of October
I have been on board the Iron King and alwitys examined
the safety valves, and found them in good working order.
Her boiler is a circular boiler, supported in the middle
by a great many tubes, called Galloway's tubes. The
boiler is made by Galloway, of Manchester. I have
made a thorough examination of the boiler since the
explosion. The diagram produced, No. 1, shows the
state of the boiler before the explosion ; and the diagram,
No. 2, shows its appearance after the explosion. I made
an examination of the safety-valves, and found them in
good working order. They did not appear to have been
in aay way tampered with. The boiler is a perfect
cylinder, both in shell and fire-furnace; it is, in fact,
what is termed a high-pressure boiler. When I made the

examination on the 25th of last month I should say I saw
about seven or eight men working in and about the boiler.
At that time I saw Mr. Griffiths, who superintends
the whole of Messrs. Warden's boat 4, but I did not see
the engineer on board the boat then. Something passed
between Mr. Griffiths and myself on the occasion about
the narrow water space between the boiler. I asked
him how he found the water place, and he told me that
there was a considerable quantity of scale in that place.
I then told him how necessary it was to have it all
removed ; and he said he had given the men strict
orders to do their best to remove it. Some two or three
days after this I asked Mr. Griffiths whether he had
done as he promised and removed the scale. He said to
the best of his belief it was removed, but that the space
was so narrow that it was impossible to feel, let alone to
see, down the space, but that the engineer of the boat
had told him that the scale was all removed. Upon
the strength of that I gave the declaration. I attribute
the cause of the explosion to the collapsing of the sides
of the flue of the port boiler ; and I believe the Gal-
loway tubes gave way from the pressure of the flue. I
found two of the tubes broken off about half way down.
I attribute the collapsing of the flue to the scales or
sediment having collected on the side of the flue,
thereby preventing the water getting to the plate, which
thereby came red hot. The sediment in the narrow
place I have spoken of 'would have the effect of keeping
the water off the plate. When the water is kept from
the plate the plate soon becomes very hot, and the pres-
sure of the steam may then force the plate in. That is
by no means an uufrequent occurrence, and it some-
times occurs from the boiler getting short of water.
I do not consider in this case that the boiler was
short of water. I consider a sufficient sediment
would collect in the narrow water gauge—such as
I found after the explosion—in the course of about

two months ; I speak of the sediment I found on
the examination which I made. If the sediment had
been removed which I saw on the 25th of last month,
when I examined the boiler, I don't think it Could have
formed in sufficient quantity again between that period
and the day of the explosion so as to cause the ex-
plosion. The collection of sediment is sometimes
occasioned by the want of prevention on the part of the
engineer, in not blowing the water sufficiently off. I
am decidedly of opinion that the sediment I saw should
have been removed before the steam was got up. There
was no steam-gauge to the boiler. I consider that all
steamers ought to have one. It was the duty of the
engineer of the boat to see that the sediment was re-
moved before the steam was got up. I consider a
steam-gauge a very great safeguard against explosions.
By Mr. Aspivall—These boilers of Galloway's have
not been long introduced into use on board steamers,
though they have been used on land with fresh water
for a considerable time. The narrowness of the space
alluded to is a great objection to those boilers, because it
is exceedingly difficult to clean, and also difficult to as-
certain whether they are cleaned or not. That objection
occurs more strongly to me now after the explosion, but
before I was a great advocate of these boilers. It would
be quite impossible for a man to get through the narrow
water space. It is not possible for a boy to get through
entirely, so that it would be difficult to see whether the
space was properly cleaned. As far as I know, I believe
everything was done that could be done to clean this
part properly on behalf of the owners and the men em-
ployed. I see now the non-adaptation of those boilers
for the use of salt water.

The jury returned a verdict of accidental death, coupled
with an opinion that the boiler was one of improper con-
struction for the purpose.

MARKET LIFEWS.—(This Day.)

CORN EXCFIANGE.
The supply of English wheat in to-day's market was
limited ; nevertheless the demand for all kinds ruled hea►y
at Monday's decline in the quotations. The general qua-
lity of the samples was by no means first-rate.
The imports of foreign wheat are liberal, viz., 15,290
quarters. Even the finest samples met a dull inquiry, and
prices were with difficulty supported.
Both barley and malt moved off slowly, but no change
took place in their value.
We were extensively supplied with oats, which sold
slowly at barely late rates.
In beans, peas, and flour very little was doing, on former
terms.

English ..
Irish •.

Wheat.
580

Foreign 1 1 15,290

ARRIVALS TOTS WIRE.
1 Barley. I Malt.
^
....
~

4,680 I

asts. I Fionr.
470
2,300 —
6020 brls.
16,850 450 scks.

BOROUGH HOP.
Our market is steady, and prices generally are firm.

WHITECHAPEL.

Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; veal,
3s 8d to 48 8d; pork, 3s 6d to 5s 2d jrr 81b by the carcase.
Trade dull.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.)

LONDON, Nov. 18.—Wind this day at noon, N. W• ;
light ails and hazy.
The Louise, of Dundee, from St. Petersburg, for Lives•'
pool, has been totally lost off the coast of Norway ; crew
landed at Christiania.

PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 18.—Wind W. to N.E.—Sailed—
Istamboul, for the Cape of Good Hope.
BELFAST, Nov. 17.—Wind S.—Arrived—Kennymede,
from Baltimore. Sailed—Elizabeth Morrison, for New
Orleans.

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MARYPORT, Nov. 17.—Arrived—Edwin, from Quebec.
GRIMSBY, Nov. 19.—The schooner Collis, of and for
Colchester from Shields, sunk near tho Dudgeon on the
17th inst., after b3ing in contact with the Norval, of New-
castle ; crew saved.
11IEMEL, Nov. 18.—It is blowing a dreadful gale at W.,
bnt as yet no damage has been done to the shipping. The
Haff is clear of ice.

(PER ELEOTRIO TELEORAPII.)
LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning

Wind N.W.
Arrived—Lydia, from Charleston ; Hawk, Quebec ;
Marianne, Amsterdam • Favourite, St. John's, N.B. ;
Snowden, Newfoundland.
Sailed—Henry Clay, for New York; Henry, Mobilo ;
Caroline, and Shepherdess, Calcutta ; Columbia, New
York ; Silistria, New Orleans ; Albanian, screw steamer,
Trieste ; Egyptian, screw steamer, Malta ; London, New
York ; Gladiator, New Orleans ; Alegro Da Minho, Gib-
raltar ; tEolus, Stettin ' • Hernia, Port-au-Prince ; Neros,
Rio Janeiro ; Margaret Arendina, Trieste ; Ostzee, Zurik.
zee ; Henry, Mobile ; Moult, Azores ; Golden Grove, Mar-
seilles ; Medora, Pernambuco ; Pearl, Dordt.
QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 17.

Wind variable.
Arrived—Gratitude, from Odessa; Dominica, Quebec.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)

GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 10 a.m.
Wind W. ; tide three hours' ebb; raining.
Arrived, Nov. 19—Sandale, from Pera ; Eliza, Dantzic ;
Margaret, Guernsey ; Ring, Cronstadt ; Lionne, Grave-
lines; Bent, Colombo.
Sailed, Nov. 19—Panther, steamer, for Boulogne ; Nep-
tune, Hamburg ; Alacrity, Cape of Good Hope.
DEAL, Wednesday, 9.45 a.m.
Wind, W.N.W. ; light and fine.
Passed, Nov. 18—Dona, from London, for Santander;
Robertson, from Hartlepool, for Beyrout.
Passed, Nov. 19—Malcolm, from Shields, for Alexan-
dria ; Viscount Melbourne, brig, from the westward, for
the north.
Sailed—W. E. Routh, fer Naples.

A rnan named Travers was yesterday remanded from
the Lambeth Police-court on a charge of garrotting a
Mr. Moore, residing at Pleasant-place, Lambeth. The
offence was committed in Te topic-street, between twelve
and one o'clock Yesterday me ruing.
The brother of Castles, the fireman on the train that
came into collision on the la t inst., says that it is not
true that his brother took the perilous leap" attributed
to him. He was picked up v try near the spot where
the engines met.
Mr. Timothy, the proprietor of the extensive grana-
ries at Rotherhithe, was yesterday fined 20s. and costs
for erecting a bridge across Rothe rhithe-street contrary
to the Metropolitan Local Manage, went Act.
The wolves, which still infest se ime parts of France,
seem to be more than usually tron• blesome this season.
The Courrier du llavre describes a great hunt which was
made on Monday at Newbourg, in the department of the
Eure, where the rifles of the sportsm len and the staunch-
ness of their Norman hounds succeet it wl in killing four of
the public enemies. In llorvan th) e wolves were ob -
served one night to make an attack up ,on a herd of oxen,
which received them, however, at t Toint of the horn,
and completely defeated them.