The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-22 00:00:00

E SLN, LONI ON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 22, 1867.

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THE GREAT LOSS OF LIFE AT THE
REGENT'S-PARK.

The work of searching the ornamental water for
the bodies of the persons still missing, and which
there is but too much reason to believe still remain
in tL•e lake, was resumed this morning. Mr. Heinke
attended with two of his divers, and the spot
selected for their operations was to the east of the
long island, and opposite the residence of Mr.
Foster. The glass early this morning gave
eight degrees of frost, and coLsoquently the ice
had increased in thickness and so:idity. The toil of

again breaking up the surface of the lake had to be
performed, but when it had to some extent been
cleared of ice the boats also went out to their differen t
stations. A most praisewor.hy effort is being
made by Mr. King, of Great Portland- street,
Mr. Joblin, of Douglas-road, and Mr. Walford,
of York-terrace, to collect subscriptions to pay
the poor men they have engaged to clear the
ice off the water. It was stated at the inquest yes-
terday by Mr. Russell, from the office of the Com-
missioners of the Public Works, that, with the ex-
ception of Mr. Reinke and his divers, every person
engaged in the melancholy work had up to yesterday
been paid ; but this statement must simply have ap-
plied to the few park-keepers, police-constables, and
Humane Society's men, and not to the great num-
ber of men engaged in the bitter cold and laborious
work of dragging the masses of ice off the water to
the bank. The poor fellows have worked excessively
hard, and had it not been for the exertions of the
gentlemen we have named above they certainly
would have been unremunerated for their
labour. Yesterday Mr. King engaged and
paid. over ono hundred of them, giving
to each 2s. for his day's work from the
sum collected in trifling amounts from the spec-
tators on the banks of the water. To-day he has set
200 men to work, and it is to be hoped the subscrip-
tions will enable him to continue his humane labour.
It is gratifying to know that subscriptions have com-
menced to flow in from quarters least expected.
Last evening Mr. Douglas, the master of Mary-
lebone Workhouse, who has consented to act
as treasurer of the fund, received £1 10s.
from " A few friends at the Red Lion, Coventry,"
and 15s. from " so that there is a hope that
while the necessity exists for the labour of the poor
fellows, who otherwise would have been without
employment at this inclement season, they will
regularly receive their small and well-earned wages.
This morning a great stir was made in the park by
the appearance of a large boat, which had been
strongly lashed in a cart, and a party of " under-
water men," headed by G. and W. Gooden, Lower
Fore-street, Lambeth, 'who attended as volunteers
to assist in the dragging operations. In their boat,
the Patience, they brought with them a most ex-
tensive supply of tackle, which, it appears, they use
when engaged in weighing sunken ships and barges
from the bed of the river Thames, and with this they
propose to " sweep" the bottom of the lake. Their
boat was launched as soon as a convenient
spot could be found amidst the large mounds
of ice, some 12 or 13 feet high, now hourly
increasing on the edge of the lake facing Sussex-
gardens, and steps were immediately commenced
to get their apparatus into work. Before, however,
the boat was pushed off Mr. King, anticipating that
his subscriptions would enable him to perform his
promise, regularly engaged the eight men, guaran-
teeing them £4 a day for the use of their
boat and their own services. This arrangement
put the boat entirely under the direction of Mr.
King and his active committee, by which means
orders were enabled to be given for the searching of
particular spots hitherto undisturbed. The inhabi-
tants of the mansions facing the scene of the cala-
mity have in many instances acted in a most charit-
able manner to the poor men engaged in removing
the ice. One lady, the other morning, sent no
less than 18 gallons of hot coffee and brandy to
the men, and in some cases the ladies came personally
with their servants, loaded with warm comforts,
which they distributed in the most liberal manner.
The statement that all persons engaged in the work
have been paid seems to have shut up this charitable
supply, as this morning not a pint of anything was
sent to the men--4a matter to be regretted. 'Even
now there does not appear to be any recognised
directing head of the operations, consequently each
person does that which to him seems best, a circum-
stance which sometimes leads to much annoyance
and difficulty. Immediately after the accident some
person ought to have been sent by Government to
take charge of the ice, and empowered to give the
necessary directions ; a matter which would not
have perhaps cost over £5OO or £6OO, an outlay
no one would have regretted, but nothing of the
kind has been done, and not the least assistance
has been offered by those in authority, who
appears to have looked upon the calamity
with the utmost indifference. Mr. Russell yes-
erday stated that the noble lord, the First
Commissioner of Works, was most anxious to render
every assistance in the matter. With such an inti-
mation, it seems as if the old enemy, " red tape,"
had prevented his lordship's wishes being carried
into execution.

We have fortunately no addition to make to the
list of dead, whilst ten persons put down as missing
have returned to their friends.
There were a fow skaters and sliders on portions
of the i3e this morning.

CORONER'S INQUEST.
(Continued from our First Edition of yesterday)

Alfred Ward, No. 5 Royal Humane Society, was
called. He said—
I am in the employ of the
society whilst the frost. continue,. I have been so
employed on two Previous years. Printed instruc-

tions are given to all men so employed, but I am
sorry to say I have not studied them as I ought to
have done.

Mr. Spencer was here called, and he recognised
the witness as the man he had seen in the boat.
Witness continued —I adthit I am the person.
I was on the ice on Tuesday last. I had nothing to
do with the breaking up of the ice round the
island.

Coroner—Did you break any ice yourself ?—The
ice I broke I did with my axe about 3 o'clock. I
noticed the ice was very dangerous between the
small island and the shore, and was giving way. I
had orders given me to keep the boat where I could
within the channel between the two islands. I placed
my boat between the islands; and whenever I moved
it water came up. I cautioned the people off, but
they took no heed. While people see a safe piece
of ice they will stop and.skate. Thinking that by
allowing the boat to make a water mark that would
prevent the skaters going to that dangerous point.
While I was sitting in the boat the gentleman
(Spencer) came near me, and I put my axe into the
ice to endeavour to ascertainthe state of it. when
I lost my I mdoyintgemsopetrh. told him to go off the ice and
make no noise.e gentleman and I quarrelled and

Coroner—Did you make a hole ?—No, I did not ;
the hole was already made, and it was the pressure
of the boat that brought the water up. About two
o'clock I became alarmed as to the state of the ice,
and I cautioned the people until I was quite tired.
I said to them, get off as soon as you can as we
shall soon have a great calamity.
Coroner—You thought this at two o'clock ?
Yes, I did ; the ice had given unmistakable signs
of breaking up. At this time there were about 700
people on the ice. On Sunday there was scarcely
any ice on the broad water.
Witness continued—l believe that the men who
put on the skates and brought chairs into the park
to persons to sit.,on, while they are doing so encou-
rage foolhardy persons to go on the ice. On Tues-
day the new ice was only two inches thick. I think
the sun, the great attendance of people on the ice,
the game of hockey, and the jumping that one of
the witnesses has spoken to, combined, was the
cause of the accident, and not the breaking of
the ice around the edges. After the time I
have mentioned the ice kept getting worse.
I know nothing about the cutting the
ice round the edges, further than seeing the
men engaged in the work about half-past ten.
I have always seen this done every winter. I
thought it for the beat to remain about the long

island with my boat, as I did not think the ice
would last an hour. I said to our superintendent,
John Green, " for God. Almighty's sake get the
people off ; can't you get the police." Three girls
got immersed, and I went to their assistance, and
a great many persons assembled to see them got
out. Haying done this I went to my boat, and
before I could scarcely get in I saw the whole of
the people in the water. The ice was splitting up
all day into diamond-shaped pieces, about a couple
of yards square, which is an unmistakable sign of

giving.
Coroner—Then the ice appeared to you to come all to
pieces at one time ?—Yes.

Coroner—You were not driving the people off, were
you ?—No sir, you might as well try to move a lamp-post
as to drive the people off the ie.% I advised them, which
was all I could do.
Witness—When the accident occurred I took the boat
as speedily as possible to the assistance of the drowning.
I picked up Green and three others, and Lad one hanging
on the boat outside. Had we taken him in we should all
have gone down, as we were nearly down to the water's
edge. Having lauded the three persons we went back for
more. I saw ono man, the last ou the ice, he seemed to be
taking care of everybody but himself. I threw him a line,
saying, "Take this old man," but it fell short. I tried
again but failed. The man was, however, saved. I did not
think so many had been drowned as wo now know.
I think that when the ice broke it must have gone like
traps over the people's heads and covered them, as,
although I kept my eyes sharply open I did not see many
persons go down. The ice, in my opinion, was so dan-
gerous that I asked some of our men whether I should
put up a danger pole in my boat, but not having any ono
with me, the man whom I spoke to about it said he was
afraid to leave his post to get it for me, as he was so fear-
ful some accident might occur.
The Coroner said they had now hoard the witness, and
he thought they were quite in a position to judge between
them. In cases like the present there would alw4s bo
altercations between parties, and they could now draw
their own conclusion as to the matter which had been

spoken to.
A Juror (to witness)—Did you tell the witness Spencer
you was making a hole to let two or three people in ? No,
certainly not; if so I did not mean it. He said a good
many_ unpleasant things to me, and I perhaps did say
something to him that he did not like. •
I.lr. Lambton Young, secretary of the Royal Humane
Society, read a list of the cases in which the society had
been successful. He went on to state that since the re-
ducing the depth of water in St. James's-park no fatal
case of drowning had occurred. He thought it would be
of great public benefit if the ornamental water in all the
public parks were reduced in depth similar to that in St.
James's.
The Coroner--Were 'you in the Regent's-park on Tues-
day ? Yes, sir, between 12 and 1. I was on the ice to
see if the men were attending to their duty. I then
noticed that the ico was in an unsafe state, and cautioned
everybody I met with. I told the men to caution the
public, but you might as well try to stem the Thames as
to get people off the ice. You get both insulted and
assaulted when you try to get people off the ice. The
police say their orders tiro not to go on the ice. Appre-
hensive of an accident on the Serpentine on the night of
the accident in Regent's-park, I wrote to the police au-
thorities, and I got 25 constables, and we had to resort to
some amount of force to get the ice clear, which we could
not do before ten o'clock at night. On Thursday,
apprehensive of an accident, lwrote to the Home Secre-
tary asking for the services of 200 constables to aid me in
clearing the ice on the Serpentine by six o'clock, but Mr.
Walpole told me he could not grant me the request as he
had no power.
Coroner—Not when you told him that you were appre-
hensive of an accident ?—Even so. He is a very kind and
good man, butas Home Secretary he said he had no power
to do as I solicited.
Coroner—Your society never anticipated an accident
occurring of so great an extent as that on Tuesday ?—Oh

no, never.

Coroner—l thought it but fair that such a statement
should be made public, because it had been stated that-ap-
pliances were not at hand.
The witness continued—People show the utmost con-
tempt for caution on the ice. They break down and
smash the danger-signals when they are placed on the ice.
We hang up caution-boards at the park gate inetead. The
gear destroyed in the Regent's-park on Tuesday will cost
£l5O to repair.
Coroner —You don't mean to say the people wilfully
broke your ladders and ropes ?—They broke them by sit-
ting and skating over them, and on Sunday one of our ice
boats was broken to pieces in consequence of a number of
persons getting hold of it, and pushing people across the
Sarpentine at Id. a head.
Coroner—But the police ought certainly to prevent such
things—They have particular orders not to go upon the
ice.

Coroner—Do you mean to say thorn is no power to pre-
vent people going on the ice ? —Most certainly I say there
is not.

Co-ronef—Various charges have beeni.macha against the
Reyal Humane Society's men—two were said to bo drunk
when it occurred. That is quite untrue, because I saw the
man a short time before and after the time at which it was
said he was drunk. One was discharged on Wednesday
for intoxication, but I am bound to say that a largo
quantity of spirits has been given away by the public,
but as intoxication is dismissal in the society he was at
once discharged.
Coroner—What suggestions have you to make to pre-
vent such accidents for the future ?—I should certainly
recommend the reduction of the depth of the water to
about five feet. I also think that the Government should
make it penal for any person to go on the ice until it
has been pronounced safe. It is done so in Bois de
Boulogne.
Coroner—They hoist a ball at New York when the
ice is safe, and when the ball comes down all persons
must leave. Do you think that would answer in Eng-
land. ? No ; I think a.bell ruhg would be better, because
fog comes on. I think the Government should have
the power of appointing so:uo persons to cLar the ice of
skaters when it is in a dangerous condition. Until this is
done there can be no security against accident. •
A Juror—What amount of money do you got from the
public as subscriptions ? —Last year we had about £250 in
donations and subscriptions for the maintenance of all our
stations, from the Noro to Oxford.

A Juror—What is your opinion with respect to the ad-
visability of cutting the edges of the ice ? —1 would rather
not answer that question, because it will put me in antago-
nism with the Government, but if 1 am pressed fur an
answer I will give it.

A Juror—l think we ought to have the answer ?—Very
well, then ; I think it unadvisable to do so. It rests with
the authorities of the park; the Royal Humane Society
have nothing at all to do with it.

Charles White, of 71, St. John's-wood-terrace, said—l
loft the ice on Tuesday because I thought it was danger-
ous. On Monday I went up to skate, and then the
Humane Society men were not over ready at rendering
assistance.

Mr. Charles Edwards, superintendent of Regent's-park,
said—My duty is to look after all the works, and the con-
stable. lam appointed by the Chief Commissioner of her
Majesty's Works. I have held the appointment since Jan.
1, 1853. I was not on the ice on Tuesday. On Monday
I thought that portion of the lake called the broad
water was unsafe, and I desired the constables to keep
the people off the ice. We have no power to prevent any
one from going on the ice. We have power to remove them
from the park after the gates are closed.

Coroner—Do you know anything about the breaking of
the ice ?—I do. It has been the practice for the last
twenty,years to have the ice cut round the islands; and I
gave directions for it to be done on Tuesday for the use of
the 'water-fowl, and to prevent persons going oh 'the
islands. It has always been done, and no person has ever
represented any danger from the practice. The-inhabi-
tants assume the privilege of breaking the ice round
the edges, and I don't interfere. The ice is invariably cut
in the vicinity of private property to prevent the people
from going on the grounds, just aswo cut it to prevent the
people from going on the island.
Coroner—But the ice was cut round the edges where
there is no private property.—l don't know anything
about that; it was not done by my orders. I only gave
directions to have the ice cut round the islands. Opinion
seems to be much divided as to the practice of cutting up
the ice and weakening it.
The Coroner—How is the water supplied in the Re-
gent's-park T—ln the summer the supply is from the West
Middlesex Company, and in the winter the land springs
serve the purpose. We have had no fresh supply of water
in the lake for the last eighteen months. The surplus
water runs down the sewers.

The Coroner —Was the water running off on Tuesday
last?—No, it was not.
Tho Coroner—Has the water been reduced since the
accident ?—No, certainly not.
Witness continued—lt is quite impossible to keep the
people out of the park. It is a public park, and there
would be groat difficulty in keeping the people out of it.
If we were to shut the gates they would soon be over the
pailiugs. The deepest water is that called the " Broad
Water :" there we have 13 feet in some places; in other
places it diminishes to four feet. I don't think there is

enough mud to hold persons down.
Coroner—Did you predecessor cut away the ico round

the island 110 did.
Coroner— Various plans have been suggested for empty-
ing the lake, one by means of a syphon. Do you know
of any means by which it could be speedily done ? —No, I
don't; it would take about a month to lower the water four
feet. Mr. Burton's sewer, however, which runs under the
water, would, of course, do it in the speediest manner.
The water covers a surface of 18 acres.
Tho Coroner—A gentleman present, Mr. Browning,
says it could be run off in a day.
Inspector Burrows, acting superintendent of the D divi-
sion of police, said in reference to Mr. Young's evidence
that the police have power to apprehend people on the ice
just as they have on laud if they had committed wilful

damage. 1 have bean 20 years at the Regent's-park, and
never recollect any application on the part of the Royal
Humane Society for assistance. The police have no
power to remove people from the ice.

The inquiry then adjourned until Monday next.

No bodies have been taken from the ornamental water
to-day, and fivo out of the persons put down as missing
have fortunately turned up.

MARKETS.--.This day.

HAY.

•
SMITHFIELD.—Moadow hay, £3 Os to £4 15s; clover,
.£1 Os to .£5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 4s per load.
Trade quiet.

CUMBERLAND.—Mendow hay, .£3 03 to .£4 15s ; olovor,
.C 4 Os to £5 15s ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 4s per load.
A slow demand.

WHITECHAPEL.—MeadOW hay, £3 Os to £4 15s ; clover
£4 Os to £5 158 Od ; and straw, £1 168 to £2 4s per load.
Prices firm.

COLONIAL.

TEA.—The market remains very steady, and there is a
fair inquiry on the part of the trade. A small quantity of
East Indian and Assam is advertised for public sale to-day.
SuGAn.—The demand has been inactive, although fully
late rates aro demanded by holders. I❑ the refined market
the supply continues very limited, and quotations remain
firm.

COFFEE.—Plantation and Native Ceylon descriptions
have been dealt in to a fair extent at fully previous rates.
In other quarters there has been no change of importance.
RlCE.—There has been a very limited inquiry, but late
quotations are generally sustained. The stock in hand at
the present time is 28,363 tons, against 34,819 tons at the
corresponding period of last year.
SALTPETRE.—OnIy a moderate amount of business has
been done. About 300 bags of Bengal, 61b. refraction,
have been sold at 18s 9d per cwt.

TALLOW.—There has been little doing in the tallow
market during the past week, and prices have become
rather easier ; the demand for consumption has been steady,
but on speculation we have hardly a transaction to report.
At St. Petersburg the market is quiet, at 50 silver roubles.
Exchange 321-cl, but nothing doilig for export. To-day
the market is steady at 445, January to Nfarch delivery ;
44s is offered for March ; 44s April and Rine ; and 45s 6d
would be accepted for the last three months on the spot ;
44s to 44s 3d is paid for new Y.C. ;
.43s 9d old,; 45s South
American ; 44s Australian ; and 44s town tallow, net cash.