Star.
London, England, 1817-07-19 00:00:00

CORONER'S lIVQCESTi.

SIVOCFCMG BaerAntry.—An Inqui-iiion was taken
at the King's ileah. Lambeiti Fii!.s. yesterday atter-
I no.m, on view cif the t)ily of I...iiz ibeth Srtipson, a
I girl of about vet .ity pats . l age, who st a• st tted tq
Lave been murdered by her mother, who is contt:ted
in Horsemonger I..ne jail.
The boly, when examined by the Jury. ex i'vrecl:A
rctroltihg apr...ranct., men ly skoi and h I.'•, w•th
black marks, the effects of blows.
John Oiren, of Union-street, Lambeth, two-r,
stated, that oil the I Ith inst. about (oar 'clock in
the alto noon, he was standing cear 11, house in
which the deceased lived. I-hr mother •ad come
home in a state of intoxicati,,n ; uituess heard her
say to the deceased, " d— yi u, you h—, wt.at aye
you standing tht re tor, like a sin post !" 'l've de-
ceased made no ansuer to her, en which she struck
deceased with her clenched ti,... n :'le hi eye, and
drove her against a bedstead,saying—.4d—n you, you
b—, I shall be banged for yt..o " The deceased re-
plied—‘, Mother, for Gnu's sake, d in'i strikt me any
more, for you have killed me." The 4eceased asked
some nue to assist her up the yard to the privy ;--
when she was gone, the mother foliose ed her and
forced her cif the seat by the hair of the head. The
deceased was never able to walk aVer that time.

Elizabeth, wife of Charles Cumaturs, copper-plate
engraver, Limbeth, being sworn, stated, that she
lived within a few dnors of Mrs. Simpson. On the
10th inst. she heard the deceased crying up the yard;
she went to her, and the deceased sheaved her the ef-
fects of a blow she had received on the left side of the
head ; her eye and forehead were shockingly brui,e.l;
she cried very much ; she keew the deceased had
bten unwell for some months of a consumption.
Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Taylor, engraver, Lam-
beth, being sworn, stated, that she resided near fel!s.
Simpson. She had heard the deceased and her fre-
quently quarrel. The deceased had been in a co.:-
sumption for eight or nine months ; and 1 tely ire
asked her to feel her legs, for the bones were nears
through the skin. She ;puke very affectionately of
her mother till the quarrel on the Kett instant, when
she called her a drunken wretch, &c. arid then the
mother struck her on the head. She was in a rio.
lent passion, caused by her daughter's remarks,
which she (Mrs. Taylor) thought were extremely unit
proper, tinfigli lit't mother was a little tipsy.
Susan Sonrrset, nurse at Lambeth Workhouse,
said, that the deceased was brought tu the Work-
house on the 11th inst. she had the mar k bruist
on the left side of her head, and appeared in the list
stage of a decline. She died on the 16th inst.

Mr. Charles Hyde, surgeon, Lambeth, being
sworn, stated, that at the desire of the parish offi:ers
he had opened t!•!e head of the deceased and examined
the body very carefully t he found the brain perWt
and unimpaired ; no wound was on the body via;
could have caused her death. She died if a consump-
tion ; her lungs were diseased and almost destroyed;
she had been lingering for some mohtlis,
The Jury, atter some discussion, returned a var..
dict of—Died by the visitation of GOD.
UNPOItTUNATD ACCIDENT.--Another Inquisition
was taker at the sign of the Marquis of Granby, on
view of the body of Mr. Charles 61141 p, coach maker,
who was unfortunately drowned on Sunday last.—
Mr. Thomas Sharp stated, that lie was *brother to
the deceased. They were both coach makers, at
No. 9, Lambeth Marsh. On Sunday morning last
they agreed to go and bathe in the Thames ; they
took a boat, and agreed, before they went int., the
water, that if any accident should befal either of
them, the other should fetch the boat, which they
had fastened to a barge, to render him assistance.—
They undressed themselves, and rushed into the
water. They had swam about some time, when the
deceased called to lam to assist him ; he made to-
wards him, but he sunk before he got up to him, and
did not rise again. lie and several oti.ers dived for
the body, but could not rind it ; he was about ten
yards Irons the boat when be sunk ; he aias not found
till fair days after, although the liver was dragged.
The body was found :Amin a mile from the place
where he sunk. Verdict Accidental Death.

Mr. ADOLPHUS AND Mr. ANDREWS.—In cons.!-
quence tit the hue affair which took place between
Mr. Alstntr.w.i and Mr. AIN)LPHUS, the Is!embers of
the Home Circuit, to which those gentlemen belong,
have taken the matter up serionsly, as will appear husk
the follow ngrequisition, sent to Mr. Serjeant ()saw re,
and signed by the I.adiug gentlemen on that Circuit
" A iaateatent having appear• lis the Newspapers of an r.
rener having taken place Linemen Mr. A: op LWII and Mr. Altos-
s, and it having been suffered to remit, wt.uly in:explained
awl uncontradicted ; we, the u rsiEned, feel mu.: s: r.nitc y t,:at
that tiaterntia teftects upon the clot deter which ought to Belo g
to every gentleman of the loNot Circuit; a:ut we ritreh.re
quest that you wdl C2ll a meeting of the Mentbtrs of the Circatt
to take that etatentAu biro considers:ion."

rn consequence ofthis, a .Meeting of the Gentlemen
on that Circuit will take place on an early thy.
Doer.—Tuesday morniog an affair or ioetowe was
to have been decided in the neighbourhood of G-re-
nock, by two gentlemen (not military) hov.ever,
one of the parties, from motives of hanzariry, We dope,
requested the Mater of Police to -,,trod airs to time
ground, who, as might be expeted, prevented the
premature end, perhaps, of two of jarot•
ful myrrh I
ALA lIMINO FlRE.—Yeswddy ororning, between
twelve and one o'clock, a dreadful Ere broke out VI
the shop of a butter and cheer..-man, at list end of
Sparrow corner, in the Mincties. Such was the force
and rapidity of the flames, that they in a short time
communicated to three of the adjoining houses, and,
notwithstanding every exertion that could be used,
the four were totally dtrzro7ed. The evilly disco.
very of the Fte enabled the inmates, who were mow.
rows, to escar, and scarcely had their saiety been
secured, than the walls of three of the houses tell into
the street. Immense quantities of turnittne, stuck,
and other property were consumed, but all the parties
Vivre insured. Mr. Swift, a clothier, was the princi-
pal sntlerrr. By the prompt arrival of the engines
from various quarierss and the aid of the affsignted
neighbourhood, the fire was completely got under is
a few hours. No accident happily occurred.
Monday se'unight, at Stanwick, hear Richmond,
the seat of the Duke Ot NoRTHMIIisKLAN v. during
violent storm of thunder and
men, the sons of Mr. George lii,,iede

Odd], 01 the Vllldge 01 Al.llO up,
tier a huge Or, which Wab ►uuce Is;
and bosh the yourg men were Wean,

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log. two young
w, v
took bhearr t0.,-
/y the ligh:t.i..v
fitly kill7d.

REPORT of iha COMMIITEE on ST.E4M- BOATS.

(Continued from the STAR of yesterday.)
31r. Brennah's evidence concluded.

If there were those two safety valves, one under
the management of the person who had the direction
of the Boat, and the other safety valve under such
guard that he could not prevent its Wien ; such a
boiler would, in your opinion, be safe?—'That would
be more vale than any I have ever seen.
Have you ever witnessed the diffet:nt effects of
the expt,sion in cast and wrought iron boilers ?
No; 1 have seen wrought iron vessels that have been
burst—torn out, as it were.
Did you never see a cast iron vessel burst ?—Yes,
many ; the wrought iron generally tears and opens
our, to admit of the fluid escaping ; it is genet-411y
the fluid which does the mischief when the wrought
iron is used, and it is both the fluid and the material
which does The mischief when the cast iron bursts ;
the effect in c.r,t metal is, to carry the pieces of the
metal to a considerable distance, which is Feldqm
the case in the wrought, unless where there is any
cold-shut in the metal ; the cast bursts i:ke a shell,
projecting its particles to a considerable distance.
If an accident of that nature happens to attrotialtt
iron boiler, the mischief wouid prcbably be confined
to the room in which the boiler was placed?—N.,
Ido not conceive that to be the co ; I have no
thubt, if it had been a wrougla iron in this
Case, the iq:ck of the vessel wou%d have b-en blown
of; the F-Lssule would have been in all places alike,
but heir it was only iii a lateral direction, and the
end of the boiler was blown into the river, and by its
to action the boiler itself was thrown into tile river
on the other side.

You have said, that you have frequently seen
wrought iron vessels burst ?—Not frequently iu our
own experience ; I have seen copper liequently that
has burst.

Have any fatal or serious accidents happened on
those occasions ?—I have heard of some, but have
Lot witnessed one; the accidents I have observed
have chiefly at isnt where cast iron boilers have
been used.

In the first instance, when wrought iron boilers
are used, the injury is subtained by individuals by
the fluid escaping
Wheie cast iron licilers have been used, it has
been by the explosion of metal ?--Yes ; I do not
niean to say it mai nc.t be by the explosion of
wrought iron buile►s; it is very difficult to obtain a
builer of peitect metal ; and it there are any cold-
ahuts, or other del►.cts in it, it may explode in the
same way.
Is copper subject to the same evils ?—No ; I think
it is generally in a purer state; iron is very impure
at the best.

Mr. John Taylor, called in and examined.
What is your profession ?—My principal pursuit is
that of a manufacturing chynaist, at Stratford, in
Essex ; but I have the controul of a district of cop-
per mines near Tavistock. - •
Have those engagements made you perfectly con-
Tenant with the nature and application of Steam
Engines I—l have attended to that subject to a cer-
tain extent; of late my attention has been called to
bigh pressure steam particularly, being concerned
with my brother in a patent for applying high pres-
sure steam to the boiling of liquids, and using it ex-
tensively in our own manufactory, both in Steam
Engines and for the purpose of boiling.
Are you acquainted with the accident which lately
happened to the Steam Boat at Norwich ? —By re-
port only.
What do you know of that transaction ?-1 have
heard that the plate of cast iron was of an inadequate
thickness for the strain to be put open it. With re-
spect to-the impropriety of cast iron compared with'
wrought, we ourselves constructed one of the first
high pressure boilers we used, precisely in the same
manner with that on board the Norwich boat, theboiler
was proved toloolbs. a square inch, by the water proof
commonly used with a bout4Olbs. pressure, but the cast
iron end broke one day with less than 2.01b5. pressure
of steam ; the fracture being caused evidently by the
heat expanding the cast iron end unequally, and
being kept from going to the form it would other-
wise assume.
Then you are of opinion it would be improper to
make one of such a construction ?—As far as I at
present know I should say it was. Upon that we
altered our boilers, all having been since made of
wrought iron only. I have seen most of die high
po•ssure boilers which have been made, except
Woolf's. I have seenTrevethick's old construction,
which were cast iron; his new construction with his
wrought iron cubes. The Wells-street boiler which
blew up, I saw immediately alter its destruction; I
was surprised to see that it had been inade of cast-
iron, a pan of eight feet diameter therefore extending
the bursting bUilaCe in the proportion of tour to six-
teen it was of unequal thickaess.badly easescnst from
smell furnaces, and the contact of sha boo oat com-
.plete ; it did not meet infusion. • •
Was that a high pressure boiler i--Yes, intended
to boil sugar ; the thickness intended to be, doubt.
tries, about two inches or two inches and a quarter,
but by inserting the cure unequally, the thickness on
one side was three quarters of an each, on the other
Ode the thickness of the metal was tan inches and a
quarter, or thereabouts; therefore, to the general's*.
sections to cast iron.was added a most improper con-
striction. I understand from the men who were
working there (the Frenchmen} that there had been
something like a mercurial page attached to it,
but that the mercury never fluctuated; it indicated
sothing, that the safety valve is as loaded down with
weights, which we could not collect, and the store
did not ascertain the pressure; but that it, was proba-
ble there was a pressure of mart than 1001bs. per inch.
Had you ever scenic worked before i—No, nobody
was admitted to see it worked.
Haw many accidents have occurred in the high-
pressure boiler to your knowledge ?--The first I Cm
heard of was one of Trevethick's, at Woolwich.
. Was that a cast.iron boiler ?—lt was. In that case
the safety valve was a very awkward thing, hardly
to be alfed.o safety valve; he himself was not awe.
betted to she danger till that accident happened. The
second case that 1 heard of was in the North, a pro_
Oki% engiu Air was mentioned in all the !lapis) ;
at was near Statderlandol a builudtiving waggons;
the lactic( the case I know to be these, from the
glum who made the boiler. In the 191 place they

had a smaller boilet to the Arne engine, that boiler I
did not generate steam so fast as the engine could
expend it, consequently there was never an excess of
steam came nut of the safety valve, the engine man
therefore with impunity screwed down his safety
valve ; it was never used. The proprietor of the en-
gine wishing to have more power, ordered a larger
boiler, which had the power of generating nearly
double the quantity of steam ; this was sent, and a
caution give► by the gentleman not to attach it to
the engine till he arrived ; but it was not attended to,
the boiler was attached to the engine, the man went
to work as before, and he screwed down his safety
valve, not knowing, that though before he had a de-
ficiency, he had now an overplus ; he said he would
make a good start of it; the bollix exploded, killed
several people, and him among the rest; and the
force was remarkable, as shewn by the fragments of
coal that were driven through the men's clothes or
into their bodies, Iron tht tram. The Well-street
was the third case, the safety valve was loaded in
this case. At Norwich, I apprehend the safety valve
was loaded. The only other case was in Trevethick's
new high pressure boiler. the wrought iron :soder ;
that, I should say, was something like a boiler formed
of two arcs of circles, it burst without doing any
hurt, and perhaps the circumstance is not known to
ten people besides myself. The people were near it,
and it did them no hurt. The reason it burst was,
that a man very ignorantly took out bars which he
should not, and altered its construction. These are
the only instances I know of the high pressure boilers.
Do you consider low pressure boilet s as safe from
explosion under all circumstances ?-only owing to
the column of water that tills them; that is the only
reason 1 consider them as sale.

If they are supplied by a column of water, then do
you consider them as safe from explosion ?-1 do not
consider them as absolutely safe, because I know facts
of their bursting ; in case of their not being fed with
a column of water they are very unsafe; for the con-1
struction of the boiler is weak in itself, and you have
no dependence but upon a safety, valve, which may
be loaded improperly.
Do you conceive that a wrought iron boiler may
be rendered safe under all circumstances 1-1 do con-
sider that it may.
State how ?—Principally by the use of a column of
mercury in a syphon or tube, of sufficient size; when
that mercury is displaced by the expaiivve force of
the steam, which would be regulated by the height'
of that tube to admit of the efflux of the steam from
the boiler as fast as it was generated by the fire, in
that case the expansive force could out increase in
the boiler, but the mercury would be blown out and
the steam would escape; that I consider one of tar
best securities to ti!e boder. Besides the common
safety valve, which may be at the direction of the
workman, I conceive it essential to Have another
safety valve, which is under the commit of the mas-
ter or proprietor of the works. nitre is another
`small contrivance, m hich I consider Toy important
to the safety of the boiler. Bode, s have been weaken-
ed very •much by the water having been evaporatedi
too low, so that the bottom begins to be acted upon
by the fire and weakened. A bole having been ,
previously bored in the bottom where the fire acts,'
may b.: rivetted by a piece of' lead, so that that lead
remains perfectly secure'as long as it is covered with
water, but the moment the water leaves it, the lead
melts; the steam is blown out through the hole
and puts out the fire ; besides giving the signal of
what is wanted, it at once puts an cud to the cause
of danger:
Do you consider that the mercurial gauge acts in
any other manner than as a safety valve, which
cannot be stopped or put out of order ?—lt does not
act only in that manner, but it has the advantage of
exhibiting during ail times of the boiler's working,
the state of the steam within the boiler, by the flue
tuatiian that takes place in that column, as indicated
by the index upon the surface of the mercury, and
the state of that mercurial gauge is observable every
moment. If the mercury becomes stationary, one
would strongly suspect that that tube was stopped,
therefore it would point out itselt instantly that it
bad become not what it ought to be; the safety
valve has not that advantage, as it does not indi-
cate any thing till the steam is blown out by raising
the weight.
An observation of the mercurial gauge by an in-
telligent_ person would tend to guard against mis-
chief I—Yes, by any person.
What are the different effects produced by the ex-
' plosion of cast and wrought ironl—As far as I have
stated the fact with respect to I'revethick's boiler,
which was of wrought two, a rent or fissure was
produced, and the form of the boiler was disfigured,
'but no fragments were thrown about so as to produce
any serious injury.
Do you conceive that to be the usual effect I—l
conceive it would be the effect ; and I conceive fur.
Cher, that one might predict with some degree of
certainty where that fissure would take pace; it
would take place in that part of the boiler that is
Most exposed to the action of the fire ; that grow
'thinnest.
Have you ever seen an explosion of a cast iron
boiler I—No, I have not ; I have seen the effects at
Well:street, I was noun the ruius immediately alter;
the effect seeded to be tremendous; there it knocked
down the whole building, which was a sugar-house
of five or six stories high, and fragments appeared
to be thrown in every direction; the bo:.e: i:sc:f was
shattered into a great number cf pieces.
If that bad been a wrought iron boiler and had
bunt, it would not have produced the same effect i
I think not.

Are you at all aware whether there is ar.y prefe-
rence of copper, above iron, in the cor.,truction of
boilers for high pressure steam engines ?—I sLculd
think that copper is the best metal of all; the mos:
ductile. But I think at, the same time, that with
good wrought iron, boilers may be made pet fectly
*44 op to the estimated strength of from four toll's(
hundred pounds pressure per inch.
Have you formed any opinion respecting the prea:
sure per inch, necessary to drive a Steam Boat
through the water at the highest rate at which you
have heard of any hitherto having genet have not
turned my attention particulatly to the use of high
pressure steam. as applicable to Steam Boats. Bat
being.the owner of a high pressure engine, I set no
advantage at present in going above forty or Qv
pounds an inch is Steam koginess
—a 1
Supposing data that a ?c!iliF. Wire rityttltetwpl

with the intention of its resisting a pressure of steam
equal to 300 pounds per inch, that it should be after-
wards proved with a torte equal to two hundred, and
that it should be aster that worked with a pre:sere
under a hundred, do you conceive that any supposa-
ble danger could exist under such circumstances?—
bone at all; provided the steam was limited to a
hundred.

It is understood of course, that the common prei
cautions of safety valves, the operation of which
could not be impeded, should be applied to such
boilers ?—Yes ; with respect to the valve of high
pressure steam for working engines, I beg leave to
say generally, that in Cornwall of late a most valua-
bfe improvement has talc,:n place ; and that if it is an
object to save coal to steam vessels upon a large scale,
I do conceive that high pressure steam becomes an
object of great importance to them. 1 mean if ap-
plied upcn the principle that Mr. Woolf has in the
first place introduced, but which has been applied by
Mr. Sims, and I believe by some others.
You are of opinion these high pressure boilers
might be made with equal safety as low pressure
boilers ?—Quite so.
Do you know any thing of the saving of coal pro-
duced by high pressure engines ? I have in my hand
a statemeat of the work dune by the engines en the
princip4l mines in the county of Cornwall. It states
the consumption of coal, and the work done by every
engine therein named, from which it Jppelts that the
average work of engines now in the county of Corn-
wall, is to raise about twenty million pounds of water
one loot high, by the consumption of one bushel of
coals ; that by the introduction of high pressure steam
under the best mode of management, art effect equal
to from forty-three to torty•tiv-. mullion pounds of
water, is raised the same heipht by the same quan-
tity of coal, thereby producing above double the eltect.
DJ you apprehend that condensing or low pres-
sure engines are liable to be blown up by the careless-
ness and inattention of the eriOneer conducting them ?
—I apprehend equally so with high pressure engines ;
and I am of that opinion hum facts which have
reacts ed me. In France, at Crusoe, some very good
engines were erected by Mr. Wilkinson, at a very
large work. They were on Bolton and Watt's pm in-
ciple ; one of them blew up and killed several people.
I have heard of other iastances, but they are nut
within my own knowledge.
Do you conceive that the mercurial gauge may be
applied with ease to the high pressure boilers, so as
to produce safety, as certainly es the column of wa-
ter, which is in fact a water gauge, which is usually
applied to the low pressure do most undoubtedly
think that, provided the mercurial gauge be of a suf-
ficient bore ; and I think, in some respects, it would
have the advantage of the water gauge, as being less
liable to accidental obstruction.

• I D'J you conceive that there is any difficulty what-.
I ever in constructing a safety valve, so as to operate
with certainty, and to be safe from any impediment
which the engineer might intentionally place in the
. way of its operation ?—I. do think such a safety valve
l can he constructed.

Do you apprehend any additional considerable ex.
pence would be thereby incurred ?—Not any consi.
derable expense ; we have done it to all the boilers
we have lately superintended the erection of, putting
them under lock.

-IMPROVEMENTS H 4 THE SAVOT.—The meditated
improvements in the Savoy, at the back of the Strand,
and the Western side of Waterloo Bridge, will be
carried into effect without delay. The occupiers of
the workshops, stables, sheds, and other out-houses
on the premises, have received notice to quit in three
months. The Blue Anchor public-house is included
in this number. It is to be taken down for the par.
pose of widening the passage from the Strand down
Savoy-hill. The Savoy Prison is also to be taken
down, so that the Church is the only vestige that will
termini of the ancient Palaces of Lancaster and Sa-
voy, the scene of some of the most interesting events
in the English history.
LAUNCH.—On Wednesday was launched from the
King's Dock-yard at Deptford, anew yacht, named
the ROYAL GEORGE. The Board of Admiralty,
and Commissioners of the Navy, were present; Mt'
also a large assemblage of persons, who filled the
several booths erected for witnessing the ceremony.
This vessel is one of the most elegant ever seen : the
cabin doors are of mahogany, with gilt mouldings,
and the windows of plate glass. Ornamental devices
in abundance are placed in various parts, all highly
gilt, and producing a superb appearance. The fol.
lowing are the dimensions of this vessel, which is the
largest yacht ever constructed s—Length of dec!:, 103
fret ; length of keel, h 8 feet .5 inches ; breadth, 26
feet 6 inches; depth of the hold, I I feet 6 inches.
Burden, 330 tons. Guns—Eight brass swivels, of
Ilb. each.—Manned with 67 men. The following
Officers are already appointed to this vessel :—Sir
EDWARD Benue, Captain; Mr. J. PORTEU3,, Master;
THOMAS GODDART, Pursers It is said that this yacht
is to be exclusively employed in attending the PRINCT
Ittomr. at Brighton.
HIGHWAY ROBRERY.—Thurschty night, as Mr.
Peters, of John-street, Mary-la-Bonne, was passing
alAng the Nuw.road, he was met by two men, one of
Whom, without speaking a word, struck him a blow
which nearly stunned him. and the other took his
watch—they both ran away. Mr. Peters followed
with a cry of—is Stop thief 1" as far as Fitzroy-
square, where they contrived to evade Jiim.
Early yesterday morning, the house of Mr. John-
son, in Stingo.place, taddington, was entered by
means of false keys, and robbed of ,Cl7-in bank notes
and cash, two suits of clothes, a silvet watch, and se.
varal other articles.

ROBBERY OW MESSRS. RUN ELL BRIDOZo—TbC
statement which has appeared in some of the papers,
announcing the recovery of the whole of the jewels
lately stolen from the above firm, is without foun-
dation. Property only to the amount of £lO,OOO,
cr thereabouts, has been regained. A most impor-
tant circumstance, however, has occurred towards
the complete developement of the robbery, namely,
the apprehension of the individual who acted as in-
tsrpreter to Bloum, the principal delinquent. He was
secured while reading in an apartment at Aix, in
IFrance. An application was made to the Ministers
of Justice for his detention, which was granted. He
will forthwith be conveyed to this country, and his
more expert Companion, together with the residue of
the stolen property, are coalldeutly expected to be in
the pogiorson of the cofficers.,