The National Register.
London, England, 1820-04-03 00:00:00

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not conform to the decorum of society, they ougat
to keep out .of that society !" A burst of disappro-
bation ensued; during which Mr. Rathbone,
sat on the bench near the Mayor, stood up, placed his
hat on his head, and was cheered.most entlinsiastiv.
ally. This striking incident bad a great effect-
upon the meeting. When silence was restored Mr.
Rathbone stated, that, as a Quaker, he had tint&
acted to reply to the intolerant expression thus used.
It was hard, indeed, if men, who were known to be
as truly attached to the Constitution as many who
made higher professions, were to be excluded from
meetings on national occasions, because they might
differ from others in religious opinions ; and he
would insist upon the right which every sect
had to manifest their opinions of a monarch,
whose liberal conduct in such particulars was one of
his brightest ornaments. This speech was received
with acclamations; and afterwards, when it was
moved that Mr. Lodge, (the gentleman who bad
used the offensive language) and Mr. Rawson should
accompany the Nlayor to London with the address,
the motion was negatived, and the names of Mr.
Hollinshead and Mr. Rathborne substituted.
Between two and three o'clock on Thursday
morning the family of Mr. Barley, small beer
brewer, Great Surrey-street, corner of Dover-street,
St. George's-fields, were alarmed by the loud bark-
ing of the house dog ; the animal ran up and down,
the stairs, scratching at the different chamber doors
as if to awaken somebody, and then flew back again
to the door in the direction of the brewery, con.
tinuing to bark• most vehemently. • At length Mr.
B. desired his wife to get up, being !idler ill himself
and see what was- the matter. Soon afterwards a
noise was heard, and t'ie moment the door was
opened three men presented themselves ; the dog
instantly spiting at one of them, to whom he clung
till his mistress called him off, and in the meantime
the others escaped over the wall ; the third followed
with all diligence. In the morning, on examining
the place, a cask of beer was found rolled up to the •
gate ready to be carried off, and a piece of clfh,
with some blood on• it, supposed to be part of tie
sleeve of the thief,'s jacket which the faithful dog
brought off with his teeth. Nothing at all was
stolen.
OR Thursday an inquisition was held at the
Pewter Platter, White Lion Street, Norton Falgate,
before Mr. Unwin, Coroner, on the body of Miss
Sarah Pinfield. The deceased was a maiden lady,
fig years of age, and was in partnership with her
brother, who kept a stay and corset shop, next door
to the Bluecoat Boy in Norton Falgate; she was
remarkable for her pious, religious, and charitable
disposition ; she lost one eye in her youth from the
small pox, and through sus inflammation was de-
prived of the sight of the other six months ago,
which caused a kind of temporary derangement. She
got up about eight o'clock last Saturday morning;
breakfast was waiting in the parlour, and she was
called down, but instead of coming down stairs she
went up into the attic, got out at a small lettice
window that opened to the gutter, and before she
was perceived, fell over the parapet into the street,
pulling the coping stone and the frame of the win.
dow along with her. Some persons who were
passing had a narrow eseape with their lives. Mr.
Newington, of Spital Square, attended, but she had
received so much injury, that she lived only about
an hour. Verdict, " Accidental Death."

DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday morn-
ing, at 20, minutes before ten o'clock, whilst the
workmen employed to pull down the walls of
the Old Savoy Prison, which were of great thick-
ness, were at their labour, one, of the walls fell
with a tremendous crash, burying under its ruins,
three men and a horse and cart. The owner of the
cart, Mr. Windetnude, of the liorse-ithy-road,
Westminster, was standing by his horse, and per-
ceiving the danger, called to the other men, but too
late ; he grasped his horse in order to draw. oft;
when, in an instant, they were all buried in the
ruins. The horse and cart were s completely
elvered, as scarcely to be seen. One 1114 P, named
Smith, was got out ; his head was dreatiiii;ly crashed
and he was quite dead. We understand ho has left
a wife and tour children. Atit;ther man named
Stevens, was also dug out,. crushed dreatlf.:
him then began digging for Mr. Wituleinude,
who, when discovered, uresented an awful spectacle ;
his wile was standing by all the •tiate ; nor .;ould
she be persuaded to go away, her screams were truly
distressing when. lwasvas taken up. We understand
that the foreman cautioned . the unfortunate men
from undermining the: wall, as they were then doing,
but it seems he could not persuade them to desist in
time. The foreman fainted when he perceived
the dreadful catastrophe- • At:owner's Inquest was
su maim ed,w ho retained averd ict of accidental daub.
The bodies of the three unthrttuute men were re-
moved to tl:e river side,. and covered over to conceal
them from the immense crowd of' spectators. Their
lacerated remains shelved that their sull'aings must
be momentary.