The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-03 00:00:00

SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN THE CITY.

Last night Mr. William Payne, the coroner of Lon-
don, held an inquest at the Rose and Ball Tavern, Ben-
nett'a-hill, Doctors'-commons, on the body of Thomas
Late, a workman in the employment of Messrs. Vivian
and Co., proprietors of the Castle Baynard Copper
Wharf, Upper Thames-street, City. The evidence of
several witnesses proved that on the previous evening
(Monday), about half-past seven o'clock, Mr. Evans, the
foreman of the wharf had his attention directed to the
warehouses by an unusual noise, and on proceeding to
the place t) ascertain the cause, he found that one of the
floors had given way, and the contents consisting of
nine tons of nails in bags, and seven tons of copper
sheathing, had fallen from the first into the ground-
floor. The deceased having been seen a short time
previously at work in the last-named floor, it was at
once suspected that he was beneath the immense weight
of goods that had been been precipitated below. Search
having been made, in the course of a few minutes the
poor fellow was discovered completely flattened, one side
of his body ripped open, and life, of course,
extinct. The body having been extricated, an
examination was made, with a view of ascer-
taining the cause, of the catastrophe, the result of
which showed that the space on which the immense
weight of articles had been stored was only 12, feet by
9, and one of tho joists having shrunk in that part
which entered the wall, had, in consequence, given way,
and hence the melancholy occurrence. Mr. Alexander,
the architect, of No. 30, Bedford-square, was examined
by the coroner, with a view of learning whether any one
was to blame in constructing the premises. That gen-
tleman deposed that tho floors of the building were two
inches thick, but the goods which had been placed on
the floor had been too heavy, and ho should suggest
that the men employed on the premises should be more
careful in placing such a weight on the floors in future.
Some portions of the building had been strengthened
with cross beams, and the same ought to be done in that
particular part, or pillars might be put there, which
would strengthen the premises and prevent a similar
casualty. The fact of one part of the buildings being
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eight inches in the wall, was only three inches, and the
weight placed on it had caused it to come out of its pro-
per place. Tho coroner having summed up, the jury re-
turned a verdict of " Accidental death."

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DARING HIGIIIVAY ROBBERY AND ATTEMPTED
Munnza AT LAMBETn.—lnformation was yesterday sent
round by the Commissioners of Police of the following daring
robbery and attempted murder of Mr. Joseph Lewis, a
clerk, in the employ of Harvey and Knight, the floor-cloth
manufacturers, of Broad-street, Bloomsbury, and the Lower
whom k nloilclfee da h,i,ml
if
e down,
21larsh, Lambeth. It appeared that he was going to his
resinedce In Mason-street, in the latter parish, about el
in the evening, and when close to his own door, he waseva€tn-
his pockets, from wilrheiscehrsiehrey"
took five shillings, and endeavoured to get his watch and
guard away from his neck. He was not wholly insensible
and his calls for assistance were heard by police-constable,
heard raa
Ts tackednhpepynst
supposed, with
n tcw commenced
men,msennm c one nd e
rifling
instrumento of
442, of the L division, who immediatelyD
in the direction, without succeedingthey
the two fellows made off when butcoming
offered a very stubborn resistance. fotoottshteepsspot,
which was hanging outside Ir. Lewis's coat, he having
inHegewttaisngtakteen
own house, where a surgeon watch,
which
quickly attended, and he was
found to be: seriously •
dangerously. The police,
ed; but, it is to be hoped, not
police it is said, know one of the fellows,
but at present h© has '
left his usual haunts. He is only.
however, "abiding his time," as he will be tracked and
caught.

CONSUMPTION or
SPIRITS.—The duty received on
su
spirits entered for home con tion in the year ending the
sth of January last was nolemssP tan 6,030,3231. 17s. 100.
in the United Kingdom as the net produce.
DISCOVERY OF SILVER LEAD MINES IN Mort-
MouTDSDIRE.—In the neighbourhood of Caerphilly, Mon-
mouthshire, some very valuable mines of silver lead ores
have just been discovered. The discovery was made by a
charcoal burner, who, on levelling the ground for the pur-
pose of raising his hut, had occasion to remove a small tree,
and whilst so doing so found a large mass of the ore in close
proximity to the surface. This was upwards of 10 tons in
weight, and since then the company who are working the
mine have found much larger quantities. A pit and levels
arc being sunk and driven for the purpose of working the
ore. Upwards of 100 tons of lead ore have been raised in
.
a few weeks from a shaft sunk M a meadow, and this ore
analysed,gholovdinglebaedentotheton.
The mineral field of South Vira.le!
has also in this neighbourhood yielded other treasuretalvoer
several rich seams of bituminous coal and iron
been found, and amongst these is a tine rich vein doubt
ore upwards .
of six. feet in thickness. There can be " -
that these discoveries will prove very productive.
an and
A DUMB WEDDING.—A few days ago, i
them church
woman presented themselves at the altar of
was deaf and
of Beichenberg, in Bohemia, each of whom
h had become
dumb. The bride, the daughter of a citizen,n
d dumb institu-
acquainted wills her husband in a deaf a ofortehe red
-e silence. The
riage ceremony was performed in pe-ec
of paper, and
each written on slips
tion at Prague, where both had been eductated. The mar-
questions were handed to
or shakes of the head.
the answers were returned by
Sir John Trollops to-day
enters
at the Poor-law Board.
of the ()nice vacated by Mr. e.,.!
nods
upon his duties
I BIRnISH SUPPORTERS.—At
LORD DERBY
the rand jury,
the assizes of Wexford,
AND
isilTshursday last, the members of
on i exception, adopted the fol-
lowingsuffered most severely by the
essentially and
,pit consequet thatrni-
'that the county of Wexford, being
agriittliriria,c;:''thsehe next election, should alone he
opinion is most ensential h the
candidateselector.,
as will support our agricultural in.,
preseioniat
;r free-tradee
as
no lt t
i io
cn, :
p oars with
"
and thereby enable this country to pay the heavy
terests, from which foreigners are exempt."
taxation, . .
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VI, ACCIDENT AT WESTMINSTER.—Yester-
FlticlTY th
,a, afternoon, between ree and four, a serious accident
d to Eliza Murray, aged 11 ycars, residing at No. 2,
Shipyard, Horseferry--road, Westminster. It appears from
her statement that she got on the fender to
get a key off the
mantel-shelf, when the wind from the door blew her dress
in the lire, which ignited her clothes. Her screams for
help brought Henry Hillier, who ran to the girl, and with
difficulty succeeded in extinguishing the flames, but not
till the unfortunate sufferer was most dreadfully burnt.
She was taken to *Westminster Hospital, where Mr. Lynne
surgeon, quickly attended ; but Ant the 51ighteot hopes are
eatertAilled 91 4cr lec9Yery,