The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-25 00:00:00

land was lost in a singular manner, the whole press teemed
with it, while in Ireland thousands were dying every
week without any notice being taken of it. What had the
Rev. Mr. Anderson, the minister of Ballinarobe,
stated to the Noble Lord at the head of the Govern-
ment in a letter he had written to him. He had stated
that no language he could tine could describe
the misery that was existing in that union. He had
heard in that House of comprehensive measures for Ire-
land—comprehensive measures for what, he would as?
Why, for skeletons who could not walk. It had been said
what had Ireland done for herself ? He would answer
that question by stating that she had paid two mil-
lions and a halt' in eighteen months for the
relief of her destitute pour. In his opinion the first duty
of the Government was to save the lives of the people,
and he trusted that they would not allow the people of
Ireland to say this, which in fact they were saying, th,t
if you cannot govern Ireland let Ireland govern herself.
Sir G. GREY said the Hon. Gentleman who had just
sat down had fallen into error in some of his figures.
While with regard to the charge that the people of
England were callous to the sufferings ut the
people of Ireland, all he could say was,
that in addition to the grants from the public
purse, the state of Ireland had thrown large burdens
upon the local rata s of this country.—(Hear, hear.)
Lord CASTLEREAGH wished to have a distinct
answer to this question. Was it to be underste od that
no further grants would be made to Ireland, whatever
might be the extent of the distress.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL had always refused to give
a pledp,e that under no circumstances would Government
bo prep ired to make any further grant to Irehind.—
(Hear, hear.) Government must be allowed to take its
own course, and to meet ad exigencies in their own
way.—(llehr.)
Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL rose to explain, but loud
cries of " Order, order" compelled him to resume his
seat.
Colonel DUNNE then explained that the
reason Irish Members opposed the Rate in
Aid Bill w,s because they felt that it would agrivate
instead of mitigate the evils.
The motion for the adjournment was then agreed to.
(LEFT SITTING.)

DEATH of a LATTER-DAY SAINT
THROUGH REFUSING MEDICAL ADVICE.
A man named John Pugh. belonging to the sect of
Latter-day Saints, was seriously burned at the late
colliery explosion at Aberdare. His brother Saints
refused to permit any medical man to come near him,
and he died in consequence. Au inquest was held, at
which two of " the Saints" were examined, tney gave the
following evidence (we copy from the report which
appears in the Principalitg):—
James Jones (Jim Pontypool) was next called, who
stated that he was a Saint, and according to their creed
no one should send for a doctor, but reiy on the ordinances
of their church for cures in all cases, and had it not been
for the vveakntss of John Pugh's faith he would have
been cured immediately. Having made several other
absurd and most contradictory statements, several of the
jurors said they could not believe him on his oath.
With this the deputy-coroner quite agreed, and he was
dismissed without being sworn.
William Sims was next called, who also stated that
he was a Saint and an elder in the Church of Christ.
On the day John Pugh met with the accident ho was
sent for. He went and anointed him with Oil, and ad-
ministered the ordinances of the Church of Christ. He
was perfectly sure had John Pugh's faith been- good he
would have cured him that instant. He tried him again
several times, but the deceased's faith was too weak each
time. Ile knew that Dr. Evans had offered his service
to attend the deceased, but that John Pugh wished to
try the ordinances of thesChurchCf Christ, and if that
failed then he would have a medical man. Though I
faikd to cure him I did not adViselheVropriety of having
.a doctor. It is my duty as an elder to. exhort -our people
to trust to the ordinances of the Church for cures in all
cases, and not to medical men. Still we would not ex-
clude any one from having a doctor. He knew that the
deceased was delirious for several days before he died,
still he took no steps to have a proper medical man to
see him. Ido most solemnly declare that if all the flesh
was burnt off my hand this moment that my blessing
would cure it in an instant. I have cured myself many
times. I have cured my wife frequently, and I have per-
formed instantaheous cures on my children by nay bles-
sing only, and had John Pugh's faith been good I would
have cured him like putting one hand in the other.
The jury returned the following verdict:—We find
that the deceased John Pugh died from the effects of
an accident caused by an explosion of fire-damp at
Weasa Colliery, May Bth, and the culpable neglect of
his attendants, who were members of a certain society
called the Latter-day Saints, in refusing to permit a me-
dical gentleman to attend to his case. The jurors beg in
the strongest language to censure the conduct of these
deluded people, and caution them not to repeat their
foolish practices in future."

The verdict was read in open coal t by the Deputy-
coroner, who advised the Saints, and said that the jury
had been exceedingly lenient, and that the verdict was
a very merciful one. He fully expected to have had to
commit several of them for manslaughter, but us it was
they had a must narrow escape this time, and he trusted
that the serious caution of the jury would have due
weight with them. Had they not put the fault upon the
poor man now dead, nothing could have prevented them
from being sent to anodic/1- tribunal.
The proceedings lasted for nine hilirs.

DREADFUL ACCIDLNT AT LANT-
WIT VARDRE COLLIERY.
SEVEN LIVES LUST.

Last week we gave particulars of a fatal accident at
the Werf colliery, by means of which two of our fel-
low-creatures were brought to an untimely grave. No
sooner had the intelligence appeared in our columns,
than another tearful and more distressing accident oc•
curred at Lsntwit Vardre colliery, near Treforest, be-
longing to Thos. Powell, Esq., the extensive colliery
proprietor, when five men were killed on the spot, and
others dreadfully injured.
It appears that there are two pits at the colliery,
worked by the same machinery, so that the weight de-
scending into one pit enables the engineer to raise the
weight in the other with comparative ease. On Friday
night the chain belonging to one of the piles was broken,
which led to the temporary suspension of the works.
There was left, therefore, but one pit in working order,
mid the weight of materials ascending or descending it
must have been, consequently, borne by the engine itself.
About one o'clock on Saturday morning the foreman
made application to the engineer to let him down the pit,
but was refused, the engineer very properly wishing to
ascertain by daylight whether or not not any injury had
been done to the machinery by the accident of the pre-
vious night. About four, having first of all examined the
engine and found everything safe, he let three men down
the pit, who reached the bottom in safety. About
seven o'clock, John Jones, a contractor or underground
weward, came to the engineer, accompanied by three or
four other men, and requested to be let down also. The
engineer, we were given to understand, remonstrated with
him, ho being anxious to test the machinery by some dead
weight; but it was to no purpose. The engineer then set
the engine in order, and when the carriage was descend-
ing the pit, he perceived that a considerable number of men
had entered it. They had not descended more than seven
or teen yards before to engineer heard a crack or a jerk
in the machinery. He instantly stopped the engine,
examined it, and found it out of - gear." The unfortu-
nate though reckless men in the pit, by this time per-
ceiving their dangerous position, cried out, and called
on the engineer to raise them. He attempted, and
while doing so the engine lost all power over the
fly-wheel, and the natural consequence was, that
the poor fellows were precipitated to the bottom
of the pit, nearly one hundred yards deep.
The heavy chain which suspended the carriage then fell
with great force on them. Every effort was then made
to assist the sufferers, and it was not until one o'clock
that all the bodies were taken out. Medical aid was
immediately sent for, and every attention was paid to the
injured. It is rather remarkable that the only man whose
injuries were comparatively light was a stranger, who
had gone with the men to see the pit.—The Principality.

DEATH OF MR. VERNON.—Our obituary records
the death, in his 75th year, of Dlr. Robert Vernon, a
gentleman known for many years past in the world of
art, and more recently to the public by his munificent
gift to the nation of a collection of pictures—the works
of modern English artists—which deserves to be highly
estimated, not merely for the generosity which prompted
the gift, and for the actual money value thus transferred
from the possession of an individual to the public, but
also for its intrinsic excellence, as supplying a deficiency
left by the want of regularly organised patronage in
this country. The " Vernon Gallery" may be regarded
as a complete collection of the most characteristic works
of the most talented of our native artists, and as a vin-
dication of the national taste in a department of national
production which, in the hurry of our commercial pur-
6uits, we have been too ready to overlook; while our
modesty as a nation has also led us to undervalue our
excellence.

ANECDOTE OF THE LATE ADMIRAL SIR NESBIT
WILLOUGHBY.—IIe was the greatest "dare-devil" of
his day. On one occasion he had been sent from his
ship in command of the boats to board an enemy's pri-
vateer. The privateer proved to be well manned and
armed, and the boats suffered a good deal in pulling up
to her. Willoughby was encouraging his men in every
possible way by word and deed. When his boat neared
the privateer she was prepared to resist them; when
Lieutenant Willoughby, taking off his hat, flung it over
the quarter on the deck of the vessel, exclaiming, "A
gallon of rum to the fellow who gives it me back."
Willoughby was the first to board himself, but it is un-
derstood that three or four fellows claimed the grog,
which was divided amongst them. The privateer was
taken, but with considerable loss, as her crew far out-
numberk d the peple in the boats.

LINNMAN SOClETY.—Yesterday the annual general
meeting of this society, which was establisl:ed in 1788,
was held in the house of the institution, S.tho-square;
the Bishop of Ipswich in the chair. The usual routine
business having been disposed of, the Secretary read the
report, from which it appeared that during the past year
many valuable presents had been made to the society,
both in the shape of hooks and rare specimens of natu-
ral history. Deserving of notice was " Carl von Linnes
Antechningar ofver Nemesis Divina;" a portrait of Sir
Joseph Banks was presented by a Fellow, and two other
lithographic portraits, one of which was that of the
Bishop of Norwich. The receipts for the year were
8831., and the disbursements 6311., leaving a balance of
2521. Ten members had died during the session, and
only one had been made a Fellow. A vote of thanks
having been passed to the Right Rev. Chairman, the
meeting 64aratrcl,
BRISTOL, MAY 23.--Wind W.N.W.—Memorandum:
The Sarah, Jones, from Callao, has not arrived here as
reported yesterday.