The Sun.
London, England, 1825-08-05 00:00:00

CORONERS' INQUESTS.

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Yesterday an Inquest was lipid at the Crown.
and Anchor public house, Great Guildford-street, Southwark,
before C. CARTER, Esq., on the body of Mr. J. Tijou, a painter
and glazier, lately residing in Silver-street, Loman's-ponii, who
came by his death under the following shocking circumstances-r
From the evidence,,it appeared that the deceased, who wan f,3
years of age, had been for some length of time afflicted wi
the rheumatic gout, which rendered him incapable of -moving
about, and confined him to his bed. On Monday morning
last, abouthalf-past 8 o'clock, a fire took place by some acei;
dent or other, which was not explained, in a room brit
metliately underneath that in which the deceased,riwas
confined, and in which was deposited a quantity of hay
and straw. These combustible msterials having been stoo'a
in a blaze, the smoke ascended in volumes, and pie-
trated the ceiling, which was broken in many parts, itto
the deceased's room, and filled it with a dens' smoke. Soon
afterwards the tries of the deceased were heard, when Mr.
Kendrick, one of the neighbours, who has saved some lives
by his intrepidity at recent fires, happening to pass by, .he
pushed up stairs, and at the imminent risk of his life, entered
the room, which was by this time completely filled with smoke,
and on his hands and knees approached the bed on which the
deceased lay, who then appeared to be dead. Several parts of
the room now being on fire, Mr. Kendrick with the greatent
difficulty saved his own life by retreating in the same manner
he had gone in, having sustained considerable injury. Before
he made his escape the engines were arriving; the tire was ex-
tinguished, when the body of the deceased was discovered burnt
in a shocking manner. A verdict of " Accidental Death" was
returned.

An adjourned Inquest was held yesterday afternoon, at the
Goat, Arabella-row, Pimlico, on the body of Samuel Ccok.---
The deceased Is 61 years of age, and lived in Princes-street,
with a woman named George. On Friday last they quarrel-
led, and the woman kicked the deceased very severely in the
groin. He complained of the violence of the woman, and an in.
flammatipa of the bowels having ensued, the man died. The
surgeons were of opinion, that the man's death was caused by
the kick, and they returned a verdict of Manslaughter against
the woman.

MORE COMBINATION.—A young man of the
name of Thomas Conaty, an apprentice of Mr. Morton, ship-
builder, had a narrow escape on Sunday evening from being
the victim of that lawless spirit which unhappily still pervades
the working classes in this city. The young man had gone
with his wife to visit a relative, who lived in a cellar in Torag.
end-street; and while there, a man came to the stair-head as d
looking into the cellar, said, " I see him ' • there be is," Cc .
naty's wife looking up and seeing a number of men about t! o
door, hastily secured it ; soon after which the men dispersed.
Conaty afterwards applied .to the head police-oilice, and vas
provided with an escort, who saw him safe to his lodgings.—
(Dalin Morning R sitter.)

TilE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY

EXiIIIEES fro-nt Hie Morning Papers, Aug. 5, 1895.

[THE TIMES.]
In noticing some recent observations of ours on
the intended changes which are announced for the
Parks, and on. some which, without being de-
clared, may nevertheless be meditated, a corres-
pondent suggests that the new Bucking!eam-Palace
i 3 as well entitled to a slice out of the much-di-
minished Green-park as many other dwellings
the -owners of which have suffered to encroach
tipon that scene of healthful recreation. We on
the other hand are disposed to say, that the
Greett-park having been so much cut up already,
will bear no further robbery. The houses of
Arlington-street and St. James's-place have gar-
dens pilfered from that -little pleasure ground.
The Ranger has on his side not been idle. The
Duke of York's garden is, every inch of it,
Green-park cribbage. The illustrious Duke has
enclosed the said garden, or paddock, with a me.
lancholy black paling, fitted only to substitute
blue devils for the light, and air, and walking
ground, from which it debars the pedestrians of
all ranks and ,ages, but more especially the
poor little children who have no resource but
in these green enclosures. The paling, however,
will) we trust) come down as the mansion now
building for the. illustrious personage rises ; and
the public will at least have the privilege of see-
ing that which they can no otherwise enjoy. But
we really do not yet understand why the Buck-
ingham Palace should be so contrived as to ren-
der necessary any new encroachment on the com-
fort of the inhabitants of London. There is yet
no evidence of such a scheme, and all we are
anxious for is, that some pledge or promise should
be given to satisfy the people that the fear has
been unfounded. No reasonable person will
grudge the Sovereign of this country not merely
the magnificence which befits a Royal habitation,_
but nn ample stock of such personal and domestic
comforts as circumstances, independent of the
mind itself, might be capable of administering
to any private gentleman. On this principle
it is right that the King, the first' in rank of
English gentlemen, should be otherwise pro-
vided for than a King of France at the Tuil-
!Pries, who has not a square yard of open
ground on which to stretch his legs, but, like
most Frenchmen, seldom thinks of taking a
walk for exercise or amusement. The King of
England ought to have a private pleasure-ground
wherein to enjoy himself undisturbed ; and at
Buckingham-house he has that accommodation—
s() abundant measure of it—without picking or
stealing from the Green-park. The fine field
known as the Queen's Garden, is, we believe,
equal to the Green-park in its dimensions. If it
were desirable to stretch the Palace from north
to south, the continuation of the building,
we submit, might be made more beneficially
towards Pimlico than Constitution-hill : for, on
the side of Pimlico, the object would be attain-
ed by only razing to the earth an irregular
mass of wretched houses, which soon will
tremble of themselves ; whereas towards the
northward, no room can be had but by the
sacrifice of public health and pleasure. We
press these points upon the attention of men
its office, because we believe that there is on
their part no disposition to molest or meddle with
the innocent enjoyments of the people, when the
subject is brought fairly into view. With regard
to the proceedings beyond Hyde-park-corner, we
have already pointed out the row of wretched
houses along the Knightsbridge-road, and the
mean and ill-placed Horse-barracks, which both
confine the space nominally set apart for the pub-
lit,.and disfigure the whole scenery. A small
sum of money, in comparison with the end pro-
P°sed would effect the demolition of all these
annoyances, and combine with an exhilarating
prospect a spacious, easy, and cheerful avenue
prom the great western road to the finest part of
the metropolis.

[New TIMEs.I
To-morrow will be a critical day for M. de
Villele. The official statement must then be
made of the quantity. of Rentes converted into
the New Three per Cent. Stock at 75. ft is
certain that the amount is far below the Minis-
ter's original expectation ; and the French Op-
position Papers, both Royalist and Libel-n[4 talk II
.000''the greatest confidence of hiS being forced
to:Cesign. For our own part, .we always
,enter-
testae(' doubts whether M. de Villele's plan was
si.4it premature : it. seemed to us to assume a
lower rate of interest. for money in France than
Shot-which really existed ; but still, if the mea-
-146 should fail, we do not think the Minister's
removal from office would .a necessary
consequence. Supposing:him .to have entertained
teo-,,sauguine. hopes of reducing the public bur-
tisensirit does not follow that he' may not be,
OPon the whole, the best Financier' in France.---
Wo;do,not say that he is so ; but we must con-
feas.:that among 'hisnumerous opponents we have
siciftemarked any, whose financial abilities ap-
fiettreil to us-to be very commanding. Should M.
deiXiNele -be.retnoved from office, his successor
iti4uit.likely to be choSen from among the party
moat favourable to freedom of trade ; so that the
eveittual result-of a change would -hardly be 'to
augment the national resources. The writers
against M. de Villelle, however, do- snot
seear ';'to -.have looked 'much to this part of
tliei„,questiOn. They 'have principally lavish-
ed.' their abuse -on the ~means which, they
say,, the has resorted to, for the purpose of
forcinit.the reduction. . lout. supposing; ,that-the
reduttion' should be ultimately Pffected, the
meins of bringing it about will'surely be
of less moment to. the-. nation- than the CanseL
joilices likely to result from:it ; and the most
question will be-i-whether the financial
pelicy'Or the Government are -Of sa narrow or
.eJtliihtened character ;-whether -cOmmerce and
tnikilifactures are encouragedi, and whether the
1414Cintrse, of France .with 'other countries' is
- by -views of. mutual and reciprocal ad-
We are not aware that f 7. cie Villele
ha44vincedliny.great degree of llbeiblity In 're-
gard to the commercial relations between ;France

and England; but that is a point on which mosti
of his adversaries would probably be still more
illiberal. The Journal des Debuts, a Paper call-
ing itself Royalist, cannot avoid a sneer at Eng-
land, even in mentioning the Lion Fight at War-
ick.—" The victory of the dogs," says the
Editor, " was proclaimed with huzzas and shouts
of Rule Britannia," as if we identified our na-
tional greatness with the fierceness of our Bull
Dogs. This Fl ows the petty contemptible feel-
ing of envy with which this narrow-minded writer
thinks of England.