The Sun.
London, England, 1809-07-11 00:00:00

Mr. HA R T-rTl*.l7l)vetiy of,spFt ;AIWA 'at least
be highly .dLtifying to Air. itidlajlis's client.

PUBLIC CIIA,RtTLESc

Ti:E.: ATTORNEY-GENERAL V: COHFORATION OF

CakDIVON.

.111e-tmen CHANcEtt.batiire judgment this day
in this great cause, after hearing Sir SktviuEf. Ro=
DALLY forthe Relators, and-Mr: HARi'for the•Cor-
pore'rtion. The case came before. the Coart -npOn- the
Master's report, 'finkting;.that, since the decree'.iu
this matter in the reitrnof,Kiug Janies I. tfie fund;
4 the charity arising ,froth tithes had only-advanced
from t i ()Of. to .13061,. a year,. although now worth
59001. aYear.; the, balanCe bet wen,Lhofelwo.surts
being applied to' the redu6tion of the taxes upon the
kind owned-s,-the,trustees, anct ot hers,- in Aber. parishes
of -Crediton and .Sandiord„ inthecounty of DevOni
tip-the gteit_ abuse of the charity,. and injury of.the
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poor and- other Tarishion,ers.- An increase of *sti-
pends wa,:i decreed for= the vicais,„ and curates, , and
for the schoolmaster, who wer..o.,Alie chief objets of
the founder.. - „..

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His Lordship decreed the increase of stipend,.and
the balance between 13001. .and 'a year for
the last six years, against" the, trusieesi•as he would
do nith.,9- t (Ails of the corporate charities in Log-
-81.-ind.—Decree for the Relators.

TO TLIE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

•
lIE: EDIToiI
Obsesvingillqour Paper ,of the 27th tilt: a para-
graph relating to a fosil, which` was fdund in the
rocks,.-p4r5T, ?age, winch, account *being in many
respens'erroneous, we the. Proprietors of ttie Quarry
where it was dug have taken the liberty to give you
a"corretst statement.
The Tortoise,' as it is there called Os in
reality a Sea Turtle, and discovered more than two
years since. As this petrifaction had taken place,
and was embedjed in one of the most dense stones
ate quarries produce, we thought it most advisable
rot to ,aft'empt removing 11, till, in,the coarse of
Working the quarry, it was found necessary, when
it sustained, some injuik. It was never. ".exhibited-
about,--. though seen in the natural rock, before it
vtas rem') eel `i4 many Captains and 'Other titneers
of the RuyalANrwy and Army; as v.&l as'other Oen-
tiemen of reveetability, Who all esteemed if a' great
curiosity, partlealifily;as the Sea Turtle is well knOwn
to he found,*only iii;- or near, the tropical chtnatei.
The -mite nitilifroned in- your a,...einint. was dis-
covered the tit 'OF May'last ; -this pelcihictiuti hav-
ing taken 'to' -t he- game rock as the ()Eler, anti ,abotit
40 feet Adi Sta 'lrotn it, and 70 underneath the stir-
gave ;, both laying or pointing • ih the same clireaion.
It is also in an equal state •of ilierlecfion with ttie
first; both,slyared the .saine -fate by breaking oiy
some fragments in separating it from the reek. But
- we. are happy to, sax-the last, is _so tar from being
" spoiled,- having been so elieful-th.colled every
part which was broken„that it may be easily re-
placed, which was not, the case with the other. • We
have also' been offered, several times, considerably
more fur it than tor the oilier, and refused accept-
ing it, keeping the same for the inspe&lion.of Gentle-
men, who frequvitly call to see it,. and all agree as
to the curiosity, but none can account for or trace
its origin.
We are, with respea, -
• Sir, . •
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. . Your ram e. ervan
GF,ORq-E iVIANWI;LL.
JOSEKHLMANWELL.
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~lytosr..s 34,41.-LN GRAM.
S Wall3ge, Dor ct, July 4, ICO9, -„.

• .4. 4
ZREADFUL. ACCIDENT,

In
_the meliincholy Catalotte-of. MisforLuneg, so fre-
quent/Y. occurring in Coal Mines, few have produc-L
ed a deeper impression on the publie,'-or been more
dre:!dfully • fatal:. in their 'eonsequenceß, tan -that;
which happened in the- piis of. Messts;l,ee,:\NrAt§op:,-
and. Co. at-East ..A.rdsley,-near W:iltelield;•an-Friday!
the 30th ult.,.(a short ccittthroft, which- we gave'a
few 'clays ago.) The worltnien-aLthe- time; the ae-
eident happened; were driving'.thro4h a tbroui,las_l
it isytehnically called,"when conning ill contad with'
some exhausted pits; the water rushed through 'an
aperture with irresistible impetuosity, and altury,t
stanily inunslated.-the. pit. Wherekliep,eciple were at
wollt. 'Uhreelatis; fortunately- in a situation to take
the bucket,were drawn /Id without injury, but eloyen-
rpen.and three boys were shut up in the Subterrane7
ous-abode, and for three 'days and nights consigned,
in the itnaginstion of `their fanTities ~.)a friends, to,
the mansions of the dead. Every exertion uas (riade
to drain the'pit, in hope—S" tfrat Hsome.fives rnighebe
4aiQd-; two engines were Set to.work for that !kir-
pose, and' the Colliers' feoin. the work of: Messrs.
Brandling, \Smithson; Fearon, Wood, and Walket,'
were unremitting in their endeavours' to rescue„. if
ProviOnce lfad so9rdeted-it,-sonie, at least', of.their
unforttinate fellow workmen from the jaw's of deitii:
On .iVlOndy voices were heard- to ascend ftor6.ibe
pits; imagine the anxiety of wives, mothers, fa-
titers and.children, all standing at ),he month ut tlie
abyss7Taraious to catch a sound-7-and
anxious in that sound to recognize the ~yell-known
voice of sowe.near and dear relative. The inotheut
had- arrived -when the hopes of some u. ere to be
elevated into reality, and the fond expedation of
others to be sunk to desplir. Two men.and two
boys, John Hudson, Robert.Kendrew, Wm. Broad,
and Joseph-Goodyear, were dawn up alive and in
health, though they remained for three days 'and
nights . without rest. or sustenanue, except a f little
bread, \-itthich K.tandrew itappened to bave-Lo.his
pocket, and •which„.with uneia.mpled vuerosity,
he divided among his half famished companions,
supplying his own wants with a quid of tobacco.--
The following are the names and families{ of the ten
unfortunate sufferers

'Aaron Haigh, a boy; George Gothard;
,an un-
married man ; Samuel sower, au uarnarriLd rpm ;
John Haigh, has left a wife pregnant ; Thoolas
Brook,- one child arid a wife pregnant ; Tho:nas
Broad, a wife and two children ; Wip. Broad, a wife
and three children; Thomas Marshall, a 'Wife and
five children; Thoinas,Harqey, a wife and six chi
dren ; and Jonathan Gothard, a wile and Mine chil-
dren.