The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-24 00:00:00

A MAN CRUSHED TO DEATH.

Yesterday forenoon an inquiry of some duration
was gone into, before Mr. W. Carter, Coroner for
Surrey, and a highly-respectable jury, at the Drum
public-house, Snow's. fields, Bermondsey, relative to
the death of Martin Barry, aged fifty years, who was
killed by the falling of a wall connected with the
workhouse of St. John, Horslydown, Southwark.
Thomas Barfitt, of No. 9, Albert.street, Bermond-
sey, stated that, on the morning of Tuesday last,
about half-past nine o'clock, the deceased and several
men were engaged in repairing the carriage-way in
Artillery-street, Horslydown. The deceased was
standing in front of a high wall connected with the
workhouse, when a loud crash was heard, and the next
moment witness saw that the said wall had given way,
and fallen into the road upon the deceased whilst at
work. Witness and a large body of men immediately
proceeded to the spot, and commenced removing the
bricks and rubbish, and, after considerable difficulty,
succeeded in finding the body of deceased, who was
completely crushed, particularly about the head and
shoulders. . _ _ _

-...........
Other_ witnesses having been examined, showing
that the occurrence was purely accidental, the Coro-
ner summed up the evidence at considerable length ;
when the jury, after a short consultation, unani-
mously returned a verdict of Accidental Death.
At the close of the proceedings, Mr. Corner, the
solicitor, informed the Coroner and jury that the con-
tractors intended to make some provision for the
widow of the unfortunate man who had lost his life.

aotnefseewci lettersudeany
ee
f
the.t—ha last
tPirniVe
EMIGRATION TO THE CesNtwaAittiDhnAii
g
Ohrfalteh the ebcveoeelnroanlryepcabereitivsnegodf oCivnaenrtraoudwual:b y Irish emigrants, who are
unable to obtain employment, a memorial to her Majesty
part of_ herth Majesty'seither
means should be adopted by Government to s same
was in course of signature, praying
rstethpsatshould be taken° dtoirpecrotvtidhee
empltideoyment
rtfhabtari
that
hns
oefolretm i
the construction of railways or in any
grants on. their arrival, either by
her Majesty's Government other way which
might think proper to adopt.
The memorial has already received the signatures of
many thousand persons, and it is
expected tolt
is
reach this
country by the next arrivals from Canada.
rhestrong terms, and predicts the worst consequences to
colony, should something not be done to remedy the
evils complained of. The leading towns in the colony—
New Brunswick is mentioned in particular—are said to
be literally swarming with these Irish emigrants, who
move about in a mass of rags from place to place, asking
alms from every one they meet. The writer of one of
the letters which have just been received from New
Brunswick mentions that no fewer than twenty-seven of
these: miserable creatures called at his house to solicit
charity in one day.
THE RIOT AT THE STOCKPORT ELECTION.—Late
on Wednesday night, the jury empannelled to consider
the cause of the death of the unfortunate main, killed
during the riots which followed the Stockport election,
returned the following verdict, after being looked up
three hours:—" Manslaughter against John Hurst, and
four other persons unknown." The jury, at they same
time, unanimously expressed their decided reprehension
of those practices which have led to this unhappy case,
and to hope that the origin, be it either by " bottling"
voters or by the use of weapons, or any other exhibition
of physical force, will cease hereafter to be smplowed in
the conducting of elections.