The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-25 00:00:00

DISTRESS IN SPITALFIELDS.

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found it .a harder task than they at
at'first considered it to be to get ready by F4day next,
the day spoken of as the most proper to be appointed.
They, therefore, waited upon the Lord Mayor with the
followinghis,4h
ordsehdlstaotice, to which they requested the sanction of
p:-;, in Spitalfields having been found to be
of a greater extent than was in the first instance known
to the gentlemen who are anxious for a general meeting
in the City, it is considered expedient to postpone the
meeting intended to be held on Friday next, to give time
for the formation of Committees, and to enable them to
collect the fullest information as to the nature and extent
of the distress."
A number of highly respectable parties have already
agreed to act upon the Committees, and their names will
be advertised as soon as the list is filled up.
" Subscriptions will, in the meantime, be most thank-
fully received by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor."
The LORD MAYOR approved of the determination to
postpone the meeting, and expressed his belief that when
it should be called, after the necessary preparations and
deliberations, it would prove to be ono of great efficacy
in accomplishing the object of the benevolent.
Mr. NICHOLSON said that a strong feeling existed for
relieving the poor, with whom the metropolis abounded,
and he was sure that a vast deal more would be sub-
scribed than it would be necessary to distribute in the
locality of which he spoke. When the father of our
present Queen presided at a meeting for the relief of
the general distress, an'example was set which led to the
subscription of two millions. The meeting upon the
approaching occasion should be conducted upon the
principle by which that to which he alluded was regu-
lated.-complete freedom from party feeling.
The LORD MAYOR concurred in Mr. Nicholson's ob-
servations, and said that he would most willingly receive
subscriptions until the day of meeting.

MELANCHOLY CA SF.—An inquest was held
at the Coroner's-office, Rotherham, on Wednesday, on
view of the body of William Swift, of Rotherham, aged
27 years, who was accidentally shot, on Tuesday night,
in the park of Lord Howard of Barbot Hall, with a gun
with which he was about to shoot a dog. His Lordship
had given orders to one of
.his servants, who was in pos-
session of a dog, to get quit of him; and he, not liking to
destroy the animal himself, sent for the deceased, who
was passing through the park on Tuesday evening, pro-
vided with a gun tor the purpose of shooting
groom was with the deceased at the time;
way a dog belonging to his Lordship flew at the de-
ceased, who struck at the dog with the barrel of the gun,
which was not upon the cock at the time. lie missed
the dog, but the percussion yap striking the ground, the
charge exploded, and the shot entered the left breast of
the deceased, and penetrated the heart Instant death
death."ls.theas V
his concern at the fatal occurrence, by kindly visiting
Verdict of the Jury, " Accidental
understand
that Lord How. and has evinced
and relieving the widow of the deceased; at the same
time giving be orders that she should not allowed to
want for anything.—She, dd his.
Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an in-
terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday,
at his official roidence in Downing street.