The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-14 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUEST.

THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.
Yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock, a Coroner's In-
quest was held before Mr. Carter, and a highly respect-
able Jury, at the George public-house, Bankside, on the
bodies of John Clemence, aged 27, John Joseph Oxley,
aged 34, and Robert Clarkson, aged 27, who, with
Joseph Thomson (not yet found), were drowned in the
River Thames, about half-past one o'clock on the night
of Friday last.
The following witnesses were called :
Edward Reader sworn—l am waterman on board the
Pearl Gravesend steam-boat, which was lying off South-
wark-bridge, on Friday night. About ten o'clock Clarkson,
Oxley, Thomson, myself, Wheeler, and Mr. Gunn, the
steward, went to the George public-house, where we re-
mained until half-past one o'clock, when we all left to
go on board of the Pearl, as we all slept on board.
Clemence was a stranger to me. On saying he wanted
to go on board of the Orion, to which he belonged, he was
offered to be rowed to her. The boat belonging to the
Pearl, which was a skiff, was then unfastened from the
stairs, and Clemence entered, followed by Clarkson,
Oxley; and Thomson. Wheeler then said, "row, and put
three on board, and then return for the rest." I then
pushed the boat off, Clarkson having the sculls. When
the boat had gone about twenty yards from the shore I
heard some one cull out that either Clarkson, or Thomson,
was overboard, but which I cannot say, and the rest seemed
to go over. I heard no one cry out. There was barely
any light at the time of the accident. An alarm was in-
stantly given, and the drags were procured, and in the
course,of half an hour Wheeler and another man found
the body of Clemence. The other two bodies were after-
wards found, but the body of Thomson has not been re-
covered. I cannot say what caused the accident. We
were all sober at the time..

Ingram Gunn—l am steward of the Pearl, and tire
evidence given by the last witness is perfectly-correct.
CORONER—Did you see anything in the conduct of
Thornton or Clarkson to lead you to suspect that either
one or the other of them intended to destroy himself ?
Gunn—No, I am quite satisfied the deaths of all was
the result of accident.

The Jury returned a verdict that the three deceased
persons were accidentally drowned in the River Thames.

The notorious convict, Macho John, who
escaped from the district prison in Kingston, and for the
capture of whom a reward is offered, is, along with the
rest of his fellow-escaped convicts, committing dreadful
outrages and highway robberies in the Red Hills, in the
parish of St. John. The authorities in this parish hav-
ing been made acquainted with their daring felonies, a
detachment of fifteen armed policemen, with a ser.;eant,
were sent out, accompanied by some of the proprietors
and overseers in St. John's, the latter end of the last

and beginning of this week. The habitation of the
ruffians is said to bein some retired spot, which is un-

known to all but themselves.—St. Jago Gazette, July 31..
MAPLE 'SUGAR.—Gen. Chaney Eggleston
has the most extensive camp in Ohio, situate in Auburn.
(Geauga) county. - His sugar house is furnished with
fixtures and apparatus for manufacturing 500 lbs of
sugar per day. A reservoir capable of containing 60 or
80 barrels, receives the sap, whence it is drawn into
iron pans, placed over a large furnace to be boiled down,
and transferred again to a large kettle for " sugaring,
off." 2.700 trees have been tapped this year, though the.
season has not been a favourable one for making sugar.
Some seasons he has made as much as 10,000 pounds.
The quantity made by him in one season, three or four
years ago, brought sl,2so.—Cincinnati Republican.
TA MWORTH.—We understand that Mr. Ae;
land is too well acquainted with the pernicious infla•-

ence which the Bread-tax and the absetice of the Ballot
exercise upon political freedom, to calculate for a mo-
ment on shaking Sir Robert Peel's position with the
electors of Tamworth. Mr. Acland presents himself
with full expectations of defeat ; merely designing to
demonstrate by the issue how utterly abject is the condi-
tion of the British voter, and to render the opportunity
available for imtilling a spirit which shall rise superior,,
if possible, to physical thraldom. It is for these objects;
we approve of Mr. Acland's movement.—Staffordshist
Examiner.

THE BRADFORD ELECTION.--We are glad
to learn that the prospects of the Liberals of D:adford
are daily improving ; and that, in every probability, Mr.
Busfeild will take his place at the head of the poll on
Wednesday. next. The canvass proceeds most vigorously
on both sides, and the more successfully on the side of
the Free Traders that they have 'refusal to set on foot
the foul practices of their opponents:—Leeds Times.
CONGREGATIONAL MEETINGS ON THZ
CORN-LAWS.—In accordance with the recommendation
of the Conference of Ministers, held at Manchester on
the 17th ult., that Christian congregations should
observe the Gth instant as a day of humiliation and
prayer, on account of the: state of the country, and
the effects of the Corn-laws, that recommendation,
was complied with within this borough and the neigh-
bouring townships. The congregations of Mawdsley-
street Chapel, and Duke's-alley Chapel, assembled,
in pursuance of a previous arrangement, at the former
place, when there was a numerous and most respectable
assembly. The services, consisting of singing, prayer,
anl exhortation, were conducted by the Rev. W. Jones
pastor of the Mawdsley-street congregation. On the
same day, similar services were held at the Baptist
Chapel, Moor-lane, which were conducted by the Rev.
W. Frazer, pastor of that congregation. The lower part
of the chapel was well filled; several persons engaged in
prayer, and an address was delivered, pointing out the
duty of professed Christians in the present distress, and
the necessity of using every possible means for the re-
moval of the cause of it. The meeting lasted about an
hour and half. At HaLshaw Moor, and at other places

in this vicinity, there were meetings for the same object.
A LAZY FELLow.—There was a fellow in the
Far West so excessively indolent, that once, when he
was pushed down a hill, he ran on for three days and
nights, being too lazy to stop himself.—Missouri Gazette.
A GENUINE HOSTLER'S BILL.—" To Anos,
3s. 6d. To Agetinonimom, 6d." Which, being ren-
dered into English from its present Greek form, stands
thus :—To a Horse, 3s. 6d. To a getting on him home, Gd.
A tradesman of Shrewsbury travelling in a taxed
cart, on the Atcham-road, was on Sunday charged a toll
of 10s. 4d. in passing throngh Emstres gate, for having
the name of the owner of the cart affixed on the wrong
side of it.—Cambrian.
NEW MODE OF ADVERTISING TOR SITII.A.
noNs.—On Wednesday afternoon two unemployed. ope-
ratives were seen in the streets of Stoekton-upon-Tees
with a board suspended between them, inscribed—" To
Let."—Gateshead Observer.
The house of Mintz, at Trieste, has published
a declaration contradicting the report of its failure, given,
by the German papers, and stating that at no period has
it been under the slightest embarrassment.
HATS. —The three-cornered cocked hat was
• worn in France, in the last century, of such a size, that
it served as a parasol in fine weather, an umbrella in case
of rain, and a sort of state canopy on occasions of
ceremony.
CURIOUS COINCIDENCE.—On the 28th of
August, the landlords of England made her MaJesty a
present of a Tory Premier, and on the same day the
Queen received from South America a present of a tige,r
LYmE.—We have now living in our delightful
and healthy borough ten individuals°, whose unitiaz
aetees
.
amount to nearly 1,000 years.—Somerset County
n ant by
It is stated that Mr: Sergeant Atcherlevya:
a candidate for the representation
of
Rip the Chancel-
the promotion of Sir Edward Sugden to t ill be
lorship of Ireland.—.Neweastlz Journal
Bombay
that he
B°lll..four and a half
A gentleman writes from
reached India from Spithead in thiileyz,
very pleasant.
was awful, going and coming,
days, and found the trip, as far Sul,"awfu and no air stir-
ersciing ;
ring At Su; ez,
the
number however,
otfhpea
passengers
a bottle of Born-
had eaten and drank up everything
Arab dow at half a
bay water was retailed from an
the Red Sea, as far
Fitcsleck until run-rise, when
° o below, where the therm°.
the whole were obliged t?fgey
rauspAeed.en,Tetoru)g, loineJusbleaplt Sit:
They were obliged also to tpke
meter stood at 100 deg.
engers, left behind by the fo4er
nineteen additional p
steamer reached Bombay, the eat-
ablesfood, and when the
were entirely exhausted.—Hamp-
shire Telegraph. ~.
N• JOHN STUART WORTLEY.—
THE 1-10 • .
of the Secretaries of the Board of Controul'
last as one . .
Ministry in consequence no small
This gentleman was set down in the Post of Saturday
among the Leeds Tories, who were sum-
to meet y b circulars, which are said (but wee
hope falsely) to have been prepared on Sunday, in ex-
pectation of another election for the 'West Riding. It
turns out, however, that the Hon. Gentleman has re-
ceived no office ; and of course the peace of the Riding
is not likely to be disturbed.—Leeds Mercury
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THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—To show
what early hours the Duke of Wellington still continues
to keep, it may be mentioned that his Graceovas walking
in the Parks between seven and eight yesterday morn-
ing; and that he attended Divine Service in the Chapel
Royal, St. James's, at a quarter before eight o'clock. The
Noble Duke was there before the Reverend Official and
his attendants, and waited for nearly a quarter of an hour
before he could get access to the Chapel.
AN EDITORIAL GENIUS.—The New Era,
American Paper, says, " There is an Editor down east, who
is not only his own compositor, pressman, and devil, but
keeps a tavern, is a village schoolmaster, Captain in the
Militia, mends his own boots and shoes, makes patent;
; Brandreth pills, peddles essence and tinware two days in
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all wvl et ehki
s, , ahnedhaitslwa,awyisfe and sixteen
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when the minister happens to be missing. In addition
sixtenenonson the Sabbath
children."