The Sun.
London, England, 1824-09-04 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT.

Between the hours of fire and six o'clock last
' evening, the neighbourhoods of Field-lane, Saf-
i fron-hill, Sharpe's-alley, and West-street (Smith-
field), were thrown into the most pitiable
alarm and confusion by the sudden fall of an
extensive iron store at the rear of Mr. ALEX.
ANDER GALLOWAY'S premises in West-street,
who carries on the business of a machinest and
engineer to great extent. The intelligence of
the accident spread round the neighbourhood
with the rapidity of lightning ; and as there
were upwards of thirty workmen employed in
the colleen), an immense number of the unfortu-
nate relatives, wives, mothers, sisters, and chil-
dren, speedily collected round the fatal pile, be-
neath which were interred those whom duty, in.
terest, and affection caused them to bewail. The
shrieks of the women were pitiable in the ex•
treme, and the compassion of the by-standers was
almost equally divided between the positive
and the presumptive sufferers; the latter being
in all probability deprived either of life or
limb, and the former in that case robbed
of their natural providers. With great prompti-
tude several Irish labourers and others set
about clearing away the rubbish, in order to
extricate such of the unfortunate beings as were
within the reach of assistance. After a most la-
borious search of half an hour four were got out
alive ; in less than another hour seven more were
extricated, two of whom, we regret to state, were
devoid of life. Up to nine o'clock (when our in-
formant came away), there were in all thirteen
peeopieilvhdjg from the ruins ; two of whom were
.lead when found, and a third died in Bartholo-
mew'sospital immediately on arrival ; the most
surgical aid was rendered to the other
of whom have fractured limbs and others
equally serious bruises; some received slight
tperno,m manypt
hurts, not included in the above, and others
escaped uninjured ; but four were missiner,
who are supposed to be still beneath the rubbish.
The spectacle exhibited at the Hospital was
truly appaling; on the whole, it has been one of
the most painful calamities that has occurred for
a considerable time ; two of the men now dead
are said to have left large families to bewail their
untimely and most sudden taking off. The cir.
cumstance has been attributed to various causes,
but the following seems the most probable. The
building, it appears, was very newly erected, and
being intended only as a depository for un wrought
iron, was not considered necessary to allow the
usual drying time to expire ; large quantities of
that heavy material were placed on the lofts; the
roof was also of iron, and the pressure was con-
sequently too great for the side walls, which had
not attained a proper consistency, and were there.
fore thrust out ; whilst the ponderous roof, de.
prived at the same moment of all support, tutu.
bled in, and involved the whole fabric iu one
dreadful ruin.—(Netts Times.)

The following letter appeared in the Morning
Herald of this day:—
TO TUE EDITOR.
Sta—To prevent any misrepresentation of a serious accident
that occurred this afternoon, about six o'clock, in a new build.
ing erecting adjoining to my manufactory, I will thank you to
communicate the following statement to the public. It appears that one of the timber braces which tied the south and north
walls together, above the first floor, preparatory to the fixing of the roof, was, by the thoughtless conduct of one of the men
employed 'on the building, either broken or displaced, in con.'
sequence of which a portion of these walls fell inwards and
carried down five of the girders, which, in their fall, have done
considerable damage in the shape of property, but which I con..
cider as of little importance compared with the loss of the lives
of' two of the workmen, and also the wounding of six others ;
who were, by the active exertions of the workmen iu the ma-
nufactory, promptly extricated from their perilous situation
and immediately conveyed to St. Bartholomew's hospital'
where, I ant happy in acknowledging, the sufferers received
the most humane attention.

I am, Sir, yours respectfully,
ALEXANDER G
Engine Manufactory, West-street, Smithfield,ALLOWAr.
Sept. 3, 1824.

Few of our most popular actors visit the pro.
vincial theatres so little as IN. FAwCETT, who is,
however, this week performing 11-t
'-'°Utharrlptoll
some of his most favourite characters.

Ma. EDlTOR—Observing in the Newspaver
Reports of Assizes, that Baron GAanow had
lately thought proper to`ndmonish the Ladies at
Wells, against being present at an expected trial
for adultery, I beg leave to as your permission
to publish my thoughts upon that subject. Ex-
perience has taught me to believe that Nature
bath established. a distinction in the minds as
well as in the bodies of the sexes. The law-
makers of all Europe appear to have adopted this
fact, and consequently women are neither called
upon to make or to administer laws; indeed, the
contrary experiment must soon have determined
the unfitness of a Judge or a Juror liable to the
incidents of child-bearing. lf, then, women, ex-
cepting in the management of their property,
46 have nothing to do with laws but to obey
them," why permit them to be present at all in
Courts of Law, unless when required as wit-
nesses ? By excluding females, more room would
be gained for males, who might be practically in-
structed by their attendance. I appeal to fathers
whether they consent to injure the modesty of
their daughters, by exposing them to the vulga-
rities and obscenities of Assize Courts. I ask
husbands whether they consider that the domestic
virtues of their wives are likely to be improved
by such scenes ? The presence of women may
often give a zest to the gallantries and jokes of
lawyers, but I presume these humours are as much
out of place, as their foimer personal insults and
sarcasms, so lavishly and improperly bestowed
upon witnesses. If, Sir, your columns were not
better occupied, I should venture to touch upon
the growing bad effects of French manners and
French education among English females, and
which, as I apprehend, are rapidly changing the
character of educated , Ewglish women into a
resemblance at least of the meretricious modes
which too often attach to the French. Chastity
in manners is essential to practical chastity, and
whatever tends to undermine female modesty,
must be destructive of those domestic virtues and
duties on which the morals of society depend

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