The Sun.
London, England, 1823-11-08 00:00:00

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others started on the Sunday morning P—About two hours,
after Noyes left, Ilunt brought a gig to my door.
Did you observe any thing particular in the dress or appear-
am,. of Hunt and John Thurtell tlipt morning ?—Yes. Abut'
half an hour before they left, I and Tlr;. Thurtell were stand-
ing in the tap-room, when John Tioitaeli came down stairs ;
and as he passed the door, he obaertel, " How fine my bro-
ther is to-day.'" He was then dressed in buckskin breeches;,
light waitcoat, without a coat, apd ha looked very wild. He
crossed the road to Collis'ia. and gakehaved, and tlressal him-
self elegantly on his return:
Did they take any breakfast before they 'left 0-1.-John Thur.
tell and Hunt had a cup of tea each and a glass of brandy, but
ate nothing.
Who left your house in the gig on Sunday morning ?-:-.llunt
and John Thurtell.
Not Thomas Thurtell?--No.
Had Hunt his whitikeri, on when ha left your house with'
John Thurtell, in the chaise, on Sunday morning ?—Yes,
he had.
Describe his dress ?-11e .was shabbily dressed in an old
black coat, waistcoat an 4 trowsers. The coat was torn under
the right arm, and the trowsers by the right pocket. Ile did
not appear to me to be either washed or shaved..
Did you observe that his clothes were torn on the Friday ?
No, I did not.
Did you put any thingin the chaise ?—Yes, I did.
What did you put in the chaise ?-1 :put in Mr. Noyes'a
beef, and a bundle of clean linen of John Thurtcll's, and I
told Hunt and John Morten, on giving them the beef, that
Mr. Noyes, who was gone on, had sent it, and if they did not
take it with them they would have no dinner. John Thurtell
observed that he should take Noyes up on the road, and I under-
stood afterwards that he did.
When ou put these things in the gig, did you observe any
thing ?—X'es, I did, I saw a shovel or spade across. the foot.
board.
Could you swear to it if you were to, see it . again ?—.I could
not, it wan quite new, and such aone as is coranionly used to
dig ground with for setting potatoes.
Did you make any observation upon their carrying a shovel
with them?.—Yea, I did; I remarked to a person standing by,
" what the d— can these men want with a shovel on a Sunday,
when they are going on an excursion of pleasure ?ft
Did you make any other remark ?—Yes 1 said, on observ-
ing that Hunt was so very shabby, and his clothes torn, that
if ( were Thurtell I would not ride with him in that condition,
there was such a contrast in the appearance of the two. Thur.
tell then drove oft
When did any of them return ?—Thos. and John Thurtell
returned on the Monday; also Noyca and limit.
Were Hunt's whiskers shaved off them ?—No, they were not.
Did sonic of them sleep at your bongo on the Monday night ?
_.:Yes; one,' or both of' the Thurtells ; cannot say positively.
Who were at your house on the Tuesday ? All except Protsert.
When did Hunt arrive at your house after this time ?—lie
arrived with the boy Jem on Tr;:altty ; at that time Probert
was not with him.
Did the Thurtells sleep at your house on the Tuesday ni;;lit ?
John did, I know ; Thomas did not.
Did any other person sleep in the same room with John
Thurtell that night ?.—Yes ; a strLiiger to me slept there, in
Thomas Thurtell's bed.
What sort of a man was he P—A short, rather stout, pock-
fretted man, about fifty years of age.
Did you ever see this man before cc after that time?—Never.
Where wqi this man when Rutliven arrested John Thurtell ?
In bed in the same room, and Rutliven saw him.
What became of the man ? Ile dressed himself as quick
as possible'and left the house. . .
Are you sure that that person was not Ilunt ? lam positive
it was not.
Did you ever hear the parties talk about shOoting or mur-
dering any one P—No, never. '
Did you ever see a sack or cord in any part of your house, or
in Thurtell's bed-room P—No,,I did not.
When were Hunt's whiskers .shaved off ?,---On the Tuesday
I observed it.
Do you know any thing more P—l have no recollection of
an, thing further.
the MAOIST II AT ES said, "We must hold you to bail in
the sum of 50/. to appear at the neat Assizes, to give evidence
against the accused."
Mr. Tetsall (wormed his readiness to do so. His examin-
ation was read over to him, and he signed it, and having en.
tered into the required recognizance, he was discharged.

UNIVERSI'rY INTELLIGENCI4..

C)xY•onn, Nov. 7.—This day the following Degrees were

conferred :--
Doctor in Divinity.—The Rev. Peter 'Mosley,
,11.1)., Prin.
cipal of St. Alban Ball, Grand Compounder.
Masters of Arts.—John Verc, Esq. Corpus Christi College,
Grand Compounder ; Rev. Chas Forward, Wadham College ;
Rev. Henry Joseph Boone Nicholson, 'Magdalen Hall; Rev.
Wm. Ponsford, Trinity College ; John William Lockwood,
Student of Christ Church ; the Rev. Daniel Gateward Davis,
Pembroke College; Rev. Henry Tibbetts Tucker, St. John's
College; Rev. Edw. Chaloner, Ogle, Merton College.
Bachelors of Arts.—Robert Shuckburgb, Trinity College;
Thomas John Wyld, Christ Church; Richard Townley,
Brasenose College ; Roper Trevor Tyler, University College.
Prefernientr.L—The Rev. Charles Thomas 1•ong.
ley, M.A. and Student of Christ Church, has been presented,
by the Dean and Chapter of that Society, to the augMented
Curacy of Cowley. The Rev. Charles Henry Cox, M,A. and
Student of Ch. Ch. has been presented by the Lean and Chapter
of the Society, to the Vicarage of St. Mary Magdalen, in Nulty.
The Rev. Mr. Hawkins to the Diving of St. Mary the Virgin,
Oxford.—The Rev. 'l'. E. M. Holland, of 14'111°1 College to
the Vicarage of Stoke Bliss, Herefordshire..—The Rev. Edward
Smyth, son of the late Sir Wm. Smyth, Bart. to the valuable
Rectory of Stowntaries, Essex, vacant by_the resignation of the
le Rev. J. (.Stale ; patron, the Rev. G. H. Stories

EXPLOSION in the MINTON COAL PIT,

A Coroner's Inquest on the body of Thomas
golightly, one of the sufferers by the explosion of fire-dainp,
in one of the Marquis of Londonderry's eellieriesi, in the neigh-
bourhood of nainton, near Durham, as mentioned in our paper
of Thursday, took place at a public-house, near to the scene of
the fatal catastrophe, before PETER Bow I.LY, Esq., Coroner,
and a very respectable Jury. The evidence that was adduced
was not of a very interesting nature, merely extending to show
that the explosion took place about six o'clock in the morn-
ing ; that when the denim' was apparent, the overmen and per.
sons in authority in the pit exerted themselves to the utmost to
avert the dreadful consequences that followed, but it could nut
be ascertained by what means the.inflarnmable air became
nited, and that previously to the accident the pit had been eon.;
sidered perfectly eafe. . .
Mr. puddle, the Marquis of Londonderry's principal vimer,
attended the inquest. He said he could not form any correct
opinion on the subject; but the probability was, that the fed
air had been forced out of some of the old workings, by the
falling in of part, of the roof, and had in its progress, which, he
said, could not by any possibility exceed the distance of a yard
in a second, become ignited ; but whether front carelessness or
accident, it was impossible to say.
It appeared from the testimony of the witnesses, and Mr.
Buddle's staternents,,that if the overmen had lout sufficient
time to admit a current of pure air, the danger would have been
relieved. All the overmen were killed—one whilst proceedine
to acquaint his superior of the state of the mine, and another
whilst proceeding to an air-door to admit fresh air, but having
nearly half a mile to traverse, the explosion had taken place
before he could effect his object. It was proved that Davy-
lamps were the only lights used in dire pit, so thane blame can
he attached to any individual for the use of a light of any other
description.
The Coroner having summed up the evidence, the Jury with.
out hesitation returned for their verdict--" That the deceii.sed,
Thomas Golightly, came to his death in consequence of a quail,
tit), of inflammable air taking fire ; but what caused that air to
take fire they could not atty."-
The extent of the calaMity is greater than our correspondent
at first understood, 63 inert and boys having met an untimely
death instead of the number mentioned on Thursday.
pcuitr'edso,
At the time of
...theescexap;dsio.
n Ot there
Ic
these,w er were
aboutahotz L 1800 wullteonin werethine
altogether unhurt; but of those. who' weree) inijorlrmed
a different part of the mine from that where the ilos'n
werethat 2B or
five or six are not expected to live ,
; the reniaunter are out ix
danger. The loss of lives will be severely felt, many of the se
ferers having left families of from four to eight chil4lrell
n a

Russian

Neapolitan
Auatzian

Popaic

Several ripe wood-strawberries were gathered
yesterday in the delightful garden of Notting..
hill farm, adjoining Kensington Gravel-pits.—
Extensive beds of strawberries there are, both in
fruit and in blossom; for the second time this
year.

-PRICE OF STOCKS
THIS DAY AT o'CLocg.
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.Nov. 8,
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Chili 67. . .
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THE SUN.

SOLEfil QUIS DICER*E FitiSUM AUDEAT

LONDON,
SATURDAY, NOPTIIIBER 1823.

The stat.e of affairs in Spain continues to
engrossh
Public, not
utmost undivided attention aattgeennteloron:fsytmhe.
, the Spanish
pathy with
ed degradation and sufferings, than from a very
general apprehension that the further develop:
inent of the designs of France, and of the policy
of the Holy Alliance, must eventually involve
Great Britain herself in a defensive war. The
very men who, in this country, were the most
distinguished for the eagerness with. which, in
their 'undistinguishing hatred. of . all revolt'
tions, they instigated France to embark in her
criminal enterprise against the liberties of Spain,
are those who now betray the greatest share of pu-
sillanimous consternation, is anticipating the pro•
bable and indeed impending Consequences oft that.
unjustifiable and most atrocious aggression, tOs
perpetration of which they tittelt:etsienlvvnisioluntotilsh:::
inconsiderable degree contributed. Fiance 110"
self has made the disgusting acknowletig"'"t'
that her principal motive for
was. to try the fidelity of her army l Her 0'
nisters exultingly announced, on the very fir,r
moment that the courage and discipline and de'
votion of the troops had been put to the test an
the south side of the Pyrenees, that. the main a'''
ject of the war had already been attained,that
the interesting experiment on which dependePd
therafpnarctihtey and aggrandizement,rmarchofambitioit and the
of "iei
and had succeeded.,—and that the 'Freelei
) lehni;jv
narchy had gained more by one week, Of:::!
than it had obtained from six years °' P-a'
And this exultation, so ominous for the rePW
I" ra""
ofha dEatioipne,a
all
vaeri:ntyhe new born prOof that ~t
role,-
which afforded the hreoapdeYotropleuxnedc:ir et) rn: fY rtiell;'K°.'s;::;
was manifested at a time when the
,I, . hi 11l
had but just assured the. Legislative kinsin—' hi 4
tiot '
the Monarchy enjoyed profound rePa.")- 1(t
affectedsati s satisfactory,--that
ol7r: • 10 't
relations with" foreign powers Were aill'en f ili'.
projects ° J
fro st=ated
—nethlmtetnthheapdlabneseannd
wholly :ibi iv
by the vigilance of the Magistrates an ce
fr3ll
loyalty of the nation,—and th"t triple
01,1
presented to the world the instructive 'of I'ir
Frenc
tiot
of a people rich in all the biOSSings
Vlll $
sperity, and of the benefits resuit': li° it 041
sii'intary return to order and to relit:l°ll' lliti
. , ~nqui
hat, then, necessary for the internal to , in
0,001
of France herself that her GOO° tierce
) arml foe- 0.
.for:io•
l'ilaieel'e);i:
order to try the spirit of her "t.
it ''.
in •
the perilous exptrintout of embarking 1,, IP'
siinV ' orb
against opinion! They must be 1 # Fre
deed, who for a 'moment believe drat
of
I'
WU°
Of '.
Government put to hazard the throi'e
iv ortli
XVIII. for the sAtt' of re.establiciling tiat tbel
Or I . ter'
trary throne of FEADINAND VII" optillu I
exposed France to the imminent &tiger
00011'
ro" Intill
nal convulsion for the sake of giving oil - ,
ice 4101$
Spain. It has been said that our Part id!) 1
war,on the side of Spain, vrould "" it)ifoliepere'r,
etic.But how much more Quixotic tild° .....ctOt
iy OW pi(
the enterprize of France, if its en lot ler
, pi root j
those advanced as the origin" eel! „11
pyre'L 010'
texts for the passage of the tei r.
at,
sever, oer,
army mins suWected to the 6 se 1.11 , ,10
i; t hec°. • 41"
triedlits spirit and fidt)..tyl n° IP° V
4 001 Or
an e',
steoxetxspfeutrinsiivseheadndan
..... thtak, , , 013,,i
not because there was 11", . a Vl' „ill!"
a DI a
causrf
meat necessary,—but be
iof France herself, which "flare Oafir
ysosodlaidngger°rouunsd