The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-16 00:00:00

OCTOBE

Henry Perry, medical Officer of the workhouse;' was
next sworn. lie remembered the case of Eddy. Ho
was admitted to the house on the 6th of July, 1844, and
continued under medical treatment until the 24th of the
same month, when he required no further attendance.
January 2d, 1845, he was again brought in and treated
for paralysis. He was in' a very weak state. On account
of his defective sight he thought picking oakum would
certainly have been improper work for him. Witness's
apprehension was that he was not so employed. Recol-
lected a person named Dodritige being in the house. Was
called to attend him on the 8d of October, 1844. His com-
plaint was asthma. He was placed on thg half dietary list
till December, when having rallied, ho was, accord-
ing to his own request, placed on the ordinary house
dietary, which he continued until the Bth of January,
1845, when he died. Believed he was in the male sick
ward. Did lot recollect his working in the coal-cellar.
Cannot recollect seeing him in the boy's sleeping-room.
Believed llorswell was in the male sick ward, and the
garret was just over where he was. Did not remember
Dodridge's removal to that ward. 'Thomas Smith and
James Hodge (since deceased) attended to the sick in
that ward, and were occasionally assisted by Thomas
Heflin. and Richard Wills, and in some instances he had
kriown the late porter, Thomas Hands, assist in the sick
wards. Limbered a person named Ashton being in the
house. He was decidedly insane, and very much
excited. Recommended his removal to the work-
house in consequence of finding him unprotected
at his own house. His insanity was of the
kind called mania, and was not furious. I
was informed it was produced by reverses in business.
Witness ordered a strait waisteeat to be put on him
when he was obstreperous. Observed rnt-!-ks at the
angle of his mouth. On inquiring into the cause he
found they had bean produced by inserting the spoon in
his mouth with a- view of giving him some nutriment.
He had no apprehension that there was any unnecessary
or improper force used on the part of the attendants. His
arms were secured to the sacking of the bed to prevent
his injuring himself.
A variety of additional evidence having been taken,
Mr. Evens proceeded to make his defence. Ile first
alluded at length to the charge of neglect brought by
Horswell, and then added that with respect to accelera-
ting the death of Eddy, Aishton, and Dodridge, he
could solemnly declare he never heard any complaint of
ill-usage towards either of them, until he received the
Assistant Poor-law Commissiener'S letter of the 30th of
September, the day before the inquiry commenced at
the Royal Hotel.
After the conclusion of the inquiry,
The Learned Commissioner went to the workhouse,
and saw the rooms as they were described by the wit-
nesses.

The evidence will be placed before the Commissioners
at Somerset House, who will shortly give their decision.

DESECRATION OF THE DEAD.

s r. GILES'S WORKHOUSE.

Since the dreadful disclosures of Enen Chapel down to
the recent desecration of certain City church-yards, and
the. removal of cart loads of human remains to the
Eastern-end of the metropolis, nothing so humiliating or
in detail so revoking has occurred to equal in horrors the
proceedings which are now going on in the pauper
burial-ground attached to the St. Giles's workhouse. It
appears that in this parish it has been found neces,ary to
enlarge the workhouse, and to add an infirmary, a dis-
pensary, a casual ward, waiting-rooms, bath-rooms, and
other buildings for the accommodation of the inmates,
who for many years had suffered much. That in order
to effect these objects, a number of temporary offices,
covering in the whole apiece of ground at the rear of the
building containing about half an acre, have been re
moved, and the whole area, extending from the back of
the workhouse to a lane called Short's gardens, laid
bare. The plot of pound thus exposed is surrounded on
all sides by the dwellings of the poor; who inhabit this
locality in perhaps greater numbers than any other
part of the metropolis. Many of these miserable
tenements overlook the . spot, and so dense is
the population that- several thousand poor families
reside within the circle of one hundred yards round
it. After the materials of the old buildings had
been removed, the workmen in the employment of
the builder, Mr. llolland, of Duke. street, Blooms-
bury, commenced digging the foundations for the new
buildings, and while so engaged found at the depth of
about four feet from the surface some bones, which were
carted away with the rubbish, and deposited in the
vicinity of Battle-bridge. Assoon as the circumstance
of finding the bones was represented to the clerk of the
works, he immediately waited upon the governor of the
workhouse, and also some members of the board of
guardians, but no directions were given to cease dis-
turbing the remains. The workmen, therefore, continued
to prosecute their labours, when it soon became apparent
the ground was filled with coffins, and the decomposed
bodies of human beings. A sight of this appalling cha-
racter had such an effect upon the workmen employed. to
clear away the revolting substances, that some of them
exhibited the greatest reluctance to interfere, and only
complied at length from the fear of losing their employ-
ment. While the task of exhuming the remains was
proceeded with, the board of guardians held two or
three meetings, and after some deliberation, and an in-
spection of the ground, came to the determination to ex-
hume all the bodies, and have them removed to the St.
Giles's Cemetery, St. Pancras-road. 'These instructions
are now in the course of being complied with, anti it is
calculated that within the last fortnight the remains of
twelve hundred persons have been removed. The e,qlins
appear to have been wedged together, and hi many
cases fourteen have been found in one grave. A apse,
of ground, measuring about eighty square feet, has
been -already excavated, with the intention Of removing
all the coffins that may be found. The earth is found
to be in some parts herd and gravelly, but towards
Short's-gardens it becomes loose and damp, and in
those parts the progress of decomposition has been
more rapid and complete. To the north, and within a
few feet of the workhouse itself, the soil is compara-
tively firm, and here a most appalling sight was pre-
sented. Owing, it is supposed, to the _peculiar proper-
ties of the soil in this place, the coffios were found to
be in a better state of preservation, and to have re-
sisted, to a greater extent, the mouldering effects of
time. They could not, ho ever, be removed in any-
thing like a psrfect shape, and parted asunder when
exposed to the air. The bodies they contained were
found to be still solid, the hair upon the eyebrows and
eyelashes clearly discernab!e, and every feature entire
and perfect as when first deposited. The flesh, however,
had turned into a white substance, resembling to the
touch, and not unlike in appearance, the common mush-
room or toad-stool. The coffins containing those bodies
were found at depths, varying from four to nine or ten
feet. In some instances, the mouldering flesh clung to
the head, abont the jaw, and round the scalps, while
the teeth remained white and firm. The brain could
also be traced; and in some cases even the viscera
were clearly distinguishable. These bodies appeared to
have been swathed in coarse linen shrouds as several
fragments of the latter were fund. The accumulation
of those ghastly remains in a few hours became so great,
that coffins or rather large boxes, hastily put together,
and-formed of three quarter inch deal, painted black, were
got in readiness, into which the remains of about thirty
persons were packed indiscriminately and forwarded in
a hearse to the cemetry at St. Pancras road. The re-
mains of about twelve hundred persons were thus re-
moved, a much greater number however still remain,
and at this moment the loathsome place is strewn with
skulls, many of them in the state described, bones of all
kinds, and fragments of broken coffins. The pit exca-
vated has already yielded the remains 0f,1,200 persons,
including the skeletons of children, and judging from pre-
sent appearances the workmen employed have not more
than half finished, if so much, their frightful task. Por-
tions of several coffins, with fragments of their ghastly
occupants, can now be traced within thirteen or fourteen
incites of the surface, while in other places the piles of
coffins have been compressed by time, according as the
wood rotted, and now appear lying close to each other,
as if some external pressure had been applied. Some of
the able-bodied paupers from the workhouse were
employed collecting the fragments. It is evident from
the appearance of some of the coffins, that the occupantsdid nut in every case belong to the humbler c..aeses, as
some of them have pieces of cloth attached to theta,
and are richly studded with nails, and contain the marks
of having been once decorated with plates. The dates,
however, are, unfortunately, erased by timeewith the ex-
ception of a few. In one portion of the ground the
workmen found as many as 30 or 40 skeletons, all thrown
indiscriminately together; none of them bore the appear-
ance of being recently deposited. Several copper cohts,
pipes, and other things, were also found. The coins
were very much corroded, but one of them is in suffi-
ciently good preservation to exhibit the dew 1200 in
legible characters. Independently of the outrage upon
decency and proper feeling which is involved in these
proceedings, it is to be apprehended that very fearful
results to the sanitory condition of so densely crowded
a neighbourhood will follow the opening of the loathsome
pit now exposed to view. The indignation of the people
in the immediate district has been audibly expressed. A
great majority of them belong to the sister country, and,
with that respect fur the dead which they are nationally
characterised for, have viewed with feelings of indigna-
tion the proceedings. It is calculated that an immense
number of coffins and their contents have still to be re-
moved.

COACH ACCIDENT.—About eleven o'clock on Sun-
day night last an accident happened to the London mail
coach going north, on the most dreary part of Shap
Yells, in Westmoreland, which might have been attended
with the most serious and fatal consequences. It appears
that the road over Shap Fells, especially at the Hucks-
brow, is in a most dangerous and shocking bad state of
repair, there being large deep holes in it at several
places, and, indeed, it is so bad that the mail coaches
cannot get up the brow in due time, and consequently
two extra her.,es are put to, and a postillion, to assist
the coach up that long steep hill. William Abe!, the
postillion, on arriving at the top of the steep, told the
driver, that, as the night was so very stormy, and the
re-ids so very heavy and bad, he would go on with his
pair with the coach to Shap. However, the coach had
not gone far, when the horse on which Abel was riding
f,ll, the other four fell over him and them, and one of
his thighs was broken, and he was otherwise most dread-
fully mangled and crushed, but the coach was not thrown
over. It soon afterwards proceeded on, but before it ar-
rived at Shap the pole broke, and some of the passengers
were much alarmed. The coach arrived at Carlisle
upwards of four hours behind her due time.
FATAL COLLISION ON THE TH,lMES.—Wednesday
afternoon, about four o'clock, a coal barge called the
Gertrude, was passing down the river, a short distance
from London-bridge, *hen she ran with a violent crash
foul of a sailing barge loaded with sand, known as the
Opponent, The jerk occasioned by' the collision pitched
the steersman of the former into the water, and al-
though every possible exertion was made to save the
poor fellow's life, he floated away with the tide and dis-
appeared,

IRELAND.
DUBLIN, OCT. 13.—The Clare Journal contains the
following:—_
"DEATia FROM STARVATION.—On Friday, a poor
woman called the widow Conlan, residing at Clontoohee,
near Dysart, in this county, proceeding to Ennis to
purchase 6d. worth of Indian corn for herself and
family, fell down at the distance of about 150 yards
from her own house, and almost immediately expired,
through exhaystion, arising from want of food. We
fear that this is not a rare ins'ance of effects arising from
the existing distress. In different places, within the last
few days, the people assembled in masses, and dug out
for their own use the potatoes belonging to some of the
large farmers."
Sir Burton Macnamara has addressed the following
letter to Mr. T.abouchere, the Chief Secretary:—
" Tromroe, Oct. 2.
" Sir,—lt is with extreme regret that I have to report
to you, for his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant's infor-
mation, that a number of men come to my residence yes-
terday and stated they were in a state of starvation. and
that they required food and employment, or that the
consequences would be serious. I told thun that the
necessary forms were gone through to obtain them re-
lict, and that I anticipated in a few days the-ir condition
would be relieved ; I exhorted them as a friend not to
resort to acts of outrage, and to bear in mind that if
they got a week's provision by plunder it would tend to
many weeks' starvation, and that no power on earth
could justify their proceedings. I advised them to re-
turn home, which they did.

" On inquiring, I find all these people belong to the
village of Miltown, near which there are three magi-
str4tes residing, and that they tried to get the poor
people of this parish to accompany them, which they
very properly refused to do, notwithstanding their desti-
tution cannot be exceeded by any people in this county;
and I trust that their patience and good conduct will be
duly appreciated by his Excellency, and that the pro-
mised relief may not be delayed.
" I have the honour to be, Sir, yours truly,
"B. MACNAMARA, Captain R.N., J.P.,
" County of Clare."
MEASURES FOR EMPLOYMENT.
The Cork Examiner, which arrived this afternoon,
contains nothing remarkable on the subject of the dis-
tress. In regard to the measures for employment, that
journal says

" We are glad to understand that the contracts for the
college works will be immediately advertised. Instruc-
tions have been given, we.understand on the best autho-
rity, for the commencement of the Glamire road and park
works. The \Vide-street board this day issued precepts
for the taking down of the houses in Globe-lane and
White-street. All preliminaries will be settled in
less than a fortnight, when an abundance of employment
will be afforded."

THE PRESENTMENT SESSIONS.
The first extraordinary presentment sessions for the
county of Dublin took place at Tallaght yesterday. The
sum of 10,0001. was voted for various useful works, to be
apportioned in electoral divisions, in accordance with the
Lord-Lieutenant's circular.

The Recorder (Mr. F. Shaw) stated that Mr. Ed-
ward Byrne, a farmer, of Whitestown, had handed
in a proposal to him for the attentive considera-
tion of the meeting, viz , for the draining of land
and the improvement of a water-course in hi's (Mr.
Byrne's) uwn land. According to the regulations
set forth in the letter of Mr. Labouchere,- a work
of this description could be presented for, upon the pro-
prietors giving an undertaking that the money so pra-
t ented should Lo charged exclusively on the lands. This
Mr. Byrne was ready to do.
This proposal was agreed to.
RELIEF ASSOCIATION.—APPEAL TO THE

ENGLISH PUBLIC.
I find the following in Saunders's News Letter of this
day. I have heard some objections as to the peculiar
construction of the committee, and generally as to the
manner in which the association has been got up.
" At an adjourned meeting of noblemen and gentle-
men, held at No. 16, Upper Sackville-street, Dublin, on
the 12th day of October, 1846, the Earl of Roden in the
chair.

" Pr.)posed by Lord Farnham ; seconded by George
A. Ilamilton, Esq., M.P. :

" Resolved—That at the present emergency it is de-
sirable to re-organise the • Relief Association' of 1831,
fir the benefit of Ireland generally. That a committee
be appcinted with the view of carrying on the operations
of the Association, to be designated the Managing Com-
mittee of the Relief Association for the Destitute Pea-
santry of Ireland; and that the following noblemen and
gentlemen be appointed the trustees and committee, with
power to add to their numbers :
" Trustees—The Earl of Roden, Lord Farnham, Lord
George Hill, W. D. La Touche, Esq., and George A.
Hamilton, Esq.
" Committee—Lord Farnham, Major Adams, 'Richard
Armit, Esq., Alexander Boyle, Eiq., Henry Bewley,
E: q., William Edington, Esq., James Ferrier, Esq.,
Rev. William Fausset, key. John Gregg, Robert R.
Guiness, Esq., R. S. Guiness, Esq., George A. Hamil
ton, Esq., Sir J. K. James, Bart., W. D. La Touche,
, David La Touche, Esq., P. J. Marjoribanks,
Esq., Rev. E. Nangle, Thomas Parnell, Esq., Rev. H.
Verschpyle, Lieutenant-Colonel S. White, M.P., J.
Wilson E,q.
Secretaries—Lord George Hill, Rev. C. 11. Minchin,
and 11. G. Porter, Esq.
" Resolved—That the committee be requested to make
an appeal to the English public and to the community
at large, and e-pevially to absentee Irish proprietors, for
the purpose of obtaining funds to enable (he committee
to carry forward the objects of the Association.
" I:ODEN, Chairman."
OUTRAGES IN TIPPERARY.
The following appears in Saunders's News Letter:—
" NENAUII, Our. 11.--I regret to have to acquaint
r 3 few•tofue
riteuht
ni aleees thereto
from
a w
byt
this i
so
gone
twoown
dispute.:mn esh
One
Tcw) t.haoesnas
slus'parpisdsoai3nye
(die
discharged
iabnregg,ei
dna
a blunderbuss, loaded with slugs, when within two yards
tuTrnl'eedma':ind e for%‘ tiulincatit e
saved
ehde ahridm thefromc lick (al
' of his victim, having walked quietly into the kitchen for
death theth eloci:
:ue ;rkP (a)snPd.
as it is, he received two of the slugs in his
lun
gs
fierrnei edeanratttehar e he
eb(
oiuhtai
srats, myheoaaurnl passingd3:eiri;ee,T ati
and
d throughesotherc. a
escaped
dtl
-fated
tdtii
is
manelt muscles,
loss of a finger ; but on this occasion he was less fortu-
nate, for he lost his life.
" There are the most serious apprehensions of riot and
disturbance ; mobs are coming into town from all quar-
ters, to demand work and bread. The unfortunate people
are goaded on by some lawless miscreants, who have
nothing to lose.
" The Roman Catholic clergymen were all occupied
to day its exhorting their flocks, front the altars, not to
assemble and peril their lives by riotous behaviour. I
hot e most anxiously that their advice will be followed."
The Evening Pocket contains a letter from Borriso-
kane, which states that the two men fired at are neened
Gaynor and Cleary. Neither of them is dead, and
Cleary is not seriously wounded.
OUTRAGES IN CLARE.—On Saturday morning, about
five o'clock, six men stopped a horse and car bringing
oats to market, near Shally-hall, and snapped a gun at
this horse. The animal started at the flash, and fell under
the car, where he remained for a long time, the people
being afraid to give the owner assistance.
At the hour of ten o'clock a party, similar in number,
stopped a horse with a load of corn, on the•road at Pow-
der-hole, near Ruan, and fired two shots at the horse,
wounding him dreadfully. The owner entreated them
not to injure the horse, and he would return home with
the oats, but the legislators refused compliance with the
request. The police stationed at Ruan immediately went
in pursuit, but were not able to come up with the party.
The country is at this time in a lamentable condition.
In every direction outrages are committed with impunity.
The police are altogether incapable of preserving the
peace. We really dread that a general system of plunder
will be resorted to.—Clare Journal.

THE Anmv.—The 831 Regiment have been replaced
in Clare Castle and Ennis by the 59th. We understand
that an entire depot has been applied for, and that it is
daily expected.--Clare Journal.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, OCTOBER 15.
STocK jECUANGE.—.-TIIC sales are—Bristol and Exeter, New, 9%
—Birmingham and Gloucester, 123—Caledonian, New, 14—Great
Western, Fifths, 11 p.—Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 34 p.—
Newcastle and Berwick, 26- -South Wales, 334 _Taff Yale, New, 1%.
MANCHESTER, OCTOBER 15.
STOCK Exclustag..—Ve sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, Bos-
ton, &c., 34 dis.—Birmingliain and Dudley, 234 p.— Birmingham
and Oxford. Junction, 3 p. —Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham, 7s.
dis.—East Lancashire, 3 9-16 P.—Ditto, ditto, New, 2% P.—East
Lincolnshire, 7s. dis.— Exeter anti Exmouth, 14s. 3d. dis.—Great
Eastern and Western, 1% dis.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 21s.
6d. c. dis.—Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford, ?I, p.—lltldersfield
and Manchester Railway and Canal, 1% p.—Ditio; Extension, IA
P.—Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction. 31,4 p.—Leeds, Dewsbury,
and Manchester, 1% p.—Liverpool and Bury, New Shares, 34 p.—
Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 2 15-16 p.London and Maches-
ter (Rem 's), 2 15-16 dis.—London and North Western, New, 1311.5-16
p.—London, Manchester, and Birmingham, 72—Ditto, Quarters (11),
7 p.—Manchester, Buxton, Mattock, and Midland, 34 p.—Manches-
ter and Leeds, Fifths, 5 p.—Ditto, Extension, % p--Manchester and
Southampton, 19s. C. dis.—North Staffordshire, % Western, !4 diC—Oldham, Birkenhead, &c., 21s. 2 p.—Nor
Preston anth
d
Wyrc, 3014—Sheffield and Lincoln, 21s. dis.—Ditto, Extension,
1 3-16 dis.—Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters, No. I, 3 p.—Ditto,
No. 3, % Ws. —Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, &e., % dis.—Shrop.
shire Union Railway and Canal, % dis.— South-Eastern and Dover,
%
No. 4, 316
Furness, 3% disp.—.West H W
Hiding Union, 1 15.16 p.—hitehaven and

LEEDS, OCTOBER 15.
New, 2
STOCX EXCHANGE.—The sales are—East Lancashire, 314 P---Ditto,
and Sheffield/. 14s. P—East and West Yorkshire, 31s. dis Great Grimsby
, Quarter Shares, 201. dis.—Huddersfield and Manches-
ter, % p.—Huddersfield and Sheffield, p. —Leeds and Bradford,
and,,xt e
oi rismk,, 5%
43% p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 1 p.—Ditto, Branches, 14s. p.—Leeds
dis.—Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 5% p.—Ditto,
j id,
al
rni3s —Nllolrat ceh
rsitteish, Quarter Buxton,aai rSharesMatlock,
(late
and Midland,
Carlisle
p..._11
Btineh), 435. C. n. p.—Ditto, Extension (scrip), 10s. 64. p.—North
Staffordshire, 365. p. —York and Newcastle, 10% p.—York and North
Midland (East and West Riding), 11% p.—Ambergate, Nottingham,
and Boston, Os. 64, dis.- Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 15s. dis.
—Leicester and Bedford, 10s. dis.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Pres-
ton, 4/. 19s. p.—Maiton and Drifileld Junction, Cs. 6d. p.—North
Western, 3s. dis. —Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goose, ss. Gd. dis.—West
Riding Union, 3/. Is. _ _

HULL, OCTOBER 15.
STOCK EXCNANGE.—The sales are- North British, Quarters, scrip.,
103. 9d.—York and North Midland (East and West Riding), 1214
Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 425. —Leeds and Dewsbury,
2334 --Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 21. 195.—North Stafford-
shire, 38s. 6d.—West Riding Union, 31. 3s.