The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-31 00:00:00

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teen settlers; the number of emigrants (luring the year
was 32,166, showing an increase of 7,142 over the last
year.

- To another inquiry,
The GOVERNOR replied that the railway was not
abandoned.
The meeting was then dissolved.

A young lady, named Fitzgerald, had a narrow
escape on Monday, while taking equestrian exercise on
the Marine parade with her brother and another gentle-
man. Owing to some unexplained cause the horse on
which she rode ran away, and the lady, after many in-
effectual attempts to save herself, was at last unhorsed
by her saddle, slipping round, and shrp came to the ground
and was dragged some little distance before the animal
was stopped by a flyman. We are gra.tifled to add, that
though her situation was one of imminent danger, she
escaped with a few slight bruises.—Brighton Guardian.
CORONER'S INQUEST. A MANESCALDED TO
DEATH.—On Tuesday night, Mr. Payne entered into an
irquiry at Guy's Hospital relative to the death of Wm.
Minter, aged thirty-two. The deceased was a stoker in
the service of Mr. Chapman, Francis-street, Lambeth.
On Monday morning, about ten o'clock, he was em-
ployed at the copper in which was about seven feet of
water nearly boiling, and in which he dropped a mop.
He put a ladder into the copper, and was descending,
when he fell into the water. Assistance was promptly
obtained, and he was got out. Ile was instantly taken
to Guy's Hospital, where he died in a few hours, nearly
the entire surface of his body being scalded. Verdict—
" Accidental death."

COMPLETION OF THE MARLEY TIINNEL.—The
last piece of masonry of this tunnel, on the South Devon
Railway, was laid on Wednesday last. On Thursday
the contractor and;sub• engineer went through the tun-
nel, for the purpose of inspecting it. After the most
minute inspection, the engineer declared himself per-
fectly satisfied, and he has made his report to the direc-
tors accordingly.
SPORT or THE SEASON.—A variety of the game
of Snapdragon is one of the favourite sports and pastimes
of the City of London. It is played by dabbling in the
Stocks andin Railway Shares; but whilst a Lew here and
there get plums by this amusement, very many more
barn their fingers.— Puack.

A RAILWAY PRINTING-OFFICE.—The capacious
building at Newton, on the north side of the Liverpool
and Manchester Railway, known until recently as " The
Legh Arms Hotel," is being converted into a general
printing-office. A printing-office in a village like New-
ton, however humble in pretension, a year ago would
have been considered one of the greateSt wonders of: the
age. Wonders, however, do occasionally appear, and
one of the greatest we know of is the conversion, in such
a place, of a building larger than the establishments of
any of the metropolitan morning papers, or of the
printers to her Majesty, into a place for pressmen and
printers' devils. The fact, however, is that the London
and North-Western Railway Company, among other
amalgamations and consolidations, have contracted with
a practical person to undertake this extensive depart-
ment exclusively; and the house in question has been
selected as the best adapted for the purpose, all things
considered, upon any portion of their lengthened tern-
tory.—Liverpool Standard.
RuSYatNEY IRON COMPANY.—A special general
meeting; of the proprietors sof this company was held 3 es-
terday at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, for the
purpose of confirming the resolutions and report unani-
mously adopted at a preceding meeting, held on the ltith
instant (the proceedings of which were reported in the
papers of the 17th), in reference to the best mode of
raising the necessary sum to pay off the mortgage of
40,0001. to the Globe Insurance Corupany, and of
39,400 L on loan notce, for which the company was,liable.
The minutes and resolutioi.s of last meeting were
read and unanimously confirmed, an '-e directors -
authorised to carry the same into c After some

d the directors were

requisition

conversation Mr. Coles Child proposed
be presented to the directors requestin
a special general meeting of the propr
Hest period for the purpose of taltille into consideration
the propriety of repealing the 13th clause of the com-
pany's deed of settle meat, which provided that dividends
only could be declared upon the ay-et-age returns of five
years.—Mr. Child said that this step was necessary, in
order to give full effect to that portion of his plan for the
relief of the company which bed now received the
unanimous sanction of the proprietary.—The Chairman
(Mr. Wilson); Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P., and other
directors, at once expressed their readiness to act upon
the requisition to convene a meeting for the purposes
mentioned.--The requisition was at once prepared - and
having received the number of signatures required by
the deed of settlement, it was arranged that the meeting
should, if possible, be held on this day fortnight, but, at
all events, due notice of the day of meeting should be
given to all the shareholders.
• DEATH FROM EXPOSURE TO THE COLD.—Yester-
day Mr. W. Carter held an inquest in Horsemonger-
lane gaol respecting the deatti of Thomas Harris,
otherwise Thomas 11-arrow, aged nineteen years, who
died under the subjoined circumstances:—The deceased
was a pauper, who had absconded from Epsom work-
house, and when he reached London he stole a sponge-
cake, valued at 4s. 6d., from a pastry-cook's shop. lie
was detected, and taken to Lambeth Police Court,
where the magistrates committed him for trial at the
General Quarter SesSions. He was conveyed to the
above prison on the afternoon of Monday, the 21st,
when the Governor found that he was in a weak and
starving condition from the want of food and exposure
to the cold. He was accordingly seen by the prison
surgeon, and removed to the infirmary, where he conti-
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mortification. Witness questioned the deceased, and
found that he had absconded from Epsom, and tramped
up to London. He had gone without food, and slept two
nights under a hedge in a field during the most severe
frost. He had extensive sloughing of both feet, and was
in a pre carious condition. Witness, therefore, had him
removed to the sick ward, where he bed every attention
that his case required. If the deceased had rallied suffi-
ciently, both legs would, probably, have been ampu-
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