The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-12 00:00:00

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the Commissioners, obliged to ride in four different
carriages over a distance of forty-nine miles.—(liear,
hear.) He concluded by suggesting that the directors
should be entrusted with power to use whatever means
might seem meet to them to obtain a reversal of the
decision of the Commissioners.

In reply to several questions,
The CHAIRMAN stated that the whole of the shares
of the company (26,000) were allotted; but only 22,040
had been taken ups they were not compelled to issue
the whole of the shares, and at present they could not
say whether they should require them all. The number
not taken up appeared extremely small. Tne deposits
upon all these shares had been paid. It was
right to state that they were 10,0001. or 12,0001. in debt.
Payments in anticipation of calls to the amount of 3'.
per share had been made by many shareholders. The
directors would delay the next call as long as possible,
with a view to the interests of the company.
Mr. Rowx said, doubtless secret and sinister interest
had been used with the Commissioners for crushing
this line, and answering the ends of several Noble Lords
and others in daily communication with the board, and
he trusted the directors would demand of some influen-
tial Member of Parliament copies of all documents and
memorials sent to the Commissioners.
Ater much discussion, in which Mr. Badham, Mr.
Rowe, Mr. Davey, Mr. Thorne, and others, took part,
the report was received and adopted, the directors and
auditor, who retired, were re-elected, the directors were
invested with power to adopt any course they might
think proper to obtain a reversal of the order, and the
usual complimentary vote having been passed, the meet-
ing separated shortly after two o'clock.

ELECTION COMMITTEES.
(THIS DAY.)
GREAT YARMOUTH.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)
Hog Cooke, one of the Yarmouth postmen proved the
delivery of a bulky registered letter to Lord Arthur
Lennox, the day previous to the election. It appeared
to him that the letter contained notes.

Mr. Charles Slowman, printer, of Yarmouth, proved
that he printed the addresses of the sitting Members for
which he charged 341. lie sent his bill to Corey, the
agent, and afterwards received payment from a party
hom he did not know. He vot&d for Lennox and
Coope.
Mr. Sergeant KINGLIam then summed up the evi-
dence, and called upon the Committee to unseat the sit-
ting Members.
The Committee then adjourned till Monday morning
et elereu o'clock.

BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, FRB. 11.-500 hhds.
WQst Indian have been sold in the raw sugar market
this week at about former prices, but the market closed
with a very dull appearance.—Bristol Mercury.
Mr. Mitchell paired off in favour of the Jewish
Disabilities Removal Bill with Mr. Knight against.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
George Woolis was brought up for final examin-
ation, charged with having stolen a cheque for 501.,
the property of his employer, Mr. C. L. Mosley,
gold pen-maker. He had been entrusted with the
cheque by Mr. Mosley, and was to have taken up a
bill with the proceeds,instead of doing which he ab-
sconded with the cash, and spent it all, when he
suddenly repented. He assured the Lord Mayor that
he was prompted by distress to commit the robbery,
as his wages were not high enough to keep life in
him.—Committed for trial.
The LORD MAYOR acknowledged the receipt of
ten guineas from the Drapers' Company for the poor
box. lie also acknowledged the receipt of the second
hllf of a 51. note for the poor-box, from a " Citizen
and Liveryman."
LAMBETH.
SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A TRADESMAN.-Mr.
William Barnett, landlord of the Crooked Billet, in
Johnson's-change, Rosemary-lane, surrendered to his
bail to be further examined on a charge of conceal-
ing
the birth of a child, of which Jane Davey, his
bar-maid, had been delivered.
Mr. Games appeared on behalfof the prisoner.
Mr. Inspector Campbell informed the magistrate,
Mr. Norton, that the coroner's jury that had been
empannelled to inquire into the circumstances atten-
dant on' the death of the young moman, Jane Davy,
had returned a verdict of natural death, and were of
opinion—an opinion founded on the medical evidence
—that her removal from Rosemary-lane to Camber-
well had not accelerated her death.
It will be recollected that at the last examination
Mr. Smith, a surgeon, had stated that about twelve
months before he attended deceased at the house of
Mrs. Chambers, the prisoner's sister, during her con-
finement, and that on the 19th January he was called
in to attend her at the same place, where he found
her very ill. He continued to attend her regularly
from that time up to the time of her death, on Sunday,
the 30th, and he swore positively that though he had
to operate upon her left breast he had not discovered
anything to lead him to believe that she had recently
been delivered of a child, and that it was not until
after her death that such a thing had been hinted at.
Yesterday Mr. Flower, a surgeon, residing in
Camberwell-green, attended, and deposed that on
Monday, the 31st of last month, he, at the request of
Mr. Inspector Campbell, proceeded to the house of
Mrs. Chambers, No. 4, Cork-street, Camberwell, and
examined the body of Jane Davey. Perceiving that
the breasts were large he placed his hand on one of
them, and on slightly pressing it the milk spurted
into his face. He subsequently made a post mortem
examination of the body, and found that the death of
the deceased had been occasioned by an extensive
abscess which had formed under the left breast. This
caused a considerable constitutional disturbance and
congestion of the brain, and led to her death. The
abscess had been occasioned, he had no doubt, from
the suppression of milk for on opening it he found
that the pint of matter it contained was composed of
a portion of milk.
In reply to the questions of Mr. NORTON, Mr.
Flower said that at the first examination he had made
on the day after death, he was thoroughly satisfied
that she had been recently delivered of a child. He
also said that, had he been called in in the first instance,
it was impossible he could have mistaken, or be de-
ceived in the fact of the young woman having been
recently delivered of a child.
Mr. Campbell was next questioned, and said that
though the most minute search had been made on
the premises belonging to the prisoner and elsewhere,
for the body of the infant, it had not yet been
found. Mr. Campbell also said that he thought the
sister of the deceased, and to whom she bad made
some disclosures, would be able to attend on Thurs-
day next.
Mr. NORTON thought the case one of a nature re-
quiring the strictest and most scrupulous investiga•
tion, and therefore adjourned it to a future day.
On the application of Mr. Games, the prisoner was
admitted to p,o at large on entering into his own surety
in 100/. to appear on the day named.

FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT.
BIRMINGHAM, FEB. 10.—The colliery,at which the
lamentable disaster occurred (alluded to briefly i❑
The Sun of yesterday,) was , the Ileathfield Pits, the
property of the Earl of Dartmouth, leased by Messrs.
Salter and Raybould, And situated a short distance
from West Bromwich.

At six o'clock yesterday morning the men de-
scended the shaft of the pit (in relief of the night
colliers) to commence their usual daily occupations.
Before descending, as a matter of course, they had
not the slightest suspicion (no intimation having been
given to that effect) of the.. presence of sulphur in any
of the sidings in which they were about to work. It
appears that nine miners had been in the pit during
the night, and that in all, at the hour mentioned, 27
colliers descended. Shortly after their descent a
fearful explosion occurred, the flames issuing through
the mouth of the pit, and creating, as might be ex-
pected in so densely a populated neighbourhood, the
greatest consternation. Six or seven of the men
escaped by means of a gateway leading to Lord
Lewisham's pits, and were afterwards enabled, having
ascended the shaft of those works, to state at the office
of Messrs. Salter and Co. the fearful calamity which
had occurred below.
So :soon as the conflagration occasioned by the
ignition of the vapour had subsided, a descent was
made with soms difficulty into the lleathfield Pits.
It had been previously discovered that the violence of
the explosion had broken the rope attached to the
skip by which the men always dascended. On ar-
riving at the workings it was found that four men
were dead, that two were so dangerously burnt that
little hopes were entained of their recovery, and
that about twelve other colliers are more or less
injured.
It is at present impossible to speak with accuracy
of the cause of this distressing accident. Various
rumours are afloat By some it is stated that before
1 the men went down the " Doggy" never examined
the workings, and that no Davy safety lamp was
used in the pit. Upon these points it would be pre-
' mature at present to pronounce an opinion. The
icoroner's inquiry, which will be held at the Dart-
mouth-hotel to-morrow, will more correctly disclose
the blame, whether it may attach to the " Doggy,"
Ithe " Butty," or the lessee, under the circumstances
which have unhappily occurred.

It will be deern-ed singular that an occurrence of so
distressing a character should create so little excite-

PR ICE D.

ment in this neighbourhood. The fact is, that they
are of so frequent occurrence that little is known of
or cared about them, beyond the immediate neigh-
bourhood in which they take place.
HALF-PAST SEVEN.—Since the above has been
written it has been ascertained that two others of the
unfortunate sufferers are dead, and two more are not
expected to live.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT.-EIGHT

LIVES LOST.
A Manchester correspondent, writing yesterday
afternoon, informs us of a dreadful accident which
has occurred in that town, from the bursting of a
boiler at the manufactory of Mr. Thomas Riley,
spindle and fly maker, Medlock-striet, Ardwick. The
catastrophe occurred about half- past eight o'clock
yesterday morning, and eight human beings, varying
from twenty to thirty years of age, were sent to their
last account without a moment's warning. Five of
the unfortunates were workpeople in the employ of
Riley, the owner of the boiler. Two children be-
longed to a butcher named Wordsworth, resident in
the neighbourhood, and another was the child of a
blacksmith, whose forge was in the same yard as
Riley's manufactory, and which was also completely
destroyed. There were others seriously hurt, and
they lie at the Manchester Infirmary in a dangerous
state. It was currently reported in the neighbour-
hood of the accident that the boiler has been consi-
dered in a dangerous state for some time past, and
that people have refused to work at the manufactory
in consequence. It was, therefore, thought proper
to take Riley into custody. Another thing which tells
against him is, that the person whom he employed to
take charge of the engine was a boy only fifteen years
of age. This boy's name was Joseph Atkinson, and
he was killed. The accident has, of course, caused
great excitement in Manchester; and the inquest,
which will doubtless be held this day (Saturday), is
looked forward to with great anxiety.

ELECTION COMMITTEES.
GREAT YARMOUTH.
The Select Committee appointed to try the allega-
tions of the petition against the return of Lord A.
Lennox and Mr. Coope, the sitting members for the
borough of Great Yarmouth, met again yesterday, at
eleven o'clock, in Room 22. Present—Mr. H. Ker
Selmer, chairman; Mr. Edward Ellice, Mr. W. 11.
C. Plowden, Mr. Charles Lushington, and Mr. H.
Stuart.
The following evidence was adduced before the
Committee :
Samuel Carr Banks, a freeman of the borough of
Yarmouth, said that at the last election he bad voted
f 4 the " Blues," having on the nomination day re-
ceived from Mr. Shingles, a chyinkt, in the Red
interest, two guineas as " back arrears." He had
voted fur Mr. Baring and Mr. Soames at the last
election, and had then received a promise of two
guineas from Mr. Lushington Preston. Having
been asked by Mr. Costerton to vote for Lord A.
Lennox and Mr. Coope, he had demanded his " back
arrears"—had been referred by Mr. Preston to Mr.
Green, by Mr. Green to Mr. Shingles, and after re-
peated applications, had at last got his two
guineas from the last-named person. The money
was not handed to him by the chemist, but put upon
the table, and he took it up. This witness spoke in a
tone of most virtuous indignation about his wrongs,
and told, with an air of great self satisfaction, .how
early on the morning after receiving this money, he
had voted for the Blue candidates. On his cross-
examination by Mr. O'Malley, it appeared that he had
been convicted at Newcastle of obtaining money
under false pretences, having taken his employer's
ship to that port, and passed himself off as the cap-
tain. He confessed the fact with a most amusing in-
genuousness, adding, "I spoke the truth, and I suf-
fered for it." Having been re-examined with regard to
an assault made by him on a:Alr. Shelly, at an election
some time ago, he said, in explanation, " Mr: Shelly
was a Blue, and I was strong in the Tory interest
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Y "armouth,
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stated in evidence, that on the polling-clay, the result
of the election being then clear, he had applied to Mr.
Stagg for a chairman's ticket, for his brother-in-law,
and had received it. Sergeant Going had subsequently
paid him 10s. on the production of that ticket, and he
had given the money to his brother-in-law.
William Andrews, a freeman, had received a chair-
man's ticket from Mr. Stagg on the nomination day,
and had been paid 10s. on showing it to Sergeant
Going at the Weavers' Arms. The Sergeant sat in
an arbour distributing half-sovereigns to all who pro-
duced tickets.
Edmond Conyers, doorkeeper of the Tory com-
mittee-room, :laid that he had seen there Mr. Green,
Mr. Lushington Preston, Mr. Coble, Sergeant Going,
Mr. Stagg, Mr. Corey, Mr. Boulby, and others. Mr.
Coble, on the morning of the election, had desired
him to keep the stairs clear. Mr. Corey was there
with his clerk, as agent for the Red candidates.
Sergeant Going, the last witness called, and who
visibly gave his evidence with considerable reluctance,
said that Mr. Corey had told him there was some
money for him in his office to pay the flagmen,
clerks, &c., with. He went there, and found behind
the clerk's desk 2001. or 2.50/., he did not now re-
member which. He did not recollect whether the
money was in Bank of England or Yarmouth notes,
but he had them changed into gold—part at one bank,
part at the other. He communicated to Mr. Stagg
that he would settle with the flagmen, &c., at the
Weavers' Arms, and that arrangement had been car-
ried out, he sending the tickets to Mr. Corey's office
as vouchers. This witness was asked if Mr. Coble
was in Yarmouth, and said he thought not. He did
not know where he was to be found. Perhaps he was
on the continent. The witness had known him take
continental trips before.
Mr. SergeantKirsoeaxx was proceeding to examine
the witness as to the conversation which passed be-
tween him and Mr. Corey with respect to the money
in Mr. Corey's office, when
Mr. ANDREWS objected on the ground that such
evidence was inadmissible.
A lengthened argument then ensued, which occu-
pied the remainder of the sitting, and was not con-
cluded when the Committee adjourned.
The Committee meets again at eleven o'clock this
day.