The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-30 00:00:00

fitliqn,A. MbitVINS., A Pit TT, BO, 1848.

.EXIIIBITIi-_::'..--7 AT THE LOUVRE.
(From Gatignani of Monday,)
Somewhere about of eeu years ago, when modern ma••
r:ne painting was alinost unknown in Preece, and when,
since. the days of Joseph Vernet, no marine painter of
.tittllcient note, for his name to have reached us, bad ap-
Peared—Gudin suddenly began his career. A certain
charm of colsur, a free, nose!, and somewhat original
' method of u-i -g the brush and palette (rather than ally-
thing original in the ideas of the a: t st)captivated the
taste of the day, and he rose to great fame. His works
were in general request, and, in the absence of any ta--
dented campetitor. he maintained, for a considerable
time, an unrivalled p .isirien. But ere long, En, ale
Isahey, and other marine painters of great -merit,
emerging from obscurity, the fame of Gudin was pea er-
Tally coneterbalanced.
In spite of the general prepossession, severe criticisms
on the latter artist began to appear ; each succeeding
. year his general manner becoming neelectiTtd, his colour-
ing more false and extravagant, his renown by degrees
declinsd till, at the present day, scarcely a dissenting
voice is raised against the general censure.
We fully concur in the judgment now awarded to
C_'autlin's pictures. With hardly an excention, they are
as bad and as false as possible ; hut we do not coincide
in the general epinion, that, beyond a gradually in-
creasing negligence, any very material change has taken
place in the artist's abilities. His former works cer-
tainly bore the appearance of being executed with
more care, and his oppositions were perhaps less eut-
ragfeous ; but the ground work, the foundation, has
ever been the same—devoid of truth, knowledge or
good taste.
We attribute then the former fame of this artist to
the total absence of competition in his peculiar brareb,
as well as to the general dearth of talent in this country
at the period of his debut, and his present decline in
.favour is the necessary result of a universal improve-
ment in pubic taste and talent—the artist himself having
I rem ,inel stain-nary, or nearly so.
l The worki of Gudin naturally lead us to the consi-
&ration of the other marine subjects exhibited this
year, and the best is evidently Meyer's " Chico de
Terre Neuve," which had nearly been a master-
pisce. Indeed the only fault we can find will this
picture is in the choice of so very hackneyed a sub-
ject. We have seen so many Newfoundland dogs eter-
nally rescuing drowning heroines, and depositing them
carefully on the beach, that we had rather have seen any
other episode of marine adventure treated bt so able an
arti=t.. MS \I. Meyer. The dark and troubled waters, the
boiling surf, now hurled headlong on the shore, now
flashing up the beetling cliff—the desolate lowering sky.
lighted up here and there by a fitful gleam —the wild
sea-bird hurried along by the bast, as well as the dog,
himself and rescued female, are admirably and beauti-
fully depicted. • M. Meyer is a marine T,ltinter of great
talent, and his other works, though perhaps less success-
futathan Cants just described, yet evince merit of heafir-
dinary order.
Morel-Fazio is always a correct and scientific drafts-
man, but no colorist. Barry's marines are estimable
works of a second rate order, and evince considerable
improvement during the last te-o or three years.
Biard has exhibited eight pictures this . year, which
are very similar to all the previous works of this well-
known painter. Neither characterised by any elevation
of thought er feclil)g, they yet attract consiflerable at-
tention (though chiefly from the vulgar). owing princi-
pally to the popular character if the subjects treated.
i its " Jeunese 00 Linnee," Ne. 143, is, however, lees
. ,tatnruote place than the generality .of his worka.. and
some plants in the fore-ground are carefully studied ;
but, as a pictrire, taken altogether, it is feebly executed,
and the colour is pile and disagreeable. The " Chasse
Anglaise," No. 485, is one of the best pictures we recel-
lect ever having seen painted by Alfred de Dreux; the
thgs and fox are admirable, ar.d some other studies of
logs he has else exhil-&ed are equally worthy of praise;
out the two large compasitions, Nos. 483 and 484, by the
same artist, are so unlike anything we had ever seen, oe
could have expected from his pencil: that we cannot, but
imagine that he must have laboured under some unac-
countable hallucination %bile he executed them.. Let us
hope that their appearance at the Louvre will act as a
lesson to a man of great talent, and that they will not
proceed to their ultimate destination in their present
state. M. de Dreux is capable of far better things ; in
pro:if of which we only refer to his former works, and
the "Chasse Anglaise" above alluded to.
lieligieus subjects again abound in the Long Gallery.
Among the most remarkable is the Crucifixion by Ap-
pert, well and boldly painted. It is. placed on the right.
near the entrance, and near it " L'Etoile de Bet hhesin,''
by Giaize, in which the faults of the artist are more
consp:enous than the qualities which he otherwise un-
htlealstetty possesses. Further on we find some dead game
and a fruit piece, also by Appert, which are admirable
imitations of nature, and where a masterly hand is evi-
dent in the general grouping and arrangement. As
pictures we paler (heal to Saint-Jean's, though they
may want something of the material perfection for which
Clio eorks of the latter artist are so remarkable. Saint-
Jean4'A flowers in a vase, No. 1,587, b
dark ground, produce a better effect than Phaiisntegdraopnesa;
though, upon the whole, they are inferior to former
paintings in the same style.
Nothing is, perhaps, more difficult, tedious, and
weariseme, both to the critic and his readers, than the
reviewing of that numerous class of works, the respect-
able mediocrity of which neither rises above nor sinks
below a certain stagnant level, where the absence of
originality, thought, and feeling, creates a total in-
difference, and, unable to praise, the spectator is equally
unable to blame, owing to a certain correctness and
mechanical skill, the result of long and patient practice.
The walls of the Louvre are covered with paintings
f this class, but the mast eminent is certainly
Ocesistitt's " Jules Maternellea." "A yang mother,"
ass the painter—we will not write artist—" receives,
oneawaking,, the caresses of I;er children." Thanks
to the el tales'ue, we learn that such is the subject.
but it might have been charity, or benevolence, or a
group of portrals, or anything else. Three or four
faces are endeavouring to smile, or simper—they be-
long 'o the children seen hanging
about the "sienna
whose In:audlin, half-sleepy grin is the beau-ideal
t iiisigniffeance. Yet the picture is smeotnly, prettily
..
pause r; here aid there a hand or foot is well drawn,
and tee draperies tolerably executed. Io fact, the paint-
ing altogether is the finest specimen imaginable of that
inoffensive respectable mediocrity
which has aver eha-
atc:eried the works of its au'hor. and which is to he
found abundantly in
.those of others not worthy of men-
'.ion. How much rather had vie criticise the wild alier-
ratiens of I),i:it:mix, where, through the mist of count-
less imperfectiens. the ray of genii still sparkles all
over the can:els. Look at the " Ealevement de Re-
heeca," ' Fate Rem -e and Juliet," and " Marguerite at
qhurch"—above all the last—what fire, what feeling,
what colourl—though not a line is correct—not a form
that can be called human. How strange!—that the
.a.i_
same hand which painted the thres extravagant and. im-
should have designed. the
Lion,"
o .c
nt,,,
l
,asian,stotn.eainoedfihe finest and most entree

.trawings we ever saw.
Though Lehmann's exhibition appears to us little
short of a couiplete failure, we are far from looking con-
temptuously on the talents of this yee.,ng ii.rtist. Ile
,:vidently thinks deeply, and possesses no ordinary
share of skill and ecience ; but we should prefer seeing
more of that simplicity of spirit which, instead of acting
;'rom pr conceived system, would " first follow nature."
utd seek excelbmce in the iniitalon of her beauteous
pages, rasher than in the personifiecion of bygone fable,
devoid of any real interest—at least, as applicable to
pictorial purposes. There are certainly estimable quali-
ties of dr..,ign in the " Oceanides," No. 1,151 ; hot the

I.:ads are very unmeaning, and the iwce,isaries are
'rented with a neglect, or .rath:=T iglu:ill:le, totally
unpardcAtible. Neither the Hamiet tor the Ophelia
'ttroVelltat' the- artist has understood Shall pease, -
that mean devoid of dignity, or -even Beauty, we
Jo not—elmo,t—recognise
" The glass of f'ashion, and the, mould of form—
:The ~.,bseTved of all observers."
Nor in the thin gracel, ss female
" The most beautiful Oph. Ha."
_ _

\Tr. Mulct Lehmann is a man of fa!ent and education,
.. ' ail a; he is capable of doing better, we trust he %trill
:u, kly amend.
Ja- quand i 5 as had and as vulgar as usual—perhaps
more so. '['he same may be sail of Couri and &Taulie.
.• Verkrekhoven, Van- Schenclel, and Van Hove are
ttlean artists;"'whose reputation is high,at Brussels and
Antwerp, tut at Psris they unhappily sink' into com-
parative insignificance. The highly-finish, .d, painfully
cl,,borate animals of Verixecklioven, Owed in land-
inpes entirely out of keeping with the principal subject,
•turl conteiripiOde in themselves, are entirely ei.di.p.ed hi
he-clever spirited pictures of Rosa Bunheur—a female
artist under twenty-one—whcse brilliant essays promise
surprising talent. There is a freshness and simplicity
charming, and theitni-
io her pietureii *Thich'are truly
pretty *pe,iiren Of
_van Hove is another servile but awkward vnxohaitboiref
the.old mast rs; aAd Van Schendel, who has e t. a
trials are dcsigrt d with astonishing skill and correctness.,.t,_ 1
has producer, a '
. .
a double effect of moon and candle-light,
Timor's Almzerine views are full of daylight an un-
•dl*.eted originality ; the Moorish school in the large
.;quare room, is pr.bably the b'st. "1.028 Conti eban.
aters Espar4nois,', by Adolphe Leleux. is a flue powerful
highly-finished slily medrocrity.d
i-Acture, thotr.:h perhaps a little monotonous. Muller's
" Primavera" dazz'es at first sight-, but loses consider-
ably nit bei,g maturely exaininod ; it is full of gay and
plea.ing hin-y, but the incorrecti',ns ere numerous, ard
here is a surd want of breadth throughout t)e a h-le
sainting. Ridinier's Italian subject of a " Young wo.
roan weeping on the spot where her husband was rntir-
:ered, while her brother is promising revenge," is far-
fetched in conception, and executed in a hard unpieto-
(i:xia4libaitt),ld s,,
e, which makes us regret a beautiful picture he
e v‘iara lyick, entitled " L'Arigebv."
The grac, ful 11,4ures, the rich fancy, ard irresistibly ;
attractive enouring of Diaz, have for the last tuo or :
i.hree years b• en hiilly appr?ciated, and, in spite of
ts nothing strictly new or original in this clever pain-
t.the T's w,rks—of wh-ch we may fi:,d the prototypes in •
Watteau and Prucl'hon ; but the style of his exc.crEi,,n
se highly talented productions.
truly original of those
such as coarse—awl we think Audied—neglect . in his
backgrounds, contribute to the populersucces, of the day,
:cintroefin
opr,i)graiarai7,tyt.ht
itsovetrhye
juaraiiintsi-,
as. they ought to be, as unfortunate, defects in other-
:kx,h.ticli—are entirely unrivalled by any
wise
ibt-'lllast,,:it-Ltifniflikiti.t:ti' re period, will, we redict, be considered,
exhibited this Year,
"Inte-
ricer de Foret," No, 540, which for .sperkling light,
he beisstthaend mc-)st
freslm ss of tone. and truthful aspect—aithot'gh: but a
,- ition. The gray,
striking e, contrast with the brilliant hues of Diaz. His
landscape, N 0,422, a view taken in the Forest Of Fon. ..
sombre tones ofialCkdosreoatP''Coilrintrhae
tainbleen, is full of delicate taste and feeling, though we ' •
should A isil for snort ileylgb, A,' d sunshine. II is pirtun 8.
jar.4.';ad'a.
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felt, they amply repay the stu-ly necessary' to comprehend
the artist's meaning. How wide is the space which
s-parates Corot from Rernond, Hostein, cr Lapito—
wi+ose curse, vulgar, unmeaning landscaprs are under-
stood at a glance—but only to excite indifference or pity.
We do ryt think Troyon has progressed this year.
('here is a go .d deal of nature in his pictures, but they
want force and vigour, and are totally devoid of poetry.
lialfourkr studies conscientiou-ly ; he may improve.
Malathier has fallen off ; he has 13)conie mannered ;
and, hotly, a litVe more freedom ar,d picture,quo
ing might make Buttura en estimable landscape painter.
i In our next we shall review the portraits, the sculpture,
and such other works as remain hitherto unnoticed,
A. Z.

COMMITTEE ROOMS of the NEW

HorisES OF PARLIAMENT.

We have bet,re briefly noticed that some of the railway
committee, have commenced the otcupation of the new Houses
of Parliament. This taking possessi ,n of a part, of the yet
unfinished buikling confirms the expectation that the whole
may be entered upon in the next session, ant the event is
worthy a ►nore exten,!ed notice than we were enabled to
spare room f►r.

The Committee• rooms are at present approsched by tho
entrance to the old Committee-rooms, close to the porch of
Westminster Hall. The access is ei arrl the gra:md
corridor, into which all the rooms open, is r.ached by an
ascent of various staircases, numbering altogether seventy-
eight steps. If we. assume each step to be halt' a foot deep,
the elevation of the Committee-roceEs is neatly forty feet
about Old Palace-yard. The grand corridor extends the
whole ler;lth of the river front of the building, and from
it each Committee-room is entered directly by two
doore, one entrance being for the public, and the
other for the Memters. The rooms, with the exception of
two larger ones in the centre of the building, are of equal
size, being about thirty-two feet long by thirty wide, and
twenty feet high. Each of them is lightid by two windows
looking towards the river, of which they command a
magnificent view. The windows reach from near the
bottom to the top. and even with the present imperfect
glazing by small panes of glass in wooden frames, there
is an abundance of light. The ceilings not having yet
been underlined, the brick flooring by which the different
stories are divided, for the better protection against fire,
are expsed to view and their mode of construction. It
is evident that it would be im;wacticable to construct a
level surface of bricks to form the roofs without supports ;
and to have given the rooms vaulted roofs would have caused
A great waste of space ; the architect has consequently had
recourse to the construction of a series of small arches resting
on iron girders, that reach the length of the room. 13y this
means the space lost between the floorings by these arches
springing from iron girders, will not be above one foot ;
but there must necessarily be an immense weight resting. on
the iron eupi,orts, which have to bear nearly the whole of the
pressure.

At present this magnificent. suite of apartments presents
an extremely naked appearance, the only fittings of the
rooms consisting of the b Liza-covered tab!es, a few chairs, a
deal press to contain the papers of the Committees, a green-
baize skirting. and cocoa-nut matting. In ciinsequence of the
ceilings not boing finished, ih.r the walls plastered, the
rooms are unfavourable for the transmission of sound, but
this defect will rno,t probably be ietnovtd when they are
finished a d furnished. 'Mere is, however, one material
want already apparent, that of retiring rooms for the mein.
bars o'Comatitteers. It,occurred on the first day that one of
the Committees, desiring to discuss a disputed point, it was
requisite to clear the room, and all the counsel, the witnesses,
and other persons were compelled to wait in the corridor
until the deliberation was ended. This is a defect which
can only be remedied by appropriating smaller ro9ms for
consultation, on the opposite side of the corridor, which must,
however, be in most instances,at a considerable distance from
the room of the Committee.

At present only half of the range of rooms on the river
front is in a state of readiness, and some of those are not com-
pleted; the others are, however, preparing, and will pro-
bably Ey?. ream• next week. The two brger rooms near the
centre of the building, cue of which is occupied by the North
Kent. Railway group, are one-third larger than the others,
bAng lighted by three windows each, instead of by two, but
their height is the same as that of the other rooms.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF
MANST,AUGTITER.

An affray of a fatal and extraordinary character has oc-
cupied the attention of the magi,trates and coroner of
Ramsgate during the last few days. The facts elicited by
them went to show that on Wednesday last a large number
of the inhabitants of the neighbouring villages congregated
in Margate to celebrate a festival of a beneandent sockty,
in the Tivoli Gardens. Amongst them was a man named
James Sutton, reported to beirevectahly c ithected, who, to-
wards night, :Atracted attention by Lia boisterous conduct..
It appears that after the evening's amusement he left his
brother's company, and nothing was heard of Lim until mid-
night, when two mean. named Kemp and Kitching, on their
return home from the gan!ens while proceeding along a t,,ot
path loading to ithrtsdowe, n adjacent paridi. saw a man
some distance in advance, calling '• Holloa !" On coming up
they found it to be J die Price, a carrier, living at Runcorn.
Price said, in a -very excited manner, " Here is a man who
has been attemetving to rob me, and I will not leave him
until I see who he is." A few yards distant they saw a man
lying On the ground, who seemed senseles4, who was dis-
covered to be &Won. Price then eln,rged Sutton with attempt-
ing to rob him. ths statement to the hspectoron dety was as fol-
lows ;—" Oa Wednesday night, abut half-past ten, I was
going home from the Tivoli, and when half way between
that place and Hartsdown, Sutton jumped out of the Ledge
by the footpath, and demanded of ore, catching me by the
collar, if I had a watch. I said I had. He asked if I had
any money. I said I had. He then caught IF ,ld of me by
the neekerehier, and said he must have it or my life. We
struggled together, and I slipped up my hand and untied
my neckerchief. He then kn, cked me down twice, and
kicked me. I at length gat the better of him, arid
got him down. I struck him several limes violently on
the head, salting- out for assistance, and sitting across
him to keep him down. Kemp was the first who came to my
assistance ; we were struggling for three-quarters of an
hour. I was sober and alone. I did not know the man."
The man Sutton- being apparently dyittg, medical aid was
promptly called to him, but he never rallied, and expired in
the course of a few hours. On the magistrate-{ hearing of
the death. they or&red Price to be arrested, but sub-
sequently liberated him on bail. On the inspector inspect
ing the spot where the affray occurred, he noticed a quantity
of blool on the ground, and marks of a very violent
strnggle; and in the ground was a hole, evidently made by
a man's head beaten against it, and in the centre were
two small stales sticking up about on inch. At the
coroner's Fquest, Mr. Thornton, a surfeon, who had
made a post-mortem examination of the body, deposed that
death had been caused by concussion of the brain. and which
might have been produced by beating the head upon the
ground. The head was dreadfully knocked about, the eye
blackened and lip cut, and marks on the throat as if seized
by the neckerchief and a man's knuckles forced into the
flesh. It was proved that the deceased and Price wry, per-
fect strangers. The deceased's relatives spoke to him being
a quiet orderly man, arid called the police to shoW that they
knew nothing of him, at least in the shape of a highway
robber. The coroner's jary, after a lengthened consultation
returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against Price, con:
sidering the violence more than necessa-y, and he was forth-
with ordered into custody by the coroner, and committed to
Maidstone gaol to tare his trial at the ensuing assizes.

A IiESERTED VESSEL. PICKED UP AT SEA.—On
Monday, two fishermen trom Eastbourne, while out In their boat in
the channel. discovered about twenty miles from land a vessel of
between 3'o and 4N tons burden, and from her drifting about it was
evident there was no one on board to manage her. They went. on
boat d, znd found her entirely des, rted. She was Wien and appa-
rently homeward, bound. on the return of the fisherman to East-
bourne, they gave information to Llod's agent, who came to
Brighton, and with Mr. Black, our bud: fa !gable and intelligent
pat.ket agent, proceeded to Shoreham, when the Magnet steamer
was dispatched at half.past one yesterday morning on a voyage
discovery. She steered eastward, and in the evening was in the
offing visible from our cliffs midi a vessel astern.— Brighton Guardian.
NOVEL CHARGE AGAINST A MILITARY OFFICER—
At the County Magistrates' Office, Rochester, on Monday, a charge
of wilful damage was krought against Captain Faunce, of the 4th
Queen's Own Re netat, for having broken open adeor at the house
,O
of John Leith, of Wood-street, Brompton. The Captain had occupied
apartments at the complainant's lease, and in consequence of words
between his servants and Mrs. Leith, she gave hint notice to quit,
notwithstanding she knew he was ordered out t India in the cour,e
of ten dabs. The Captain and his lady quitted the lod4ings ac-
cordingly, at considerable inconvenience to themselves. He after-
wards went to the house for ionic, bathing-ties which had been left
khind,,and afterringing twice at the deer-bell without obtaining ad- I
mittance, he forced it open, and fur th.s he was brought before the
magistrates the damage- done to the lock asd staple being laid at
Is. sirs. Leith. it appeared. loAdiffite ,'ottr toArvvent his en-
trance, ou the plea that rent amounting to 31. 15s reMained unpaid 1
and site therefore detained the tins. She aft,rwards admitted that
the rent had always been regularly paid, and that Captain Faunce
had tendered the arrears to her more than oho:, and which she had
refused accept. The Captain admitted the charge,
was- al-
judged to pay a fine of Is., the estimated damage, and 2s. cost;
and as she had refused to take the rent, he declared his intention 01
giving it to some public charity.
DEATH ACCELERATED BY EXCITEENT.Aay
evening an Inquest was !add before Mr. W. PaynMe, City CoTroner, at
the limid and Shears, Cloth•fair, Smithfield, rest, etlitg the death of
Elinor Shore, aka' fifty-me years, of Long-late, darhita. Tke
deceased generally enjoyed good health, but during the last three
months had laboured under great excitement in consequence of her
daughter, who had been decoyed away by a young man with Is hom
site had. Jimmied an attachment. On Sunday night last the deceased • retired to rest, and the following nioning was discover,d in a hying_
state, foaming at the mouth. A 5 urgeon was sel.t for, but the de-
ceased expired before his arrival-. The jury returned a verdict of
"Natural death."

HEADFUL ACCIDENT.-23RIST0L. TUESDAY, APRIL
28.—Yesterday afternoon a very severe accident, by which five men
were most seriously injured, occurred at the New Church, Kinwswood.
The interior of the church has for conic Aline been undergoing exten-
sive, repairs, and was tieing entirely repainted, and the unfortunate
sufferers by this lamentable accident Were painters engaged at the
time in painting the ceiling of 'the church. For this purpose, as is
usual, a plank was placed for the men to work upon. having each
end laid upon a scaffold er,,cted fog its support. Upon this plank four
men, Thomas Nash, William Kent, 11 illiam Lambert, and James
Morgan, very incautiously went to work; it having been in-
tended by the employers that only one man, or at the most
two, should work upon it at the same time. The Motions and weight
of the four men while at work upon the plank so increased its vi •
bration that one end of it was gradually drawn off the scaffold
that supported it, and it tell with a mud crash, precipitating the
four unfortunate men into the body of the church, a depth of about
50 feet, and in the progress of its fall striking down another man at
work in the church. The utmost consternation immediately pre-
vailed, and the five sufferers were plotted up ht a dreadfully mangled
condition, ,James Morgan having a severe fracture ot his right thigh,
a compound fracture of his lower jaw, and an extensive contusion ot
his spine William Lam ert also had his left thigh f -adored, and
received several severe injuries of the right anlce and right•shoulder.
, Thomas Ni,sit fractured his ankle joint severely, and had besides
80MC very severe contu•ions of the race and body; and William
Kent received some abdominal injuries of a most dangerous charac-
ter, but had no bones fractured. The inhabitants of the ..eiglinour-
hood immediately came to the assistance of the unfortunate sufferers,
and they were removed to the Bristol !nfirmary, where they are now
lyieg in a very precarious state. The man who Was struck by the
falling plank was also severely, but not dangerously injured, and was
removed to the house of some of fits relatives.
THREE FATAL ACCIDENTS —Ott Titcsda.N Mr. 13.,(1Arird,
Coroner for Westminster. held three nquests t 1
bodylllack
f vHlorse,
Itedferithury, Covent-garden. The tirst,was upon the tn,
the aCI nnigo4l'o' residing at No, lii.Aust:n, aged two years, . • sol
Crown-court, Drury-lane. Front the evidence ot a 31r. Todd, k
Petrel that, on the m,rnie, ot Sunday. last, his tilt ntion wan
directed to the house opposite his men, in Crown-court, by per-
ceiving Amoke issuing through the iron gratings. lie immediately
went to ascertain the eause, when lie loud the deceased running t •
and fr.. in the front kitchen a ea, with the whole of his we,ting ap-
parel in a 'f he flames were extinguished as soon as possib e,
and the deceased was removed first to King's College Hospital,
but there being no vacant beds in that institution, he was
taken to the Charing-cross Hospital, where he died on Monday
from the effects ot the burns. It appoars that the child, during the
temporary absence of his mother, connnenced playing with the
fire, and his clothes in consequence became ignited. Verdict, " Ac-
cidental death."—The second inquest was concerning the death ol
John Woodman, aged 48. The deceased on the Gth of the present
month was engaged with several other men, removing an entabla-
tut', front the shop front of a house under repair in Lone-acre. The

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deceased was hohlinir the facia up by means of a f•rom the fit,
floor, when the weight of it pulled him out of windiiw, and tallin,
upon h•s head he fractured his Weld]. He was taken to (71)-r',
cross Hospital, where he died on Monday. Verdict, " Accidenia:
duath."—The third inquiry was on the t.ody of Thowas Ireland,
aged 65. The dee -toed, on Sunday last, was cleaning seine windows
f•ir Mr. Sawyer, an engineer, of Frith-street, 50;i0, when it is sup-
posed that he missed his footh.e, for he was 14,und lying' en the psei,_
ment muter the lions,; the tdo 41 at he Hine was isst,in: rout h
mouth. ears, and nose. He was a:so renioN, dt • tilt
Hospital, where he died immediately after his ailiniNsion. Verdict,
That he died from a Waeture of the Wise ,he dtttil, but how
eguattl there Wag het ittrUtielit eYittetteo to prove."