The Sun.
London, England, 1834-10-18 00:00:00

APPALLING EVENT.

On Monday last an inquest was held before W. J. Rut-
ter, Esq., the Coroner for Manchester, at a place called
Knott Lanes, near Ashton-under-Line, touching the death
of a man named James Graves, whose body had been found
in a horribly mutilated condition at the bottom of a coal-pit,
a fall upwards one hundred yards from the surface of the
earth. A young woman, named Mary Marsden, who lives
as servant at the Horse-shoe public-house, Knott Lanes,
stated that she had " kept company" with the deceased for
some time ; that she was cnciente by him, and that they
were to have been married on the following Monday.
Deceased came to see her an Tuesday night, and they
sat up together until four o'clock in the morning.
She then went to bed, and left him sitting in a
chair. She found him in the same situation on coming
down in the morning. He stayed in the house all Wed-
nesday, during which time he seemed to take very little no-
tice of anybody, but appeared wrapped in thought. At
about three o'clock in the afternoon he expressed much
anxiety to know when witness could spare time to come to
him again, as he " could not do without the sight of her ; "
but he was perfectly sober. At about 8 o'clock in the even-
ing the deceased followed witness out as she was going
for some water, grasped •her hand, looked earnestly at
her, and then hurried .away. She followed and called
him by name, but received no answer, and immediately
after she heard a noise in the direction of the coal•pit,
which was near the house. She then gave the alarm,
lights were procured, and several persons looked down
the pit. The body was found, however, on Friday in
the state described. The Jury were of opinion that the
deceased had thrown himself down, but in the absence of
evidence, brought in a verdict that he was " Found
dead," &c.

Extract of a letter from Cork, dated Oct. 13, 1834:
—" As you may be desirous of knowing what reception Mr.
Cobbett met with on his entry into this city yesterday, I write
to tell you that I should think that he must have been highly
pleased. An immense concourse of people went out to meet
him, and extended from Patrick's Bridge along the Glanmire
Road, for at least three miles ; but the TradesiUnions did not
march out in bodies—that is an honour, they say, which none
but the great Dan is entitled to. On his arrival in town, he
drew up at the Chamber of Commerce, in Patrick's-street,
and there harangued the mob until dark. He has announced
his intention of giving three lectures—to-day, to-morrow, and
Wednesday, on Poor Laws, Paper Money, and the Repeal of
tha Union. Everything went off perfectly quiet yesterday, and
the people all dispersed early in the evenins."
AMERICAN THEATRICALS.—MISS Phillips had
made her debut at the Park-street Theatre, New York, with
great success. Mr. Wallack was a member of the same esta-
blishment. Mr. Power was playing at the Arch-street Theatre,
Philadelphia, prior to his departure for the South. A new
tragedy entitled Ugolino, from the pen of Booth, the trage-
dian, was brought out at the Bowery Theatre, New York, on
the 17th of September. It is said to be a production of much
merit, abounding in dramatic situations and beautiful poetry.
A Baltimore journal gives the following notice of Miss Wat-
son :—" Miss Watson, the beautiful young singer,' who lately
ran away from her father's house in London to share the for-
tunes of the celebrated violinist Paganini, and who was over-
taken by her father at Calais, and brought back weeping to
London, has thought proper to absent herself from her native
country for awhile, and has lately arrived in New York, and
l be the
means ha s givene
f
her
fortune,
Herict,
exhibited her musical powers before a fashionable audience at
Niblo's Gardon in that city, where she was received with great
Her
elopementy
appearance has already produced quite a sensation in New
York, and the newspapers are warmly engaged in discussing
aapupdla willus probably
her merits as a musical performer."