The Sun.
London, England, 1851-11-03 00:00:00

Ann Wynn, a lodger in the house of the prisoner,
stated that Stone and Foulds were equally concerned
in bringing the goods there. On that night John
Atkinson slept at Stone's house. Some sheets were,
by his direction, fetched from the warehouse, to cover
himself and a man who was with him. On the following
morning, John and James Atkinson and Henry Foulds
went into the garret where the goods had been placed,
and remained there about half an hour. When they
went down stairs, witness heard Mr. Stone say the
goods would be safe, and James Atkinson replied
that they would be as safe as in the bank. Henry
Foulds took back to the warehouse all the sheets but
one. John Atkinson told him not to mind the sheets,
as they had never been paid for, and never
should. On Wednesday night, three gentlemen,
Mr. Wilcock, Mr. Norbury, and a Scotch
gentleman, fetched the goods away. When they
went to the house they said they had come for
the de laines which were there. They talked a great
while about its being a shame that the Atkinsons
should bribe people, and so on. Stone told them to
take the goods, and they sent for four porters, who
removed the goods.
Mr. Wilcock, of the firm of Wilcock and Nor-
bury, engravers, stated that he and his partner
were creditors of James Atkinson. He saw the
goods being removed from prosecutor's warehouse, but
did not suspect that anything was wrong. He
afterwards heard from Mr. Petty that some goods
belonging to Atkinson were concealed in Stone's
house. He went with his partner, Mr. Norbury, and
the representative of a Scotch house, also creditors
of Atkinson, to endeavour to get these goods from
Stone. They told Stone who they were, and asked
him to give up the goods belonging to Mr. Atkinson.
Stone said that be was miserable about these goods,
and did not know whether or not to give them. He
afterwards consented to give up, on condition of their
giving him an agreement in writing to be answer-
able for the consequences. The goods were then
removed by the porters, and sent to Mr. John Lee's,
to be packed and sent to Glasgow.
The prisoner said that he regarded Foulds as his
master, and bad acted under his direction. He was
at work removing shawls from the warehouse until
six o'clock, on the evening of the Saturday before the
removal of the goods now in question.
Mr. Maude said that this case showed discreditalale
transactions throughout, both on one side and on the
other. It seemed to him that a set of persons

going and tampering with a man's servant, to
get goods from the hands of that servant, which he
held by the authority of his master (supposing such
to have been the case here), was most discreditable,
and he did not know where it was to end if pursued
in this large manufacturing town. He thought, how-
ever, that there was no evidence to prove a felonious
asportation in this case, as it would appear from the
evidence, and particularly from that of the last wit-
ness, that the goods were really removed to protect
them from some of the creditors, who thought they had
a right to them. The prisoner must therefore be dis-
charged.—Manchester Guardian.
[W e are informed that John Atkinson, of Glasgow,
hats just been apprehended and committed to take his
trial on a charge of forgery by the authorities of that
city.—ED. Sun.]

PAINTED LADIES.—Lady Coventry, the celebrated
beauty, killed herself with painting. She bedaubed herself
with white, so as to stop the perspiration. Lady Mary
Wortley Montague was more prudent. She went often into
the hot bath to scrape off the paint, which was almost as
thick as plaster on a wall.

COLLIERY EXPLOSION NEAR NE Tr-
CASTLE.—SEVEN LIVES LOST.
NEWCASTLE, SATURDAY MORNlNG.—Yesterday
(Friday) morning another of those disastrous acci-
dents, which are unfortunately of such frequent oc-
currence in the coal-mining districts, took place at
`West Moor Pit, near Killingworth, a village on the
York, Newcastle, and Berwick line of railway, and
about two miles from Newcastle-on-Tyne. The pit
formerly belonged to " the grand allies," but is now
the property of Messrs. John Bowes and Co. About
six o'clock in the morning, the pit being in full ope-
ration, and upwards of a hundred men at work, an
explosion occurred in the metal coal drift, in the
south district of the pit, and the news was first
brought to bank by a man who was somewhat in-
jured, and who made the best of his way to the mouth
of the pit to report the accident, no noise having been
heard there. The news spread through the village in
a few minutes, and it is impossible to describe the
harrowing scenes among the relatives and friends of
the hundred men employed in the pit, the precise
nature and extent of the accident being unknown,
and all in a state of anxiety and suspense. Four-
teen men only were working in that part of the
pit in which the explosion took place. Mr. W. Hun-
ter, the under-viewer; Mr. Roger Thew, the over-
man ; and Mr. Armstrong, the wasteman, were
quickly en the spot, and descended the pit. They
found that, in consequence of a breakage in the brack,
the fire had been extinguished immediately on the
explosion taking place. Attempts were immediately
made to rescue the men, and in a short time eight
hewers, very severely burnt, were brought to bank
alive, and conveyed to their homes. Six others were
still missing, and it was not till half-past two o'clock
that the first dead body was brought up, and subse-
quently five others, the last being recovered as late as
ten in the evening.
Mr. Herth, of Newcastle, surgeon to the colliery,
was summoned immediately on the occurrence of the
explosion, and soon arrived on the spot, when every
assistance that medical skill could devise was rendered
to the sufferers. At seven in the evening a boy
named Mason died of his injuries, making a total of
seven deaths. All the men, we regret to say, have
left widows, and most of them fatherless children.
The following are the names of the sufferers who
still survive, but most of them lie in a very dangerous
state :—Joseph Ellison, Rcbert Nicholson, Musgrove
Clark, and Christopher Young, all married men ; and
George Ellison, Robert Harding, and William Gordon,
unmarried.
The following are dead :—George Gray, wife but
no family ; William Hay, wife and two children ;
George Campbell, wife and two children; Jacob
Hedley, wife and three children; William Hewitt,
wife, but no family dependent on.him ; Robert Carr,
wife and three children ; William Mason, a boy.
Conflicting accounts are given of the cause of the
accident, but none can be relied upon, as it is impos-
sible to ascertain the immediate cause without an ex-
amination of the mine. The pit has been its a dan-
gerous state for some time, and complaints have been
made by the men ; but whether to the owners, or
only among themselves, we cannot learn. Mr.
Matthias Dunn, the Government inspector of mines
for this district, has never, it would seem, examined
the pit. About one month since a man was killed
here by a fall of stone ; and on Thursday week a
partial explosion occurred, by which one man was
severely burned. The man has since died, and the
coroner, Stephen Reed, Esq., was in the village yes-
terday, holding an inquest on his body, when the
present disastrous accident happened. On Monday
night in the present week another explosion occurred
In the same part of the pit as the present disastrous
one, and Richard Hall, one of the workmen, was
in-
jured, but is recovering. On the following morning
another explosion took place in the same district of
the mine, and Thomas Storey and Thomas Procter
were slightly burned. Up to this time candles were
used in the mine ; but in consequence of these re-
peated accidents, the men requested to be allowed to
use lamps, which was granted, and they had been in-
troduced previous to the explosion.
The Coroner, Mr. Reed, opened the inquest this
morning, and adjourned it until Wednesday next. In
the mean time the Government inspector will examine
the mine, with a view to ascertain the cause of the
explosion.