The Sun.
London, England, 1835-12-11 00:00:00

BRIGHT ON-T HURSD AY.

town ftom the junction of the North Midland Railway and
the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway in that
borough. Sir Oswald Mosley, Bart., and Henry Smith,
Joseph- Walker, and William Beale, Esqrs. attended the
meeting as a deputation from the Birmingham and Derby
Junction Railway Company. Sir John Fowler and Samuel
Allsop, Esq., represented the inhabitants of Burton-on-
Trent ; and Thomas Bramall, William Parsons, and T. B.
B. Stevens, Esqrs. those of Tamworth. The resolutions
(for which see advertisement) were unanimonsly adopted.

The Lessee of Covent-Garden has renewed his en-
gagement with Charles Kemble, who ought not to have
left the Theatre. Report speaks favourably of the talents
of Miss Faucitt, who has never yet aetcd on any London
stage. She is the daughter of Mrs. Faucitt, of Drury-lane
Theatre, and is said to possess great person beauty and
high accomplishments.
We are glad to announce that the Institute of
France has lately conferred the distinguished honour upon
three of our countrymen, of appointing them members of
that body. There were six vacancies in the list of foreign
members, four of which the Institute filled up in the fol-
lowing order :—" Loo Von Kleuze, of Munich, architect
to the King of Bavaria ; T. L. Donaldson, architect ; D.
Wilkie, ILA.; and Raimbach, engraver. The two
other vacancies still remain to be decided.

A VENERABLE TORY.—ONE OF A THOUSAND.
'—An.old freeman of this town, named John Highwood, is
now living at Staplehurst, who was admitted to the freedom,
in 1760, since which period 1,890 freemen have been 'ad-
mitted, and 1,0.56 have died.—Maidstone Jo.urnal.
The General Post letter carriers are to assemble
within their office this day, at one o'clock, for the purpose
of petitioning the Earl of Lichfield, Postmaster-General, on
the subject of their present privations and sufferings, arising
from their inadequate income, and the withholding of com-
pensation for their paSt losses.
REMARKABLE.—" John Park, a seaman," says
Sir Jolin Ross, " being asked by me, What was the most
remarkable event in his life ?' he answered, that he had
shaved the Duke of Devonshire in a gale on board the
Glasgow.' I then asked, Were you.not on board her at
the battle of Navarino ?' He replied, ' Oh yes, but that was
nothing.' "
IRON RAILWAYS ON A NEW PRINCIPLE.—
As the attention of the industrious classes has for a long
time past been occupitd, and not without just cause, with
railway improvements, a new system is about to be intro-
duced by M. Marchal, a clock-maker residing at Brus-
sels, for which the 'Government have granted him a patent
for ten years ; and this novel discovery will engage the
attention of ,the ingenious part of the community no less
than that now in operation. The author of the said im-
proOment has, given it the name of "The Moving Iron
Railway," a name which will not be inappropriate, since
the road accompanies the vehicle by which it is borne.
The system is equally applicable to public and private con-
veyances ; in a word, to all kinds of vehicles, from the
dog-cart to the diligence. The carriages to which this in-
vention shall be applied will travel as they do on ordinary
occasions upon the common road. They will traverse the
streets, and be capable of being put in motion by all sorts
of conductors. In fact, our. heavy coaches and our dili-
gences, with their complicated harness, expensive alike in
the manufacture and the use, are about entirely to dis-
appear, to be superseded by carriages of the new construc-
tion by M. Marchal, a contrivance,.which cannot be too
highly eulogised, since every one will now-be able to have
his railway—the gentleman in his elegant chariot, and the
tradesman also in his unassuming gig —Journal du Com-
merce of Antwerp. _ -

, Their Majesties drove out this afternoon, shortly after
Lti4clieon, on the Shoreham road.
The Royal dinner party this evening, by invitation, will
comprise Sir Charles Lamb and Lady Montgomery, Earl
GEglintoun, Marchioness and Ladies Cornwallis, and Sir
Geor,„*re 'Hostel •
His Majesty gave audience this day to Colonel Wood
(Aide-de-Camp to the King),_ Admiral Thompson, Mr.
John Bligh, and Sir Charles Vaughan.
The following -distinguished persons were added to the
Royal dinner party yesterday eveninz.—Lord Burghersh,
Baron Ompteda, Lieut.-General Sir Moor Disney, Admiral
Thompson,
and Colonel Wood.
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE. - This morning, at 11
'''Clnek, the Hon. John Boyle eldest surviving son of the
Earl of Cork, was united to the Hon. Cecilia De Roos,
sister of Lord De Roos, at St. Nicholas churCh, Brighton,
bv the brot4ier of the bridegroom, the Hon. and Rev. Mr.
After the marriage ceremony the bride and bride-
Rroom, and the wedding party, returned to Lady Jane
where they partook of a dejeuner a la fourchette
With a numerous and fashionable company, including .Prince
George of Cambridge, Lady De Lisle and Dudley, Sir A.
Barnard Lord Burghersh, Rev. Mr. Wood, Hon. Gen.
14,11ipps, C. Craven, Esq., the Marquis and Marchioness of
Bristol and family, Lady Scott and family, Sir Peregrine
44„d Lady Maitland, Hon. Mrs. Greville, Rev. Mr.
In"'agner, Rev. J. S. M. Anderson, &c. Immediately after
reakfast the happy couple took their departure for Lord
„"
Roos's cottage, Regent's-park, Where they intend to
I:,.end the honeymoon.

Prince George of Cumberland has displayed an ex-
traordinary talent for musical composition, and since his
44yal Highness's loss of siirht, music has been his favourite
z!tx,dy.

DUBLIN THEATRE, ABBEY-STREET.—Monday
night, tcwardAhe end of the performance, a specimen of
matchless ruffianism was exhibited by a scoundrel in the
gallery, who flung a large bottle with all his force into the
front part of thacrowded.pit. The deadly missile came in
contact with a gentleman's hat, and but for the intervention
of it, would Undoubtedly have inflicted a serious wound.
As it was, the sole effect which the murderous attempt pro-
duced was momentary consternation, and the subsequent
outburst of &justly indignant spirit from the entire audience.
The ferment subsided instantaneously upon Mr. Gray.
making his appearance on the stage, and informing the
house that the proprietor of the theatre offered a reward of
five pounds to the . individual who would disclose the cul-
prit's name. Thunders of applause followed the liberal
announcement, and in a few seconds after police officer
Gorman discovered the .offender, when he was instantly
dragged off to Tucker's-row watch-house.—Dublin Paper.
The Countess Rossi (late Sontag), as the first lady
in rank of the corps diplomatique at Frankfort, has com-
menced the usual winter soirees with a brilliant concert,
which was*,attCnded by all the beau monde of that city.
The fascinating Countess was obliged to appear in her
chaise roulanle, having sprained both her_ankles.so severely,

The Earl of Carnarvon is re-building his mansion
Grosvenor-sqUare in the modern style. After the death
°f the late Earl" it was offered for sale, but there was no
Purehaser."

,The Earl and Countess of Carlisle, are preparing to
11'4 Paris for England. Their Noble relatives will precede
`"Qmi a few days.

The;e"..is7i.:O truth in the reported appointment of
kJ
sir Philip Durham to the command at Portsmouth. That
(I)znr.nand is not vacant, nor likely very soon to -become so.
Lord Francis Egerton has returned to Oatlands-
,}lark, from mhis visit to Duke 'and Duchess of Sather-
'and, at Paris.
The Earl of Verulam came from the Royal Hunt,
1R the Vale of Aylesbury, to offer his condolences to his
Ooble Friend the Marquis of Salisbury,. on the melancholy
otreavement the family had sustained. Lord Verulam sue-
6eded the late Marquis of Salisbury as Lord-Lieutenant
H ert fo r d sh ir e .

GovernjMaorr
o-General the on. Sir rederic Ponsony,
of Malta, who, its unders stood, isk bto get the va-
cant regimect i v Sir William Inglis's death, is gone to Chel-
tenham for the i)encfiLot the waters, 11,4ying returned from
15.1;iltii; on leave, in"(lelreate 1,61 th.
The Earl and Countess of Warwick, and their son,
Lord Brooke, after remaining a fcw days at the Carlton Ho-
tel, on their way from Paris, are gone to Warwick Castle
or the Christmas.

by attempting to dance too soon after a former sprain, that
she is now unable to stand ; but when wheeled to the
piano she sans with as much p_2_lysr gas in the days of Hen-
rietta Sontag. The ortuguese i
'P nister was not present,
owing to the suspension of intercourse between the Courts
of Sardinia and Lisbon.

Lord Crewe, who died near Brussels withii the last
few days, is the sixth Peer whose death has been announced
within the last mouth, viz. :—The Duke of Beaufort, the
Earl of Charleville, Lord Hartland, Lord Ward, Lord

The Receipts of. the Customs and Navigation
Duties at Havre, during the last month, were 1,221,170 fr.
-lc- In the month of November, 1834, they amounted
to 1,210,398 fr. 72c., so that there has been an increase, in
111,35, of 10,671 fr. 49c. During the first eleven months of
4°34, the receipts were 19,457,424 fr. 78c., but during the
3,,r00 portion of the -present year they have been only
'°,858,684fr. 78c., showing a decrease of 3,598,740 fr.—
A- 'Wexford paper states that on Tuesday last, -a
letter from London arrived in the town of Enniscorthy,
containing an order from the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Cholo-
iondelcy for 1001., as a contribution to the O'Connel an-

At. Pelissier, the late Director of the French plays,
hose melancholy death we announced a few days ago,
"4s interred yesterday, at the new cemetry in the Harrow-
road. The funeral was attended by Messrs. Seguin, Du-
"rg, Theleur, Tenniere, Collard, and Joseph. We un-
lerstand that MAI; Seguin and Joseph are to succeed
4. Pelissier in the direetton of the French plays.
Peake has written a new drama for the Olynipic
'theatre, in which Liston and 'Charles Mathews have cha-
ractersassigned to them, exactly suited to their, peculiar
f!ue. Should; Madame Vestris be sufficiently recovered
yr,(4n her indisposition, she will personate the heroine of Mr.
reake's eccentric farce.
13R.ATIAM'S NEW ST. JAMES.S THEATRE.—AII
"le scenery painted for this beautiful theatre, either at the
19olosseum, or in Crockfcrd's large-room, has been safely
deposited in the new house ; and the interior decorations
°f the boxes, which are of crimson silk, executed under
Zile immediate superintendence of Mrs. Brahani, are now
it
Fires are constantly kept in the theatre, so that_
1, is perfectly warm and dry. The scats in the pit and in
,t
gie gallery are associated with great comfort.
Prince Talleyrand, a few days ago, after dining at
the Tuileries, was seized with a fainting fit, which lasted a
considerable time. He has ever since remained confined to
house, and sees very few visitors. It is said that be
'3lllpletely retains his intellectual faculties, but is troubled
Isith frequent palpitations of the heart. The veteran per-
:ists in not sitting down, of which obstinacy he was this
`lllle the victim.

UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM.—The Dean and
a'haPter lately offered two prizes for the two best English
t'ssays " on the Political and Moral Effect produced by the
-IPedition of Alexander the Great into Am." The first
trize was adjudged to Mr. John Cundill, and the second to
'll% Henry Press Wright.--Tyne Mercury.
EDUCATION IN FRANCE.—In 1820 the number
scholars in France was to that of the inhabitants as 1 is
to 2'es7 ; in 1829, as 1 is to 23 2-Sds ; in 1832, as 1 is to
164
and in 1834, as lis to 14i. But the mass of the
l'°Pulation, deducting children under two years of age,
ll'hich is as yet totally Void of instruction, amounts, it is
supposed, to upwards of nineteen million individuals, or 63
out of 100-3-4ths of the population. It is calculated,
Ilia to make education general in France, it would re-
quire 169,000 establishments of public instruction. At
t'esent there are but 34,000 ; therefore there is an
enormous deficiency of 134,000 schools to be founded.—
Pans Advertiser.

Vernon, and Lord Crewe. The last-named Peer was mar-
ried to a daughter of G. Walker Hungerford, Esq., andis
succeeded in his title and estates by the Hon. Hungerford
Crewe, now in his 24th year. Lord Crewe was a General
in our service since July, 1830, the last promotion. He

was appointed Major in the 85th Foot, in August, 1799 ;
Lieut.-Colonel in the army in November, 1794 ; Lieut.-
Colonel in the 12Gth Foot, receiving half-pay, July, 1795 ;
Colonel in the army, the Ist of January, 1801 ; Major-
General, April, 1808 ; and Lieut.-General, the 4th of
June, 1813.
SACRlLEGE.—lnformation was on Wednesday re-
ceived at the police-offices that the parish church of Eye,
in Suffolk, was broken into on Sunday night, and robbed.
The sacrilegious thieves carried off ten yardS of crimson
silk velvet from the Communion table, and ten yards of
gold lace belonging to the same, five yards ofrvelvet from
the pulpit, two gold tassels, and ten yards of gold lace from
the velvet cushion.. The Churchwardens have offered a re-
ward of 201. for the discovery of the thieves.
PRESBYTERY OF GREENOCK.—A very long dis-
cussion took place on Wednesday. It may be recollected
that at the October meeting of Presbytery, a .memorial
embracing a plan for building a new church for the West
Parish of Greenock was debated at great length, and ul-
timately rejected by a majority, who disapproved both of
the plan of raisin; the money and of the site proposed for
the building. Shortly afterwards, the Scottish Guardian
contained a letter signed " John Knox," animadverting in
severe terms upon the discussion of the Presbytery, and
report having stated its author to be one of the members,
the matter was brought up at the last sederunt.
TIIE ROTHSCIIILDS.—" I have been told here

that, whatever be the gains or losses of the three Roths-
childs, all are shared alike by. the family, and belong alike

to the same common stock, although each ncgociates sepa-
rately during the current year. This is the opinion at
Frankfort, the place that gave birth to these extraordinary

Last week, a conger eel, weighing upwards of four
atone, was caught in- the Wash, and sold in Wisbeach
market, in lots.—Boston Herald.
CONVERTING OF THE JEWS.—It is a very com-
tann opinion that when the Jews are converted, the Mille-
Ilium will commence, and the world hasten rapidly to a close.
it would appear, was the impression of an old lady in
tile City, when findinm fault with her daughter for attending
a ineeting lately held there in behalf of the Society for pro-
'Voting Christianity among the Jews. " What is this you
have been about now ?" said she. " Converting the Jews !
a fine story, indeed ! IF you go on at this rate, the world
Will be at an end before we know where we are." The
6bjection is somewhat singular, but appears not to be con-
fined to the Old Lady in the, City..
A deputation of the Society of Licensed Victuallers
laving waited on Viscount Melbourne in Downing-street,
'0 solicit his Lordship to lay the foundation-stone of the
new school in Kennington-lane, the Noble Premier con-
.2,ented ; and Thursday, the 21st of January, was fixed for
4 ceremony.
On Wednesday a public meeting of the inhabitants
berby,.convened-by R. W. Haden, Esq., Mayor of the
"rough, in compliance with a highly respectable requisi-
: tn. was held in the Guildhall, his Worship in the chair,
r the purpose of giving expression to their opinion re-
Vecting the great advantages that would be derived by the

money dealers."—From iffy Note Book.
MR. REYNOLDs.—Wednesday a highly respectable
and numerous meeting took place at the Royal Hotel,
College Green, for the purpose of formin:r a Committee
to organise the collection of a tribute of public esteem and
gratitude to Mr. Thomas Reynolds, for his services and suf
ferinms in the cause of Reform.—Dublin Post.
BADEN.—" Baden,' said a German Baron with
whom I conversed, 'is celebrated for its enormous Schloss,
with its subterranean passages and Oubliette, its once ter-
rible Vehme Gericht, or secret tribunal, its sublime scenery,

... - _
its hot-wells, its glorious g, its brilliant ball-room, and
its enchanting hell.' "—lily Note Book.
ATROCIOUS MURDER.-On Saturday night last,
three men (savages we should have said) entered the bed-
room, through the window, of Robert Downing, of Wood-
house, adjacent to the barracks of Ballinmult, county Wa-
terford, and but a few miles from this town, and murdered
him in a most ferocious manner.—Clonnzel Advertiser.

ELOPEMENT.—On Wednesday last, Miss Emma
Chandler, eldest daughter of Mrs. Chandler, of the North-
street Brewery, eloped with Mr. George Cheesman, jun.,
son of the respectable builder of Kensington-place. The
young couple, who were accompanied in their flight to
Gretna by Mr. Cheesman's aunt, reached their destination
on Friday, about four o'clock in the afternoon, and were
immediately married. On Monday the happy pair had
reached London on their return, where, we presume, they
will spend the first few days of the honeymoon.—Brighton
Guardian.
Some verses on O'Connell in the Times conclude
with the following lines, which, without much straining, may
be construed into a threat of assassination :

" Take heed ! be still thy crouching country's curse,
But, once on English soil, thou demagogue beware !"

—Christian Advocatt;.

GRAND STATUE TO KING WILLIAM THE
FouitTH.—The bill on the top of Greenwich Park, in a
direst line with the centre of Greenwich Hospital, is sug-
gested as an admirable site for a pillar and statue to be
erected to his most Gracious Majesty King William the
Fourth. It should be built upon a scale of height and
grandeur not surpassed by any thing of the kind in Europe.
To the Nobility and Gentry, to the Clergy, to the Officers
of the Navy in particular, as well as to those of the Army,
to the merchants, the seamen, and, in short, to all classes of
his Majesty's subjects in this highly favoured and great
commercial country, it cannot fail to be an object of interest
and gratification to see such a monument of loyalty and
affection raised to their beloved Sovereign, who was himself
brought up in the Naval service, and who, after having

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 18:)',5.

passed through all the grade; of that service, filled the im-
portant office of Lord High Admiral, before ascending the
Throne. For the erection of such a monument of attach-
ment to a good and Naval King of this great maritime coun-
try, no situation can be so appropriate as Greenwich Park ;
where the statue, facing the River Thames (that general
conflux for the ships and Merchandise of the whole world),
surveying, as it were, the Royal Arsenal, dock-yards, and
other establishments on its banks, and directing a hand to
Greenwich Hospital and its schOol ; the former, that Royal
retreat and resting-place for those brave and fearless men
by whose valour Great Britain's glorious King reigns also
the undisputed and envied Sovereign of the sea ; the latter,
where the sons of Naval officers, and of seamen and ma-
rines, are gratuitously educated and carefully instructed, to
support the high character of British officers and seamen,
and maintain that dominion over the ocean which their
forefathers so bravely won. Longitude might be henceforth
reckoned from King William the Fourth's pillar, which will,
of course, be perpetuated to the end of time. It will be
seen from the metropolis, many miles down the river, from
the high road to Dover, and from a vast extent of country
all round ; and will become far more celebrated than
Pompey'l Pillar, or Cleopatra's Needle.—Hampshire Ad-
vertiser..
THE CELEBRATED SANCY DIAMOND..-Ham-
BURGH, DEC. 2.—lt is a known fact that the' Grand Veneur
of the Emperor of Russia has bought the famous diamond,
known by the name of " Sancy," for the sum of 500,000
roubles, and that the merchant, Jean Friedlien, has been the
Duchess of B—'s agent in this affair. The history of this
precious stone is not generally known. The diamond origi-
nally came from India, and has remained in Europe for the
.last four centuries. The Duke of Burgundy, Charles the
Bold, was its first owner, and he wore it on his helmet at
the battle of Nancy, in which he lost his life. A Swiss sol-
dier found it, and sold it to a priest for a florin. In 1489
it came into the possession of the King of Portugal, who,.
being in want of money, sold it to a French Gentleman for
100,000 francs. Nicholas Harley Sancy, who gave it his
name ;had it afterwards by succession. At the time of his
embassy at Soleure, Henry the Third enjoined him to send
him the diamond in order to pledge it ; the servant that had
been entrusted with it having been attacked by robbers
swallowed it, and was murdered. Sancy ordered the corpse
to be opened, and the diamond was found in the stomach.
James the Second of England possessed this diamond in
1688, when _he came to France ; and it came afterwards
into the possession of Louis XIV., and Louis XV. wore it
in his crown at his coronation. The diamond has the shape
of a pear ; it is of the most beautiful water, and weighs
533- carats. It is surely worth more than half a million of
roubles.

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THE COURT JOURNAL.—The late Numbers of
this po'pular oracle of the fashionable world, have created
more than usual attention from the variety, wit, and hu-
mour of their contents. The Number- for To morrow
(December 12th) will contain, we are informed, the follow-
ing papers :-1, The Party at Willowford Hall, by One of
the Guests-22, The Annandale Peerage-3, Fashion in the
New World-4, Ladies' Rings Extraordinary ; Mineral
Magnetism-5, The Vision of Tears, by Laman Blanchard
—6, The Village Funeral, a Tale, by Thomas -Miller, the
Basket-maker-7, Specimen of Light Reading from the
Newspapers-B,Wordsworth and the Ettrick SlTepherd-9,
Notes on the Novelties of the Week. The Court Journal,
being stamped, is supplied free of postage by all booksellers
and newsvenders.

THE WHALE SHIPS.—The following is the cony
of a letter from the Admiralty, in reply to an applicatien
from Newcastle, to send out assistance to the whale ships :
" Admiralty, Nov. 30. Sir—Having laid before my Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty your letter of the 28th
instant, suggesting the propriety of sending out two ships
properly fitted with clothing, provisions, &c., to the relief
of eleven ships, supposed to be shut up in the ice of ,Da-
vis' Straits, I am commanded to acquaint Yon that. my
Lords regret that the time of year, and probable state of
the ice, render it impossible to afford the assistance which
you request.—l am, Sir, your most obedient humble ser-
vant, C: Won.—Mr. T. Hedley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne."
THE IRISH CLERGY.—Yesterday a meeting of
inhabitants of St. Saviour's parish, Southwark, was held in
the Ladye Chapel, for the purpose- of devising means of
adding to the fund now raising in that parish for the relief
of the suffering Irish Clergy. A list of the subscriptions
already received, amounting to 2001. was read to the meet-
ing, and a resolution was agreed upon, nominating several
respectable parishioners to wait upon their fellow rate-
payers, and solicit further charitable donations.
The death of Rear-Admiral Joshua Sydney Horton,
who died at Boulogne-sur-Mer on the 24th ult.., aged 67
years, makes the twelfth Admiral of various ranks (viz., six
Admirals, two Vice-Admirals, and four Rear-Admirals, in-
cluding three from the retired list) who hare died since the
Ist of January of the present year, besides twenty Post-
Captains.
EXTRAORDINARY DELUSlON.—Yesterday morn-
ing a Mr, Edward Sykes,--n .gentlernan.,..-agad '0,2-yaars, 1'Q...-
siding in Bath-street, City-road, in a moment of temporary
derangement, made a desperate attempt to destroy himself
by jumping head foremost into a water-butt which was
between six and seven feet deep. It appears that this poor
deluded creature formerly belonged to a body calling
themselves the " Amicable Christian Society," and punc-
tually attended their meetings. It should seem that a be-
lief in a devil is a main feature of their creed ; and ac-
cordingly Mr. Sykes's nervous system was so worked upon,
that when alone he declared he had repeated visits from
Beizebub, who, he says, mounts his bed-stead, sits upon
his stomach, and breathes down his throat with such vio-
lence as frequently to deprive him of breath. Despair has
long taken possession of the unfortunate gentleman, in a
fit of which, it is supposed, he made the attempt to de-
stroy himself, but was prevented by an inmate -of the
house observing from the window of thefirst floor his legs
protruding from the top of the water.
FROME, DEC. B.—A most distressing case of sud-
den death occurred here on Friday evening ; Mr. Elisha
Robins, a respectable baker, retired to bed between eight
and nine, apparently in good health, but in a few minutes
after, to the great alarm of his wife, came down stairs in
his shirt, the blood streaming from his mouth in consequence
of the rupture of a blood-vessel, and on her placing him in

chair, he expired before medical aid could be procured.
SINGULAR IMPORTATION.—The Sarah Maria,
3ootb, arrived here on Monday, from St. John's, Newfound-
and, brought over five convicts sentenced to seven years'
transportation (to this country !), for robbery.--Waterford
Paper.
ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM
Rannonn.—Wednesday morning, between one and two
o'clock, the Workmen employed in excavating the tunnel of
the London and Birmingham Railroad, at the shaft No. 4,
on the north side of Primrose-hill, were thrown into a state
of great consternation by the sudden falling in of a cleft or
slip of earth, which occasioned the following melancholy
accident. It appears that, in order to effect the earliest
possible completion of the work, it is being carried on with-
out intermission both day and night, and yesterday morn-
ing, at the hour mentioned, the night gang at the shaft No.
4 were about returning from the work at what they call
their dinner bour, when one of the inspectors, whose duty
it is to cautiously watch any indication of a fall of the earth,
heard a peculiar cracking of the soil, which is known to
immediately precede its giving way, and instantly gave the
signal for the workmen to withdraw out of the way of
danger. They promptly obeyed, with the exception of one
of the miners named John Hodgson, aged 35 years, who
hesitated for a second or two in arranging some of his work
opposite to a mass of earth he had been undermining, and
was about to fall, when the slip came down with a tremen-
dous crash, and buried the unfortunate than under its frag-
ments. The quantity of earth that fell in was about two
tons. The workmen in the shaft instantly exerted them•
selves as much as possible to extricate the poor fellow, and
in a very short time they succeeded in getting him Out ; he
was; however, in a dreadfully injured state, for,.in addition
to being very severely crushed and bruised, the bone of his
right thigh had been broken with such violence that the
fractured portions protruded through the flesh, causing a
most extensive and frightful wound : he was with as little
delay as possible placed on a litter and conveyed bleeding
profusely and in a state of extreme suffering to the North
London Hospital, in Upper Gower-street, Bedford-square,
where every assistance requisite was promptly afforded him.
He retains in a very precarious state, and it is much feared
that amputation of the limb will become indispensable. The
unfortunate man, who resided in High-street, Camden-
town, has a wife and large family dependent on his labour
for support.
On Wednesday morning, as a labouring man .was
going to his work, in passing some fields at Nunhead, near
Peckham, he saw the body of a well-dressed man lying in a
ditch a considerable distance from the road. The deceased
was lying flat on his back in the ditch, with all his clothes
on, and there was no appearance at the time that .his death
was occasioned by drowning or suffocation, there being-a
very small portion of eitllpr water. or mud in the place
where he was found. The man immediately gave informa-
tion at the police station, and Inspector Walters despatched
two policemen to the spot, by whom the deceased was con-
•cyed to the adjacent publichouse, when, on examination,
two sovereigns and some silver were found in his pocket.
Some bruises were perceptible on the deceased's arms, as if
violence had been used towards him ; this latter circum-
stance, however, has been explained, the son of the deceased
having come forward on being apprised of what had hap-
pened. The deceased's name is Smith, a mason, living at
Kennington, and had lately been suffering under derange-
ment. The family were compelled to place him under re-
straint of late, but he contrived to make his escape on
Monday, since which period he had not been beard of until
found in the ditch as described. An Inquest will sit on
the body.