The Sun.
London, England, 1832-10-30 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL

rARKET, OCT. 27.

COT roN.---The import of this wesk is 2,991 bags, and
the sales are 7,430 bags, at a decline generally of i3l-d. per
lb.,—viz., 210 Sea Islands, at Hid. to 18d. ; 150
Stained 4itto,6-,ld. to 10id. ; 2,630 Bowtds, 61d. to Bd. ;
1,400 Alabamas and Mobiles, 6,1-d. to 7id- ; 1,250
Orleans, 6/I. to 64.1. ; 160 Pernams, 90. to 101. ; 780
Babias, 7i'd. to 84d. ; 400 Maranliams, 71d. to
9id. ; 70 West lndias, 5 d, to Sid. ; 400 Egyptians Sid.
to 9FI. ; and 280 Surats, at sd. to 6d. per lb The
cotton transactions to-day are computed at 1,500 bales,
and comprise 500 Brazils, in Pernams at 9ad. to 94d. ;
Babias, 71. d. ; and Maranbanas, at 9fd. ; and about
1,000 in American descriptions, from 6i. to 7.

Yesterday an inquest was held before J. H. GELL, Esq.
and a highly respectable Jury, at the 'Westminster Hospi-
' tal, on the bodies of Susan Bennett, aged two, Amelia
Herbert, aged eight, Betsey Herbert, aged fifteen, Ellen
Perry, aged nine, and Georgina Perry, aged three, who
were killed by the falling of two houses in York-street.
Mr. John Howell, of Vincent-square, Westminster,
about a year and a half ago, was requested by Mr. Phil-
lips, broker, of York-street, whose house has fallen down,
to examine the party-wall between his house and Mr. Jos-
sens' in consequence of some injury he considered Mr.
Jossens had occasioned by cutting away the said party
wall. He examined it, and found a crack in the wall,
which appeared to have been occasioned by some cutting
away. Witness directed, verbally, Mr. Jossens to pull
down and rebuild that part of the wall in a substantial
m inner, and witness superintended it from day to day until
it was properly done. Witness also examined a portion
of the beam across the house whieh had been weakened by
cutting it away, and he directed it to be strengthened by
an additional support, which as also done,
By the Jury—The misfortune is not to be ascribed to
the parts I surveyed.
John Phillips, of No. 4, Great Chapel-street, West-
minster, furniture broker, about three years ago took the
houses,- Nos. 26 and 27 int York-stmet,,of a Air. Healy, of
Saffron-hitl, soon 'after which he found the doors in the
passage of No. 26 get very tight. Witness became
alarmed, and he desired his carpenter to ease the doors,
which he did ; a little time after they required being eased
again. Witness went to Mr. Jossens, who lived at No.
25, the adjoining house, and told him that the circum •
stance of the doors requiring easing was very dangerous.
Witness also mentioned to him that there was a large
crack in one of the cupboards. Mr. Jossens showed wit-
ness his premises, and said that all was right. Witness
examined the premises, and told Jossens that he thought
differently from him. Soon after then he had occasion
to employ Mr. Pigon, a bricklayer. He examined his
premises and said that he considered what had been done
next door was the cause of the mischief to witness's house.
In consequence of this Mr. Howell, the surveyor, was
called in, and repairs were made. Since this period, per-
haps about 10 or 12_ months ago, there have been from
25 to 30 loads of sand taken out of the cellars of Mr.
Jossens' house. The sand was taken out by Jossens him-
self, his son, and a labourer, and deposited in the garden.
By the Jury—The pavement sunk about six inches after
the sand was so removed in the f ont of Jossens' house.
I have frequently toll Mr. Jossens of the dangerous state
of the house, and so recently as six months ago, that his
pulling down the chimneys of his house would not only
bring down his house, but mine also, but he continued to
say that all was quite safe.

James Bryan, of No. 7, Eaton-lane, Pimlico, bricklayer,
about two years ago, as near as he could recollect, was
employed by Mr. Jossens to cut a part of same chimneys
away in the back kitchen of his house, in order to enlarge
his kitchen. At the time witness was doing the work he
told Mr. Jos,ens that it was not safe to do it. He replied
that he knew it was safe. His words were, " Pooh,
pooh, I know better than you do." Witness differed in
his opinion, and left the work undone, apprehending
danger.

Ry
the Jury—What I did even made it dangerous. I
took away part of the piers of the chimneys, and cut
fourteen inches into the piers. He wished me to cut
more, but I would not do it. He wished me to take away
the whole of the kitchen chimney to the ceiling, and then
to put a " breastsummer." I refused to do the work,
not considering that to be a sufficient support, and I told
him that in order to make it safe he ought to put a stout
breastsummer" and two story posts. He replied that I
had nothing at all to do with that ; on which I left him.
By Air. Shaer, the solicitor who attended for Mr. Jossens
—I am ninetetn years of age. I considered myself a judge
of the work. It was a main chimney in the back kitchen.
Mr. Jossens, who was in the roam, declared that the
witness bad perjured himself. There never was a chimney
in the back kitchen.

James Knobbs, late of No. 25, York-street, was a
shoemaker, and occupied three rooms at Mr. Jossens'.
About a week before the accident a part of the marble
chimney-piece in a room in the middle of the house, on
the ground floor, fell down. Witness told Mr. lumens of
it, and begged that he would look at it the next morning,
hut he never came. Witness never spoke to him about
any danger, though he apprehended it was dangerous at
the time. Last Friday morning, between seven and eight
o'clock, he was called to the front room by a customer,
and at this time another part of the said chimney-piece
tell down, and he heard at sort of rattling of the plastering
in the wall, like a hail storm, for about one minute, on
which he called his wife and child out of the front room,
and in half a minute afterwards the house, as well as No.
26, fell in. The whole of the middle room, where his
wile and child had Just come out, was covered with rub-
bish; had they remained a few seconds longer they mulct
have been killed.

Margaret Blower, of No. 5, Brewer's-green, Westmin-
ster, was a lodger in the 11,,use, No. 25, York-street, two
years and nine months ago : she occupied the one pair
front room. ➢7r. Jossens was then landlord : she re-
mained at the lodging three months, and then left. Wit-
ness made use of the wash-house, which was called the
back kitchen. There was a copper in the corner on the
left hand going down stairs. There was no fire-place in
the kitchen at all. Witness knew the premises near five
years, and she does not believe there was any fire-place
then in the kitchen.

The evidence of this witness excited considerable bur-
p ise.

Thomas Walters, of No. 10, Norfolk-place, Marlbo-
rough-road, Chelsea, was a plumber and glazier. About
the middle of 1828 he was about to take the house No. 25,
in York-street; he particularly examined the back kitchen;
there was a copper, where originally there had been a fire •
place. It was situated in a corner. He wanted to make
the back kitchen a workshop, and he intended to cut
away a large mewl: of chimneys which stood in the corner.
On examination, and suggesting the plan to Mr. Pearson,
the landlord of the house, he said that it would be dan-
gerous, and if he did so the house would he down about
his ears. When he found that he could not take the angle
away without danger to the premises, he declined taking
the premises.

William
Stearman, of No. 4, Broadway, Westminster,
carpenter and builder, had just been to examine the pre-
mises, No. 25. The basement of the stack of back chim-
neys is now standing, and is perfect. It has never been
cut away at all.
By the Jury—My opinion is, that the cause of the
houses falling down was a giving way of the houses o❑ the
shop story, and not the basement.
William Howley, of No. 1, Fleece-yard, Tothill•street,
builder, was of opinion that the failure was in consequence
of the defective brickwork in the parlour pier. He did
not believe that the removal of any quantity of sand
had any thing to do with the accident. _ _

Mr. Howell, the surveyor, was again called—Since he
gave his evidence he hail examined the houses with the
last witnesses, and confirmed their evidence.

Mr. T4ylor, the house-sur;eon, proved that the &-
ceased children died from the injuries which they received
from the falling of the houses.

A long consultation now took plAce, and the strangers
were ordered to withdraw. On our return into the Jury-.

room the Coroner addressed Mr. Shuter, the professional
adviser of Mr. Jossens, and sibd that the Jury had come
to the determination of adjourning the inquiry,
that the persons might be produced who finished the work
that Bryan left undone. in order

The inquest was accordingly adjourned until this day.

Mr. BURKE'S forthcoming History
of the
Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, is accompanied,
we understand, with engravings of the Armorial B-arings
of each Family. They are to be interspersed with the text
on a similar plan to Mr. Buiti:E's Dictionary of the Peer-
age and Baronetage, to which, and indeed to all other Peer-
ages, it will form a necessary companion.

While in Scotland and the west of England
there have bee❑ floods hardly equalled in the memory of
man, in this town and neighbourhood the absence of rain
for so long a period has led to very great inconveniences,
in the want of water for other household purposes.
The regular sources of supply, including nearly all the
plailic pants, have either failed altogether or nearly so;
and during the present week various means have been in
reqoisition for supplying the inhabitants with this essenCal
element of life and cleanliness, either from distant springs,
or, in some cases, from the river....-Newcastle Courant.

235 1940 115
At 201. pr tun, the value of the oil produced by the car-
goes of the nine vessels will be 38,8001., and the baleen,
or whalebone, at 150/. per tun, will be worth 17,2501.
making the total value 56,0501.—Edinburgh Evening
Courant.

HERRING FISHING.-BANFF, OCT. 15.-
The fishing on this coact was concluded about a month
ago, and we have been at some pains to inform ourselves
of the result of the season on the whole, the knowledge of
which, we trust, will prove acceptable to some of our
readers, even though it may not be directly connected with
the trade, as it is one of so great importance to the coun-
try. On the opposite side of the Moray Firth, where the
greatest number of boats have hitherto assembled, the quan-
tity taken has been very much less than usual, which was
principally owing to the cholera having broken out at
Helmsdale almost at the comtnenc-meat of the season,
and at Wick, about the middle of it ; the immediate con-
sequence of which was, that a great many of the boats, as
well as of the people employed on shore about the fishing,
left these stations before the time when the bulk of the fish-

ing is usually made ; and we understand, that even taking
in the whole line of the opposite coast, the average for the
number of boats that first assembled, is not more than from
90 to 100 crane each, it so many. At the station.; in the
head of the Ftrth, say from Helmsdale round to Spey, it
has been almost a complete failure. East of the Spey, and
onward to Peterhead the fishing has been more abundant,
but even there, it is much under an average catch. Taking
the whole of that part of the coast, the avenge may be

from 140 to 150 crane per boat. And the total quantity
on both sides of the Firth may be estimated at about
50,000 barrels short of the catch of last season, and
100,000 short of that of 1830. With this great short-
coming of the quantity, prices would undoubtedly have run
very high, but that the consumption in Ireland is much re-
duced, from an idea being prevalent there (whether well
or ill-founded, we shall not pretend to say) that fish is an
improper article of food where the spread of cholera is
apprehended. Neither has the usual quantity been
shipped for the West Indies, on account of the depressed
state of that interest. Prices have run from 208 to
225. lid. and 235. per barrel, at which latter rates there
was a considerable demand about two or three weeks ago,
for the Continent and West Indies, but it is not now so
brisk. The quantity, bows-ver, that sow remains undis-
posed of is very small.-Inverness Courier.
Muir of Ord Cattle Tryst was held upon
Wednesd sy and Thursday, the 17th and 18th of October.
The number of stock shown might amount to upwards
of 2 000. The following were the prices given Mr the
respective lots, &c. :-One lot of stots, three-year olds,
fetched 101 10s. ; one lot do. do. 91. 4s. ; one lot of two
and three-year olds fetched 71. Is. ; one lot of two-year
olds, Dunrobin, fine symetry, and real Highlanders,
fetched the highest price on the Muir, 9/. ss. ; one lot of
fine Highlanders from Apple-cro's, two-year olds. fetched
61. 4s. ; one lot of two-year old heifers fetehe s 51. 12a. 6d. ;
one lot do. do. 51. 3s. 61. ; one lot of two-year
olds, heifers, 4/. 15s. ; two-year olds were selling from
21. 10s. to 31. 10s. the smal► kind; tho-e of the larger
kind went on average from 31. 18s. to 4/. 12s. ; several
fat cows, fit for the butcher, were selling from 8/. 10s: to
111. 1 ls. Several hundreds of sheep were shown ;
wedders sold from 14e. 6d. to 12s. 9d. ; ewes from Bs. 6d.
to 7s. 4d. Several Highland Ponies shown, prices run-
ning from 4/. 10s. to 31. 17s. 6d. The market was
numerously attended by dealers from all quarters, who
seemed to be in good spirits, but the stock brought
forward was far inferior to that of last year, both in
point of number and quality. A great number of gen-
tlemen farmers and overseers, who generally buy in winter
stock, could close no bargain with the sellers owing
to the prices demanded. In black cattle there was a
rise of 12 per cent., and in one instance even of 20, from
that of last market. One man who had made a purchase of
20 small stots at the last market, effected at this a profit of
2W., being considered no bad omen of the demand of
former times soon returning. The county of Caithness
which used to send her thousands to markets, fell this year
to hundreds, owing, it ws.s thought, to the prevalence of
cholera. At the Nairn Market of Friday lasr, there was
an excellent show of cattle, a good attendance of dealers,
numerous sales, and comparatively high prices. Some
good ponies were also shown.-Inverness Courier.

SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.—WhiIe the Ho-
nourable ROGER R 01.1.0 and a party of friends were en-
joying the sport of coursing a few days ago, in the vici-
nity of Ayr, a couple of dogs were slipped in pursuit of a
hare, which led the chase close past a knoll where a young
man held a couple of fresh hounds in leash. At this instant
a second hare started within a few yards' distance, and the
fresh dogs sprung after her with such impetuosity as to
overthrow the person who held them in check, and con•
tinned their career with their wonted fleetness. In the
afternoon, the sportsmen quitted the fields, and as the
overthrown attendant did not rejoin the general body, it
was concluded that he had made too free with his flask,
and lain down to take a nap, or, being wearied of his
occupation, had stole away. It chanced, however, as
good luck would have it, that one of the party in leaving
the coursing-ground, discovered the unfortunate young
man lying at a considerable distance from the place where
he had fallen ; the poor fellow had crawled along the
ground, on one side, nearly the whole breadth of a field,
moving himself forward by scrambling with his arms and
one leg, the other having been fairly broken through by
the violence with which the dogs had brought their chain
in collision with the limb, at the moment when they
dashed off in pursuit of the hare. The lad was properly
taken care of, and is now, we hear, rapidly recovering.—
Edinburgh Evening Courant.
LIFE AT NOTTINGITAM.-01) Monday
night one of those disgraceful scents which too often occur
near the Billoon, in Mounteast-street, was witnessed by
hundreds, assembled to behold a woman fight! One of
the women pulled off her cap, the other, more careful of
her garments than her person, took off both cap and
gown, a ring was formed, sidesinen chosen, and the
fight commenced and continued some time to the
great annoyance of the peaceable neighbours. At length a
constable made his oppearrqice, and conducted one of the
woolen away, nearly naked. She, however, returned ;
the fight was rtnewed, until the almost naked woman was
obliged to yield to her more powerful opponent. Such a
scene, together with the disgusting language used, is most
demgralizing.-....Nottinghnin Rcriew.

sive of the Roman Catholics, their congregations are, I con-
ceive, about 10,000, and nearly as many Sunday schools. They
build their own places of worship and schoolrooms; they
maintain their own ministers, and expend annually in the sup-
port of foreign missions, from 150,0001. to 200,000/. ; besides,
they have upwards of 20 seminaries of learning, where their
young men are educated for the ministry; these also arc en.
tirely supported by themselves. We shall now take a view of
the state of our Established Religion :—The number of her
churches and chapels is computed at from 11,000 to 12,000 ;
and I dare say, not less than from twenty to thirty thousand
ministers of all grades belonging to her. The total value of
the property of this National Church is estimated at nearly
200,000,000/. ; to this sum are to be added the tens of thousands
voted annually by Parliament to Professors of Colleges, &c., to
support national schools, to build superb and often unneces-
sary national churches ; and to plant and maintain State Re-
ligion in our British colonies. Out of the 5,000,0001. of the
Austrian Loan, 2,000,000/. only were returned, which was
instantly applied to erect new churches. We have not yet
noticed the whole, Sir; thereis a church-rate annually imposed,
which oftentimes is exceedingly heavy, besides a multitude of
divers fees and payments charged as circumstances may occur.
Behold, Sir, the revenue of the religion of about 7,000,000 of
people, very considerably greater than the revenue of all other
religious in Christendom put together ; with all this before me

I cannot be astonished at what a Rev. Dean said a few weeks
ago :—` We roll in wealth, that we know not what to do with
it.' Of this sum Dissenters are compelled to pay equal propor-
tions with her own members. It is of this, Sir, they complain,
and from this they would be free. Involuntary exactions, or
payment of any kind whatever, towards the support of religion,
let that religion be ever so pure and undefiled, is in itself un-
scriptural. Compulsory measures are inconsistent with the
very genius of Christianity."

This, we believe, is the feeling of the Dissenters
generally. They say—we wish to interfere with
the religion of no man—no body of men ; all we
a•k is, that the maintenance of the religion so
chosen be not thrown on the Dissenters. We wish
no advantage over any description of Chris,ians; we
will allow no superiority to others over ourselves; we
will avail ourselves of the power we possess to ob-
tain for ourselves justice. " I will venture upon a
prediction," exclaimed a Reverend Ora or, " that
at a day not far distant we shall have our fetters
burst, and our prison-door thrown open." A con-
versation which had taken place between Mr. Mor-
gan and a gentleman of the county, which he re-
lated, will show the precise nature of the aims of the
Dissenters.:—
" I am here reminded, Sir (he said), of a short dialogue that
took place a short tune ago, between one of the first gentle-
men—and certainly one of the first Magistrates in this county
—and myself. Coming into a room where two other gentle.
men and myself were at an electioneering chat, he accosted me
thus Well, Morgan, I know you are a Reformer.' I am,
Sir.' And so am I.' lam very glad to hear it, Sir, and I
hope your vote will prove your assertion.' Don't be surprised
if I am a greater Reformer than you are.' I am afraid then
you go too far, Sir, for I wish every Reform that is iiecessary:
Do you wish the entire abolition of tithes ?' Ido Sir.'
Well, give me your hand, Morgan, and so do I ; and I will
tell you further, that I wish all the revenue that may arisefrom
the sale of tithe, to be applied indiscriminately to all the mi-
nisters of all denominations, for I hate the name of Church.
man, as I do the name of Dissenter ; let's all be called by the
name of the Church of Christ ; and what do you think of that
Morgan P `I certainly, Sir, cannot but admire the principles
that could have dictated these liberally expressed sentiments ;
but you have outstepped the bounds 1 had marked out for my-
self, and I would, by permission, propose as an amendment,
that all the available revenue of the Church should be applied
towards the liquidation of the National Debt, thereby ridding
ourselves at once of about 200,000,0001., and what a fine thing
that would be, Sir; and as for the Dissenters to accept any
share of it, I think I can answerfor them, that no consideration
on earth could induce them to accept this offer. They wish to
adhere to the principles of the first Christian Ministers—to
accept only of the free-will offerings of their congregations.' "

It will be exceedingly difficult to eradicate from
the minds of the Dissenters the persua.ion that re-
ligion, being an affair between man and his Maker,
no indiviuual has a right to force his own religion
on another, or to compel him to pay for a religion
which he repudiates. The example of America has
again and again been cited to show that people,
when left to themselves, will not fail to provide
sufficient religious instruction. But, indeed, reli-
gious instruction is much more likely to be pro-
vided abundantly without than with an establish-

ment. Religious liberty supposes a variety of per-
suasions. But if the teachers of one persuasion
only be established, then there would only be in-
struction for that one persuasion, except the people
provide religious instruction for themselves. The
very circumstance that a majority of the people of
England provide religious instruction for themselves,
where they disapprove of the establishment, is a
proof that no establishment is necessary for pur-
poses of religion. Indeed much of the dissent is
confessedly owing, not so much, perhaps, to the
dislike of the tenets of the establishment, as to the
want of energy and zeal which characterise the
ministers of all religions not dependent on the
people. Great pains are taken in an article in the
October number of the Quarterly Review, just pub-
lished, on Flint's Ten Years in the Valley of the
Mississippi, to show that the absence of religious

establishments in America is injurious to religion.
Mr. Flint was a Presbyterian clergyman, a native of
New England, who left that part of the United States
in 1815, in the hope of establishing himself in his pro-
fessional capacity somewhere in the great western
wilderness, and he passed ten years in wandering
among the various infant settlements. ills life was
one of great hardship, and of poor requital. Travel.
ling forty miles through the cypress swamps of the
Mississippi, with Moccasson snakes lying in Colds en
the cypress tree, the horse sinking at every step up
to his knees, is no doubt a very different life from
that of a Rector of the Church of England. The
difficulty, of course, is the want of cultivation and
the want of inhabitants. No establishment, even
if the people were all of one religion, could meet the
exigencies. And yet the Quarterly Reviewer prep,—
terously remarks :—" We have here but one more in-
stance of the practical effect of a social.system, which

trusts every thing to individual free-will. Any at-
tempt to provide the means of religious instruction
for the multitudinous population scattered ever
the woods and prairies of the west, would be an
unwarrantable infringement of the rights of the

A most extraordinary mode of dealing with a cri-
minal charge is imputed by a police report to Mr.
White, a Magistrate, of Queen square. If the cir-
cumstances of this charge be accurately given, we
can only express our hope that the authorities at the
Home-office will look into the case, if it were only
to prevent such a mode of administering justice to
the public in our Police Courts from passing into a
precedent. The loss of lives by the sudden fall of
two houses in York-street, Westminster, is already
but too well known. The calamity was attributed
by some persons to certain altentions made in one
of the buildings about two years ego by the owner
cr occupier of one of the houses. It was said that
he had improperly disturbed the foundation of a
stack of chimneys, and a person came forward who
have him into custody on that charge, and he was
•aken before Mr. White. The individual who made
tt e charge came forward and stared that he had
seen men, about the time mentioned, working at
the foundations of the prisoner's house, in such a
way as to endanger its safety and that of the neigh-
bouring one; he added, that he remonstrated with
him, and told him that he would have the house
down if he continued. Finding that his prediction
had been verified, and that lives were lost, he gave
him into custody. Mr. White not only would not
et tertain the charge, but he asked the accuser if he
n sant to tell him that a man had not a right to alter
his own house? He also asked Mr. Hendre why
he propagated such statements among the populace,
whose feelings were so excited as to endanger the
life of the accused ? He also said it was most ab-

surd to suppose a man would wilfully destroy his
own property; and, fittaily, told Mr. tiensl,e not to
interfere so much with his neighbours' affairs, and to
go about his business—recommending, at the same
time, the accused to indict him at the Sessions
for endangering his life. In our opinion, the
charge being made, the only and proper bu-
siness of Mr. White was to inquire in o its
truth or falsehood. If it were false he ought to
have investigated it by proper evidence, for the pur-
pose of silencing the unjust imputations throw

upon the person accused, whose character would be

thereby cleared from a very injurious aspersion. If
it were true it was his duty to inquire into it, for
the ends of public justice, because the facts thus

stated, if true, would amuunt to a charge of man.
slaughter. It might have turned out on a proper
investigation, that the alteration which the accused

person made in his premises had nothing whatever
to do with the accident. It ~ould have been in
that case very satisfactory to himself to have it
cleared up ; and it would have gone much farther to
allay popular excitement than dismissing the charge
without hearing it. If Mr. Hendre made
false RA malicious charge, he would be liable
to be indicted for perjury. If he only stated
what was correct, the public rather owed him
thanks than blame. What Mr. White says of its
" being absurd 'hat a man should be supposed wil,
fully to destroy his own property" is itself absurd,
as an answer to this charge; which was not a
charge of wilfully destroying property, but of so
impairing the security of a house as to endanger
the lives of the King's subjects. Mr. White ought
to know that if a man undermine a wall by a public

way, whether it belong to himself or any other per.
son, so that it falls in consequence of being under
mined, and death ensue, it Is manslaughter. He
ought to know that, to constitute the crime of man-

slaughter, a malicious intention is not requisite, for
if a malicious intention be connected with an act of
homicide it becomes murder. Manslaughter is fro•
quently the result of negligence, not of wilfulness.
It a person throw down a log of wood, or other
heavy material from the top of a building, in Lon-
don, in the crowded street, though he calls out to
those below to " beware," and one is killed, it is
manslaughter. So if one hire out a vessel, not sea-
worthy, and there is a loss of life—and in various

other ways this offence arises, by a misuse of one's
own property.—Morning Herald.

vcaans tn o
revenues refrain
hliril calling
derived by
Among the many crying abuses in the Church
and from the Dean and Chapter of WESTMINSTER, out of
the town of Hinckley; while yet this Reverend body
still withhold the grant of a small piece of ground for
tlasea)sall i
attention ned
oerY
burying the dead. So completel choked is the groundCo the rrpeuspbohnedteon tt)h,el
with the mortal remains of former inhabitants, that there
is new no room for burying the dead, without disturbing
those already mu their graves; and surely there ought to
be more respect for the place than to allow it to be a corn-
min thoroughfare, and a play-ground for children.—
Leicester Chronicle.

On Sunday last, as a pitman, who had oc-
casion to eo doa'n the Hetton shift about some business,
Was scan ing at the bottom, the rope by which the coals
are drawn up got entangled with his leg, and be was drawn
to the bank, a distance of 300 yards, in an inverted posi-
tion. He arrived laughing. Reflecting immediately
afterwards, however, upon the perili,usn.ss of his situation,
he was so overpoweied, that those at the top of the shaft
had some difficulty to keep him from falling into fits.
Sunderland Herald.

THE FIRE IN BUCKLERSBURY.--All ad-
journ, d inquest was yesterday hi ld heior, Mr. PAY NE,
the City Coroner, to inquire tin tiler iiito the en cum-
stances attendant on the death of Mrs, GHENT. A num-
ber of additional witnesses (among whom ‘x ere tl.e firemen)
underwent a long examination, but not one of them could
inform the Jury where the fi e originated, or in whir way
the unfortunate deceased beanie a sacrifice to th flaines.
The Jury, after consulting together, returned a verdict
of " Found burnt, but how or in what way i, to them
unknown."