The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-30 00:00:00

TBE BIRMINGHAM EXPLOSION

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BIRMINGHAM, THURSDAY EVE'"- that
o,claockyotuhnisg
of Only one body remains unidentfied• It ist four
afg.tierrinoabbnoustealrscbye:varss obfeinaggeni. adeA for
con"a
young woman who before had been d
rePotte The
valescent, but was now alleged to be missitiPth, th
smen had nearly completed their search belle,tat the
•tairs where it was reported to be likely t'a- that
body might be found, when it was exPlaiseAriate,
theba woman who said that she was rumour of the death was a false one, e, en"
y
a relatircitig an
who, by the assertion, had succeeded in aecirtih-e &In
entrance to the interior of the premises.
the hos'
now maintain that the numbers dead,7,,vales'
pital, and who have reported themselves e°l- tally
cent, or are still out-patients of the hos Pit three
with the number upon their books—with bie to
principals and the traveller, 69. NeverthelesThed
satisfy the public mind, two other circuo3serbeea
spots in the ruins, that were stated to hat; 061
without previous inspection, were being elan" b/
up to a late hour. Seventeen bodies, mutilateui
lie
crushing, and charred by the action of fire, still_,o •
in gun-boxes, which serve for temporary coffifb;
they are ranged around a marquee pitched in the
ch
yard adjoining the place of the explosion, and Will of
tent, as an illustration of the frailty of life, is
variegated colours, used previously on festive oeea:
sions, and never again, we trust, to serve such a pat,
pose as that for which it is now employed. Such' .
the condition of the corpses from the influences befall'
notified, that it is almost surprising how any ell!
can be identified. Certainly in most of the case'
identification can only be by remnants of clothing'
not, however, in all cases left. Hundreds of Per
sons continue to surround the building, clamorona
for admission to see the ruins. This they eret
allowed to do upon contributing to a box naileti.,!'
the entrance, and labelled for the benefit of We
sufferers. These conditions do not, of course,
apply to the horrible contents of the inarquee, t°
see which many would be willing to give late
sums. The inquest is to be held to-morrow aft g 8
noon. The firm maintain that the calamity 01-4"-
nated in a fire occasioned by an explosion of go,
and that the explosions were incidents in the tire'
The assurance company dispute payment for en
explosion.

TILE SCILLY ISLES AMD THEIR Xllll.°'

MR. SMITH, g.P.

This leads me at once to speak of the ilighlY
Mr. Smith's sovereignty., Not only
improved tone of morals which have resulted under
is a
scarcely ever seen in the islands, except
drunkara
be be $
strange sailor, but thieving is rare in the extrenlisei
and people leave their doors unbolted at night
with perfect safety. I . was shown one °(1
living on St. Martin's Island who was suspected
of the only house robbery known for years, an
he was tabooed by his neighbours, and raroll
spoken to. The proofs had not been cient
suffi
to convict him. All offenders are tried at
sessions or assizes in Cornwall, but few ever go.
Pauperism is almost unknown ; And the other vices
and ill-deservings seem to have been for many year!
far below the average of any English district of
which I ever investigated the morals—and they ere
not a few. I attribute this in a great measure to
ployed.
Mr. Smith's edicts. He permits no person to brig
He carries his power
up his children uneducated, and he has provided
into
good schools for them•
and will tolerate no child after
been
athfletfaamgeilbyernegniiiignee,tri
loig ether be
school must set to work. I ques-
tion if there be an " Tom " having
idle boy oa the islands; and if
Miss Carpenter were to establish a Scilly Ragged
School, it would infallibly die of inanition for lack
of the remotest approach to a " City Arab." If any
head of a family disobeys Mr. Smith, whether in the
good governance of his family, or the prescribed
amargement of his land, he gets " notice to quit ;"
n as every other house belongs to Mr. Smith, his
There
hest move is necessarily exile 6
toEngland.
are about 3,000 inhabitants in all the six isles, and
I believe them to constitute the most thoroughly
moral group in the kingdom ; and my latest exre
riences and means of judging enable me to sPe.„"l;
highly of their general intelligence. It is a Pled
of the real improvement in public morals effect
by the Lord ot the Isles that he put down Ell
re-
gling so vin•orously that scarcely any is said cellars
main ; and yet I was shown the enormous wan
under the times having
at Tresco, the elergY,egs
in former times having made much more by
kegs
than lithes.—Once a Week.

TIIE SOUTHERN MAIN DRAINAGE.--A large nura-
bet. of excavators in the employ of the contractor for
com-
pleting the main drainage south of the Thames
have com-
menced operations in eptford Broadway, and will continue
their work along ChurcDh-street to Deptford Creek. An im
mense amount of earth has already been cleared out,

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